5 things make a weekend roundup

[lagilman]

1. And lo, the Flesh & Fire page proofs are finished. A number of minor corrections on my part, and a swift kick to the shins to whomever dropped all the italicized dialogue throughout the book (bad typesetter, no biscuit) but it looked pretty clean. And I didn't flinch while doing a close-read. That... was unexpected. And pleasing. (this probably means it sucks. But I'll stick my head in the sand and go la la la too late now)

2. In honor of this, I have a new icon. Yay!

3. Also, I have established a bolthole over on Dreamwidth (because I promised I would). You can find me there under the unimaginative name of LauraAnne_Gilman. Maybe this will teach people not to drop the "e"? Nah.... The name change is simply because "suricattus" was originally established as a fannish follow-along, not a professional presence. Now I have to make sure people can find me easily [or so my editor informs me). I'm still the meerkat though, and will still answer to that (or suri, although you may find me reverting back to 'meer' more often. Old-timers [Nea] will rejoice.) Right now, it's merely a mirror site, but I figured I'd let the Dreamwiders know.

4. And because I was Virtuous (and healthy again) and in need of a little stress-releasing eye-candy, I went with friends to see X-Men: Origins. As a summer genre-action flick, we give it a solid B+. So long as you don't let the plot-thought brain out, you'll have fun, and they do manage to make it all work. On the Estrogen Overload scale, I give it a fantabulous A-. It would have been an A except Hugh bulked up a little too much for my taste, to suit the character. Points were given, however, for nekkid Hugh doing running leaps over farming equipment. (Also, it was determined during dinner afterward that bourbon is better for you than soda. My fandom has Healthy Drinks. Srsly).

5. And, last, a recipe for Drop-in Dinner for Two
Take one doorbell. Ring unexpectedly. Add two chicken thighs, lightly baked, then topped with coarse-chopped tomato, sauteed garlic, fresh basil and thyme, and crumbled Greek feta, and finish under broiler.

Rather surprisingly good, especially when served with a lightly chilled chenin blanc.

And now, having done way too much today, I am going to table everything else until tomorrow, and go fall over....

Comments

[strigine.livejournal.com]

I acquired my copy of Blood From Stone Saturday and stayed up all night reading it -- thank you! Was also tickled magenta to see my namecheck finally. XDDD (I know there's a more official word for it, but it fell out my ear due to lack of sleep and I cannot remember for the life of me.)

[lagilman]

:-)

And it's called a Tuckerization.

[karenmiller.livejournal.com]

Yay on finishing page proofs! I'm still working through mine. Much tweaking and polishing. And it doesn't help I'm incubating a lurgy.

Sigh.

[lagilman]

you keep your lurgy down there, I'm only just recovering from mine! (people moved away from me on the bus when I coughed. Truly, folk, I'm non-contagious! Have been for days...)

[kateelliott.livejournal.com]

nekkid Hugh

*fans self*

Okay okay, maybe I do have to see this film.

[lagilman]

Itis fun, and done with an obvious love for the material and the genre (although I, a non-comics-reader, could not tell you what was changed/altered/deleted, I am told that Wolverine's creator was pleased when he saw the results).

Also, much with the pretty. Really. Much. Pretty.

[sorek.livejournal.com]

Actually I think it works best if you haven't seen much of the other three movies. It helps to know a tiny bit about Wolverine and to know why Captain Picard wandered in from hanging out at Star Trek set, but other than that, it shouldn't be that hard to follow even for a non X-Men fan.

[lagilman]

*laugh* Well, I know a little bit more about it than that (having comic-geek friend and knowing Chris Claremont, it comes through osmosis), but yeah, this movie probably sets better with non-diehard fans. But isn't that always the case, no matter the subject?

And fess up, who wasn't waiting for the Picard maneuver when Professor Xavier showed up?

[sorek.livejournal.com]

::laughs as well:: I wasn't saying *you* didn't know x-men, I was saying *I* didn't know x-men (at least not nearly as well as I know spider-man). I've seen most of the first movie, a select number of five minute segments of the second movie (*cough* near commercial breaks *cough*) and none of the third. My principal exposure to x-men was the 90's cartoon (with Cyclops seemingly yelling "Jean!" every five minutes)

And you know what, that's enough to follow the movie. You need to know who professor x is, (otherwise the ending makes no sense) but other than that...

[onyxhawke.livejournal.com]

Oh good, I thought I was the only one with an IQ above room temp who like Wolverine. Although I think our reasons a touch different...

[mizkit.livejournal.com]

Oh no. No, no, no. I liked it too. O.O

[lagilman]

Even without Manly Scruffy Snarly Hugh, it was a fun [and very very pretty] movie. Hugh was what got me there opening weekend, though (I used to work in a movie theater, and after a few opening weekends behind the counter? You would pay money to never see anything opening weekend ever again. Ever. Ask me about The Goonies. Better, don't.

[kradical.livejournal.com]

and a swift kick to the shins to whomever dropped all the italicized dialogue throughout the book (bad typesetter, no biscuit)

Sadly, that is not an unusual skroo-up for S&S's production folk....