Could you describe the ruckus, sir?

No, really, the VMAs were super boring. One of the jackass dudes ripped off his clothes and had some...unusual underwear on. I'm sure the internet has pictures, but I don't want to examine it too closely.

Apparently Travis Wall is choreographing all the things now, including a routine for some song I had never heard until tonight, but which is apparently Quite Popular. Also, how is that Muse song still being nominated for awards? Isn't it, like, ancient?

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On the spectrum from WTFCrack to super-plotty awesome (let's ignore the corners of fluffy romance and angst-death for the moment. they don't suit my metaphor and I am tired) I think these two fics are nearly at opposite ends:

I don't consider this crack because WoW is Serious Business, y'all, and I totally buy into the opening paragraphs of this story. But, for the rest of the fandom, yes, this is probably as close to crack!fic as Care Bears and My Little Ponies and unicorns: 'tis pity he's a horde by ocelot_summer aka the one where Arthur and Eames play World of Warcraft on the same server, unbeknownst to each other.

And then, from the awesome plot side: Amazing Grace by airgiodslv. This is canon-level fic, for serious. (and some fairly serious canon thinking required to follow its awesomeness, as well) It's labelled Arthur/Eames and Cobb/Mal, and it is that, but it is so much more.

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I still have not watched the Sons of Anarchy premiere, because I can't remember what happened last season. Argh. Why doesn't TWOP have season two summaries :( I hate having to ask Wikipedia questions about TV plots.

On right now: VH1's Friday Night Alright: Adam Lambert Unplugged. (or Friday Night A'ight, as Jim Shearer pronounced it. That scamp.) I really did not enjoy most of his performances on Idol last season, I haven't heard his album, and am not in love with what I've heard on the radio and around, but I'm sort of digging the first song, Music Again. Adam's the mentor on Idol next week, and I'm looking forward to it.

The (very small) audience appears to be full of women who are more-or-less my age, sitting quietly and smiling somewhat awkwardly. Not that I'd expect anything else from them, but I seriously can't imagine sitting that close to someone performing, so I keep getting a sort of awkward chuckle out of it. I have eye contact issues. I really hated that moment when Usher stared at the camera on Idol last week.

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In other news, I did not love the third episode of Justified. There was way too much boring fugitive-of-the-week, and way not enough featured/recurring characters. At the end of the episode, I didn't feel like I'd learned anything about anyone I cared about, and if I wanted to be watching an episode of Law and Order or CSI: Wherever, I would be.

However! The fourth ep totally made up for it. Cameron Frye! Happy partner times, great antagonist, great bad-guys-for-hire.

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On a sort-of-related note, let's talk about when our protagonists kill people, yeah? So, Justified, he shoots people, right? (and kills them, like law enforcement officers do when they aim like they're supposed to) Hence the title. I'm a big fan of Generation Kill fic (and Fick! but that's beside the point), and clearly they are soldiers, so people get shot there too. There was an AU this week though, that totally lost me halfway through because I needed a reaction (or even a pointed non-reaction) to some death, and I just didn't see it.

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In slightly-less-homicidal news, Stargate: Universe is back. ( this got wordy, but not spoilery beyond the episode description )

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Uh, and Merlin is on SyFy, which is to say that Merlin is on, again. I've still only seen the first few episodes. It's being billed as an Original Series, which, yes. But it's not your Original Series, SyFy.