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[greenygal]

So I haven't posted in...yeah, it's been a while. So, a random entry of shiny things in my life:

* My shiny shiny new laptop, which this entry would certainly not be an excuse to play with. No. I've never owned a laptop before, and I am enthusiastically charmed (and also happy to have, you know, a decently working computer again....) *cuddles laptop*

* Discovering that Emma Bull's old bands Cats Laughing and the Flash Girls have all of their music either available for free download or for sale. And I finally get to hear "Signal to Noise" after fifteen years! (Or whenever it was I read War for the Oaks. Which possibly I need to go reread right now. Or maybe the Bordertown books instead. Decisions, decisions...)

* Minimates. My comic book shop has started selling them (Cloak and Dagger! So many of Marvel's sins are forgiven for getting those into my fangirl hands) and thus encouraged I may have gone slightly overboard on their tiny cuteness. I amuse myself by swapping all their accessories around; movie-Mary Jane as a member of the Nova Corps is surreal but satisfying.

* Leverage. I came in a little late, but now that I've caught up I can say definitively that this is so cool. A team of ultra-competent con artists! Stealing and cheating to defend the needy (and enjoying themselves thoroughly in the process). Schemes and counter-schemes! Super-special comlinks to facilitate the schemes! Teamwork! Emotional issues! And a really excellent geek; I love everyone on the show, but I love Hardison just that much more, especially when he's talking about downloading Doctor Who or being intensely sweet in Parker's general direction. Also, next week looks awesome. *bounces*

Comments

[marag.livejournal.com]

Hooray! I'm always happy to see another Leverage fan :) This show is pure love and should have a gigantic fandom writing fic for meeeeeeeeee.

I'm wondering if comic fans are predisposed to like this show because we have a great love for teamwork/family mixed with emotional issues...

[greenygal.livejournal.com]

Yes it is! Can they write fic for me too?

I think there's that, but also, as cereta has pointed out, they look suspiciously like super-heroes without the costumes--people of special abilities teaming up to fight for people in need, just because it needs to be done. (And seriously, they've adapted really well to not doing it for the money, even Parker.) Admittedly their methods are a little...suspect, but a healthy disrespect for legal technicalities in the service of justice is a long-standing superheroic tradition; Oracle and Hardison, for instance, would have a lot to talk about. Even Clark could perhaps be convinced to look the other way, given who his archenemy is. (Crossover? Hmm. No, Lex is out of their weight class. The Kingpin, maybe...)

[marag.livejournal.com]

::nods:: Oh yes, they're definitely noncostumed capes ;)

And don't get me started on crossovers, I'm already dying to do one with Doctor Who. Just the thought of getting Oracle and Hardison in the same room makes my brain happy! Nate and Bruce...would either be BFF or hate each other's guts immediately.

[caia-comica.livejournal.com]

Minimates are wonderful, wonderful things! Man, I miss the comic shop that sold action figures, although not going there anymore is *excellent* for my budget.

(Their big sale starts tomorrow. Maybe I'll go...)

[samy.livejournal.com]

Emma Bull?

That gives me Kitty Pryde and Sovereign Seven flashbacks.

[greenygal.livejournal.com]

Never let it be said Chris Claremont was afraid to do cameos! *g* I think ''Mojo Mayhem'' was the first place I'd ever heard of Cats Laughing; I'm still jealous of Kitty for getting to hear them in concert.

[samy.livejournal.com]

Yep, Mojo Mayhem was on my mind too. "Cats Laughing, f'r real, f'r sure!"