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hardparadeTHIS IS AN ANNA POPPLEWELL APPRECIATION POST. (Mostly.)
She did a photoshoot for THAT magazine, which isn't actually out yet, but there are behind-the-scenes pictures from it which are gorgeous.
I am much more in favour of these clothes than her NMAs dress. *gazes* CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR EVERYTHING, ANNA. Oh, there is also this picture from the NMAs, though, which is beautiful:
But sadly there aren't any pictures of Anna and Georgie together (besides those ones of them in the audience) or with James. And speaking of sad things, her new project—Brave New World—wasn't picked up by NBC, so that really sucks. :(
In other news, I've been watching a ridiculous amount of TV. I'm watching Game of Thrones and The Borgias, and generally enjoying both. Game Of Thrones, I'm less sure about—some of it really disturbs me, and I know that's kind of the point, but I just feel kind of nervous and uncertain about it. But I do like it! It gets like +1000 points for the incest and the slash. I really like The Borgias a lot—shipping Cesare/Lucrezia, obviously, and generally enjoying François Arnaud's face, and also there was consensual whipping which I approve of. I find the Cesare/Michelotto relationship really interesting. And now I want to read A Song of Ice and Fire and lots of books about the Borgia family, but I still suck at reading lately.
I'm also watching Camelot which, um, is not so good. I don't know, maybe Arthurian legend shows just don't do it for me, but it's just kind of boring, and really at this point I'm only watching for Eva Green and her OVERALL AWESOMENESS, being all crazy and powerful. (Also maybe a little bit for Jamie Campbell Bower.) What else? Baffled by the Fringe season finale, and growing increasingly concerned about the state of House (and also suddenly shipping Chase/Thirteen, where did that come from??). Rewatching the first season of The O.C., because I kept seeing stuff on Tumblr and getting nostalgic. I got so much of my music taste from that show back in the day, it's amazing—at least twice an episode, I'll be like "hey, I like this song!...oh, this is where I first heard this song."
In the past week or so I've also been marathoning Community and Parks & Recreation and wondering why I didn't do that sooner. SO GOOD, YOU GUYS. I don't actually laugh out loud that often at TV shows, and it's not like I don't find them funny, but it's more like...I appreciate the clever writing and I'm amused, but I'm not actually cracking up, you know? But both of these shows have been making me laugh regularly. Especially the flu episode of Parks & Rec. My Dad actually came in and asked me what was wrong because I was laughing so hard. "I can't go home! I have to get ready for the Chamber of Secrets!" "...Commerce." SPEAKING OF WHICH: I love Ben Wyatt. Can we talk about Adam Scott and his delightful face?
Can we talk about any of this, actually? I've basically just been sitting here watching all this TV and not really talking about it.
AND FINALLY, a meme which could be fun maybe if anyone is interested:
My masterlist is here but I guess if you pick something I wrote ages ago I might not remember what I was thinking at the time. :/
She did a photoshoot for THAT magazine, which isn't actually out yet, but there are behind-the-scenes pictures from it which are gorgeous.
I am much more in favour of these clothes than her NMAs dress. *gazes* CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR EVERYTHING, ANNA. Oh, there is also this picture from the NMAs, though, which is beautiful:
But sadly there aren't any pictures of Anna and Georgie together (besides those ones of them in the audience) or with James. And speaking of sad things, her new project—Brave New World—wasn't picked up by NBC, so that really sucks. :(
In other news, I've been watching a ridiculous amount of TV. I'm watching Game of Thrones and The Borgias, and generally enjoying both. Game Of Thrones, I'm less sure about—some of it really disturbs me, and I know that's kind of the point, but I just feel kind of nervous and uncertain about it. But I do like it! It gets like +1000 points for the incest and the slash. I really like The Borgias a lot—shipping Cesare/Lucrezia, obviously, and generally enjoying François Arnaud's face, and also there was consensual whipping which I approve of. I find the Cesare/Michelotto relationship really interesting. And now I want to read A Song of Ice and Fire and lots of books about the Borgia family, but I still suck at reading lately.
I'm also watching Camelot which, um, is not so good. I don't know, maybe Arthurian legend shows just don't do it for me, but it's just kind of boring, and really at this point I'm only watching for Eva Green and her OVERALL AWESOMENESS, being all crazy and powerful. (Also maybe a little bit for Jamie Campbell Bower.) What else? Baffled by the Fringe season finale, and growing increasingly concerned about the state of House (and also suddenly shipping Chase/Thirteen, where did that come from??). Rewatching the first season of The O.C., because I kept seeing stuff on Tumblr and getting nostalgic. I got so much of my music taste from that show back in the day, it's amazing—at least twice an episode, I'll be like "hey, I like this song!...oh, this is where I first heard this song."
In the past week or so I've also been marathoning Community and Parks & Recreation and wondering why I didn't do that sooner. SO GOOD, YOU GUYS. I don't actually laugh out loud that often at TV shows, and it's not like I don't find them funny, but it's more like...I appreciate the clever writing and I'm amused, but I'm not actually cracking up, you know? But both of these shows have been making me laugh regularly. Especially the flu episode of Parks & Rec. My Dad actually came in and asked me what was wrong because I was laughing so hard. "I can't go home! I have to get ready for the Chamber of Secrets!" "...Commerce." SPEAKING OF WHICH: I love Ben Wyatt. Can we talk about Adam Scott and his delightful face?
Can we talk about any of this, actually? I've basically just been sitting here watching all this TV and not really talking about it.
AND FINALLY, a meme which could be fun maybe if anyone is interested:
Mini-DVD Meme: Pick any paragraph or any passage of between 500-600 words from any fanfic I've written and comment to this post with that selection. I will then give you a DVD commentary on that snippet of what I was thinking when I made or wrote it, why I wrote it, what's going on in the character's heads, why I chose certain words, what this moment means in the context of the fic, and anything else you'd expect to find on a DVD commentary track.
My masterlist is here but I guess if you pick something I wrote ages ago I might not remember what I was thinking at the time. :/
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Date: 2011-05-22 05:27 pm (UTC)Oh my, I think she actually gets prettier. Also, HER SMILE <3<3<3
A quick general warning re. A Song of Ice and Fire. I've been intrigued about it for a while, but I've held off on checking it out because George RR Martin is famously bad with deadlines. The next volume in the series has been 5 or more years in writing, and there's no sign of it yet. I suspect he may have an enormous case of writer's block, poor guy. So, if getting heavily into a series that has no apparent end in sight really hacks you off you might want to hold off on it for a bit. Saying that, though, it's still supposed to be really good :D
I'd not heard of The Borgias before but now I really want to see it. Is it on UK TV?
(Oh, and I too very much approve of consensual whipping. There should totally be more of it :D).
I've heard more than once about the awesomeness of both Community and Parks & Recreation. Must give them a look!
Such a shame that Anna's new project didn't get picke up :( Did you ever get to see the pilot?
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Date: 2011-05-23 12:38 pm (UTC)That's definitely a helpful warning, thank you. It's difficult for me to get stuck into a book at the moment so if I put in the effort to start reading this series, I'd probably be really disappointed if it never got finished. I'll have a think. I might just give the first book a try, I guess.
I'm not sure that The Borgias has made it over here yet, I've just been downloading it. I definitely recommend it though, along with Community and Parks & Rec. :)
No. :( I really wanted to.
I got your email btw - just to let you know I'm not ignoring you. I'll look over the fic some time this week. :)
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Date: 2011-05-23 10:03 pm (UTC)I'd be really interested to hear what you think of A Song of Ice and Fire if you do read it.
(On a random note, I was standing in Waterstones pondering whether to buy Flowers in the Attic the other day, purely for the incest theme. I have too many books that I haven't read, so I resisted, but I'm still rather tempted).
Yeah, I was looking for The Borgias on DVD at lunchtime, cos it's a friend's birthday at the weekend and I'm completely blanking on what to get, and it sounds like she might like that). Obviously no joy there :/. Back to the drawing board!
Thank you so much for getting back to me so soon! You really helped loads <3. I've finally posted it (it takes so long to get stuff ready for posting. It's ridiculous!) so yay :D
I'll definitely respond properly to you email soon!
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Date: 2011-05-27 11:18 am (UTC)I'm not sure if all of these links work, but if you're interested in checking out The Borgias, there are downloads here (http://fyeahfrancoisarnaud.tumblr.com/post/5129375319/jai-tue-ma-mere-les-grandes-chaleurs-the-borgias). :)
You're welcome!! ♥
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Date: 2011-06-01 09:28 pm (UTC)Thank you so much for the links for The Borgias. It looks like lots of fun :D
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Date: 2011-06-02 02:13 pm (UTC)