Why can no one get me a space fighter?!?!?
- PANIC! AT THE DISCO'S FALL TOUR! I'm insane. I think I can manage the Sacramento date without cleaning out my savings, missing any bill payments, or getting in trouble with my job. Therefore, I think I'm going! Still waiting to see what the ticket packages look like before I book flights and hotel, but I've never been to Sacramento and the venue looks pretty AWESOME.
We considered flying back to AZ for the Tucson date at the Rialto, but it would be about twice as expensive. But it would be such a COOL STORY: Back in 2006, a friend invited us to the VERY FIRST SHOW of the Nothing Rhymes With Circus tour, at the Rialto Theater in Tucson. Since I had been very sick, very broke, and we were moving to Portland a few weeks later, we passed on the show and didn't get around to seeing Panic until June of this year. Maybe SOMEDAY, as I am such a fan of symmetry.
- My computer is VERY UNHAPPY. And no longer able to CHARGE. I am told it is an easy and affordable repair which will fix some of the other problems I've been having, but the burnt-out part is going to take a week to get to me :(. In the meantime, I'm on M's old laptop, which is temperamental and occasionally faily. And I can't update my iPod or add anything to my ebook reader (OTOH, my fic backlog, over 20 million words. It could use a new material break!)
- So, we've been rewatching SG-1 for the last month or so, leading to the following thoughts:
. I never actually got around to READING in this fandom! I tend hold off on fic until I finish with canon, and we went right from SG-1 to Due South, and I was so enamored with Benton Fraiser that I never managed to double back to DANIEL JACKSON FIC. Anyone have any "must reads"?
. At some point, the baddies show up, and they are all "aliens will attack, we need space fighters", and I had HONESTLY FORGOTTEN that the real world does not have space-ready battle ships! WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE IF THE ACTUAL ALIENS ACTUALLY ATTACK.
I watch too much sci-fi.
Someone please go make space fighters so that the snarky pilots can improbably save the world when the aliens attack!
- Also watching Suits. Harvey reminds me a lot of Nathan Petrelli. Mike is occasionally a wide-eyed emo puppy who wants to help ALL THE PEOPLE. Sometimes, I am amused that our fannish patterns seem to be programed to repeat themselves.
- KNITTING PICS. I have them. The best light in our house is down in the music room, so we ran a bit amok with artsy pics of music and knitting!
Fistly, in green, the medium size of the Flourish shawl:
And, in blue, another 198 yards of heaven scarf:
(that instrument with ALL the stings and the celtic style medallion is M's hammered dulcimer, if anyone was wondering. It gets played with tiny little felt-covered hammers. It's this awesome mix of PERCUSSION and STRING INSTRUMENT, and sounds somewhat similar to a banjo, but WARMER and a bit SOFTER. I'd like to see Brendon Urie play one someday - all the fun of hitting things, and melody as well!)
We considered flying back to AZ for the Tucson date at the Rialto, but it would be about twice as expensive. But it would be such a COOL STORY: Back in 2006, a friend invited us to the VERY FIRST SHOW of the Nothing Rhymes With Circus tour, at the Rialto Theater in Tucson. Since I had been very sick, very broke, and we were moving to Portland a few weeks later, we passed on the show and didn't get around to seeing Panic until June of this year. Maybe SOMEDAY, as I am such a fan of symmetry.
- My computer is VERY UNHAPPY. And no longer able to CHARGE. I am told it is an easy and affordable repair which will fix some of the other problems I've been having, but the burnt-out part is going to take a week to get to me :(. In the meantime, I'm on M's old laptop, which is temperamental and occasionally faily. And I can't update my iPod or add anything to my ebook reader (OTOH, my fic backlog, over 20 million words. It could use a new material break!)
- So, we've been rewatching SG-1 for the last month or so, leading to the following thoughts:
. I never actually got around to READING in this fandom! I tend hold off on fic until I finish with canon, and we went right from SG-1 to Due South, and I was so enamored with Benton Fraiser that I never managed to double back to DANIEL JACKSON FIC. Anyone have any "must reads"?
. At some point, the baddies show up, and they are all "aliens will attack, we need space fighters", and I had HONESTLY FORGOTTEN that the real world does not have space-ready battle ships! WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE IF THE ACTUAL ALIENS ACTUALLY ATTACK.
I watch too much sci-fi.
Someone please go make space fighters so that the snarky pilots can improbably save the world when the aliens attack!
- Also watching Suits. Harvey reminds me a lot of Nathan Petrelli. Mike is occasionally a wide-eyed emo puppy who wants to help ALL THE PEOPLE. Sometimes, I am amused that our fannish patterns seem to be programed to repeat themselves.
- KNITTING PICS. I have them. The best light in our house is down in the music room, so we ran a bit amok with artsy pics of music and knitting!
Fistly, in green, the medium size of the Flourish shawl:
And, in blue, another 198 yards of heaven scarf:
(that instrument with ALL the stings and the celtic style medallion is M's hammered dulcimer, if anyone was wondering. It gets played with tiny little felt-covered hammers. It's this awesome mix of PERCUSSION and STRING INSTRUMENT, and sounds somewhat similar to a banjo, but WARMER and a bit SOFTER. I'd like to see Brendon Urie play one someday - all the fun of hitting things, and melody as well!)