Claire

Placeholder post where something interesting would totally go, had I something interesting to say. *winning smile* Oh, wait! I got something after all!

In the 'You Know Your Eyesight Is Crappy (and You Watch a Lot of SciFi) When' stakes, let me just ask-- am I the only one who's seen a power pylon standing in the middle of a paddock and thought at first "dude, it's an ENT! Awesome!" before, uh, realising?

( My day: the boring bits version. )

( Book rec like whoa: Kage Baker in general (no spoilers!) )

And with that, I am... ignoring everything else and going back to read that because must know what happens next. Well, maybe ONE game of mahjongg first. (DAMN YOU IZZY! *shakes fist*)

super rapid quick update.

Jewel Staite is teeny tiny and adorable and did I mention? Adorable. We only saw her panel as we decided that paying for autographs/photos wasn't really in our budget and we could take photos during the panel for free. Um. Yeah. Also, she is YOUNGER than most of us. Which is... trippy. I did not know that. Also, she was in an episode of SGA?! And I did not know this! Flist? SO FIRED. (I kid cos I love.) I took a large number of very bad photos (we were only like six rows back and it was very loose ,but she was sitting down the whole time so it's pretty much just her head) and also a bunch of video-as-sound-recordings, since my phone is being exceedingly 'special' at the moment and won't record sound or take photos.

But yeah. We also saw John Billingsley (?) who neither of us would've known from Adam, but he was hilarious and great and is nearly making us want to watch Enterprise just because he was so cool. That way leads madness, I know.

We took off after Jewel's panel to the LotR exhibit again (yes, we are using our 30 or so hours in Wellington efficiently!) and saw that again (Boromir is still the most realistic wax figure thing I have ever seen, ngh) and saw all the new stuff from, like, RotK and all. It was awesome. I may have accidently spent a lot of money today. In my defence, I found the two disc edition of Narnia very cheap, I found what seems to be a first edition in hardback of the orange bible (!) and, um. Okay, I suck and am weak but it's just so PRETTY I had to get it. I may have also bought other stuff like maybe a geeky picture to hang above the computer but we're NOT TALKING ABOUT THAT NOW KAY? And yes, there may a little bit be a zed-pee-em in said picture. *facepalms* *gleefully*

Also, we found a video shop that had SGA tonight and, um. Yeah. Me? DOOMED. My credit card? Having accidents TOMORROW. Kat? Prepare for incoming. Heh. I mean, it's no due South. But god is it just... good. I. I swear, the bit? With the balcony? In the second episode? I was in convulsions of glee on the couch. This is GOOD SQUISHY.

I also wrote, like, two hundred words of highwaymiles in a cafe at lunch so... go me? (Okay, strictly speaking, I wrote about a thousand words but there were two very failed attempts to start with, so. heh. Again, this will be a deadline going WHOOSH experience, I feel.)

Hope everyone in Iowa is having a great time, I will sadly be unable to ring as I never got anyone's numbers and, um, I maybe have like two dollars left on my phone anyway if that. Also, Kat? Dunno if you got the phone message this afternoon, I tried to queue it up so you got Duck (so many Ducks in my life. This is not a bad thing) and Miranda Otto. My success may have been limited. (Actually, you're probably sitting there going öh, so THAT'S what that weird call was, oops?)

Also, is it just me or is the SGA theme song sort of lifted almost in its entirety from that of SeaQuest DSV? With a side smooshing of JAG? ...just me then? :D