Cuppa Tea?

emmagrant01

04:24 pm - Terminus!

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futuresoon

02:14 pm - frazer hines and patrick troughton hold the key to eternal life, apparently

The Two Doctors: okay, so it wasn't actually a very good episode, but none of that was Six's fault. (Actually, the bits with him in them tended to be the better ones.) Also, JAAAMIIIIIEEEE. "I was always rather fond of Jamie", indeed. He even kept a spare kilt in the TARDIS for all those years! Although one wonders what the big cloth tartan thing over Jamie's shoulder was; it didn't seem to serve any purpose other than being 1) tartan and 2) unwieldy. Seriously, you'd think in that weather he would have just left it by the side of the road or something. At least Peri was suitably attired for warm weather as always, and Six got to lose the coat--er, actually, it was sort of...interesting to see him sans coat, vest open, top shirt button undone, sleeves loose...WHAT THE HELL, MAN, OF ALL THE DOCTORS TO BE ATTRACTED TO, SERIOUSLY. Also you could tell there was a little chest hair action going on. BUT ANYWAY.

Quality of the episode aside, it was quite nice to see an Earth location other than England, too. And they didn't stereotype the natives! Actually they more stereotyped the British character than the Spanish girl, which was fun. I liked her. Liked him, too, actually. Shame. Peri wasn't at her best this episode, but whatevs. JAMIE. ALSO SIX. And all of the Two'n'Jamie stuff only further fulfills my belief in Season 6b, yes yes. (Where did he get that TARDIS remote control?)

And...next on my list is Trial. Oh, I wonder if even a deep and slightly scary love for Six will save me here. If I do not return, tell my family I loved them, and that I am sorry I never wrote anything they could read.

Current Mood: nervous

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04:57 pm - Heroes S3 Promo Pic

Thank you to moosewizard for linking me to what I believe is the first Full Cast Promo Pic for Heroes Season 3.

It's under a cut, because it might be spoilery for the extremely spoiler-phobic, due to:

(a) Who is/isn't in the picture, and
(b) Character placement as a possible clue to storylines.

I want to talk about only the promo pic. I will give no spoilers in the post itself other than discussion of the picture.

( Promo Pic under the cut. No spoilers other than the pic. )

oxoniensis

09:39 pm - Porn Battle VI roundup/The Dark Knight Wallpaper/What About Bob?

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Current Mood: stressed

mystery_sock

01:16 pm - compulsion

I think it's extremely telling that, seven days after my initial decision to take a break from writing fiction, and five days of actually not doing it, last night I dreamed about writing Ritual. Not about the series itself, or scenes from it; I dreamt about actually physically writing, looking at the words slowly filling up the monitor screen, and the mental/physical/emotional sensation of doing it.

It was kind of cool. I couldn't tell you what it was that I was writing; it just felt good. It felt right. I felt very "present", more so than I usually do in my dreams.

It makes me wonder - what do actors dream about?

futuresoon

01:18 pm - it has little almond slices and everything

I have baklava-flavored ice cream.

MY LOCAL GROCERY STORE IS BETTER THAN YOURS.

Current Mood: cold

sparky77

03:58 pm - I cannot be trusted with my own safety

So the following things have happend to me this week:

1. I have a sinus infection

2. I had a gate in the barn fall on my legs and have huge ass bruises on my legs.

3. Yesterday, I was goofing around with the horse, Jester, and really I should know better than to goof around with a horse who is over 10 times my size, and I was pouring his food into his dish, and he planted his feet down to start eating except instead of planting his foot down on the ground, he planted his foot ON MY FOOT! OW!!! No, really, ow!!! It really fucking hurt, and then I was able to walk if off a bit and finish feeding and watering the Alpacas, and then I got inside, and OHMYGOD OW! It is now wrapped, and it looks like though it will be heavily bruised the only thing I might have broken is my big toe.

And really, I have only myself to blame for all this because Jester is very smart and likes to play and I have fun playing around with him, but he is still a very, very large horse and I should have been more careful.

So basically I'm a huge, huge mess.

In other news -

-Jes is here which is awesome, though I'm feeling bad that I get to be a cripple when she's here.

-Avennue Q this weekend. Yay!!

-hackthis has told me to watch Generation Kill and I have learned that if I don't listen to her on these sorts of these I always end up regretting it, but I think this is the type of show that I need a watching buddy to help with any trauma. Any takers?

-I am writing Chuck/Bryce. It makes me happy. I think I am working my way up to writing evil Chuck fic because I really just want Chuck to get to the point where he's all: "Fuck this shit! I'm tired of being manipulated and being wanting me just for the Intersect. I'm just going to take over the world." and Bryce is all, "Finally! Let's go!"

kimonkey7

12:58 pm - ...heart was big as the world ain't square...

...with room for the devil
and his angels too

yes,sir

what may be better
or what may be worse
and what may be clover
clover clover

(nobody'll know)

hackthis

12:40 pm - Generation Kill - I Donated Myself to the Mexican Army (Colbert/Fick, R)

I've got new fandoms to try out and rusty porn kinks to work through. Bear with me here.


Generation Kill
Brad Colbert/Nathan Fick
Rated GH for Going to Hell
Please note that this is all fiction all the time. No harm or offense intended.

Current Mood: pleased

sweetestdrain

02:47 pm - VID: "Lágrimas" (SPN)

So I says to myself, "Self," I says, "It's a damn shame there isn't more Mary Winchester source. That gal sure needs to be vidded." And then I went ahead and did it anyway.

Song: "Madonna" by Cocorosie
Source: Supernatural

Let me underneath your halo.

Download: from mediafire. [3:14, 32mb, xvid codec]
OR watch on Imeem: streaming version here.

Comments and feedback are loved and adored!

( lyrics )

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02:31 pm - OH MY GOD.

cadesama PWNS ALL.

One of her friends noticed something totally awesome (well, I guess that depends on your personal tastes, but I think it's hilarious) upon rewatching the First 15 mins of the Heroes S3 Premiere leaked online.

See here.

I just...I have no words. None.

ETA: cadesama has a screencap at her entry, but as she points out, the...er...thing we're talking about is even more obvious in the video. *dies*

poisontaster

11:26 am - What the Hell? It's Been a While

Cool meme gacked from coiledsoul

Using only SONG TITLES from ONE ARTIST, cleverly answer these questions...

Song artist: a-ha

( Questions and Answers )

Current Mood: silly

kimonkey7

11:18 am - FIC: Uprooted (1/1) COMPLETE

Title: Uprooted
Author: kimonkey7 
Rating: PG
Pairings: none (gen) Dean and Sam, John
Disclaimer: Not mine. Damn it.
SPOILERS/Timeline: Pre-series, teen!chesters

Summary: Boys will be boys, and Winchesters will be Winchesters.

A/N: Written for prompt 38 at found_fic_spn . Beta’d by pdragon76 , who makes the little birdhouse in my soul. 

kattahj

05:58 pm - Swedes of colour picspam

laurashapiro has a very nice post about vids featuring characters of colour/made by people of colour, with lots of recs, and I found several new favourites, so that's fun.

I ransacked myself and realized that my vids suck from that perspective, because all I have is a couple of hispanics and everyone else is white or white-ish. I thought about which CoC I might possibly vid, and considered Clyde Langer, because for some reason Clyde/Luke is my slash OTP in the Whoniverse. You'd think with all the canon possibilities I'd pick a pair of adults, but no. I just love the way Clyde deals with Luke's brand-new-ness, and their dynamic if they ever entered a romantic relationship would be really interesting.

So I started thinking about possible songs and the first thing that popped into my head was Dat Dere, which is clearly a Luke song, not a Clyde song. Meh.

I'll just keep mulling this for later. *g*

***

I then wondered if I could post something else for IBARW, but a) I don't want to change my icon :-P and b) I've already posted about racial relationships in Sweden, and right now I have no particular desire to talk about race in a way that would require me to be relevant for parts of the world I have never lived in and probably never will.

Then I thought, maybe I should just shut up and let the people who know something do the talking.

But then it occurred to me that a picture says more than a thousand words, and even though I have (through pictures of the kids at work) convinced jadelennox that a typical Swedish child looks vaguely North African *g*, the conventional image of a Swede is still very blond.

Therefore, here are 30 images (sometimes with videos and/or links to websites) of more-or-less famous Swedish people to add some melanin to the stereotype. Several of them are really hot, too, so do take a look!

( Cut for length: 30 Swedes of colour )

As you may have noticed, a few of these may be born elsewhere and even have lived most of their lives there, but we only have nine million people, we have to count everyone!

Even so, I didn't count Barbara Hendricks, despite her citizenship, because AFAIK she's never lived here for a longer period of time.

I'm sure I've missed lots and lots of people, so any Swedes on my friend list, feel free to add them in comments!

hackthis

09:23 am - Musak plz?

Does anybody have the Cast Soundtrack for Wicked the Musical? I am also in the market for any Akron and the Family you might have (I only have a few singles: I'll be on the Water, Ed is a Portal and Afford).

Also, the new Verve album (now there are a couple of words I never thought I'd be able to type), Fourth is coming out on 26th August. If anybody might be able to help a sister out, well, I would be most appreciative.

Yes, I know, still no porn. Well, I've not written porn at ALL this year, so I have to work up to it. We'll get there. You'll like the trip.

I also have two fic recs:

Psych, Gus/Shawn, Interventions and Other Ploys by manicjoy, because there is never enough Shawn/Gus in the world, let along quality Shawn/Gus, and this has perfect delivery of what makes them an OTP.

Generation Kill, Fick/Colbert, POV by Beecher, err, Wright. Cats & Dogs by suaine, because I like Generation Kill, like a LOT, and Nathan and Brad deserve to be happy in some time line somewhere.

Current Mood: busy

seperis

10:49 am

Did you ever enjoy thinking about a story so much you just don't want to write it because it will never be as good as it is in your head? (And also in your head, no one can criticize your characterization?)

I have two like this that I keep rewriting and expanding in my head all the time. And it's fun, because the inner editor who says stuff like "Oh Jesus Christ, what the fuck is that? You can't do that! Wait, didn't you do that already? Oh, that's just stupid." just cannot get in here. I can wallow.

The embarrassing part is this isn't even kinky stuff. I mean, no one is tying anyone up with piano wire and telling someone to call them daddy--this is fandom. Smut doesn't embarrass me. Unless My Little Ponies are involved in vague-non con with Rodney's hand, I'm cool. (This is not a challenge, people.) Melodrama does. Because, it's totally true, my inner writer is a sixteen year old girl who writes in sparkly pen "I want to marry John Sheppard and Benton Fraser when I grow up!" in purple ink. So sure, bring on the electrodes and implanted torture devices and what have you, but watch me squirm when I write domestic contentment.

My current mental epic is Fraser and Ray raising Fraser and Victoria's daughter, with like, hijinks and running across the border and kidnapping and lots and lots of shooting and whatnot.

*sighs*

Continuing Adventures in I Am Never Going to Finish a Story Again:

Frobisher and Ray on time and distance

"How's Fraser?" Ray asks quickly. Frobisher's nuts, but Ray has a weird feeling he's nuts in that way that's like Fraser's nuts. Just--escalated. Weirder. Interesting. Ray puts down his cup, wondering if Fraser had fucked up his sense of normal so much that Frobisher doesn't seem all that weird.

"Benton? Good boy." Frobisher smiles fondly, and Ray has this irresistible vision of Frobisher patting Fraser's head and calling him a good boy for bringing in a murderer. "Been rough, huh?"

"'S okay," Ray answers warily. Frobisher's just sitting there, all crazy and happy and not telling him a goddamn thing. "You letting him go soon?"

"Ah." Frobisher scratches at his chin. "Well. As you know, Muldoon's capture is quite an achievement. For the RCMP--"

"RCMP got nothing to do with it." In fact, Ray would say that the RCMP had shit to do with anything Fraser had done in the last few years. In *fact*, if they asked Ray, and Jesus he wishes they would, *he'd* say the RCMP hasn't done shit *for* Fraser, period.

He just can't imagine saying the word 'shit' in front of this guy. It's like sitting with his grandfather, if his grandfather had been a Mountie and seemed permanently stuck at "happy". Which Laz Kowalski had never, ever been by any stretch of the imagination.

And wait, the guy had avoided the question. "Where's Fraser?"

Frobisher hesitates. That can't be good. "We've offered him leave," Frobisher says, and it wasn't Ray's imagination at all; Frobisher *here*, no matter how much he acts like he's on another planet half the time. "He's insisting on returning to duty and his new assignment."

Ray's stomach clenches. "So he's transferring?" He can't hide the crack in his voice and doesn't bother trying to. "No exile no more?"

"He's been offered whatever post he wishes to take." Frobisher clears his throat, like maybe he realizes he's not being weird anymore. "Of course, he's been thinking it over. Despite circumstances, there are still some--hard feelings regarding his actions in pursuit of--"

"The killers of his father, whom he brought to justice," Ray drones, hands clenching on the cup. Dief growls softly against his knee. "For which the Mounties fucked him over and left him to die in Chicago. Which is what you do when someone does their job."

Frobisher's eyes narrow. "That, Detective, you do not need to argue. Not with me."

Ray blinks. Something old and raw stares back at him for a second, and he abruptly remembers what Fraser had said about him and Robert Fraser. Partners. Friends. Something even time and distance couldn't touch. Robert Fraser's been dead for nearly five years, but for this man, it's as close as yesterday, a hurt that maybe ain't never gonna heal.

Current Mood: aggravated

estei

12:01 pm - Put it in the rearview mirror, baby

First of all, some super good news! My sister's thesis film is going to be shown at the Atlantic Film Festival. I am so psyched for her, she worked so hard on that film and this is such a great opportunity for her.

And then the usual suspects.

Got to the hospital last night; mom has another clot, this one located behind her stoma, otherwise known as the site of the three previous operations. ( Cut for those who are sick of hearing about it )
I have taken over all of Tasha's projects after her "sudden departure from the company" and have been going through her paperwork all morning and contacting people to let them know that I am taking over said projects. In September we are hosting a major event with guests from Japan, Ireland, the States and Canada and when I called to confirm our hotel bookings and found out that our six guests from Japan have nowhere to stay the first night of their trip. The additional day was not booked. Now I have to call my boss, who is currently in a different province, and tell her.

This feels like the perfect time to pack up my car, buy a map and just drive until I can breathe again.

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09:50 am - Fic: "Truths Universally Acknowledged" (1/4) - Gilmore Girls

For those who missed it, Chapter 2 of my Heroes/Lost Crossover Fic went up yesterday morning. Hope you like it.

Chapter 3 will most likely be up early next week--bit more of a delay this time. :D

In the meantime, here's the first chapter of a Gilmore Girls Fic that I just finished. This fic-writing thing is addictive.

Title: Truths Universally Acknowledged
Fandom: Gilmore Girls
Characters: Rory, Jess, and Paris, with many others making an appearance.
Rating: PG
Summary: A set of missing scenes from late Season 2. Rory and Paris get an assignment from Mr. Medina.
Pairing: Jess/Rory subtext.
Spoilers: Up to episode 2x16 of Gilmore Girls.
Author's notes: This fic is for cadesama and saestina, for all the wonderful ways in which they make fandom a better, happier, richer place.
Disclaimer: I don't own Gilmore Girls. If I did, there would be a movie, and it would have Jess/Rory in it. *g*

( Truths Universally Acknowledged - Part 1 of 4. )

Current Mood: creative

selenak

03:44 pm - „We had the best of times“ – the Tenth Doctor and Donna Noble

They became my favourite New Who Doctor/Companion combination, and in terms of all DW, Old School and New combined, still rank among the top 3. Here are some reasons why.

( Yes, this would be my big season 4 post. )

Current Mood: working

kimonkey7

06:39 am - Peoples?

 Who is the Secret Squirrel?

Hmm?

Who is the anonymous rubber ducky giver?

Tell me who you are so I can smish you and make you listen to me sing Sesame Street's Rubber Ducky song on a private voice post just for you...

Which totally sound waaaaaydirtier than it would ever be.

Unless, you know, you're into--

NEVERMIND.

Thank you, anonymous gifter.