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How much like a gay vampire did Hamster look on tonight's Top Gear? It was awesome.

In other news of my week, discovered Anne McCaffrey mis-shelved in Romance, ranted to a customer about the stupidity of American publishers calling Northern Lights 'The Golden Compass' (and my annoyance at UK publishers now buying into the movie hype by selling film editions with THE GOLDEN COMPASS in huge letters on the front and northern lights tiny at the top), spent our Christmas work dinner laughing myself hoarse at my boss' girlfriend's lesbian stories and spent more money than I care to think about on Christmas presents. Oh, and sat in the staff room smiling at my boss while issaro calmly reads NC-17 Smallville slash through my headphones.

She has such a beautiful voice - issaro, not my boss - that I'm wondering if pretty voices will now be added to the list of things I look for in fic, in addition to pretty styles and interesting (if not strictly canon, I'm beginning to realise) characterisation. Brings an interesting angle to it in that a lot of fic probably won't be read by the author; fans, in some small way, can now... own their favourite fics in a way I guess. Bring their voice to it, literally. I might now listen to a fic not because I know and like the author, but because I know and like the reader.

It's an interesting new step for fandom. I love it. Even when holding a sensible conversation with workmates over the sound of Clark being seduced in a smooth American accent.

More mundane, I discovered yesterday that I've actually missed the last posting date for Australia. Without having posted so much as a card and the present I spotted with much glee for chickybee's Tristan not even arrived here yet. So, I'm very sorry to all the Aussies I owe Christmas cards to and I promise virtual cards will be photoshopped before Christmas. Merc, I'll send Tristan's present on as soon as it gets to me and hopefully it'll get there not too late (it's Christmas-related and everything, so I'm annoyed at myself for not being more organised.)

The last American posting date is tomorrow; I still have to finish scoobydumblonde's letter and write my other American christmas cards, of which there are less this year than I remember there being so I've probably missed people. Sorry in advance.

Haven't even considered my closer-to-home cards yet. Bugger.

I'm working five days in a row now, which means my post count will once again drop to zero no doubt. I finish early Tuesday and Thursday (to make up for the 8am starts) but I work 'til 7:30pm the other three nights, so I expect I'll spend the extra evening time sleeping. When I surface for my easy weekend in a week's time, I'll get back to y'all. If I'm not too wiped, am off to see NORTHERN LIGHTS (shutup) on Tuesday. Will get back to y'all on that too, such I'm going in with expectations at rock bottom after hearing yet another thing to piss me off about the film. Suspect Hollywood has, once again, entirely missed the point.

On a more optimistic note, saw a brief trailer for Prince Caspian the other day and got entirely too excited at the pretty. In my mind it's always been a darker book than Wardrobe (if you can get darker than eternal winter and sacrificing sentient lions) and for all that it was never even close to being my favourite book of the seven, it leads into Dawn Treader, a defining story of my childhood thanks to the BBC's fantastic adaptation. There are no words for how much I'm looking forward to seeing it on the big screen, big budget. Prince Caspian being good is a step towards Treader being good and that's *good*.

I realise I'm getting excited about a film that isn't out until at least 2010. Sh. *Defining story of my childhood*. It has to be wonderful.

Oh and as a final note of squee, BBC is still showing Heroes teaser trailers. Even though the first series finished airing this week. I'm kind of hoping this means a second series airing, or what there is of it with the strike, isn't too far away.

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edit: Okay, I quit. It's almost 2:30am, I'm in work 'til 7:30pm tomorrow and I can't find addresses for holiday cards no matter where I look. If you want a card and you're in a country that isn't the UK, email me your address at cloudymagicjh at hotmail dot com in like, the next seven hours; if not, or you're sleeping/away from the computer, I'm sorry. I love sending/receiving international holiday cards but working six days in every seven means I'm behind even more than usual this year. Next year I'll start collecting addresses in November.

And now, to bed. Which is still not clean because I didn't have time to change it today. This one day off thing? Sucks.

Derren Brown is a shockingly, delightfully rude man. Not sure what I was expecting from Tricks of the Mind but it certainly wasn't Noel Edmunds and rimming included in the same sentence (something which has scarred me for life, Derren, and for which part of me will never forgive you.) I'm only a couple of chapters in because I keep forgetting it's a very interactive book - he expects you to make pendulums and do card tricks and such - and I keep picking it up about 3am for 'something to read before I go to sleep'. Have to say, the pendulum trick is pretty nifty though. Ideomotor movement. Why can I learn new words and facts easier from a delightfully rude Derren Brown than mindlessly dull English tutors hm?

And why am I excited about the Hot Fuzz DVD when there's still more than a week before I'll get my hands on it? *Why*? I can't remember being this excited about a DVD release before. On related-lines, kinda sad Miko won't be here to come see Run, Fatboy, Run with me in September. I'd forgotten how fun it is to have the same fangirly passion as someone you see everyday. I'll have to get hill2k and dukedee to come and fangirl with me instead. ;) And maybe by the time Pegg/Frost have the next one written and filmed she can come back for a visit.

I just realised that the several fics I've memorised, over many months, in one fandom, are all by the same author. Even though I watch two fanfic comms for that fandom and read anything with my favourite pairing. I'm not sure if that says something about me or something about the fandom.

Seen 17 episodes of Heroes. Still speechless at the sheer awesome of it all (and the Stan Lee cameo had me flailing into falling off my chair. The man gets everywhere! Like sand...) May have more coherent thoughts when I've seen the whole series. But I love Hiro, bless his geeky little socks. And Mohinder is useless but very pretty. And in the last couple of episodes? Peter is getting very cool. I foresee possible bitterness in my future.

Sssshhh. Say nothing. I'll hamstring anyone who spoils me for this, ;) It's that good.

... one of these days, I'll get dressed before 1pm. Really.