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Why the Overlap?
A good friend of mine, Emme, went to her knitting group the other day and noticed something (link in Danish): there is a huge overlap between knitters & people who read scifi/fantasy. She notes that Ravelry has at least 65 … Continue reading
Posted in Literature, Popular Culture, Purls
Tagged fangirl, geek, Literature, pop culture, Purls, reading
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Stuff & Nonsense
Despite myself, I went to a gig yesterday to see this man and his new band, Pajama Club. Okay, so it is a bad photo. I was a bit too busy enjoying myself to worry too much about photographs. Basically, … Continue reading
Knitterly Musings & Some Links
I have spending considerable time trying to figure out what to knit for the forthcoming winter. The last two winters have been terribly cold and I want to make things that’ll keep me both cosy and relatively stylish. A bit … Continue reading
Boom! Boom! Chaka! Chaka!
This is one of my favourite weeks of the year: the Eurovision Song Contest week. For my non-European readers, imagine American Idol with 45 different countries competing. Then add xenophobia, bad blood, neighbourly love, dubious ethnic costumes, weird instruments, and … Continue reading
Posted in eurovision, Music, Popular Culture
Tagged events, fangirl, love, Music, wtf, youtube
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Shiny Special One
Happy birthday, dear Darth Ken. The Buffy to my Xander. The Rosenkrantz to my Guildenstern. The Han Solo to my Chewbacca. The Kirk to my Scotty. My most frequent blog commentator. (Somewhere in my vault, I have a photo of … Continue reading
Don’t Dream It’s Over
It has been a day of upheaval here in Britain. Gordon Brown resigned as Prime Minister and then Britain finally got its new government five days after the election. And Neil Finn sported a moustache on BBC’s Later With Jools … Continue reading
Posted in Finn, News, Personal, Popular Culture
Tagged fangirl, personal stuff, politics, wtf
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Why Neil Gaiman is Like a Toffee-Coated Banana
Want to feel jealous in a bookish manner? Go look at Neil Gaiman’s library. The colours, the layout, the view from the windows and the mind-boggling amount of books.. I hardly ever covet anybody else’s possessions but I do covet … Continue reading
Posted in Fandom, Literature, Popular Culture
Tagged fangirl, friends, Literature, personal stuff
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“Are You Sure It Isn’t Just Some Fanboy Thing..?”
I saw this* and then I started missing academia once more and also really, really wanted to move to London. But, you know, life isn’t so bad. Thursday I’ll be baby-sitting the Old Maiden Aunt studio as Lilith’s away, so … Continue reading
Posted in Craft, Fandom, Knitting, Literature, Popular Culture, yarn
Tagged academia, fangirl, friends, poetry, popculture
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Geek Overload
Today we went to the Doctor Who exhibition at Kelvingrove. I had my photo taken with a rather short reincarantion of the Fourth Doctor (and Other Half rather worryingly said he fancied a Doctor Who scarf clearly not knowing how … Continue reading
It’s Almost That Time Of Year
Denmark is the oldest kingdom in Europe with a rich history of conquest, trade and culture. Regrettably, being lower even than the Netherlands, Denmark will be the first to disappear as the waters rise. The 5.5 million people of Denmark … Continue reading
Posted in eurovision, Popular Culture
Tagged amusing, fangirl, geek, Music, music video, youtube
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