I changed my layout! I'm really sort of happy with it, it being a lot cleaner than my last one. I doubt I'll be using speckled backgrounds on lj for awhile.

Top Gear season 12 started this month! But I've only seen the first episode, but ohmygosh Oliver! Watch Oliver in 10x4 to understand. African adventure ftw! Also, I like that that site has lots of show episodes on the page instead of mucking about with outsourcing (especially when you can't view it without signing up >_<). They don't have season 12 up, for that its falls to trusty Sidereel.

Classes for next semester are all registered for and I actually have 15 hours, a first! It will be my last semester of Latin, meaning that I have one more semester of weekly panic and inability. And then I'll get to actually start my Anthropology major. Oh goodie.

My Egyptian term paper has been moved back a week! :D I will be able to sleep this weekend, isn't that wonderful? The beginning of November is dreadful, all the classes have papers due so close to each other and yet that still does nothing to quell my tendencies toward procrastination. Shiny flash games are such a distraction.

I have never been so disappointed with a show as I am with the season finale of Bones, and I've seen Heroes season 2. Why do writers never know how to write my favorite characters? ;_; Creepy!Hodgins ftw, though. That ending really ruined everything previous episodes have said. I don't think I can watch anymore, not the way I did. Not even Hodgins and Sweets can keep me watching so excitedly, which just shows how upsetting that was. It would have been more acceptable if the actor wanted to leave the show, but where the writers pulled that episode from probably shouldn't be mentioned in respectable society. Gormagon was interesting, why turn the story line into a boring conclusion. It would have been better if something was revealed to the audience but not the cast, just a single scene at the end of the episode to prepare for a more in depth conclusion next season. Or if it had been a twist where someone took down Gormagon on their own or something. ...This has turned into a way to pick up my spirits, so it shall end (since Hillary is probably the only one who has seen any Bones).

House was an excellent ending to the season, even though it was so incredibly sad. I almost forgot what it was like to enjoy and agree with a season finale for any show, good job House! I have a lot of hope for NCIS, especially with the last two episodes (Ziva & Jimmy are ♥s!).

On a different side of things, the anime crowd is making me want to go to some sort of convention. I'll see if I have the money to waste five years from now. (Doctor Who guys are easy to pick to cosplay as, but what girl companion could I be? I'd pick Leela if I was better at sewing and was more comfortable in my own skin.)

Instead of posting another piece of writing here I've decided to return to the irregularly scheduled posting about nothing in particular. This post has decided to begin by typing about its comrades.

( Cut to shorten your FP a little. See how considerate I can be? Through here are some vague things that have come to my attention lately. You don't have to read it, the last two paragraphs are more important to my creative side anyways. )

From now on (until further notice) I will not be posting my writing here. Its moving to a separate home here at blogspot. Its not entirely set up though, but I'm going to try to post something there every week. My stuff is under the name "rhinoland" as per usual. Read, enjoy, tell your friends! *nervous laugh*

I have issued myself an icon challenge which goes as follows: "For each episode of Heroes aired featuring Sylar and/or Maya you must make at least 14 icons by the time their next episode airs (unless its finals or something, then you get an extension)". Last week I made 16 in pretty much one morning before school. This week I've made seven so far and I've been working on and off on them over the last two and a half days. I keep fiddling with them, but I think this might turn into my best icon set yet. *iz proud* Hopefully I can get at least another seven done so I can post them tomorrow.

This first semester of college seems to have gone rather well for me. What I'm ever so proud of is the first paper I had to write for Anthropology (I compared the religions of the Celts and the Vikings) - I got a 40 out of 40. Though there were a couple of instances where I forgot to elaborate on a point not dealing with the topic, I did rather well. Also, I think this was the first English class ever where my work was used for a good example and I was the 'star' pupil. It was kind of weird.
Next semester will prove interesting.

I watched the first four episodes of Deadwood today. I knew I'd love it. Reverend Smith is my favorite non-main character, he's made of awesome. I bawled terribly at the end with Wild Bill. The reactions of the actors are superb. I'm totally crushin'.

So I'm getting a MP3 player for Christmas. If anyone has opinions about a 30GB (or so) I'd like to hear 'em. Zune, Creative Labs Zen, and Ipod are the ones I know, though I'd probably be leaning to the two former. Battery life, scratch resistance, and song skips (basically how the damn thing works) are what I'm curious about so if you've got something to say then say it.