Ho ho ho or whatever. Pretty seasonal patch this time out (though the Tennant pic I ganked before this week's news ); hope this lasts y'all until December.... Images are cached only to avoid bandwidth drain -- all content herein copyright its original holder. If you like the image, click on it to be taken to the journal from whence it comes -- explore the parts of LJ you might not ordinarily...

So, uh, I haven't updated my 50 Book Challenge list in, uh... two months? Since July? *cough* (That may also be since my last Fanart100... erm.) So, let's play some catch-up. I may not remember my thoughts in detail any more though... 50 Book Challenge: August & September 19. The Hedonism Handbook , Michael Flocker (2004) "Do things that make you happy." Not much of a handbook, is it? Katie tells...

Yesterday I went rock-climbing at our local indoor climbing gym, and hauled my camera with me. A good friend of roseneko  and I was there,  and she's quite photogenic. Maybe a couple others later if they come out well. This one was nice, though. On a very related note, while I love my camera to bits at about ISO 500 it starts producing annoying-to-me amounts of noise. Not wanting to...

Well, no, no it isn't. In fact, it seems to me that the state of a blog is to never be finished. Be that as it may, this is a vaguely Todd themed post, so here we go. Firstly, I finally did manage to see Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street , and I have to say that it is in fact very good. Johnny Depp, as usual, turns in a performance so thorough and complete, it borders on the terrifying...

34. The Science of Discworld III: Darwin's Watch . Terry Pratchett, Jack Cohen, Ian Stewart. OMG I fucking hate math. Seriously, I couldn't grasp 99% of what was said on the subject. My eyes just started spinning. It made finishing this REALLY hard. I got two really interesting things from this book: one, the source of Aleph Zero's name. Two, why women's bodies don't (usually) spontaneously abort...

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I did not have much fun during winter break for several reasons. That said, I suppose I should end with the good bits, so it won't be too depressing overall. First, I spent the first two weeks or so of it in Anchorage with my family. This would not be a problem, except for the fact that I am the only member of my family who does not indulge in alcohol or drugs, least of all marijuana. Second,...