Not Dead Yet! (and Fic - "Galatea")

[melayneseahawk]

Wow, it's been ages since I posted something of substance.

Break is, sadly, over, but fun while it lasted. Spent a good part of it setting up the new laptop (hereby called Fifth*) after moving everything onto it from the old one (hereby called Harlan*). Vista is evil, but I can deal, and so far it's doing what I want. Harlan presumably got mailed back to the mothership today, and they should be giving us money back. And then I'm paying for the rest...so my mother will stop trying to take the poor thing away. :(

Rest of break was spent doing tea with Mum, visiting the Folger with Da, and pestering the brat. Tea = awesome, Folger = slightly disappointing, brat = the usual. Wish break had been longer, I guess, but more time at home would have been deadly.

Interesting thing on Sunday, though, before I went back to school. Evil shul has commissioned three new Torah scrolls, since the ones they have are apparently no longer kosher because they're faded and falling apart. The first two scrolls were paid for by individual families, but the third is being paid for by the whole congregation, $18** a letter. And, because mitzvah*** 613 (the last one, natch) is to create a Torah, the scribe is coming to the shul a couple of days so that everyone can trace the letters they bought into the scroll, thus letting us complete said miztvah. Family bought two letters, and we went to the shul on Sunday to write them in. It was kind of cool, actually. Da took lots of pictures, naturally (for his class :P).

And now, some amusing things!



Fun metaquotes about dorm life and rules geeks should follow.

Oh, and there was fic, too (and it's original fic!):

written for the Slashers Dionysia 2007, under the category of satyr play.

This fic includes an f/f relationship and my usual brand of fast-and-loose mythology (of the Greek kind only this time). You don't like, don't read. You've been warned.

Thanks to triannamaxwell and velvetcherri for the beta.

“Stop me if you’ve heard this one before,” Eros bitched, right wing twitching idly.

(Galatea | PG-13 | 1300 words | complete)

Feedback is better than chocolate.

* 2 geek points if you get one of those references, 4 if you get both, 10 if you can guess the name of my iPod based on the two names you've been given
** 18 is a significant number in Judaism, as well as multiples of it; each Hebrew letter has a numerical value assigned, and the letters that spell 18 spell read "life" when read as a word
*** a good deed; there are 613 listed in the Torah (Five Books of Moses: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy)

Wow, I should come with subtitles.

Comments

[theemdash]

* 2 geek points if you get one of those references, 4 if you get both, 10 if you can guess the name of my iPod based on the two names you've been given

Fifth = human form Replicator!

Harlan = the android from "Tin Man" and "Double Jeopardy"

Hmm... SG-1 robots, I'll guess Reese. ;)

My first Mac PowerBook was named Selmak. I'm so witty.

[melayneseahawk.livejournal.com]

10 points for you. Now, is that a good thing or bad? :P

[theemdash]

Um . . . good?

*polishes her nerd street cred*

[melayneseahawk.livejournal.com]

You're talking to the girl who wins t-shirts at cons for knowing Stargate trivial.

It's a good thing. :P

[theemdash]

*snickers* You're talking to the girl who writes the questions at cons for Stargate trivia. ;)

[melayneseahawk.livejournal.com]

Heh, that, too.

(Now, we should proceed to start a trivia war, but we don't have to.)

[theemdash]

Trivia War? Interesting . . . I'd be willing to play. I need to start writing trivia for DragonCon anyway. ;)

[melayneseahawk.livejournal.com]

Heh, ok. I'll start.

Rules: Not allowed to look it up.
First one to not know the answer or get one wrong loses.
From show canon only, kthx.
No Atlantis, unless you want them, too.

Mm, to begin, and easy one: What are the Four Races (plus one, if you wish)?

[theemdash]

I totally love the rules.
Though I would amend that we can continue to go even if there's a loser because honestly, this is going to be fun. ;)

The Four Races are the Nox, the Asgard, the Ancients, and the Furlings (which I recently saw someone spell as 'Firlings'). And the Fifth Race is the Tau'ri.

Hmm . . . an easy one back: Which member of SG-1 is the first to speak Ancient?

[melayneseahawk.livejournal.com]

Sure, we can do that.

It's Jack, of course!

Ok, not so easy anymore: What's the name of Jonas' planet? *evil laugh*

[theemdash]

I don't know if they ever said the original name because they kept saying "Kelowna," but that's the name of the country. They changed the name of the planet in "Fallout" to Langara.

(Do I get half credit for that or full?)

And for you, to go with the whole planet-naming thing, What is the name of the planet on which the Rand Protectorate is located?

[melayneseahawk.livejournal.com]

You get full points, but I lose. I don't know that one! I do know the other country is Caledonia (Scotland, teehee), but I don't remember the name of the planet.

But, to continue, list five episodes that have numbers in their names.

[theemdash]

It's Tegalus. And I admit that I only know that because I looked it up for a fanfic the other day. ;)

Okay, first I have to say that your question made my jaw drop because it's one that I was considering for D*C trivia. *snickers* Great minds. ;)

So, five episodes with numbers in their names: 48 Hours, 2001, 2010, 200 and The First Ones, also The Fifth Race, The First Commandment, and Zero Hour. (Are there any others with actual digits?)

Here's one they didn't know last year: What does the Unas word "ka" translate to?

[theemdash]

Ok, we can continue later. And when we do, you can answer my question in a new comment thread.

That last thread was getting a bit unruly. ;)

Ancient devices have been in the shape of tables in many eps. Name three devices.

The time-looping device from "Window of Opportunity," the weapon at Dakara from "Reckoning," and Merlin's black-knight hologram thingy from "Camelot."

What is the name of the event that causes everyone on Vyus (including Linea) to lose their memories?

[melayneseahawk.livejournal.com]

Sweet.

They call it the Vorlix, I believe.

During s6, Jack is with the Tok'ra for the span of one episode before he escapes in "Abyss". What ep is it?

[theemdash]

Excellent! I wasn't sure if that question would be too obscure. ;)

I'm not great on the Season 6 timeline, but I'm pretty sure he's with the Tok'ra during "Nightwalkers."

btw- do you mind if I steal your questions for DragonCon trivia? I can give you credit as a contributor (we're writing Stargate Trivial Pursuit).

Your question: In "Foothold," the aliens killed on the plane were impersonating which two people?

[melayneseahawk.livejournal.com]

Yup, it's Nightwalkers.

Sure, not a problem. If you e-mail me, I'll give you my real name to use, if that's what you guys are using rather than online handles.

Daniel and...Paul Davis? Maybe?

An easy one, because I can't think of anything: what is Jack's favorite color, and what episode is it canon from?

[theemdash]

I suspect that we'll use whatever names people want us to use. I won't really decide until I have to type up the stuff. ;)

Paul is right, but the one that's killed on the plane is Jack. Daniel's lives (for awhile anyway).

The color is peridot. And that was from "Heroes."

Um . . . What's the first episode with a zat?

[melayneseahawk.livejournal.com]

Cool, just poke me when you decide.

Really? But Sam takes his gadget so she looks like Daniel. Weird.

Oh. Uh. Is it "Within the Serpent's Grasp"?

Marty the alien appears in three episodes. Name them.

[theemdash]

Yep, he's still alive. (I'm rewatching SG-1 which is why all of the Seasons 1-3 stuff is so fresh in my head. Up tonight it "Urgo.")

Marty first shows up in "Point of No Return" and then next in "Wormhole X-Treme!" and then finally in "200."

Speaking of "200," how do Sam and Daniel "punk" Mitchell?

[melayneseahawk.livejournal.com]

"Jack's my daddy?" 'Nuff said.

Speaking of Urgo, what food does Jack say he doesn't like when they're all sitting around the table piled high with desserts?

[theemdash]

OMG. Does he say he doesn't like pie?

Which SG team is Daniel off-world with when the SGC connects to a blackhole?

[melayneseahawk.livejournal.com]

No, he says he doesn't like yogurt.

SG...9? 11? Something like that?

Speaking of that ep, what's the name of the Colonel from Jack's past who reappears and then dies to save him?

[theemdash]

Phew. If it had been pie, I would have had to run around screaming.

Daniel was off world with SG-6. But he does head off with SG-11 a time or two. (I like to think that he's trying to make Jack jealous.)

Cromwell.

And, while we're on him, why was Jack so pissed at him?

[melayneseahawk.livejournal.com]

Cromwell left Jack behind in Iraq when Jack's plane went down.

Name another ep where Jack's experiences in Iraq are mentioned or hinted at.