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I didn't get much reading done today after my blog post, because I was then spending many hours and dollars at the local shopping centre with Mum. I bought myself a laptop bag for the impending MacBook of Awesome. We even used the display MacBook at JB to see if it would fit into the bag. Hee. I bought quite a few Sims 2 stuff packs, and now I only lack two!! Those being the kitchen & bathroom pack and the celebration one.

And yes, I got the Anthony Horowitz book. For some reason I can only get the cover style I want in my own country, which is weird. Australia is weird in that we get a lot of paperback releases when the world is still on hardcover - i.e., we don't get the hardcover - we go straight to paperback. Good/bad? Not sure.

I like my books to match, so Aussie paperback for Crocodile Tears. *shakes head* Wow it's been a while since I've read the Alex Rider books. Also, the first book of The Vampire Diaries was half price, so I thought I'd give it a go. Now I have a bajillion words to read before uni starts back.

Mum and I returned home... we watched the new Doctor Who episode, which is one of the worst written things I've ever clapped eyes on. Yuck. The dialogue, WTF was that? I really liked Wilf, I marginally liked super!Master (one cannot be mad at John Simm) and I giggled gleefully upon hearing/seeing Timothy Dalton (unmistakeable voice).

Hm. Russell T. Davies really doesn't know anything about writing. He even threw in a barb to upset the Torchwood fans. Evil man. Evil man with no talent.

Please, please, Steven Moffat Victorious. Best thing about the change-over.

I was installing my Sims 2 stuff packs and my computer freaked out. I thought I'd lost all my game data and it would never work again because of the installing thingy. Depressed at the prospect of forever losing 3 years of family histories, I popped on Galaxy Quest while I darted back into my room to re-install EVERYTHING.

GQ calmed me down, made me laugh and took me back to a time... before I'd even known what The Sims was. I started sniffing the sequel!comic again...

All during this, I decided to be optimistic - it would work, it had to, but if it didn't... I was okay with that, I was due to start a-fresh in a new neighbourhood. Sometimes Looking Up.

Hours later... it works. IT WORKS. All my data is there. ^_^

(general warning to Sims 2 users - install Mansion and Garden Stuff LAST LAST LAST..... LAST)

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So... this year in the Keaton family... Elyse declared she was gay and Andy went to jail. That was just the past month. Oh the jokes, oh the many many jokes. Of course everyone in the media I've been picking off the web has gone hysterical and started pointing fingers at a Keaton Family Curse (what with Alex and his... height? LOL).

Meanwhile I am 25% into Always Looking Up and having momentary envy over MJF being at the 2000 Tour de France with Robin Williams and Eric Idle making amusing comments, because those guys always make me laugh.

And I'm given to wondering when more Family Ties will be on DVD because ... because.

Yeah. I spent all of 6 months in the 80s, and then spend 20 years trying desperately hard to go back. And then I realised that the 90s were their own brand of awesome and I was too caught up in the past to notice. The 00s aren't so bad themselves, what with things like Supernatural and The Dresden Files and District 9. ROFL. And there was the matter of ROTS finally making the Star Wars prequels slightly less shitty.

Is this going to turn into some summary of the past decade? Umm hmm. It could be summarised in fandoms, actor crushes, education grades, socialising and so forth. I think it should be done in fandoms/actors, because one tends to associate parts of their life with fandoms (I swear I'm not alone in this).

I'm too lazy to go through it now, but in summmmmmmary...

Star Wars
Stargate: SG1
Charmed
The Invisible Man
Mysterious Ways
Smallville
Harry Potter
Stargate: Atlantis
Supernatural
Doctor Who
The Dresden Files
Moonlight
Star Trek

... and that's visual medium alone, also not pertaining to all my old show obsessions these past years. Every fandom leaves a deep lasting mark on me, which unfortunately never never never goes away. Yeah and there are some movies I loved very very much, but can't remember them all...

If I were to cite non-visual narratives that impacted me (not many, granted, and again avoiding mention of older books) I'd say JKR, Tamora Pierce, Meg Cabot, Jim Butcher, Joseph Delaney and Anthony Horowitz.

For music.... Delta Goodrem, Duran Duran's new albums, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, the continuing awesome of John Williams and Hans Zimmer, ummm hmm some Celine Dion :) and WITHIN TEMPTATION FTW. There's more I suppose, but again my memory is cloudy...

ARGH need to go do stuff now. Pick up mum for a lunch time wandering, buy an Anthony Horowitz (it's not what you think! the new Alex Rider! I'm no fan of his other books), sigh about the fact that I blew $1600 online the other day........watch Doctor Who...!!!

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Today I continued working my way through season 3 of Moonlighting. Hit the typical doco/flashback episode and then had to pause at one scene, whereupon I laughed, shrieked and made very bad jokes. Yeah random Pierce Brosnan cameo. Freaking James Bond so freaking young. ^_^

(obviously cameoing as Remmington Steele... hah)

((that's another show I've got to get into, probably next century as I'm booked solid for DVDs atm))

Hm. Just watched St Trinian's which was rather amusing, though because I'd just done some Moonlighting, the 4th wall references were completely normal and didn't faze me. Eg. dog called Mr Darcy humping Colin Firth's leg, and a school girl actually using the name "Colin Firth" out loud. .... Colin Firth nomnomnomnom.

And random lady from Jekyll. :D

Ahem. Work. OMFG. This guy came through my register... a YOUNGER and HOTTER version of THE STENLAKE. He was so attractive in that way that no one else my age seems to like, no wedding band, and I was so shy all I said to him was "bye".

*facepalm*

But what can you do when you work at a register? Nothing. At least I used my trademark smile and he smiled back, so not all is lost. I haven't seen a smile like that since I gawped up at the performance of Guys and Dolls in May. Maybe I'll see him again. I think he was in the region of 25-30.

*sulks*

Back to Moonlighting rofl.... Herbert/Agnes - so darn cute <3 <3 They need a fanvid, and I have a Disney song in mind. Every time they share a scene I start giggle-squeeing.

...... eeeeeeee. ^_^

I have set up the most awesome playlist for Australia Day. Yes!!!!!!!! It has a lot of Harold Faltermeyer this time around - the man is a genius....

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Demoted from daily status! Well I've been busy - mostly with work, family stuff, watching DVDs, persuing comics or reading B-side books. Now I'm just relaxing in my chair, Sebastian on my lap with his eyes beadily watching as I type. Stalker kitteh. I just got in from a swim, which was to cool down after many many hours at the annual Christmas Eve family gathering. Not much left of the 24th now and I have scored some presents already.

Moonlighting season 3 & 5 (assuming I get 4 in the morning lol!!)
Merlin season 1
Stargate Atlantis season 5
a really awesome ... thing ... it's like a miniature frozen 3D scene from Duel of the Fates, the bit with Obi-Wan stuck behind the shield while Qui-Gon and Darth Maul have it out. :D :D :D

Sebastian and I are tired. I've been happy in the pool but he certainly wouldn't. ;)

Brother's girlfriend is over, just as she was last year. Not much to say about that, really. *shrug*

Trying to decide if I want to sleep now, or do something first...

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Yes, yes, it is I - the fantabulous bouquet-catching witness/bridemaid. FEAR ME. :D :D

It was my nefarious plan to catch the bouquet all along. I managed to get myself into a prime position in which I towered over my younger cousins (and the one in the wheelchair) but was blocking the shorter adults behind me. Heels FTW. My aunt tossed the flowers and I reached out and snatched them.

And now I have flowers.
 
I wore my lovely purple dress today, complemented by a pretty purple butterfly necklace my aunt gave me. There were photos and more photos - and we hadn't even left my nanna's house. Apparently I could never relax for any photos over the course of the day, even with the other "witness" who was actually quite cute but obviously not single. And older. 30s, maybe.

Anyway, we made it to the ceremony. My youngest cousin was a very cute flower girl.... and I was an awesomesauce bridesmaid/witness. I was very nervous about signing the license in front of everyone and the camera, but my part was mercifully short. MORE PHOTOS... argh.

Talked to my grandad about life, the universe and everything. Mostly my career prospects and his cancer treatment. He's been very pensive about such things lately, though has also been making very bad but amusing jokes. My mum gave my cardigan to a smelly aunt even though I was cold. I had to use Mum's ... which is MY ... shawl that comes from Italy (care of ellymelly  and kwayera ) instead.

Sat down for food, more food, MORE food and for being pelted by miscreants from the kids' table wielding lollies. I may have thrown some back. Unsubstantiated rumour.

Dancing and merriment, set to the usual soundtrack of party songs. Why don't DJs ever pick anything else? Grrr. Had to be very careful with strapless dress LOL... and "Time Warp" was hilarious because my young cousins were copying the adults. Pelvic thrust lmao.

BOUQUET THROWING - which we all know the outcome of. ;) My brother was yanked into the garter throwing (he was not very enthused), but my grandad meandered on and grabbed it out of the air. LOL. Bachelor fail.

My brother and I escaped. The end.

I still have a bouquet. ;)

And have seemingly been saddled with the task of editing a wedding video. WTF, I only have movie maker. Is this wise?

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Just so everyone knows, I absolutely love the short film Sploosh. It makes no sense, but for a fangirl in the year 2006 it was pure gold. A quick, easy way to gawp at Paul McGillion playing a Scotsman without the Atlantis angle. But anyway, that was a while ago and it certainly got me writing a fanfic called Sploosh 3 years ago.

GUESS WHAT. Two chapters of Sploosh totally up on the Pit of Voles! :D This is all very exciting, especially as it is a VOID-FIC finally meeting the world. Finally reaching its conclusion.

I will probably dishonour the deadline I had for Tick of a Cosmic Clock, which has only been a VOID-FIC for 12 months.

One I just stumbled across, which involves a few paragraphs scribbled in 2005, seemed promising and I don't know why I abandoned it - oh, well, apart from having no plot. Basically Rodney refuses either of the two holiday trips home and Elizabeth is concerned. MCWEEEIR.

And now this random bit of fic I just discovered under "I have a problem with this tea.doc". LOL?

SG-1 arrived at the planet. It looked fairly like the images the MALP had sent back – except that there was a crowd of a few million jumping around the Stargate energetically.

^ someone please tell me what I was thinking??? or planning??? NOTE - no fic will be written until Sploosh is done and dusted.

Today I was bad, and JB was evil, because Roswell was on sale for $40. THE ENTIRE SERIES. I'd bought Space Jam and was on the way out, but saw it. BAD BAD BAD.

And yes, Twilight did rip off Roswell in a big way. But then, what didn't Stephanie Meyer plunder?

ANNOUNCEMENT - just got my uni results for the semester. Credit in Contemporary World Cinemas (I'm lucky I got that, lol) and DISTINCTION in Screen Writing II. As if I'd get anything less for a zomie script. AND YES... finally.. my GPA is 3!!!!! I finally cracked a 3!!!!! YES YES YES YES YES YES YES! PARTY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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My brother seems to be in a Disney mood so we watched Atlantis: The Lost Empire, aka Doctor Daniel Jackson's Animated Adventures, and Mulan, which is my favourite Disney of all time.

The DVD of King Ralph that I bought on ebay arrived today. I was very happy and watched it with much glee. I don't know why people speak so badly of it. It's actually funny and has a very thoughtful note at the end. I remembered it from TV years ago, but what I was unaware of in my childhood was that freaking JACKIE TYLER was the stripper girlfriend. LOL WHUT. It disturbed me. And she looks the same, 18 years later. Weirdness. Maybe she's a Time Lady? rofl

But yes. I now have yet another DVD to watch when I need some YAYS. (it's right up there with Encino Man)

NOW. SPLOOSH.

I posted the first chapter omfg! I'm a bit concerned, though, because I've written 3 chapters and am stuck on the 4th. It's supposed to be Ford, Teyla and Beckett - two of which are my weakest characters. Ouch. In my defence, Ford was a very bland character, a "yes" man, so anything I do will be an improvement. As for Teyla, I've gone unusually gung-ho and drawn inspiration from lines such as:

"Shall I just explain to the rest of the Wraith left on the base that you are unavailable to fight?"

^ I think of this line often now. It has this bit of humour to it, or maybe I'm just delusional. It's something that has always typified Teyla to me. Well, frankly, I have a massive bias in favour of season 1 (I still count 2x01 as season 1 themed). A lot of my characterisation stems from that, as I was unhappy with the directions in which the characters/dialogue/motives went.

In fact, I wrote Reflections as a deliberate denouncement of Rodney post-Siege. One of my favourite self-written fics, in which I point out in the McWeir angle that something very strange happened in the relationship between Rodney and Elizabeth. Again, I could be delusional, but I enjoyed creating fanon reasons for the shift. (In Reflections, Rodney was jealous that Elizabeth had hugged John and not him. In Moments, it was Elizabeth's attempt to return to Simon that hurt Rodney).

Anyone looking at my fics could immediately deduce that McWeir is one of my biggest ships of all time. It's true. How did this get onto MCWEIR? *scratches head* ANYWAY, yes. Season 2 was good, but something was missing. Season 3 was thankfully an improvement but then - BLAM. Elizabeth is incapcitated and then Rodney, in one of the most unsound OOC moments, shacks up with Keller.

Ok. WTF. I have nothing against McKeller on umm... principle. But it makes NO GODDAM SENSE. Sometimes I lie awake at night boggling over this. Am I missing something? I'll accept it, I even wrote it into one of my fics, but for the life of me I will never understand it.

Though McWeir is my OTP, admittedly my first ship was Sheyla. It's pretty fucking obvious.

Hey, I see the Shweir angle and I understand it (a hell of a lot more than the McKeller thing) but John wanted Teyla from "The Rising". Numerous episodes following seemed to make it more obvious to me, esp. moments like the way John reacted when she said she was pregnant, and that strange little scene with Ford in season 5 (this scene pretty much screamed it).

But, in the end, Sheyla could never happen because John's character never takes the plunge - I don't think he ever would. Teyla sure wasn't going to hang around waiting.

Whew. I've spent years keeping that inside. I just want to note once more that I really do see the Shweir angle, but it didn't seem to get the same epic-sized hints.

Umm hmm. Who else can I offend today? LOL. I know some of my flisters will probably never speak to me again after my big Sheyla Triumphant speech.

And it's healthy to get it all out there. Yep.

How bout them apples?