It's 2013. Happy New Year.

Christmas was good, with my godson's family at their elder daughter's place in Manchester. This turned out to be within walking distance of kalypso_v's house, so I meandered over there on Boxing Day for tea and cake and to inspect the stained glass and woodwork and discuss the Christmas Doctor Who (which I loved, for the record ( Read more... )

Christmas was quiet. Hit the doldrums on Christmas eve evening, but woke up re-energised on Sunday morning. Tuesday lunchtime, emmzzi arrived for a stop-over on her way back to the Midlands from Scotland. We did a mini trip to the sales, i.e. Lakeland and JJB Sports (new running shoes for moi), and then went to see Sherlock Holmes 2 in the evening. ( Read more... )

Firstly: Doctor Who is FINALLY back on Saturday ( Read more... )

Tomorrow pootlus lands and on Saturday I'm heading to London to see Tennant & Tate in Much Ado, with emmzzi. Spending Saturday & Sunday nights in Canterbury with my godson's family (who moved down there from St Helens last summer), and then on Monday to Gatwick and thence to Toronto for 10 days. Hurrah! There will be beer and wine and knitting and Doctor Who ( Read more... )

Went out to the cinema last night. My oldest schoolfriend lives in Durham and we've been rekindling our friendship (which hasn't ever really gone away completely, after three and a half decades that would be difficult to kill!) - last night we went to see X Men: First Class, while her husband stayed in with their three young daughters. It was great ( Read more... )

Doctor Who had me crying tears of happiness. Somehow for the first time it took me back to how it was in my childhood. It's all about the characters and the story. No melodrama or hubris. I'm so up for the Smith/Moffat era.

calapine, I'm so sorry that I didn't twig you were you last night when we were talking with Mr Shearman, I knew I knew you from ( Read more... )

I'm packing for Eastercon. I had a beer earlier after passing my level 7 skating and now the packing isn't going that well. I have books to bring for people to sign (I'm looking at you, altariel) and clothes and cameras and things. Am so excited that I'm going to see lots of lovely people I haven't seen for ages and jay_ra and K. are coming over from Luxembourg ( Read more... )

It's December already.

The last couple of weeks have been a bit of a rush. Last week had a posh birthday meal with dalehead, J&T, Wednesday was skating night, Thurs was HIGNFY with emmzzi. Weekend I went up north again for blueeyedgirl36's birthday party. All fun, but my flat is messy and my washing isn't done. I did watch 'In Bruges' on the train on the way home, though, ( Read more... )

Once again I've been tweeting and Facebook updating and not posting here.

- Saw A Streetcar Named Desire at the Donmar on Saturday. Blown away. Brilliant.
- Organising to go and see John Simm in Speaking in Tongues with happytune, communicator and teawith. Sat 5th Dec matinee (if anyone else wants in, let me know by tomorrow ( Read more... )

Laying aside Torchwood, I have been up to other things recently. Last weekend jay_ra and K. came to stay, as they were in town for Waiting for Godot. We had general geeky times and much fun was had. Next week I'm off to Luxembourg for their wedding, hurrah!

On Sunday, as they were leaving, blueeyedgirl36's daughter S. (aged 19) arrived to stay for a few days. Sunday ( Read more... )