pedanther

1. "Listen" was a case in point for something I've often said about Doctor Who: it was never the monsters that made me want to hide behind the sofa, it was the socially awkward bits. The monster in "Listen" was interesting, but the bit that made me do the adult equivalent of hiding behind the sofa (which in my case is Casually Deciding To Go And Get A Glass Of Water And Then Hovering In The Doorway Until The Scary Bit Is Over) was the second restaurant scene.

Which is why I'm really not looking forward to this week's episode.


2. The Yuletide fanfic exchange is starting up again for another year. I participated for the first time last year, and enjoyed it, but I'm not sure if I'll go in again this year; I have more on my plate right now, and unlike last year I don't have one particular goal that I really want to achieve and have only one year to achieve it in.


3. I have a next door neighbour who I only ever seem to talk to about once a year when I'm in the backyard looking over something some yobbo's made a mess of and she sticks her head over the fence to commiserate because they've made a mess in her backyard too. It's nice to have a friendly person to talk to in the circumstances, but one could wish the circumstances were otherwise.


4. Every now and again, I'll come into possession of a foreign coin that's been floating around playing the role of an Australian coin for a succession of people who haven't looked at it closely. The latest one is the colour and approximately the shape and size of a 20 cent coin, but is actually a 20 franc coin from French Polynesia.


5. I've been growing a moustache for my role in The Duchess of Coolgardie, and it's prompted a remarkable number of unrelated people to comment that I look like Freddie Mercury.