Settler words&music in S'ólh Téméxw, (leanpub.com/upsun) living where privilege meets precarity in MST country. she/her/they———– Novels: Midnite Moving Co., Upsun; Sweep Off Those Waves coming soon, Hair Sinister after that. —Restore All Indigenous Lands!
Well, I found my Air Canada tix, and I found out how to get from Roissy (which is what the locals call Charles Degaulle airport, who knew) to the hotel on rue St Lazare. It’s only an hour, including walking, but it’s 5 fare zones, so we’ll have to get money in the airport to get there or maybe get walking around change in Euros before we leave.
The day approacheth, I am excited.
Unca Dave is expected here this afternoon.
Scarlett Johannson got married – in Canada no less – & Paul Newman died.
I light a candle for Cindy, who said, “You amuse me,” on the phone last night in a tone of voice completely free of sarcasm, when I explained something to her about the way my mind works. (I was also being the world’s largest wuss, but she was okay with that too.) We discussed how she and a bunch of other fans got into Bridge Studios the day Atlantis died and she has pics of herself standing in the gate. Happy swoon. I’ve been in Bridge Studios, back in ’05. Given what’s happened since, some of the comments I made in October 05 are pretty funny. (Like, the comment about how Katie loves to fix hair???)
I also get to think about what I’m going to say at the panel on Friday night. Yes, I’m going to a con, Vcon to be precise, and I’m going to be on a media filk panel. Should I tell them that my secret to writing media filk is to go to the internet, download every scripted reference to the character and then find likely rhymes? Seems kinda mechanical, but that’s how I wrote Clem, full title Just Call me Clem. (Clem being a demon from Buffy the Vampire Slayer).
For breakfast – BLTs. I don’t know why, except we had all the ingredaments in the house at one time. For dinner – roast beast with veg. Why? It’s Sunday, and a family elder is coming by. There’s chicken soup on the stove and I’m thinking of making refrigerator cookies.
Watched Starter for 10. It’s a very good hearted movie, and if you love 80’s Britpop/late new wave you’ll drool on the soundtrack. The movie is well shot, well-scripted and laugh out loud funny in spots. Also, Dominic Cooper is bloody gorgeous.. and he’s in Keira Knightley’s new movie the Duchess, which makes me want to see it more.
My watch working again is making me happy. Being registered to vote makes me happy (I had completely dropped off the rolls, which is perplexing). And now, I’m going to practice my mandolin, do some paperwork, pay some bills, laundrify, and get another song written down…. and see if we can get to the end of season five of NCIS. Yes, we’ve been watching rather a lot of it, and I’m really liking Michael Weatherly’s take on DiNozzo more and more. He kinda grows on you.
It’s a beautiful day…. Mike was going to take me to the Wreck, as it’s supposed to be beachy today, but Unca Dave is coming. I am in a really good mood. I assume it’s the weather, nothing else has changed.