So I, uh, found some Merlin icons. I like looking at Uther. I don't know why. I sort of want to pat him and tell him not to worry so much about the whole magic thing. At which point he would probably immediately order my execution ( Read more... )

My iPod has started doing disturbing things to my brain. I like to listen to my entire music collection on random shuffle, and was doing so last night when it threw up Rush's "Fly By Night." It was a live version, and cut off kind of abruptly at the end, to be immediately followed by "I'll Slow You Down" by Warren Zevon. Hey, cool, I thought. ( Read more... )

All right, lizamanynames tagged me with this meme. What the hell.

Instructions: Write 20 random facts about yourself then tag the same amount of people as minutes it takes you to write the facts. if you're tagged it's your turn.

Note that it didn't say they had to be interesting facts...

( random boring stuff about me )

So, I've finally got around to starting Don Quixote, which I've been meaning to read for ages and ages. And, OK, I expected to find the character sort of familiar, because he's one of those archetypes or something, and you see the story itself referenced everywhere. What I didn't expect was to recognize the guy immediately ( Read more... )

You know, I've been kind of annoyed and worried lately by various stupid things, mainly problems with my house and difficulties in getting competent people to come out and deal with the problems with my house. And I sat down to watch BSG tonight feeling kind of grumpy and distracted ( Read more... )

I was suddenly struck earlier today by a strong desire to see Doctor McCoy and BSG's Doc Cottle in a crossover together. Crusty Old Physician's Convention! It'd be great!

And, prompted by this week's farscapefriday challenge, I was listening to some Leonard Cohen while I was doing the dishes. This turned out to be a mistake, as "Lover Lover Lover" is ( Read more... )

Hmm. It is suddenly much cooler, and I'm slightly less lazy-feeling, but now it's far too rainy to take a walk. Alas, I fear I shall have to sit here and play computer Boggle until it stops.