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BSG remix reveals have been posted. I wrote The Hour Is Getting Late, a tiny fic with Tory's POV during the season three finale. Tory/Sam, PG-13.

While I think the end result is fine, I sort of wish I could ask for a do-over. It was incredibly frustrating trying to write Battlestar Galactica fanfic when my brain was wanting to focus on new show. Apparently I'm a serial fandom monogamist, and BSG is no longer in dominant position. It was only a matter of time; other than one exception, every story I've written for other fandoms was done after the BSG finale in 2009.

That made me start thinking about ( what factors lead to me writing fic )

*laughs* Apparently number three proves I'm just stubborn and perverse. This isn't news to me.

Since bsg_epics was asking about fandom pairs we like and why, here, have a post I started a few weeks ago and then forgot about. Probably because I was writing Zoe Morgan/John Reese fic again. (Heh.)

( TV shows I've loved and the ships I've, er, sailed )

Okay, everyone, listen up! Battlestar Galactica is being ignored and I don't like it! I'm talking about crack_van. Looks like frolicndetour gets to make recs for January, but there's no one else signed up after that! My last turn was just in July 2009, so I don't think I should sign up just yet. Go here to sign up for a turn. It's not that hard, really! And I'm happy to be bossy about how to do it correctly help out, if needed.

I have some fic recs, and I was thinking of you as I compiled them. This doesn't mean you have to like them--people have different tastes in stories.

for queenofthorns: Ultraviolet fic recs. Still no Angie/Vaughan that I've found, alas. But here are five gen stories I quite like. ( back here )

For nicole_anell, a Gaius POV ficlet that maybe you've never read? I quite enjoyed it: Children of the Gods, by shaychana. Him, head!Six, Gina, Caprica... for a short fic it has a lot to say. Written sometime during season three, I believe.

For grimorie (and all other Life fans): Conversations Neatly Placed in Tired Mouths , by piecesofalice. Also in this year's Yuletide archive--and that's such an overwhelming place, I thought maybe some of you might need a little help to get there. This story is Dani's POV about Charlie and Ted. Lovely gen piece. (I'm still looking through the archives myself! But there are TEN Life stories just for this year's Yuletide, so it will be great fun to sort through that!

For njborba--I think you prefer to write fanfic rather than read it, but this story in The Pretender fandom has Broots, his daughter Debbie, Miss Parker and Jarod. Plus it ends with a brief (fade to black) steamy Miss P/Jarod interlude. untitled, by juliefortune. (General warning--does contain non-specific references to child endangerment/molestation.) Too many of the old archives with fic from this show have disappeared; it's frustrating.

For anyone who likes both The Pretender and 30 Rock, piecesofalice has written a crossover fic with those two fandoms. Yes, really. This Is Going To Get Weird, Isn't It. *giggles* It is GREAT!

For siljamus: finding shippy fics that you haven't already read is hard! So... I have a mostly gen Ironman fic with a side of unrequited Tony/Pepper--also humorous kidnapping (really!) and banter. That Time with the Dobermans (and the Hole in the Wall), by mspotts.

My other attempt for Silja: Earth Girls Are Easy, a BSG/ER crossover story with Felix Gaeta/Lucy Knight. (She was the pretty ash-blonde med student on ER who was killed by a crazy patient. rap541 decided to give her a better ending.)

Coming up next: I try to fulfill some people's actual wish list requests by figuring out (again) how to upload music to sendspace.com or whatever site I used last year... Wish me luck!

I have a ton of bookmarks on my computer that I either need to delete or move to my online bookmarks.

( a few fic recs and other random links back here )

( that thing that lyssie doesn't want to read about anymore )

I just watched the most recent episodes of Pushing Daisies and Life
*flails*

Oh, shows!

You know the drill. There is no analysis or substance behind these cuts. Just me randomly reacting.
( Life 2.11 and 2.12 )

( Pushing Daisies 2.10 )

Hm. I should try and track down that Muppet Christmas special that was on last night.

Not currently watching the BSG mini-sodes or webisodes or whatever you want to call them. I didn't watch the previous set (for 3.0) until I had to for fic-writing purposes. I'm just... thoroughly disinterested. Considering that they were written and recorded after season 4.5 was already finished, I'm not worried about missing out on vital information. Though reading everyone else's reaction is highly amusing.

Dang, I'm posty this week.

1) The Life season two premiere is up early at http://www.hulu.com/life. 'Find Your Happy Place.' I think it's only there for today. I'm assuming it'll be back again after the show actually airs. Apparently it's there all week. My own assessment of the episode? Mixed. Hm. We'll see how it plays out with the new cast member and Dani's new hair. (Hey, I liked her serious cop hair. Seeing it loose is just disconcerting.)

2) Amazon.com is having a 50% sale on some boxed DVD sets.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?ie=UTF8&plgroup=4&docId=1000276231&plpage=1
Hee, they have the old WonderWoman show! With Lynda Carter! Man, I loved that show when I was little. (I'm not buying it, but I feel very nostalgic now.)
Oooh, Red Dwarf too!

3) Yes, I have successfully installed a moodtheme. Actually I installed two, but I'm not sure how you're supposed to get both to work at the same time. So the one currently active is the 'Amélie' moodtheme, which is just gorgeous.

( more about moodthemes )

I have a present. It's angst.

This fic is for Life, a fabulous show that you should be watching. All eleven season one episodes are available in the US through online streaming here. I wrote a brief explanation about the show premise a few months ago, mostly because I wanted to post pictures of Damian Lewis.

title: Interim
rating and warnings: PG-13; implied violence
characters: Charlie Crews, Constance Griffiths (vaguely Charlie/Connie, to the degree we've seen on the show so far). Brief mention of Ted Earley.
spoilers: through pilot episode only
word count: just over 1000
thanks: to millari for beta-reading the second draft; also to raincitygirl for looking over the first draft and reassuring me that it wasn't horrible.
YES, I'm nervous about posting fic for a show other than Battlestar Galactica

( His body vibrates with the words he holds in, grasping the sentences no one will hear. )

Ugh, usually I love Saturday naps but today I woke up with that eyes-glued-shut brain unwired feeling. I still feel about three steps behind my body.

I need to do more shopping but I'm putting it off. Too scary to contemplate the stores right now. (Hm, if I keep putting it off I'll have to deal with the stores on Christmas Eve. That's even more scary.)

Feel like being tortured by incomplete stories? Then this is the post for you! Here are some stories I'm never going to finish. Two are for Battlestar Galactica, one for Life.

First up, Gaeta on Earth. This whole idea lost momentum with, um, certain revelations in the season three finale.
( sorry, Felix )

Here's one for Life. The fic itself just doesn't work for me, but I liked the last bit--it has partners hugging! Always a favorite theme in fic for me.
( non-shippy buddy cop hug )

Someone thought a Leoben Christmas fic would be interesting. So now I've (gently) mocked one of my own church experiences and made Leoben possibly sacrilegious. Heh. What's really scary is I could write more to this, but I think I'd better stop now before I commit any more accidental blasphemy.
( is it crack or just plain weird? )

I have some work I need to do tonight. *sigh*

I sort-of accidentally spoiled myself for some season four BSG stuff... after vowing that I'd stay away from spoilers. *double sigh*

But--Life has been given a contract for a full season... if the strike ends in time, naturally. So yay for that! And in celebration, here's a 'Life' picspam made by vonnie_k. Pretty pretty people.

Also, the bsg_hiatusthon is off to a smashing start for its first challenge. There will be fic or other fannish creations posted most days between now and December 25th. Yay!

Two more interesting Razor posts. prolix_allie. has lots of speculation about the meaning of that line near the end, plus an overview of the ep here. daybreak777 wrote her thoughts about Razor with her usual pro-Kara stance and a surprising amount of pro-Lee stuff.

And now some totally random stuff.
Ever since dionusia embedded this video by Norwegian duo Kings of Convenience, I've been playing it over and over again. I finally downloaded the song from Amazon's new music service (eighty-nine cents, and it works in my mp3 player, unlike iTunes music downloads). Most adorable video online ever, and the song is catchy in a good way, not in a "get it out of my head" way.

Girls' night in last Friday. We started a season three Lost marathon--made it through the first four episodes. ( does anyone reading this actually care about season three Lost spoilers? )

By the way, ABC's online viewing has this annoying feature--when the commercial break is done you have to click to continue the show. Irritating to get up from the comfy chair for that.

The local tv guide lists a program this week called The 50 Greatest TV icons. Someone wrote a blurb about it that started with this sentence: "No, we're not talking about those little pictures on your computer." Heh. I'm guessing most people reading a printed tv guide won't have any idea what icons on a computer are.

It's been fun seeing a fandom in its baby-stage. So far all of the fics posted at life_fic have been good... a few even awesome. And only seven episodes of the show have aired so far! Speaking of Life: Damian Lewis in a tux. Niiiiiiiice. You can click on the picture to get a higher-res version.