You know, I was so busy getting ready for the Fest and *enjoying* the fest that I never got around to doing the introspective "What SGA means to me" kind of post. I guess it's too late, now. :) But I just want to say this is one of the very best fandoms it's been my pleasure to be part of, and will remain so ( Read more... )

Is it just me, or do you have have that favorite fantasy about your favorite characters that is so beloved that you dare not write it down for fear it will lose its magic & you won't be able to use it anymore? It's just that precious and never gets old, no matter how many times or through how many variations you spin it in your mind ( Read more... )

They are *not* going to have Leo DiCaprio play Travis McGee. Travis McGee is supposed to be 6'4" and, you know, built. And shambling and and battered and cagey and...hell.

Hollywood you are deluded. Now Jason Momoa, there's a Travis McGee for ya.

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I was listening to Ben Folds Five's Kate on my bike ride last night and something in the lyrics really struck me:

Everyday she wears the same thing
I think she smokes pot
She's everything I want
She's everything I'm not

And the choruses are just a reiteration:

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h/t to my brother for the pointer:

Vivaldi Unbound by Michael Markham.

On remixing, artistry as layers, and not burying the past but giving it the kiss of life.

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So, I know folks have been chatting on the Internets about this Amazon Kindle Worlds thing (read Scalzi's thoughts on the matter), and I find the whole phenom interesting on a meta level, because it really was just a matter of time before someone figgered out a way to cash in on fanfiction, somehow, somewayIt really is quite ingenious, and it's all ( Read more... )

me: esteefee, how long have you been on the internets?

esteefee: since November 15, 1991.

me: and when someone puts up something (a gif, a clip) from canon and then makes a statement that directly contradicts canon in a way offensive to one of your favorite characters, what do you do?

esteefee: I know the answer to this one. wait.

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So I was heading over to see cimmerdeux (and pup!) and sixtail at the Irish Bank for way too much tasty food and coffee and awesome conversation, and I was listening to the soundtrack for Sherlock Holmes 2009 along the way and it hit me yet again what a fucking genius Hans Zimmer is, as well as a transformative artist \o ( Read more... )