I haven't seen Watchmen yet. (I'm still only half-finished with the comic; seeing the movie feels like cheating.) Nor have I seen Coraline. (I'd like to, at some point, but I also have the sneaking suspicion that "Neil Gaiman movie" + "3-D glasses" = "something horrible, loud, and maggotty leaping out of the screen at me" and as such am not as ( Read more... )

(Yes, another spammy LJ-break. These might crop up a couple of times.)

I have the Tetris theme stuck in my head.

Except by "stuck in my head" I mean "feel compelled to listen to it over and over and over". And by "the Tetris theme" I mean "at least three different versions of the Tetris theme, including the DDR trance version, the speed-metal ( Read more... )

1. I have acquired The Cough That Wouldn't Die, apparently. The cold I acquired earlier in the semester (the one that morphed into vertigo) has mostly passed, but the dry cough hasn't gone away yet. It occasionally disappears for a few days to lull me into a false sense of security, but once I've convinced myself it's gone it strikes again in the ( Read more... )

Apparently, Block Transfer Computations has been nominated for the "Classic Who: Episode Tag" category of the Children of Time Awards. Which I...er...didn't even realize were running again. Many thanks, anonymous nominator! (And hurrah for them having a Classic Who category this time, plus separate categories for SJA and Torchwood! It all looks ( Read more... )

But this needed to be said:

The Shirley Bassey cover of "Get This Party Started" might just be the best damn thing I've ever heard.

On that note, I'm going to bed. Classes in the morning and such.

Happy Christmas Eve and Merry Christmas, flist, and Happy (late) Hannukah as well!

Things:

1. Presents: Mostly bought (I'm still not sure what I'm getting a couple of people, as making a bracelet or necklace feels insufficient especially when the giftee is, well, of the masculine persuasion).

2. Presents for family: About half-wrapped, as I forgot to ( Read more... )

Couple more thoughts before I go back to work:

1. So I'm still only a little more than halfway through Watchmen, but I have to ask: Where are all the Doctor Who crossover fics, yo? Doctor Manhattan strikes me as the ideal central character and plot device for this, given how he's stopped perceiving time linearly and can fly unaided to Mars and all ( Read more... )

Yes, I have voted. For the first time ever, no less. My absentee ballot is in the mail ( Read more... )

Guys guys guys. rhia_starsong is letting me borrow her headphones to use with my iPod while my earbuds are pitiful and shredded, and whoa. I can actually hear my music, guys! I can hear it when the volume is at maybe one-fourth of the maximum, instead of turning it up almost all the way like I have to do with my earbuds! And the bass! It vibrates. It is a ( Read more... )

Memeishly:

Your challenge is to write crossover fanfiction combining Bill Nye the Science Guy and Final Fantasy 7.
The story should use alternate dimensions as a plot device!

Generated by the Terrible Crossover Fanfiction Idea Generator
I spent way too long playing with this thing yesterday. And yet, the scariest part isn't that Bill Nye is ( Read more... )