Life stuff; Age of Steel
May. 23rd, 2006 10:12 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
icepixieToday I went to the library and checked out nine books. I got home and read one of them in just two sittings over the course of the afternoon. Granted, it was a relatively quick read: Plane Insanity, a collection of essays by flight attendant Elliott Hester on the craziness he's run into over the years (hysterical; highly recommended), but still. I realized this week that I no longer have to schedule my library visits and pleasure reading around my vacations from school. I haven't been able to do that since I started high school.
Now that's rather cool. This graduating thing has its benefits.
Today I also revised my resume to include my museum internship, picked up a job application from the library (according to their website, they're only actively looking for four or so positions which can only be filled by people with an MLS, but since they keep applications on file for a year or so, I figured it can't hurt to put my name in the pot for some kind of peon job for holders of a BA; besides, since I'm seriously contemplating an MLS/MLIS myself, I'd like to get some experience before I commit to another degree), and hunted down three different small presses, one of which is seeking an editorial assistant, and the other two of which accept resumes and keep them on file for some time. Yay for not being lazy? My goal is to have some kind of steady job by the end of June, even if "steady job" equates to "being listed with a temp agency."
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In other news, I watched
The end to the cliffhanger was pretty lame. Random TARDIS parts to the rescue! However, the rest of the episode was pretty awesome. I was a bit lukewarm on "Rise of the Cybermen"--it definitely seemed like it merely existed to set things up for part two, and could have been cut to half its length--but this was miles better.
I totally called "Mrs. Moore" dying. Of course she kicked it; I liked her. I kind of wanted to see what she would be like as a companion.
I figured when Jackie-the-Cyberman introduced herself that it was a trick of some kind; of course they wouldn't kill (or worse, really) even an alternate Jackie. But they did. I was impressed; that was definitely a great moment in the episode.
The best shot in the whole episode was right after Mickey(!) disabled the "emotional inhibitor" chips, and people started panicking, and then they flipped up to the revolving machinery hanging from the roof of the conversion chamber while the people who had just gone in were screaming. That was creepy. That was creepy in the same way the Dalek flying up to the viewport behind Lynda-with-a-y in "The Parting of the Ways" was creepy. *shiver*
I was very impressed with Mickey this time around. Not that I'm too upset that he's gone, but he absolutely held his own in this episode and I actually cared about his plotline. He's improved tremendously as a character since the early part of Season One.
"Age of Steel" = allusion to Art Deco, yes? Awesome. I heart Art Deco. Also, zeppelins rock. (This has nothing to do with my love affair with Charley Pollard, I swear. I've had a thing for airships since way back.)
I wanted to make some kind of comparison to "Earthshock," which I watched not too long ago, but it's been a couple days since I saw this episode, so of course I've forgotten what I was going to say. Ah, well.
Off to 1952 next week! With any luck, and if the filming photos that were everywhere in February are to be believed, there will be Jive, or a reasonable fascimilie thereof! *ballroom-dancing heart goes pitty-pat*
Now that's rather cool. This graduating thing has its benefits.
Today I also revised my resume to include my museum internship, picked up a job application from the library (according to their website, they're only actively looking for four or so positions which can only be filled by people with an MLS, but since they keep applications on file for a year or so, I figured it can't hurt to put my name in the pot for some kind of peon job for holders of a BA; besides, since I'm seriously contemplating an MLS/MLIS myself, I'd like to get some experience before I commit to another degree), and hunted down three different small presses, one of which is seeking an editorial assistant, and the other two of which accept resumes and keep them on file for some time. Yay for not being lazy? My goal is to have some kind of steady job by the end of June, even if "steady job" equates to "being listed with a temp agency."
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In other news, I watched
The end to the cliffhanger was pretty lame. Random TARDIS parts to the rescue! However, the rest of the episode was pretty awesome. I was a bit lukewarm on "Rise of the Cybermen"--it definitely seemed like it merely existed to set things up for part two, and could have been cut to half its length--but this was miles better.
I totally called "Mrs. Moore" dying. Of course she kicked it; I liked her. I kind of wanted to see what she would be like as a companion.
I figured when Jackie-the-Cyberman introduced herself that it was a trick of some kind; of course they wouldn't kill (or worse, really) even an alternate Jackie. But they did. I was impressed; that was definitely a great moment in the episode.
The best shot in the whole episode was right after Mickey(!) disabled the "emotional inhibitor" chips, and people started panicking, and then they flipped up to the revolving machinery hanging from the roof of the conversion chamber while the people who had just gone in were screaming. That was creepy. That was creepy in the same way the Dalek flying up to the viewport behind Lynda-with-a-y in "The Parting of the Ways" was creepy. *shiver*
I was very impressed with Mickey this time around. Not that I'm too upset that he's gone, but he absolutely held his own in this episode and I actually cared about his plotline. He's improved tremendously as a character since the early part of Season One.
"Age of Steel" = allusion to Art Deco, yes? Awesome. I heart Art Deco. Also, zeppelins rock. (This has nothing to do with my love affair with Charley Pollard, I swear. I've had a thing for airships since way back.)
I wanted to make some kind of comparison to "Earthshock," which I watched not too long ago, but it's been a couple days since I saw this episode, so of course I've forgotten what I was going to say. Ah, well.
Off to 1952 next week! With any luck, and if the filming photos that were everywhere in February are to be believed, there will be Jive, or a reasonable fascimilie thereof! *ballroom-dancing heart goes pitty-pat*
