The Doctor, Firefly, and a pleasant day...

Not the weather. They've been promising temperatures above zero all week, and did we get any? If we did, I didn't see it. What I experienced, in my brief excursion to Von's for brunch with my slash-fan friends, was ghastly freezing rain and cold temperatures.

It was a lovely breakfast: I had "three-cheese omelet". Talked with josanpq about Karin Lowachee and other matters. Went back to my place, and lmondegreen gave me a present so beautiful I am at a loss for words to describe it. (Perhaps I can take a picture.) It's a piece of needlework so intricate that it's breathtaking, a depiction of ancient Egyptian gods in blue and gold and green. I hung it above my Egyptian fountain.

Then we watched four episodes of Doctor Who: "Rose", then the first few minutes of "Aliens of London", then "The Empty Child", "The Doctor Dances" - lmondegreen let me choose, so I chose my favourites - and then "Boom Town". maaboroshi joined us for part of it, and so did maaseru, briefly. lmondegreen said she enjoyed it, and that she had expected to - good! - and to my delight, she loved and appreciated Nine from the beginning. As well she might. I think I love him more every time I watch series one. Tough maaboroshi said pointedly that she 'wasn't a convert' she seemed to be enjoying herself too, and getting the jokes. I consider that progress!

I love "Boom Town" for many reasons. I love its insight into the relationship between Rose and Mickey; for the way it shows Captain Jack at his very happiest; for the happiness and solidarity between Jack, Rose, and the Doctor; for the wonderful concept of the Doctor taking his enemy out to dinner; and for the unqualified wit of the script. And, you guessed it, for the slashiness.

Later on, I had dinner with maaboroshi, maaseru and Sarah, and we watched two episodes of Firefly, "Shindig" and "Safe". What a wonderful show that is; it doesn't get stale after innumerous viewings. What brilliant characters, not excluding Badger and random walk-on incidentals.

Then I did some writing and reading.

What a great day.

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I got this meme from tudorpot. Haven't done one for a while. As often is the case, some of it's stuff I've answered before, so I'm going to cut those questions. I'm also going to cut the questions where I think my answers are really boring, and I'm changing some of the numbers.

( 1. Can you cook? )