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[rm]

It's Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.

Good news. Dogboy & Justine was one of the top vote-getters in Act Five: One Acts and so will be performed along with the other top plays from Jan 20 - Jan 23 at 8pm (and with an additional 3:30pm show on Jan 23). I get to see it. You can do, by visiting The Queens' Players.

So I'm working on this Jack/Alonso fic and I know exactly what every moment of it looks like in my head. EXACTLY. And I tried to write it last night, and it sucked and I know why. For some idiotic reason I tried to write it from Alonso's perspective. Why the fuck would I, of all people, who is deeply interested in Jack's dilemma and can write his voice without even thinking about it do that? Oh, because I'm avoiding pain. I'm an idiot. I'm going to take another stab at it tonight. The rest of the problem, of course, is that there are fics I can do (like that Jack/Ianto/Andy PWP I did) and be fine with their imperfections and fics where I really, really can't. I've gotta do this one well. I have no idea why I felt the need to put that behind a cut tag, but there you go. I'm having issues. Talk to me.

Torchwood fandom and fandomsecrets actually being awesome for a change. via eumelia.

Merlin 2.09 sucked. First of all, his love for this girl comes out of where? And then she's a cat-bat-weredragon THING? I might have LOVED this if it had been a b-story arc over like four episodes. As it was, I did not care. At all. And it was just further proof to me that about the only thing Merlin has going for it as a show is the chemistry between the actors which often serves to make the scripts make even less sense than they already do.

On the other hand, I enjoyed Merlin 2.10 rather a lot. I felt for Gwen, Arthur was hilarious, Merlin was oddly inscrutable (again with actor chemistry muddying the scripts) and hey it's Georgia Moffett! DESTINY AND CHICKEN.

Then, Patty and I watched the first two episodes of Buffy. I never watched Buffy beyond an odd episode for background noise here or there. I dig it, although I find the high school setting hard to take (I tense up every time Cordelia comes on screen, it's awful) and, as Patty notes "awful '90s fashions." Somehow, I also managed to be all "Giles/Willow 4evah" in like five seconds; this can't end well.

Once we're done with Merlin it's time to finally check out Being Human which I admit is probably all about my "OMG Russell Tovey, please be on TW, S4" thing. Just to circle back to the beginning of this post and all that.

I think I've sort of gotten over this thing about my hair for Gally. My hair is lighter than I think (I just usually put product in it when it's wet to keep it looking darker) especially with how grey I feel it got on the cruise. So yeah. I'll probably manage not to do something terrible to it for LA. You all were incredibly good and funny sports about that poll though.

Last night, Patty and I ordered Chocri.

Tonight we're going to Macy's with the gift card from my bank to get one of those featherbed mattress topper things that are so awesome.

Briefly on the whole women/slash/real gay people/fetishization/etc. thing: I realize that to me the issue isn't about who is writing what how AT ALL. It's about what people think said writing means, and I am someone who thinks writing can be profoundly meaningful. However, being a slasher is not gay activism by default (just like being gay doesn't make you a hero by default -- we've discussed this before, fandom), and if you say that, I will holler. I will similarly holler -- and very, very loudly -- if you think it's appropriate as a non-queer person to "explain" the practical realities of homophobia to a queer person. And that's not about queer cred, that's about common sense. I don't care how well you can imagine my shoes; I'm still the person wearing them.

Wyclef Jean responds to allegations about his charity, Yele.

The Plaza as New York's Gilded Age continues to fade.

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[spicklething.livejournal.com]

Then, Patty and I watched the first two episodes of Buffy. I never watched Buffy beyond an odd episode for background noise here or there.

Come on in! The water is just fine in the Buffypond. Resistance is futile.

Yay! You're watching Buffy \o/

If you can get past high school, they really do grow up. So glad you are giving it a whirl!

[5251962.livejournal.com]

It really is futile. I mocked this show relentlessly when it was actually on. Then caught myself watching one night on a long, boring overnight and was hooked. Buffy, then moved on to Angel, which I liked better, admittedly. But both are seriously addicting. Lol

[spicklething.livejournal.com]

I was completely the same way until I got sucked into a Thanksgiving Day marathon on FX. Prior to that I was, Pffffft, it's Dawson's Creek with fangs.

I'll be the first to admit I was wrong. And it is seriously addicting!

[chris-walsh.livejournal.com]

It's good water. Even with the creatures that sometimes emerge from that Sunnydale water.

I first got exposed to Buffy through Season 4's final show, a dream episode with a twist and a point. Kind of a mood piece, which the show did several times and did well. Then I saw Season 5 and about half of Season 6 before I wound up without a TV, then years later started from the beginning and got glad I did. I hope you stay glad.

Hey, rm, I hope you can say more about your reaction to Willow and Giles.

[rm.livejournal.com]

Some of it's probably due to time spent in the Snape/Hermione part of HP fandom, but most of what I'm responding to so far is that they are both smart, oddly lost and genial and have similar taste in textiles.