KnitChick's Crafty Ramblings

Day 18 – Whatever Tickles Your Fancy

Hmm... well since today (well, technically yesterday now) was Big Finish Day and I splurged on four Doctor Who audios from them, let's make this a Big Finish post! I'll talk about some of my faves, and if you like Big Finish please tell me what ones you think are good so I have ideas what to grab during the next sale or at Chicago TARDIS!

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So anyway that's a selection of audiobooks I like! Tell me what else is good and I should start looking for! (I do have a bunch more that I didn't list here, because they weren't spectacular or I haven't listened to them yet - there's about *counts* wow, 34 audiobooks in my iTunes that I haven't listened to yet, most of them Doctor Who).

Hey all!

Just had to post that huskyfriends has written a couple of short fics with my characters in my AU Torchwood Universe!

(I'm just copy-pasta-ing her headers :)

Title: Owena's Little Secret
Author: huskyfriends
Series: Torchwood
Character: Dr. Owena Harper
Rating: PG-13
Beta: Going commando
Spoilers: None
Disclaimer: I do not own Torchwood or the characters therein, the original characters belong to the BBC and RTD. The character of Dr. Owena Harper belongs to the AU Torchwood of knitchick1979
Summary: Owena deals with the events of, unfortunately, just another day at Torchwood.
Author's Note: For some this bunny bit me and not knitchick1979. The characters are used with permission of knitchick1979 and hopefully this will help push her TBB fic.

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Title: The Case of Jacqueline Harkness
Author: huskyfriends
Series: Torchwood
Characters: Jacqueline Harkness, Iana Jones, Yvonne Hartmann, OCs
Rating: R
Beta: Going Commando
Spoilers: Jacqueline has the same gift Jack does
Dislcaimer: I do not own Torchwood or the characters therein, the original characters belong to the BBC and RTD. The characters of Captain Jacqueline Harkness and Iana Jones belongs to the AU Torchwood of knitchick1979. Any original characters or places are my own.
Summary: Jacqueline has a meeting at Torchwood One and it doesn't urn out the way she hoped.
Author's Notes: The characters are used with permission of knitchick1979. I know it is gender swapped, but some characters like her bitchiness Yvonne Hartmann stayed the same.

Title: Revenge is a dish best served cold

Author: knitchick1979

Characters: Tosh, Owen, Jack, Ianto

Rating: PG

Summary: Tosh's past comes back to haunt her...sort of ;)

Notes: Unbeta'd, because I wasn't able to get anything written until like, now. All mistakes my own. Written for the tw_lucky_7 challenge, prompt: wrath.

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Title: Endless Nights
Author: knitchick1979
Characters: Jack, Ianto
Rating: PG

Summary: Jack finds himself ready to give up.

Notes: Thanks to huskyfriends for the quick beta and catching me in POV issues!

Written for the tw_lucky_7 challenge.

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Hey gang!!!

We've set a date for the second Whoniverse Photoshoot! The last one was so incredibly epic, it had to be done again!!! New locations this time, still the same level of AWESOME!

Carole's post on DW Cosplay
Facebook event page

Meeting At: Starbucks - 7201 Lake Street, River Forest, IL, 60305
Date: Saturday, April 17, 2010


Be there or be left behind when the TARDIS dematerializes! Even if you can't come, spread the word!

Hello everyone!

ETA: Less than one week to go! PM me if you need a contact number to call, especially if you think you'll be running late.

I'm putting a post here in my journal to spread the word about an idea huskyfriends and I have been batting around. We love spending time getting really awesome photos of cosplay (like when we spent time with adistantshadow at Wizard World, that was fun!) and we thought, why not make a day of it and get a big group together to get photos at some great locations we know of. I've been to a few gatherings organized on the Anime Central forums, like the Acen Aftermath Photoshoot in 2007 where at one point we had around 50-60 people walking en masse around downtown Chicago. It's great fun!

So, we would like to create a Whoniverse cosplay photoshoot gathering on Saturday, October 24th, 2009.

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So....who might be interested in coming? Characters? We've already started brainstorming and we have a load of great ideas already but the more the merrier! Pass along the word, we'd love to have a great big group. Any and all Whoniverse costumes are welcome and also non-cosplayers are welcome too. I'd love to have multiple photographers come along to this. Comment away! :D

Okay gang! Carole and I took some time tonight to work up a full schedule.

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Again, please spread the word to anyone you think might come! Open to anyone in the Chicagoland area, and no, you don't need to have a Doctor Who related cosplay to join us!

Yes, my teddy bear cosplays as well.

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This was a collaborative effort between huskyfriends and myself, and we fully lay blame on the chocolate Peeps. This is what happens when three crazy friends colour Easter eggs together without supervision. x-posted to her journal

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Thank yous are accepted in the form of sugar, more crackfic, and Barrowman butt shots :D

So, I'm getting a new laptop. YAY! And since it's totally my dream laptop I'm gonna be babying it like you wouldn't believe ;) So as part of that keeping it as pristine as possible for as long as possible I'm gonna invest in a laptop skin for the lid. Besides, I *need* to advertise my geekery y'know!

I really want a custom Torchwood/Doctor Who design (gee what a surprise), and I'd love to have chibis of the whole Torchwood team (plus the Doctor, Donna, Rose and Martha) and possibly also Myfanwy and Captain John, but also chibis of my AU Torchwood team (and Doctor, Donna, Ross, and Marcus and Captain Joanna Hart). But that's a lot of chibis and I don't really have the money to commission something like that. I mean, one of my favourite Doctor Who artists is open for commissions on DA right now but no more than 2 characters non coloured because she's busy. :(

So I'm debating if I just make something with my awesome graphics manipulation skills (I have the Torchwood logo with blue background that I had on my now-dead laptop and I could add some scanned pictures and stuff) and when I have money invest in a commissioned drawing, or if I should tone down what I want and spend a little less money on a smaller commission.

Anyone know of an artist that's able to do Torchwood drawings and would be able to do some Torchwood chibis cheap? (for some reason the idea of a bunch of chibis in cute poses just appeals to me) At the very least I'd love to have my team drawn.

Ah well, well I ponder that...I gotta think of what I'm going to name this computer! :) Oh and fire up the graphics software to make me some wallpapers. Because the native resolution of the laptop I'm getting is 1280x800, and I don't think I really have any wallpapers that big (for one) and also in that widescreen format. Plus I hardly ever see any in that size to download. So, excuse to make new wallpapers! :D

Today's thing that made me happy -- Carole (huskyfriends) and I went to Alien Entertainment to pick up my birthday gift from her! Yes, my Jack action figure finally came!!

And yes we already have pictures of him with a Starbucks cup. We're such geeks!!

Now if only I could figure out why this computer won't let me upload anything I could post that picture! ;)


Oh and that store is just totally made of WIN!!! They have awesome Doctor Who and Torchwood stuff, and Star Trek stuff and Star Wars stuff and Buffy stuff! I already decided I'm dragging my mom there and making her buy the library BTVS playset and set it aside for my GLSIS graduation gift. Because I am THAT big of a geek. Come on, a library playset for library school graduation? How perfect is that! Plus a hot Giles action figure to go with it of course ;)

But for now I gotta get back to preparing for the GRE tomorrow so I can get money for school :D