WOW Moments

Occasionally I'm just sold on something—you know, you're watching a TV show or reading a book and something happens that is simply amazing. In A College of Magics, for instance, what seemed like a pretty straight-and-narrow magic school book, (I'm about to spoil it completely), the main character gets expelled a third of the way through the novel. Expelled! In a book called A College of Magics! That never happens! I fell utterly in love with Caroline Stevermer at that point.

In Firefly, the concept was pretty original and sound. I was in to it just because it was a) created by Joss Whedon and b) had a really really cool setting. But then Mal walks up and headshots the fed. I might have fainted. I mean, who does that? In most TV shows/movies/whatever there's always a long standoff and then death. But no! Mal freaking shoots the guy with no provocation. It was beautiful.

A recent, sudden conversion: a friend gives me Jagged Little Pill—you know, Alanis Morisette's breakthrough album. I sort of took for granted that she was awesome, because I'd never actually listened to her before. So I stick the CD in, and she's singing, and I'm thinking, "Okay, weird voice, good lyrics..." Then I get to that part in "All I Really Want," the very first track, when she goes, "Why are you so petrified of silence?/Here, can you handle this," and plays about two seconds of silence.

Holy crap. That's just so amazing. Ima go make an "ALANIS 4EVA" shirt now. (Not. But STILL!)

Okay I really have to go to class now.