Imaginary Gardens

So again, not dead. Also, curiously enough, not exhausted. But work doesn't leave me much time for posting and surfing and Links of the Day, which is why sometimes this past week I've looked at the bed and said, "Ah, screw it, let's sleep." (Or rewatch Doctor Who Season 5, and sputter about things we still don't know about River - what did the Bishop in Time of Angels mean? - or about the finale - why 26/06/2010?)

However, I can report back that work is going well. So far it's still a lot of reading - although now they've brought down and hooked up my computer in my new shared office, so yay typing and oncoming productivity! I attended some presentations last week, and had an informal lunch meeting, and have a meeting tomorrow (where I think I'm supposed to introduce myself to the larger team). I've met more people than I could possibly ever remember and they've all been nice. Ah, international environment, how I've missed you! I've walked miles going from one part of the building to the other, getting lost in corridors and on staircases. I swear it's a bloody TARDIS-baby.

Last week I kept getting home absolutely exhausted - all read-out and socialized-out and languaged-out. Also, curisouly, with a raving desire for creativity. I've worked on that Not What I Had In My Head drawing (and worked on it so much it went from decent-enough to shite and back again) and have discovered The Coloured Pencils as well as the Badly Mangled Watercolours from my childhood. I also have charcoal pencils, so at least one version of the drawing is going to be passable. I even took Betsy out for a bit - didn't play her or even tuner her up, but I did wipe the dirt of her poor little guitar body.

In other news, have some links. Lots and lots of links.

Photo of the Day: True Blood SPOILERS ( Read more... )

Quote of the Day: mybrokenlocket, here - AWESOMENESS

Can I please have dibs on "Big Gay Angel Crisis" as a band name? We'll sing songs about Supernatural fandom, it will be wonderful.

Song of the Day: "La Tasche Piene di Sassi" by Jovanotto ( Read more... )

Links of the Day:
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True Blood: ( Read more... )
Sherlock: ( Read more... )
Firefly: ( Read more... )
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Random: ( Read more... )


* Willow, Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Remember how - if you waded through my sea of Tumblr links - there were some links about how there'd been some sort of plot against Misha Collins and fandom instantly went full-on GRR ARGH MAMA BEAR? And remember how I couldn't find out what the plot had been?

Yeah. It was this. Seriously, that is just mean. Are alright, "mean" doesn't even begin to cover what this is, but I'd probably burn through my keyboard if I tried to write all applicable words down. And I'd probably have an aneurism coming up with them all. I'm just sitting here shaking my head in horror and shame and disgust and THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH ADJECTIVES TO DESCRIBE HOW I FEEL, OKAY?!?

Also, I made Fanart. Well, picspams. And macros. And "MUST. EXPRESS. FEELINGS." fanart-picspam-quote-meta-man-ape-gone-wrong thing. There's Supernatural, Doctor Who, Stonehenge Apocalypse and Firefly, some of them all mixed up like a Turkey stuffing. ( Read more... )

Quote of the Day: Christpher Paolini, Brisingr (As much as it pains me to quote him and his series - and by gods, it pains me. It's on par with quoting Stephanie Myer for me.)

Perhaps no one religion contains all of the truth of the world. Perhaps every religion contains fragments of the truth,and it is our responsibility to identify those fragments and piece them together.

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* Jacob Glaser, Stonehenge Apocalypse

There are some things about DVD bundles that make me wish I had a) money to burn and b) access to ways I could burn that money to get shiny things. Some episodes in Supernatural, for example, make me yearn for a chance to listen to commentaries.

Unfortunately, apart from tracy_loo_who's detailed flailings, I haven't been able to find anything on Kripke, Singer and Edlund's The End commentary. I've googled and tag-haunted until my fingers fell off, and nothing. I'm this close to contacting stir_of_echoes, who was fantastic enough to transcribe the commentary for What is and What Should Never Be but I'm scared of coming off as crazy or demanding or whatnot. So can anyone offer any help on that?

You know what else is bothering me by being all "na na!" non-attainable? (No, it isn't any of the boys of Supernatural, because there has to be at least the illusion of attainability for there to be cause for the "na na!" dance.) It's this podbook and its MP3. I've downloaded both of them, but I can't get them to open. Winzip keeps saying "cannot open file: it does not appear to be a valid archive" and WinRAR says "the archive is either in unknown format or damaged". Now, I've downloaded both files a number of times, so I know they're getting in alright, so I don't know. Is this happening to anyone else? I'd just like to check before I go all "waaah, I cannae get podbook!" to the audiofic archive.

...I'm wondering whether there's any community where I could pimp out my Devour picspam review. Just because it took so much time to put together... Must investigate further.


The Compliement Meme via lienne: ( Read more... )

40 Days of Supernatural Meme: Day 34 - Favorite hug? ( Read more... )

Video of the Day: Naixoa's The Doctor's Message :D ; Ella Fitzgerald's One-Note Samba - Scat Singing (1969) 0.0 ( Read more... )

Links of the Day:
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* Naixoa's The Doctor's Message: Twenty Three Too Tah

It's dad's birthday today, so it's booze and gluttony day! It'll be my birthday on Sunday, and we will undoubtably also revel in food and drink.

I will not, however, revel in Supernatural. "What kind of fuckery is this?" you might say. Well, my parents and I are taking a long weekend off to drive south and be tourists. We'll leave Friday afternoon and be back on Monday afternoon.

What does that mean? It means 1) spoil me and die, 2) squee with me about the premiere come Tuesday or so, yes? seschat, we can has comment thread?


In other news, I might just have fallen in love with one of the local stray cats of our neighbourhood. Y'all might remember Greebo, the one-eyed, canine-lacking, white-and-grey, affectionate stray that hangs around my apartment building meowing, "Pet me! Pet me!"

Well, he was there today, meowing hello, and I dutifully petted and scritched and rubbed to the soundtrack of delighted purring. Then I walked off to take the metro and my heart promptly melted because Greebo followed me, trotting behind and around and in front. It's so heartwarming to have a little furry thing walk beside you ♥ He followed me for over half a block, then sat down and watched me go. Oh, Greebo, if I had a home and money, I'd take you in right quick.

This afternoon, when I got back home, there he was, splayed out in a doze. The petting was resumed, now with belly rub! And at one point I was scratching his neck and chest and Greebo just lay in blissed-out stillness. ♥ so much.


30 Days of Doctor Who: Day 29 – Who You Think Should Be the Next Doctor ( Read more... )

30 Days of Supernatural Meme: Day 29 - Your favorite SPN fanfic ( Read more... )

40 Days of Supernatural Meme: Day 29 - Would you rather prefer the idea of separate not so many hunters or large branched net of them existing just from the beginning of times developed in the show later ( Read more... )


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RKipling, "Four-Feet"

I was going to post some fickle statement about some random crap but just hung up with Ma** and I have Heroes waiting for me.

I was quoted 8 times on heroes_meta's 3x04 post! \o/ Whoo-ee!*** This is my squee for the day. And week. (Second only to Heroes 3x05 squee.)

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Links of Yester Years:
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crevette's RDowney Jr as Sherlock Holmes Photo - Guh.

fallen_iceangel's .gif of Pres. Bush doing a traditional dance from somewhere in the African continent

qthewetsprocket's Through the Den of Horrors...or, how i survived my very first double endoscopy, John Simm singing in Doctor Who: LotTL, Which Doctor Who Companion Are You? Meme, Picspam Essay: Defend Us in Battle - Gene Hunt and his Kingdom in Life on Mars

ack_attack's BSG Season 6 Extended Kara and Lee Scene and "Which Celebrity Would You Crush?"Picspam Meme

blizzardcake's Hello! Project Game Show: Run for the Money, Sarah Pali: *facepalm*, Turkish Music

dien's On Original vs. Fanfic Writing and their Relative Difficulties

Giantitp's Greatest Villain Quotes

DailyMail's Terry Pratchett Essay: I'm slipping away a bit at a time...and all I can do is watch it happen


* Anon. or uncredited
** Apparently I'm not allowed to say "I'm tired" because I'm always saying this. Well excuse me if working on a case anaylsis for 5 hours straight - eating my lunch 'fore the 'puter - and then discussing it for 2 hours and then taking a 30 minute break before a grueling while of Abdominal Training followed by Ye Grocery Shopping and Ye Feeding and Hygiene ritual brings us to 11 pm leaves me tired. Apparently I'm a shitty lightweight.
*** FTFU. I need pats on the back and ain't no one just handin' them out. Life's hard work and I want a little "whoot" aimed at me once in a while.

Current events in the life of the Sickle:

1) I'm sick. This sucketh muchly. Yesterday, it felt like I had a squirming amphibian flopping around in my throat. Last night, I must've won the Rolling-In-Bed Marathon - I doubt I slept. And today, finally, it's the joy of an achey head, off body temperature and swallowing of the ever-present wire cotton ball in my throat. Yays.

2) I've printed and bound 6 copies of my paper, which let me tell you, massive amounts of paper. They're all nicely bound - by moi - and left on the desks of appropriate people. The librarian, Edith, is an absolute darling, teaching me how to use the binding machine ("This is the lever, these are the slots, and now you just put the paper into the spiral.") and how many hard copies I actually need to make, and who needs them. Lovely lady.

3) Talked to Mamaji and Brother yesterday, and got only positive response over the possible internship in Amboselia NP. So I think it's a go, then. I'll email the prof - I have a meeting mid-July, but might as well. And then, sooner than I care to think - but still far off in the future - you'll be looking forward to a 3-4 month absence from yours truly as I galavant around the African savanna after radio-collared lions. Ah, good times.

( 3b: Getting hung-up-on isn't cool. )

4) Watching Spain/Russia tonight with Elisa. Whoot!

5) Got 875 words down of The Balloonist's Wife and the muse still ain't dead! Double-whoot!
ETA: Volunteers for a beta? Anyone?

6) Internet at home is un-cooperative. No whoot whatsoever.

I have a little peeve running about today. On a whim, and because Mom gives me a load of makeup gift samples, I decided to try my hand at eyeshadow. Nothing too drastic, just a shade darker and one lighter than my own skin, very natural-like. I added this to my usual mascara, and decided, hell, might as well put on some blush and a bit of lipgloss. No biggie, right? There I am, very neutral and natural makeup and summer dress. Nothing to gossip about.

Well, apparently it was a big deal, to my roommate, at least. She was all, "Oh, you're so dressed up!" (Summer dress = dressed up = wtf?) "And the makeup!" Yeah, well, just trying something out... "But you don't need it. You look fine without it."

And that's when the peeve was born. I don't wear make-up because I need it. ( Read more... )

Meme: ( Commonly-Confused Words, or How Good is Your English? )

Links of the Day:
Tim Minear's The Moon is a Harsh Mistress Screenplay based on RHeinlein's novel
rusty_halo discusses Doctor Who: Turn Left
arib's speculation on a Doctor Who: Turn Left plotpoint - It's TARDIS!speak! for OMGWTFBBQ!
sage_theory discusses Nine and Ten of Doctor Who - Or rather, their actors.
JsyGirl's Doctor Who/Firefly Crossover Fanfic: Fireflies in the Storm - River meets the Doctor and Martha while the ship is dirtside on Persephone to refuel and arrange a new job. Craziness and drama ensue.
Rodeo Injuries and Casualties: The Animals also Get Hurt


* Firefly: Ariel

So obviously, I'm kinda-sorta studying for my godawful exam tomorrow. I may have explained this already, but...well, suffer. This exam is for level 3 and gives you an "elemental cycle" diploma. If you don't pass level 3, you don't get the level 4 diploma even though you've passed level 4.

Which is why I'm doing grammar multiple choice and memorizing, "veuillez, agreer, Monsieur/Madame, l'expression de mes salutations les plus cordiales". Because the french are anal when it comes to correct letter-writing style.

Egads.

On the bright side, awaiting an invitation to the mysterious community I was asking about in the last post. Here is the thread over at Fireflyfans.

I have been warned to bring a towel, on account of al the pretty pictures. :D

Kinda like these. It should be wrong for a man of the cloth to be that hot. It alright if I like the wrong stuff?. Btw, he totally kicks James Marster's butt in the hot-priest section. Even as an evil priest. Evil priest with a knife, no less.


Aw maaaaan. Just read the transcript for "Dirty Girls" (Buffy 7x18) and am so itching to watch it. Caleb seems delightfully chipper-and-evil. Why do I not have access to this?

On a similar note, I miss the days of suprnova.org, a wonderful BitTorrent site. I have yet to find a replacement.


PS: I've had this LJ for over a year now. Coo'.