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sapote ([personal profile] sapote) wrote2007-05-11 01:16 pm
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1) Hey, so: does anyone have recommendations for chatty, informative books about:
a) Jerusalem politics in the year 0
b) the Protestant reformation and major dramatis personae thereof
c) medieval cult of the saints and wacky behavior associated with religious orders?
ETA: or, actually, anything about any episodes of wacky religious factionalism in judeo-christian history at all. I should take this to a reference librarian so that they can roll their eyes and refer me to the entirety of Western history.


2) Does anyone know exactly where Rodney McKay lived as a child? Does anyone have a good guess? I haven't been to Canada since I was six months old, so my geography is, sadly, rusty.

Also, I may be more familiar with the geography of Nunavut than anything closer to the U.S. border.

Anyway, if anyone can point me towards any episodes at all, besides McKay and Mrs. Miller, where Rodney discusses his early life, I would be very grateful.

[identity profile] chibimuse.livejournal.com 2007-05-12 04:06 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you so much! I am completely inept at getting torrents online, so I have trouble finding/downloading episodes.

I would probably cry if I met Rodney IRL and he said something harsh, he'd be so scary! Rodney is UNBELIEVABLY charming for somone so... not-charming? haha, I don't think that even made sense, but I also think you know what I mean.

[identity profile] sol-se.livejournal.com 2007-05-12 04:59 am (UTC)(link)
Oops, this is a repeat comment.

Do you guys prefer a certain format? Wmv, Mpeg, avi? WMV would be the smallest file size. I don't know if that's an issue for you.

[identity profile] sol-se.livejournal.com 2007-05-12 05:13 am (UTC)(link)
A good place to find Stargate (SGA or SG1) eps to download is [livejournal.com profile] ninth_chevron. It has a tag list (http://community.livejournal.com/ninth_chevron/tag/) also. Although you may have to join the community in order to see any posts.

[identity profile] sapote3.livejournal.com 2007-05-12 12:14 pm (UTC)(link)
oh that's awesome. When I finally get Slings & Arrows burned and off my hard drive I look forward to poking around there. I am WMV compatible, for sure.

[identity profile] chibimuse.livejournal.com 2007-05-12 05:20 am (UTC)(link)
WMV sounds fine so long as Sapote has no preference. :)
and thanks for the community recs

[identity profile] sol-se.livejournal.com 2007-05-13 06:56 am (UTC)(link)
...And here's (6x01) "Redemption, Part 1" (177 MB)

http://www.sendspace.com/file/g20vot

and "Redemption, Part 2" (also 177 MB)

http://www.sendspace.com/file/30wlfp

Hopefully those all work. I still haven't been able to figure out how people get those pretty 350 MB AVI files you see everywhere. These are probably fine for watching, but I don't think I'd use them for vidding or anything.

[identity profile] chibimuse.livejournal.com 2007-05-13 10:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you so much! All three episodes downloaded quickly, and the redemption ones were great despite the lower quality.

He's even more of an asshole than I'm used to in Atlantis! :D I love it.

[identity profile] sol-se.livejournal.com 2007-05-12 06:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Here's ep 5x14 "48 Hours." This is the episode where McKay is introduced. Watching it now, he looks so young and with longer hair. *g*

http://www.sendspace.com/file/4mtvi8

(wmv, 278 MB) Let me know if something doesn't work right.

[identity profile] sapote3.livejournal.com 2007-05-12 07:13 pm (UTC)(link)
I have no idea where your icon is from, but I find it aesthetically pleasing.

[identity profile] chibimuse.livejournal.com 2007-05-12 11:40 pm (UTC)(link)
http://zebragirl.keenspot.com/
Even if you're not into webcomics, this one is AMAZING!

The art is stunning (as you can see from the icon) and the writing is great. Unfortunately it is more like a series of novels story-wise, so you would have to begin reading at the beggining. The art and writing aren't quite as good at the beggining, but it improves very quickly! It is definitely worth the hours it would take to read the entire thing.

[identity profile] sapote3.livejournal.com 2007-05-13 04:11 pm (UTC)(link)
thanks for the link!