It's the Create Your Own TV Show meme! This is how it goes:

Basically, someone else has given me seven actors/actresses and I've come up with a television show for them, with a blurb and character descriptions. In return, I'll give you seven actors/actresses and you do the same! I would love to see all the possible TV shows we can create seeing as how my friends-list is filled with fantastically creative people and because I want to live in that world.

boxseat gave me Alison Brie, Grace Zabrinskie, Michael C Hall, Ramona Marquez, Simon Pegg, Tina Fey, and Tom Hardy. I flailed around a bit trying to think of something to do with them, and eventually landed on the unlikely genre of "surreal dramedy about a paranormal bureaucracy".

Obligatory Cheesy Promotional Poster:



( Plot summary, theme song, character profiles, episode outlines, and pretty pictures behind the cut. I may have gotten a bit carried away. Also, I apologize for the blatant typecasting.Collapse )

When I saw that picspammy's current challenge was a second chance for doing a casting picspam, I thought 'Hooray! I can do that!'. For a while I pondered what I wanted to cast before settling on one of my favourite novels: This is the Way the World Ends by James Morrow, a darkly comedic satire about the total devastation of the world via a nuclear war. (I love a good apocalypse.)

Three days later I realized that I had picked a book with a vast ensemble cast and would probably never finish editing the pictures. However, I somehow managed to, so here is a picspam of a hypothetical cast for a movie that will never get made of a book that no one has read. Please look at it anyways, if only for the pretty pictures. It would make my insanity feel very validated.



( Some say the world will end in fire, some say in ice.Collapse )

Well, now it's 451!


Welcome to the world, merlin_canada!

It's still rather small and lonely at the moment, but if you're a Canadian fan of Merlin, then come on over and join! Hopefully soon there will be meetups planned and a friending meme, and all sorts of exciting things. (Well, mostly those two things, but those are fun-sounding, no?) Or at least go look at the default icon of Arthur waving a Canadian flag, which I am inordinately proud of.

If people are interested in what's going on in Honduras at the moment and frustrated by lack of coverage by CNN-etc, the website Upside Down World is a great resource with lots of background information.

The website covers politics (with a slant towards activism) throughout Latin America, and the main page is full of stories about Honduras. There's also a specific page for each country. Honduras is here.

If you don't want to wade through all the stories, or are looking for a good starting point, jump in with this article ('Showdown in Honduras: The Rise, Repression and Uncertain Future of the Coup'), which provides a good overview of events. (Terminology note: campesino means peasant. Literally 'country person', the term generally refers to poor agricultural workers.)

And, as always, Al Jazeera and BBC News have way better coverage than North American stations.

This past Saturday, arkanefyre and I hung out all afternoon watching Torchwood with her dogs, while thunderstorms raged outside. Naturally, we got hungry. So, after a brief expedition to the local grocery store, we made nachos! Here is our fabulous recipe.

Foodstuffs You Will Need to Manufacture Amazing Nachos:
- One (1) 300 gram bag of tortilla chips. We used these, but feel free to substitute your favourites.
- One (1) 500 millilitre jar of salsa, whatever level of spicy you can tolerate. We are wimpy and went with mild.
- One (1) can of baked beans in tomato sauce. We went with Heinz Deep Browned Beans in Tomato Sauce, because one of us is vegetarian (HI!), but you can get one with meat as well if you insist.
- One (1) bag of shredded mozzarella and cheddar cheese. You can shred your own cheese if you prefer, but this is a recipe designed for lazy people, so we went with pre-packaged.
- One (1) bunch of chives. I don't think they come in a standardized size, so, uh, a small handful-ish.

Non-edible Items You Will Need to Manufacture Amazing Nachos:
- One (1) oven or toaster oven. Must be big enough to hold pan.
- One (1) baking pan, of sufficient size to hold amazing nachos. (Use your judgment.)
- One (1) spatula, for spreading stuff. A big spoon will also suffice.
- One (1) knife for chopping the chives.
- One (1) hard surface for chopping the chives on. Probably best to protect the counter with a cutting board, but not strictly necessary.
- Two (2) oven gloves. Practice safe baking! Don't get burned!

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TA-DA!

Good on you, US of A. Good on you.

\o/!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So, by now, if you've been hanging around LJ, or the internet in general, you've probably seen That Video About Registering to Vote in the American Election, right? (Note: Americans, get on that!) But we up here in Canada are having an election too, and even though normally they register you automatically, you still have to check to see if you're on the list!

Have you gotten one of these pretty Voter Information Cards in the mail yet? If not, head on over to the Elections Canada website and use this handy-dandy search tool to find all the information about how to contact the election office in your riding. (As well as a list of candidates, what ID you have to take with you to vote, where your polling stations are, etc.)

It's very simple and completely free, but you only have until Tuesday, October 7 at 6 PM to register, so make sure to sort it out in time. If for any reason you can't make it out to vote on October 14th, there's the opportunity to vote in advance this weekend (Check that Voter Information site above to find out when and where.), or by mail, so don't worry.

And if you're looking for more information on the different candidates stances, the televised leaders' debates are on tonight and tomorrow. Tonight RDI has the French language debate at 8PM Eastern, and tomorrow CBC has the English language debate at 9PM Eastern.

In New Brunswick, Newfoundland, and Ontario, Rogers Local Television should be televising debates between the candidates in each riding over the next couple of days. They're rebroadcast often, so there's lots of chances to find out what your local candidates take on issues that are important to your riding (Because, let's face it, unless you're in a big city or their riding, chances are that the party leaders don't care, or even know about your local issues.) Not sure about whether this is going on in other provinces, but your local TV station's website should prove helpful in figuring that out.

Basically: Informed voting good! Make sure you're registered to do it! *steps down from soapbox*

Okay, SGA was wonderful, but that has to take a backseat for a moment BECAUSE OMG, WHO WANTS TO MEET KATE HEWLETT IN TORONTO TOMORROW???

According to her blog, she's going to be at FanExpo at the Convention Centre in the afternoon (One to four). Now, I don't really want to have my first ever con experience be all by my lonesome, so is anyone else up for this?

THERE ARE OTHER THINGS THERE TOO, SEE? If you don't care about Kate (BUT YOU SHOULD.)

Any one in the GTA? At all? Tickets are only $25! And I'll buy you lunch! AND MEMORIES! THERE WILL BE THOSE TOO!

Perhaps one word reviews of SGA are just better. Uh: YAY! for episode four.

That Katy Perry song about kissing a girl has been stuck in my head ALL DAY, which was highly annoying until I thought about it being sung from the perspective of a guy instead, which somehow led to the realization that it would be amazing for John Sheppard. Seriously, you guys, it's PERFECT. Here, have a picspam set to the chorus to convince you: ( Brought to you by Lt.Col. John Sheppard's vaguely disconcerted face.Collapse )

Uh, yeah. All this Biology studying may be degrading my neurons.