Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.*

[bending_sickle]

Sickle's Random Tid-Bits:

• I finally watched an episode of Battlestar Galactica, which I've been meaning to watch in full for ages. Obviously it was a Mark Sheppard episode - 3x18, "The Son Also Rises" - and he was basically the reason I watched it. And, it turns out, the only reason I liked it.
  
  Sure, I was jumping smack in the middle of the third season with only a basic knowledge of the whole series' storyline, but I didn't enjoy it because I got lost. And it wasn't because I didn't feel for the characters, because I did, for some, even without knowing their life history. I don't know, I think it was just all the politics and intrigue and all that type of happenings that made me not like it, because I've figured out that that is just not my genre. Thrillers and spies and politics - even if they are in space! - just isn't my thing.
  
  But that said, it really is a good show. Good pacing, good look, excellent writing. And by that I mean I absolutely adored all of Romo Lampkin [Mark Sheppard]'s speeches. His character had a slight Irish lilt to it, which was charming once I actually figured out what accent it was I was hearing - because previous to that I was just all ears going, "What? What accent is that? Where is that from? Is that, what?"
  
  I actually had to extract some of his speeches and made them into MP3s (wanna listen?) because I just loved them so much. Mark, damnit, do audiobooks.
  
  So in sum, I'll be watching more BSG, but only the kind with Mark Sheppard in it, until and if I get hooked on it and want to watch the whole thing.
  
  Oh, and on a completely different not, the president? Couldn't keep her apart from Doctor Who's Sarah Jane Smith in my head. I'm okay with that.


• The newspaper did an article on prostitution zones in Rome, and so I learned that there are two zones in my neighbourhood. There's seven women right around our place - which doesn't surprise me, as I knew of five and actually walk by their hang-out place which is a little park every day to and from work - and some twenty-one a bit farther away - coincidently, where one night my mother and I were walking and were called at from a car and we knew they'd mistaken us for prostitutes. So that makes almost thirty prostitutes right in my area. Huh.


• One of my co-workers, who's camping out at a friend's place until he can find one of his own, got robbed. In his apartment. At night. While he was sleeping. Someone ninjaed in through an open second-story window and took his friend's TV, his iPhone and wallet. Apart from being freaked the fuck out over someone being in his house while he's sleeping, he didn't have a dime on him. He went to his folk's for the weekend, to recover a bit until he could move in to his new place. The worst thing? This is totally not an unheard of or even uncommon thing in Rome.


• I just realized today that it's going to be ten years since I graduated from highschool and started university, and I've got a friend who's at that stage right now. (The best thing? We're both like, "What age difference?") Ah, squishy ♥ And since it's that season, there's a few Tumblr things about starting university which mean a lot because I can remeber it all happening, and because I'm seeing it happening to my squishy. So this.

Supernatural Season 7 Promo-Spoilers:



Why am I not crying and rocking in a corner over the rest of the promo, in fear for Castiel? Because that's Crowley! With whiskey! In a room with enochian graffitti! Sure, he's not looking like he's enjoying himself at the moment, but he's there!


GIF Meme: You're stuck in an elevator...:

You’re stuck in an elevator with the 18th GIF in your folder. Your 20th GIF is the reaction to this.

You two! On your backs! NOW! It's sexytime!

Quote of the Day: Sneebs

It's better to belong where you don't belong than not to belong where you used to belong, remembering when you used to belong there.

Links of the Day:
Supernatural:
tightropegirl's Anecdote Her experience casting Jensen for Dark Angel and subsequent attempts to get him back
piewrangler's Icons The Song Remains the Same - *sporfle*
drtytrenchicons' Fanmix Guilty of Treason; Abandoned Control
angelicfoodcake's Fancraft The Duckchesters
green_ghost's Fanart Chewed up and alone
smut_skut's dean_sam-flocked Fanart Ducknation Flag
probing_grays' Fanart Even angels for the lord soemtimes meet their match in salads
museoftheweird's Fanvid Kaboom Kaboom (Sam/Castiel)
Misha Collin's Video Ms. Manners - West eats. Adorableness abounds.
WB's Season 7 Promo - SPOILERS, obviously

• Henrik_vanger's Meta WHATEVER DEAN. WHATEVER. CASTIEL TOOK A BUS FOR YOU. - ♥!


• Fysuperwho's Doctor Who Crossover GIF There were cracks, Go. ; Fanart Face-off: Colt vs. screwdriver


• Eastcollins' Text Season 7 Episode Title - SPOILERS, but oh, if only! ; Text The 5 stages of Castiel's fate in S7 - I'm between Stage 1, 4 and 5. Stage 3 offers up Crowley to the axe-altar instead, and that just no. I'd need a whole new "5 stages of" to get over Crowley dying too. Show, don't you dare kill them both off. I will track you down. ; GIFs Season 4 vs Season 7: "Who are you?" ; Screencap and Text Misha Collins' GISHWHES...thing, more on that and more on that ; Twitterphotos Ducknation ; GIF Jensen: Lol, wut? ; Picspam Misha playing with toys ; Screencaps and Text #out of context #these look like stills from a really cheesy rom com ; Video and Song Jensenizer ; Macro Why "Cass" ; GIF Season 7 Promo Excerpt - "clearly Edlund is on their promo editing team"


• Seschat's GIFs Season 7 Promo - SPOILERS (and tears)


• It's Sorcery's Twitterphoto West Collins in the overhead compartment


• Henrik_vanger's Texts from Last Night 406


• Lameassmaidenname's Twittercap Charisma Carpenter reacts to Jared and Jensen's pranking reputation - ALL THE SQUEES


• Mazaciepina's GIFs Jensen on working 15-hour-days ; Fanart Demon Dean: You left me in the dark

Doctor Who:
elisi's Quote Stephen Moffat on the Doctor
Geeks of Doom's Videos Doctor Who's Top 11 - Mark Sheppard narrates, as well he should.

• Henrik_vanger's Photos Matt Smith - Gooffy version and OMFGHOTNESS version


• It's Sorcery's Doctor Who Crossover GIF We've got incoming! ; Photo Matt and Arthur - 0.0 ; Fanart Ianto in a tux ; Audio Fezzes are cool

Firefly:

• Lameassmadeupmaidenname's Twittercap Stephen Moffat starts watching Firefly - ALL THE SQUEES

Other Fandom:
secretlytodream's Dollhouse Fanvid A Rush of Blood to the Head (Victor/Sierra)
Watcher Junio's Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Dichotomy of Self: A Study in the Shadow Selves of Buffy and Spike
Rapid Doll's The Walking Dead Director talks up The Walking Dead: Cinematographer David Boyd takes the helm for a Season 2 episode - Why is this awesome? He was the director of photography in Firefly and his work was gorgeous
TV Over Mind's Lost "Deleted" scene from Season 1 - <♥!
YouTube's Lord of the Rings Video Behind the Scenes, Part 1 of 7 ; Dollhouse Video Season 2 Bloopers

• Lameassmadeupmaidenname>'s Dollhouse Fanvid Let the bodies hit the floor (Alpha), Until We Bleed Sierra/Victor) ; Everything (Adelle) ; Harry Potter Fanvid The War ; The Woman in Black Trailer ; Photo and Text James Marsters is 49 today! - What?! 49?!


• Henrik_vanger's Harry Potter Secret ; Meta incoming rant: The Big Bang Theory - On the portrayal of geeks and women ; The Lion King "Bloopers" - XD


• Gingerhaze's Lord of the Rings Fanart [The Broship Tag] ; Picspam and Quote Sins of the Father


• It's Sorery's Harry Potter Concept Art


• Eastcollins' Harry Potter Manip Advanced Potion-making

Multifandom:
obsessive24's Fanvid Recommendations

• Tumblr's TV Recs - ALL THE MASTERPOSTS \o/


• Tacoface's Picspam All my favourite British men have dressed in drag, I'm starting to think it's a requirement

Random:
greygirlbeast's Video Tom Waits & The Cookie Monster Mashup - Ahahaha!
ursulav's Mostly charmed life - "SHE HAD EVERYTHING, UNTIL..."
theuglyvolvo's Short story I don't know a whole lot about Bolivia
Stephen Fry On God, and if there is one
The Pubic Intellectual's Taking my son's name - "Married women who decide to keep their own names don’t really push social buttons anymore. But there’s a limit to society’s tolerance for new conventions for family names, as sociologist Anne Nurse found."
ZOMGItsCriss' Audiobook - "The Unreasonable God"

• Tacoface's Recipe Chocolate-covered chocolate chip cookie dough balls ; Audio Ke$sha vs. The Beatles - Tik Tok Together (A Mashup)


• Henrik_vanger's Photo Help Remedies Inc - The best medical packaging ever ; Comic Everyone needs rescuing


• Seschat's Graphics Movie cliches ; Quote Hey you! ; Feminist Problems #14 ; Photos Roomba Art ; Photos Wedding Pictures...with zombies ; Text Woman denied purchase of bridal gown because she's marrying another woman ; Video Anderson Cooper having a giggle-fit


• Happyfeminist's Text Pro-lifers using cupcakes to make a point - "It’s no ones birthday. These cupcakes represent the 50,000,000 children who weren’t allowed to be born, who never had a birthday.” The cake in their mouth will become dry and the moment will hopefully become quite somber." - I'd laugh and just eat more cupcakes.


• It's Sorcery's Audio Dig It - Holes ; GIFs Fox licking window


• Eastcollins' Video How to start a fire with ice


• Atomicblonde's How British accents sound to Americans, and vice versa ; Quote Visible World

* Terry Pratchett

Comments

[seschat.livejournal.com]

Oh my god, this story about your co-worker being robbed - terrifying! PLEASE CLOSE YOUR WINDOWS AT NIGHT, ADRI. And, you know, never go anywhere alone after dark, and, and, just take care, okay? *worries*

The best thing? We're both like, "What age difference?" Ah, squishy ♥

Eeeeeeeeeep! *grins* D'AW! <3 And what age difference indeed, we just get along splendidly! *kisses*

Also, thank you so much for the "don't freak out" text - it's awesome <3 *hugs you tightly*

As usual, I thoroughly approve of this post and the Links of the Day! And once again, I feel supremely flattered to be included, so thankee, my darling! *kisses*

<3 How're you doing today? Sleep well?

[bending-sickle.livejournal.com]

Oh, don't worry, we lock our blinds (these solid wood things with slits you can lower to get shade but still get some air in) so they can't be lifted, so we're safe. Plus, we're on the third floor, which in the back end is really the fourth, so they'd really have to ninja up.

I'm just so excited for you and your new stage in life! You! University! *\o/*

I didn't sleep enough, but that's just 'cause I was still awak at 3 am, as well you know ;) And today's been pretty quiet. Trying to finish a fanmix (well, the "repeats of mid 2011"). So progress \o/

[seschat.livejournal.com]

Okay, that's good, then. <3

I'm excited, too, but what if it'll all go back to business as usual and be just as terrible and boring as school? Aah! :P BUT I'M HOPING FOR THE BEST, OF COURSE. If I get to analyze books and art and films from time to time, that'll be pretty sweet. Also, English! <3

I don't even know anymore what it's like to either go to bed or get up at a decent time. :D

FANMIX, whoot whoot! Looking forward to it ♥

[bending-sickle.livejournal.com]

I'm excited, too, but what if it'll all go back to business as usual and be just as terrible and boring as school? [...] If I get to analyze books and art and films from time to time, that'll be pretty sweet. Also, English! - It's all the best of school without all that pesky boring stuff! (Although is suspect there will be a lot of reading.)

<3

[seschat.livejournal.com]

I'm down with reading <3 Apropos...

*is 70 pages into Kafka on the Shore*

*lays book down*

*blinks*

*picks book up again*