| Just Out Of Curiosity... |
[Friday, August 6th, 2010 @ 5:59pm] |
This meme just keeps floating around my friends list. I thought I had already posted it. I checked back through older posts, and apparently I haven't.
What sort of character would you like to see me play? It can be a general description, OR you can choose a specific name (I'd like to see you play _____). Then, tell me why!
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| The Heat Outside |
[Wednesday, August 4th, 2010 @ 9:52am] |
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The heat (currently 120 degrees, counting the heat index) messes with people in weird ways. For me, it apparently makes me go on a massive friending spree. Both here, and on Livejournal.
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| Meme |
[Monday, July 26th, 2010 @ 2:18pm] |
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Leave me a testimonial! A little blurb for my profile for this journal. I swear, whatever you write, I will put it up.
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[Thursday, July 22nd, 2010 @ 1:36pm] |
Does anyone on my friends list know where I can find comic book icons of Meggan, during her Excalibur days? They’re strangely hard to find, aside from the one I’m using now and maybe a couple of others.
I didn't have any luck when I asked over my LJ one time, so I just wondered if anyone over here knew.
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| Poll |
[Tuesday, July 13th, 2010 @ 1:49pm] |
I’m thinking of applying to ![[info]](http://www.insanejournal.com/img/community.gif) modernage, and I’ve narrowed it down to four characters I love. I just can’t decide which one to try for, so here’s a poll:
Poll #5408 Which Character Should I Try For?
Open to: All, results viewable to: AllVote For More Than One, If You Wish
I’ll let the poll run until Thursday, and cross-post it to LJ in a few hours.
ETA: Whoops, I was apparently thinking of someone else when I added the option of Cassandra Sandsmark. She's off the table now. So anyone that's already voted for her, please go for one of the other three.
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| The Character Expression Meme |
[Saturday, June 26th, 2010 @ 7:41am] |
Cross-posting to my LJ.
This was found via a few people on my Insanejournal friends list. A link to the chart’s coding should have been placed at the bottom of it automatically. I don’t have enough room in my icon space (on LJ) for a lot of the ones that could apply to this chart, since I don’t have a paid account with the journal in question. For evil, I’m using the icon I used when Meggan was possessed by Selene. There were two or three others I wanted to upload that looked equally odd and/or evil--but, again, no room, and so they stay on the external hard drive.
I’ve also realized I don’t really have any angry icons of Carey Mulligan to use for Meggan. Not unless I want to use the evil one--another one that I used when she was just starting to fall under Selene's control works for now. For the Flirty one—my only thought is “be afraid.” I don’t think I have one for either Flirty or In Love.
( I'm putting The Character Expression Meme beneath the cut, since the chart’s a bit long, and I’m not positive as to whether or not it would stretch the page for those on my friends list. The links to journals are for LJ, so probably go nowhere here. )
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| Finish-A-Thon |
[Thursday, June 17th, 2010 @ 8:21am] |
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Voting for the Finish-A-Thon is open. If you are participating you can vote for two prompts in each poll. If you aren’t, only one. Please go here to vote for which story I should write. I have prompts that are Doctor Who, Doctor Who/Ghostbusters, and Doctor Who/Highlander related. The poll is open until Friday.
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| Kitty Pryde PB Poll |
[Friday, March 12th, 2010 @ 3:52pm] |
I'm considering joining an RPG as Kitty Pryde, but I can't decide which person would work best, since they're all great. So here's a poll.
Poll #4969 Who works better as Kitty Pryde?
Open to: All, results viewable to: AllPick More Than One, If You Wish.
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| Help Haiti Auction |
[Tuesday, January 19th, 2010 @ 4:45pm] |
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The help_haiti auction over on LJ will be closing tomorrow, at 11 AM CST. If anyone out there wants to bid on anyone, now would be the time to do it. I am offering Doctor Who fanfic. The thread for bidding on my offered fanfic is located over here.
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| Stephanie Brown/Spoiler Poll |
[Thursday, October 22nd, 2009 @ 5:03pm] |
I plan on applying as Stephanie Brown/Spoiler in a RPG soon, and am having trouble settling on a PB. This poll will run until Sunday afternoon, and I'll cross-post it to Livejournal and combine votes, just in case there's a tie.
Poll #4501 Which PB Works Best For Stephanie Brown/Spoiler?
Open to: All, results viewable to: AllPick More Than One, If You Wish
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| The Support Stacie Auction Opened Last Night |
[Saturday, September 12th, 2009 @ 1:29pm] |
The Support Stacie September Auction opened last night. And here is more on what the auction is about, for anyone who may have missed a post about it.
I am up for auction, and beneath the cut is what I’m offering in the Doctor Who fandom--along with the details I left out, but added over at dwsupportstacie, over on LJ:
( Due to length, I’ve put this behind a cut. )
My auction thread is located here. I will be in the board’s chat room for the auction tomorrow, from 5:00 PM, to 5:30 PM, where I can gladly answer any questions, or just chat about Doctor Who if you like--or if you’re not sure of a character or pairing I might write for and want clarification, ask away during that time. I don’t have a mod for that block of time, as I couldn’t think of anyone.
Anyone looking for banners like the one I posted can go here. If you would like to see what I’ve written in the past, you can go through the “fanfic I’ve written” tag here.
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| Stephanie Brown/Spoiler PB Poll |
[Friday, September 11th, 2009 @ 4:40pm] |
I’m cross-posting this poll between here and LJ. This is to decide who works for a PB for Steph, before I try to apply for her over at cretaceous.
Poll #4276 Who Works Best As A PB For Stephanie Brown/Spoiler?
Open to: All, results viewable to: AllVote For As Many As You Wish
Sidenote: There was a Lifetime movie on yesterday (Augusta, Gone, I believe was the name) that included Mika Boorem in it. I actually made myself watch, so I could see if I thought she would work for Spoiler. I decided that she didn’t really. Oh, and I almost included Alona Tal in the poll after all, until I checked--and she’s taken, as she’s the PB for Black Canary over there. If anyone’s thinking of Kristen Bell, though, she’s on the taken list, too.
If you vote Other, just put who you think might work better in the comments. With Saoirse Ronan, check out the gallery for The Lovely Bones over here, since she looks a bit older than a few of the icons.
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| Stephanie Brown/Spoiler |
[Tuesday, September 8th, 2009 @ 5:59pm] |
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I’m considering trying for Spoiler (Stephanie Brown) over at a DC/Marvel crossover RPG, set in a time period with dinosaurs—not entirely sure as of yet. However, I can’t think of a PB for her that would work. I considered a blonde Caroline Dhavernas, but I don’t know. Anyone on my friends list have any suggestions? Also asked over at Hollow Art (here) but no suggestions as of yet.
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| PB Poll |
[Friday, August 21st, 2009 @ 10:37am] |
There’s an RPG I’m considering joining at some point soon, and I currently can’t decide between Rahne or Illyana. I’ve come up with a few possible PB ideas for each, and I’ve started a few polls, and cross-posting them between here and LJ in case of either a tie, or one poll getting no votes.
Poll #4130 Which one works best for Rahne?
Open to: All, results viewable to: AllPick More Than One, If You Wish
Poll #4131 Which one works best for Illyana?
Open to: All, results viewable to: AllPick More Than One, If You Wish
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| Poll Closes Wednesday |
[Tuesday, May 12th, 2009 @ 4:27pm] |
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For those that haven’t already voted in the Rahne PB poll, I’ll be closing it on Wednesday evening. If you want to vote and haven’t already, please go here.
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[Sunday, May 10th, 2009 @ 4:50pm] |
Went through various icon places on IJ, and came up with a list of possible PB’s for Rahne. So now, I’ve started a poll. If you vote Other, put who you think would work better than these options in the comments.
( Beneath the cut, you can find links to icons of each. There wasn’t room for all the links in the poll. )
Poll #3705 Which one of these PB’s would work best for Rahne Sinclair?
Open to: All, results viewable to: AllShe’s in her mid to late teens—vote for as many as you wish
I almost added a short-haired Rachelle Lefevre, but she only has two or three icons of that style out there--the rest of the icons, she appears too old for the character.
I’m cross-posting this to here, and to LJ—I’ll combine the results of both polls on Wednesday, just in case of a tie.
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| Poll |
[Friday, May 8th, 2009 @ 6:38am] |
I’m thinking of picking up Rahne Sinclair over at this RPG, and I’m looking for a good PB for her. What I’m looking for can be found over in this post at Hollow Art.
All suggestions can either go in this poll below, or in the comments. I used to use Rachel Hurd-Wood over on Greatestjournal, but she's being used as Tarot (and works much better as that character).
Poll #3698 Who Is A Good PB For Rahne Sinclair?
Open to: All, results viewable to: AllPlease Put All Ideas You Have Here, Or In The Comments
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| Computer Help |
[Saturday, April 11th, 2009 @ 12:08pm] |
Okay, so I still can’t change the screen resolution for some odd reason. When I try, it automatically goes back to 800 X 600, rather than anything higher. All I want to do is go into one of the programs I have (either Ulead or Windows Movie Maker, and they require the resolution changed) and fix a tiny problem with the video quality of a movie I’ve downloaded and want to watch--all I want to do is lighten it a tiny bit. I know it’s possible to do it from this post at Yahoo Answers. I know how the lightness should look, because of this trailer for the movie. Instead of looking like that, it’s a bit darker. The wedding in the trailer looks like it’s at sunset in the movie I have, for example, instead of noon.
At this point, I’m willing to e-mail it to someone, let them do that tiny fix it for me, and have it e-mailed back, if it’s possible. Any volunteers to help me? It seems like the only way to get this to work, since the resolution won’t change no matter what I do.
Oh, and while I was on Youtube looking up the trailer for that Cannon Movie Tales thing, I found this one for Rumpelstiltskin. Is that Brad Pitt on horseback? He isn’t listed on IMDB for it, but it does look just like him. The guy that looks like him is at the 22 second mark.
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| Finish-A-Thon Title Suggestions |
[Monday, March 30th, 2009 @ 12:55pm] |
I’m trying to think of possible titles for the Finish-A-Thon fanfic I’m about to start on--any suggestions would be great. Keep in mind that it’s going to involve the Doctor getting turned into a marionette, being held captive, and eventually saved by Donna, Martha, and Jack. And somehow, some sort of pie stops this type of alien. I picture the type of pie interacts with the body chemistry of the alien, stopping them dead in their tracks.
The only titles I’ve been able to come up with so far that might possibly work are: Marionettes And Baguettes (which doesn’t work, since it’s pies--unless I change it to aliens defeated by being thwapped with those things, which isn’t what people voted for; anyone want me to throw in baguettes as well as pie?), The Marionettes Are Coming For You, and The Secret of the Pie.
For reference, if anyone isn’t sure or doesn’t want to dig through the posts, this is the prompt idea:
“Donna must use pie to save the Doctor from a tiny alien race that have used a shrink ray on him and imprisoned him in their ship with other assorted animals and sentient beings. As you might expect from the summary, it would be a humor-filled story.”
And this is the expansion of it that I mentioned in another comment at multific:
“Part of the shrinking of the Doctor apparently now entails him getting turned into a small marionette, similar in nature to Pinocchio.
I can just picture Jack, Martha, and Donna mocking the Doctor while breaking him out of his prison, before settling in to help him battle the aliens with the aforementioned pie.”
After I eventually finish on the Finish-A-Thon fanfic, I’ll start another poll with the other options from the Finish-A-Thon poll—because at some point, I do want to end up writing all of those prompts I had listed.
In other news, for those interested I just found out the Sci-Fi Channel will be having a Highlander marathon on Thursday--from 7 AM to 11 PM CST, I believe. It was mentioned over at Io9, and you can see the schedule here. It’s in EST.
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| PB Help? |
[Saturday, March 28th, 2009 @ 2:17pm] |
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I’m looking for PB suggestions for Rahne Sinclair and Illyana Rasputin, since I’m considering playing them somewhere again. The descriptions of what I’m looking for with each are over here, if anyone happens to have any suggestions. I was watching an episode of Merlin yesterday, and briefly considered Holly Grainger as Rahne, but I wasn’t entirely sure if she was right for the character.
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| Fannish Items Of Interest |
[Tuesday, March 24th, 2009 @ 12:33pm] |
( This first link is cut for a major Heroes casting spoiler that should thrill people. )
Alan Tudyk joins the cast of V.
Looks like Donna making a pie is currently in first place in the prompt poll, with Martha as an Immortal in a close second--and Jack in a monastery in a close third. People have until the weekend to vote if they haven’t already.
There might be a Riverworld series in the works for The Sci-Fi Channel (once they change their name). Didn’t they already do a tv movie a few years back, starring the late Kevin Smith? (The one from Hercules and Xena, not the comic writer) And, randomly, the person doing the Io9 article posted a screencap of Whoopi Goldberg as The Cheshire Cat. Which, judging by the comments, triggered memories of this version of Alice in Wonderland.
26 Great TV Shows That Got A Quick Hook. A lot of these I have either never heard of before, or have heard of, but never seen. A good example of the latter would be My So-Called Life and Wonderfalls. Good news is that Firefly gets a mention.
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| Back To The Future Question |
[Monday, March 23rd, 2009 @ 1:44pm] |
Good news—turns out the local library has a copy of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, which includes The Copper Beeches. So I’ll get to see how Natasha Richardson did there.
In Dancing With The Stars news, Steve Wozniak may be off the show, after pulling a hamstring—and Tom Bergeron says they need someone from NCIS to check out the place, since it’s getting weird. I’ve done the hamstring thing before—not fun.
Oh, and last night I was watching Back to the Future on Encore yet again, and noticed something. When Marty finishes his guitar solo at the Enchantment Under The Sea dance, and everyone looks on in disapproval? In the front of that crowd, there’s a woman that looks amazingly like a young Heather Locklear. By that point in time (1985) she was famous for TJ Hooker and Dynasty, so it couldn’t be her, could it? It's definitely not listed on her IMDB page. It’s probably just someone that looks like her.
In my quest for that clip, I stumbled across a Spin City promo with the entire cast of that show in the Delorean. You can watch it here. Oh, and found a clip of the scene, where it’s not too dark to see everything—since it’s all in Spanish, just leave it on mute. The girl that looks like Locklear (it’s easier to see her in television airings) is there at 2:52-2:53.
And checking the multific poll, as of this morning looks like it’s a tie between Martha as an Immortal, and Donna with a pie. And a tie for second place, to my amusement. My friends list can only vote for one option, according to the rules. If you are in the Finish-A-Thon, you can vote for two prompts. Go here to vote.
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| Fannish Items of Interest |
[Sunday, March 22nd, 2009 @ 2:58pm] |
Voting is still going on for the Finish-A-Thon. If you want to see me write the Martha as an Immortal fanfic, or the one where Methos and Duncan go to Dracula’s castle, or one of another four prompts that there are--like the one where Donna, Jack, and Martha drink and share stories of what they’ve done with and without the Doctor’s help--please vote if you’re on my friends list. Here is the poll, located at multific.
Looks like Transmetropolitan v1 won the poll over at ![[info]](http://www.insanejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) noscans_daily. I voted for Fables volume 1, since I recently found volume 2 at BooksaMillion--didn’t want to read it until I found the first volume. If I were able to vote for more than one item on that poll, I would have also picked Justice League International and Kraven’s Last Hunt.
David Tennant arrives via TARDIS on Comic Relief night. This clip and one where he’s with someone from the British version of Big Brother and answering questions are all I’ve seen of him there, so far.
Blognewsarama linked to the Marvel skit in the 1987 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, for those that haven’t seen it before. Starring Doctor Strange, Wolverine, Magneto, Doctor Doom, Enchantress, The Hulk, Captain America, Luke Cage, Emma Frost, Green Goblin, and Rambo. No, I’m not joking on the last bit. It must be seen to be believed--I think I also spotted Iron Man running around. They’re all fighting to the theme of Back to the Future.
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| Finish-A-Thon Voting Has Begun |
[Saturday, March 21st, 2009 @ 9:10am] |
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The polls for the multific Finish-A-Thon have all been posted, and the poll with all my story ideas is here. For those in the Finish-A-Thon, they can vote for two options. For everyone else, only one. If you want to vote for other people’s prompts, you can find links to each poll here.
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| Fannish Items of Interest |
[Tuesday, March 17th, 2009 @ 1:25pm] |
If you had me under your command and could make me write anything , regardless of whether or not I know the fandom or if anybody even writes fic in that fandom for Doctor Who/Torchwood, no matter how crack-addled it might be, what would you love to see me write?
If anyone could come up with a Doctor and Donna prompt, or something involving Jack or Martha, that would be great.
The 10 Worst Comic Book Vacation Destinations.
10 Greatest Science Fiction Show Endings Ever. A couple of the shows I've never seen before, but #1 is Life on Mars. Doctor Who is on the list for Survival. And all I can think of is Sylvester McCoy screaming "If we fight like animals, we DIE LIKE ANIMMAAAALLLLSSSS!"
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| The Sci-Fi Channel Gets A New Name |
[Monday, March 16th, 2009 @ 1:39pm] |
Posting in between people burning limbs (still cleaning up post-ice storm)--the wind finally took a turn where it isn’t blowing over here. They're apparently doing it so the people that keep coming around to get rid of branches and assorted debris won't have as much to do.
The Sci-Fi Channel is changing their name. They will call themselves...The Syfy Channel. Honestly? They haven’t been that great for a few years now, what with the wrestling. And, apparently, a video game competition that they air once a week. Years ago, they had marathons of actual science fiction and it was good. I loved when they had Dark Shadows marathons. And without them showing old horror movies, I never would have seen The World of Dracula...which I’m still hopelessly trying to find again. There’s also a great discussion about the Sci-Fi Channel’s past and how bad it is now over here in settiai’s journal.
10 Annoying Habits of a Geeky Spouse. Personally, I don’t find any of this annoying.
In other news, I’ve gone back through old entries in this journal, to find any memes that could give me another idea for a fanfic, so that I can then join the Finish-A-Thon. As of when I quit for the evening yesterday, I had made it back to December of 2007. I managed to dig up a meme (and also saw that March 29th is Love Your Beta Day, if anyone wants to continue that) that I’ll spread again:
If you had me under your command and could make me write anything , regardless of whether or not I know the fandom or if anybody even writes fic in that fandom for Doctor Who/Torchwood, no matter how crack-addled it might be, what would you love to see me write?
ETA: Found another link about the Sci-Fi Channel’s name change, for those that are interested. They want to move away from science fiction and geeks, according to what the article says. They also say that geeks are people that live in their parents' basements in the interview...
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| Prompt Poll |
[Saturday, March 14th, 2009 @ 6:19pm] |
Just in case someone doesn’t feel like commenting with a prompt for the Finish-A-Thon in the previous post, I’ve decided to make a poll (and nobody is surprised). So any prompts you have for me can go there. You can't edit a poll into another post, so I had to make a new one.
Poll #3353 Any ideas for a prompt that could work?
Open to: All, results viewable to: AllSuggestions Go Here
And since it's around 6:20 PM here, and the PB poll is closed--after combining the votes in the LJ and IJ PB polls, the results are: Amy Adams: 7 votes; Anna Friel: 4 votes; Amber Benson: 3 votes; Morena Baccarin: 2 votes; Emily Van Camp: 2 votes. Thanks to everyone who voted.
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| Prompt Requests |
[Saturday, March 14th, 2009 @ 4:35pm] |
I just finished watching the first episode of The Middleman, and all I have to say is it’s very, very strange. I’m not entirely sure if I like it yet, so I’ll watch a couple more episodes before I decide. My problem might have been with the talking apes, since I don’t care for that sort of thing. (Thankfully, there was a comment about Gorilla Grodd somewhere in the episode) I’ll probably skip ahead to the Ghostbusters type episode next.
In other news, I do really want to sign up for the Finish-A-Thon, so I’ll throw my two unfinished fanfics (Martha Jones as an Immortal from Highlander; and the other was Duncan and Methos meet Vlad the Impaler, who is Immortal) into the ring. But I need a third idea that I’m willing to start writing. So to that end, in the comments, please just throw a bunch of plot bunnies/ideas--in fandoms you know that I enjoy, like Doctor Who--my way (the crackier the better).
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| The Finish-A-Thon--Possibly Signing Up |
[Saturday, March 14th, 2009 @ 10:11am] |
50 Reasons No One Wants To Publish Your First Book
Finally found the mention of the injury Gilles had. It was It was a separated shoulder, but he won’t be dropping out. However, Cheryl Burke wants him to lose one article of clothing per dance. That article may have been written prior to his injury.
The Finish-A-Thon is taking sign-ups now. Information on where to sign up can be found here. There’s not a minimum length requirement, so I’m trying to see if I have more than two fanfics on my to-do-list that could be finished with this. Other than the Martha as an Immortal fanfic. And that Highlander fanfic with Methos and Duncan at Bran Castle. I’m trying to remember if there are any other non-ficathon Doctor Who stories that I need to write.
I will be closing the PB poll at 5 PM CST.
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| Fannish Items Of Interest, And More DWTS Injuries |
[Friday, March 13th, 2009 @ 12:55pm] |
Dancing With The Stars—as I’ve said before on LJ, either they've been cursed, or everyone is being worked to death. At the rate of the injuries this season, the winner will probably be declared by the last one still able to stand up.
Steve Wozniak fractured his leg during practice. During The Insider, I think they said something happened to Gilles’ shoulder, too, but I haven’t been able to find confirmation of that one.
ETA: Okay, and someone else was injured. Something about a pinched and pulled sciatic nerve in Steve-O’s back.
Here’s yet another rumor for someone to be the Doctor’s new companion once he regenerates—someone from Skins by the name of Hannah Murray. I’m not cutting this as it’s merely a rumor and not a spoiler, and tons of other names have been thrown around lately. Who would my friends list pick? In the comments at Io9, someone said they wanted to see Jemima Rooper—I would love to see either her, or Carey Mulligan returning as Sally Sparrow.
Last I looked there was a small tie somewhere in the poll—anyone wanting to vote can do so here. The poll will be closing sometime tomorrow. Probably around noon.
David Boreanaz answers some questions from Popwatch readers.
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