Cam's Corner of the World

Why am I up so late? Let me count the whys.

- Patch 3.1.0 for World of Warcraft is coming , and I am playing with talent calculating, reading up on changes and Ulduar raid and generally being all 'whee patch!' My guild has raided Naxxramas and cleared everything, done most of the achivements and been quite eager for some new challenges for a while, yes.
- I got me a dreamwidth account and have been poking around it, looking at stuff. I will stay on LJ, have no fear, but I might post to both if it seems worth it. You can poke me over there if you want.
- The cat first wanted out, then in, then to be fed, then to be cuddled, then to stretch out and have my whole bed as his. Hmpf.
- Reading up on Amazonfail. Am not impressed.
- Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles cancelled, says Entertainment Weekly. Aww. I was considering checking it out. Instead, Fox wants to make shows like this, it seems. Um, yeah.
- People leave me links like these. WTF Sweden, keeping copies of child pornography in libraries by law?!
- Ratings debate about Dollhouse, slightly wanky as a bonus. Why am I reading ratings blah blah for a show I don't even watch? I don't know, I'm weird. And strangely interested in stuff I'm not really invested in at times.
- smith_awards have opened for voting and I looked around to see what had been nominated. I'm in New Who Het, which has a lot of Ten/Martha and Ten/Donna, interestingly. Makes it a change from the CoT awards, I guess.
- I wrote more RPF. Oops.

I'm so going to suffer for this not-sleeping tomorrow. Bugger.

(Another day in the life of CamFamily - misscam and CamMum happen to be sharing a train to work, as sometimes happen.)
misscam: So, wedding next week, huh?
CamMum: (confused) Whaaa...? Whose?
misscam: Yours and dad's!
CamMum: Oh, right. I thought for a moment there I'd forgotten something.
misscam: Apparently, you had. Your own!

My parents, lol. Wedding next Wednesday, and I got time off from work that week. Finally. I'll have time to get out the summer clothes, fix my bike and write some fanfic. BSG-kind, naturally.

Another reason Edward James Olmos and Mary McDonnell rock my boat -( Spoilers for Daybreak p2 )

Awwwww.

Bear McCreary also posted his finale post, and it's long, informative and guess which scene really made him cry? Yeah. I'm so buying his double-CD when it comes. And where's my season 4.5 DVD with deleted scenes, extended stuff EJO and MM doing a commentary shut up I can dream, bloopers and lots of behind the scenes stuff? I am waiting.

Finally, I give you: Titanic (an animated musical) review - part one and part two. Because every blockbuster should have an animated musical rip-offversion. With a rapping dog, racially stereotyped mice, crying dalmations and some really stupid accents. It's like Disney met a trainwreck and added to the impact.

Never say I don't bring you some proper WTF.

Have recieved a job offer which involved me getting a police testimony today, confirming I have no criminal record. It's a bit weird having a stamped paper saying you're not a criminal, must admit. First time I've ever had to get that. And this job could spin my life in a slightly new direction. Huh. I can't tell all about it yet, but it could be good, yes. We shall see.

Merlin has started to air on Norwegian television, and so far it's not exactly Arthurian legend as I remember it. It seems to simultaneous be on crack and just about to turn into an orgy. Even the dragon seems keen! This could possibly be a good thing. Possibly. Worth keeping an eye on, y/n?

Life on Mars season one is on rerun meanwhile, and reminding me I really liked this show. I never felt like doing fandom for it, but the show was smashing. Hard to predict sometimes what gets me fannish and what just gets me faithfully watching.

ohnotheydidnt have managed to find LJ's hereto unknown and undocumented cap of 16.7 million total comments before there's no more room in the dataspace to store them. I'm impressed.

Jessica Alba and TMZ seems to have a bit of a war over which country is the 'neutral' one and it involves taking pot shots at Sweden. Hey now, TMZ! Leave Sweden alone! We're the ones allowed to take pot shots at them. That's right. Norway. Don't be weaseling in on our territory. We will oil-smack your ass.

Wank about butter. As you do.

Pick up to 15 OTPs.
Describe them in less than 15 words.
Have your flist guess the OTP.
(In my case, many of these are more PPP.)

1. Wandering sewage drains can be hot. Complicated is the whole point. Fantasy lost. Catherine/Warrick, guessed by falena84.
2. Book by book, touch by touch, build love after the end of the worlds. Adama/Roslin, guessed by rivrea and skybound2.
3. Last word was his name; he had sailed away never to hear it. Frank/Rachel, guessed by lotus79.
4. She'd probably call him 'sir' in bed; still wouldn't be the weirdest thing about them. Lynley/Havers, guessed by falena84 and enchantedmoon.
5. She's something worth living for; twenty years the limit. Sheridan/Delenn, guessed by padawanpooh.
6. He would love her sorrowless, she loved him though he was no King. Faramir/Éowyn, guessed by rivrea and skybound2.
7. Issues, bad communication, silly hats, proposal among bees and even bugs in the jungle. Grissom/Sara, guessed by falena84.
8. Seduce him for a reason, fall in love despite it, be suprisingly fuctional against all. Sharon/Helo, guessed by falena84.
9. From ancient grudge break to new unity, where different races makes friendship true. Legolas/Gimli, guessed by rivrea.
10. Sam and Sam, friends to lovers to spouses to tragedy. Rita/Chris, guessed by enchantedmoon.
11. Break a heart in Norway, end up in the same place with one for keeps. Doctor/Rose, guessed by rivrea and longtimegone and skybound2.
12. Opposites attract, said the believer and the sceptic, and there's no global conspiracy denying it. Mulder/Scully, guessed by rivrea and longtimegone.
13. See the moon, inspire a sonnet, walk away without the boy: maybe time wasn't right. Doctor/Martha, guessed by rivrea and skybound2.

New Year's Eve always makes me feel so melancholy.

It's something about all the programs summing up the year, all the talk of what was, and I start to think and remember that while a year can actually pass really fast, a lot can still happen.

2008 was a fairly quiet year for me personally, seeming to consist of mainly work and just everyday stuff. Can't really lay claim to anything very out of the ordinary. Fandomwise, I discovered Battlestar Galactica, and started to challenge my own idea of myself as rather boringly vanilla by vaguely considering an incest pairing and reading orc/human (Jaina/Thrall is the awesome) stuff while waiting for new BSG eps. Still liked my Doctor Who, rediscovered my love for Lord of the Rings and Narnia and poked about lots of other things, some of them embarassing. Also, I played a lot of WoW.

It was a not a bad year for me, but times change as years pass, and sometimes you have okay years, sometimes great, sometimes bad - but they all end inevitably anyway. Perhaps a reminder to endure that which is bad in the hope that that too will pass, and to treasure what you have while you have it, for not even stars are eternal and certainly not a year on Earth.

The world was not always a pretty place in 2008, as illustrated by the current clashes in Palestine - a conflict sadly bereft of easy solutions and sadly filled with too much suffering. Too many died this year from fellow human beings, but too many die every year. The finance crisis, a lot of which was caused by simple greed and lack of oversight, smacked into the world and the damage is still unfolding. A Norwegian journalist died in Afghanistan in an attack perhaps targetting our visiting Foreign Minister; and not even little Norway is safe in the great big world. The US got a new President and maybe new hope. Russia and Georgia nearly went to war, and Iraq still doesn't really know peace. Finland suffered a shock massacre by kids to kids; million of kids starved to death around the world because we share really badly.

But there's also kindness, mercy, attempts to help, drives for peace, charity and the mother of nine children in Congo talking in three children who lost their parents even if she was already starined with the nine she had. There is humanity.

"Keep to the heights!" quoted our King in his yearly New Year's speech, quoting our lost Norwegian journalist and a common saying when walking in the mountains. (Norway having a few of them, as you might know.) Keep to the heights; see where the path leads in terrain of obstacles; have perspective from above so you do not get lost; have sight beyond just where you are standing; lift your eyes.

So. Happy New Year, friends, aquaintances and fellow humans. If your year was bad, may the next be better. If your year was good, may the same happen.

Keep your heights.

Oh, and don't get too hung over in the morning, yeah? (This brought to you by the too many drinks I'm about to have.)

Actually feeling quite cheerful, and for a couple of reasons (fandom and real life):

- Have finished BSG fic again. Shocking, I know. Even more so because it wasn't the one I was intending to write, but sometimes a story just goes places as you write it. Now I just gotta sort out beta situation.

- BSG trailer and lots of BSG hints about reminding me after Christmas, my baby is back. This is good.

- There is new Doctor Who for Christmas and maybe it'll even come without companion wank. That would be great.

- Naxxramas raid with guild in WoW tonight. Ooooh.

- Have sorted out most Christmas stuff, and thus instead of stressing out, can enjoy Decemeber and marzipan. Mm. Marzipan.

- I've discovered a salami and chili pizza. Be still my heart, if not my breath.

- Been watching lots of Penn & Teller's Bullshit!, which makes me laugh even when I disagree with something. Sometimes, even shitty things can be viewed in a funny way and that's how I mostly keep sane.

- Winter sport season has officially kicked into gear. Which means I can spend Sunday mornings watching well-trained men in really, really tight clothing. Proper Norwegian tradition, that.

- I've apparently been nominated for something by Children of Time awards, which I don't know exactly what is or who run by, but I'll take it as a compliment either way.

Anything you feeling cheerful about today?

falena84 is here and I've spent the weekend showing her Norwegian stuff around Oslo - even the weather cooperated. (But she almost cursed all my football teams today - loses just barely avoided, eep! Italians are a plague upon Norwegian football - they always knock us out of big tournaments. Hmpf.) Most kind of you, weather. Tomorrow, we set out for the fjords in the west. At 5.30. 5.30 should be banned from holidays, quite frankly. Ah well, needs must. I'll be fairly absent for another week - hope you'll all have a smashing one.

And stay safe, people in the path of hurricane Gustav. Ouch :( (And why would they have to name such a nasty hurricane after my grandfather?)

Oh, and if that mysterious BSG trailer should finally make it to the general Internet population, SAVE IT FOR ME. And watch fandom for things I'd enjoy, yeah?

See you in about a week.

Weekend managed to be a pain - literally, as I'm having one of those give-me-painkillers-or-give-me-death time of months and the latter option is actually sounding more tempting. Ooooow. In addition to other stuff and getting very little sleep due to pain, I'm grumpy and feel a bit needy of reassurance I don't suck, which is just a lame place to be at. Sigh.

Any of you having a lame time I can help with? Offer still stands there and if I can cheer you up a little with giving a compliment or feedback or something small like that, do let me know. It'll probably cheer me up some too. (But wouldn't say no to some cheering up efforts. Blah life.)

Also, if you want postcards from my upcoming adventure with falena84 around Norway, here's the post to do it before it's too late.

Meanwhile, the Olympics are over and a certain British newspaper has celebrated Great Britain beating Australia in the gold tally with, to quote the Aussies, 'all the restraint and good taste that you'd expect'. Ahahaha. Norway ended up with three gold, beating Sweden with none. China beat the US and a good time were had by those who wonall.

Now, I've had vague introductions to how crazy American Idol fandoms can be before, but this tale of wank in Josh Groban fandom just had me stare a bit. Granted, it's not quite the MsScribe story, but oi. Whut the. Am I the only one who thinks dragging personal lives into it is crossing the line a bit? (That's why the recent 'outing' that lead to all the bruhahaha over FanHistory didn't sit right with me. Well, part of the reason.)

Cracked takes on The 5 Most Baffling Sex Scenes in the History of Fanfiction and while some of their write-up is funny, I'm pretty sure ten minutes with Google could find something more baffling than that. Anyone up for the challenge? (And I used to write a bit of Legolas and Gimli. Hah.)

I miss new Battlestar Galactica like crazy and January is too far away. Must think of something fannish to do to keep my abstinence level down. Did finish my MOL fic for Friday, not sure what to write next. Hmm. I'd have a proper rewatch, but I lent my brother some of my DVDs and he's in Holland. SciFi is withholding trailer so I can speculate over that or get icons of something in particular in it, and argh, I am not a patient person. GIMME NEW SHINY THINGS.

No new Doctor Who for a while either, and fandom seems a bit quiet, at least when it's not having the same companion discussions for the billionth time.

I don't know, anyone else feeling a bit impatient-come-bored fandom-wise?

I could always watch CSI and CSI fandom when new episodes air, I suppose. That should be... Interesting. Yes.

Awesome weekend!

- Tromsø, my darling team, won their match 4-0 and is still third in the league - if they win the match they had postponed they will be second. I'm trying very hard not to get excited and failing. Must remind myself there is still a lot of the season left, even if we're past halfway.
- Shiny Amazon package with Sarah Jane Adventures, Top Gear specials, Hogfather and Razor arrived. Mmm. Shinies.
- I finished "Far More Trouble (aka Five Time Bill Adama Got Laid and One Time Lee Probably Did)" and sent to beta. Yes, it is almost as much sex in it as it sounds like and a bit more introspection than it sounds like. falena84 even made me this icon to encourage it.
- New LJ header! misscam Because Adama and Roslin have eaten by brain, yes. skybound2 was kind enough to make it for me :)
- BSG wrap-up video posted with some screencaps and POTENTIAL SPOILERS LIKE WHOA. Also, POTENTIAL AWESOME AND HEARTBREAK LIKE WHOA. Now we just need the new trailer and, you know, new episodes.
- My World of Warcraft guild downed Kaz'rogal the first time we tried him and it was sweeter than sweet. (We haven't been doing Mount Hyjal of late, focusing more on Black Temple and summer holidays.) We had a go at next one (Azgalor) and got him to 36% in first go, and then it was bedtime so we're going after him again tonight. We get him, Archimonde is the next target. Eee Archimonde. Also, I've been promoted to Raid Leader in my guild now. Eeek, scary.

I seriously went to bed with the most awesome glee on Sunday and of course was then faced with a pile of work Monday morning. That's life for you.

Links o'interest:

- For 9000 USD, you too can own a Titanic inflatable slide. (Larger image here.) I'm not sure if I'm appalled or amused, actually. Titanic inflatable slide. Okay!
- A post arguing why Steven Moffat is not a misogynist, with debates in the comments. Hmm. Seems to be the topic for discussion at the moment in Doctor Who fandom. I'm just hoping people can have a sane debate about it without making it derail into shipwars and grudges and all that blues.
- This story about a team scoring on itself to advance in a Cup cracks me the hell up. They then went on to defend the opposing team's goal. Gotta love some of the crazy things you find on Snopes.
- Norway had a solar ecplise. It was only partial here, but still something to see.
- Also in Norway, lightning strikes over 50 people. (!!!)
- One killed in French mini-tornado. (!!!)
- Still no interest in Twilight, but reading the reviews over at Amazon is a bit fun. Seems very divided into either deep hate or deep love. The hype for it probably plays in there. Anyone on my flist read it yet and willing to divulge an opinion?

Anything awesome going on with you?

Weirdest dream in a while: My cat gets shot. I take out his heart to get it beating again and manage to by pressing it a bit and fiddling with it like lego and then I put it back in. But I'm not sure I have fitted the pieces quite right even if the cat is breathing again, so I take the cat to the vet. AS YOU DO. Also, Stabæk beat Fredrikstad 1-0. (They really play today - will I be clairvoyant?)

I think this dream is sparked by the cat curling up in bed with me (very wet! We had an nightly rain-storm) and of course that I watched football just before bed. But still.

If you're friends with aj, a friend is hosting her a 42 Days in Hell -athon with various fandoms. I immidiately wanted to write Adama/Roslin stuck in a cell for 42 days and how they'd cope, but that's because I'm me. (Don't you just love friends that do that sort of thing for you, though?)

(Also got my ficathon fic back from beta and now I have to wait until Friday at the earliest to post. This is the disadvantage of finishing early and having no patience. Bugger. But on the bright side, it's my longest BSG fic so far.)

Speaking of BSG, a return in January seems fairly confirmed. If you trust SciFi, that is. Hmm. I want my BSG, dammit!

( Cam ponders older people and sex, not really TMI )

I rather want an Adama/Roslin icon with 'Say no to ageism! Say yes to Mom/Dad sex!' now.

Finally, Avatar finale seems to have caused shipping wank, but since I am don't watch it and don't really care, what I want to know is who else hates mushed ship names like burning? (I saw Adama/Roslin made into Rodama the other day and wondered where I had left my napalm.) Quite some time ago I invited people on my flist to add hating mushed ship names to their interests and now I do it again.

I'm not beyond bribing.

This cold is really getting me down. Seriously, I spent most of Friday in some sort of vague comatose condition and today is just a vague annoying blur. My voice alternates between sounding like William Adama's long lost daughter and breaking completely and the less said about my cough the better. I can't focus for long and really, it's one big body conspiracy against me. I can't remember the last time I got something this bad, and in summer of all things.

So yeah, if you're trying to get in touch with me these days about something, I'm not ignoring you to be mean, honestly.

So, am zombie!me missing anything or you got anything that'll cheer me up? Please tell!HELP. I think I'm going a bit mental.

Here's one I found the other day - how to sell an invasion of New Zealand to Australians. Hee.