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Slightly better day, but felt ill and headachy throughout most of it, even though I did manage to clock seven and half hours of sleep for once. Have come to the conclusion that I need to fix my eating habits, because at the moment? I'm basically punishing myself with food. Hello, my name is s'kat and I am a compulsive eater, how are you? Sigh. Maybe a food diary will help?
A bunch of Doctor Who episodes are sitting on the DVR. Latest was Midnight - which I'm curious about, because it got lauded by the portion of my flist that is crazy about the series, much in the same way I was crazy about BTVS. The last time they went nuts over a Doctor Who episode it was "Blink" and they were right about that one. It was brilliant, and notably not written by Russel T. Davies, but by Stephen Moffat (I believe). Don't quite share that same level of affection for Doctor Who, they do. It's fun, I enjoy watching it. But, that's where it ends. The fannishness over BSG, I understood. Doctor Who (with the exception of Blink and Family of Blood)? Not so much.
Speaking of Whoverse, it is interesting that James Marsters plays basically the same character on Torchwood, but without nearly the same level of chemistry and appeal that he played it on Buffy. While I'm tempted to blame the actor, I know too much about the television process to do so. (That and I've seen far too many episodes of Torchwood, great television it ain't. Fun cult tv, sure. But it ain't memorable folks. And Russel T. Davies is well to Joss Whedon, what Stephanie Meyer is to JK Rowling. Marsters did state once that it was the writing and directing on that series that made him look great not him. Now that I've seen him in a wide variety of other roles (the best interestingly enough villians) I tend to agree.)
By the way, I'm not really fannish about any tv show or book or movie at the moment. So, it's NOT just Doctor Who. Feel much the same way about Grey's, BSG, Ugly Betty, Lost, the list goes on and on and on. I watch far too much tv for my own good - what can I say? I *really* adore the medium. By fannish - I mean no compulsion to read fanfic, rewatch episodes or watch more than once, buy DVD's, or fan magazines, or read essays and discuss. Sort of miss that compulsion in a way. It was a nice way of coping with stress, much healthier than compulsive eating. Not that I didn't do both.
Quick meme on fannishness:
1. Attitude towards own fannishness?
Embarrassed, prefer not to admit to it.
2. Things been sort of fannish about?
Twin Peaks (blame Kidbro for making me tape all the episodes for him), BTVS, Angel (last two seasons, and last five episodes of third), Firefly (well sort of), X-men comic books, Star Wars (go ahead, laugh), Indiana Jones, BattleStar Galatica (version 1) and for the first two seasons version 2 (still love the show, just not fannish),
Battle of the Planets (I had a crush on Mark - yes, I know he was animated), Kimba (crush on Kimba at the age of 5, and yes, animated), Robin Hood (the animated Disney version), The Monkees (huge crush on Davey Jones - which is odd considering the man was so short, did not realize how short until I met him in person - of course he used to be a jockey, so sort of makes sense).
3. Celebrities been fannish over?
Sigh, very embarrassing, not to mention unproductive since they usually don't appear in all that much causing much frustration and annoyance.
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4. Fandom?
Bewildering. Still not quite sure what to make of it or my reactions to it, except that the internet has managed to make it more accessible and easier to do. Or I wouldn't have fallen into it when I did.
5. What brought you into your first experience with fandom?
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6. You mention the thing that brought you into fandom, why were you into that thing?
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7. Are you a cinemaphile? (Cinemaphile is I think a word I just made up to mean a film buff or person who appreciates film as high art or quality and critiques it, as opposed to you know, just plunking down and watching whatever.) Nope. I like to just watch movies and occassionally write long rambling reviews and critiques. I think if I was forced to do it for a living, I would stop enjoying it. Also am a moody watcher - in that I might love a particular movie one day, due to the mood I'm in, yet if I saw it another day or week later, I might despise it. Am this way about books and tv shows to. Which to the objective observer must make me appear to be a tad indecisive or wishy-washy at times, since I keep changing my mind. (As I think someone once stated in a post - "I'm agnostic about my interests/choices" or something like that - I adored the phrase so much that I acutally remembered it, but am not sure who said it, I think it was ponygirl, but I could be wrong.) Example of moodiness: I was a strong B/A shipper until 1999. Then stopped completely. There are other examples of moodiness, but I'm drawing a blank at the moment, plus headach is drifting back.
Since sick headache is drifting back and am tired, will end this now. (Stupid emoticons are limiting, I wanted icky or headachey, not just sick.)
A bunch of Doctor Who episodes are sitting on the DVR. Latest was Midnight - which I'm curious about, because it got lauded by the portion of my flist that is crazy about the series, much in the same way I was crazy about BTVS. The last time they went nuts over a Doctor Who episode it was "Blink" and they were right about that one. It was brilliant, and notably not written by Russel T. Davies, but by Stephen Moffat (I believe). Don't quite share that same level of affection for Doctor Who, they do. It's fun, I enjoy watching it. But, that's where it ends. The fannishness over BSG, I understood. Doctor Who (with the exception of Blink and Family of Blood)? Not so much.
Speaking of Whoverse, it is interesting that James Marsters plays basically the same character on Torchwood, but without nearly the same level of chemistry and appeal that he played it on Buffy. While I'm tempted to blame the actor, I know too much about the television process to do so. (That and I've seen far too many episodes of Torchwood, great television it ain't. Fun cult tv, sure. But it ain't memorable folks. And Russel T. Davies is well to Joss Whedon, what Stephanie Meyer is to JK Rowling. Marsters did state once that it was the writing and directing on that series that made him look great not him. Now that I've seen him in a wide variety of other roles (the best interestingly enough villians) I tend to agree.)
By the way, I'm not really fannish about any tv show or book or movie at the moment. So, it's NOT just Doctor Who. Feel much the same way about Grey's, BSG, Ugly Betty, Lost, the list goes on and on and on. I watch far too much tv for my own good - what can I say? I *really* adore the medium. By fannish - I mean no compulsion to read fanfic, rewatch episodes or watch more than once, buy DVD's, or fan magazines, or read essays and discuss. Sort of miss that compulsion in a way. It was a nice way of coping with stress, much healthier than compulsive eating. Not that I didn't do both.
Quick meme on fannishness:
1. Attitude towards own fannishness?
Embarrassed, prefer not to admit to it.
2. Things been sort of fannish about?
Twin Peaks (blame Kidbro for making me tape all the episodes for him), BTVS, Angel (last two seasons, and last five episodes of third), Firefly (well sort of), X-men comic books, Star Wars (go ahead, laugh), Indiana Jones, BattleStar Galatica (version 1) and for the first two seasons version 2 (still love the show, just not fannish),
Battle of the Planets (I had a crush on Mark - yes, I know he was animated), Kimba (crush on Kimba at the age of 5, and yes, animated), Robin Hood (the animated Disney version), The Monkees (huge crush on Davey Jones - which is odd considering the man was so short, did not realize how short until I met him in person - of course he used to be a jockey, so sort of makes sense).
3. Celebrities been fannish over?
Sigh, very embarrassing, not to mention unproductive since they usually don't appear in all that much causing much frustration and annoyance.
( Read more... )
4. Fandom?
Bewildering. Still not quite sure what to make of it or my reactions to it, except that the internet has managed to make it more accessible and easier to do. Or I wouldn't have fallen into it when I did.
5. What brought you into your first experience with fandom?
( Read more... )
6. You mention the thing that brought you into fandom, why were you into that thing?
( Read more... )
7. Are you a cinemaphile? (Cinemaphile is I think a word I just made up to mean a film buff or person who appreciates film as high art or quality and critiques it, as opposed to you know, just plunking down and watching whatever.) Nope. I like to just watch movies and occassionally write long rambling reviews and critiques. I think if I was forced to do it for a living, I would stop enjoying it. Also am a moody watcher - in that I might love a particular movie one day, due to the mood I'm in, yet if I saw it another day or week later, I might despise it. Am this way about books and tv shows to. Which to the objective observer must make me appear to be a tad indecisive or wishy-washy at times, since I keep changing my mind. (As I think someone once stated in a post - "I'm agnostic about my interests/choices" or something like that - I adored the phrase so much that I acutally remembered it, but am not sure who said it, I think it was ponygirl, but I could be wrong.) Example of moodiness: I was a strong B/A shipper until 1999. Then stopped completely. There are other examples of moodiness, but I'm drawing a blank at the moment, plus headach is drifting back.
Since sick headache is drifting back and am tired, will end this now. (Stupid emoticons are limiting, I wanted icky or headachey, not just sick.)
