I hope everyone on my flist who does things for Christmas had a holiday that was less eventful than mine. Things went swimmingly with the family (or as swimmingly as family things can)--except that my cousin Michele brought a dog she was dog-sitting in addition to her own dog, and the addition of a betesticled male into the mix caused a fight to ( Read more... )

511, The Lodger. HIGHLY ENJOYABLE. I don't think it's too spoilery to say that I'm really glad that adorable tubby Craig got the girl at the end and NOT ONCE was it made a big deal of that "HURR HURR HE'S A CHUBSTER." It was never even suggested that his spare tyre (British!) would be The Thing What Made The Girl Not Like Him. Maybe next season. ( Read more... )

Freaking out pretty epically about what I want to do with my life. Ph.D.? Neuroscience? Biochemistry? Being a PI is definitely out--work at a corporation? For the government? As the editor of a journal? Or, get a Master's in Science Writing? Am I good enough? Am I a good enough writer to be a journalist? Could I write books ( Read more... )

NEW WHO JUST AWESOMED MY FACE OFF. I AM NOW FACELESS. PROMOS = !!!!!!!!! DOCTOR FOOTFACE IS MONICA APPROVED. ALL OF YOUR LOWERCASE ARE BELONG TO MATT SMITH.

OH MY GOD I HAVE NO DOCTOR FOOTFACE ICONS THIS MUST BE RECTIFIED.

What the fuck is happening with me? Nothing for two and a half years, then two ficlets in one day.

when midnight comes around
Would you believe I’ve never been to a New Year’s party?
Doctor Who, Rose/10.5. PG, 781 words. Coda for "The End of Time," spoilers for "Journey's End." Title from the Velvet Underground. Unbetaed. I don't own anything ( Read more... )

9:19 in, I finally understand Doctor/Master slash. That is all.

ETA: ( spoilers, opinions )

So today was a pretty good Friday. I got a gift card for Borders (to be spent on GRE books, the original Stargate movie on DVD, or possibly both) in the family secret Santa, the shawl I knitted for Grandma as her secret Santa was a huge hit, and I got to spend several quality hours with my favorite three kids under age four (my cousin's kids, ages ( Read more... )

So I watched it last night, and then this morning I was like "OH. That's NIMUEH."

( haha. spoilers. )

Cloie doesn't see John and Rodney. I keep looking at her like she's an alien. (Seriously? Maybe I just live in the tinhat corner of fandom, but really? Then again, she's only like five episodes in ( Read more... )

So I just watched the DW "Children in Need" first two minutes of the Christmas Special dealie... ( thoughts )