As this season of Doctor Who has developed, I’ve been seeing more and more dislike and bashing of Amy Pond (and of Karen Gillan’s acting), and also, more recently, of Rory. To each their own, I suppose; of course people don’t have to like her, but I personally love Amy, love Karen Gillan, love Amy/Rory, and love the current Team TARDIS. I doubt one post will be able to make people who dislike any of the above like them, but still, I would like to share some of the reasons why Amy Pond is totally and amazingly awesome. So, without further ado: Reasons Why Amelia Pond is Awesome
( Siblings and Ponchos and Awesome oh my! )

Went to watch The Lion King with a few of my besties tonight, while we all happen to be home at the same time (thank you, universe).  This is of course The Lion King on tape, played through a VCR, because even though we are 21st century adults (hahahaha), we were 20th century kids first, and hello, all the good commercials are on the videocassette!  So of course the first ten minutes or so were spent singing along to the Pocahontas preview and making plans to watch every movie made from about 1994 to 2000 (Pocahontas! Robin Hood! The Little Mermaid!  Angels in the Outfield! The Aristocats! Hercules! Mulan! The Lion King II! Tarzan!) over the summer.
Then we sang/said the entirety of the movie.  I would insert a facepalm here but I am not remotely ashamed of this.   Sometimes I think that Pocahontas is a prettier movie than TLK, but TLK has so many gorgeous scenes (see below); sometimes I think that Aladdin/Pocahantas/Hercules has better music, but every single song in TLK is amazing, plus the score was done by Hans Zimmer, plus they took all the bits of Swahili music and turned out an album called Rhythm of the Pride Lands which is awesome; and sometimes I think other movies are more lasting and meaningful and well-done, but then I watch The Lion King and still love it after seeing it countless times, and still laugh at and find new puns, and still adore all the supporting characters, and still cry when those animated tears drip down Simba's face - and I just know that this is always going to be my favorite movie.
( why I love The Lion King, aka a ginormous picspam )

 ....*death*

Just sent off my final paper of this quarter. SIGH.  This week has been crazy.

( I don't even know what day it is anymore. )

*keels over into bed*

...Or people, I should say.  I am in such a giddy, life-loving mood right now, and I know exactly the reasons why.

Uno - rth's contact with her awesome reviewer.  I am so vicariously thrilled right now, and SO incredibly envious in a positive way of people who see all this awesome natural science, who create so much brilliance out of our very own world.

Dos - my theology professor for this quarter.  She's been studying for 16 years, all over the world - various places in the US as well as in Israel.  She is one of those teachers who so clearly loves her subject that after just 2 hours I am all fired up and excited to be learning from her.  We're going to be reading and discussing selections from the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament, and the Qur'an, looking at who wrote them and why they were written, what each individual sacred text tells us about the people who read/recite it, what connections we can draw between these three Abrahamic religions, and just overall what a scholarly study of religious texts can show us about humans.   So utterly brilliant, and she clearly knows a lot, puts a ton of effort into what she does in this field, and is excited to be teaching us.

Tres - my history professor for this quarter's Middle Ages European history class.  She's been teaching for a while, is published (with one book winning an award and another up for an award, and a third to come out in March), clearly adores history, and her focus is medieval queenship, with a particular interest in Spain.  She knows SO MUCH.  She began class by challenging us to ask her really good questions about why she's qualified to teach us (a bridge, of course, into one of the main focuses of the course, which is all about asking tough thesis-seeking questions and really becoming good analytical historians), talked about our first paper, shared some of why she loves history, and let us be totally goofy and excited.  AND she's a Marxist, in terms of studying from the bottom up, looking at the common people first. 

Quatro - math is going to be fairly easy.  Nothing great there, but it's a relief.

I LOVE LIFE!! I LOVE SCHOOL! I LOVE LEARNING INTERESTING THINGS!!!!!