[a, miscellany] whatever

[bantha_fodder]

thank you for your interest in the poll in the previous entry. i actually came home, made some notes about the vid, rewatched the good bits of final cut (ie, the bits with pilots), and then watched rome.

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speaking of rome, i've just watched the first episode. it was interesting.

show of hands who liked it, please? i can't decide. which is unusual, as usually i'm either yes! or no! about it, not this wishy-washy indecisiveness.

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there's this vid floating around, and it uses a song called 'consider this.' can someone upload it (the song) for me? please?

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i'm tired and feeling blah and actually feeling pretty emo too, so before i attempt to be creative, i'm going to list some things that make me happy, because there's some sort of meme going around.

things that make me happy (in no particular order), by pen, aged twenty three and a little bit

1. good vids to songs i like and in fandoms i like
2. fic
3. plush penguins
4. the muppet movie
5. cooking
6. archery (when it's not raining)
7. pride and prejudice
8. children of sloane HAHA i mean children of dune. what a typo
9. real person fic about james and jessica from the children of dune mini series (omg you should totally try it some time)
10. breakfast on sunday mornings with my friends
11. trashy magazines.
12. tim tams
13. lying on the beach, reading (please remember to wear a hat and sunscreen)
14. post cards
15. batman

okay, i'm done, but if you'd like to leave a comment that says anything at all, that would be nice. you can ask for fic, if you'd like. or whatever takes your fancy.

Comments

[maddeinin.livejournal.com]

I was ambivalent about the first part of Rome. It's very pretty and I liked the actors a lot (although many of them I've seen in enough movies/shows to feel pretty weird - very hey, it's that cool English guy!) but the plot didn't really grab me and the sex scenes were offputting. The second part was better, plus we got to meet Lucius' wife on whom I now have a huge girlcrush because she is So Pretty.

...and I'm still waiting for last night's ep to dl.

[bantha-fodder.livejournal.com]

oh! is lucius' wife the delightful niobe? i remember that there was a lovely looking lady whose name is niobe, who i have yet to see.

[maddeinin.livejournal.com]

Yes! Here she is. (There are slight spoilers in the Relationships-column on that page. Very slight.)

[bantha-fodder.livejournal.com]

i do not care about spoilers!

and omg her brother in law! i must watch the next episode!

[raffaella.livejournal.com]

We see her in ep 2. She's played by Indira Varma (Naveen Andrews' bitchy sister in Bride and Prejudice, if you've seen it) and she's really great.

I only like parts of Rome: the political intrigues, Marc Antony, some characters like Niobe, but -- and this is probably the first time in my life I say this -- I wish they'd spare us most of the sex scenes, because they're seriously unsexy.

[bantha-fodder.livejournal.com]

oh my gods, sex scenes of doom. i couldn't believe how unerotic, emotionless, and horrible they were. sloane says this is because they are demonstrating how sex is a tool in this universe, but still. i was feeling awkward.