I've had an unexpectedly interesting week.

( Rearranging furniture )

So Elisabeth Sladen died.

( I wanna be Sarah Jane when I grow up )

A friend of mine is going through a really tough time now.  (Long story, let's just say two broken hearts are involved.)  I happen to be the nearest and most convenient of those she trusts, and am therefore the one who was on the spot to help her these past few days: regular calls and texts, encouragement, listening, strategic distraction, going ( Read more... )

Rest in peace, Nicholas Courtney.  When you've got an idealistic pacifistic scientist for your show's hero, it takes a special actor to make his military foil well-rounded, believable, and likeable.  Unlike the Doctor, we knew his name.  But like the Doctor, there was only ever one Brig.  Sir, you will be missed ( Read more... )

Got the news yesterday evening that one of my coworkers, who is also one of my fellow church members, got in a bad bike accident.  And is having surgery on his face.  It was odd; everybody at work who I know from church had heard about it, but there was no official announcement or news running around the company.  You'd think they'd say something ( Read more... )

So an email informed me today that the choir I'm in will not, in fact, be singing a Gabrieli concert next month.  See, we'd been asked to do it by a local church holding its 150th (I think) anniversary, and it had been the choir's understanding that the church was footing the bill for, y'know, accompanists and setup costs and advertisements, ( Read more... )

So us geeks have been watching Castle the last couple weeks - we didn't see the first season when it came out, but Annie's been buying them on iTunes.  The original draw of the show is that it is starring Nathan Fillion (I'll watch just about anything with Nathan Fillion in it, he can't even play a jerk without making him somehow likeable), but the ( Read more... )