Tuesday, May 30, 2006

Wedding!
The wedding was today. The hotel the ceremony was in was lovely, a beautiful old building in the middle of Oxford. Everyone was happy - including the newlywed couple, which was of course the most important thing. I wish I could have a room full of books, like the one we ate in.

Though Mum and Ian mentioned having music played, the only music was Nic and I randomly and tunelessly singing 'A little respect' (not loudly, though)....and she and Ian singing 'Jerusalem' of all things, on the bus on the way back.

We have loads of pictures W. and B. are putting on the computer. I'll get them to print off some for me. I have an ancient photo-album somewhere...

Back to work tomorrow after the Bank Holiday. I'm the only admin person in for the rest of the week, because its half-term. Personally I wouldn't leave me solely in charge of mail and so forth, but I'll stay positive. :)

I might check the college site to see if re-enactment is on next weekend. If it is, I might go up. But I also want to see X-Men 3 at the end of the week (yeah, haven't heard good things but I wouldn't mind seeing it anyway), so I don't know.


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Bah, the green looks nasty, but I'll change it tomorrow night. Hopefully. If not, then bear the nauseating colour-scheme 'til then.

I'm really interested in listening to podcasts. The Otaku one isn't bad. I have a thing about getting the BBC ones...have all of the Now Show and pieces of some of the regular programs.

The shameless geek that I am, I love ones which 'analyse' series or books. As it is, I only have a couple of subscriptions, but here are a couple I like:

MuggleCast - the podcast of MuggleNet, one of the two main Harry Potter fansites with very clever people writing intriguing articles about the 'Harry Potter' (alright, stop laughing ;)). Good for those who agree that Rowling's little fantasy can stand up to some speculation and discussion beyond the 'rabid fangirl' variety.

Annotated Alchemist - For what is so far a one-man show, I'm pretty impressed with this man's remit: to review and analyse no less then each Fullmetal Alchemist episode (in case you lost count, that's 51, plus the film). From character design and colour-schemes, to characterisation and relationships, the reviewer covers a wide range of topics. His references to anime and general sf/fantasy culture suggests that he's a fan who knows his stuff. On first impressions, a good listen.

Other Recommendation: old, but still good, the Annotated Pratchett File found on L-space web. A list of annotations to every Pratchett book up to 'Monstrous Regiment' in the Discworld series.
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