one more miracle

musictoyourlips and I just bought tickets to go to the Creation Stargate Con in Chicago in August! Wanna know why? BECAUSE THERE WILL BE BOTH DAVID HEWLETT AND JOE FLANIGAN!!!

*squeewriggletwirls*

Eeeee, I can't even EXPRESS how excited I am for this. I mean. THEIR FACES. THEIR SQUISHY ADORABLE FACES. *_____* I miss Atlantis the show a little bit, but I miss McShep the pairing A LOT, and it seems like David and Joe are good friends so I can't WAIT to see them together. They better do a joint panel, s'all I'm saying! Eeeeeeee. <33333

As a major bonus, there will also be JASON MOMOA and MICHAEL SHANKS. What is this ridiculous awesomeness! :DDDDDD

I'm considering getting a photo op with Joe, David, AND Jason. SOMEONE TALK ME OUT OF THIS $100 TOMFOOLERY. ...but homg. *flaps hands* I TOTALLY BOUGHT IT. ROSIE AND I ARE GONNA SHARE IT AND IT WILL BE EPIC AND GLORIOUS.

YAAAAAY. Gimme all your adorable Atlanteans, world! *grabbyhands of gleeeeeeee*

I am having a brainfarty moment. See this icon? I'm trying to remember when it's from! Sheppard's out in either an F302 or a Jumper and he's pulling some fancypants moves and nobody understands what the hell he's doing except RODNEY! \o/ It's adorable. I thought it was from Allies or the ep after that, but apparently I am mistaken! Halp? Anybody? All I know is that Rodney and Lorne and Caldwell are on the Daedalus. Hmmmm!

A pleasant side bonus of my looking for this scene is that I keep stumbling over priceless little moments. Like Rodney patting John on the arm in Allies and John doing his little "wtf" scrunchy face, or or this really cute exchange after John's saved Teyla's life:

John: Don't go feeling special, I woulda done it for any one of ya.
Teyla: Of course.
John (walking away): Except for maybe McKay.
Teyla: Yes, I think even for Rodney!
John (grudging): Maybe.

Heehee! So cute! I really really love Teyla by the end of S3. Rachel loses a lot of the stiltedness and becomes much more warm and sweet and I adore her. But yes, notice how John always goes out of his way to make Rodney the exception! He does it a lot, and it's so cute ♥ Nice try at misdirection there Shep! Oh boys.

Yay! I just received the Stargate Atlantis novel that I ordered from Amazon, "Reliquary," on many recommendations and the tip that it is FULL of McShep. Gleefully, I opened it to a random page and read in the middle of it. This is what I found (roughly paraphrased):

Rodney: "Oh stop it, you know if things were reversed you wouldn't stop trying until you saved me or you were dead, so quit arguing!"
John was oddly touched... etc. etc.

Okay, VERY roughly paraphrased, I swear the writing is far better than that, but guys. TOUCHED. ON A RANDOM PARAGRAPH ON A RANDOM PAGE.

I'm going to love this book *beams*

Nan has declared it KISSING day, and I whipped up this little schmooplet in about 10 minutes. YAY MCSHEP! I'd appreciate any thoughts on it, cause it's rare I produce anything I like at all :D

McShep, PG, ~300 words? ish?

( Another mission, another bunch of people trying to kill them... )

Orgo test in two hours OMG. *flap flap*

I have a music request for you, my dear flist: does anyone have some Tom McRae albums they'd be willing to upload? I specifically would love the song "For the Restless" (thanks bionic!) (obsessive24 made the most gorgeous Firefly/Serenity vid to it, and I often open up the vid just to listen to the song) but I'd also love anything else anyone has to offer, because I've loved every song I've heard by him. Also, there are so many music vids made to his music, because it's so perfect for them (I desperately want to vid the song "A Day Like Today," which was in beerbad's Kara Thrace fanmix, because I can't listen to it without seeing some kind of visuals along with it - it *sounds* like a music video, if that makes any sense) and having more of him to listen to might aid me in future vidding song searches :) Thanks in advance to anyone who can help!

And now, a few brief thoughts on my realization that I greatly prefer SGA fanon to canon. Specifically McShep fanon, but also all the little Atlantis details that have sprung up within all the stories I've read about them (and there have been MANY). Now, don't get me wrong - I love the show. I adore it, it makes me really really happy and it has a lot of rewatch value for me. But it doesn't take itself very seriously, so a lot of the nitty gritty, really thought provoking details that they could include just aren't. And so we write fic! I'm just gonna bullet point a few of the very common fanon tropes that I simply love and wish would be brought into the show.

( John Sheppard's hair is utterly ridiculous, and Rodney likes to point this out with regularity. )

I swear there were many more, particularly one about Sheppard, but suffice to say that rarely is the show as emotionally fulfilling or fundamentally real as the fanfic. The exceptions are "The Return" (which had me BAWLING) and "The Tao of Rodney," which is simply the best episode of the entire series thus far, hands down. Oh, Rodney. ♥ I love the show, I do, but my love is kept burning by the incredible authors and stories in this fandom.

I got some great news about Trinity today, or rather my studying there. I went to talk to the Financial Aid office about my merit scholarship and how that was going to be applied. The cost of tuition for the program is significantly less than the amount of my scholarship, so I was wondering if I would get that extra money somehow to pay for housing. And it turns out I will! Whatever the difference is, I will get a CHECK for that amount, which will be around $7,000! And if I have costs beyond that (which I will) I can use Stafford loan money. On top of that, I'll have a good chunk of money from my research scholarship this summer, and my parents are obviously willing to contribute some. So basically, going to live and study for a year in DUBLIN is a financial RELIEF on my family. How incredible is that? Occasionally, life is awesome. :D