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gogmagogOkay, so I haven't posted since break started. As you may have noticed, I'm still in KC, later than I thought I'd be. But my time in Kansas City has been pretty fun, and the holidays have been relatively stress-free and low on the annoyance level, which is nice. I extended my stay a few days to get together with folks who weren't available earlier (most notably ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
rathershady, with whom I will be having lunch tomorrow), but I've booked my bus ticket home for Tuesday evening (so I should be back in the IC around 2 a.m. Wednesday morning).
The most notable thing I can say about my stay so far, however, is that my Doctor Who mania has turned rather into an obsession. It has spread from the new series to the classic series; this is nice, in a "usually when I get into something I finish everything that's out straightaway and have to wait for new stuff, but I've got 30 years' worth of episodes I haven't seen yet, woohoo!" way. However, it also means that this series has seized on my mind in a way that very few things have recently, even series I've been really into like Veronica Mars and Heroes; the last thing I was this enthusiastic about was Buffy, back when I first discovered it.
Of course, as I do with all of my enthusiasms, I've dragged my parents kicking and screaming into at least the periphery of it; after having shown them several eps from seasons 1 and 2 of New Who and an ep or two from Classic Who, my mom admits it's pretty good, if not necessarily her thing, and my stepdad, despite not being a big sci-fi person, at least liked the cat-nuns in New Earth (he has this thing about nuns). I'm sure they're waiting with bated breath for me to get tired of it; I'm starting even to annoy myself with my babbling about Doctor Who. All too many conversations in our house recently have gone something like this:
Mom: So what do you want to do for supper?
Me: Did you know that Diana Gabaldon based her character Jamie Fraser in the Outlander series on the Second Doctor's companion Jamie McCrimmon?
...TRUFAX, you know.
Anyway, between giftcards and then buying stuff on my own when I've seen it at the numerous local quality video retail establishments (I went wild at Hastings yesterday), I now have not only the second season of New Who (the only one I was missing) but also a crapload of Classic Who DVDs: Pyramids of Mars, The Talons of Weng-Chiang, The Hand of Fear, The Sontaran Experiment, The Invasion, and Genesis of the Daleks. LET THE WHO-FEST COMMENCE. I also have a few more earmarked to buy on Overstock the second I have the funds. MOAR FOUR AND SARAH JANE OR LEELA, GOSHDARNIT. Also, I kind of want to see Five and his companions now, after watching Time Crash and the latest Christmas special on YouTube this evening. Also, in related news, Kylie was surprisingly good in said Christmas special.
...But back to the swag! I also got some other sweet stuff as presents and with my giftcards, including I, Claudius on DVD and Assassin's Creed. Seriously, I am going to go back loaded with so much loot that I may need to pack an extra checked bag on my bus ride just to get all my presents back up to Iowa with me. Oh well, can't really complain. XD
Anyway, it's way past my bedtime (damn RTD and Kylie, making me stay up for their damned Christmas special), so I'll sign off...I imagine the next time I post I'll be back in the IC. Talk to y'all later!
rathershady, with whom I will be having lunch tomorrow), but I've booked my bus ticket home for Tuesday evening (so I should be back in the IC around 2 a.m. Wednesday morning).The most notable thing I can say about my stay so far, however, is that my Doctor Who mania has turned rather into an obsession. It has spread from the new series to the classic series; this is nice, in a "usually when I get into something I finish everything that's out straightaway and have to wait for new stuff, but I've got 30 years' worth of episodes I haven't seen yet, woohoo!" way. However, it also means that this series has seized on my mind in a way that very few things have recently, even series I've been really into like Veronica Mars and Heroes; the last thing I was this enthusiastic about was Buffy, back when I first discovered it.
Of course, as I do with all of my enthusiasms, I've dragged my parents kicking and screaming into at least the periphery of it; after having shown them several eps from seasons 1 and 2 of New Who and an ep or two from Classic Who, my mom admits it's pretty good, if not necessarily her thing, and my stepdad, despite not being a big sci-fi person, at least liked the cat-nuns in New Earth (he has this thing about nuns). I'm sure they're waiting with bated breath for me to get tired of it; I'm starting even to annoy myself with my babbling about Doctor Who. All too many conversations in our house recently have gone something like this:
Mom: So what do you want to do for supper?
Me: Did you know that Diana Gabaldon based her character Jamie Fraser in the Outlander series on the Second Doctor's companion Jamie McCrimmon?
...TRUFAX, you know.
Anyway, between giftcards and then buying stuff on my own when I've seen it at the numerous local quality video retail establishments (I went wild at Hastings yesterday), I now have not only the second season of New Who (the only one I was missing) but also a crapload of Classic Who DVDs: Pyramids of Mars, The Talons of Weng-Chiang, The Hand of Fear, The Sontaran Experiment, The Invasion, and Genesis of the Daleks. LET THE WHO-FEST COMMENCE. I also have a few more earmarked to buy on Overstock the second I have the funds. MOAR FOUR AND SARAH JANE OR LEELA, GOSHDARNIT. Also, I kind of want to see Five and his companions now, after watching Time Crash and the latest Christmas special on YouTube this evening. Also, in related news, Kylie was surprisingly good in said Christmas special.
...But back to the swag! I also got some other sweet stuff as presents and with my giftcards, including I, Claudius on DVD and Assassin's Creed. Seriously, I am going to go back loaded with so much loot that I may need to pack an extra checked bag on my bus ride just to get all my presents back up to Iowa with me. Oh well, can't really complain. XD
Anyway, it's way past my bedtime (damn RTD and Kylie, making me stay up for their damned Christmas special), so I'll sign off...I imagine the next time I post I'll be back in the IC. Talk to y'all later!
