Open gathering and chat post!
Dec. 24th, 2016 10:01 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
capri0mni(Consider this journal entry properly bedecked).
This "Christmas season" is hard on everyone -- even those who enjoy & celebrate it can find it exhausting. And for those of us who don't -- or can't -- celebrate it (for whatever reason) it can be especially isolating -- particularly for those of us whose primary social connections happen through these here Interwebs.
So:
I'm posting this entry as an open discussion/chat thread, so that we have a place to chat and commune through the comment threads.
Come sip a warm (or cool, depending on your season) spiced beverage of your choosing, and grab a plate full of virtual goodies.
I'll be checking back in frequently over the next 72 hours or so.
Welcome! Welcome!
Edited to add:
I also can't forget (or, rather, I can, but should not) that today is also the first day of Hanukkah. So have a video that
ysabetwordsmith posted a couple of years ago:Because I also know many are over saturated with Christmas songs, by now...
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Date: 2016-12-24 09:27 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-12-24 09:38 pm (UTC)But so far, Modern Who has been in a strict binary between Davies and Moffat. And, in Who at least, I prefer Moffat (I perceived Davies not only betraying Doctor Who canon, but the ethics of the storyteller/audience sacred contract -- especially in the Donna Noble story arc).
So for (nearly) every "reboot" Moffat did from Davies era, I cheered (Except for Clara's storyline).
Um... Do you follow Doctor Who? Or were the paragraphs above a rant in gibberish?
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Date: 2016-12-24 09:40 pm (UTC)It's powerful enough to drive out the "White Christmas" earworm!
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Date: 2016-12-24 09:55 pm (UTC)Re: Conversation starter #1
Date: 2016-12-24 10:03 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2016-12-24 10:30 pm (UTC)Also, how did I reach my advanced age without realizing that beatboxers can make ALL those sounds?
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Date: 2016-12-24 10:31 pm (UTC)Re: Conversation starter #1
Date: 2016-12-24 10:43 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-12-24 10:43 pm (UTC)I was a tight follower of old Who, and I've seen random bits of new Who. The next time I need a new fandom, I keep promising myself I'll trend Tardiswise. and then shiny new things (Orphan Black!) distract me.
Still I always learn something from your perspective. So, what do you see as the terms of this sacred contract? (Feel free to link me to a post you've already made, cause I suspect this is a longstanding philosophical issue with you)
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Date: 2016-12-24 10:44 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-12-24 10:55 pm (UTC)http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02wdyk9
Hooray!
Date: 2016-12-24 10:59 pm (UTC)"Hi-Ho! Hi-Ho! It's off to work we go!"
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Date: 2016-12-24 11:35 pm (UTC)Sysadmin work is the most frustrating! I played a different game for a while (sadly less good with podcasts) and now I'm reconsidering the plan again.
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Date: 2016-12-25 12:22 am (UTC)See -- I have the advantage (?) over you, there, as I don't do cable or Netflix...
I suspect this is a longstanding philosophical issue with you
Boy, howdy -- is it ever!
Here's the most recent post I made where I describe the Storytelling contract using precisely those words:
http://capriuni.dreamwidth.org/761732.html
... I thought I'd gone into greater depth, but apparently not. Though I'd be happy to do so, here
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Date: 2016-12-25 12:25 am (UTC)Bah! (said the sheep) Humbug! (said the bee)
Seriously, though: do you have favorite podcasts to listen to? I'm always interested in recommendations...
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Date: 2016-12-25 12:48 am (UTC)So I'm currently working my way through the audios from this program I signed up for called The Finisher's Circle and trying to get through some French and Italian-teaching audios. Maybe I should try to catch up on Night Vale too at some point.
I'd love to hear some recs if you have them actually! I finally got Minecraft working so I can maybe try some now. :D
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Date: 2016-12-25 01:18 am (UTC)How do you Who? Actuall DVDs?
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Date: 2016-12-25 01:18 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-12-25 01:19 am (UTC)We had ginger snaps with mango sorbet and it was surprisingly delicious.
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Date: 2016-12-25 01:19 am (UTC)Re: Hooray!
Date: 2016-12-25 01:38 am (UTC)Hope you sleep well. ♥
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