Tom Brokaw ...and Jacqueline Carey
Heh, great juxaposition of people there.
I watched the last few minutes of Brokaw's last nightly broadcast tonight. I had intended to watch the whole thing but I thought it started at 7:00 instead of 6:00. D'oh! I caught the end of his parting thoughts. It was obvious he was getting choked up. I can't even begin to guess what he's feeling. He's been doing this for, what, 20 some odd years? And as far as I know he's been competent and respected the whole way. Would that we could all claim as much. There was a time I watched his newscasts every night with Dad. Instead of his usual parting "I'll see you tomorrow night" he said "You'll see Brian Williams tomorrow night, and myself along the way." I almost cried.
In other news (pun intended), the picture of my Phedre costume has been posted to Jacqueline Carey's website (Dec. 2004 update). I'm the bright red one on the top right. Unfortunately the image got shrunk down quite a bit from its full glory. The half veil looks like some strange mini-umbrella over my head. Owell, I'm still proud of the costume. We did a good job: costume by me and tawneypup, hair by lavenderrose319 (you can't see it but it's fabulous, trust me), tattoo application and image by skylord. I had hoped our names would appear on the website too, but 'twas not to be apparently. Bummer. Ms. Carey will be at ConFusion in January so we'll get some other pictures there. I just have to convince skylord to paint the tattoo on me again! Hmm...perhaps I shall bribe him with cookies...or better yet, a game of SW Monopoly. :)
I watched the last few minutes of Brokaw's last nightly broadcast tonight. I had intended to watch the whole thing but I thought it started at 7:00 instead of 6:00. D'oh! I caught the end of his parting thoughts. It was obvious he was getting choked up. I can't even begin to guess what he's feeling. He's been doing this for, what, 20 some odd years? And as far as I know he's been competent and respected the whole way. Would that we could all claim as much. There was a time I watched his newscasts every night with Dad. Instead of his usual parting "I'll see you tomorrow night" he said "You'll see Brian Williams tomorrow night, and myself along the way." I almost cried.
In other news (pun intended), the picture of my Phedre costume has been posted to Jacqueline Carey's website (Dec. 2004 update). I'm the bright red one on the top right. Unfortunately the image got shrunk down quite a bit from its full glory. The half veil looks like some strange mini-umbrella over my head. Owell, I'm still proud of the costume. We did a good job: costume by me and tawneypup, hair by lavenderrose319 (you can't see it but it's fabulous, trust me), tattoo application and image by skylord. I had hoped our names would appear on the website too, but 'twas not to be apparently. Bummer. Ms. Carey will be at ConFusion in January so we'll get some other pictures there. I just have to convince skylord to paint the tattoo on me again! Hmm...perhaps I shall bribe him with cookies...or better yet, a game of SW Monopoly. :)