Forum Games: Share The Joy!

[Terry Shayar]

Okay, I realize I am copying lots of stuff from other forums I've been in. But yeah. Happy times should be shared, because your happy times make me happy too! (and I hope mine make you happy)

So, to start the ball rolling;

STJ: The SEE Trek Love forum is up! Awesomeness, Lance! Now it really feels like we're getting something done.
MSTJ: My mid-year exams are over! I'll probably be more active around here for a week or so before getting back into my mugging mindset XDD

[picklesandtwigs]

MSTJ: My brother will be in Nebraska all weekend and my mom works, so I have the house to myself for three days! **does happy dance**

[Lance]

So, I'm a part of this amazing group of individuals who have formed an advocacy group promoting sexual minorities amongst the otherwise heterosexual male-dominated genre of Science Fiction and Fantasy! You guys should totally check it out! These people are amazing, and the leader, Lance, is a real cutie-patootie! XD

[MrEccentric]

..............

[Xerxies]

You made my heart smile Lance. <3

[Mikkiness]

@ Lance, mate, you rock.

My own little bit of joy, I just got my moped back after having it serviced for 2 weeks. Its so great now, I can actually amke a decent speed going up hill, and the handlng is incredible.
Also, its the holidays!

EDIT: I'm going to go see Star Trek again!

[MusicalZebra]

Bring joy I finally have season one of Star Trek TOS and shall now hide away and watch it <33

[Mikkiness]

Rewatched Star Trek with my sister, we had a lot of fun being perverted teenaged slash fanatics.
And I just downloaded the audio book tie in! I love it, it has multi-syllabic words, complex sentences and a large vocabulary!

No, I am not obssessed by intelligent people, not at all...

[Fridayweed]

Sharing the joy: I'm getting paid this week! I'm off to the stores to buy ToS! *insert excited fangirl squee here* :D

[Lance]

Joy! One of my best friends who from Chicago is going to come over next week for the whole week, and she's going to help us with the launch, and she's on board! Maybe I can even get her to register here in the forums... oh, did I mention she's going to send the word out about our project to everyone she knows in her schools when we launch? :D

[art.nerd]

Joy: I was out with some friends, and we got lost (really, hopelessly, LOST) downtown in our city. But rather than panic, we ended up pretending that my car was a starship and I was the captain, and all of my other friends were various crew members. We had some other friends following in the car behind us, so my navigator and first officer were on the phone with them, telling them that they needed to deactivate their cloaking device (because we lost them at a stoplight), and that their transmisson was in danger of being intercepted by enemy vessels. XD

but my god, was that fun.

another: I went to the library today! That always makes me happy.

oh, and even more joy: final designs for the site are nearing completion! i hope everyone will love them!

[Elle]

I have chocolate-vanilla-macadamia nut ice-cream. It. Is. AMAZING.

That is all. ^_^

[art.nerd]

I have chocolate-vanilla-macadamia nut ice-cream. It. Is. AMAZING.

That is all. ^_^

Mmmm...now THERE'S some joy worth sharing. :D

Well, tomorrow I get to go picnic in some Elizabethan gardens with my best friend while my co-workers perform monologues for me, then I get to see a play for free!

[Elle]

Mmmm...now THERE'S some joy worth sharing. :D

Well, tomorrow I get to go picnic in some Elizabethan gardens with my best friend while my co-workers perform monologues for me, then I get to see a play for free!

Oh, that sounds to pretty... I wish I lived in a place with some culture. T_T

[Crazy Like a Fawkes]

Joy: I got tickets to see Harry Potter at midnight with my homies! Midnight showings are always really, really fun. When I went to see The Dark Knight at midnight, 3 guys dressed as batman (and one inexplicably dressed as spider man) had a "duel" in the front of my theater to see which of them was the real batman, until the staff came in and sent them back to their seats. It was highly amusing. ^_^"

[art.nerd]

Oh, that sounds to pretty... I wish I lived in a place with some culture. T_T

Yeah, my city has this HUGE Tudor mansion that actually stood in England during Shakespeare's time. Then some dude bought it in the 1930's and they took it apart and shipped it over here. Now it stands proudly on the banks of our river, and it hosts our city's Shakepeare Play Festival every summer! I work with the Festival-- we get to dress up in awesome Elizabethan clothing and talk like Elizabethans and perfrom monologues for the picnikers who come before the play. But tomorrow's my night off, so I'm going to go and be entertained, rather than doing the entertaining! And therein lies the source of my joy.

[Elle]

Yeah, my city has this HUGE Tudor mansion that actually stood in England during Shakespeare's time. Then some dude bought it in the 1930's and they took it apart and shipped it over here. Now it stands proudly on the banks of our river, and it hosts our city's Shakepeare Play Festival every summer! I work with the Festival-- we get to dress up in awesome Elizabethan clothing and talk like Elizabethans and perfrom monologues for the picnikers who come before the play. But tomorrow's my night off, so I'm going to go and be entertained, rather than doing the entertaining! And therein lies the source of my joy.

THAT IS AWESOME. I'm adding that to my list of things to do/places to visit one day.
Oh, and would it be to much to request pics of said mansion? -blush-

[Mikkiness]

Oh, that sounds like so much fun, can I has some pics to please?

[art.nerd]

THAT IS AWESOME. I'm adding that to my list of things to do/places to visit one day.
Oh, and would it be to much to request pics of said mansion? -blush-

Of course!

Well, here's the whole website-- Its got plenty of pics and information: http://www.agecrofthall.com/

I looooove it there.

[Elle]

Oh yes...I am begging my parents to plan this into our next vacation. I'm in love. Thank you so much! <3

[art.nerd]

http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/5708/47619480934788456186288.jpg
Hehe...there's a picture of us in our historically-acurate little outfits. :P
I'm the one on the far left...I SWEAR I DON'T LOOK THAT MANLY IN PERSON! Its the costume really--in Elizabethan times, women weren't allowed to be actors, and we're actors playing actors...therefore we have to play men/ young boys. Its quite crazy, really.

[Elle]

...Actors played actors. Who are acting. And the men played the female parts, yes? So, female actors, playing male actors, playing female characters. Wow.
Also, you look like you're the only one happy in that pic. XD

[Mikkiness]

wow, I love the black outfit.

[art.nerd]

...Actors played actors. Who are acting. And the men played the female parts, yes? So, female actors, playing male actors, playing female characters. Wow.
Also, you look like you're the only one happy in that pic. XD

Yes, I am a female actor playing a male actor playing a female character. Wow...hahaha.

Well, the heat index was around 100 degrees that day...temperatures like that will usually make anyone grumpy. XD
We have EXTREMELY humid summers where I live, and that always make it feel a lot hotter than it actually is.

[Elle]

Ugh. Humidity. D=
It gets pretty bad here, but not 100 degrees bad. And especially in those costumes...

[art.nerd]

Yep. Three layers. Three very very thick layers.

[Oni]

*Squeals of Joy* I just found out that the episode 'Space Seed' is going to be on tonight! Yay! I have never seen it before nor have I rented it yet, I'm really looking forward to it :D
Now excuse me, I must go to my basement to hide from Tornadoes.

[Elle]

Yep. Three layers. Three very very thick layers.
I am so sorry. D=

@Oni- I havent seen that one either. Of course, its midnight and I'm supposed to be asleep, so I can't go watch it.

[art.nerd]

*Squeals of Joy* I just found out that the episode 'Space Seed' is going to be on tonight! Yay! I have never seen it before nor have I rented it yet, I'm really looking forward to it :D

Ugh...lucky. We only get an episode once a week: 4 AM on Sundays. Thank goodness for DVRs! But I suppose there's always the fact that the CBS website had every episode available...yes, that makes me very happy. It just hurts my eyes a bit more than a TV screen. D:

[Oni]

Heh, TOS is on at 2Am and 11Am on Space where I live, so I usually have to tape it anyway because I'm at work or asleep when its on :P

[Mikkiness]

Hey, your lucky, as far as I know, we dont even get Star Trek, and I cant watch it online since every single computer in the house has no working volume. It is slowly driving me insane.

[Catty-the-spy]

*uberflail* She's here!!!!! Laura Goodwin is here!!!! *more flailing, accompanied by happy grunting and screeching*
Why does that make me so undescribably happy?
*bounces eagerly*
I dunno...I think it's cause her essays are gold. It's like talking to Tamora Pierce on Sheroes Central. Not like meeting God, but certainly close to meeting someone from the Bible. Like...Noah. Well, maybe not Noah, but you get the idea.
*more excited flailing*

[Elle]

AHH!!! REALLY?!?!! -runs off to finish reading posts- YAY!!

[rexchanna]

I know, right? Laura Goodwin! btw, I get bragging rights for saying we should bring her onboard.

But I mean, I thought her website was dead, since the copyright of it is only up to 2006, as listed in the footnote of the website. So it's so cool she is still on the internet and into doing this with us. :D

[Oni]

Instead of Star trek today, there is some kind of Special with Leonard Nimoy Narrating about episodes of Star Trek. Its so awesome because it looks like it was filmed in the 70's.
He's so adorable <3

[art.nerd]

STJ: I just discovered that I can raise one eyebrow! I never would have noticed I was doing it if my friend hadn't told me, though. :P
Apparently I do it when I am skeptical or sending out "Am I Right, Or Am I Right?" vibes. Hehe...plus, its fun to do...it makes my forehead feel funny. ^___^

[TheBrownRecluse]

I've always been good at the eyebrow raise. But I can only do the one. When I try to do the other one I look like I'm in pain or something. XD

[LadyDea]

I just made a cake (Betty Crocker cake mix) and it's cooling in the toaster oven (it's not on). We have to keep the food hidden away or else one of my cats will eat whatever he can. My sister and I think that he licked it while it was cooling in the pan, but we're so happy we have cake we don't care at the moment. :P

[art.nerd]

WE'RE MAKING FALAFEL FOR DINNER.

[Terry Shayar]

HEY PEOPLE IN US! I'M GOING THERE IN DECEMBER WHEEEE!!!!!! SPECIFICALLY TO PEOPLE IN NYC!!!!!!!

[Andrina]

I've always been good at the eyebrow raise. But I can only do the one. When I try to do the other one I look like I'm in pain or something. XD

I can't do the one eyebrow :( My husband can though and he is so much like Spock already that it makes me giggle in delight.

[Elanor Sarralyn]

I can do the one eyebrow raise. When Spock did that in the movie I squee'd, I was so delighted.

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Yes, yes I'm crazy.

[Elle]

I HAVE A NEW LAPTOP! I'm bubbling over with joy and sugar and unicorns. ...I named her Eris, if you're curious. ^^

[Pirate College Graduate]

I can do the one eyebrow raise. When Spock did that in the movie I squee'd, I was so delighted.

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Yes, yes I'm crazy.

I CAN DO THAT AS WELL. I actually put my fingers against my eyebrows, do the eyebrow raise, and then take my fingers away, and my left finger is ALWAYS higher than my right! I am proud of meself. I've truly done something good for the world. :cool:

Lindsay

[Fridayweed]

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay! My TOS DVDs are in the post!
Win win win win WINNER!
*emphatic flail*

[Pirate College Graduate]

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay! My TOS DVDs are in the post!
Win win win win WINNER!
*emphatic flail*


I'm confused. What do you mean they're in the post?

[art.nerd]

I'm confused. What do you mean they're in the post?

In the mail.
As in "on their way through the postal system."

[Crazy Like a Fawkes]

Harry Potter at midnight was WIN. We made my chess playing genius friend go dressed as Spock. We were afraid at first that he wouldn't wear the shirt, but we gave it to him and he hugged it to his chest and said "Logic!" It was adorable. :D

[art.nerd]

Harry Potter at midnight was WIN. We made my chess playing genius friend go dressed as Spock. We were afraid at first that he wouldn't wear the shirt, but we gave it to him and he hugged it to his chest and said "Logic!" It was adorable. :D

AAAHH...lucky!
I don't get to see it until Saturday!

Haha...people at the theatre were probably thinking: "hmm...I think that guy is a couple months late for his midnight showing..."

[Andrina]

Harry Potter at midnight was WIN. We made my chess playing genius friend go dressed as Spock. We were afraid at first that he wouldn't wear the shirt, but we gave it to him and he hugged it to his chest and said "Logic!" It was adorable. :D

lol that is so awesome! Your friend sounds really cool! I can't wait to see the Harry Potter movie on Sunday!

[Catty-the-spy]

@Elle:
*laptopenvy* My mother's been hinting at getting me a laptop for...three years? Maybe more. I'm stilling running off with her's (plural. she has two.)
Eris is a very nice name for a laptop. I don't know what I'd name mine....
Congrat!! *give chocolate and cake* (cause you can never have just one...)

[Elle]

Catty, you could just make chocolate cake. With chocolate chips in it. With vanilla ice cream...

Great. Now I want cake.

[bakedbrownie]

I got to see Star Trek at IMAX. Enough said. -is content for life-

[Larxenne]

I had the most EPIC time ever at the Harry Potter midnight showing in SF! Not only did I get to be on TV (we were in line for hours before the start of the show, and were wearing shmexy costumes), but my friend and I snuck into a 10:30 showing of Star Trek and watched the first half hour of it or so before going off to Harry Potter. And while I did enjoy the Harry Potter film, I happily had the Star Trek theme music stuck in my head the entire time. So much win...

[aolian]

I got to see Star Trek at IMAX. Enough said. -is content for life-

Ohman. That must have been so awesome! :D *is happy for you* (Although a part of me wants to lol at the thought of Zachary Quinto's angry!Spock face being projected to a size bigger than my house.)

Saw a midnight showing of HP as well! They served butterbeer! It was great fun. I brought my sketchpad and spent a happy two hours drawing Star Trek fanart while we waited. :)

[Larxenne]

Hahaha...I felt like I really wasn't doing justice to the Harry Potter thing because Star Trek is happily my life at the moment...but it was fun to hang out with friends in line for 6 hours (and make lots of new friends!) even if I wasn't thinking about Harry Potter at all. Just general fangirlish happiness.

[Mikkiness]

:D My sister might sign the petition, and she amy even end up joining the forums! :D

[art.nerd]

I got to see Star Trek at IMAX. Enough said. -is content for life-

:eek: LUCKYYYYYYYY.

I wanted to see it in IMAX really really really badly.
But it was only showing for 2 weeks, and I missed it.
-is not content for life-

[Mikkiness]

Whats IMAX?

[art.nerd]

They're GIANT movie theatres...the screens are a lot bigger, and the images sharper, and the sound is usually better, too.
The one in my city is at our Science Museum, so they usually only show documentaries and stuff there...but they do occasionally show movies like Star Trek. ^__^
And ours is dome-shaped, so when you see a movie there, not only is it HUGE and beautiful, but its almost 360 around you!!! GAH...now I'm really upset that I missed their showing of Star Trek...

[Mikkiness]

Oh Wow, that sounds so cool. I wish we had one, I think theyre may be one in Oz, but thats a little to far away for a casual trip.

[MusicalZebra]

Yes we have them. I know for a fact that there is one in Sydney and everytime the school feild trips to Sydney we all demand our chapareons to let us go <3

[Mikkiness]

You are so lucky...

[art.nerd]

Joy: I have a bagel! It is very yummy.

And I found this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkMsF_H8rws&feature=related

THE SONG IS SO CATCHY.
major lolz. :D

[Catty-the-spy]

I have icecream!!!
Three flavors, to be exact: cookies&cream, strawberry, and vanilla fudge swirl.
:D
I'm set for the week...(so long as my grandfather doesn't get ahold of the cookies&cream...*frowns at the thought of those massive bowls of icecream*)
Ah well.
*rushes off to enjoy*
@Elle: how about chocolate AND a chocolate cake?

[Elanor Sarralyn]

@art.nerd--Bahaha! "He's a doctor, not an escalator, he's a doctor, not a physician!" Heeheehee. *stuck in head too*

[art.nerd]

@art.nerd--Bahaha! "He's a doctor, not an escalator, he's a doctor, not a physician!" Heeheehee. *stuck in head too*

Wait a minute...a doctor is a physician, right?
Misquoted, perhaps?

Yeah, between this and the "I'm On A Boat" video, my head won't be clear of songs for weeks. XD

[Elanor Sarralyn]

Wait a minute...a doctor is a physician, right?
Misquoted, perhaps?

Yeah, between this and the "I'm On A Boat" video, my head won't be clear of songs for weeks. XD

Whoops. Yeah, it's "He's a doctor - not a psychiatrist". *sheepish*

...excuse me while I hide in this corner...

[art.nerd]

haha...noooo, don't hide!
actually, technically, he's wrong, because a phychiatrist IS a kind of doctor!
Yep. I know. I know, bacause I just took a psychology course. *is smug*
hahaha...but that song has a serious dance beat going on.

*dances and hums* Doctor, doctor, doctor McCoy...

[Sussy]

XD "He's DEAD Jim...the man is dead...he's dead! He's dead JIM!" Oh...goodness...LOL!

Dr...Dr...McCoy! Winful! Thanks Artnerd.

[art.nerd]

Tee-hee, you're most certainly welcome!


But more importantly, I HAVE SOME JOY TO SHARE: I just finished my last project/ piece of homework for summer school (I'm not stupid, I just like to get ahead) so now I can spend the rest of my summer the way it is meant to be spent: doing nothing, and chillin' on the SEE forums! lol, and I can actually do some reading for FUN. Hmm...any recommendations?
I like basically anything that's not too teenage-girlish, if you know what I mean?

:D :D :D I'm so happy right now!
I think the only thing that would make me happier would be an update from Lanaea...

[Terry Shayar]

Good to see you're happy! I'm erm. I dunno if you'd call this happy? O.o But yeah. I got asked out by a guy. It's nice when you actually have guy friends who realize you're actually female, with XX chromosomes. Frankly speaking I think most of my guy friends think I'm male. >.>

[art.nerd]

Ooh...YAY! Congrats! :D

Well, at least you HAVE guy friends...eh, I have like...3, but I'm not very close with any of them.

[Terry Shayar]

You should spend more time with time. Male friends are awesomeness. You get the really witty jokes from them. And, at least here in Singapore, guys can be a lot more sensitive than you might think. And they're more fun!

The problem comes when they tell you, let's go for this movie, because so and so is gonna be in it and she's hot. That's when you really know you're becoming one of the guys. O.o

[art.nerd]

Yeah, well, of the three I have, 2 of them are really sensitive and nice, and the third one...well, he's very obviously a guy. Like, a majority of our conversations include quoting movies and making inappropriate sex jokes. But he's fun.
And its not like I'm around guys and I just don't want to be friends with them-- its more that there just aren't many of them around! Pretty much all of my classes (I'm in a special arts program, so I have classes with most of the same people.) are full of girls. And there's nothing wrong with girls, don't get me wrong...they're just...not boys. :)

[Catty-the-spy]

I have (or...had) plenty of guy friends, and only one or two girl friends. Nothing against girls (seeing as I am a girl) but most of the girls I went to school with were...bitchy, for lack of a better word.
Of those guy friends, only one had a crush on me, and I was not interested in him (i had a crush on one of my other friends). Despite this, they never forgot that I was a girl. They even mentioned that there were some things they didn't talk about around me because I was a girl (or, because I was a year or two younger than them, but I was a year or two younger than everybody, so...).
(One of my friends often made comments about our table at lunch being more diverse than the diversity club -- a person who was half Israeli, one from Korea, one from Thailand, two white, two black, one female. /random comment)

I probably should become like most of the people I know and get a Facebook. My mom has one, so why not me...? This way I can come into contact with friends that I had not come into contact with in a while....

[Steamcry]

Despite this, they never forgot that I was a girl. They even mentioned that there were some things they didn't talk about around me because I was a girl (or, because I was a year or two younger than them, but I was a year or two younger than everybody, so...).


I know that line so well. I fought myself up to be one of the guys though, so I'm treated about the same. The only thing they won't do with me is rough around, but it probably also has to do with the fact that I still look like I'm in middle school.

They're all thoroughly convinced I was simply born the wrong gender. :P

[Terry Shayar]

I agree that girls can get rather bitchy. And a lot more cruel than guys. I have a lot more guy friends because I'm actually a lot more nervous around girls than guys. And they've never really told me that I'm born the wrong gender, it's just that certain things I didn't think I'd hear them talking about around me, I get to hear you know? And then I'll be like, way too much information guys! But it's still fun anyway.

[Catty-the-spy]

For me, the tmi is the other way around. I'd gripe about something and they'd be all "Stop talking! I didn't need to hear that." and I'd feel pretty malicious and keep talking. (Have you ever seen Dirty Jobs? It's a tv show about...Dirty Jobs. One involved castrating sheep, and I had fun describing it to nearly every guy I knew -- including a teacher or two -- before my friends started warning people. Twas fun.)
The only thing they wanted to know was when I was due for cheeseflux. I could be pretty nasty during (and a little while before) cheeseflux. I'm pretty sure they were better at predicting it than me...which is really...odd...I think.

Me, the wrong gender? Pffft...I repeatedly reminded them that I had the better gender. (And they kept agreeing with me, probably so I wouldn't hurt them. I could be very menacing. ((I once threatened to use a stapler on a very sensitive piece of anatomy. I would have done it, too -- the guy was being a butthole. I was also mid-cheeseflux, so that might be why it turned into a joke...until I started carrying aronud a stapler...)))

[Crazy Like a Fawkes]

OK so I dunno if someone already posted this, but apparently Ricky Red Shirt has a twitter page.
https://twitter.com/RickyRedShirt

Discovering this amused me.

[Larxenne]

Just some general happiness...

I was watching some early episodes of TOS with a friend of mine who is even more obsessed with K/S than I am (I'll get her on this forum eventually) and we happened to be watching The Man Trap (a not particularly slashy episode) with a fifteen year old boy (younger than us college-age ladies). About twenty minutes into the episode, the boy was like, "Does Kirk have a crush on Spock?"

And my friend of course answered, "Yes." And a little girlish squeeing was had.

And then I showed him the shore leave back massage scene and he promised to advertise it on his facebook. Now I have to befriend him on facebook and get him to sign the petition...seems like he probably would...

[bakedbrownie]

http://community.livejournal.com/ontd_startrek/

I found that a few days ago and I cannot. stop. LAUGHING.

ALSO: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090612123946AA76k97

It brings me much joy.

[art.nerd]

http://community.livejournal.com/ontd_startrek/

I found that a few days ago and I cannot. stop. LAUGHING.


bahaha...yeah, I love that comm!
we should do a post for SEE on there...because I know for a fact that tons of people read that LJ. All of them Star Trek fans...many of them probably K/S fans as well...just a thought. :)

[Catty-the-spy]

I saw HBP yesterday!!
Even though I had a killer headache, I had fun. (My copy of the book is spinning in its box, but the movie was good.)

(I'd totally date Tom Felton. I would.)

[art.nerd]

I'm leaving in a half hour to go see HBP!
:D

[LilianG]

I saw HBP the day before yesterday. It was awesome!

[art.nerd]

Okay, HBP was awesome. End of story.
My mom asked me if I liked it better than Star Trek (after seeing it 3 times)...XD
Let's just say if I hadnt seen ST, I would be a LOT more excited about HBP. :)

Today's Joy: After working so hard and finishing all of my summer school work, I have decided to reward myself by having some "me-time" and treating myself to a day of used-book shopping. :)
I'm trekking all the way across the county (well, technically its in another county) to this one giant used book store that I haven't been to in years. I'm very excited!

[Terry Shayar]

STJ: The new song that Muse has been using to play hide and seek with us is finally completed! Sounds really weird man... it's like this mix of Western and stereotypical Middle-Eastern influences together. But Muse music always sounds weird at first, before starting to grow on me. That's how I started to like all their B-sides and lesser known stuff. *sighs* I can't wait for their first single - Uprising - to come out!

[Elanor Sarralyn]

The last episode of Merlin I watched, I spent the entirety of it curled up in front of the laptop giggling madly. Arthur spends the episode putting himself in mortal danger for a servant, someone he'd only met a few days prior and had disliked, at that. Merlin spends it saving Arthur's ass as he always does, despite, again, only meeting Arthur a few days prior and disliking him.

Either it's bad writing, or it's slashy. As it's the BBC, I prefer to go with slashy.

;)

[art.nerd]

Mmmm...I have frozen yogurt. :)

[art.nerd]

OH! And I just got my final grade for my summer school course: I GOT AN A!
(and just so you know, I'm not taking summer school because I'm stupid or anything--I just like to get ahead. sorry, but I'm always paranoid that people will think that. :))
And that's particulary exciting because I put off all of my assignments til the last minute and really didn't put a whole lot of effort into any of the work. 0__o
Hey, its summer--who actually wants to concentrate on homework?

[Elle]

I WENT TO THE USED BOOK STORE TODAY. I am now in possesion of-
The New Voyages 1&2
The Wrath of Khan novel
The Star Trek-X-Men Crossover novel, bought merely for hilarity
Federation
Nemisis novelization
AND the Insurrection novel. I also have several new Sims 2 expansion packs, Pets and Holiday stuff. I am dying of joy, and swimming in almost 40 bucks worth of books. -blush-

[Elanor Sarralyn]

I went to the used bookstore yesterday and got:

-Killing Time, by Della van Hise (sadly not the first edition, which was slashier, but hey.)
-Dwellers in the Crucible, by Margaret Wander Bonanno
-Triangle, by Sondra Marshak and Myrna Culbreath
-The Prometheus Design, by Sondra Marshak and Myrna Culbreath
-Spock's World, by Diane Duane
-Star Trek: The Motion Picture, by Gene Roddenberry (I squee'd.)
-Star Trek Academy: Collision Course, by William Shatner (This one was just for the hell of it, and because it's shiny-lookin'.)

:eek:

[art.nerd]

-Star Trek Academy: Collision Course, by William Shatner (This one was just for the hell of it, and because it's shiny-lookin'.)

Oooh...I read that one a few weeks ago. I enjoyed it. ^___^

[Mikkiness]

while my mates and I were waiting for our train, we (me + one mate) decided to walk home on wednesday, to put it in perspective, its about 8k's away, mostly uphill. It sounds like so much fun, and we're going to come to my place and work on this awesome idea that she had for a fic, and possibly finish the third chapter of this other fic we've been working on all year.

[Larxenne]

Some random joy! I went to the gym for the first time this week earlier today!

Sadly, it's Sunday, so I haven't been too good at getting to the gym all week. And did I beast out some crunches to my favorite guilty pleasure workout song, "Love Story" by Taylor Swift? You betcha I did! (Why do all my favorite workout songs have to have the dumbest lyrics? I don't know.)

[Chaos]

So, I'm a part of this amazing group of individuals who have formed an advocacy group promoting sexual minorities amongst the otherwise heterosexual male-dominated genre of Science Fiction and Fantasy! You guys should totally check it out! These people are amazing, and the leader, Lance, is a real cutie-patootie! XD
ORLY?

I think people will be flattered!

[Crazy Like a Fawkes]

My tv is totally encouraging my trekkieness. A few weeks ago I turned it on to see an episode of TOS playing on TV Land. No one in my family watches anything that comes on TV Land, so I have no idea why it was even on that channel.

I turned it on today and what is the first thing I see? William Shatner talking to Conan. Yesterday I walk in on my brother watching Teen Titans just as the villain says something about tribbles. I start recording Futurama and the first episode it records is the one where they go to that one planet with the cast of TOS.

IT'S LIKE IT KNOWS.

[art.nerd]

My tv is totally encouraging my trekkieness. A few weeks ago I turned it on to see an episode of TOS playing on TV Land. No one in my family watches anything that comes on TV Land, so I have no idea why it was even on that channel.

I turned it on today and what is the first thing I see? William Shatner talking to Conan. Yesterday I walk in on my brother watching Teen Titans just as the villain says something about tribbles. I start recording Futurama and the first episode it records is the one where they go to that one planet with the cast of TOS.

IT'S LIKE IT KNOWS.

It s funny how the world works, isn't it? :)

[Cloud-Passing-by]

I just plain love watching Star Trek TOS with my dad, even if he does know how everything ends. XD

I love my dog, my best friend, my Star Trek TOS seasons 1-3, my life is good. Sighs.

And I just made cadet second class. :3

[Terry Shayar]

It's past twelve midnight here, and we have sambal chilli cooking downstairs. The aroma is awesome, and made me so hungry I had to go down to get a taste of it even though it's not fully cooked. Mmm.. Chilli padi, big onions, garlic, sherlots, chilli leaves, ikan bilis, and lots of spices cooked together to form sambal chilli. We're definitely having nasi lemak this week. Excellent.

[art.nerd]

I just watched Charlie Bartlett. :)

And I had macaroni and cheese for lunch. :)

And I have the house to myself for the rest of the day. :)

[Steamcry]

Pretty much passed out for a few hours after class today, rolled over, and in my disoriented state proceeded to tell the boyfriend "Captain, you are one-fourth." then continued on sleeping. I do slightly remember dreaming of lens focus calculations, but I'm pretty sure the answer wasn't one-forth. :| And yeah, he was pretty dang confused.

[Catty-the-spy]

I read some really disquieting things while lurking in an LJ community. It pissed me off enough that I was able to write some angst that I've been struggling with in my story. One step closer to that finish line....
For some reason, I need to be depressed/sick/angry/annoyed/emotionally drained/etc. to write angst well. Unless I get a boatload of inspiration. Weird.

Still, my aggravation was put to good use. Just goes to show you that idiots and buttholes can be usefull for something other than target practice. Yay writing!

[Pirate College Graduate]

Catty, what disquieting things? Things that could be detrimental to our campaign?

Lindsay

[Vegeta]

Been mooching about all day getting inspiration for fanfics and will now curl up with a mug of tea and ST: New Voyages 2 :D

[Catty-the-spy]

@ Lindsay:
Some people being rude. Some people were voicing concerns without being...nasty, which I was okay with. It was the rudeness that pissed me off. I'm trying not to thinnk about it now that it's lived out its usefulness (though I might be able to stretch it out over a few more angsty pieces before it goes away).

@Vegeta:
What kind of tea, of you don't mind my asking?

[Cloud-Passing-by]

I love fanfiction. That is all for this morning I think. Oh and I love winter, and warmth, and autumn, 'cause it's an awesome season, my fav. And y'know, Halloween and Thanksgiving. Christmas is nice too, but it's not in autumn.

[Crazy Like a Fawkes]

I've just discovered this song and holy shit I LOVE IT

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0d4xvWg5-S0&feature=channel

[Steamcry]

I've just discovered this song and holy shit I LOVE IT

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0d4xvWg5-S0&feature=channel

Loving it too! @.@

[Sussy]

*responds with*
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxwIWt9_Uqc&NR=1

PEW PEW

I didn't realize this band made both of these songs. This band makes trademark brainworms >.<

[Terry Shayar]

I finally got my hands on THE copy of NME Magazine with Muse's THE RESISTANCE interview. Awesomeness. A little inside information on the songs, how the recording went, and how the band is doing. Plans for the future and their concerts (which are gonna be AWESOME) and I kinda made a deal with a friend that we're gonna go watch it next year together when Muse comes round to Asia, like he's gonna save one of his leaves just so he can take leave and wake up early to queue with me. I love him to pieces :):):)

[Steamcry]

I found Star Trek Academy: Collision Course at the bookstoorrrre. And it's amazing. Everyone should read it nownownonownow.

( Highlights why you really should read this book immediately are here: http://community.livejournal.com/ontd_startrek/581669.html )

[art.nerd]

OKAY, so I've pretty much had the best day I've ever had...in a while, at least.
It all started when I started painting a mural for my client today-- I got paid $100 to paint! And that was very nice.
Then I came home, washed up, and went right back out to meet up with some friends to go shopping.
We stopped and ate lunch-- I had falafel and A LOT of diet coke...it was all freaking delicious.
After that, we went to the record store, and looked around in their used videos.
I had just about given up, and was walking away when I saw THIS little gem aaaaaaall the way on the top shelf:
http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/3927/boxscm.jpg
http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/2638/1022422.jpg
Yeah, that's right: All 6 TOS films. (Still in thier original plastic wrap!) Only cost me $12...it pretty much made my day. :)
And then we continued shopping and having all sorts of merry fun.
Then it was time for me to go to work...which is fun for me! ("work" is running around in Elizabethan clothing and performing Shakespeare for people. ^__^) And that was great fun.
Then I come home to find that my sister decided to be nice to me and bought me a McCoy action figure! It made me very happy. He comes with a bridge station (going to ignore the fact that Bones doesn't actually *have* one of those...) a sweet chair, a hypo, a datapad, a phaser, a pimpin' utility belt, and he wears his sexy cadet uniform! ^____^

So all in all, one of my better days. :)

[art.nerd]

I found Star Trek Academy: Collision Course at the bookstoorrrre. And it's amazing. Everyone should read it nownownonownow.

( Highlights why you really should read this book immediately are here: http://community.livejournal.com/ontd_startrek/581669.html )

Yeeees, I read that a few weeks ago! It was freakin amazing!
That was the first Trek novel I ever read, so I wasn't really sure what to expect!

The next in the series needs to come out...like, tomorrow. Seriously.

[Steamcry]

Yeeees, I read that a few weeks ago! It was freakin amazing!
That was the first Trek novel I ever read, so I wasn't really sure what to expect!

The next in the series needs to come out...like, tomorrow. Seriously.

"Moot," Kirk said. "So if that's such a logical argument, why haven't the SFPS let you go?"
"I have found humans to be argumentative."
"No, we're not."
"Yes, you..." The Vulcan hesitated, raised an eyebrow.

^One of my favorite lines. XD This book has me in love. Seriously. And yeah, the second book needs to be right here, in my hands. I'm already reading the first one to death. I fear I will be able to simply read this in my head sooner than not. The joy of it is, today nobody is calling me each time I pick it up. Peace and quiet and wonderfulness.

Also my dad has all those tapes! It's too bad I'm the only one in the house with a VHS player now, and my TV is generally out of reach from it. I need to find a DVD set of them. :|

[Catty-the-spy]

@ art.nerd:
Your movie box is prettier than mine.
I was lucky: a friend who was moving away gave me her boxset after making sure I liked Trek. It was only recently that I realized how lucky I was.

[Terry Shayar]

HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY SINGAPORE!!!! (9 Aug)

[Mandiranda]

My joy today is that last night Lanaea updated both Brain Matter AND Home! AND, I just checked today to see if the forums were up (And, obviously, they were) Sooo, I'm happy! :)

[Andrina]

My joy today is that last night Lanaea updated both Brain Matter AND Home! AND, I just checked today to see if the forums were up (And, obviously, they were) Sooo, I'm happy! :)

I know!! I got home from work today and I got a new chapter of Home and Brain Matter and the forums *Gushes happilly* Now I just have to ask Lance what is going on with SEE WISE.

[Mandiranda]

Yeah, I noticed that... Lindz, I believe, created a thread wondering about that as well. Another joy; I discovered the Merlin fanfom! (British tv show, not once and future king.) That's not the joy though (although there are many,many lovely Merlin/Arthur slash fics that almost make me drool). No, the joy is that my writing muse has come back from its leave of absence! About a year gone, and no creative writing! Only English essays. But upon reading a bunch of Arthur fics, I have ideas again! *happy dance*

[Crazy Like a Fawkes]

I just got a kitten! XD

[M'Lady Godiva]

Aww, that's totally cute :D. What kind? And what did you name him/her?

Lol a Star Trek-esque name could be appropriate :)...

[Pirate College Graduate]

I just got a kitten! XD


You really must inform me of the name you chose. I like Lenny or Tibey or Spock. Perhaps a combination of all three is best.


Hehe.

[Mandiranda]

My joy of the day is that my Captain Hammer shirt just came in... The only downside is that it cost 34 bucks with shipping included. But now I have a new shirt to confuse people with.

[Catty-the-spy]

@Pirate:
You made me think of "Friday's Child"...*giggles manically*

[Mandiranda]

I've got the house to myself, putting away about half the clothes I own, singing at the top of my lungs. Getting my relaxin' in before the end of the summer. n_n

[M'Lady Godiva]

My joy of the day is that my Captain Hammer shirt just came in... The only downside is that it cost 34 bucks with shipping included. But now I have a new shirt to confuse people with.

Lol are you a Captain Hammer fan? Does Dr. Horrible even have a shirt?

[Mandiranda]

He has fan shirts, and there are some that say Dr.Horrible. http://drhorrible.shop.bravadousa.com/Default.aspx
They're there. I love Nathan Fillion, and Captain Hammer is hilarious ing eneral, so bought it. Kinda expensive, but now I can walk around saying "I think this is what pain feels like!".

[M'Lady Godiva]

@Mandi: Did you watch Firefly then?

(As for Dr. Horrible, I own the soundtrack :))

[Catty-the-spy]

We have food! Edible food!

We have tuna, and yogurt, and juice, and cheese! We have nectarines! We have bananas! I don't even eat bananas!

((I am currently eating coffee flavoured yogurt. It has an oddly fruity taste. It's interesting.))

[Cloud-Passing-by]

I love my new icons on LJ, I have a few (hopefully) flourishing ideas for fic, and I've discovered a love for the show Firefly.

[Catty-the-spy]

I'm drinking Sleepy Time Tea...with Vanilla!! It's relatively new (the "with vanilla" part). It's really good!!! I'm considering replacing the origional with it permanently on my shopping list. Very yummy.

[Pirate College Graduate]

I got my iphone 3GS today, woot! And the case for it is dark blue and black. Like a certain Vulcan't uniform, perhaps?

And I have a week before I go to college! wee!

[Terry Shayar]

Torchwood will be doing a Season 4! Excellent! I'm gonna miss Ianto like crazy, but Torchwood still is a rather excellent show. And John Barrowman is still handsome. XD

[M'Lady Godiva]

I go back to college in a week, too, and I can't say I'm quite as excited :). I think I just like my summers too much...

[SpirkTrekker42]

Same here. I start back on monday... ICK. :( At least I get to live away from my parents, though. Independence is always good for me at least.

[M'Lady Godiva]

In that regard, I agree with you :). It's just always a bit of a shock going from summer mode to gouge-your-eyes-our studying...

[Larxenne]

Ah got a cute little 3 pound dell netbook today, which I can take everywhere! So I can be on the IRC channel most of the time and have even LESS of a life! Yes!

Also, I am back from Alaska and ready to pick up the SEE banner once again more or less full time! :)

[GinnyQOA]

Torchwood will be doing a Season 4! Excellent! I'm gonna miss Ianto like crazy, but Torchwood still is a rather excellent show. And John Barrowman is still handsome. XD


EEEP!!!! :D That's awesome! And your signature mad me sad. :( Sad scene.

[rexchanna]

The other night, I hung out with a friend of mine I haven't seen in more than a year. Best night ever? He also encouraged me to write more slash and smut, including and not limited to a naruto fanfiction I all but abandoned years ago, and a BL comic starring pretty boy martial artists, based entirely on stories he's told me about how much he hates this one hot instructor that I'm pretty sure likes boys as much as he does. He's allowed me to go wild on his character, and expects plenty of sex to occur, so I don't want to disappoint.


@ Larxene: I WAS RECENTLY IN ALASKA TOOOOOO! I actually came back last week. Or the week before. I don't know, my timeline has been mixed up, but hey. Isn't it gorgeous?!

[Larxenne]

So much joy! I passed my calculus placement exam for college, I took a tour of the physics department (my new home for the next 4 years hahaha) and it is amazing, and to get some GE's out of the way, I get to take a special class on 1960's politics and culture that also gets those pesky honors credits out of the way!

Basically,

I HAVE THE MOST EXCELLENT COLLEGE SCHEDULE EVAR.

[LilianG]

Yesterday we found a place where our band can practise! Yay! :D And tomorrow we're going to this festival to play with my friend :) She plays saxophone and I play guitar. I'm sure it'll be fun :)

[MusicalZebra]

This is one of those quirky coincidences that bring a smile to your face and it's a wonder that it took me to realise this but ZQ birthday is June 2nd... Guess what mine is, June 2nd :p Ah the funny little things in the world.

[MusicalZebra]

-squeal- About a week ago I put in an order for a science uniform shirt for my halloween costume and it arrived today XD

[Pirate College Graduate]

I totally plan on painting myself green for halloween and getting pointy ears. I want to be half Orion and half Vulcan! I just have to find a way to become green and have it look good.

[M'Lady Godiva]

@PCG
Very nice :D. I wonder what type of body paint would work on so much skin, though...

Also, I just pre-ordered Star Trek (which I'm sure everyone has done but me) but I'm excited all the same :).

[Larxenne]

@Pirate: YES. Green paint! There are some excellent water based stage makeups that will turn you green in no time! (I did a number from "Wicked" for my dance class and got to be green! So much fun)

Ah, I have to order my copy of Star Trek. And a poster for my dorm room! Yay!!! My roomies will think I am such a nerd and it will be amaaaazinggg...

Also, I START COLLEGE IN 4 DAYS!! Hooray for procrastinating on packing!

[Andrina]

@Pirate- I want pics hon!!!! Hehe it sounds like an awesome idea!
@ Larxenne- Yay for ordering the movie! I have to do that soon. Good luck at college, I am sure you will do great!

[Steamcry]

http://photos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs240.snc1/8727_690901845172_17129430_39002535_8035633_n.jpg

Best balloon in existence. Caught me talking though, haha.

[M'Lady Godiva]

Is...that a lobster? If so, that's amazing! Kudos to whoever made that :)

[Steamcry]

It's an Enterprise. :(

[M'Lady Godiva]

Lol oh, sorry, now I see it :). I thought it was flat, so I thought lobster, but now that you point it out, it's definitely the Enterprise...

Where'd you get it made?

[Steamcry]

The state fair. XD

I saw a little kid with a balloon and did a double take, because it was like "hrmm, somebody around here's a Trek fan." and then proceeded to hunt the guy down.

[Pirate College Graduate]

Where in the hell did ye get that balloon? I wants it! D:

Also, I feel I must share: Last night, or rather, early this morning, I had the most awesome dream ever. I was about two take two courses at my HS or college (not sure which one) and guess who was teaching them? That's right. Pinto. My mom was sitting at our kitchen table with me, going over the syllabi, and telling me that they were teachers now, and real human beings, and I was to treat them as such. I basically heard none of what she was saying, as I was looking over the syllabi myself and having an inner freakout. Then I believe I actually got to meet Professor!Zach, in a meeting of some sort. I don't believe Chris was at the meeting, but the end details were fuzzy.

I remember waking up and feeling like I'd actually met Zach. The realization that I hadn't met him and his adorable prof glasses was weird, and upsetting. But I felt really happy the rest of the morning, so that counts for something.

Hope everyone else is still experiencing Joyful moments, especially since SEE is back in action!

Lindsay

PS: and now my RA and I are on commenting on my status on facebook, dissecting how would we react if this really happened. I love my RA. She's a hardcore Pinto girl as well. They're hard to come by around here.

[Larxenne]

@Pirate: At least you have Star Trek friends in college! (I haven't been here long enough to find any Trek people except for one guy on my floor...an aerospace engineer whose dream is to invent the warp drive...lol).

Oh, and last night, UCLA hosted a giant screening of nutrek for all the students and the lecture hall was packed! Most people in there had seen it before, so we clapped and hollered at all the appropriate spots (and squeed when Zach Quinto, Chris Pine, and Leonard Nimoy respectively got their first shots). Good college times.

[Terry Shayar]

Awesome! Enterprise Balloon!

The awesome news? My prelims are over! I have almost an entire week off!

The bad news? I'll still be mugging since my A Levels start in November and I have a little mroe than a month to ensure straight As. Sigh.

But I'll be back and rocking after that! Whee!

[LilianG]

I just turned my friend into a Star Trek fan! :D And even better, K/S fan!!!!! She says it's too obvious to even doubt about anything else xD