tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-11:33024firecattiny purple fishes run laughing through your fingersfirecat (attention machine in need of calibration)2011-12-25T00:49:16Ztag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-11:33024:753141This would convince me to watch Dr Who2011-12-25T00:49:16Z2011-12-25T00:49:16Zpublic13<a href="http://www.themarysue.com/helen-mirren-doctor-who/">http://www.themarysue.com/helen-mirren-doctor-who/</a><blockquote>You guys, Helen Mirren just said in an interview that she would like to play the Doctor on Doctor Who. And then I exploded. Wow. Helen Mirren. Doctor Who. With a creamy “wants to play” center.</blockquote>I don't need <b>that</b> much convincing...it's just that I find the number of episodes daunting compared to the amount of time I spend watching TV by myself...the OH having said he doesn't want to watch Dr Who.<br /><br />...although come to think of it, he might well watch Helen Mirren do Dr Who.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=firecat&ditemid=753141" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-11:33024:691868Recommend us some TV series?2010-10-17T08:40:40Z2010-10-17T08:41:52Zpublic52The OH and I recently finished re-watching <i>Babylon 5</i> and finished watching the fourth season of <i>Heroes</i>. He informed me that our Netflix queue was getting a little thin on series and said I could suggest up to five series to put on the queue. <br /><br />So what should we watch? <br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://firecat.dreamwidth.org/691868.html#cutid1">detailed requirements</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=firecat&ditemid=691868" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-11:33024:12902repeal prop 8 and then tear it into little tiny pieces and stomp on them2009-05-27T04:23:02Z2009-05-27T04:23:02Zpublic1I'm pissed that the court did not vote to repeat Prop 8.<br /><br />I'm also inclined to hope that <a href="http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/5/26/735571/-Read-page-36.-They-just-cut-Prop-8-to-the-bone.">this analysis by The Daily Kos</a> is right and the court's decision basically amounts to "OK, you have to call it 'mawwidge' instead of 'marriage' but otherwise it's exacty the same thing." (I don't know enough to understand if that's correct. But if so it's pretty cunning.)<br /><br />And I do think that by leaving the marriage rights of the 18,000 already-married same sex couples in place, they're pointing out that California is in a completely untenable position with regard to same-sex marriage.<br /><br />I know full well that this will lead to at least two ballot initiatives in the near future, and I'm dreading having to go down that road again.<br /><br />But since we have to go down that road again, at least the pro-marriage side appears to be better-organized now than it was during the prop 8 campaign.<br /><br />If I were legally married to the OH, I would talk to him about getting a divorce in response to the court's decision. But we never did tell the government. <br /><br /><small>(However, an unmarried opposite-sex couple has more privilege than an unmarried same-sex couple, because people presume we're married unless we explicitly tell them otherwise.)</small><br /><br />Incidentally, because it seems important to be out these days: I'm bisexual and polyamorous.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=firecat&ditemid=12902" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-11:33024:9601Star Trek movie2009-05-16T02:02:17Z2009-05-16T02:02:17Zpublic5I found a theater that offered it with rear window captioning so the OH could see it with me. Now I don't have to go to Wiscon prepared to clap my hands over my ears every five minutes to avoid spoilers.<br /><br />Watching the movie made me happy. I was entertained. <br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://firecat.dreamwidth.org/9601.html#cutid1">spoilery goodness</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=firecat&ditemid=9601" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-11:33024:7289Wiscon panels I am on2009-05-09T00:28:33Z2009-05-09T00:28:33Zpublic15These are the Wiscon panels I'm on. I've never been on a Wiscon panel before. I would welcome any comments about these panel topics and any ideas you would like to see addressed at these panels. And if you're at Wiscon I hope you come, but if there's something else fascinating going on at the same time, I hope some of you go to that instead, so I can find out what happened!<br /><br /><br /><b>Romancing the Beast</b><br />Sat 4:00 - 5:15PM, Conference 4<br />Moderator: Vito Excalibur. Panelists: Catherine Cheek, Stef Maruch, Heidi Waterhouse, Janine Ellen Young <br /><br /><i>Paranormal romance almost always features the hero as a paranormal being and the heroine as an ordinary human. How does this resonate with gender relations and power relationships in our society? And is it emblematic of women seeing men as Other?</i><br /><br />I wanted to be on this panel because the disparity has always bugged me. To give an example that has nothing to do with paranormal romance, I refuse to see Cyrano de Bergerac in any form because I'm not aware of any gender-reversed version. <br /><br /><br /><b>Dealing With Your Male Answer Syndrome</b><br />Sun 10:00 - 11:15AM, Assembly<br />Moderator: John H. Kim. Panelists: Suzanne Allés Blom, Moondancer Drake, John Helfers, Stef Maruch<br /><br /><i>Although it's not absolute, there's a strong tendency among masculine people to always want to have the definitive answer for everything, even if they don't necessarily know. In panels and elsewhere in life, it can be hard for men to admit they don't know things. Why is this? How can men deal with the pressure (either internal or external) to always have the right answer? How do women and other non–masculine folks deal with Male Answer Syndrome? If you think the answers to all these questions are obvious, then you need to come to this panel!</i><br /><br />I wanted to be on this panel because it's All Answer Syndrome All The Time at my house...and the XY person in the relationship is not the only person participating. So I have experience from multiple sides. I also have funny stories and techniques that you'll want to know about! <br /><br /><br /><b>Wish Fulfillment in Fiction</b><br />Sun 2:30 - 3:45PM, Assembly<br />Moderator: P. C. Hodgell. Panelists: Beth Friedman, Anne Harris, Stef Maruch, Caroline Stevermer <br /><br /><i>What is the role of wish fulfillment in fiction? If you're a writer, what personal wishes do you want your stories to fulfill? Are they the same ones you want to read about? How do our fictitious wishes affect our everyday dreams?</i><br /><br />I wanted to be on this panel because I fundamentally don't get wish fulfillment fiction, and I think that has something to do with why I find it difficult to write fiction, so I hope to provide an alternate viewpoint and I also hope it will shake something loose.<br /><br />The OH is envious that I get to be on a panel with P.C. Hodgell. (He isn't going to Wiscon this year.)<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=firecat&ditemid=7289" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments