Finally! Some summer bat action. I started the Greenlake circuit counterclockwise at around 8 pm and there were lots of bats in the sky for the first half hour, just a couple of bats for the second — and I don’t know if it was time of day or portionContinue Reading
For a while I thought I wanted to do a complete, detailed, Left-Behind-style smackdown of Twilight, but then I decided that I already read the darned thing once, I didn’t want to read it again. Anyway, I thought it would be corrosive to my soul to spend so much timeContinue Reading
Le photos! Friday was the day we went to Au Pied de Cochon, which you can see here in this YouTube video of chef Martin Picard attempting to kill Anthony Bourdain of No Reservations with meat. So, we had, among other things, controversial French delicacy foie gras. Fatty liver ofContinue Reading
What the hell is wrong with you? If every Greyhound and Amtrak route between Seattle and Bellingham is always sold out all the time, WHY DON’T YOU ADD MORE ROUTES? Don’t you want people to ride you instead of driving their own cars? And, dear Greyhound, why did your websiteContinue Reading
I decided that I would be more likely to get all my photos uploaded if I gave myself permission to process only one day at a time. So here is Thursday: Montreal WorldCon Thursday Nothing very embarrassing, although you do get a rather nice view of ‘s hair from above.Continue Reading
So, last night I was complaining about Twilight. I reached a point in the novel (which, you ought to know, I am reading for science!), around page 300, where things started to be particularly tough going. I’m not sure why this is the part where it’s become such a choreContinue Reading
Dear Stephanie Meyer, I have finished the first seven chapters of your novel Twilight and I think it has potential but needs a lot of work. On the plus side, I find your situation intriguing, and there are glimmers of decent writing throughout. On the other hand, I find yourContinue Reading
I was trying earlier to describe my relationship to my subconscious mind, and I was overextending a metaphor about ships being piloted through narrow passageways full of zombies and sharp rocks. Then it hit me: my subconscious is like a Magic 8-Ball. It’s got a kind of Tardis thing goingContinue Reading
This season five episode where Buffy and Riley split up gets props for having the same name as a Stephen Sondheim musical, but otherwise it’s one of my least favorites in the entire series. There’s something deeply unpleasant and icky about it. (And I say this as one of theContinue Reading
I previously saw one episode from the middle of the first season, and found it interesting but kind of oddly B-movie-ish. That is, it had a lot of bloody, sexy energy but people said and did ridiculous things and were prone to overacting.Continue Reading
On Monday. But on Monday, I’ll be working all day at my *Shiny New Job* (actually, shiny new orientation session) so on Sunday I am 1. Seeing Star Trek with my parents at Pacific Place, and then 2. Going to Buca di Beppo, 5ish. Since Buca is more fun withContinue Reading
(Started at 5:30 this morning.) Why am I up? I could be hungry. If I go to bed hungry I can’t sleep through the night. But I don’t always realize at first that I am hungry, it takes a while for me to be awake enough to recognize that feeling.Continue Reading
Last night I watched the 2008 version with Edward Norton. I also somewhat recently watched, via Hulu, the pilot to the TV series. Now, I really disliked the 2003 Ang Lee Hulk. I thought it was boring, self-important, and nonsensical. I also thought it learned absolutely nothing from the TVContinue Reading