Remix Redux VI

Sign-ups are open for remixredux08! You can read through the rules (a few things have changed since last year) here and then fill out the sign-up form, then come back here and let me know that you're participating so I'll know I have some friends involved. Sign-ups are open until this Saturday, February 23rd. Assignments will go out by March 1st and fics will be due by April 12th.

To participate one needs to have written at least five stories of at least 500 words each in at least one of a list of qualifying fandoms, based on who's participated in past years (LotR counts!).

I think remixes are so cool! After all, most of us write the kinds of stories we like to read, and having our fics remixed means we get a new perspective on our own ideas and our favorite characters. I enjoy the writing part of it a lot too. It's writing fanfic of someone else's fanfic, and I really love the idea of treating another fan's work that way. I like writing for a specific person and putting in little details that you know they will appreciate even if most other readers won't notice them. And as with other anonymous challenges, I think it's fun to stalk someone else's journal secretly gathering information on things they will enjoy. ( rambling about writing, challenges, and journal organization )

Torchwood and Supernatural

I sure have been watching a lot of TV lately. 2nd season of the new Dr. Who, 1st season Torchwood, and a bit of 1st season Farscape on DVD, and new episodes of Lost and Supernatural. The ones I'm the most excited about right now are probably Torchwood because of all the same-sex kissing and Supernatural because of the look on Dean's face when he lies. (OMG Dean.) Both of these shows are often gorier than I would like, but…well, most of the time when there's something I don't want to see I just look at my knitting. :)

Another problem is trying to watch new episodes of SPN. The only TV in our apartment is the very small one in my roommate's bedroom that doesn't get cable. Across town, my parents have a cable package with hundreds of channels and DVR, but it doesn't include the CW. What's with that? (At least they do get BBC America.) New SPN episodes air Thursday nights but they don't become available on cwtv.com until the following Tuesday, and by that time the fandom is pretty much done discussing, so I feel all disconnected. Which is probably fine, since I don't know how much I can ever connect with that fandom when I'm not interested in the two of them having sex with each other. Still, I would like to see those new episodes when they are really new!