I don't get mad over my fiction very often. (Okay, that's a lie.) I usually get angry about what I feel is pretty valid stuff. But twice (!!) already this week I've been presented with little details about upcoming Things I Care About (or Kinda Care About) that are making the nerd in me rage - and rage hard.

First: Star Trek.

( potential spoilers for rumors surrounding Into Darkness )

Okay so I was browing io9 today and I saw this and then I scrolled down to the bottom to the awesome Portal-themed office and naturally my brain decided HOW DO I ONE-UP THIS AMAZING PAINT JOB

The answer, obviously: theme an entire room to look like a test chamber.

( Cut for musings and brainstorming and PERHAPS I WILL JUST BUY A HOUSE SO I CAN DO THIS )

Two doctor's appointments, a haircut, and a trip to the fabric store later, and I am le tired folks.

But before I drag myself off to bed for the night, I wanted to post this link. It's mostly for future reference, but some of you lot are gamers and above the legal drinking age, so:

Six Video Game CocktailsThe Arkham City ones I've seen before ( Read more... )

SO GUESS WHAT CAME IN THE MAIL TODAY.

( MY SENTRY TURRET )

BECAUSE I HAVE AT LONG LAST FINISHED THE ROUGHEST OF DRAFTS FOR A FIC I'VE BEEN FRANTICALLY WORKING ON FOR A MONTH.

( BEHOLD MY JOY-FILLED DANCE GIF: )

Because I totally need to be reminded that I have a bunch of WIP fics that need finishing. TOTALLY. (I WILL GET TO THEM. HOPEFULLY AS SOON AS I HAVE FINISHED THE ONE THAT IS CURRENTLY MAKING ME WEEP.)

Also, shamelessly stolen from alpha_hydra:

Post the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous ( Read more... )

A FEW THINGS OF RANDOM MISCELLANY:

- Saw Fright Night over the weekend. OMG, so good. I mean, seriously. I loved it. Colin Farrell, Anton Yelchin, Imogen Poots, David Tennant - the whole package, all bundled up and handed to me. I honestly laughed until I cried, then jumped, then laughed until I cried again. (Dunno if that was at all part of the ( Read more... )

So I saw Transformers: Dark of the Moon.

( I don't really think there are plotty spoilers in here, but just to be safe... )

Help help I'm stuck in a never-ending My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic marathon!

Sixteen episodes since, like, eleven this morning

....and I can't stop.

I know I promised you guys a longer post. I have some coming, I swear.

For now, though, know this:

It is really hard to write a paper about the role of non-human characters in science fiction when your every decent train of thought is getting derailed by the Disney music playing in a loop in your brain.

...The two really aren't at all