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Didn't manage to work any further on the vid. I'm simply too exhausted after work. At the moment I'm scrolling through the latest entries on farscape_weekly. Isn't it amazing how many vids are still done about this show long gone?

Yay, only 25 minutes till I can get out of here!

Finally I feel like I could get all of the things on my to-do list done... someday. And it's all because of one productive weekend. :)

Let's state the obvious first: journal redesign. I couldn't bear the christmas header anymore. It was just... the wrong season. So it's a series 3 header now. Including Martha, Jack (*grin* @ dune_drd) and the creepy weeping statue (still can't forget that terrifying I'm-gonna-devour-you-face *shudders*).

I did another non-livejournal header.

Well, I also attempted to work on the vid I started in January. I'd still like to do it. And I promised angela_caida I'd finish it. I'd finish the series 1 and 2 Doctor Who vid centering on the Doctor and Rose. Suffice to say, I failed. I am currently in the mood for something different and I've already done a few vids with a similar theme. As much as I want to do it, I had to postpone it. Still, the song stuck with me.

Instead I started a new vid. A Farscape vid. That's one show I always wanted to vid but always doubted I would. Reason #1: I have to rip all of the clips from my DVDs. Reason #2: The change from letterbox to widescreen. Fortunately, I had similiar problems when I did the Firefly vid. No reasons to NOT do it when I stumbled upon a fitting song.

Progress: 20 seconds and a helluva lot of cuts are done or in a nearly-finished state. I expect this to take a while, especially as my oral exams are about a month away.

Oh, and I finished playing "Two Worlds". Very disappointing ending. Have I ever experienced such a lame boss fight? A few arrows, a tiny bit of damage and the guy dropped dead.

Eeek! Cockroach! On the Raspberry! *runs to the window to throw it out* *pants*

Sorry... some way to say 'Hey, I'm back'. I was just about to write my first entry for ages, when I realized, I was holding a cockroach in my hand. Ahem... but the time of written exams is over. There's only one oral exam waiting for me in late August and after that I'm no longer a student. Such a relief. Wheeeee!

For now I finally have time to do something except learning. At the moment, I'm catching up with Doctor Who while I'm still avoiding spoilers. Four episodes to go. So if anyone is still reading this, please, please, don't spoil me. ;)

So much to catching up to... hopefully, that means getting back to vidding or wallpapering soon. God, my current wallpaper is so old. But my brain feels completely fried. Maybe it helps just to start working on something. And I'm just realizing that means writing in English, too. I didn't need the language for months now and it surely shows while I'm writing this.

Uhm, when I think about it, I need a new LJ layout. And icons. Well, I could always say, I'm missing the snow and that's why my LJ looks like it's December. Sure...

Oh, I haven't got any DW Series 3 vids yet! Any recommendations? I must have missed quite a bunch. Seriously, not one single Martha vid. Now I'm really feeling out of the loop.

Off to bed now. Hopefully, the train will be waiting there for me tomorrow. One day of strike was certainly enough. At least they waited until my exams were over and I didn't have to hurry anymore.

bunnythenavia: Got your nudge, btw. It's the reason I hurried back here so soon after my exams. :)

all: Expect a visit to your journals in the near future. I've missed a lot and I won't be able to catch up all of it but at least I won't be completely ignorant. Like I am now.

Finished the winter redesign this afternoon. Better be done with it than having all sorts of ideas for it the next few days. I'm quite pleased with the result. It's just a few colors (and a new header that took a while longer than the "test" header before this) but it feels really different to me. :D

Torchwood returns for second series
Despite my mixed feelings about the series I'm still happy for all those involved and the fandom including me to a certain degree. As I said before, I'm gonna keep watching. The last few episodes of series 1 could be quite a ride and I hope they build on that for the next series.

That's it for today and now I'm gonna catch up with everything I delayed in favor of redesigning. ;)

I started to fiddle around with the livejournal options a bit, used a tutorial to switch to custom css and now I have a header. Let me repeat that: I HAVE A HEADER! Double-yay, I had so given up hope of discovering that hidden option for a non-paid account!

Of course I had to test it and quickly put together a header that fit the new colors. It's not that I disliked the blue, just that I had seen the standard design often enough. Needs some getting used to... ahh, who cares about the colors anyway, if there's a new header (not over it yet ^^)?

And while I was off to give my livejournal a makeover, I realized Torchwood is running right NOW. Playing on British tvs while I was redesigning. With that in mind I couldn't delay my much needed Torchwood icon any longer. Hm, so the only thing that's not new are the mood icons? As far as I know, you can't change them without a paid account?

I have to admit, I wondered (only for a second, but still...) if I could watch Torchwood today instead of tomorrow. Creeps me out a bit, cause I shouldn't even think for a second of watching it now, when I have to worry about falling asleep tomorrow and therefore enjoying the first episode less than I should. It's not like there are overly many episodes, that I could waste one of them. So no Torchwood for me today... though I keep checking for it. *trys to stop herself*

Nontheless I'm so excited to experience this live for once. As I'm mostly watching US-shows I was always (at least as far as I can remember) asleep when they premiered. Now there's this British show that airs only "one hour away from here". So much less anonymous. And so much more tempting. *checks again*