I lust after androids

So, lately, I have been getting emails from a music studio on Roseville, CA. At first they were from Living Social and then from the studio itself. I thought they were spam and ignored them, until they started talking about invoices. I emailed back and told them they had the wrong person, but it seems the Melissa of America has a very similar email address to mine...

( I am getting more and more amused by these emails... )

I admit it, now I'm just having fun.

I will update about London soon! Probably.

Anyway my mum really made me laugh earlier:



I mean, I know it's a reference to QI, but does anyone ELSE know that? lol.

1) I've booked tickets down to London~ I'm gonna be there from Friday 14th - Sunday 16th, so it's not a long trip, but I just wanted to get away from home for a while, lol. chairman_wow and pola_bear have both said they'd like to meet up and do something, so if any other Post Slash Panel Feminist Ranters would like to meet up on Saturday, that'd be ace~ I was thinking of maybe finding a museum, but pola_bear suggested a picnic (if it's not raining?). Anyone have any ideas, or know of any neat exhibitions that are on? I'd kind of prefer to do something late morning/lunch-y, so I can spend the late afternoon/evening with my brother :)

2) I have switched Tumblrs! So if you wanted to follow me on there, it's silver-pistols.tumblr.com. I only really changed it so I could use a coherent tagging system, as unfortunately Tumblr hasn't given me a way to organise/change my tags =/ Sucky.

3) I've been watching The Fades! Mostly because pandaemonaeum said it was good. I'd been curious, but since I'd missed it on tv, I'd figured I'd just skip it. Still, I watched it on iPlayer, and I've been enjoying it. It's creepy, and once again the leads are dudes (and white, and straight! so surprising), and also two fairly major female characters die violently, but other than that it's pretty cool. It's a neat take on zombies, at least.

4) Oh, and because I find this hilaaaarious: we have to part-exchange our car a year earlier than we thought we would. We've actually driven it out of its warranty. It's racked up 66000 miles in just over two years... Warranty ends at 60000, lol. When my Mum told the guy at the garage this, he apparently hung up in shock. So uh, we drive a lot? Oops? Anyway, it basically means we're exchanging it for a new car today, rather than in a year. Yay new car! \o/ Boo higher monthly repayments.

Ummm yep, that's it. How's everyone else been?

I went on holiday! It was great, my mum and her friend and the dog and I went to a caravan park in Southerness, which is near Dumfries. I read some comics and finished Tongues of Serpents by Naomi Novik.

Uggggh, Laurence, you beautiful creature. I love that he's getting a bit sassier, and he calls Tharkay Tenzing (like it's nothing! just in casual conversation!), and at the end of the book he just gets a rest. Oh man, I'm so glad I didn't give up on this series, but now I can't wait for the sequel! Laurence! With a beard! But basically more about Laurence and maybe Kulingile and Demane who I looooove ahhh, tiny badasses the both of them.

*cough* And I am just going to leave my bandom OT3 here:

1. Reply to this post with “MORTICIA”, and I will pick five of your icons.
2. Make a post (including the meme info) and talk about the icons I chose.
3. Other people can then comment to you and make their own posts.
4. This will create a never-ending cycle of icon glee.

lokifan gave me these:



I haven't got much of a reason for this one, it just made me laugh!



I really love this one, it's so pretty! It also reminds me of an albino peacock that used to live on a farm near us. It was gooooorgeous.



Mostly I have this one because it's just so pretty. It's super stylish, and I love octopus tentacles!



Dan and Jepha from The Used are one of my OTPs, I think they're so cute! Also, I like this icon just because it's so gleeful~ ♥



Aaaah Chris, my very favourite blond haired drummer! He is my absolute favourite and I love him~~ And I love him in this photo, he looks so silly.

Three things make a post, so uh, here, three things:

Captain America is a really good film! I enjoyed it both times I saw it, and I think Steve Rogers is maybe a perfect character. It reminded me quite a lot of Sky Captain And The World Of Tomorrow - not surprising, really. After this, Thor and Iron Man, I am getting super excited for The Avengers!

Look at these perfect puppy dog eyes!

I've been getting through Naomi Novik's Temeraire series, and they're really very good. She's got some brilliant characters, and if you're into historical fantasy with a lot of gay subtext, I really recommend them! If I could find a few people to gush about Laurence with, I would be a very happy person.

I saw Batman Live a couple of weeks ago! It was really, really good! I wasn't expecting a lot, but I was pleasantly surprised. For all that Harley Quinn's outfit didn't grab me when I first saw it, it worked really well on stage. All of the villains were excellent, but my favourite was The Riddler. He was absolutely perfect, haha.

After such a long absence from LJ (I'm not saying much but I check my FList every day), I feel like there should be more for me to tell you all, but uh... I got nothing! Life is carrying on as normal, nothing exciting is happening.

Fiiinally got around to doing one of these. I don't care that I look kind of horrendous and I get confused when I have to tell you guys my name, it was still fun!



( Questions what I am answering is under the cut )

Three things make a post, right?

♥ Thor is an amazing film. It's shiny, pretty, completely predictable, and has the very important asset of Chris Hemsworth and his beautiful mantits face. In fact it's so good I'm going to see it again today! :D

♥ I really want to make a vlog (because I copy my FList, wtf), but I can't find my webcam =/ Woe for you all, then, as I'm sure you were terribly excited about that.

♥ I got a job! Yay :D I'm a barmaid. Wooo.

eta ♥ and go ahead and have a picture of me, why not.

So I've made it back from the wilds of Birmingham, where I spent the weekend sequestered in a large hotel with a large number of sci-fi fans. If you can't be bothered to read what will doubtless end up a long and rambling report, the short version is: I really enjoyed Eastercon.

The trip down was alright, straight across the A69 (except there was a massive fuck off traffic jam, so we skipped down the A689 as a detour) and then straight down the M6 (where there was also a massive fuck off traffic jam, blargh). Our Travelodge was just off the A45 and was easy enough to find, once you'd gotten lost and gone in entirely the wrong direction for a little bit. Aside from delays and drunken twats yelling about shattered ankles and cracked skulls at 3.30am, Thursday went quite well.


So Friday was the first day of the con, we all piled into a taxi which took us to the Hilton, where we stood in a long queue to register and get timetables/voting thingamajiggies. There were no freebies this year - surprising, but not wholly disappointing, since it meant less to carry around!

Apparently contrary to many people, I was quite impressed with the layout of the hotel. Everything was essentially on one level, the rooms were quite large and shit was easy to find. Plus, the fan lounge, bar and food hall were all nice spaces with plenty of places to sit down. Which, y'know, I happen to think is a good thing! I certainly found it better to get around than the Radisson last year, and as my Dad remarked, fewer stairs was a good thing. (AFAIK both venues are mostly disabled accessible, but I think the Hilton is easier, and certainly was for Dad who has some mobility issues.) There was an admitted problem with the majority of the rooms being way too hot, but otherwise I quite liked it.

The things I went to on Friday were:
( Delightful! )

On Saturday, we stopped in at a Tesco's and grabbed drinks and sustenance (because the hotel's prices were ridic. high, even for a hotel =/), then made our way to the hotel (I may have gotten lost a little bit getting there, but in fairness anyone could confuse NEC Parking and NEC signs...).

Things I went to on Saturday weeere:
( Fascinating! )

And then we went back to the Travelodge, unfortunately, since we all (excluding Aaron) wanted to be up in time for the Easter service next morning.

Surprisingly, we did manage to get up in time and get there (despite Daddy falling over and doing his best impression of a turtle - only mildly funny since he'd tripped over at the Travelodge the day before =/). It was a lovely service, run by dougs. Very much a sci-fi fan service, but very good nonetheless. I've never sung a hymn to a midi file before, but there's a first time for everything!

Following that, the items I went to on Sunday were thusly:
( Invigorating! )

So then Dad, Aaron and I sat around in the bar discussing shit, and Mum went to another panel. I got to take note of the really cool costumes that have come out this year. Lots of steampunk, and one in particular was so cool - essentially a Victorian shoe shiner, with some steampunk-y elements (I think...? I could be wrong and it was a straight period costume, IDK I suck) ETA found some pics of the costume I mean, here and here, see what I mean? Neat!. I thought it was pretty clever, especially since it's true - were we honestly in a Victorian future (....you know what I mean), most of us wouldn't exactly be airship pirates...

Anyway, to Monday. Once again we arrived waaaay early, and Mum and I walked through the bluebell wood that connects the Hilton to the NEC. It was very pleasant, and there was a lovely lake :D But the NEC was sooooo weird when it was completely empty and shut up, aside from one Newsagent.

But you don't care about that! So here're the things I did on Monday:
( Magnificent! )

And then it was all over, and we went home! I slept nearly the entire way, haha.

Some final thoughts on it all:

I liked the venue :)

I liked the 1.5 hour item length - the extra half hour was immensely useful!

Most panels weren't quite as advertised, but on the whole very interesting nonetheless.

Tesco is so much cheaper than hotel food it practically hurts, hahaha.

The Dealers room was good! I got 4 books, 2 necklaces (one of which was this, isn't it fucking awesome?) and 2 t-shirts :D

I really want an iPad.

Next con plans are Nemacon in June - an anime con in Middlesbrough, and then probably Novacon in November, and then possibly Thought Bubble - a comic thing (con? massive dealers room? something else? IDK) in Leeds. I'm excited :D

_{Also hahaha why did I get this up before my MCR post? *sob*}

So.... *sob* he lied to us in London T^T