1. Sherlock Holmes:
1.a. I have begun rereading Doyle - I started with The Hound of the Baskervilles, A Study in Scarlet, and The Sign of the Four. Hound of the Baskervilles - the first Holmes story I ever read - is not anywhere near as clever as I remember it being when I read it in seventh grade English. In fact, none of them are terribly clever, and I'm annoyed with how much Doyle relies on The Exotic and with Watson's endless devaluing of his own abilities.
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melannen and I were talking the other day about the possibilities for updating Holmes to the present day - Watson can stay the same, right down to the Afghan war veteran status; Holmes on the other hand would be a virtuoso gamer and hacker, devoted to the science of investigating cybercrime. And instead of landlady-slash-housekeeper Mrs. Hudson could be the deliveryperson from their favorite take-away curry shop, so she is at their flat basically all the time. I want this, please.
1.c. Robert Downey Jr. as Sherlock Holmes has placed himself in my brain right next to Johnny Depp as Jack Sparrow. This is because - in addition to the fact that, let's face it, they are basically the same character - I really think Hans Zimmer pieced the Holmes score together out of stuff that got cut from the POTC soundtracks. It is that similar. Anyway now I also would like The Immortal Captain Jack Sparrow, The Equally Immortal Pirate King, and The Captain of the Flying Dutchman to be Implicated in a ~MYSTERIOUS MURDER~ at the London dockyards, and Hijinx to Ensue, preferably with Tentacle Monsters.
2. Picasa! We helped Mom sort through some old family photos the other day, which made me feel SHAME for the disorganized state of my digital photos. Since I really quite like Facebook's album and tagging setup (I KNOW SHUT UP), except for the fact that it's online, I decided to take another look at Picasa, and lo and behold, the new version has facial recognition *and* tagging support! So I have been slightly obsessed over the last day or so with tagging all the faces Picasa has found and grouped in my album folders. It is incongruously awesome to tag an uncle, and then a friend, and then Amanda Tapping, and then my sister, and then my cousin, and then Stephen Colbert .... I don't know if this will help me organize my photos or be at all useful in the long run, and the facial recognition is sometimes hilariously imperfect, but for now I'm enjoying it, and it is at least reminding me what pictures I have, so for now thumbs up.
3. Misunderstood Longcat is Misunderstood. And Also Long. THE ORIGINAL LONGCAT: DISCOVERED AT LAST. Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.melannen would like Miss Madelyn Mack and Sherlock Holmes to discuss the Longcat; I endorse this idea.
4. I am back in Boston! Thanks for the Christmas card, Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.marikology! Kitties and roomie both are pleased to see me! My cats once again FAIL at punishing me for leaving them. (I ordered curry for dinner and Bingley LIKED IT. Weird cat is weird.) The rest of the week is for LAUNDRY and GROCERY SHOPPING.
5. Ten/Jack: or anyway Immortal!Jack/Any!Doctor: I am enjoying it. I am now going to go read more. I rec everything by sahiya, and I hope that link works.
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1.a. I have begun rereading Doyle - I started with The Hound of the Baskervilles, A Study in Scarlet, and The Sign of the Four. Hound of the Baskervilles - the first Holmes story I ever read - is not anywhere near as clever as I remember it being when I read it in seventh grade English. In fact, none of them are terribly clever, and I'm annoyed with how much Doyle relies on The Exotic and with Watson's endless devaluing of his own abilities.
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melannen and I were talking the other day about the possibilities for updating Holmes to the present day - Watson can stay the same, right down to the Afghan war veteran status; Holmes on the other hand would be a virtuoso gamer and hacker, devoted to the science of investigating cybercrime. And instead of landlady-slash-housekeeper Mrs. Hudson could be the deliveryperson from their favorite take-away curry shop, so she is at their flat basically all the time. I want this, please.1.c. Robert Downey Jr. as Sherlock Holmes has placed himself in my brain right next to Johnny Depp as Jack Sparrow. This is because - in addition to the fact that, let's face it, they are basically the same character - I really think Hans Zimmer pieced the Holmes score together out of stuff that got cut from the POTC soundtracks. It is that similar. Anyway now I also would like The Immortal Captain Jack Sparrow, The Equally Immortal Pirate King, and The Captain of the Flying Dutchman to be Implicated in a ~MYSTERIOUS MURDER~ at the London dockyards, and Hijinx to Ensue, preferably with Tentacle Monsters.
2. Picasa! We helped Mom sort through some old family photos the other day, which made me feel SHAME for the disorganized state of my digital photos. Since I really quite like Facebook's album and tagging setup (I KNOW SHUT UP), except for the fact that it's online, I decided to take another look at Picasa, and lo and behold, the new version has facial recognition *and* tagging support! So I have been slightly obsessed over the last day or so with tagging all the faces Picasa has found and grouped in my album folders. It is incongruously awesome to tag an uncle, and then a friend, and then Amanda Tapping, and then my sister, and then my cousin, and then Stephen Colbert .... I don't know if this will help me organize my photos or be at all useful in the long run, and the facial recognition is sometimes hilariously imperfect, but for now I'm enjoying it, and it is at least reminding me what pictures I have, so for now thumbs up.
3. Misunderstood Longcat is Misunderstood. And Also Long. THE ORIGINAL LONGCAT: DISCOVERED AT LAST. Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.
melannen would like Miss Madelyn Mack and Sherlock Holmes to discuss the Longcat; I endorse this idea.4. I am back in Boston! Thanks for the Christmas card, Image may be NSFW.
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marikology! Kitties and roomie both are pleased to see me! My cats once again FAIL at punishing me for leaving them. (I ordered curry for dinner and Bingley LIKED IT. Weird cat is weird.) The rest of the week is for LAUNDRY and GROCERY SHOPPING.5. Ten/Jack: or anyway Immortal!Jack/Any!Doctor: I am enjoying it. I am now going to go read more. I rec everything by sahiya, and I hope that link works.
Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.
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