Some awesome people have started up help_haiti as a way to raise funds for quake relief via all the things fans do best, e.g. creating stuff and being generous ( Read more... )

I've been backing up the files on my very very old Geocities page, ahead of it disappearing on Monday, and it's kind of fascinating to reread some of the fic that I wrote almost 10 years ago. Like, I didn't even write that much, and I still don't remember writing half these stories ( Read more... )

So, you may recall that a few months ago, I discovered that not only had John Glover and Ron Rifkin starred opposite each other in the NY production of Robbie Baitz' "The Paris Letter" (they're now playing a less angst-ridden couple on "Brothers & Sisters", a show created by Baitz), but that Neil Patrick Harris and Josh Radnor (best bros Barney and ( Read more... )

Everyone's seen the Rob Brydon-Ben Miller snog-of-cuteness, right? And by everyone, of course, I mean the two people on my flist who know who they are. (Though, even if you don't -- it's still adorable, and best of all, the BBC are actually using it as their official promo clip, which is awesome: Read more... )

From kassrachel who got it from lomedet, a meme: comment on this post and I'll tell you five subjects/things I associate with you. Then you post them in your lj and elaborate.

Kass gave me:

1. Hawaii
2. Judaism
3. writing
4. The West Wing
5. Stoppard

( interestingly, the first three I already have tags for, and I should have one for the fourth )

As soon as I saw John Glover in the cast listing for last night's "Brothers & Sisters" episode, I was like, "OMG I bet he's playing Saul's boyfriend!!!!!" And he was! Yay for John Glover on a show I actually watch (apparently he's due to be on "Heroes" sometime soon, which I also don't watch) and yay for him getting to play a non-villain somewhere ( Read more... )

I've been trying to figure out whether David Mitchell is actually on Twitter or not. Figuring it couldn't hurt and was worth a shot, I sent Stephen Fry a direct message along the lines of "incredibly sorry to bother your worship with this, but do you know if either of these two gents is the real DM?" only slightly less grovelly ( Read more... )

I was going to do a post about recent TV anyway, but now I get to start it with this ( Read more... )

Has anyone written the inevitable Temeraire/Merlin crossover fic yet? The one where the slashdragon and Temeraire bicker adorably about the best way to get humans to do their bidding? Or, you know, the one where the slashdragon tries to be all "I have lived centuries and seen much, young dragon" and Temeraire is all "please, old-timer ( Read more... )

Last year, I didn't really engage in Yuletide until it was time for formal assignments, but this year I'm having fun playing in the prelims. I nominated my fandoms (mostly Stephen Fry and David Mitchell-related plus "Ugly Betty" because I still want Daniel/Marc one of these days), helped check for non-rare fandoms (West Wing!!!) and even downloaded ( Read more... )