planet_taters: (tw by _squaredance)
had an awesome time in chicago. my cousin got really sick and couldn't make it, so it was me, my sister and W. my cousin's brother, his wife and another couple went as well, but we didn't see too much of them.

saturday i got to meet kai owen and gareth david lloyd. it was SO cool! i was a complete fucking idiot tho, and my hands were shaking and i was so nervous and barely said anything and they both probably thought i was touched in the head. so yeah, so excited about seeing them, but i was an absolute fucktard and feel like an fucking idiot about the whole thing. why am i so socially inept??

went to gino's east for dinner on saturday.

on sunday we parked downtown and walked to navy pier. there was also a memorial park nearby that we walked down and it was crazy windy and right by the water and absolutely gorgeous. navy pier was lots of fun, even tho we didn't "do" much. but still, super cool :)

then we walked to the cheesecake factory, decided there was NO way we were waiting for that long to eat there, and started walking back to the car and just picked a place on the way. ended up eating at Elephant and Castle Pub and Restaurant. walked in and sat right down. it was brilliant!

once we finally got back on the highway to head home, i realized i didn't have my phone. i left it at the fucking restaurant. we drove all the way back, but it wasn't there. awesome.

so basically i win complete fucking idiot of the weekend. not so cool :(
planet_taters: (tw by _squaredance)
House of the Dead

well, i finally listened to it. and it did make me cry.

i'm not quite sure what i think. i don't know how to process it yet.

i wouldn't say it made me happy, but i am happy to hear how important jack and ianto were to each other. that jack did love ianto and he truly meant something to jack. pasted on as it is.

and that's the thing, right? as a radio play, this is really just a pasted on version of events. two years too late? but regardless of that, i want to see this as something positive. i want to walk away happy.

i guess i'll have to wait and see how i feel about it given some time.
planet_taters: (tw by _squaredance)
Submission

just listened to the second of the three new radio plays.

wow, that was really bad.

unit just hands over their state of the art sub to a completely untrained team? haha. i don't fucking think so.

the carly actress was kinda crap.

aww, ianto's speech about jack made me kinda teary eyed :(

jack's last line was fairly heavy-handed considering what i've heard about the new series. i really hope they let jack die if he truly is mortal. that has always been my biggest wish for doctor who and dear god i hope they let that happen. but they probably won't... torchwood does love to make jack suffer. poor bastard.
planet_taters: (tw by _squaredance)
The Devil and Miss Carew

aww. jack's intro made me all nostalgic for the old days. "torchwood is ready" ha ha. the irony of that statement always cracked me up.

ianto, how i have missed you and your voice. it's so wonderful to hear you!

i miss the music as well.

and rhys! he's such a goof :)

so yeah, this was pretty terrible, but i enjoyed it and it made me smile. i certainly wasn't expecting that!

these craptastic stories and the awful acting are true torchwood and i love it :)
planet_taters: (tw by _squaredance)
so, i think i'm actually going to listen to the three recent torchwood radio plays.

i've spoiled myself, and i think i can deal with it. maybe, heh.

i know i'm going to cry and i know i'm going to get really angry and annoyed. i know i'm being completely used and manipulated... i KNOW that.

but it's ianto, and i just can't not.

i will, however, be waiting until the weekend, once i've already seen harry potter (twice).
planet_taters: (dw tardis 11 by teamharkness)
The Almost People

i still didn't enjoy the storyline this week, or most of the episode.

i guessed the doctors were switched right from the get go, so that wasn't surprising.

i guessed the two bad jennifers as well.

i did NOT guess that amy was actually a ganger. WTF? when did that happen? WTF?


tangent:

i stumbled upon the torchwood: miracle day trailer and decided to watch it. lol.

i love john barrowman, but god damn he is such a shit actor. also, baby with the blanket and ear muffs laughing while gwen's shooting at baddies... seriously? lol. and both jack and gwen's hair looked terrible. and where was rhys?

overall, i thought it looked pretty bad. so still not planning on watching it.
planet_taters: (merlin by eccentrickicons)
so i'm totally spoiling myself for season 4 of merlin. people post shit and i can't stop myself. i have no self control! plus, i figure i was so annoyed and frustrated while watching season 3, that this may be the only time i get to feel real fun and joy and stuff re: the show itself without all my crazy thinky thoughts and complaints. i love these boys and want to enjoy them!

it looks like i'll probably be going to chicago comic-con again this year. gdl will be there. holy shit! do i get an autograph or not? i totally want to, but i think i'll be way too scared shitless to do so. yes, i am a pathetic wuss.
planet_taters: (tw by _squaredance)
it has been one year since ianto died. and it still makes me sad :(

oh, how i loves him so.
planet_taters: (tw by _squaredance)
i've not posted much lately since my computer is still down and the laptop is pretty cranky. and i've just come back from an awesome and amazing 3 day vacation and should be talking about that. BUT...

so yeah, i'm none too pleased to hear about there being another season of torchwood. and i'm really surprised, too. i've been saying pretty much all along that it was done, and the people talking about a fourth season were completely deluded and crazy. i was obviously (and unfortunately) wrong.

i have no desire to watch anymore torchwood, as it won't be torchwood anymore. at least, not MY torchwood. and it really kinda bums me out, because i'm afraid that there won't be any good fan fiction about MY torchwood anymore. pretty selfish and immature, but there ya go.

all three of the fandoms that i've been REALLY into are all pretty much kinda dying in some way and that makes me so ridiculously sad and depressed. i wish fandom didn't affect me like this.

fuck :(
planet_taters: (tw by _squaredance)
i didn't want the whole entry, only one thread. but apparently editing memories won't let me do that? so here...

http://community.livejournal.com/torch_wood/6153534.html?thread=42341438#t42341438

for i appreciate and empathize with the comments.

sfx

Feb. 8th, 2010 12:53 pm
planet_taters: (tw by _squaredance)
wow. seriously? as if i didn't like rtd enough already. talk about inappropriate.

i'd be none too happy if i were gareth. or any of the other people grossly insulted.

EDIT: i don't think this means i take things too seriously or have no sense of humor. in fact, i did at first laugh in a *gasp* shocked "omg, he didn't actually say that did he?" kind of way. and under certain circumstances, i can see how something like this could possibly be funny. but under the current circumstances? *i* think it's a case of "dude, i think you've gone too far."
planet_taters: (tw by _squaredance)
an rtd run american version of torchwood on fox? yeah... no thanks. with barrowman? hahaha.

it's all just rumor and speculation. but still, what the hell are they thinking?


EDIT: seriously, when is it just going to end? it's over, let it go.
planet_taters: (tw by _squaredance)
so i read somewhere that there may possibly be some more torchwood radio plays in the works. i'm not sure how i feel about that. the rumor said that they would be set before children of earth. this would mean that there is a possibility of ianto being involved.

my current response is 'no thank you'. i mean, they pretty much ruined the character for me in many ways, and then (obviously) killed him off. so i'm not real keen on letting them have another whack at him. it worries me to think about how else they could damage the character. you destroyed him, you killed him, we get it. so lets just leave it at that, okay?

sure, there's a part of me that went 'yay, ianto!' but that went out the window fairly quickly.

he's dead and gone and i'd rather they just left it that way.
planet_taters: (tw by _squaredance)
currently listening to the million and twelve videos some lovely girl took and posted. i absolutely adore listening to gareth david-lloyd speak (and i'm sure i'm not the only one).

finding any info on the past couple conventions he did in the u.s. has been difficult to impossible, so i am really enjoying watching these.

thanks lj chick.

edit: i particularly love it when he tends to stutter :)
planet_taters: (tw by _squaredance)
so i'm a dork. and for whatever reason, i decided i needed to get myself the ianto and jack action figures.

now that i have them tho, i'm afraid to take them out of their packaging.

the jack action figure is from the first wave, but i got the 'limited edition' variant cuz i liked his dark blue shirt better than the light blue shirt. so he's in second wave packaging and is 2244 of 3000. not something i care about, but still makes me iffy about opening.

the ianto action figure is from the second wave, but i got the 'exclusive edition' that is in first wave packaging, cuz i couldn't find anyplace that had him in stock. had to have my dad get him off ebay. so he's 616 in 1000. again, this isn't something i care about, and not something i sought to have, it just happened.

so, since they are both 'special' or whatever, i'm nervous about opening them. which makes me uber-lame. just open the fucking dolls. they are TOYS.

also, i thought that ianto was supposed to have stripes. so i ended up buying a second ianto, finally finding some place in the uk that had an actual second wave version in stock, thinking he would have stripes. he does not :( i think i must have been mistaken. but, at least now i can open that ianto without acting stupid about it. right? wrong. still acting stupid about it and afraid to open. thus proving my uber-lameness.

regardless, i think they are awesome.

the hub 3

Oct. 28th, 2009 05:51 pm
planet_taters: (tw by _squaredance)
i assume fans pay quite a bit of money to go to conventions like this.

i assume it costs even MORE money to get a professional photo taken of yourself with one of the celebrity guests.

if (as i assume) this is the case, why the fuck doesn't someone (event manager, photographer) explain to certain guests (gareth david-lloyd) that they should dress appropriately for such an occasion?

seriously dude, i love tool as much as the next guy, but don't you think something a little bit nicer might be more appropriate? and holy hell what was that ugly purple and yellow sports shirt you were wearing? where is your sensibility? it's a simple case of DRESSING NICELY. you should be old enough to have figured out how to do this on your own by now.

if i were a fan who spent a hefty sum of money on a such a photo, i'd be kinda annoyed if the celebrity guest showed up looking like that. i think it shows a lack of respect towards the fans, the convention runners, and the guest himself.

i know this is a fairly petty thing to squawk about, but it just really annoys me.


(funnily enough, the sports shirt said pioneer football - real football, not soccer - like the high school in ann arbor. and i think those are their colors. also odd that gareth would be wearing an american football shirt to begin with)

fml

Oct. 9th, 2009 09:04 pm
planet_taters: (tw by _squaredance)
fucking hell, man.

just read a fic that has me bawling. it's 9:00 on a saturday night and i am sitting at home alone reading fanfiction, and crying over a FAKE person who died over three months ago.

god i'm pathetic.
planet_taters: (tw by _squaredance)
watched the first three eps of the office. when did they decide to make jim a fucking idiot too? brilliant move. *shakes head*

one of the last eps of better off ted i saw had linda mention becoming the old lady with all the cats that eat her dead body. that was AWESOME. it redeemed the fact that that story/urban legend/myth actually does exist, so when i talk about it and people look at me like i'm crazy... well, okay, so i AM crazy, but STILL! it does exist :)

so ellen is going to be on idol. *sad face* i love ellen. love and adore her! i really really do. but i do NOT want her on idol. i just know that having her on idol will make me hate her. i just know it. and i don't want to hate her. i love her! ugh. not looking forward to this at all.

am watching sytycd, but still extremely annoyed that they are doing this fall season thing. and RIGHT after the last season. bugs me.


(not torchwood related, but i don't have a gdl tag. actually this isn't even tv related either considering)...

gareth david-lloyd is playing watson in a straight to dvd sherlock holmes movie. yay for him, cuz ya know, paid acting job. but based on the pics, i question the quality of this venture. it could be awesome. it could be complete crap. it could be BOTH. regardless, i care not for gdl's tummy roll. i've said it a million times, but boy really needs to start taking care of himself. the lifestyle he (supposedly) leads is going to destroy his body. he looks way older than he actually is, and dude isn't even 30 yet. but hey, to each his own, right? and i suppose if he's happy, then who am i to say. just don't kill yourself too readily, okay?
planet_taters: (tw by _squaredance)
i know i've said this before, but torchwood fanfic really fucking depresses me. even the so-called happy fics. i mean shit... is this really what people consider good relationships? it scares the hell out of me.

maybe it's just that i really don't know what proper love is or how a good relationship really goes. i mean, i don't exactly have a stellar record do i? maybe i really don't know shit. but goddamn, if this is how actual relationships go, then i really am going to be single for the rest of my life because i DO NOT WANT THAT. and that is so fucking depressing.

and yeah, i know. it's fanfiction. why the hell am i taking it so seriously anyhow? but the thing is, tv and movies and books aren't exactly any better are they? ok. maybe they are. but i'm not watching and/or reading them. and fanfiction is written by 'real people'. shouldn't it seem more 'real' ?

i dunno. i'm tired and i'm sick and this fanfic i'm reading is just so fucking depressing. and it's supposedly happy. fuck.
planet_taters: (tw by _squaredance)
so it was dragon*con this past weekend. gareth david-lloyd was there.

and apparently there were shenanigans. NAUGHTY shenanigans. naughty SEXIN shenanigans.

*shakes head*


EDIT: it also made for an odd mix of my fandoms, since tom felton's name was also bandied about. well, they do say cons are crazy.

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