"Why the Radio Silence Bear?"
Simple answer: getting to the busy part of the year. Last two exams coming up in school over the next few weeks. We're also a short time away from the "Meet up with the families" stuff that the holidays always brings. Oh yeah, and work gets busy. Not from an increase in clients, just because everyone takes this time of the year off. This is why you never see my fuzzy ass at Midwest FurFest.
I'll just sum up a few things:
Riley, our remaining cattle dog, has reached the point of seniorhood where we pretty much have to look out for him every chance we get. He's not in pain or hurting, but he's reached sort of a senility where he gets stressed out if he can tell we're in the house but are not visible to him. He's also somewhat arthritic so he does occasionally stumble. We thought we were going to have to make "the decision" for him a week ago when he wasn't eating or drinking much. Just as we were about to make that call, he began to recover. We're still working on rigging his food up just right so it settles in him ok. In short, he's pretty high maintenance right now. Don't think we'll be going anywhere for awhile.
I set aside studying for a bit yesterday to do an all-day Doctor Who 50th anniversary geek-out session. Watched the worldwide simulcast of the latest episode and was very, very pleased! Spoilers a few lines below:
Not too late to go back!
I had a fangasm moment when Peter Capaldi appeared unexpectedly in the episode during the final battle. This is a class actor who made his mark on a successful BBC satirical series called The Thick of It. On Christmas day he is set to take over the reigns as the 12th (now 13th) Doctor. For the first time in a long time the role will be played by an older actor -- one who should bring a lot of wit and energy to it. Looking forward to his official arrival.
Everyone, myself included, almost fainted when Tom Baker, the 4th Doctor, appeared and held a meaningful conversation with current Doctor Matt Smith. Was this actually a future version of the Doctor? Maybe a meta-crisis clone? Or was it just a symbolic coincidence? Don't care! It was fun!
John Hurt (now officially the 9th Doctor), was masterful in his brief appearance as the Time Lord. I almost died when he began chiding Smith and Tennant's overuse of their sonic screwdrivers -- a trope the show's producers have really let get out of hand. Hurt has said in interviews this was a hard part for him to play because of all the psudoscience and tech-speak he'd need for it, but I'm glad they managed to reel in an actual acting legend to fill such a critical role.
The beginning of the story was a bit too first episode Battlestar Galactica 2nd gen for my liking, but it paced out fairly quickly. It was a solid story about redemption and finding a way to pull though under impossible odds -- really everything DW stands for. Very, very happy with it!
End of DW raving and drooling -- the rest of you can come back now!
I'll wrap this up for now. I'll probably continue to be a bit quiet till after the semester ends, but I'll try to lurk about now and then to see what y'all are up to.
I'll just sum up a few things:
Riley, our remaining cattle dog, has reached the point of seniorhood where we pretty much have to look out for him every chance we get. He's not in pain or hurting, but he's reached sort of a senility where he gets stressed out if he can tell we're in the house but are not visible to him. He's also somewhat arthritic so he does occasionally stumble. We thought we were going to have to make "the decision" for him a week ago when he wasn't eating or drinking much. Just as we were about to make that call, he began to recover. We're still working on rigging his food up just right so it settles in him ok. In short, he's pretty high maintenance right now. Don't think we'll be going anywhere for awhile.
I set aside studying for a bit yesterday to do an all-day Doctor Who 50th anniversary geek-out session. Watched the worldwide simulcast of the latest episode and was very, very pleased! Spoilers a few lines below:
Not too late to go back!
I had a fangasm moment when Peter Capaldi appeared unexpectedly in the episode during the final battle. This is a class actor who made his mark on a successful BBC satirical series called The Thick of It. On Christmas day he is set to take over the reigns as the 12th (now 13th) Doctor. For the first time in a long time the role will be played by an older actor -- one who should bring a lot of wit and energy to it. Looking forward to his official arrival.
Everyone, myself included, almost fainted when Tom Baker, the 4th Doctor, appeared and held a meaningful conversation with current Doctor Matt Smith. Was this actually a future version of the Doctor? Maybe a meta-crisis clone? Or was it just a symbolic coincidence? Don't care! It was fun!
John Hurt (now officially the 9th Doctor), was masterful in his brief appearance as the Time Lord. I almost died when he began chiding Smith and Tennant's overuse of their sonic screwdrivers -- a trope the show's producers have really let get out of hand. Hurt has said in interviews this was a hard part for him to play because of all the psudoscience and tech-speak he'd need for it, but I'm glad they managed to reel in an actual acting legend to fill such a critical role.
The beginning of the story was a bit too first episode Battlestar Galactica 2nd gen for my liking, but it paced out fairly quickly. It was a solid story about redemption and finding a way to pull though under impossible odds -- really everything DW stands for. Very, very happy with it!
End of DW raving and drooling -- the rest of you can come back now!
I'll wrap this up for now. I'll probably continue to be a bit quiet till after the semester ends, but I'll try to lurk about now and then to see what y'all are up to.