Date: 2008-07-25 12:30 Subject: Yom huledet sameach! Security: Public Tags: birthday

Happy happy birthday to lomedet, an all-around fantabulous human being!

I'm so glad our orbits keep coinciding. *hug* I hope you have a wonderful day!

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Date: 2008-07-23 13:01 Subject: Another tiny ficlet! Security: Public Tags: fic:sga, sga

This one's squeaking in just under the wire; I meant to polish it up and post it a few days ago, and life got in the way. Anyway, it's another submission to the 5 things challenge at sga_flashfic -- this time, McShep. Thanks to lamardeuse and sihayab for beta (and to Sihaya for suggesting this particular 5 things list in the first place!)

Five Things John Does to Relax Rodney
1993 words
John/Rodney

"You'll feel better if you do," John said. "Trust me."

Read it here.

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Date: 2008-07-20 22:21 Subject: BSG: Epiphanies Security: Public Tags: bsg

Managed to sneak in another ep of BSG: ( Epiphanies )

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Date: 2008-07-20 08:32 Subject: Ep review of glee Security: Public Tags: ep-review, s5, sga

If you watched SGA S5 x 02, "The Seed," and you want to have your squee (re)kindled -- with bonus phalluses tentacles everywhere you turn! -- don't miss cesperanza's post here.

Hee. I love my show.

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Date: 2008-07-19 20:07 Subject: SGA S5 x 02, "The Seed" Security: Public Tags: s5, sga

Watched "The Seed" just now, and I have ( one tiny spoilery response. )

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Date: 2008-07-17 22:56 Subject: NPR, baby! Security: Public Tags: fanfiction, otw

Thanks to the most recent issue of the otw_news newsletter, I found my way to Fan Fiction Writers Face Nonfiction Legal Hurdles -- an article on the NPR site, which goes along with a 9-minute radio interview that Rebecca Tushnet (OTW board member) did with National Public Radio about fanfiction. I'm listening to it now; this is so cool! Go, listen, squee!

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Date: 2008-07-17 08:19 Subject: Story reveal Security: Public Tags: fic:sga, sga

The mcshep_match reveal has happened; here's the master list of stories and authors. So I can tell you now which story was mine! It'll go up on my website soon (I'm offline and afk a lot at the moment), but for now...


Near Things
(Home Team; prompt: Eleventh Hour)
John/Rodney (obviously) with Rodney/Katie implied
4470 words

"I am not risking the possibility of showing up at my own wedding with a hangover!"


Many thanks to lamardeuse, the_shoshanna, and terrio for beta -- and to the organizers of the fest and team captains, who did yeoman's work orchestrating an awesome fic exchange, as always!

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Date: 2008-07-16 22:44 Subject: Resurrection Ship, part 2 Security: Public Tags: bsg

Tonight I watched ( Resurrection Ship, Part 2 )

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Date: 2008-07-14 22:47 Subject: as;dfkjasflkjsadklsdakfj Security: Public Tags: bsg

More BSG for me!

( Pegasus )

Wow, am I glad I got S2.5 from outsidetheparty.

( Resurrection Ship, Part 1 )

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Date: 2008-07-13 22:00 Subject: BSG S2 x 09, "Flight of the Phoenix" Security: Public Tags: bsg

Treated myself to another ep of BSG S2 tonight -- ( Flight of the Phoenix )

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Date: 2008-07-12 07:47 Subject: Search and Rescue squee Security: Public Tags: sga:s5

I've actually had the S5 premiere on my hard drive for a couple of weeks, but I saved it for the Friday night it was going to air -- both because I may not be able to watch other eps in a timely manner until mid-August, and also because I wanted to be able to squee over it with another fan. So I waited until a friend and I could watch it and make high-pitched dolphin noises together!

( Spoilers for Search and Rescue! )

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Date: 2008-07-10 17:34 Subject: Tiny little new SGA story! Security: Public Tags: fic:sga, ronon, sga

The current challenge at sga_flashfic is 5 Things. I love 5 things stories, so I couldn't resist! Many thanks to sihayab and lamardeuse for giving it the once-over.


Life With Terrans (Five Things Ronon Notices)
750 words
Ronon/Keller (eventually)

The mess hall in Atlantis freaked him out at first.


Read it here at sga_flashfic!

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Date: 2008-07-10 12:40 Subject: Film rec Security: Public Tags: film, movies

Just watched the movie Broken Wings (Knafayim Shvurot), and it is awesome. The characters are smart, complex, and broken -- even the kids. (Especially the kids.) It's the story of a dysfunctional family struggling to come to terms with the loss of the father, and it's just gorgeous.

During the post-film discussion, I noted that the film is full of windows. (Seriously, if you watch it, take note: hospital windows, school windows, windows in doors, portholes, characters separated by panes of glass -- all over the place.) People around the table offered me many props for noticing that motif, and I thought, "thanks, vidders" -- I would totally not have noticed that five years ago before I started closely watching vids.

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Date: 2008-07-08 21:52 Subject: ::FLAIL:: Security: Public Tags: sg-1

For reasons that don't bear exploration at this juncture, there's an episode of SG-1 on the television. We turned it on in medias res.

Sam and Daniel were trying to talk Jack into listening to them and watching some kind of tape which will indicate that they're on a team together. He's -- a fisherman? With a Canadian accent?

And suddenly who should walk onscreen but Rodney. Who apparently Sam and Daniel do not yet know.

(And awww -- the episode ends a few minutes later. Alas!)

Um. Can someone out there tell me what episode I was watching? Because I am filled with glee!

(It is entirely possible I am way, way too excited about the SGA premiere on Friday. *g*)

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Date: 2008-07-08 20:56 Subject: For the record... Security: Public Tags: rl

Summer colds really suck. I'm just saying.

::sniff::

::honk::

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Date: 2008-07-06 22:20 Subject: BSG S2 x 08, "Final Cut" Security: Public Tags: bsg

I treated myself tonight to an episode of BSG for the first time in a long while. The one I saw was ( Final Cut )

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Date: 2008-07-03 22:47 Subject: This day in my fannish history Security: Public Tags: fandom, memes

On this day in 2007, I posted a WS Merwin poem and wittered about being in SGA withdrawal because I had just mainlined S1 and S2 and I was desperate to begin S3.

In 2006, I posted a recipe for berry buckle.

In 2005 I didn't post on July 3, though on July 2 I posted a bit about health and a bit about pleasant summer things.

In 2004 I also didn't post on July 3, but on July 2 I posted about a new piece of dS flashfiction.

In 2003, again, no posts on July 3, but on July 2 I was posting about raccoon adventures and the Buffy finale.

And in 2002, I posted about a knitting store that made me think of Snape.

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Date: 2008-07-03 22:24 Subject: Slashy like a slashy thing. Security: Public Tags: film, movies, ts

This afternoon, lomedet and I invented a whole story wherein Naomi Sandburg came and studied at Pardes in Jerusalem when Blair was about three. Now, several years after joining the PD, he drags Jim with him to Jerusalem so he can rediscover his childhood roots. Hijinks, as they say, ensue.

It's a great story. Too bad it doesn't exist. *g*

I saw Walk on Water tonight (link goes to Wikipedia entry -- spoilery, beware!) and it is one of the slashiest things in the history of ever. Please tell me someone's written the story where ( spoiler spoiler spoiler )

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Date: 2008-07-01 16:15 Subject: Come work with my committee! Security: Public Tags: otw

Just popping in for a second to say -- check it out; there's a volunter job posting at otw_news for a gig working with the Development/Membership committee (run by me!) It's for a swag researcher:

We’re planning to offer some spiffy limited-edition OTW swag during our fall donations drive, and we need YOU to help us research various details: what we should make, how we should make it, what it will cost, how we can ship it to OTW members worldwide.

If you would enjoy looking in to different cool things we could imprint with our logo, put your name in the hat! Come play with DevMem -- we are very friendly and we don't bite. Though we do talk about tentacles sometimes at the ends of our meetings. It's...a thing. Don't ask. *g*

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Date: 2008-06-26 14:46 Subject: Birthday! Security: Public Tags: birthday

Happiest of birthdays to the_shoshanna -- one of my favorite people in the world! I continue to be so, so, so glad that you let sanj and me crash at your apartment all those years ago after my very first fangathering. *g* May your day be wonderful, and may the year to come be sweet! I can't wait to see you at vividcon.

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