Up at the trailer so I can't really do your birthday justice as I'd like to, but I hope you have a wonderful day, and the that your year ahead brings the fulfillment of all your fondest dreams.

You are a treasure to all of us and we deeply appreciate all that you give to our fandoms.

Love and Happy Birthday, mews1945 !!!

Had a pretty fun day today!!!

( Is this not the cutest thing EVER????' )

Sean has donate a signed copy of 'There and Back Again' to the 'Clothes Off Our Back Foundation.




Proceeds from the auction benefit the Screen Actors Guild Foundation’s literacy effort, which began in 1992 and now includes such programs as:


• BookPALS, a volunteer program comprised of performing artists who read aloud to students in schools, hospitals and libraries.

• We The Children, which teaches children the value of books and the importance of their lives by giving them the opportunity to write and illustrate their family history.

• Storyline Online, an online interactive website which brings the excitement of books into the classroom and home.


The Clothes Off Our Back Foundation is a 501c3 organization that hosts charity auctions showcasing today's hottest celebrity attire. Items are put up for bid to the public with proceeds going to benefit children's charities. Clothes Off Our Back was founded by actors and philanthropists Jane Kaczmarek ("Malcolm In The Middle," "Raising the Bar") and Bradley Whitford ("The West Wing," "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip") whose efforts, along with their celebrity and designer friends have helped improve the lives of children across the globe.





Go here to bid on 'There and Back Again'! Let's help Sean in this endeavor!!

Heading up to my trailer tomorrow morning WITH my grandson and his girlfriend. I've felt pretty sad for the past year or so because I've seen so little of Brian, but that seems to have changed. I've seen a lot of him lately and this visit to the trailer really makes me happy. His girlfriend, Trina, is a beautiful young lady and very sweet. It's odd for me to think of him in a 'relationship', but they seem very much in love and he is very happy with her. Oh well... it happens. He's growing up. Anyway, I think this weekend will be fun. They're going to Michigan Adventure on Froday... without me! My days of riding roller coasters are far,far behind me. Then Saturday we'll go to Silver Lake together and ride the dune buggies. I'm looking forward to this time with my beloved grandson.

And to celebrate Wood-day, I give you Elijah Wood in my very favorite of all his movies, 'Everything Is Illuminated'. I absolutely love everything about this movie, but most of all I love how utterly beautiful he is in every single scene. A magnificent performance by Elijah AND by Eugene. A superb film.

EII galleries here, along with caps from Elijah's other films.

Oh! And I think that some of these caps may have been nicked from A&F, then enhanced by me. Thanks, ladysnaps!!

( Elijah in 'Everything Is Illuminated' )

Cleared my bank. Ships on Froday!!

Woot!!!!! Is this not beautiful!??? Can't wait!

.... help yourself!


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From an interview with John Barrowman.

From here

With many thanks to nepenthes59 for the link.

The BBC is selling the upcoming "Torchwood: Children of Earth" miniseries as a TV event. Series star John Barrowman doesn't believe the hype.

Barrowman, who plays Capt. Jack Harkness on the "Doctor Who" spinoff, believes that the five-episode miniseries -- which will air Monday to Friday next week in the United Kingdom and later in July in the United States -- is in fact a punishment after two successful seasons that each ran for 13 episodes.

"The five episodes, the miniseries as I call it, are incredible –- I have no doubt about that -– but personally, I felt like we were being punished," Barrowman tells the U.K. magazine Radio Times. "Other shows move from BBC3 and 2 to 1, and they don't get cut. So why are we? It felt like every time we moved we had to prove ourselves."

The show has proved its worth across the pond, scoring strong numbers for its first season on BBC3 and even better ones when it moved to BBC2 for its second season. "Children of Earth" will mark "Torchwood's" debut on the flagship BBC1; it airs July 6-10 there and July 20-24 on BBC America.

"Torchwood" creator Russell Davies, however, says he's been on board with the changeup from the start.

"Part of us thought, 'We could do another 13 episodes, we've learnt how to do that, and the second series was better than the first.' But why not change it?" Davies tells the Guardian newspaper. "... BBC America, who show 'Torchwood,' are furious that we've changed the format. But they're not our paymasters. It's the British audience we make these for. And I don't think audiences are remotely lost by a change in format."

Barrowman will be at Comic-Con on Sunday, July 26. What do you bet someone will ask him about his remarks?

Curiouser and curiouser.

Just who exactly was it that suggested to fans at some convention (I think) that the Jack/Ianto fans were going to love the direction that the story went this season?

If it was a member of either the cast or the production staff?? Then great plot, good story, whatever the hell be damned.... those people deserve to be hung up by their balls. It's one thing to say nothing or even give a hint that there may be trouble ahead. But from what *I* remember hearing... the exact opposite was communicated to fans who they KNEW were hugely in love with J/I.

That is just plain lying. Period. And lying in a way that they knew would hurt people badly.

I was not a huge Torchwood fan, but I really did like the show and would have bought the DVD's... especially in blu-ray.

Not now. I'm done.

ETA: There may be spoilers in this post. Consider yourself warned.

.... for the Sam and Frodo tribbles I will post in the troubledtribble community!

( I like these words!! )

... which complete the prompt table I've been using from the troubledtribble community. It's been a blast doing these, and I think I may start on another prompt table, but this time with Sam and Frodo.

These two tribbles are one complete story and should be read at the same time. Hope you enjoy them.

Title: Today
Rating: PG
Pairing: Sean and Elijah
Summary: Sean makes the decision...

Author's notes: For both these tribbles I owe great thanks to my best friend and wonderful beta, abandonada. She just gets better and better at this.

( - Today - )

Title: Tomorrow
Rating: PG
Pairing: Sean and Elijah
Summary: Now what will Elijah decide?

( - Tomorrow - )

Hope you enjoyed these!!

Been watching the extras that came with the three ST movies included in the BD (blu-ray disk) movie trilogy set that I got last week. They're just beyond good, but the BEST part out of all of it is Shatner. I kid you not, in every single interview he gives in the extras from every movie he constantly and hilariously rags on Leonard Nimoy. I've never heard such a great example of 'taking the piss' in my life. Dom would give him 5 stars, absolutely no question about it.

And listening to those two do audio commentary together for 'Voyage Home'?? It's just incredibly funny. It's SO obvious that these two guys are close, close friends who love each other very much. Worth getting the BD's just to hear them go on with and about each other. Shatner gets a bad rap at times. Folks call him a ham and he's taken a bit of a beating because of things he's said, and things some of his co-stars have said about him. But honest to god, I think that a lot of it is simply that people don't understand this man's sense of humor. I know he's a bit over the top at times, but he LOVES putting people on! He really IS Denny Crane! And it's clear that Nimoy totally adores him. To me... a man of Leonard Nimoy's obvious class wouldn't feel that way about a jerk.

They were one of my first otps, Kirk and Spock. And, in fact, were the first pairing I ever wrote, though I immediately destroyed the story. In those days I thought I was the only woman alive who loved slash. Imagine my surprise when I discovered the Internet and Kirk/Spock!

And I still love these two, particularly in 'Voyage Home' where their scenes together are, far as I'm concerned, the best ever filmed in any Star Trek.. movie or TV series. Their exchange about liking Italian food is priceless. They were gorgeous then... and far as I'm concerned, they still are. Not my otp anymore... but still a pairing that I love.

I liked ST - Reboot and can't wait to have in in BD, but I sill have not totally warmed up to Chris Pine as Jim Kirk. To me.. he was just too reckless and undisciplined to be instantaneously handed the captain's chair to the Federation's flagship. I DO like Zachary Quinto as Spock, and am totally in LOVE with Karl Urban as McCoy. I think he does DeForrest Kelly proud. Wish I could warm up to Pine. Maybe I could write some Kirk/Spock again... and this time not tear it up into tiny pieces.

You think that's possible?

Today... my BD copy of Star Trek TOS, 1st Season arrives. I may even leave work a bit early to go pick it up. From the reviews I've read, the BD version is absolutely gorgeous and I can't WAIT to see it! You hear that zenslash???

Look at this picture of Elijah from 'Deep Impact'.

I was cruising through the Elijah photo archive today deciding what to do for a Wood-day post and this picture caught my eye.



Did they make him wear some kind of phony teeth in this movie to cover over his adorable gap?? It sure looks like it here.

If so... BOOOOOO on them!!

We're celebrating Wood-day today with images of a young, gorgeous, and occasionally shirtless Elijah in 'Flipper'!

And, ok. I confess to finding him totally delectable in this film.

( So join me in perving over gorgeous, young Elijah Wood. )

Hmmm..

From this page...

Ang Lee is in pre-production on a Elijah Wood vehicle about the 2001 Student Council President race at Modesto (Calif.) Senior High School, in which Wood's character, Eli Granderson, takes on a stud quarterback who gets all the chicks.

Ok, shoot me now. Much as I want to see him on the big screen, I'm not wild about seeing him portraying a high school student. Am I wrong to want to see him in sexier more mature roles?

ETA: OK. Ima jackass. primula_baggins tells me that the site where I got this info is a 'spoof' site and not to believe a word of it! Sheesh!!!

Went up to the trailer last Tuesday, planning to stay 'til Sunday. Weather wasn't all that great, but I didn't really care. I was happy to be there no matter what the weather was doing.

The kids came up Thursday evening. I'd gotten pizza for everyone and we had a relatively peaceful evening. Friday we went out to breakfast, then they got groceries and we hung out at the trailer. Plans were all set for us to go into town on the 4th and watch the fireworks from the Montague/Whitehall bridge. Christian was really looking forward to them. Had been talking about them for ages and was very geeked about seeing them.

Around 6:00 or so Friday evening, I'd shown Bob how to make my kind of hamburgers, which he loves, and he had just thrown them onto the grill. Pam and I were inside the trailer and she was about to make Mac & Cheese, but walked outside to check on Chris before she started. Bob told her that he had just been there beside him a second ago, and Pam walked around the front of the trailer to look for him....

( .... and then she saw him. )

My heart aches for you, and I am with you in thought and in spirit today.

She has gone to that place of 'light and high beauty' that is ever beyond the reach of shadow.

I'm here if you need to talk... call me.

Title: First Kiss
Rating: PG
Pairing: Sean and Elijah
Summary: And so it begins.

Author's notes: This story takes a bit of a walk down memory lane. I began this story years ago and never quite finished it. I was helped with parts of it by the goddess undone27. They are in New Zealand. This is their first kiss.

I'm deeply grateful to abandonada for her extraordinary beta and editing work. She makes everything I write so much better than it was.

( First Kiss )

.... about blu ray and other unrelated things and nonsense.

( Feel free to skip. )

And two things make it special for me. ONE is that I'm not at work I'm starting a THREE DAY WEEKEND! Woot!

Second thing is, my blu ray dvd player AND my 'Planet Earth' blu ray disks are in and waiting for me to pick them up. So after posting this, I am outta here!!


( In the meantime... here's a few shots of our beautiful Frodo. )