A lovely Friday evening..

[fajrdrako]

I had a wonderful time this evening with commodorified and auriaephiala. So relaxing and fun. I made oat pilaf (an old favourite from The American Whole Foods Cookbook), commodorified brought chicken, auriaephiala brought a lovely salad, and we lounged in comfy fashion watching a bunch of music vids from Vividcon 2008, and then the Due South episode "North". It was fun and relaxing just talking, too.

I particularly enjoyed the Torchwood vid, but then, I would. There was also a lovely one about Martha Jones.

auriaephiala had a very wonderful birthday present for me: a hardcover copy of Borders of Infinity by Lois McMaster Bujold, autographed. She got it at World Con. Gorgeous. That was the Vorkosogan book I was missing, too; I used to have the paperback.

I got several phone calls from both Lyn and Sandi about whether our joint birthday party with Harry, Sheila, Beulah, and Pat is still on tomorrow. Maybe, maybe not. Ahh, the suspense! Since Patrick doesn't read this, I feel safe in saying that I'm rather proud of having found four consecutive issues of Green Arrow and Black Canary for him; I had to traipse all over the city looking for them (with help form maaseru), and eventually found them in "Myths, Legends and Heroes" on Montreal Road, a comics shop I hadn't actually been in before. I was very impressed. Not only did the proprietor have them, he knew he had them and was able to put his hand on them in two minutes. He was polite and friendly - sometimes young men in comics shops treat me like someone's clueless aunt who doesn't know X-Men from Teen Titans, and I hate that - it always makes me want to play a "I know more about comics than you ever will" one-upmanship game. Too bad the shop isn't more convenient to me, geographically. On the other hand, I seldom have problems with my subscription at the Silver Snail, where Kin Jee and the others are always helpful. And on good enough terms to tease me, too.

Though Sandi's birthday comes later, I ordered her present today: the new John Barrowman CD. I think she'll love it.

Comments

[editrx.livejournal.com]

Imagine my surprise when I discovered reading this post of yours that I ended up friending you because of some of your fic I read, completely on my own, and that you are a friend of commodorified, who I just spoke with yesterday not realizing you guys knew each other. God, it's a small damn world.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

I didn't even know you were a friend of commodorified - how very cool that is! Yes, it's a small world, and fandom in itself is a small world, and I think every knows everybody, at least at one remove. Which is part of the fun. And so nice to know what good taste we both have in friends. It bodes well.

[walkingowl.livejournal.com]

sometimes young men in comics shops treat me like someone's clueless aunt who doesn't know X-Men from Teen Titans,

Heh. That you ain't. (You would, however, be one majorly cool and hip aunt!)

it always makes me want to play a "I know more about comics than you ever will" one-upmanship game.

You'd win. Oh, yeah.

You and Sandi, talking again. Well, good.

I would love to visit that comic shop. Can we go, my next visit?

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't win a comics trivia contest if it were based on the comics of the past 2 or 3 years, since I haven't been reading a lot. But in general - yeah!

Yes, Sandi and I are friends again.

You don't have to work hard to persuade me to go to a comics shop. It's a bit of a long bus ride, though.

[walkingowl.livejournal.com]

Sandi and I are friends again

Well, good. And I'll keep my fingers crossed.

It's a bit of a long bus ride, though.

I have a car. (Why does that remind me of K-9 and Micky? Gee!)