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| User: | aka_paloma (9425149)  Miss Crankypants
"Life In The So-Called Space Age" |
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| Location: | Vancouver, Canada | |
| Birthdate: | 12-02 | |
| Bio: | Up until January 31, 2008, I worked in a bookstore (for almost 15 years!). The company I worked for shut it down so now I'm unemployed and at a loss as to what to do next. All I do know is that I don't want to go back to retail. For now I'm just lazing about at home, mostly catching up on old TV shows on DVD and reading. I wish I could take this time to travel (I wanna go back to the UK!) but having to be all grown-up and adult with my savings isn't conducive to globetrotting. Although, I shall have to plan some sort of an escape for three weeks or so in February 2010 regardless of being all grown-up and whatnot. The Winter Olympics are to be held here at that time and there is NO WAY I am sticking around for that. Um, anyone (preferably not living in Canada--seriously, this whole thing is making me desperate to leave the entire country for the duration) have a sofa to spare? I'm trying to do a proper Spring Clean (that is quickly becoming a Summer Clean at the rate that I'm going). I really must go through all my worldly possessions and decide what to keep and what to bin. But it requires thought and action when what I really want to do is get in touch with my inner sloth. And it's just so difficult to part with books. *clings to the many bookcases* Lately, I've been bitten by the science fiction bug. This is not the first time, as I've loved science fiction ever since I saw Space 1999 for the first time. Sure it was supreme space cheese, but eight-year-old me didn't know better. ;) In my teens I read loads and loads of science fiction novels and watched a hell of a lot of television series and feature films within the genre. As time passed and I got older, I found myself growing tired of the science fiction novel; it all seemed the same thing to me after a while. I think it was because, at that time, I wasn't able to find the kinds of stories I wanted to read about. Unfortunately, I couldn't really describe what those preferences were (it was a case of "I'll know it when I see it") making it difficult to get recommendations, so eventually I just stopped looking. I was lucky enough that there were television programmes that mostly satisfied my science fiction leanings: classic Doctor Who, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Alien Nation, Space: Above and Beyond, Roswell, Red Dwarf, Odyssey 5, Farscape, an episode here and there of Stargate SG1, and many others, I'm sure, that I've forgotten about over time. But the occasional science fiction programme (and feature film) have always been par for the course and present in some manner in my life. Now, suddenly, I have such a craving for science fiction that I am finally reading it again. I think the last science fiction novel I read was actually a reread of Alan Dean Foster's 'Splinter of the Mind's Eye' around the time the Star Wars movies were re-released for the 20th anniversary back in 1997. I just finished a short-ish novel and am starting up a massive 988 page tome. So far so good! I've also been watching some of my old faves, like the aforementioned Space: Above and Beyond and I have that urge to watch Farscape again (although that urge strikes on a fairly regular basis as it's my favourite science fiction show of all time). I can't express how much I am thoroughly enjoying this immersion. It's also a nostalgic journey for me, as I've loved this genre for so much of my life. Current Television Bonekickers S1 Burn Notice S2 Doctor Who Third Doctor Series Foyle's War S1 Swingtown S1 Upcoming Television Mad Men S2 - July 27, 2008 Entourage - September 7, 2008 Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles - September 8, 2008 Heroes S3 - September 15, 2008 Dexter S3 - September 28, 2008 Damages S2 - Fall 2008 QI S6 - Fall 2008 The Secret Diary of a Call Girl S2 - Fall 2008 Spooks S7 - Fall 2008 Lost In Austen - 2008 Whitechapel - 2008 Doctor Who Christmas Special - December 2008 The Fixer - 2009 Torchwood - 2009 The Tudors - 2009 Cranford Special - Christmas 2009 Upcoming Movies (Definitely) Tropic Thunder - August 15, 2008 Burn After Reading - September 12, 2008 How To Lost Friends & Alienate People - October 3, 2008 Quantum of Solace - November 7, 2008 Watchmen - March 6, 2009 Star Trek - May 9, 2009 Public Enemies - July 1, 2009 David Copperfield - 2009 Green Zone - 2009 The Informant - 2009 Iron Man 2 - April 30, 2010 The World's End - 2010 Untitled Jason Bourne - 2010 The Hobbit - December 2011 Upcoming Movies (Maybe) The X-Files: I Want To Believe - July 25, 2008 Brideshead Revisited - August 1, 2008 Babylon A.D. - August 29, 2008 Traitor - August 29, 2008 Passengers - September 5, 2008 Whiteout - September 19, 2008 The Brothers Bloom - October 24, 2008 Changeling - October 31, 2008 RocknRolla - October 31, 2008 Australia - November 14, 2008 The Soloist - November 21, 2008 The Road - November 28, 2008 Defiance - December 12, 2008 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - December 19, 2008 The Last Station - 2008 Transsiberian - 2008 The Informant - March 27, 2009 The Wolf Man - April 3, 2009 Agora - December 18, 2008 The Boat That Rocked - 2009 David Copperfield - 2009 Last Man - 2009 The Young Victoria - 2009 Friending policy: Friend me if you like, there's no need to ask. If there's something you think someone who's not on my f-list would be interested in reading, go right ahead and send them my way. I'm totally open to anyone reading my journal. I've never locked any of my entries and don't see that I will be doing so any time soon. Journal subtitle, "Life In The So-Called Space Age", is from Depeche Mode's Black Celebration album. Iron Man Mood Theme by ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} lidi  | |
| Interests: | 106: 19th century literature, alan davies, alex o'loughlin, ancient egypt, andrew buchan, angel the series, audry hepburn, autumn, batman, ben browder, beth turner, books, britain, british tv, buffy the vampire slayer, burn notice, children's literature, cooking, costume dramas, cravats, depeche mode, dexter, doctor who, drawing, eddie izzard, egypt, emma peel, emma thompson, faith/wesley, fan fiction, fantasy, farscape, food, gary oldman, george clooney, harold saxon, harry potter, harry/lucy, heroes, iron man, jack davenport, james bond, james norrington, james purefoy, jane austen, john simm, john/aeryn, john/margaret, karl urban, life on mars, lord of the rings, louise brooks, lucy saxon, mad men, methos, michael/maria, mick st. john, mick/beth, moonlight, movies, mr darcy, mr thornton, nanowrimo, north & south, pepper potts, pirates of the caribbean, pride & prejudice, qi, rachel weisz, reading, red dwarf, richard armitage, robert downey jr., robin hood, robin of sherwood, rome, roswell, rupert penry-jones, sam tyler, sarkney, science fiction, scruffington, shoes, simon pegg, space: above and beyond, spaced, spain, spies, spike, spooks, spuffy, star trek tos, stephen fry, the 20s, the 70s, the avengers, the fixer, the master, the saxons, the sopranos, tony stark, tony/pepper, travelling, wesley wyndam-price, wine, writing | |
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| Friend of: | 22: abbyromana, agatha_mandrake, agentzelda, atlantis2_04, auchic, autumnwings, b0ndagebear, callherblondie, cognacgirl, complicity_fic, eomir, fan_elune, fileg, jyorraku, lovinspike247, misscam, modeaholic, rhienelleth, rosemerry, space_oddity_75, sparkly_stuff, thebookco | |
| Member of: | 14: bbccostumedrama, fandom_counts, foolish_passion, ironman_movie, ironmanicons, mummy_icons, nautific, ns_icons, paidmembers, proclivityfans, rdj_daily, swizzmizz_icons, thesaxons, tonypepper | |
| Account type: | Paid Account | |
