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  • Nov. 19th, 2007 at 8:09 PM
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I seem to be extra-geeky at the moment. I am blaming the weather. (It SNOWED on me yesterday, ffs. I was less than whelmed.)

Some fannish things:

1) Time Crash is still making me all smiley and cheerful. I have decided that my very favourite bit is when Five says 'I'm so sorry' when they bump arses, because it's so instantly 'ah yes, it really IS him', and I miss that ridiculous polite wordiness. Also, when Ten says 'I'm so sorry' it means 'I have just witnessed the death of one or more people/species, and I wish to express to you that I am sensitively emo about it, yet also conscious that this one or more people/species death is but a tiny drip in my infinite ocean of mantimelordpain. When Five says it, it probably just means 'hello'. (Or 'I appear to have spilt your tea'. Or 'please don't execute me, we did that cliffhanger last week'. I appreciate that the beige-haters probably prefer the angstier kind of apology, but, well, they are ninnies.)

2) I went to that Spike and Ianto gig thing. Bloody weird way to spend an evening, that, but larks all the same. Tosh was there and had one of those tops that has buttons going up the back, and is either terribly stylish or evidence that you do not know which is the front of your cardigan. I shook Ianto's hand on the way out. He has big hands. Just in case anyone was wondering.

3) Despite really hating 301 and it still being in many ways appallingly misogynistic telly, I am quite in love with the new season of Supernatural. I hear the fandom hates on the new women: SURPRISE! I'm quite fond of them, Bela especially. No idea what they think they're doing with Sam's characterisation, but at least his hair is a bit less stupid now. And anyway I am not really looking at him. Ah, shallowness.

4) I have now seen the first episode of Prison Break. Best Entirely Implausible Premise Evar! Also more candy for the ever-hungry shallowness brain.

5) Oh, I am going to miss SJA terribly. There were three actively bloody awful things in this one (the fucking Slitheen AGAIN, the crapulous ruination of the beautiful Sarah-doesn't-need-a-Mr-Smith-she-just-needs-herself-and-her-self-created-wonky-family metaphor via the K9 deus ex machina, and Floella Benjamin, who was unwatchable, alas), but I have to let them off because there was so much that was magnificent. I found the first 10 minutes or so actively upsetting, and got quite tearful. I want to hug them all, and if they don't get a second series I will throw stuff.

Missed Robin Hood on Saturday. Was it worth chasing up? (I mean, obviously it was bollocks, but was it the good kind of bollocks or just woeful and turgid? In essence, I'm asking did Guy take his top off again in front of Alan for no reasons other than gay ones like last week? I enjoyed that bit.)

Comments

[identity profile] vandonovan.livejournal.com wrote:
Nov. 21st, 2007 11:40 pm (UTC)
Luke is pretty stable for being Nyssa and Adric's, ahahaha


And, yes, yes. My versions of the show always cut off after the credits, so I guess that explains that. It sounds like an awesome job though, man.
[identity profile] pontisbright.livejournal.com wrote:
Nov. 21st, 2007 11:45 pm (UTC)
No wonder he went 'hrm, ok, guess you weirdos will do for my parents'.

It is an awesome job, I reckon. He's always 'so today, I wrote eight comedy sketches, and made a guy dress up as a pie'. I am waiting for the day he finally gets to run his own show.
[identity profile] vandonovan.livejournal.com wrote:
Nov. 21st, 2007 11:48 pm (UTC)
Ahaaha, tell him to hire me as a writer, when he does, eh? Hahahahaha. That's awesome. XD


And yes. But, let's see. If Luke is Nyssa/Adric, I guess that makes Maria Tegan and Clyde Turlough? :D
[identity profile] pontisbright.livejournal.com wrote:
Nov. 21st, 2007 11:55 pm (UTC)
Someone please explain to me why the gmail ads accompanying this included:
All knickers to size 6XL
Nothing too fancy or frilly, just big comfy knickers size 3XL to 6XL
?

Re the hiring: get in line. :P

I can't see Maria or Clyde as Tegan. They've got the curiosity and determination, yeah, but then Peri has those things. I can't see Tegan having the calm common sense needed to do the mental typing thing inside Mr Smith: she'd just hit things with her shoe. And Maria's a bit more willing to take advice.

And there's only one Turlough. :) Besides, SJ herself is hardly a Five type. Works as an indirect analogy, maybe?
[identity profile] vandonovan.livejournal.com wrote:
Nov. 21st, 2007 11:57 pm (UTC)
I think Clyde could break Turlough over his knee, anyway. And would probably hurt me for comparing them, but that's okay. XD



Huge knickers for all of us! HooraY!
[identity profile] pontisbright.livejournal.com wrote:
Nov. 22nd, 2007 12:05 am (UTC)
Aaaaand now my ads are Boys Wearing Tampons. I AM BLAMING YOU FOR THIS.
[identity profile] vandonovan.livejournal.com wrote:
Nov. 22nd, 2007 12:25 am (UTC)
.... Mine is "101 recipes -- Yeast raised cornbread" and the one before that was a news article about Doctor Who taking a year off, so clearly it's just on YOUR SIDE.
[identity profile] pontisbright.livejournal.com wrote:
Nov. 22nd, 2007 12:35 am (UTC)
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WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYY?
[identity profile] vandonovan.livejournal.com wrote:
Nov. 22nd, 2007 12:51 am (UTC)
... your ads don't even make sense!! Why would a man need bra training!? What the hell?!?! Ahahahahahaha.

Mine is "5 little-known Gmail features you may not yet know about." THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG HERE.
[identity profile] pontisbright.livejournal.com wrote:
Nov. 22nd, 2007 01:03 am (UTC)
Shapely Figures Lingerie
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Hee!
[identity profile] vandonovan.livejournal.com wrote:
Nov. 22nd, 2007 01:21 am (UTC)
... you're just making this up now, aren't you!?
[identity profile] pontisbright.livejournal.com wrote:
Nov. 22nd, 2007 01:23 am (UTC)
I swear to god, all totally kosher. I think each crazy onhe encourages another.

Now I have:
Latinas searching for men
Women from south america, brasil searching serious relation


I could not make this up.
[identity profile] vandonovan.livejournal.com wrote:
Nov. 22nd, 2007 01:27 am (UTC)
but... but why I am not getting the same ones? I'm on gmail and mine is more recipes, this time for "Golden-crusted brussel sprouts." IS THIS AMERICA VS. BRITAIN AGAIN?! I thought we were the obese and sex obsessed!
[identity profile] pontisbright.livejournal.com wrote:
Nov. 22nd, 2007 01:40 am (UTC)
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Plus much Whoviana. Presumably mine are being targeted based specifically on my own comments, so me posting about 'boys wearing tampons' spawns more the same - and maybe it's regional. Guess all those boys wanting tampons and bras will ahve to move to blighty. :P
[identity profile] vandonovan.livejournal.com wrote:
Nov. 22nd, 2007 01:42 am (UTC)
There we go, now I've got:

"www.nancymeyer.com - Featuring Aubade, La Perla, Huit, Simply the World's Finest Lingerie"

Granted, it's not boys wanting tampons or men needing bra training, but it's a step in the right direction.... um. What am I saying.


Now I just want to see if mentioning boys wearing tampons in my comment gives me something hideous too, ahahhaa man.

No embroidered panties for me, since we don't have no ITV! D:
[identity profile] pontisbright.livejournal.com wrote:
Nov. 22nd, 2007 01:47 am (UTC)
TAMPONS KNICKERS BRAS LADY-BUSINESS EMBROIDERED PANTIES

*sits back to watch*
[identity profile] vandonovan.livejournal.com wrote:
Nov. 22nd, 2007 01:53 am (UTC)
Ahahahaa. It's the exact same "nancymeyers.com" ad. MY GMAIL FAILS D:
[identity profile] pontisbright.livejournal.com wrote:
Nov. 22nd, 2007 02:01 am (UTC)
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Mine is wall to wall knicker ads now, and not a sniff of 'Doctor Who bedding'. Although that will presumably now change.
[identity profile] vandonovan.livejournal.com wrote:
Nov. 22nd, 2007 02:03 am (UTC)
"You Have 2 Secret Crushes - DiscoverYourCrush.com - 2 People Want You! Find Out Who it Is - Scary How Accurate This Is."

At least that's a step in the right direction.

I bet Doctor Who likes wearing tampons and 6XL sized knickers with no frills! Room for all twelve!
[identity profile] pontisbright.livejournal.com wrote:
Nov. 22nd, 2007 02:08 am (UTC)
SONIC TAMPONS!

That is all.
[identity profile] vandonovan.livejournal.com wrote:
Nov. 22nd, 2007 02:11 am (UTC)
Yay sonic tampons! Aahaahahaha.



Also, I commented on your RSS feed thingie... but should I go the extra click and comment on the proper blog itself instead? I don't know if you're mailed the rss feed comments.
[identity profile] pontisbright.livejournal.com wrote:
Nov. 22nd, 2007 02:31 am (UTC)
I'm now wondering what a sonic tampon might do to my insides. I'm sensing a design flaw...

Am not emailed comments at present (must fix that, it's silly) but have read and responded. Ta! Most interesting. :)
[identity profile] vandonovan.livejournal.com wrote:
Nov. 22nd, 2007 02:32 am (UTC)
Maybe it will... unlock the... actually, I won't finish that sentence.


Yay for responding, thanks. And getting comments emailed to you would be smart, yes. :D