I had a sudden urge to watch Rome and reread all my favourite Rome stories the other day. Vorenus/Pullo is one of my Top 5 favourite slash pairings and has been for some time, so I was a bit surprised to read a comment I'd left on one of mcicioni's stories in 2007 in which I said I couldn't see them as a viable pairing. Upon further reflection, I guess ( Read more... )

I've been fine and also fairly fannish, just not getting as far as posting to LJ. In a burst of enthusiasm, I took on another extra accounting job to do from home, one that didn't involve a strict deadline and was a bit out of my area of expertise. The result was that I eyed it off for a long time before starting, occasionally poked at it, finally ( Read more... )

Today's Weekend Australian has a feature article about LJ and similar sites in the magazine section (not online as far as I can tell). I was expecting the usual "they'll regret it when they're older and have real jobs", but instead the thrust was that having a meaningful online presence is now entirely normal among teenagers and to a lesser extent ( Read more... )

I've finally got broadband after Telstra upgraded something at the local exchange. When I placed my order, the guy on the phone asked whether I used the internet a lot and I said no, not really, thinking of myself in comparison to certain other people I know. I use it for email and LJ and the news and reference purposes and downloading a handful of ( Read more... )

Well, the first half of Episode 12, that is.  I'm in denial about the rest.  It's taken me this long to recover sufficiently from the second half to revisit the earlier episodes.

( Mostly dialogue spoilers again )

While I'm at it, ( other favourite bits from episodes 1 - 7 )

I've now brushed up a little on my Roman history via Wikipedia (apparently knowing too much history is a big impediment to enjoying the show, but I don't have that problem) and watched the first seven episodes of Rome again, plus seen episode 9 with silver_b_a.  Was interested to note that they did in fact clearly introduce all the characters I failed to ( Read more... )

Months ago I told my mother I'd finish a cross-stitch project started by a friend of hers who died earlier this year, but I hadn't been able to face stitching on top of weed control (they seem like similar activities in their utter repetitiveness).  I needed an inducement to sit down and get started.  Then special_trille gave me the first seven episodes of Rome ( Read more... )