Oh look, it's April already

[selenay]

Where did the last two months go? It's April already!

Well, I know a bit of it got lost in an exhausted haze because I've been having a colitis flare, but that can't be the entire cause. Apparently living in England is making me way busier than I was in Canada.

(Colitis flare isn't fun, but isn't life-threatening either. I'm slowly adjusting to the meds. I'll find out in a couple of weeks whether I can be weaned off the steroids yet. Yay.)

I had a couple of days away in Brighton for work last month, which was exhausting but fun and really useful. My job is continuing to be great and today I did a telephone interview for a possible minion. Well, we're calling them my new friend. I guess it sounds better than minion. I do not like interviewing people. Ugh.

I started a Babylon 5 rewatch a couple of weeks ago and I'm almost at the end of S1. I foolishly thought this would be comforting. Apparently my brain had some kind of blip because this is not comforting. OMG, how is this more relevant now than it was when it first aired?

The world is fucked.

In more cheerful news, Eastercon is only two weeks away and I just signed up for vidukon_cardiff so I've got lots of fun stuff to look forward to. My sis and I are taking Mum to the Harry Potter studio tour just after I get back from Worldcon. And the Hugo finalists list is amazing. So many good things happening!

Almost makes the imminent Brexit-induced apocalypse feel less terrifying.

No, wait, it doesn't. Ugh.

Comments

[raven]

I rewatched Babylon 5 just recently and had exactly that reaction! Argh.

[selenay]

And I know it's only going to get worse, but I can't stop now. Argh.

[purplefringe]

The world IS fucked, but yay for Vidukon! Did you get my email about trains? :)

[selenay]

I did and I just replied!

I need an Ivonova icon. She makes the world feel...no less fucked, but possible to survive?

[jmathieson_fic]

Have an awesome time at Eastercon! I have such fond memories of sitting on the floor of the main lounge of the Adelphi Hotel in Liverpool at midnight, getting drunk with Peter Morewood while he told story after story...

[nic]

I also just started a B5 rewatch (first time in 20 years!) and wow. It's eerie and not the nostalgic-memory-lane trip I was hoping for.

[selenay]

My last Eastercon was in 2008 and I got to listen to a panel where Neil Gaiman talked about how much he loved Hitchiker's Guide. I'm hoping for a similarly amazing experience this year :-D

John Scalzi is GoH! So many friends will be there! I am excite :-D

[selenay]

Exactly this. Yup. I was expecting a trip down memory lane, and I am remembering some interesting thing (I remember hating G'Kar in the first season and I can see why, but he ended up being one of my favourites!), but it's not fluffy nostalgia.

It's actually more relevant now than it was the first time. Which is a bit depressing because we're supposed to be getting better, not worse.

[nic]

Oh yes, I could not stand GèKar the first time around (S1-S2) but like you, I loved him (and Londo) so much by the end. It is a very different experience having sympathy for him as I watch!

[selenay]

Knowing what's coming really makes the show read differently from the way I read it the first time. It's such an interesting experience.

I'm also noticing how early JMS seeded his ideas. I had no idea when I was watching it originally how many tiny things would turn out to be relevant!

But the biggest thing is rewatching knowing how I felt about characters by the end. Gosh, my feelings about so many of them changed so much.

[katlinel]

We so need to hold onto the small joys in the face of the world's clusterfuckery.

Fingers crossed re coming off the steroids and hoping your innards calm down soon.