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What show from your childhood would you love to bring back?


Define childhood.

Well, in all honest, Mr. Rogers' Neighbourhood. Bring it back on DVD, on the television as reruns, but bring it back. It's a great show for kids.


(This 7-minute clip is when Mr. Rogers went to the US Senate to defend PDF funding)



But I suspect that's not what was meant.

K let's see....

Fraggle Rock was awesome. And weird.


The dancing starts at 2:05 wtf.


The early years of the Simpsons were golden, especially for a pre-teen's sense of humour.



From a fandom perspective, Star Trek: TNG was my first real introduction to science fiction. It was a good intro imo because it was so positive and a forward-looking view of humanity. I really miss Gene Roddenberry and his vision.

M*A*S*H was always on and everywhere, and even though I didn't get the political commentary, the jokes were still accessible to a six-year-old. I think I imprinted on Hawkeye at the age of 3. (As an aside, if you have the chance, read the book by "Richard Hooker" (also called MASH) - it's a fascinating snapshot on the time period.




Roseanne was interesting as my early exposure to it made the concept of having a working class family on television no big deal (although it was, back in the day.)




What about you guys?
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It's Friday and you have better things to do than post a blog entry. Just share something that makes you laugh.

Here's a crow taking a bath.



And the Engineer's Guide to Cats, which is funny because it's so, so true (about engineers).



In non-prompt news, I'm going to the Opera tonight (Tosca, in Vancouver) and it should be amazing. I don't like a lot of live theatre, but the opera has always been fascinating for me.

Just because, here's a Tosca video for you all, with Luciano Pavarotti singing E lucevan le stelle in 1986.



(About Tosca)
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I tried writing this weekend and got about 2,000 words into a Criminal Minds/Castle crossover when I realized it was going in the wrong direction... and then I was out of writing time. I had to step away, and I think I can salvage it by tightening the intro, doing a character reveal a bit sooner, and getting to the meat of the crossover quicker. Normally I do this stuff after I write the entire first draft, but I just hit the wall today and knew things were going in the wrong direction.

Oh well. Baby steps. The important thing is that I did writing!

The whole reason I started down this road with this crossover is that there is a vastly under-explored area in crossovers, and that is the recent swath of New York cop shows. I personally would love to see the following crossovers:

  • White Collar and Castle (come on! they fight crime! in New York! Castle would be absolutely fascinated by Caffery. And the world needs more Diana.)

  • Criminal Minds and White Collar (come on! they fight crime! in the FBI!)

  • Castle and Criminal Minds: Because once a show has a serial killer and FBI episode, a Criminal Minds crossover is mandated by California state law.


So if I can't find these crossovers, I'm going to have to write them.

If I can get the epic Doctor Who/Stargate Atlantis/Criminal Minds/White Collar/Castle crossover out of my head. Seriously.

Although, to be fair, sometimes it's ideas from these monster disasters crossovers that give me some of my best ideas. I got Inevitable out of (and I kid you not) Highlander/Smallville/Anita Blake/Harry Potter.

So yay to Sunday writing, and hopefully I can continue with this.

Change of topic: If you're into the Doctor Who and haven't already seen these: Two "missing scenes" between episodes that I think they are planning to put on the DVDs. This may be the most brilliant piece of television ever. Because: Space Gandalf. And Amy asking if the Doctor is a Space Squid. Love.

behind an lj cut to save your flist )
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From Scazli's blog, a Tainted Love cover by Max Raabe. As he says, it's "as if the Weimar Republic somehow made it to 1981. Which, you know, wouldn’t have been a bad thing, considering what the alternative was."



And totally check out the cover of "Oops! I did it again!" while you're at it.

And if you were born before 1981: A little Utah Saints Something Good 2008 to make you smile

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Run, do not walk, to watch this short film on YouTube. At 2:19 minutes, it contains one of the most stunning stories I've ever seen unfold. No words, no movement, just sheer artistry.

Carousel, a short film directed by Adam Berg (Stink Digital)

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I shouldn't be allowed to post on LJ on the first day back from vacation.

Here, have a fake movie trailer.

10 Things I Hate About Commandments
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Time for my bi-weekly check-in. Mhalachai is alive and kicking... and complete with YouTube entertainment!

This week, we have recut trailers:

Sleepless In Seattle: Horror  )

The Shining: Romantic comedy )
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Someone posted a youtube for a Twilight (movie) parody yesterday - I opened it up because why not. I was just skimming along, thinking how dumb some of the dialogue from that movie truly was, when at 2:11 it exploded into a musical extravaganza - Because the only thing that could have made that movie better would be dancing sparkly Cullens. TRUFAX




(This came from someone on my flist yesterday - I forget who, but thank you for posting this!)
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I know I've been completely absent in recent weeks. This will continue for a few more weeks/months, as work has gone completely Brechtian. But I will be back soon! And I will finish:

Inevitable!

Dawning Light!

Physics of the Spin!

That Torchwood/NCIS crossover!

That Torchwood/Pretender crossover!

And maybe even someday Switchback.

In the meantime, I leave you with: What News Anchors do on Commercial Breaks )
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As a writer, I take speeling very seriously. That's why I recommend that you watch Taylor Mali's philosophical commentary, "The The Impotence of Proofreading".

Don't Vote

Oct. 2nd, 2008 09:55 am
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This is a pretty cool youtube:

Don't Vote


(I'd register to vote but I'm Canadian and that's frowned upon. I'm voting in my election on Oct. 15 14 :)
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If anyone wonders why I love NCIS, here's a short clip from the show (seasons past, mind you) to demonstrate why:

Ziva, did you kill Houdini? a youtube cut )

Sept. 23 is too far away.

Happy Sunday.
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In follow-up to yesterday's Gene Kelly tap dancing on roller skates, today we have:

Fred Astaire, and he's bringing Sexy Back.



I'm on my annual dance kick.

4srs?

May. 12th, 2008 03:34 pm
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And then Gene Kelly started tap-dancing on roller skates.



Happy Monday.
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RANDOM:

I normally have a hard time with summaries on my fics. On my most recent project, the summary is the first thing I have:

Title and summary on that Pretender/Torchwood crossover )

My new favourite music video of all time: Amanda Ghost's Filthy Mind video (potentially not work/kid safe for non-gratiutous nudity, copious fake blood on the walls, and frankly odd imagery) )

Recs post

Mar. 28th, 2008 06:00 pm
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I'm intellectually dead today, and the writing will not come to mind. So a few recs in the obligatory "Look I have a shiny new fandom!" way

Macro recs:

TW: Now all they need is a musical episode! Torchwood/Buffy the Vampire Slayer crossover macros

TW: I have night terrors: Torchwood/Gilmore Girls crossover. For the epic win. (From 2x06 Reset)

TW: Assorted Torchwood stuff (up to 2x06 Reset). PS Totally check out the alt text.

DW: In AD 2101, War Was Beginning. Yes indeed, someone has set them up the bomb. Back with the Ninth Doctor.

Three lovely Torchwood fics that I like )

Vid recs (and there are some youtube embeds). No spoilers past Something Borrowed I think.
Torchwood, like Livejournal, knows drama. )

And then some Doctor Who vids, which is appropriate with the show coming BACK SOON but not soon enough )


And an added bonus of Stargate Atlantis:
The Pegasus Tinies: A Dreadful Abecedarium, with Selected Illustrations by [livejournal.com profile] argosy and [livejournal.com profile] _kiden
The illustrated alphabet of death.
I say: Do I need to say more than, "I is for Iratus, got squashed like a bug" ?
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Here's David Tennant (the 10th Doctor for those of you playing along at home), Shakespeare, and hot Scottish accents. Love.



Is it time for Dr. Who season 4 yet?
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We've all seen the Daft Hands youtube, right?



I post these things because I love you and want you to be happy :)

*goes back to the busy time*
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Every get confused by kitties? This guy wanted to tell his buds back home about his new kittah who has a bit of a bitting problem so he made this video. It's such a cool video. And dude looks like he's having a tonne of fun in this video.

The Mean Kitty Song

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