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San Diego, here I come

  • Jul. 13th, 2008 at 3:31 PM
i don't get people who don't like to fly
I'm so excited. I'm finishing off packing, with the usual feeling I've forgotten loads of stuff, and then I'm heading off to mum and dad's for the evening. Then to the airport tomorrow morning. Woohoo!

The week after I get to meet [info]sulien77, [info]girly_curl_3, [info]mckays_girl, [info]ionaonie, [info]adafrog and probably some more folks too. There is so much squeeing in my head it's untrue.

And that's not even thinking about the fact that Joe Flanigan, Ben Browder, Joss Whedon, RDA, John Barrowman and the Mythbusters will all be at ComicCon. I might just die of squee.

Also, I get to see my cat at my folks house as she's been over there since last weekend as I've been in Sweden for most of this week. It's weird being in the house without her. I miss the little madam.

Happy Brithday Smuffster

  • Jul. 11th, 2008 at 7:51 PM
Cake
Hope you have a great day 

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Dr Who

  • Jul. 5th, 2008 at 7:57 PM
bear

Crivens! It was good.

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Sometimes, being British is great

  • Jul. 5th, 2008 at 5:20 PM
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There are times when this country makes me mad but then I see a picture like the sixth one in this sequence and I realize it's not too bad to be British. The eighth one is pretty damn pleasing too.

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Arrgghhhh, it's the 70s!

  • Jul. 2nd, 2008 at 8:13 PM
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 This whole post is [info]lavvyan's fault because she posted some photos of her as a kid. I remembered I had a few that my folks gave me recently so I decided to scan them (crappy old polaroids that they are) and post them here. There's no naked baby photos, thankfully, just shots that my dad took because he made wooden toys for a living and needed catalogue shots. We sometimes had climbing frames and slides in the living room. God it was fun.

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Ever have one of those months?

  • Jun. 29th, 2008 at 7:51 PM
Morphine

I just can't seem to get my arse in gear to do anything. I have become even more apathetic than usual, or I'm really busy in RL. I can't decide. I can tell you I've been working on this for a couple of months in secrecy, even from most of my work colleagues, so it's been a bit hectic. Dad says I've got Base Camp Lethargy, which is a fictitious disease from the Goon Show (British comedy show from the 50s). But it sounds like how I feel.

I've hardly commented on anyone's fics or posts for about a month, apologies to you all for that, and I've certainly not written anything I can post in about a decade. I'm utterly stalled on Nephelai and my epic piece of kink is kind of stuck too (although it plays like the best porn in my head :-)

In fairness to myself I have been working on you lovely peoples christmas present, which is coming along nicely. I know it's only June but there's no telling if something will come up later in the year in RL. And I'll need time to do some creative layouts and printing :-)

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Time flies

  • Jun. 2nd, 2008 at 7:54 PM
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I can't believe how quickly it's come round but my trip to Las Vegas is now less than a week away. I fly on Saturday, via O'Hare. Not overly pleased with that but I console myself with the fact that O'Hare is better than London Heathrow. But then sticking hot pins in your eyes is probably better than flying through London Heathrow. I did become separated from my luggage last time I flew through O'Hare though so I'm hoping this won't happen as arriving in Las Vegas with no clean underwear is probably not fun. I think I'll slip a pair in my hand luggage.

What I really posted for was not to ponder my underwear but to ask if anyone has things I must see and do. I've got a couple of guide books and I'll be doing the regular sites on the Strip in my 3 days of vacation and the evenings of the days of the convention. I'm off for a day trip to the Valley of Fire too. Any tips for what's not worth bothering with on Strip so I don't waste my precious time.

Also, any must eat restaurants or must visit shops?

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Look, it's Sheppard cat

  • May. 26th, 2008 at 10:10 PM
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cat
more cat pictures

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Why do I do it?

  • May. 21st, 2008 at 6:35 PM
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If I die of a stress induced heart attack during the football tonight then I want to say, it's been a pleasure and I love you all.

I'm getting so nervous. I don't even know if I can stand to watch the match. For those not in Europe it's the Champions League final tonight and I'm totally convinced my team, Manchester United, are going to get horribly beaten by Chelsea. I'm a very pessimistic fan and yet still, I keep that little kernel of hope that we might win. That bit that makes me keeps watching and getting more and more stressed.

Gah!

To quote Bill Shankly, even if he did manage Liverpool

'Some people believe football is a matter of life and death.
I'm very disappointed with that attitude.
I can assure you it is much, much more important than that.' 

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A little something for the weekend

  • May. 18th, 2008 at 12:22 AM
Morphine
If you haven't been and looked at [info]unamaga's Karmasutrathon you really need to now, although not it you're at work. Totally not work safe. 

I wrote a little comment fic there based on this picture.

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My brain scares me

  • May. 17th, 2008 at 11:04 AM
dirty dancing
I was in the supermarket, my MP3 player set to shuffle all and Love is Strange from the Dirty Dancing soundtrack came on (I know, I'm sad) and I had a sudden vision of John as Johnny Castle and Rodney as Baby. I nearly laughed out loud at the thought of them dancing together to Love is Strange. Rodney, having got his confidence for the dance is teasing John about his spaghetti arms.

Then, the next track came on. It was the theme from Flashdance (clearly my MP3 player was having an 80s moment) and my mind instantly gave me John as the welder/wannabe dancer. I think this actually works for the characters, better than Dirty Dancing any way. Rodney would be the boss of the steel mill and John as the 'exotic' dancer. Obviously in my head he'd be a whole hell of a lot more exotic than in the original movie. I've always wondered quite what the demand was for what amounts to a PG-13 dance recital amongst blue collar workers of Pittsburgh. 

Anyway, if I ever finish the things I'm working on I might just write it. If anyone else wants to write it first, or make the movie poster, by all means do. I'd love to read it.

EDIT: I'm not the only one with a sick mind! [info]in_the_bottlealreay made a poster for Dirty Dancing. It's here

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Money does not buy taste

  • May. 12th, 2008 at 10:13 PM
finger

I saw this picture of the Sex and the City girls are the premiere of the movie in London (we're apparently not allowed to call it a world premiere even though it is so as not to upset New York) 

and I had two thoughts. First was 'oh my god, Sarah Jessica Parker has an herbaceous border on her head!' The second was 'It'd be a bugger if you ended up sat behind her in the movie theater.'

All the others look lovely and didn't seem to need folliage.

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Happy Birthday adafrog

  • May. 10th, 2008 at 5:46 PM
Cake
Happy Birthday for yesterday [info]adafrog. I hope you had a good day.

It's not sci-fi but it's fun

  • May. 8th, 2008 at 9:59 PM
finger
The Invisibles on BBC 1. 

It's got Anthony Stewart Head in it and he plays an aging safe craker who supposed to have been going straight for years but he's back in the UK from Spain and keeps getting drawn into things. Mainly because he's bored. I recommend it.  It'll probably make it on to BBC Prime at some point if you're not in the UK, it's probably on BBC i-player if you're in the UK (2 episodes so far) and the first one seems to be available as a torrent.

Happy Birthday in_the_bottle

  • May. 7th, 2008 at 9:26 PM
Cake
Happy Birthday [info]in_the_bottle. 

Hope you have (or had due to the time difference) a fabulous day with everything you wish for.

I'll make a pact with you...

  • May. 7th, 2008 at 5:52 PM
finger
I've been off sick and consequently watching crappy daytime TV. I was watching a true crime show where the defense lawyer of the guy in jail was trying to point the finger at the victim's husband. He accused him of having affairs (with women) and then said that the gay porn they found on the home PC must be his too because 

'I've never met a lady who wanted to watch two men together!'

I found myself raising my hand in my living room and going, 'erm I do'. 

So, here's the deal. If we hear that any of us is being suspected, or someone we love is, just for watching or reading the porn we want to, we'll leap to their defense and point out that there's loads of 'ladies' who like to watch all sorts of things that'd make Southern gentleman lawyers' toes curl. 

Obviously not illegal stuff, just gay, straight or a bit kinky.

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So, anything happening?

  • May. 4th, 2008 at 9:48 PM
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I've been away on business (or sleeping) and I've been kind of out of touch. I read some fics when I had time but otherwise I've not been keeping up with all you guys. What did I miss? How's everyone?

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Sooooooooo tired

  • Apr. 25th, 2008 at 9:40 PM
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I flew to Stockholm last night for a meeting. Should only be a 3.5 hour trip, even having to go via Copenhagen like we did because we booked late. But yesterday we were 2 hours and 20 mins late leaving Manchester so we missed our connection before we even left the UK. Anyway we got to Copenhagen and the airline had booked us on the first flight out in the morning and a hotel with taxis there and back in the morning. The hotel was out in the sticks and we got there about 1 am local (midnight for my body) and it was the weirdest place. My boss, who I was traveling with, said it looked a bit like a mental institution on the inside. Other than maybe missing windows in the doors of the rooms, she wasn't far off. I had to stand in the shower to close the bathroom door so I could get to the toilet, the bathroom was so tight.

Anyway slept for a whole 3.5 hours and then got up to catch a 5am (4 am to my very tired body) to the airport for a 6.20 flight. All day meetings, small doze on the plane back and then landed in Manchester at 6.10 this evening. Totally knackered. Must sleep but I want to see the end of Criminal Minds...snores...zzzzz....zzzzzz....

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I can so see Sheppard doing this

  • Apr. 22nd, 2008 at 7:37 PM
SGA John Trifecta of Love
A friend sent me this and all I could think of was John would do this and Rodney would be forced to beat him to death for scaring him.


 

Even though I hate heights, depths, being scared and all the sorts of things this should evoke, it didn't scare me, just made me feel exhilarated. Not that I'm thinking of doing it.

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Fic: The Grand Essentials of Happiness

  • Apr. 15th, 2008 at 9:20 PM
head poke
Title: The Grand Essentials of Happiness
Rating
: PG
Pairing
: McShep
Spoilers: Hmmm, season 4 I guess for Teyla's story even though it's an AU
Summary
: AU in which Rodney is still a genius and John still loves him

A silly bit of crack that's been brewing in my head for a couple of weeks now.

 



 

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