sundries

Patty's favorite movie blog is raising money for the American Cancer Society and she'd like you to participate.

Due to scheduling complexities that began with the cruise and have lasted for six months, Patty and I are having Christmas 2009 today.

The second part of the comic GDL wrote for Torchwood Magazine is out and making the rounds. It's called "Shrouded" and is ridiculously interesting on more than few levels: including fan-creator dialogue, meta commentary, the death stuff I'm doing (I'll be talking about it in my presentation at Dragon*Con on mourning responses to illustrated narratives), what is canon in a narrative universe where infinite AU's are cannon, etc.

As a comic itself, I don't care that much, but I fully admit to not really having the receptor sites for this sort of thing. As dialogue though, it's AMAZING. I'm very curious to see how it's going to be received. I suspect messily. Anyway, props to all involved.

News-sweep later; swamped now.

aaargh!

All my beautiful hotel luck with London?

Just went to shit with Bristol.

For some ridiculous procrastinate-y reason I kept putting off booking my room at the Marriott for like $80/night. Now it's up to $120. Which means I can stay at the super cheap and totally not bad Holiday Inn instead, but DAMMIT, IF I'D ONLY DONE THIS YESTERDAY.... now the question is whether I sit on the process and wait even longer in hopes of something good coming up last minute.

Also? Dear Orbitz, I have enough problems without you thinking Cardiff hotels are somehow relevant WHEN I TYPE BRISTOL INTO YOUR SEARCH. THEY ARE NOT RELEVANT. EVEN TO ME. And seriously? That Marriott by the train station is 200 quid a night? You've got to be kidding.

sundries, nighttime linkspam edition

How not to come out: announcing your bisexuality? Good. Saying the lyrics to your song could be about 'a boy, girl, tranny, whatever'? Tacky. At best.

Best C&D ever: The National Pork Board is concerned with the marketing practices of unicorn meat.

London has pterosaurs!

Need another reason to think BP is evil? They are burning turtles and actively working to stop people rescuing them.

The Family & Medical Leave Act will now apply to same-sex partners and their children. Thank fuck.

Why is Doctor Who the best show? Let the venn diagram show you.

Some asshole shot a goose in a public park here with a crossbow. But the goose is okay now, although he's been named Target.

On Angel: "Supersymmetry." Out of the clear blue sky Fred and Wesley are vengance buddies, Lillah's jealous and hey, Connor, you're a creepazoid. Gunn will surely hate and blame Fred for this fuckery forever and they are now doomed. I'd know that even if Gunn hadn't said as much. Also, yum, misogyny in academia.