JJ's Junque

Reading Actual Books and Less Time on The Internet

Sun, 09 Aug 2009 06:31:57 GMT

I can't believe it. I'm reading actual books again.

Now, don't get excited. I'm not reading the Classics or something on the Best Seller's List. I'm reading everyday, ordinary paperbacks. And I'm loving them.

It's just nice to HOLD a book again.

But this means I'm spending less time on the internet. Less time on fanfiction. I have a feeling this will level off as the newess of it wears off, but until then, I'm going through paperbacks about two/three a day.

Good thing I have a goodly pile of books to go through.

My Bloody Valentine 3D and Warehouse 13 (Joe F episode)

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 15:44:21 GMT

The tale of a coat.

I watched My Bloody Valentine 3D with Jensen Ackles this weekend. What hit me the most being a Dean Winchester fan was the coat they had Jensen in. Black, sleek and it fell between his hip and knee. Love that coat. Jensen looked fantastic in it. I know it's not exactly a 'Dean' kind of coat, but I want Dean in that coat. Nice for the gunslinger/hunter vibe.

Then I watched Warehouse 13 to see Joe Flanigan. Sheppard! The Hair! OMG! He has on the coat (or one very similar)! Nicely fitted. Black, sleek and it fell between his hip and knee. He looked smoking in it! I never thought that the people on Stargate Atlantis dressed Joe right. All his stuff seemed to not fit him (maybe that was intentional to show how uncomfortable John Sheppard was in most social settings) and they almost never showed him off at his hot best.

I'm sure there's someone out there who knows what kind of coats those two were wearing. Me, I don't know. I just know they were hot!

The Magnificent Seven - Amor Vincit Omnia confusion

Tue, 04 Aug 2009 11:55:01 GMT

I never realized that my summary for Amor Vincit Omnia gave the impression it was an Ezra/Casey het story.

I guess I worded it badly. Here's what I had on All-Ezra:
Casey is in a horrible accident. Can Ezra help her through it?

That's the old summary. When I posted it on FanFiction, I changed it to:
Ezra helps Casey after an accident and then must face J.D.'s anger. Deals with a permanent disability and graphic medical procedures.

I guess it's still a little iffy. While the story does reference Casey trying to 'sow some wild oats' during the events of Lady Killers to get even with J.D., the only het intention is Casey/J.D. (I do mention a little Li Pong/Ezra, but that's in passing.) There is no sex in the story. I don't even think anyone kisses anyone in it. Just some talk, some intentions, a whole lot of angry!J.D., angsty!Ezra, determined!Casey, and supportive!everyone else.

(Guess I'll have to think of another summary.)

Leverage - "Eliot (Spencer) is the gun safety bear."

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 19:20:27 GMT

Bwahahahahahaha!

I was watching the DVD commentary for The Nigerian Job, The Homecoming Job and The Wedding Job and that's what smacked me in the head. This will be an Eliot heavy post. 'Cause I love Eliot.

Eliot is the gun safety bear. (Commentary for The Homecoming Job.)

SPOILERS

Eliot has a thing about clearing every gun he comes into contact with. He doesn't like guns, so he doesn't use them, but he also doesn't want one lying around that his enemy can have ready access to. The commentators liked that Chris Kane has made the gun clearing action almost automatic and subconscious to the character.

In The Nigerian Job, why does everyone get a hospital bed except for Eliot? Nathan - handcuffed to bed, Hardison - handcuffed to bed, Parker - handcuffed, well not handcuffed to the bed because she picked the lock. I guess they forgot to search her for her supplies. But she definately had a bed!

Eliot is handcuffed to one of those uncomfortable, padded hospital chairs in the corner of Nathan's room.

One of these things are not like the others.

My love for Eliot was great during The Wedding Job. He can cook. And he seems to really want others to like what he cooks. His face just crumpled after the mother of the bride hated one of his dishes for the wedding. Then he went to anger and Nathan had to put a hand on him to remind him not to kill the mother of the bride with the kitchen knife. And Nathan asking him later if Eliot had just killed someone with an appetizer was so funny. Nathan just nailed that line.

Also, they said that Nathan was a drunk and a jerk. Okay, he's in a bad place, so I can understand where sometimes he comes off like a jerk. He's just started a team and the team will slowly bring him out of it (I'm guessing). Also, he will have revenge for his son by the end, so I guess that works to even him out later. (Note to myself. Wouldn't it be interesting to have Chris Larabee (Mag7) and Nathan Ford meet up? They both went to a bottle to ease the pain of losing family and both needed a team to help heal.)

They also said that Nathan and Hardison have a father/son dynamic. He's proud of Alec and what he can do (and that he could go out and be 'normal' and 'make it' if he wanted), but that he also puts Alec in impossible positions to see what he will do. Kinda like pushing his limits to see what Alec's reactions will be. That's almost like setting him up for failure but it seems like Alec (with some help from the team) can overcome most things that Nathan can demand of him.

They said that Eliot and Nathan are like gunslingers. They are kinda equal and have mutual respect, but that they are not friends. Well, at the beginning of the first season, they are not friends. Nathan even tells Eliot that they aren't when Eliot pushes him about his lifestyle.

They said Eliot and Hardison end up being in something like sibling rivalry. They don't actual like each other (yet), but they are working it out. Alec's showing Eliot how to use computers and Eliot is teaching him how to protect himself/fight.

Parker is also like a sister to Eliot. They way they interacted in The Wedding Job is what set off that comment. They fuss at each other like brother and sister, they sometimes ignore each other like a brother and sister. Something along those lines.

They wanted to say that Parker did not kill her father in that flashback. They considered that one in a long line of foster families and that she had waited until they were at work before she blew up the house. I'm not sure I buy that since Parker later laughs at a comment about her father dying, but I'll wait to see the other episodes.

I'm not really sure what to make of Eliot and Sophie, Nathan and Sophie or any of the other relationships. Maybe I'll get a better picture as I watch season one and season two (at the same time!).

There's a new episode on tonight! Yay!

Goren was MPREG, There were fake Yetis . . .

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 02:29:23 GMT

I don't think I'd been drinking before I went to bed last night or during my dream.

The dream involved:

Bobby Goren (L&O: CI) was pregnant. He ate a whole bowl of cereal and then kept throwing up milk. He would not go to the bathroom, I had to keep throwing handtowels at him. He was so bent on solving a case, that he paid little attention to the mess he kept making. One thing I don't need in a dream is a mpreg man throwing up milk and expecting me to get it up while he mutteres about motives and suspects. (I don't know how he got mpreg.)
Two guys came out of some woods dressed as Yetis. They lloked a lot like the Yeti/Bumble from Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer. There was another guy with them and they kept going around creeping up behind people to scare them.
And the Yetis (and the guy) kidnapped my dog. They all jumped into a van. I don't have a dog.
Later, my butler would not listen to a thing I told him to do. You know, my butler for my mansion with the hand painted murals, bathrooms the size of dance halls and rich old growth wood accents. Yeah, I laughed when I woke up and remembered that part too.

I was thankful when I woke up. This will not be a plotbunny.

It might make for a good country song. I did lose my dog.

My Quest for an 80s Western - Step by Step to Outlaws

Mon, 27 Jul 2009 02:01:16 GMT

It was running me crazy trying to think of that Western.

Step 1: I remembered one character was called 'Wolf.' (I remember him going a little nuts during a stand off on a stormy night. Howling or yelling with a knife. I did love Wolf.)

Step 2: I know what the actor looks like, but I'm bad with names. By chance I saw the promo for The Goods (an upcoming movie). The guy that played Wolf is standing RIGHT THERE! Yay! I zip over to look up the movie's cast.

Step 3: I go actor by actor in that age group until I get to Charles Napier. Of course! I click on his history. Oh! Tales of the Gold Monkey! Street Hawk! Focus, you idiot.

There it is: Outlaws from 1986! Yay! Only 12 episodes and I still remember Wolf. And I practically named the show in my last post about trying to think of the name.

Step 4: Now I can run myself crazy about something else. (Or think how the characters would have interacted with The Magnificent Seven in the Old West. Or, what if The Boys are the ones who were sent forward in time? Yeah, I know there are AUs out there with The Boys in the present day -- Highlander AU, ATF, FBI, FAM, etc. -- but I mean The Boys from the show being plopped down in the here and now. That would be interesting!)

Trying to think of a Western show's name (80s/90s?)

Sat, 25 Jul 2009 17:59:47 GMT

I was thinking about Wildside (1985 Western) and thinking about Sutton Hollister (who I had a thing for) and wondering 'Was Meg Ryan actually in that?' (Yes, she was. She was Cally Oaks the spunky liberated woman wanting to be a reporter and had a thing for Sutton.)

I got to thinking about another Western show. I think it was late 80s/early 90s. A Ranger was chasing a group of outlaws. Just as they faced off in the middle of the night in a storm, lighting hit them all. They are shot to the future. They are shocked by the technology (planes!) and such. I think the Ranger ended up confiding in a woman law enforcement something and he kinda liked her. I think they spent most of the time keeping the outlaws out of trouble.

What was that show? I just can't remember anyone in it or what it might have been called. I even checked the list of Westerns on wiki, but it's not there or I'm just not seeing it.

Running me crazy!

Houston Knights, Hardball - OMG!

Fri, 24 Jul 2009 20:34:31 GMT

1987? Houston Knights was on way back in 1987? And there were only 31 episodes? I clearly remember their names - LaFiamma and Lundy. I remember that both actors had the same first name. I think I remember LaFiamma putting his foot up on a saloon bootrail and he had on very stylish loafer type shoes in constrast to all the 'cowboy' boots in the place. I also remember that after a fight of some type in the woods, the camera cut back to them standing really, really close with their heads together. Kinda leaning towards one another.

But I didn't know that the show's run was so short. My memory is so wonky. (I'm going to have to check my older VCR tapes to see if I still have one of those episodes.)

I also looked up Hardball. You know, Kaz? The eager renegade cop who was paired up with the old veteran in 1989. 18 episodes? Are you kidding me? I remember the storm around Kaz (Richard Tyson). Girls went crazy over that boy. Not me so much. He wasn't my type, but I liked the show okay. I don't remember anything from the show, but I do remember a photo of Tyson on a bike looking all badboy. Hee! And every time I saw him in anything else, I referred to him as Kaz.

Hey, I did that for LaFiamma and Lunday as well. Oops, I do that for Sheppard, Dean, Sam, Lt. Goldman . . . okay, I do it for all the actors I like. They'll just have to put up with me calling them by the name I first saw them using.

Forever and ever!

Leverage - The Tap Out Job

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 03:44:23 GMT

Eliot! I can't believe this -- Dean Winchester is more cut than you are! I love you, Eliot, but I kept getting distracted during the shirtless fight scene by the fact you need to hit the gym more. (I know you have a few years on Dean, but dude. Yes, I am that shallow. If you look up my posts on Dean Winchester, John Sheppard, Jim Reed and a few others, you will quickly notice that I'm no deeper than a rain puddle in the middle of the desert in June.)

SPOILERS

I did like that they brought in Eliot's passion and knowledge for fighting. And him using Parker and Hardison as examples of what he meant was hilarious. Poor Hardison! Parker was trying to happily kill him. His pitiful little 'help me!' and 'she's killing me!' while the others were talking was funny.

Come on, Hardison. You like Parker. She's just pulling your pigtails on the playground. It kinda means that she likes you as well.

Have I mentioned how much I love that the gang wins? I love it. Even when a plan goes down wrong, they can recover and kick butt. Eliot throwing himself out there to take an intentional beating to get what they wanted was just icing on the fighting cake.

Really, Eliot, I love you. No hard feelings about what I wrote about you and hitting the gym more often. (Look up Dean Winchester. Maybe he can help you work out a training plan. You know, when he's not out trying to stop the world from ending and his brother from becoming the anti-Christ.)

(Okay, so I'm giving Chris Kane some crap. I only do it because he knows Jensen Ackles. Being men, I'm sure [hope] it's come up about working out and staying in shape for their careers. Yes, let me contemplate that conversation taking place.)

My 'line in the sand' in TV, Movies and Fanfiction - Cheating

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 19:05:37 GMT

rant on\

I was discussing a few shows with a friend and my friend suggested a few things to watch. Two of which I immediately rejected because they involve my 'do not pass, do not collect $200' line.

Adultery (or Cheating if you would like to call it that for the not quite married, but in a committed relationship).

She made the argument that the relationship on one show is so very over, that it's been over and that the two sleeping together really, really care for each other even if it is still technically adultery.

Too bad. Break up or get a separation or a divorce. Or, if that's not possible due to circumstances, tell the partner that you intend to sleep with someone else. Don't just run around and leave the partner in the dark. (Of course, if your partner has been missing for five years and you're not sure if he/she is even still alive, that's a little different. Or if it's an abusive raltionship and any contact will allow him/her to locate you and beat the ever living daylights out of you. Really, I'm not talking about the extraordinary examples.)

It's a button with me. One that I'm not likely to get over any time soon. And it seems to pop up more and more on TV, in the movies and in the written word. And it makes me loose all interest.

I don't need my main characters to be saints or perfect. I don't need Mary Sues or Stus. (Some of the best characters out there are tragically flawed people who are just doing what they can to survive.) But I sure as hell expect them to not run around behind their partner's back. Even if you're not 'in love' with him or her anymore.

/rant over

Saint Dean and Saint Sammy - Oh, I just killed my brain

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 02:00:56 GMT

I was watching bits of The Song of Bernadette about Saint Bernadette Soubrious and my mind slipped over to Supernatural because I was scanning my videos to see what I had on them. So I was like *clickplay* that's Supernatural episode blah-blah-blah *clickstop - fastforward* watches Bernadette get raked over the coals for what she's saying *clickplay* oh, more Supernatural - Dean is so hot . . . well, you get the picture.

Then I got to thinking, which is usually not good. It usually turns to Dean.

There is a Gospel about the Winchesters (written by Prophet of the Lord Chuck Shirley AKA Carver Edlund), Angels of the Lord and Demons are coming out of the woodwork, a whole lot of Sinning and Tragic Events are taking place. And a whole lot of Standing Against Evil and Fighting the Good Fight. Sacrifice is flying off the shelves like it's half off or something at Wal-Mart.

It sounds like a recipe for saints! (Yes, I may be going to hell just thinking about this. I'm sure someone out there has some really, really good, logical reasons why Sam and Dean CAN NOT be saints. Hey, if Chuck can be a Prophet of the Lord, then Sam and Dean get to be saints.)

Maybe the boys (if they survive Season Five) will retire to some religious getaway and comtemplate their pious lives. Give themselves over to the service of The Lord.

*snorffle-snort*

Oh, Geez! Can you picture it!

Saint Dean! Saint Sammy!

Yes, he's gonna be Saint Sammy because Dean says so. And Dean's older so he's always right.

Things I find on my old video tapes

Sat, 18 Jul 2009 18:56:59 GMT

I have bunches of old video tapes that I have no idea what they contain. I never was good at labels. (Yes, video tapes. They still work and I'll use them until they break or go snowy.)

So last night I took out a bunch and checked them over. AND MADE LABELS.

What I've found so far:

Brimstone - how many episodes did that have? See, I liked the Supernatural before Supernatural
Farscape - mixed seasons
Supernatural - Nightmare and some others from season one
Swift Justice - man, that shows been gone for years
Blind Justice - heh!
Hercules - heh! Hey, I liked Thor's episodes.
Xena - OMG, I have some Xena?
Emergency! - from when they ran on TVLand, only got a few since they were snatched off the schedule
SG-1 - looks like maybe season 4 and some season 5
SG Atlantis - looks like some season two
Combat! - I don't know what seasons
Tour of Duty - when they were on TNT, not the orginal showings
Dark Angel - mostly Jensen Ackles episodes, yes!

I still have a bunch more to look at. It's kinda fun waiting to see what else I have.

Leverage - The Beantown Bailout Job

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 01:28:39 GMT

SPOILERS!

I love you, Eliot! I do. Maybe someday I'll start to talk about Leverage and not start with my great love for Eliot, but it's not going to start in this post. Eliot!

LOL! The team steamrolled Nathan! Oh, no! He wasn't going to get involved in their team-like ways! Forget it! He was going back to his vanilla job and live in his above-the-bar-as-a-test-for-being-a-recovering-drunk apartment.

Right.

Who was he fooling? He was already involved before Sophie and the others found out about it.

OMG! Hardison and Eliot talking about those teeny, tiny explosive charges! Parker wondering when Eliot's crotch is going to explode! Eliot jumping around trying to get the explosives out of his tight jeans!

Why, why, why does Eliot beating up those mob guys makes me feel funny in my knees? (Hell, Dean Winchester beating up a fugly does the same thing. Or John Sheppard taking out Genii with his super-pilot-ninja-skillz. What does this say about me as a person? Who cares? They. Are. Hot.)

The gang complaining to Nathan that he 'broke' them. Funny! They can't do bad anymore! They want to HELP people and do good! And the way they just flopped down in Nathan's apartment and took over -- so, so cute in a family way. And Hardison buying Nathan's building so the gang can take over and make it into their new offices -- so, so funny. The look on Nathan's face . . .

And I love it when a plan comes together. On a lot of shows lately, I'm left hanging with a half victory or loads of angst -- not Leverage.

I know they won and it was sweet.

Now, I'm looking forward to Psych's return! Also funny and lots of win!

The Closer - The best part of The Closer is . . .

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:22:41 GMT

The best part of watching The Closer is the interaction between Provenza and Flynn. I alternate between thinking they are the cutest older guy friends ever to glee over the fights they get into (with each other and others).

The things they get themselves into! Hee!

Last night was hilarious for Provenza and Flynn fans.

Leverage - Darn! I do NOT need a new fandom!

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 03:10:27 GMT

So, Leverage. The last two episodes from last season was on last night.

What the heck? I didn't have anything else to do. MISTAKE! Geez! Now I have a new fandom and new fanfiction to look for in a small fandom. And I have to catch up on the episodes I missed.

I liked Timothy Hutton from Nero Wolfe. I know Christian Kane mainly from Angel and then I found out he was Wick Lobo on Rescue 77 (which I loved). Oh, yeah, and he knows Jensen Ackles (who I love with the power of a thousand burning suns -- well, I'm not that bad off -- okay, I'm lying).

I love Eliot Spencer. There, I said it. He's going on my list. Yeap, the spot next to Dean Winchester is open.

Yes, he knows Dean. And I'm sure he's related to Shawn Spencer from Psych.

Hey, it's my tv-verse.

Yahoo! Geocities gives closing date

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:10:43 GMT

I got an e-mail last night giving a final date for Geocities. Here's some of the e-mail:

Dear Yahoo! GeoCities customer,

We're writing to let you know that Yahoo! GeoCities, our free web site building service and community, is closing on October 26, 2009.

On October 26, 2009, your GeoCities site will no longer appear on the Web, and you will no longer be able to access your GeoCities account and files.

(cut for content - best to go to Yahoo! to get your options of what to do with your files)

We want to thank you for being a GeoCities customer, and hope you continue to enjoy our other Yahoo! services.

Best regards,

The Yahoo! GeoCities team

Qualm 1 - Supernatural - The Eating

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:01:31 GMT

Qualm 1

Supernatural - The Eating
Warning – some cussing, some thing eating a dead body, same level of ick you see on the Supernatural show.

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There’s a thing in the corner and it’s sucking out the marrow from some guy’s bones, but Dean just can’t work up enough energy and outrage to do anything about it at the moment.

Of course, the guy was a rapist on the run from the law two counties over. Dean should know, the local news a good source of information about their cases, he’d seen the story on more than one occasion in the past week. And even though he’s sure Sam would tell him different, he just can’t feel the moral outrage, the ‘we’re all a part of the human race’ vibe with a rapist who left four woman so beaten they’re currently all in a hospital.

Dean blows out a breath and keeps his tired, burning eyes on the opposite wall. “How’s that working out for you, Lester? Man’s a rapist and a coward, can’t taste too good.”

Yes, they have introduced themselves. Kinda hard not to when Dean feels like a mile of bad road and he stumbled into the middle of this precious moment low on ammo.

The thing slurps in sharply and then nods. “A little bitter.” Some lips smacking sounds even though ‘Lester’ doesn’t appear to have any lips. “Even if he does, you gonna volunteer, man? I’m sure a nice specimen like yourself would be pretty sweet.”

“No, thanks, Les. You come near me and I’ll burn a clip in your hard shelled, human eating ass.”

A chuckle sounds around the room. “I didn’t want you to feel left out of this party, man. Besides, if you don’t have rose petal bullets, won’t do you any good to ‘burn’ anything in my ass.”

“Rose petals? Dude, what the hell are you?”

Lester smiles again and Dean ignores the red tinted plaque on bluish teeth. “You and your brother don’t know what I am, I’m not telling you. Too many fine, fine pickin’s up here for me to pass up as a pile of salted ashes.”

Dean shifts where he’s sitting, his back now against two joined walls. “Whatever, if you feel that way, then you shouldn’t have told me how to kill your stupid insect looking, kidney chewing, marrow slurping, skin peeling ass. Just . . . be gone when my brother gets here, okay? I’m just not in the mood for a long, drawn out fight for the cause at the moment.”

Lester stops chewing. “I told you how to . . . oh, damn. Damn! I did do that. It’s just that this kidney is fine. Fine like dandelion wine. Scum kept himself in shape, I have to give him that much.” Chuckle like dried leaves crackling or bone being put through a grinder. “Okay, I’ll be gone. I don’t mind eating and running. I’m not all caught up in this war you’ve got going on with The Shady Bunch. I’m here just for the perks and the kicks.”

A snapping of another bone. Slurping.

“Dude, didn’t your mother teach you to chew with your mouth closed?”

“That’s funny, man. Considering that the first thing that I ate was my mother, she really didn’t have time to teach me much of anything.”

Dean gags a little. And that wasn’t a good idea right now. Just wait for Sammy to show up with the car and get the hell out of town. The directions he’d given in the brief call was accurate for a hurried, midnight, almost half killed, get me the hell out of here SOS.

They’d come back in a day or two and take care of the fuglies after they figure out a surefire way of killing them. That made them stay dead this time.

Lester could wait . . . maybe. “Hey, how many times a day do you eat?”

Lester stops again with what looks like a spleen in his ‘hand.’ “Like this? Oh, not often. Not every day. This one is pretty big. He’s gonna be a bitch to digest. Take a little nap, a nice little potty break and we’re talking a week, maybe a little less before I get the urge again.” Lester narrows his eyes. His not too bright eyes. “Why?”

“Oh, no reason. Don’t want to be the second course before Sam gets here.”

Lester wavers back and forth almost like a negative with his whole body. “Geez, not getting into a feud with you bastards. Winchesters. Believe me . . . I just want to be left alone. Not going to make a move on you, man. If I could go out long enough to make sure the place was clear enough for you to leave, I’d do it so I wouldn’t have to meet your brother and the gun collection, but I just can’t leave this. Too good. Been too looooong.”

Outside there’s a rumble and Dean feels some of his tension disappear. That’s his baby. His brother is here and he can get the hell away from Lester and his nighttime meal.

“Dean!”

Dean hitches himself up, making sure Lester behaves himself. “Sam! Uh, watch out when you come in, I have a visitor.” There was a wet pop and Lester slowly starts to slink back into the shadows. In seconds, his horrible, disgusting self is gone.

Dean can’t figure out if there’s an opening over there or if Lester just melted.

“Dean!”

“Sam! In here!”

The relief he feels when his brother steps in the door is relaxing, his muscles falling loose as pain starts to take over again. “Sam, first stop we make is a flower shop, a K-Mart, a Wal-Mart Supercenter, something. We need some rose petals. Lots and lots of rose petals. Wonder if any rose will do? Then we figure out how to take out those bastards in the woods.”

Sam keeps his mouth shut, but his eyes stay wide and horrified as he helps his older brother out of the blood soaked rest stop to the car.

End

The Qualms - An Explanation of the Crazy

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 23:32:52 GMT

Okay. Everyone and their uncle knows I'm having a hard time writing anything. I can barely put together an outline of an idea. So I'm going to work on my problems in a very messy, sloppy way.

Qualms - I have them. So I'm going to ignore them by writing whatever I want. Whenever I want. I won't worry about if the thing has a beginning or a middle or an end. I won't worry if it makes sense. I won't worry if it's going to make someone mad or sad or glad. I won't worry that it sucks or is lame. I won't worry about putting disclaimers or headers, just a few warnings about content if needed.

Any fandom, any character with anyone/anything doing whatever I tell them to do.

And if I have any qualms about it, I'm keeping it to myself. There will be no explainations about the fic, no disclaimers about what it's about to be badfic, no justifications, and no plans to write more than one ficlet at a time.

It will be freedom! (I won't scream 'Freedom!' or hum the movie's music in a haunting way.)

So, if you see any subject lines with 'Qualm' in there, it will be a writing thing.

Perry Mason movies (1930s)

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:57:37 GMT

I got a chance to watch some Perry Mason movies from the 1930s. I didn't even know about them! Sure, I watched the Perry Mason on T.V. with Raymond Burr, but that's it.

So I was surprised.

I saw most of The Case of the Lucky Legs, The Case of the Velvet Claws and The Case of the Stuttering Bishop.

I laughed so hard. They were kinda loose with a slight edge of crazy slapstick and banter. Flirting. Heck, in one movie Perry MARRIED Della.

Have you ever seen the Nick and Nora Charles mystery movies - The Thin Man series? And their dog, Asta? That is also funny, funny stuff from the 30s and 40s. I was surprised the feel of each series was so similar.

Sometimes watching the classics gives and education and makes you laugh.

Writing Status - What Status?

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 23:11:37 GMT

I just don't get it. Maybe I'm thinking too much or maybe I'm not thinking enough.

Since the end of Season 4 of Supernatural, I've had plotbunnies knocking down my door. Every day. I can SEE the things in my head. I can even come up with words while I'm staring at the TV or getting ready for bed.

Then I sit down at the computer (or get out my notebook and pen), and it's ALL FOR NOTHING. Nothing. Blank. I can't even seem to take notes so I can use them later to write the darn things.

I think this has gone beyond writer's block. This is something else. It's been a long time since I could just sit down and enjoy working with characters I love. I miss it.

It's Official - Dean is now banned from conversation

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:11:41 GMT

Heh.

Okay, I've been obsessed since the Season 4 ender of Supernatural. I've been hyped. I've been talking non-stop. I even found some of Jensen's modeling pictures (the one in the junked car - HOT!) and showed them off.

I've commented on fics I'm reading, fussed about some things, come up with crazy theories about angels, demons and God . . . until I finally stepped on her last nerve.

Dean is now banned from conversation with my Mom.

She said she'd choke if she heard his name again before the new season comes on. Even when we watch Jensen's latest horror movie, I can't mention Dean.

*sigh*

I knew I was doing it, but I. Just. Couldn't. Stop.

Hello, obsession, I knew you'd be back when Season 4 ended.

I guess it's back to hoarding all the Supernatural fics that I can get my greedy little hands on.

Now I find out Billy Mays is Dead

Sun, 28 Jun 2009 18:45:38 GMT

Billy Mays is dead.

He's that pitchman on TV infomercials that speaks in a loud voice. I've seen him mainly on OxiClean stuff, but I have seen him for that thing that digs in the dirt and a few other products.

I think he had a new reality show called Pitchmen. I wonder what they're going to do with the show now.

Da Vinci's Inquest and Cold Squad -or- Stargate Spotting

Sat, 27 Jun 2009 19:26:47 GMT

My Mom recently found Da Vinci's Inquest and Cold Squad. She watches it every day. I mean it. Every Day.

I'm not really a fan, but I do watch episodes here and there. Mostly I watch them for the Stargate actors. (I spend half the time shouting, "That was that jaffa in that episode!")

Colin Cunnigham - I was shocked when I finally figures out who Brian Curtis on Da Vinci really was. It was Major Davis! That long hair just threw me. Heh. I had never seen him before Stargate, so he will always be Major Davis to me.

Jewel Staite - Okay, I know she was on Firefly before Stargate Atlantis, but I never watched Firefly. Hence, she will always be Keller to me. I was shocked to see her on Da Vinci.

Peter Williams - Ha! Apophis!

Dean Marshall - Sgt. Bates of Atlantis. Oh, he and John Sheppard (and Teyla) used to mix it up in Season 1 of Atlantis. Those were the good old days.

Matthew Bennett - Jared Kane. He was in, what, two episodes of Stargate and I've never forgotten him. Huh. He was in Cold Squad.

Peter Wingfield - Tanith. I never watched Highlander. If I had I may have remembered him as Methos, but I didn't, so he's Tanith to me. (And I didn't know it, but he was Krakauer on Touching Evil 2004 - huh!)

Gary Chalk - Col. Chekov! Ha!

JR Bourne - Marty! I love you, Martouf!

Paul McGillion - Beckett! Seeing him was a shock. I saw him on both shows - Da Vinci and Cold Squad. He was cute in the cop outfit.

Man, I could be here all day listing people I spotted. I saw some from Supernatural,
Due South and other shows I've watched over the years.

More Deaths - Farrah and Michael

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 23:58:45 GMT

Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson . . . dead.

Ed McMahon and David Carradine not long ago.

I guess the older I get, the more often this will happen.

Dark Angel - I'm doing it again

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:40:44 GMT

I always feel bad when I do this, but what else can I do?

They ran several Dark Angel 2nd season episodes on Sci Fi today . . . but I didn't watch them. Instead, I recorded them so I can go back and skip everything but the Alec stuff.

I'm a bad fan.

(God, he is so young in Dark Angel! All baby faced.)