the rambling fanatic

First things, first. I just wanted to say thanks to everyone (in an unlocked post) who reached out and gave me words of encouragement during my recent health scare. Posting online and communicating about it with others was something I desperately needed. In real life I kind of wanted to keep it quiet so I didn't have an emotional outlet. I'm sorry for the lack of posts and responses lately. My absence was due to a nasty cold I had last week and it had nothing to do with the scary but now not so scary health issue. :-)


So...fannish stuff.

Do you like Yuletide? I do and sign ups are now open. You have till November 12th.
Do you like vids? I do.
Do you like small fandoms. I do.

What happens when you throw all three into a fannish pot and stir briskly? festivids pops out. It's a fannish vid exchange inspired by Yuletide for small and rarely vidded fandoms.

Today is the last day to nominate a fandom and in going over the nominations list, there is plenty to be excited about.

Samples on the movie front: American Psycho, Brief Encounter, Brotherhood of the Wolf, Clueless, Collateral, Cry Baby, Edward Scissorhands, Gattaca, Heathers, Invasion of the Body Snatcher (1956), Legend, Mulan, Se7en

Samples on the TV front: Being Human, Birds of Prey, Clarissa, Dark Shadows (1991), Deadwood, Defying Gravity, Earth 2, Forever Knight, Friday Night Lights, Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, Highlander: The Raven, La Femme Nikita, Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, The Lone Gunmen, Millennium, Miracles, New Amsterdam, Northern Exposure, Nowhere Man, Popular, Quantum Leap, Roswell, Six Feet Under, Slings & Arrows, The Wire

I'm leaning towards participating in this. I did a vid for someone and it was such a positive experience. Of course it helped that a specific song was requested as well as the theme, so if the vid requests provide me with that much direction then I think I can do this.

My own list of fandom nominations are as follows:

Being Erica (awesome Canadian show)
Being Human
Blood Ties (I've never seen a vid for this)
Dark Shadows (1991) (because a vid has the potential to be awesome)
Deadwood (I've only seen one vid for this and it's beautiful)
Durham County (another awesome Canadian show)
Friday Night Lights
Homicide: Life on the Streets (I've only seen one vid and it's fantastic)
MacGyver (because a vid for this would be awesome)
Millennium (I've never seen a vid for this)
Murdoch Mysteries (and yet another Canadian show)
New Amsterdam (because I want a vid)
Quantum Leap (I've only seen one vid and it's fantastic
Roswell
And of course....wait for it....Forever Knight!

I was playing around with my user pics and apparently all my postings that had my other pics have all been switched to my default. Not that there's anything really wrong with that. I like my default pic. It's why I have it as my default. Erica looks so adorable yet slightly dorky and I love the look of joy she has on her face which is exactly what I want to convey but I like my Nick and Nat one too and that one gets a lot of use.

I knew there was a chance they would switch but I thought I was in the clear. All I was doing was redefining keywords without actually changing pics. Oh well. I'll change back the pics on my journal but it looks like my postings on other journals will be stuck on default.

I've seen the first two episodes of New Amsterdam on Fox and gotta say that I'm enjoying it. His constant references to his partner that hint to his age are a bit on the annoying side but so far that's the only that irks me. His been a history teacher (like Nick in "Spin Doctors") and apparently he was a Civil War doctor (like Nick in "Unreality TV") as well. And then of course there's the homicide cop angle. Oddly enough rather than feeling like they're ripping off Forever Knight I enjoy seeing New Amsterdam explore similar veins.

Someone seriously needs to write a crossover fic. Nick spent time in NYC during the 1960s. He and Amsterdam should totally cross paths.