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"I Am Such A Child of the 80s" Department
Driving home from workshop tonight, I was listening to the radio and enjoying this really cool song with a really cool intro and vocals ... and then we get to the chorus, and it's "Slave to Love." Oh dear. But you know what? Still a good song.

"I Am Such a Geek" Department
I love the new Doctor Who. Never loved Doctor Who before. Was always mildly curious but not enough to explore the series. Now, with Eccleston, Piper and whoever it is they've got writing the show I love it. Me? Geek.

"I Have Work Ethic Envy" Department
I need do nothing more than point you to [livejournal.com profile] kradical's recent post about all the contracted-for novels, short stories and other assorted stuff he's working on and you may very well understand.

"I Am Sick of Living with Geriatric Cats" Department
I love Merlin and Spanky. Deep love. Deeper than my love for Doctor Who. But I am sick to death of having to hand feed Merlin to ensure he doesn't eat too quickly and then bring it all back up on the carpet or the nearest blanket. I'm sick of waking up to Spanky coughing up hairballs at 2 AM because he won't let me brush him. One good night's sleep and no more brown spots on my light-colored carpet: is that too much to ask?

Okay, enough with the negative. Back to the postive.

"Apparently, I'm a Babe" Department
Last night, for the third time, one of the women in the chorus told me I was "irresistably cute." Or adorable. Some word like that. Third time from as many women. Context, of course, is key. I'm entertained. It helps, also, that I got asked to go out for dinner next week by a male someone tonight. Admiration is certainly nice; male admiration: hard to beat. ::grin::

"I Must Be Sicker than I Thought" Department
Pat Swenson over at Talebones wrote me yesterday to tell me that he wanted to buy my poem, "Confection," and not only did I not get excited, I forgot about it because I've been so ill. I only remembered tonight at workshop because we were going around the circle talking about sales and markets and so on. As it is, the magazine will be running one, possibly two, book reviews I've written, but the poem, of course, is a whole different thing mainly because it's the first time Pat's bought something of mine that wasn't nonfiction—and that's not for lack of trying either. Yay me!

Date: Fri, Jun. 3rd, 2005 06:27 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] scarlettina.livejournal.com
Re: the "bad wolf" references: The only one I remember consciously is the "My, what a big nose you have" comment that Nancy made, and that's only because I just watched Tuesday night's episode on video (the show runs concurrent with my chorus rehearsals). The rest of it...fascinating! Now that I'm aware, of course, I'm going to be completely hyper about it until we find out what it's all about.

I've seen "The Empty Child" but CBUT hasn't yet aired "The Doctor Dances," so I'm behind you at least one episode. And yes, "Father's Day" was freakin' brilliant, but I had a great deal of cause to identify with that episode in particular.

I just love Eccleston as The Doctor; I think he brings a little bit of sex appeal to a character I always found so blandly asexual that it was a little repellant (and one of the main reasons I never watched the show regularly before). But I also just like the sparkle and humor he brings over all. And that underlying sadness. It's a nicely layered performance. I'm going to miss him, though I have high hopes for Tennant.

Is it Tuesday yet? ::grin::

Date: Fri, Jun. 3rd, 2005 07:10 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] markbourne.livejournal.com
Have you seen "Mickey's" web site (http://www.whoisdoctorwho.co.uk/)? (A bit of BBC promo aimed at the fans.) And there's a fine DW blog called Behind the Sofa Again (http://tachyontv.typepad.com/waiting_for_christopher/).

Date: Fri, Jun. 3rd, 2005 07:20 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] markbourne.livejournal.com
And there's a fine DW blog called Behind the Sofa Again

Beware of spoilers, however. It's a British site, so it's up to date there. Good stuff, though.
(http://tachyontv.typepad.com/waiting_for_christopher/)

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