So because it seems my subconscious really doesn’t want to be behaving like an adult and studying (I’m so close to actually be able to print my notes and start just learning them! one question left!), I had the irresistible urge to watch Redemption, because that’s the second time McKay appears in SG1. And I want some new McKay, which means some young McKay. It’ll be weird to be watching some old SG-1, without Daniel… I barely know the season 6 eps, although I like some of them.

Also, because my mind is warped, my plan of “watching Stargate only during meals” backfires – I just eat more, to be able to watch more TV.

Warning, this is long! (And probably boring, but hey, I wrote these comments for fun, not for anyone!)

So my project on the comparison of Adria and Jesus? My poster won first place, “Best Overall Poster/Presentation” in the class, which got me 25$ in gift card at Chapters. And I got a 100% grade. All of this? Made me very happy. Very, very happy. Who knew working on Stargate could be so lucrative? (And yes, I know, I just got a much, much bigger scholarship and I’m excited over *25$*. But that’s how life goes, no? You can have a sky-high salary, you’ll still be excited if you find a dollar on the ground. Hey! Free money!).

I also got accepted for my MA at my university, with the admission scholarship (which pays tuition, work as a TA, and a few extra thousand dollars). Yay!!

Which means I’ve been looking at which university to go to if I want to go on to do a PhD. Problem is, I’m still not sure if I want to go in Linguistics, or in some Classics/Near Eastern studies. I can go into linguistics easily, I’ll have my BA in that in a few months, and a MA in the subject in a year, but to go into Classics/etc. would require a few more years of studies because 1) I don’t have a BA or MA in the subject and 2) I haven’t taken Latin yet. :sigh: Basically I want to do historical linguistics, but there’s two ways I could do this: go into Linguistics and concentrate on historical (and I mean very historical – Egyptian, Coptic, other Near Eastern languages, and at the latest, Greek and Latin) linguistics, or go into Classics/Near Eastern Studies and concentrate on the linguistic aspects. And usually one department ignores the other one. Plus, who knew it was such a hassle for international students to study in the US? I thought 5000$ per year was a lot at my home university, but 30,000$ per year at Harvard? Crazy. And NO scholarships for international students. It looks as if there’s barely enough for the US students as it is. Pfft. I’m starting to appreciate Canadian education a lot more!

All of this means I’ve spent the last hours looking at every single US or Canadian university that offers a PhD in Linguistics. Expect an in-depth comparison in a few days, with pros and cons and everything. Yes, procrastination.

Meanwhile, I’m doing my Greek, and really need to catch up on my German. I shall try and read one of those SGA German fanfics, maybe. And possibly cry.

So there was this headline on the newspaper a few days ago about puddle jumping. What it was? People skating on puddles! I haven’t read the articles  yet, but it sure grasped my attention!

Greek : am I the only one that keeps trying to figure out, if SGA was set in Greco-Roman worlds, who would be the lover and who would be the beloved in the homosexual relationships? The greek words are erastes and erastov, I believe, and although I don’t remember which one is which right now, one of them is the older, ‘teacher’ part of the relationship, who teaches the younger one in exchange for sexual favours. Which one would John and Rodney be? Why am I thinking about this during Greek class? And why am I even wondering when I’ll be good enough in Greek to write a (short) fanfiction about these relationships and Rodney and Sheppard, *in* Greek?

And now The Intruder:

Not much here. But where else would I squee?

The greatest thing about bringing your laptop to school is finding out you left your SGA dvd in it and that you have a three hour break between classes. I swear I tried working, but there’s an hour left and well….

Again, my random thoughts while watching The Gift with the audio commentary on. Some fanon vs. canon things!

So I was listening to the Gateworld Interviews on my mp3 while walking to the bus stop/riding the bus, and the interviews with David Hewlett were incredibly interesting. He was mentioning how McKay hates himself so much that it’s hard for him to imagine anyone being able to love him, and later he mentioned his insecurities, and that really struck a cord. I never really saw McKay as having so much self-hatred. I guess I must have known – he’s quite surprised in Tao of Rodney “you love me? really?” – but it never really clicked. And now while cleaning up a folder (I keep saving Stargate pictures into my pidgin & creole folders, for some subconscious reason probably) I noticed a picture from Tabula Rasa, and remembered that I read over the weekend that one of the things written on Rodney’s arm is “USUCK” in Ancient (it’s in the first first scene, where he’s sitting at the table). Apart from the obvious joke for all of us Ancient-reading folks (I’m still learning my alphabet, but it’s now a necessity for my Languages of Stargate research paper… the hardship of research!), why would Rodney have written that on himself? Since he retains the ability to read and write in spite of his amnesia, he would probably remember how to read ancient. Plus, this is *before* he starts writing things down on his arm to remember them later (“avoid soldiers” “little guy with glasses” and other funny things…. although looking at the screencaps on Gateworld right now, I can’t really read *what* will die…. on his right forearm), which he writes in English. So why? Why would he write demeaning things on his arm, in such dire circumstances, when time is short? I’ll have to rewatch the episode to make sure I didn’t miss anything, because it might be important – it is clearly visible in the first scene, after all.

This is the first time I notice something interesting and ‘meta’ on SG… and I bet someone else did before me (obviously someone noticed it before me, but did they think about it as much as I did?). I also wonder if they talk about it on the commentary, but I don’t have Season 4 on DVD. Anyone?

On a random note, I wish I could choose between names – McKay or Rodney, John or Sheppard, but I just seem to use them interchangeably. Is it annoying? It’s weird to me.

I absolutely was not going to watch this episode (it’s one of my favourites, of course, but I was concentrating on watching old episodes I haven’t seen in a while), but then on the DVD I saw it was with Flanigan AND Hewlett. How could I pass the chance??

I actually only saw this episode once, and a while back, so it’s all new watching it. I’m disappointed the commentary is with the writers and not the actors, but it does give some insight so it’s interesting all the same. As usual, I’m watching it with the captions to follow the story and the audio tuned into the commentary. So on to my thoughts: