Me? GIP? Never!

[drakyndra]

Mostly a GIP, because kayleyangel made quote icons of the Melbourne Serenity Q and A (which can be found here), and you know, I couldn't not have one.

Isn't it prettiful? *beams*

Is it just me, or does the start of Marilyn Manson's cover of I Put A Spell On You sound somewhat like the Doctor Who theme? [/random]

Also, reasons I am loving the Internet right now: I've found not just the aforementioned cover, but also Ben Lee, Ben Kweller and Ben Folds singing "I Touch Myself." And a song called "Jesus Came From Outta Space".

I love you, cracky downloaded songs. *huggles*

I probably should stop distracting myself from this damned Links List, though. What with house stuff, it's going to be late anyway, and I already have got far, far too many links to add to it. *sighs*

Speaking of house stuff, anyone know where would be a good place to obtain a bed and/or washing machine that is not too expensive. And either delivers, or could be picked up on Saturday evening? New or second hand doesn't matter,as long as they are in good condition.

Oi, fa11ing_away, are we still on for hair dyeing Tuesday?

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[days-of-yore.livejournal.com]

lol! Thank you RTD, now I love you more than ever! At last, a writer who understands what the DT fans want! D'you reckon he put that red coat in the TARDIS wardrobe in on purpose, as a Casanova reference? And I wonder if the vague reference to Bright Young Things was deliberate as well.

[drakyndra.livejournal.com]

You can't not love RTD, that magnificent bastard. And the jury is still out on the red coat thing. Though I believe the majority of people seem to think it is. So we shall just have to wonder.

What was the Bright Young Things reference, it must have passed me by?

[days-of-yore.livejournal.com]

Oh, I doubt it was really there, it's just when he asked 'Am I... ginger?' I went *squeak!*

Just as I squeaked at the line HP stole from Casanova, 'I'll show you mine...'

[drakyndra.livejournal.com]

Ah, I see.

And HP did seem to have a lot of lines and ideas from other places. That, and "Parting of the Ways" which put me very in mind of DW (especially as the very next thing was the bigger-on-the-inside tent), and then the very regeneration-esque Polyjuice stuff.

Which reminds me, the bloke who played Barty Sr is in Doctor Who next season as well, playing a baddy. Which shall be weird.

[days-of-yore.livejournal.com]

Haha, never thought of the tent! And yes, Parting of the Ways gave me a quiet little snigger. WB probably thought they were being oh so clever. I wanted him to do the Doctor grin after the Potion had worn off soo much.

Yes, I read that somewhere. Bizarre. I look forward to it, although I didn't actually think too much of his Crouch Snr.

[drakyndra.livejournal.com]

Well, there is a lot of Who-esque things in HP, actually. The whole "Dumbledore offering people sherbet lemons" thing puts me distinctly in mind of Tom Baker and jelly-babies, and then you get onto the bigger on the inside stuff, and the Room of Requirement (gee, what else do we know of which changes internally as required on occasion?).

And RTD did ask JKR is she would write an episode for the first New Who season. She turned it down on account of being too busy, but you can see where the idea came from. She does have a similar sense of humour.

Actually, I think someone said that he doesn't actually have any scenes with David. Or something like that. I was most disappointed, even if it was just on behalf of cracky crossovery thoughts.

[days-of-yore.livejournal.com]

Oh, that's a shame about *looks up name* Roger Lloyd-Pack. Because I would have been whispering, 'Go on. Do it. Tongueflicktongueflicktongueflick.'.

'Harry, we mustn't be seen!'/'Rose, don't touch the baby!'

Yes, both DW and HP are, as has often been said, placing the normal beside the subnormal, and subverting things. Hence the twirly Christmas tree. The feeling of both is very similar. Just when Dumbledore makes his first ever entrance, white beard and robes swishing, he starts handing out sweets. Just when Doctor mark 10 has finally arrived to save the day, he starts spouting the Lion King.

A JKR episode would have been fantastic, but I think because they are so simliar people would have said things like 'oh, she's just stealing ideas from HP.' I'd quite like to read some sci-fi by her, I think she'd do the light stuff like DW very well.

[drakyndra.livejournal.com]

If he ever does a tongueflick thing in Doctor Who, I shall just die. In the good way, I mean.

Yes! Fabulous comparison, the normal vs. abnormal dichotomy, and slight subversions. Buffy does the same thing, too, and I have seen it compared to both, so we should be surprised by this.

Yeah, I do wonder what JKR would have done with it. It would have been fascinating, I am sure. She does some very good dialogue, and I am sure it would have been fabulous fun.

Still, we will get Stephen Fry in Season 3, and since he reads the HP audiobooks, we've got a HP connection there. (Speaking of audiobooks, Tennant is reading the three upcoming Doctor Who books. *is dead of squee*)

[days-of-yore.livejournal.com]

Hurrah, Stephen Fry is brilliant, I practically worship QI. And of course, he wrote/directed BYT so that all fits beautifully.

It has become necessary for me to become a zombie, it's just not healthy to keep dropping dead so frequently until I learn how to regenerate. So excited about the audiobooks; they will be on constant repeat on my mp3. (I just downloaded Much Ado About Nothing with David, can't wait to listen to that.)

In The Romantics (dunno if you saw that, BBC 2, middle of January) there was the tiniest flick of the tongue. SquEE.

[drakyndra.livejournal.com]

...And even if you do learn to regenerate, you only get 12 shots at it, which is far too few in the wake of the upcoming Extreme Awesome we shall be undergoing. (Why must April be so far away, why?)

I did have Much Ado, and I have listened to it, but I lost the file in a virus a while back. But one of my RL friends has it on her computer, so no harm, no foul.

I saw The Romantics - or the Tennant bits, anyway (yays for illegal downloads! *is Australian*). But I don't recall that. I shall have to watch again. How tragic.

[days-of-yore.livejournal.com]

Mmm, how will you bear it? I just watched it three times to check I hadn't imagined it. *is British* The tape with it on got taped over :O with an Agatha Christie (actually one with Roger Lloyd-Pack in!) but lovely lovely www.david-tennant.com have it online. Ooh, hang on, food ready. I'll get back to you in a bit and let you know where it is. Yes, it's that small. But is still squee because it is there.

[drakyndra.livejournal.com]

I shall steadfastly carry on...

And Agatha Christie isn't the worst thing it could have been taped over with (when your surname is Christie, you tend to read an awful lot of her books. So I am quite fond of murder mysteries now)

Speaking of breaks, I probably ought to head in the direction of bed soon, being 1.30am and all...

[days-of-yore.livejournal.com]

Heh, no problem. I just had lunch. Time change never fails to amaze me. *somewhat easily amazed*

Agatha Christie's books are rather good. I've read a few. About... eight. But I've forgotten them all, it was a while back. There's another dramatisation on tonight, I shall watch and grin to myself. Again. *Doctor grin*

[drakyndra.livejournal.com]

I think I've read pretty much all Christie's Poirot books (my grandmother had a collection of them, and as she used to babysit my sister and I...what did you expect. Then again, I don't know what she was thinking, letting an 8 year old get away with reading about bloody murders). Not so many of the Miss Marple ones, though.

[days-of-yore.livejournal.com]

Poirot has more flair. But I like Marple because she takes you by surprise, she seems so cute and twinkly, and then it's 'You were in love with your sister, weren't you.' O_O

ZOMGWOAH icon! Nightwatch! So amazing!

[drakyndra.livejournal.com]

My grandma had mostly Poirot books, so I didn't really have a choice. By the time I found out she also wrote Miss Marple, I was sadly hooked on that little Belgian.

I love that icon muchly. adly, I can't remember where I got it, so I can't credit the maker.

[days-of-yore.livejournal.com]

I was sadly hooked on that little Belgian. and his moustaches. They are so spiky. :D

Ah, Nightwatch is brilliant. I was in a small production of Les Miserables at the time I was reading it, and had to fight not to add my own revolutionary chant to 'Do you hear the people sing?'.

And yes, I imagine that icon above could be a little more sonic. *pokes it with sonic toothbrush* Teehee, "all the power of the Sonic is yours now." Muahaha!

[drakyndra.livejournal.com]

He was lovely, Poirot. Arrogant little smart-arse, but damn he was entertaining.

And Night Watch truly is. It's my very favourite Pratchett book, and I don't think that will change soon. Though the Les Mis thing I can so see happening. And I want to be in the audience if it ever does...

And I think pretty much everything could be made better if it was sonic. Sonic knives, sonic towels, sonic forks...

But I do love that Attack of the Graske thing, even if I can't play the real one, and have to deal with recorded of the telly versions. 'Twas classic. (He wants me to come along! Really!)

[days-of-yore.livejournal.com]

I'll sneak into the West End LM production. They'll never spot me, I know all the words.
Will you join in our crusade?
Who will be strong and stand with me?
Somewhere beyond the barricade
Is there a world you long to see?
Then join in the fight
That will give you the right to TRUTH, FREEDOM, JUSTICE, REASONABLY PRICED LOVE AND A HARD BOILED EGG!
Or maybe the reasonably priced love bit would be more appropriate in the scene at The Docks...

Attack of the Graske was fantastic (I seriously overuse that word) except I couldn't help but laugh at the way it waddled... And no, he's going to pick me up one day. He didn't say that to anyone else. Just me. Delusions and fantasies are healthy, damnit.

[drakyndra.livejournal.com]

I can just see it now... *sporfles*

Yes, AotG was brilliant. I hope they do more of those interactive things, it'd be fabulous. I think we all shared the same delusion on this one occasion. But it's such a wonderful one!

[days-of-yore.livejournal.com]

We can only hope. It's pathetic really, I sat in front of the computer (I had to wait for it to be posted on the site, GAH!) giggling to myself because he was looking straight at me.

Darn it, I was going to play it now, but it won't work on the laptop. And while I'm on the BBC site, have you seen Nine and A Half Minutes? I presume you will have...

[drakyndra.livejournal.com]

I know. And he said nice things about me! *loves that man like a mad, mad loving thing*

I can only watch my videos. And, speaking of, yes I have seen Nine and a Half Minutes. I am sure you are completely and utterly shocked by this...

[days-of-yore.livejournal.com]

Stunned, I can tell you. I only got it to work recently. It is wonderful, albeit utterly confusing.

"*loves that man like a mad, mad loving thing*" What a wonderfully adept summary! Couldn't have put it better myself. *slings attempts at poetry out the window*

I'm now frantically trying to remember the name of that other short he was in briefly which I found a few weeks back. Damnit. Now that's going to annoy me.

Ha, look how squidged the comments are getting now. *breathes in*

[days-of-yore.livejournal.com]

Old Street! That's the bunny.

[drakyndra.livejournal.com]

We truly should bow down at the altar of RTD and Co or giving us such wonderful gifts. *worships*

I'm pretty certain I've used that before. *looks at entry* Well, there's one time where I used it about the anonymouse who got me a paid account and bonus userpics, and probably more in the past. I do like the sound of it, though.

And we have now achieved folding! I repeat, we have achieved comment folding!