Imaginary Gardens

Today's news:

1) Impressive 45-minute presentation is impresive.
2) As-yet-unread chapter is huuuuge.
3) Hogfather movie is totally all that.
4) Mr Teatime, of Hogfather is one freaky bastard.
5) Teatime laughs like a very reserved Mozart. Yes, that laugh.
6) Can I please recognize actors whilst I'm watching and not, say, facepalm because Marc Warren (Mr Teatime) was both on a Life on Mars episode and Doctor Who's "Love and Monsters" and I never realized?
7) I didn't care much for Teatime as eye-candy until I saw the coat of sex. The coat of sex in action. The coat of sex is too sexy to have a good screencap but damn if it don't slay. (That's Medium Dave on the left, played by Mr Guiness, who looks too familiar for my own good.)

And finally:

I got the room, baby! Oh yeah, oh yeah, shake it! I got the room!

Meaning, I got a text message saying I got it. So tomorrow's dinner party will truly be a dinner party! I still don't know the cost of said room, but squee! Room! With people I like! In a house and not a dorm! With furniture! Smack in the middle of Leiden! Two steps and a skip from Elisa and Laura's!

Ahem. We are pleased.

ETA: We are also very, very pleased at a certain little post over on metaquotes. *high-pitched squee* *glomps lienne*

Discussion of the Day: Why can't I turn off the Science Viewpoint?!?
lienne posts about an elephant painting. It's not Ruby, but rather a group of six or so elephants in Chaing Mai. The drawing wasn't at all what I was expecting from previous elephant and chimp drawings. In fact, the more I watched the video, the more suspicious I because. ( Why lookit, I have an opinion. Please don't eat me. )

Drama of the Day: Wank on chasingtides's metaquotes
It got me quite riled up because I don't think the wanker - and yes, I mean that in all senses - is knowledgable about either religion or science. I mean, broad much? Not every religion is about not-going-to-hell. Although shaysdays is awesome as ever. Also, there is a huge fucking flaw in this allocation of fault. If you don't know enough about it, don't mock it! Case in point. Oh, and we have burnt scientists at the stake for not being hip to our jive - only nowadays we don't because such behavour is frowned upon, now we just shun them academically. And oh my gods, scientists are not so "Ooooh, logic, it must be so", "Oh, well, since you put it that way, you're quite right". They can hang on to theorems like pitbulls. Oh sweet merciless pits, guess who I'm shaking my pompoms for?

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Links of the Day:
likestarlight made Friday Night Project icons, including one to conmemorate when David Tennant was introduced to Doctor Who porn.
versaphile's Praxis, New Chapter, Doctor Who
merrie987's 48 Sam Tyler Icons
The Skeptic's Annotated Bible
doctorwho discusses favorite quotes
drho discusses the five people David Tennant would invite to dinner, and who they would invite - I'd definately have David over, and as someone mentions, Eddie Izzard. I'm leaning towards John Barrowman as well.
angeliksmall on john_simm posts scans of SFX February 2007's Philip Glenister and John Simm Life on Mars interview
nobleplatypus on metaquotes: Kittens! For hands!
chasingtides on metaquotes proposes the weasel as deity and lo, there is much wank. Also, a fictional band is born.
marcwarren
Teatime Screencaps


* versaphile, Praxis Chapter 6

( And thus... )

PS: Screencaps c/o jadedleopard

Live Journal is such a wonderful place. There´s icon_tutorial for all your icon needs (with excellent links on the Memories), these random Tutorials: Tutorial 1, Tutorial 2, Tutorial 3, Tutorial 4, Tutorial 5, Tutorial 6 and Tutorial 7.

Then there´s the wonderful FREE program GIMP, which has this chat tutorial thingy besides a bunch or articles in icon_tutorial.

Then there´s screencaps and the Firefly-centric site.

And my brother sent me a link to Inkspace which is, from what I gather, a program for drawing stuff, though it can also make banners and icons.


...I never woulda thought I´d be interested in computer programs. Granted, they´re artsy and make pretty things.

And I only want them because I´m a little fangirl*. :)

And because I could make so many sexy, sexy icons. *lick*