Icon and The Doctor

Item One: This Icon

Last night I was reading through some of the tenipuri manga scanlations I have, trying to get a feel for that atmosphere (as opposed to the anime). And I came across this drawing of Kaidoh, from his Rokkaku match. Oh, I sighed, he's so lovely. So there was nothing for it but to make a red-figure kalos cup icon.

( how-to )

The inscription, HO PAIS KALOS, is found fairly often on vases and cups. It means "the boy is beautiful". You'll also see quite a lot of "so and so kalos" (I think they even found a cup or two with "Alkibiades kalos" on them) and I did ponder using KAIDW KALOS but I decided I liked this better.

Item Two: Doctor Who

I was ticked off to discover that the CBC premiere of Doctor Who isn't until next week. I was okay with being a few days behind the BBC releases but when it's over a week, it effectively cuts me off from any episode discussion. Unless I download it and I was going to be all good this time around and watch it on TV.

But I did download the premiere, because I'm on holidays next week. What fun!

( comments, not that spoilery )

Item Three: Trailer Park Boys

New season starts in April. Yes.

Finding time to write.

Being bemused but having no time to write is painful. It feels like unrequited love. (Or maybe unrequited like.) And I'm not sure when I'll have time to start, as I'm busy until Friday and then I leave on vacation. Maybe I can get some time to myself while we're away. I just hope I don't lose the story before then.

What do you do in this kind of situation? I can't write in a notebook at the pub very easily, so I usually do all my writing at home.

Confidential to E: Help me out here! I'm sorry I forgot about you last week.