Thursday "I Ainten't Dead" Post

I ainten't dead (points if you recognize the phrase) yet, but I might be by midafternoon. The air quality is so bad that we're already at Code Orange (not to be confused with a terrorist code orange) which basically boils down to "don't breathe the air outside."

So what do I get to do today? Come home in the hot afternoon, turn the air conditioning off, and crank the oil heater so it can be serviced. That's going to be... amusing.

News of Scott the First!
I am nuts for two formerly New York-based actors, both named Scott, both married with one son to someone else in the acting biz, both physically quite similar. It's a bit scary. Scott the Second is Scott Cohen, "Wolf" from 10th Kingdom, one of the leads in "Street Time," Rory's teacher from the first couple seasons of Gilmore Girls, etc.

Scott the First is Scott Wentworth. He got himself a fan club for playing Kermit Griffin in Kung Fu-The Legend Continues, but he's mainly a stage actor and is the reason why I started migrating to the Stratford Shakespeare Festival in Ontario every summer. Well, this year, his bio gleefully ends with "Mr. Wentworth spent the off-season killing zombies in the newest Romero movie."

More details, via bentleywg and maureen_the_mad here and here, including a picture that makes him look a heck of a lot better than he did as the Earl of Gloucester in Lear! (He's on the end with the recurve bow and the sneer, looking badass, but not as badass as when he carried a BFG.

(Oh, look! When you google Kermit Griffin, you get slash.)

And Other Actors - David's Back in the RSC!
It's all over my friends list - David Tennant is confirmed in a run of Hamlet and Love's Labors Lost at the RSC, from 24 July through 15 November 2008. I *had* meant to delay the next trip overseas to January of '09 to take advantage of the off-season prices & sales, plus the panto season but damn... my birthday falls during that run. I may give myself a very expensive present. (Although - why HAMLET, damnit? I hate Hamlet, and I'm not that fond of LLL either. *sigh*)

Still not convinced that DT's leaving at the end of this season of Who, though. If they have a long hiatus - and the property is hot enough that they can afford a delay - then if they shoot the Christmas special early, then he could still wedge this in.

Fic in progress
Good thing the Jack and Sarah Jane story was the winner of the poll, because that's the one that had an unexpected complete scene springing into my head. Wow, that story suddenly went dark! Since I meant it to be fairly light, I'll have to see what I can do for a mood shift.


Am thinking about doing a post that just lists all the songs I exercise to with the exact same beat so folks can mix and match to their taste and grown their own mixes. It's a little over an hour long. Anyone interested? Y/N

Completely random roundup

Somehow, I am convinced that today is Friday. Which will make the alarm at 5 a.m. tomorrow a particularly nasty surprise.

Fic rec: Under New Management Donna takes over Torchwood. She has found her niche in life.

Borders is now letting me pimp myself out to their commercial partners download free computer games via the receipt coupon. I would like a free mah jong, but I don't know if I want it enough to hand over all my particulars to a third party I've never heard of ("Big Fish Games").

New! Actual content! I have perfected my "what to do with odd bits and bobs" recipe, a sort of cheese cassarole titled "Darwin And Cheese." (The name is because it's based on mac and cheese... but the first thing I did was replace the pasta, so I can't say "mac" and it's endlessly adaptable.) Perfect for using small amounts of leftovers/the end that wasn't green and fuzzy/the shavings from using cookie cutters to make your bento food cute.

( Recipe: Darwin And Cheese )

Mangia! Since the cheese is sweetish/blandish, it pairs nicely with a spring green salad with a really peppy dressing, like soy ginger sesame, or balsamic vinaigrette.