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

[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?

[melayneseahawk.livejournal.com]

(also Avenger 2.0, btw, 1969, and others I might be forgetting)

All kinds of things! 'No' or a general negative sentiment being one of them.

What's the name of the kid they encounter in the abandoned palace in "The Light"?

(Can I ask questions from s10?)

[theemdash]

(I'm dumb. 1969! Hello, Em. :P)

. . . O.M.G. I know this one! Grr . . . *headdesk* Nope, I'm not coming up with it. Does it start with an L? They usually start with an L.

In the land of minor characters, what's the name of the guy who accuses Teal'c in "Cor'ai"?

(I'm good for all of Season 10. You?)

[melayneseahawk.livejournal.com]

Heh, you're right there. It's Loran.

And...you've stumped me again. I know why he did it (avenge father's death, yadda), but not his name.

When SG-1 finally meets Merlin, he calls a few of them by the names of Arthur's knights. Match at least one member of SG-1 2.0 with their Arthurian knight.

(Yes, am fine for s10.)

[theemdash]

Hano. Ironically that was the only name I was coming up with on your question.

Oooh, good question! I love it. Let's see if I remember.

Sam = Gwinevere
Daniel = Gallahad
Cameron = Perceval (or do I have Daniel and Cameron swapped?)
Ba'al = Mordred
I can't remember Vala or Teal'c (did he say a name for Teal'c?)


The address for planet on which the sangreal was "located" was made of from the addresses of what three planets?

[melayneseahawk.livejournal.com]

Had to look this up just to make sure, but after I failed to answer your question :P. Sam is Guinevere, Mitchell is Percival, Daniel is Galahad (which cracks me up), Ba'al is Mordred. Neither Teal'c nor Vala are mentioned.

Hopefully, spelling doesn't count, but it's Veigombrei and two others I've forgotten. *facepalm*

In "Paradise Lost", Maybourne thinks the plant that makes them crazy tastes like what?

[theemdash]

I looked it up after I answered also. I thought he said a name for Vala. Huh.

Daniel is Galahad (which cracks me up)

Me too.

Okay, the three planets are Vagonbrei, Castiana (Taoth Vaclarush), and Sahal (Valos Cor).

Um . . . I don't think it's right, but is it spinach?

I'm having issues coming up with a question at the moment so I'm going with this: How many Ph.Ds does Daniel have and have are they in?

[melayneseahawk.livejournal.com]

Arrugula!

And yours is a trick question! I think canon is two, but at some point it suddenly became three, and fanon's gone running with that number. And it's Archeology, Philology, and Anthropology, right?

'Chevron guy' had gone through a series of names. Name all three.

[theemdash]

Arrugula! Right! Argh.

Heh. I don't remember them mentioning it before "The Scourge." In fact, I don't think they ever stated his specialties before then. (Though I do wonder where Egyptology went.)

Gah! I love Gary and I should know this, but I can't remember the first name he was given! It was something that only stuck for one episode. After that his first name was established as Walter ("2010") and then his last name was Davis before they finally settled on Harriman.

You're a fellow Browncoat, name the character Adam Baldwin played in "Heroes" (rank and name).

[melayneseahawk.livejournal.com]

Heh, no, that was the three I was looking for. I didn't think there was a third last name.

Ack! It was in Heroes, he's the CO of the team so he must be at least a major, but I don't remember. Phoo.

Who teaches Teal'c to drive? What episode is it?

(Can I do Atlantis questions, too?)

[theemdash]

I think there was an original first name. I know I've talked to Gary or heard him talk about it before.

*points to icon* Col. Dave Dixon. SG-13 is my very favorite SG team. (I could quiz you on the names of the other members, but I won't be that mean.)

Daniel teaches Teal'c to drive in "1969." I can't remember which episode we were retconned that information, though.

What is the name of the planet Cassandra is from?

(I'm not so great with SGA [and I haven't seen the second half of this season] but we can try it.)

[melayneseahawk.livejournal.com]

Thank you for that bit of grace.

Dun remember when it's retconned, either, but it might be "Affinity".

...it had a name? *facepalm*

How does "Citizen Joe" get Jack's memories?

(I was going to ask what other two Firefly actors appear in Stargate, but one of the is still spoilers for you, I suppose.)

[theemdash]

I was also thinking "Affinity."

Heh. Yes. It's Hanka, aka P8X-987 (I don't know why I remember that particular number).

Joe also has the Ancient gene and got his hands on one of those Ancient communication devices that keyed him and Jack to each other.

Well, Morena is Adria and Jewel was a wraith in Season 2 (dunno if she's coming back in a different role or anything, though).

Um . . . Which episode did Michael Shanks direct?

[melayneseahawk.livejournal.com]

Yup!

She was a Wraith? No way! (She does come back in s3 as someone, but I shan't say more.)

Double Jeopardy, and I don't know why I knew that. I don't usually pay attention to that stuff.

But yes. We all know Michael voices Thor. Who voices Heimdall?