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Dragon*Con 2012
I went to Dragon*Con this past weekend. It was my first time and I had a blast. For those who don't know, this is a huge professionally-run fandom convention, focused primarily on science fiction and fantasy, with a reputation for lots of cosplay. It's spread across five hotels in downtown Atlanta and this year I think an estimated 50,000+ ( Read more... ) -
BrBa 5x07 - Say My Name
I wonder if Vince Gilligan gets an evil thrill knowing that every time his name comes up to kick off the end credits, his audience is commencing freakout en masse. I mean, that's one way to make sure everyone knows who you are. My post-episode routine now consists of checking out the comments on the AV Club and ohnotheydidnt, and the Breaking Bad tag on ( Read more... ) -
The Rise and Fall of King Heisenberg
Breaking Bad is now halfway through its penultimate season. I am not ready for the end ( Read more... ) -
Diana Battis
Sometimes you just know a phone call is going to bring bad news. There was one of those a couple weeks ago.
In Remembrance
I spent so many hours of my life chatting with Diana Battis in my X-Files fandom days. She was the funniest person I knew, a proud New Jerseyan who gave no fucks and took no prisoners, and a fantastic writer and editor. ( ( Read more... ) -
adventures in furniture shopping
My husband and I are moving into a new apartment soon, and we thought we'd take the opportunity to upgrade our furniture and get some proper grown-up stuff. Like, non-particle board stuff not requiring self-assembly. Unfortunately, all of the proper grown-up price tags we've been seeing kinda make my skin crawl ( Read more... ) -
L'Engle fic: How like a winter hath my absence been (Teen)
I'm packing up my life to move across an ocean and I re-read some old favorites before they go in a box and instead of finishing up the packing...I write a fic.
How like a winter hath my absence been (5522 words) by
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Oscars, Tolkienese, Downton Abbey, DW invites
Oscar nominations are out. My source, as usual, is ONTD.
I like the annual awards roundtable interviews, in which publications like Newsweek and The Hollywood Reporter gather frontrunner actors and directors for chats about their craft. Although I get overdosed quickly -- these people have really big, pretentious heads, you know ( Read more... ) -
more Tolkienese, plus TV thoughts
Further thoughts on The Silmarillion, from about halfway through:- Completely un-scientific guesstimation of the most frequently used words: And, Then, doom, greatest
- Seriously, the superlatives. Every other person or creature or object is the "greatest" or the "loveliest" or the "mightiest" or the "darkest" or like, the most-renowned and remembered ( Read more... )
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Tolkienese, or, Adventures in Geekdom
Right, so I tried to read The Silmarillion when I was a teenager and basically retained none of it. I'm trying it again now, *ahem* years later, in anticipation of The Hobbit, and also because husband got me one of those lovely hardcover illustrated versions a while back which has just been collecting dust on the shelf. I figure I can finish it ( Read more... )
