Work avoidance
Day off! A chance to do all the little things and big things that I always plan to do when I’m not at work.
Main thing I’d hope to do was go to the cinema and see the new Joss Whedon film, ‘Much ado about nothing’, but turns out none of my local cinemas are showing it, pah. Wasn’t planning on a trip to the big city of Manchester to see if was on at the Cornerhouse so gave up on that idea.
Could do some German learning…well I’ve made up all the flash cards and sentences to memories…nah lets try and finish that second fanfic that’s been in the works for months. Actually made some head way on that, kind of in three parts, first done, second and third have a logical frame now just needs fleshing out. Found I can focus and be distracted by choice of background music simultaneously.
I started with the score for Earth: Final conflict - the first series was brilliant! After that it destroyed by committee. Then itunes showed me Torchwood: Children of Earth. Well… I have great love for that show; it reminds me of friends and happy times. Such as the time Gareth David Lloyd aka Ianto Jones stalked me and my friends in Preston…
Okay that’s not quite what happened but near enough! Four of us went up to Preston to see him in panto ( yes Ianto in Panto!) and few years ago, 4? None of us lived local and a few had come up from Cardiff so we’d booked a night in a nearby hotel. The show was brilliant, we did the stage door thing, got his autograph and then let him go.
Next morning the four of us are sat having breakfast as you do, I had my back to the wall and full view of the dining room. I did a double take when a familiar chap walked in. Ianto! Ahem…Gareth! I played it cool, patted the friend closet to me on the leg and whisper ‘you’ll never guess who’s just over there…’. With in moments we were all rubbernecking at the poor chap as he greeted what I assume to me family members who like us had come up to see him the show. I don’t think we disturbed him, he may have glanced over as a group of four women he may or may not have remembered form the night laughing rather loudly at the bizarreness of the situation.
Ah Torchwood, Children of Earth - damm fine piece of television regardless of the genre. And the fall out from the fan community when Ianto was killed off in Day 4, well, I have visited the Ianto shrine a couple of times. First when it was new and fresh and quite sweet, later when it got formally recognised by the business of Mermaid Quay with a plaque, then last year when it just looks…odd, being still there after so long -five years now? Never underestimate the power of the geek side!