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Uuuuhh... Mwa? The-- bwuh?

Abba duo linked to Torchwood Musical

Two things.

1) 'Torchwood musical', wtf?

2) Abba involvement, omgwtfbbq?

This had better NOT happen. *rocks in corner*

Although it might have been cute if Barrowman and GDL were involved?!

Status of laptop: Dead

Status of WIP podbang: Missing, presumed dead

Status of me: !%&!*!

I recorded my favourite story by the wonderful deltacephei for her birthday last weekend.

I'm sure you all already know her SGA fic, but if you haven't already read DC's stories, then run don't walk! She writes great dialogue, fun plots, and thoughtful tags and you can find her on LJ or at her website.

Title: Embrace Yourself (And Others Too) text, mp3
Author: deltacephei
Reader: tacittype
Fandom: Stargate: Atlantis
Pairing: John/Rodney
Rating: Adult
Summary: In which aliens make them do it, except that it's not quite so simple.
Length: 53:42 (8400 words)
Thanks to dodificus for the lightning-fast beta!

And, DC recorded one of mine as well! Is it narcissistic to really enjoy your own story read out loud? Working Out: text and podbook. AND cybel made art for the podbook, which I adore. ♥

I know it's a pain in the arse to give feedback on podfic, because you're usually not at your computer when you're listening. But - and not just me and DC - readers heart feedback and tend not to get very much at all. </mode="soapbox">

It looks like DC and I planned this but we didn't, honest. We're having a love-in this month!

You all know about that survey, right?

The latest, via rm, here, wherein Ogi says - and this is a direct quote - "Well, slash is kind of the female equivalent of the straight male interest in transsexuals."

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O_O


But... What?!

For reasons that don't need exploring at this juncture, I spent two hours today limericking.

Here are three SGA limericks for your viewing pleasure. The other eight(!) were Torchwood, but they, uh, developed a narrative. So they'll be along at a later date.

There once was a man called McKay,
who hassled his people all day,
But Sheppard's around,
their love is renowned,
he doesn't let Rodney fillet

Atlantis was mighty and pretty
but morals were lost in the city
they spawned hungry wraith
nobody was safe
because they were led by committee

Our military leader is hairy
his style of command is contrary
he can't read a map
he'll kill in a snap
if not on our side he'd be scary

Blame deltacephei .

How do you punctuate these things??!

Torchwood move sees ratings boost

Does this mean we're more likely to get a series 4? Pretty please?

Does anyone know anything about a con called the SFX Weekender? It's in February in Sussex.

Because, you see... I'm sort of considering going. *g* I got a message on Facebook from a girl I knew at school, Chris. She's 3 years older than me (it was a lot at the time) and one of the few kids at my school who lived anywhere near me. We used to sit at the back of the bus on the way home every afternoon, plotting how we were going to be the youngest ever authors of a DS9 script, or discussing why B5's gate system made more scientific sense than Star Trek's warp drives. When she went away to uni, I visited her a couple of times for weekends, and she told me way more than my impressionable young ears had ever thought to hear about lesbian sex.

We lost touch over the years - she became bi and found God and became a maths teacher and got married and had a kid. I moved Up North, which is an equally dramatic lifestyle change according to my London-based friends.

I think a lot of why I'm considering going is because I want to hang out with Chris again. I'm not too fussed about seeing John Barrowman, although what YouTube footage I've seen of James Marsters at cons has been promising. Opinions?



In other news, Dex stole and ate an entire loaf of bread last night. Obviously this lost him his breakfast rights. All morning, he has been standing in front of the cupboard where his normal doggy sanctioned food lives, like, 'but why aren't you feeding me?!', but has just laid down, belly bulging, for a carbs coma. It was nice bread, too, the cheeky bugger. He probably wouldn't have bothered if it was the normal cheap supermarket own-brand stuff. *glares*

There are a bunch of things I've been meaning to post about, and for some reason they are all to do with food.

1) In looking for my passport last Wednesday night (at 2am when I was leaving on Thursday morning, shut up), I found some bathroom scales on my bedroom floor. I weighed myself for the first time in over a year, and found that I weigh the same as I did when I finished the year of manual labour! HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE? I suspect every gram of muscle I had has turned to lard and migrated to my ass, belly and hips; there is no other explanation.

2) I have been obsessively doing 'Five a day' - that is, a minimum of five portion of fruit or veg every day. Generally, a handful is a portion. Juice counts as one, regardless of quantity (from a small glass upwards). This is the best food-related drive I have ever been on. I am eating so healthily! I used to normally have three or four portions a day and sometimes suck and have one. Or, um, none. Those last couple have really cut into my unhealthy snacking. My skin is great, my fridge is stocked with all sorts of exciting things, and I get to feel virtuous even when I've also eaten 100g of chocolate because I ate the fruit/veg, and that is all that counts! I don't know how it would be for weight loss, but for feeling healthy and energetic? It's fabulous. I am going to do it every day for the rest of my life.

3) I had an email forwarded to me that contained a recipe for a five minute mug cake. I timed it and really it was more like 7, but that was from the moment I started pulling ingredients from the cupboards to the moment the microwave dinged. I can't really resent those extra two minutes, you know? Cake. In a mug.

deltacephei and I tried the recipe and pronounced it most acceptable. We also tried it using coffee and walnuts instead of cocoa and chocolate chips. The mix was very wet with the coffee, so I added another spoon of flour and didn't notice the resulting cake texture being any different.

( 5 minute mug cake )

It lacked that crispy yumminess of the edges of a fresh oven-baked cake, but, you know. Five minutes. I can't complain. If I make it again, I will switch the cocoa and choc chips for a tablespoon of swollen stoned dates, as per my mum's recipe for the best cakes in the entire world ever. In fact, hmm. *hunts* She emailed it to me. Here, have a go. Seriously: THE BEST.

( tacit's mum's recipe for Sticky Toffee puddings )

I think it'll work really well adapted to the mug cake because in my mum's recipe, the cakes have the wonderful flavour and the sauce provides the texture sensation. :)

4) I baked my first ever grown-up cake for my mum's 60th. It was good! I learnt how to make ganache. I planned to do more icing modelling, but I started so late in the evening that I just didn't have time. /o\ You can't tell from the picture, but the icing was smooth and the whole thing was a geometric joy - with a ton of chocolate and cake inside. \o/ I now have an LJ tag for cake. I posted a small slice of it to the other side of the world in the guise of Marie Antoinette, but that is another story.



5) At the posh French hotel my mum's birthday was based in, I chose a dessert that had a long description that I couldn't adequately translate, and an in-built menu translation that said, 'pineapple, pineapple, pineapple'. What with my recent fannish love for Psych, I didn't see how to resist. It turned out to be three things: a piece of hot pineapple baked in foil with a vanilla pod; a light pineapple mousse on a sponge base; and a shot glass of pineapple sorbet with something very boozy in it. *swoons* It had three pineapple leaves jabbed artistically into the mousse, swirls of something pineapply doodled on the plate, a rakish line of coconut flakes, and swirls of something bright red and yummy... I wish I'd had a camera with me, it was amazing.

I have not weighed myself again since I got back from France. I do not want to know.