6 words - beyond Drabble

Wired commissioned a bunch of writers (Card, Stephenson, Le Guin, Brin, Rucker, Moorcock...) to create Very Short Stories and the results are fab.

Some of my faves:

Longed for him. Got him. Shit.
- Margaret Atwood

Easy. Just touch the match to
- Ursula K. Le Guin

God to Earth: “Cry more, noobs!”
- Marc Laidlaw

Dinosaurs return. Want their oil back.
- David Brin

Starlet sex scandal. Giant squid involved.
- Margaret Atwood

Leia: "Baby's yours." Luke: "Bad news…"
- Steven Meretzky

Dorothy: "Fuck it, I'll stay here."
- Steven Meretzky

Canberran observations

Good:

(?) Industry House, which is a new building that has gone up over the road from work, is using a bark-and-(possibly) native-grasses garden as part of the surrounds. There are still a few too many concrete slabs covering the rest of the space, but at least it's not a water-hungry garden or another fucking fountain. It amazes me how a city, which has been in a drought for 8 years, can still be so gung-ho about running the stupid things.

Bad:

I don't know if it's a "trend", but the number of women walking around in dark outfits and light-coloured heels is astounding. I don't pretend to be a fashion expert, but it's just a bad look. Also, to the woman with the navy suit and lilac heels, I hope you're colourblind, because otherwise there is no excuse.

PS. Got both eps of Torchwood today. Eee!

Torchwood

*SQQQQQQQQQQUUUUUEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!*

OMG, the hotness, I'm going to die. I hear those slashy motors revving up now, so I want to see good smut, you hear me?

So, yes, Captain Jack (John Barrowman), just as suave and cute as ever. But Gwen (Eve Myles)... oh, it's lurrve, she is too spunky for words. As for the m/f, m/m and f/f snogging action, I though my screen was going to go up in flames. See, while the US invented the concept of sex with their sci-fi, the poms can take it that much further in cool directions on prime time public TV because their brains won't fall out of their heads with a bit of same-sex shenanigans.

I remember the Gwyneth character on the Doctor Who ep with the Welsh ghosts, and here she is again as Gwen, so I assume there's some connection. Who knows, who cares, I get to perve. If the storylines continue well (and I enjoyed the first two eps), we could have a Firefly contender on our hands for a TV series I actually get fannish about.

Speaking of, I've got my hands on the first 2 series of BSG, so I'll see what all the ranting is about. Since the female character that all the dykes rave about seems quite butch-ish, I don't necessarily think I'll have a lust object there, alas. We'll see.

Getting back to Torchwood, the wee Caerdyyyyyydd tourist fest is nice too. Despite how terribly uncool it is, I liked Cardiff as a town. Also, two of my groovy friends live there, so it has built-in cred.

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