Current location:	In bed. Whee!
Current mood:	mellow
Entry tags:	doctor who, knitting, neil gaiman, robert pattinson, twilight

Miscellany, mostly fandom stuff
You know, I never thought I'd ever get this excited about no news. But reading Neil's two paragraphs about the rumors flying about that he'll be writing for Doctor Who fills me with an insane amount of joy. It's seriously no news, but there's these vibes of potential that I'm getting from it. I have to keep telling myself to not get too over-excited, because I don't want to be disappointed.

But yay, Neil and Who would rock my socks.

I haven't been feeling so well recently. Not sure if it is the weather or female problems or just the recent trip, but I've been sort of blah. I might go to Philly this weekend for an Art Craft fair, which would be fun because Philly means good food, but that's still highly dependent on how I'm feeling. I don't like feeling blah and I wish whatever is misaligned will fix itself. On the good side, the shoulder ache I had the entire time I was in Illinois now is gone. I bet I just strained a muscle and it's finally healed. Yay.

I found out today that the local theater only played The Fall for a week. BAH. I'm going to need to trek to NYC to see it, I suppose. Or central Jersey. Poo.

Over the trip, I decided to bring along a copy of Stephenie Meyer's Twilight. It was very light reading and it's not OMG MY FAVORITE THING EVAR (this is not high art or great literature nor is it life-changing/life-affirming or anything deep), but it was entertaining and I enjoyed thinking about Robert Pattinson in the male lead (because I am shallow like that, heh). The book definitely captured the voice of a 16/17 year old teenager, at least one that my inner 16/17 year old would relate to. There's a part of me that wishes it was in third person and not first person, since Bella isn't my favorite character, but I think that's one of its appeals for its targetted young adult audience. I find the books extremely predictable so far (I'm about halfway through New Moon), but entertaining enough for me to take the time to read it. Which isn't a lot since it is really light reading. As in the first book took me probably about 3 hours.

I dipped my toe into the Ravelry fandom for it and they seem like a enthusiastic and sweet bunch. I'm hoping to find someone to go see the film with me, because I'm willing to bet that it will be one of the freakishly accurate adaptations/translations I've ever seen. Unfortunately no one that I know would be interested in reading the books nor going with me to see a teenage vampire flick. It's cheesy, drippy sappy and angsty teenage vampire/werewolf fun. I am curious about The Host, just to see if Meyer is an author I'd like to continue to read or if I'm just in it for the vampire teenage melodrama-fest. Because at this point, I'm not sure. I'm more inclined to think that it's because I love stuff about vampires (and yay for neck fetish) and the idea of Robert Pattinson in the lead that I'm having fun with the books. I'm trying to feel not too guilty about enjoying them.

And I've been doing some test knitting for Mazz. Whee! I love knitting lace.