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not fun things and fun things
Feb. 4th, 2012 12:10 am1) It's mildly depressing to stumble across an extensive recs list for a small fandom (seriously, the recs list includes about 1/3 of all the fic available for this fandom on the AO3) and discover that your own fic is not included on it.
2) Less self-pityingly, let me tell you some of the things I've researched lately: the licensing system for commercial pilots in the UK; the location of Wokingham and the names of its secondary schools; whether there's actually a town in England named Fitton (as far as I can google, there's not); where Fitton would be if it existed, given that it's 200 miles from Ottery St. Mary and part of the drive involves taking the A46 (somewhere around Nottingham, I've concluded); Armenian names; and the least prestigious role it's possible to have as a commercial pilot on a multi-crew aircraft.
On the whole, research is a lot more fun than writing. Especially when "research" mostly involves Google and Wikipedia. As always, I am in awe that anyone ever managed to write anything before the internet existed.
3) I've also listened to the commentary for Sherlock 1x03, "The Great Game," done by Mark Gatiss, Benedict Cumberbatch, and Martin Freeman. From this, I have learned that Mark Gatiss is funny and rather adorable, Benedict Cumberbatch can use phrases like "chromatic scales" in conversation, and Martin Freeman thinks John Watson's clothes are stylish. Only the latter was a surprise--I honestly thought the show was deliberately dressing John badly as a contrast to Sherlock. Oh, and Gatiss and Cumberbatch are apparently feuding over who gets to marry Andrew Scott (who plays Moriarty). I don't blame them one bit.
Hmm, I need a Mycroft icon. Mark Gatiss = my other new crush. How could I not love a man who, when talking about how he met his husband online, mentions that what first attracted him was his husband's good grammar?
2) Less self-pityingly, let me tell you some of the things I've researched lately: the licensing system for commercial pilots in the UK; the location of Wokingham and the names of its secondary schools; whether there's actually a town in England named Fitton (as far as I can google, there's not); where Fitton would be if it existed, given that it's 200 miles from Ottery St. Mary and part of the drive involves taking the A46 (somewhere around Nottingham, I've concluded); Armenian names; and the least prestigious role it's possible to have as a commercial pilot on a multi-crew aircraft.
On the whole, research is a lot more fun than writing. Especially when "research" mostly involves Google and Wikipedia. As always, I am in awe that anyone ever managed to write anything before the internet existed.
3) I've also listened to the commentary for Sherlock 1x03, "The Great Game," done by Mark Gatiss, Benedict Cumberbatch, and Martin Freeman. From this, I have learned that Mark Gatiss is funny and rather adorable, Benedict Cumberbatch can use phrases like "chromatic scales" in conversation, and Martin Freeman thinks John Watson's clothes are stylish. Only the latter was a surprise--I honestly thought the show was deliberately dressing John badly as a contrast to Sherlock. Oh, and Gatiss and Cumberbatch are apparently feuding over who gets to marry Andrew Scott (who plays Moriarty). I don't blame them one bit.
Hmm, I need a Mycroft icon. Mark Gatiss = my other new crush. How could I not love a man who, when talking about how he met his husband online, mentions that what first attracted him was his husband's good grammar?
