exsequar | So, I think in the grand scheme of things... we're good, aren't we?

Guess what I did last night? I beat the mayor of Lancaster, PA at poker! It was incredibly surreal. Oxfam held a Charity Game Night Gala to raise money, and we asked the mayor to come! His secretary said "he would try," so I was like, pffft... yeah right. And then he was THERE. I wish there had been a better turn out to the event to be a bit more impressive, but he was very gracious and nice and thanked us for caring about people. And gave a donation. And the event itself raised $800!! All that goes to a local organization that helps the homeless in Lancaster. So all in all it was quite a success, and we're very pleased. Yay Oxfam!

I bought the season 2 Stargate Atlantis official companion because I am totally a whore for this show :D It's a fun read, with comments from all the cast and producers and whatnots about each episode and character and suchforth. The most disappointing thing I came across, however, was this: Joe Flanigan was originally planning on writing what he calls a "McKay and Sheppard story," but because the idea was too similar to two SG-1 episodes, they went an entirely different direction and what we got was... Epiphany. You know, the one with the meditating space-bimbo and John in a beard chewing on hay and, oh yeah, MALP-on-a-stick! Booo. I do however find it fun that this episode led indirectly to my most favoritest McShep moment of the whole season - because John had the experience with the meditating crazy Ascended wannabes, Elizabeth assigned him to help Rodney meditate, which led to the scene in John's quarters at the end of Tao of Rodney, which, yaknow, ♥♥&hearts. So there is a silver lining! *laughs*

On a general note, I feel really disconnected from fandom right now. My extent of livejournal interaction is scrolling through my flist to get the gist, because I don't have time for any more. I have approximately 40 tabs of Supernatural fic open, and have neither the time nor the inclination to read any of them. I do read at least a SGA fic or two every day. I feel obscurely guilty about that :-/ This damned SPN hiatus needs to be over, now! But I really do miss you guys and miss being really involved... I just can't fix it right now. I'm sorry and I love you all, I really do. And to all my friends going through tough times - my heart is with you, and I wish you the very very best. *hugs everyone*

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That is pretty awesome.

Hmm. I was thinking about picking up the second season companion. I might have to now that someone on my flist likes it. Epiphany was supposed to be a McKay and Sheppard story? It makes me so sad that it wasn't.

Everyone gets busy, it's understandable. I always feel guilty when I don't have time to keep up with my flist too.

It's not like a revelatory book or anything, but it is quite fun. I've noticed that all actors use the word "interesting" far too much, though - it's what they say when they've got nothing to say, lol. But it's reasonably cheap (I got it off Amazon) and hey, why not, yaknow? I need something to carry me over to season 4!

I know, I'm now quite bitter about what Epiphany could have been! However, it does make me happy that Joe WANTED to write a McKay and Sheppard story. N'awww, he wuvs working with his David! Hee. They're too cute.

Silly real life :(

*hugs back* Oooh, I should look through the Local & State section of today's Patriot-News (do y'all get the Patriot up in Lancaster?) to see if you're in it! I mean, if the mayor was there... *grin* Congratulations, hehe.

*hugs*

The SPN hiatus needs to be over immediately. I still have not recovered from "Heart." I may never recover from "Heart." I need new episodes.

Out of curiosity, did Joe say which two SG-1 episodes it was too much like? Just wondering what the gist of the story would have been had he been able to write it but I can't tell if he's talking about it being too close to a plot for a two-parter in SG-1 or perhaps too close to covering a similar kind of relationship bonding that happened between two of the SG-1 characters.

They do say, yes. Season one's "The First Commandment" and season 8's "It's Good To Be King". They also say it's "along the lines of The Man Who Would Be King", which, er, I'm assuming must be a movie or a book or something that I haven't read or seen. Hope that helps :) And I'd appreciate if you could explain to me what those eps have in similar, so I could know what Joe wanted to write about McKay and Sheppard, that would be cool :)

I beat the mayor of Lancaster, PA at poker!
Heee, go Anne! :D

It's kinda funny, cause Epiphany was very much like an SG-1 episode called A Hundred Days. Awww, how adorable is Joe for wanting to write that?

I've been terrible with keeping up with flist myself lately... And I never seem to update anymore, it's weird.

\o/

I'm not surprised there's a lot of crossover of ideas. I mean, sci-fi only has so many tropes, and it's impossible to get infinite variation out of them. I bet it's fun to see the comparisons! Like I told the person above me, they compared Joe's original idea to season one's "The First Commandment" and season 8's "It's Good To Be King". What were those episodes like? Would it have been an epicly slashy episode? Hee. But yes, SO CUTE. *draws hearts around Joe*

You don't! It makes me sad. *clings to you*

If you ever do manage to watch all of SG-1 (I really hope you do, I finished making the DVDs for you the other day and I'm just waiting for the holiday to be over so I can mail them!) you'll see just HOW many similar episodes/ideas both these shows have. But yeah, it's understandable.

The fact that it took me a couple of minutes to be reminded of what was actually in those episodes shows that they weren't all that slashy. Cause I remember those VERY well. :D Heee, one of those episodes featured one of those time traveling puddle jumpers though.

I'm trying to post when I can, I just have nothing to post ABOUT lately! :D

So, I think in the grand scheme of things... we're good, aren't we?

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