Aeronautic Primates and Other Delights

So. Dreamwidth. I should catch you up. And stuff.

echan and I celebrated our five-year wedding anniversary on December 13th with a trip to Legoland. We stayed on the pirate-themed floor in a pirate-themed room. With bunk beds! Which I did not fit into well. The park itself was pretty cool. As an amusement park, it's so-so. As a display of the wonders of LEGO craftsmanship, it is a modern marvel. Miniland USA and Star Wars Miniland are very, very awesome. They also had miniature golf! I bought... many many many many LEGOs. I'm using them for purposes related to the last item in this post.

Speaking of echan, ze bought me an awesome thing for the holidays: Borderlands 2 replica Loot Chest. I'm using it store LEGOs.

Been side-watching Gilmore Girls with jmtorres (wherein she watches it and I pop in and watch it with her when I'm around). It's a fun show, but it's getting increasingly less happy-place as we get into the sixth season.

[redacted Festivids discussion]

Went to the Kings/Coyotes games on Saturday with niqaeli. Had a great time. I'm not into sports, really, but I enjoy a good game every now and again.

I have jury duty next month. I am... ambivalent.

I'm currently prepping to play Dungeons and Dragons with brokenallbroken, airawyn, rhi_silverflame, lizbetann, and diannelamerc. Our first session is January 3rd and I am... slightly obsessive. I don't want to get caught off-guard, basically. I did build a pretty cool dice tower out of LEGOs though.

Where was I? Oh yes. I went to bed on Friday night feeling like my legs were in revolt and not giving a crap.

However, I had to be up early on Saturday ( This is where we talk about Saturday )

Aaaand up again early on Sunday morning ( All about Sunday morning here... )

( A moment of navel-gazing... )

Back to Sunday!( Here we go... )

Next post will cover the last two Fiasco games, the end of the weekend, and vid recs.

I've been fighting this weird rolling illness where one or two low-level symptoms will present themselves, mess with me for a little while, and then step aside for other symptoms. I'm talking stuff like wooziness, aches and pains, sore throat, congestion, low energy, etc. Never all at once. It's super weird. It's been going on for about a week now.

I'm convincing myself that my body is doing last minute upgrades to prepare for the release of Jetpack Monkey 30 in a week and a half.

I haven't been able to respond to all the comments on my Festivids yet, but I will get to every single one. Some day.

What else? sweetestdrain has been guiding me through some of the major vids of the past 10 years that I've missed. There are some excellent vids that I've completely missed. [Edited to add: wow I really am sick]

Finally watched Scooby Road last night, for instance. I became all sniffly during Here Comes the Sun. I like how the vids start as looks at a handful of episodes or a particular character relationship, but then expand to consider larger thematic concerns within Buffy. With that said, a lot of the power of the vid album, especially in the later tracks/vids, hinges on Buffy Summers's emotional journey holding resonance for the viewer already. Buffy's character arc was not the one that hit me when I was watching the show; I was far more invested in Xander, Willow, Tara, Anya, Giles, and, to a certain extent, Dawn. So the parts where people promised me I would be a bawling wreck I... wasn't.

Revisions on the book essay have been turned in now, so my part in that is done.

Ugh. So out of it. I'm gonna go read a book with pictures.

THING THE FIRST: Today's the last day to submit fandoms to the Pre-Festivids Fandom Rec Festival! There are nearly 70 fandoms listed, so please wander over and take a look at the masterlist, watch a couple, and then request or offer those fandoms!

THING THE SECOND: I have, of late, a sudden yen to chat online with my fellow vidders. While I do frequently lurk in the Festivids chat, I was wondering if there's any of you fine vidders who follow me that are on AIM or GTalk so I may add you and jibber jabber? Comments on this post are screened if you don't want to publicize your info. I am MagneticYapp on AIM and I don't really want to post my GTalk name on a public post, but it is realfirstname.reallastname.realfirstandlastinitials@gmail.com. Which is boring, I know.

This year (as in vidding year, which runs from Vividcon to Vividcon), I'm going to make at least two vids that scare me a little. Beyond those two, I'm going to try to amuse myself before anyone else (and learn a few tricks while I'm at it).

I am going to do Festivids this year.

I am going to post more to Dreamwidth, talk more about fandom, watch more vids as they come out, be more friendly, leave more feedback.

In short, at Vividcon I gained new confidence as a vidder and I made all sorts of friends. I'm going to work my damnedest to keep both of these things.

I may be just a weeeeeee bit drunk. I just made two rum and cokes -- one for me and one for midnightfae. Same alcohol to soda ratio. Tasted okay to me, but the Roomie was like OMG TOO MUCH BOOZE NEEDS WATERING.

But it's all okay, because we have coltsbane who has what is probably the most adorable accent ever. EVER. If you defy this supposition I will go Oncoming Storm on you. And I'll do it, too, because I look like David Tennant.

Did I mention I'd been drinking?

Wheeeeeeee!

I was poking through my memories when I found a two-year-old exchange betwixt hjcallipygian and I where we discuss zombie college bands and Comic-Con.

I still want to make that movie.

Have arrived at LA. Using an Internet kiosk at airport (and I swear that the keyboard is just slightly non-standard to increase the usage time by fractions of a minute). About ready to head downstairs and get a cab to the screening. It doesn't start for 3 hours, but I can be a little nervous about LA rush hour traffic if I want, thank you.

midnightfae was incredibly sweet this morning when I realized that I'd A) forgotten my cellphone charger and B) packed way too much for a single bag. She ran back to my place and got my charger and searched for another bag and brought them to me at work. Above and beyond, folks. Go and give her kudos.

OH, and to be all Doctor Who about the Slither afterparty...

"I'm the Writer, and this is airawyn. She's my Plus 1. That all right?" *cheeky grin*