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Redecorating

Not all that much of it, admittedly, but I have. Dropped a few blogs that weren't up to much anymore, clipped a few things here and there. Nothing exciting. But it's something to blog about, eh?

Oh, and I've got over 2200 hits on my meter now. Woo. Go me.

"My wallpaper and I are fighting a duel to death. One or the other has to go." - Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)

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Friday Haiku

The long week is done.
Some work at the start, but then
Just sitting around.


Revenge Of The Sith:
Seen it. Better than last two,
Okay overall.


There are some problems;
Lucas can't write or direct;
But: a good ending.

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Like A Horse And Carriage

I was told at the weekend that my brother will be marrying his girlfriend next year. What's really strange is that it was not much of a shock. This was because - get this - it seems I had dreamt about just that the night before. Not in any way that is a solid "I had this dream" kind of a way; it's just a feeling, something I was thinking about while half or fully asleep maybe. But it's weird nonetheless.

Here's the thing though. In my generation of the family, there is me and my brother, two male full cousins from my father's sister and mother's brother -

Okay, to digress. Family 1 has Brother 1 and Sister 1. Family 2 has Brother 2 and Sister 2. Brother 1 marries Sister 2, Brother 2 marries Sister 1. So my parents are also my aunt and uncle from opposite sides, and I and my brother are our own cousins. It sounds complex and suggests we should all be playing banjos, but it's all normal and proper, believe me.

In other words, these cousins are the children of Brother 2 and Sister 1, while I and my brother are the children of Brother 1 and Sister 2. Right? Good.

- and three cousins, two male and one female, from my father's brother, who in this case would be Brother 1a or some such thing. But since he married someone from outside our own little version of Louisiana, he wasn't really worth mentioning at that point.

Anyway: My brother is getting married next year. The older of the "banjo cousins" has now had two kids with his partner, but I have no idea if they are (or are ever getting) married. The younger cousin has just had a kid with his partner, and they are getting married later this year, I think. Of the other cousins, the girl has been married and got divorced (I think) with no kids that I know of, and both the lads have kids and might have been or are married. Details on that side of the family are hazy at best, since I don't get much news from them these days.

Then there's me. Just me, by myself, unattached, unwed, unoffspringed.

Unoffspringed... Is that a word? It is now!

This all almost makes me something of a black sheep. But I guess if you've got to be the black sheep, it's better that it's for something harmless like this, than for being a criminal or something, eh?

"Marriage: putting one's hand into a bag of snakes on the chance of drawing out an eel." - Leonardo da Vinci (1452 - 1519)

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Friday Haiku

Not much to report.
Full week at work next week. Sounds
Like great fun, don't it?

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Friday Haiku

Tried this earlier
But Blogger was down. Glad there
Was nowt to forget.


Felt a bit down for
No specific reason the
Other day. Ho hum.


Otherwise, it's all
The same as usual. The
Same stuff as ever.

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Saturday Haiku

Yes, late again, but
Last week at least I had an
Excuse; convention!!


Great to meet the ace
Guests. They were funny and nice.
Next con November!!

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Mighty Fine Shindig

I spent the weekend at the world's first Firefly and Serenity convention. It was crazy, it was packed and it was great fun. Got to meet/get autographs from/be photoed with Nathan Fillion (Mal), Alan Tudyk (Wash), Summer Glau (River), Jewel Staite (Kaylee), Morena Baccarin (Inara) and Ron Glass (Book), as well as Mark A Shepherd (Badger).

They are a great bunch, really funny and as tight knit a group of friends as you'll ever meet. It's safe to say that everyone just adored Summer by the end of it, she is just so nice and gorgeous too; she seemed really shy and almost overwhelmed by the attention. Alan was really popular too, the double act of him and Nathan was one of the highlights of the whole weekend. And he was really stunned by the sight of the Wash-O-Saurus costume, but then, who wasn't?

Nathan is the captain, make no mistake. Just hi-larious, and he had something to say for every occasion.

Oh, if you've not seen the trailer for Serenity (if not, why not?) you can see it here at the Apple trailers page. Alternatively, download the High Definition version (80 Mb). You'll need the XviD codec for that, if you don't already have it.

"What would Malcom Reynolds do?" - a philosophy for life

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