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1. I had an a weird but awesome dream.

2. bookshop posting and then, randomly, there was a STARGATE: ATLANTIS Fandom Primer on your flist which is a must read for anyone who is or has ever been in SGA fandom, and anyone who's not but craned their head over the side of the fandom fence once and wondered what the HELL their neighbors were doing over there. BEST FANDOM EVER THE END.

3. Merlin vid rec!! I watched this too late (see: previous post about failing at lj, etc. etc.) to put it in my attheroundtable post, which is a shame but OMG YAY.

As The Day Is Fading by lovestories (Merlin OT4 vid okay maybe OT5 with Lancelot, PG)

I love "White Houses" by Vanessa Carleton. And I love me some Merlin OT4. This vid is the perfect intersection of those loves. Seriously, though, it's beautifully edited, and the song is all about this bittersweet but hopeful loss of innocence and a group of friends, which is why it's utterly perfect for making a Merlin vid. GO SEE IT NOW IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY.

After 10 days of travel all over the place and very (VERY) little sleep- between weddings and snoring relatives and one of those fun nights out that ends up with a friend drunk and sobbing into a toilet until 3:30 in the morning- I finally returned to New York late last night to faceplant into my bed. I am really glad to be back home, and work should be mercifully quiet this week.


In fannish stuff, I still have a pretty insane amount of Yuletide to get through though. I think I'm going to hold off on a recs post until I finish- damn me and my completist tendencies!


I did watch the ( Doctor Who Christmas Special )


I also fianlly managed to make myself watch ( SGA 5.20 )


PS. I finally got your card, krazykipper! Thank you! It was lovely! ♥ (And yes you did spell my name right. :)

From janne_d: a Stargate Universe CASTING SPOILER that is so completely random and unexpected I can't even process the information.

Also: BZUH??

Slow day at work, so y'all get treated to my blathering about TV. (Count yourselves lucky I will probaby never finish and post my in-depth 7 page essay on High School Musical.)

( I’m going to get my cranky out of the way early and make a brief comment on SGA 5.13 )

ETA: On the other hand, THIS is awesome. *wishes she knew how to quit show, etc. etc.*


Went to a Mad Men Finale Viewing Party with the roommates last night, hosted by the ladies from Basket of Kisses. It was surprisingly fangirly. And Matthew Weiner came by at the end! For serious! Very cool.

( Mad Men season finale spoilers. Also, I met Matthew Weiner OMG. )


Lastly, and a happier note, I finally bowed to the collective will of my flist and started watching Merlin. Loving it so far. The premise is intrinsically slashy, and everyone’s adorable and Anthony Head is it and there’s crappy CGI and clichés and ridiculous magic storylines of the week and it’s totally my fandom happy place right now. I really hope that more writers start coming over to play, because I feel that the universe lends itself beautifully to those of us fleeing coming over from a Fandom O’ Crack like SGA. (Note to self, must get icon.)

Also, Merlin fic recs!

There’s janne_d’s And None But We Can Be Such Kings. This one is really adorable, with good oblivious!Merlin. I also really liked reveal moment near the end- pitch perfect.

One of my very favorites so far is paperclipbitch’s Next Time, I Will Remember This And I Will Say 'No'. It actually has a good plot (one of that totally should be an episode). Even better, what could have been just an amusing set up for wacky hijinks and mistaken identities turns into a seriously interesting examination of power and the power dynamics between Merlin and Arthur in particular. It’s not saccharine or schmoopy and it does an excellent job of showing-not-telling (a problem with a lot of fic I’ve read in this fandom so far). Highly recommended!

From David Hewlett’s twitter:

dhewlett: Shooting the last scene, of the last episode, of Stargate Atlantis...2 more days of filming but this is it...thanks so much everyone!

*wibble*

However, I dunno, I must say that but for the Shrine, Season 5 hasn’t quite grabbed me yet, so I’m getting a little less sad that this will be the end.

Also, ( even more unpopular fannish opinion about Stargate Universe under the cut )



In other news, once my bonus comes in from work on Thursday, I’ll be getting a new laptop! Finally! Guess who managed to go over a month without a laptop? ME. Who believed I could do that without going crazy? NOT ME, actually. *surprised at self* At any rate, this might mean I post more often (haha, probably not).

Right now, I’m planning on this one. It’s lightweight, only $400, runs XP instead of Vista, and since I’ll really only be using it to a) surf the internet and b) download TV shows/movies it should serve nicely for what I can afford right now. Even though there are some complaints that the keyboard and touchpad are tiny, it’s sure as hell a step up from using my iPod touch to go online, which is what I've been doing to get by.

That said, if anyone has any other recommendations, please let me know!

Just added some new friends off the McShep Friending Meme, and it inspired me to get off my lurking butt and use this journal for its intended purpose and post stuff. *waves at the new folks*

First, a very brief life update because, well, not much has happened. My job's going all right (I have health insurance now, say what, working for The Man!). It's (almost) nice and springy around here- and oh, how I miss the southern coast of Virginia right now, let me tell you. I've also been pretty busy lately hanging out with folks and watching American Idol in my PJs with my roommates.

Also, lots of people visiting me soon, like duckfish (I think??), corporatepiracy, and sovietkitsch, and my engaged friends from college whose wedding I will be in at the end of this year.



And, in more fannish related things:

1. Meg and I are co-writing something for the reel_sga challenge. (And typing this reminds me that it's only a month away. Fuck.) We're attempting to do a McShep version of Imagine Me & You, a truly delightful movie that is perhaps the only mainstream lesbian romantic comedy ever. (With Lena Headey! And Piper Perabo, of Coyote Ugly, er, fame!)
ETA: IMO, Kissing Jessica Stein doesn't count as a mainstream lesbian rom com. One day, unless laziness prevents me, I will rewatch it, and compare/contrast these two to explain why.

Anyway, if anyone is up for beta-ing this when/if it's done please drop me a comment! We'd love more input, especially from someone who is familiar with SGA (and maybe the movie too).


2. moonilicious recently recommended the movie St. Trinian's, and I'm here to second it. For those who don't know (and I didn't), it's based of a series of drawings (and famous films from the 50s) about a rowdy, lovably chaotic British girls boarding school, run by an equally quirky headmistress, played by Rupert Everett in drag. If that wasn't enough of a carrot for you, Colin Firth is also in it, as the Minister of Education. And if that's still not enough, the two of them stare at each other a lot while violins swell offscreen.

Anyway, great girl characters, lots of hijinks/camp, and just generally fun. Get your hands on it if you can.


3. From scribblinlenore: In response to heat they're getting from the American Family Association, P&G is conducting a phone poll to see if people are for or against the Luke/Noah storyline on As The World Turns. Even if you don't watch the show, please consider taking a quick moment to support boy kissing and thwart homophobic bigotry. The poll is completely automated. You don't have to talk to anyone. And it really does take all of a second to register your opinion.

Just call 1-800-331-3774 and press #1 to continue in English (or #2 for Spanish), then 2 to get to the ATWT poll, then press 1 to continue the storyline.

Please spread the word if you're so inclined. The fight for good has never been so simple! :)

ETA: This might be different for callers outside the U.S., the jury still seems to be out. I just did it, and I had to press 2, then 1 instead of the other way around. Give it a try!

Let me preface this by saying that hey, I love SGA and I want my show back and Joe Mallozi is the picspam god of fangirls everywhere, BUT. This quote is from Joe Mallozi's blog today, about why scifi is better than fantasy:

In other words, whereas scifi has to be more or less grounded in the types of developments a story can take, fantasy has the freedom to go anywhere the author chooses/imagines and, as a result, the developments in the plot may seem more convenient or strange than logical progressions.

AHAHAHAHA. Oh yeah, logical, like that gas that turned Wraith into humans? Suuuuure, Joe. *pats head*

 Hey all. I've set up backup journals over on greatestjournal and insanejournal. Same user name. I plan on synching them with this journal. Feel free to friend me, though I've haven't gotten around to friending anyone on those accounts myself yet. < /lazy fucker>

Also: WIP Meme!

When you see this, post a little weensy excerpt from as many random works-in-progress as you can find lying around. Who knows? Maybe inspiration will burst forth and do something, um, inspiration-y.

OMG I have WIPs! I should be unemployed more often!


( More of the HSM/SGA fic, the part where John and Rodney meet at homeroom. )

( SGA/Bourne Identity Fusion. Someone else has to have written this before, right? )



And that's off to bed with me, since I have to catch an early bus to NYC. Really beginning to hate job interviews. Just employ me, already!

Hey, I wrote fic! Or committed fic, more accurately.

Basically, Pru wanted SGA/High School Musical fic to cheer her up. And as a huge fan of both, how could I say no? I posted this in her blog, reposting it here for safekeeping:

The first thing I've written in years, and it's, er, a SGA/High School Musical fusion thing. And it's just a snippet. No promises on finishing/continuing it.


Title: Breaking Free (and let me tell you how excited I am to unironically title a fic that)
Author: merelyn
Rating: Right now, G
Summary: “What exactly is your plan here, Genius? Start dressing like a hipster and bag a cheerleader?”
Notes: Thanks to moonblade85 for looking over this. And for kicking my ass to make me write more.


( This is the part where Rodney is Gabriella )

DH's latest twitter post:

David Hewlett: Flanigan has an iPhone...I hate him...the first film he's watching on it...A Dog's Breakfast! I hate him marginally less now ;-)


...is incredibly cute. And no, I'm not punching my ticket for the special hell yet. I'm just sayin'. *koff*