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I seem to have accidentally started a rewatch of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. I really didn't mean to, especially considering that IT'S NOT EXACTLY COMFORTING TV, y'know? Except that it is, with its amazing cast and its focus on Sarah and its fantastic story arcs and its MUSIC, OH I MISS GOOD SOUNDTRACKS and its EVERYTHING. Anyway, off to eat some dinner and start episode five (season one), but first I should post about catching up on Fringe...

( Fringe: end of season four--somehow I got four episodes behind )

Unrelated to any of the above: hey livejournal, I would renew my account (and purchase extra userpics again) if your payment page was actually secure.

Your main fandom of the year?
I guess I'd say Battlestar Galactica still, although that's dwindling and a couple of fandoms seem poised to knock it out of first place. BSG will probably always be my show, though.

Your favorite film you watched this year?
Wow, I haven't seen many movies this year. At this point I'd say Tangled beats both The King's Speech and The Muppets.

Your favorite book read this year?
I didn't read as much as I'd like, although I did read more than what I posted about on LJ. I just finished The Hallowed Hunt by Lois McMaster Bujold and she has lovely, clear prose and good voices for her characters. I didn't love this book as much as Paladin of Souls (both Chalion stories), but I quite liked it.

I also liked Zahrah the Windseeker, by Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu. Oh, and I read two or three Pratchett novels, and those are always delightful.

Your favorite tv show of the year?
New: Person of Interest. Returning: Parks and Recreation.

Your best new fandom discovery of the year?
If you like Leslie/Ben on Parks and Recreation (and I do, lots) the fanfic writers are an amazing group; such quality writing in this fandom. I've signed up to do a rec list for het_reccers.

While it wasn't a new discovery, I'm a huge admirer of the writers and actors for Parks and Recreation and what they have done with the character of Leslie Knope. (And Ben. But mostly Leslie.)

Your biggest fandom disappointment of the year?
Right now I'm still NOT OVER the idea that a significant, or at least vociferous, part of Person of Interest fandom is so unappreciative of Detective Carter, so I'm not feeling the "Yay, new fandom!" love that I want to feel. *sigh*
really, really not over it

That's probably not the kind of thing that was meant by this category, haha. Oops.

Your fiction boyfriend of the year?
Since we're going with fictional? Ben Wyatt; he's an awesome fictional boyfriend. (If I went with just looks, I'd pick Jim Caviezel. His John Reese would make a horrible boyfriend, though.)

Your fiction girlfriend of the year?
Oh, let's make it a matched set. Leslie Knope. She's awesome.

Your biggest squee moment of the year?
Hm. Probably the rewatch of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, because I got to appreciate how well the show worked even/especially knowing what was coming. (I'll admit, doing the fill-in recaps was a bit of a pain, but the rewatching itself was fantastic.)

Your biggest fan anticipations for the coming year?
The Hunger Games movie. Doctor Who coming back for season 7.

I am sitting here feeling generally pleased with life. I think it's a temporary high induced by "Yay, tomorrow is Friday" plus knowing that I get to go fabric-shopping this weekend! Wooohoooo!

Yes, this has to be rationed out. Much like the urge to buy all the clothing ever (especially at the thrift store). But I'm allowed to shop when I have a plan and there are sales.

What plan, I hear you ask? (Okay, not really. But I'm going to tell you anyway.) Look at this blouse. I have been admiring brocade and sari fabrics for years, but I've never had a feasible plan for a garment that I would actually wear. I'd wear a version of this blouse, and I already have that pattern.

Also, I want to make a black skirt, and I need some lace tape to finish the red skirt that's almost done. (Again.)

As for non-sewing stuff:

1) what would happen if Three (D'Anna Biers) met Ten (the Tenth Doctor)? I am wildly curious about your opinion.

2) I love love love "Bright Morning Stars," the new album by the Wailin' Jennys. Three-part harmony by amazingly capable female vocalists!

3) Time to rewatch episode 1.04 of The Sarah Connor Chronicles. My turn to (co-)write a recap this weekend.

Unrelated to the remainder of this post except for the science fiction TV connection:


maharet83 made banners for the SCC rewatch! They're all here. And you can still sign up to claim an episode or two to recap for us here. I'll post the recap for the pilot episode Friday, 2/11.

Okay, I'm going to talk about Battlestar Galactica for a bit. I'm sure this is shocking to all of you. ( Cylons, sentience and memory )

My last question: why does my brain insist on having every last detail in place before doing any actual story-writing?

Would anyone else be interested in doing a rewatch of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles from beginning to end? One or maybe two episodes a week? I could rewatch first and think of really obvious questions to put in a post. (Here or maybe at scchronicles_tv.)

eta: The current plan based on response so far is to watch one episode a week, except for two-part episodes. (Those will still get just one post.)

Honestly, I have no idea where this came from.

Ficlet: 3 things Sarah Connor wonders about James Ellison
Rated PG, maybe PG-13. Post-series. Sarah/James by the end.

( 3 things Sarah Connor wonders about James Ellison )

( someone talk me out of this! )

I need to delete some links from my bookmarks, so here's a fanvid link party: ( some fanvids I've liked lately )

eta: Sad news: Dick Francis passed away. I really enjoyed his books.

Okay, after I post this I'm turning off the computer. Honest!

So: I'm glad to be done with another round of grading. This brings me joy, yes. Imagine me beaming, my fingers stained with red ink.

One of my classes has discovered my Kryptonite--a horrible tendency to get pop songs that I swear I don't even listen to stuck in my head. This means that they evilly reference those songs on purpose. *laughs* Kudos to them for being clever about.

I mentioned this because chaila43 made a fantastic fanvid for Sarah Connor using Lady Gaga's "Pokerface." *cackles maniacally* (Go ahead, try not to think about that song now!)

So how do you wake up Lady Gaga?
You poke her face.

Yes, I'm twelve.

Why, why must I actually do grown-up things like balance my checkbook and pay bills? Why?! And why didn't I do this last night? I want to work on fic, but I'm not allowing myself to touch the fic notebook until I'm done. *grumps* Nor can I watch more Doctor Who. Off-limits, I say!

Speaking of TV I need to watch, in case you procrastinated on buying the complete Farscape series when deepdiscountdvd.com had such a great price, you're in luck for a few more hours. Amazon.com has it for $57.99. I already have it from the first offer, so... too bad. Such is life.

I'm behind on reading fanfic as well as writing it. But I do have a few recs.

Everyone who likes stories for Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles has probably already seen this, but halcyon_shift has an excellent series, Out on the Wire. It works well as a possibility of how season three could have been.

Battlestar Galactica/Firefly crossover: Through the Looking Glass, by karate0kat. Goes with the idea that the Demetrius got stranded and eventually encountered Mal and his crew. Some Kara/Sam content, lots of the Firefly team. I haven't left feedback there yet. Ooops.

More BSG bigbang stories: merrykk's Meet Your Storm is an AU for season three, post-New Caprica. What if Kacey really were a hybrid, and Kara's daughter? Some Kara/Sam content, lots of minor characters making guest appearances.

I've only read part of lizardbeth_j's next section of her "Not All That We Are" series, The Thread of Ariadne, but it's awesome, as always, and I can't wait to finish. Though it's killing my Kara/Sam-loving heart! Oh, the angst! (You really will need to read the previous parts; it starts here. Kara, Sam, cylons galore...

I already mentioned lls_mutant's story The Space Between Us, but I thought I'd reiterate that it's worth the time to read. Hoshi/Gaeta, Two/Eight (and baby, yaaaaaaayyyyy!), nearly everyone else who has ever been on the show. Works well as an alternative for season 4.5.

Not a bigbang fic, but daybreak777 wrote a beautiful, creepy crossover story: Blessed Be The Fruit, which mixes BSG and Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale.

Not a fic rec, but cleolinda has her Movies in Fifteen Minutes recap of New Moon, if you want a good giggle.

In addition to finishing/leaving feedback on some of these stories, merrykk and lyssie both have stories I haven't started yet. And I'm pretty sure I'm missing another rec I meant to make. *sigh*

Okay. Off to pay bills, balance the checkbook and NOT watch Doctor Who.

As soon as I started watching episode 2.09 of The Sarah Connor Chronicles and saw Sarah's dress, I thought of this painting by Andrew Wyeth. It's not as close a match as I thought (different sleeves), but still...
Who me, stay up way too late to watch more show? Hah.

Okay, so maybe I do need a Sarah Connor userpic.

( Sarah Connor ficlet, spoilers for 2.09 )