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Nov. 8th, 2012 10:28 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
girlofpreyI just wrote out my appeal form. They give you the tiniest space to write your reasons why you don't agree with their decision. Which is largely how I felt about the assessment form - although apparently I was some good at filling that in this time. Maybe I just feel like I have A LOT OF REASONS to give them. But I think I got at least some relevant points through, and it's completed now at least. Now I just need to send it out so it will get to Barnsley before Monday. Sigh.
I also caught up with Dallas yesterday, and then watched the final episode. THEY HAD JOHN ROSS GET INJURED AND TAKEN TO HOSPITAL SO HIS FAMILY COULD RALLY ROUND AND ALL TRY TO HELP HIM. EVEN THE ONES WHO WERE ANGRY AT HIM. One of my favourite tropes ever. And obviously the best part was JR sneaking in after hours to touch his face, because he cannot show affection in daylight or when people are awake. <3. In some ways the rest of the series was a bit of a comedown after that.
I like it when John Ross and Christopher get on and stand near each other without looking at each other. I don't ship them, but it's sweet. And I liked it when Chris started using John Ross and JR's private detective to track down his enemies. I still miss John Ross' detective though. But Rebecca - wow. She just doesn't know who she is, does she? And nor did I. At the end I was wondering if she was somehow working for Pam, or if maybe she was Annie's long lost child and Annie was secretly a CRIMINAL MASTERMIND. It occured to me that she might be working for Cliff Barnes, but not that she might be his daughter. Especially since I read that Cliff Barnes was sort of yay about not having any children, not even John Ross, because he might have passed some congenital disease he has onto them. But whatever. I hope she gets more personality when she gets to be who she is next series.
But as much as I liked John Ross and Christopher getting on, I really don't know what they were thinking - even from the START - with their menage-a-trois business partnership. Yeah, a guy, his fiancee, and his fiancee's ex-fiance who's also his cousin, when the two of them are obviously still in love with each other. Working together. That'll work. But I didn't actually mind how they resolved the love triangle plotline at the end of the series in the end. They didn't have Elena put in danger so the boys could 'prove' how much they loved her, which I was half-expecting. And it made sense, after what had happened with both John Ross and Rebecca, and the way Elena and Chris had been feeling about each other all season, that they would get together then - in a way that won't necessarily make it seem weird if it's not all plain sailing for them, or if there's still some John Ross/Elena stuff, next series. And John Ross gets a reason to be super mad - because leaving him is one thing, but immediately jumping into bed with Chris is another - in a way that might still die down or change a bit in the next series. So yeah. I quite liked it.
What else? I love that Bobby obviously enjoys fighting with JR as much as JR does. And sort of seeks it out, even while he also genuinely wants them to get along together. I love that JR called Bobby his 'baby brother'. But I don't think I'm convinced by the Bobby keeping a copy of Marta's hard drive thing - if JR has immunity, doesn't that mean he has immunity no matter what? Hmm. I'm sure it will make sense in the plot, even if it doesn't in real life.
I also love, still, that John Ross does have skills and stuff that make him valuable in business, and that the other characters know that. It would be really easy to make him just a baddie that they have to put up with because he's family, or because they need someone to be underhanded for them every now and then. But no, he's good at charming people, he has contacts to get equipment that Elena doesn't, and he can apparently sniff out oil anywhere. That sounds like a superpower, but I'm willing to go along with it. I like it because it would be easy to make it sort of stupid that they would keep him around, or easy to just make him The Best and good at everything in a Mary Sue-ish way. But instead it just makes sense that they would want him involved even if they are also constantly rowing with him and suspecting him of stuff. IT MAKES ME VERY HAPPY.
And I love that Annie and Sue Ellen get to be friends. It's nice since Annie can't really love Rebecca anymore, or not in person for a bit, probably, and since Elena is always so busy with the boys. Yay. And I love that at the end of the season the only person John Ross was left with was JR. And the only person JR was left with was John Ross. Hurrah.
The new series apparently begins in America in January. So obviously I either need to get downloading, or really enjoy these few months of being all caught up before I lose them again.
We also had the American election this week. I am happy and genuinely a little bit amazed that Obama won. As well as all the 'shenanigans' I'd been hearing about, things sort of came to a head on Tuesday night when I started seeing posts on Tumblr about how people were taking pictures of their pro-Obama ballots and posting them online because they were so excited, but that they shouldn't do that, because they could be arrested and have their votes annulled. I was ready to give up, get ready for Romney to win, and be all "2012, End Of Days". But then Obama won. And apparently it wasn't even close. So hurrah.
I also finished Portal, and bought Portal 2. I liked the song at the end. A LOT. And while I was looking for Portal 2 (in vain) in my home town, I found out that the little games shop I used to see when I was a teenager was still open, and both stocking and selling Bioshock action figures! It was a good day all around.
And we had my YN over at my house today. He is sweet, and can pull himself up on furniture, and make lots of noises now. And point. At one point he looked up at one of our houseplants, pointed at it and went "Aaah!", and then went back to playing with his cars. He plays with cars by pushing them along and going "aaaaaaah" or "grrrrrrrrr". He is lovely. I also learned that my mum thinks he's "weird". Which, in fairness, is something I would expect a sitcom granny to say about their baby grandchild, so at least we're living up to the stereotype, thanks mum.
And I saw a bit of Emmerdale today with Declan in it, and it gave me Declan/Nathan feelings. Sigh.
And I had a dentist appointment today, which went quite well, with quite a lovely new lady dentist. It was her first day apparently. She didn't make any mistakes which could only be covered up by saying "It's my first day!". Yay. And we had Bonfire Night, which means we're now in the period of time I officially recognise as Pre-Christmas. Argh. And...something. I'm on my period, and I'm really tired. Oh, and I attempted to buy trousers from H&M, and I found out that of all the weird sizing issues there are from shop to shop, H&M might just take the cake for 'obviously a lot smaller than the number would imply'. And yet I also tried a jumper from there, and the Large was too big for me so I had to get a Medium. Weird.
I also caught up with Dallas yesterday, and then watched the final episode. THEY HAD JOHN ROSS GET INJURED AND TAKEN TO HOSPITAL SO HIS FAMILY COULD RALLY ROUND AND ALL TRY TO HELP HIM. EVEN THE ONES WHO WERE ANGRY AT HIM. One of my favourite tropes ever. And obviously the best part was JR sneaking in after hours to touch his face, because he cannot show affection in daylight or when people are awake. <3. In some ways the rest of the series was a bit of a comedown after that.
I like it when John Ross and Christopher get on and stand near each other without looking at each other. I don't ship them, but it's sweet. And I liked it when Chris started using John Ross and JR's private detective to track down his enemies. I still miss John Ross' detective though. But Rebecca - wow. She just doesn't know who she is, does she? And nor did I. At the end I was wondering if she was somehow working for Pam, or if maybe she was Annie's long lost child and Annie was secretly a CRIMINAL MASTERMIND. It occured to me that she might be working for Cliff Barnes, but not that she might be his daughter. Especially since I read that Cliff Barnes was sort of yay about not having any children, not even John Ross, because he might have passed some congenital disease he has onto them. But whatever. I hope she gets more personality when she gets to be who she is next series.
But as much as I liked John Ross and Christopher getting on, I really don't know what they were thinking - even from the START - with their menage-a-trois business partnership. Yeah, a guy, his fiancee, and his fiancee's ex-fiance who's also his cousin, when the two of them are obviously still in love with each other. Working together. That'll work. But I didn't actually mind how they resolved the love triangle plotline at the end of the series in the end. They didn't have Elena put in danger so the boys could 'prove' how much they loved her, which I was half-expecting. And it made sense, after what had happened with both John Ross and Rebecca, and the way Elena and Chris had been feeling about each other all season, that they would get together then - in a way that won't necessarily make it seem weird if it's not all plain sailing for them, or if there's still some John Ross/Elena stuff, next series. And John Ross gets a reason to be super mad - because leaving him is one thing, but immediately jumping into bed with Chris is another - in a way that might still die down or change a bit in the next series. So yeah. I quite liked it.
What else? I love that Bobby obviously enjoys fighting with JR as much as JR does. And sort of seeks it out, even while he also genuinely wants them to get along together. I love that JR called Bobby his 'baby brother'. But I don't think I'm convinced by the Bobby keeping a copy of Marta's hard drive thing - if JR has immunity, doesn't that mean he has immunity no matter what? Hmm. I'm sure it will make sense in the plot, even if it doesn't in real life.
I also love, still, that John Ross does have skills and stuff that make him valuable in business, and that the other characters know that. It would be really easy to make him just a baddie that they have to put up with because he's family, or because they need someone to be underhanded for them every now and then. But no, he's good at charming people, he has contacts to get equipment that Elena doesn't, and he can apparently sniff out oil anywhere. That sounds like a superpower, but I'm willing to go along with it. I like it because it would be easy to make it sort of stupid that they would keep him around, or easy to just make him The Best and good at everything in a Mary Sue-ish way. But instead it just makes sense that they would want him involved even if they are also constantly rowing with him and suspecting him of stuff. IT MAKES ME VERY HAPPY.
And I love that Annie and Sue Ellen get to be friends. It's nice since Annie can't really love Rebecca anymore, or not in person for a bit, probably, and since Elena is always so busy with the boys. Yay. And I love that at the end of the season the only person John Ross was left with was JR. And the only person JR was left with was John Ross. Hurrah.
The new series apparently begins in America in January. So obviously I either need to get downloading, or really enjoy these few months of being all caught up before I lose them again.
We also had the American election this week. I am happy and genuinely a little bit amazed that Obama won. As well as all the 'shenanigans' I'd been hearing about, things sort of came to a head on Tuesday night when I started seeing posts on Tumblr about how people were taking pictures of their pro-Obama ballots and posting them online because they were so excited, but that they shouldn't do that, because they could be arrested and have their votes annulled. I was ready to give up, get ready for Romney to win, and be all "2012, End Of Days". But then Obama won. And apparently it wasn't even close. So hurrah.
I also finished Portal, and bought Portal 2. I liked the song at the end. A LOT. And while I was looking for Portal 2 (in vain) in my home town, I found out that the little games shop I used to see when I was a teenager was still open, and both stocking and selling Bioshock action figures! It was a good day all around.
And we had my YN over at my house today. He is sweet, and can pull himself up on furniture, and make lots of noises now. And point. At one point he looked up at one of our houseplants, pointed at it and went "Aaah!", and then went back to playing with his cars. He plays with cars by pushing them along and going "aaaaaaah" or "grrrrrrrrr". He is lovely. I also learned that my mum thinks he's "weird". Which, in fairness, is something I would expect a sitcom granny to say about their baby grandchild, so at least we're living up to the stereotype, thanks mum.
And I saw a bit of Emmerdale today with Declan in it, and it gave me Declan/Nathan feelings. Sigh.
And I had a dentist appointment today, which went quite well, with quite a lovely new lady dentist. It was her first day apparently. She didn't make any mistakes which could only be covered up by saying "It's my first day!". Yay. And we had Bonfire Night, which means we're now in the period of time I officially recognise as Pre-Christmas. Argh. And...something. I'm on my period, and I'm really tired. Oh, and I attempted to buy trousers from H&M, and I found out that of all the weird sizing issues there are from shop to shop, H&M might just take the cake for 'obviously a lot smaller than the number would imply'. And yet I also tried a jumper from there, and the Large was too big for me so I had to get a Medium. Weird.
