Hi guys. I'm not sure what it was (post-Holiday blues? lingering flu?) but lately I've been feeling a bit of the blahs and ignoring you fun people at LJ. And while TV may contribute to risks of heart failure, I have to say this week has revived some excitement in fandom. Hopefully, I can become a better LJ citizen for it.

How about that Chuck? Three new episodes! ( Spoilers for 301-303. )

These last six episodes of Dollhouse has been a rollcoaster, and the recent one did deliver on all those twisty mindfraks.  ( Liveblog follows: )

Well, that's just this week.  I'm looking forward to Better Off Ted, the new Project Runway, Spartacus, and of course LOST!

So, who wants cards? Comments will be screened so your privacy ensured! If you've posted a list, I'll probably be sending you a card (BTW, what would your call-sign be?).

I'm pretty late to posting this, but why not? The rules are everywhere, but what the hey!

Step One:
- Make a post (public, friendslocked, filtered...whatever you're comfortable with) to your LJ. The post should contain your list of 10 holiday wishes. The wishes can be anything at all, from simple and fandom-related ("I'd love a Josh Wyman icon that's just for me") to medium ("I wish for ____ on DVD") to really big ("All I want for Christmas is a new car/computer/house/TV.") The important thing is, make sure these wishes are things you really, truly want.

- If you wish for real life things (not fics or icons), make sure you include some sort of contact info in your post. [Note: Your home address is not required!] you can PM me via the user info

- Also, make sure you post some version of these guidelines in your LJ.

Step Two:
- Surf around your friendslist (or friendsfriends, or just random journals) to see who has posted their list. And now here's the important part:

- If you see a wish you can grant, and it's in your heart to do so, make someone's wish come true. Sometimes someone's trash is another's treasure, and if you have a leather jacket you don't want or a gift certificate you won't use--or even know where you could get someone's dream purebred Basset Hound for free--do it.

You needn't spend money on these wishes unless you want to. The point isn't to put people out, it's to provide everyone a chance to be someone else's holiday elf--to spread the joy. Gifts can be made anonymously or not--it's your call.

There are no guarantees with this project, and no strings attached. Just...wish, and it might come true. Give, and you might receive. And you'll have the joy of knowing you made someone's holiday special.

The Wishes:

The LJ fannish:

1. Postcards (cards okay too), preferably with a STAMP! (I used to collect as a kid, still have the books, but post offices seems to like the electronic printed stickers).

2. Non-BSG icons! I only have four icons not BSG! I really need to expand my icon-horizons. Links to existing icons are sufficient, except that I prefer cartoons/graphics rather than photo-maniped icons. What am I following nowadays? In reverse alphabetical order: TrueBlood, Tremaire books, Sookie Stackhouse books, Northern Exposure, Middleman, The Good Wife, Dollhouse, Chuck, Catching Fire Series, Bones, The Big Bang Theory.

3. Fluffy Kacey fic.


In case any of my family or local (Philippines) friends ever reads this, which they won't:
4. No more food gifts! (Of course, most of you will be getting homemade bakegoods, like I give every year).
5. Middleman DVD!
6. Croquembouche mold, or a private lesson how to make a croqembouche. (Hint, hint, you-know-who!)
7. A new badminton-racket bag. Mine really is just a generic gym bag without a separate, protective section for rackets/birdies.


Only in my dreams:
8. Winning the mall raffle to that new 27" iMac.
9. A Dollhouse episode with Boyd backstory (Adele would be acceptable too).
10. World peace! No, Seriously!!

TITLE: The Employment of Ellen Tigh 4/4
Chapter 3: Love's Just A Dialogue
AUTHOR: artemis_90
CHARACTERS: Ellen/Saul, with Zarek & a bartender
SUMMARY: Series of vignettes showing what Ellen does in her free time "...be a good girl."
RATINGS & WARNINGS: PG13 (for language), 3,212 words. Takes place in Season 2.5, LDYB2, but the fic is informed by events in Season 4.5.
AUTHOR'S NOTES: Pls read 'em at Chapt 1a. A million thanks goes to the amazing betas, stardust_20 and jane_doh1 , for their patience with me. But all mistakes are mine.

Previous Parts:
Chapter 1a
Chapter 1b
Chapter 2

( Read last Chapter )

Title: The Employment of Ellen Tigh 3/4
Chapter 2: Open Doors to Madness
Author: artemis_90
Pairing(s)/Character: Ellen/Saul, with Chief, Tory, Baltar, and Head!Six (if you squint).
Summary: What does Ellen Tigh do in her free time? "... witness Baltar's particular brand of bullying."
Rating & Warnings: PG. 2,812 words. Takes place during Season 2.5, before The Captain's Hand.
Again, thanks to jane_doh1 and stardust_20 for their awesomeness.


Chapter 1a
Chapter 1b

( Chapter 2 )

TBC: Chapter 3

Title: The Employment of Ellen Tigh 2/4
Chapter 1: Rituals, An Expensive Sadness
Author: artemis_90
Pairing(s)/Character: Ellen, with Bill, Laura, & Kara.
Summary: What does Ellen Tigh do in her free time? "... some shopping therapy with the other wives... "
Rating & Warnings: PG. 2,472 words. Takes place during Season 2.5, a few days after The Sacrifice.
Author's Notes: Please see the previous chapter for notes. Thank you to astardust_20 and jane_doh1 who helped and encouraged me.


Chapter 1a: Prologue

( Chapter 1b: Duhrr, Keikeya, and Mackie )

TBC: Chapter 2: Open Doors to Madness

Title: The Employment of Ellen Tigh,
Part 1a: Teaser
Author: artemis_90
Pairings/Characters: Ellen/Saul
Summary: What does Ellen do in her free time?
Ratings & Warnings: G; ~500/9000 words; Takes place during Season 2.5, right after Sacrifice until LDYB2, but fic will be informed by events of Season 4.5. I haven't yet seen The Plan nor Caprica.
Author's Notes: • These are just series of character vignettes. Not much plot, but alas no porn either.
• I could have never finished without the help and encouragement two very special people: stardust_20 , who always has great insight, and jane_doh1 , who talked me off the ledge and made me finish.
•Written for the Fall 2009 bsgficexchange

( Chapter 1a: Rituals, An Expensive Sadness )

TBC

I see these posted elsewhere and I've decided to share in case anyone else might be watching the same shows.  *sighs*  I'm still missing Friday's BSG.

( Click to view... )

Random:

You offer to help a person meet a deadline. In the end it helps you too, but you can’t feel you were suckered into offering to help in the first place. While helping isn’t extraordinary, the actual work is slightly inappropriate in that is is the other person’s job. If you back out now, you feel you’ve broke your word, but at the same time, it isn’t exactly proper to help out someone who will claim all the credit. What would you do?

Another meme stolen yet again from daybreak777:
Using only episode names from one TV show, cleverly answer these questions. Try not to repeat an episode title. Repost as "My life according to ..."

I think I had more fun re-reading the episode synopses of the series I choose. Now I suspect most people in my f-list aren't familiar with the TV Series I chose, but I do hope other people play too.

Pick your Show:


Pick your Show: ( Northern Exposure )


So, what's your life like?

I had so much fun playing ergo so am stealing this meme from daybreak777


The Favourite Character Meme:
1. Write a list of 15 of your fandoms; including films, TV series, books and stage shows.
2. Ask people on your flist to pick a fandom and guess who your favourite character is from it.
3. If they guess right, you must explain why this character is or became your favourite.
4. If you share this fandom with the poster guess who their favourite is too.

I can't really say I am a fangirl for anything except BSG, but here are some series I follow (or used to follow):

1. CHUCK - Casey
2. TRUE BLOOD - Jessica
3. Charlaine Harris' Sookie Stackhouse Book Series - not sookie, bubba, maryanne/maenad  
4. David Eddings' The BELGARIAD series - not Polgara
5. Naomi Novik's His Majesty's Dragon Series  
6. NORTHERN EXPOSURE
7. 3rd ROCK FROM THE SUN - Sally
8. DOLLHOUSE - Boyd
9. THE BIG BANG THEORY
10. 1776 (the musical) - John Adams
11. Candy Candy (gosh I hope someone else gets this)
12 Lord of the Rings - Boromir
13. Start Trek (Reboot Movie) - Sulu
14. Favorite Shakespeare female character (who is not in my favorite play which is Othello) - Beatrice
15. Favorite Greek myth MORTAL - Iphigenia not Odysseus, Cassandra, Bresies, Chryseis, Helen, Antigone,Elektra

Hi y'all!  miss me?? Well, I MISSED you!

Mea Culpa etc. about not participating these past months.  I was truly incommunicado:  first on trips (to Australia and San Diego), then an injuried right hand (too tedious to explain), and some anti-social laziness lately.  So I have been lightly lurking the past few weeks.  I'm trying to catch up on ficcs and entries I've missed BUT ...  its just too much!!!  Ergo, I'm granting myself an amnesty for reading and responding (or not reading and responding?), okay folks?

So, what did I miss???????

 Hello F-List!

First, apologies for not being around.  I’m not lurking – I really haven’t been around LJ.  I’ve been genuiniely busy with RL (planning for two trips this summer) but when I have time to think about BSG – well, I’m not emotionally ready to mourn with everyone out there just yet.  So pardon my distance for just a bit longer.

( A pithy thought on the Finale... )

Tonight though I really miss the anticipation for a new episode of BSG.  *Sighs* I can’t believe I’m saying this, but I may miss BSG-hiatus-hell.  I probably will re-start reading LJ and y’all's thoughts.  Be assured I will participate (and not just lurk) – just pardon me if I seem a little bit too late to the conversation yet again!   

On second note, I will be on a family vacation from this coming Monday for about 2 weeks.  I’m not sure what the internet situation will like be like so I might even be AWOL yet again.

I really DO want to stay connected to the fandom (LUV U ALL!!!!!), but I just needed this mini-break.   I plan to start looking at my F-list starting March 21!  Yikes that’s many many pages, so if any of you have a particular post you think I should read RFN, please do mention it!  I might even clean up my reaction draft and post it if I get some time (or decide to procrastinate from packing).
 

Instant reaction:

( what kind of title is Islanded in a Stream of Stars anyway? )

 I might have more to say when I think about it some more.

However some brief thoughts:

( Cut for episode spoilers )

Remember, no spoilers please!  Not even promos!  Thanks!

 No live blog for BotS.  Just some random thoughts:

What did you all think?  Remember no spoilers, not even promos.  And now, I get to read what you all were thinking.

OMG OMG 

( incoherent Live blogging! )

 

So, is it next week yet????

 

Now I need to hit Felixsomeone to let go of adrenaline.

 Squee Highs:

 

I can’t watch it again, because I won’t be able sleep.  But I WILL need to talk about it, so I will be hopping around to see what y'all thought about THE OATH!  But remember, No Spoilers, not even promos!

 Been under the weather.  Oh well, better late than never. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Let’s see if I can get my head back together by next episode.