weekend

[gwynnega]

My new favorite thing from Trader Joe's: their dried fruit Super Cranberry & Pomegranate Blend (with raspberries, cherries and black currants). Yum.

My three-day weekend zipped by. I did a fair bit of Jo book work (still working on the new first three chapters), plus read a bunch of Michael Swanwick's awesome and page-turney Bones of the Earth and (Jo book research) Daniel Burton-Rose's fascinating Guerrilla USA: The George Jackson Brigade and the Anticapitalist Underground of the 1970s.

Also I rewatched the beginning of the Dark Shadows 1795 storyline, which I adore. Fun to see my friend Lara Parker's first appearance on the show. I wanted to post that appearance here, but it doesn't seem to be on YouTube. However I did find this nifty fan tribute to the 1795 storyline. (Damn, I hope the Johnny Depp/Tim Burton Dark Shadows film is good.)

Comments

[usedtobeljs]

Yay Trader Joe's and a good weekend. :-)

[hugs]

[gwynnega]

Have a good week, Lori! :-)

::hugs::

[skogkatt.livejournal.com]

The hair and costumes and makeup in that Dark Shadows trailer are fantastically dated. I love seeing how period costumes evolve over time.

[gwynnega]

Yes, the makeup especially is very 1967!

[sovay]

My new favorite thing from Trader Joe's: their dried fruit Super Cranberry & Pomegranate Blend (with raspberries, cherries and black currants).

. . . I didn't need to know that existed. It sounds like the purest form of fruit-crack available.

[gwynnega]

Exactly!

...and I wish I had some right now.

[denny-dc.livejournal.com]

As long as Burton is a fan, I think it will be good, but he likes to push the envelope so it will be interesting to see what envelope he actually decides to rip a part. But thank you for sharing this trailer. This show was my first vampire love, and this vid brings it back in a rush.

[gwynnega]

I know Johnny Depp is a Dark Shadows fan, and he's really the only present-day actor I think can do Barnabas justice. So I'm looking forward to it, although with some trepidation!