You had plenty money 1922

:rests chin on hands:

Sometimes, I truly do wish I hadn't trained the robinhoodbbc lot so well. Mostly because although it's enjoyable to have tantrums and be a sarcastic bitch on steroids and have no-one call me on it, you do not expect *applause*. or points scoring for level of tantrum. Really.

but on the other hand, in a few days time, we get new series. where Robin is apparently going to be out of his tree on a revenge kick, and Jonas has had a haircut so I actually fancy him now. Sadly, to cancel this out, Teh Armitage has got a long wig that does nothing for him and there's been a decrease in leather.

Oi, cynicalcylon, http://www.new-adventures.net/doriangray/tour - tour dates for you. And I don't need to see it twice in a year even if it is going to Wimbledon. clanwilliam, BACK ME UP ON THIS.

Amused that all the SGU interviews have been with Robert Carlyle so far.

Mmm. for those near Holborn? italian girl + me have discovered Malletti pizza bar on Clerkenwell. :moans: *proper* Italian pizza blessed by the FSM himself.

Understand that we completely blame cidercupcakes for the weather this weekend. Went Borough Market on the saturday morning, where the weather was cool but outlook looked good. Jules arrives at Paddington at 2:45. Weather turns progressively colder and rainier from then on, getting colder and rainier throughout weekend.

Saturday : Camden Market (where I had to be restrained from pretty sundresses, which I do not need, and pouted immensely that the small was the last one of the one I really liked - and of course had to be one of the ones only available in a particular shop rather'n throughout the market) and then making Jules watch Captain Jack Harkness and the first ep of Robin Hood, which I spent mostly apologising for all the terrible quirks of the first ep. Dr Who was simply, ridiculously awesome and Jules wailed at the universe, asking why she did not have any Martha icons. This was rectified whilst she tolerated my addiction to ADWD. In conclusion : Lee is awesome, got to duet with Josh Groban while the other boys went utterly green when he was picked (and also drowning the others out in the group songs), Lewis has improved, and though I love you to pieces, Craig, you're not on the calibre of the others. :hugs: Jules laughed immensely over how weepy the boys are, especially when I was watching the post-exit interviews of Daniel... and my god, the amount that lad talks about Lewis and how much he loves him... Daniel, I'm trying not to slash you. Please don't *do* that. Every other word is 'Lewis'. Further notes, Andrew, when you say in your post-show interviews and other comments that it's very difficult to choose out of the surviving four and that you just don't know who's going to win, you do know everyone's raising the eyebrow of disbelief at you, right?

Sunday : Both of us gradually hauled ourselves out of bed due to colds and headaches and grottiness. Eventually got out of flat and went British Museum to see The New World, which was based on all the watercolours done by John White, who was the artist for one of the first expeditions to the US by the English. (with added shock horror that these actually focused on the anthropological side - trying to get as much detail about cultural stuff as possible into the pictures and clearly portraying individuals - these all formed the basis for a *lot* of the later woodcuts and so on.)

After this, there was more Robin Hood. See Jules go starry-eyed and fall completely head over heels for Djaq and Marion and agree with me that it is awesome to have one of the main fan OTPs actually be an OT3, and that I'm terribly proud of my fandom for not having ship wars over the fact that when it was revealed that two of the boys in one of the main slash pairings liked the new girl. Instead, it went 'OT3, everyone agreed?'. Then Pizza Express.

Monday : Contemplated PotC. Looked at weather, looked at prices. Went 'blegh' and watched more Robin Hood. Explosions, Djaq, and teh gay did terrible things to Jules. :snicker: And then I further exploded her brain by taking her to see Spamalot. Jules did indeed parrot the entirety of the swallow/coconut scene. And it's frankly awesome when Always Look on the Bright Side started, and the cast is backed up by entire audience singing the song softly with them. We also love Patsy.

When got back, made skirt part of the dress for Dale Arden (the cloth still hasn't arrived at work, so I think there's no chance of Jedi robe. Dammit.) and then started watching the first ep of How do you solve a problem like Maria. Which was kind of fascinating due to me not watching it the first time round. Am with Graham Norton on David Ian coming across as slimeball. Also vaguely intrigued by the little glimpses of Connie you see at the auditions - hadn't yet got to the bit with her callback by the time I went to bed last night, but she was interviewed once by Graham at the regionals about how different the audition process was to normal auditions and she was in the background of a couple of shots. Wonder if she'd have caught my eye the first time round, like Lee did. Kinda fun for seeing the differences in how they were doing things like the school and also the selection - I'm amazed that the panel had to see 200 girls in one day for the callbacks, I thought 100 was bad enough for Joseph. David Ian dominating the callbacks. Every other comment is on how attractive the girl is. :shudders:

Result of weekend : JULES, I WANT REGENCY BUFFY/SHARPE. ALSO REGENCY
SHARPE/MAL. YOU OWE ME FOR MAKING THE WEATHER LIKE THIS.

or rahter, attention munchkinott. :throws cold water over her:

If you got to robinhoodbbc's profile, you may notice that other comms are listed. :wails: It was pre-emptive, dammit! (How to tell one has been part of fandom for too long : you can predict the basic splits and what lines they'll split along straight off.) I won't be able to predict the ships and what'll cause the shipper wars before the show even starts, but I can at least get a quick 'n' dirty fix in for people to post stuff. No, I'm not precious about modding. Never done it before. I just... filled a gap. Mind you, seriously surprised that a fandom that has at its base been going in fairly constant popularity since about the 13th century hasn't had those lj names snapped up yet. Hmmp. Suppose the RoS lot, who were the last major permutation of this fandom, and still going, tend to label themselves as RoS fans primarily, and thus snap up those permutations - see rosfic. (Prince of Thieves does not count, as it's more like one fic every blue moon on the asteroids of the moon of Eris, I think it's actually impossible to do more than giggle over Maid Marian and her Merry Men and Men in Tights, and we do not speak of the unclean thing that was filmed in the colonies.)

Another thought : Was flitting around a few people's sites, and looking at the date some fandom sites were last updated. Some of them, it's been *years*. I only kept my BtVS/Angel sites around a year or so after losing interest, and I'm pretty sure It's Been Emotional, pretty though it is, last gasp of nostalgia that it is, will be going the way of the dodo next time I get my ruthless streak going. Along with Adaptation, which never really got off the ground properly, and probably the fridge site. Christ, I may even start a new archive site for the new fandom, along the lines of Wraithbait, archiving the fic. Been a while since I did much web stuff, and it'd be interesting.

Just pondering, for the people who create stuff and then leave it up for years (taraljc, for example), any reason why? Nostalgia? Pretty? Lack of 'wanna smash!' compulsion?

Work do was... work do. I asked lots of questions, we found out what it is Marketing actually *does*, large amounts of people seem to have no idea what it is Production does, unless you're part of Editorial (we're Editorial Production. We liase.) and all seem to be fairly unaware that these are the people who control the end result, it was concluded that the entire company would like a detailed 'who does what' list so we a) don't have to make pathetic bleating noises when we have no idea who to ask, and b) stop Customer Services randomly forwarding queries to us on subjects we have no idea about whatsoever.

There was an art competition to draw an animal you felt represented the company, with two categories - best representation and best artistic, voted for with different coloured stars stuck on there at lunchtime. Turns out I'm one of the few people who can actually draw in the entire company aside from Trevor the designer and Tom in our group. And yes, I did draw a horse because it was one of the few things I could remember how to draw realistically from memory. 'Er... Freedom! Ahead of the pack!' James, looking over my shoulder : 'Guinness!' (the surfing advert). He does have a point. Trevor won artistic. :pout: Unfair advantage. Still, came out of the day with a plus : five extra bonus holiday days for entire company next year! Wheee!

*Finally* started Temeraire. Go away, glorying in the astolat prose. Also, the whole 'oh, this is *so* clearly converted M&C fanfic that got away from her' and spotting the bits.

The head cold rages onwards. What's this thing you call balance?

Commencing : RIGHT NOW.

Robin Hood Aka Heather's personal porn and first fandom and true love.*

They've finally put some stuff up on the website, bios of the characters and pictures and video bits - I can't watch the video until I get home due to the BBC insisting on realplayer.

But, but, Robin back from the crusades! Marian as the go-between! Will Scarlet the supremely competent engineer! John as ex-leader! Gisburne as sadistic bastard and having a thing for Marian! Much as devoted squire/servant with added whining and comedicness! Alan-a-Dale as a con artist!

:HYPERVENTILATES:

I, er, PLEASE INTERNET JESUS let this live up to just the fricking bios and I'll spend most of saturday early evenings with my brain making little happy popping noises and being incomprehensible.

Also, if you hear me wibbling something chronic about Will Scarlet, it's not my fault. Blame early exposure to Ray Winstone.

Alan-a-Dale as a CON ARTIST. Much as COMEDY SIDEKICK. Will as SUPER-COMPETENT. :popping noises:

*I came to this country aged 4, picked up a book with someone in green tights on it, and immediately went 'one true love, never leave me'.