one of these days...
1. I just watched The Krotons (I'd listened to it at work, prior to this, and I don't know how much was really gained by having the visuals...). The one thing that really really struck me, though, was that Eleven and Two have a lot of similarities--just. In the way they move. And once or twice, the way Pat Troughton phrased things (intonation, etc), was so terribly Matt Smith's Doctor. Which it's really the other way round, I guess.
2. The Magic Mousetrap is becoming one of the Big Finish audios that I really like. It's ridiculous and silly, but really serious at it's core, and I love the subversion of the ye olde Seven Manipulates Everyone trope.
3. Speaking of that Team Tardis (Seven, Ace and Hex), they really need to go hang out with the Leverage crew for a while and topple some totalitarian governments together. (yes, I know that DW is fictional in Leverage-verse.) They're all very good at that sort of thing.
(I may have given Live 34 yet another re-listen, and it's amazing and all of the things I love about the Virgin NA era distilled into radio broadcasts in a way sure to make me gleeful and geeky, and CHARLOTTE IS THE BEST EVER and should one day be a companion, and maybe go on awkward dates with Hex a few times. Someone make this happen)
4. Why yes, work has been absolutely mind-numbing shite over the last several weeks. I sit in conference rooms, generally alone for the bulk of my utterly fucking pointless day. This is the biggest fucking waste of time and money, EVER, but some idiot VP in upper management decreed it, so I am stuck until September.
(also, one of the people involved in our project told me the US has 51 states. WHY ARE STUPID PEOPLE ALLOWED TO LIVE. I just. No. NO. WHY.)
5. Book update, while I'm thinking about it.
Read:
Nocturne (4th book of Indigo) by Louise Cooper (re-read; I finally realized I'd have to just skip the hell out of Infanta and its meh-ness)
Troika (5th book of Indigo) by Louise Cooper (re-read; the angst in this one is soooo delicious. unf.)
Revenant (7th book of Indigo) by Louise Cooper (re-read; Book six didn't impress me the first time through.)
(ok, and there I stalled, because Aisling is all about people who are not Indigo, and even if it ends excellently--er, for some definitions, remember that I like my tragedy--it still means a slog through mediocrity and people I give no fucks about)
Fire Watch (short stories) by Connie Willis (I didn't read all of them)
The Silicon Mage by Barbara Hambly (re-read)
Dog Wizard by Barbara Hambly (re-read)
Stranger at the Wedding by Barbara Hambly (re-read)
And then I re-read about four chapters of The Silent Tower, just to round out my love affair.
Oath of Gold by Elizabeth Moon (except the torture bits, because, ew; re-read)
Sheepfarmer's Daughter by Elizabeth Moon (yes, I read them out of order; re-read)
Divided Allegiance by Elizabeth Moon (well, about three-fourths of it. It gets eye-rolly towards the last bit; re-read)
Oath of Fealty by Elizabeth Moon (I'd heard there was a new trilogy, so I started it. It was very full of dudes.)
Kings of the North by Elizabeth Moon (that said, I do like the setting; also, there were star-crossed princesses. Pity they weren't a focus.)
Echoes of Betrayal by Elizabeth Moon (otoh, I prefer books to have an ending and not just stop in the middle of the scene. wtf. Seriously, the book does not have a proper ending, it just stops. Very annoying.)
Blackout by Connie Willis (annoyingly, this one also just stops, and I hate the way every. single. chapter. ends with AND NOW SOMETHING DIRE! to pick up again with the thing not being DIRE at all. sigh; and I sort of want to punch all three of the leads in the face. They're all about five and terribly smug and childish--and not smug in a good way)
The Death of Sleep by Anne McCaffrey and Jody Lynn Nye (nothing like planet pirates and space opera to cleanse the palette)
Sassinak by Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth Moon (it's a bit like reading Sheepfarmer's Daughter, just in space and with slavery and pirates instead of elves)
Sir Sham by Marian Devon (re-read, it was sort of a cleanser after the five years of John Rogers' blog I plowed through)
Mrs. McVinnie's London Season by Carla Kelly (re-read, and I think I re-read it last year, too. Oh well)
With This Ring by Carla Kelly (definitely a re-read from last year, but this is one of my favorites of hers)
The Lady's Companion by Carla Kelly (re-read, though it's been a very long time. I remember not liking it very much the first time, and perhaps it's because not a lot happens? I don't know. It was a fine book this time through)
Attempted:
All Clear by Connie Willis - Perhaps, when I'm less annoyed at the summary I read on wiki, I'll go back. I just. It was sooo drawn-out and had the same issues as Blackout, and I just. didn't. care.
2. The Magic Mousetrap is becoming one of the Big Finish audios that I really like. It's ridiculous and silly, but really serious at it's core, and I love the subversion of the ye olde Seven Manipulates Everyone trope.
3. Speaking of that Team Tardis (Seven, Ace and Hex), they really need to go hang out with the Leverage crew for a while and topple some totalitarian governments together. (yes, I know that DW is fictional in Leverage-verse.) They're all very good at that sort of thing.
(I may have given Live 34 yet another re-listen, and it's amazing and all of the things I love about the Virgin NA era distilled into radio broadcasts in a way sure to make me gleeful and geeky, and CHARLOTTE IS THE BEST EVER and should one day be a companion, and maybe go on awkward dates with Hex a few times. Someone make this happen)
4. Why yes, work has been absolutely mind-numbing shite over the last several weeks. I sit in conference rooms, generally alone for the bulk of my utterly fucking pointless day. This is the biggest fucking waste of time and money, EVER, but some idiot VP in upper management decreed it, so I am stuck until September.
(also, one of the people involved in our project told me the US has 51 states. WHY ARE STUPID PEOPLE ALLOWED TO LIVE. I just. No. NO. WHY.)
5. Book update, while I'm thinking about it.
Read:
Nocturne (4th book of Indigo) by Louise Cooper (re-read; I finally realized I'd have to just skip the hell out of Infanta and its meh-ness)
Troika (5th book of Indigo) by Louise Cooper (re-read; the angst in this one is soooo delicious. unf.)
Revenant (7th book of Indigo) by Louise Cooper (re-read; Book six didn't impress me the first time through.)
(ok, and there I stalled, because Aisling is all about people who are not Indigo, and even if it ends excellently--er, for some definitions, remember that I like my tragedy--it still means a slog through mediocrity and people I give no fucks about)
Fire Watch (short stories) by Connie Willis (I didn't read all of them)
The Silicon Mage by Barbara Hambly (re-read)
Dog Wizard by Barbara Hambly (re-read)
Stranger at the Wedding by Barbara Hambly (re-read)
And then I re-read about four chapters of The Silent Tower, just to round out my love affair.
Oath of Gold by Elizabeth Moon (except the torture bits, because, ew; re-read)
Sheepfarmer's Daughter by Elizabeth Moon (yes, I read them out of order; re-read)
Divided Allegiance by Elizabeth Moon (well, about three-fourths of it. It gets eye-rolly towards the last bit; re-read)
Oath of Fealty by Elizabeth Moon (I'd heard there was a new trilogy, so I started it. It was very full of dudes.)
Kings of the North by Elizabeth Moon (that said, I do like the setting; also, there were star-crossed princesses. Pity they weren't a focus.)
Echoes of Betrayal by Elizabeth Moon (otoh, I prefer books to have an ending and not just stop in the middle of the scene. wtf. Seriously, the book does not have a proper ending, it just stops. Very annoying.)
Blackout by Connie Willis (annoyingly, this one also just stops, and I hate the way every. single. chapter. ends with AND NOW SOMETHING DIRE! to pick up again with the thing not being DIRE at all. sigh; and I sort of want to punch all three of the leads in the face. They're all about five and terribly smug and childish--and not smug in a good way)
The Death of Sleep by Anne McCaffrey and Jody Lynn Nye (nothing like planet pirates and space opera to cleanse the palette)
Sassinak by Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth Moon (it's a bit like reading Sheepfarmer's Daughter, just in space and with slavery and pirates instead of elves)
Sir Sham by Marian Devon (re-read, it was sort of a cleanser after the five years of John Rogers' blog I plowed through)
Mrs. McVinnie's London Season by Carla Kelly (re-read, and I think I re-read it last year, too. Oh well)
With This Ring by Carla Kelly (definitely a re-read from last year, but this is one of my favorites of hers)
The Lady's Companion by Carla Kelly (re-read, though it's been a very long time. I remember not liking it very much the first time, and perhaps it's because not a lot happens? I don't know. It was a fine book this time through)
Attempted:
All Clear by Connie Willis - Perhaps, when I'm less annoyed at the summary I read on wiki, I'll go back. I just. It was sooo drawn-out and had the same issues as Blackout, and I just. didn't. care.