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So I went on some errands this afternoon (things that HAD to be done before I leave) instead of doing some more packing; but, let's face it, I'll probably do some more packing later. So now I've deposited my last cheque from work and a huge tub of change (just under $20, $8.50 of which was pennies), changed over my account type so that I get the cheep student rates, and made it so that I can send the parents money electronically. I feel banked out.
I also went by the video rental place and returned Dawn of the Dead, which I rented for R's last Zombie-Night on Saturday which doubled as a last hurrah for the high-school friends since we'll all be buggering of to points away and previous evidence suggests that we're not very good at keeping in touch when not in the same town. Tom the video guy was at the movie place along with Lyn, both of whom are familiar faces from years of renting. I haven't actualy seen them in a while so we had a little conversation before I left. It's weird, throughout the years that my brother and I rented videos from them (starting before they became the place to go) we'd always see those two and Ray in there, and now Ray doesn't even work there anymore and the other two never seem to be in when I go. I've even seen some turn over in the other hands that're there. It's so weird, more evidence of the world changing into a different place.
And the most exciting of all my errands was going to the post office and mailing an empty Kleenex box to the President of the Sci Fi Channel. I don't know if any of you fandom people have heard of this, but there's an initiative to bring back Stargate where fan's send in a Kleenex box with "SEND MORE" written on the side to the Sci Fi people along with a letter explaining why we want SG-1 to stick around. J, one of my most recent converts was the one to point it out to me and now I have sent a box! She sent me the site but the links no longer work so I have a feeling that the lawyery types told them to shut it down. (But I still have the address if anyone else wants to send a kleenex box!) I feel kinda weird because this just proves (with hard evidence) that I'm totally obsessed with Stargate, which makes me kinda weirded out, but at the same time I've always felt kinda awed by the fans who stood up (like for Farscape and Firefly) and told the studios what they thought and what the shows mean to them. It won't be the end of the world if nothing comes of this, but it sends a message nonetheless and I'm proud to be a part of that. I also sent a letter to the MGM people to say thanks for all the fish (or something like that) and that I appreciated them tring to find SG-1 another new home.
Last night A and I ended up seeing Pirates since he hadn't seen it yet (Sorry![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
highlandrogue I didn't see your comment until afterward and we didn't really feel like seeing Snakes on a Plane last night). We ended up flipping a coin between it and Bon Cop, Bad Cop which is a Canadian movie about police relations between Quebec and Ontario, it's also completely bilingual and apparently really funny. I still want to see that, but I was not upset about seeing Pirates again (I think I saw Bearded Jon this time!).
Tonight I'm going out to dinner with my Mum in disguise so that if I run into cowrokers they won't recognise me! (Okay, not really. And I haven't actually run into my coworkers outside of work ever, but with my luck I bet that I would and I really don't want to. I am ready to say "My ride got delayed" if all does not go to plan, but I'd rather not have to.)
I also went by the video rental place and returned Dawn of the Dead, which I rented for R's last Zombie-Night on Saturday which doubled as a last hurrah for the high-school friends since we'll all be buggering of to points away and previous evidence suggests that we're not very good at keeping in touch when not in the same town. Tom the video guy was at the movie place along with Lyn, both of whom are familiar faces from years of renting. I haven't actualy seen them in a while so we had a little conversation before I left. It's weird, throughout the years that my brother and I rented videos from them (starting before they became the place to go) we'd always see those two and Ray in there, and now Ray doesn't even work there anymore and the other two never seem to be in when I go. I've even seen some turn over in the other hands that're there. It's so weird, more evidence of the world changing into a different place.
And the most exciting of all my errands was going to the post office and mailing an empty Kleenex box to the President of the Sci Fi Channel. I don't know if any of you fandom people have heard of this, but there's an initiative to bring back Stargate where fan's send in a Kleenex box with "SEND MORE" written on the side to the Sci Fi people along with a letter explaining why we want SG-1 to stick around. J, one of my most recent converts was the one to point it out to me and now I have sent a box! She sent me the site but the links no longer work so I have a feeling that the lawyery types told them to shut it down. (But I still have the address if anyone else wants to send a kleenex box!) I feel kinda weird because this just proves (with hard evidence) that I'm totally obsessed with Stargate, which makes me kinda weirded out, but at the same time I've always felt kinda awed by the fans who stood up (like for Farscape and Firefly) and told the studios what they thought and what the shows mean to them. It won't be the end of the world if nothing comes of this, but it sends a message nonetheless and I'm proud to be a part of that. I also sent a letter to the MGM people to say thanks for all the fish (or something like that) and that I appreciated them tring to find SG-1 another new home.
Last night A and I ended up seeing Pirates since he hadn't seen it yet (Sorry
highlandrogue I didn't see your comment until afterward and we didn't really feel like seeing Snakes on a Plane last night). We ended up flipping a coin between it and Bon Cop, Bad Cop which is a Canadian movie about police relations between Quebec and Ontario, it's also completely bilingual and apparently really funny. I still want to see that, but I was not upset about seeing Pirates again (I think I saw Bearded Jon this time!).Tonight I'm going out to dinner with my Mum in disguise so that if I run into cowrokers they won't recognise me! (Okay, not really. And I haven't actually run into my coworkers outside of work ever, but with my luck I bet that I would and I really don't want to. I am ready to say "My ride got delayed" if all does not go to plan, but I'd rather not have to.)
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Date: 2006-08-30 01:06 am (UTC)From:And yay! for fan letter-writing campaigns, a time-honoured tradition.
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Date: 2006-08-30 02:42 am (UTC)From:Yay for fandom!
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Date: 2006-08-30 03:55 pm (UTC)From:And this icon comes from this (http://kuwdora.livejournal.com/96167.html) post of Sam/Rodney stuff, because they are the brainy OTP.