I came over to LJ for
the lolz and look, it's a post!
Some things:
(a) Evidence suggests that I will never post properly about the Merlin interviews at Comic Con. It was awesome, they were awesome, I was shy. Colin is pocket sized (he's tall, but so thin, so you could fold him!), Tony Head is charming and srsly knows how to dress, and Johnny Capps was much more charming and friendly than fans have previously been led to believe. Colin signed a thing for me and we bonded over how hard it is to get fed in Pierrefonds; Tony gave me a v. sweet shoulder squeeze as he left the table and was very kind and was just generally wonderful; Johnny didn't kill me when I implied that S2 E1 was a bit crap. All was really good, with the possible exception that I almost froze to death in that room. I try not to think about it too much, it was that fantastic. <3 <3 <3 <3 <3
(b) But when I got back, I went to another tea day at
evil_erato's house, which was lovely -
kerryblaze came down to join the usual suspects, and there was much silliness and I think all of us really enjoyed the day. (Note to
kaalee: the highlighter pencil I was talking about was
Eye Bright by Benefit. Don't think of it as a concealer, think of it as a great browbone/inner corner highlighter. Love love love it.) Anyway, new catchphrase appears to be, "Quick, Bradley, take off your shirt!", to be used whenever you need a sudden distraction from how you (or, say, your Brilliant Ideas or Plotting or whatever) are a bit weak and paltry.
(c) And! AND! I am toying with a trip to London in the fall for theatre-y type things. I think this is symptomatic of travel withdrawal so I'm not sure how serious I am, but
I have questions for people who know about things like London theatre schedules. I don't quite get how theatres there do their seasons and runs; here, things run mostly on a school yearish calendar, so that for big companies you know pretty much what's going to run for most of the year by late summer. The National Theatre has their July-October schedule up; should I wait another month or so to see what's going to be going on in November, both there and all over? And do theatre schedules go completely hinky in December to make room for panto, or do those run sort of in addition to usual drama runs? Many thanks in advance for any advice you may have on this one.
(d) Work is workish. Just started up a new project without having gone to the trouble of finishing the writeup on the previous one. Oops?
(e) The week after next, O and I are driving down to Alabama so he can go to Space Camp. My kid is going to Space Camp! How awesome is that?! I'm spending the week he's at camp with
longtimegone, mostly writing and working on the afore-mentioned abandoned writeup but also hanging out. Those of you who are nearby, I'd love to see you!
I'm so ready for summer to be over. It's been insanely hot and so muggy and the daily thunderstorms seem worse than usual this year. Some day I will live somewhere that's not 95F and 100% humidity for months on end; my skin will age 10 years in a month, but it might be worth it. I've started making eyes at fall clothes (♥ ♥ ♥) but did just buy
this dress, which I am COMPLETELY IN LOVE WITH. Anyway, in honor of that, have a seasonally inappropriate icon, with hope and affection.