Kat's Evil Mega-Global Journal

Someone bought me the DVD of Back to Earth on Amazon - it just arrived today! I have no idea who it is, but whoever it is, I'm thrilled and thankful! :D :D

I'm not seeing it until tonight; I've got some work to do first. But yay! :D

Still working on my layout; I'm getting closer to something I think I might enjoy. Still going back and forth a bit though, but I can't be sat doing this all day; got test translations to do. :p

Updatey bits tomorrow, maybe. Right now, I'm going to work out on new layout.

'Cause it's time.

Yes, folks - it's the meme that never dies. Probably because it's fun and interesting! Instructions, as per usual, are thus:

Leave a comment and I’ll respond with 5 questions so I can get to know you better. Update your own journal with the questions, giving your answers. Include this explanation and offer to ask other people questions.

This time 'round, the lovely sunny_bexster has asked me some Q's.

1. First pairing you shipped and why?
Well, it rather depends. I always say that I shipped Mulder/Scully before I knew what 'shipping' was, but now that I think about it, I shipped Lister/Kochanski long before that. Gods, how I shipped Lister/Kochanski! Still do. :) After I knew what shipping was - my first official OTP, as it were - was Data/Tasha Yar from TNG. I like all of these because they are unutterably romantic; they clearly love one another so strongly, though the love might appear to be one-sided. There's also a measure of starcrossedness to each pairing. I like strong emotions and complications - epic love, if you will. I've coined the phrase 'dramantic'.

2. Which English word makes you giggle the most.
It's not about the words themselves; it's all about context. Any word can make you giggle if you say it right, at the right time. And that's the trick of writing.

3. How did you meet your husband?
At a science fiction convention. Which sounds really geeky, but, well. I - funnily enough - was only going because they were supposed to show Red Dwarf. In those days (1997), we were still mostly slaves to television. It's hard to imagine now, but unless you could find some obscure mail order shop, you couldn't get your hands on episodes of shows that didn't air in the country you lived in. I hadn't seen RD since the early nineties, and I was craving it. Anyway, I volunteered to work there, and cobos was a senior volunteer. I thought he was a sweet guy, but way to old for me - he had to be in his late twenties. Turns out he was 20 to my 19. :p Five days later, having met every single day during and after the con, we were a couple.

4. Have you ever walked out a film?
I... I just can't. I have a problem doing certain things that I feel are just rude or improper, and this is one of them. I almost walked out of The Happening, because the basic premise of the film is something that terrifies me (I had no idea, going in), but I kept thinking it would get better. Needless to say, it didn't. :p

5. What's the next thing you're likely to buy to treat yourself.
I bought some killer sandals the other day. I will probably buy BTE or some other DVD-set soon-ish, because I like to keep stuff on in the background when I'm translating at home. Which I will be. *sigh*

I did so frequently when I wrote more regularly with roadstergal. Her afternoon is my evening and her evening is my morning, so it's just easier that way. I'm a night person, so I don't mind doing it - I actually quite enjoy it. I only really stay awake all night if I have work the next day, otherwise I'd go to sleep when she did, at some point in my morning.

It's a lot of fun; it's a bit like camping. I miss it. So does she. :(

Yo, RD people - THE DJ HOTEL IS NOT FULLY BOOKED!

The hotel is just stupid about remembering that they have a block for the convention, but that's all been sorted now. Basically, if you book through here: http://www.reddwarffanclub.com/dimensionjump/steptwo.php you will find that there are still rooms.

I just cancelled at the Radisson and got a room there. :)

(The Radisson is a better hotel, and I did waver a bit... but I really do want to be at the convention hotel. It sounds stupid, but there's just a better feel to it.)

duckface is visiting, and stayed at my place last night. He's meeting me for lunch. On my way to work, I realized that I'd forgotten my phone, so when I got here, I immediately tweeted him, and asked him to bring it with him. Because he reads his twitter feed on his phone, he got the message right away! He can even tweet me as he arrives, because I can read my feed on my work computer.

Because I need to get back into taking pictures.

Ask me to take pictures of any aspect of my life that you're interested in or curious about. It can be anything from my favorite shirt to my cell phone. Leave your requests as a comment to this entry, and I'll snap the pictures and post them as soon as I can.

Name your 10 absolutely favorite couples (het/slash/canon/fanon) and ask people to see what trends they notice about your couples. Try to pick different fandoms (in no order of preference):

1: Arnold Judas Rimmer/David Lister (Red Dwarf)
2: Odo/Kira Nerys (Deep Space Nine)
3: Vince Noir/Howard Moon (The Mighty Boosh)
4: David Lister/Kristine Kochanski (Red Dwarf)
5: Data/Tasha Yar (TNG)
6: Dana Scully/Fox Mulder (The X-files)
7: Zaphod Beeblebrox/Trillian (The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy)
8: Reginald Jeeves/Bertram Wilberforce Wooster (Jeeves & Wooster)
9: Elim Garak/Julian Bashir (Deep Space Nine)
10: Bryce/Hillary (Tomb Raider Films - as fictionalized by roadstergal's stories)

I wanna write.

Gotta get some of these WIPs wrapped up. :p

I'm staying here. It's right next to the convention hotel - wall to wall! It's actually so close that on the Holiday Inn site, they've Photoshopped the Radisson out of the hotel's picture. It seems like a much better hotel overall, and the price isn't that much higher. I can live with this. ;)

I was going to make a proper uptdate (of properness) today, but instead, I present to you a solid portion of fail. I've been meaning to book the hotel for Dimension Jump for aaages now, and this week I've even had the window open a few times. Never did book though.

Why? Oh, several things; I wanted to sign up for the Holiday Inn rewards program, but I didn't have my frequent flyer card with me at work, then I got home and forgot about it, and then I didn't bring it to work the next day, and then I forgot about it again until quite late, and I thought "why not do it tomorrow..." which brings us to today. When the hotel is FULLY BOOKED.

I mean... why? Why would I possibly mess around like that when I knew I needed to book ASAP? What kind of an idiot am I?

I've got Sindre on it now; hopefully I can find some way around this. I've gotten rooms at fully booked hotels before.

I just... I can't get over the massive, massive, pointless fail.

(Obviously I can get a room somewhere else; it's just so much better to be at the convention hotel, and this situation was so easily avoidable.)

Meanwhile (score!!):

Your results:
You are Uhura

Uhura 80% Deanna Troi 70% Will Riker 60% An Expendable Character (Redshirt) 60% James T. Kirk (Captain) 55% Geordi LaForge 55% Mr. Scott 50% Jean-Luc Picard 50% Chekov 45% Beverly Crusher 45% Worf 40% Data 26% Mr. Sulu 25% Spock 19% Leonard McCoy (Bones) 15%

You are a good communicator with a pleasant soft-spoken voice. Also a talented singer.

Click here to take the Star Trek Personality Quiz

I'm just on my way to try this on:



It's tailor-made, so I have to try it on to see if any alterations need to be done. I'm very excited about this; I've been wanting a national costume forever! I don't have time to write more about it now, have to hurry off! :)

I've been staying away from LJ until I've seen all of Back To Earth, to avoid spoilers. I've seen Part 1 with roadstergal, and I want to see the other two with her, but scheduling has been a bitch. Hence, no spoilers, plz. (Except for hilariously fake ones!) Anyway, popping carefully back for some memage:

What are your favorite episodes of each series? Just one.

Here's mine:
I. Balance of Power
II. Kryten
III. Bodyswap
IV. Dimension Jump
V. Back to Reality
VI. Legion
VII. Stoke Me a Clipper (Slashier than "Blue" by FAR, and a great ep all round)
VIII. Cassandra
-Additional-
From bonus material: Bodysnatcher, hands down!!
Back to Earth: *sobs quietly*

Someone uploaded the promotional five-minute clip from the new episodes to YouTube, and I made some caps. You can watch the actual clip here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6W8DQ2poWdA

( So I combed my hair, and fainted! )

Back from UK times! I don't have time or - right now - the energy to go through my flist backlog, so if there's anything you've posted that you think I'd be interested in/should know, lemme know here, please. :)

I will do my best to do a writeup later!

Red Dwarf makes use of postmodern intertextuality.

Be still my Lit-major heart!! :D

(Also - I called this plotline in January. :p)

I do love this picture. To so many tiny little bits.



I'm never going argue with Rimmer-apologists ever again. Whenever someone comes up with a "he just needs more self esteem/to be loved/a nice hug" - I'm going to link them to this.

AJR. Is. A. Bastard. And we love him for it.

This appeared on the channel Dave (where Red Dwarf will be broadcast) the other day, along with several others of the same type. It's only two seconds long, so I really doubt it counts as a spoiler; thus, it is uncut.



( If you really don't want spoilers, I've put my rambling about it behind this cut. :) )