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Home from sister's wedding in Ireland & visit with olansamuelle in Spain. Have made new friends in both countries. Ate all the things. Took all the pictures. Am probably informally addicted to Dr Who. Am exhausted happy.

Here, have nerdiriffic geekery.

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Oh hello, jetlag.

My sister & I watched a lot of retro TV when we were young (circa 1990s). I have no idea why. We ADORED the Monkees growing up, right up there with Saved By The Bell (my sister) & Gene Kelly musicals(me). Davy Jones was awesome.

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For my sister, this love for retro turned into an appreciation for modernist decor & upcycling. I started listening to ( Read more... )

I'm going to be AWOL for about a week. My family's flying to the Philippines for my grampa's funeral. This year majorly sucks.

ETA: Something that made me smile from alexiel-neesan's LJ

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ETA 2: Thank you everyone for your kind words. I'd respond individually but I have homework to submit before the flight and, oh yes, that packing thing. *group hug*

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My cousin's wife is a) GORGEOUS and b) a fellow SV freak. For the Vancouver-half of our Geeky Vacation (the San Diego-half being Comic Con), I tracked down the SV locations for us to visit because I wanted someone to stalk with me I'm a good hostess. Here are the highlights. There are a few other locations we didn't hit up like the Luthorcorp ( Read more... )

GAIZ HEY GAIZ GAIZ GAIZ HEY GAIZ Have you read Stolen Tarts by lithiumlaughter? Because you really, really should. Here's the summary:
CHARACTERS: Andrew Raven (Male!Rogue), Riley LeBeau (Female!Gambit), Omorede Munroe (Male!Storm), Scarlett Summers (Female!Cyclops), John Grey (Male!Jean), Charlene Xavier (Female!Professor), and Wilhelmina Wilson (Female! ( Read more... )

WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT GAIZ WAIT GAIZ WAIT

Stephanie Brown's dad is THIS Cluemaster? The Cluemaster who was in the Injustice League/JL Antartica? Who first showed up in Justice League International? The issues that have Cluemaster sitting on a dock (presumably by a bay), singing the lyrics to Otis Redding's "Sitting on the Dock of the Bay? Whose tune ( Read more... )

Going to Dallas, Texas for the next 10 days with my mom to visit my uncle with THE PRODIGIOUS BRAIN. She needs moral support methinks.

Anyone who lives in and/or know the Dallas area, please let me know places to visit & good restaurants to eat in. I have a feeling all my mom wants to do is shop. *eyeroll*

Back from another weekend in Seattle for Daddy & BabySister's birthdays. Yes, they've got the same birthday. They also look freakishly alike. We went down for a resort type trip so Dad could play with his camera & BabySister could spend a lot of her birthday money. I spent a lot of time at Borders, bewildered ( Read more... )