Hello there! I thought it was time for a kind of Welcome Wagon.

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Friending might take some time because I'm paranoid I like to read people's entries for a while before adding. You really do not miss much, my contributions to fandom and quite random things will always be public, I mostly f-lock the personal stuff.

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Because of recent trouble I'd like to add that none of my work is intended for sale, reproduction or any other kind of public use without my personal assent. I get quite pissed if people use my work without asking me first.

Thank you and welcome to this journal.

I get no fireworks, but the entire Republic is smiling nevertheless. 55 years since the Miracle of Bern. Even Google Germany is celebrating. You celebrate Independence. We celebrate football... enjoy. ^^

Just some short notes on:

( Asylum )


( Golden Age )


( The Dead Line )


Overall I'm very impressed at how well the audio plays actually work - not always story-wise, but the general idea of them. Audio books usually feel like books, I think I prefer the plays. And somehow, suddenly Torchwood is that much more mature in them. I don't know why that is, maybe because actors have only their voices to concentrate on, so things seem more real than on TV. Torchwood has always had some trashy moments (not at last due to the acting), but the audios were never OTT.

Chapeau, people.


Also, is it just me or ( Speculation for Children of Earth )

Typical, just when I have the spare time at work to listen to audio plays, the BBC screws it up: Why the F am I allowed to download Golden Age and Asylum, but not Dead Line? I can still listen to it on the iPlayer, I mean, huh?!! Have to get away from the offive every 10 minutes, so that's not going to help very much. Great. Short reviews coming up once I've listened to them all.

Oh, and are there really no artists around here? Pretty please?

It's semi-official: I'll be in Cardiff on the 3rd August (if I get the bus tickets in time, I'm lazy that way) to do another Geek Tour! Wheee! Yes, I do need 1000 pictures of me and my friend in front of the fountain, why do you ask?

So, I'll need some sort guide/tour route (last time all I did was follow __kali__ around and squee a lot at the surreality of actually being there - plus my camera gave up in the Welsh drizzle), as I'm going to be the tour guide this time. Special feature: Making it interesting for 3 complete Whovians and one person who has never even heard of the show... That's going to be interesting... Any ideas/suggestions of things I can't miss?

By the way: Do I still owe the Cardiff/Stratford crowd pictures? I know some of you are owing me ;)

Happy Doormouse Day (or maybe Seven Sleepers Day, that's a bit fuzzy in German) - if this is how the next seven weeks are supposed to be, then I'm fine with that - warm, not too sunny and a proper thunderstorm approaching just when it's getting too hot. Now, after some time in the park, the world's looking fine again. It should always be saturday, oh yes.

The news are still busy with Michael Jackson's death, and it's becoming a bit annoying. Yes, the man was popular, yes he had some great songs. But suddenly, everyone always loved him. Where were his so-called friends from all over the celeb word speaking up now when his carreer and money were going down the drain? Right.

The only thing I'll say about all of this is: Learn CPR, people. And don't be afraid to use it.If you help someone in cardiac arrest immediately, he has a chance of survival of 50-75%. If you just wait for an ambulance, it's about 10% or less. Think about that. No one can blame you when you fail, but at least you tried.

Thanks to who_anon, I found the most awesome music vid I could hope for: The Doctor meets Muse's Map of the Problematique (which, by coincidence is my fav Muse song at the moment). I have no idea about video editing, but I can tell that this must've taken immense amounts of time to put together. And for some insane reason, it fits perfectly to everything about Ten.

It ranks right up there with Farscape's Masochism Tango at the top of Most Awesome Vids Ever.

Er, yes. And while I'm talking about time travel: Visions of the year 2000 from around 1900. Article is German, but the pictures mostly speak for themselves. Quite funny to see how accurate some predictions were. I mean, they predicted the TV and equal rights for women in all parts of life, which is beyond awesome.

Plus, the Wadden Sea is now a UNESCO World Heritage (after Dresden blew it... - hooray! It's such a special place, it deserves all the protection it can get.

I can't believe that the trailer for the second season of Life on Mars on German TV actually promotes the series with a montage including the crucial moment of the series finale.

Fail, Kabel 1. FAIL. *facepalms*

Still, nice to rewatch the episodes, even though they lose massively in the dub ('chef' for 'guv' was necessary, but isn't pretty)... and you know, they cut the episodes as well. But at least they kept the Doctor Who line in. ^^

TWO huge massive Who casting spoilers for Tennant's last episode. In just one photo...

( OMFG )

Stolen from uliamos: Torchwood: Children of Earth OST, with obvious, or maybe not very obvious spoilers in the titles - who's going to write me a plot synopsis only based on those song titles? I DARE YOU.

( Spoiler speculation )

What is it with me and rambly, über-long fics at the moment? That's the fifth Torchwood/Doctor Who WiP with mediocre plot and nothing very insightful in it which no one will ever read.

*tears out her hair*

What do I do?!

No, I haven't read the complete summaries out there for episode 1 and don't plan to (I am as surprised as you are, but I know the highlights and won't spoil the story itself), but I'm pleased to hear that season 4 seems to be on Go (oh, I shouldn't hang out in WoW so much) if Children of Earth gets decent ratings, so yay! Also, lucy_locket was nice enough to upload another new promo pics.

( Technically no spoilers, just some discussion about the imagery )

Can you tell that I'm completely bored? Er, yes. I'll go back to writing Jack/Nine/Rose OT3 fic for work, now...

After many debates with myself and the usual problems with amazon.co.uk, I finally got the first volume of The Absolute Sandman - oh damn, I had forgotten how much I love this comic. I mean, there's Constantine vs. Dream Snark in issue 2, that tells you all you need to know about how absolutely awesome that comic is.

The book itself is huge and extremely heavy (I was gobsmacked when the poor postman brought it, as amazon - just this once - delivered the thing in totally adequate packaging, making it that much larger), bound in fake (but extremely nice) black leather and looking much like those library books nobody ever touches so they'll last for at least another century.
The comics themselves are supposedly remastered regarding colours most of all - to be honest I can't tell, I've never seen the originals, just leafed through some older editions in a book shop once. I er, read the comics in other... more electronic ways *coughs*

BUT I can say that this is a really amazing comic edition, the print is indeed very high class, as is the paper, and is additionally larger than your usual comic book size. I was a fan of the artwork for a long time, and the story... oh, the story. I had forgotten how much I can lose myself in that world of the Endless, it's a really remarkable script Neil Gaiman wrote there. The beginning throws you into that world of magic, of immortal beings, of hell and demons - interweaved so effortlessly with our world, the world of the mortals that it's breathtaking. Gaiman somehow manages to create this entire mythology in a matter of a few pages, making it believable by showing it in such a normal, as if usual way - even if that includes duels with demons in Hell.

I had forgotten how much I enjoy the Dreaming. I also might've hugged the book after reading 'The Sound of her Wings', sniffling a little - I have no idea why, it never did that to me before (Death is before me today/Like the recovery of a sick man/like going forth into a garden after sickness). And 'Dream Country'... don't get me started on 'Dream Country' or I might swoon.

The Absolute Version has also Gaiman's first proposal about the series in it (I am surprised to see how 'inofficial' his letter is and how many other characters have existed beforehand), outlining the characters and the basic story plan, some fist designs of the Sandman (who didn't always have Gaiman's hair) and the storyboard for 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' - it's cool to see how much of the scripting, including the board design/ideas are indeed Gaiman's, I always thought he just wrote the story and the artists decided what to show, but no, it's all Gaiman.

If you haven't already, go and read it. Vertigo is offering the first issue, 'Preludes and Nocturnes' for free.

Because my chemist heart loves dabbling with acids... instructions here and further reading here. Don't hesitate to ask me more questions!

( Adventures in etching )

Next project now that the etching's working: The Jewellery of Rassilon and the Master's Ring.

Er, sorry. Despite my better judgement, I have produced epic Jack/Ianto Torchwood!Investigation fic. And by epic I mean mulit-chaptered with about 10k of words. I. FAIL. Massively.

... anyone up for having a look at it to tell me if it's worth that amount of cyber paper? I've already pestered the lovely xwingace with a gigantic beta job, but I just can't tell if the story's worth telling :/

And don't forget to draw me a Lemniscate? Pretty please?

Actually, I want nothing as complicated as a sheep from you... But this is a challenge to everyone on my friendslist and all the friendsfriends you point towards this post.
Things are coming to an end in a very significant part of my life, and before it's all over I want a tattoo (yes, I'm starting that ramble again) to commemorate and remember that huge cunk of My Life. I've discarded the dragon idea for now (I don't seem to find a unique one I'm totally in love with*), so it'll be something small and simple, namely the Symbol for Infinity - most probably on my left shoulder.

Your mission, should you accept it, is to draw me one of those Lemniscates. It doesn't matter if you're good at it, if you embroider it or not (I tend to like very organic forms, btw, nothing tribal, please) or if you just link me to one I might like, I want ideas in picture form, nothing more.

Just the idea of simply copying something from wikipedia or the net doesn't feel right. It won't be very big, but I want it to be very personal, you know? The winner gets his/her artwork under my skin ;)

Please help me, wise friendslist, you're my only hope.

I am in love with Pioneer's positioning of Earth, but I'm too chicken to do that

LucasArts Reveals Monkey Island Return. Total win. You can't even begin to imagine my victory dance to this one, people.

And I hope every good EU citizen is planning to vote today/this week - as Plato said: Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber. The German Wahl-o-mat suggested I vote for the Pirates, which I might just do... they have no chance of even winning a potted plant, but their goals are by far the sanest.

Torchwood season 1 finale on my TV! Had to do this \o/ when that mysterious sound echoes through the Hub at the end... well, it should be mysterious for about 90% of the German audience - at least as mysterious as that hand Jack kept. Insane, isn't it?

But the really mad part? Jack's back next wednesday already (and they kept Masters' Spike Voice, hooray). ^^... seems like an entire year has to pass for it to feel right, doesn't it? ;)

OG going to close down, including the Forums

Bzuh?!

As someone who's seen with her favourite discussion board survive ownership changes, Spin-Offs and Deletion Frenzies by Mad Admins I can't understand why Shaun's closing DWF for good. All he's doing is causing a fannish diaspora. Dammit, I liked fandom being so close together for once - no matter how bonkers that got.

It's things like these that make me afraid of flying again. It's not leaving my thoughts, making you realise - in a world knitted so closely together by internet and sattelites - how big effing huge those 70% of ocean are on this planet... plus, it gives me an improper Abrams' Lost is Real Thoughts.

And as someone who's experienced it, I can tell you that anyone who claims that 'most passengers don't even notice when lightning hits' is a LYING LIAR THAT LIES HUGE LIES *shudders* Although, we didn't crash - nearly died of fright, but didn't crash...