Random stuff that together makes a post.

[bironic]

* Thank you to everyone who responded to my last post about fannish grad programs. Advice is still most welcome.

* Don "Mr. Wizard" Herbert has died. Man. :( I grew up on that show, settling in with my dad to watch him make glue out of milk curds, talk about the colors different chemicals make as they burn in fireworks, fill a jar to the tippy-top

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[velvet_midnight]

It took me a minute and I had to check out his IMDB page for the pics, but...Sebastian Roche! From the awesome, short-lived series Roar. I loved him as a bad guy in that. :)

Heard about it, but need to see the clip from the Spaceys. Do you know if it's on youTube?

[bironic]

I do not know if it is on YouTube, alas -- but -- ROAR! Longinus! Long blond hair and cheesy lines and tragic past and immortality and self-tattooing! You know the love! I totally got it on DVD the week it came out.

[velvet_midnight]

Yes! I loved Roar when it was on! It's on DVD? Seriously? zomg.

[bironic]

I know, I could hardly believe they'd bothered, but it's true: http://www.amazon.com/Roar-Complete-Jefery-Levy/dp/B000GGSMO4/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-5370905-8023264?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1181742946&sr=8-1

[bironic]

POV's part of the trouble, actually -- it's third person objective. First of all, I'm used to either first person or third person limited, and second, it's tough to do a sex scene when you're not in one or both of the participants' heads! (so to speak)

[bironic]

Hee, that was a quick transition from inspired!Cookie to stumped!Cookie.

I'm most comfortable in third limited (and first, but that seems relegated to my more Mary Sue/"unpublished" stories these days), but the nature of this story requires either objective or round-robin, and I didn't want to do round-robin, so here we are. It'll work; it's just tougher than usual. But every story ends up being tougher than usual for some reason, doesn't it? Sometimes I wonder what those easy stories actually were that I seem to remember writing.

[elynittria]

The clip of David Hewlett can be seen here. It's hilarious. (Tip: Start about 1 minute in to avoid the boring stuff at the beginning.)

[elynittria]

David Nykl was all Canadian-sounding instead of Czech-

Oh, no! Say it isn't so! I can't bear to have my illusions shattered like that. *g*

Jewel Staite was adorable (I am so psyched that she's joining the cast for next season)

I'm glad Jewel Staite is joining the cast. It's the other addition that really has me upset and worried. I'm beginning to think that S3 might have been the highpoint of SGA (at least in regard to McShep).

Sporadic kidney pain, yay!

Boo! Interesting about the CT and US, though. Too bad Wilson wasn't the one performing the ultrasound. Now that would be worth having kidney pain for!

I hope they figure it out and that you feel better ASAP.

Time to convince House and Wilson to get down and dirty.

Sounds good!

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I know! It's so weird to hear him talk without Zelenka's accent. He looks different. I like him both ways, but it takes some getting used to.

Love Jewel Staite. I also have nothing against Sam, which may have to do with how few SG-1 episodes I've seen (like, four?), or may be another manifestation of the sort of easygoing nature that makes me not hate Cameron either. If you dislike Sam for similar reasons to your hatred of Cameron, then I do see where you're coming from; but to me, they're like the rest of the cast: sometimes fun and sometimes annoying. I don't see them as threatening the various slash pairings on their respective shows; they're just another person in the mix. The problem comes when the writers just can't seem to explore the characters as people rather than OMG Women who Must Be Paired or Thinking of Pairing or Recently Unpaired with A Man, etc.

Too bad Wilson wasn't the one performing the ultrasound.

Nnnnnuhhhhh. Happy dreams tonight!

[elynittria]

If you dislike Sam for similar reasons to your hatred of Cameron,

My feelings about the two characters are quite different, actually. I don't like Sam because she's written as a (male-fantasy) Mary Sue: she's perfect at everything she does. It's just not realistic. (I much prefer flawed characters like Rodney and Wilson.) Cameron, on the other hand, is simply a self-righteous bitch who drives me absolutely insane with her selective ethics and unsubtle seductive moves.

I'm hoping that my worries for S4 are overblown, though. (They usually are.) After all, if Rodney McKay just won a "favorite character" award, TPTB shouldn't want to downplay his role in favor of Carter (which is, or was, my biggest fear).

[bironic]

Oh, oh, I see! And -- yes -- that bothered me when I watched "48 Hours" and the first half of "Redemption" last week -- like, why did they bring McKay into the episode if they weren't going to let him contribute to solving the problem?

[synn]

"No gay cowboys"

*dies*

[bironic]

I KNOW.

especially after that video