So, after several months of obsessive Georgian navy fangirling, I finally took the plunge and started reading Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin books. Just finished Master and Commander this morning, and I'm a couple of chapters into Post Captain now. Delighted to report that I am thoroughly in love with every last word of them! :DD I think I ( Read more... )

I found out that his surgical kit is on display in the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of GlasgowASD;LKJAKDMD;KALD;A ( Read more... )

So, last night I realised that Tacitus/Pliny = OTP!!1!. Being the enterprising slasher that I am, I donned my slash goggles and my tin hat, and went looking through Pliny's letters to see if there was anything of - ahem - interest.

( My findings, let me show you them. )

BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH IS GOING TO BE IN THE HOBBIT.

THERE ARE NO WORDS IN ELVISH, ENTISH, OR THE TONGUES OF MEN TO EXPRESS MY EXCITEMENT OVER THIS. (OR ENOUGH CAPS-LOCK.)

FROM THE MOUTH OF BILBO BAGGINS HIMSELF.

Also, Sherlock won the Best Drama BAFTA, which is cool.

ANYWAY, I'M JUST GOING TO BE OVER HERE, DANCING FOR JOY.


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Okay. So, it's been nearly a week since I went with rhin_ariel to see The Eagle, and I think I've managed to organise my thoughts into something vaguely coherent, and something a teensy bit more substantial than just "OHMAGAWD LOOKIT ALL THE SLASH!!!1!1!" (Though that does still feature a lot, who am I kidding?) And now that I've found a moment free of ( Read more... )

Not been posting much this week. Sorry about that. Some mild laptop troubles making it hard to post. Nothing serious, just infuriating. >:| But I'm enduring it because I just had to squee about some things that have been on BBC iPlayer this week.

( The cut can barely contain my fangirly joy. Run-on sentences and capslock abound. )