So, I’m going to a pop-culture convention in about a week. I have a costume question for you all. Bearing in mind that I am five feet nine inches tall, have brownish hair with blonde streaks I am growing out, should I go dressed as:
A) Lucy Saxon from Doctor Who, for which I have a moderately-similar costume ; or
B) a generic St Trinian’s schoolgirl from the new St Trinian’s movie, for which I can get a more or less accurate costume.
What do you guys think?
I’d like to thank the world for the large round of indifference regarding Kitt’s death. Somehow the fact that she was ‘only’ a guineapig makes people seem to think this invalidates my love for her and the deep pain I feel now she’s gone. Yes, she was a guineapig, but I loved her all the same, she was as much my family as anyone else. How can you put a value on love? Who is to say a guineapig is less deserving of love than humans? For that matter, who’s to say she wasn’t more deserving than a lot of people? My guineapig was loving and gentle and innocent and never hurt my feelings, did cruel things or behaved badly. From that perpective she’s better than a lot of people. Why shouldn’t I grieve her, she was important to me and I built part of my life around her and I loved her. Every time I walk past the pig cage it hurts to not see her little face looking up at me hoping for my attention. It’s like a gnawing hole in my chest. What I’d really like is to hit somebody, it makes me feel so angry that I couldn’t protect her from this.
My little guinea pig died today. We had to have her put down. She’s been a little listless for a couple of weeks, and suddenly she became quite skinny and stopped eating. So we took her to the vet this morning. Diabetes, the vet said. She could smell the ketones on her breath easily. Even if you could treat guieapigs for diabetes, which is almost impossible, it would have been too late with Kitt anyway. The vet asked if Kitt had always been this small, and I said yes, not so thin, but always my tiny pig, and the vet noted that she had probably had diabetes a long time and that was why she never reached normal adult size.
She was such a wonderful piggie, you know. When I first saw her, she was a tiny moving rug with an eager, friendly little face. Dad called her Ruglet because of all her fur. I named her Kitt, after a fanfiction author I adored at the time, when I was sixteen. Whenever I went past the pig cage she’d run out and look up at me, hoping for treats or pats, always so happy to see me.
Last night I let her sit on my lap for a long time. She moved close to my arm and rested her head on my arm and just lay there peacefully as I stroked her and tried to convince her to eat. Lil Sis took photos for me.
This morning the vet said, I could have her put down or let her die naturally… she was starving herself to death. Could anyone submit their pet to such a terrible death as painful, ill starvation? So I stroked her and talked to her, holding her gently all the way home, singing to her until she died. Then I cried. We will bury her when Lil Sis gets home from school.
I will miss her, and love her very much. That’s all I can say, really.
All of yous pray for my guineapig, please. Small pig is very sick. Going to the vet tomorrow.
Thanks to Tektek’s avatar maker I was able to make a bunch of Doctor Who chibis! We have Rose Tyler, Martha Jones, Lucy Saxon, Romana II, and the Eighth, Ninth, and Tenth Doctors! Lucy’s even wearing the exact coat she wears, and the Tenth Doctor has 3D specs!
Rose Tyler series 1 Rose Tyler series 2 Martha Jones series 3
Lucy Saxon series 3 Romana II (classic series)
Eight Nine Ten
Tagged by SarcasticFox
Rules of the game:
*Choose a signer/band/group.
*Answer using ONLY titles of songs.
*Tag 6 more people (don’t forget to let them know they’ve been tagged)
Choice:
1) Are you male or female?
I’m Just a Girl
2) Describe yourself:
Happy Shiny People
3) What do people feel when they’re around you?
Maniac
4) How would you describe your previous relationship?
Crash and Burn
5) Describe your current relationship:
No One
6) Where would you want to be now?
Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
7) How do you feel about love?
At the Beginning With You
8) What’s your life like?
I Can’t Get No Satisfaction
9) What would you ask for if you had only one wish?
Holding Out for a Hero
10) Say something wise:
Don’t Talk to Strangers
Spoiler warning for Sarah Connor Chronicles
Is it just me, or does Sarah Connor Chronicles sound like it could have been pulled wholesale from fandom? I mean, the general plot is something like, ‘after Terminator 2 a hot girl terminator pulls Sarah and John into the future where they angst and self-torment in between near-death experiences’. Is it just me, or does that sound like a piece of fanfiction to you. Bad, Mary-Sue fanfiction. I swear, back in high school I considered writing something similar, but decided not to on the grounds that even fanfiction readers wouldn’t be interested. And yet, SCC is really enjoyable. ‘Cameron’, and her attempts at learning the subtleties of human behaviour and society, is quite amusing. The plot moves quickly and is interesting. The terminators are well done, the action interesting. The characters dilemmas pull you in. Sarah isn’t as tough as she should be, and John is a whiny, selfish emo brat (Why is this happening to me? This is unfair! I shouldn’t have to do this. You took care of it last time, Mum. You take care of it.) Yet in the end, it doesn’t matter that much.
Some people might have wondered about the last post… No, I didn’t intentionally teach my guineapig to dance. I was dancing in front of the cage when she began copying me in hopes of food, and I took advantage of the situation. Lease note I did not actually train her to do this. Wish I’d gotten it on tape though, it was adorable.
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Childcare scenario:
Teacher sings, ‘bee be bumblebee, come and sing your name to me, your name is…’ and the child indicated gives their name.
Teacher: Bee, bee, bumbebee, come and sing your name to me. Your name is -
*points at child*
Child *bellows*: JACK SPARROW!!!
Teacher: Um, okay… you can go to morning tea now…
*Purple Dragon dissolves into laughter…
Since the one for this year is on in a month, better post the rest of the photos! The entire lot can be viewed here.
Look! It’s Claire from Heroes! Well, sort of…
Doctor Who merchandise! Sadly, it was display only. They refused to take bribes…
The 501st had a display recruiting Imperials.
Even Vader stopped by. He strode around majestically, imposingly, but was quite happy to pose for photos… however getting his attention inside that muffled, vision-impairing suit was hard, so whenever he strode by you saw a string of people after hi mtrying to get his attention.
Billy Dee Williams (aka Lando Calrissian) was charming and amusing in the role of guest speaker.
For more photos not included here, click the link at the beginnign of the post.
