I shared this adorable story of one Matt Smith (not the Doctor) dressed as the Doctor (as played by another Matt Smith) proposing to his girlfriend at the Doctor Who Experience with my Whovian coworkers and got this response.
Instead of a lion rampant on the imperial crest, one could have a Dalek Victorious!
As embarrassed as I can occasionally be about my rampant Anglophilia, I am unashamed of my obsessive fangirlism. Well, maybe not “unashamed”. More like “have come to terms with”. I am desperately uncool, but at 26, I’m okay with that. I am what the Brits might uncharitably call an “anorak” about many things, but whatever. [...]
As she is my Mum, I suppose she knows me best. But yeah, I really am an 8-year-old boy at heart, aren’t I?
See, I always knew I was dating a 900-year-old time-travelling alien. ♥ ♥
(It’s not often my geekery and my romantic life overlap in such a way as to bring me such intense nerdly joy.)
For those who aren’t familiar with the text (I highly doubt my blog readership–such as it is, ha–isn’t familiar with Shakespeare, but you never know), Much Ado About Nothing is a romantic comedy in which two pairs of lovers, Beatrice and Benedick and Hero and Claudio, get into complications on their respective ways to the [...]
Holiday weekends are never long enough to do both what is pleasurable and what is necessary. After having a survived a rather hellish post-BEA month, I thought I deserved a little mental respite, so Bear and I went down to his parents’ shorehouse for a mini-break. It rained buckets the entire time we were there–practically [...]
- “Utopia”, Doctor Who 3 x 11
In four days I will be turning twenty-six. I feel old, and therefore do not feel compelled to organize natal festivities. I am also in Extreme Hermit Mode, meaning I’m not inclined to see anyone either. All I want to do is sit at home and watch old school X-Files episodes, possibly with very close friends who won’t judge me for not showering or changing out of my pyjamas. Adulthood is all about doing whatever the fuck you want, right?
I BLOODY WELL GIVE A FUCK ABOUT THE OXFORD COMMA. I’m sorry, but there’s a world of difference between: I’d like to thank my parents, Harry Potter, and Jesus. and I’d like to thank my parents, Harry Potter and Jesus. CLARITY. IT IS IMPORTANT.
S. Jae-Jones, but JJ, if you please. Editrix at St. Martin's Press. Writer. Artist. Avid skydiver. And she abandons her mind to obscure arts.