when you mention blue.

Er, hello! I know I haven't posted in many, many months. Sorry about that. Anyway, I woke up this morning and wrote a little lantis fic. My gosh, a fic. I know.

My hands are up - this it very much inspired by a wonderful short story called 'In a Tub' by the brilliant Amy Hempel.

Anyway, here it is. It's very short. And it's untitled, so if anyone has an idea for a title let me know.

( Atlantis ficlet - Untitled )

"The whole purpose of places like Starbucks is for people with no decision-making ability whatsoever to make six decisions just to buy one cup of coffee. Short, tall, light, dark, caf, decaf, low-fat, non-fat, etc. So people who don't know what the hell they're doing or who on earth they are can, for only $2.95, get not just a cup of coffee but an absolutely defining sense of self: Tall. Decaf. Cappuccino." ~Joe Fox, You've Got Mail.

I ADMIT IT! I am a Starbucks h0r. I'm not proud of it. *sips grande hazelnut latte* I see it as one of my main anti-capitalist/ anti-consumerism failings. Oh, and ALL OF THE SHOES.

When you see this on your flist, quote Firefly.

Zoe hands Simon Mal's ear.
Zoe: "Keep that on ice. We're going to get the captain back."
Jayne: "What are we gonna do, clone him?"
- 'War Stories'

Can't wait to see Serenity next Thursday!

For All
Ah to be alive
on a mid-September morn
fording a stream
barefoot, pants rolled up,
holding boots, pack on,
sunshine, ice in the shallows,
northern rockies.

Rustle and shimmer of icy creek waters
stones turn underfoot, small and hard as toes
cold nose dripping
singing inside
creek music, heart music,
smell of sun on gravel.

I pledge allegiance

I pledge allegiance to the soil
of Turtle Island,
and to the beings who thereon dwell
one ecosystem
in diversity
under the sun
With joyful interpenetration for all.
~ Gary Snyder

I was just watching my beloved Black Books DVDs when I remembered I had typed out one of the extra scene thingies for the poor aussies who didn't get the shiny extras on their Series 3 DVDs. I posted it to the Black Books comm, like, a year ago, but not here. Which is a long way of saying.. er, here is the transcript of Bernard's Letter:

http://www.livejournal.com/community/black_books/52769.html

"...What is this? Where are the turrets? It's RUBBISH!"

If you see this on your flist, quote Shakespeare.

"And all the clouds that loured upon our house
In the deep bosom of the ocean buried."
~Richard III

+ i can use my old sparky icon. YAY!

How adorable is JF in this pic I just stole from IMDB? ( Thiiiiiiiiiis adorable, I say. )

I dunno if that's a still from a lantis ep or what. But, yeah. Guh.

Dude, has anyone else played around with Channel 4's Lost site? It's seriously niftyfreaky.

http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/tv/microsites/L/lost/untold.html

Oh, and hi. I see I haven't updated since April. Oops.

eta: I've just been told by Sky that season 2 of Atlantis start in the UK at 8pm on Wednesday 19th of October on Sky One. (This may be old news. I've been under a rock.)

Normal is getting dressed in clothes that you buy for work and driving through traffic in a car that you are still paying for - in order to get to the job you need to pay for the clothes and the car, and the house you leave vacant all day so you can afford to live in it. (~Ellen DeGeneres)

(doesn't want normal. omg no.)

Ooh, nice. You can watch the weekly Doctor Who Confidential behind the scenes documentary thingies on the bbc website here. *loves the beeb*

eta: simon pegg is narrating and they're playing the killers. hee. love love.

From mylittleredgirl ~ Take the first 20 songs that come up on your playlist on random, and add "in my pants" to the end of them.

( oh yes )

HA.

Happy Long Easter Weekend! *throws mini cadbury's creme eggs at you all*

First there was this:

"The result of the US election will affect the lives of millions around the world but those of us outside the 50 states have had no say in it - until now. In a unique experiment, G2 has assembled a democratic toolkit to enable people from Basildon to Botswana to campaign in the presidential race. And with a little help from the folks in Clark County, Ohio, you might help decide who takes up residence in the White House next month. Oliver Burkeman explains how."

Then this:

"Dear Clark County voter: three prominent Britons reach out."

And then this:

"Last week G2 launched Operation Clark County to help readers have a say in the American election by writing to undecided voters in the crucial state of Ohio. In the first three days, more than 11,000 people requested addresses. Here is some of the reaction to the project that we received from the US."


Two weeks today until the election. *is scared*

When you read this, post a poem in your own lj. (Last seen with nandamai.)

Ask Me

Some time when the river is ice ask me
mistakes I have made. Ask me whether
what I have done is my life. Others
have come in their slow way into
my thought, and some have tried to help
or to hurt: ask me what difference
their strongest love or hate has made.

I will listen to what you say.
You and I can turn and look
at the silent river and wait. We know
the current is there, hidden; and there
are comings and goings from miles away
that hold the stillness exactly before us.
What the river says, that is what I say.

William Stafford

I first read this poem thanks to runpunkrun.

The What Do You Call...? Meme, snarfed from fairygnomes

1. A body of water, smaller than a river, contained within relatively narrow banks? Stream
2. What's the thing you push around the grocery store? Shopping trolley
3. A metal container to carry a meal in? Lunch box
4. The thing that you cook bacon and eggs in? Frying pan
5. The piece of furniture that seats three people? Sofa/Settee
6. The device on the outside of the house that carries rain off the roof? Gutters and drainpipes
7. The covered area outside a house where people sit in the evening? Veranda
8. Carbonated, sweetened, non-alcoholic beverages? Fizzy drink
9. A flat, round breakfast food served with syrup? Pancake
10. A long sandwich designed to be a whole meal in itself? Baguette
11. The piece of clothing worn by men at the beach? Swimming trunks
12. Shoes worn for sports? Trainers
13. Putting a room in order? Tidying up
14. A flying insect that glows in the dark? Um, a firefly? Not sure about that one.
15. The little insect that curls up into a ball? Woodlouse
16. The children's playground equipment where one kid sits on one side and goes up while the other sits on the other side and goes down? Seesaw
17. How do you eat your pizza? Um, with my fingers or a knife & fork. If that's what you mean.
18. What's it called when private citizens put up signs and sell their used stuff? Car Boot sale
19. What's the evening meal? Dinner or tea.

Pinched from nostalgia_lj and other people, and someone before that. ~ ...list all the first lines of your fics and then people write drabbles in the comments with the same first line."

But most of my fics are drabbles (or less!). Heh.

Anyway, I was interested to see what my first lines were - it's been so long since I've written anything I'd forgotten.

( First lines: )

Hmmm. And can I just say? New Black Books series 3 DVD. Here. Now. Sitting next to me. *licks* But, ack, alas, no episode commentaries :( but other than that, SQUEEEEE!

Ah, what a wonderful day of golf. Yes, my friends, Europe totally thrashed the USA in the opening day of the Ryder Cup.

Winning is always nice, but when you beat the Americans on your way there, victory is just that bit sweeter. ;p

Obviously there’s still everything to play for. Don’t count your chickens and other clichés. But whatever happens, today was beautiful.


(p.s. I’m going away for a bit and will be sans internet. See you lovlies when I return. Have a great weekend!)

Happy Birthday to my partner-in-angst.

Hope you're having a lovely, lovely day.

*huge b'day smoooooooooooochies*

:)

Okay, I was just reading the Altantis twop board/forum thingy (even though they're all mean to Weir over there *thwaps*) and someone mentioned who Sheppard sounds like. It's Owen Wilson! Yes yes. That's it exactly! I cannot tell you much this has bugged me. I knew he reminded me of someone but I coudn't figure out who it was.

*sigh* Such a relief.

/nerdgeek