Pic from MisCon this last weekend: the "Lore of Swords" panel, featuring George R. R. Martin and yours truly (also J. A. Pitts and Diana Pharaoh Francis). It was fun, if completely surreal . . .


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OMG! According to this article, not only will Ben Cumberbatch be in the new Abrams Trek movie, but so will Noel Clarke!

"Benedict Cumberbatch Joins J.J. Abrams' 'Star Trek 2' in Villain Role"TOS, Doctor Who and Sherlock all colliding together? Please, please, please! I hope my fangirl heart can take it, if true ( Read more... )

Just to get us all in the mood for the upcoming season:

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Wow, RL keeps kicking my ass, but I'm finally here with a belated but no less heartfelt thank-you to everyone who gave me a gift over at fandom_stocking. I'm overwhelmed by all the awesomeness -- thank you so much!

I'll be working on getting everyone a detailed thank-you/response to each item ASAP, but in the meantime, much love and gratitude to: wendymr, yamx, noveltea, lindenharp, sahiya, twinsarien, canaana ( Read more... )

"Judge Vaughn Walker hands victory to Proposition 8 opponents."

"Proposition 8 fails to advance any rational basis in singling out gay men and lesbians for denial of a marriage license. Indeed, the evidence shows Proposition 8 does nothing more than enshrine in the California Constitution the notion that opposite sex couples are superior to same- ( Read more... )

For the record, this is the First Evar LJ Post I'm typing out courtesy of the new-to-me computer I was given by canaana, set up during my absence by countessaleska. Thanks, guys! You rock. :)

Anyway, hope to get more up in a bit, but in the meantime, here's an article about the con from the local newspaper; I'm quoted and there's a pic of me firing a padded combat ( Read more... )

Watched the first Matt Smith ep with countessaleska and aibhinn the other day (Norwescon and travel considerations slowing down the First Viewing Experience), and the fast rundown is that we all enjoyed it, squeed several times during the ep, and have declared that Matt Smith Is The Doctor And It (He) Is Good; things are looking solid for the start of the new season ( Read more... )

More apologies for my being largely offline lately -- RL stuff, so on and so forth. More soon, I bloody well hope. In the meantime, have a couple new DW trailers (spoilers at the links, obviously), one from the new series premiere in Cardiff, and one from BBC America which shows material previous trailers haven't. (These are both making the ( Read more... )

(Well, among a plethora of reasons.)

"Totoro Guest-Stars in Toy Story 3."

W00t! So going to see this for my birthday.

Yes, Neil Gaiman *is* writing for Doctor Who -- just not till next year. The link that's been going around fandom (and the f-list), generating sonic booms of squee in its wake is here.It's been a long (rather coy) dance of hints and rumors coming to this point, but I can't find it in myself to be annoyed. I'm just too delighted by the news ( Read more... )