The Purple Dragon Blog

Found this image by Starseige, at this link. Immature though it is, it gave me the giggles.

Anyone who has had a conversation with a teenager lately, you have got to watch the filmclip to the song ”Sort Of Dunno Nothin’.” This song is hilarious, and the filmclip just adds to the amusement. It was played on quirky Aussie music quiz show “Spicks & Specks” last night which is where I saw it.

While I was on YouTube, Lil Sis made me look up a video of Keira Knightly playing “Raindrops are Falling on my Head” on her teeth. Amazingly, all the notes are more or less accurate.

Oh, and in a fit of St Trinians love, I made an avatar.

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?

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.

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

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.

You find all kinds of photos online…

Christmas is almost here! Yay! It’s the time of year when people take photos of animals in Santa outfits and post them online! Yes! My family are relieved. My usual singing habits (that is, singing things I can’t really sing) has changed to carols, things that I more or less can sing.

One of the indomitable fish is dead. I checked on the kindy fishes this morning to find one belly-up in the fishbowl. It has been listless ever since Terrible Three #1 ran around with it in her hat last week. Fish just don’t do well in hats. There’s not enough oxygen in there.

Yuo guys remember Angus (see blog categories for Angus entries) the cat that turned up and tried to adopt us? Well, he hasn’t been around for ages, but now a new cat has turned up: el Bandito. We don’t know where he’s come from or what. He’s black and white, with mask-like markings around his eyes, like a bandit. He’s very affectionate, mostly, but goes mrowl, mrowl all day and night, attacks our cat, scratched the hell out of Lil Sis when she tried to cart him away from our house. Menace. Bandito indeed.

If I don’t get time to post: merry Christmas!

You may remember that aaaaages ago I went to a popculture convention. Well here are some of the photos!

Apparently this young lady is from the Legends of Zelda game. Lovely costume!

Here we have a Star Wars bounty hunter! Is it Jango or Boba Fett? I’m not sure.

And here is everyone’s favorite Time Lord!

And a Star Wars TIE fighter pilot!

…to go with the storm trooper….

…and the Rogue Squadron pilot.

Here we have some Princess Leias…

…one of whom talks to the bounty hunter a few minutes later.

It’s not letting me put photos in easily, so more pics next time! I give up for now.

In the fit of Romana!love I experienced while watching City of Death (see previous post) I sketched her in biro. I took this photo with my cameraphone so it’s blurry and detail is lost, but still…

Had a lovely quiet day yesterday; was assigned to do all the cleaning that hadn’t been done at the childcare centre yet. Wandered about quietly on my own, industriously cleaning, sometimes singing in my chorister voice… I need more days like that.

(Avatar by me)
Have been watching the Fourth Doctor story City of Death today. Bought it last week on DVd even though it is hideously expenisve, but I’m glad I did. The Doctor. Romana. In a school uniform. On location. In France.
The dialogue in this is positively sparkling. Romana makes an excellent companion; she’s intelligent, individual, and strong-minded, and she and the Doctor spend their time engaged in witty, educated banter when they’re not in the middle of a crisis.

Romana: Where are we going?

Doctor: Are you talking philosphically or geographically?

Romana: Philosophically.

Doctor: Then we’re going to lunch. *snickers*

Another example:

Romana: Well at least on Gallifrey we can capture a good likeness. Computers can draw.

Doctor: What? Computer pictures? *appalled* You sit in Paris and talk of computer pictures??

Speaking of pictures, I love the drawing of Romana the Time Lady with the face of a clock. Isn’t that a great idea? So interesting. This is a great story; intelligent, well-written, and not let-down by poor acting or effects. I love it. Duggan is amusing too, the way he’s always knocking someone unconscious when the Doctor’s talking to them and the way the Doctor and Romana are always having to restrain him.

Duggan: You can’t make an omelette without breaking eggs.

Romana: *tartly* If you wanted an omelette, I’d expect to find a pile of broken crockery, a cooker in flames and an unconscious chef.

This is also the first Fourth Doctor episode I’ve seen, and I can see why he’s so popular, he’s full of charm, isn’t he?

Doctor: *delighted* I say, what a wonderful butler. He’s so violent. Hello. I’m called the Doctor. That’s Romana. That’s Duggan. You must be the Countess Scarlioni, and this is clearly a delightful Louis Quinze chair. May I sit in it, I say haven’t they worn well? *to menacing ‘butler’* Thank you Herman that will be all.

Am very glad I got this DVD, and to LizBee; well, my avatar say it all, doesn’t it?