What I like most about the West Wing is the rhythm of Aaron Sorkin's writing, I think. I like Jed Bartlet! He's like a combination of JFK and Jimmy Carter. He rides unicorns and shits rainbows. He's human but in the most likeable ways. But none of the characters or situations on the West Wing are ever as dirty, sordid, venal, backstabbing, useless ( Read more... )

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Instead of proceeding with the nice neat list of potential rants, tasks and sundries I have in my notebook:

I am writing West Wing fic.

Specifically I am writing a West Wing AU where Bartlet is an alcoholic (and doesn't have MS).

Augh brain why. THIS WON'T EVEN WORK.

YET MY BRAIN IS SAYING NOOOOOO NOTHING ELSE REMOTELY CREATIVE WILL GET DONE ( Read more... )

I haven't posted for a long time. I'm sorry about that. I've been very busy. I need to catch up with you all, and how.

Title: No One Will Hit You (And You'll Never Learn)

Summary: Leo and Jed are both the children of cowards. Bartlet's relationship with Leo, his father and Mrs. Landingham. Set pre-series and during Two Cathedrals.

Disclaimer:  ( Read more... )

I watched The Tyrant, and I'm downloading the next ep now. I must say I enjoyed that ep more than the previous one -- the directing, acting and storyline just seemed to mesh together more ( Read more... )

Just some random stuff I had sitting around. My Firefox actually crashed a few days ago, so this is what was recovered.

Amazing X-ray photographs by Nick Veasey
Wow!

Eye candy for West Wing fans: A great Two Cathedrals picspam. Great pics, and also possibly the greatest 45 minutes of tv I've ever seen.

Cool pictures from a coffee house in India ( Read more... )

Title: He Tries To Speak (And Can't Begin To Say)
Author: joe_pike_junior
Characters/pairings: House/Wilson friendship, House/Cuddy, mentions of House/Stacy. Members of the old and new teams make an appearance.
Warnings: Major character death, strong language and themes.

Summary: He tries to tell himself that this doesn't feel like atonement. House remembers ( Read more... )

I have a stubborn streak a mile wide. Once, for reasons I won't go into here, my mother cut off all financial assistance apart from travel money and food. So I spent a few jobless months scrounging money and eating Vegemite sandwiches... ( A short story )