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I don't know what to do about my mother. But that's for another day.

I decided to catch up on Supernatural while riding the train home Friday night so I can make it to the Breeders' Cup World Championship at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, CA on Saturday. Fun times. Some other train behind us broke down so we had to go back and help them, and by going back I mean I tossed in comments about the train going backwards while freaking the fuck out over 5.07 and 5.08.

OH MY GOD THIS EPISODE WHAT THE FUCK

Oh god 2nd hand embarrassment much? Guy playing old!Dean's pretty fab, though. He's got game, bitches. Would make a kickass grandpa.

I need to stop laughing my ass off in the train.

This episode is fucking ridiculous.

OH BOBBY BB NO STOP THAT STOP HATING YOURSELF\

I love this witch's accent. Nice change from the American/Canadian English.

IS THAT THE WITCH'S TELL? LMFAO NICE

Sam has a pretty nice poker/bitchface.

The other witch is really hot.

ENOUGH WITH THE CAMERA ANGLES.

Now this is sad. Creepy and sad.

OUR TRAIN BROKE DOWN.

2/3 of the episode's fucking ridiculous; 1/3 is perfect. Hello, character development!

My opinion? Eh. I seriously did like Patrick, but this episode? I don't know; I really liked that we get to address Bobby's life as a, well, as a disabled man. I always wondered how the show was going to approach that; he sure as hell doesn't seem like the type to take this situation easily. I'm no good at the rights of the disabled, but I think Show kind of made up for some of their earlier...episodes with this one. I'm sorry, but I just couldn't believe Dean used Bobby = Professor X when talking with Jesse.

THIS IS GOING TO BE AWESOME OH BOY

AND ALREADY OMFG WTF WOW

THIS IS AWESOME A SITCOM VERSION OF SUPERNATURAL AND THE TRAIN'S GOING FUCKING *BACKWARDS*

The Incredible Hulk? TV Hulk is better than Bana and/or Norton?

OMG Sam you fucking genius.

Lol, "You want to be Facebook friends with him?"

LOL, Dean with his "they're all monsters" stance and Sam saying, "Hey, we need everyone we can get on our side in the angels vs. demons war."

Oh DEAN. You know too much about medical soap operas. Dean, your bisexuality is showing.

"That was a trick, right?"
"Helloooooooo, Trickster?"

"Call it my own little idiot box."

Sam I love you.

The soap drama is awesome. ACTUALLY THIS IS AMAZING.

Oh Sam, so weirded out by the doctor.

OH GOD IT'S THE IMPOSSIBLE, RIDICULOUS JAPANESE GAME SHOW

THEY EVEN GOT ADS GOING WTF

TRICKSTER'S HOST JUST SAID "PRETTY BOY ANGELS"

OH NOW WHAT

OH SAM YOU GOT STUCK WITH THE "I GOT GENITAL HERPES" LINE

Playing roles - celebrity death match\

NOW IT'S CSI OH GOD HORATIO CAINE HERE WE GO THEY'RE BOTH HORATIO WITH SHADES "WHO WEARS SUNGLASSES AT NIGHT" WITH THE DARK SUITS AND NEON BLUE SHIRTS

OH MY GOD THEY EVEN GOT THE MUSIC GOING WOW WAY TO BE SUBTLE GUYS I LOVE YOU

SAM YOU MAKE THE PERFECT HORATIO SUBSTITUTE

omfg Sam is KITT THIS IS AWESOME OH GOD

Also, Dean, so worried for Castiel.

HEY HELLO BONFIRE ON THE BEACH

Oh man Gabriel and the Trickster is a perfect fit.

Gabriel, just as tired as Raphael. Wow. This is amazing. Fucking amazing. Can't stand watching his brothers fighting each other again and again, so he wants Sam and Dean to play their roles and end it all.

GODDAMN FUCK YEAH, DEAN. WAY TO DISS GABRIEL AND BE ALL "CASTIEL'S BETTER THAN YOU"

And now some thinky thoughts: Is it just me or are they really playing up the gay/bisexual side of Dean? There is way more to his obsession with Dr. Sexy than being a fangirl. Sam seriously makes an awesome Horatio Caine, and I just love their jab at CSI: Miami.

But the whole thing with Castiel? Oh my god. The BAMF of his entry. The fucking duct tape on his mouth. Dean constantly asking after him, demanding the Trickster/Gabriel bring him back and shit. Maybe it's just how he treats the people closest to him, although the only measuring stick is Castiel, since Sam's more family than friend, and Dean never had a friend until Castiel pulled him from perdition, drove him fucking nuts with his wishy-washy stance, and then fucking exploded for him. But then you have the necklace deal and the fact that in Zachariah's fucked up future he stuck around. After all that shit he still stuck around.

The kicker? Gabriel. Dear god, Gabriel. Talk about the retconning, and how well they pulled it off. I just love it, how Raphael and Gabriel are so sick and tired of this pissing contest between Michael and Lucifer, how they want it to just end, damn the humans and all other living creatures. Just...the way Gabriel went about it is just so pathetic, when you look beyond the awesome that's his Trickster mask. So sick and tired that he turns tail and runs, y'know?

But the whole TV land thing? That is so Gabriel. He's God's messenger in biblical mythology; he's the one who told Mary, "Oh, btw you're pregnant with God's child. Cheers!" My friend jokes about his roundabout way of speaking, how he never gets to the fucking point. This Gabriel? Used TV to make his point about the boys playing their parts in the whole Apocalypse. That's how he's getting his message across. Same with the douches he fools around with - it's just that most of them tend to die.

Have I given this episode more thought than usual? Yes. I like to blame it on my very NaNo-y mind, and my little dance between NaNo and the Bookshop AU.


And now here are some beautiful horses.



The lovely Irish-bred Goldikova, whose home base is in France, and apparently loves the Santa Anita turf course. She is only the second female repeat winner of the Breeders' Cup Mile since Miesque (1987-88), and she gave her trainer Freddie Head a rare double-double: he rode Miesque to her two victories as a jockey, and has now trained Goldikova to two Mile victories as well. As someone jokes, all he needs to do is win the Mile twice as an owner.


Here is Goldikova warming up. In Thoroughbred horse racing, the horses do the post parade walk in front of the grandstand, and then start jogging around the track to warm up before loading into the gate for the race. The other horse is Justenuffhumor, who'd finish third.


This is Courageous Cat, who ran second to Goldikova in the Breeders' Cup Mile. He's a gorgeous colt, and I was really lucky they were hosing him down in front of me.


This is Mastercraftsman, an Irish-bred gray/roan colt. I'm only showing him because he's got some beautiful coloring.


And here he being hosed down after the race, the Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile. Hilariously, the Dirt Mile is being run on a synthetic surface; we joke that it should be called the Main Track Mile.


This is Bullsbay, a strapping son of Tiznow. He was my favorite for the Dirt Mile, but he never fired. Boo.


I was lucky the two friends I met up with at Santa Anita found such a nice spot - I got to photograph the horses leaving the gate for the Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile.


Here's the jockey Joel Rosario dismounting from the three year old colt Chocolate Candy, who's owned by Jenny Craig. Seriously.


Presious Passion. My god, what a horse. What a horse. He's a grand old gelding, a fiery six year old who runs free on the lead and dares anyone to catch him. He ran too fast in the mile-and-a-half Breeders' Cup Turf - which is on the grass - and got collared by superior stayer Conduit, an Irish-bred, at the wire but seriously, that was one hell of a race.


His name is Colonel John, and I call him Johnny C. He's a fan favorite of mine; been following him since late 2007. He's got the worst luck in the fucking world, but on a good day he tries his damned best. Too bad this was not one of those days. Not so sorry I wasn't cheering for him, too. The Breeders' Cup Classic was never going to be yours, boy.


This is the fucking QUEEN of American racing. Her name is Zenyatta. I'm sure some of you have noticed me shrieking my head off about this horse before. She is the reason why nearly 60,000 packed the grandstand. She is the reason why I'm there, really. Colonel John is a draw, sure, but Zenyatta? She's a goddamn rock star. She knows how to ham it up to her fans, she knows how to pose, how to work the crowds, how to earn the applause and shouts and cheers. She knows how to make us roar with approval. And oh my god did she ever! No, I'm not pissed my camera refused to focus on the goddamn HBIC whenever I tried to snap one of her. Piece of shit.


My camera was a jerk and refused to photograph the first time past the post right. This is the Breeders' Cup Classic field racing by us for the first time. The horse on the lead is Regal Ransom. The horse who wins is so far back she's not even in the shot. I normally get a shot of the horses hitting the wire but I was screaming myself so hoarse and jumping around that I never got one. I don't regret it, though.


This is the race that made Zenyatta one of the immortals of Thoroughbred horse racing.




I did come to a satisfactory conclusion regarding my NaNo - time travel is some straight up fuckery, for one, and sometimes it's best to let sleeping dogs lie. I suppose I'll have to go with blanket spoilers for all 5 seasons but emphasize that it's a post-Apocalypse novel that goes AU after the unbelievable 5.04.

I also figured out where I went wrong with the wall!sex, besides it just not being the right time to draw - I'm not aiming for hot or cute or adorable or endearing or really fucking hawt. I want intimacy. That's all. Seriously. I get off on intimacy like you wouldn't believe. That other fan art I did? Ngl, my proudest bit is the hand going up under Dean's shirt. So now I have to rethink composition, rethink what I'm going for, rethink what I want and what I need, and see where the road takes me.

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