For my second piece for paintedspires, I had the prompt:
"To see a world in a grain of sand,
And a heaven in a wild flower,
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand,
And eternity in an hour."
from Auguries of Innocence by William Blake.

I love a bit of Blake, so I made a graphic book using favourite lines from this poem. Featuring team Shep, Caldwell, Sam, Carson and others. Beware of spoilers for season 4!

Here it is, my first entry for the utterly fabulous paintedspires fanart fest. My prompt was "Rodney as The Doctor (old skool), John as the hot Companion."
David Hewlett was talking about Who again, I couldn't resist!
I tried Rodney as Four first (because Rodney's definitely a Tom Baker fan!), but he looks very, very silly with curly hair. And he's too young to be Three, so I went with my other favourite Doctor, Ten.

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A McKay/Sheppard vid to the tune of "Guy Love" from the Scrubs musical. Is this:

I have not spent the day listening to John Barrowman's unspeakably cheesy album. I certainly have not been singing along and dancing round my room. YOU'LL NEVER PROVE IT.
Here, let me distract you with some pretty.

1. My new house is very spiffy indeed. However, we have no internet. :( And Glastonbury tickets are on sale today, so my housemates and I have trekked out to uni, at 7AM ON A SUNDAY. UNIMPRESSED, MICHAEL EAVIS, UNIMPRESSED. And it's snowing outside! Not just a little bit, but seriously heavy snow fall. Urgh.

2. I have been yabbering on about how great it would be to have a dirigible in London since I moved here. Certainly the best way to beat the traffic - and so much more stylish than the tube. I watched Rise of the Cybermen last night, and there they are, beautiful air ships floating over London. AWESOME. I'm formulating a plan.

3. I finally watched the end of Doctor Who season 3, and I was most impressed. Doctor/Master is clearly the ship of winners! Also, I Can't Decide by the Scissor Sisters is my new evil overlord theme tune. I am bitterly jealous of those with TVs who have already seen the start of season 4 and the Torchwood finale.

4. What I really need for my paintedspires piece are large, high quality and bright caps from the first scene of Doppelganger. Can anyone share?
ETA: I got one that I needed from SG caps, so now all I need is this shot in HQ. Anyone got one?

5. Mmm, pretty Tennant. Lyrics from Across the Universe (I was listening to the Rufus Wainwright version, but it's originally a Beatles song). Textures from ownthesunshine and apod.

Hey kids, would anyone be willing to talk with me about my idea for paintedspires and look at a (very rough) draft? I could really use a second opinion. I shall reimburse you with cookies! *looks appealing*

I am feeling the McSheppy love once again, so here, have some wallpapers. :)
1 McKay/Sheppard, 1 Sheppard.
1024x768 - can do other sizes upon request.

Things which are awesome:

• mcsmooch. I love it, really more than a girl should love an LJ. I've added some people from there to my flist, hello to you!


• beadattitude, because she wrote an awesome little ficlet to go with my McShep manip.


• Dan Dennett. I'm writing a philosophy of mind essay at the moment, and in conclusion, Dennett 1 - qualia 0. PWNIES.


• Syndicated feeds:
  • apod: astronomy picture of the day
  • borisj_blog: Boris Johnson's blog. Boris for London mayor!
  • ns_space: New Scientist space news
  • stanford_encyc: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy updates. HURRAH! Hmm, might be just me who is excited by this.
• This fanmix, particularly I Love You, You Imbecile by Pelle Carlberg which is just the perfect McShep song.
  I love the way you smile
  The way you're juvenile
  I love the way you moan.
  ♥


• Rodney/Sheppard/Jeanie. OH YES. I desire a McKay threeway. Someone must write it!

I'm a massive fan of Darren Aronofsky, and I saw his new(ish) film The Fountain for the first time recently. It was beautifully made although not as dark or as subtle as his earlier work. So I went and rewatched Pi, which I love more every time I see it; it has so many intricate details and layers of meaning that it's a different experience each time.

So I felt compelled to make some pretty. It's SGA/Pi, possibly the most pretentious thing ever? But I think Rodney would appriciate Pi, he has that sort of mind.

So... who else was sitting at their computer obsessively hitting refresh for the prompt claim at paintedspires? :D
I got the prompt I wanted, and I can't wait to get started. Yay! *does a merry dance*

I love the SGA fandom for being so inclusive; it's all about lots of people enjoying the same thing and having fun with it instead of being competetive and bitchy. And I find it hilarious that everyone is a Sheppard/McKay shipper, when the writers try so hard to convince us that John and Teyla will get together and that RODNEY LIKES WOMEN, SERIOUSLY, HE'S ALL ABOUT THE CHICKS.

( A few brief thoughts. )

( And a rant about the last 30 seconds of the season. )


Also, Ark of Truth is out tomorrow, which is all very exciting! Sadly though, it won't be available in the UK for another month. So please don't post spoilers without LJ cuts, or I'll have a little cry.

1 McKay/Carter, 1 Zelnka, 1 Shep.
Yes, hetrosexual!Rodney. A strange thing to imagine.
All 1024x768.