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[viedma]

We watched The Silence in the Library (violetisblue's review of part one is here). The tl;dr version, I liked it a lot, and Donna? Not actually Donna but an incredible simulation.

The same character who figured out the Dewey Decimal system a few weeks ago reacts with irritation at being on a library the size of a planet. Maybe it's because I'm a librarian, but I like a children's show where the good guys are interested in books, even if they were promised a trip to the beach. And the writer's Coupling roots were showing a little. But other than that, I'd like for Doctor Who to be a scarier show, I'm happy when I can't figure out where the story's going and I want to know more. The 'data ghosting' made me think of an article I read in the zine Guinea Pig Zero about research done into victims of decapitation, whether they're conscious or feel anything after their heads have been separated from their bodies, etc. If you'd like to participate in a study, please send a lock of your hair and your blood type to Lose 5 Pounds Fast, Pueblo Colorado.



I read issue #14 a couple of weeks ago and yes, I know it's called Buffy the Vampire Slayer, but to me there's a difference between a stake to the heart and trapping a vampire, getting all the information you can out of him, then throwing gasoline on him and lighting a match when you're done. Then something so incredibly fun happened two pages later to almost make me reconsider dropping the comic, but in the end I decided to end my subscription anyway because I've pretty much reached my limit of Our Heroes Who Do Horrible Things Because We're At War, Y'Know. violetisblue congratulated me, saying I lasted about six months more than everyone else in the fandom. I win! This is a long way of saying that if you're looking for some Buffy comics cheap (like, free) drop me a line.



Story written with annlarimer will be posted as soon as she takes the whackin' mallet to it. Was almost done with a new moodtheme I was making until I realized I sized the pictures all wrong and had to redo. Not a problem, as the kids say, back to the drawing board. Fic O'Doom, well, I know what's going to happen but have no mental energy to work on it just yet. Another fic is percolatin' in the back of my brain. It's going to be really sentimental even by my standards, but why not.


Have the book group tomorrow. I liked the book this time out (Peter Abrahams's Down the Rabbit Hole, but I suspect people will be upset that I picked a YA book this time out. Adults can be so tetchy.