Feeling better...

The headaches have gone! Well, not totally gone, but I'm no longer spinning out when I sit upright, so it's a very good thing. Spent yesterday sleeping, watching the comedy festival from last night, and watching Hornblower episodes... (*sigh* Archie...) Came to the conclusion, that out of 8 episodes I have only seen 3 from the start. All the others, I've missed the first 10-30 minutes. Weird.

I'm going through email, and LJ, and then I'm going to think about this stupid assignment. You know how you reach that point where further procrastination takes more effort than just sitting down and doing the damn thing? I'm approaching that point... *^.^

Five Films...

I got feedback on my HP drabble. Lucky me!

Anyway, for the 5 movies I can always watch (again and again and again...):
1. Dogma - Seen it five times so far, could easily see it again. Angels, Alan Rickman, Alanis Morrisette, Jay and Silent Bob. *g*
2. Interview with the Vampire - Seen it...(seven? Possibly more...) lots of times. Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise with long hair and historical clothing, and the homoeroticism is thick enough to drown in.
3. Rocky Horror Picture Show - I don't need to explain that one, do I? (Plus, Tim Curry running in platforms that I couldn't even stand upright in...)
4. My Own Private Idaho - Keanu Reeves (we know I'm fangirl of his, don't we?) and River Phoenix, highly poetic dialogue and heartbreaking angst.
5. Breakfast Club - Although, to be honest, I'll also watch this director's other films, like Weird Science without any hesitation. (Kenneth Branagh's 4 hour Hamlet would have been fifth, except for the fact that it's never screened on TV. *g*)

Why am I not surprised that all of my favourite films have Hoyay subtext which is either really strong, or just plain text? *g*

WhiteCat recs

My powers of procrastination are truly legendary. Eep. I will do that assignment, I will... Just want to read one more fic first. *g*

Tonights plans:
I want to be offline around 6.30 to watch the last ep of S1 SV (which I still have on tape) and then segue nicely into SV S2. (Woo-hoo! SV back on TV!) Then, The Bill. Then... bed? Assignment? One of the two...

Fic rec:
There are some authors who who love dearly, even if you forget to check up on them constantly, and only get around to every so often when someone else rec's them. I'm like that with WhiteCat. Love her fics dearly, but only read her stuff ever so occasionally.

Admittedly, when I was more involved in Fushigi Yuugi, I read a lot more of WhiteCat's fiction. She has a wonderful way of getting inside a character's head. Whether it's a gen piece, or a slash piece, or even the occasional het fic, she has a great way of expressing just what was going through their minds, the secret fears and hopes, the experiences that have made them who they are. Basically, her characterisation is wonderful.

She also has that wonderful ability to reflect canon in her writing. To give you feeling of living in that universe. Her FY fics have a sense of action, of heroics, with the underlying sharp bite of loss and darkness that you feel in the series. Her Yami no Matsuei fic, Look My Way, captures that psychological edge, the intense and almost melodramatic emotional responses that make the series so enjoyable. Ordinary Heroes captures that feeling of adventurous youth that suffuses the HP books and shows a side of Neville that just makes you smile.

Her two Good Omens fics capture Aziraphale and Crowley wonderfully. Friday Afternoon gives us a lovely little peek into their lives, when they're not dashing about the countryside trying to avert the Apocalypse, and Vaguely Downwards explains just how you can saunter vaguely downwards and be damned.

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Quick X rec, aimed at lilacdeity: Do You Sleep? is a nice little Kamui focused fic that shows just how much of woobie he truly is.

The assignment? Still not done...