"Turn off the lights or say get out."

[greygirlbeast]

There's cold air on the way, but this early afternoon it's 74F and sunny, and my office window is open.

The comments from yesterday's post were a little overwhelming, and I didn't reply to all the ones I ought to have replied to, I know. The kind words are appreciated, but I was left feeling as though I were fishing for compliments...or something. Which isn't at all what I was doing. Anyway, whatever. Thank you. I think my favorite comment came from catconley, who asked, "Does the tweeter also think that Stephen Hawking is a computer?" Brava.

Seeing there was no hope of working yesterday, I left the House, and we went to What Cheer (Wayland Square) and the Curious Mermaid (Wickenden Street), looking for the things that will be making up the Dancy box. The things we aren't making. Little religious tchotchkes, a black plastic dog, an old postcard. This started out as just something extra to offer with a lettered copy of Alabaster (letter X). But now it's grown into a piece of art in its own right. Spooky's cousin Ben is sending us the perfect cigar box from Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. It was a warm, drizzly day Outside, and I spent most of it sorting through postcards from the forties and fifties and sixties.

Jada sent us voodoo dolls for Halloween.

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Mixed feelings about last night's episode of Glee. On the one hand, it was neat. The Rocky Horror Picture Show was a huge part of my life long ago. Somewhere there are photos of me as Magenta. Oh, here they are (thank you Spooky):




"The Time Warp"



"Touch-a Touch-a Touch-a Touch Me"



Anyway, I'm perplexed at the word "transsexual" having been replaced with "sensational." And they somehow managed to do the whole thing without cross-dressing, which is sort of like doing Doctor Zhivago without Russians. Maybe I'm not perplexed. Maybe I'm only disappointed. Oh, and saw the new Caprica, but I did so immediately after getting the news that "SyFy" has canceled the show, and that the final five episodes won't air until early 2011. May I call this SyFyail? The show was too smart, and too off-beat, and the money can be better spent making shitty movies and reality shows, I'm sure. Caprica will go down after only a single season.

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Please have a look at the current eBay auctions. Thanks.

Sometimes, my heart's just not in an entry. Like now.

Comments

[from-ashes.livejournal.com]

My heart broke when I heard that Caprica got cancelled. I guess a show with some intelligence just isn't something SyFy is interested in actually following through with and developing. It seems, however, that fans on Facebook and Twitter, are throwing a fit, though, and good for them. But hey, at least we'll get more wrestling on SyFy, right?

[greygirlbeast.livejournal.com]

But hey, at least we'll get more wrestling on SyFy, right?

Because the Science Fiction Channel...

...I mean the Sci Fi Channel...

...um...I mean SciFi...

Er. No. I mean SyFy...um...is all about wrestling.

[from-ashes.livejournal.com]

I still cringe when I see it as SyFy (and still think of syphilis). But yes, it's all about wrestling, bad movies and bad reality t.v.

I think a show like Caprica would probably have done better on HBO or Showtime or a premium channel that would have let it grow. It's still a shame, though. SyFy had a chance to do something really well and unsurprisingly, they decided not to.