Adrian

And here are some more fic recs.

The Case of the Very Gay Detectives by movies_michelle
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang; Harry/Perry; NC-17
It's not easy waking up one day and realizing you're Rupert Everett.

The Proposition by jane_elliot
SGA; McShep; NC-17
John wasn't sure how the head of a world-famous scientific laboratory would feel about interacting socially with his caterer, especially in the company of his peers. McKay might be annoyed or, worse, irritated by John's forwardness, and John couldn't afford to piss this man off. McKay made the decision for him, coming up with a plate full of meatballs and enthusing, "These meatballs are fantastic."


These next couple are WIPs, but they seem to be updated pretty regularly.

In the City of Seven Walls by auburnnothenna
SGA; Het, slash, poly; NC-17
A handful of pretty, polished stones. Gilded cages are still cages.

The Raising Madison Series by mrshamill
SGA; McShep; NC-17
The John and Rodney Show moves to Toronto and raises a child.

Out of Bounds by icarusancalion
(And there's another little snippet here.)
SGA; McShep; NC-17
AKA 'the skating fic'. An utter self-indulgent cliche. John's a rebellious figure skater who after twelve years of competition has one last shot. Rodney's the former World Champion, shattered by defeat (can't you just hear the Olympic theme song?) who can make it happen. But first....

I want to rec this fic -
Stargate: Atlantis > McShep
Scenes From a Lesser War by amireal
NC-17
This. This was something that needed taking care of. In a non-traditional sense.


And does it count as a resolution if I decided to do it a few weeks ago and it just happened to start at the beginning of the month and in this case it was also at the beginning of the year?

Anyway, I've decided to get back into eating better and losing weight. I'd gotten rather far off-track and now I'm ready to get back on it.



And I think this is rather amusing - the top two choices are both Batman villians and the Dark Knight is my favorite superhero.

Your results:
You are The Joker

The Joker 53% Riddler 53% Mystique 49% Magneto 47% Dark Phoenix 45% Mr. Freeze 40% Dr. Doom 39% Lex Luthor 37% Poison Ivy 37% Green Goblin 37% Apocalypse 36% Two-Face 33% Kingpin 33% Catwoman 32% Venom 28% Juggernaut 25%

The Clown Prince of Crime. You are a brilliant mastermind but are criminally insane. You love to joke around while accomplishing the task at hand.

Click here to take the Super Villain Personality Test

I come bearing two recs.

The first is for an SGA fic, String Theory, a Concerto for Violin in D Minor by toft_froggy, which is very good. (And it's NC-17.)

And the second is for a movie, The Illusionist - starring Edward Norton, Jessica Biel, and Paul Giamatti. This movie is just really cool, IMO. I saw it last night and I think I might go see it again tomorrow night.

I am now finished with the weird rush hours and am now starting to get back into something of a normal schedule. Which is good, considering that my area (the regular/fun books) is *desperately* in need of some TLC. (After three weeks of being neglected and being a bit overgrown prior to that, I'd say so.)

And now that I have all this time on my hands, I'm not quite sure what to do with it.

Though, I have just gotten caught up on a great SGA WIP, Moments Sacred and Profane by Mice. My reading this fic is all elven_wolf's fault.

I'm also getting caught up on part 52 of serafina20's *amazing* fic Corner of the World

And, last but not least, in looking for part of a rec that justhuman gave me in atlantiskink, I came across the fact that xanthelj has written a prequel to General and Doctor Sheppard. (It's being posted all over the place in her ljs and on atlantiskink, as far as I can tell.)

Oh, and soft_princess? skdaskdflaskdfasd. You know that number I had you give me the other night? Well, as I was reading part 52 of CotW earlier tonight, I did a word count on the entire fic (including this part) and...damn you (in the best way possible) because the enormity of this just set in. Though, a) I know it's my own fault really and b) I do really need it.

Does anyone have a link for Marimou's SGA vids? I had one, but it appears to be dead.

And, speaking of links, here's a few I've come across, that hopefully someone will find interesting.

Brokeback to the Future - Okay, I'm sure practically everybody's seen this at this point, but I still think it's amazing and pretty darn cool.

Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Ex-Gay Cowboys - an article in today's NY Times Editorial section about Brokeback Mountain and End of the Spear. There's a bunch of really good stuff in it. And I've been mildly excited to see End of the Spear since I first heard about the story a few years back, and then read an interview with the lead, Chad Allen, in an issue of "The Advocate" a couple months back.

Exponential Curves, or, Chances by rageprufrock. Sequel to Bell Curve, or, Ladies' Night at the Boom Boom Room and Learning Curve, or, Tab

Corner of the World 51: Homecoming by serafina20

I'm getting sucked into SG-1 and SGA. I'm in the middle of season 2 of SG-1 now and will hopefully be getting the first season of SGA from wesleysgirl soon. Does anyone know if Sci-Fi will be rerunning seasons 2 and 9? Or even where I can download them?

I've also been reading a lot of SGA fanfic. Good SGA fanfic. Like rageprufrock's Bell Curve.

And if you're a) an SGA fan, b) a knitter, or c) a knitter and an SGA fan, you should all read her fic #435, The Atlantis Local Stitch'n'Bitch Chapter. It's hilarious.

You know you're an SGA fan when...
...even though you've never seen the show, and only know bits and pieces about it, when you read "Head straight for the refreshments and grab as much as possible of everything. You're just worried it'll run out." in a completely unrelated quiz, you immediately think of Rodney.

This is for all of you Supernatural fans out there: Jensen Ackles - "I'm a mad Gummi fan. I always have Gummis in my trailer. But you can't eat too many because then you get Gummi tummy, and that's no good. I can't believe I'm saying this."

I'm hosting a Partylite party for anaidiana on Saturday. I think it'll be a lot of fun. Plus! Candles! *giggles insanely*. I'll admit - I'm something of a candle whore. I just bought, like, 2 and a half dozen votives from Yankee Candle because they were having a sale and they were each $1. And if Saturday turns out to be a good show, I'll be getting 78 votives for $5. (Yes, you heard right.)

And if anyone was wondering why I asked if anyone knew anything about booting my brother into another time space, here's a good example. Just before Christmas, he comes in and goes, "You need to move your truck." And I replied, "Why?" His response - "Because your truck's been in the driveway for the past two years and now it's my turn." No asking nicely or anything. Oh, and he decided to bring it up at 11:30 PM.

Oooh! I found a Nathan Fillion quote I've been looking for. This is from the last issue in September of "Entertainment Weekly". Even when ruminating on something remotely edgy — like how much he enjoyed the fight scenes during his name-making stint on the defunct Fox sci-fi/Western Firefly — his softer side can't help but assert itself. "To fight dirty, even bite people, was...I just saw a huge hummingbird!" He watches it buzz into the sky. "Wow."

And I *think* that's it for what I wanted to post about.

Okay. *takes a deep breath and tries to hold brain together for at least a little while longer so this post can be made*

So nakedwesley got here last night not long after I got offline. After we went to get some dinner, she proceeded to try to pimp me into SGA using songvids, which, I will admit, weren't completely without effect. I now know that McKay has a very good angsty face, Joe Flanigan has a very expressive face, that they've got great chemistry, and that I need a new fandom like a hole in the head. So, I may just end up being sucked into it.

Did you know that the directions that we had (both this time and last time) to get up to the Trenton train station had us do the absurd thing of getting onto I-295, then onto the NJ Turnpike, and then *back* onto I-295. After going both ways (for various reasons) my question is why? It doesn't seem like much of a difference. Though, if you're getting directions to go to the Trenton train station, get them off Mapquest, not the NJ Transit site because their directions are *really* weird and will take you through (and, if you're not careful, drop you off) in the ghetto a couple blocks from the train station.

But we got up to NYC without any real event and after grabbing a bite to eat, made it over to the Shubert Theatre in time for the show. (And, literally, just in time.)

Our seats? Front Row, Orchestra, just off center. GAH!!!

It was *amazing*. Tim Curry kicked ass (but would we really expect anything less?). David Hyde Pierce kicked ass. Sara Ramirez has *such* an amazing voice - wow. And I really loved Christopher Sieber too, who played Sir Dennis Galahad, The Black Knight, and Herbert's Father. (I had seen him a year or two ago in the short-lived series "It's All Relative" and when I saw he was in this, was like, "Oh, look, I know that name." But now I'm definitely a fan.)

Alan was great in his roles (Sir Lancelot, The (main) Knight Who Says Ni, Tim the Enchanter, and the French Taunter). I love the fact that he can do so much different voice stuff too (since the French Taunter is, obviously, French; Tim's Scottish; and the Knight has an odd high voice). And I loved his song "His Name is Lancelot" - which showed me that he has a *very* nice body and especially his upper arms. And my love, in general, for him has been reaffirmed.

After the show, we hung out at the stage door with a bunch of other people (but not *that* many) and waited to see who came out. (But, sadly, not Tim Curry.) David Hyde Pierce did and he seemed adorable, very nice with everyone. A few others in the cast came out and they were all very nice. And I was very excited and happy because Alan (obviously!) and Chris came out. I got both of them to sign my notebook. (It wasn't personalized, but that's okay, because I. still. got. it. signed.)

I had gotten Chris' autograph and then, as I was getting Alan's, Chris left with (I'm 99% positive) his partner, so as they were circling around behind the group, I went and got his attention and told him how much I had liked "It's All Relative" and we chatted for a moment or two and he was very gracious and a sweetheart and not like, "Oh, I should be nice, but I don't really want to." And at one point I briefly, and reflexively, put my hand on his arm and then he put his hand on my arm and when the conversation ended, he reached down and squeezed my fingers. He's quite cute and much bigger than I expected him to be. (Here's a picture for anyone who's interested.) So, yes, am definitely crushing on him now.

Then I went over to where nakedwesley had moved to, on the side of the crowd, and got to meet Alan. He's also a sweetheart. We both got pictures with him and as we were talking, she mentioned it was my birthday, so he was like, "Happy birthday." And I asked if we could take him out to dinner to thank him for everything, but he said no because he was busy. But...

*happy sigh*

After a bit of wandering around and grabbing dinner, we made our way home. And on the train ride back, we finished reading an SGA McShep fic by rageprufrock that nakedwesley had printed out that we had started on the way in. So, if I get into this fandom, I'm blaming you lot as well. (And I may just have to friend her again, so I can get the rest of that fic when she finally writes it and posts it.)

So, we had a *great* time. I wish it wasn't over yet. And I'm going to leave you all with one more pic of Chris Sieber.

And, Kath, I'll send you that vid tomorrow.