The Mimosa Effect 2

Remember how, way back in the dawn of time, I announced the completion of the final big climax scene of the John Dresden story? Well, the bleepin’ eternal tome of infinity (how’s that for redundancy?) now has a real, proper ending, with the requisite bittersweet final lines and everything.

Everything, that is, except a wee little 2-page-or-so epilogue, and the words “THE END”. I’ll get back to you when the last couple of pages have chugged their way out of my laser printer onto the physical reality of the printed page.

In the meantime, I plan to limp back home from the cafe in which I’m sitting (after 5 hours of writing yesterday, and 4 straight hours today, my back is one big twisted knot of ouch), settle down on the couch with a cup of tea in one hand* and a cat in my lap, and consider it a job well done.  [*Update: It ended up being ice-cream, actually, and an ongoing rotation of three cats. Also, apparently the nice people at the cafe let me stay almost half an hour past closing; perhaps they were afraid that, as with sleepwalkers, disturbing me might be somehow dangerous.]

Later all.

p.s.  Yes, I really did fill a journal with ramblings about my journey out west, and took many many lots of pictures, I just haven’t got them up online yet.  Will post an update here when I do.  There will be podcasts and slideshows and everything.

p.p.s.  The Chronicles of Nyx and Dozer will be returning shortly, for the two of you who were actually reading them.  Already have the next two installments written, they just need to be transcribed and uploaded.

p.p.p.s.  Doctor Who and Neil Gaiman, together at last.   Aside from David Tennant proving himself to be a total fanboy geek at ComicCon, I don’t think there’s anything more geektastic than that**.  Unless we could somehow work Joss Whedon into the mix…. (as Captain Jack would say, “I can’t tell you what I’m thinking now…”)

**Although Matt Smith playing the Doctor Who theme onstage with Orbital in Glastonbury might come close:

Best idea I’ve heard all day. Although I have to say that Serenity was more than just a little bit better than Biodome.

http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1935273

Copying over a post from Saturday Scribes. Feeling lazy today. Besides, it’s great news for two of my favourite writers!

Winners of the 2009 Hugo Awards are up, as of August 9th:

http://www.thehugoawards.org/2009/08/2009-hugo-award-winners/

I have to say, I think it’s totally awesome that Dr. Horrible’s SingAlong Blog won for Best Dramatic Presentation – Short Form. Way to go Joss! And another one of my favourite guys, Neil Gaiman, won for best novel. I’m not sure, but it might be the first time that a YA novel has won in that category.

Now I have to start scrounging around in the local book stores and start doing some serious reading. It’s been far too long since I bothered to check out new SF authors (I’ve been a bit of a creature of habit, genre/reading wise lately).

The Dr. Horrible soundtrack is now available for download. Huzzah! Now I can have the songs stuck in my head 24 hrs a day. … Just finished downloading. Currently listening to “My Freeze Ray.” For some reason I have this overwhelming compulsion to join the Evil League of Evil.

Speaking of which, fun bit of legalese for the day, from the iTunes license agreement:

THE APPLE SOFTWARE IS NOT INTENDED FOR USE IN THE OPERATION OF NUCLEAR FACILITIES, AIRCRAFT NAVIGATION OR COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS, LIFE SUPPORT MACHINES OR OTHER EQUIPMENT IN WHICH THE FAILURE OF THE APPLE SOFTWARE COULD LEAD TO DEATH, PERSONAL INJURY, OR SEVERE PHYSICAL OR ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE.

Wow. And I was just about to try playing my new Belle & Sebastian MP3’s using my heart rate monitor, while simultaneously trying to land a Boeing 747 on the airstrip outside of Chalk River. What was I thinking?

Thanks to Grondzilla for giving us the heads up on this, or we might have missed it, and that would have been an utter tragedy:

The free version is only going to be up on the website until July 20th. Act I & II are already up, Act III to premiere on July 19th. Help support the Joss Whedon internet revolution! Peace out… (er, but… not literally.. peace I mean…)

Even if you aren’t a Joss Whedon fan, this is a kick-ass little speech. If you are, it will just reinforce yet again why Joss rules.

“On the Road to Equality: Honouring Men on the Front Lines” (2006, Meryl Streep presenting)