Mind of miscellany

[grammarwoman]

My brain continues to be fixated mostly on Avengers. It's kinda crazy. I made a vid FOR NO REASON (no cons, no vid exchanges), other than I wanted to. (Anybody wanna beta my Avengers vid? cee_m, I'm hoping you'll still have time this weekend.) I've got the beginnings of a kink_bingo story brewing, in which Steve Rogers wants to get a tattoo. (Which I hope I can churn out in a week, because I don't want to default and miss a year of kink_bingo.)

However, Stargate has been popping up lately, like an ex that's become an occasional friend-with-benefits. For instance...I was curious about the next Stargate con and read today that Rachel Luttrell is bowing out of the Chicago Creation con, on account of being pregnant. Sad for fans, happy for her. But they booked Kate Hewlett to fill her spot, which is pretty freaking awesome.

My husband's brother, who is living with us, has raced through most of our TV-on-DVD sets and is now on SG-1. Having just finished season 6 and beginning season 7, confronted with Daniel Jackson's naked re-entrance, the BiL's quip was "Shanks but no Shanks."

Then to top off the weirdness, I tuned into the radio today just in time for a call-in interview with Michael Shanks himself, who is stumping for his new show "Saving Hope". The radio hosts weren't total idiots, and Shanks was his usual charming self. He said that being a ghostly surgeon is using different acting muscles than sci fi, so it's been an unusual stretch for him. He also mentioned bonding with Bruce Campbell during his "Burn Notice" stint, as he's exactly as personable, "have a beer with" kind of guy as he seems, and on the both of them doing bad movies.

In completely other news...I have never been a girly-girl type who coos over shoes. However, I think I've been channeling too much fanon Pepper Potts, because I suddenly want this pair of Mary Jane Louboutin pumps. "But they're on sale!" Really, brain?

Comments

[grammarwoman]

I went poking around that shoe website today, and it turns out they're a Hong Kong company who produces knockoffs, not resellers of the actual brand. The shoes are still pretty sweet, but that makes it a little too dicey for my comfort. Ah well.

I must confess, I didn't really start watching SG-1 until season 9, when they brought in Ben Browder and Claudia Black. I'm a Farscape fangirl, what else could I do? So yeah, the writing is falling apart in those seasons, but I'm fond of them all the same.

I feel dirtier every time I give Creation my money, honestly. It's not like they see me and the rest of the attendees as anything but sheep with money. I need to attend more fan-run cons, that's for sure.

[highlander_ii]

shoes - definitely don't get those then... knockoffs are way less fun

I think if all the 'behind the scenes staff' had been more of what was there from s1 and earlier seasons and less of dumbass-JoeM, s9&10, even w/o RDA, could have been a LOT better. But, nope, JoeM thought (and still thinks) he's the shit and can do no wrong, so we got 2 seasons of complete crap. (And, by that point, I wasn't a big fan of Shanks anymore after the stunts he'd pulled, so even that didn't help.)

I refuse to give Creation my money on the grounds that a) I don't have very much anyway and b) they're just not good people. :( The fan cons are better. They're smaller, for one, which makes it easier to interact w/ the guests and they're run by people who give a crap. I can't say I was ever disappointed by Gatecon. There were moments of 'omg! why?' (b/c that's just life), but overall, the experiences were amazing. I mean, where else can you get hugs from Jaffa, Goa'ulds and other aliens? XD Not to mention, after the 4th or 5th time... guests start to remember you. =) I don't know if Alex Zahara remembers my name, but he knows me when he sees me. *g*

[grammarwoman]

Ugh - JoeM needs to go away and shut up FOREVER. He's such a raging asshole.

I totally agree that fan cons are superior; I had an amazing time at Shore Leave several years back. (I wish it was closer!) Alas that fan-run events, at least those with celeb guests, seem to be a dying breed.

Alex Zahara is a hoot; he's got such a great sense of humor, and an amazing run as a character actor with lots of stories to tell. :)

[highlander_ii]

I <3 Alex Zahara so hard! =) He played at least 7 (i think) diff characters just on SG1, then another couple on SGA. He's so awesome!