WIN

Wall.e for the third time. I don't care, I love this film so very, very much. Film of the Year.

Mamma Mia - the Musical which surprised me greatly. I wasn't expecting much but what I saw won me over. The rendition of 'Dancing Queen' was worth the two hours alone... not to mention the conversation between Colin Firth's and Stellan Starsgaard (he played Bootstrap Bill in Pirates of the Carribean - him!). If I didn't know better, I'd say someone had been reading slashfic!

FAIL
The projectionists at last nights showing of Wall.e. For about five minutes (during the superp short Presto) it was as in focus as I am without my glasses or contact lenses, i.e. not at all!

The manager I complained to at the end of the showing - show a little more concern a**hole! If it wasn't for my Unlimited card I'd take my business elsewhere as this is the second time I've had to register a complaint about my experience.

Yes, I am demanding when it comes to cinema - deal.

RANDOM MEMO
To: Dumbass with entitlement issues

From: Me - Billie No Mates

Subject: Seating at the cinema

You may have noticed that the cinema operates no seating allotment policy. Namely, you turn up and you takes your chances.
So, if you turn up during the ads do NOT expect to get good seats in a half/two-thirds full cinema.

Yes, I am Billie-No-Mates and I might have been sat slap-bang in the middle of the row. I would like to point out that I got there ten minutes before the lights when down, which was about twenty minutes before you. There were three seats either side of me that were vacant (that and I *did* go swimming earlier in the day and had a very nice hot shower afterwards. Hell there was copious use of toiletries afterwards!). So, plenty of space for you and your companion.

Just because you're with someone else does not mean that you have the entitlement to ask B_N_M to move over! I smelt very nice and my arse is not that big!

Be thankful that I didn't tell you to GTFOOMF!

( The moral of this story? )

JMS on the future of 'Babylon 5' - "The only thing I would be interested in doing regarding Babylon 5 from this point on is a full-featured, big-budget feature film.

It's that or nothing".

As much as it pains me to say it - as Babylon 5 still stands as possibly my all time favourite TV show evar - I agree with what JMS says.

JMS is going from strength to strength - he's working with A-List directors and he's busier than he's ever been. If it means that one day, he returns to our last, best hope for peace to tell more stories, then I'll gladly watch them.

If not... Babylon 5 had four seasons (and one finale) of utter awesomeness and one quite good season (due to a distinct lack of Ivanova) that was a lot better than most TV shows in their prime. It's a lot more than what most series ever get in their entire existences so...

I have nothing but thanks and respect for the man... I wish there had been moar Marcus mind;)

***

I'm on a bit of a clear up at present. This includes cutting down on the flist. I've mainly cut folks/comms who are either dormant or are talking about interests that are different to mine or I just scroll past their posts when reading my flist...

As with most break ups - it's me not you, please don't take it personal.

Just so everyone knows, there is a permanent defriending amnesty around here - so knock yourself out if you're so inclined.

Molto Bene by Beckymonster

NCIS|Gibbs/Abby UST|PG|578 words

Beta: periwinkle27. The great work is hers, the mistakes are mine.

Cheerleading: wiccagirl24

Dedication: To brightillusions. I know things aren’t great right now but … you’re in people’s thoughts.

Spoilers: Set after 'Dog Tags', no spoilers for NCIS, nothing much (outside of what gets mentioned in episode previews) for Doctor Who

Feedback: My drug of choice.

( Author notes and other prattle )

( His momma always told him that ‘eavesdroppers never heard good of themselves )

Once again, the actual post is on cap_ironman, as this is also an Alphabet Challenge response. :-)

TITLE: Kinks
AUTHOR: Nix (keparker AT shaw DOT ca)
FANDOM/COMIC TITLE: Avengers
CHARACTERS/PAIRING: Steve Rogers/Tony Stark (Captain America/Iron Man)
CATEGORY: Slash
RATING: G
WORD COUNT: 300 even. (By accident!)
WARNINGS: None
SUMMARY: Musings on Steve and Tony's sexual compatibility.
DISCLAIMER: Not mine. Not making money.
ARCHIVE Y/N: Yes, of course, to anyone who wants it. (Although I'd appreciate it if non-"Tales Of Suspense" folks drop me a quick note to tell me where the story is going.)

NOTES: I'm sorry, folks. I fully intended to write porn for this prompt. But when I saw down to do it, the muses abandoned me. :-( So you get a few paragraphs of "does this count as fic?" exposition that I've been pondering instead.

Click here for the fic

Work stuff

Pieces of evidence noted for Spawn Of Hell Professional Exams (SOPHE) - 4 (three physical - one still to track down) good

Mess created by SOPHE - all across worktable bad

Creation of Cunning Plan (trademark Baldrick) for SOHPE - complete w00t

Words (with attendant references) (out of 1000) written for SOHPE - 140 v.good

Levels of hate and loathing for SOPHE - off the frakking scale no apologies

Number of times SOPHE and Professional Organization have been cursed out - lost count see above

Determination to get the bastard finished - off the scale.


Life stuff
Meters swum - 26 laps (1 lap = 20 meters) or 520 meters b*gger me

Excitement over going to London on Saturday to see Wall.e for the 3rd time - rising still not apologizing

Joy at last night's NCIS - high much love for my 'does what it says on the tin!' show

Determination over weight issues - good likely to change by 6.30pm!


Overall analysis - doing alright. Ask me again on Friday;)

Spoiler Fix is dropping NCIS from it's list of shows

Reason? Because they can't get any *spoilers*. No, episode descriptions don't count

Partly I'm glad. I don't like to be spoiled for any of my TV shows - even though this might mean me shouting at the telly when the 'worst' happens *eyes Torchwood warily* and partly I do like to know to expect the worst.
Can you say ever so slightly schizo about this?

Even so, tatty bye Spoiler Fix. It was fun while it lasted but you've left me with no other choice but to hit the unsub button.

Now... if only Ausellio would go back to ignoring our little show, then all will be well.

*eyes the TV*

It is 4:00am. The Versus website says that Tour de France coverage starts at 4:00am. The Shaw electronic TV guide says 4:30am. The TV is showing paid programming.

If we start watching Le Tour in progress (missing the pre-race show), I'm gonna kill someone. I'd rather have gotten up half an hour early because of a messed up website than miss it.

Naturally I had to get up before 4:00am on the day after I had to stay up late because my brother couldn't make it to a matinee for my birthday and I had to go to an evening show, thus not getting to bed until after 10:30pm...

Okay, somethings I can do something about. Such as my opinions as to certain things that I see cropping up. Everyone is entitled their own opinions and mine seems to be wildly divergent from the accepted norms. There might also be a twinge of jealousy thrown in for good measure but that's by the by.

AHEM

No, what has gotten up my nose was a random comment that compared the impact of Casablanca on popular culture, to that of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

....

o_O

Now, what I saw of Buffy, The Vampire Slayer, I very much enjoyed. Any show that puts a librarian front and centre gets props from me. But it is *nowhere* near the brilliance of Casablanca.

Buffy was of it's time. Not to mention quite... 'niche'. Not everyone is conversant with American high schools and youth culture (jeez, I sound like I'm 900 years old!) Casablanca, on the other hand, is timeless (okay, it ain't exactly Hello Dolly but it's pretty damn close;)). I admire Whedon as much as the next fangirl but some persepective please?!

If people are using Buffy quotes for movie titles or for whole story in about another thirty years then perhaps the point is relevant. Until then stfu and watch movies that predate Star Wars!

To finish off this rant, if you do think that Buffy The Vampire Slayer is a better story than Casablanca then... well, you know where the de-friend button is, don't you?

I swears I was looking for something *completely* different when I came across the following...

There may be a M/M partnership on 'Dancing with the Stars' in September

My first reaction was 'Len Goodman will NOT approve'. Even though Ballroom Dancing has a very strong following in the LGBT community, it's always M/F pairings. Then I made the mistake of reading the comments.

Oh deary, deary me. 'Think of the children' isn't even the half of it.

So, to make amends - have some video.




This scene - never grows old. Though if you can watch it without getting teary - you're a better person than me. I think I made it to 46 seconds before getting sniffy.

Something else I found - Just when it was safe to think about what might happen on S6 of NCIS, Ausiello is back to spoiling the party AGAIN. (11th and 12th item down).

Chinese proverb say 'Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me'. Chinese proverb also say that m/m kissing cures all ills;)

TITLE: ...Before You Find a Prince
AUTHOR: Nix (keparker AT shaw DOT ca)
FANDOM/COMIC TITLE: Avengers
CHARACTERS/PAIRING: Steve Rogers/Tony Stark (Captain America/Iron Man)
CATEGORY: Slash
RATING: G
WORD COUNT: 856
WARNINGS: None
SUMMARY: You can't always end up cute and fluffy, but that's not necessarily a bad thing.
DISCLAIMER: Not mine. Not making money.
ARCHIVE Y/N: Yes, of course, to anyone who wants it. (Although I'd appreciate it if non-"Tales Of Suspense" folks drop me a quick note to tell me where the story is going.)

NOTES: I asked for fluff prompts, to which johanirae replied "There seems to be quite a lot of fics turning Tony into a small pet of some sort (and Steve being the one to take care of him)... Would love to see your take on that theme :D". At which point I got a humor bunny that had me giggling all the way to the bus stop. I have no idea if it turned out funny at all (I never can tell), but here we go anyway. *g*

Not betaed, because this is just a weird little flufflet.

( Read more... )

I'm completely in the mood to Steve/Tony fluff and cuteness, but my brain needs a bit more of a nudge. It's almost my lunch hour, so...prompts, please?

No idea how many of the prompts I'll write. Depends on how long the first flufflet is. :-)

(I know I never wrote anything for the last set of prompts you guys delivered, but my brain wasn't in a good writing space then, though I was trying to get out of it. I shall do better this time. :-))

The actual post is on cap_ironman this time, since it's for their challenge.

TITLE: Enlightenment
AUTHOR: Nix (keparker AT shaw DOT ca)
FANDOM/COMIC TITLE: Avengers
CHARACTERS/PAIRING: Steve Rogers/Tony Stark (Captain America/Iron Man)
CATEGORY: Pre-Slash
RATING: G
WORD COUNT: 1,004
WARNINGS: None
SUMMARY: Post-"Red Zone" ficlet. While Tony lies unconscious in the hospital, Steve contemplates his sacrifice, and Jan clobbers Steve with a clue.
DISCLAIMER: Not mine. Not making money.
ARCHIVE Y/N: Yes, of course, to anyone who wants it. (Although I'd appreciate it if non-"Tales Of Suspense" folks drop me a quick note to tell me where the story is going.)

Click here for the fic

We're having a talk today, so I'm trapped at work until 9pm at the earliest. Very possibly later, depending on how long the talk runs. It starts at seven.

I am doing set up all alone. Again.

I would bitch more, but I have to finish set up.

cap_ironman folk, my "E" word will go up today. Well, today Pacific Time. Just not until late. If I get out of the event around 9pm, it'll probably go up about 10:30 Pacific Time. Most likely later, as I have a teeny bit of editing to do before I can post. But it will go up on schedule...according to the Pacific Time Zone. *g*

God, I can't wait for this day to end. Even if working so late means I will be a ZOMBIE tomorrow when I get up at 5:30am for the Tour. I should buy some instant coffee on the way home...

Despite the fact that I had to work for more than three hours on Sunday, this weekend managed to be made of awesome. I'll put it behind LJ cuts, because this got long! *g*

( Saturday...Le Tour, new comic shops, and food )

( Sunday...More of Le Tour, work, and PlayLand! and more food )

I got to bed way late (10pm), for Tour season, but it was totally worth it.