Friday...

[fajrdrako]

A good day. A very busy day.

This afternoon, I went to a Michael Bourada magic show at the Ottawa Little Theatre with Beulah and Lyn. It's the first time I've ever seen the auditorium fill of kids; that was fun. We all enjoyed the show.

After work, I found and wrapped maaboroshi's birthday presents - great luck with one of them: I'd ordered her the Terry Pratchett 2009 calendar, and it arrived this afternoon, just in time. Then I went with her and maaseru went to the Lone Star for a birthday dinner. Had their Rib Eye Steak; it was incredibly good. maaboroshi opened her presents and we avoided the Birthday Song.

Then we went back to maaseru's place and watched two episodes of Merlin: "The Labyrinth of Gedref" and "To Kill the King". I particularly liked the maze and the ocean in "Labyrinth", and the whole climax; and "To Kill the King" made me more of an Uther Pendragon fan than ever. Okay, Anthony Head has something to do with that.

I'd thought that was the end of the series, but I hear there's a thirteenth episode. Great - more to come!

Another piece of good news was finding the next three Torchwood novels advertized in Preview magazine. I am a happy fan - especially since my DVD of Torchwood series 2 arrived from Amazon today.

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[topgeargirl2.livejournal.com]

Merlin is going to be shown on Channel ten here, sometime early this year. I want to check it out.

The dvd was the only way I got to see series 2 of Torchwood.

I tried a challenge today on a community called redismycolour. it's a Jack/Ianto challenge comm.

I wrote about Jack and Ianto walking along the bay and they notice a tree which still has its autumn leaves making Jack remember walks along the bay in the winter time with James.

it's only short though. about over 530 words.

A new year's eve surprise is still the longest short story I've written.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Merlin is going to be shown on Channel ten here, sometime early this year.

Great! I've heard no word about it appearing in Canada.

I tried a challenge today on a community called redismycolour. it's a Jack/Ianto challenge comm.

Interesting! Is it story prompts?

A new year's eve surprise is still the longest short story I've written.


Are you striving for longer?

I used to write very long things - novel-length, sometimes. It's been a while since I wrote anything very long.

[topgeargirl2.livejournal.com]

Yes is it. they have one a day but you can go back to do one. the prompts are either song lyrics, photos or quotes about winter. it's a winter community

I've have written novel sized stories but use chapters.

Never written a long short story. I just let my imagination guide the story.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

I'm felings stressed these days and that makes it difficult to even think of writing... which I'd like to be doing. Ah well. Some time soon, I hope. Maybe I'll be able to find some time to read.

Off topic ...

[duncanmac.livejournal.com]

You may be interested in the letter I e-mailed to my City Councillor (and posted in the OCTranspo community (http://community.livejournal.com/octranspo/484973.html).

[rosiespark.livejournal.com]

Yay for more Merlin-watching! Wasn't Arthur's final test with the "poisoned" goblet a great scene? We've had Merlin willing to die for Arthur, now we got to see that the reverse is also true.

I've just rewatched The Gates of Avalon which I found I was less keen on than I remembered. The characterisation seemed forced and the episode felt overly plot-driven and muddled at the same time. Hmm. There were plenty of things I liked about it, but I was surprised by how much I disliked certain aspects of it.

It's the Mordred one next, which I remember enjoying without reservations.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Wasn't Arthur's final test with the "poisoned" goblet a great scene?

That was brilliant in so many ways. Including that they each so very much wanted to be the one to die rather than the other. I loved that scene in every way. Heroic! Both of them at their best.

As with many shows, I find I get impatient when it goes on for a long time featuring only Merlin and not Arthur, and not both of them together.