Don't be afraid...
Jun. 8th, 2004
11:25 am - And in case anyone cares...
This sums up my feelings on the death of Ronald Reagan.
I do not respect him for being president.
I do not admire what he did for the world.
I am sorry his family had to watch him slip away.
But really, not only was he mostly acting the role as president, he wasn't very good at it either.
Jun. 7th, 2004
03:40 pm - Quick addendum to the 'CSS is ma *bitch* post.
I've not actually *uploaded* the new style/way of doing it. I've just done it on my local copy.
And the slowness comes from loading big images in a small size.
Now can someone kill the bastard virus spreaders who seem to have my personal email account?
ETA: Could someone tell Heather (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small}
burntcopper) that she seems to have a virus. Oh, and don't kill her.
ETA 2: That's a 'might' have on the irus thing; couldn;t quite confirm from the headers if it was genuinely from Heather's email address or what. Still, if you see <deLSid</deL Heather, let her know.
Jun. 4th, 2004
02:33 am - I'm on the train!
Ok, what's going on at Loughborough today? It looks like a Metal concert of some sort but I've no idea what.
Jun. 3rd, 2004
10:25 pm
Remember my photo albums?
Did you ever think that this could be done without tables?
Well it can.
Hoo-yeah! Sel's da femme! Who's ma bitch? CSS is ma bitch!
OK, I'm soyre I'll end up sobbing hysterically when I cross-browser test it and find it breaks in other browses. But for now? I'm happy.
OK, off to bed
Night y'all!
Jun. 2nd, 2004
06:15 pm - This is especially for nightxade
May. 30th, 2004
09:15 am
(From an American correspondant's diary for the BBC)
Who would have thought a year ago that Iraq would turn to be the Achilles' heel of this administration
Ooh! Ooh! (points to self and friends-list by way of an indication)
Actually it's more of a hope and let's not count our bastards before they're out of the White House. But I couldn't resist the comedy effect.
May. 29th, 2004
08:59 pm
So today I hung out with blankbadge and met ravenshaw, and fun was had and they will prolly tell it better in their journals than I can here.
But they will undoubtably leave out the most important part, which is.
They've released Ulysses 31 on DVD. Volume 1. 9 eps.
For £10!!!!
Squeeee! Insane philosophical French funded/co-produced sci-fi anime! That I remember from when I was 8!
And ifi t has the Sissyphus Rock episode, I'm goimng to be in fucking *heaven*.
It looks like it might...
ETA: It does but the disc appears buggered on that ep. Curses! Ah well, guess it's back to the shops with it...
May. 28th, 2004
10:55 pm - Stick a fork in me, I'm done.
So that's it. The contract has finished and y'know, I think I did a damn good job. If I say so myself. But I feel all sorts of melancholy now because, well, I hate finishing contracts. I like to belong somewhere and it was really nice working for and with those guys so...yeah. I just suck at freelancing because deep down, I just want to belong. I like permanent work, not just because of the stability and security but because I really deeply want to Belong to a group of people y'know?
But I've decided I'm not going to let this get me down. I'm going to be Determined and tough. I'm going to try all paths available to me and dammit, I'm going to be employed in three months - I'll make sure of it! Or at least come out with a load of new and hawt l33t skillz.
(OK, let's pretend I didn't uise those last three words. But you know what I mean).
So yes. Forward, with career getting and book writing and grit, dtermination and a wolfish gleam in my eyes.
And if there isn't a trail in my wakr, 'm gonna wanna know why!
May. 24th, 2004
10:12 pm - To all my American lj friends
Get the *fuck* out of the country now!
Because it looks like they might be trying to bring back the draft!
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scaredMay. 22nd, 2004
09:04 pm - Hee! Fic!
Wow, my first piece of fan fic in months! Which will prolly be received with riotous apathy but hey, thought I'd post it up here as well.
( Five riffs on the theme of intimacy in the Jossverse )
May. 17th, 2004
07:51 pm
So I realise that Terry Pratchett's Discworld books lend themselves to femslash about as well as Nobby Nobbs lends himself to soap but two questionds still remain unanswered (one serious, the other silly)
1) *Why* are there only two Angua femslash fics? (silly)
and
b) Why the hell didn't anyone write femslash around Monstrous Regiment? I mean it's his slashiest book by far - the one where they had to drive the vampire nuts to stop her and the heroine shagging! Seriously, why is this ignored so? (serious)
May. 16th, 2004
08:14 pm - Mememememememememememe!
Gacked from rozk and jennyo
I want anyone and everyone who reads this to post in here something they would LIKE to do with me SOMEDAY.
Then post this in your journal to find out what I want to do with you.
06:05 pm - Oh *Goddess*...
*Republican punk rockers?
That's it. Somebody get me off this planet, I don't like it any more.
May. 14th, 2004
06:26 pm - Calling all UK friends - It's short notice but it's vital
Mistaken Identity - a public meeting on the Government's proposed National Identity Card.
Sadly I can't go but I'm doing my part by advertising it.
May. 6th, 2004
09:04 pm - More on UK ID cards - deal with it
A *very* complete guide to UK ID cards and what is likely to happen.
It's long. But it's pretty objective. And we *all* need to read it.
*Now*
May. 5th, 2004
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sillyMay. 4th, 2004
May. 3rd, 2004
09:55 pm
So Friday and Saturday saw me rewatching the last four episodes of Farscape season 4 and y'know what? They're actually *far* better than I imagine. Not as good as the first three seasons but still, a near-miss from Farscape is still better than a near-miss from many other shows. Which makes me realise that as much as I owe to Buffy, ME et al (and I owe them a *lot*, and believe me I realise that regardless of how indifferent I seem about the shows at times), Farscape is my one true love. And in all fairness to me, this was pretty inevitable. Even when I was 100% down with the Buffy love (as opposed to the 65% - 70% I have now) I would still criticise the show in comparison with others I thought were *better* (back when S1 was being shown I often pointed out that Ultraviolet kicked Buffy's arse in terms of depth, menace, pathos, pain, and complication. I still stand by that claim). The fact is that there was nothing around of its weight that managed to match it blow for blow until Farscape (by which I mean that Farscape was the only show to make it past three seasons). And yes, Buffy changed the landscape of fantasy/horror genre TV shows. It moved the goalposts out and made us all work that little bit harder creatively to match it. But y'know what? Farscape did too. Farscape *always* had at least one moment per two episodes which made me go 'They just did *what*?!'. Even when it was poor, we could sit back and admire the pretty.
And then there's the matter of the fan base.
Now, this is where it gets tricky and I could end up offending people. So let me try to qualify. I'm *not* trying to diminish Buffy fans. Y'all have been my friends and family for over seven years and will continue to be so for a lot longer I hope. And I'm not a member of the Farscape fanbase in the same way I am of the Buffy lot (although in all fairness I'm not really a noticable member of either since I'm not a BNF or BNF material). Plus I don't know many fans who are primarily 'Scapers *only* or first and foremost. So all in all, still a member of the clan McBuffy. But despite all that, I must say that Farscape fans did something that has only been achieved rarely in fandom - they ressurected their show. And they did it within two years. And that's something a*mazing*. OK, so they couldn't have done it if there wasn't an untapped potential (which believe me, there was). But they still did it with a speed, efficiency and drive that few 'Save our show' campaigns have managed since (and Angel fans? I'm sorry but he show's finished. For now at least. Let it go. Stick a fork in it; it's done).
The ressurection is, of course, anoother factor. I don't care how good or bad it is (and my money's on 'satisfactory' as a worst case scenario), the fact remains that there's going to be *more* Farscape. Very soon. So the end that I've boughht and am watching is *not* the end. We get a conclusion. Good or bad, it gets completed. And that spark of hope is what makes it all worthwhile because it means we can *enjoy* these things again.
So here I am, basking in details like
- Commandant Grayzar reminding me *so* much of Tony Blair.
- The outtakes, showing just in*creadibly* funny Anthony Simcoe can be (in a loud, blonde Australian way.
- Noranti! Mad, wrinkly, terrifyingly powerful mystic!
- Sikozu! Part of the crew and yet also not. Apart. A little bit more cold and detatched.
- Bracca! Feel the love Mr Burns!
- The fact that WHSmith's insane deals thing means I got it for *£4*!
- The way that nearly all villains who aren't Scarrans get to be three-dimensional and get our sympathy sooner or later.
- The fact that yes, Farscape's hero really *is* crazy. And he knows it.
- John and Aeryn. Their love is very convincing. And also kind of sweet.
- The dialog! "You should do it." "Would oyu?" "No. But then, I'm not you. You should do it."
And finally...
- The fact that the conclusion feels very fittingly Farscape and *not* a big hissy fit because the nasty network cancelled me so NYAH! :P
:)
Apr. 30th, 2004
07:31 am - Oh *frell*!
I've just remembered - I used to *know* a same sex couple in Virginia!
Jesus, that brings home the evils of this world far too sharply.
Apr. 29th, 2004
08:14 pm - Mother. *PUS* bucket!
I want to coment on the Virginia thingh but I won't because it'll only encourage certain friends of mine to vent their anti-American spleen about how it doesn't matter because it's America it's not this country and I cannot help.
So instead I'll point out to you that ten men who were arrested on suspision of terrorist charges have been released, having been put through a secret court that is used to try suspected terrorists without having to deal with them pesky legal rights (and here is how they work)
Does anyone else want to just sweep the world clean and start again sometimes?
(Thanks to misseddith01 for pointing this out to me.)
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