So, it is party time again, folks!

[wiseheart]

Each year this time, we launch my virtual birthday party, which starts on October 1 and ends on October 9 at midnight, sharp. The goals of the party are to post as many comments and collapse as many threads as possible, on as many new pages as we can. It is always great fun, as you can see if you check out the similar entries of the last few years.

This year, I'll also throw the real party at mid-time - and post the recipes of all the food that will be there for you, so that you can all participate if you want to. Virtual food has no calories.

Fandom-related discussions are as welcome as the ones about coffee or chocolate (just to name a few favourites from previous years), and, of course, pictures and recipes of birthday cakes. ;)

So, drop by, tell your story, post your pics or silly poems, ask questions you always wanted to ask and have a good time!

Soledad, in excited expectation




Oh, and by the way, to provide birthday gifts hobbit-style, I've got a revived story and a Kansas 2 update for you.

Enjoy!

Comments

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

This should be a comment, actually, but I'm aiming for Page 5, so... I'm also thinking of re-watching some Stargate or Atlantis. I love both shows. Although I absolutely despise Stargate: Universe. I was never happier about a show getting cancelled.

BTW, have any of you watched "Sanctuary"? The one with Amanda Tapping in the lead role?

[solanpolarn.livejournal.com]

As I mentioned in a comment higher up, I currently have Stargate SG-1 piling up on my PVR; I tend to watch the episodes in big batches, when I feel strong enough to ignore the silly Carter/O'Neill love-plot. That just never made sense to me, and I find it especially annoying when Carter finds someone to be with and it then gets sabotaged just so that she can hang around and make moon-eyes at O'Neill, which he mostly seems to be encouraging to stroke his own ego.

[jenn-calaelen.livejournal.com]

*nods* SG1 would have been a far better show if it has had much less silly romance plots (and how many characters who fell for one or another of the main cast and quickly ended up dead)

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

That is a cliché in every series. Main charcters mustn't have working relationships, not with each other and not with outsiders.

[jenn-calaelen.livejournal.com]

True - all tv seems to want relationship angst.

[solanpolarn.livejournal.com]

The breaking of this stereotype with Miles and Keiko O'Brien is one of the things I love about Deep Space Nine. I believe we have discussed that at length in previous years...

[solanpolarn.livejournal.com]

I find I can put up with the 'guest character falls for main character and then dies' bit better than the 'never quite coming off' love story between two major characters, because at least the former is over in the same episode, and generally never spoken of again.

P.S. If no one beats me to it, this will be comment number 800! Wow!

[jenn-calaelen.livejournal.com]

*nods* I see that. I just got tired of so many of the interesting characters being thrown into the same pattern. However, the show does have its good points, and so much unused potential.

[sammydragoncat]

I have seen it a few times - generally when I am bored and I am looking for something to watch.

[jenn-calaelen.livejournal.com]

I agree with you about SGU - I finally saw it this year (or possibly last year?). I think it might have had some potential if it has not been trying to be part of the Stargate franchise. Although overall I found the characters and plots boring.

I've seen some of Sanctuary, and it seemed an interesting premise, but I didn't get very far into it. Like Warehouse 13 - I should try and watch more of both, iirc I have the first season of each on dvd.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

What I hated in SGU most was how the military was allowed to treat the civilians (scientists without whom they wouldn't have lasted a day) like shit. Granted, the head scientist was every bit as a jerk as the colonel, but the other civilians were decent people, and the jarheads just pushed them around, unquestioned and unpunished.

Another thing I hated was this visiting home in other people's bodies stuff. If they're lost, they should be lost, dammit, and try to make the best of it!

I have mixed feelings about Sanctuary - the characters are excellent, and Chris Heyerdahl plays the role of his life, but the main premise can't really convince me.