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Gallifrey One 28
Saturday's centerpiece is of course the Masquerade. This was the first year no one I knew was participating, but it was still an enjoyable show with Tony Lee as MC. I may be mistaken but it seemed like there were also fewer Master division entries than usual. But there was definitely some good stuff up there all the same. And like at most ( Read more... ) -
California
The last few months have been dispiriting to say the least, and for a lot of people I know one of the side-effects on a personal level a has been a distinct lack of enthusiasm for creative endeavours. Everything seems small and trivial when the world appears to be falling apart at a global geopolitical level ( Read more... ) -
Almost Xmas
We've been at the new place for four months now, and it is overall an improvement despite a few quirks like weirdly shallow closets and hardwood floors that react somewhat alarmingly to the weather ( Read more... ) -
June in Barcelona
June and July were busy months both at work and at home ( Read more... ) -
Eastleigh
A couple of weeks into the job and feeling pretty settled. It's a temp assignment so I'm still looking, but the free floating anxiety over entering a workforce in a different country has faded a bit as it becomes clear that the broad strokes are basically the same. The coffee is instant but otherwise I could almost as easily be working in a San ( Read more... ) -
Valentine's for once
Usually on February fourteenth I find myself at the LAX Marriott along with a couple thousand other Whovians. This year I wasn't able to attend Gally but I did get a nice consolation prize; my first proper Valentine's Day with John ( Read more... ) -
Year of the Monkey
January went by quickly but has left me in a pretty good place, with most of my settling in processes sorted out including UK banking and NHS, and with a job on the horizon. I also got my computer repaired and my room somewhat set up, and less productively played about a zillion hours of Pocket Mortys ( Read more... ) -
Southampton
I've been in Southampton for about a week and a half now and am slowly getting acquainted with it. It's less picturesque than Leicester, though it has an old town area with remains of some city walls, Tudor buildings and so on. World War II wiped out large parts of the city and it retains an industrial character that Leicester seems to have mostly ( Read more... ) -
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The last few weeks have been a bit of a mad rush ( Read more... ) -
Netflix-o-rama
There is so much genre television right now that it's hard to remember how sparse the landscape once was not all that long ago. And how it seemed like you could only really have one subgenre at a time, horror or science fiction for example, but not usually both. Now there's plenty to chose from, ranging in style, flavor, and quality. No longer do ( Read more... )