Vanishing act

It's hard to stay caught up with people without internet access at home and very limited access at work, which explains why bulletins from the front have been so few and far between. Plus, I've been profoundly cranky for, oh...a month or so now, and I fear I've become very bad company, either online or in person. Hopefully I will work myself out of this run of megrims; Bemo picking up a new job would go a long way towards dissipating them.

Anyway, Bemo and I hied ourself to the local Hair Cuttery, and now we're both sporting shorter locks. My hair was getting rather straggly, so now I'm back to the shorter angled bob with lots of layers that seems to work the best at giving my thin, fine hair some body and curl. Otherwise it's just a lank mess, so it's nice to have it looking a little better.

I have finally, due to a kind co-worker, been reading Georgette Heyer, who I've been wanting to read for ages but somehow never got to. I've read Cotillion, which was fun silliness, (the scene in the British Museum made me snorfle out loud) and Arabella, which I liked even better. In return, I've given her my copy of Petty Treason by Madeline Robbins - she had read the first book and enjoyed it, but hadn't yet tracked down the second one. Alas, there will apparently be no more in the series, which is a great shame. Anyway, if people have favorite Heyers, please let me know so I can ask for them next.

Off to catch up on lolcats, the flist, and TWOP.

Oh, and additionally...

I was at first slightly enthused at the prospect of a movie based on The Dark is Rising, by Susan Cooper. And then, I started hearing rumors which made me very, very vexed.

When cleolinda posted the link to these stills, I realised that I was right to be vexed. Because whoever did the movie has apparently gone through and targeted the things I like best about the book (Will is American, not the youngest of a warm, bustling family but instead has a younger sister who helps him cope with his cold parents and taunting siblings) and has eliminated them ruthlessly, but the movie in general looks to be pretty cheeseball. And hell, I was even willing to deal with Al Swerengen as Merriman, which is a big deal since I just started watching Deadwood and can't imagine Merriman...using that particular vocabulary.

Bastards.