An Early Christmas Present for Myself…
I’ve long been a friendly internet stalker of Aimee Major Steinberger. I love her various blogs, her art, her costume-making skills, and I adore her book on Japan. I didn’t think anything would make me want to go to Japan, but this book did! Plus, she’s a gardener, anime/cosplay fan, and a Dr Who fanatic.
Recently on her blog, she offered copies of her sketchbook for $4 – and, if you ordered one, she would do a sketch of your choice in the back. Yes!
Here’s my copy:
And here’s a copy of the sketch she did for me personally:
Yes, you know it….of course I asked her to sketch the 10th Doctor!
And speaking of the Doctor, don’t forget that tonight is the US premiere of The Waters of Mars on BBC America. I’ve seen it, and it’s marvelous.
BPAL Giveaway Winner
After a little consideration (because I want to give ALL of you these samples), I decided the only fair thing to do was write your names down on slips of paper and have a drawing.
And the winner is…….
BECKY!!!
This is nice, because Becky has never tried BPAL oils before, and it’s always fun to introduce new people to things that you love. For those who didn’t win, well, I have a new order for BPAL oils going in tonight, so there will probably be another opportunity to win my not-loved imps next month!
And stay tuned, because I’m plotting to give away a couple of really cool things in the near future that aren’t BPAL-related!
BPAL Giveaway!
I first blogged about Black Phoenix Alchemy Labs a while ago, so click here if you don’t know who they are. Since that post I’ve been collecting a bunch sample perfume “imps”, and now I want to find a new home for some of them. Some of the fragrances I don’t like on me at all, and others are okay but I just don’t wear them. These are basically like new imps, still full to the top!
So here’s the giveaway: leave me a comment below with an email or way to contact you, and I’ll pick a winner and mail that person all my unwanted imps. Talk about a totally free way to try a few new perfumes!
(The imps in the above picture aren’t the ones being given away, btw, just a few random imps to show you what they look like!)
The Rat Incident
I follow Jorge (Hurley from Lost) Garcia’s blog “Dispatches from the Island“. He’s funny and down-to-earth, and I love his little mini-updates and adventures.
Recently, though, there’s been an Incident with a Rat in his home. And it’s the most hilarious thing I’ve seen in ages; it just keeps getting better and better. The video saga is not yet finished, but he’s posted parts 1 through 4.
Click here for part one. Part two. Part three. And finally part four.
Fabulous new songs.
Love this one – and I guess it’s so new it hasn’t even hit Amazon or iTunes yet:
Ellenore and Jakob danced an incredible routine to it on So You Think You Can Dance (choreography by the incomparable Sonya). I wanted to post a video of that, but no one’s put it up on YouTube yet.
And this, I was introduced to it by Mike, who says it just makes him happy every time he hears it. It has the same effect on me!
This helps with the heartbreak.
If you’ve been following this blog at all, you already know I’m addicted to Dr Who, and absolutely adore David Tennant in the role. With only two more episodes (3 more in America) with my beloved Ten as the Doctor, I’m feeling the heartbreak.
However, I came across something that gives me a reason to look forward to Eleven: 18th century Venice! This article is google-translated to English, so it’s kind of…interesting to read, but oh, the PICTURES! Besides it being my favorite place in the world, this is (possibly) my favorite time period for costuming. If I like Eleven anywhere near as well as I do Ten, this episode will be a heavenly hour.
The End of Time US Release Date
It’s official. The US release date for the next Dr Who special “The End of Time” part one is December 26th (on BBC America). We get it only ONE DAY after the Brits!
I’m feeling a lot of excitement and a lot of pure dread. This is probably going to be the second hardest hour of entertainment television I’ve ever watched – the first hardest being part two.
And speaking of heart-breaking television, I’ve just watched the latest episode of Supernatural. I have to say, this show has been pretty dang gorgeous all this season, mingling the brilliant spoofs with the dire end-of-the-world business. (Last week’s show was genius, with the boys visiting their own fan convention and mixing it up with all those “Dean and Sam” cosplayers!) But what they did tonight? With Jo and Ellen? Just so not fair. I need cheering up after The Waters of Mars, not more reasons to reach for the tissues!
Dr Who Confidential
This does contain some slight spoilers for the season 5 episode “Waters of Mars”, so don’t watch if you don’t want to see them!
Can one feel chills and be completely heartbroken in the same moment?
New Sherlock Holmes Featurette!
This film really does look so good. I love the “new” portrayal of Holmes; too many times, it seems, film and television focus on his mental abilities and forget he could be extremely dynamic and physical in the original stories.
The website for the film is fantastic, including what appears to be a wonderfully intense facebook game. (I say appears to be, since I just discovered it, and have not yet had time to play!)
I can’t wait for this film; I’m such a huge, huge fan of the stories, and this looks to be a much closer portrayal of “my” beloved Holmes and Watson that most I’ve seen. (Some films I can’t even watch because of how they turn Watson into an idiot!)
New Moon @ Midnight
Yes…I am one of those people. You know, the crazy ones who dress up in costume and go to midnight movie premieres! Even though I am not exactly a fan of Twilight I am going to see New Moon. Why do I not call myself a fan? I think the writing sucks, the plots are silly, and sparkling vampires? Hello? What’s up with that? Edward ticks me off big-time. He’s a stalker in the books, and the actor is so NOT ATTRACTIVE in the films (can you tell I’m Team Jacob?). But still – still – I couldn’t stop myself from tearing through each book in a matter of hours. I won’t buy copies for my library, I’ll never read them again, but I swear they’re like vampire crack. I’m going to the midnight releases of these films not because I’m exceptionally excited to see the sparkly vampires, but because the whole Twilight thing interests me. I like being in a crowd of people all obsessed over the same thing – there’s just something deeply cool about people coming together like that. It only makes it more awesome that Twilight fans come in all ages, just like Potter-aholics. This time around, it’s going to be especially fun, since a whole pack of us are going together: we’ve got a Bella, a Victoria (me!), an Esme, Alice, and Rosalie Cullen, a Jacob (Yay Team Jacob!), a “Jacob’s father”, a Jane (Volturi), and two people who are not in costume, and who we are going to call Bella’s human friends. It’s gonna be good times.
And me being me, any excuse to wear a costume is made of win!
Here’s the newest trailer, in honor of the Midnight Release being tomorrow night!
