Welcome to Shreds of Time! This journal is mostly about all things Doctor Who. Fanfics, meta and music videos are posted publicly, but most RL-related stuff and fanfic progress updates will be under lock. Feel free to friend away if you like, and I'd love it if you post to say hi. :)

New update of the fic rec list, as I just added two stories and wanted to share the love. Run, fly to read those! You won't regret it!

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I should definitely wait a few hours before I start writing a review of The Waters of Mars; but I've just watched it (at last!) and my mind's still reeling with all the new developments and what it teaches us on the Doctor. I'll try to be coherent anyway. *g*

( Spoilers for Waters of Mars )

I've got lots of catching up to do as far as fic-reading is concerned, and I haven't updated my fic rec post in ages, but here are a few I just added. There are still a few stories I've read over the past few months that equally deserve to be included, and I'll add them as soon as I find some time to search them back. Meanwhile, here are 10 new recs! All the recs can be found on my main fic rec post!

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This one is actually very hard to do, because there's a lot of stuff I'd change (but then, isn't that what fanfic is for?) so keeping it down to five is complicated. So I'll stick to the main things that bothered me (and I'm going to leave out the episodes I deliberately ignore as a rule and stick to what seems major to me)

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This is going to be the lines that come to mind right now, off the top of my head, which means I might think of stuff I should've included later on, but... ah well.

Okay, again, making several categories because five is really not enough.( Lines behind the cut )

I figured I'd make four categories for this one, as there are three relationships I wanted to explore, and one of them was too big to do in just five points. No that's not cheating! Absolutely not! I'm gonna go easier on the pictures, though, because these posts are taking ages to compile... (what? I get easily distracted by the eps, what can I say?! ;))

( Loooooads of pictures behind the cut (including lots of Nine pictures for once ;)) )

un_sedentary asked for the five episodes that make me smile... something of a challenge, as, generally speaking, I tend to prefer episodes that make me cry (I mean, Doomsday, The Satan Pit, Dalek, Father's Day, Turn Left, or Journey's End would make the list of my favourite episodes, but I can't claim they made me *smile*) I did focus on DW for this, as the problem would probably be exactly the same for every single TV show I watch. *grins* Guess that makes me a cheerful person, eh? ;) But anyway, I had HUGE fun compiling this list, and while I was capturing screencaps to illustrate this post I burst out laughing several times upon hearing some of the best lines ever. Doing this has reminded me, as if that was needed, why I love DW so much.

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Stolen from all over the place, and with the intention of returning to LJ full-time, and also because I really need to take my mind off tomorrow's flight. :P

Ask me my fannish Top Five [Whatevers]. Any top fives. Doesn't matter what, really! And I will answer them all in a new post. Possibly with pictures if possible.

I've been mulling over some stuff over the past school year, and I wanted to share it with you guys on my f-list, as well as ask for your own experience of school in your country (whether it's as a pupil, parent, teacher, staff member...)

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Let's be honest here. I've missed Doctor Who so much lately that I'd have enjoyed any sort of plot last night. Still, I know opinions are very mixed about last night's ep, but I'm in the camp of those who truly enjoyed it.


( More as for why below the cut... )

Meme instructions: Comment to this post and I will give you 5 subjects/things I associate you with. Then post this in your LJ and elaborate on the subjects given.

Here's what wendymr came up with:

( 1. Pouting! )
( 2. Learning English from watching TV! )
( 3. Raptor! )
( 4. Screwdrivers ;) )
( 5. A toss-up between you being the plane-phobic who flies and Lex came in bed )


Come on, f-list! Have a go! :)

Fandom: Doctor Who
Characters/Paring: Ten/Donna
Music: Rule the World
Artist: Take That
Betas: Maud and meijeen : both were tremendous help, giving me encouragement and tips to make the video better. Couldn't have done it without you guys!
File information: available in 39.5 Mb download
A/N: I'm on a roll... This one took me more time to complete than the previous two I've posted to this journal, but I was determined to finish it. Take it as my little tribute to the Ten/Donna greatness. The great poster below was once again created by the awesome meijeen . Comments are love, as usual! :)

( Rule the World )

Fandom: Doctor Who
Characters/Paring: Ten/Rose
Music: I'd Wait For Life
Artist: Take That
Beta: meijeen
File information: available in 38.2 Mb download.
A/N: After listening to this song over and over and over, bits and pieces of scenes have started going through my mind, and since I'm stuck at home with a sore back and the right to lie on the couch and do nothing more than that, basically, well, I worked on this video (my first one for the DW fandom, actually) and here it is. I hope you like it! Video poster is courtesy of the extremely talented meijeen , thanks so much! Sorry there's no streaming version available, but photobucket wouldn't let me upload it, and I'm not a fan of other streaming websites, so I've zipped the file and made it available for download only. Comments are love! :)

( I'd Wait For Life )

Meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (as of today)

This morning, when I opened the shutters, I spotted a van down on the street, with a sign on the side advertising a lift company. I couldn't believe it. Then I went downstairs to go to work and asked one of the guys if that meant they'd get the lift working today. The guy said, "Probably not, we have lots to check first." So I left the building rather downhearted. When I came home tonight, THE surprise was waiting for me: we have an operating lift! Amazing.

Having a lift means no more heavy loads (such as my pupils' notebooks, or even groceries) to drag up to the second floor. And considering the current state of my back (sore, really sore, has been so for the past couple of weeks, and all the drugs my doctor prescribed plus kinesiologist sessions don't make the pain disappear completely :P) having a lift is no luxury. AND my super fridge-freezer complete with ice dispenser will be delivered within a few days (I hope!) so that's another bonus. Going to the store tomorrow to sort things out with them.

Squeeeeeeee!!!!

I'm VERY excited!

Found a way to save about 850 euro. I bought a USB wifi adaptor for 20 euro and the desktop is now connected to the internet again. Yay! 850 euro is, after all, a huge part of my next plane ticket to North America... or several pieces of furniture for my apartment. In any case, it was needed, and I'm so glad I can keep this good old desktop for a few more months. :)))))

To celebrate, my finger accidently clicked on "place order" for the Journal of Impossible Things. Oops. ;) Come on, less than 10 Quid, and I've just saved over 800 euro, eh?