work, question meme, stuff
Ugh, internet. The last two days have been a NIGHTMARE of truly epic proportions at work. Change over + summer reading + people calling out + et cetera, which essentially boils down to me surrounded by stacks of books with no where to put them and no one to help me. UGH.
I was going to go into much more detail, but then I realized NO ONE CARES and I am too tired to re-live it. Because, oh, by the way, I haven't had more than a couple of hours of sleep the past few nights, combined. So that didn't help. Other things at The Bookstore continue apace. The official news of my upcoming departure spread through the building like wildfire, with the exception of one MerchManager who said to me today, when I brought up hiring more people for my department, "You're leaving too? Since when?"
Everyone in the break room started to laugh and roll their eyes.
"Even I knew she was leaving and I haven't been here for three weeks!" one of my coworkers chimed in. MerchManager kind of scratched his head in awe. I guess he's been living under a rock.
Girl Who Wants My Job is still hilariously, transparently after my job. She would be pretty terrible at it, but I could give two shits since I won't be here to deal with it. She can frigging have it. I don't want it.
WorkBFF is awesome and awesome and more awesome. FYI. Today, since I was back in recieving all day dealing with the STACKS AND STACKS OF SUMMER READING BOOKS WITH NO WHERE TO PUT THEM, I got to spend most of the day with him, thus making my day slightly less hellish by talking about terrible scifi and horror movies and teevee shows.
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UGH WHAT ELSE? There is not much else going on in my life, internet, what with the zombie-like state brought on by my inability to sleep. Writing has been slow going, but I'm trying this new thing where I write down on notecards short summaries of all the disconnected scenes in my head and then put them in order to try and form an outline. I have 10k written of tardis_bigbang and I'm not even halfway done with the story. I don't know what it is about this fandom that makes me so long-winded.
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So, here are some more questions from the interview meme.
First off, mcwonthelottery, with the best questions ever:
1. Are we still in the bizarro world we fell into last weekend? I shaved off my goatee, but it hasn't grown back. So now I don't know.
GODAMMIT, BECCA, I TOLD YOU NOT TO SHAVE IT OFF! I'd say we're good, but last night I was reading House fic and today one of the managers actually commented on how hard I was working and told me not to worry about not getting things done, so WHO KNOWS?
2. What should I have for lunch? What are YOU having for lunch? If you're just eating cookies again, I am waving my finger at you. Know that.
Um, duh, samosas. Which I still haven't had. Did I have cookies for lunch yesterday? Shit, I don't even remember. I think I had a bagel today, but I wasn't really conscious for most of lunch, so I could be mistaken. (I spent way too much time writing e-mails to you while simultaneously talking to you on IM. We are awesome at communication.)
3. What does Barrowman do with his time now that he's not sending me applications for the Chinese Lecturer position?
He hides in my bushes, waiting for the perfect chance to thwart me. I guess he can't trust his little dog to do it for him anymore, now that he knows the dog is on our side. Alternatively, he rehearses for Torchwood: America. He's just waiting for them to get turned down by another network so they'll accept his offer of doing the whole thing for $50.
4. I turn your question back on you: what's the one thing Ianto really wants to tell Owen but never will? We are pretty much just prepping for the truth serum fic, aren't we?
That truth serum fic is going to be fucking awesome, man.
Um, ahahah, wow! Ianto has lots of things that he thinks he SHOULD tell Owen, but probably never will because god knows he hates feelings.
First off, I think he'd apologize for having less-than-pure motives for taking care of Owen at the start. Part of it genuinely WAS that he thought someone should do it and no one else would, but another part of it was Ianto being scared shitless of the thing with Jack and using Owen to put space between them.
Other noteable Thing He Wants To Tell Owen include the fact that he really does think of Owen as a friend now and actually enjoys spending time with him, that Owen is frequently right when he's dissecting Ianto's life (most recently about Gwen, who Ianto is perhaps avoiding not just because of how she treated Owen initially, but because it's just hard to maintain close relationships with people and he's so fucking tired), and that he's not thankful that Owen got sick, but he's thankful for the chance to get to know him and put the things in their past to rights.
5. Who would be the best ever companion for the Doctor? Real, fictional, dead, alive, puppet. Who would be the worst and returned to their dwelling within about five minutes because the Doctor just can't handle it?
UGH THIS IS A HARD QUESTION. Um. Okay. Jed Bartlet would be a fucking awesome companion. He's inquisitive and curious, but knows how to enjoy things, and I bet, in his younger days, he could run like hell. Plus, he would be a FRIEND to the Doctor and not in love with him, which I like. And he could snark enough to keep up with him.
Worst companion? I think the Doctor would be tired of Michael from The Office really quickly. I'm sure there are worse companions, but my mom is watching The Office in the other room, so I'll stick with that.
From inocciduous, who is ENGAGED OMG!:
1. Favorite TWW moment.
OH MAN HOW DO I CHOOSE? UGH. Okay, my gut instinct was to go with the scene at the end of "Let Bartlet Be Bartlet" when Leo is giving the speech and then asks all the staff how they feel and they all say "I serve at the pleasure of the President." Because. Ugh. My love! For them! "If we're going to be walking into walls, I want us running into them at full speed. And we're gonna lose some of these battles, and we might even lose the White House. But we're not going to be threatened by issues, we're gonna put them front and center. We're gonna raise the level of debate in this country, and let that be our legacy." OH, I WEEP! LEO! ALSKFJOIWEAJFLSDF SHOW!
2. Why is Torchwood like crack?
I REALLY DON'T KNOW. UGH. See, okay, the thing about Torchwood is that, in theory, it's a really excellent idea. In PRACTICE it's farcical at best. I never wanted to like this show. I really didn't! If you look back at my LJ in 2007, there are a couple posts where I am like, "hahahaha, Torchwood, what even!" and one where I'm like, "Hm, TW S1 is only $40 on Amazon, but that's still too much to pay for Torchwood." AND NOW THIS IS MY LIFE. I HAVE FUCKING IANTO AND GWEN AS MY LJ HEADER. I don't know what it is! Maybe there are subliminal messages!
3. What was your favorite vactaion?
Dragon*Con last year is near the top of the list. ♥ You guys. ♥ Also last year, when Jenny and I went to Florida! That was so amazingly ridic.
4. Why are you moving to Boston? IT'S FAR AWAY FROM ME OKAY! I'M BEING TRAUMATIZED.
I'M SORRY! I DIDN'T MEAN TO! I'LL MAKE IT UP TO YOU!
Ahahaha, but on a more SERIOUS note, it's mostly a timing thing. I am losing my mind here and I really need a change of scenery. Super depressed, et cetera. And Becca... I dunno, offered. And it felt right. It helps that I now know a lot of people who live in the area, so I won't be jumping in blind. It's a nice city, a nice area of the city, and as good a place as any to try and detach myself from everything here, especially since I can do it with someone I really like.
5. How excited are you about it anyways? :)
SUPER EXCITED OMG! I just need to get a fucking job. The second I have gainful employment I am OUT of here. jfc.
And from metonymy:
1. What are you going to miss the most about Jersey?
Twenty-four hour diners everywhere and the closeness to NYC. (I'm assuming you mean "besides my friends and family," btw XD)
2. You're trying to get a n00b hooked on The West Wing. What five episodes do you show them?
OH GOD OKAY. The Pilot, "Celestial Navigation," "In the Shadow of Two Gunmen I&II," "Noel," and "Twenty Hours in America." THIS WAS REALLY HARD, OKAY? I waffled putting "Two Cathedrals" on the list, but you really need the MS backstory for that one, I guess.
3. What's your favorite YA novel that you grew up with?
This is hard, too, for different reasons! Um, I want to say The Phantom Tollbooth, but that's really MG and not YA. OH! Probably the Weetzie Bat books. I read and re-read and re-re-read those books a zillion times in middle school and high school.
4. Who would you want to play Twelve and who would you want as their companions?
I'm weird! I don't really have a preference! I don't really have an actor in mind for the part--in fact, I kind of prefer it to be someone I'm not familiar with so that they can become the Doctor in my head. Same with the companions. I'd prefer someone unknown (at least to me) to someone I'm already familiar with.
5. How do you ship Jack/Ianto when Jack keeps on earning that World's Worst Boss mug?
Hahaha, whenever someone asks me this question my answer is usually, "Ianto seems to like him and I want Ianto to be happy," but FOR YOU I will be a little SRS BZNS about it.
As much as I mock Jack and as much as I think he's a terrible leader and a poorly written, underutilized character (on TW, btw. I really love his arc on Who.), I do love the ins and outs of their relationship. I think they have fabulous chemistry, but I also like... how fucked up they are. How they went from nearly killing each other to fuck buddies to caring. I love love love the Awkward O'Clock Express Awkward Train to Awkwardtown scene in KKBB where Jack asks Ianto out on a date and Ianto is clearly GOING OUT OF HIS MIND WITH CONFUSION. I like that Jack suddenly becomes willing to give Ianto all these things that Ianto secretly wants but would never admit and how terrified Ianto is of them. I like the potential in their story (CoE aside--still denying that up the wazoo) and the way their relationship effects Ianto in ways he is initially resistant to and Jack in ways that I don't think he's allowed himself to be effected in a long time.
Also, I mean, come on. You know how much I love when Jack earns the mug and "fucking your secretary shortly after executing his girlfriend" is totally a mug in and of itself.
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IF ANYONE ELSE WOULD LIKE FIVE QUESTIONS, LET ME KNOW.
I was going to go into much more detail, but then I realized NO ONE CARES and I am too tired to re-live it. Because, oh, by the way, I haven't had more than a couple of hours of sleep the past few nights, combined. So that didn't help. Other things at The Bookstore continue apace. The official news of my upcoming departure spread through the building like wildfire, with the exception of one MerchManager who said to me today, when I brought up hiring more people for my department, "You're leaving too? Since when?"
Everyone in the break room started to laugh and roll their eyes.
"Even I knew she was leaving and I haven't been here for three weeks!" one of my coworkers chimed in. MerchManager kind of scratched his head in awe. I guess he's been living under a rock.
Girl Who Wants My Job is still hilariously, transparently after my job. She would be pretty terrible at it, but I could give two shits since I won't be here to deal with it. She can frigging have it. I don't want it.
WorkBFF is awesome and awesome and more awesome. FYI. Today, since I was back in recieving all day dealing with the STACKS AND STACKS OF SUMMER READING BOOKS WITH NO WHERE TO PUT THEM, I got to spend most of the day with him, thus making my day slightly less hellish by talking about terrible scifi and horror movies and teevee shows.
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UGH WHAT ELSE? There is not much else going on in my life, internet, what with the zombie-like state brought on by my inability to sleep. Writing has been slow going, but I'm trying this new thing where I write down on notecards short summaries of all the disconnected scenes in my head and then put them in order to try and form an outline. I have 10k written of tardis_bigbang and I'm not even halfway done with the story. I don't know what it is about this fandom that makes me so long-winded.
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So, here are some more questions from the interview meme.
First off, mcwonthelottery, with the best questions ever:
1. Are we still in the bizarro world we fell into last weekend? I shaved off my goatee, but it hasn't grown back. So now I don't know.
GODAMMIT, BECCA, I TOLD YOU NOT TO SHAVE IT OFF! I'd say we're good, but last night I was reading House fic and today one of the managers actually commented on how hard I was working and told me not to worry about not getting things done, so WHO KNOWS?
2. What should I have for lunch? What are YOU having for lunch? If you're just eating cookies again, I am waving my finger at you. Know that.
Um, duh, samosas. Which I still haven't had. Did I have cookies for lunch yesterday? Shit, I don't even remember. I think I had a bagel today, but I wasn't really conscious for most of lunch, so I could be mistaken. (I spent way too much time writing e-mails to you while simultaneously talking to you on IM. We are awesome at communication.)
3. What does Barrowman do with his time now that he's not sending me applications for the Chinese Lecturer position?
He hides in my bushes, waiting for the perfect chance to thwart me. I guess he can't trust his little dog to do it for him anymore, now that he knows the dog is on our side. Alternatively, he rehearses for Torchwood: America. He's just waiting for them to get turned down by another network so they'll accept his offer of doing the whole thing for $50.
4. I turn your question back on you: what's the one thing Ianto really wants to tell Owen but never will? We are pretty much just prepping for the truth serum fic, aren't we?
That truth serum fic is going to be fucking awesome, man.
Um, ahahah, wow! Ianto has lots of things that he thinks he SHOULD tell Owen, but probably never will because god knows he hates feelings.
First off, I think he'd apologize for having less-than-pure motives for taking care of Owen at the start. Part of it genuinely WAS that he thought someone should do it and no one else would, but another part of it was Ianto being scared shitless of the thing with Jack and using Owen to put space between them.
Other noteable Thing He Wants To Tell Owen include the fact that he really does think of Owen as a friend now and actually enjoys spending time with him, that Owen is frequently right when he's dissecting Ianto's life (most recently about Gwen, who Ianto is perhaps avoiding not just because of how she treated Owen initially, but because it's just hard to maintain close relationships with people and he's so fucking tired), and that he's not thankful that Owen got sick, but he's thankful for the chance to get to know him and put the things in their past to rights.
5. Who would be the best ever companion for the Doctor? Real, fictional, dead, alive, puppet. Who would be the worst and returned to their dwelling within about five minutes because the Doctor just can't handle it?
UGH THIS IS A HARD QUESTION. Um. Okay. Jed Bartlet would be a fucking awesome companion. He's inquisitive and curious, but knows how to enjoy things, and I bet, in his younger days, he could run like hell. Plus, he would be a FRIEND to the Doctor and not in love with him, which I like. And he could snark enough to keep up with him.
Worst companion? I think the Doctor would be tired of Michael from The Office really quickly. I'm sure there are worse companions, but my mom is watching The Office in the other room, so I'll stick with that.
From inocciduous, who is ENGAGED OMG!:
1. Favorite TWW moment.
OH MAN HOW DO I CHOOSE? UGH. Okay, my gut instinct was to go with the scene at the end of "Let Bartlet Be Bartlet" when Leo is giving the speech and then asks all the staff how they feel and they all say "I serve at the pleasure of the President." Because. Ugh. My love! For them! "If we're going to be walking into walls, I want us running into them at full speed. And we're gonna lose some of these battles, and we might even lose the White House. But we're not going to be threatened by issues, we're gonna put them front and center. We're gonna raise the level of debate in this country, and let that be our legacy." OH, I WEEP! LEO! ALSKFJOIWEAJFLSDF SHOW!
2. Why is Torchwood like crack?
I REALLY DON'T KNOW. UGH. See, okay, the thing about Torchwood is that, in theory, it's a really excellent idea. In PRACTICE it's farcical at best. I never wanted to like this show. I really didn't! If you look back at my LJ in 2007, there are a couple posts where I am like, "hahahaha, Torchwood, what even!" and one where I'm like, "Hm, TW S1 is only $40 on Amazon, but that's still too much to pay for Torchwood." AND NOW THIS IS MY LIFE. I HAVE FUCKING IANTO AND GWEN AS MY LJ HEADER. I don't know what it is! Maybe there are subliminal messages!
3. What was your favorite vactaion?
Dragon*Con last year is near the top of the list. ♥ You guys. ♥ Also last year, when Jenny and I went to Florida! That was so amazingly ridic.
4. Why are you moving to Boston? IT'S FAR AWAY FROM ME OKAY! I'M BEING TRAUMATIZED.
I'M SORRY! I DIDN'T MEAN TO! I'LL MAKE IT UP TO YOU!
Ahahaha, but on a more SERIOUS note, it's mostly a timing thing. I am losing my mind here and I really need a change of scenery. Super depressed, et cetera. And Becca... I dunno, offered. And it felt right. It helps that I now know a lot of people who live in the area, so I won't be jumping in blind. It's a nice city, a nice area of the city, and as good a place as any to try and detach myself from everything here, especially since I can do it with someone I really like.
5. How excited are you about it anyways? :)
SUPER EXCITED OMG! I just need to get a fucking job. The second I have gainful employment I am OUT of here. jfc.
And from metonymy:
1. What are you going to miss the most about Jersey?
Twenty-four hour diners everywhere and the closeness to NYC. (I'm assuming you mean "besides my friends and family," btw XD)
2. You're trying to get a n00b hooked on The West Wing. What five episodes do you show them?
OH GOD OKAY. The Pilot, "Celestial Navigation," "In the Shadow of Two Gunmen I&II," "Noel," and "Twenty Hours in America." THIS WAS REALLY HARD, OKAY? I waffled putting "Two Cathedrals" on the list, but you really need the MS backstory for that one, I guess.
3. What's your favorite YA novel that you grew up with?
This is hard, too, for different reasons! Um, I want to say The Phantom Tollbooth, but that's really MG and not YA. OH! Probably the Weetzie Bat books. I read and re-read and re-re-read those books a zillion times in middle school and high school.
4. Who would you want to play Twelve and who would you want as their companions?
I'm weird! I don't really have a preference! I don't really have an actor in mind for the part--in fact, I kind of prefer it to be someone I'm not familiar with so that they can become the Doctor in my head. Same with the companions. I'd prefer someone unknown (at least to me) to someone I'm already familiar with.
5. How do you ship Jack/Ianto when Jack keeps on earning that World's Worst Boss mug?
Hahaha, whenever someone asks me this question my answer is usually, "Ianto seems to like him and I want Ianto to be happy," but FOR YOU I will be a little SRS BZNS about it.
As much as I mock Jack and as much as I think he's a terrible leader and a poorly written, underutilized character (on TW, btw. I really love his arc on Who.), I do love the ins and outs of their relationship. I think they have fabulous chemistry, but I also like... how fucked up they are. How they went from nearly killing each other to fuck buddies to caring. I love love love the Awkward O'Clock Express Awkward Train to Awkwardtown scene in KKBB where Jack asks Ianto out on a date and Ianto is clearly GOING OUT OF HIS MIND WITH CONFUSION. I like that Jack suddenly becomes willing to give Ianto all these things that Ianto secretly wants but would never admit and how terrified Ianto is of them. I like the potential in their story (CoE aside--still denying that up the wazoo) and the way their relationship effects Ianto in ways he is initially resistant to and Jack in ways that I don't think he's allowed himself to be effected in a long time.
Also, I mean, come on. You know how much I love when Jack earns the mug and "fucking your secretary shortly after executing his girlfriend" is totally a mug in and of itself.
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IF ANYONE ELSE WOULD LIKE FIVE QUESTIONS, LET ME KNOW.