This is unfair, and I'm trying to keep it together...  I'm sitting at work, for goodness' sake! I thought maybe if I wrote something it would help... but all I want to do is write Happy!Ianto fic, and that won't help keep it off my mind... So then I thought, maybe reading? Except that the first thing that pops up in my inbox is Torchwood stories...

I never thought I'd be so upset by a fandom. I mean, yes, I cried when Owen died... and sobbed when Tosh died and Owen died again. When they sent Rose off into another universe, I thought it couldn't be much worse, but they topped that with what happened to Donna.....

But Ianto? My beautiful teaboy full of sarcasm and quips. The one who would look after the team that he came to love. The captain he came to love. And it's all over now. It's times like this that I had a TARDIS for real, so I could go back and warn myself. The 21st Century is when everything changes, yeah? Well, what are they going to do now that it's all changed so pivotally?

Several months ago, I was having a conversation with some of my other Torchwood friends, and we were all discussing the rumours that John Barrowman was thinking of leaving the show. The question came up then, if John left, if they removed Captain Jack Harkness' ever-presence from the show, would any of us still watch it?

The answer: probably not.

Would we still watch it if they killed of Gwen? More than likely.

What about the other members of the team? What about the characters that we love, though they're not "Torchwood" per se, like Rhys and Andy?

With Owen and Tosh gone, ok, we could conceivably see ourselves continuing the fascination, because there was still Jack, and Ianto and Gwen and Rhys..... but now?

How much are the show's ratings going to drop if *the best* character, the strongest and securest piece of that team isn't there anymore?

How are you going to save the world from "almost certain doom" on a weekly basis if you don't have Ianto to press your shirts, and run reports and make the coffee?!? Are you all going to start drinking instant?

Go on then, Torchwood, try and survive this without Ianto. Oh Jack, sure Jack will live... but will he still be dying inside everytime he thinks of him?  I know I will be....

Bastard Torchwood..... Just like Rhys has always said......

How could you?


I'm going back to crying now... good night.....

I cannot think.........

I cannot process words...............

That was EPIC!!!

OMG! THEY ARE COMING TOMORROW!!!

My life was incomplete without Torchwood in it. I realize that now. (Don't tell Colin, he'll think I've replaced him with the delish John B. and GDL!)

Oh Tomorrow, you cannot come soon enough!

And did anyone catch the bitchy woman's name? Ms. Cement-Shoes? Whoever she is, I wish that Gwen was a better shot! Anyway, off to bed, not that I could sleep, but I hope to have a better response once my brain gets over the shock of John Barrowman's arse on BBC1 and Ianto Jones getting dirty! (The dust from the explosion, not the other kind... leave that for the "are you sure you're in one piece?" sex conversation that will take place between Jack and Ianto once they get alone and secure enough to loosen that tie!)

Ok, so tonight we had Inkheart come in from Netflix.

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Torchwood: Lost Souls (Audio play)

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Torchwood: Asylum (Audio play)

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Torchwood: The Golden Age (Audio play)

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Torchwood: The Dead Line

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*deep breath* ok, and here goes... I've not watched Children of Earth yet. I'm not sure I want to start it so late tonight, but I'm aching to get more Torchwood action. So, I'm off to see if we can get Colin's sound to work, and I'll be sure to give my full run-down tomorrow, one way or another!

Night all!

We went to my aunt Karen's house for Independence Day celebrations. It was... interesting. ^_^ Actually, it was really fun, and we had a blast! (No pun intended, though there were quite a few explosions and several more mild pops!) There's always lots of food at my family gatherings, and this was no different. Of course, I waited until we were done eating before pulling out the camera, and running around taking pictures!

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All in all, we had an absolute blast, but it was far too cold, and I would have probably been better off with a heavier coat. ^_^ I can't wait until the next one!

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Oh boy what a week!

On Thursday, we had to go down to Sacramento for Colin's license exam. He passed! YAY! So now he can start his new job at Banker's Life. It was an adventure in and of itself just trying to find parking down there! On the plus side, I got about a third of the way through the book I was reading while I waited for him. ^_^ (Beka Cooper's Terrier, for anyone who's interested!) After that, we had a delightful time arguing over the music, (I won, of course, I usually do, and we ended up listening to Chess and then The Little Mermaid: Broadway Soundtracks on the way home XP) and getting all turned around and trying to make left turns in Sacramento as we fought our way first to a McD's (I had to use the facilities) and then back on to the freeway, so we could get home.

Traffic slowed us down immensely, as there was a fire on the road somewhere along I-80 (on our side) and a traffic accident on the other! It was mayhem in first gear! >.< Then we got caught up in work-hour traffic as soon as we hit Novato on the 101, so that took a while too. Luckily, Colin got in a good nap, and I listened to my musicals without interupption! ^_- We finally made it back into Rohnert Park (after picking up my cousin Kai and dropping him off at my mom's house, as he and Brandon were going to some benefit concert together) in one relative piece, though we were both tired. After dinner, we snuggled up and settled in for the night. Thank goodness too, because we both had to go into work the next day!

Friday will always be the longest day of the week, I don't care what anyone says! It always seems to take the most time for it to go by, especially when it's a beautiful day outside, and there's stuff to look forward to on the weekend!

On Saturday, Colin and I went to PirateFest, in Vallejo! It was so much fun, even if we both ended up a little more pink than we'd have cared for. (Colin had it worse than I did, but he's already fading nicely into tan, so no big deal!) I've put up LOTS of pictures and a couple videos below the cut, so click there if you want to see the roaring good time we had!

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Also, in addition to all that, we've been re-thinking our wedding venue options, particularly because of the financial side of things. Weddings can be costly, and as much as I've tried to cut corners here and there with it, it doesn't look like we'll be anywhere near able to afford the Wedgewood. (Not unless I suddenly end up winning the lottery, which requires me to play, or we somehow miraculously ended up with a check for 5k in the mail. >.<)

So this has opened up new possibilites for the actual occaision, which is being more tricky than we thought, since trying to work it into a non-existant budget is difficult. We're going down to look at one option this week sometime, so maybe we'll have better news on that front, but for now, I was left with two options: 1.) postpone the wedding (something niether of us really want to do, and in fact, the very idea nearly sends me into hysterics just thinking about it. >_< or 2.) find somewhere MUCH less expensive for the wedding. It's been a struggle to balance everything we've had going on the past couple weeks, but hopefully with the new week that begins today it will be better... or at least less hectic!

We've been working our way through the second season of Torchwood (amidst several other random movies via Netflix) and we're almost there! Colin only has four episodes left before he's up to date on that front, and then it's only a few audio plays before he's ready for the third season, which airs in the UK on the 4th of July! The Nanny has been filling in the blanks, and now we only have to break me of the habit of occasionally slipping into a very nasally voice when I say certain things and/or laughing. ^_^

We've been discussing the drive down to LA for Gallifrey One this coming February as well, and I think I've decided that I need new seat covers before we make that journey. For one thing, the car will get too warm with all black interior; for another, I'd like something prettier. (Colin disagrees that this is something to look for, but then, he's a guy, so we'll excuse him that one! ^_^) We're talking about the costuming, and I think I'm going to have to make him his 10th Doctor coat from scratch, since nothing we've found thus far will work without massive alterations. (And if I'm going to have to take someone else's wqork apart and put it all back together again, I might as well do it myself right the first time!)

All in all, it's been an exciting and tumultuous time for us, and we're looking forward to the next few days as a sort of time to catch up on our sleep and reading ^_-

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