mcalex22 suggested that I'd been conspicuously quiet about my reaction to the finale episode of Dr Who.

Okay then, ( basically, there was a lot I liked, but some stuff I hated )

Don't tend to talk too much on LJ about my work, but here's a SGA moment that I really had to share.

The lab recently employed some new people. I kinda knew this and had been told the names in passing, but it didn't really click with me until I read the name that's just been put on the office next to mine.

Dr Biro.

She's a pathologist.

I'm not kidding.

With less than 48 hours before the Dr Who finale airs, I've a few brief words to say.

( Speculations about Journey's End - with big spoilers for everything up to that and the aired promo for the episode (in case you haven't seen it/them) )

Um... did I say "brief words"?

Anyway, roll on the finale!

EDIT (7/7/08): Spoilers for "Journey's End" in the comments.

K9 is the ruler of the world!!!ELEVENTYONE!!!!11!

All others bow down before him!!

EDIT: It's really me this time. Note to self - well, more of a reminder really - you'd think I'd learn - anyway, note to self: must not leave LJ signed in with certain "friends" around. Not even when you signed in specifically to get access to certain comms so these "friends" could watch stuff. #%^$@*!$@% ingrates!

Along with many, many others, mcalex22, yokiem, starrylizard, rinkle, Cuddles, K9 and I went along to the SupaNova convention this weekend.

( Jewel Staite met Cuddles and K9 )

( Jared Padalecki met Cuddles and K9 )

( A short Making of clip of when Jared Padalecki met Cuddles and K9 )

Might post more later, when we've recovered a bit from all the excitement. But I'm sure there are many other con reports out there. Not only great talks by Jared Padalecki and Jewel Staite, but also Nichelle Nichols from the original Star Trek (which I saw) and Kandyse McClure from the new BSG (which I didn't see).

Needless to say, we had a pretty good time.

A fic review notification just turned up in my email. I was somewhat surprised because it was for a fandom-specific archive that I haven't visited (let alone posted to) for quite a while.

I was even more surprised when this turned out to be what was submitted as a "review":

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Is this supposed to an ad for some sort of computer game? Does it even make any sort of sense to anyone?

I'm not a gamer (computer, RPG or otherwise) and it sounds to me like a whole bunch of gobbledy-gook - like someone might have stuck computer game terms into one of those random generator thingies.

Seriously weird.

And annoying.

Just when you think spam couldn't get any more annoying, they find whole new ways to chuck it at you.

*sigh*

I FREAKIN' ADORE Steven Moffat!!!

How totally and utterly, thoroughly and truly ecstatic am I that he will be taking over the position of Head Writer for Doctor Who next season? Truly, it goes beyond my capacity for words.

Yeah, I just watched Silence in the Library. Moffat's scripts are just so bloody CLEVER. He takes every day things and makes them terrifying. He has a true appreciation for the irony, the whimsy and the poetry of time travel. And his scenarios FREAK ME OUT the way the old series used to when I was a kid in primary school!

I'm torn between wanting to savour the sheer exhilaration of what I've just seen and the craving the explanation and knowing what happens to the characters that will come in part two. Seriously, I feel like my nerve endings are ZINGING! (Yes, that's a real word, as far as I'm concerned)

SQUEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!

So, the last time I updated my LJ travelogue I was in sunny York and all was very well indeed. Quite a bit has happened since then - much of it good, some of it not so good.

But this is NOT a bid for sympathy in any way. I started writing this in Heathrow airport (finished more than a week after I got back home), after having travelled to the other side of the world with my employer footing the majority of the bill. I've met up with friends from both the UK and Canada and had a wonderful time in their company as well as travelling about on my own. Definitely don’t shed any tears on my behalf, things really aren't so bad in my corner of the world!

( Whitby )

( London again )

And home again. Flew in early Sunday morning. And since I got back, work has been completely INSANE!!!.

I suppose, having had three weeks away, I can't complain. Okay, I can. This is me complaining, really, isn't it?

Yeah. I've been totally snowed under at work this week and over the weekend, I've been totally caught up with family stuff. Brother's birthday. Nieces and nephews. Mum visiting. I've enjoyed the family stuff, but it hasn't left a lot of time for other stuff.

But I'm back - and I need to be back at work tomorrow. Another busy week (coz we're still understaffed). I'd better get to bed.

See ya round!

Greetings from the UK!

Started typing this on the train to York. To recap on the trip on the trip so far...

( London )

( York )

And so the plan is to get up early tomorrow to catch the bus to Whitby (on the Yorkshire coast). Signing to catch a little shut eye.

Hope the weather holds out because it's been gorgeous here in York today.

Just a quick FYI for anyone who doesn't know and might want to know (for whatever reason).

Sorry to everyone who deserves replies to post or emails or responses to feedback you've given me. Things have been a little hectic lately - but mostly for good reasons.

The latest in these good reasons for my hectic life of late is that I'm getting on a plane to London tomorrow (and yes, Cuddles is coming too). Conferences/courses for work plus a little holiday slotted in. I've said it before and I'll say it again, my work might drain a lot of my time (and energy), but the perks I get are bloody good.

And before I head off, my family want to hang out tomorrow which is neat. Especially want to see my new niece again coz she's only 2 weeks old and I'll be away for 3 weeks. She'll have changed so much by the time I get back. My youngest nephew might be walking by the time I get back too. Geez they grow so fast! Not that I'm an overly fond Auntie! No, not at all!

But anyway, after all the packing and clearing the decks at work, etc, etc - well, I'm a wee bit knackered. I'm probably gonna go quiet LJ-wise until I get to London.

See ya!

I'm a little late off the mark with this, but the sga_genficathon started a few days ago and some great stories are already up there. I've really got to hand it to friendshipper who has done a great job organising it.

There is the added mystery element of waiting until the end to reveal which author wrote which fic. Although anyone who read the previous post in my LJ (which I've temporarily locked up until the end of the ficathon) - well, they won't have too much trouble working out which one I wrote. If you do guess, please be mindful of the mystery element for everyone else. Just saying. Coz the ficathon really does seem to be going fantastically well at the moment

And I'm sorry, that I didn't manage to reply to everyone who contributed to that previous post in my LJ. Your suggestions were fantastic and I tried to incorporate as many as I could into the fic. And do have to say to Dish (who made an "anonymous" ie. not logged in comment) that your guess about the fic was frighteningly close. Not 100% there, but really pretty damn close.

Anyway, there's now a tonne of lovely new SGA genfic to read. I've barely skimmed the surface myself. So, go and read! Now!


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This may seem like an odd request, but I was hoping that people could give me some asinine suggestions.

Seriously.

( You see, the story goes something like this... )

EDIT: So, as people have probably realised by now, the fic has been written and posted to sga_genficathon. It's called The Law is an Ass.

Thanks again to everyone who replied to this post.

In ye olde tradition of "all my friends are doing it, so why can't I?", much blame goes to starrylizard and rinkle.

Rather than going for a Word of the Day, I opted for The Macquarie Dictionary Word of the Year for 2007

Title: Pod Slurping
Author: derry667
Rating: G
Genre: Humour,gen
Spoilers: None
Word count: 100
Disclaimer: I don't own Supernatural. Nor Slurpee (TM) either, for that matter.
Summary: Just. Not. Fair.

( Pod Slurping )

Title: That Left Turn at Albuquerque
Fandom: Numb3rs
Author: derry667
Rating: G
Disclaimer: Don't own Numb3rs. No profit made.
Pairing: None
Warnings: None
Spoilers: Pilot, Vector, Protest - but the fic is set pre-series
Word Count: 1037
Notes: This fic was written for and cross-posted to the family_haven ficathon for jlm110108's prompt "The NSA wants to grant Charlie Eppes a high level security clearance. Part of the investigation involves questioning family and friends. How do Charlie's family and friends respond to the investigation? Pre-series." Although what I've actually written is mainly an NSA agent questioning Don with some references to previous questioning of other family members. The fic title was nabbed from Bugs Bunny. That wascally wabbit! I took a small liberty naming the OFC but no resemblance to any real person is intended. Thanks to rinkle and starrylizard for betaing this, but as always, the mistakes that it still contains are very much my own.

( That Left Turn at Albuquerque )

Okay. So I just watched it. I had to work today (Saturday) which doesn't really get me in a good mood to start with. I then went to the gym to work off the "fumes" of work - which did the trick, but left me a little tired at the end of the day. So maybe I was hoping for a "pick me up" with SPN ready to watch and SGA ready to DL. SGA wasn't ready to DL (but now it is).

So maybe, I was a bit tetchy to start with, but I ended up more annoyed by this episode of Supernatural than any I've seen in a long while.

( Ranting ahoy! )

But maybe this is just me being reactionary. Maybe it will all look better in a day or two.

On another note, I just learned that Jensen Ackles apparently arrived in Sydney earlier this week. It's not like I've got actual meteorological data to hand, but the past two weeks FEEL like the rainiest we've had in ages. Now, you know I love both cities, but the poor bloke must be wondering if he's somehow back in Vancouver. Hmmm... I wonder if he'll go down to Melbourne. Still, the sun's out now, at least. Hopefully, there'll be some nice weather for the rest of his visit - I kinda like people to have fond memories of visiting Australia. Did I mention that I get patriotic about the most ridiculous things?

And apparently I only need to wait another 30mins for the next SGA. So, this is me looking forward to that at least. ;-P

Title: Dulce et Decorum Est
Author: derry667
Genre: Angst, gen.
Fandom: Supernatural
Disclaimer: Not mine. Seriously. No profit made nor harm intended.
Spoilers: Mostly Malleus Maleficarum, but all episodes up to that are fair game too.
Rating: PG
Warnings: Angst, suicidal ideation, some coarse language
Words: 575-ish
Other notes: Short and probably about to be completely nullified by canon, this fic is really as much my musings as Dean's about the ramifications of a certain issue raised in Malleus Maleficarum (yes, THAT one). The title owes something to the Horace, but probably even more to Wilfred Owen. Thanks to starrylizard for casting a quick beta-eye over it, but of course all mistakes it still contains remain my own.

( Immediately post-Malleus Maleficarum, Dean Winchester considers his options. )

And so a little late commentary about the ep. I suppose "late" is relative. While I watched the ep this time last week, it won't be shown here in Australia until some time next year. Although it shouldn't surprise me that Channel Ten are saving it for after the "non-ratings period", another (possibly louder) part of me really feels like pointing out that the main point of "Christmas episodes" is to watch them at Christmas time! Mind you that hasn't really helped me with the Doctor Who Christmas specials in previous years either.

I haven't felt the urge to say much about this ep on LJ up until now. Not that I didn't enjoy it. I really did. But I sorta got my "fix" of post-ep discussion the next day when I met up with friends, including rinkle and the chat she and I had about it seemed to get the need to talk about it out of my system. But then today, I read erinrua's wonderful missing scene for the ep and while checking out other stuff at friendshipper's LJ, I read something in her comment about the ep that I took issue with made me think a bit more about it.

( Just a few quick points about A Very Supernatural Christmas )

So a fudgingly good night to you all. And all the compliments of the season!

No matter what your religious beliefs or attitude to the "holiday season" in general - or your preferred fandom, for that matter - you simply HAVE TO go and take a look at wraithfodder's Christmas decorations!

Seriously. Although, if you are eating or drinking, swallow your current mouthful and put the rest down before you click on the link.

Now, go here and partake of the festive cheer!

Honestly, I watched this episode yesterday and I really and truly DIDN'T KNOW what I thought of it.

Admittedly, I'd was sleep-deprived and generally overtired by the time I finally flopped down on the couch to watch it and the energy-sapping heat and humidity that was Sydney weather yesterday didn't help either, but my befuddled brain just couldn't seem to get a grip of what the POINT of what this episode - this MID SEASON FINALE (as scrolled across the screen at one point) - actually was.

And so (and I know how utterly lame this sounds) I thought I'd wander over to see what friendshipper's reaction to this episode was - reasoning that since we share a brain so often, maybe I could use hers as a spare while mine was clearly "out of order".

Now, I'm thinking maybe it was the episode and not just my brain refusing to function.

( I finally worked out what my reaction to This Mortal Coil was )

Yeah, maybe I'm just out of step with fandom. I dunno.

I'd seen a promo pic which had me anticipating some interaction between Sheppard and a kid (which we really haven't seen since season 1, come to think about it) and that interaction didn't really eventuate. I anticipated some McKay-Miller interaction. That did happen and it was fun, but that wasn't what blew me away about this episode.

( Miller's Crossing OMG! OMG! OMG! )

And friendshipper's review of this episode has a brilliant, in depth analysis of Sheppard's part in this episode. It left me even more awestruck than I already was by the ep - and that's saying something.