Pick an interest, any interest

[altariel]

I asked forodwaith to "pick three interests and/or three icons and I'll explain them" on the meme that's been going around, and she asked me about:

This is from the radio comedy Nebulous, starring the ever-popular Mark Gatiss and a variety of Doctor Who jokes. Professor Nebulous "leads the eco-troubleshooting team of K.E.N.T. (the Key Environmental Non-Judgmental Taskforce) as they combat various catastrophes and try and set the world back on the right path". Confronted with a particularly evil human-cactus hybrid, he is driven to ask, "Is it humanoid? Or cactilinear...?" Why I added it as an interest I don't know, but the word is certainly very pleasant to roll around the mouth and variations of the line surprisingly easy to work into conversation.

As Odo tells us, and why would we doubt Odo, the Obsidian Order are "the ever-vigilant eyes and ears of the Cardassian Empire". Scarier than the Romulan Tal Shiar and - for my money - harder than Section 31. Garak rose to dizzy heights in the Obsidian Order before getting chucked out by his boss and father Enabran Tain, and all without securing his pension.

I chronically have one, along with a terrible memory. Sorry if you've had to say something to me several times. I'd like to pretend I was having higher thorts, but I'm probably thinking about me dinner.



Is one of a pair (by anneline), along with:

They both refer to two lovely bits of technobabble of the kind that poor Colm Meaney was frequently obliged to say in DS9. These two became catchphrases really, the writers loved chucking them in. Garak actually gets the best line containing both of them: "It's not a reverse ratcheting router... [STABS] It's a self-sealing stembolt!" Joy.


The text is from Lois McMaster Bujold - I can't remember who said it, but I think it might be Duv Galeni talking about Barrayar. The image is of course Servalan from Blake's 7. Madame President! We salute you!


Way way back, many centuries ago, not long after the Bible began, there were many independent television companies making programmes and broadcasting to the regions across Britain. And lo, these television companies did make an art form out of their station idents and jingles (you can see more here). This one is from Yorkshire Television and mraltariel made it to celebrate the lonely path of Sandbaggers fandom that we share. Any Emmerdale fans are welcome to take it.

Comments

[sallymn.livejournal.com]

{grin} Yep, I'm with you on the short attention span and the memory (funnily enough, when it's something I don't need to be thinking abut, the span expands to fit all space available in the brain...

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Ooh, yes, I know that feeling. I realized I have two attention modes: intense concentration (where everything goes in, but it's narrow and focused like a laser beam) and totally superficial (all things just slide by like... like a penguin on ice). I've been working on developing a mid-range filter recently, where things get filed in 'you may need this again soon'. I can feel my mind sorting out information as it's presented to me, it's very interesting.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

The internet really is the killer. "Ooh, that's an interesting thing, I'll just go and look it up..."

I think with the meme I'm supposed to ask you about three interests and three icons, so if you fancy doing it, how about these? (no obligation, I always feel bad about tagging people):

interests: erich kästner, flogging molly, mihaly csikszentmihalyi

icons: wind rose, Freedom is never granted ..., just write (BTW, I have that written on a post-it stuck to my desk!)

[klose.livejournal.com]

Oh my, I recognised this particular Thames television logo... which is interesting because it seems to have been phased out by the early 1980s. I suspect it used to come on after Mr. Bean episodes in the early '90s, which still doesn't make that much sense. Nonetheless, it's quite surreal. Thanks for the link!

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Thames made tons of sitcoms and other stuff - you could have seen that logo tagged on to something much older that was getting repeats. Cool!

[shezan.livejournal.com]

Garak-Enabran Tain icon LUV!!!

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Someone was selling a t-shirt on the market with that line, about Georges Bush, so I had to pinch it.

[snowgrouse.livejournal.com]

Oooh... can I do this meme too? Pretty please?

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Of course! I think I'm supposed to ask you three interests and three icons, so how about:

interests: a.w. yrjänä, michael wincott, scientific pantheism

icons: drag king, kieppi, take me timelord

[snowgrouse.livejournal.com]

Thanks! *goes off to fiddle*

[snowgrouse.livejournal.com]

Done! (http://snowgrouse.livejournal.com/1130583.html)

[forodwaith.livejournal.com]

Bujold, of course! I thought the "dazzling tinsel" line was vaguely familiar.

And "cactilinear" does roll off the tongue trippingly.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

I think there's an unusually high number of pleasing consonants in 'cactilinear'.