I've actually been friends-locking posts for a few months now, I've just never gotten around to saying anything about it.

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Why am I doing this? Two reasons:
1. I like to know who's reading my personal posts.
2. If you come here just for artwork/music videos, I don't want you to have to trudge through everything else.

Since watching the latest version of Emma I've been in a period romance mood. I originally intended to focus only on that mini-series but then I found this great period film gallery at Long Ago Captures and started making stuff for random movies I found there. Here's the breakdown:

[01-04] Jane Eyre (2007)
[05-08] North & South (2004)
[09-12] Ever After
[13-16] The Phantom of the Opera
[17-20] Pride & Prejudice (2005)
[21-24] The Count of Monte Cristo (2002)
[25-28] The Young Victoria
[29-32] Persuasion (2007)
[33-36] Little Women (1994)
[37-44] Emma (2009)

Originally intended as my entry for the Kawoosh! Triangle Video Challenge (I instead entered Wake-Up Call), this is a look at the dynamics of the Tomin/Vala/Daniel triangle - but with a specific interest in Daniel/Vala and even more so in Daniel. The focus of this video is Daniel's regret - regret over the things he's done...things he didn't do...and the person he let slip through his fingers. Although Tomin is IN the video, he serves more as a reminder of what Daniel has lost rather than as a true third party, so keep that in mind! I think that's all the rambling I have for now so...enjoy! (also: special thanks to milena_d for being an awesome cheerleader and editor!)

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Because it amuses me...



On an unrelated note, I should have a new video posted by weekend's end...for a couple I haven't vidded for in quite some time.

Made for scifipair20in20

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I made this a few weeks ago for the whedonlandfanvid challenge (the prompt was "nightmares"). Just a (hopefully) creepy look at the lives of the dolls in the Dollhouse. For anyone who's familiar with this from the challenge, I did tweak about three Sierra clips to include shots from "Belonging" because, well, how could I not? It's probably my 'darkest' video to date so keep that in mind ;)

There was a picspam challenge over at whedonland and I couldn't resist making one for the awesomeness that was Victor/Sierra in last week's episode of "Dollhouse." Check out the cuteness here:

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In love with this song right now:

Let me do a quick clearing of the air.

I f-lock my posts for a very specific reason.
I don't friend easily anymore for a very specific reason.

For the better part of two years I (and milena_d) have been hounded by someone we used to be friends with over on the Gateworld message boards. Someone who we trusted, only later to learn was untrustworthy. Long story short, this person caused both of us to leave our beloved GW thread...and she is the reason why I've had to inforce the two points listed above. It's nothing personal to anyone who wants to be friends - it's simply that this person has devised every possible way to get into my life online...including creating fake usernames in order to spy and/or harass me. Tanking video ratings, spreading lies to my friends, all in all trying to erase me. I don't like knowing that there's someone I don't trust hiding amongst my friends. It makes me hold back from saying things I want to say. It makes me question people I shouldn't be questioning.

So you know what Susan? You win.

What you win, I don't know, but I concede defeat. Now can you just leave the past be and move on?



(Sorry to all my f-listers who have no idea what I'm talking about. I usually try to refrain from personal posts but this has been something I've needed to say for a long while)

Let me say first off that I had no intention of vidding for these two (at least not anytime soon).

Let me secondly say...this is all milena_d's fault. She had the audacity to go to bed at a reasonable time (10:30!!) which left me alone to my own devices for the rest of the night. So I did what I normally do when I'm bored, checked my f-list and surfed YouTube. That's when I came across this song...and two things hit me:
1) I forgot how cute this song is!
2) I should make a short video for it tonight. 

The more I listened, the more perfect it began to sound for Victor/Sierra. I've been wanting to make something for them for awhile now but could never figure out a workable approach. However, the combination of fluff and boredom proved too compelling to ignore and I wound up vidding this whole 1:30 video in the span of a night. Of course, I've spent the past two days tweaking things in my spare time...but still, most of this was done in like 2-3 hours (which is impressive given than I'm a psychotic perfectionist with a poor attention span).

ANYWAY, with that preamble over...I offer up my VERY FIRST DOLLHOUSE VIDEO! It is short, but I think it's a nice shot of V/S fluff. If you don't know the show or the couple, you can still watch! See what kept (and keeps) me dedicated to this series! It's less than two minutes...so it can't hurt to take a look ;)If you're interested in an HD video download, leave me a comment and I can upload and send you a link. It's fairly large so I didn't list it on here for download.

I occurs to me that I never pimped this on my LJ, so here goes...



What Is It? Secret Santa, Daniel/Vala-style. Everyone who signs up will both MAKE a gift and RECEIVE a gift!!

When Is It? Sign-Ups start now and end October 30th. You will have from November 1st until December 20th to make your gifts.

Who Is It For? All Daniel/Vala fans! Doesn't matter if you're a writer, an artist, a vidder, or just like to make fanmixes. This exchange is open to everyone regardless of skill-set or preferred medium!

We could really use more people this year, as only 7 individuals have signed up so far! Even if you're not active in the SG fandom anymore, I encourage you to participate! Writing a short fic, making a wallpaper, or putting together a fanmix just once a year is a nice way to honor the show and the kickassness that was Daniel/Vala. If you don't want to participate for D/V, then participate for me :P It makes Stef happy when people participate!

DANIEL & VALA NEED YOUR LOVE...

I made all of those for random competitions over on whedonland and I figured I'd post it here in case anyone was interested in weird manips or buttons :P First up, the bad....

I made this a few weeks ago for the whedonland 'relationship' challenge, and since the results have been posted I can finally share it on my LJ. I placed second, while the lovely milena_d  placed first with "All to Myself" (Adelle/Dominic - Dollhouse) - check it out!!

So I was just alerted to the winners of the Stargate Fan Awards. Looks like I won a few of things (D/V wall, D/V manip, D/V/C video, and a Vala video). Thanks to anyone who voted for me! But moving on...

CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE ON MY F-LIST WHO WON!!

hariboo_smirks for "Set Fire to the Third Bar" (Daniel/Vala - Angst Fic) and "Dying Fire Lights the Sky" (Daniel/Vala - Hurt/Comfort Fic)
natalia5345 for "Stories of a Giraffe from the Cutting Room Floor" (Daniel/Vala - Episode Fic)
magnavox_23 for her SG-1 Tarot Card set
cleothemuse for "Jealous" (Daniel/Vala Video)
pengyn  for "Between the Minds" (Jack/Sam Video)
(and anyone else whose SFA username I am not recognizing!)

...and especially to my good friend,

milena_d who won for her HILARIOUS Daniel/Vala (and D/C) fic:
HERE'S OUR STORY

One wallpaper, two different shades. Based off a snippet of Dollhouse's S2 premiere "Vow." If you're freaked out by any hint of a spoiler, please don't enlarge....but I wouldn't say they give away any plot points so I didn't put them behind a cut. Enjoy!

So after struggling through work and some health issues this week, I bring you Part 1 of my icon-drop. I'm still working on some of the requested items my f-list suggested - so the Stargate, W-13, and Castle icons will all be in the next batch posted sometime later this week :) For now, I bring you a collection of Whedon-related icons (DH, BtVS, Angel, FF) - many of them made for whedonland and firefly_rumble. There are also three 1280x800 wallpapers (Spuffy, Spike, and Victor/Sierra)

Because this is just made of all sorts of hilarity...