Veni Vidi Vivi

Cheer Viv up! Keep her entertained on an oh-so-gloomy Tuesday!

Pick a fandom of the ones listed below, and I'll tell you:

A character(s) I like:
A character(s) I dislike:
Character I love that other people don't:
Character everyone else loves that I don't:
Character with the best hair:
Character with the best eyes:
Character with the best smile:
Character I'd kiss:
A pairing(s) I like:
A pairing I dislike:

Psh, pick anything. If I don't know the fandom, I will make shit up. Oh, except Stargate Atlantis. I hate that show.

Guuuuys, Jayne shirts are being auctioned off for charity. That is SO cool.

Sigh. I need to work on my Yuletide fic. It's at the stage where it's mostly in my head, but it just doesn't want to come down outta there. *tugs at it*

Okay, okay, I quit stalling.

EEEEEE!


In but a few hours I will be in the theater seeing pirates with a hepped-up Aspen and a very lovely Star.

We have pirate-esque gear on, and WHEEE!

I also have five days off from work. This makes me even happier than pirates.


EEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!

I have learned that I no longer can stay up till 1:30 AM and then go to work without being in significant displeasure the following day. I did manage to stay awake all day, but man, it was touch and go for a bit. But then there was home and a nap and rain, lots of rain. Tomorrow will be a glorious day off.

However, Pearl Jam was just... wow. I liked Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers quite a bit, but I was really there for Pearl Jam. And Eddie Vedder. Yum. Whut? They played a lot of their older "hits" like Black and oh my, I certainly enjoyed hearing that song live. Plus it's always a delight to see sir_gareth who is brilliant and gave us wonderful ideas for Millicon.

Speaking of which, I have finalized my costume plans. I am... giddy. I feel I ought to warn all of the folks who have not met me but who are going to meet me about the giddy thing. I do tend to get a little hyper when excited. I might be bouncy a lot of the time. I will try to calm down a wee bit, or at least keep my voice from hitting the shrill zone.

In other Milli-related news - HP plot is done, and it was very well received. I am so proud of how it went, but now I am kind of like "Oh. It's done." Not in a displeased way, just in a kind of "Huh. That went by really fast." kind of way. Now I am determined to have closure. One thing I have regretted a great deal in my past RP life is being a part of a major plot and then never really having the follow up I craved due to lack of time or other things. Like last year with the Academy plot, I had my hand failure and I just could not follow up on things IC. That always made me sad. So hopefully this time will be different. But tonight I am taking a little break. I am too tired to think very straight, so I shall not be playing.

OH! I posted about my old love for Dr. Who from my wee geeklet days. I am now in mad, passionate love with the new Dr. Who - I saw the first of the 10th Dr., and while I really like the 9th a great deal, I luuuurve the 10th. I am also catching up on old threads of the Doctor's and Ace's in Milliways, because both characters are played very well. I also understand one of my favorite fic writers from the Buffy fandom is writing Dr. Who fic. This is a good thing. Somewhere in the basement I have an old Dr. Who annual with info up to the 7th doctor, I believe. I shall go looking for it now, and for my black college graduation gown.

ETA: OOOH, it's the 20th Anniversary special from Britain. How did I get a hold of that when I was 13?

Wow, I really rambled tonight, but I haven't posted in a while. I also ought to have RP filtered this, but I am just going to obnoxious instead. Sorry.

Vivien + Bubble bath + Nap = OT3...

Of course, considering the nap is occurring in the bath... P. does come in to check periodically, so I don't fear drowning.

The Oscars were so meh. I enjoyed Chris Rock, and I was pleased with the winners, but it was very flat. I missed the montages. Those are fun. Jamie Foxx winning was a highlight, though. I was so glad he won - and I loved that Morgan Freeman finally won, too.

Johnny Depp looked pretty. As did Kate Winslet. But other Oscar fashion was pretty underwhelming.

Meh.

When I was 11 or 12, not only was I in my first phases of my deep Tolkien love, but I was also a soap opera addict. I was a huge, avid General Hospital fan, and back in my day it was all about Luke and Laura. Now, I liked Luke and Laura just fine, but my favorite characters at the time were Alexandra Quartermaine and Victor Cassadine. I loved them as a couple, and I don't even remember why, other than the fact that they were slightly evil, but they loved each other very much. This made them far more interesting than any of the other couples.

So in this huge story arc (the Ice Princess! - bwahahaha, so lame) they were killed one day. I was stunned. I remember wandering into the kitchen, and I must've been crying because my grandmother asked me what was wrong. I told her and she looked at me, with utter disbelief, and said, "Your grandfather watched his friends die in front of him in the war. Are you telling me that you're crying over a tv show?" I remember blinking at her and stopping the crying, because she had a point. But it was sad, and it did hurt to see that particular story come to an end.

( If you agreed with my grandma, don't bother reading further )

I hate doing laundry, but once it's done, you have such a feeling of accomplishment.

I'm getting my ticket to our StarCon this weekend - Michael Rosenbaum and Lilah/Stephanie sessions included. Woo hoo! I am so looking forward to this major geekorama.

Yesterday we went out driving in the new car. Snorris hadn't really gotten to ride in it much. It was nice - we drove by some of the parks to see all the cute doggies out and about. We would love to get a big, sloppy dog, but I won't own one till we have a yard for it to run in. Which might be never at the rate we're going, ha ha.

No news on the Sat. interview, but I got a message to set up another one. Crossing fingers.

A very funny and very accurate result:



Man, am I glad it's Friday.

You know, I am really really getting sad that Buffy will be over in just a handful of episodes. I wouldn't want it to die a horrible death like X-Files did.

I feel like my X-Files fandom experience is like being exposed to radioactive waste - how long will the half life be before I can actually watch the X-Files eps I loved back then? Cos they are hopelessly tainted, the tapes gather dust, and I loved that show so much. In fact, I made my bleeding husband who had just sliced a finger to the bone with a shard of broken dish WAIT for me to rush him to the ER while I stopped to set the VCR to tape a season 4 ep that had just started. That was the level of devotion. But with no Scully Marathon to make me watch eps, I don't foresee watching any for a good long while yet. Sad.

But Buffy? Going out well - I have enjoyed this season quite a bit. I am trying to remain spoiler free, but I feel the urge to cave big time. Like maybe in a few minutes.

On the other fandom fronts, I feel so lonely on my non-slash, non-RPS island. Sigh. I have nothing against slash - I really and truly don't. It just rarely floats my boat. And the pairings don't make sense a lot of times to me. Well, except for Clark/Lex. And Remus/Sirius. I am just the weird kid in the corner as usual on this issue.

Wah.

Anyhoo, enough whinging. I will be writing more this weekend on my Tom and Minerva story. I've been too lazy and it's all up there in my head. Even the (gasp) torrid scenes. My very first ever. Welcome to NC17 Land, Ms. PG13 Writer.

Okay, sleepy now.

The end of vacation...oh how I wish I could stay home and play on-line as much as I wanted to.

P. got two DVD's for me - Benny and Joon and Truly Madly Deeply which have to be two ofmy favorite romantic movies ever. Truly Madly Deeply is one of my top favorite movies ever. Such a beautiful, moving movie - I cry every time I see it, and even today when I was listening to the director's commentary. Sigh.

I tried to make a website from scratch this week. I attempt this every once and awhile. I became totally frustrated and said to my self, "Self, let's just stick with the lame AOL provided web page builders." One of these days.

I encourage everyone go to http://www.witchfics.org and read Anna's stories. Now. Cos they are brilliant and fun. Start with Roman Holiday and then Jewel of the Nile/ And then cry over the first chapters of Last Tango in Paris. But seriously, go. Go now!

I laughed so hard at Simpsons tonight. Jeesh but that show is still funny as hell.

I would really like to go read some Tom/Minerva fic that's been recced to me, but I want to finish writing my story so I can at least be original in my own mind, even if the plot bunnies I have turn out to be similar.

New Buffy this week, yes? I continue to be spoiler free (well except for one spoiler about the principal) and have been so since before Christmas. I am impressed with my self control!