If it gives you joy

[rachelindeed.livejournal.com]

Hi, everyone. I'm Rachel, very pleased to be driving the DPP bus this week :) I want to say a huge thanks to poppypickle for her brilliant Seven Dwarves Edition, and the smile she put on my face gave me the urge to share. So I'd like today to be our Shipper Nation Holiday:

IF IT GIVES YOU JOY, YOU DON'T HAVE TO EXPLAIN IT Day!

Tell us about the things that are making you happy. It can be fic, vids, episodes, authors, old favorites, new discoveries, Kara/Lee, BSG more widely, or real life. An appreciation thread -- Let's celebrate all the great people and great creations going on out there!

Some things that give me joy:

In this fandom:
* Muppetstar Galactica Gives Me Joy. Funny. Every. Time.
* leeadama_daily and karathracelives, such great, friendly comms to get both in-depth analysis and shallow, pretty pleasure. They are wonderful homes for our two great pilots as individuals!
* taragel gives me joy; she is THE LEADER OF KARA FANGIRLDOM AND FANBOYDOM. The creator and bedrock of the DPP, a prolific author, the person who puts in the hours and energy for KaraThraceLives, who keeps us updated on the latest TV news for Jamie and Katee, and who wears her fandom heart on her sleeve and invites us all to share her love and enthusiasm. She rocks.
* sci_fi_shipper gives me joy; she is THE LEADER OF LEE FANGIRLDOM AND FANBOYDOM. She is mod for LAD, as well as for a beautiful icon comm and a monthly Kara/Lee fic round-up, not to mention writing both short and epic fics and organizing at least two ficathons in the last month. She is da bomb, and I love her.
* kag523 gives me joy. The most dynamic person I can imagine, so full of creativity, talent and generosity. I could spend the afternoon tallying up half the things she's done since she joined this fandom, so I will just say we are all very, very lucky to have her.
* Lee's inability to dance gives me joy.
* The way Kara says "They're good stars" to Hera when she gives her a drawing of colored dots gives me joy.
* Tyrol's little head bob after the "smack you in the mouth" exchange in 33 gives me joy.
* The hug in Captain's Hand. *tear of joy*
* Jamie's mispronunciations of the word "been."
* Any and all Academy-era fic.

Random other joyful things:
* I'm finally catching up on the current season of Doctor Who. So fun.
* The second series of Sherlock is currently filming. Squee!
* Benedict Cumberbatch reading Keat's "Ode to a Nightingale." *puddle of goo*
* Tom Hardy plays an interesting Heathcliff in the most recent BBC "Wuthering Heights."
* Romala Garai in the 2008 "Emma" miniseries reminds me delightfully of Katee Sackhoff.
* I finally saw Inception. I love the in media res style of storytelling, and Arthur wins at life.
* The 25th anniversary concert of Les Miserables was beautiful.  No one will ever top Philip Quast's Javert, but Alfie Boe's Valjean was heavenly.
* I am about to watch Carlos Saura's flemenco dance film of "Carmen," which I haven't seen in years. I love this whole movie - I love anything that goes behind the scenes of rehearsal for theatre (The Dresser is another great one), and the tabaccaria dance/murder sequence in this is just electrifying. Yay!

Whew. Lots of happiness.

Comments

[callmeonetrack.livejournal.com]

Aw, thank you darling! Let me return the favor and say that your
Kara/Lee: The Musical (http://rachelindeed.livejournal.com/6624.html) is maybe my favorite fandom thing ever created. So brilliant <3 <3 <3

I have so many other favorites too but am running out the door. Right now I'm really thrilled that there's been lively discussion at both KTL and LAD, am excited to read the lee stories coming up for the Ficathon at LAD, and can't wait to turn my attention to Pilots Presents: THE SUMMER SEXQUINOX!!!


(And a big apology to you and everyone that this post went up so late today--I forgot that I was mucking around with settings last week so it was languishing in the moderation queue for a bit!)

[kag523.livejournal.com]

It is absolutely brilliant and epic and FUNNY! I adore it! ♥ ♥ ♥

[rachelindeed.livejournal.com]

Yay, thank you for the musical shout-out. Woot! Have fun today and remember you are LOVELY!!

[mserrada.livejournal.com]

I can only guess at how much time and effort you put into maintaining these sites, and just want to make sure you know how much JOY they bring each day. Love having new topics, pics, whatever to view and occasionally comment on. You are appreciated, even by us that mostly lurk!

[poppypickle.livejournal.com]

Awwww, thanks so much for the shout out! You are too sweet! <3

Let's see, within the fandom this comm and the lovely taragel and thrace_adama give me great joy, as do all of the other lovely ladies that I am getting to know here!

As for everything else:
*Parks & Rec is amazing and I started reading some Ben/Leslie fics this past weekend and I don't know why I thought I wouldn't like P&R fics because I OBVIOUSLY LOVE THEM!
*Reading the 2nd Game of Thrones novel and watching the series -- AMAZING.
*Writing about books and pop culture again makes me INFINITELY happy.
*Oldies by very goodies: family, husband, dog and friends.
*I came up with an idea for a screenplay that I LOVE. Now I just need to write it...

[howlinchickhowl.livejournal.com]

*I came up with an idea for a screenplay that I LOVE. Now I just need to write it...

People feeling inspired and happy about what they're writing gives me joy :D

[poppypickle.livejournal.com]

* Tom Hardy plays an interesting Heathcliff in the most recent BBC "Wuthering Heights."

Whaaaaaaaaaaaa? That sounds AMAZING.

[rachelindeed.livejournal.com]

Yeah, he really did a terrific job. They kept so much of the original dialogue, too, I love it when they do that.

I may have misspoken about BBC - now that I check the DVD listing it says Masterpiece Theatre. It aired on PBS in 2009, and they had a copy at our local library. I really think you'd like it :)

[nazkey.livejournal.com]

What an awesome way to start the week!

Things that make me happy:

1. kag523 always makes me happy too :-)
2. My fabulous FList makes me happy with all their love & support. I'm one lucky girl
3. Having time to actually read & write makes me happy.
4. Finishing up S4.5 re-watch so we can start all over with the mini and the days of hope for the pilots next week makes me SUPER happy!
5. Having so many awesome new fans on this comm makes me happy
6. Being able to finally realize my dream of going back to school makes me EXTRA happy.

Benedict Cumberbatch reading Keat's "Ode to a Nightingale." *puddle of goo* OMG! I JUST told KAG about my love for this poem! It's my favorite Keats poem and that reading is SO amazing. *melts*

Tom Hardy plays an interesting Heathcliff in the most recent BBC "Wuthering Heights." YES! I always thought Ralph Fiennes gave us the definitive version (but I had some serious issues with Juliette Binoche as Kathy) but I have to admit … Tom Hardy has the dark & brooding DOWN.

Speaking of hot men in hot roles, have you seen Michael Fassbender in Jane Eyre? *swoons*

&hearts &hearts &hearts

[howlinchickhowl.livejournal.com]

"Speaking of hot men in hot roles, have you seen Michael Fassbender in Jane Eyre? *swoons*

Have you seen Toby Stephens in Jane Eyre?! And ok, I haven't seen Michael Fassbender play him yet, though I fully intend to and do think that he is epicly good casting for it and I'm looking forward to it, in my heart, Toby Stephens just IS Rochester, and Ruth Wilson IS Jane and that adaptation is perfect and beautiful and heartbreaking (even if they do take a few physical liberties of which I'm sure Charlotte Bronte would not approve - although secretly she'd be like YES, because that's the kind of girl she was).

Allow me to demonstrate my point.



The brow! The smile! The Voice!!! *sigh* THIS makes me happy :D

[kag523.livejournal.com]

I am just randomly dancing around my kitchen shouting:



I am DEFINITELY coming back to add a bunch of things, but I need a bit of time because:

a) I'm actually fighting my way through APA formatting right now. Who in their right mind decided that ONE SPACE WOULD BE STANDARD??? My fingers cannot type that way!
b) I actually need to compile a LIST OF EPIC!
c) I can't remember how to post links *rolls eyes* I know, I know... it should be easy, but I ALWAYS forget.

But before I go, here are a couple OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD:

♥ I love everyone in fandom who embraced me when I blew in the doorway, shouting: "Here I am, bitches!"

♥ I love that the BSG fandom - both Lee/Kara AWESOMENESS and everything ELSE that abounds - is still alive and well. It actually is overwhelming to me how much enthusiasm still thrives here.

♥ I love that the writing community here is alive and well. There is SUCH support and positivity! There are amazing authors, and I've learned SO MUCH from you all! *shakes head* You ROCK!

♥ I LOVE THE GRATUITOUS USE OF ALL CAPS AND EXCLAMATION POINTS!!!!!!!!!!

♥ I love that LJ corrects me every time I write "colour" or "flavour" OR "LJ". Hee hee!

♥ I love YOU rachelindeed! Your PM made me cry the other day and I was actually just talking about your AWESOME talents to D again this morning. The two of us are officially rachelindeed fangirls! *hugs super tight*

♥ I will come up for more, but I have to give a shout out to nazkey and sci_fi_shipper for being some of the bests friends I've ever had the great fortune to meet. Online or otherwise.

♥ And now I will leave a gif that showed up on tumblr about a week ago, and which I've been using ENDLESSLY. This happy dance makes me happy... in fact, I'm doing it RIGHT NOW!

(http://s931.photobucket.com/albums/ad159/kag523/?action=view&current=DancingMan.gif)

[rachelindeed.livejournal.com]

I got this in my inbox and literally ran around the room waving my hands.

THE HAPPINESS. MY CUP OVERFLOWS.

You are lovely, your post is lovely, and I need more caped dancing strangers in my life!!! :)

[kdbleu.livejournal.com]

This hat: (http://s241.photobucket.com/albums/ff171/katebleu/?action=view&current=006-2.jpg)

I just finished it and I love it, but I can't keep it because it's made of yarn left from a very obvious sweater that I made for myself two winters ago.

[rachelindeed.livejournal.com]

That hat is just too cute! I associate you with pretty wools and yarns - that used to be your icon for a while there.

Oh, by the way, I know you're a fellow Sherlock fan and I think you might enjoy this little fic about John the Weaver:

John's a Weaver, capable of channeling the abstract into fabric. After meeting Sherlock, his abilities are put to the test more than ever. (http://luchia13.livejournal.com/269961.html)

*hugs!!*

[lizziec]

BSG things that bring me joy:

• The look on Kara's face in the mini when she realises that Lee is not dead


• The argument in 33. That was the moment I started shipping K/L - hard.


• The way Lee looks out for Kara when she's recovering from her knee injury, especially in Six Degrees of Separation when he's helping her with the crutches, and gets Tigh to goad her out of bed


• The dorky, dazed, happy look in SDOS when Lee realises Kara's out of bed and on the hanger deck


• All the Lee/Kara moments in the mutiny episodes. It conjured up (false) hope that they'd be allowed to be together at the end


• Final Cut. All of it.


• Downloaded. Pretty much all of it (look - a non K/L related BSG joy!)


• The battle scenes in Exodus


• Actually, most space battle scenes in bsg are amazing and make me happy on some level. Especially viewed on blu-ray.

Completely O/T:

* The 25th anniversary concert of Les Miserables was beautiful. No one will ever top Philip Quast's Javert, but Alfie Boe's Valjean was heavenly.

Aaaaah, another Philip-Quast-as-Javert fangirl *squees*. He is my #1 definitive Javert (though the guy who was in the 25th Anniversary Tour, Earl Carpenter, was second best - seen him as Javert a few times). Also The Four Val Jeans sing Bring Him Home? Amazing. At least as amazing as when Michael Ball sang "my place is here I fight with you" in the ODM encore (which sent shivers down my spine).

ETA: no_takebacks brings me joy, and so does leeadama_daily and I didn't know karathracelives existed so now I've added that to my list of stuff to read on a day to day basis meaning this post has brought me joy!

Also bringing me joy recently is screencapping for icon-making purposes for karastillness and iconic_lee, though I'm not terribly good at the icons themselves yet :)

ETA*2: In general life:
* books and music bring me much joy and comfort
* as does spending lazy afternoons at the seaside with one of my friends and her two very small children
* cycling on a flat surface (like a seafront) and a nice day brings me joy
* History. Can not stress enough how much I love History.
* The city I live in brings much joy, though sometimes, when I have errands to run, the tourists that come with living somewhere a)historical and b)close to the major ports with mainland europe don't bring me joy.
* My gerbils

[kag523.livejournal.com]

History. Can not stress enough how much I love History.

Fellow history nerd I EMBRACE YOU! I too adore it! And since you love history AND books, I'd suggest checking out Andrew Hussey's The Secret History of Paris. So engrossing!

THIS POST IS MADE OF AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[howlinchickhowl.livejournal.com]

There are not enough exclamation marks in the world!

JOY! Things that give me joy! I'm feeling a lot of joy today!!

Here we go...

BSG related

1. This fandom gives me serious joy. It's so alive and busy and welcoming and open and warm, and it's like a big daily hug-in-a-mug to be a part of it. So, I could single people out and say how awesome they are, but then I feel like I'm NOT singling out other people and that makes me feel bad, so basically, EVERYONE HERE IS AWESOME! TAKE THAT!

2. Pilots hugs! They always ALWAYS give me joy, because they look like they're REALLY GOOD HUGS, from people who really give a damn about each other and I WANT ONE.

3. Tahmoh!!

4. The seriously awesome amount of well written fic that exists out there, even just comment!fic on the DPPs is of an insanely good standard and it makes me super happy.

5. BEAR MCCREARY! I cannot begin to put into words the amount of love I have for Bear McCreary and his talent and his brain and his beautiful BEAUTIFUL piano melodies.

6. I'm seconding Rachel's Academy-Era fic thing, and adding to it ANYTHING pre-mini, and kids AUs because I cannot get enough of reading about them as kids/teenagers/young adults/people who don't have to deal with death and destruction all day every day.

7. Ok, I am gonna single out taragel because she comes up with words like smutstravaganza and sexquinox and that's the kind of word-smithery I love! Also because she shares my love of the SBSH-TB and SKOW and some other acronyms as well. Big love for her and her MAD SKILLZ!

8. Pilots gifs of which I don't have enough. *ahem* HINT HINT HINT

9. The fact that BSG (pilots in particular) gives me all these insane ideas for cracky AU's which is normally not my kind of thing at all, but that I am currently really digging, such as the previously discussed Young Capricans, and more recently LOVE AND PYRAMID, and all kinds of others as well. I SEE PILOTS EVERYWHERE! It's becoming a problem. Except not because I really enjoy it.

non-BSG related

1. Poems! I am in full on poetry mode at the moment, probably because I have no job and nothing else to do, but I am just loving to sit and pour over my old poetry books from school and read things aloud and generally have awesome poetry times :D Poems are cool.

2. EXCLAMATION MARKS!!!!!!!!!!! And Caps-Lock

3. Joss Whedon's brain.

4. This new documentary about writers and EPs that looks cool and interesting



5. Hank and John Green and project for awesome and the sense that there are genuinely smart people out there who want to try and make the world better by doing nice things for other people.

6. SMART PEOPLE! I don't know how big he is outside of the UK, or indeed, how many of my fellow pilots shippers hail from dear old blighty, but Professor Brian Cox is THE BOMB. Because he is smart and interesting and funny and really loves learning things and helping other people learn things and never answers a question in a way that makes you feel stupid for not having known the answer and never makes up science things to make the truth more understandable to the common man AND used to play the keyboard for D:Ream.

7. the LIBRARY, where knowledge is free!

So that's a lot of joy I think. JOY JOY JOY JOY JOY JOY JOY!!!!!

...I had three mochas during the two and a half hours that I was at work today, I fear that it has done me no good.

I'm all SUGAR SUGAR SUGAR CAFFEINE JOY!!!!!!!

Re: THIS POST IS MADE OF AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[lizziec]

*UK shipper waves in*

Smart people in general I love (though I know some and feel reeeeeally stupid when talking to them - all the time I'm saying words my internal monologue is telling me how much of a moron I sound) and Professor Brian Cox in particular ♥

[rachelmack.livejournal.com]

BSG Joy
1. PILOTS
2. That this fandom is so, so welcoming and friendly, and still so active even now that I've found it so late.
3. Teeny tiny towels, and the muscles they don't cover.
4. Academy-era fic
5. Bunk/stealth-snuggle fic
6. Semi-meta fic, like the Stupid Thing Last Night series (http://stars-like-dust.livejournal.com/230809.html#cutid1), or the fic where fangirls flail over teeny tiny towels (http://widget285.livejournal.com/289049.html), or write pilots fanfiction (http://widget285.livejournal.com/311007.html).
7. Sweaty, triumphant Lee in Hand of God, eye-frakking Kara. (Every. Time.)
8. Hot pilot out-making gifs.
9. dualbunny's vids. And all other Pink/Kara vids.
10. Lee's woobie!face, aka "the pretty puppy" face. The one he makes when he's trying to figure out what's going on between Starbuck and Baltar at the Poker Table of Awkward.

Other Joyful Things!
1. It's finally starting to act like spring in my neck of the woods.
2. Parks & Recreation, and Parks & Recreation fic. <3
3. Kitties!

And I'mma done.

[kag523.livejournal.com]

Teeny tiny towels, and the muscles they don't cover.

Oh goodness... hip dents. Do NOT get me started. O_O

[damao2010.livejournal.com]

- Everything related to BSG and the BSG gang gives me joy.
- I totally second your shout out to taragel , sci_fi_shipper,kag523 . They simply ROCK in their never-wavering dedication to keeping fandom alive and well.Thank you so much! <3<3<3
- Anything rachelindeed writes gives me joy. I really love your brain, girl.<3
- I have just received my tickets for the Rock in Rio festival. It definetely gives me joy.
- Thanks to queenofthorns inspiration I'm reading A Game of Thrones and it has been giving me a lot of joy.
- Going to the theatre always gives me joy. I've just seen the Brazilian version of Hair twice because it was that good.

[kag523.livejournal.com]

I'm bouncing the kudos right back to YOU C, because you are truly one of the kindest, unaffected and kind people I know. You inevitably are supportive and generous in your praise and though you certainly stand your own ground on topics that you care about, you are inevitably sympathetic and caring in how you present it. All in all, I would just like to be more like you. *hugs* K :>D

[pressdbtwnpages.livejournal.com]

BSG Fandom Joy!:

1.) That it exists and is still active and friendly and basically wonderful.
2.) Lee and Kara.
3.) That just when I think I've read all the Lee/Kara fic there is to read, I find ANOTHER treasure trove. It's like a never ending fic feast!
4.) For some reason I'd never seen the UB extended scene until today? I don't know how I did that but I'm currently a FLAILY MESS over it.

Other Joyful Things:
1.) Today I got to snuggle a baby who generally doesn't like me.
2.) Diet Coke. Always.
3.) I'm wearing a really pretty bracelet today.
4.) Vietnamese food for dinner!
5.) That despite having a fairly terrible day I can come up with 5 joys! YAY.

[kag523.livejournal.com]

That it exists and is still active and friendly and basically wonderful.

I showed up a year after the party 'ended' and I was SHOCKED by the embrace of people. It is AWESOME to have you here too! :>D

[anastashial.livejournal.com]

BSG
Joy is pilots!
That look when he comes back from the "dead" had me totally captured
Looks, and touches, and jokes, and anger, and pain, and loss---all of it works
Here and LAD and KTL. And IconicLee for bringing back a Lee icon site.
Being able to not be as analytical as some of you here and still feeling entirely welcome.
There still being new K/L fic to read

Non BSG
Have been watching others listing the current series they are into and thinking well gee I really haven't anything. Then why am I watching?
NCIS: Poor Gibbs loosing Mike
NCIS-LA: I don't want to wait until next season to know more about G
Hawaii 5-0: Just the most amazing first season finale! How the hell, frak, whatever are they going to make their way out of that?!!?
Make It or Break It: Yes my guilty teenage angst show pleasure, I know someone else on the flist shares.
Kitchen Nightmares: Eye opener of a season finale there too---YICK!
Chopped: I need to make a dish out of what?
Army Wives: Love the evolution on this one. Once again a show not afraid to kill off chars too.
America's Next Great Restaurant: Need to check out how these places are doing.

[anastashial.livejournal.com]

Ah Non-BSG forgot Blue Bloods. Tom Selleck, nuff said, but then add in the cute Will Estes as Jamie.

[embolalia.livejournal.com]

Yay!

Battlestar:
1) Writing again! Life has involved too much work and grad school this year.
2) The musical resolutions at the end of Revelations II and Someone to Watch Over Me; even though they're questionable plot-wise, they make me so happy!
3) Everyone who's welcomed me here in the last couple weeks :)
4) When Adama kisses Roslin in Resurrection Ship II. Perfect.
5) Paper shortage.
6) Pilots. Especially Lee's certainty from the moment Kara returns from the dead that she's Kara.

Etc:
1) 18 days left of being a teacher! (And by teacher, I mean babysitter to children who at the age of 14 have enough criminal offenses to have an ankle tracker and a parole officer who picks them up after school.)
2) My father, who, when I delicately broached what I'll do if I don't get hired anywhere by the end of the summer, said, "Oh my god, you could come stay here! It would be so much fun! We could watch so much Battlestar!"
3) Bossypants. And so many other books.
4) Catherine Tate on The Office.

Hmmm... I feel like more will come to me the minute I post this :)

[mserrada.livejournal.com]

Paper shortage --my absolute favorite Adama/Tigh bromance moment!

The Epic post of EPICNESS!!!

[kag523.livejournal.com]

BSG / Pilots related...

I ♥ that moment in the mini when the handshake between Lee and Kara lasts just a few seconds longer than it should.
I ♥ any vids or fics that give me a view into what life on the Colonies was like pre-war. I haven’t watched the entire Caprica series yet, but I’m really excited to get into it for this very reason
I ♥ all of the new fic writers in fandom who’ve show up SINCE the finale. I honestly think that you guys have done the most to really tell the story of BSG, since you have to deal with canon – all of it – and still pull a story together. I’m always inspired!
I ♥ when people from the old guard like latteaddict (who has been here since the beginning) are still active in fandom and willing to embrace new members with open arms. You ROCK latteaddict!!!

I ♥ the endless Eye of Jupiter gifs that make the rounds every so often. OMG... that kiss.
I ♥ that I can watch a single scene a second (third, fourth, fifth) time and get a totally different read for it.
I ♥ that there are writers here who push the boundaries of fiction – in so many ways – and who have taught me so much about writing and characterizations and telling ‘real’ stories.
I ♥ the memorial hallway scene when Lee tells Kara that ‘this is all that matters’. Honestly... I would have been happy if THAT was the last scene I ever saw of the two of them and then the rest of the series was just a bunch of amazing, bombastic space fight scenes. (Which I also love.) Woot!
I ♥ that JB is so close in height to KS, that there is an inexplicable ‘equality’ to their physical interactions.
I ♥ that there isn’t an “easy” answer to why Kara and Lee are so good together. It makes their story so engaging to read / write / watch.


NON-BSG related...
I ♥ amaliak because she is AWESOME to collaborate with!
I ♥ thegreenkitty because she inspires me for more reasons than I can explain.
I ♥ Cake cosmetics. Yes. A lot of their stuff smells like cake.
I ♥ Demeter perfumes for the same reason. Hee hee!
I ♥ that I can order 36” inseam jeans from American Eagle.
I ♥ that MT is 6’3” because sometimes a tall girl wants to dream too. LOL

Re: The Epic post of EPICNESS!!!

[mserrada.livejournal.com]

I ♥ that I can fangirl without annoying my hubby. Yes, girls. This requires PEERS! You are all awesome!
--YES! This! I annoy/bore my family and friends when I ramble on about my BSG/Starbuck obsession. It means so much to have a place to come and play and fangirl out without making excuses :)

[mserrada.livejournal.com]

1) The total awesomeness that Katee Sackhoff brings to Kara. Can't imagine anyone else who could make such a darkly complex character so engaging and unforgettable.
2) Jamie for making magic between Lee and Kara.(His bamceps get a kudos of their own ;^) So much said without words between those two *happy sigh*
3) BSG in general for giving us so much to work with in both rich characters and ideas explored and those left unmined.
4) The various LJ BSG comms that help me not only deal with post S4 withdrawal, but meet absolutely amazing and caring people!
5) BSG music vids --both for finding new music and all the special moments condensed and set to song.

[kag523.livejournal.com]

The total awesomeness that Katee Sackhoff brings to Kara. Can't imagine anyone else who could make such a darkly complex character so engaging and unforgettable.

Oh goodness - I could NOT have said this better. Just so bang on perfect. *happy sigh*

[scifishipper.livejournal.com]

Oh my gods! I am so late to this and feeling overwhelmed by the love from all of you! Thank you. There are a ton of people that influence me and make me squee on a daily basis. You all make up a large chunk of my life these days and I enjoy it immensely. Here's my list.

Real People
1. taragel for setting the bar high, her unwavering love for Kara and Katee, and of course, her complete and utter devotion to the Kara/Lee ship. You kick ass like no one else, bb. <3
2. kag523 for boundless energy, brilliant creativity, and the best cheerleading at the right moments. I'm grateful for her every day. I can't really say enough - good thing she already knows how I feel.
3. rachelindeed my Lee Adama rock, the one who will always help me understand Lee better, and who makes me aspire to write better and to be more articulate. I've learned a lot from you. My sincere thanks.
4. thegreenkitty my loving and supportive friend who just seems to get me. I'm not sure how, but she does.
5. nazkey for helping me understand kara. every. single. time. I don't know how she does it, but she does. (and for being my r/l friend *hugs*)
6. aurora_0811 my crazy lee- and jamie-obsessed partner in crime on twitter and at D*C. I would be lost without her love of the sideburns and the magic moss.
7. rayruz for her passion about kara and her love of baby!fic + angst = awesome. You rock, girl! <3
8. rdave1 and koolaidmom11 who always read my fic and comment every time. You don't know how important that is to me.
9. damao2010 for her staunch defense of Lee Adama. He needs you, bb. <3
10. latteaddict for keeping it real about Lee Adama and challenging my assumptions with thoughtful commentary.
11. kdbleu who is a wonderfully kind soul who has been really great to me recently and has somehow managed to stimulate my muse and give me support. You rock, bb.
12. jeneviverose who told me to embrace the differences in my writing. I think about that a lot.
13. ninjamonkey73 for loving the darkest of dark Lees and not being afraid to love the kink to death. Woot!
14. ez_as_pi  who has given me kind support and encouragement when my muse was flagging. Thank you!
15. cosetteferaud for loving my infedilicious and rough sex kinks and everything between. And for being my first LJ friend. <3
16. ddt73 for making Pilotography. What a hell of a lot of work. THANK YOU!
17. wand3rlust for her amazing fanmixes (half my pilots playlist right there!)
18. workerbee73  for making Kara and Lee sparkle. A lot. :D
19. There are many more...shah_of_blah  for her sharp insights and great fic recs, amaliak for amazing icons and boundless creativity and spirit, and a host of others who keep me thinking over at LAD...anastashial, trappermcintyre, anamarya , brokenmnemonic and many others who have inspired me and helped keep the ship alive coffeesuperhero, stripes13, helikedmyshoes, jeebs83, bellaaurora, thrace_adama, queenofthorns. Thank you!
20. All of the new members of N_T and the new writers. I LOVE NEW WRITERS. If I haven't commented, I haven't read yet, but I will. I am slow slow slow when it comes to reading fic bc my writing muse does not like it! *squishes her and gives her candy*
21. cynicalshadows who's not around the K/L ship anymore, but has beta'd 23 chapters of Chasing the Dragon. Thanks, girl. <3<3

Fictional People/Things/Etc.
1. Lee for always trying harder and attempting to stick to his moral guns in the face of greater forces.
2. Kara for saying it like it is and trying to do things her way, for thinking outside the box and succeeding when others would have failed.

Last but not least...
JAMIE BAMBER AND KATEE SACKHOFF FOR LIGHTING MY SCREEN ON FIRE!!

[kag523.livejournal.com]

Oh, H... This chokes me up more than you know. I think you are AWESOME and I love your version of Lee. ALL of your fic is amazing, but he, in particular, shines. I am so glad that you continue to push through your writing - even when your muse is being a bitch and it's hard - and you come out on top every single time.

You inspire me. *hugs super tight* K

[thegreenkitty.livejournal.com]

Just peeking in to say I love ALL of you SO frakking much. SO much. And pilots. And Kara. And Lee and JB and KS.

I love how much I've learned from each of you and how warm our community is.

I have itemized reasons that I hope to post later b/c I've been in seminars all day and must sleep now.

But...I think of you guys every time our course leader (a criticalist from Canada) says "been" like AoC Bamber.
And I love that it's all these little things that we just 'get' about each other.

Okay, must sleep...but sending all my peeps ALL the ♥ !!!

Mwah!

[rachelindeed.livejournal.com]

Love to you, too, and as my mother always used to say to me: "Goodnight, sweet dreams, and a happy day tomorrow!"

[amaliak.livejournal.com]

It's so important to have joy in the world.

There's a lot of reasons to be happy, and I'm going to name a few:

1. This fandom. After more than a year, we're all still here, doing more to improve our relationships.
2. kag523 for bringing a smile to my face whenever I see anything from her.
3. nazkey for being a friend, a real honest to goodness friend. I know that I can call her on the phone whenever and she's there for me.
4. jeebs83, canadiangirl_86, and crazyvictoria for constantly making me better.
5. sunshine_queen always brings a breath of fresh air.
6. averita's joy for life, and her Adventures in Fangirling make me happy.
7. leiascully (whom I've known from previous fandoms) and coffeesuperhero Casa de Fangirl updates.
8. stripes13's gif parties and Disney sing alongs.
9. pali167 and eugis and our love triangle. (and what a GREAT time we have together)
10. Memories of fandom talk in a restaurant booth with taragel and aurora_0811. I will still be eternally grateful that they went out of their way to meet with me during what I thought was a snow storm. Always makes me happy.
11. Hablando en español con cosetteferaud.
12. Anytime bonita_chica71, jeneviverose, wand3erlust and somewhereapart comment on my posts.
13. ack_attack. Period.
14. The boundlessness of sci_fi_shipper. Hardcore FOREVER and it makes me smile.
15. latteaddict, ez_as_pi, and rheanna still being around in fandoms and gracing us with their presence.
16. wisteria_ and workerbee73 for being frakking amazing ladies. Their views on life are great and have flawless taste.
17. When christ_chexx_4u is excited as I am about new Disney attractions.
18. Anything posted by shah_of_blah.
19. baciami2's and kdbleu's enthusiam.
20. rachelindeed's deliciously twisted mind. ♥
21. The way that thegreenkitty knows how I feel about almost anything. *hug*
22. Sing-alongs with thrace_adama.
23. rayruz's neverending cuteness and strength.
24. For the chance of getting to know amazing AMAZING people like ninjamonkey73, helikedmyshoes, queenofthorns, brokenmnemonic and rdave1.

25. Tumblr.
26. Disneyland.
27. My family.
28. Learning new things.
29. Knowing God.
30. Photoshop.
31. Having the freedom to express myself in the medium of my choosing.
32. the fact that I can express myself via gifs.



There's so much more, but it's past midnight, and nothing would bring me more joy than to sleep.

cheers.
--Lex

ETA: it's late, too many frakking tags, and I've edited this post 5 times.

[rachelmack.livejournal.com]

That Fallon gif is love. <3

Postscript GIF Joy

[rachelmack.livejournal.com]

I just found a .gif of what might have been the most hilarious scene of Law & Order UK, where Devlin's getting all leched upon by a witness. And I shall share.

Happy Happy Joy Joy

[bouncy-nut.livejournal.com]

1. The way Lee laughingly says, "I have no idea" when Kara asks him why they're arguing over the stims is the cutest thing ever. He so genuinely has no idea. I love it.

2. Kara's "I know" when Lee hardcore hugs her when she comes back from the dead in 'He That Believeth In Me'. It says so much with those two words. I think it was about my favorite moment ever. *tear*

3. Kara's myriad of facial expression. I sweat to God that woman can say more in a look than I can in a novel.

4. And obviously, having these wonderful posts to come and read daily. Thanks all who make it happen so lazy shlubs like myself can leech of your greatness.

Non-BSG Joys
5. Going to my cousin's wedding in Jamaica in 3 weeks! Wooo!
6. Game of Thrones
7. Strawberry Shortcake Bouncy Houses to play in at my sister's 30th birthday party last weekend. I'm still very pleasantly sore.

[kl-shipper1.livejournal.com]

- This fandom, especially this community, never ceases to give me joy.

- The ever-amazing kag523 for all her energy, enthusiasm, and absolutely AMAZING writing!

- The fact that BBC America is going to rerun BSG, starting June 11th with the mini (because I, unfortunately, do not own or have access to the DVDs to rewatch them)

[kag523.livejournal.com]

*hugs super super tight*

E, you are truly one of the most positive people I've ever met - online or otherwise - and your capacity for enthusiasm and endless optimism, is inspiring. I so look forward to hearing from you. You are AMAZING! *hugs* Karin :>D