alan rickman | greygirlbeast

"Cufflinks and hubcaps, trophies and paperbacks."

greygirlbeast Jun 24, 2021 22:58

Spooky says thank you to everyone out there who helped make her birthday less annoying. Your efforts are very much appreciated.

It was a sunny day. We made it to 88˚F.

I wish I could say the breakthrough from doldrums to productivity came today, but it did not. Maybe tomorrow.

The afternoon's comfort movie was John McTiernan's Die Hard (1988). ( Read more... )

strawberries, bruce willis, dogs, good movies, not enough sleep, alan rickman, spooky's birthday, the eighties, cake, 1988

"But seas between us braid hae roar'd sin' auld lang syne."

greygirlbeast Dec 31, 2016 13:31

And here, the last day of this foul year. It's appropriately overcast here in Providence, 32˚F, windchill at 25˚F. It should be overcast the world over, mourning 2016 and the fear of 2017. This year, the ball drops on an entirely different variety of uncertainty ( Read more... )

selwyn, good movies, #131, #129, #122, lists, #125, dreamwidth, pat conroy, umberto eco, deaths, #1, gene wilder, 2016, #128, blogging long-term, #123, dry spells, david bowie, #119, mythos tales, juvenilia, carrie fisher, stranger things, houses under the sea, cambrian tales, katherine dunn, alan rickman, #120, #130, richard adams, editing, 2017, debbie reynolds

"Yesterday, not tomorrow."

greygirlbeast Jan 14, 2016 12:15

Another brutally cold day. Currently, it's 23˚F, with the windchill at 11˚F. And sunny.

I awoke to the news that Alan Rickman has died. The past few weeks have not been kind to celebrity. First Lemmy, then Natalie Cole. Then David Bowie. And now, Alan Rickman.

Yesterday, I put together Sirenia Digest #119, and as soon as I get the PDF back, it'll ( Read more... )

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