Sep. 25th, 2007

hildy89: (reading glasses)
The glories of the coming of the new prescription. Lately I've noticed just enough of a blurring of my distance vision to make me concerned. I'd had it checked a few years ago, but it hadn't been that different, but I did wind up with new reading glasses. Finally last night I hailed out to Seven Corners to get checked out at my venerable eye place. I think I've always gone to that location, even before it changed to Pearle. Have I mentioned I loathe the glaucoma test where they puff air at you? They tell you not to blink, but it's a reflex action. The actual exam was pretty painless, just an adjustment of the old prescription. "Is one or two better? Is that worse?" They do think it'll make my vision a little clearer. Then I went to find new spectacles. I hate picking out the right frames, so I'm glad the opticians are so intuitive on what works and what doesn't on my face. I wound up getting two pairs, one regular and one sunglasses.

I took a quick stop across the way at the Barnes & Noble for new manga. I picked up the latest volume of Gunslinger Girl, which ADV is finally releasing. I have the anime on my Netflix. I also bought the first volume of La Corda D'oro, a shoujo book set in a music school. I was curious after seeing an article in the last Shoujo Beat on some of the classical pieces mentioned in the series. I may regret picking up the Dark Horse translation of the Dirty Pair book. They're definitely an acquired taste.

I discovered to my horror they'd changed the bus stop at that shopping center. I'm not wild about the new location. That led me to getting home too late for the "Heroes" premiere! Horrors! Thank god for dvrs. I have to reset my brain to "tv watching season", because it's been on summer saving time
hildy89: (bunnicula)
I thought a few others on my flist would appreciate this meme:

[livejournal.com profile] sarajlarson listed her five main vampire influences over the years. Mine include some traditional and some not so. Despite my interest in vampires, I haven't watched or read nearly as much as you'd expect. I'm really surprised not many book vampires made the cut.

1. Bela Lugosi's Dracula - I can't remember where or when I saw this, but I was quite young. I do distinctly remember it was black and white, so I'm pretty sure it was the Lugosi version. I also remember seeing the original "Mummy" in that same stretch.

2. Bunnicula by James & Deborah Howe. Mix one poor little bunny, a paranoid cat and well meaning dog and you get a weird classic of vampire lore. What? It totally counts. (Not to be outdone by a followup "Celery Stalks at Midnight"...)

3. Forever Knight - I still remember discovering this late one night at the dorm in Tuscaloosa. I couldn't sleep, so I turned on the television and found Nick and Janette and Lacroix on CBS' old "Crimetime after Primetime" lineup.

4. Buffy the Vampire Slayer - The funny part is I did watch the Kristy Swanson movie first. I was one of the ones who stared at the tv listings and said "They made a tv series out of this?" Then I caught part of the summer rerun of the first season and I was hooked completely, mostly by a certain charming British librarian. They became a part of my fannish life for the next several years. If Babylon 5 was the fandom that taught me web design, Buffy pushed me towards fanfiction, for good or ill. Even when the show darkened over the coming years, I still had a fondness for that universe.

5. Vampire Hunter D - In retrospect, this was probably one of my early introductions to anime beyond the Robotech/Macross mecha and robots, seen on the old Sci Fi channel's morning anime block. Moody, dark and atmospheric. I've only seen the original Vampire Hunter D movie, not "Bloodlust", and I haven't dabbled in the novels yet.

Other influences: the British Ultraviolet (sorta Spooks with Vampires instead), Dark Shadows (mostly the 1990 revival), Vampire: the Masquerade rpg, Blood Ties (both books & later tv series)

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