GIP and various matters

[bop_radar]

Thank you for icon, norwich36!! *giggles evilly*

I'm in a pre-Christmas frenzy of activity, so this is going to be brief, but a few updates that you may or may not be interested in:
- for now conditions in Melbourne have improved (smoke cleared, temperature lowered), but the fires are still threatening to join up and form one massive front. The danger if this happens is that they could head for our water catchment areas and spoil the remaining water we have. Thursday's forecast is bleak--as bad, or worse than the weekend. The volunteers must be exhausted--they're backburning and trying to strengthen containment lines while they can. If it comes down to it, they'll abandon defense of settlements to defend the water catchments. It's that bad. *sad*
- Casino Royale! Helllooooooooo, Bond! I finally saw it and have to add my voice to all those squeeing over the extreme hotness! And the cheese was just ERASED from that movie! *reels* Favourite Bond ever.
- I have been reading. Hahum. Yes, truly I have, though I have not updated my book journal in eons. That's because I'm been re-reading so much and then OD-ing on froth in the form of Georgette Heyer novels and such nonsense. Evidently my brain is already on holiday.
- To my SV people: please do not give up on teh Clex before I make my first Clex vid. *puppy eyes at you* 'Tis in slow-but-satisfying progress, with an estimated arrival date of early Jan. It will break my heart if noone watches it. *pulls emotional blackmail on you* :-p
- Apologies to everyone who receives Xmas cards from me in January... I'm trying, really... I'm just, in Australia hopeless.

ETA: Please let this be true!

Comments

[bop-radar.livejournal.com]

Yes! Rather than sensibly making a season 5 vid or something, I'm making the Clex vid I've always wanted... the one that perhaps noone but me would ever make. And I hereby start my begging for you to beta for me! *puppy eyes* Because the vid is a humorous take on their friendship and I'll need to know if the humour actually works or not! I mean, it's funny to me but I'm still learning so much about vidding I don't know if it's inherently funny to the viewer. Of course I should wait until I'm a better vidder before attempting my Clex epic, but I got impatient! ;-)

[talitha78.livejournal.com]

Of course I'll beta. I'd love to!

[bop-radar.livejournal.com]

HOOORAY! \o/

It will take me some time since I keep playing back the couple of lines I've laid down and giggling rather than getting on with it... no, actually, I'm making surprising progress just because I'm an addict and am sneaking time off just about every other activity in my life to vid instead.

[talitha78.livejournal.com]

I keep playing back the couple of lines I've laid down and giggling rather than getting on with it

Hee. That is so me. I amuse myself greatly when vidding. :D

Your descent into vidding addiction delights me. Yes.

Oh, and I don't think you have to worry too much about an audience for a Clex vid. Even if people hate the show, they'll still line up to see a funny Clex vid, or heck--any funny vid for that matter. People like vids, quite apart from whether or not they watch the show. I don't watch SGA, but I still loved keewick's latest SGA vid. Because it was pretty and well-done, and she seems to "see" vids the same way I do. Plus, new fans are entering the arena all the time. Look at long-dead shows like Highlander and Due South. They still get tons of new fans. So, yeah, no worries on that front. :D

[bop-radar.livejournal.com]

Shhh don't tell anyone, but every morning I get up and play back what I did the night before to get a giggle before work! *addict*

It's true that I like vids whether or not I watch the show. I haven't seen keewick's latest--I should check it out. SGA's about the only show I avoid vids of--major prejudice on my part. So daft!