You should probably be aware that the board will be shutting down on October 1. (Nothing bad, just a decision that it was a good time to end on a high note.)
You can read the announcement here (and say goodbye if you like):
Like whoa, I've been MIA for eons here!! It's been a weird and busy year (although not a bad one), and as a result I found my fannish energy level very low for a while. Too many other mental distractions, I think! But I think my appetite for fandom is returning, so I hope to be here more often. (Or on DW? Is everyone moving there?)
I think I need to find an interesting new fandom, though. Anyone want to pimp me?
There's quite a nice community of Madeline/Operations vidders over on Youtube - I've been enjoying their work for a while now. But I just came across one vid by Maria Purt that she says was inspired by one of my fics, Return From the Land of Shadows. The vid is great, and I am thrilled that one of my ideas helped inspire her to create something else!
I'm embedding the vid here, and I hope any TR fen who see this will go and leave Maria a nice comment!
Happy new year everyone! I'm off to buy some wine for a New Years Eve party where they promise to serve enchiladas with homemade mole sauce flown up all the way from Mexico City. Seeing as mole is possibly my favorite food ever, this should be an auspicious start to 2011.
I haven't had time to browse very many of the Yuletide stories yet, but for those on my friendslist/circle who are fans of Caprica, there is one story that you simply *must* read. (WARNING: the story contains spoilers for all of the unaired episodes, so if you haven't seen them yet and wish to remain unspoiled, please wait to read this.)
The story is entitled, "We Built This City," it's in Tamara's POV, and not only does it flesh her character out wonderfully, it really delves into the possibilities of V-world in rich and thought-provoking ways. You can read it here. It's gen, and not rated, but spoilers ahoy!
I've been out of town this week, but had my laptop, which meant that I actually had a little free time to watch a few shows!
Most importantly, Spooks S9 - I just caught up through Ep. 6. I wasn't especially eager to watch this season, but wow, I'm glad I did! The plots and premises have become ridiculous beyond belief, but at this point it's gone far beyond getting annoyed by and crossed over into "Oh, what the hell, I'll just roll with it" territory.
My likes (I'll try to avoid specific spoilers):
1. Ruth's character development. She's got a hard edge this season! And a kind of confidence that I never could have imagined the Ruth of S2 having. I can see her running Section D now, to be honest.
2. The newbies (and I still include Tariq in that group). I like how they are gelling as a team, and I like that their personalities are their own instead of just version 2.0 of a prior character. (Well, Dmitri is a bit lacking in the personality department so far, but I think he'll get there.) And I like that they still make n00b mistakes, too.
3. Lucas!!!! I liked Lucas well enough in S7 (but was never a big fan), and found him annoyingly stupid in S8. This season's Lucas is still stupid, in a way, but wow, they've managed to make him the most interesting character of the season. Suddenly, I find myself sitting straight up and thinking, "Whoa, this dude is HOT. Like interior of the sun, hot. Why did I not notice this before?"
I can't wait until the next episode! *Bites nails*
The fact that I have "JB" in my username does not actually mean that I am either: (1) Justin Bieber himself; or (2) any sort of Justin Bieber fan. So why do so many of you keep following me??
Yours in bafflement-- Jaybee
P.S. I'm pretty sure you're not going to find my posts complaining about BART very interesting. Sorry!
I've been so swamped lately, I've barely had enough time to sleep, much less keep up with online reading/posting. (I'm also several days late posting a story for a fic challenge I signed up for...argh!) But I gather LJ has done something upsetting again? Oh, quelle surprise!
I briefly had a Facebook account, but deleted it because I found that 90% of what I saw there were people's game-playing updates, which, you know, I just don't care about, and i got tired of blocking every damned application. I do have a twitter account (both a regular one and a fannish one, which is jaybee165), but rest assured I will never cross-post without explicit permission! (I probably wouldn't ever cross-post at all, anyway. It's mostly a lurking account.)
I was in downtown Oakland when we got the two-hour jury verdict warning, and so there was plenty of time to clear out and head home. BART was massively crowded with all the people getting out of Dodge. As for the verdict itself...involuntary manslaughter, the mildest option available short of complete acquittal. Not surprisingly, people are upset and disappointed - including me.
I would have liked to have stayed downtown for a while to watch the press conferences, etc., but I was nervous that they would close the BART stations altogether if I waited too long, and that's my way home. So...I'll just be watching the news and reading Twitter this evening instead.
It's quite surreal to see an event from my own town becoming a trending topic worldwide. Fingers crossed that things stay calm.
