three things in my life

1. Stolen from riddering

Love love love me do.


2. Watched the first DVD of Arrested Development on my brother's recommendation. I have to say it:

INTERNETS, YOU WERE RIGHT. THIS SHOW IS REALLY FRIGGIN' FUNNY.

In fact, I'd be willing to email a network (who owns this show?) and tell them I think the show is hi-fucking-larious and to keep it on the air. I'd also love to quote some of the dialogue here on my livejournal... but there are so many funny bits, and half of them require the attached visual images for you to get the joke.

But dude. There's money in the banana stand!


3. Joined forces with the brother tonight to battle the parents in a bloody game of spades. To be honest I wasn't excited about being my brother's partner because I don't have the sort of mind-reading synergy thing with him that I do with my mom when she's my boardgame/card partner, and neither is he absurdly and almost offendingly lucky like my dad (I swear, if my dad were into gambling we'd be billionaires by now). My brother and me have a relationship that consists most often of bickering and, when it comes to cards, blaming each other for losing 100 points because I went nill and he couldn't beat a 9 of hearts. Twice.

Ahh. Siblinghood. Final score: 634 - parents, 296 - children. My worst loss at spades in like 3 years. Stupid parents with their stupid 25 year mind-reading marriage and their stupid years of experience playing spades...

On the bright side, the four times that I did go nill and we traded the first card, each time my brother gave me exactly the suit I was trying to tell him with ESP to give me. Clearly there's hope for us in the realm of mental communication.

Next time we'll beat them THE POWER OF YOUTH BURNS LIKE FIRE WITHIN US! WE CANNOT LOSE! NEXT TIME, ANYWAY!

The other, unrelated, bright side is that for over a month now my mom and I have been recording our backgammon games, and stastics prove that I have surpassed her. There's no getting around it: numbers cannot lie! THE STUDENT HAS BECOME THE TEACHER! HUZZAH!

spamming tonight

I keep trying to think of something to write Twelve Kingdoms fic, but I got nothin'. Nothin'.

And that's sad. Because the show is great. Why do I got nothin'? Fic bunnies, I need you!

Curious language poll!

[Poll #560506]

If you want to discuss why below, I'd love to hear from you!

I have spoken to some people who pronounce "Naruto" like "Na-ROO-toh", whereas I've always pronounced it "NAR-oo-toh", with the emphasis (& the r ) on the first sound. I wondered why, but then I realized that I got it from the show. When I watched it, I hear "NAR-oo-toh", not "Na-ROO-toh". So I've wondered how others pronounce it, and if so, are they watching the anime or just reading the manga?

"New teeth. That's weird."

I realize I haven't squee'd about Doctor Who 2005 on my LJ lately.

For shame! FOR SHAME!

So, some squee:

ZOMG I LOVE THIS SHOW DOCTOR WHO IS AWESOME AND FUNNY AND COLORFUL AND CUTE AND SHIPPY AND SCI-FI-ish AND DRAMATIC AND SEXY AND HAPPY AND I LOVE IT SO MUCH. I WISH I LIVED IN ENGLAND SO I COULD WATCH IT ON TV.

I'm rewatching the season finale right now and guh.

Christopher Eccleston, why must you leave us? Your super-sharp cheekbones and angry leather billowing coat of pain will be missed.
David Tennet, you better make me love you as the Tenth Doctor. You'd better.
Rose Tyler, you are my current tv girlcrush, bar none.
TARDIS, you have all my love.
Except the bits that go to Jack, omnisexual space adventurer who would hit on Ford Prefect and Queen Amidala in the same breath.

And did I mention, British accents? Accents that I've listened to so much with this show that I almost don't even hear them now.

EVERYONE WHO ISN'T WATCHING THIS SHOW SHOULD BE. THESE GUYS WILL HELP.

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notices posted at: time_and_chips, dwfiction, and new_who

The Rose/Doctor Parting Of the Ways Ficathon

MASTER LIST

The Objective:

Objective: Write a Rose/DrWho fic that takes place after the recent season finale The Parting of the Ways. Or after the regeneration scene, to be more specific. It can be Rose/Nine or Rose/Ten, or even Rose/Four if you can somehow managed to warp time and space enough-- the Rose/Doctor bit is what matters. Rose/Doctor friendship fics are acceptable too, since a lot of R/Dr fics can be read as bordering one or the other.
Both Rose and the Doctor are not necessarily required to be there, as long as it's about them as a pair.
1,000 word count minimum, but make it as long as you like.


If you lost your assignment, send me an email or comment below and I'll re-send your information.

If you would still like to participate but missed the original sign up, you can write a fic matching the ficathon objectives listed, and send me a link. The more fic, the better!



The Submissions:

1. venefican wrote for kareswen: untitled

2. cat1977 wrote for marguerite_26: Okay

3. xwingace wrote for uktechgirl: Humanity's Hope

4. laura_isaac wrote for archanas247: Starting Anew

5. jeanne_dark wrote for doyle_sb4: All That Is

6. wildecate wrote for better_with_two: Epilogue

7. rhipowered wrote for jeanne_dark: Baker Street

8. the_haunted_one wrote for chicklet75: You Do That To All Your Friends?

9. the_haunted_one wrote for taraljc: Our Hero

10. gylzgirl wrote for 11nine73: Jiggery Pokery

11. archanas247 wrote for laura_isaac: Adagio

12. uktechgirl wrote for senshi_crystal: Accent

13. voleuse wrote for the_haunted_one: The Smallest Version of Paraguay

14. chicklet73 wrote for jadekirk: And So We Meet Again

15. __kali__ wrote for rhipowered: Fraying Threads

16. kareswen wrote for venefican: Change

17. taraljc wrote for kharma2815: At Last

18. jadekirk wrote for inspire: Memories

19. doyle_sb4 wrote for xwingace: I Sustain the Wings

Hopefull the list will keep growing as more submissions are made! You can turn in your fic submission by emailing me a link at rashaka_eos@hotmail.com, or by posting a comment here with a link.

PLEASE POST LINKS TO THE FICATHON ON YOUR JOURNALS AND SPREAD THE LOVE! :heart:

p.s. And compliment these great folks for their efforts.

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Random tv quotes I love:

"Rose, I'm trying to resonate concrete." - Doctor Who

"There's always money in the banana stand." - Arrested Development

"My friends need to suck on those frogs!" - Avatar: The Last Airbender


When my brother visited this weekend and got me into Arrested Development, we also talked about the Lost eps I had send him during his overseas tour. He was complaining that the show jumped around and didn't make any sense, and that while adventurey, it didn't seem to have a point or direction.

I commiserated with him over this fact, and suggested he watch the episodes of Veronica Mars that I had also sent him. He said he didn't want to watch some "girly high school drama." Then he talked about how he wanted to watch The OC. ::headdesk::

Giving up on that vein of thought, I gave him the two seasons of Full Metal Alchemist and tried to impress upon him the truth that if he EVER watched any anime because I told him it was good-- and I have *never* told him to watch anime before, ever-- then he has to watch FMA. That it is the ONLY anime I will ever recommend he watch on my word alone.

He said he'd ask his friend who likes anime if it's good, then maybe watch it. ::headdesk:: Geez. Sometimes I get frustrated by my brother in this respect: he wants me to watch the shows he recommends, trying to hope that we'll have the same tastes, but when the process is reversed he isn't interested. The point is that we DO have very similar tastes, but he doesn't trust mine. I think he thinks I'm into girly Pretty Princess/Care Bear shit even though I'm not 8 anymore, and clicky high school drama shit even though I've never been into that. I keep trying to explain this to him: I like adventure. I like horror. I like mysteries. I love science fiction. If given a choice between something with swords and something with a love story, I'll go for the swords. Not that I'm not a sucker for a love story, cause I'm a complete sap. But I want my sappy love stories with aliens and swordfighting and magic and dragons and ghosts and serial killers and puppies in mortal danger and ninjas and psuedo-European WWI politics and telepathy and killer robots. What girl doesn't?