commotiocordis

There's a fic that popped into my head last night that I can't find. And I'm about to go mad. I read it once, I don't remember how long ago (though no more than a year), saved it, lost it, and now don't remember the title or any other such distinguishing features (except the final bits of the plot, which I'm loath to divulge because if I remember correctly, it was a majorly kick-ass fic and one that I'll rave about to all of you and I don't want to have already spoiled it). It's a Firefly/Babylon 5 crossover, where Talia's in a cryo type thing and Serenity finds her. She and River bond, to an extent, and it's excellent. I believe it may have been River/Jayne (which will tell you right there how much I liked it, if I'm hankering to reread a het fic), also probably bits of River/Talia, and I've got no idea where I read it (though I'm thinking it was on here, because I don't know how I could have found it in The Pit, as I don't peruse the crossovers section). If this sounds familiar, let me know, will you?

I've finally found this movie, The Investigator, that sounded really good--I looked at it every time the PBS catalog/random other catalogs that sell their stuff showed up at the house, but I wasn't about to pay $30 plus shipping for a short movie that I wasn't sure I'd like (I'm of the type that rents the movie first--or more likely borrows it from the library--before buying it). And I hadn't been able to find it, but now I have. Dunno when I'm going to watch it, as I just got back from Shakespeare an hour or so ago and it's already past midnight (and I've been, somewhat sadly, on a more normalish sleeping schedule since I had to babysit a week back or so from 8am till 6pm or so, as that forced me into a more standard circadian rhythm, so I'm bits tired now).

Shakespeare was nice. Benedick has such energy, which is excellent. They've got 3 shows left, and you'd think he'd be tired out of jumping up and down on the stage every night and rolling around in a barrel, but he's just as energetic as on Sunday. Claudio still not terrific, though I can't really stand that part (nor Hero's) in the play, so my perception is somewhat colored in that regard. The pair of them seem to be just accessory characters, and none of them is fleshed out very much. I noticed that all around; though this is one of Shakespeare's funnier ones, I don't think it's one of his better.

People at Shakespeare, though, not terrific. Erm, no. No clapping during every pause. Have you never been to a theatre before? Or a concert? No. These weren't the most cultured of people here today. It seemed to take them 10 minutes after intermission ended to get into their seats. During said 10 minutes, some drunk lady right in front of us essentially cuts off a couple of the actors as they make their way down the aisle to enter, and doesn't even realize it--they go around her, and she just stands there, holding her two empty wine glasses. I hate drunk people. And they were taking pictures. Again, methinks that's not allowed. (Though if we end up going again, if everyone else is doing it at this one funny part, I might sneak my camera up there because I want a picture of the walking, cowboy hat-wearing barrel.)

Lauren Holly was on Becker in this afternoon's episode. Made me smile. She was blonde, though, which was odd. And they didn't hide the fact that she had hair extensions (her real hair was about the length it was at the end of the NCIS season) very well in one of the scenes, which was sort of annoying. And there was not nearly enough Reggie in that episode, so I was sad. The network that's rerunning them in the afternoons is jumping around like crazy, though, as I was looking at some episode guide thing and I had watched episode 17 (or something, I'm making up the numbers, but the point is the same) on Tuesday and episodes 5, 6, and 7 sometime the week before. I'm trying to find them somewhere else (because the reruns are jumping around within season 4, meaning the last season worth watching because the bastards fired Terry Farrell before season 5) but the ones I've got so far are all first-run looking TV-rips that aren't of terrific quality.