Lois Lane is the greatest character on Smallville. It's a realization I came to recently. I confess, I always suspected it, but having finally seen the entire series, I can now confirm that it is true and absolutely so. I could go on and on about why this is, but I'll refrain, because one Brick-length rant is enough for the month, don't you think?  Therefore, I'll limit it to one specific reason: morals. As in, Lois Lane is the only character who consistently has them.

Don't believe me?

( I bet I can at least make you think. )

Once upon a time (not so long ago really but damn does it feel like an eternity and a half!), I was young, and did not watch television. My family didn't own a TV. And then, when I was in middle school, we bought one, and in doing so I discovered the miracle that is Smallville. Smallville was my first obsession, at least, my first TV-based one, because I'm pretty sure that LOTR ruled my life between the ages of 5 and 12 my great love, my absolute devotion for all of junior high and a decent majority of high school, which will probably tell you a great deal more about me than anyone actually needs to know. Anyway, after season 7, I just... quit watching. Clark was being annoyingly stupid with regards to The Lana Issue/his destiny/Kara/just about freaking everything, the subplots seemed scattered and random (which I think in retrospect was a result of the writer's strike cocking everything up as opposed to Smallville just sucking which I should have known wasn't possible), and I was just plain tired of being disappointed in my lifelong hero (I was a Superman fan way before I was a Smallville fan, you see).

Then, in January, I found myself wondering, "Whatever happened to that show?"  So I watched the final three seasons over the course of a week (and downed more coffee than Lois Lane does in a year to accomplish this), and to my amazement, with the exception of the Arc of Infinite Stupidity (you know what I'm talking about), it was some of the best television I've ever watched.

One thing keeps bugging me,
( and the explanation for it is about 10 pages long, so brace yourself... )

So, here's how it works:

1. Open your library (iTunes, Winamp, Media Player, iPod, etc)
2. Put it on shuffle
3. Press play
4. For every question, type the song that's playing
5. When you go to a new question, press the next button
6. Don't lie and try to pretend your cool... and alot of the songs fit with the setting

Opening Credits: White Riot - The Clash (is already known as the best opening credits song ever, so there you go)

Waking Up: One of Us Is Gonna Die Young - The Ark (lyrics make no sense, but it's a very upbeat song so good for the purpose)

First Day At School: Unstoppable - The Calling (obviously this starts in my angsty middle school years...)

Falling In Love: Call Me Lightning - The Who (yep, definitely... shocker, me)

Fight Song: She's Got Issues - The Offspring (...sadly probably accurate)

Breaking Up: Cold Hard Bitch - JET (no comment)

Prom night: Strangers, You and I - Daphne Loves Derby (wow, sucky prom night...)

Mental Breakdown: I Was A Teenage Anarchist - Against Me! (sadly accurate description of the closest thing to a mental breakdown I've ever had)

Driving: Living Well Is The Best Revenge - R.E.M. (...um, I guess?)

Flashback: Things Don't Always Turn Out That Way - The Calling (ooh, movie just took yet another turn for the even more bizarre-and-depressing)

Getting back together: With You I'm Born Again - originally by Billy Preston, but this is the piano version performed by Carl Doy (oddly appropriate)

Wedding: Changes - David Bowie (how bizarrely fitting... kinda like Bowie himself...)

Birth of Child: Girls & Boys - blur (meh, doesn't fit but whatever)

Final Battle: @!#?@! - Motion City Soundtrack (more or less appropriate and definitely reflects some of my unique "I'm gonna do my own thing and if you don't like it then eff you" attitude)

Funeral Song: Scream - Kill Hannah (love this song... now I actually am gonna have to have it played at my funeral... along with Black Parade... ooh, and that one really awful Aerosmith song, just to annoy my children, assuming I have some... ooh, and six hours of Alfie Boe singing everything he ever records...)

I was bored. This happened. Whatever.

Intelligence of Gilmore Girls characters from first to last (well, sort of last... I couldn't be bothered to get too far...)

#1- Jess Mariano: he may be a slacker (well, at any point prior to Season 4), but you'd better be damn sure he's the smartest person the Gilmores have ever or will ever encounter.
#2- Lorelai: yes, she's smarter than Rory, don't get your knickers in a twist. Her intelligence tends to lie in a different direction and it's not so honed as her daughter's, but trust me... she's got a brighter bulb up there even than Rory.
#3- Paris: is a fail at all interpersonal relations, but is decidedly brilliant
#4- Rory: this seems like it falls much farther down the list than it should.
#5- Richard: is brilliant
#6- Lane: is clearly also brilliant
#7- Luke: much smarter than he lets on, as is proved by random statements of high intelligence
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#X- Kirk Gleason: I have yet to decide whether he's an idiot savant or just an idiot, but one thing's for sure, he's __________ (feel free to fill in this blank with whatever you choose, because I'm sure you'll come up with some kind of creative adjective).

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It's mine. You may enjoy it, or you may not.  Feel free to love or hate.

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 Just thought you all might get a few lulz from this... assuming there's anyone out there who actually reads my insane ramblings...

 You know, I love Les Miserables fanfiction. I really do.  But I kind of hate the fan community, for one simple reason: most of them do not seem to understand how the internet works.

Okay, that was rude.  I oughtn't generalize like that.  Generalizing is bad, and I need to stop that before it becomes a habit.  Allow me to explain what I mean.

( Prepare for a long-winded explanation of a simple thing... )
In the end, it comes down to respect. Respect other people's ideas, even if you don't agree with them. It's a simple concept, and if everyone (I include myself, as well, because sometimes I say stupid stuff without thinking as much as anyone does) were a lot better at it the internet would be a much happier place.

It seems that between Miz-musical fans, there's really only one primary subject for debate: was the 10th or 25th anniversary celebration better?   Well, as a lifelong lover of musical theater, an individual who has read the unabridged translation of the novel six times in the last six weeks, and a highly musically trained individual, I'm here to break it down, plain and simple.  I've spent hours upon hours listening and re-listening, watching and re-watching, analyzing, breaking down, taking into account every aspect of each performer and each performance, and the following is my analysis.

( Beware: Here there be controversial opinions... )