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jedibuttercup ([personal profile] jedibuttercup) wrote2010-08-06 12:32 am
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My fingers are getting tired!

Dude. *yawn* There's no way I'm going to be able to keep up this pace for all of the August Ficathon; I think I'll stop with the fic-a-day bit after this first theme week is done. It's fun, and it's generated new chapters for some old series I'd let languish, but it's pretty much blocked me from doing anything else, and I have Big Bang fics I really should be working on instead.

I'll probably post early tomorrow, and late Saturday; there's going to be about 30 hours of travel time sandwiched there in the middle where I'll be unplugged. I'm taking the train down to California with my sister-in-law's sister, so we can ride with bro & sis in their separate cars on the drive back up. A round-trip adventure!

♥ to you all. Oh, and how many of you have watched Salt? Is there a fandom for it yet? 'Cause I can't find one.
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[identity profile] laney-1974.livejournal.com 2010-08-06 09:35 am (UTC)(link)
I know, I'm exactly the same. I'm having such a blast with the fic-a-thon but I know that I'll only be able to go on like this for a little while longer. Between work and all the deadlines, something's going to have to give. But I got a few good little 'verses out of it.

I don't think Salt is released in Australia yet, is it any good?

Happy travels.
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[personal profile] kerravonsen 2010-08-06 10:20 am (UTC)(link)
I saw posters for Salt today - the first I'd heard of it! And now it pops up again here!

All I know about it is that it stars Angela Jolie.

(What's the quote on your icon from?)

[identity profile] laney-1974.livejournal.com 2010-08-06 10:44 am (UTC)(link)
There was something on it this morning on Today and it looked all right. I just don't know if it's worth going to the cinemas or waiting for the dvd.

The quote is from Stargate: SG-1 season 9 episode Ethon. Daniel says it. :D
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[personal profile] kerravonsen 2010-08-06 10:49 am (UTC)(link)
(grin) I was thinking maybe Buffy said it in an episode I hadn't seen, but Daniel fits even better - especially the "thinks a moment" bit. (grin). (Obviously I haven't seen Season 9 of SG-1, I kind of gave up after Season 5)
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[personal profile] jedibuttercup 2010-08-06 07:39 pm (UTC)(link)
It's a spy vs. spy type movie, a little old school for Hollywood these days, but she kicks so much ass in it.
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[personal profile] jedibuttercup 2010-08-06 07:38 pm (UTC)(link)
I really enjoyed it. It's kind of old school for a spy vs. spy movie, lots of action and some intriguing mystery and I could definitely live with the way it ended. =)
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[personal profile] kerravonsen 2010-08-06 10:18 am (UTC)(link)
I'm impressed, though; you've been writing like there's no tomorrow. 8-)
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[personal profile] jedibuttercup 2010-08-06 07:40 pm (UTC)(link)
I had some idea seeds laying around that I just never got to because other things were more important. Going to run out soon, though. =)

[identity profile] po-thang.livejournal.com 2010-08-06 10:43 am (UTC)(link)
I haven't seen it (looks interesting) but your fics have heightened my interest. It doesn't hurt that I like Angelina Jolie and Chiwetel Ejiofor (I've liked him ever since I saw him in Serenity).

I will probably be looking for a fandom too as soon as I see the movie. LOL
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[personal profile] jedibuttercup 2010-08-06 07:41 pm (UTC)(link)
*grin* I enjoyed it a lot. It would not have been anywhere near as awesome if Tom Cruise had played Angelina Jolie's role as originally intended, though!

[identity profile] sulien.livejournal.com 2010-08-06 10:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Enjoy your trip and don't forget to take pictures on the way back up! Which highways are you taking? I may be able to make suggestions for places to stop, if you're not driving straight through.
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[personal profile] jedibuttercup 2010-08-08 04:09 am (UTC)(link)
*yawn*

Didn't get your message until after I left for the train, sorry. We were doing a straight there-and-back, so I didn't get a chance to stop or take pix much, but I did get a few on the train, and we (of course had to) hit the Geocaching Adventures exhibit in Redding. =)

[identity profile] ninja-lurker.livejournal.com 2010-08-07 12:39 am (UTC)(link)
I enjoyed the movie, but it felt very exterior to me, if that makes sense—we don't see Salt processing things; we just watch her do things. Cool things, but still—seems like we need some fic to get inside her head.
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[personal profile] jedibuttercup 2010-08-08 04:12 am (UTC)(link)
It was kind of exterior; I just filed that as being kind of an old-school spy vs. spy type of movie where you can't know what's going on in her head in detail because then you'd see the twists coming. It's my dad's fault I'm kind of a sucker for those, as long as they end decently.

Fic would be grand. But I need another fandom like I need a hole in my head, as my dad would also say. =)

[identity profile] ninja-lurker.livejournal.com 2010-08-08 05:10 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm sort of hoping for a sequel. Salt's hardly a Bourne movie, but I enjoyed watching her in action, despite feeling detached. I don't feel the pull to write for that fandom, though; generally I stick with TV.

P.S. Your dad sounds awesome. :-D
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[personal profile] jedibuttercup 2010-08-09 05:42 am (UTC)(link)
Part of my fascination with Salt, I suspect, was going in knowing the role had originally been written for Tom Cruise... and that they changed nothing but her name (well, and the gender of her spouse) when they cast Jolie instead. That feels more ground-breaking than it should, for some reason; I would have found that hypothetical male-lead version a lot less interesting.

P.S. He so is. =)

[identity profile] ninja-lurker.livejournal.com 2010-08-10 03:44 am (UTC)(link)
That's it exactly—that they didn't change the role to pander to male audiences. I read an io9 interview (http://io9.com/5589284/how-angelina-jolie-fought-to-keep-salt-from-becoming-pretty) about how Salt was a BAMF who happened to be a woman.

I think I remember seeing a sex scene in the trailer, and am glad they cut it; perhaps I'm old-fashioned, but I think including that scene would have made the character into more of an object than a ... well, a force of nature, I guess is how I would describe her?
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Oh, trains, I love train rides.

[personal profile] pronker 2010-08-07 03:08 am (UTC)(link)
You're an inspiration to write, is what you are.
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Re: Oh, trains, I love train rides.

[personal profile] jedibuttercup 2010-08-08 04:14 am (UTC)(link)
*grin* I've had so much fun the last year or two, now that I finally have a little discretionary money and the energy to do things. I spent about a hundred dollars, basically, to just ride around for thirty hours, but it was an adventure, and it was something I'd never done before: I love being able to say, "why the hell not?"
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