a vintage year for scoundrels

Since I have just spent approximately forever clicking on the little pictures to get ones I like, here is an exciting collage of my LJ/DW interests. Some things I had to get rid of because there was NO PICTURE for them, WOE.

( no, not that sort of Avon/Ultraviolet/Vila etc etc )

Er, that is all I have to say. I keep thinking I have things to post about but this keeps turning out not to be true. Now I am going to go and huddle in front of my heater for a bit. *shivers*

Here are the books I read in January:

( cut for length, also spoilers for Dead Until Dark and Worrals on the Warpath )

Here is that meme about TV that's been doing the rounds. Yes, it has indeed taken me approximately forever to fill in. There are many questions and much wittering was required.

( lovely telly )

1.) Hello internets! I have been away all weekend and am just now catching up. (Three hundred and eighty six unread items in my google reader, you say?) I had the day off on Friday and I went to Cardiff with Jess and Vanky. First we went to the museum and learned about the history of Wales from about 400 million years ago, but we only got as far as the dinosaurs when we had to run off and have lunch, because we were going to see Robin Hood (avec John Barrowman) in the afternoon. IT WAS ACE. Barrowman was great (despite having a cold; when he did the "thank you for coming" bit at the end he looked very pale and pasty, poor thing) and so was the actor playing the Sheriff - his evil laugh was PERFECT. There was singing and dancing and general hijinks, and cross dressing (hurrah! I was worried that there wouldn't be any) and double entendres (and single entendres) and a DRAGON, and a random ice skating interlude, and also an entirely unexpected ( slightly pointless spoiler cut here, since half the joy was the unexpectedness ). And a good time was indeed had by all. Then we went back to Cheltenham (which was handy for Jess and Vanky, since that is where they live) and had a lovely meal out with Emily and Dale. And then I spent the rest of the weekend hanging out with my parents (and also, briefly, with silly_cleo, yay!). We watched Ice Cold in Alex, which was really good: very tense in places, and nicely nuanced. And we spent most of Sunday playing games. Good times.

2.) Here is a Being Human reaction type thing:

( wif weevils. Sorry, spoilers. With spoilers )

3.) Someone please tell me why I shouldn't buy this ring, please? (Answers of "but Jenni, you don't know your ring size, it might not fit" are acceptable.) It's so pretty! All my other rings are silver or haematite! Jo Grant is my style icon and thus I am in the market for more rings! Also if you could persuade me to spend tomorrow afternoon cleaning the kitchen instead of going to see Sherlock Holmes again I would appreciate it.

4.) ARGH THE DRILLING MAKE IT STOP. Oh, it has stopped. Never mind, then.

1. Have just watched The Face of Evil. LEELA LEELA LEELA! :D

( spoilers! )

2. I currently have no hot water, which is a little irritating. Luckily my shower runs on a different system so that still works. Plus all this washing my face in cold water is probably doing wonders for my complexion.

3. My Short Trips books arrived! (Apart from the sold out ones, alas.) Unfortunately it transpires that in all the excitement I accidentally ordered one I already have. Nice going there, self. So would anyone like to buy a copy of Seven Deadly Sins for £5? Or alternatively, swap for one of the Short Trips that I don't have yet, or something else Who-ish, or, well, anything you think I'd like! Gone!

4. And now it is time to watch Lark Rise to Candleford and eat cake.

Today is More Joy Day! And here therefore is a picspam, since I am constitutionally incapable of ignoring an opportunity to post one. For any picture without commentary, just assume TINY HEARTS.

( a picspam of JOY. And Doctor Who. )

1.) Finished (re)watching The Hand of Fear last night. Woe, no more Sarah episodes! (But yay, nearly Leela tiem!)

( spoilers )

2.) Also I watched Law and Order: UK and Ping-Cho from Marco Polo was in it! I love TV.

3.) Changed my layout last night: shinyjenni. I didn't really do much other than use one of their standard ones, but I did fiddle with some of the colours and bump up the text size a bit to make it readable. I wish I knew enough CSS to code a layout from scratch!

Title: Wonder by Wonder
Rating: Teen
Pairing: Liz/Jo
Warnings: None
Words: 1057
Summary: When the Doctor asks her to go with him, Liz's first instinct is to refuse.
Notes: Written for carawj's fandom_stocking
Archived: AO3 | Teaspoon

( Wonder by Wonder )

1.) Happy birthday, littledarkvoice!

2.) I got back to Bristol today, after spending Christmas at my parents, to find a lovely pile of cards waiting for me, so thank you to agapi42, oxymoron67, rosalind_wang, cosmic_celery (I love the art! ♥) and ghost2 (eee, such a cute picture inside!). I also had a mysterious unsigned card from someone somewhere in the UK (postmark sadly indistinguishable), so if that was one of you, thank you too!

3.) Cannot stop listening to Ben Lee's Awake is the New Sleep, it's so catchy!

4.) Apparently there is going to be a film of Rosemary Sutcliff's The Eagle of the Ninth. I heard about this a while ago and thought it had died a death, but it seems not. I am afraid I am incapable of being rational about this turn of events and can only keep going "WAH MY CHILDHOOD NO". The Romans are going to have American accents! They will not sound like what they do on my tape! Sadface! No, no, none of this. I shall be sensible and hope that it is any good at all and people read the book because of it. (MARCUS NOOO! They haven't even cast Cottia yet! D: Look, at least I know I'm being irrational, right?)

5.) So far 2010 has involved games, nice food, books and playing Beatles Rock Band. I approve.

- Happy belated birthday, stoplookingup! Hope you had a great day.

- Oh dear, I really am terrible at posting during the holidays. Here are some things what I have been doing:

1) Saw Sherlock Holmes. Loved Sherlock Holmes. ( only minor spoilers )

2) Had lovely people round last night, played games and also watched the first three episodes of Maid Marian and her Merry Men (apologies to anyone who will now have the theme tune in their head for the rest of the day). This is by far the best version of Robin Hood ever and I defy anyone to tell me otherwise. YES.

3) Working on stuffs for fandom_stocking, somewhat hampered by my inability to write ficlets without getting carried away and going on and on and on.

4) I have done other things but either I have forgotten about them or they are uninteresting to people who are not me, so there we go.