And Tuesday was the new Monday again. Shopping, made a stock pot full of cannelloni bean and sweet pepper soup (four double portions for Ken and I and one single for me for tomorrow. It's a favourite lunch!), got a significant amount of client stuff done, watched the last three eps of the Transformers: Prime pilot (can start the first season proper tomorrow, although we have seen the first 6 - caught them on CN before the buggers started just repeating it), then caught the first ep of Touch, Keifer Sutherland's latest - wasn't sure to start with but it definitely shows promise (and he just gets better and better...) then the second ep of Alcatraz. Still not convinced by the latter but still happy to give it a bit more of a chance, as it has picked up from the first ep.

Earlier, on Skype:

Lutra: Heh, heard today that Bay might be involved in a new TMNT movie...
Joules: AAAAARRRRGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!
Apparently the turtles will now be aliens, not mutated turtles.
[whimper]
Yerrss
Lalalalalalalahhh not listening......
...erk... ooops... um... oooh, look, Starscream!
Whe.... OOOH! SHinY!
[giggling]

... sob...

Labels: AAARRGGHH, busyness, client sites, drama, local interest, Skype, Transformers: Prime

Renewal part 7 - Sunday - now posted over at The Poppy Tales, link above. Enjoy!

Labels: The Poppy Tales, Transformers

WAIIIIIII!!!

My Transformers: Prime season 1 boxed set arrived!

So here you go, happy Joules as a happy rhino on a pogo stick bouncing around a room full of flowers and fluffy kittens. Well, a kitten anyway... (see post for Tuesday, February 2nd sorry, typo - Feb 21st)

Watched the first two eps before Ken had to go to a meeting; will work our way through the rest little by little.

Next Poppy - Sunday - now under way...

Labels: The Poppy Tales, Transformers: Prime

It was rather nice being woken up with a mug of coffee, a cute-funny card and a box of Belgian seashells: I'd forgotten it's Mothering Sunday!

It was otherwise a pretty typical Sunday - shopping, then I planted onions and carrots up in the veg bed and caulis and leeks in peat pots on the potting table. Kai has taken to sitting out in the garden to do homework when the weather is nice, which is great! Gets him some fresh air and sunshine.

But whoa, this week's Tf: P ep! A real AWWWWWWWW Ratchet [soppy grin] but also Starscream! NOOOOOOOOOO... [bites nails] Now what? Can't wait!

Not quite ready for an early night - probably time to start the next Poppy chapter.

Labels: gardening, The Poppy Tales, Transformers: Prime

Renewal part 6 - Saturday - now posted over at The Poppy Tales, link above. Enjoy!

Just out of interest, are commenters getting their comments posted to them as they used to? If not that's another problem to sort out...

Labels: The Poppy Tales, Transformers

Well, it's not perfect - the template I'm using for this blog is ancient and the comments system no longer operational, so I've cannibalised from a slightly less ancient blog (Updates). I'm not getting proper white boxes at the moment but I'll worry about that later.

Labels: software

ECHO commenting system is the absolute fragging PITS

Haloscan used to be excellent - easily used, easily customised. Then they sold out to Echo...

I have had nothing but problems with this system, from the rude, sarcastic tech support to them taking cash to pay for my comments - up until December 2012 - and only emailing to say they had done so the day after with a link to a query page that ended up at a 404, and, as you may have noticed, they have now reverted my comments to the free UNPAID version, ripping me off for nine months worth of service.

I have lost all the previous comments, although when they first started Echo promised that all comments would be kept. My gravatar hasn't worked for months, they disabled comments on their blog, I can't login to their help forums as the system refuses to recognise me, and the email I sent them complaining about everything has been ignored. And with them taking away the system I have already paid for I have no easy way to contact them - not that that has done any good in the past. I am now going to remove their non-functioning commenting app from this blog and find an alternative commenting system.

I strongly recommend no one use them. They are either incompetent or simply don't give a flying fuck about their paying customers. I shall be cross-posting this to my facebook page, and anywhere else I can - please spread the word.

Labels: Echo comments, Haloscan

So now that the teeth problems are partially sorted, I thought it was a good time to go back to the doctor about my hand, because the gel she prescribed did nothing and the problem is gradually getting worse...

I now have to organise a course of physio. Personally I don't see quite what that will do, but it's the next step, apparently - it looks like the idea of steroid injections is out, which is a relief. It could take a month to get the first physio appointment, though, and in the meantime it's back to the 'prufen and parrots every day. [sigh]

This evening we watched Real Steel, my latest Lovefilm rental ("Battling robots?" said Ken. "I see a trend here...") It's great fun - a little predictable, but what isn't these days? Of course I kept seeing Tf shadows all through it - mention of G1 'bots, Atom is a G2, and one of the robots (tch, can't remember the name: its owner was the punk with the mohican...) looked a lot like Tf: P's Breakdown, mallet hand and all. But, as I kept telling myself, human-like robots are all going to have a similar look and build, there are bound to be similarities. Anyway, a fine film to go on the 'buy when cheaper' list.

Back to Poppy...

Labels: doctor, films, The Poppy Tales, Transformers

Heh. Taken me all day to sort out the APAG stuff from last night, but it's nearly finished now. Well, 'til the next event anyway. If I'd known how much work was involved in being Sec of even such a small group I'd have thought twice about offering...

[sigh] Kai has an all-day Physics Masterclass at the university on the 28th. The schedule looks amazing - the uni has links to the LHC, and there'll be discussion of the work being done there throughout the day. My first reaction was to ask if I could go too! [sightwo] Ah well. Kai's promised to tell me all about it when he gets home.

Back to Poppy. Itching to get back to Diego Garcia and see how the operation is getting on, but there's more to do in England first...

Labels: APAG, busyness, client sites, Quantum mechanics, The Poppy Tales

Client stuff most of the day, with the APAG meeting tonight (which means minutes and webwork tomorrow). Good and useful meeting though - got a lot done.

Was going to work on Poppy but I have a most painful/uncomfortable sensation right through my upper body - terribly distracting. Perhaps I should try for an early night instead - once my hair has dried...

Labels: APAG, client sites, ouch

Renewal part 5 - ... still in England... - now posted over at The Poppy Tales, link above. Enjoy!

Labels: The Poppy Tales, Transformers

Actually didn't manage to get much done today, sadly...

Thoroughly enjoyed Tf: P s2e4 though - whoa!Starscream. [Yum]

Labels: nowt really, Transformers: Prime

So off we went to see John Carter...

And loved it. Really engaging characters, fabulous CGI (the film had to wait until now to be made properly!), gorgeous story... it's a rollicking good tale and has gone on the 'must have' list. Cons - the 3D was OK but a bit flat (Viewmaster, anyone?) and the film won't lose anything without it, and I can imagine Rice Burroughs purists will find loads to hate, but I haven't read the books in decades, and without that baggage it stands up really well as a cinematic treat.

Other than that it's been a quiet day. Since I took last night off, I suppose I'd better get going on the next Poppy chapter tonight!

After I've revelled in this weeks' Tf: P of course...

Labels: films, The Poppy Tales, Transformers: Prime

Renewal part 4 - Meanwhile, back in England... - now posted over at The Poppy Tales, link above. Enjoy!

Kai's doing homework downstairs again - which means MUSEKICK! So far we've had the Tron Legacy soundtrack, which is Teh AWESOME! and Pink Floyd's The Division Bell, which Ken picked up cheaply at a charity shop, and which is very pretty. Quite mainstream for the Floyd, but very nice, big but soothing sounds.

And it's been the warmest day of the year so far - we had all the doors and windows open for a blow through. Love it when it's like that...

Bizarrely, he's even more difficult to balance upright with the top-heavy kibble missing than he was before...

Labels: musekicks, The Poppy Tales, Transformers, weather

Kai's 17th birthday... ye gods, he was seven when I started writing this blog.

He had a nice day, loved his cards and presents - we went for a Tron based theme as he'd been asking when we were getting them and the soundtrack, so we bought both DVDs and the CD. Watched Tron Legacy tonight and thoroughly enjoyed it. It's still deeply flawed, which is very sad, as it could have been so much better, but the music is glorious and the sfx fantastic.

I took a few minutes to devise a backdrop of the Nemesis interior for the next mini-comic this afternoon - a rough plot is gradually weaving itself in my head - and I bought another Starscream while shopping. I discovered that the bulky fuselage kibble on his arms can be moved without damaging the figure - so I had Ken cut it all away for me. The second one I transformed into jet mode and it will stay that way. So I now have unencumbered figures to play with (and must hang the jet from a speaker bracket or something, it's rather cute...) Photos tomorrow - too late now.

Back to Poppy...

Labels: birthdays, films, Kai, The Poppy Tales, Transformers: Prime

Had a distinctly Inception moment this morning. Ken brought me a mug of coffee in bed, which I sat up and drank, then got up. Then realised that I was dreaming - the unicorn grazing in the front garden was a dead giveaway - so I woke up and drank my coffee - then realised I was still dreaming. On the third attempt I did actually manage to drink it. I think. Unless I'm still dreaming... Nah, the day has been too normal for it to have been a dream...

Couple of hours of client site stuff, then into town to the bank and to pick up some shopping - all very successful, got everything I wanted except for the fumigation candle for the greenhouse. Hopefully be able to get one at Hurrans next week.

We now have two Blackcaps at the bird table today. Be lovely if they're a breeding pair!

Kai came home with the results of the A Levels he took in January (part 1 of 4 for each of his subjects) - A's in Maths and Physics, C in Psychology - and a C in Computing. But apparently the whole class got C's, and the tutor is going to investigate - sounds like something's definitely gone skewiff somewhere.

SO we treated him (and us) to a Filmflex this evening - Johnny English Reborn which we thoroughly enjoyed. Great fun!

And now it's back to Poppy...

Labels: birds, British comedy, films, school, Sky High ficlet, strangeness and charm, The Poppy Tales

Renewal part 3 - Day Two - now posted over at The Poppy Tales, link above. Enjoy!

Labels: The Poppy Tales, Transformers

Personalised vet's reminder cards now. Whatever next!

So after the standard busy day, we watched my latest Lovefilm, Gnomeo and Juliet, which is cute and chuckle-worthy and well worth a watch. Yes, nothing particularly new in it, but so what? It was a delight. Just what we needed after a hectic day.

[BG] Just had confirmation my Tf: P first season boxed set has been sent from amazon.com. Can't wait!

Poppy5.3 under way...

Labels: British comedy, films, The Poppy Tales, Transformers: Prime, Tyjer, vets

Renewal part 2 - Day One - now posted over at The Poppy Tales, link above. Enjoy!

Labels: The Poppy Tales, Transformers

Catch up time... Another busy Sunday. Sainsbug shop early, I finally bottled the cooking wine, and repotted my new basil plant (cuz an 'ouse ain't an 'ome without a pot o' basil an' a cat...)

We've had Teh AWSUM Playlist going all day, as Kai opted to do homework in the lounge instead of in his room (something I quite enjoy - nice to have company even if we don't talk much since we're both concentrating on our own work). Looking forward to Being Human tonight.

Wendy's mum's orchid has a rosette of leaves. It seems perfectly content in the meadow. And Ken saw a crow with a stick in its beak fly over the garden - must be bird-bonking time already...

And Transformers: Prime season 2 ep 3 is fragging AWESOME! Highlight of my weekend. Powerful, and beautiful, and the end brought tears to my eyes. Wonderful wonderful continuity; it just keeps getting better and better.

Have some screen caps of the interior of the Nemesis: planning to attempt a backdrop and create another mini-comic over the next day or so. Also have the next Poppy part in mind ready to be started tonight.

It's all go, innit!

Labels: Being Human, busyness, garden, The Poppy Tales, Transformers: Prime

Renewal part 1 - Arrival - now posted over at The Poppy Tales, link above. Enjoy!

Labels: The Poppy Tales

Forgot to say - yesterday Kai found two mounds of frogspawn in the woodland pool! Keeping fingers crossed it survives - we didn't get any last year or the year before because the weather was so bad.

We went to see Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance this evening...

Mm.

We're still trying to decide if we liked it or not. It was very different to the first one, much much darker (the way clowns are dark, said Kai). It felt experimental, as though a group of film and media graduates had got together to make it. Horrible cinematography, and the action was too fast for the 3D - but it had its moments. Really need to watch it again. Will pick it up when I can find it cheap!

Poppy5.1 is written - will be coded and uploaded in the next hour or so...

Labels: films, The Poppy Tales, wildlife

[blink] ... OK, who stole Thursday?...

I haz a bizzy.

Right, well, Thursday... It started with an APAG meeting down at the park (at the ungodly hour of 9.15 am) with a fellow committee member and one of our wonderful park wardens to discuss the feasibility of creating a community garden, and ended with the spot OKed by both the Parks Dept and us two (though the rest of APAG will need to ratify at our next meeting on the 14th) and a first idea of what would be useful to plant. Though I think the peach tree might have to wait til next year...

Then it was me into the Arno's Hotel to ask the manager what the situation was with park users using their loos. I know they aren't averse to people using them, but I'd like to know how far their leeway goes, so have asked for a little something in writing to present to the meeting. The park used to have its own loos but they were badly vandalised, back before APAG and the locals started taking more care of the park, and demolished. I suggested getting them reinstated, but a bit of research showed it would cost something in the region of £70K to £100K despite all the drainage and power still being there underground, and that sort of cash just isn't available.

Sainsbug shopping followed, then lunch with a natter to Lutra, then Ken and I made a start on this years' gardening tasks: he dug over my new mange tout and bean bed and edged it, while I cleared and cleaned my potting table so we could put a layer of gravel under it (for stability and drainage. Much better now). Only we both overdid it - my mind is still convinced my body is 25 and keeps trying to make it act that age - so today my legs and back are nagging like hell... [sigh] think I'll ever learn?

Relaxed with the penultimate two eps of Tf: A then actually managed an early night! (Well, 1.30 am is early for me...)

Up early again this morning for dental hospital appointment at 9.45. [grumble] Chair was tilted back so far it felt like I was sliding off and it did NOT do my aching back any good at all. But another x-ray (that makes the fifth) showed that everything was fine, so he put in the permanent filling... layer by layer and drying whatever he was using in between, as far as I could tell. At one point he was using a device that emitted a continuous beep - the last time he used something like that he warned me it was supposed to make that noise - which was fine, until he told his assistant, "take the temperature down to 200 degrees".

... whut?...

DOWN to 200 degrees??...

No, I don't want to know. He used a stronger anaesthetic this time that numbed half my face (although as usual it started wearing off half way through the procedure. I don't know why anaesthetics wear off so fast but it's bloody annoying...) so I didn't feel a thing.

And it's great! No pain, and he matched the colour of the tooth for the composite filling so it looks completely natural. And it still doesn't hurt! Fantastic!

I go back in another four weeks for him to check all's well and sort out how they're going to haul the tooth back into line. Oh joy. That'll be fun...

I was supposed to go to the bank afterwards but felt light-headed and a bit wobbly so just came home. And got hours of client stuff done - can have weekend off unless anything urgent comes in.

Made it over to the Grant Bradley Gallery for the preview showing of Ryoko Oikawa new works this evening. It was beautiful - although I winced at the prices, more than doubled on last year's. The cheapest was £285, and one of the largest, a gorgeous landscape, was £4,700. Luckily there wasn't anything there I really really liked...

This evening we watched the last two eps or Tf: Animated season 2. Wonderful stuff! Only now of course we all want to see season 3 and it hasn't (yet) been released on DVD...

However, my Tf: P boxed set should arrive this month, so we at least have that to look forwards to.

So, Poppy tonight!

Labels: Art, busyness, client sites, dentist, gardening, The Poppy Tales, Transformers Animated, Transformers: Prime

OK - first mini-comic posted over here. It will make more sense if you know Transformers: Prime, but I've tried to devise it so that it will be comprehensible - and hopefully funny - even if you don't! (Let me know, please? For the sake of putative future comics...)

Labels: comics, Transformers: Prime

Another read of the AllSpark Almanac - and I found Wreck-Gar's pages...

He was never one of my favourites, but the pages are fun, designed to look like the front and back of a box of breakfast cereal - Garbage O's in this case.

(Yes, it's a photo. I couldn't scan it without breaking the spine and I don't want to do that.)

The ingredients list is a giggle -

Total energon
Rarefied energon
Energon Z
Coolant
Transmission fluid
Hydraulic fluid
Brake fluid
Steering fluid
Other fluids
Lubricant
Vibranium A, C, D, B6, B12,
Kryptonite
Tillium
Dalekanium
Dilithium
Molecular acid
Impervium
Bassnium
Zinc
Material Components:
iron filings, scrith starch, chakan oil, budianskium basil, protocultured yeast, grated gears, chemical X, janick jaAm, m'kraan crystal salt, heinlein honey, melange extract, aluminum mallard.

Hm. Vibranium but not adamantium? Missed opportunity there...

Busy day - mix of housekeeping, shopping and client sites. Oh, and the first attempt at a Tf:P mini comic, which has ended up being not so little, as it has 17 frames. It made Kai chuckle though, and it made sense to Ken even without any dialogue, so I suppose I can consider it a qualified success. Will post it when I've done the dialogue.

Hark, I hear the call of a wild Poppy...

Labels: busyness, client sites, domesticity, fun stuff, Transformers: Prime

Spent a wonderful hour reading half of the AllSpark Almanac this morning, chuckling to myself all the way through. It's a hoot, as well as being very informative and very pretty. Gorgeous designs, large enough to really see the details. Might scan and print some of the miscellaneous bits (like the bands playing at the local dancitron and the films showing at the cinema. Yes, it's full of delightful fannish trivia as well as the serious stuff. A real joy!) And it appears that the character the Angry Archer from the cartoon is named Aaron A Archer - another triple A!

Actually, on that subject, anyone reading The Poppy Tales may remember Aaron A Aaronson, who invited Poppy to call him triple A. Sue asked yesterday if this was a reference to the female triple A in the A-Team, which threw me as I had no idea who that was. So no, it's nothing to do with the A-Team reporter - it simply refers to triple A batteries!

The mild weather jolted my memory - time to start getting the greenhouse and veg bed oganised. So there are now six three (where did I get six from?) different maincrop tomato varieties and one cherry, and eight bell peppers started on the kitchen windowshelves. And I cleaned the birdtable - always a horrible job but necessary for the birds' health.

Now five eps into Tf:A season 2 and loving it...

Labels: gardening, Transformers Animated

I have had a fantastic birthday!

It started with Lutra posting the most adorable little Tf birfday card over on her blog. Then Ken made scrambled eggs and mushrooms on toast (favourite brunch, that one) while I opened and started transforming my new Starscream... (18 stages!)

The design is just amazing - there's a little bit of kibble but not enough to be aggravating, and he does actually balance (eventually! Took a bit of work...) He's beautiful. I am soooo chuffed. I must try to get a photo of his face though, the smirk is perfect.

GoodTwin and Sue arrived... What can I say? GoodTwin gave me two of the Tf:P graphic novels and the AllSpark Almanac, which is simply and awesomely pure love. 220 pages of joy for me to curl up with tomorrow. The designs! The details! The fabulous pictures! The hysterically funny character profiles written by the characters for each other! [happy sigh]

And Sue... well, there was this little beauty of a phone strap, a very funny sign for the door (Ring bell and run, the dragon needs the exercise!) and to my joy and astonishment, the middle book of Freda Warrington's Blood series, A Dance in Blood Velvet, which is rarer than an honest 'Con and practically unobtainable these days unless you win the Lottery. This completes the series for me - I was given an autographed copy of the first book some years back, then Sue found the third one for me... I think it was Sue. I'm sure it was, but correct me if I'm wrong... which I've never read as I don't like reading trilogies out of sequence. And now I can read the whole lot!

[GLOMPS SUE AND GOODTWIN!!]

Thank you so much.

And they also brought over [snerk] The Flashing Blade, which we MST3Ked (the first six eps anyway). Much hilarity ensued. Accidentally hugely funny, had us in stitches. Next six eps next visit?

After dinner I cracked open a bottle of the strawberry wine I made a couple of years ago. Some of the sweetness had gone but the alcohol content appeared to have increased a bit. A fair bit. [g] I shan't embarrass Sue...

And I've now downloaded Tf:P season 2 ep 2 to watch a bit later. [happy bounce] Have had a wonderful day! Thanks everyone!

Labels: birthdays, books, friends, fun stuff, Transformers Animated, Transformers: Prime

Afterwards, the tenth and final part of Consular, is now posted over at The Poppy Tales (link above). The story will continue in Renewal (coming soon!) And GoodTwin was right, this is turning into an epic...

Also - got 'em!

L to r: Starscream, Bulkhead, Megatron.

Though not from Toys Я Us: Sainsbug had them (and still at 25% off!)






<-Megatron:

Starscream->

Happy now.

Later edit: [beg] It's quite difficult to get Starscream to balance out here under my monitor with all the vibration from typing - so he's on his knees...

Labels: The Poppy Tales, Transformers: Prime

Ah, remembered what it was I wanted to add.

Remember last May I tanked over to the the Grant Bradley Gallery in Bedminster to see the first Ryoko Oikawa exhibition, and ended up buying the piece I'd fallen in love with when I saw it on TV? I've been invited to a Gallery preview of her latest collection, sales of which are to go to help orphans of the tsunami, next Friday. Assuming I feel OK after my dental appointment I shall go - it'd be lovely to see her latest work. (Not that I'll be buying anything this time, not with the way basic living expenses have essentially doubled in the last year...)

Finished watching the first season of Tf:A this evening - great stuff! May start season two tomorrow evening.

Oh, and tomorrow morning I'm tanking up to Toys Я Us to see if they have any Tf:P figures. Have made one backdrop (external, Nevada-as-pictured-in-Tf:P) and sketched out the design for the interior of the Autobot base (the ep Scrapheap was great for that!) today. The Nemesis interior could be quite tricky, will probably leave that until next week...

Labels: Art, Transformers Animated, Transformers: Prime

Up early and out to Sainsbug - picked up a Cliffjumper, another Vehicon, and - oh joy! - OP! (Also to my joy he's proportionately larger than the others, and hence more expensive - £8.99 but also on 25% off - which argues that Megatron will be larger too. That's much better than having them all the same size. Bad enough Bee is as tall as Ratchet as it is!)

Then I dived over to Tesco to see if they are also selling the figures, but they didn't have any (only DotM odds). They did have the crayons I need, however, so I'm set to do a couple of simple comics at least (have the first one all planned out in my head, just need to do the backdrops...)

So, I still need Bulkhead, another Vehicon (because two do not an army make but three will just about swing it), and Megatron and Starscream, and one of these latter urgently, because how can the 'Cons exist without a leader? (Not to mention Steve will be distraught.) It's possible that Toys Я Us at Flowers Hill - up the Bath Road - may have them, but Ken has a meeting at eleven and I really don't feel like locking up and setting the alarm and tanking up the hill. Maybe next week.

In other news... um... the lurgy is still hanging on but apparently it's a virus doing the rounds, loads of people have it. So far K&K have escaped - they may have immunity. There's probably more but I've forgotten. Will add later if I remember!

Labels: Transformers: Prime

Later edit: - WAAAAAIIIIII!!!

Hm.

Yes.

... GoodTwin, remember I said I had sorted out my shelves for my Tf figures to make room for Tf:P Starscream, but would probably have to rethink when I managed to get the Tf:P figures I wanted?

I had to do a Sainsbug shop earlier...

[sigh] They were at 25% off, £3.47 instead of £4.99. Itty bitty teeny weeny diddy Tf:P figures, as usual absolutely beautifully done...

      Ratchet... ->

      <- Bumblebee

      Arcee ->

(Let's try using the correct link, shall we? Sorry 'bout that...)

      <- ST-3V3 the Vehicon...

[bg] Steve has his own fan club! With fanart an' fanfic an' everything!

(Regarding the Vehicon/Eradicon thing... canon isn't fixed yet, but it's my understanding that the drones with car alt modes are Vehicons, while the ones with jet alt modes are Eradicons. Steve has a car alt mode, so is a Vehicon. Pity really. If he'd been a flier he might have stood a chance with Air Commander "Never understood why any self-respecting Decepticon would choose an automobile as his alt mode when he could have flight" Starscream...)

<- From that to this ->

in eight stages. Nifty, neh?

I joked to Kai that I should arrange them in fight scenes - and he replied that that would be fun, then I should photograph them and post them here...

...

... y'know, that would be fun! I could make backdrops of the Autobot base, the Nemesis and a Nevada canyon or two with paper and kids' crayons, and photoshop dialogue onto the pics. Only problem is I don't have enough figures to do it properly (yet. The illustration on the back of the packaging suggests that there will also be a Bulkhead, OP, Starscream - how the hell they can do him this small is beyond me, but then, until today I'd have said the same about Arcee - Megatron and Soundwave. On the other hand Sainsbug also had a Cliffjumper, who isn't on the back, so...) I could make a start if I bought another two Vehicons (and possibly a Cliffjumper - could paint his eyes purple and use him as a Decepticon zombie. Hm.) Ken seems to think this would be a fun idea too - especially since I pointed out I could post them as comics on Deviantart (free publicity!) - so I may be off out hunting Decepticons tomorrow. I think Sains had another Vehicon, and I can always divert over to Tesco to see if they have any. Otherwise it's a trip up Flowers Hill or into town which I'd rather not do. Will see.

[beg] They're the same version as my Bayverse itty bitty teeny weeny diddy OP, Ratchet, Bee, Sideswipe and Ironhide. Might be fun to bring the two continuities together...

Labels: fun stuff, Transformers: Prime

So, the rest of yesterday...

Second 90 minute dental hospital appointment at 2.30 (arf arf...) Cleared out the temp filling and cleaned out the last little bit of gunge, and put in another temporary filling (I think that was my fault for going to the appt while still coughing, as he couldn't keep it all as sterile as he wanted). Have another one hour appointment next week for a final check and the permanent filling.

THEN they're going to leave it to see how it does, and in a couple of months I have to go back for another check. Then, assuming all is well, I should have a course of ortho to pull the tooth back into position (apparently after discussion with the consultant it was decided that since the other front teeth are OK they wouldn't be able to get a correct colour match so having a denture or crown wasn't a good idea). I'm told they'll have to shave off part of the tooth though or it won't fit, since the teeth that have been pushing it out of true are now taking up part of the space where it was. Eh well. As long as it stops me mangling the inside of my lower lip when I eat I'll be happy, even though it probably means wearing a retainer at night for the rest of my life.

Last night we watched the first four eps of Tf:A season 1. [happy sigh] Thrill of the Hunt, featuring Ratchet (and a much younger and less crotchety Ratchet too, in flashback). Such fun! K&K quite enjoyed them too, I think, so another three eps tonight.

Done sodall today. Feeling rough with this throat lurgy and barking like a seal. It had better be gone by the weekend!

Labels: dentist, medical matters, Transformers Animated

EEEEEEEEEH!!

My Tf:Animated ebay-bought box set just arrived, well in advance of the earliest delivery date (March 6th, I think it was). Nothing extra to pay in import tax, and it IS both season 1 and season 2! Just done a random check and it plays just fine. Absolutely the best bargain I've ever found. Soooooo chuffed. In fact, if you can imagine a happy rhino on a pogo stick bouncing around a room full of flowers and fluffy kittens, that's me right now...

Labels: ebay, Transformers Animated

[gasp] I took a day off! (don't faint...)

Well, I watched RotF, Tf:P s2e1 (a couple of times), the first 2 eps of Tf:P s1 while I ate lunch, nattered to Lutra on Skype, did an hour's client stuff, and this evening we watched the first two eps of Grimm, which is rather good. (It'll be nice to have something to look forward to on a Monday as there's bugger all else on worth seeing at the moment, except for Being Human...)

Feeling considerably better today and my voice has come back (mostly) but I still have a horribly irritating cough. Hopefully that'll have eased off by tomorrow.

Right. A little more Poppy, perhaps...

Labels: The Poppy Tales, Transformers, Transformers: Prime

I've lost my voice and feel bleurgh, but I finally found a Yt upload of Tf: Prime 2.1 that wasn't highjacked to send the viewer off to a ppv or site demanding you download software before you could watch anything.

I've just watched it. [happy happy grin] It was worth waiting for. And Starscream's back, which is an almighty bonus.

Happy now.

Labels: Transformers: Prime

Concern - Things Poppy Never Knew part 2 - now posted over at The Poppy Tales (link above). Enjoy!

Oh, hey, this is my 4,000th post!

Labels: The Poppy Tales, Transformers