Notes: Stupid bashing, when a BNF gets accused of scamming, economic world woes and other notes

[misscam]

Sorry for vanishing a bit... World of Warcraft has eaten me a bit again, with expansion coming up and much excitement. Evil, brilliant game gah. Also some life stuff that is not that exciting.

But I did see Amazon shipped me my BSG season 4.0 DVD - I live in hope it has something exciting on it (like trailer) when it arrives, though probably not.

In notes and stuff:

- This wank about missing money, trying to revive a cancelled show and bus ads is just insane. And also a good show of why one should be just a weeee bit careful about trusting people with money online. At least large sums. Ye Gods.

- Economic crisis has bow gone boom and also spread to Europe. Oi. But this sketch does rather explain the whole thing in a funny way.

- Funny site I check weekly - CakeWrecks.

- Skimming fandomsecrets, I rather smiled at this BSG love one, eyerolled at this WoW one (way to miss the point of the game, yes) and sighed at the Doctor Who one.(Though I agree it's not a happy end. But it is a potential end.)

- Speaking of Doctor Who, posting fic with notes containing Martha bashing does not me please. Fixing the post on T&C but failing to fix the post linked to which then still merrily goes after Martha? Displeases me and gets a fail to boot.

- Norway's albino moose is in danger again.

- I have bought myself Dexter and The Tudors on DVD to see if either agrees with me.

- Starting to ponder Christmas - would anyone be up for a Christmas gift exchange again? I'll probably do some post on it further into October, just curious if there's anyone interested to begin with.

How is you? (Did cards arrive for those who wanted?)

Comments

[spotts1701.livejournal.com]

Yes, I did receive my card. Thanks muchly.

[misscam.livejournal.com]

:)

[amathela.livejournal.com]

Speaking of Doctor Who, posting fic with notes containing Martha bashing does not me please. Fixing the post on T&C but failing to fix the post linked to which then still merrily goes after Martha? Displeases me and gets a fail to boot.

I saw that, and automatically hated the fic on principle. Like, WTF? I really don't get character hate in general, but people who feel the need to announce it on fic posts/headers, especially in communities? Need to DIAF.

[misscam.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it's been corrected now, but my urge to virtually smack was extremely strong. Gaaah.

[kasuchi]

O NOES! TEH ALBINO MOOSE. It's been one of the best things to link to people kind of randomly. "HEY HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT THE ALBINO MOOSE IN NORWAY?" It's brilliant - most people think it's awesome and totes should be left alone to be all albino, etc. And reproduce - we need more albino mooses! (Meese?)

[misscam.livejournal.com]

Aww, but it's not to say an albino moose would have albino mooselets. As cute as that might be.

Apparently, albino moose does happen from time to time - was one in Finland a few years back too.

[kasuchi]

Still, since it's a really recessive occurrence, albino!moose would be more likely to have albino mooselets, It's still awesome and I think it should be left alone to live its albino moose life.

[jenbachand.livejournal.com]

I got mine :) Thank you so much. It's up on the cube wall at work.

[skybound2]

Both Dexter and the Tudors are quality shows. I, personally, am a bigger fan of Dexter, but they both are enjoyable.

The BSG secret makes me smile as well. Because they really are right about it being the best show out there. Other shows might make my fan button go a bit nutser, but BSG is hjust quaility through and through.

The DW one though? Makes me unhappy as well. The fact that they refer to him as a copy means that they've completely missed the point with this one. And they sound ridiculously bitter as well, which always makes me think their reasons for that secret are suspect.

I love cakewrecks :-D

[misscam.livejournal.com]

I really do like BSG a lot, but I am not sure if the one I've gone most fannishly mad over. That would probably have been a not-as-good show when I was younger, I think. But yeah, it is high quality and most awesome.

DW fandom has gone so divided by lines opinions go a bit extreme at times, I think. Personally, I think a Doctor with a human heart and a touch of Donna, but with the Doctor's memories is much more than a copy and much more potential in it. Fanfic-wise, anyway.

[bex245.livejournal.com]

Ahh, fandom_secrets... LOLZ.

I would not be at all surprised if the BSG one is from someone on my flist!! :P

And sorry, but the WoW one did make me laugh!! XD

DW, yeah not a happy ending at all, but I wouldn't say it made me lose all respect for Rose...

[misscam.livejournal.com]

Hmpf :P WoW is awesome, so there. Soul-stealing, hidelously addictiv and silly, yes. But awesome.

[bex245.livejournal.com]

Lmao! I believe you, but it was still funny! :P

[rivrea.livejournal.com]

That was the big Moonlight wank, wasn't it? Where someone lost $ 10,000 in an online con trick? Some people have apparently got waaay too much money -- ten grand is more than I earn in half a year...

Speaking of money, though: Theoretically speaking, I'd be very interested in Christmas gift exchanges; practically, I don't think I can / should afford this sort of stuff this year. Sorry. Just so you know.

[misscam.livejournal.com]

THat's the one. Where someone tried to defend it with ten grand isn't that much money, really. WTF, truly. I mean, even if you're earning comfortably and live well, there's still a truckload you can do with ten grand.

I could still send you a little something from Norway. There are some people I will send to without making it an exchange as such anyway.

[rivrea.livejournal.com]

...there's still a truckload you can do with ten grand.

Yeah, you can probably sponsor at least three orphans in developing countries, go on a nice holiday to a really expensive country like Iceland or Japan and have some leftovers for a DVD set of your choice... Or a really, really big Moonlight poster. Sheesh.

And thanks for the offer, but no. It's very sweet of you, and I coulsn't accept it. My reluctance to spend anything at the moment is less related to actual destitution than to a paranoid grabbing-on-to-every-cent-because-my-bosses-don't-know-quite-yet-whether-our -company-will-be-bankrupt-in-five-months-or-not...

Thanks a bunch anyway!

[aka-paloma.livejournal.com]

Dexter is great fun and with very dark humour, which tickles my fancy. The Tudors is perhaps not historically accurate and the casting of Jonathan Rhys Meyers in the role of Henry VIII is rather silly (something he himself has stated) but it's still entertaining and has marvelous turns by actors such as Jeremy Northam. It's great having a costume drama that's a proper series rather than just a mini-series. The sets and filming locations are also fabulous.

And the economic crisis...anything to do with economics in general makes my head go boom. The video explained the confusing subprime mess rather well, though, so I am slightly less confused about that now.

It's great to see you posting, btw. I was thinking about you just yesterday and wondering how you were since you hadn't posted an entry in a while. I was getting worried! I'm glad to see you're fine. :D

[misscam.livejournal.com]

I'd seen both talked about favourably on my flist, that's why I picked them. I need something to watch at late October evenings. Brrr.

It did, heh. I got a father that has a degree in economics, so I've picked up a certain understanding of things over the years, but the subprime thing really challenges my sense of logic. But then, so did Enron.

Ah, sorry. Not at all something to worry about. head's up - if I vanish around November that's just WoW expansion. ;)

[padawanpooh.livejournal.com]

Missed you, Cam! Glad life is okay ;-)

[marcasite.livejournal.com]

Thank you for my card! That is a city I would love to see someday.

And I just saw that post in the PAM. Bashing = no go.

Oh, and I would love to participate in an exchange. I love the holidays!

[the-wanlorn.livejournal.com]

That albino moose always look slike a ghost moose to me D:

[jvgymnast.livejournal.com]

I'd go for a holiday exchange :0)

[siraj.livejournal.com]

I'd go for the gift exchange... were I not possibly moving at the end of next month. sorry...

[blue-moon-ice.livejournal.com]

oh man, dexter is amazing. i love it. ive been interested in the tudors for awhile, but never got around to watching it. let me know how it is?
a christmas gift exchange sounds like it would be fun.
im glad youre back. i missed reading your entries

[theyellow-daisy.livejournal.com]

The fandom wank link is scary, and really insane. And that cakes gone wrong link is hilarious! Thanks for those.

[mademoisellenon.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much for the card. Loved it and felt all speshul and stuff!

Started playing Wow as well. Addictive. NOT good!

Your address hasn't changed, right?

[misscam.livejournal.com]

Nope, not so far. It might in a while, but I will give head's up if it does.

And yes, it sure is.

[mad-troll.livejournal.com]

Card arrived. (While I was away, so it got Previous Inspection By Appointed Parent. Which it survived :) ) Grazie!