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Musings...
From The 21st Century
13 May 2009 @ 11:10 am
28 April 2009 @ 12:35 am
Rewrites complete. The stats:
307/307 (+34 pages)92,238 92,446 (+10,478 10,686 words)One last pass through tomorrow and then off to New York. Sent off to Joshua.
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26 April 2009 @ 11:34 pm
Page 286 of 304 (+ 33 pages)
91, 317 (+10,000)
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23 April 2009 @ 11:34 pm
We suffered wordloss today, almost 2k, but it had to go. So I'm back under my minimum goal, and cranky.
251/299 pages
89,893 words.
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21 April 2009 @ 11:45 pm
20 April 2009 @ 06:14 pm
17 March 2009 @ 05:21 pm
Any doubts that the Colonial refugees find the REAL Earth at the end of the finale should be allayed by this:
Current Mood: 
Glowing
Glowing17 March 2009 @ 05:11 pm
Drink one of these:
Guinness: "It's a beer!" "No, it's a motor oil!" "Wait a minute, Guinness is a beer AND a motor oil!"
And wear something green all day:
You can't go wrong.
Current Mood: Irish
geeky13 March 2009 @ 01:57 pm
In case you didn't know, Ashes to Ashes is a new BBC America TV show from the same producers as the original "Life on Mars". The difference this time is that the detective is a woman and instead of being sent back to 1973, she lands in 1981.
Ashes to Ashes was also a great David Bowie song and video from 1981. The video features Bowie in a full harlequin get-up and hanging in space as a drugged out Major Tom. There are also nuns, clerics, bulldozers, exploding dentist's chairs, and Bowie's mom.
The harlequin features prominently in the first episode of the show, and it's a great emulation of the Bowie character. To make it even weirder, the Bowie video features Steve Strange, who later went on to front New Romantic band Visage. Strange also gets a guest appearance on the TV show in Episode 2.
To make it even more special, 1981 was the year I made my first trip to England, so the show has some real cultural gravitas for me. Plus each week it features a great soundtrack:
Ashes to Ashes was also a great David Bowie song and video from 1981. The video features Bowie in a full harlequin get-up and hanging in space as a drugged out Major Tom. There are also nuns, clerics, bulldozers, exploding dentist's chairs, and Bowie's mom.
The harlequin features prominently in the first episode of the show, and it's a great emulation of the Bowie character. To make it even weirder, the Bowie video features Steve Strange, who later went on to front New Romantic band Visage. Strange also gets a guest appearance on the TV show in Episode 2.
To make it even more special, 1981 was the year I made my first trip to England, so the show has some real cultural gravitas for me. Plus each week it features a great soundtrack:
Episode 1 Track List:
Vienna - Ultravox
Careless Memories - Duran Duran
Are 'Friends' Electric? - Gary Numan
Same Old Scene - Roxy Music
Ashes To Ashes - David Bowie
I'm In Love With a German Film Star - The Passions
I Fought The Law - The Clash
No More Heroes - The Stranglers
Check it out.
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Current Mood: 
creative
creative20 February 2009 @ 05:20 pm
And I don't mean my 50" Samsung plasma either:
http://www.examiner.com/x-488-Movie-Exam
Shouldn't it say "Will Frak For Food"?
Current Mood: 
sleepy
sleepy19 February 2009 @ 08:46 pm
Battlestar Galactica, episode 4.17 - "No Exit"
Ron Moore is a liar. You want proof? I give you proof. Anders lies in bed, with a bullet in his head:
"And you were there Galen, and Tory, and Saul, and Ellen and Daniel too!"
Dorothy lies in bed, fresh from a bump on the head. When she wakes up:
"And there was a lion and a scarecrow and a tin man, and you were all there! All of you!
Just to make sure you get it, Starbuck tells Anders that the Cylons are waiting to hear the rest of their life story: "I think they're hoping for a musical." Ya think?
Some of you may recall a pretty bad John Boorman movie from the early seventies called "Zardoz". It featured the one true God, a floating head:
And of course, Sean Connery in a pre-incarnate Speedo:
At the climax of the film, Connery discovers his "god" is inspired by a very old book, where he is told to "Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain."
This is followed by Connery going on a killing rampage.
You can't fool me, Ron Fraking Moore. I Read The Fraking Book.
Now go frak yourself.
Current Mood: 
pissed off
pissed off12 February 2009 @ 10:51 pm
My plans to travel to Radcon in Pasco this weekend with
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tbclone47 have fallen apart, after I booked my hotel and con membership, of course.My mom has been in the hospital all week in coronary ICU. Looks like she is going to go home tomorrow sometime, though. And my spouse is in Texas tending to her cousin, who has been in a hospital in San Antonio for a week with renal failure. She may be able to return to her home in Michigan this weekend.
Since the spouse will be gone, there is no one to feed and watch our pets, so I have to stay and do that job. Instead of parties and panels and toxic waste and hanging with the local SF crowd, I get three dogs, two cats, plus BSG, Dollhouse, and Sarah Connor Chronicles.
It doth suck.
Current Mood: 
disappointed
disappointed09 February 2009 @ 09:25 am
And we love her kitty too. I think it's a Maine Coon, my favorite type of kitty.
Current Location: The Den
Current Mood: sore
sore05 February 2009 @ 09:32 pm
So I sent an email off to Major New York Publisher who has my full manuscript for Reunion Day on January 23rd, politely asking them their intentions towards my book. They've had the full at their request since early April '08. So far I haven't heard a thing back.
So how long is it polite to wait before I ping them again?
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So how long is it polite to wait before I ping them again?
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Current Mood: 
curious
curious03 February 2009 @ 12:05 pm
Bumble Cocoa:
Arctic Vanilla flavor. There was also a Rudolph flavor, but who cares about him.
Current Mood: 
cold
cold03 February 2009 @ 11:59 am
31 January 2009 @ 02:44 pm
At the Cinerama Theatre in downtown Seattle, Saturday, February 7th
http://www.siff.net/presents/seriesDetai
How many of you/us know about this? I got a forwarded email from a friend who isn't even in to Sci-Fi, and I belong to SFM/EMP:
http://www.siff.net/presents/seriesDetai
How many of you/us know about this? I got a forwarded email from a friend who isn't even in to Sci-Fi, and I belong to SFM/EMP:
"February 07, 2009
10 films screened 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm | 10 films screened 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm -- EMP|SFM, in partnership with SIFF, presents the fourth-annual Science Fiction + Fantasy Short Film Festival at Seattle Cinerama Theatre. The festival brings together industry professionals in filmmaking and the genres of science fiction and fantasy to encourage and support new, creative additions to science fiction and fantasy cinema arts. The festival receives entries from all over the world, including The Tiny Spaceship, created by first-time filmmaker Thomas O’Connor and Collector, one of the last films starring actor Brad Renfro. A nationally recognized panel of distinguished film, television, literature, and science fiction industry professionals, peers and film critics view and rate the twenty selected films to determine festival winners. An awards ceremony follows the second session.
$9.00 for one screening or $15.00 for both. Tickets available now at www.siff.net. For more information, please call 206.464.5830."
I don't know any of the jury panelists:
Jury
A nationally recognized panel of distinguished film, television, literature, and science fiction industry professionals, peers and film critics will view and rate the twenty selected films to determine the festival winners.
SFFSFF 2009 Jury:
Erik Courtney
Jesse Harris
Daniel Myrick
Marc Scott Zicree
Daniel Thornton
Aristomenis Tsirbas
Chris Weitz
Festival Awards
Grand Prize
Second Place
Third Place
Douglas Trumbull Award for Best Special Effects
Audience Favorite
Current Mood: 
surprised
surprised30 January 2009 @ 09:55 am
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Q4-GDP-dow
The Obama-Limbaugh Stimulus Act of 2009?
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB12331890
Interesting
Current Mood: cynical
cynical27 January 2009 @ 11:00 pm
This stuff is amazing:
Check it all out here:
http://dvice.com/archives/2009/01/battle