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down on the avenue
Life has been going in fits and starts, but today was a good day. Still working on Doing More Things, and college and jobs and things, which is just barely short of overwhelming and terrifying, of course, but today I started on Battlestar Galactica, and it is wonderful (also younger Paul Ballard with a slightly odd haircut and being all happy and... why did he have a lollipop during the card game? is that, like, reverse hardcore? "I AM A SOLDIER I AM SO HARDCORE I PREFER LOLLIPOPS TO VODKA TOP THAT") and I am really looking forward to watching more. Naturally I only watch shows after they are finished, but at least this one finished on its own terms, apparently, rather than being cancelled. I love that this future still looks like a real world; you have dirt and grime and everyone isn't wearing, like, sparkly jumpsuits or whatever, and the cities look like real lived-in cities (mannnn, I loved that one view of the marketplace, and Six had this made of win purple coat and then she CASUALLY KILLED A BABY AUGH NIGHTMARE FUEL) and I discovered anew what a hold science fiction has got on my psyche when I realised suddenly during a battle scene that I had forgotten our military does not have battles in space. With space ships. It looked so real and natural! The camera work is also really pleasing; Dad loathes and despises hand-held cameras with all of his being, but I really love them when their format has something to add in terms of viewpoint and atmosphere, which they did here; and the minimal use of music was also excellently done.
This evening there was a street fair down the block from our house -- one of the advantages of living downtown. Frequently local events are mostly dull, but not long after I arrived, a local swing quartet came up to play. (And by "quartet", I mean "trio" -- "the double bass is the fourth member!"; I suppose because quartet sounds much more awesome?) Two acoustic guitars and a double bass, which is one of my favourite instruments in the world, and I danced, and it was marvellous. I am always so very happy when I am dancing; and it was a lovely afternoon, warm and sunny and full of little breezes, and there were birds flying overhead and trees and pavement and oh yes swing music, which is incredibly fun to dance to, although I have absolutely no formal training and especially not in swing (though I would very much like to take lessons). I so need more swing music in my life. The bloke on lead guitar had on pinstriped trousers and a nice pinstriped shirt and a fedora; this pleased me immensely.
And now to wrench my sleeping schedule back towards something a little more comfortable; I have been sleeping very badly lately and it is making all sorts of things difficult. And there's work tomorrow, hurrah -- and, I think, a paycheck, which is Good In My Sight.
Oh! And before I forget, Cabinet of Wonders has been updated, with a review of Eva Ibbotson's novel A Countess Below Stairs, and the book art of Su Blackwell. Check it out! Because you love me! :/
This evening there was a street fair down the block from our house -- one of the advantages of living downtown. Frequently local events are mostly dull, but not long after I arrived, a local swing quartet came up to play. (And by "quartet", I mean "trio" -- "the double bass is the fourth member!"; I suppose because quartet sounds much more awesome?) Two acoustic guitars and a double bass, which is one of my favourite instruments in the world, and I danced, and it was marvellous. I am always so very happy when I am dancing; and it was a lovely afternoon, warm and sunny and full of little breezes, and there were birds flying overhead and trees and pavement and oh yes swing music, which is incredibly fun to dance to, although I have absolutely no formal training and especially not in swing (though I would very much like to take lessons). I so need more swing music in my life. The bloke on lead guitar had on pinstriped trousers and a nice pinstriped shirt and a fedora; this pleased me immensely.
And now to wrench my sleeping schedule back towards something a little more comfortable; I have been sleeping very badly lately and it is making all sorts of things difficult. And there's work tomorrow, hurrah -- and, I think, a paycheck, which is Good In My Sight.
Oh! And before I forget, Cabinet of Wonders has been updated, with a review of Eva Ibbotson's novel A Countess Below Stairs, and the book art of Su Blackwell. Check it out! Because you love me! :/
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AND HELO! I love Helo! And Lee and Roslin and Adama and Baltar (most of the time) and just about everyone on the show. ♥
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Wait, is that Lee in your icon? YAY HIS HAIR GETS BETTER. :p (Not that it's bad, but... it took me a while to see why so many fans find him INCREDIBLY hot.)
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Oh, Lee Adama. I love you so much.
AAAAAH, I just want to comment and be like OMG WAIT UNTIL YOU GET TO THIS EPISODE. AND THIS ONE. AND THESE OTHER FIVE MILLION ONES. But it irks me when people do that, so I won't. :D :D :D
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(Also, OMG, the part in that episode after Lee realizes it's her and they do that thing where they kind of waggle their ships back and forth together never fails to make me smile and squee. I looooooooove them!)