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kaffy_r ([personal profile] kaffy_r) wrote2014-11-02 10:57 pm
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Dept. of End of the Weekend

Very Quick Things
  • Cold on the way out, back spasm threatening. I will threaten it back, and frighten it way the hell out away from my muscles.
  • BB's thyroid biopsy came back negative for cancer. Since the tests indicate some thyroid problems, there may still be a connection to his ongoing fever, etc. We will find out when we talk to his doctor later this month. In the meantime, we are glad it isn't cancer. If that sounds less than ecstatic, it's only because we still don't have an answer to what is making his life miserable. Sometimes you can get so desperate to find out the reason for an illness that you begin to eye something definite with something uncomfortably close to approbation.
  • Saw the first half of the Who finale, Dark Water. I am willing to wait to see what the second half brings; I enjoyed it more than BB did, and he didn't not enjoy it. Was not surprised by the reveal, since I (and practically everyone else) had spotted that one from, oh, the first episode of S08. I'm reasonably pleased by it although I have never had the great affection for the character in question that others have. (Fascination and appreciation, yes, and some thoughts on the character's evolution, but not affection.) Why am I being this obtuse when everyone on my list who wants to see it has seen it? Because some of them may not have, so I'm trying not to be spoilerific.
  • And, out of nowhere, and thanks to posts elsewhere, all the scattered thoughts I've been having, the "I know there's a meta inside me waiting to get out" thoughts, the ones that have been swimming around aimlessly and without direction throughout this season (one I've regarded as extremely variable in quality, one I've been surprised to see viewed as a near masterwork by a lot of people I respect), have finally started coalescing. Mind you, that could be a mistake on my part. I thought they were coalescing around episode 3 and they didn't. So I shouldn't promise anything ....
  • Tomorrow, I get to go down to the legendary and fearsome Tribune Tower, to meet my new owners. Yes, it's on a deadline day, but they did at least apologize for making the mass meeting a last minute thing. More, after that happens.
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kaffy_r: The TARDIS says hello (Leventy9)

[personal profile] kaffy_r 2014-11-03 11:29 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't usually get to view them until at least 24 hours after they've aired.

I'm looking forward to hearing what you think of the episode once you see it!

Right now, the back spasm is in orbit; not fully scared out of the solar system yet, but I'm glowering at it enough to keep it from settling in. She said hopefully.
clocketpatch: A small, innocent-looking red alarm clock, stuck forever at 10 to 7. (Default)

[personal profile] clocketpatch 2014-11-03 11:55 pm (UTC)(link)
I actually saw this one late last night. I'm not certain if I liked it or not, but I was certainly entertained by it, which is the main thing. The Malcom Tucker reference amused me probably more than it should have done.
kaffy_r: The TARDIS says hello (Dashing Twelve)

[personal profile] kaffy_r 2014-11-03 11:57 pm (UTC)(link)
The Malcom Tucker reference amused me probably more than it should have done.

Augh; I missed it. I really need to see that show, don't it?
clocketpatch: A small, innocent-looking red alarm clock, stuck forever at 10 to 7. (12's Attack Eyebrows)

[personal profile] clocketpatch 2014-11-04 12:17 am (UTC)(link)
I enjoyed it considerably more than I thought I would given it's a political satire (not my favourite) with an exceptional amount of swearing (again, not something I seek out). But the writing is hilarious and Capaldi delivers the profanity with an artistry that has to be seen to be believed.
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