Catching up

[kelliem]

bluster came for a visit last week! Much fun was had, including a fantabulous Great Big Sea show at the Paramount. We were in the 8th row on the aisle and couldn't have had better seats. Before the show I was worried that the Paramount, being a large venue with actual seats, would repress the usual audience participation but fortunately that was not the case. The by'z were as 'on' as they get, and the audience was great, and a wonderful time was had by all. We came out half-deaf, completely hoarse, sweat-soaked and bone tired. Exactly how one should come out of a GBS concert. Though really, 'concert' is a misnomer. It's more of an interactive experience. ;D

The next night we'd gone to dinner at the closest Outback Steakhouse and on the way home saw the oddest thing... at the light, a large motorcycle was pulled off onto the sidewalk along with its trailer... a full size actual coffin. Not a fake Halloween-style coffin but a real, honest-to-goodness coffin, kind of silvery with chrome fittings. It definitely caused a few double-takes. On Saturday we went to Denver to see ardent_muses and her handsome and well-behaved Sheltie. bluster and ardent_muses showed me what NASCAR is like. I can now read the SGA "Fireball" AU and understand what's going on. I can't say I'm ever going to be a NASCAR fan but it wasn't as awful as I thought it would be. I had to laugh when I was the only one paying enough attention to the race to be able to tell them what they'd missed when they were busy fannishly squeeing over various drivers and crew-chiefs. And yes, bluster, Bootie is a cutie.

Watched House last night.... wow. That had to be the slashiest damned ep ever of a show that is often pretty slashy. I knew they were eventually going to bring back Wilson and was prepared for it to be lame, but you know, I really loved the way they did it. It worked. And I liked that highway patrol guy (or sheriff or whatever he was). He was sort of like a marriage counselor. ;D

Still liking Fringe, and pretty much all my usual shows, though my Bones love is kind of waning. They are really off their stride this season, and I am getting awfully tired of the Intern Shuffle. I wish they would just do whatever lame thing they're going to do to get Zach back and get it over with. Still haven't found a show I can really feel "fannish" about, though. ::sigh::

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[chickwriter.livejournal.com]

We came out half-deaf, completely hoarse, sweat-soaked and bone tired.

Oh, yeah!!

[kelliem.livejournal.com]

I see you've had the experience. ;D Alan was in prime hair-tossing form, too. ;D

[chickwriter.livejournal.com]

Alan was in prime hair-tossing form

GAH!

I had to miss them this year because of a sinus migraine (and I'd bought the tickets, too!). I adore these men.

[kelliem.livejournal.com]

Oh, that's just sad. Maybe they'll come back soon when you don't have a migraine!

[darklock.livejournal.com]

Great Big Sea! How fun! Now, I must listen to them. Thanks for reminding me that I wanted to spend time with them today. :-P

I have, I think, one episode of Fringe to catch up on. I'm enjoying it. And, I'm still waiting for Booth/Sweets/Bones fiction. I may wait in vain. I really wanted some Booth/Zach fiction. I should know better. The character I want them to expand on, they always phase out.

[kelliem.livejournal.com]

GBS always brightens the day.

I really love the Crazy Scientist Dad guy in Fringe. Apparently the actor specializes in Crazy Dad roles, as he was also Denethor in LotR. ;D

I can totally see Booth/Sweets/Bones. They kind of are a little co-dependent trio. ;D

[ardent-muses.livejournal.com]

Handsome and well-behaved. ::::squeals like only a mom can::::

I had a great time! :)

With you on Bones. I've been skipping it. :/

[kelliem.livejournal.com]

Well, he is! ;D

It's a shame about Bones.

[imkalena.livejournal.com]

Still haven't found a show I can really feel "fannish" about, though. ::sigh::

Oh, Gawd, not you, too? You and me and Beledibabe have to get together on this one and FIND something. Something with more than one male and one female as the heroic duo would be nice. I adore the Middleman and would gladly slash it, but there are pretty much no options. Am I hallucinating or is there simply no slash to be found beyond House/Wilson?

Even though I was tempted for five minutes to write Younger!Sam/Michael slash for Burn Notice.

[kelliem.livejournal.com]

I was thinking about it this morning and you're right in that a lot of shows these days have a male/female lead pairing, which makes them harder to slash. Also, I think, (dare I say it?) that the writing on dramas has improved to the point where I'm no longer seeing a lot of holes I want to fill in with my own take.

If there's slash out there outside of SGA and House, I haven't found it. Or am not watching whatever show it's on.