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- So I just realized that I never posted the results for the unguessed pairings in the quotations ship meme a couple of weeks ago. I've now updated the post with the answers -- no one guessed Miss Parker/Jarod (The Pretender), Josh Lyman/Donna Moss (The West Wing), Olivia Dunham/Peter Bishop (Fringe), Napoleon Solo/Illya Kuryakin (The Man From U.N.C.L.E.), or Steve McGarrett/Danny Williams (Hawaii Five-0). For shame on the last one, people. The rest I kind of expected -- serves me right for being ridiculously multifannish. The pairings that were guessed were Brad Colbert/Nate Fick (Generation Kill), Bertie Wooster/Reginald Jeeves (Jeeves & Wooster), John Watson/Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes books), Lord Peter Wimsey/Harriet Vane (Lord Peter Wimsey series), and Benton Fraser/Ray Kowalski (Due South).

- I have started compulsively watching QI again. Why is Stephen Fry so awesome, seriously? I just want to be his friend, give him a hug, and sit around drinking tea and/or madeira while talking about obscure trivia. (SIGH why am I not Emma Thompson)

- Question: does anyone know where I might *ahem* look for video editing programs, with, say, an eye patch on, if you know what I mean? I've been really wanting to make some vids, but fuck if I'm going to do it with Windows Movie Maker again.

- In other, unrelated news, I can't stop listening to Janelle Monáe's song "Cold War". I'm not sure why. It's awesome. :)
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1. Jeeves & Wooster recs: Mr. Wooster and the Restorative Preparation is possibly my favorite thing I've read in the fandom so far. (Okay, or maybe this. Or this. Or – ANYWAY.) Set pre-canon, it's written in a lovely Jeeves-POV and tells the story of just how Jeeves came to work for one Bertram Wooster. Because you just know that Jeeves wouldn't leave something like his employment up to chance, would he? It's clever and touching and brilliantly Jeevesian, and I keep re-reading it. ♥

1a. The author of the above story, [livejournal.com profile] innocentsmith, also has a great essay on Jeeves characterization, Gentleman's Gentlemanly Behavior. It makes me want to just point and go "Yes, THIS."

2. Moving on to Castle, the Ryan Report (aka that thing on their website where the writers do an in-character blog from Ryan's POV) for 2.21 "Den of Thieves" is SO CUTE. SO PARTNERY. SO AWESOME. If you ship Ryan/Esposito, it's golden; if you prefer the platonic interpretation, it's also golden. I love them so much, you guys. *draws hearts*

3. I have a new favorite proverb: Se non è vero, è ben trovato. It's Italian for "If it's not true, it's a good story." Isn't that lovely? (Proverb acquisition thanks to – who else – Stephen Fry on QI.)

4. BEST. GRAFITTI. EVER. One more reason to love Chicago! ♥

5. A Gadget Too Far: interesting essay on the judicious use of technology in stories. It focuses on sci-fi in novels/short prose, but the ideas are easily applicable elsewhere.
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Hello all! I am back from my lovely vacation (well, it was my mom's vacation; I'm not working regularly enough to really feel justified in calling it my vacation).

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