I love fonts too ... though sometimes lots of choice is too much ... especially when I am trying to design some kind of poster. Although I would like to know what font the Farscape logo is written in. Do you know? I know of a really GREAT way for you to use some of these new fonts. I am doing some con books for OzScape and I'm sure some little messages written in one of your fonts would be great. Here is a post I made about the con books if you feel the need to procrastinate creatively http://www.farscapeworld.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3422

On another note, I have just read "Homestead" and I truly loved it. I found it extremely beautiful and seamless. I know that the chracters do not refer to particular people but that they are drawn from some of the women you worked with in Austria, but they must still have been so touched by what you wrote. All the women in the book were so compelling (though Johanna is my favourite). Thank you for writing it. I'm going to end with a question .... is that you on the cover?

Shall We Dance was filmed where I live, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. They built an ell track segment for the film. We have a very nice historic section that serves nicely for Chicago, since we used to be called "The Chicago of the North" some time in the late 19th century. We are nowhere near as big as Chicago now. But at the time, we were getting there. Sorry to focus on the peripheral here. It's enough I've found a moment to post, really. Love the new site. Had to warm up to it, I think. Here's a story from the filming: one of the faked up store windows for the film was apparently a goodwill shop. The people working in the building (some sort of office) got quite a few inquiries about the stuff in the window - tvs, stereos, things that were reasonably priced (well, they would be, being in U.S. dollars, and us in Canada paying more with the exchange and all...), so they had to explain to more than one "customer" that they were not for sale, and why, and why again. Us Winnipeggers can't resist a deal, I tell ya - we're known for that across Canada. Can't resist a deal, although, I remember another story from another film that was to be made here, back in the early '90s? Maybe? It was Legends of the Fall. They were looking at Winnipeg and some town in Alberta or maybe the States. Anyway. The condition on filming in our historic sector was that they had to cut down all the trees on one or two streets. They would pay us something like a million dollars, and then they'd even re-plant with new trees. To me, it was a no brainer that we'd refuse, but there are still those who say we passed up a good offer. But really. Cut down old-growth elms? We love our urban forest here! Just to look good as a movie set? Some said we'd never see another movie production here. Obviously, they were shortsighted. "Save the Elms" is a local activist group here, do I need to say? ha ha

That was soooo peripheral. Sorry.

A complete non-sequitor, but I feel the deep need to take you to task. Thanks to you, I wasted most of a day off work (I specifically took to finish grad school applications and my taxes) watching the Farscape marathon on the SciFi channel. You should be ashamed! As if it wasn't enough that I was itchy after only catching a teeny bit of the last mini-series, no, now I'm in full-fledged withdrawl, and it was only yesterday. Thanks. Now I have to hie myself to the library (or, heaven forbid, b&n;). Such obliviousness to the effects of your actions...
{end of rant. I'm off to said library.}

Pam: hey. glad to hear from you, don't worry about peripheralities.

Christina: oh, am I a happy sinner in this case. tell me what you love best.

Jacqui-- thank you kindly, I'm so pleased you liked Homestead. I feel very protective about that quiet little novel of mine, and I'm always pleased when it gets attention.

What I love best? Hmm. It's hard because I never go for sci-fi space stuff (I like terra firma, as evidenced by a tendency toward sea-sickness). So I think it's easier for me to relate because there's a present-day human in the mix, they explain some of the details that bug me (like a translator microchip; though I missed how it understands English), I'm intrigued by the thought of a pregnant spaceship, and that while each episode could be taken separately as far as plot/action is concerned, characters evolve from one to the other pretty steadily. And I like Aeryn--perfect mixture of independent strength, humor and glimpses of hidden...not really vulnerability...strong emotion? Open-ness? Then, of course, is the fact that Crichton's gorgeous.

Today's find: Stuff our mothers tried to warn us about (A safety film from the 1930's, and many other good things)...
http://www.archive.org/movies/details-db.php?collection=prelinger&collectionid;=why_not_live