Hello 
I'm Siobhan Curran/Kisa Naumova, and this is my weblog. I tend to write about stuff like crossdressing, Macs, code, cats, wine and Second Life, but in general it's just an ongoing conversation about all sorts of stuff. If you'd like to know a little bit more about what this all is, I recommend starting on this page which has a little bit of info on who I am, and what I'm trying to do — or you could dive into my five years worth of archives if you like.
Otherwise, feel free to close this box and explore...
Basically...
Don't leave the house today.
Slouth Park
Bored on a rainy Saturday afternoon, I went back to Planearium.de
[snip]
Just To Recap...
Less than two hours to go, let's just try and get our bearings for a second.
So, basically, The Master has gone back in time — although we don't know yet whether he really has gone back in time, or is just in a coma after getting run over in the opening titles.
The Doctor, meanwhile, has given up the Time Lord malarkey, and landed himself a walk-on part in Last of the Summer Wine.
The Terrahawks are invading the Earth...
Captain Jack is staring at boys,
and Martha has run away.
It is all, as they say, far too exciting.
Starting to wish I watched this now!
Yes!
Absolutely yes. Abso-fucking-lutely yes.
Yes yes yes yes yes yes.
Yes!
(The more I look at the word "yes", the weirder it seems)
What do you reckon — the Master's wife will turn out to be the Rani?
Or Flash Gordon — one of the two
(I was racking my brains trying to place the film reference of that clip, until AngryBeth reminded me)
Meanwhile, On Flickr...
Physical Defects
I got an email the other day, from Teh Grauniad, asking me if I wanted to be involved a photo project...
For this project, I will be asking a selection of 10-20 people from a range of different backgrounds to recreate an image of their face with the help of an old-fashioned Ô70s identikit. A photographer would take a portrait photo, which will then be printed alongside the identikit portrait. I will attach a sample picture so that you get an idea of what we are trying to create.
Essentially, the project is about the disparity between the way people look and the way they think they look. We are trying to get a wide range of different people involved: people who have suffered facial injuries, models who are very familiar with their own faces, a woman in a hijab, comedians who are aware of the comic effects of their facial features, policemen who have had to use these kits in the past, etc etc. The outcome of each individual experiment should be fascinating in its own way.
I think it would be very interesting to get someone to take part in this project who is aware of both the feminine and the masculine aspects of their facial physique -- of course that person would be allowed to use both the male and female identikit at the same time.
Now, I'm coming to the conclusion that I'm going to have to (reluctantly) decline this one, seeing as I'm not 100% out (and I'd hate for my parents to find out that way). But it occurred to me that maybe one of my more 'out' friends might like to get involved with it?
(email me if you would, and I'll pass it on)
But, two thoughts, tentatively linked:
1: I have never posted this photo on the Internet
Not because I think it's a bad photo — on the contrary. I think it's a rather striking thing. It's just that I fret a little about my teeth in it.
2: I was told, recently, that I'm "the lecturer everyone would like to shag, if it wasn't for [my] teeth"
I should get them fixed, maybe. No?
crikey! this photo reminds me of an opera i missed once.
Ah, Opera...
..."It's not over" apparently "until the ridiculously skinny tranny sings"
Ah, perhaps I should send you a photo of my teeth and then you wouldn't worry...
And I really must do my post on opera and cross-dressing one of these days. The two are intimately connected...
What exactly am I supposed to find wrong about those teeth?
The sodding Face of Bo. Absolute bastards. Of course. Damn!
Rachel
I know! 'king genius that was 
Although you have to wonder how he ended up looking like that, and what happened to the rest of him 
Knowing Cap'n Jack, he probably wore it out...
Mel xxx
Seen this? You'll like:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flkgNn50k14
Could be wrong here; but didn't the good Doctor say, in part II, that some kind of cataclysm would occur if the paradox machine was destroyed? If so, then how come...
I thought 'the Face of Bo' was a nice touch.
As for the Master, my guess is: he programmed his 'wife' to kill him (in the event of...) and retrieve the ring; because, at the moment of his death, his 'essence' would be downloaded into it. I'm wondering if she's going to put it on and be transformed into a female Master :-o
@Mel — Ho ho 
@James — Aye, Loz 
already pointed me in that direction. I can't help (although I know it's very pedantic of me) but note that they got the sounds wrong 
But funny though.
@Alli — "a female Master". Cheers, now I'm going to get higher up for femdom search results...
Female Master? Surely that should be the Mistress?
Still in two minds about the series final. On one hand it had the Master, Captain Jack and his revelation and a satisyfing final scene, which makes is cool by default. On the other hand, I thought the way the Martha and the Doctor defeated the Master was a bit, well, naff. The way the Doctor got young again and how the Paradox Machine was used just didn't do it for me. But it was a great series on the whole, so bring on the christmas special!
The way the Doctor got young again
Yes, I have to agree with you there. In Season 1, the whole 'superhuman Rose' thing worked — I thought — because we all know that there's something magical inside of the TARDIS. So it felt 'right' that Rose could do away with the Daleks and bring back Jack the way that she did.
Season 2's 'magical' climax was very disappointing — "I'll just through this lever, and they'll all vanish".
And now in Season 3, The Doctor seems to have mysteriously gained the ability to fly, send blue lights flying around himself, and restore himself from...
...what was that little 'Doctor' supposed to be?!...
...just through the thoughts of billions of people?
Kinda didn't wash
I do find myself disagreeing with certain opinions I've read elsewhere though, in that I did well-up a couple of times. I just can't quite remember when those times were.
Overall though, it had me glued to the screen with my hands over my mouth. I thought it was brilliant, but I don't think it's ever going to reach the same 'watch it time and time again' status that The Parting of the Ways has for me.
One final thought (for now) — the lead-on for the Christmas Special annoyed me. Suddenly something is inside the TARDIS that shouldn't be, and The Doctor is shouting "What?! What?!" ... I'm just glad we were looking at the bow of the Titanic, rather than Katherine Bloody Tate.
Careful. That final line could jump up and bite you.
Oh. It did.
Terrahawks. That's what they reminded me of. Thank you.