I just turned in a terribly rough but still a draft of my research paper for Archives class, which is the assignment that's been stressing me out for weeks, and wow is it a relief. Writing papers is certainly no easier now than it was when I was writing them regularly.

I meant to finally watch the Battlestar Galactica finale tonight because class ( Read more... )

Just saw Monsters Vs. Aliens, which was very good, btw, but not the point of this writing. During the credits they played "Planet Claire" by the B-52s, and the music writing credit listed Henry Mancini along with Fred Schneider and Keith Strickland. I was nonplussed by this. What did Henry Mancini have to do with the B-52s? So I came home and ( Read more... )

Ways in which a Spice Girls concert is like a sci-fi convention:

1. obsessively devoted fans
2. lots of costumes and makeup (my favorites were the groups who managed to get someone to dress up as each girl)
3. claustrophobic crowds
4. lots of waiting for the famous people to come on stage

Ways in which a Spice Girls concert differs from a sci-fi ( Read more... )

Dude, tomorrow I'm going to see the Spice Girls!!!!!

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Spice Girls concert ticket: $125
Being a part of history: priceless

In the past week, three people have been hit by cars in my presence ( Read more... )

As a large Spice Girls fan from back in the day, I am very excited about the Spice Girls reunion tours, and briefly considered forking over 90 bucks to see them live, but immediately thought better of it. After all, I've already seen Melanie C. in concert, and that's probably as close to a Spice Girl as I'll ever want to pay for (or not, as that ( Read more... )