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So there I was, all set to make a picspam of my current favourite pretty people (aka lots of Askars with a dash of Mad Men and a little Katee), when jacinthsong 's post 100 non-white characters appeared on my flist and made me realise with a jolt that every single person in my picspam was white. I'm still going to post it (because ASKARS), but I felt like doing a visual response to the meme that also coincides with picspammy 's latest challenge, 'Something Different'. Here you will find 15 of my favourite non-white characters (from film and tv) and their actors as well (in alphabetical order!).



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Poll #1420218
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 13

What should Jeeshee watch?

- I probably won't be able to watch every series of something that's really long.
- I reserve the right to not get on with something and move on.

There's sod all on the television (via internet) at the moment, and as I've finished LoTS (finally) I need something else to move on to.

SO please leave your suggestions below, and I'll make a poll for the next round out of things I think sound fun and that are available online.

I am up for most stuff - I like things with a fantasy or sci fi twist but I do also like serious dramas. Not so much of a comedy fan but I know there are some great ones I've got to catch up on so really you can nominate anything! A little synopsis would also be fab :)

This post is brought to you by hours of frustration trying to find some Greek subtitles for 'Ta Mystika Tis Edem' and FAILING. But I enjoyed episode 2 regardless - just wish I understood more of the dialogue beyond 'hello' and 'yes, certainly'!

Okay, okay, heading back to the library...but just wanted to quickly post and mark a very special occasion:

Jeeshee is FIVE YEARS OLD!!!!!

Wow! Can't believe I've been wasting time on this website for so long! Many thanks to deeyah who introduced me to this madness.

I feel like I should post something momentous...but I don't know what. I don't even have an appropriate gif. Anyway, I guess I should also thank all of my wonderful flist, who've put up with a) my moaning about exams, school and university, b) my weird obsessions, c) my cryptic posts which I usually look back on and cringe and d) my erratic commenting/comment replies. I've met some of you in real life, and some of you I now count as good friends, so yay for finding each other through the internet. And seriously, thanks for introducing me to some of my favourite tv shows, music and actors. Hugs all round!

Yeah, I know, sleep is beneficial for the old finals.

But whatever.

STAR TREK WAS AMAZING!!!!

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For the current picspammy challenge: a little spam of my favourite scene from Spirited Away. Sen/Chihiro is a girl trapped in the realm of the gods and forced to work in a sorceress' bath house. In order to help her injured friend Haku, she and her companions must take the train across the water. It's a gloriously atmospheric scene with a real sense of loneliness. I love the image of the train going over the water.



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Before I pop off to the library, have some (short) fanfic. I swear I am addicted to writing Leoben - probably because he is so easy to make poetic, being such a weirdo. I'm sad he didn't get much screentime in 4.5.

I had actually written most of this before I got the Echo/Narcissus inspiration. I hadn't quite realised I'd written a very similar story. Good old Ovid is obviously just the Roman equivalent of Bob Dylan, right?

Title: Echo/Narcissus
Rating: PG
Word count: 558
Pairing/Character: Leoben, Leoben/Kara, Leoben/Six
Summary: Leoben sits by the river and watches.
Spoilers: Daybreak II.

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Yes, this counts as revision:



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Cross posting to couchpumpkin.

I’ve been on the Battlestar rollercoaster since July 2008, when I inhaled seasons 1-3 at a worrying rate (up to 5 episodes per day). Here was a series that pressed all my buttons: Greek and Roman mythology, political intrigue, an epic sweeping journey, girls with guns, real world analogy, deep philosophical issues…and all of it IN SPACE. I’ve loved it wholeheartedly.
But…
Last week’s finale has engendered a very mixed reaction in me, which is gradually settling into disappointment. Details are after the cut (because you really don’t want to be spoiled for this if you haven’t caught up…or maybe you do?), but please be warned I am going to say some negative things. If you can’t handle that then please move along. I also don’t need patronising. Trust me, I got it. I just didn’t like it. I welcome discussion but I don’t need to be told that I’m too stupid to understand.

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I'm not going to lie to you, I really haven't been on board with a few of the plotlines recently. But this episode starting delivering great character and relationship moments by the bucketload which was fantastic and made me feel a little like Christmas. And in the end, if the characters are awesome? I can overlook (most of) the plot flaws.
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OMG, BSG is eating my brain. Also I just had a big panic based on a spoilery pic over at scifi and had to go watch the wrap video again to check some spoilery stuff that I had mostly erased from my mind.

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DUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUDE

THAT. WAS. AMAZING.

Incoherent capslock under the cut.

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Hmm. Strange one this week, but I actually enjoyed a lot of the elements and I think they tied very well together.

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Um...

Show is back. Show is more depressing than ever. I love show. Huge, huge spoilers and not very much coherency under here.

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I'm actually...pretty happy with that! It justifies the (unfair) cancellation of 'Party Animals', at least. Plus he was completely adorable in that, so I think my powers of psychic pre-Doctor fancying have worked yet again! Okay, there's a little bit of diversity fail there...but then again maybe TPTB were trying to avoid hassle. And I'm sure they chose the best actor for the job.

Now I am greatly, greatly enjoying the rants and rages on t'internet and chuckling to myself. He's young, he's quirky looking, he's got an emo fringe...whatever. If 11+Moff manage to make me love Doctor Who again then they will have achieved a lot, tbh.

*Contented sigh*

In other news...I may have to go back to Oxford far earlier than planned, because I really can't concentrate at home. I need need need to write some thesis. Grumble grumble.

Inspired by the various 2008 picspams out there...two montage pictures to celebrate 2008:

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NAKED UNDEAD VIKINGS FTW!









Eric: I texted you three times. Why didn't you text back?
Bill: I hate typing with the number keys.

When you see this, post in your own journal with your favourite quote from The Princess Bride. Preferably not "As you wish" or the Inigo Montoya speech.

'There's a shortage of perfect breasts in the world, t'would be a pity to ruin yours'

But I also love the whole fight with Westley and Inigo that includes this golden exchange:

'Inigo: I admit it, you are better than I am.
Westley: Then why are you smiling?
Inigo: Because I know something you don't know.
Westley: And what is that?
Inigo: I am not left handed!

Westley: You are amazing!
Inigo: I ought to be after twenty years.
Westley: There's something I ought to tell you.
Inigo: Tell me.
Westley: I'm not left-handed either.'

<3 With thanks to the facebook group - 'My name is Inigo Montoya etc''