Category: Geeking

Saw Lord of the Rings

Saw Lord of the Rings today with Megs. And wow. I haven’t read the books yet – very strange that, because I devour books of this genre constantly but have somehow never read any of the Ring ones – and all was still beautifully clear. Spent parts of the film snickering over Sam and Frodo’s … Continue reading “Saw Lord of the Rings”

Saw Lord of the Rings today with Megs. And wow. I haven’t read the books yet – very strange that, because I devour books of this genre constantly but have somehow never read any of the Ring ones – and all was still beautifully clear. Spent parts of the film snickering over Sam and Frodo’s obvious beeeyoooutiful lurve, and other parts appreciating Legolas, Aragorn, Boromir and Galadriel….. mainly Legolas – Mmmmm! (And having just read Orlando Bloom’s bio, I’m wondering if Clara knows him, or if I actually ever bumped into him myself, all unknowing…. and if so, daaaaamn!) But in the main I just enjoyed the film. Definitely one I’d see again. Tomorrow. Heheh.

Current word count: 3500-ish (I

Current word count: 3500-ish (I forgot to bring the thing with me today). Not looking likely I’m going to make NaNoWriMo, but I’m going to keep going, and if I get a full story out of it, I’m happy. I shall just wave pom-poms for Rowan, in a similar manner to Joss at N3K. Only after less beer. Maybe.

Someone has stuck a paper sign saying “Room 101” on the outer door of our office. *snicker*

Kita’s story about the girl grabbing JM’s arse makes me feel slightly sick. Much like a comment in a Aussie con report I read that JM had mentioned that British fans scare him / freak him out. This is bad. Lar is completely right – these people are actors, doing their job. Which is not to be mauled by anyone who fancies it. Enough people do that, it makes the actors decide it’s too much, which in turn screws it up for those of us who are more than happy to grin (like a fool), say hi, and go away again. Or whatever. But be respectful, anyway. Why is it that JM is doing the larger, more impersonal SFX con this year, rather than the more ‘hands on’ Nocturnal / Sector 14? Makes me wonder.

Shamelessly swiped from GB:
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Current word count: 2,304. OK….

Current word count: 2,304. OK…. so the problem with doing NaNoWriMo is that I’m probably going to end up neglecting my poor baby websites somewhat this month. I do need to do some updates to them, though. Like updating The Airlock with the new screencaps for this and S&S… and if I remember to change … Continue reading “Current word count: 2,304. OK….”

Current word count: 2,304.

OK…. so the problem with doing NaNoWriMo is that I’m probably going to end up neglecting my poor baby websites somewhat this month. I do need to do some updates to them, though. Like updating The Airlock with the new screencaps for this and S&S… and if I remember to change the ‘present sites’ pages so that the caps are linky too. Ooo, and I could add the rest of the ‘old’ stuff back to S&S, too. That should be fairly simple. The only thing that will take time is updating the noms for the SPIKED Awards. Hmmmmmmm.

Current word count: 1,869. Woohoo!

Current word count: 1,869. Woohoo! OK, so, yes, I should be doing 1800 a day, and two days have now passed. But I did do the majority of this in one day, and a working day at that. I think there’s hope for me yet. And now I really have to go and sleep…….

Current word count: 1,869.

Woohoo! OK, so, yes, I should be doing 1800 a day, and two days have now passed. But I did do the majority of this in one day, and a working day at that. I think there’s hope for me yet. And now I really have to go and sleep…….

Current word count: 318. Which

Current word count: 318. Which is the prologue. And which, although it sounds crappy considering I’m technically halfway through the second day, isn’t actually completely shabby since I’ve been either at work, very tired from work, or asleep just about the whole time. Sodding late shift. Hoping to make more progress on Sunday when I’ll … Continue reading “Current word count: 318. Which”

Current word count: 318.

Which is the prologue. And which, although it sounds crappy considering I’m technically halfway through the second day, isn’t actually completely shabby since I’ve been either at work, very tired from work, or asleep just about the whole time. Sodding late shift. Hoping to make more progress on Sunday when I’ll be off. I’m aiming at 1800 words a day, really. Hum.

Rowan, though simultaneously makes me want to wail pathetically, and gives me hope that I’ll be able to catch up. I’ll be clinging to the hope, then…. Lalalala…. The snippets I’ve seen by the others from the BuffyWriMo list are very impressive. But I won’t be posting mine publicly (not here at any rate… remote possibility it’ll go onlist). Even if you paid me. Or, I would… but no-one is, so that’s that, then. Heheh.

Ready, steady….. write! And they’re

Ready, steady….. write! And they’re off. I’ve written all of 76 words (more than a thousandth of the way there, go me), and I find myself convulsively checking the word counts on the NaNoWriMo site to see what other people are doing. I have profiles mostly-done for the two main characters, and ideas in my … Continue reading “Ready, steady….. write! And they’re”

Ready, steady….. write! And they’re off. I’ve written all of 76 words (more than a thousandth of the way there, go me), and I find myself convulsively checking the word counts on the NaNoWriMo site to see what other people are doing.

I have profiles mostly-done for the two main characters, and ideas in my head for two or three ‘supporting’ ones. I may put them up here later. Oh, and the new (non-Halloween) design for this should go up when I get home from work tonight. Maybe.

…. and I think there’s some unwritten rule…. god, I just want to go home to my Mum and Dad and hide. Runawayrunawayrunaway.

THE GREAT CON DILEMMA: This

THE GREAT CON DILEMMA: This weekend, Sector 14 announced two Buffy cons in June, just after the scheduled Nocturnal one. Only S14 have announced guests, and started selling tickets. So far they have Robin Sachs, George Herzberg, and the make-up guys who came this year. Needless to say, my cheque is in the post for … Continue reading “THE GREAT CON DILEMMA: This”

THE GREAT CON DILEMMA: This weekend, Sector 14 announced two Buffy cons in June, just after the scheduled Nocturnal one. Only S14 have announced guests, and started selling tickets. So far they have Robin Sachs, George Herzberg, and the make-up guys who came this year. Needless to say, my cheque is in the post for “Eclipse”, the London con (the other one, “Homecoming”, is in Glasgow, and will have roughly the same guest line-up). But of course, this leaves me with a dilemma for Nocturnal. Now, a big part of the whole con thing is to go to meet all my friends and have a massive party all weekend. Megs, Noxy, and Luna are all also going for Eclipse, so that’s cool. But what about everyone else…. I mean, ideally, I want to go to both cons…. I did two weekends in a row last year, so theoretically I should be able to manage. Thing is, though, B says he isn’t going. *sigh* Pesky man. Not that that makes it worse financially – technically it makes it better. But…. pah…..

And in other news, poor baby Alex has had more fits over the weekend. God, it’s horrible, but the vet says he doesn’t even know it’s happening. He’s all happy and purry the rest of the time, so I guess that’s good. And his coat, which was quite rough when we got him, is now all lovely and smooth and silky, so that must mean we’re taking good care of him and everything. *sigh* Trouble is, I’ve got no idea how I’m going to afford the vets bills. Crap. (And I hope they don’t try cashing the cheque for the con too soon, either).

Oh, and I’m applying for a Web Developer job at work – different department, and section and everything. It’s a big company. So fingers crossed.

*does the Dance of New-Hair-Joy*

*does the Dance of New-Hair-Joy* I’m hair-happy. Black with deep red streaks, and now cut so it’s all one length-ish. Yay! Also, new kitty-boy, Alexander. Huge leggy ginger tom. He’s a rescue cat, and I think had been badly treated, so he’s somewhat jumpy. But he and Willow aren’t fighting, anyway. She is queen of … Continue reading “*does the Dance of New-Hair-Joy*”

*does the Dance of New-Hair-Joy* I’m hair-happy. Black with deep red streaks, and now cut so it’s all one length-ish. Yay! Also, new kitty-boy, Alexander. Huge leggy ginger tom. He’s a rescue cat, and I think had been badly treated, so he’s somewhat jumpy. But he and Willow aren’t fighting, anyway. She is queen of the house, of course. :-)

Right, back to S&S. More tomorrow……

My photoshoot pics from the

My photoshoot pics from the weekend are up on Con Woman. The ones I took are in the middle of being developed, and I should be getting them back on Friday. I have a somewhat zoned expression in the pic of me with James Marsters cos (apart from Hello, it’s James Marsters!) he was rubbing … Continue reading “My photoshoot pics from the”

My photoshoot pics from the weekend are up on Con Woman. The ones I took are in the middle of being developed, and I should be getting them back on Friday. I have a somewhat zoned expression in the pic of me with James Marsters cos (apart from Hello, it’s James Marsters!) he was rubbing his hand up and down my arm, and I was all ‘gaaaahhh…. what’s he doing?….’ I know, I’m a sad little fangirl, but I don’t care. All the guests rocked beyond all expectation. I went to the con as a huge James Marsters fan, and liking all the others, and came away a huge James Marsters, Amber Benson, George Herzberg, J August Richards, and Andy Hallett fan. I knew how lovely James was from last year, and this year reinforced that, but the other blew me away as well, with how friendly and open they were too. It’s a curious thing when you find yourself changing from liking (or loving) and enjoying the characters, to loving the actual people. And because I’m a geeky net person, and have no other way that I can think of to express my adoration, I feel another website coming on. Oh dear.

Rediscovered the bird, by the way – it recovered quite well and started flying around…. eventually managed to get it to fly out of the back door, and it disappeared into a tree at the bottom of the garden. I’m thinking that Willow being a mini-cat is actually helping her with the hunting – it must be quite easy for her to get up the trees and along the narrower branches. But why can’t she bring the things she catches to Barry instead of me?!

So. Got stuck in a

So. Got stuck in a bloody three-and-a-half hour traffic jam between Northampton and Milton Keynes and totally missed the concert. I was clearly not meant to be there. Didn’t even make it into London that night – had to crash on cHarley’s floor. Ended up not having a room at the con ($%^$&£^&*!! hotel) and crashed on Luna and Noxy‘s floor there. I’ve barely slept since Wednesday. I ache from head to foot. And I had the best bloody weekend since I don’t know when. It was just fabulous. Thank you Nocturnal people. :-) And now I must sleep before I die. Pics n stuff coming up soon…….

Lalalalalalala – change of plan.

Lalalalalalala – change of plan. The fantabulous cHarley is driving all the way up here (she’s Australian, so I guess a 4 hour drive either way doesn’t seem such a big deal to her *g*) to pick me up and take me down to London. Four Star Mary concert, here I come…….. (Megs, I’ll meet … Continue reading “Lalalalalalala – change of plan.”

Lalalalalalala – change of plan. The fantabulous cHarley is driving all the way up here (she’s Australian, so I guess a 4 hour drive either way doesn’t seem such a big deal to her *g*) to pick me up and take me down to London. Four Star Mary concert, here I come……..

(Megs, I’ll meet you off the train at Kings X tomorrow)

*sniffle* No lift to London

*sniffle* No lift to London (I could have had one yesterday but I didn’t know that, and nor did the person I was hoping to get the lift from). What happened is, B told me his best mate had to go to Heathrow to pick someone up, and I should be able to hitch a … Continue reading “*sniffle* No lift to London”

*sniffle* No lift to London (I could have had one yesterday but I didn’t know that, and nor did the person I was hoping to get the lift from). What happened is, B told me his best mate had to go to Heathrow to pick someone up, and I should be able to hitch a lift. And yeah, I could, except he’s not gone to Heathrow this time, he’s gone to Manchester. D’oh!!! So no concert for me. Waaah! What a waste of a bloody tenner. And still, I don’t know if I’ve got a room for the weekend or what. *sigh* Off I go to try ringing them again, then……

Ummm. The Buffy and Angel

Ummm. The Buffy and Angel season finales are on tonight. And I’ve just been thinking, that considering those shows are just about the only thing I watch on TV (the only ones I watch regularly week-in-week-out at least), and that the majority of my websites are based around them, I don’t talk about ’em that … Continue reading “Ummm. The Buffy and Angel”

Ummm. The Buffy and Angel season finales are on tonight. And I’ve just been thinking, that considering those shows are just about the only thing I watch on TV (the only ones I watch regularly week-in-week-out at least), and that the majority of my websites are based around them, I don’t talk about ’em that much here. Apart from the sites, I spose. I don’t talk about the eps I’ve seen, or anything like that. Maybe it doesn’t seem strange to anyone who’s not me, but thing is, I probably wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for Buffy. And I mean, here, writing this journal, living where I live, doing the job I do. No, scratch the probably – I definitely wouldn’t be. If I hadn’t got into Buffy, I don’t know that I’d have had the creative impetuous to do more than the basic simple website that Dark Angel’s Tower was, I don’t think I’d’ve started writing again, I never would have had the fun that is writing fanfic. I never would have moved up to Yorkshire, because I wouldn’t know my Barry, or Megs, or any of the fantastic people I’ve met through this whole Buffy / internet thing. In fact, if I think about it, I wouldn’t have known Char, and I never would have spoken more than two words to Russ at work…. in which case they most likely wouldn’t have both joined the mailing list where they met, and instead of being married and having a baby, they’d still be on opposite sides of the planet. And my god, that paragraph got long and involved. LOL.

I added a few more links today, to GB, and also to Sam, Lar, and Kassie, who I know of (though don’t know well (unfortunately, cos they’re cool people)) through the Buffy fandom. And I spose reading their blogs also partially sparked off the above train of thought. Though I think I’ve been way luckier than them. Probably it’s because my sites and fics are so-so, rather than remarkably good or bad, but I’ve never had any of the hassle that they seem to get. But it’s extremely shitty that the hassle happens. Live and let live, damnit!

Just took this IQ test. Scored 147. Go me, I’m a genius. *snort*

Hmmmm.

Hmmmm. This is so me (apart from the being a bloke bit, obviously), it’s a little worrying….. *g* Ah well. Read the rest of the comic, too – it rocks.

Hmmmm. This is so me (apart from the being a bloke bit, obviously), it’s a little worrying….. *g* Ah well. Read the rest of the comic, too – it rocks.