So, I finally just finished watching Chuck Versus the Ring. ( spoilers ahoy, obviously. )

Me? Posting? I know, right? But I've got massive amounts of free time on my hands these days. School is now officially out, I no longer have a job (the grant ended, sigh), and campus has this lovely media resource center that has just about every movie you could ever want, so I've been spending a lot of time catching up on entertainment.

( Movies what I have seen in the past few weeks )

And then today I caught a bus to the movie theater in the mall and saw both Up and Night at the Museum 2. (Don't worry, no spoilers.)

Up: I will not lie, I spent about a third of this movie sobbing into my hankie. Oh my God, you guys, it is fantastic. You all need to run out and go see it this very instant. (Of course, it's Pixar; were you expecting anything less??)

Night at the Museum 2: I think my favorite thing about these movies (or perhaps Ben Stiller movies in general) is their complete inability to take anything seriously. Drama? Pssh. Let's have monkeys running around instead.

Also while at the mall, I picked up the DVD of Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (singing commentary, yay!) and Sarah Rees Brennan's new book, The Demon Lexicon-- currently 65 pages in, and so far it's highly enjoyable. Does remind me rather a lot of Rob Thurman's series, though. And the quote by Scott Westerfield on the cover-- "full of shimmery marvels and bountiful thunder" (???)-- makes absolutely no sense.

So, that's my life lately. And now 'tis time to go off and watch another movie, I think.

I've got five four three two Dreamwidth invites left, should anyone want one.

In other news, m_noirtier and I have been wandering around New York City the past few days, seeing the sights and generally having an awesome time. And there's a new Cirque Du Soleil show in town! Hopefully we'll get to see that on Sunday. *crosses fingers*

Sooo, I know I haven't exactly been posting on here lately-- not entirely sure why, TBH, besides the vague feeling that I haven't had anything interesting to say-- which is why it's ironic that I somehow managed to snag an early Dreamwidth invite. But I did!

So, y'all, I am officially alessandriana over there. I probably won't be moving permanently unless fandom decides to move en masse (I've got too much invested here!), but I'll probably cross-post entries and whatnot. (Er, when I start having things to say again, of course.)

Is anyone else over there? Reply with your usernames, so's I can friend!

Two best gifts so far: a new camera, and the SG1 complete series box set. *snuggles*

Mostly for my own future reference, I'm going to keep a running rec list of Yuletide fics as I make my way through. So far, we have:

( List under the cut. Warning: Loooong. )

First off, sorry about the radio silence as of late; I've been in a kind of anti-social mood, due in no small part to the omnipresence of the election. Politics (or at least the poisonous rhetoric that surrounds politics) has this tendency to piss me off unreasonably, so I try to avoid it as much as possible.

That said! Don't expect there to be much going on around here for the next month or so, either, because it's that time of the year again: NaNoWriMo! Like last year, I will be posting most everything NaNo related under friendslock* over at alessandriana, so if you want your daily dose of me, you'll have to get it there. This year the theme is superheroes!** Should be fun.






*I friend everyone who friends me; it's just locked so that the novel doesn't escape into the wilds of the internet. Not that anyone would want to steal it, but...

**It will also be my first attempt to write any sort of romance, so if anyone has tips they'd like to share? That would be awesome.

Texas, please be okay.

Did you know that there's actually a conspiracy to put rainbows in our water supply? Yes, really:

(courtesy of failblog)





And my favorite, from the same woman: IS THE MOON A MIRROR?

( video and further text examples under the cut )

Also, contrails? Actually chemtrails. Yes, passenger planes are actually spraying chemicals down upon us.

'Scuze me while I go snicker quietly to myself in a corner.

Title: Ignition
Rating: PG
Word Count: 2500
Pairings: None.
Spoilers: None.
Summary: AU-ish. Tim scratches the back of his head, shrugging. "What can I say, Tony? You controlling fire with your mind is honestly not the weirdest thing I've ever seen on this job."

Notes: Technically an X-Men crossover (I think), but about all you really need to know is that hey, superpowers exist, and not everyone is real happy about that.

Thanks to m_noirtier and isis_sg1 for the beta.

( Ignition )

Would anyone mind beta-ing a 2,300~ word NCIS fic for me? It's gen, Tim and Tony plus superpowers. Not actually all that cracky, surprisingly.

Stargate Atlantis will end this season, says Gateworld.


I know I'm like... two seasons behind, but dude, that sucks!

the highlight of my day: getting stung by a jellyfish.

ouch.

This is officially really hilarious.



Tuvok the Vulcan he was there
Standin’ at the bar,
Sayin’ “This isn’t logical
An’ I’m not in pon farr.”

      An’ it’s who’ll slash ye this time
      Who’ll slash ye noo?
      The lass who slashed ye last, lad,
      She no will slash ye noo.

Agent Scully she was there
Standin’ on her head
Provin’ tae a’ the boys an’ girls
Her hair is really red.

      An’ it’s who’ll slash ye this time
      Who’ll slash ye noo?
      The lass who slashed ye last, lad,
      She no will slash ye noo.

And it goes on from there...

WHAT

JOSS WHEDON, YOU-- YOU----!

WHAT



( SPOILERS )

Joss Whedon's new internet-only show, Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, is officially really awesome. (OMG, a singing Nathan Fillion! And the main character: so adorably shy!) The three eps are coming up this week, and are only going to be up for a little while, so I'd recommend watching it while you can. (It looks like the website is down right now, but hopefully it'll be back up later tonight once traffic drops.)


Speaking of awesome: saw SG1's Continuum, totally loved it. Though, does anyone know where it fits in, timeline-wise, with SGA?


Speaking of awesome, redux: I highly, highly recommend Saiunkoku Monogatari for any of you anime fans out there who are tired of the girls in shoujo always being ridiculously irritating and having no spine. You know that stereotypical scene where the guy is trying to blackmail the girl, and the girl has no choice but to give in and then bursts into tears? Well, in Saimono, not only does Shuurei resist the blackmail, but she then reduces the guy to tears. It's one of the best scenes ever.

Besides, how can you resist a series that has this guy? (Yes, that's a snowman on his head.)

May your fireworks be bright, and your barbecue nicely charred.

The OTW is doing a "personal fannish history" post for otw_onlinecon, so I figured I might as well share my own story. Kind of interesting for historical purposes, at any rate.

( I actually know the approximate date I discovered fanfic, because I wrote it down in my diary at the time. It was 1997, or thereabouts. )

Okay, you guys.

You all need to go out, RIGHT NOW, and read Cory Doctorow's new book Little Brother.

And I do mean now.

Why?

Because it's good. It's really really good. It's about freedom, and the right to privacy, and what happens when the need for the illusion of safety triumphs over the rights of the individual citizen. It's a good read, it's scary-plausible, and it'll make you want to go out and do awesome tech-y things and participate in flash-mobs and maybe even get excited to vote.

It really is just that awesome.

Plus? You can even read it online for free here; it's available under a Creative Commons license, like all of Cory's other work. That's where I just finished reading it; I plan to go out tomorrow and buy the hardcover. And possibly donate another copy to a library donated.

So go. Read. And then share it with everyone you know.

/pimp

I need an excuse to go see that again. Any takers?