No, this is not an April Fool's post. I might assume that would come later.

Aside from today (now yesterday) being the Best Day Ever (for reasons at some point explained,) I was confronted with many a Snape-y point of interest, which can all be filed away under the tag of The Debate. 

Ok, here's something else I should do: I was in history class and Mr. Hanchett was talking about western immigration and stuff, and he mentioned that people went out there for better land. For some reason, this led him to say that the thing he wants most in the world (his Mirror of Erised) is just a tiny square of grass in his backyard. Because, you know, he apparently lives in Sommerville, which really is a "concrete jungle." So, for an Easter/April break present for him, I want to plant some grass seed in a little pot, and maybe stick a little mini birdhouse in it or something. That would be so cute!

Also over April break, I would like to dedicate that week to making a Snape-coat for ComicCon, but I don't know if that'll go through.

Argh, I need to watch Dollhouse. And Buffy.

I think I'm going to go to the movies this weekend; I'd really like to see Frost/Nixon. It's still out, isn't it? I'm pretty sure it is.

ELIZA DUSHKU WAS IN BOTTLE SHOCK!? NOW WHEN I WATCH IT WITH MUM (because I said I would) I KNOW I'M GOING TO FANGIGGLE. (Also, as I pointed out to the Gang, she's so awesome in that movie that she's the one snarking at Alan Rickman. =DDDDDD) 

I saw Steven in the library today, and he suddenly broke out into song. "John Jacobs Jingleheimer Schmidt!" I don't remember how Mr. Muller reacted.

I did a very stupid thing at Exit 51. I sort of went with a couple of other people to ask Ms. Beekley what she thought of Mr. Quadros' beard (which still looks ridiculous.) It was a STUPID thing to do. Really, at least when Snape snarks, it's more mean and condescending. When Ms. Beekley snarks, it's like she's trying to make your soul melt into a little puddle of shame. *Ali leans over, "Argh, stop backpedaling! You're making it worse!"* God, I think she loves how upset she makes me.

You know what I find interesting? The Insider (or whatever it's called) was on, and it seems like every five seconds there's like, "HAY GUYZ! MAH SEKRIT WEDDINS, LET ME SHOW U DEM!" I suppose I find that most annoying because of that bit of my Life's Work. It's like, "Okay, they didn't do it in secret because they wanted you to analyze everything, post pictures everywhere, and say horrible things about them. What is this 'secret' of which you speak?" Anyway, that's sort of a personal rambling (though Snape wholly agrees and says: DDDDD:<)

I was watching tv with Mum and there was a commercial for NEIL PATRICK HARRIS ON ELLEN HOLY FRICKING FRICK ON A BISCUIT- I was squeeing so hard, and I can only imagine that, had she seen it, chevy_the_geek would have had a coronary. Or her eyeballs would have popped out. That happened on House one time, you know. BUT NEVERMIND THAT. I saw a couple of pics from

church_of_nph

lyricalecho

Bruins game tomorrow! *Edgey!whoop!*
 

So... I really don't have much to post (big surprise! - no, really) but I figured I'd put something down anyway.

I finally listened to the rest of that Snapcast episode. They had a fic reading, actually, so when I woke up at five in the morning and couldn't go back to sleep, I figured I'd lay in bed and listen to it. So I'm sitting there, ten minutes in, in the dark, in bed, at five in the morning, bawling my little eyes out. It was like, Hermione being the clean-up crew for post-Hallows Snape, and it was actually kind of gross how they went into how his neck arteries were hanging out and everything, but... It was insanely heartbreaking, being inside Hermy's head at that point, and her thinking about what a sucky life he had and not being loved ever, and then they were talking about it afterward about the funky ending with the patronuses and how Snape's patronus came out as a hawk when they were closing the tomb because it probably was meant to be what it was before it was a doe like Lily and all, but then the doe showed up and he followed her into the Forest, and it was like she had forgiven him and come back to lead him home and I was just like, "BAAAAAAAAAAW!"

... That was a sucky synopsis, but that's ok. *sniffle*

It terms of other things that don't make my inner fangirl want to roll up in a ball and die, D's been sick and everything, so I sent him a copy of the Giley!fic, along with a lovely rundown of the Buffy knowledge he needed. It went something like:

"Giles: Think Remus Lupin (werewolf, Harry Potter, you know?) Think glasses. Think British. Think Obi-Wan, Gandalf or Dumbledore undercover as a librarian. Think... Tweed."

Unfortunately, however, the attatchment wouldn't go, so he ended up calling me and I read it to him over the phone. I think it made him feel alot better. If he visits today, then I might read him the first part of the Snilly fic. (This all reminds me that I need to do my ff.net thing- argh, I have to get around to that.)

Im just throwing this out, now that I'm on a bit more of a Furuba kick and I picked up this new icon and all, but I'm sort of starting to realize that I really identify with Tohru. I mean, I know she seems cute and innocent and all, but she's got some serious inner demons. That, and she tries to make everyone around her happy and feel better and all. In fact... I think she might be one of my favorite female characters... In general. I mean, more than Hermione for sure, and more that Willow I think, and maybe more than Kaylee? That's questionable. But yeah.

Hey, you know that new Kelly Clarkson song, My Life Would Suck Without You? I can't help but think of how perfect this is for my Life's Work- by which I mean the lyrics work and not so much the peppy tune (SNAPE DOES NOT APPROVE.) But really, it does work ridiculously well.

Being with you
Is so dysfunctional
I really shouldn't miss you,
But I can't let you go

or my favorite, and the most perfect few lines ever:

I know that I've got issues
But you're pretty messed up too
Either way, I found out
I'm nothing without you

Hee. <3

I also went shopping with my mum yesterday, and my God I was in a good mood. Even my mum, the maternal-like Mrs. Weasly was like, "Uh... Are you okay? You're so... Cheery." Maybe it's 'cause I got to rest my brain a little bit when I was sick. But I was in such a good mood that I ended up telling her that I danced with Tyler at the semi. I had just talked about it with Echo (just before Inkheart, actually, so that's why it was so weird seeing him there) and I thought I was going to keep it to myself. But I was just feeling so fuzzy that I kept literally opening my mouth to say it, and it wouldn't come out. So I'd be quiet again. And finally my mum just sort of popped out with, "Oh, hey, how's Tyler?" And I was just like, "OK YEAH ABOUT THAT- EEEE!?" And she thought it was cute, and tried to convince me that he didn't ask simply because Paige told him to. Because he would totally do that. He went out with Allison in junior high just because he heard she liked him and he felt bad. So I dunno. I'll see Paige on the bus at one point or another and maybe we can girl talk more? =3 She's good at that.

Hockey game today- I'm not sure if Timmy will be playing, though. I'm sure, as always, that Erica would be tremendously happy if he did. BRUUUUUUIIIINS YEAH!

I'm skipping the intro, and going straight to the biggest fangiggle I've had in months. About five minutes ago, I found out who was cast as the caterpillar in the Tim Burton Alice in Wonderland. Ready?

ALAN FRICKING RICKMAN. AS THE GORRAM CATERPILLAR. THINK ABOUT THAT FOR FIVE SECONDS. OMFGASDFGHJKL; TIM BURTON STOP BEING SO AMAZING ARGH AASDFGHJKLJHGFDSDFGHJKLKJHGFDFGH~

*sigh* Ok. So, Johnny Depp is the Mad Hatter, this I knew. Helena Bonham Carter is the Red Queen; I would only assume she was in it. And then you know who is the White Queen is? Anne Hathaway. That was sort of a surprise; I'm glad, though. I like her alot, and she hasn't been in anything that great recently. SO. I just wondered... Is Alan maybe becoming a part of the Tim Burton crowd? OOOOOOOH THAT WOULD BE SO GREAT~

BUGMAN!ALAN ON CRACK!

So. *giggle* Ok, I'm good now. Anyway, while I'm on the topic of Tim Burton, I finally saw Sweeny Todd. At Kenny's house, actually, at the end of Christmas vacation. Surprisingly, I didn't geek out as much as I thought I would: only during Alan's two singing bits. I mean, I didn't dislike it by any means. I guess Alan was just so evil, and creepy rather than snarky. Come on, he was creepy, and totally sketchy/stalker-like/child-molester. BUT I did love By the Sea; I couldn't help but think of the buttfacemakani pic with Bella and Voldie... Also, we told Erica that NPH played Toby once, and so she kept screaming that he was going to die, and freaking out every time he showed up, and we were just like, "THAT'S NOT NPH, DEARIE." Also, Borat makes me laugh. Now back to the Misadventures of Sev and Wally!

Newsflash! Snape wants to be the pope!

Really. But anyway, my mum has since finished it. I did read this one little part where Waleran came up with this battle plan, and William was all, "YEAH, LET'S GO SLAUGHTER SOME PEOPLE!" and Wally was just like, "Erm... You can... You know... Go without me. Please." Oh, also? I did find a bit that mentioned how he hardly eats anything. And I'm like, 'Heh. I knew that was totally in-character.' But he really was evil, whereas Sev is not, so you know.  He ended up having something to do with this plot that killed some guy, and something about dethroning the king, and apparently it was really easy to guess what it was.

You know what kind of drove me nuts, though? The way this guy writes dialogue is weird. It's like it goes, "Waleran said: 'Wow, why am I a snarky, evil bishop and not a snarky, not-really-evil professor?'" It's really funky with the colon and all.
 

I've been singing Sound of Music, like, a ton. Do you think we could give Snape a guitar and make him sing Eidelweiss? We already know from Sweeny that he can sing... (XDDDDDDDDD SORRY: THIS IS HOW I THINK~)

I've added House and Dr. Chase to my List, because, you know, they're cool. They aren't very high up, but still.

You know you're turning into Echo's little sister when people from the Constitutional Convention are showing up on your List. I was studying for my history midterm, and I found this blurb about James Madison. Basically, he was like a little shoebox!Remus. You know, he was always reading, and he was sort of quiet and cute and good at being the research-guy and... Well, Remus-y. I can just see it: "Um... Mr. Washington, sir? I was reading last night, and I found this really interesting chapter about Ancient Rome, and it gave me a good idea, but it might not be so good, I'm not sure-" And Ben Franklin all, "Out with it, boy!" "Right! Yes, so I was thinking..." Hee. <3

On the same page, I was still studying in art, and I was talking about this one thing with my friend Emily. Basically, during the war between France and Britain, this guy called Citizen Genet was stirring up the Americans to join the French. And Washington was all, "Hey, we're not getting involved here." So Genet set up this whole meeting and basically dumped on Washington. Emily said, "So he said to Washington, 'So go away, or we shall be forced to taunt you a second time!'"

Of course, Mr. Hanchett noted that Genet was then "forcibly removed from the country" which Ellie translated to "drop-kicked across the pond."

I want to point something out here. Trauma Center? Back when we were playing it at the Fantastic Five sleepover, we looked up some sprites and were horrified to see the similarities between our/my favorite Kassal brother and a certain lavender-suited defense attorney...

 

And there you have it- from Jo herself, whether she likes him or not. To be honest, I really do look forward to January 9th. It's just like... It's like Fandom Day, almost, if there was such a thing (maybe we should plan one?) So, basically, this is a completely Snape-centric post to celebrate- because I sort of do. (I'M HOPELESS, ECHO SAYS, JUST HOPELESS.)

First off, I'd like to point out that if we're going by release dates of the books, Snape is turning the big 'four-oh!' I can only imagine his complete and utter distaste at being considered on top of the hill in 'over the hill.' *sigh* Grey hairs abound, I'd think, and that enough is cause for some grumpiness. Of course, if we're going by actual canon years and such he would be... 49! Ugh. Almost to the big five-oh. And if 40 was putting him in a bad mood, I could only imagine 50 would make him spend the whole day locked in his room with a bottle of scotch... (Of course, my lovely fanfic!Snape is quite content even at 60, but that's a little different, I think.)

Of course, I would assume Snape does not like birthdays at all, no matter what age he's turning. (He probably thinks it's depressing.) In fact, I rather think that no one even knows when his birthday is (not even Albus! Because, you know, he'd probably tell everyone if he were ever particularly pissed off with Snape's... Snape-y-ness. Or just to annoy him.) But even still, he might actually give himself a break for once. I think he'd treat himself to a quiet evening with a book, without having any homework or tests to correct or anything. And maybe a bottle of wine (I've decided Pinot Noir is his favorite) and something special for his cat (who has become unnecessarily canonical in my head.)

Which, as if the guy needed anything else, his birthday is rather close to Christmas. Wow Jo hates him.

Now, Snape in other things... I'll start small. As another Trauma Center nod, there is a character who is particularly Snape-ish. Victor Niguel, actually. His sprite goes from "grrr" to "ARGH," and he does have the haircut and everything. (He wears the normal doctor scrubs, though, so no black, really.) But he's the brains of the group, and everyone's always talking about how he never sleeps since he's always working and researching and stuff. Wikipedia says: "He focuses mainly on his work and its uses. He is considered a recluse, and can't stand the thought of 'idiots' being near him." Dunderheads, more like (even if Snape swears decidedly less than Victor.)



Here's something that sort of caught me by surprise. My mum is reading this book called The Pillars of the Earth, and I guess it's about building a church, or something like that in the general medieval times. I know this off the bat, since she asked me if she should read this one or another one about women in China and silk and eh. But anyway, she's reading (wondering why it's a bestseller when it really isn't that well written) and she's about a hundred pages in and she goes, "Hey! Snape's in this book!" And I'm like, "WHAT WHERE?" 
 

“Their seats were scattered randomly, but they all looked at and spoke to a priest who sat in the middle of the group like a spider at the center of a web. He was a thin man, and the way his long legs were splayed apart and his long arms draped over the arms of the chair made him look as if he were about to spring. He had lank, jet-black hair and a pale face with a sharp nose, and his black clothes made him at once handsome and menacing.”

And he's sort of a bad guy, like, he's not very nice to the main character, but he's not evil per se. Or even, he's not the Big Bad Guy. And heck, they've even described him as "oily" already. Come on. And also, he walked in on William (the Big Bad) and his DE pals cronies- particularly Bella his particular favorite one that I don't know the name of- trying to stone a cat just for kicks. And Snape Waleran walks in and (he sort of pulls a shoebox!Snape and freaks out when it lunges for his ankles) but he does end up having a soft spot for cats and lets the thing out. Even though in my timeline, Snape doesn't have a cat either of the times he's with the DE (he got it after the First Rising but it died before the Second) I can totally see him walking in on Voldie and the peeps and being all, "DDDDD= That could have been my cat!" And the DE all, "...You have a cat?" And Snape stops and kind of does a second D= face. "Ah... Evil people can have cats too, you know. They can. Really, I swear."

And then there's another part where some characters are going to see Bishop Snape and there's this big castle that's only half-built and William's just like, "Uh... He sort of ran out of money." Which then makes me think of Snape being all Gumshoe-y on a teacher's salary, what with spending most of it on potions equipment and such. *chuckle* He's just sitting at Spinner's End with no electricity, his cat follows him to the fridge (magically powered, even if it's a little draining) and he looks in: "So. We have week-old chicken, and week-old chicken." "Meow?" "Week-old chicken it is. We'll split it." Or maybe even he has to buy the cheap cat food, and the poor thing is just like, "What is this crap?" I just hope Snape would go to the store before the cat food started smelling pretty good... STOP RIGHT THERE, I'LL GO NO FURTHER WITH THIS TRAIN OF THOUGHT. XDDDDDDDDDDDDDD <3

So yeah. There was also a small bit about some strange woman there was an issue with, (he saw her and was all '=OOOOOOOOOO') but if her name is Lily, and he has/had a thing for her, then I'll definitely update on that. Also, if he's bitten by a giant snake. Or if he dies at all. Or anything, really. I'm sure we'll continue the adventures of Sev and Wally.

So... Lastly. I have a bit of previously-mentioned Snape background action going on here. (Basically I did it over vacation when I was snowed in and bored.) It's just simple screencap from OoTP, but covered in lyrics from my Snape Playlist (so what if I have one?) But it was actually sort of difficult... But there's even a little blank strip at the bottom for the toolbar!

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y206/Hiddensuicune/squee2lyricssave7.jpg

Echo looked at an earlier version of it, and said simply, "OW MY FEELINGS." Which, yeah, it's emo. But it's Snape, how can it not be emo? But... It's just sort of odd just how much Sarah McLachlan is on there... It not my fault her lyrics are so Snape-y and emo! They just are!

Alright! So that just about wraps that up for now. I was so excited yesterday/today about this, and I mentioned a "certain event" to bothstella_muse andlyricalecho I was driving Stella nuts, so I promised I would write it the night before and post it before I went to school (which, I can't really sleep so I'm posting it this late/early.) She has nooooo idea. As in, "Hey, do you know what tomorrow is? January ninth?" "Uh, Friday?" Echo, on the other hand, seems to have had her 'aha' moment already, and IM'd me in a most piteous and exasperated flurry. I'm not hopeless! We'll do something just as special for Remus' birthday! (Maybe even nicer, considering he'd actually appreciate it and not slam the door in our faces. March 10th, guys! Which is two days before my main OC's birthday...) What? Why not celebrate fictional characters' birthdays!? January, February, March... These are boring months! We have to keep ourselves entertained! (Even if Snape bluntly disagrees with this.) In fact, you know what Snape probably hates? Sparkly things. Sparkly things happen to entertain me. Therefore, since I can't resist, I'll finish...



Snape says:  ]:<

Heh. <3