time and relative dimension in space

Oh, hey, it's a list of mostly-unrelated things. Haven't done one of those in a bit.

- I update my LJ once in a blue moon and mostly post about Doctor Who, using the same two or three icons. Therefore I obviously took advantage of LJ's birthday sale to buy a userpic package for the next year and expand my userpic storage to 393. OBVIOUSLY. . . . I maybe have an impulse-control problem.

- Working from home is going . . . well, it's going. I don't enjoy my job but working from home isn't any worse than working out of the office and in these current times it's a lot safer.

- Shortly before all of this this-ness happened, I started making arrangements for my first-ever trip to New York City to spend a long weekend seeing Broadway shows. It was going to be awesome, I was going to go with teh Niki, we were going to see four shows, we got amazing seats to Hamilton and Hadestown and very-slightly-less-amazing-but-still-very-good seats to Sing Street and Beetlejuice, I was holding off on posting about it here until we finalized the last couple of details about the trip and then all of the pandemic shit started happening and obviously it was not going to happen and it was just a matter of playing the waiting game until it was officially cancelled. I got the cancellation emails for all four shows last week. In light of everything else that's going on this is a very small thing, and one day there will be live theatre again and other trips to arrange, but I will admit to being disappointed nevertheless.

- So instead I used one of the vacation days I was going to use towards that trip and took most of today off work. Declan Bennett had a livestream concert for The Theatre Cafe/Leave A Light On and I got to catch it; he's one of my favorite musicians and he played some of my favorites of his songs, it was lovely.

- There is so much Doctor Who content coming out right now, it's incredible. I have not been able to participate in the watchalongs because they've mostly been arranged for times when I've been working, but I've read the tweetalongs afterwards and they're fab, and the videos and short stories and things being produced are amazing. Some favorites, if you haven't seen them yet, are Rory's Story, an introduction to The Doctor's Wife written by Neil Gaiman and filmed by Arthur Darvill; The Terror Of The Umpty Ums, a short story featuring the Thirteenth Doctor (...sort of) written by Steven Moffat; and Incoming Message From The Doctor, a short webcast starring Jodie Whittaker and written by Chris Chibnall. But all the ones I've seen have been wonderful. Also the suggestion that Neil Gaiman write a series for Big Finish starring the Corsair is perfect. Please do so.

- On my own I've also been rewatching New Who from Nine onwards via my collection of Blurays and DVDs, and including all special features. Which has been a bit of an education in how many special features I just never got around to seeing. I'm into series 6 now and a bit disappointed that I have it as 6A and 6B instead of the complete series 6, because the special features, comparatively, are rubbish.

- I've been pretty much all abut the comfort watches/reads, really. Doctor Who, obviously. But also I've been rewatching Derry Girls and Red Dwarf and So Weird and reading the Baby-Sitters Club graphic novels and the Iron Druid Chronicles and basically avoiding anything that is not escapist-y enough right now. New Amsterdam came out and said "We decided not to air an episode because it was about a flu pandemic and nobody needs that in their fiction right now" and you know what I am your target audience, New Amsterdam. I'm not rereading Doomsday Book anytime soon and that's usually one of my go-to rereads.

- I hope you are all staying safe and staying inside.

This is another in a string of "I'm not dead, just deprived of time and dependable Internet" posts. I'm sorry for that.

And yesterday I dealt with one of the most terrifying things in the universe -- a group of opera singers waving around lit torches on a mostly-wooden set. I swear I kept thinking "WE ARE ALL GOING TO DIE BEFORE THIS SHOW CLOSES". So that might happen.

This is a multipurpose post.

> I watched season 3 of Eureka and have been intending to write a reaction post. Alas. That has not happened. Instead there will be this brief note that I felt fairly meh about it, though I'm not sure whether that's because of the show itself or because that's how I've felt about a lot of things recently. Either way I rate it a 5/10.

> I also watched this week's Continuum and intended to write a reaction post. Again. That failed to happen. Instead I will just note that I'm really interested to find out where the Alec & Kellogg plot is going.

> Tomorrow I move in order to start my new job the following day. I am SLIGHTLY NERVOUS about this, if by SLIGHTLY NERVOUS it can be understood I mean 'anxious and chewing on my fingers'. Hopefully it will go well. As I've mentioned before, it's only a two-month engagement, but the work seems like it will be really interesting. (And, you know. Filling up blank spots on my résumé. And paychecks. And possibly good references if it goes well.)
I don't know why my schedule will be like for this job, or for that matter what the Internet situation will be, so. Bear that in mind, I guess.

> It's just that I'm so bad at people.

> I'm pretty sure there were other things I intended to include in this post but now I can't remember them.

This is a list of AWESOME THINGS.

First the real-life non-fandom one: I just had a phone interview for a job, and it went really well. Obviously "interview went well" does not automatically translate to "got the job" (other people's interviews could also go really well! they could find someone more qualified/a better fit than me! etc.) but either way it's a nice ego boost that is kind of needed right now. And it COULD translate to "got the job"?

Next the fandom stuff:

New trailer for Doctor Who Series 7, and oh gosh it is fantastic. PONDS. DOCTOR. GUNSLINGERS. I think my favorite bit is "Will everyone who is not American drop their gun?" "I didn't mean to do that!" but it is ALL FANTASTIC.

Also I watched the BBC Dirk Gently series and it is wonderful. Stephen Mangan is not exactly my mental Dirk, but he works well enough as a sort of AU version, and their version of Janice is so perfect I can't even. I mean. She really is Janice. ♥ Also, ELENA. ...I am possibly a bit odd.

And, finally, it seems that the Being Human writers have decided that their show mandate is "Break as many hearts as possible". Why do you destroy everything good in the universe, Being Human, why? Also, when is season five?

( quick work related stuff )


I am having a very strong urge to find and buy a bodhran and learn how to play it. I suspect exhaustion is at least partly to blame. Actually following through on this urge would be insanely stupid, because a) I can't afford it b) I don't even know where I would start learning how to play bodhran c) I have no musical talent whatsoever d) wtf, seriously, self? Go get some sleep, instead.


This week's Doctor Who: ... I need to rewatch it while not exhausted. From what I remember ( spoilers if you haven't seen Night Terrors yet )


'Sup, LJ?

Thoughts on random things:

Livejournal: LJ! You're back! Are you stable? Pls? I MISSED YOU.
For anyone who didn't find out the details about why LJ was being difficult, this is a good article about the situation.

Music: Have an awesome link! A new JoCo song!

Facebook: I know a few of you had me friended on FB, so I'm just announcing it here for posterity's sake: I have officially deleted my FB account. There were several reasons for this, ranging from "I never use it" to "I'm uncomfortable with their privacy policies", but the end result is the same. I no longer have an account.
In related news, no, I will not be signing up for Google+.

Torchwood: Oh my God, I just ... I can't. There wasn't even any Dichen Lachman this week to distract me from the total lack of any internal logic, consistent characterization, or continuity in any form. What the hell, Torchwood, didn't you used to be enjoyable? Is it me or is it you? One of us has changed and it's not working anymore.

Alphas: But you're working for me, Alphas! I'm seriously enjoying this show so far. Nina and Rachel's complicated friendship warms my heart. I want more Bill; I feel like I don't know him well enough yet. Okay, I feel like I don't know any of the characters well enough yet, but Bill feels more like a blank slate to me than the rest of the cast for some reason. Hicks is generic and bland (omigosh he left a crime scene for coffee how ~rebellious) but I warmed up to him some for that last scene with Gary on the room. AWWW.

Work: It's been a hellish week. I don't wanna talk about it. Maybe next week will be better?

So I have deathplague! Deathplague here being my generic name for any illness that makes me feel hellish. I have no idea what the actual name of whatever I have is, I just know that it's messing with my lungs and throat and things connected to my sinuses.

Anyway, because I have a Work Ethic (and because I know that calling out would screw up everyone else's schedules in complicated ways) I went into work regardless. And I made it through, although many people were watching me with alarm at various points and halfway through the last show my voice gave out completely and the SM had to finish calling spot cues. But I made it. That's the important bit.

And because of that whole annoying Work Ethic thing, I'll wind up doing the same tomorrow, with or without voice. :/ But at least tomorrow I'll be a spot op and not ME, so I won't have to talk as much.

And now I'm going to drink a lot of orange juice and suck another cough drop and go to bed early.

Update:

Sixteen-hour shifts are not something I enjoy.

Real update coming when I can form coherent thoughts again.

SORRY FOR GOING MIA STOP IT'S BEEN A RIDICULOUS WEEK STOP WEEK WILL CONTINUE TO BE RIDICULOUS STOP I'LL BE WORKING UNTIL 10PM TOMORROW SO DON'T EXPECT TO HEAR FROM ME THEN STOP MISS YOU GUYS STOP BE BACK SOON STOP

I am investigating going back to school to get a master's in library science. Why? Because I'm unemployed and depressed and my existing degree does not appear to be getting me jobs.

...I could be good at being a librarian, man. Not a school librarian, but any other kind of librarian, yes.

Right now I've got admissions information for NYU and Simmons open in my Firefox tabs. If I'm going to go back to school, it will have to be in a real city.

This is a bit terrifying, yo.