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aesc ([personal profile] aesc) wrote2008-10-21 08:00 pm
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my brain on break

This is what my brain does after being forced to contemplate things like Latin and grant applications and proposals.


[livejournal.com profile] aesc my aunt and uncle watch Antiques Roadshow every night, and we were watching it last night and I kept on thinking about Rodney being the scary antiques appraiser (like, a specialist in old instruments or science fiction illustration or whatever) who bitches at people for bringing in pieces of unmitigated CRAP they shoveled out from under their disaster areas of basements, and takes delight in telling them that the violin they THOUGHT was a Stradi-whatever is a ukelele and how much did they pay for it again? well, stupidity has a high price tag
[livejournal.com profile] sheafrotherdon hahahahhahaha! awesome
[livejournal.com profile] aesc and then John wanders in one day, clutching the neck of a guitar and saying he thinks it might be, you know, kind of old
[livejournal.com profile] sheafrotherdon :d
[livejournal.com profile] aescand Rodney really wants to shout at him, but can't, because the guitar is an actual, proper antique and is worth MONEY, but he can grumble and snap a bit because John sort of drawls out these careless answers to Rodney's questions, like, he needs a minute to turn over the very standard "so how did you acquire this?"
[livejournal.com profile] sheafrotherdon hahahaha
[livejournal.com profile] aesc and after Rodney rants on a bit about taking proper care of VERY RARE VERY DELICATE instruments, John asks him if he wants to go out for coffee
[livejournal.com profile] aesc with the cameras rolling :>
[livejournal.com profile] sheafrotherdon :D
[livejournal.com profile] sheafrotherdon and Rodney splutters?!
[livejournal.com profile] sheafrotherdon adorably? ;;)
[livejournal.com profile] aesc heeee, of course!! and turns a bright and perilous red
[livejournal.com profile] sheafrotherdon :>
[livejournal.com profile] aesc and keeps glancing helplessly at the camera, like he's hoping Ronon (the cameraman) turns it off
[livejournal.com profile] sheafrotherdon Ronon, however, knows good tv
[livejournal.com profile] aesc and keeps rolling until Rodney whimpers and goes all inarticulate with his hands and agrees
[livejournal.com profile] sheafrotherdon hahahahahaha
[livejournal.com profile] aesc John's seen Rodney before, of course, on previous episodes
[livejournal.com profile] sheafrotherdon :>
[livejournal.com profile] sheafrotherdon wee crush!
[livejournal.com profile] aesc a very strange sort of fascination, really
[livejournal.com profile] aesc he's not entirely sure why Rodney ends up on AR, since it's usually a very... family-friendly show
[livejournal.com profile] aesc and John usually doesn't associate withering insults with public television
[livejournal.com profile] sheafrotherdon :>
[livejournal.com profile] aesc and when he found out that AR was going to be in his town... well, even though he had absolutely no intention of selling his guitar, he got tickets right away
[livejournal.com profile] sheafrotherdon :>
[livejournal.com profile] sheafrotherdon he's so crafty!
[livejournal.com profile] aesc yis yis! and had to do some finagling to be sure he got in Rodney's line

[dinner-related interruption]


[livejournal.com profile] aesc anyway, I'm sure John was hoping he did not get TOO turned on by Rodney's cranky, appraising muttering
[livejournal.com profile] sheafrotherdon :d
[livejournal.com profile] aesc because that is DEFINITELY not for public television, except in the nature shows
[livejournal.com profile] sheafrotherdon :>
[livejournal.com profile] aesc and that will probably give him nightmares about having sex with David Attenborough doing the voiceover
[livejournal.com profile] sheafrotherdon :))
[livejournal.com profile] aesc he goes a bit pale, thinking about that
[livejournal.com profile] aesc also, he gets up shamefully early to pack up his guitar and go stand in line, and possibly he rehearses what he's going to say
[livejournal.com profile] sheafrotherdon aw!
[livejournal.com profile] aesc mostly, though, he tells himself to be cool, be cool
[livejournal.com profile] aesc and it ends up being pretty easy, even though he's kind of overwhelmed at first by the lights and experiencing Rodney's bitchy superiority first-hand, instead of experiencing it safely on the other side of his wide-screen TV
[livejournal.com profile] sheafrotherdon eeeeeee
[livejournal.com profile] sheafrotherdon and do they have SEX?
[livejournal.com profile] aesc well, not on screen
[livejournal.com profile] aesc :D later, though
[livejournal.com profile] aesc fortunately, Rodney is distracting enough during sex that David Attenborough only intrudes just when they're getting started, before John has Rodney's shirt off

[identity profile] toft-froggy.livejournal.com 2008-10-22 12:05 am (UTC)(link)
This is wonderful and I love it.

[identity profile] aesc.livejournal.com 2008-10-22 12:53 am (UTC)(link)
\o/ Thank you!!
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[identity profile] lamardeuse.livejournal.com 2008-10-22 12:06 am (UTC)(link)
*adores you both*

*pulls out the comfy chair for you in front of the computer*

*makes tea and cookies*

*encourages shamelessly*

[identity profile] aesc.livejournal.com 2008-10-22 12:56 am (UTC)(link)
:D :D :D *eyes cookies*
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[personal profile] aurora 2008-10-22 12:07 am (UTC)(link)
Aaaaand now I can't stop grinning. :D :D

[identity profile] aesc.livejournal.com 2008-10-22 12:56 am (UTC)(link)
They do generally have that effect :D

write eeeet pleeease!

[identity profile] cobweb-diamond.livejournal.com 2008-10-22 12:08 am (UTC)(link)
I would read that. I would read that a thousand times and then draw little bubble-hearts around it.

Re: write eeeet pleeease!

[identity profile] aesc.livejournal.com 2008-10-22 12:56 am (UTC)(link)
Hurrah, I am happy to hear it! I shall see what can be done :D

Re: write eeeet pleeease!

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[identity profile] hilarytamar.livejournal.com 2008-10-22 12:08 am (UTC)(link)
I was only snickering gleefully until I got to David Attenborough, and then I lost it completely. Fortunately there weren't any clients in the waiting room to see me gasping with laughter...

ETA the obvious: oh please write this. Please. I beseech you. The world needs to see this.

[identity profile] aesc.livejournal.com 2008-10-22 12:59 am (UTC)(link)
Heh heh, I will see what can be done! This is a week of sloth for me, and it's supposed to be raining all day tomorrow, so... :D

[identity profile] dovil.livejournal.com 2008-10-22 12:26 am (UTC)(link)
Ahahahaha! This is fabulous with sparkles on top. Antique sparkles.

[identity profile] aesc.livejournal.com 2008-10-22 12:58 am (UTC)(link)
Rodney cautions you not to handle those any more than necessary, and for god's sake, put them against a non-acidic backing!!!

[identity profile] ci5rod.livejournal.com 2008-10-22 12:26 am (UTC)(link)
Having been watching Antiques Roadshow again recently, I giggled. And then David Attenborough got involved, and I lost it. Your brain is a scary place.

[identity profile] aesc.livejournal.com 2008-10-22 01:06 am (UTC)(link)
It's rather a strange entity to live with sometimes :|

[identity profile] indy-go.livejournal.com 2008-10-22 12:29 am (UTC)(link)
*inhales beer*

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[identity profile] aesc.livejournal.com 2008-10-22 01:01 am (UTC)(link)
:D

[identity profile] kimberweeme.livejournal.com 2008-10-22 12:36 am (UTC)(link)
You should write this. Yes, you should. *nods firmly*

I laughed just through your plot synopsis! Incoherent Rodney and bashful John are SO CUTE!

[identity profile] aesc.livejournal.com 2008-10-22 01:02 am (UTC)(link)
Heh, I shall speak to my people and see if it can be done :D

[identity profile] gnine.livejournal.com 2008-10-22 12:37 am (UTC)(link)
Eeee...this produces such a wonderfully cracktastically adorkable image, so nice to wake up to! *huggles boys and both of you!*

You know you want to, pweeeease? ^_-

[identity profile] aesc.livejournal.com 2008-10-22 01:08 am (UTC)(link)
Heh heh, thank you kindly!

[identity profile] unamaga.livejournal.com 2008-10-22 12:37 am (UTC)(link)
Does Rodney gesture at things with a tiny little pen thing and huff when John holds it by the neck only because it's delicate, don't you know anything?

[identity profile] aesc.livejournal.com 2008-10-22 01:11 am (UTC)(link)
Yes, in fact, he's sent people to the hospital when he has (completely inadvertently, he insists, except once, when the moron deserved it) turned the tiny pen thing into a weapon, or else gestured so enthusiastically that the little pen thing went flying and stabbed an old lady in the eye (causing her to drop what looked like a lame porcelain cow, but turned out to have been made by a famous shop in Switzerland and there was all sorts of unpleasantness with lawyers). He pokes John in the chest with it, just to emphasize that, if he had any sense of the history and sacredness of his guitar, he would have taken better care of it.

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[identity profile] thegrrrl2002.livejournal.com 2008-10-22 12:40 am (UTC)(link)
Yes, yes, and???


And??????

[identity profile] aesc.livejournal.com 2008-10-22 01:12 am (UTC)(link)
They have sex! And when John can't go with Rodney on the road trip, he is sure to call every night and have positively filthy conversations that have Rodney turning bright red at inopportune moments during taping :>

[identity profile] winkingstar.livejournal.com 2008-10-22 12:44 am (UTC)(link)
\o/

Dooooooooo eeeeeeeettttt!!! :D

[identity profile] aesc.livejournal.com 2008-10-22 01:19 am (UTC)(link)
I will do my level best!

[identity profile] insight2.livejournal.com 2008-10-22 01:12 am (UTC)(link)
ronon, knows good tv- and I think I do too. your tv!fic sounds like funtimes :D

[identity profile] aesc.livejournal.com 2008-10-22 01:19 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you kindly! It's quite amusing to imagine Rodney pontificating on Antiques Roadshow, especially with the cheery music playing in the background :D

[identity profile] mirabile-dictu.livejournal.com 2008-10-22 01:15 am (UTC)(link)
Now this is tv I would watch.

[identity profile] aesc.livejournal.com 2008-10-22 01:19 am (UTC)(link)
Me too :D :D It would persuade me to fix the damn thing!

[identity profile] beadattitude.livejournal.com 2008-10-22 01:30 am (UTC)(link)
::roars cheerfully:: Oh yis plz!!

[identity profile] aesc.livejournal.com 2008-10-22 01:41 am (UTC)(link)
:D :D :D

[identity profile] lillyjk.livejournal.com 2008-10-22 01:34 am (UTC)(link)
this took me to my happy place

[identity profile] aesc.livejournal.com 2008-10-22 01:41 am (UTC)(link)
Hurray, happy places! \o/

[identity profile] incidental-fire.livejournal.com 2008-10-22 01:53 am (UTC)(link)
Yes! YESYESYESYES!!! I can *absolutely* see Rodney being on AR, that would be *perfect*! And John waiting in line to see him! Eeee!

[identity profile] aesc.livejournal.com 2008-10-22 02:32 am (UTC)(link)
Hee, yes! And Rodney eyeing John suspiciously when he walks up :D

[identity profile] perspi.livejournal.com 2008-10-22 02:42 am (UTC)(link)
OMG I AM SO EXCITED TO POTENTIALLY SEE THIS THAT I AM CAPSLOCKING. Seriously, though, it's been a hell of a week for me--I was sick yesterday and submitted a research manuscript to a journal, and then today I had to finish my professional portfolio for a job review next week, and ARGH. I am joining on the beseeching wagon, because this fic would make me so HAPPEEEE.

[identity profile] aesc.livejournal.com 2008-10-22 03:10 am (UTC)(link)
Awwww *pets* I just finished the wee baby version of that--proposal, two abstracts, and an article draft and my brain is only finally starting to unclench *flaps* But I will see what i can do about soothing happy AR fic! :>

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[identity profile] omglawdork.livejournal.com 2008-10-22 02:45 am (UTC)(link)
This is pretty much A+ awesome. :-D I would totally watch Rodney do AR.

[identity profile] aesc.livejournal.com 2008-10-22 03:05 am (UTC)(link)
I love AR anyway, but Rodney would pretty much cement it as the best show OF ALL TIME.

[identity profile] mischief5.livejournal.com 2008-10-22 03:00 am (UTC)(link)
and that will probably give him nightmares about having sex with David Attenborough doing the voiceover

Please, please, I so need to read this! *giggles helplessly*

[identity profile] aesc.livejournal.com 2008-10-22 03:04 am (UTC)(link)
Heee, I will see what I can do!

[identity profile] stillwaters11.livejournal.com 2008-10-22 03:00 am (UTC)(link)
Hee! Love it!

[identity profile] aesc.livejournal.com 2008-10-22 03:04 am (UTC)(link)
:D Thank you!

[identity profile] tardis80.livejournal.com 2008-10-22 03:15 am (UTC)(link)
ILU, DEAR. *laughs and laughs*

[identity profile] aesc.livejournal.com 2008-10-22 03:24 am (UTC)(link)
♥♥♥!!

Oh, oh, I have been meaning to ask you, did you come up with the Gossip Girls AU? Because I have been toying with a snippet for a couple of weeks now (and [livejournal.com profile] dogeared and I have speculated on it quite a bit) and if anything ever gets done, I want to be sure people know where it all originally began :D

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[identity profile] sobelle.livejournal.com 2008-10-22 03:33 am (UTC)(link)
OMG they're perfectly matched EVERYWHERE!!

(but I would NEVER have considered AR)

It must be great and entertaining to be your brain! \0/ =D

[identity profile] aesc.livejournal.com 2008-10-22 03:35 am (UTC)(link)
Usually it is just barely-controlled chaos, with an undertone of "I really want crinkle-cut Kettle Chips" :/

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