Fleurette

Title: Banana Daiquiris Are Good
Characters/Pairing: 10.5/Rose
Rating: G
Summary: Humans just can't hold their liquor. Prompt #29 from newten_rose, alcohol.

Spoilers: Journey's End.

( Banana Daiquiris Are Good )

I suppose it just wouldn't be me if I didn't always out myself on my actual age...

I went out to watch improv with some friends tonight, and one of them was talking about the dating scene, saying that there's probably something wrong if a girl's never been married by the time she's 39...I kept looking at him funny, then he finally realized - uh-oh! Asked me my age -- telling me not to worry, since he was 55 himself -- so I told him! HAHAHA!!!!


The best part though, was that he was really surprised, and wouldn't have put me a day over 29...*hee* I'm 44, and I'm going to tell myself he wasn't bullshitting...actually, I don't think he was, but even so, his expression was adorable, so I forgave him...even if I didn't tell him so! LOLZ!!!

I love all of you wonderful, creative folks who share your stuff on this bloggy thing we call LJ...

Here are a couple of pictures that were inspired by someone's writings!

( Bananas... )
( Meditation... )

Thanks all, and hope you enjoy!

Title: Nightly Adjustments
Characters/Pairing: 10.5/Rose
Rating: G
Summary: Rose and her Doctor adjust. Prompt #43 from newten_rose,
night.

Oops, gotta remember to fix the cut and paste template before posting!!!

Spoilers: Journey's End.

( Nightly Adjustments )

A bit of fun, found at megoobie

Use the first letter of your name to answer the questions.

What is your name? Vicki
Four Letter Word: Void
Boy Name: Vladimir
Girl Name: Valerie
Occupation: Vendor
Color: Vermillion
Something you wear: Veil
Beverage: V-8
Food: Vegetables
Something Found in a Bathroom: Vicks Vapo-Rub
Place: Venice
Reason for Being Late: Vomiting [eww!]
Something You Shout: "Vamanos!" [Spanish for "Allons-y"]

Well, what would you call him?

( Alas, 'tis spoileriffic, and I'm in a generous mood... )

The fact that I've made an entire post on this subject, just affirms my geekiness! HUZZAH!!!

Title: Midnight Promises
Characters/Pairing: Donna, Ten
Rating: G
Summary: Donna promises. Prompt #34 from doctor_donna,
sleep.

Spoilers: Midnight.

( Midnight Promises )

Title: Time Lords Never Sleep
Characters/Pairing: ( spoilers )
Rating: G
Summary: Time lords never sleep, he'd often said...Prompt #34 ( from a spoileriffic community ), sleep.

Spoilers: Journey's End. [Note: I'm never this careful about spoilers personally, but since everything in this post except for this sentence of explanation, is a copy/paste to be posted to some communities which may be more sensitive...bear with me and click on the cut! Thanks!]

( Time Lords Never Sleep )

So far, so much better than the horrendous suckiness that was Big Brother 9, Big Brother 10 shows a bit of promise with much more diversity than they've shown in a long time -- I mean, there's actually a 75-year-old great grandpa playing! I hope he goes very far in this game!!! Go Jerry! And already, one houseguest I can't stand..."Memphis the Mixologist"...arrogant SOB who needs to be evicted yesterday, and another stupid blonde chick, who just had to show all the guys that her boobies were real, by inviting them all to touch!!! :P Just...*ick*

LOLZ

( HOH and nominations )

I'm sure there will be more postings on this subject as the summer goes on!!!

Even though I'm SO NOT a Doctor/Rose shipper, particularly Ten/Rose *shudder*, I find that I really like 10.5/Rose, enough even to kinda sorta ship them a little...

Hmmm...strange, that...but I'll go with it.

( Even if that ending was a bit pasted on... )

Title: One More Thing
Characters/Pairing: Ten, Lee, Donna; Donna/Lee, mentions of Rose, Jack,
Martha, Mickey, Sarah Jane; human!Ten/Rose
Rating: G
Summary: There's one more thing the Doctor can do to make things right.
Companion piece to Every Night I Look Up At The Stars.
Note: Everyone was wondering how Lee got there -- well, so was I, so here ya go!

Spoilers: Journey's End, Forest of the Dead.

( One More Thing )

Crossposted to a couple of places...couldn't stop thinking about it...

Title: Every night, I look up at the stars
Characters/Pairing: Wilf, Donna, Ten, Sylvia; Donna/Lee mention.
Rating: G
Summary: After Journey's End, Wilf talks to the Doctor.
Spoilers: Series Four; Journey's End, reference to Forest of the Dead.

( Every night... )

Crap...posted really quick and already found a typo, which I fixed...in all three crossposts. If there are any others, I'll fix them after I get home later tonight!

I really shouldn't read some of the discussions about the finale, they are upsetting meeeee!!!!
( Oh, all right, I'll cut for JE spoilers...chill!!! It is, however, mostly Ten gushing, so be warned! )

I'm actually gonna type this out *before* reading anyone else's reaction -- I usually read all the spoilers and such up until the day of the episode, then I avoid them on my own till after the show, without anyone needing to warn me or hide anything [which I'd never ask of the fandom anyway]...but before this turns into a rant [the same rant I've ranted many times over, and will do so again], on to the reaction!

( Politely warned and cut for the upcoming spoilage of the thing... )

Downloading torrent now.

*trembling with anticipation*

Hold meeeee!!!!11oneeleventyone1!!!

While awaiting download availability for Journey's End and for moderation at ihasatardis, here are a couple of macro things...one, you've seen before if you've been paying attention to my LJ, the other just made today...



( Probable fail under the cut! )

Yes, driving myself crazy, I'm sure...really only posting to show off new icon snagged from audreyfrill


Also, I wish I had some rich flisters to take pity on me and buy me a new paid account...HAHAHA!!! Just kidding! well, mostly... I'll be subscribing again soon, so I can have moar iconses!!!! Especially since there are so many awesome ones out there!

Oh, I am so anxious about the finale -- even though I'm desperately hoping that certain events have RED HERRING written all over them, you know, I'll have to see it before I can totally calm the heck down! So...what is it about the Doctor's tenth incarnation that's pulled me in so irretrievably?

( Allons-y! )

Something about that 100 word form -- I can actually handle it! Here's one for the Doctor and Donna! [crossposted in a couple places, so you may have seen it already...]



Title: Don't
Characters: Donna, Ten
Rating: G
Spoilers: None. Donna's thoughts at the end of Midnight. 100 words.

( Don't )

Crossposted to 500year_diary


I sing in my church worship team, and we were having more problems than usual with the sound system, so there was a lot of standing around and waiting before we actually rehearsed...so somehow, the Doctor and several of his companions decided to materialize onto my rehearsal sheet...[which is why the background has a bunch of musical terms on it...]

( Randomly appearing... )

Oh, and there will be more Doctor Who discussion coming up...maybe tonight if I get insomnia, but more likely tomorrow after work!!!

Note: If you are a Rose fan, particularly of the Ten/Rose shipper
variety, I'm warning you now -- this may come off as Rose bashing, and
that's not really my intent -- it's just a slight rant, considering that
Rose is a very popular character who doesn't happen to be my favourite.
This can be compared to the Fruits Basket fandom, in which I loved Ayame
when the "golden boy" was Kyo, or the Doctor Quinn, Medicine Woman
fandom, when my big ship was Colleen/Andrew when the flagship was
Michaela/Sully. Somehow, this tends to happen in my fandoms quite a
lot...

Sometimes I wish I was a more prolific fic writer, instead of my
occasional, and more often than not, very short, contributions to my
various fandoms...One of my favourite fanfic subgenres is hurt/comfort,
and right now, I'm wanting to read it with the [Tenth] Doctor being
cared for, rather than him taking care of a companion or some such...he
does that anyway, really. However, it's very frustrating that most of
the h/c stories I've found involve Rose, which I DO. NOT. WANT.


Well...I'll amend that. The occasional story in which Rose is caring
for the Doctor, in a friendly, not romantic way is fine with me...in
fact, if Rose wants to get a bit smoochy with Nine, I'm pretty cool with
that...not with Ten, though.

You know what else I find hard to read? Ten/Rose fic with Donna
standing by, encouraging them!


Funny thing is, Donna would most likely do just that, seeing as how she
doesn't fancy him, she sees him as a long streak of alien nothing and
they're best mates, as in "I'm not mating with you, Sunshine!", and
"We're NOT a couple!"...but it still makes me almost as uncomfortable as
if it were Martha standing by, even though Martha's pretty much got over
him by now, and would likely be supportive too!

Still, it's just too painful to watch, er, read...as likely as Donna and
Martha being good sports is in this situation, I don't really want to
see it in fanfiction...or even in canon to any great extent...


I loved it when Martha and Donna met, they were so mature about it, and
there were no catfights, to the Doctor's badly concealed disappointment!
To Rose's credit, once she finally got her head on straight, she was
able to get along with Sarah, but the initial meowfest really shouldn't
have happened! It was a bit hilarious, though! XD


I'm trying to appreciate Rose's good points, really, I am -- since I do
respect the Doctor's opinion, even if I don't always agree -- but I
think I really don't like the idea of Rose shipping...though if she were
Martha or Donna, I probably would...


In spite of my recent taste for Ten/Donna and Ten/Martha, I've never
been much of a Doctor shipper, preferring the classic platonic
friendship dynamic that most of the companions enjoyed during their
travels. However, I've never discounted the possibility of more than
friendship, and when Eight kissed Grace, he kind of flung the TARDIS
doors wide open in that direction. It does, in fact, stand to reason,
that Nine might carry it that much further!


I wonder if I'd been as blown away by Nine as I have been by Ten, [and
mind you, I really like Nine...he just doesn't move me with the same
level of intensity that Ten's personality moves me!] if I'd actually be
a Doctor/Rose shipper myself...

You know, I probably wouldn't be, because I'd probably be as annoyed
with her theoretically hanging all over Nine as I am with her
theoretically hanging all over Ten. Come to think of it, I'm a bit
annoyed with Ten for theoretically reciprocating, though I realize he'd
have to be as much of a jerk if he'd turned it off after the
regeneration as Rose would be if she'd rejected him at that time! Yet if
he'd show that kind of lovey-doveyness towards Martha or Donna...or even
Jack, I'd probably be just fine with it...

So, I wanna know, 'cause I haven't quite figured it out yet -- what is
it about Rose that just makes me cringe in that situation -- because I
really can appreciate Rose otherwise, even if she's not my favourite
companion, she's still a companion, and aside from the lovey-doveyness,
she's not unwatchable...and she's even nearly awesome when she's
BADASS...or was that BADWOLF?!...

In improv class, this session we're working on characters. We each had to pick a Dick!

We were given a website with a list of famous Dicks to choose from -- mostly men, but also some women and cartoon characters of both genders whose names derived from Dick or Richard -- there were Dicks, Richards, Dixies, Richies, Richardsons, Ricks, Ricardos, etc....


I was absent on the first meeting of the class where they decided on the Dicks, but I had the email with the website and the character sheet, and so I had the means to pick my Dick...

From the website, and other sources, Wendy Richard, Natasha Richardson, and Dick Donato[yeah, yeah...I considered "Evel Dick" from US Big Brother 8] were on my short list...and no, I didn't share my short list with anyone, it was mostly in my mind...I even got to the point of printing out what wikipedia had on Ms. Richardson, which was going to be my chosen Dick up till the last minute...

And then I picked...



Lucy Ricardo!!!!


Amazingly, I hadn't even thought of that till just a little before class started...remembering that Ricky Ricardo was actually on the website list...so why not Lucy? And you know, out of all the Dicks on the list, I think Lucy suits me! LOLZ...what does *that* say about me? HAHAHA!!!


...and at some point, it becomes abundantly clear that Lucy Ricardo must beg Richard Harris for a part in his next movie -- it is inevitable!!! [Failing that, she might want to be in Richard Simmons next exercise video too...you know, to help Ethel take off a few extra pounds...oh, and to be on TV...]

*sigh*

Be as spoilery as you like, please reassure me about Ten, if you would...as I'm still guessing/speculating/whatever that Donna's fate will make me cry...


I am such a fangirl....I know, I know...

You know what? TALK TO THE HAND. No, really...I *mean* it! It may be quite significant! And terraforming my arse, or some such...ask Jenny about it when you get the chance...

( All right, all right, I suppose we're treading on dangerous spoilery ground. But only because River reminded me... )

No, really...I'm not angsting *this* much over a TV show which changes its lead actor every now and then just for the hell of it...which certainly oversimplifies things, but GAHHH!!!!!!

If you want to avoid spoilers, dudes, frickin' CHILL. Stay out of teh INTARWEBZ!!!!!!!! If someone posts a discussion questions, even if said question is spoilery in and of itself, don't JUST reply rudely...or even NOT rudely...that OMGZ NOES!!!! THAT'S A SPOILER AND YOU WILL GO TO HELL IF YOU FORGET THE TEH LJ-CUT OMFGWTFBBQ!!!!!!1111ONEONEELEVNETYONE11!@Q11!11

Damn. I mean, yeah, it's fine to remind the original poster of the cut option, etc., etc., but try and address the question in question and be nice about warning about the spoiler warning, reminding of the community rules, etc., etc., etc. I can't stand it when I click on a perfectly, albeit spoilery, discussion, and all the comments are just bashing the poster for posting a possible spoiler instead of actually answering the question or addressing the issue. ARGH. It's a pet peeve, what can I say...*sigh*


For the record, I generally don't actively avoid spoilers, and very often...OK, most of the time...I actively seek them out. The only time I don't is immediately before the episode, if I happen to think about it, and then I simply don't look at the communities, forums, wherever, who I know will be discussing the spoilers -- and even if I come upon one accidentally, [or even if someone would send me one deliberately] it's not the end of the world, I'll still watch AND enjoy the show. So just chill.


*disregards any attempts at spoilerphobes telling me to chill out myself, with their self righteous indignation that rivals my own on this opposite issue.*


More on The Stolen Earth later, I'm sure...

Yeah, I suppose Time Lady is the logical feminine form of Time Lord...but I still have a hard time NOT hearing..."At the tone, the time will be..." everytime I hear the term! LOL!!!

I'm staying at my brother's for a couple of days -- stayed over last night, in fact -- we're going to Comfest tonight and tomorrow, and I'll be back at my place Saturday evening-ish...in time to download the new Doctor Who episode, I'd imagine!


Anyway, the actual point is, that I can't access my email from here, so in case I don't get to the library or something between now and then, if you need me before I get back, drop me a line here!

See ya soon!

"The Big Read reckons that the average adult has only read 6 of the top 100 books they've printed."

(1) Look at the list and bold those you have read.

(2) Italicize those you intend to read.

(3) Underline the books you LOVE.

(4) Strike out the books you have no intention of ever reading, or were forced to read at school and hated.

(5) Reprint this list in your own LJ

Thanks to fanfromfla for posting so I could find it and do it here...

( Allons-y! )

So, I made a Doctor Who poll, after participating in a really awesome and spoilery, so consider yourself warned,Donna discussion at doctorwho


( Naturally, the poll itself is also spoilery, so... )

Here's a lovely, more mature meme from zeedrippyvessel YAY!



1. First Name/Nicknames: Vicki, Vick, Vixi, variations thereof...

2. Age: 44

3. Location: Columbus, OH

4. Occupation: Boring stupid office job that I'm not at all happy with that has benefits which I am mostly happy with, and so I don't quit...

5. Partner?: I'm currently travelling with the Doctor in one of the various alternate universes and/or timelines...he's looking awfully adorable in his blue suit today...*musses Doctor's already adorably mussed hair* Oh, you mean in *this* timeline! Then, no.

6. Kids: None

7. Brothers/Sisters: 3 brothers, no sisters

8. Pets: My dog Bowser, a 7 year old Staffordshire terrier.

9. List the 3-5 biggest things going on in your life:

a) Attending improv acting class, that I unfortunately had to miss today due to NO FLIPPIN' GAS for the stupid car!!!

b) Rediscovering Doctor Who!!!

c) Getting closer to my church family by finally joining a "life group" [small Bible/fellowship group that meets weekly on Sunday afternoons]

d) Getting together with LJ/SH/DW friends, in the planning stages for a fun time to be had by all!

e) Hopefully getting a sister-in-law in the near future!

10. Where and for what did you go to school for?

Bachelor of Music, Vocal Performance -- Chapman University, Orange, CA 1990

11. Parents?: Yes, both, still on their first and only marriage, going strong for 45 years!


12. Who are some of your closest friends?: Shouting out to scarletsherlock, seramercury, trekwriter! My church family and several others who don't read this, alas!

Mmm...yummy!



David Tennant and his dad get cooking!

( Haggis, chorizo, peas, leeks and more! )

I know, I'm positively dangerous when I get surfing on youtube...David and his dad are just flippin' adorable!!! Enjoy!

( Yeah, watched Silence in the Library last night... )

...but to show you how easily amused I am...this is hilarious!!!

Well, this time, I actually cleared it in advance...due to not enough money to fully participate in my office's annual multicultural family fun time picnic fairlike event...

So...I've watched The Satan Pit -- dude, that's one scary episode...and I've been trying to watch Voyage of the Damned, which has screwed up from about the middle of part 1 every time I've put it on...and it happened again a few minutes ago, but I'm trying it yet again -- right now, and so far so good...


At least these days off give me the opportunity to catch up with the Doctor! Oh. Em Gee. I am so in love with Ten!


ARGH...and the damn video stopped again! I may have to break down and find a bit torrent of it, just so I can finally see the damn[ed] thing!

Yep, downloading from bittorrent site...so at least I'll get to watch it later if it works out!!! Started the one at surfthechannel just in case it actually plays past the first 15 minutes or so...


Hmmm...trying to think of some sort of Whovian fanart to draw...I've gone and doodled the Doctor again, but with no real direction...so what else is new?! My first attempts at Rose and Donna [well, actually, my first Donna attempt was OK...this is my second] have failed miserably so far, and I haven't tried Martha yet, but I will today, I should think...so, we'll see...when I get anything finished, I'll put it up...

( Inuyasha has concluded! )

You know, Inuyasha was my introduction to anime/manga fandom, including cosplay -- Sesshoumaru was my first anime costume. Although the manga really came close to overstaying its welcome [some fans have said as much...ages ago, really...], but even though it was time, I'm kind of sorry to see it go!

Well done, Takahashi-san!

My first little bit of Doctor Who fic, in the form of a double drabble, that is, 200 words as it happens...I almost forgot to post it here in my own journal [posted it yesterday in doctorwho], but yeah...



Title: Moving On
Characters/Pairing: Ten, with mentions of Rose, Martha and Donna.
Rating: G
Spoilers: None, perhaps unspecific speculation...

They're gone. All of them. Rose Tyler, Martha Jones...

Donna Noble.

There is no one left. Humans are so very finite. They grow old, they
wither, and they die.

Even worse, and often long before, they move on.

Even when they offer me forever -- their forever -- it's all they have,
and they willingly offer it to me.

Although I smile, and take them to the ends of the universe, anywhere,
anywhen -- it's only a matter of time. A matter of time, before I have
to let them go. A matter of time, whether fixed or in flux, it always
comes. I'm always left alone.


Sometimes I wonder -- if I'd been more selfish, or if I didn't care at
all -- would I move time and space to get them back? If I didn't care,
it wouldn't matter. If I didn't care, I wouldn't be here, and maybe
home would still be home. Then again, I might never have met them, and
time would be eternal boredom and nothingness. Sometimes, the
loneliness is worth it. As painful as it is, I wouldn't change it. I
must move on as well. For them, as much as for myself.

************


Oh yeah, and I had a particularly fun exercise in improv last night...we got into four corners, in groups of 2 or 3, and described to our partner our dream movie...we'd star with whomever we wanted, choose director, co-stars and whatever...then we'd all reassemble and tell everyone what our partner said -- so, I chose action/science fiction as my category, and regaled my partner [who starred in an action buddy film with Steve Carrell as a couple of cigarette runners who find love on the Indian reservation...] with my tale of the Doctor Who movie -- David Tennant as the Doctor, naturally, while I was the clever companion who helps him save the world, you know, when the Daleks come to Columbus, Ohio...LOLOLOLOL!!!! The film ends with a kiss...me and the Doctor, you know...and I follow him into the TARDIS for further adventures...that's TARDIS, not TARD..whatever you said, and DALEKS, not DALIDS...HAHAHA!!!! Great fun, dudes!!!

I had such a great time at scarletsherlock's last night, watching Doctor Who, and a David Tennant film [whose name has Quatermass in it...but I don't rightly remember, but that's cool, 'cause it was rather X-Files-ish, and David not only spoke with his own accent, but he also spoke German, and *squee*...and dudes, he played the doctor...well, not The Doctor, but he was a medical man...], and playing with her adorable kitty -- yes, I realize I'm still allergic...but my allergy meds were working well enough, and I did switch to my glasses when I forgot, as usual, not to touch my eyes after petting the kitty...they only got a little itchy...but what a sweetie!!! Thanks so much, Courtney!

Anyway, the point here is...I really love the new Doctor Who episode! I agree with the several people that were reminded of The Twilight Zone, because it did have that kind of tone. Perhaps a bit of X-Files, or various mysterious alien entity SF as well...and you gotta love that sort of thing! David Tennant, again, is amazing! ( I must be mad, cutting here for Midnight spoilers, such as they may be, you spoilerphobes owe me big time...right? RIGHT?!?! *crickets chirping to just get on with it* )

I was thinking about why I like the Tenth Doctor so much...as I recall, I did see Nine before I saw Ten, and while I did like him a lot, he just didn't reach out and pull me into the TARDIS, the way Ten did. I think a lot of it is that I really do tend to like characters who are over the top, with big personalities, and Ten certainly fits the bill. He's out there, and can make me laugh and cry, often in the same episode...wouldn't be surprised if he did it in the same scene...the interaction with his companions, they way he's just so bouncy, energetic -- I love that!


Now, Donna is my favourite of all Ten's companions -- she's loud, hilarious, blustery -- but inside she has so much feeling and compassion for others -- she can be hurt, she can help, she is a wonderful support, and a nurturer...I love her to bits and pieces and it's just killing me that she's not gonna travel with the Doctor forever...


Rose...I want to like her. I mean, the Doctor obviously likes her -- but I dunno, maybe I don't think she's good enough for him. I'm still trying to sort it out -- she is very popular, but she's just not all that. Sometimes I think she's funny, but she's usually all about Rose. I love her mum, Jackie. Jackie is an awesome character...not perfect, of course -- and she shouldn't be, but yeah, I like her.


Martha is another one I love to pieces. I feel for her. In fact, where it concerns Martha is where I get the most annoyed with the Doctor, because he's all pining away over Rose...well, maybe I'm exaggerating -- in fact, I hope I'm exaggerating...hard to tell when I read and write all this fangirling...LOLZ [see, I include myself in the fangirling category] but Martha is beautiful and capable and smart...see, unrequited is the main category of love I was always in while I was in high school and college, so I can relate, and it's sad...but the great thing was that Martha and the Doctor eventually came to terms with it, at least to the extent that Martha was able to get on with her life, but still consider the Doctor as a very good friend.


And so...those are my randomy fandomy thoughts for the moment...there will be more, I promise...

FYI...I'm staying over at my brother's tonight, and his ISP or his computer or whatever won't let me access yahoo mail, so if you need to get in touch with me before tomorrow, do it here!

kthxbai!

XD

And curious too! Yes, indeedy, sweeties...



Poll #1202949 Doctor Who Randomish Timey-Wimey Favourites
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All

Your First Doctor

Your Favourite Doctor

Your Favourite Companion[s]

Your preferred Doctor Who fanfic genres