plenty of sunshine, plenty of hay

[schmerica]

So last night I watched Scrooged with the father and grandfather (the Hallmark Channel being one of the few random channels left to us, for some bizarre reason). I was mainly watching it because my mother apparently really likes it, and said it was funny and worth watching -- which it was, I think -- so I was pleased and taken aback by the John Glover and Karen Allen spottings. The John Glover one took me by surprise, actually, because I am a dork and had to stare at him suspiciously for several minutes before I could figure out if it really *was* "Lex's dad from Smallville", as I explained to my family members around.

But Karen Allen! Oh! I only know Karen Allen from Raiders of the Lost Ark and Animal House -- I don't even know if she was in any other movies, if she's even still alive, what she looks like now, anything but that it was the same actress in both -- but based on this data I had gained a MASSIVE girlcrush. Like, I sat up straight and pointed at the tv. Her characters are so smart and pretty and spunky and and and! I don't know if that's the kind of girl I would want to go out with if I ever went out with a girl, or just the kind of girl I would want to be. Anyway.

On a random note, I have started keeping careful notes of my fanfiction reading, which I think will serve me well. It will remind me to send feedback, plus, I can always look back on December 5th, 2003 and think, "Ah, yes. That was the day I read the two mediocre Smallville stories, the sweet comic book story, the yummy Wes/Gunn, and the sentient bear-fucking."

Comments

[chasethecat.livejournal.com]

I didn't recognize John Glover at all. I saw his name in the credits and had to rewind to check. (With my mum and brother going "he's the guy from California. Chase, he's the guy from California." I had to be sure. And then I had to giggle. )

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

The cleancut face was hard to recognize (the hair! where did it go?), but the voice was pretty piercing.

[seanarenay.livejournal.com]

Oooh, Karen Allen. She was in an episode of Law and Order: SVU, I don't think it was that long ago... IMO, she still looks great. :)

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

Aww, see, that's nice to know. In a kind of 'doesn't really matter, but still warm and fuzzy' way.

hey!

[kormantic.livejournal.com]

I think I liked that sentient bear fucking story! Was it Jane's Remus story or the Iorek/Lee? Because if I could remember the titles of either of the ones i read, I dug them both.

Re: hey!

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

Well, today it was Jane's Remus story, but I have also read the Iorek/Lee one! It was very good, if I remember correctly. Was that Mary Borsellino's? I can't remember now.

But, yes. Now that I think about it, I don't know if I've read any His Dark Materials fic *without* sentient bear fucking.

Re: hey!

[kormantic.livejournal.com]

Man, baby, you are one prodigious bear-fucker. heh.

[buggery.livejournal.com]

Mmm, sentient bear slash (http://muse.inkstigmata.net/hdm/northernlights.html).

I was surprised -- not having read the books -- to discover nearly at the end of the story that Iorek is a polar-type bear. And, um... I suspect that part of the reason I was picturing the black bear/grizzly model is my own tendency to go for the brunettes...

What was the sweet comic book story?

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

Oh, I wouldn't have even thought to clarify that for you. Other kinds of bears? What?

Sweet comic book story: Steaming (http://www.ravenswing.com/~mirrorgirl/steaming.htm) by 3jane.

[buggery.livejournal.com]

Ah, yes. Jane wrote some nice Authority slash; most of what's out there. She's been thoroughly Jossed with some of her fanon, but the stories still make for a nice read.

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

I think I've only read Authority fic by her and Basingstoke.