kindkit: Paul McDermott and Tim Ferguson almost kissing (DAAS: Kiss me you fool)
[personal profile] kindkit
1) It was National Coming Out Day today (technically yesterday now), which means it's the one year anniversary of my coming out as a trans man. And hey, one year later, I'm still trans! Hooray! (One of my issues has been the fear that I was somehow deceiving myself and would change my mind. I haven't, and I feel a lot more certain and comfortable in my identity than I did a year ago.)

2) I'm taking the GRE tomorrow (er, today, actually, starting in about 10 hours). Wish me luck. I'm less nervous than I was a couple of days ago, because in the meantime I've done respectably enough on the math section of a practice test. Looking forward to getting the damn thing over with and forgetting the Pythagorean Theorem all over again.

3) As the new television seasons begin in the US and the UK, I'm watching . . . old Australian comedy. The Doug Anthony All Stars, of course (here they are in The Big Gig [start at the top of the playlist on the right and scroll down], and here's a fantastic live performance [use the playlist again, but start with part 2, as Flacco is an acquired taste], and here are links to their surreal and amazing comedy/science fiction/fantasy show DAAS Kapital), and DAAS-related stuff like Good News Week (which is all over YouTube) and The Sideshow (ditto). Even the beautiful Tim Ferguson may not be enough to make me watch more than one episode of Funky Squad, alas, but I was oddly charmed by the episode of Don't Forget Your Toothbrush that I watched on YouTube. Tim in a pink suit thwacking cakes with a golf club and spraying the audience with the bits, what's not to love?

I've also been branching out beyond DAAS, mostly based on which Good News Week guests I like most (in no particular order: Fiona O'Loughlin, Josh Thomas, Jimeoin, Frank Woodley, Stephen K. Amos, Julia Morris). I started watching The Adventures of Lano and Woodley because I saw Colin Lane talking about his split from comedy partner Frank Woodley after 20 years of working together as though he'd just gone through a heartwrenching divorce; yes, I do pick shows based on the likely level of male/male homoeroticism, and yes, Lano and Woodley has so far quite fulfillled my expectations. It's not my usual style of comedy--I like verbal humor best--but the guys' love/hate/tolerance is adorable, and Frank Woodley in particular does physical comedy so well that I can see the art in it.

Oh, how I hope one or two of you lot will start watching this stuff too, so that we can talk about it! And also so that there can be DAAS fanfic for Yuletide! *makes puppy eyes*

Date: 2010-10-12 07:52 am (UTC)
lilacsigil: 12 Apostles rocks, text "Rock On" (12 Apostles)
From: [personal profile] lilacsigil
They filmed some of Funky Squad (I have no idea how much) at Monash University over summer holidays while I was working there. If you see a really tall, really flat, really ugly concrete building (The Menzies Building, aka the Ming Wing) othat looks like it's about to fall over, wave to me!

I'm glad you're enjoying all the Aussie comedy, but the RPF aspects are really not my thing, especially as I went to school with one prominent comedian and he's still doing the same jokes now. Do you know [personal profile] ryttu3k? She's an Australia (currently in the US for one semester) who attends a lot of Good News Week tapings. (She also talks about The Legend of Zelda a lot, but Aussie comedy pops up every now and then.)

ETA: Oh, and the D-Generation! You might like them.

And good luck with the GRE!
Edited Date: 2010-10-12 07:53 am (UTC)

Date: 2010-10-12 07:57 am (UTC)
st_aurafina: Rainbow DNA (Default)
From: [personal profile] st_aurafina
*is utterly fascinated by a non Aussie being into Aussie comedy*

Maybe you'll like The D Generation? Or Front Line - a fake news show, very smarmy and sly humour. (Can't quite remember if there's any degree of homophobia in these - it's a university level of humour, so tread carefully.)

Or The Chaser? It's a different group of people, and much later than these, but I know there's a pretty vibrant Aussie wing of the Fake News RPF thanks to it.

Date: 2010-10-12 08:16 am (UTC)
st_aurafina: Rainbow DNA (Default)
From: [personal profile] st_aurafina
Front Line isn't fake news in the sense that The Chaser is - it's fiction, and it pokes fun at the industry of news television. If you like The D Generation, most of the cast carries over from there into Front Line.

No, I can't handle The Daily Show, either. I appreciate that it exists, but I can't watch it for more than a few minutes at a time. I guess The Chaser was easier for me to watch, probably because culturally, we're good at taking the piss, so the target is a bit smaller, if you know what I mean.

Date: 2010-10-12 11:15 am (UTC)
kangeiko: "i capture the castle" first line (literary indulgence)
From: [personal profile] kangeiko
The GRE is super-easy, you will ace it with no problems at all, I know it! *waves pompoms and jumps up and down*

Date: 2010-10-14 12:15 am (UTC)
From: [personal profile] pixiestikks
See, I would write DAAS fic, if I didn't feel totally uncomfortable with the idea of writing RPF, and if I weren't terrible at writing, period.

Date: 2010-10-16 10:13 pm (UTC)
From: [personal profile] pixiestikks
That's sad, that your attempts at getting other people to love DAAS have failed. I've gotten 3 people interested in them so far. Unfortunately, one of them is very busy with work and school, and is also heavily invested in many other fandoms, which take priority over DAAS. One of them is, well, my brother, who is most definitely NOT interested in the discussion/slash fandom side of things, even though he's a person who's into fandom in general.

And the other one would probably not get into the fandom anyway, but he does like the one clip I showed him. ("I Fuck Dogs", of course!)

And... I don't know. I feel like maybe I'm a hypocrite, loving so much to read RPF, but never wanting to write it myself. But I just don't know. And about DAAS Kapital- I love the show. I think it's hilarious and awesome and I love it. But I just don't think I could write it well. :(

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