Thank you all, some incidentals, and a stable shaped TARDIS

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Thank you all for your words of encouragement! I am feeling a bit better, and slightly less like an extremely angsty seventeen. Which is good. I don't know how teenagers make it through adolescence without killing themselves or being killed by others. I appreciate it muchly, and will endeavor to be a little less classic lj-whiny in future - but I make no promises. *grin*

I watched the Children in Need charity thing. First of all, it was pretty budget, wasn't it? I mean just the first two mins of the Christmas special? CHEAP. And also, *sniff* it was sad. Two minutes less of absolutely new Ten material. I really want my Seven Doctors story. Now that would've encouraged me to donate!

At some point soon, I've got to post pictures of the Chicago thing, and magnetgirl's and my incredibly underappreciated halloween costumes. And the regency ball photo essay! I see I have a lot of fiddling with pictures in my near future.

Today I taught "The Last Battle" and Neil Gaiman's "The Problem of Susan." Susan was always my favorite; she had long black hair, as opposed to Lucy's golden curls, she was a wicked shot with a bow, and could swim, and I loved her. "The Last Battle" broke my heart. What do y'all think about the problem of Susan? I don't know why being an outcast from an undesirable redemption filled me with so much woe, but it did. Also, the Stable at the end of the Last Battle? Lewis says it's "bigger on the inside than it is on the outside." faris_nallaneen accuses me of seeing everything with TARDIS colored glasses. Probably true.

If it's wrong, I don't want to be right.

Comments

[demotu.livejournal.com]

I am sorry I missed that post, because I would have been able to commiserate hard-core, feeling much the same.

My mini-solution was going to the gym, which sounds counterproductive because it takes more time, but exercise (1) gives me positive mental endorphins and chases away lingering depression (2) ups my appetite and helps me eat better meals so I'm getting the right nutrients and (3) improves my energy levels and sleeping patterns.

It's not a cure-all, but it's helping. Other than that, I keep writing ''push through'' on my wrist as a little motivator.

Angsty not-seventeen lj-posters unite!

[kalichan.livejournal.com]

*hugs* Yeah. I need to do that gym thing. It doesn't sound counter productive at all. But man, getting off my ass is hard! Wallowing is so much... easier! *grins*

I write "this too shall pass" on my hand but yeah. We should form a club!

[demotu.livejournal.com]

I only got off my ass because I broke down at two in the morning and called my boyfriend sobbing, and he's a fan of the tough love - i.e. I'm not going to see you this week unless you go to the gym. Which sucks, but it's exactly that kind of immediate consequence that I need. I find being a student is hard that way - all the consequences are so far off, so intangible, it can be hard to work up that motivation.

[kalichan.livejournal.com]

Yeah. It's all just hurry-up-and-wait. *sigh* Deadlines. I hate deadline, but am too made of epic fail to work without them.

I probably need tough love too, but I hate it so much when it is doled out!

[rm.livejournal.com]

Neil talked about Doctor Who sort of constantly at the performance.

[rm.livejournal.com]

Also, I am going to do the great photo edit on Thursday of the Regency stuff, so if you don't get to it by then, never fear! I'll finally catch up.

And the Children in Need thing? Loved it. Loved it because before it got to the WTF moment, it was 90 seconds of Tennant doing that look of absolute wonder. And that's what we watch the show for.

[kalichan.livejournal.com]

Rosita! Next!Doctor's companion is named litte Rose!

[rm.livejournal.com]

Well, assuming that is Next!Doctor and not some alternate universe Next!Doctor who ceases to exist due to the paradox of meeting himself (which is a serious consideration, depending on where casting goes).

[kalichan.livejournal.com]

True, true. Also they've done the fake-out Next!Doctor before, and RTD does love to recycle. But still. Rosita!

[contrarywise]

I'm glad you're feeling better. I missed that post somehow, the usual LJ screwiness, no doubt. Movement/exercise does indeed make many things better, so I endorse demotu's gym recommendation.

I am looking forward to the Christmas Special, but yeah, the CIN teaser was annoyingly short. We usually get so much more of Doctor Who for that event, grr!

Re: Narnia... Yeah, I liked Susan so much better than Lucy too. It's been so long since I last read the Narnia books, I'd forgotten how awful the ending of "The Last Battle" really was until I read "The Problem of Susan". It's a brilliant story, but damn, it gutted me too.

Hee! You wear TARDIS goggles!

[kalichan.livejournal.com]

I totally do! *has vision of actual, tardis shaped blue lenses* That would be kinda... awesome.

I really loved Susan. I wonder why it is that I never want to like the character that the author clearly wants me to like the most. Is it just contrariness? Or something else? In some ways, I think it always feels unjust to me; if a character is the author's favorite, I feel like they have an unfair advantage. But it's also possible that I'm simply predictably ornery. This gets even worse when you figure that the author picked their favorite because they were the underdog. Like, grownups prefer Lucy to Susan, so good old Clive Staples makes her the "be all, end all" - and then, I feel like Susan gets a raw deal, so I like her better. It's very weird.

But mostly I think I just liked her. She was awesome. I used to make pretend bows with twigs and try to shoot things.

[haplily.livejournal.com]

I should have commiserated, too... I'm in a similar place right now. I was thinking about you and D today and how much I'd love to see you, if either of you have the time. I'm glad you're feeling better. Even when things are terrible, they have to get better, right?

[kalichan.livejournal.com]

We'd love to see you too! We shall make A Plan.

[haplily.livejournal.com]

Yes we shall. I'm free this Thursday, and next week on Monday/Tuesday before Thanksgiving, then free whenever the week after that... do any of those days work for you guys?