I just spent five days in Santa Monica, and had, seriously, one of the most amazing weekends of my life. It was at this very unusual conference meant to bring people from different fields together to talk, and how I got invited to it I absolutely do not know, but it was spectacular. If I talked about it in more detail, I'd go on forever and ( Read more... )

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I have kept putting off writing the much-needed catch-up post until I had time, but then more events occur, and it is now becoming clear to me that this is snowballing. So, as Inigo says, "Explaining takes too much time. Let me sum up."

* I am back from Ireland, where I had a lovely time with the fabulous rheanna27!

* I like my new apartment and love my ( Read more... )

( obligatory thoughts on announcement of Eleventh Doctor )

Got in late last night after an absolutely terrific (near-) week in Ireland with the lovely rheanna27. Mostly it was a very quiet vacation -- I had a lot of writing to do -- but it was so good to relax and take it easy. We took nice trips to pubs, and walked around quiet green places, and spent a day on the northern coast enjoying the fine weather. (She ( Read more... )

First up, the Alias dream, which was SO freaky that, if you are not Alias-crazed like me, you should perhaps choose not to read this in order to preserve whatever whimsical notions you might have about my sanity. ( spoilers for series finale )

Is Gmail down for everyone, or is it just me ( Read more... )

Had a splendidly great "Alias" dream last night, sort of. I dreamed that I went to some fan event where Victor Garber, David Anders, Carl Lumbly and (for no reason I can think of) Russell Crowe were signing autographs. And then, somehow, the actors ended up asking me to eat with them, and we went back to this house where they were staying and had ( Read more... )