Saturday, November 30, 2002
Last night I passed out on the sofa about midnight, though I'd intended to watch The 13th Warrior again, and didn't wake up until 9:30 this morning. Earlier, I'd ordered us out of Boxland and into the Real World (well, actually Birmingham, which isn't exactly the same thing, but we make do with what we have). We saw the remake of Solaris (very, very nice) and then had extremely spicy Thai food. Then it was back to the boxes. This morning, we've reached the stage where pictures are coming down, electronics are being packed, glass shelves from the display cases are being delt with — the parts of moving that make me the most nervous.
Today, I have to somehow find time to finish up my bits for the Trilobite: The Writing of Threshold cd, Our thoughts make spirals in their world, and e-mail some corrections for that book to Subterranean Press. Sometimes it seems that more work actually goes into these chapbooks than into the big books. Oh, and I have to get the signature sheets for Waycross into the mail this afternoon, which means driving all the way out to the airport, since the downtown post office has started closing on Saturday. And the disc for Derek with my wav files, that has to go into the mail to, so at least I have two reasons for having to drive to the airport. These will, however, be the last things I mail from Birmingham.
A note on Farscape: I'll be writing my fourth essay on the series in the next couple of weeks, to appear on SFSite.com in late December. The article will look at the campaign to save the series thus far, assess where we stand and why good television has such a hard time of it, and provide a sort of our-story-thus-far to help people who want to catch up with the show via the Christmas Eve "Chain Reaction" on Sci-Fi. In an all-day marathon, the channel will rerun the eleven episodes of Season Four that have aired, as a lead-in to the last eleven episodes of Season Four (which begin airing in January).
Now I really ought to go help with the damn packing. There seems never to be an end to it.
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