One. We saw Moonrise Kingdom yesterday and it was everything I had hoped it would be. But I sort of like Wes Anderson movies. Well, I've only seen one other one, Rushmore, but I kind of adore Rushmore. And its soundtrack. And Bill Murray. And Olivia Williams, whose appearance in Dollhouse delighted me because Rushmore ( Read more... )

Uh… what have I got for you? I dunno. I have been mostly quiet on my fannish Twitter. Noisy as usual on my real-life one. Oh, I've got one thing: I decided that my shoulder injury is bad enough that there's no way I'm competing in my powerlifting meet next month. I'm less than four weeks away and I still can't do two of the three lifts the meet ( Read more... )

I'm in bed with the laptop. I would get up and make morning coffee, but cat #1 is sprawled across my chest asleep. Wait, not asleep! Cat #2 has just padded in and he sat up enough to watch her progress suspiciously. There are politics. It's been raining hard and she's been indoors instead of out, and occupying his cat tree. Very upsetting. ( Read more... )

We took Dimmer Dog to the vet this morning to be prodded at. While this was happening I played with one of the kittens up for adoption there. Ms Inky Blot came from this vet, which works with local shelters to get kittens adopted. It socializes them and gets them started with shots & neutering. Donations go to fund medical services for animals in ( Read more... )

I dreamed last night that Cat #2, Ms Inky Blot, came and curled up in the crook of my elbow and she had brought a brand-new Buffy/Giles story for me to read and it was a lovely story and she was warm and furry and it was all awesome. And then I woke up a little more and indeed, Ms Blot was curled up on top of me, in the crook of my elbow, purring. ( Read more... )

"Thusia" commentary is in progress. This one might take a couple of days. It's a lot longer than the other stories I just did! I've got some notes from the original plot summary and so on to include with that one, so you can compare the plan with the result. Er, if anybody is interested in these things. I love fic postmortems. They're part of my ( Read more... )

Elderly Pets: Dimmer Dog is very poorly these days. He is a couple of years younger than Smart Dog, but she's remaining alert and active (if arthritic) and he's declining. He's blind now, for one thing, and probably deaf as well. But most seriously, his kidneys are failing. Mr Pedia has learned how to administer fluids to him with a needle. Last ( Read more... )

It's October, and the leading edge of the California rainy season is sweeping over us. It's raining today, a nice steady light rain making a soothing sound on my roof. The hills are still yellow-brown from their summer scorching, but in two months or so they'll start to turn green. Winter in California is when everything comes alive ( Read more... )

How I know it's raining: the cats are on top of me at a time of day when they're normally invisible. Plus the roof of the back deck is an awesome white noise generator when it's raining. It's a nice place to sit and work at the moment, so long as I'm bundled up in a blanket ( Read more... )

Today was Cat Trauma Day. First I tormented them by locking them in the house. Then I chained them up in the cat carrier and subjected them to a car ride to the sausage-making facility. There, they were poked and prodded to see if they were fat enough to be made into kitty sausages. Then needles were stuck into them for no reason whatsoever. Then ( Read more... )