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4th-Jul-2008 11:04 am - Seriously...
doctor CIN
Now I know why sleep deprevation is such a good tactic. 

I went to bed at two (not through choice) and got up at six for work. Got another 7 hours plus before I can get home. Don't think I can last that long without collapsing. 
4th-Jul-2008 06:34 am - Writer's Block: Getting Closer Than Perhaps Expected
doctor CIN

Have you ever crushed on your closest friend?
Did you keep it secret, were there problems or did it blossom into something more?


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 Err...kind of.

Pretty much all my closest friends hav beenf emale, but for a short period my closest friend (living nearby) was a guy. It was when I was 15, and I quite liked him. Looking back, I think he liked me too (I recall him giving me a necklace, which seems a bit obvious now) but I was in a bad place emotionally and either couldn't or wouldn't read the signs...

It's not a happy ending. I dropped out of school and lost contact with him. Facebook, Bebo, and MySpace searches are useless because he had the most common name ever.
3rd-Jul-2008 09:23 pm - One. Word. Only.
fandom baseball

You.
Can.
Only.
Type.
One.
Word.

No.
Explanations.

1st-Jul-2008 07:50 am - Who Review - The Stolen Earth
family

As the credits appeared, I said 'fuck!'

It's at testiment to the episode that my mother (whose harshest swearword is 'suffering icecakes') niether looked shocked or told me off. 

30th-Jun-2008 03:02 pm - Eighteen Years - Chapter Five (Finally)
toshowen

Title: Eighteen Years

Rating: PG-13

Disclaimer: Torchwood belongs to the BBC and was created by Russell T Davies. Fox Mulder belongs to 1013 Productions and Fox.

Ships: Owen/Tosh.

Spoilers: Mentions of To the Last Man.

Summary: Owen and Tosh receive messages from older versions of themselves who were accidentally sent back to 1990. The problem is that one of them wants their younger counterpart to prevent the accident that sent them back, and the other wants them to create it.

A/N: You thought I’d given up, didn’t you? Admit it! Normally you’d be justified – I’m terrible for getting paranoid that I can’t write and giving up. Up until yesterday I was um-ing and ah-ing, but I decided that the ending I had planned was to good to forget. The good news is that although the emotional ending of series two perhaps dents some of the mystery, this story won’t actually be too AU. Just imagine in being set early season two (and pretend that Fragments didn’t happen as it Jossed some of the early TW stuff from last chapter).



Previous Chapters: Chapter One, Chapter Two, Chapter Three, Chapter Four

30th-Jun-2008 02:08 pm - Writer's Block: Facets of a Hero
doctor CIN

What makes a hero?


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I was thinking about this the other day froma writing perspective. I came to the conclusion that a hero is any character (or person) who it willing to sacrifice their life for someone else's or for the greater good. I can't think of many sucessful heros who don't fit the model or haven't done it/have been going to.

Would that make a villian a character (or person) who is willing to sacrifice someone else's life for their own purposes?
27th-Jun-2008 11:11 am - Writer's Block: The Bad Habit
doctor CIN

Talk about a habit that you just cannot break.


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 How about ten million?

I have have loads, I'll make an effort, and yet I still monumentally fail to give them up for longer than a few weeks. 

Biting my nails - I gave it up for a YEAR and had long nails but they were really soft and broke and then they were short again and the biting crept back *scowl*

Cracking my neck. Everyone hates it. I had a colleaugue that groaned with revulsion at it, but it's really uncomfortable if I don't.

Actually, now I have to think of them, those are the only two that really crop up as a real habit. I don't (and never have) smoke, I drink very little, I've never taken drugs...

Woo! I'm less habit-riddled than I thought!
24th-Jun-2008 12:24 pm - Writer's Block: Comebacks
doctor CIN

Know any great comebacks?


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My all time favourite comebacks are from Fraiser - Roz and Niles are great at them.

Niles: Dad, Roz, what are you doing here?
Roz [sarcastically taking Martin's hand]: We're on a date. I'm gonna be your new Mom.
Niles: Well I'll be the son of a bitch.

[Martin and Fraiser are trying to get a stuck Chunky bar out of a vending machine, Fraiser has put his arm inside and Martin's banging the glass]
Roz: What's going on?
Martin: We've got a stuck Chunky!
Roz [with a look at Fraiser]: Well why did Chunky put his arm in there?

Speaking of another sort of comeback, Sky One is counting down the 50 Greatest Celebrity and TV Comebacks this Sunday. The information box says 'Who or what will be number one?'

Real subtle guys. 

£50 says a certain Timelord will be taking the top spot.

23rd-Jun-2008 08:53 pm - Who Review - TURN LEFT
donna
Well, I'm blown away. This is being typed BEFORE I see the squeeing/wailing/screeching on other threads.

SPOILERS )
20th-Jun-2008 05:46 pm - Time for some Emmy rants...
doctor CIN

1. Dear John Simm, why are you doing voiceovers for everything? You're the voice of the co-operative bank for crying out loud (an advert that preaches the banks good morals and plays Liza Minnelli's Money Makes the World Go Round). Considering that you've last been seen kicking arse in Life on Mars and playing The Master  in Doctor Who, you don't leap out as either a moral spokesman or a Cabaret fan. Yes your soft northern tones probably appeal to some key demographic, but still. 

2. Dear David Tennent - what advert have you been doing voiceovers for? I distinctly heard your voice, but was in the kitchen and ever since I haven't seen the ad. 

Advert voiceovers interest me, obviously.

3. Dear Dole Pineapple, why is it impossible to open any tin, packet, or tub without being drenched in pineapple juice? And why didn't you bother to label the SIX tins I brought that were in syrup instead of juice? Who the hell needs syrup with pineapple?

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