Or: How I Relived Concert Going like a Teen Without all the Embarrassment

On 5/24, I entered a new level of StarKid fandom: I went to see them perform live at the House of Blues in LA. The recap is going to get pretty fan-insidery and photo-heavy, so click the cut to keep following me on this supermegafoxyawesomehot journey.

( One of the Dikrats will be consumed by a giant FOX )

Ever since tearing through The Hunger Games trilogy with lightning speed, I've been rekindling my inner bibliophile. This weekend I read 3.5 books, and would have read a bit more last night but my eyes were going blurry.

I read the first volume of Neil Gaiman's Sandman series. A not small band of people have been nudging me toward this for a very ( Read more... )

See icon. Is that not one of the most adorable things ever? OK, you probably have to be a Whovian to really appreciate it, but that photo has been making me smile all day, which is quite an accomplishment for a random day in March.

It hasn't even been that crappy of a month, compared to most Marches of the past few years. Still, the funk has settled ( Read more... )

I got all freaked this weekend because my Game of Thrones bluray pre-order had not shipped. "But how will it get here by Tuesday?" I pondered. Yet, for once, the universe had my back. 2pm Monday afternoon and behold:


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I find it helpful to give another go to the Five Thankful list when I'm not doing so well. So here we go:

1) Tea. When I'm sick (like now) it sustains me. I don't really need much food, but I can drink gallons of tea.

2) A quiet apartment. Unless you're my mom and/or awaiting to serve my every whim, I'd rather be alone when sick and miserable. This ( Read more... )

After the overall snooze-worthy Oscars last night, I've spent a bit of time this morning watching trailers for films I'm actually excited about. (And a couple viewings of the newest Game of Thrones trailer for good measure... more geeking on that in a minute.)
Of everything I'm stoked for (including The Raven, Brave, the Snow White movie with Bella ( Read more... )

It's a damn good thing series two of Game of Thrones starts in less than eight weeks.

Without new Who to look forward to, my brain would likely explode from the amount of time I currently spend geeking out and obsessing over Sherlock. I mean, really, Mark & Steven... how could you do that to a fan base?!?

The promo photos for Game of Thrones are ( Read more... )

1. The Doctor Who Christmas Special is called "The Doctor, The Widow, and The Wardrobe," and it looks smashingly adorable (and a bit creepy, which is always fun). And near as I can tell will be aired on BBCA ON Christmas again. So, yippee!
2. Kit Harington has just been cast to play Arthur in a Sherlock Holmes-esque Arthur & Lancelot buddy movie ( ( Read more... )

1. Surpassing 20,000 words for NaNoWriMo.
I'm behind again, but I don't think I've ever hit that number when I was supposed to, and now I have. That's two benchmarks (10,000 and 20,000) that I've reached within a day of their deadline.
2. Baths. With candles.
We didn't have hot water all last weekend. It sucked. Once it was back on, the water was ( Read more... )