It Started with a Journal

OK, this is ridiculous. I've been trying for the last 10 minutes to talk about MI casting news, but every time I switch to my Tumblr window I get completely distracted by this Hawkeye art. ( There's something about it that completely mesmerizes me. )

OK, SCROLLING AWAY. Jeez.

Two big pieces of MI casting news:

Magnus Bane: Since they've cast my choice for Magnus as Simon, they have selected Godfrey Gao, who I've never heard of, but I'm fairly sure I can live with him:



*is mesmerized again*

Where was I... oh, right. OK, so now that Magnus is THIS GUY, all I have to say is that the pressure is on wrt Alec. Alec better be the hottest, most likeable guy ever, because otherwise I have to continue to not understand what the hell Magnus sees in him. Because, you see, Alec is a whiny little bitch most of the time.

Jocelyn Fray: Going to be played by QUEEN CERSEI LANNISTER! I mean, Lena Headey. WHEN FANDOMS COLLIDE. She makes a perfect Jocelyn, actually. Jocelyn is someone I see as uptight, controlling, and hypocritical, which totally describes both Cersei and Sarah Connor, the two roles I'm most familiar with Lena portraying. So woot!

Given all the casting news so far, I may have to completely change all my ship preferences, just for the movie. -.-

This is what's wrong with Tumblr: One of the artists I follow (who drew my icon, actually) just revealed that she was 23. This opened up a slew of comments about how "old" she was and one person was like, "I'm 18 and always feel soooooo old around these high schoolers and pre-teens."

SERIOUSLY? But at the same time, it explains a lot of the behavior over there. -.-

I keep waffling between excitement and total bitterness that Jade and Robbie are going to see The Bourne Legacy tonight. Right now I'm on bitterrrrrrrr.

I feel kind of loopy. I think it's party due to blood loss, and partly because I was up at 2am posting fic and then was up again 4.5 hours later for work purposes. Work is so never a good reason to lose sleep. -.- Though I guess you could say it was because of posting fic. Which, you're right, it's a better reason. Also, shut up, I don't need all this backtalk from you.

Okay, first, does everyone know about propheting's Katrina relief fund efforts? Just want to make sure, because it's such a good cause (and you GET FIC!). Basically, you can bid on D/G authors to write whatever your heart desires, and the winning bid goes to the Red Cross. Most people don't even restrict what they'll write to D/G, so you can get them to write practically any pairing that interests you. Go check it out; some great authors are already up for grabs, so get your bids in (I'm not sure when bidding closes). Jade and I have both volunteered also, so I'll let you know when we're up (should be very soon).

Now on to the frivolous part of this entry.

1) My erstwhile roommates are now gone, and there's always this adjustment period I have to go through when I have company and then am suddenly alone again. There's this jumble of feelings: sadness, relief, loneliness, fear. The sadness and loneliness get canceled out by relief (I really prefer to live alone), and the fear (absent the security that two other people in your house provides) pretty much goes away. Especially as the Brinks people came on Sat. morning and I now have an alarm that could wake the dead when it goes off. My new fear is that I'll forget it's on in the middle of the night, or the morning before I've turned it off, and wander out of my bedroom, setting it off and creating a false emergency for law enforcement people. (And btw, yes, there is a way to turn the alarm on, but leave the motion detectors off. Whew.)

2) Fanart! twiddlekinks drew Draco and Cho from "Playing Dirty"! It's super cute, and brings back some fond memories of the writing of that story. <3 Also, it took me until now to find this beautiful D/G drawing by starlettegurly, which she says was partially inspired by "A Bed Made for One." Yay! I'll totally take "partially inspired" by the mega-talented Kara. And last, but not least, here is the Luke/Lorelai by tiny_q that I commissioned for Jade's birthday. Seriously, is it not awesome? I don't know how all you artists do it.

3) My Lost S1 DVDs arrived last week. I'd never seen the show before, and have thus far avoided all mentions of it on my flist so as not to get spoiled. I was spoiled on something (fairly minor) when I was still watching Alias and would turn on the TV too early, but other than that, I began watching with a fairly clean slate. After Jade and Robbie left, I was pretty much glued to the TV. I've now almost finished all 6 discs, and I think I'm either at the finale or two eps from the finale.

( My thoughts so far... (spoilers) )