Well, everything has been sorted out, and it looks like brynnmck and catwalksalone will be able to join us in Toronto for the special HCL screening, tribute bands, and a Q&A with Bruce. This FILLS me with glee! I'm so glad they were able to get their flights sorted out, even if CheapTickets was epically stupid and not at all cheap (tm brynnmck). It really wouldn't have been ( Read more... )

Happy Canadian Thanksgiving, everyone! Say what you will about our holiday: it takes place on an arbitrary date, it's a Canuck attempt to echo an American tradition, it glosses over the painful historical context of that event... but man, I like Thanksgiving. I like having a day off, I like the luxury of being able to spend the whole morning ( Read more... )

Guys, I installed new RAM on my laptop! The trusty ol' iBook G4 is now humming along, totally oblivious to the fact that there is more free space on my iPod than on its poor little hard drive. I figure, what the iBook doesn't know doesn't hurt it. Ridiculous anthropomorphizing aside, I was very proud at my ability to figure out how to dismantle the ( Read more... )

I'm back from the big sci-fi/fantasy/horror/anime convention held in Toronto this past weekend. scarfe met his idol George Romero, I made fun of all the anime fanboys, and aside from a few directional hiccups we had a very good time.

I should preface the description of the adventure by saying that ( I've had weird experiences at cons in the past )

I received some pretty upsetting news from home last week and it's made me feel a little down, so I thought I'd compile a list of things wot make me happy. Because, hey, we all need cheering up from time to time, and sometimes this cheering up takes the form of lists ( Read more... )

1) I purchased a luxurious "full sized" airbed for fangirl visits (with a velour top! And a two-way valve! And none of that means anything to me!) I am a little leery about opening the airbed package, however, in case I discover that the airbed is tiny and the hand pump proves too difficult to master. I seem to prefer to make disastrous discoveries ( Read more... )

Thank you so much to the anonymous person who gave me roses! You completely rule! And you very much succeed at being a spy because I cannot guess your identity ( Read more... )

There's an interesting meme going around that asks you to pick ten things you'd say to your sixteen year-old self. The answers that have been posted are by turns heartbreaking, and wise, and incredibly honest, and very, very silly. I really don't know quite what to tell wee!Nos at sixteen (or eighteen, or twenty, for that matter) but I suspect any ( Read more... )

I woke up to find this email message from my dad sitting in my inbox:

thanks for the email. you are the only one that cares. i promise i will not abuse this and email you every day or twice a day, how pathetic would that be ( Read more... )

Back from Niagara Falls. Considering hurry_sundown is there right now and omphale23 is heading up that way in a week or so, Niagara seems to be the go-to destination for fangirls. I had a great time with my man scarfe and, despite a slight hiccup with the hotel booking, we enjoyed ourselves thorougly.

( Over the Falls )