08 November 2009 @ 03:01 pm
Under this provision in the UK immigration rules, I could get a 5-year work visa in the UK, since my grandmother was born in Chester.

I wish I could just drop everything, pack J in my suitcase, and go work over there for, say, a year, but I think that would be a LEETLE COMPLICATED. *sigh*
 
 
08 November 2009 @ 01:55 pm
A scarier thought than brain-eating zombies and all that leftover candy: a week from tomorrow, it'll be too late to vote in the 2009 LMFA. Voting closes at midnight EST on the 15th of November, and then it's all over but the counting.

Mondays are never fun, but don't let Monday the 16th have an extra reason to be gloomy because you've missed the boat; vote for your favorite fics, vids, or art while you still have the chance.

You can browse the ballot here and then head to the voting page here to cast your vote.
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08 November 2009 @ 06:11 pm
Title: Recall
Rating: PG
Setting: immediately post-Chosen

After Sunnydale... )
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Feeling: pensive
 
 
 
08 November 2009 @ 01:05 pm
New Communities
foralleternity - New Helen/John community

Challenges
[info]sga_beya: Holiday Fanart Challenge: John and Teyla Holiday Icons
[info]sga_beya: Challenge: Celebrate the Holidays with John and Teyla
[info]mcshep_icontest: Winners - Challenge 176 - McShep: The Three Faces of John Chronicles
[info]lantis_icontest: Challenge 71: Be all my sins remember'd
[info]lantis_icontest: Voting - Challenge 70
[info]smallfandombb: Check-in Post #1
[info]sga_lims: Voting 8/5
[info]sga_icontest: Banners - Challenge 175
[info]mcshep_icontest: Banners - Challenge 175
[info]sga_icontest: Winners - Challenge 176 - SGA: The Year Book Photo Chronicles

Miscellaneous
[info]shelma32: Ryan Robbins Singing Summer Loving
[info]lilferret: Con review and photos of Ryan Robbins
[info]shelma32: Ryan Robbins Singing Summer Loving
[info]jstaite_daily: Jewel on Higher Ground (1st scene)
[info]face_of_joe: She was totally into me
[info]jt_vs6: Preview for Episode 4: Grounded
[info]jstaite_daily: 2004 Starfury - Fusion - Blackpool
[info]sparky_babies: Final round!
[info]sga_talk: Discussion of Stygian by puritybrown
[info]zaganthi: Preview: Mercy of the Fallen
[info]lizabeth_daily: S2 promotional

Fanfic Gen
[info]ribbon_purple: Oops - [PG]
[info]kristen999: Long Ago (And Far Away) (8/10) by kristen999 and everybetty - [PG13]

Fanfic Het
[info]jademacgrath: The Long Journey - (Sheppard/Weir) [R]
[info]muir_wolf: We Don't Need to Whisper - (Sheppard/Weir) [PG]
[info]muppetmanda: Learning to Fly - Before the Devil Knows You're Dead - (Sheppard/Weir) [PG13]

Fanfic Slash various
[info]gblvr: Hot Chocolate - (Lorne/Zelenka) [PG]
[info]rubygirl29: Gravity/Wait for me -- Breakaway AU - (Lorne/OMC) [NC17]

Fanfic various (RPF & non-SGA roles)
[info]ellymelly: Love in the Time of Science (Sanctuary)
[info]horcrux_no7: Solace (Will/Magnus)
[info]deviantfantasy: And She Would Lie - Helen/Will
[info]madly_love: If You Need Me (Helen/James) (Sanctuary)

Fanart
[info]scifan1: JT November Calendar
[info]mella68: FANART - LOVE IS ... - (McKay/Sheppard)
[info]sgafan: Drabble Wallpapers
[info]miso_no_tsuki: NWS Fanart
[info]jeyla4ever: John and Teyla Gateworld Challenge Entry

Icons
[info]geonncannon: 52 Pavor Nocturnus Icons
[info]angiescully: 45 Sanctuary icons (2x01 - End of Nights)
[info]xafirah: 10 Stargate: Atlantis icons

Screencaps
[info]mosaiclife: Sanctuary 2x05 Pavor Nocturnus
[info]keller_daily: Infection
[info]lizabeth_daily: 2x17 - Coup D'etat
[info]hewlett_daily: The First Circle
[info]sparky_daily: 3x10 The Return Part 1
[info]sparky_4ever: 38 minutes
[info]keller_daily: Trio
[info]sga_daily: Common Ground
[info]ronon_liz_daily: Tao of Rodney
[info]teyla_daily: Trinity
[info]jt_daily: The Return, Part 1
[info]ronon_daily: Michael
[info]sga_ships_daily: Letters From Pegasus
[info]sga_daily: Rising, Part 2
[info]sparky_daily: 2x11 - The Hive
[info]sparky_daily: 1x18 - The Gift

You can reach us at sga.newsletter@googlemail.com or just leave us a comment (comments will be screened).
 
 
08 November 2009 @ 01:47 pm

Story temporarily removed because initial comments indicated it wasn't ripe for publishing yet.  Back to the drawing writing board.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
NANO PARTY AT [info]chlare's JOURNAL! Join the madness, ogle the celebrity guests, cheer each other on and...

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Feeling: happy
 
 
 
08 November 2009 @ 04:49 pm
I had the time of my life at The Hub 2 and booked The Hub 3 immediately. But inbetween that time the unthinkable happened, Children of Earth, and I said that The Hub 3 would be my last.

I LIED!!

We had such a fantastic time that [info]kitty_poker1, [info]sweet_exile and [info]accioscar and I have just this minute booked Gold tickets for The Hub 4. Yes, we are crazy, but we are also very happy. It's not even really about Torchwood anymore. Personally, I'm only on the fringes of that fandom now, but these events are so much fun and such good value for money, I can't stay away. More than anything, it's about hanging out with good friends and meeting new ones. And it's also all about the squishing of bellies.

So, who else is coming the The Hub 4? ~cough~ [info]piksa? ~cough~
 
 
Feeling: excited
 
 
08 November 2009 @ 10:53 am
w00t! Plans for dinner last night turned into plans for lunch today, then art museum, then maybe movie. And it's warm (60's) and sunny (so far, maybe clouds later), and woo hoo. Didn't get much housecleaning done because I was on the phone for two hours with autobadgirl which made me far happier than decluttering would.

My friend is due any second, so that's it for the moment. (Obligatory National Blogging Month post.)
 
 
08 November 2009 @ 11:17 am
I've done Yuletide signups twice, and probably will again, since I keep realizing I left things out of my offers. Have requested Preacher, The Order, and The English Patient (movie) (the last mostly because it's something I've tried to request in the past and the character list didn't match up with what I wanted to ask for).

I have a fourth request open and while there are other things I can think of, either they violate my vow to request things that are roughly equal in the number of offers and requests (because I have weird mathematical theories about gaming the system, don't ask) or they're fandoms which are still making new canon and/or there's significant canon I still have to absorb. (ie -- I would like Fables (comic) fic about Cinderella, but a new Cinderella mini series just started; and I have RPF-Monty Python thoughts, but am still in the middle of the new IFC documentary, and have books by Palin and Chapman that I want to read -- I'm not sure what fanfic's gonna cover that those guys didn't say about themselves!)

So. I'm probably thinking too much and might leave the signups as is.

Today there is lots of housecleaning I should do, but I realized I'm also running up against the time I need to write my [info]xmmficathon draft (since I'll be on vacation when they're due). So I'm going to go to Panera and try to pound out 1500 words NaNo style, and edit later.

Will see how that goes!

A proper Yuletide request post will go up once I'm sure what I'm asking for.
 
 
In a land of myth and a time of magic, I promised more picspams. I did not deliver. But now, with time on my hands and Sneaky Friends Who Persuade, I have returned with a brand new offering. Before you click and gaze upon my chosen pics and accompanying commentary, let me please point out that it is strangely difficult to find unintentional crack within such a cracked-up episode. I hope you will not be disappointed and, as always, please remember that I only poke fun at shows that I adore. I do not mean what I say. I don't mean that either.

All caps are by me and are free to take, use and alter. No credit required.



TROLL! )
 
 
Feeling: cheerful
 
 
08 November 2009 @ 02:31 pm
Does anyone else have any Quirky Genetics? I have three.

I'm double jointed. I can bend the top of my index finger in both hands and my tumb is double jointed, and put my big toe in my mouth.

I can roll my tongue.

I don't have any earlobes.

What can you do that few others can?
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Feeling: curious
Playing: America Head and Heart