things progressing
Jan. 18th, 2005 02:53 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
hafitalI'm all moved in. My new roomie (BSF) is all moved in. Our new place is a sea of boxes, but it's still very nice. We loves it, yessss.
We lack many vital things, like dish racks and trash cans. *g* But, all in good time. Of course my bank account is suddenly even skinnier than it was already. bah!
I'm not exactly going into internet withdrawal (yet), but... it's weird! And strange. Like suddenly loosing one of my senses, only not quite that drastic. We do have a few channels coming in, so, I can watch some TV, and there are dvds and netflix, so media wise, I'm not cut off *entirely*. I'm trying to catch up on some of the reading I need to do, and of course there's unpacking and getting the place set up right. It'd be cool if I could somehow, you know, oh, write! during this enforced estrangement from my drug of choice. I have so much I have to (and want to) write, it's daunting. And of course, with a new apartment to play with, there are endless amounts of things I can use for Avoidance and Procrastination...
Escapade is right around the corner, and yet it feels a long time away. I'm not sure what kind of head space I'm going to be at when I'm there. I'm very focused these days on the two or three shows/films I care to be concerned about, and I'm not really in the mood to get pulled five million different fannish directions. Not that you can't tailor your Escapade experience, but still. *g*
I'm so used to existing as a fandom of one that sudden exposure to many others is always so very odd for me. It's like when you're a kid and you have your toys and then some other kid comes a long and plays with your toys and you're like, aaahhahahaaa, those are mine! But then you force yourself to share and you have fun, but then the other kids start like, chewing on your toys or otherwise mishandling your toys, that you take your toys and hide. *g*
*sigh*
(I'm weird, ya'll, just go with it. ;))
It'll be good to see all my favorite people, tho, which is the real reason I go anyway.
~~~
In other news, I just watched the HL episode The Colonel, which I know no one else likes, but I do, for some reason. It's got a generic bad guy (although I think he's particularly freaky, myself) and then there's Amanda's girlfriend with the amazingly bad wig and colored metallic ensemble, but I still like it a lot. *g*
Anyway, I was watching Amanda coach Melissa at Joe's and then there was the scene of them breaking into the department store, and I then suddenly really needed a Highlander/Ocean's 11 crossover like no one's business and it's distressing that there isn't one (is there? for the love of God, let me know if there is). I mean, it would be PERFECT. Like, all shades of perfect. Can you imagine Danny and Rusty meeting Amanda?!? Fireworks, baby. (not to mention Duncan and Methos! *squeal*) I... must have.
meep.
Someone out there write this for me. I beg.
We lack many vital things, like dish racks and trash cans. *g* But, all in good time. Of course my bank account is suddenly even skinnier than it was already. bah!
I'm not exactly going into internet withdrawal (yet), but... it's weird! And strange. Like suddenly loosing one of my senses, only not quite that drastic. We do have a few channels coming in, so, I can watch some TV, and there are dvds and netflix, so media wise, I'm not cut off *entirely*. I'm trying to catch up on some of the reading I need to do, and of course there's unpacking and getting the place set up right. It'd be cool if I could somehow, you know, oh, write! during this enforced estrangement from my drug of choice. I have so much I have to (and want to) write, it's daunting. And of course, with a new apartment to play with, there are endless amounts of things I can use for Avoidance and Procrastination...
Escapade is right around the corner, and yet it feels a long time away. I'm not sure what kind of head space I'm going to be at when I'm there. I'm very focused these days on the two or three shows/films I care to be concerned about, and I'm not really in the mood to get pulled five million different fannish directions. Not that you can't tailor your Escapade experience, but still. *g*
I'm so used to existing as a fandom of one that sudden exposure to many others is always so very odd for me. It's like when you're a kid and you have your toys and then some other kid comes a long and plays with your toys and you're like, aaahhahahaaa, those are mine! But then you force yourself to share and you have fun, but then the other kids start like, chewing on your toys or otherwise mishandling your toys, that you take your toys and hide. *g*
*sigh*
(I'm weird, ya'll, just go with it. ;))
It'll be good to see all my favorite people, tho, which is the real reason I go anyway.
~~~
In other news, I just watched the HL episode The Colonel, which I know no one else likes, but I do, for some reason. It's got a generic bad guy (although I think he's particularly freaky, myself) and then there's Amanda's girlfriend with the amazingly bad wig and colored metallic ensemble, but I still like it a lot. *g*
Anyway, I was watching Amanda coach Melissa at Joe's and then there was the scene of them breaking into the department store, and I then suddenly really needed a Highlander/Ocean's 11 crossover like no one's business and it's distressing that there isn't one (is there? for the love of God, let me know if there is). I mean, it would be PERFECT. Like, all shades of perfect. Can you imagine Danny and Rusty meeting Amanda?!? Fireworks, baby. (not to mention Duncan and Methos! *squeal*) I... must have.
meep.
Someone out there write this for me. I beg.
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Date: 2005-01-18 05:40 pm (UTC)And man, I really need to watch Ocean's 11 & 12 before Escapade, huh? :->
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Date: 2005-01-19 11:28 am (UTC)These movies are fun, but you can watch them any time. *g*
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Date: 2005-01-18 06:05 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-01-18 06:20 pm (UTC)I enjoyed the heck out of the re-make. The sequel was... nice, actually, but not as much fun, for me, as the first one. It had a messier plot, I feel, while the first one was just so tight and concise, and the reveals were neat and clean. O12 was just sort of all over the place, but ultimately still enjoyable, for me, but I'm easy. *g*
And, if you're in the mood for a story, Confidence Men (http://www.yuletidetreasure.org/archive/1/confidencemen.html) by Dorinda is what I'd recommend, with both Danny and Rusty being perfectly in character.
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Date: 2005-01-19 02:11 am (UTC)Now you've just made it worse! I need Amanda and Danny and Rusty, too. But I'm over here writing these action scenes and realizing, my GOD I suck at this! It seems so easy when you see it in the movies, you know?
I don't love The Colonel, but there's an awful lot there to like. Duncan in a straightjacket, of course! And I love how Amanda checks Melissa out when she first comes into the bar, without missing a beat in whatever she's saying to Joe. And I so, so love Amanda and Joe getting scenes together. (Funnily enough, I just watched part of that one today, too!)
Very happy about your new apartment, yay! I want to see it. And I need your address and phone number, like, stat!
It's so funny about your fandom and toys analogy. I've really been feeling that way, too. I think it's the LJ thing - this week I've been spending more time on LJ and fannish stuff than I have in a while (not good - I'm avoiding responsibility to do it) and last night I was thinking about how many shows people watch that I've never seen, and have no intention of ever seeing, and how I can't even conceive of having time to keep up with them. But that's because I'm still watching Wiseguy, and Highlander, and Jeremiah - I just never get sick of things I love!
I really need some Duncan/Amanda. Of some kind, somewhere. Maybe if I get past this section from hell of DH, I'll go back to that D/M/A in Corfu thing and see if it can be saved.
Did you read the O11 story of Keiko Kirin's that I recced in my journal a week or so ago? It's here. (http://www.livejournal.com/users/keiko_kirin/3260.html) I liked it as much as Confidence Men, and that's saying a lot.
ramble, ramble, ramble
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Date: 2005-01-19 10:31 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-01-19 11:21 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-01-19 11:18 am (UTC)Man, you know I feel your pain about writing this kind of stuff. But, you know what, neither of us suck at it. It's just hard! And somewhat intimidating to write, for some reason.
Did you read the O11 story of Keiko Kirin's that I recced in my journal a week or so ago? It's here. I liked it as much as Confidence Men, and that's saying a lot.
I did! I read it and liked it a lot. Confidence Men is still reigning supreme in my head, but I did like that story a lot.
Will send new address. *hugsyou*
:::dreams about D/M/A:::