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Posting in between people burning limbs (still cleaning up post-ice storm)--the wind finally took a turn where it isn’t blowing over here. They're apparently doing it so the people that keep coming around to get rid of branches and assorted debris won't have as much to do.

The Sci-Fi Channel is changing their name. They will call themselves…The Syfy Channel. Honestly? They haven’t been that great for a few years now, what with the wrestling. And, apparently, a video game competition that they air once a week… Years ago, they had marathons of actual science fiction and it was good. I loved when they had Dark Shadows marathons. And without them showing old horror movies, I never would have seen The World of Dracula…which I’m still hopelessly trying to find again. There’s also a great discussion about the Sci-Fi Channel’s past and how bad it is now over here in settiai’s journal.

10 Annoying Habits of a Geeky Spouse. Personally, I don’t find any of this annoying.

In other news, I’ve gone back through old entries in this journal, to find any memes that could give me another idea for a fanfic, so that I can then join the Finish-A-Thon. As of when I quit for the evening yesterday, I had made it back to December of 2007. I managed to dig up a meme (and also saw that March 29th is Love Your Beta Day, if anyone wants to continue that) that I’ll spread again:

If you had me under your command and could make me write anything , regardless of whether or not I know the fandom or if anybody even writes fic in that fandom for Doctor Who/Torchwood, no matter how crack-addled it might be, what would you love to see me write?

ETA: Found another link about the Sci-Fi Channel’s name change, for those that are interested. They want to move away from science fiction and geeks, according to what the article says. They also say that geeks are people that live in their parents' basements in the interview...

Since I’m trying to come up with some plot bunnies to add to the stories I could possibly write/finish for the Finish-A-Thon, I’ve been going through the Doctor Who Plot Generator. A lot of the suggestions are either people from older Who (a lot of which I haven’t seen) or are people the novels (a lot of which I don’t have access to) or audios. So a lot of those I’ve been skipping. (And would there happen to be any plot generators for more than one fandom?)

Some of the more interesting prompts that could possibly work:
Iris Wildthyme/PC Andy Davidson/silence. Unfortunately, I’ve never read anything with Iris, so I can't do that one.
Jackie Tyler/The Master (Ainley)/books
The Valeyard/Donna Noble/a plan gone awry.
Rose Tyler/The Face of Boe/loss of clothing. Given who The Face of Boe is, that’s not all that surprising.

And just to let people know if they missed it—if they happen to have any interesting, humorous, or bizarre prompts (primarily in New Who—but I’ll also accept Torchwood, Highlander, Firefly, Sherlock Holmes, Ghostbusters, The Mummy, and the old New Mutants) you can either comment to this post with them, or stick them in the poll over here.

50 Reasons No One Wants To Publish Your First Book

Finally found the mention of the injury Gilles had. It was It was a separated shoulder, but he won’t be dropping out. However, Cheryl Burke wants him to lose one article of clothing per dance. That article may have been written prior to his injury.

The Finish-A-Thon is taking sign-ups now. Information on where to sign up can be found here. There’s not a minimum length requirement, so I’m trying to see if I have more than two fanfics on my to-do-list that could be finished with this. Other than the Martha as an Immortal fanfic. And that Highlander fanfic with Methos and Duncan at Bran Castle. I’m trying to remember if there are any other non-ficathon Doctor Who stories that I need to write.

The minimum requirement for story ideas to list is three--I currently have two, at the moment

I will be closing the PB poll at 5 PM CST. So far, Amy Adams is in the lead, and it’s a tie for second place.