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- Yay, it's a long weekend here in Canada! Thank you needless holiday for Queen Victoria. ;-)
- My book club is all about the books, but occasionally the odd audio book will pass through the group. I'm not a big fan of audio books, and even if I do listen to the rare one here and there, I don't count it towards my book total for the year. You're not reading; you're listening. Despite this, I somehow ended up with an audio book from the meeting. And not just any ol' audio book. An X-Files audio book. And not even an audio book based on one of the original novels; it's an audio book of a novelization of one of the episodes. But here's the real kicker: the book is on cassette tape. Two cassette tapes. It just goes to show you how old the book is (and how old The X-Files is). I still have a working Walkman from my elementary and junior high years, so I popped in the tapes and listened to them while knitting the other day. Suffice it to say, I think I would have been better off just watching the episode. The reading was so bland. On the plus side, my Walkman still worked perfectly. Star Lord would be proud. :-)
- Speaking of listening to stuff while knitting, I've started re-watching Classic Doctor Who episodes so there's something on in the background. I watched all of the surviving episodes during my massive undertaking from 2009-2010, but I skipped over the reconstructions simply because my attention wandered while I was starting at a static image. Now seems like a good time to go back to the reconstructions of the missing episodes. They're just audio with some images, which is perfect for when I'm knitting.
- I've also started thinking about knitting a Fourth Doctor scarf. Not that I need another project right now. I still have to finish off the baby leg warmers and the baby hat I'm knitting for a friend's baby shower and I'm in the early stages of learning how to knit socks. On the other hand, the scarf would be super easy to do; it would just be time consuming. I consulted the great doctorwhoscarf.com and they suggested an excellent site for yarn. The yarn is actually relatively cheap so I wouldn't go broke trying to get enough balls. I'm not entirely sure why I would need a 12 inch scarf, but it would be a good way to learn how to incorporate colour work into my stuff and I would get more used to adding a new ball of yarn. We'll see how my sock knitting goes before I make any decisions.
- And the CW released a trailer for DC's Legends of Tomorrow, the Arrow/Flash spin-off, and it looks awesome:
It also spoils a lot of the pilot. But we get to see Arthur Darvill as Rip Hunter and for some reason he's wearing Ten's coat. Honest to goodness, Rip is wearing a long, brown coat that looks a lot like Ten's iconic coat. Big in-joke? Or just a coincidence? This is so going to generate epic crossover fanfics now. I can totally imagine that Rip Hunter is actually Rory, who's now a time travelling adventurer in his own right. :-)
- My book club is all about the books, but occasionally the odd audio book will pass through the group. I'm not a big fan of audio books, and even if I do listen to the rare one here and there, I don't count it towards my book total for the year. You're not reading; you're listening. Despite this, I somehow ended up with an audio book from the meeting. And not just any ol' audio book. An X-Files audio book. And not even an audio book based on one of the original novels; it's an audio book of a novelization of one of the episodes. But here's the real kicker: the book is on cassette tape. Two cassette tapes. It just goes to show you how old the book is (and how old The X-Files is). I still have a working Walkman from my elementary and junior high years, so I popped in the tapes and listened to them while knitting the other day. Suffice it to say, I think I would have been better off just watching the episode. The reading was so bland. On the plus side, my Walkman still worked perfectly. Star Lord would be proud. :-)
- Speaking of listening to stuff while knitting, I've started re-watching Classic Doctor Who episodes so there's something on in the background. I watched all of the surviving episodes during my massive undertaking from 2009-2010, but I skipped over the reconstructions simply because my attention wandered while I was starting at a static image. Now seems like a good time to go back to the reconstructions of the missing episodes. They're just audio with some images, which is perfect for when I'm knitting.
- I've also started thinking about knitting a Fourth Doctor scarf. Not that I need another project right now. I still have to finish off the baby leg warmers and the baby hat I'm knitting for a friend's baby shower and I'm in the early stages of learning how to knit socks. On the other hand, the scarf would be super easy to do; it would just be time consuming. I consulted the great doctorwhoscarf.com and they suggested an excellent site for yarn. The yarn is actually relatively cheap so I wouldn't go broke trying to get enough balls. I'm not entirely sure why I would need a 12 inch scarf, but it would be a good way to learn how to incorporate colour work into my stuff and I would get more used to adding a new ball of yarn. We'll see how my sock knitting goes before I make any decisions.
- And the CW released a trailer for DC's Legends of Tomorrow, the Arrow/Flash spin-off, and it looks awesome:
It also spoils a lot of the pilot. But we get to see Arthur Darvill as Rip Hunter and for some reason he's wearing Ten's coat. Honest to goodness, Rip is wearing a long, brown coat that looks a lot like Ten's iconic coat. Big in-joke? Or just a coincidence? This is so going to generate epic crossover fanfics now. I can totally imagine that Rip Hunter is actually Rory, who's now a time travelling adventurer in his own right. :-)
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