This journal is now (largely) friends-only.

Gakked from just about everybody:

( Ten-and-a-Quarter Things to Keep in Mind When Reading This Journal )

Jay Smooth says everything I've ever wanted to say about why discussions of race/racial politics matter (even in fandom) and everything I've wanted to say about why, if I and others are talking about what you said, it's a diversionary tactic to start talking about who you (or your friends) are, and he says it much better than I could. Yes, it's a primer on strategies for how to tell people they sound racist, but I still think it's really important to illustrate the idea that yes, there is a difference between the statement, "that thing you said sounds racist" (which is almost always how conversations about race/racism start in fandom) and the statement, "you are a racist" (which tends to only come up once people actually start acting like racists instead of listening to what they're being told with regard to why something they said might be racially problematic).

( The State of the Fannish Me )

( Star Trek XI )

I was going to talk about The Fashion Show, Glee and So You Think You Can Dance, but this is already tl;dr, so that’ll have to keep for another post on another day.

Warning: I really didn’t like this episode. Proceed behind the cut-tag at your own risk.

( It’s not *your* human side that’s the problem, Clark. )

First: ingridmatthews, Alessandro Juliani guest-stars in this week's SV episode, playing Dr. Emil Hamilton. He's only in two scenes, but he looks great and, more importantly, his character comes across as eminently sensible.

( Second: )

Everything I'd want to say about Beast has already been said by radioreverie (spoilers for the episode at the link, of course). ( I'd just add a few points ... )

Hello, Internets!

( The State of Me )

( Another year of indentured servitude, aka, Smallville got renewed! )

Other TV I'm Watching and Care About:

( American Idol )

( BSG )

( CSI, Original and Miami recipes )

( Chuck )

( Heroes )

( L&O, Original and SVU recipes )

( Lost )

( Ep-specific SV Comments )

Annnd … I've nattered on long enough, so I'll end it here. I've still got Association Meme answers to write for fleegull, so that's good for at least one more post before SV returns to the TV landscape in a few weeks. *g*

Hey, Smallville fans on my flist:

Are you tired of ship wars? Are you sad that you can't seem to find an on-line space where you can love on your favorite SV character(s) in peace? Do you just want to happily revel in the potentially final, potentially glorious days of one of the most awesome and awesomely cracktastic genre shows to ever come down the pike? Then I've got a community for you:

SV Character Love

Come share your squee about the fabulousness of the SV characters with others who likewise believe, "Hey, these characters are fabulous!"

More info here.

Come and let your Clark/Chloe/Davis/Jimmy/Jonathan/Lana/Lex/Lionel/Lois/Martha/Oliver/Pete/Tess/Whitney flag fly!!

Here's the trailer for next week's Smallville episode, Bride. ( Which looks AWESOME, btw. )

I know I owe comments and I’ll get to them this weekend, but I wanted to jot down my initial thoughts on Prey, the sixth episode of SV S8, before reading other people’s reviews. Be forewarned: I didn’t much care for this episode, so if you did, you might want to move along.

In a nutshell, Prey points up why ( spoilers )