Fanart, Fanfiction and Fangirling

I've been watching the Good Omens Lockdown short more than is probably healthy, but I don't care.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quSXoj8Kob0

Michael Sheen's voice is killing me. KILLING ME.

Ahem. Anyway. The first Good Omens Celebration drawing is posted! I'm having so much fun, hopefully I won't lose motivation halfway through...

As if I weren't enough of a Mark Gatiss fangirl already:



We have the exact same views on the Catholic Church (30:15). Also, the 1984 reference (38:20) made me squee. And his voice, God, his voice.

This improved my mood immeasurably. Even if the ending was a bit disturbing, skip the last couple of minutes if you're squeamish (it's about STDs).

Also, I read a short Mystrade ficlet last night and this morning I woke up with part of a Mystrade ficlet already formed in my mind, which I immediately wrote down. Let's see if I can do something about it...

polarforscherin will be thrilled to know I dreamed of Mark Gatiss twice this week. Last night I dreamed I was travelling abroad and went to see a basketball game with a few colleagues and apparently Mark was working to give the team more visibility or something. And a few nights ago I dreamed I was watching TV and a show was on where Mark was playing every character. I remember there was one with longish ginger hair who looked particularly yummy.

I don't think I mentioned I went to Trieste last weekend. I visited schwimmerin and had a great time, even if I ended up with a sunburn and a sprained ankle. What can I say, I like to live dangerously. ;) Here, have a picture:

( Canal in Trieste )

We also had a bit of a fangirly moment watching Doctor Who reruns (in Italian) on Sunday morning. I decided we should always have some Tennant fangirling every time we meet, it would be a nice tradition. (Last time we met we went to the cinema to watch "Fright Night".)

Speaking of something completely different, the American Consulate shot a video which has gone quite viral in the last few days: "Italian Hand Gestures Rap". I may be biased, but I find it hilarious.

I sort of disappeared for a while. I replied to a few job offers abroad, I'm not holding my breath, but who knows. Sales started yesterday, so I went and bought something nice for myself, which doesn't happen often. I wish I could buy new sandals too, but they're all either completely flat or ridiculously high-heeled. Oh, well, maybe next summer.

Is any of you watching "Crossing lines"? It's an American-European co-production that takes place all over Europe. I started watching it because it was created by the same person who created Criminal Minds and because it's broadcast pretty much at the same time in the USA and in Italy (I think Rai2 airs the episodes a week after NBC), so we don't have to wait 6+ months for once. What I've seen so far hasn't really blown my mind: it's like the took an American series and simply moved it to Europe. There is a lot of potential in the idea and I think the pilot showed that potential, but it still needs work. We'll see how things develop.

What made me laugh, though, is the description they have on the NBC website: «"Crossing Lines" is set in the world's most exotic locales [...]"» I laughed when I read this because the last episode was set in Udine, which we don't consider an exotic or glamorous location at all. I mean, it was convenient for the plot because it's close to the Slovenian border, but, as the Germans would say, it's pretty much "am Arsch der Welt" ("in the middle of nowhere"). Also, mass-shootings abound and that's something we usually consider "typically American". Maybe they are not so common in the US either, but we're so used to seeing people shooting left and right in American films and TV series that we think they're normal. Seeing them in a series that's set in Europe made me think "This is so completely unbelievable". I'm curious to know what Americans think of mass-shootings in films / TV series.

Uhm, I think my Sociology of Media background is showing. Sorry.

Anyway. My friends Deluded by Lesbians released a new video! It's a cover of an '80s classic, well, classic for Italians anyway: "Cicale", originally sung by Italian-American starlet Heather Parisi and opening of a popular TV show from 1981.

This is their version:



The video is them being idiots as usual. It's funny, but if you want to see a really hilarious video, watch their first video, "She do wanna", shot in the streets of Milan during Fashion Week in 2010:

Today I was finally able to watch the latest H50 episode. I downloaded it days ago but didn't have time until this morning. Things at work are still insanely busy, I'm alone in the office doing the work of 2 people and on top of everything else today we launched the new website of the local newspaper I collaborate with. I'm exhausted. Hopefully I'll be able to fix the last ongoing problem at work next week, so I can relax for a few days over Christmas.

And while we're talking about Hawaii Five-0, I said I would buy Season 1 for my mum, right? Well, I couldn't find it anywhere. It was released in July and it's gone. Luckily I found it on Amazon.it, I should receive the parcel at work on Tuesday.

Here, have a spoiler video from next week's episode, it cheered me up immensely (unless you don't like Steve/Cath, in that case don't click):

http://bookemdanno.net/media/3-11-clip-002/

Aaand urania_chan got my Christmas card! I didn't know what to draw this year, so I used one of her LJ icons for inspiration.

( Gone with the Wind - Xmas Edition )