Miss Cellaneous

Maintenance on a site I rely on during this my late-night study session.

::twiddles thumbs::

::decides to offer ICONS! collected over the last weeks instead::

( John and Rodney and Teyla and Ronon )

I may have decided to join mcshep_match -- or try to, anyway.

As requested by this our pre-season friendly, in small study breaks and increments, I made icons for the McShep Match --

check out my icons and vote for your favourites!

Right, you want to see examples....

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Now, go get 'em!

summertea, I got your postcard! Thank you; made me smile! (And hey, as for not-very-far-in: It's the journey, not the destination, n'est-ce pas? & ;-)

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Over at fandomsecrets, I skimmed over tearful anime secrets so you don't have to:

( SGA Secrets, re-posted, plus 1 x Torchwood )

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6 Joe Flanigan Icons ( from the About Face photoshoot )

13 SGA Icons( mostly Ronon & Teyla, with a few Rodneys and two Johns )

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— Thanks to awmp for her actions.

I was unable to resist the photo that siriaeve posted of Rachel Luttrell & her new, tiny son. I don't even like babies. And yet.

( Schmoopicon )

Just so you know, first person making a joke that in any way, shape, or form mentions my biological clock gets slapped with a large trout.

Studying now. ::retreats:: Updates on the sinus!sitch--I know, you can't STAND the SUSPENSE!--in the last post via ETAs.

If anyone has advice regarding persistent, nagging sinus headaches, now is the time to speak up and share with me: Third day now, and taking aspirin like candy has only alleviated the constant throbbing a bit. Couldn't study because I couldn't concentrate enough, which is Not Good.

Did fiddle, on-and-off, with PhotoShop, though. See my latest contribution to mcsmooch, the ultimate lj community to bring a smile to my grumpy little face.

Otherwise, yes, I'm home in my own apartment again; father dropped me off after having roused me from sleep early in the morning to complain that I'd eaten the cranberries designated for his müsli! Oh, family. Speaking of, I also got a little Easter gift from the parents that, however, needs a ( cut-tag telling Jenn & Cottontail *not* to click )

Time for bed now. I can only hope tomorrow's a slightly brighter day, and I don't mean weather-wise, although that wouldn't go amiss either.

After returning to books & studying some on the 14th floor library, I gleefully took advantage of a special offer in the fruits section of my discounter and enjoyed a bowl of fresh raspberries & crushed cashews drizzled with maple syrup. Despite these bothersome computer troubles, life is lookin' up.

( SGA icons, anyone? )

Also, because I'm just too much in love with this: ( A John & Rodney Kiss )

So, I'm feeling vaguely bereft and do wonder--perhaps you my screencapping and pic-collecting friends do have hi-res caps of John or Rodney (or Joe or David in other tv/movie roles) kissing?

( 12 Claimable SGA Icons )

I need to get back to my studying, otherwise I'd search for myself: If someone pointed me to an(y!) explanation how a tiered tagging system on lj is supposed to work, I'd be much obliged.

ETA regarding SGA: Right! Still a few hours left to contribute the Fake Out Make Out challenge over in siegeofangels' lj! (Be sure to read pentapus's contribution. No, really. Go read.)

Finished the first part of the study plan. ::twiddles thumbs::

A few SGA icons, anyone?

( John & McKay/Sheppard )

thassalia has thoughtful thoughts on female role models, the dearth of 'em, and how some of us react:

"I get a little angry when I put forth my "if there are no women" in the story hypothesis and get the "it's about the story not the gender" argument in return because the truth is that we as a society constantly strip women from the story. We as storytellers strip women from the story, and as viewers and readers, when we accept that, we're complicit. We allow mothers to be absent, lovers to only exist in context with the men in their lives, women to exist at the edges of the story and not at the heart."

life_on_queen then made a good point, and I, uh. Went off on a tangent.

Now, because the 14valentines Life batch didn't have a single one of Dani smiling, I took grimorie up on her offer of iconising the caps from her and when she smiles picspam post. La la la crush, what crush? I have no idea what you are speaking of. & :-P

Seriously, grimorie's lj is a one-stop shop for a lot of your Life needs; just click here, and you'll see ep reviews and links to comms, commentary, tv scheduling news, and so on and so forth. If you like off-beat crime mysteries with plot arcs and a strong focus on characterisation as well as powerful dynamics between the two protagonists, Life is the show for you. Oh, also if you like Damien Lewis. That seems to happen often. (Ten would be totally envious if he met him, I'm just sayin'.)

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( 7 Life icons - Dani Reese smiles )

Icons of just a few favourite female characters from the following shows for 14valentines

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( 6 x Damages )

( 8 x Dexter )

( 7 x House, M.D. )

( 6 x Life )

( 6 x Spooks/MI-5 )

( 6 x Stargate Atlantis )

( 6 x The West Wing )

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One of the popular tags on last.fm for The Pipettes - July is "not too gay for a straight man."

Anyways.

On to rounding up some icons before putting together all the copies and updates to CVs and such for the sample application file....

( 10 Icons featuring Joe Flanigan at various events and Joe Flanigan & David Hewlett at the People's Choice Awards )

( 18 SGA Icons - John, Rodney, Teyla, Ronon )

And, of course, ( 10 McShep icons )

Yesterday night, I watched the Spooks/MI-5 Season Six Finale.

Have a brief reaction and 8 icons.

( 'I had poise, and gravitas.' )

Okay, so I contributed to More Joy Day after I finished prepping tomorrow's get-together. Only for SGA fandom yet again, which made me laugh by not one but two people on my flist reading it as More Joe Day. Never change, folks.

( For the SGA/JF fans )

When I compiled my quality, not quantity! list of fanfic written in 2007, I forgot the first story written that year, and one of my two femslash offerings, at that: Twenty-One, Alias, rated R.

Note to self & others: Tag your fic properly the moment you post it.

And while I'm at it, ( two insta-recs of the the SGA kind. )

Also, the ones who are interested already know, and the rest couldn't possibly care less, but it's Joe Flanigan's birthday. ( Have 3 icons! )

8 Sheppard/McKay icons for you.

Excuse the format; am at my mother's laptop without a mouse or any of my bookmarks.

( To the icons! )

Stumbling to bed now, but here's the deal: Usually, I scatter icons as presents all over others' livejournals, but these days, a lot of people don't have icon slots left or don't get comment notifications. So, consider this a

[Non-Denominational Gift-Giving Holiday Figure]'s Grab Bag of SGA Icons:

Happy holidays to all of you -- tell me which icon you want, and I'll mark it as yours and yours alone. & :-)

( 3 x angsty John )

( 1 x Ronon, 2 x Teyla )

( 7 x differently mooded John Sheppard )

( 2 x John/Rodney, 1 x Rodney )

The results of my liquorice poll aren't surprising -- there are a few hardcore fans and quite a bunch of folks...just not that into it. *g*

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Now, SGA Christmas icons, first batch - Ronon & Teyla:

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John & Rodney( under the cut. )

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I watched SGA 8x09Miller's Crossing today after my first day at the new place.

Have read all the post-ep fanfic but not a single review or analysis yet, as I want to post mine unbiased. Tomorrow, then: Rome, built, day.

That said, do have this tiny Millers Crossing episode tag. ciderpress kindly looked this over (but could unfortunately not be pressured into writing fanfic herself).

( 1 1/2 drabble. McShep. Rated R. )

So, I studied and ate breakfast. For the ones among you led to believe by my cheerful recipes that I only create exotic and somewhat sophisticated dishes, here's what that was. ( Stuffed'n baked apples )

In-between all of that, I made 3 icons.

( SGA: This is just what you've all been waiting for since Friday's episode )

( SGA: Forget questions of ethics and the lifestyle of one's people; this is the question Larrin was REALLY pondering. )

( This is very much not worksafe; don't click if the male anatomy doesn't appeal to you, especially in conjunction with another male. Also, don't click if you're underage, okay? )

Finished reading through another section and fetched the ingredients necessary for a relaxed Saturday night: Baileys in the fridge, check; ice cubes in the freezer, check. Alas, s'more studying on the plate before that (only till midnight, mooom).

For the spy fen among you, I give you -- taken from Season Five screencaps because there are no others on the net, which is woeful, especially re: Ros & Connie -- 6 *claimable* Spooks/MI-5 icons icons:

( Adam, Jo, Zaf, Ruth, Harry & Ruth )

cathexys, never say I don't love you. isiscolo, you don't happen to be a Spooks fan? You totally should be. Trust me. Totally. Amazing. Show.

Icons of Joe Flanigan, with special thanks to in_the_bottle and flightsilver:

( 7 x Joe )

Icons of Stargate Atlantis, mostly of John Sheppard, but there are some other core characters:

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( A few of these vaguely spoilery for SGA 4x05 )
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