Shoes and Ships and Sealing Wax

Hugo Awards

Congratulations to everyone involved in Stardust the movie, not least Neil Gaiman himself.

Congratulations to Stephen Moffat and condolences to Paul Cornell; "Blink" took the Short Form Hugo over "Human Nature/Family of Blood." It was a tough choice between them, and I'd be curious to know what the winning margin was, because I bet it was narrow; I personally would have been happy had it gone either way. (Much as I like Moffat's writing, I'll confess that I was rooting for "School Reunion" to get it last year. The year before that, however, I was surprised to see "Father's Day" even in the race, because that story won its Hugo back in the 60s when it was titled "City on the Edge of Forever.")

Bento Bags

They're little cloth bags that are supposed to hold bento boxes, but anyone who can't find a dozen uses for a decently-sized drawstring bag isn't even trying. Currently mine are being used for everything from holding my breakfasts (not in bento boxes) to carrying smaller knitting projects. Available on ebay, from most stores that sell Bento supplies, and if you come to DC for the Cherry Blossom Festival, they're selling them everywhere for about $3-5.

ETA: One less chore for the Sunday 7 is to review the book I just finished, as someone beat me to it. It happens.

Had a very productive yesterday, and so, for those that read it, the ( Sunday 7 )

I have yet to watch any Olympics. Have I missed anything?

(no subject)

Fic Rec: Run, don't walk over to paperclipbitch to read Threads That Are Golden Don't Break Easily, the unbelievably brilliant Narnia/Torchwood crossover.

No, it isn't smut. It is an amazing fixit for Susan Pevensie, right in line with the books and making oh-so much sense. Have tissues.

“How old are you now?” Harkness asks after an awkward minute of silence.

“Fourteen,” Susan replies. She bites her lips together, trying to find her words. “Aslan says Pete and I are too old to return to Narnia,” she admits softly. “We can’t go back.”

“For what it’s worth, I’m sorry,” Harkness tells her.

Susan nods, smiling a little helplessly. “So you won’t have to come and interrogate me any more,” she continues.

“I might come and see you anyway,” Harkness replies.

Susan puts her teacup back down on the table before she can cause any sort of permanent damage to it. She feels so red it’s amazing that there’s blood anywhere in her body but in her cheeks.

“I think we should go and find Lu,” she mumbles. “She’ll want to see you.”

“Sure.” Harkness puts his cup down too and stands up. “Little Lucy Pevensie,” he murmurs.

“Not so little any more,” Susan replies. “None of us are.”

Harkness stops her at the office door. “It gets easier,” he tells her. “Growing up, I mean. It starts out feeling like this, where all you seem to do is lose stuff, but after that it gets a lot more fun.”

Susan smiles at him. “Thanks,” she whispers, and means it.

On the professional fiction side, I remain completely floored by Julia Spencer-Fleming's books, which are proof positive that you don't need 1000 words to be worth a moving picture:

Metal screamed. There was an impossibly loud noise as the rotors chopped into wood and dirt and stone and broke off. One knife-edged blade sliced through the tail boom, the machine eviscerating itself in its death throes. Another blade shattered into shrapnel, peppering the fuselage with a hailstorm of metallic fire. One heaved away into the dirt, still trying to do its job... from A Fountain Filled With Blood.

Operation Awesome, part 4 of 6

TITLE: Operation Awesome, 4/6
Rating: PG
Main characters: entire casts of SJA & Torchwood, the Doctor, Martha, Donna; cameos by other new and old school characters
Spoilers: SJA-S1; TW-S2; DW-S3, Journey's End

All characters licensed by the BBC. This is not an authorized tie-in.

Who_Daily; T3; Sonic: a href="http://neadods.livejournal.com/722339.html?#cutid1">Operation Awesome 4/6 by lj user="neadods"> (casts of all shows | PG | Spoilers: SJA-S1; TW-S2; DW-S3 through Journey's End)


Part 3

( Chapter 4: The Fateful Fete )

To be continued...