Aeronautic Primates and Other Delights

Oh my!

( Heroes 1x02 )

( Veronica Mars 3x01 -- The Welcome Wagon )

BSG: The Story So Far -- I realize that compressing a miniseries and just under 40 episodes of a sci-fi series with complex arcs is difficult, but you guys couldn't give me just a little more? There were like three things in there that I didn't glean from the general context of my flist and playing in FH -- and I was staying spoiler-free (well, up until the recap... I just don't have time to watch Season 2 before 3 starts on Friday). I guess I'll pick things up as I go.

1) I am still making New Earth icons. I think I'll just save a bunch up for a big-ass icon post sometime in the future. I like my latest one of 10. It's saucy.

2) I still need to load all my files and pertinent software onto JD. I'll be using him for the website, writing, and other text-based adventures, and the desktop will be a pure design machine -- icons, vidding, and music.

3) I didn't get to do my morning routine of dicking around for 30-60 minutes this morning due to oversleeping. Bah.

4) This whole "I'm not buying DVDs by the shovelful anymore" thing is quite annoying.

5) Due to needing to pick up my laptop from Mom's (I have everything shipped to Mom's, since picking it up from the apartment complex office is a pain), I had to watch American Idol last night. Not terribly impressed. Mom and Xoë were cooing over the contestants, but I kept picking out flaws in the performances. I was not won over. I am, however, eagerly anticipating "American Dreamz," the new parody from Chris Weitz ("American Pie" and "About a Boy").

6) I like traffic lights, especially today. They were kind.

7) I need Turk icons, dammit.

Yeah, I'm at work. Yeah, I have actual work to do. No, I don't have enough to fill the day. I like my Sunday-Thursday schedule, though. Makes the week go by faster.

Time to catch up on my fandom posts...

( Buffy -- Fear Itself and Wild at Heart )

( Veronica Mars - Spoilers Through 2x11 Donut Run )

Tuesday night, had lunch with some friends from writer's group. Love those guys. Great quiche, great laughs, fantastic snark. You can really tell the people who love you because they're the only ones who can get away with saying such awful, true things.

Spent last night watching Discs 8 and 9 of Farscape Season 4. This really is a lackluster season. I just cannot bring myself to care as much as I did in Seasons 2 and 3. All these things are coming to a head, but it's like Kemper & co. are bored with the story they've set-up, like they've done all the fun bits and now they're content to just throw random weirdness around to keep themselves amused.

Still dying to see the rest, of course, because I want to see how everything connects to The Peacekeeper Wars, which I caught when it aired.

Tonight, midnightfae is back in town and I'll be continuing her classic film education because it delights me.

Kind of contemplating what to do with myself now that I don't have anything to do. I have one wicked thought but it's going to take some time to bring to fruition...

This is for TBQ's benefit. It's a WIP from waaaaay back that I haven't touched in ages. Probably some grammar errors. Anyway. Share and enjoy.

Title: Parker Abrams and Tucker Wells Aren't Dead
Author: Jetpack Monkey
Rating: PG-13 at the moment
Projected length: Could get to "Living History" proportions if it keeps going like it is, although not the same kind of writing.
Characters: Parker Abrams, Tucker Wells, Andrew Wells, Forrest, some OCs
Summary: Parker gets an offer he can't refuse from a mysterious and off-putting stranger.

Author's Notes: The challenge I gave myself was to stay within canon as much as possible while still telling an interesting story. Things start concurrent to the events after Parker gets clocked in "The Initiative" and run parallel to Buffy Season 4 (and possibly Angel Season 1 if the characters let me).

( Parker Abrams gripped the sterile upholstery of the examining table while the doctor prodded at his swollen nose. )

That having pizza is a lovely thing on a Thursday-that-is-my-Friday after three hours of the increasingly headscratch-y Farscape Season 4.

...with "Alias."

My friend midnightfae has posted her stream-of-consciousness reactions to watching mid-Season 1 Alias. Warning: it's hilarious.

http://www.livejournal.com/users/midnightfae/262757.html?#cutid1

In September of 2005, one geek with entirely too much time on his hands disappeared in a theater in downtown Phoenix, while watching Serenity.

A few hours later, his journal was found.

( No spoilers )

The "I've already seen it" review -- NO SPOILERS (unless you count end-credit music as such)

( Boop )

More on the rest of the viewings later...

Six (SIX!) icons today. 11 to go...

( Y'see, the thing is, if I were you, and I were going to execute somebody by backing them against a wall -- little bit of advice: don't stand them against the lift. )

Now I think I'm going to enjoy some RP craziness and then maybe take in a movie.