stargate; doctor who; music; amie street;

[amezri]

ZOMG THE DUMB that I have to deal with 8 hours a day, 5 days a week is starting to make me unstable. Seriously.

After work I stopped in at Target to pick up some boring items: pens (because I can't find one that works!), envelopes, air freshener refill things, dish soap, and a planner refill. Oh, plus some snacky foods like granola bars and oatmeal for my mornings at work because I can never find the time to eat before I leave.

Some of the Stargate cast and crew are working on a new Internet series called Sanctuary. Amanda Tapping, Christopher Heyerdahl, David Hewlett, Damian Kindler (creator), and Martin Wood all have some level of involvement. Each episode is expected to be about 40 minutes in length, but that can vary as they don't have to fit broadcast regulations.

Speaking of Stargates, I'm once again behind on SGA episodes and haven't even gone looking for new SG-1. Meh.

Not that I really need a USB hub, but if I were to look in to it, I'd totally get a TARDIS USB hub. When, you know, it was US$40. (Hell, I'd get a Stargate USB hub if they made such a thing.)

There is an article online wherein the author calls Sarah Jane's sonic lipstick sexist. Which, all right, I may see where you're coming from, but I think it really is just a camouflage issue and NOT a blantant stereotype. Besides, the Doctor gave it to her and... well, really. The Doctor. On second thought, I suppose he could be a little sexist thinking that girls are... girls. Hm. Anyway. He's got those Time Lord pants that are bigger on the inside.... so he can carry that sonic screwdriver a bit easier :x Or something. I lost my point somewhere.

So I read this WIRED blog about Amie Street, which lead me to the band Jet Overhead.

I've never actually paid for MP3s before, but I just did. Why? Not only is this Canadian band great, they also have their entire catalogue on their website as a voluntary purchase. Never heard of such a thing... but basically you can download whatever you want and they have a sort of pricing guide where you don't really have to pay for them, but if you're feeling generous, you can throw a little something their way. They suggest $5 for their first album. Totally worth it and I think it's good to encourage that sort of thing.

I'll have a poke through Amie Street when I have more time, but the premise is that all songs start out as a free download and the price increases as the download count increases, maxing out at $0.98 per song. The MP3s have no DRM. You can earn credit by recommending tracks to friends. You purchase a certain number of credits to allow you to pay for music (from $3 for 300 cents to $25 for 2500cents). Sounds like an interesting system. Unfortunately right now it's being overloaded with hits due to the WIRED blog, so....

I did some work on my thingo for Monday. So I'm going to blow everything off tonight and work on some Tennant icons. Following various tutorials I have seen and other people's textures. Because I lose at art lately.

Comments

[groovekittie.livejournal.com]

Okay, I almost spit out my drink when I heard him say his pants were bigger on the inside. Was that just me? lol

*guttermind*

[fyrdrakken]

It's just possible that's an old-school fan speculation that Russell Davies was finally giving a canon mention to, the Doctor having tinkered with his pockets to increase their capacity. Because it was an ongoing joke how much weird stuff he carries around all the time...

[groovekittie.livejournal.com]

Probably. lol I just have a dirty mind then. :P

[amezri.livejournal.com]

No, no, he really did say that in Runaway Bride! Wasn't it when he pulled stuff out of his pockets and Donna was all, "You had that in your pocket?" and he goes, "They're bigger on the inside." I swear that happened...

IT DID!

The Doctor: [pulls out a gamepad] Guess what I've got, Donna? Pockets!
Donna: How did it fit in there?
The Doctor: They're bigger on the inside.

Wikiquote for the win!

[groovekittie.livejournal.com]

Yays! Then again ... I think he probably didn't mean it the way I heard it. If that makes any sense. lol

[amezri.livejournal.com]

Well... I dunno. Tennant might have meant it that way ;)

[groovekittie.livejournal.com]

*sporfle* From what I've been reading in your LJ about the kinds of things he says, I'd say he probably did. lol I certainly hope he did. ;)

[fyrdrakken]

The line did seem to clearly indicate that it was the pockets that were bigger on the inside, not the pants. But I know that a week or two back I read either lizbee or calapine having had a bit of fun with Gallifreyan sexuality and in the process mentioning all the obvious jokes, including things being bigger on the inside.

[fyrdrakken]

Hah! The Hitchhiker's Guide to Getting Laid on Gallifrey. Brilliant stuff.

[groovekittie.livejournal.com]

Oh that was too, too funny! Thanks for the link!

[fyrdrakken]

You're very welcome!

[amezri.livejournal.com]

That was totally great :D And us with filthy minds giggled a lot.

[groovekittie.livejournal.com]

Oh yes, I giggled. XD Probably too much. lol

[fyrdrakken]

'Scuse me, I had too many tabs up and accidentally posted the wrong comment in this one. Anyway, reading through the Eighth Doctor Adventures and at least one or two of the writers specified that the Doctor had stuck an extra-dimensional pocket in his coat (not least because it would hold things that someone frisking him couldn't feel and no one but him could find it, let alone get it open, so he could keep from having his sonic screwdriver continually confiscated). And I gather from some people who've read farther through the EDAs than I have that Davies definitely has lifted some ideas from the books for his version of the series.

[fyrdrakken]

I fanwanked my kneejerk "Sexism!" response to SJ's sonic lipstick as A) camouflage for when she carries it in her purse and B) she probably doesn't carry real lipstick around, hence wouldn't have to worry about accidentally grabbing the wrong tube and trying to open a door with makeup or sonicking her face by mistake. Didn't really consider the possibility of it being a gift from the Doctor -- on the one hand, more likely that he gave it to her than that she had the skills to make it, but on the other I doubt it would occur to him to bother to camouflage it and he does like to teach the people around him how to do and make things on their own...

[amezri.livejournal.com]

Well, on the British site, they say that the Doctor left her the sonic lipstick along with K-9 (wiki). Maybe traveling with Rose rubbed off on him some ;)

[fyrdrakken]

This distresses me. If Sarah picked the shape I'd figure she had a good reason (I mean, I checked when I got shown the ep again a few weekends back, and she doesn't wear makeup, so my fanwank worked), but having the Doctor do it? How odd. I blame Davies for being a sexist git. Which he is, as amply proven.

[amezri.livejournal.com]

Eh. Maybe Davies just likes the sparkly lipsticks and since he can't really justify the Doctor zooming around with one in his pocket, gave it to Sarah. Of all the sexist things on TV to knitpick, the sonic lipstick is really low on my list.

[fyrdrakken]

True. On the SJ adventures alone (well, and counting "School Reunion" as being the setup for the spinoff) we get SJ as having lived on hold for 30 years waiting for the Doctor to come back and pick her up. Note that she had a thriving career all that time, yet the emphasis given is that she's been waiting and waiting for the Doctor and is now childless and alone -- the SJ pilot really hammered that point home and gave her an adopted son to "complete" her. Note also that somehow in all that thirty years it never occurred to her to follow up on her adventures with the Doctor in the sense of investigating oddities related to aliens on earth until she ran into Ten in SR.

So, yeah. Giving her a version of the Doctor's trademark sexy magic wand and making it look like a lipstick is indeed low on the list of things to quibble about.