So...the countdown begins. It's just about 24 hours before the premiere of Season 10 of Stargate SG-1. WOOT! If experience is any guide:

• I expect to be blown away by the season premiere and to find some very interesting story arc possibilities raised in the first 3-4, maybe even 5, episodes.


• I expect to be in a reinvigorated, "isn't the world sunny?" frame of mind.


• I expect to pretty much hate what happens afterwards.

Sadly, the intersection between the writers' sphere of interest and mine is so small as to approach zero as the series goes to 10.

Once the salad days of optimism are done and I'm left looking at some fairly unappetizing brown lettuce, here are two relatively new places not everyone may know about yet where I'll be hanging out and chatting:

gate_crashers: A community dedicated to being a safe place to vent because we know the Stargate shows could be so much more than what often ends up onscreen these days. (OK, for me it's SG-1. I think SGA started crappy and continues crappy but I know there's much fandom love for it.)

So far, it has been a wonderful place to discuss annoyances but that has been balanced by positive topics. That's important for me because I cease having fun as a fan if it's all doom, all gloom, all the time. moonshayde and I have already agreed that, "Pretty!" is a good catchword for when your favorite actor's looks are the only saving grace in an episode choking on plot absurdities and character assassinations. Sometimes, the only thing keeping me tied to the fandom are the hot new costumes - as well as the occasional lack of a costume altogether. Hey, if they're not going to appeal to my think-y brain, at least they're willing to cater to my other brain. nialla42 has already made the first "Pretty!" icon and I'm hoping to add a few of my own to the efforts.

hecateshound: OK, yeah, a brutal tearing apart of my beloved show, SG-1, (Colonel Cupcake is forever etched in my brain) but it's done with such wit that I end up laughing throughout the post.

ETA: I meant to ask for suggestions of other places frequented by fans who love the show and who want it to be so much more than the sometimes disappointing results we get. I could always stand to add a new and witty joint to my f-list.

My Better Half's Band, the Flying Fish Sailors, were nominated again for a Houston Press Award. This year, it is in the Best World Music Category. Yay!

Their second album, Remanant Stew, is out of print and thus available as a free download. It doesn't really sound a whole lot like the modern version of the band as this album hails from back in the days when they were but a trio but hey, it's still cool British Isles folk, a few American tunes, a couple of sea shanties, and some original pieces -- and free!