I've never seen "Donnie Darko". For all the references to it that I've seen in fandom, nobody's actually ever recommended it to me as a good movie. But in a number of recent reviews of Lost episodes, people have been mentioning Darko. So, I'm going to have to see it soon.

Message to natlyn: Hurley was reading Y: The Last Man on tonight's episode!

I've created a community for us at dcsff. I'm posting the nominations now and then will put up a poll. Please check your emails about membership.

I was going to write this post a couple months ago when there were Congressional hearings which discussed 'a la carte' cable. But the common wisdom then was that, given the Booz-Allen report three years ago showing that cable would be more expensive for the average viewer with 'a la carte', the government wouldn't do anything about it. So I didn' ( Read more... )

...but sometimes it's necessary to go dark for a while. I'll be out of touch for a few weeks.

During that time, Serentiy will premiere. Savor, revel, celebrate! I'll join in when I return.

From a to z -- well, really that should be from _ to z -- an astonishing (maybe just to me) 230+ fen have spoken. And what have you said?

There is serious love for the Ticky Box.

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I'm curious because I thought I had a grasp of the general percentages and the impact this season has had, but recent discussions with other fen have made me wonder if my perception is off. Thus I ask you:

Poll

I've always said that a good author can convince me of anything. I never thought that I would believe a Sheppard/Zelenka pairing, but zillah did it. She had to write dark futurefic to get me there, but I really liked this fic.

Gravel by zillah

First, I bought an iPod Shuffle today, instead of being good and going shopping for office clothes. But I did need it for Japan, for two reasons: learning the language and the long flight over. So I'm a happy lemming.

Second, I'm doing my first meme. I'm doing 1985 in honor of my first love. ( Music Meme )

dolimir_k put out a challenge to "to create a postcard exposing a fandom character's secret" that they might have sent to this site. My contribution was SGA-related. (anyone surprised?)

( John's postcard )

Hee! Guess what came in the mail today? "Danielle Steel's Family Album" with a baby Joe Flanigan. Dear god, such a pretty, pretty boy. And so very, very gay; blond boyfriends, one after the other. Katya and I watched a little over an hour of it, sighing and, oh yes, squeeing. Over his baby face, and (obviously waxed) chest, and Flock-of- ( Read more... )