Found a nice article commenting on Elementary (2012) that really amused me.
http://www.joe.ie/entertainment/television/bbcs-sherlock-creator-isnt-too-impressed-with-us-remake-0024946-1

Short piece, but here is the good idea part and LOL part:
(I'm sure you can tell which is which)

"It’s almost like they should have made Watson a woman but kept the show in Victorian times. Actually … that would actually be quite interesting."
(Laurie R. King's Mary Russell novels certainly offer some of the challenges of that, but it's post-Victorian era.)

The show, is CBS's third attempt at a pilot featuring a Sherlock Holmes/female Watson duo in modern day America.
Remind us, what is the definition of insanity? Ah yes, "Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results".

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I just came across this via I09, and decided this must be a part of my 100 things meme because it pretty much sums up the the amount of time and devotion a fan is willing to put into a fanwork!

A stop animation of Eleven by Alisa Stern, only eight seconds long (because this is a work of love, not the work of a fully staffed studio) and absolutely adorable!

Sat, 22:29: I liked a @YouTube video http://t.co/9rbfT4Wy [Portal 2] All New Cave Johnson Lines (Perpetual Testing Initia Sat, 22:41: I liked a @YouTube video http://t.co/vWK9ToOG THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (3D) - 4 MINUTE SUPER PREVIEW Sat, 23:51: I liked a @YouTube video http://t.co/NDTTYnn2 SPOILERS! Watch Every Diablo III Cinematic!

Apparently the AKA Jessica Jones series based on Marvel's Alias isn't going to happen

But there will be an Incredible Hulk series. Oh goody ;-(

http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=38683

Today at work I had a customer ask me how my grandchildren were. When I managed to squeak out that I was only 35 she gave a a skeptical look. I quit at life. Seriously. *weeps*

There isn't that much fucking gray in my hair dammit!!!

In other news, I need people to talk me out of starting a independent rp tumblr. Because I'm already writing head canon. angelfirenze I miss rp-ing sooo bad. Why? Why does real life have to thwart us? Sirius needs to give James his quiche!!!!

So obviously the answer to having trouble with writing is to throw my hat in the ring over at the reverse remix thing! I'm offering up five fics at the moment (well, lbr, it's probably just going to be more like double drabbles), and a variety of fandoms.

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So I'm doing this blog challenge called 100 Things.  For more info on it, see my intro post here.  The subject I chose was "100 Badass Villains."  I'll be doing 10 clustered blogs on the subject.  So, without further ado, here's the first 10 on my list!



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I just had to switch my theme because now that the scrapbook is gone all of my theme pictures have disappeared. Found a decent replacement but is not the same. I'll miss you old theme.

The Metropolitan Police and the CPS team have finally got their act together and charged Rebekah Brooks and her minions with conspiracy to pervert the course of justice.

I could only be happier about this if the Murdochs were charged too.

ETA: Poor, poor lady is angry and upset. Her husband says this is a witch-hunt and she won't get a fair trial.

Something about protesting too much, methinks?

when all the people leave?



Mirrored from Norwegianne.net.

I suppose before I start I should admit that The Vampire Diaries season finale almost ruined me for this show this week, because the first time I watched this episode I was deeply deeply bitchy about everything even the things that didn't really suck. So, I decided to do some housework and take a break from TV before watching the episode again later. And sure enough during the cleaning I realized some things - mainly that the season three finale of The Vampire Diaries was one of those one of a kind episodes that generally every show does manage at least once. Sure, all shows have good episodes, but great ones are rare, and while great ones can be repeated no show has ever managed to be great all the time.

So while The Vampire Diaries The Departed was really good and really awesome it is unlikely even The Vampire Diaries will maintain that greatness, and that it's really unfair to hold this episode of Supernatural up against that and judge it by that. Because, of course, Supernatural has attained such greatness itself before and yes even in season seven. Yes, mostly I'm talking about the first two episodes of season seven which to me was (especially the second one) just as awesome and great as the season finale of The Vampire Diaries.

Of course, that begs the question of what happened after that to Supernatural over the course of the season? But I don't want to get into before cutting for SPOILERS, so...

Anyway, I said all that to say that sure enough by the time I watched this episode again I was feeling much more kindly toward it, though that doesn't mean I loved it, but at least second time around I was able to love some of it, enjoy most of it, and be almost happy with what it was as an episode.

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I know I haven't posted in months. I'm still here; don't worry. Paperwork and winter tried to drown me. I'm still swimming in the paperwork but I have a brief reprieve until the sharks drag me under-water again tomorrow.

So, I'm still here. Don't worry about me. I'm always here. Sometimes I just run on silent mode when I'm particularly stressed.

This is what I meant to make my own model of crane.... shame that this design is not mine(and this is much bigger than I had planned for mine)
www.hansebubeforum.de
the site is in German
Inspired by Cranes Etc
I will go to cry in my room.

Werner M<br><br>

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Have a new Iphone and I am in love with it. Its perfect and no one is touching it, they are not worthy of my precious.
Have been on a happyness high since my mom put the phone in my hand. Have taken me some days to stop floating around with a stupid grin on my face.

ignotus_ille: @wilw My god, it's full of stars!

Okay, I am obviously super-bad at updating.

1. One of my favorite attorneys left last week. My other favorite attorney leaves tomorrow. That means there is one person left in the office I'm close to. I get along with almost everyone, but that's not the same thing. Losing Marc and Sandy sucks.

2. I'm getting an office. The best office. It has a window, and is sort of tucked away from where everyone else is, so it's quiet. I haven't moved back their permanently yet, as we're waiting on a new computer and a phone line, but I'm excited. I believe I shall get a plant, as I have a nice window.

3. I've been reading quite a bit lately. Today the sequel to Wolf Hall came out, and it is sitting on my kindle waiting to be read. I'm very excited.

4. Haven't seen the Avengers yet. I couldn't face the idea of the opening weekend crowd.

5. The end of the month will be one year for whatever it is that R and I have going on.

 THIS IS NOW AN AVENGERS SQUEE JOURNAL. UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE, GIMME THE AVENGERS LOVE PEOPLE.

Also I want to live in Joss' brain.

If I disappear, it's because I'm off having a torrid affair with Jeremy Renner's arms. RAWR<br>

I have the rough rough beginnings of my fic for the SPN Illuminated comm and I just can't believe I'm writing what I am. Heroin addicted Jensen anyone? Distraught Jared? And here I thought my H-50 fic where I killed off Steve was bad enough. But this new fic will bring some people to tears...and that makes my muse zing! I just had to tell somebody lol.
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Title: Kaddish
Author: moragmacpherson
Beta: callowyn
Fandom: Inception
Rating: R
Pairings: Eames/Arthur
Characters: Arthur, Mal, Philippa, Miles, Eames, Dom, OCs
Timeline: Pre-movie
Contents include: Canonical character death, religious imagery, language, graphic sexual situations
Author's note: Never mind that I made her beta it, this is kind of a graduation present for callowyn inspired by this conversation with my roommate (Further proof that just knowing Cally will enable you to inject angst into anything). Congratulations, hon: you made it out alive (which is more than I can say for many of your thesis characters).
Summary: Regardless of which calendar Arthur uses, Mal has been dead for thirty-four days now.

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More movie catchup. This time… Some Marvel superhero movies to catch up on (5) before going to see the new one - The Avengers . Might take a few days. Not exactly sure of the order to watch them in… Iron Man I, Iron Man II, Incredible Hulk, Thor, Captain America Iron Man (I) – the Origin [...]

So I've figured out what to do about Russian.

Instead of studying Russian at UCLA for the summer, I'll just take Intermediate Russian at Cal State Long Beach, which would, theoretically, count for the 2A-2B-2C sequence.

Which, you know, I go to UCI.  We operate on the quarter system.  CSLB operates on the semester system.

(Plus, I would be able to take an upper-div writing course over the summer at UCI if I take Russian at CSLB.)

So, in other words, the 2012-2013 will be stressful fun.  Really fun.  So much fun that I'll probably be slightly crazy, but maybe not, IDK know more Russian by the end of it.

That's what I'll do.  And plus CSLB is, in the long run, cheaper and also I can drive there easily on the freeway and not have to worry about rush hour and bad LA traffic (and smog).  Despite the fact that I really want to see UC Sunnydale where they filmed some of Buffy season 4 (in terms of college setting), UCLA is just expensive (and I'm the worst at freeway driving.  Seriously.  I mean I'm trying to do more freeway driving alone but it only works for short distances.  IDK why I have this 'fear' of driving the freeway but I do).  And I don't want to spend more than an hour, probably, on the freeway.

The only thing I'll have to worry about is making sure that classes on Tuesday and Thursday don't interfere with the Russian class at CSLB and I'd also have to worry about the final exams.  Thankfully the fall quarter/fall semester final examination times are on separate weeks, but the winter quarter final examination time is during the spring semester, and the spring semester final examination time is during spring quarter.

Um...I'm going to have to do a lot of careful planning to make this all work.  Really careful planning.

TL;DR I'll be going to two different colleges for the 2012-2013 school year that operate on different systems and I'll most likely end up slightly crazy at the en...

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For those of you who don't approve of Planned Parenthood, your response is easy: Don't buy one of these. None of your LJ subscription money goes to PP. If you'd rather donate an equivalent amount to an adoption charity, or another organization providing inexpensive or free medical assistance, please do; all charity organizations are hurting for funds in this economy.

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Join us in standing up for reproductive health and education. Planned Parenthood, the organization that delivers reproductive health care, sex education and information to millions of people worldwide, has come under fire in the U.S. lately, with many politicians on both state and federal level seeking to end funding (and in a few cases succeeding).

During the month of May, you can send ...

Spoiler free comment:

I'm loving that I got to see it a week ago, seen it twice in fact, so I've had my initial emotional reaction and now I get back to sit back and enjoy reading all of your reactions. It's almost as entertaining as the movie! :)

Title: Not the Absence of Fear
Recipient: snickfic
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 4014
Characters: Kat, Pamela Barnes, Gavin, OFC, OMC
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters in Supernatural, they belong to Eric Kripke, WB, CW, etc.
Archive: AO3
Summary: Kat would like to forget about Roosevelt Asylum. Really. She would. But it turns out she's just not that kind of girl.
A/N: Written for the 2012 rarewomen exchange!

( Courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. )

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Title : From a Cylon8
Fandom : Battlestar Galactica
Rating : PG-13
Pairings : Sweet!Eight/Felix Gaeta
Disclaimer : Someone else created them, I just play.
Summary : Three short stories of what was and what could have been for an Eight on New Caprica.

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It's about time I started posting here again, I think! This time, it's not about something connected to fanfiction. Instead, I wanted to post two music videos I've made. The first one is based on the character journey and difficulties Wesley Wyndham- Pryce had to go through on the TV-show Angel. The second one is based on the bittersweet relationship between Buffy/Angel. View them both under the cuts!

Title: Get It Right
Artist: Leah Michele - Glee
Fandom: Angel
Spoilers: ATS season 3-5.
Pairing: Hints of Fred/Wesley, Wesley/Faith, Wesley/Illyria, Wesley/Lilah
Summary: Even though he tries, he doesn't always succeed. But despite his failures, Wesley manages to go on fighting, trying to do his best.

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I know, I know, I haven't been posting much about ScriptFrenzy. *sighs, shrugs* It's been a very busy month for me so far.

So, basic update - I've got 74 pages, split between two graphic novel scripts: The Rowan Leaf (working title) and White Horses. I've told you about The Rowan Leaf - the basics at least - and the logline of White Horses is: Kathleen is an ordinary girl. So why is she seeing mythological creatures that tell her to "Be ready"?

But anyway, the point of this post is to tell you a bit about the ScriptFrenzy Twitter chat that went on today. I was reluctant to get into Twitter back last fall, when I finally did, but things like the chat that happened tonight might just change my mind. It was really fun - fast and frenzied (not a surprise, that last! ;)) - but definitely fun. All kinds of opinions and discussions going on. If you want to read it, check the "#scriptfrenzy" hashtag from midnight GMT (daylight savings time) to 1am GMT on Thurs. April 19 - go back or forward however many hours are appropriate. Currently trying to get past 1 hour ago on the Twitter website so I can save myself a copy of the chat to refer to when I need suggestions/prods. (The 74 pages were all written by the 10th; the 11th and 12th were really busy, and then I had a migraine-intensity headache from the 13th to yesterday.)

Anyway, going to bed within the next half hour, because I've got to be up around 7:30 to get going to the New Beginnings by 8:40 (the bus comes at about 8:55, but better to get to the bus stop early than late!). Will fill anyone interested in the details of what's going on there later (possibly tomorrow).

'Later, all!
;) tag0

Embedding doesn't seem to be working so just in case, just go here and watch the video for a laugh: http://www.theinsider.com/music/51147_Kris_Allen_Vision_of_Love_behind_the_scenes/index.html


LOL forever at Kris talking to the cast (well the guys anyway) of the video.

Guy 1: I kick all their asses.
Guy 2: I'm a stripper.
Kris: None of that is right.

Original Meme | January 2012 (7,885 words) | February 2012 (6,028 words) | March 2012 (Pending) | April 2012

Acceptance of New Prompts is Now CLOSED for April

The Rules of the Month

Since I still have a few stories from March to tell, I'm doing something a bit different this month. I'm doing the character meme that was going around a few weeks ago. I plan to go back to the normal prompting in May. :)

I have a secret list of characters from multiple fandoms and have numbered them 1 through 15. Your task is to give me a prompt using the numbers in place of characters and I'll see what becomes of it.

Example: What happens when 3 and 12 have an argument and 4 is in the crosshairs?

(1) One prompt per person.

(2) There will be 10 spaces this month. First come, first serve.


(BONUS) one of them spots is mine! again! hell, ya know what? that's my prompt. sequel to spot!tony, please? or pompeii!tony, if you wanna call him that. *g*
sinfulslasher

(1) 15 and 6 are waiting for a spanking from 2 and are aruging about whose fault it is that they're in this mess.
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(2) 2 and 7 cross paths in a foreign count...

Title: Power Exchange
Rating: T
Characters: Ric, Sonny, Jason
Challenge: #97 Power Trip
Word Count: 357
Summary: During the summit, Ric reflect on what he knows and what he'd rather not.

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So, the next few months will be pretty crazy. We are headed to NY April 6-12. When we come back we are moving into a huge rental house with my parents. Budgets are crazy tight so we won't be up in June (sorry Turk :( ). Hopefully we'll be up again in Aug for the family reunion and then in Dec for Chanukah. Celeste's kindergarten reg is in April...

baby is very distracting...

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Ja, liebe lupina78. Du bist gemeint :-)

Hab einen schönen Tag (was davon jetzt noch übrig ist).

Words cannot express how gleeful I am right now!

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I just got a job offer.

YES. FUCK YES. HELL FUCKING YES.

Time to start posting again.

I've joined LeverageLand.  Well, actually, I've joined Team Grifter, a great group of Leverage fans.  Anyway, there is a new round of challenges going on called appropriately enough Heist 6.  It runs through May 1, so there's plenty of time to join.

So I maybe have disappeared a little. And usually after stints like these, I come back and I splurge and tell you guys that you've missed out on so much but really?

I have been the most boring person on the earth for the last couple of months. Things have been really quiet. I've been working except for three weeks annual leave at Christmas time. I haven't been going out much (because people keep organising parties at our house so there's no real need) but this year will be the year my year level from school turn 21, which means I've also got half of my uni friends turning 21 so I imagine there will be a lot of provided alcohol everywhere.

But that's not important. I struggled a little with the first half of my Certificate work but I've finished two units in two weeks (though the first dragged on a little) so I have high hopes that I'll finish the next 8 before June! That is, of course, unless our industry gives up the valiant fight and we go out of business. Solar industry? Yeah, not so stable.

One last thing before I go otherwise I'm going to be late for work - if you haven't already, watch Game of Thrones in preparation for the second season being released on April 1st (if it's an April's Fool joke, I will cry). And then read the books. I couldn't recommend it enough.

So yeah, I'm alive and well 'cos I know you were all so worried =]

The Fall of Rome (1264 words) by Alixtii
Fandom: X-Men: First Class (2011), X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)
Rating: Not Rated
Warning: Author Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Raven Darkholme/Emma Frost, Raven Darkholme/Emma Frost/Angel Salvadore
Characters: Raven Darkholme, Emma Frost, Angel Salvadore
Summary: Emma and Raven relive a moment from the summer of '69, but the events of X3 have given Raven a new perspective. This entry was originally posted at http://alixtii.dreamwidth.org/351177.html. There are currently comments there. You can comment there, using Open ID, or here.

I still need to get used to this damn app though. Dealing with tags but then couldn't figure out how to get back to writing the post! Oh well. I have my iPad (named Amelia) and her keyboard (still to be named, damn it) and hopefully this means more writing in the future, not just in here. It's hard to just set up my laptop and typing on my lap isn't always easy, depending on where I am. This way I can just pull out two little things and start at it. Yay! A million other things I need to do but oh well, such is life. Do I do anything I mean to do in the day? ...

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I know it’s been forever since I’ve updated, fic or rl, but I had to share.

So, my job is online brand protection. Basically, companies hire me to make sure people aren’t selling knock-off products under their name or other internet-type shenanigans. Anyway, I had this guy write me claiming to be offended because a certain website (on online forum) was not, in fact, affiliated with a certain company… One back ground check later: the guy owns a competing forum!  I’m so tempted to be the hand of karma and bitch slap the guy.

I went digging through his forum and found him and his cohorts had some fun stringing along a Chinese domain hosting company a few months back. He’s possibly looking to repeat the experience; stirring up all sorts of corporate panic by complaining to the right/wrong people. Not going to work buddy, I’ve been in online fandom for 15 years. I know all about trolling.

Asshole.

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Originally posted by morgandawn at Seems I Am Not The Only One..........who feels the need to take a break from an increasingly dysfunctional relationship.

Title: Steven & Maria
Vidder: Dannyblue
Fandom: The Wisdom of Crocodiles (starring Jude Law)
Characters/Pairings: Steven/Maria (sort of)
Song: "Angels" by Within Temptation
Summary: This is a vampire movie I find myself going back to watch quite a bit. And, on a recent re-watch, this song popped into my head. Boy, does it fit.

News on The Road Back, new chapter has been posted over at tenhawk presents. Below is the link to the chapter, well I hope it works correctly.

http://fanfiction.tenhawkpresents.com/viewstory.php?sid=338&chapter=90