Lost and Delirious and Show Me Love

While home yesterday, laying in bed with a sinus infection and headcold from hell, I watched a lot of tv, including Lost and Delirious and Show Me Love. Spoilers for the movies follow. I hope everyone reading this remembers the emotions portrayed in these films. Not the steady, day-in-and-day-out love of established relationships, no. That [...]

Character design and The International

Now, granted, I tried to watch this while half-dozing and not feeling well. But I still thought that, for an international espionage thriller, it was as boring as watching paint dry. I like Clive Owen, I like Naomi Watts. I like Naomi Watts a lot. Yet I found nothing in this to compel me towards [...]

Hmm. Sinus infection, cold, or flu?

I feel crappy. See title of post for my theories. 1. Today’s Fantastic Fangirls’ post discusses the misogyny of the Baltimore Comic-Con Costume Contest. I was there, and it was as described. I draw your attention, though, to the comment by Matt, sixth down. He suggests that the solution is to raise little girl geeks [...]

Quick link round-up for Tuesday

I’m writing this Monday night, before I go into work. I’ll work all night, then come home and sleep all morning. But I don’t want to forget the linkspam I meant to post today. I know, I know, no thanks necessary — I know you all are pining for linkspam from me. 1. Over at [...]

You know, it doesn’t work that way

I’ve been wearing these gloves at work, the last week or so. Awesome hand-knit fingerless gloves, made for my by a friend who understands that sometimes you just need black fingerless gloves. I’m wearing them at work because a chilly draft blows out from the computer consoles at all times. Part of the environmental controls, [...]

Sunday morning rushes about

In no particular order, a list. 1. The common consensus at my workplace is that we have no idea how the two pilots of a Northwest flight forgot to land their plane. We don’t know if they were asleep, or fighting, or having sex with each other, or what. We also don’t know why the [...]

Atypical Saturday

J has an all-day choir rehearsal today. She’s already left for it, so I am home this morning with the kids. We’re doing school now, then lunch, then I will take them to K’s flamenco class. After flamenco I’ll haul them over to J’s choir rehearsal, then head off to work. The timing *should* all [...]

Inventory Reduction Sale

Oh dear sweet jimminey. The Source Comics and Games was having an inventory reduction sale today. 30-odd linear feet of trade paperbacks and graphic novels, each five dollars regardless of original cover price. I did put some back. I did!! But I still walked out with a bundle. I picked up Never As Bad As [...]

Linkspam Tuesday

A few things I’ve seen around – 1. Warren Ellis goes on about print. I find Mr. Ellis’s musing on the using of media formats to be fascinating. “I keep wondering. What can a one-writer magazine look like? What does a magazine do? You associate “magazine” with disposability: but on the other hand, I’m a [...]

Get-to-know-you

I spotted this on my LiveJournal FList: The problem with LJ: we all think we are so close, but really, we know nothing about each other. So I want you to ask me something you think you should know about me. Something that should be obvious, but you have no idea about. Ask away. I [...]