calliopes_pen: (betterthanlegos Meggan shifting furry)
2012-07-23 05:38 pm

Meme

A meme, taken from a lot of people on my Insanejournal friends list:
You give me any character or characters that I have played (past or present) and I will give you 3-5 alternate Played-Bys for the character. I might even explain the choice(s).

Since I’m only currently playing Meggan Szardos, I’ll go ahead and give four alternate PB’s for her.

My selections in order of last name are:
Candice Accola
Jessica Marais
Georgia Moffett
Jessy Schram
calliopes_pen: (cruelest_month Meggan plays)
2012-07-22 03:50 pm
Entry tags:

X-Project: An X-Men Movieverse RP on Livejournal

Originally posted by [livejournal.com profile] x_advertising at X-Project: An X-Men Movieverse RP on Livejournal

X-PROJECT: AN X-MEN MOVIEVERSE RPG




Top Ten Reasons for Joining XP

1) We won't shut down five minutes after you've been accepted. Begun in May 2003, X-Project is one of the longest-lived RPGs on Livejournal and we're still going strong.

2) No character too obscure or too popular! Check out our active characters and our list of socks available for applications for an idea.

3) We're the best of both worlds. X-Project combines the wackiness of forty years of comics canon with the modern realism of the movies to create a gameverse with a life of its own, where the science (and magic) makes sense and where X3: The Last Stand and X-Men Origins: Wolverine don't exist.

4) We have something for everyone. With four teams, a disaster relief program, college politics and an NGO, plus a whole world to play in, there's something of interest, no matter what your preferred genre.

5) You can: go into space; destroy a city; defeat Murderworld; be the last man standing; or invade a country. Trust us; if you can dream it up, it can be a plot.

6) Everyone knows your name. With a small and friendly playerbase and only two character per player, you'll never be lost in the crowd. Also, we have players scattered over five continents, so there's always someone online!

7) You can come back from evil and still have friends. Join those who have been possessed, gone evil or succumbed to the power of evil genetics!

8 )You too will know the power of the DOOMTHREAD! With email discussions that have spawned their very own nickname, you can procrastinate your work/school/chores/etc indefinitely.

9) We have the pretties! Check out the fanart! Lots of opportunity to play with Photoshop!

10) We're all as weird as you are. 'Nuff said. :)

11) Bonus Point! We're the only RPG that has its own in-house band! Check out the Harry's Hideaway gig, recorded especially for the game!


X-Project is an X-Men movieverse RPG on Livejournal. Set after X2, we've been running since May 2003 and use a combination of in-character journals and email/IM logs. There's a number of settings for a range of play, whatever your preference, and while we accept new characters we strongly encourage people to adopt one of our orphans.

Check out the Wiki and the advertising community to see what's available. Readers are highly encouraged! If you're looking for X-Men based entertainment, X-Project welcomes you to read along and enjoy the ride!

Rules | Application | Available Characters | Game Wiki | Read The Game | FAQ|Contact Us | Follow Us on Twitter! | YouTube Channel


calliopes_pen: (camwyn Mad science goggles)
2012-07-05 12:33 pm

That Can't Be Right

Okay, that’s weird. I just received a notice from Livejournal that the Paid Account with extra icons for [livejournal.com profile] x_meggan is expiring in 12 days. I thought it should have been good until Christmas Eve. If anything actually does happen, I guess I’ll just be deleting as many icons as I can.

LJ's currently having fits (in both IE and Firefox) when I attempt to go to the user info page to verify that, so I'll try again later.
calliopes_pen: (capes_and_cowls Meggan nature)
2012-06-22 05:57 pm

X-Project: An X-Men Movieverse RPG on Livejournal

Originally posted by [livejournal.com profile] x_advertising at X-Project: An X-Men Movieverse RPG on Livejournal

X-PROJECT: AN X-MEN MOVIEVERSE RPG

Henry - better known as Hank - McCoy was one of the school's original students, and left to form an illustrious career as a scientist. When an experiment went horribly wrong and accelerated his mutation, giving him the appearance of the Beast of his codename, Hank sank into depression, nearly killing himself on several occasions in attempts to find a cure. Eventually brought out of despair by his friends from the school, plus colleagues such as Moira MacTaggart, he resumed his career, returning periodically to the school to act as the mansion's inventor and doctor, as well as an X-Man. It was during one of these sojurns that he adopted the son of one of the students, Danielle Moonstar, fulfilling a life-long dream to become a father. With fellow doctor Madelyn Bartlet, he found love, and eventually the couple moved to Edinburgh to raise Billy in a safer environment and further their careers. Hank returned briefly in 2009, but again the conflict between family and duty left him torn. When Billy became seriously ill in 2012, he returned to Scotland.


X-Project is an X-Men movieverse RPG on Livejournal. Set after X2, we've been running since May 2003 and use a combination of in-character journals and email/IM logs. There's a number of settings for a range of play, whatever your preference, and while we accept new characters we strongly encourage people to adopt one of our orphans.

Check out the Wiki and the advertising community to see what's available. Readers are highly encouraged! If you're looking for X-Men based entertainment, X-Project welcomes you to read along and enjoy the ride!

Rules | Application | Available Characters | Game Wiki | Read The Game | FAQ|Contact Us | Follow Us on Twitter! | YouTube Channel


calliopes_pen: (redscharlach Mycroft broke government)
2012-05-18 01:16 pm

Fannish Items of Interest

Hewlett-Packard is preparing to cut around 30,000 jobs.

US “Six Strikes” Anti-Piracy Scheme Delayed.

Due to being distraught over the death of Arthur Lieberman, a friend of his at POW, Stan Lee has chosen to cut back on appearances promoting The Avengers, as well as cancel his appearance at Dallas Comic Con. Condolences to him.

The Marvel Universe’s 10 Worst Summer Vacation Spots. Genosha is #6 on their list. (I’d have placed it at #1, but there’s a high probability that is all because of [livejournal.com profile] x_project).

Release Date Set For Frank Miller’s Sin City: A Dame To Kill For.

Angie Harmon as She-Hulk, Dianna Agron as The Invisible Woman, and Bianca Lawson as Storm?

If you purchased the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man figure from MattyCollector.com, and it’s turning yellow, they are offering a refund.

Ghostbusters Ongoing #9 has been delayed for release until May 30th.

The Telegraph interviews Christopher Eccleston.

The cast of Buffy the Vampire Slayer: 15 years on.

Juno Temple has been cast as a pixie named Thistlewit in Maleficent.

Design You Own Superhero Costume For Laidback Luke And Stan Lee.

Brooke Shields, Richard Chamberlain Cast In L.A.’s The Exorcist Play.

New Blade Runner Movie Will Be A Sequel: Confirmed.

The 5 Best (And 5 Worst) Torchwood Episodes.

Which science fiction and fantasy writers should be on Earth’s “first contact” team?

The SFX Factor: Greatest TV Title Sequences, Round 2.

The First 10 Minutes of Teen Wolf Season 2.

The Lawnmower Man: The Series In Development.

Solar System Ring.

The Infinity Gauntlet Is The Best Selling Graphic Novel On Amazon.

The Doctor Puppet.

Computer Icons That Don’t Make Sense Anymore.

Every single new sci-fi and fantasy show announced for next season.

Another trailer for Arrow.

Sideshow Collectibles’ Frankenstein VFX Head Prop Replica.

New clip from Brave.

Comic Book Legends Revealed #367.

Terry Gilliam, 1970, explaining his stop-motion animation.

The Best Liam Neeson Films You Probably Haven’t Seen. I would add High Spirits to that list.

Neil Gaiman delivers the Commencement Address to the University of the Arts in Philadelphia’s Class of 2012. “Leg crushed and eaten by a mutated boa constrictor? Make good art. IRS on your trail? Make good art. Cat exploded? Make good art.”
calliopes_pen: (mortisluvcats Meggan fire powers)
2012-04-29 03:32 pm

X-Project: An X-Men Movieverse RPG on Livejournal

Originally posted by [livejournal.com profile] x_advertising at X-Project: An X-Men Movieverse RPG on Livejournal

X-PROJECT: AN X-MEN MOVIEVERSE RPG


Name: LAURA KINNEY

Date of Birth: July 12, 1990

Powers: Healing factor, plus bone hand and foot claws

Status: X-FACTOR - AVAILABLE FOR APPLICATIONS

X-Project is an X-Men movieverse RPG on Livejournal. Set after X2, we've been running since May 2003 and use a combination of in-character journals and email/IM logs. There's a number of settings for a range of play, whatever your preference, and while we accept new characters we strongly encourage people to adopt one of our orphans.

Check out the Wiki and the advertising community to see what's available. Readers are highly encouraged! If you're looking for X-Men based entertainment, X-Project welcomes you to read along and enjoy the ride!

Rules | Application | Available Characters | Game Wiki | Read The Game | FAQ|Contact Us | Follow Us on Twitter! | YouTube Channel


calliopes_pen: (mortisluvcats Meggan fire powers)
2012-04-15 04:41 pm
Entry tags:

X-Project: An X-Men Movieverse RPG on Livejournal

Originally posted by [livejournal.com profile] x_advertising at X-Project: An X-Men Movieverse RPG on Livejournal

X-PROJECT: AN X-MEN MOVIEVERSE RPG



Top Ten Reasons for Joining XP

1) We won't shut down five minutes after you've been accepted. Begun in May 2003, X-Project is one of the longest-lived RPGs on Livejournal and we're still going strong.

2) No character too obscure or too popular! Check out our active characters and our list of socks available for applications for an idea.

3) We're the best of both worlds. X-Project combines the wackiness of forty years of comics canon with the modern realism of the movies to create a gameverse with a life of its own, where the science (and magic) makes sense and where X3: The Last Stand and X-Men Origins: Wolverine don't exist.

4) We have something for everyone. With four teams, a disaster relief program, college politics and an NGO, plus a whole world to play in, there's something of interest, no matter what your preferred genre.

5) You can: go into space; destroy a city; defeat Murderworld; be the last man standing; or destabilise a country. Trust us; if you can dream it up, it can be a plot.

6) Everyone knows your name. With a small and friendly playerbase and only two character per player, you'll never be lost in the crowd. Also, we have players scattered over five continents, so there's always someone online!

7) You can come back from evil and still have friends. Join those who have been possessed, gone evil or succumbed to the power of evil genetics!

8 )You too will know the power of the DOOMTHREAD! With email discussions that have spawned their very own nickname, you can procrastinate your work/school/chores/etc indefinitely.

9) We have the pretties! Check out the fanart! Lots of opportunity to play with Photoshop!

10) We're all as weird as you are. 'Nuff said. :)

11) Bonus Point! We're the only RPG that has its own in-house band! Check out the Harry's Hideaway gig, recorded especially for the game!


X-Project is an X-Men movieverse RPG on Livejournal. Set after X2, we've been running since May 2003 and use a combination of in-character journals and email/IM logs. There's a number of settings for a range of play, whatever your preference, and while we accept new characters we strongly encourage people to adopt one of our orphans.

Check out the Wiki and the advertising community to see what's available. Readers are highly encouraged! If you're looking for X-Men based entertainment, X-Project welcomes you to read along and enjoy the ride!

Rules | Application | Available Characters | Game Wiki | Read The Game | FAQ|Contact Us | Follow Us on Twitter! | YouTube Channel


calliopes_pen: (kcscribbler Holmes Watson travel friends)
2012-04-09 05:00 pm

Fannish Items of Interest: Part The Second

CISPA Bill Lets ISPs Spy On and Report Pirating Subscribers.

From Think Geek: Ninja Fighting Chopsticks. I can just see Meggan giving this to Korvus or Wade, over at [livejournal.com profile] x_project.

Superman cufflinks.

Viking Batman.

Book trailer for Darth Vader And Son.

Boomerang plans a 14 hour Captain Planet marathon for Earth Day.

New clip from The Raven.

DC Comics will revive National Comics to spotlight dormant characters.

As expected, The Dark Knight Rises will be PG-13.

Darwyn Cooke on why he initially said no to Before Watchmen.

Senior Editor Bobbie Chase has been promoted to Executive Editor over at DC Comics, while previous Executive Editor Eddie Berganza has been moved to a different position. Congratulations to her.

Grant Imahara, in front of the TARDIS, dressed like the Tenth Doctor and wielding a sonic screwdriver in one hand…and a puppy in the other.

There will be an 11-hour Veronica Mars marathon on SoapNet on April 15th.

Cliff Chiang draws Joss Whedon for GQ magazine.

Days of Our Lives changes head writers (again). Gary Tomlin and Christopher Whitesell will serve as the new head writers, effective immediately. So that recent reboot may be jettisoned for another reboot?

Maleficent will be coming to theaters March 14th, 2014.

Ben Kingsley is in final talks to play a villain in Iron Man 3.

Cinematic Titanic will be returning to the Family Arena in St. Charles on Saturday, November 17th, for those that are in that area.

Snow White And The Huntsman: Behind The Costume Design.
calliopes_pen: (mortisluvcats Meggan fire powers)
2012-03-29 01:44 pm
Entry tags:

X-Project: An X-Men Movieverse RPG on Livejournal

Originally posted by [livejournal.com profile] x_advertising at X-Project: An X-Men Movieverse RPG on Livejournal

X-PROJECT: AN X-MEN MOVIEVERSE RPG





X-Project is an X-Men movieverse RPG on Livejournal. Set after X2, we've been running since May 2003 and use a combination of in-character journals and email/IM logs. There's a number of settings for a range of play, whatever your preference, and while we accept new characters we strongly encourage people to adopt one of our orphans.


Check out the Wiki and the advertising community to see what's available. Readers are highly encouraged! If you're looking for X-Men based entertainment, X-Project welcomes you to read along and enjoy the ride!


Rules | Application | Available Characters | Game Wiki | Read The Game | FAQ|Contact Us | Follow Us on Twitter!


calliopes_pen: (uchidachi Meggan surprise cocoa trix kid)
2012-03-23 12:04 pm

Fannish Items of Interest

Megaupload Data May Soon Be Destroyed.

Google Strikes Back After MPAA Objects to Hotfile Intervention.

Dimestore Dames spotlights Meggan (aka Meggan Puceanu, Meggan Braddock, or Gloriana). I once managed to locate an icon of that moment where Meggan delivers cocoa to Kurt in the tub. Amusingly, hit the random icon button on Dreamwidth, and got that one first for this entry.

Patricio Oliver’s New Mutants redesign.

[livejournal.com profile] crack_van is in need of drivers.

Stephen Fry and Ian McKellen pay licensing fees to save Hobbit pub.

An excerpt from Dark Shadows: Angelique’s Descent, by Lara Parker.

We Wish You A Turtle Christmas, and other proof that Michael Bay’s not the first to screw up the Ninja Turtles. The good news for me is I managed to miss each and every one of these during my interest in Ninja Turtles. I do remember the promos that featured Venus on Fox, though.

The trailer for season 2 of Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes.

The first clip from Wrath of the Titans.

Remembering Are You Afraid Of The Dark.

Stained Glass TARDIS.

New IMAX promo for The Avengers.

New promo art for The Amazing Spider-Man reveals The Lizard.

Found via [livejournal.com profile] noscans_daily: Courtesy of MAD TV and Cartoon Network, a spoof/musical number with the JLA. The JLI make a cameo in the middle of the insanity.

75 words every sci-fi fan should know.

8 Forgotten 80’s Live Action Children’s Sci-Fi Series. From that list, I watched Small Wonder and Out Of This World.

Director Rupert Sanders discusses making Snow White And The Huntsman.

Julie Taymor’s original ending for Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark.

New clip from The Cabin In The Woods.

Veronica Mars will begin airing on SoapNet on Saturday, April 7th.

ETA: Disney Junior launches today; Soapnet to continue on some carriers. So in light of that tidbit, it all depends on where you live, whether or not you get to watch Veronica Mars.
calliopes_pen: (redscharlach no trousers no service)
2012-03-21 11:09 am

Fannish Items of Interest

Criminals Target Megaupload Users With Fake Settlement Demands.

This is the actress who will be the Doctor’s next companion—since some might feel the name of the actress is a spoiler, try not to hover over the links if you wish to avoid that. Also, there are a few vague spoilers involving Amy and Rory’s fate in several of the links, so be aware. Is it just me, or does she vaguely resemble Lucy Hale? (Kept writing Sarah Vale, so thank you [livejournal.com profile] x_project and [livejournal.com profile] canadiandiamond!)

Nine Dark Shadows movie character posters. The cover of Fangoria features Barnabas.

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows has grossed $529 million internationally.

Eddie Izzard is in final negotiations to play Grandpa in the Munsters reboot.

First look at Toby Jones as Alfred Hitchcock and Sienna Miller as Tippi Hedren in The Girl.

The Twilight Zone Mystic Seer Replica.

Dimestore Dames spotlights Nightshade.

The newest title from Rifftrax is Frankenstein Island.

Trailer for Battlestar Galactica: Blood And Chrome.

A featurette showing the behind the scenes creation of the Chimera for Wrath of the Titans.

Anthony Stewart Head has joined the cast of Percy Jackson And The Olympians: The Sea of Monsters, in the role of the centaur Chiron. He replaces Pierce Brosnan. [livejournal.com profile] whedonesque discusses it here.

From Cracked: 6 Psychotic Punishments Doled Out By Famous Superheroes.

8 Times Comics Creators Became Comic Characters.

Steven Moffat denies those rumors about Benedict Cumberbatch as the Master.

First images of Jonny Lee Miller and Lucy Liu as Holmes and Watson on the set of Elementary.

Gene Wolfe and Neil Gaiman on a merry-go-round. No, really.

Cover and details for Star Trek: TNG/Doctor Who #2.

How Juan Carlos Fresnadillo will de-cheese his Highlander reboot.

Now Playing Podcast discusses The Death of the Incredible Hulk.
calliopes_pen: (mortisluvcats Meggan fire powers)
2012-03-14 12:18 pm

X-Project: An X-Men Movieverse RPG on Livejournal

[livejournal.com profile] x_advertising

Originally posted by [livejournal.com profile] x_advertising at X-Project: An X-Men Movieverse RPG on Livejournal

X-PROJECT: AN X-MEN MOVIEVERSE RPG


Henry - better known as Hank - McCoy was one of the school's original students, and left to form an illustrious career as a scientist. When an experiment went horribly wrong and accelerated his mutation, giving him the appearance of the Beast of his codename, Hank sank into depression, nearly killing himself on several occasions in attempts to find a cure. Eventually brought out of despair by his friends from the school, plus colleagues such as Moira MacTaggart, he resumed his career, returning periodically to the school to act as the mansion's inventor and doctor, as well as an X-Man. It was during one of these sojurns that he adopted the son of one of the students, Danielle Moonstar, fulfilling a life-long dream to become a father. With fellow doctor Madelyn Bartlet, he found love, and eventually the couple moved to Edinburgh to raise Billy in a safer environment and further their careers. Hank returned briefly in 2009, but again the conflict between family and duty left him torn. When Billy became seriously ill in 2012, he returned to Scotland.

X-Project is an X-Men movieverse RPG on Livejournal. Set after X2, we've been running since May 2003 and use a combination of in-character journals and email/IM logs. There's a number of settings for a range of play, whatever your preference, and while we accept new characters we strongly encourage people to adopt one of our orphans.

Check out the Wiki and the advertising community to see what's available. Readers are highly encouraged! If you're looking for X-Men based entertainment, X-Project welcomes you to read along and enjoy the ride!

Rules | Application | Available Characters | Game Wiki | Read The Game | FAQ|Contact Us | Follow Us on Twitter!


calliopes_pen: (cruelest_month Meggan plays)
2012-03-01 12:20 pm

X-Project: An X-Men Movieverse RPG on Livejournal

Originally posted by [personal profile] x_advertising at X-Project: An X-Men Movieverse RPG on Livejournal

X-PROJECT: AN X-MEN MOVIEVERSE RPG

Name: BOBBY DRAKE

Date of Birth: APRIL 2, 1985

Powers: Creation and manipulation of ice.

Status: X-MEN - AVAILABLE FOR APPLICATIONS.

Bobby Drake was sent to Xavier's by his parents, believing it was a prep school and unaware of their son's ability to create and manipulate ice. Bobby is one of the 'old timers', having been at the school for most of his adult life. He became an X-Man after the events of X2, but unknown to the rest of the school, was abducted by the shapeshifter Mystique only months later. She replaced him for several months, handing Bobby himself over to the Friends of Humanity. The switch was eventually discovered and Bobby rescued, but the trauma of what was done to him in that time was a long time healing. He embarked on a series of life paths - college, a relationship with the amnesiac and innocent Jane Doe/Cloud, a position with Nathan Dayspring's NGO, Elpis - but nothing seemed to suit. It was his tumultuous relationship with longtime school friend Theresa Cassidy that seemed to give him a firmer foothold, despite the challenges racked against it. Married in 2006 'by accident' in Las Vegas, Bobby took on the stewardship of Cassidy Keep when Sean Cassidy returned to Interpol, and obtained his teaching qualifications by correspondence. When his brother manifested shapeshifting abilities, Bobby took him back to the mansion and remained himself, realising he missed life as an X-Man. When Terry also returned, the young pair realised their marriage was in trouble and eventually separated by mutual agreement. Bobby is currently conducting an audit of the West Coast Annex's finances and spending, by request of Charles and trying to decide what to do next.

X-Project is an X-Men movieverse RPG on Livejournal. Set after X2, we've been running since May 2003 and use a combination of in-character journals and email/IM logs. There's a number of settings for a range of play, whatever your preference, and while we accept new characters we strongly encourage people to adopt one of our orphans.

Check out the Wiki and the advertising community to see what's available. Readers are highly encouraged! If you're looking for X-Men based entertainment, X-Project welcomes you to read along and enjoy the ride!

Rules | Application | Available Characters | Game Wiki | Read The Game | FAQ|Contact Us | Follow Us on Twitter!


calliopes_pen: (chomiji Yuletide by moonlight)
2011-12-17 01:02 pm
Entry tags:

It Is Uploaded!

On a [community profile] yuletide note, I’ve made the final corrections to the fanfic now that I’ve had a second beta reader go over it. It is officially uploaded to the archives. If anything else is spotted, I can always edit it over there before the deadline.

As of a few minutes ago, I altered the [profile] x_meggan journal layout just a bit. While the pink face was always nice, a portion of it just had a tendency to block the text of entries when I was in individual ones. This appears to be the same shade of pink, but now it’s switched over to a layout called Writer’s Block Rose.
calliopes_pen: (chomiji Yuletide by moonlight)
2011-12-17 01:02 pm
Entry tags:

It Is Uploaded!

On a [community profile] yuletide note, I’ve made the final corrections to the fanfic now that I’ve had a second beta reader go over it. It is officially uploaded to the archives. If anything else is spotted, I can always edit it over there before the deadline.

As of a few minutes ago, I altered the [profile] x_meggan journal layout just a bit. While the pink face was always nice, a portion of it just had a tendency to block the text of entries when I was in individual ones. This appears to be the same shade of pink, but now it’s switched over to a layout called Writer’s Block Rose.
calliopes_pen: (knici_icons unexpected naked Jackie)
2011-08-14 01:23 pm

Fannish Items of Interest

10 Delightfully Hammy Villain Performances. The list includes Khan, The Kurgan, and General Zod. I would have added (and I see someone in the comments did) Richard Roxburgh as Dracula in Van Helsing.

NBC is doing a “edgier and slightly darker” remake of The Munsters. Bryan Fuller is involved.

August 28th is International Read Comics In Public Day.

Justin Lin has bowed out of directing the Highlander remake.

Promo for the next episode of Torchwood.

For those interested, Rifftrax Live: Jack The Giant Killer happens this Wednesday.

Found a ton of Carey Mulligan icons thanks to [personal profile] mackinzie: —just putting the link here, for whenever I have enough room and need to find the link quickly. Quite a number of those expressions are great for Meggan. She could just be having a brunette day.

ETA: Seems as though Insanejournal is having a slight problem right now, so give them a little while. Luckily, I saved most of the ones I could someday use to LJ Scrapbook before that happened, so you can view them under this made by whimsies tag until they come back up.

Yesterday was weird. Two cats (one a kitten, both strays) were trapped on the roof of Nellie’s house while birds kept dive bombing them from a nearby branch. Eventually, after an hour or so they fell off the roof, got up, and ran away. Meanwhile, she had just buried another cat (also a stray) that had waited for her to walk outside so that it could die at her feet. Third this month to do it that way, she says, presumably thanks to the heat. She’s dealing with enough, having just been diagnosed with inoperable pancreatic cancer, and likely 6-9 months left.

While this was going on, and Dad was watching (and considering getting a net, to which Nellie rolled her eyes, explaining they do this all the time, but few notice) to see if he could catch the kitten, a rabbit hopped up beside him, and watched him watching the cats. Completely unafraid. While that was all going on, Toby escaped, and ran in circles in the road until I eventually got him back to his house before he could eat a falling cat.
calliopes_pen: (knici_icons unexpected naked Jackie)
2011-08-14 01:23 pm

Fannish Items of Interest

10 Delightfully Hammy Villain Performances. The list includes Khan, The Kurgan, and General Zod. I would have added (and I see someone in the comments did) Richard Roxburgh as Dracula in Van Helsing.

NBC is doing a “edgier and slightly darker” remake of The Munsters. Bryan Fuller is involved.

August 28th is International Read Comics In Public Day.

Justin Lin has bowed out of directing the Highlander remake.

Promo for the next episode of Torchwood.

For those interested, Rifftrax Live: Jack The Giant Killer happens this Wednesday.

Found a ton of Carey Mulligan icons thanks to [personal profile] mackinzie: —just putting the link here, for whenever I have enough room and need to find the link quickly. Quite a number of those expressions are great for Meggan. She could just be having a brunette day.

ETA: Seems as though Insanejournal is having a slight problem right now, so give them a little while. Luckily, I saved most of the ones I could someday use to LJ Scrapbook before that happened, so you can view them under this made by whimsies tag until they come back up.

Yesterday was weird. Two cats (one a kitten, both strays) were trapped on the roof of Nellie’s house while birds kept dive bombing them from a nearby branch. Eventually, after an hour or so they fell off the roof, got up, and ran away. Meanwhile, she had just buried another cat (also a stray) that had waited for her to walk outside so that it could die at her feet. Third this month to do it that way, she says, presumably thanks to the heat. She’s dealing with enough, having just been diagnosed with inoperable pancreatic cancer, and likely 6-9 months left.

While this was going on, and Dad was watching (and considering getting a net, to which Nellie rolled her eyes, explaining they do this all the time, but few notice) to see if he could catch the kitten, a rabbit hopped up beside him, and watched him watching the cats. Completely unafraid. While that was all going on, Toby escaped, and ran in circles in the road until I eventually got him back to his house before he could eat a falling cat.
calliopes_pen: (Default)
2011-08-09 01:10 pm

Fannish Items of Interest, Plus Memes

Syfy changed its mind, and now Eureka is canceled. The six episodes order from before has been removed. They will air the remaining episodes, and that’s it.

BBC America is going to air three Doctor Who specials, leading up to its return in late August.

Celebrating 30 Years of Alan Davis. I spotted at least one error in the article, although there may be more. At one point, they accidentally refer to Captain Britain as Captain American.

I am having the weirdest problem. For some reason, I just can’t get to [livejournal.com profile] x_logs. While I can see the posts via [livejournal.com profile] xp_friends, when I try to get to it I can’t—nor can I even see the user info page for that one. LJ is currently not reporting any site-wide issues. It’s probably just a problem with a particular cluster for certain people. If it were a Spyware Doctor issue blocking it, it would be affecting more than just that.

ETA: And suddenly it works again, the moment I post about it. Thank you for going away, strange issue!

Beneath the cut, answering the icon meme for: deathpixie, writteninsable, and frito_kal. )

And this meme has resurfaced. In light of what Meggan got up to yesterday, there are bound to be some very oddly funny ones.

Give me one of your characters and one of mine, and I will give you their top three Texts From Last Night!
calliopes_pen: (Default)
2011-08-09 01:10 pm

Fannish Items of Interest, Plus Memes

Syfy changed its mind, and now Eureka is canceled. The six episodes order from before has been removed. They will air the remaining episodes, and that’s it.

BBC America is going to air three Doctor Who specials, leading up to its return in late August.

Celebrating 30 Years of Alan Davis. I spotted at least one error in the article, although there may be more. At one point, they accidentally refer to Captain Britain as Captain American.

I am having the weirdest problem. For some reason, I just can’t get to [livejournal.com profile] x_logs. While I can see the posts via [livejournal.com profile] xp_friends, when I try to get to it I can’t—nor can I even see the user info page for that one. LJ is currently not reporting any site-wide issues. It’s probably just a problem with a particular cluster for certain people. If it were a Spyware Doctor issue blocking it, it would be affecting more than just that.

ETA: And suddenly it works again, the moment I post about it. Thank you for going away, strange issue!

Beneath the cut, answering the icon meme for: deathpixie, writteninsable, and frito_kal. )

And this meme has resurfaced. In light of what Meggan got up to yesterday, there are bound to be some very oddly funny ones.

Give me one of your characters and one of mine, and I will give you their top three Texts From Last Night!