bollywood and the magical powers of nick briggs

so i came home from work the other night and colin and mudha47 were watching the end of a bollywood movie called salaam-e-ishq: a tribute to love and i saw this dude, akshaye khanna:



and immediately thought of this dude, nick briggs:



i've definitely been wanting to watch more bollywood with mudha47. is it wrong to want to watch some akshaye khanna cos he reminds me of nick briggs? if so then i fear i am a wrong person. D:

i also saw the preview to the upcoming torchwood season three recently, and was incredibly underwhelmed (um... isn't this plot just ripped off of every other episode of sarah jane adventures, except instead of watching the awesome kid actors i'd have to watch john barrowman?) until there was an unexpected clip of nick briggs near the end. dammit! the bastard is magic. he made me want to watch torchwood. TORCHWOOD.


meanwhile, thanks for all the well-wishes for my face. it's doing much better! just a wee bit bruised and most of the swelling's gone. yawning and chewing still hurt, but much less. i found a number for a crime victim's services department here in wisconsin, so i'll be calling them tomorrow about my glasses. haven't heard anything further from the cops, but then again, i didn't think i would, so no surprises there.

no one has said, "hey, sorry about YOUR FACE" to me, which is a shame since it was the most perfect situation possible. seriously, people, these opportunities don't arise every day.

oh i am but a young comm, searching for my true name

so, for quite a while i've been thinking that doctor who fandom is in need of an awesome place for doctor who meta and discussion -- there have been some really good discussions on the anonmeme amongst all the wank, but they invariably disappear within a day or so into the depths of the comment pages. it is the way of the meme, which is as flighty and ephemeral as the internet, except... more so. and the meme shows that there is a hunger for a place in which to engage in this discussion. so i finally decided to do what i've been wanting to do for a while and create a meta comm.

i've got a co-mod (feel free to reveal yourself if you're ready to take on the mantle!), some ideas for basic guidelines and such, and a few ideas for essays. but i am missing the integral ingredient which is AN AWESOME NAME. so far all i can think of is meta_who, which is informative but a bit boring. if someone can think of something more awesome then i will give you internet cookies. or real cookies, if i ever meet you. (ask my roomies from last chiTARDIS. i brought home-made chocolate chip cookies, oh yes). otherwise i will make meta_who tonight! (won't be open for business quite yet, but it will exist).


in completely unrelated news, face is doing better still. also called up victim compensation today -- they said they don't usually recompense anyone for private property, but glasses might come under medical, so they'll send me a form which should come by sometime next week. then i'll fill it out, and wait three to four months for everything to be processed and find out if they'll help me out. semi-hurrah!

i'm volunteering at milwaukee pridefest tomorrow. come by if you enjoy gayness! and are in milwaukee, obvs.

sometimes i forget i live in wisconsin and am surprised when i type it out. hmmm. WISCONSIN.


ETA: the_metadel now exists! no content yet, but that will be coming forthwith, along with guidelines and maybe a fancy header image and stuffs.