Below are the most recent 10 friends' journal entries.

Saturday, July 11th, 2009
craigoxbrow	4:01p	Torchwood: Kids In The Mud On the whole, I kinda liked it. (A first for Torchwood where previous series have been best used as a metric for a drinking game.) ( We Are Spoiling. ) Looking at it via The Writer's Tale, where RTD acknowledges the problems of his dropping out of writing the Torchwood S2 opener and that opportunity to rejig the series to live up to its potential, seeing the show he had in mind is rather interesting. If it had been a standalone series (some of his Torchwood ideas started off as a non-Whoniverse series idea before he got the Who job) it might have been stronger yet. And he probably would have written more episodes of previous series himself in a parallel universe where he wasn't knackering himself running Who. Current Mood: okay (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, July 7th, 2009
craigoxbrow	4:44p	David Tennant's next role announced. And, um... He's the villain in St. Trinian's 2. Current Mood: confused (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, July 6th, 2009
craigoxbrow	8:14p	In other news... TORCHWOOOOOOD! Although this time out RTD actually wrote two of the episodes, which is twice as many as both the previous series put together. (9 Comments |Comment on this)
craigoxbrow	8:07p	Trek 'shopping ( Preliminaries from the costume department ) By comparison, Deleted doesn't lend itself to this kind of work. But it does have a teaser poster. And I'm also doing pen and ink stuff, mostly prompted by the Remake/Remodel threads at Whitechapel. For example, Harry Houdini fighting a fake robot and the Madagascar Strangler. Current Mood: busy Current Music: Muse, Starlight (Comment on this)
Friday, July 3rd, 2009
craigoxbrow	11:27p	I was on the internet within minutes... Blood: The Last Vampire was... well, it was a bit crap, really. ( Contains spoilers, in the event of caring ) I will say that the ticket lines at Cineworld are a delight compared to the ones at the Vue, although the parking was kinda horrific. Trailers: Inglorious Basterds, a French gangster thing with Vincent Cassel, and the new Pelham 123. And I wasn't too keen on the new Orange Film Council ad either... Current Mood: blah (Comment on this)
grahamrobinson	9:13p	Bloody Good Match, Though I wonder if I'm the only person in the country who's happy that Andy Roddick beat Andy Murray earlier today. Nothing against Murray - he's a fine player, seems a nice chap, and his grandparents are old friends of my parents. But I've always liked Roddick. He plays exciting tennis, seems a nice guy, and (unlike Murray) hasn't got many chances at Wimbledon left. I'll be slightly surprised if Murray doesn't win Wimbledon at some point; Roddick wins it this year or he probably won't. I don't see either of them beating Federer, but that's another matter entirely. If Murray had made the final, I suspect I'd have supported him. Again, nothing against Rog, but he has won it a time or two already... The counter-argument - that I should support Murray because he's British - makes no sense to me. Almost seems a little creepy. The lines between patriotism, nationalism, and xenophobia have always seemed a bit too blurred for my liking, and being an Englishman living in Scotland probably doesn't help. Some sports are naturally group events, and accidents of geography seem a reasonably legitimate way of defining teams. But tennis is an individual sport. Surely personality, playing style, or being the plucky underdog should have some bearing on who to support? Turning it into a national flag-waving event just seems wrong somehow. (6 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, July 2nd, 2009
grahamrobinson	8:27p	Short and Sweet It's been ages since I posted anything. Not for lack of things to write about, but due to lack of time given dog shows, Tara's birthday(*), gardening, bbqs, mother-in-law's birthday, Zak getting injured (and recovering), Tara being ill (and recovering), collar making, friends visiting, visiting friends, and the unending war to delay the inevitable victory of entropy(**). I was therefore surprised to find I have nothing booked for this weekend. Did I forget to note down an engagement? Or is there really nothing happening? In which case, would anyone like to meet up for an impromptu pub night/party/whatever on Saturday? (*) - Tara's now four, and in a fortnight Cisco will be fourteen. Where does the time go? (**) - If anyone knows of a decent roofer who can repair/add flashing where needed to stop leaks, I'd be very grateful for an introduction... (1 Comment |Comment on this)
craigoxbrow	2:33p	One small step Forty years ago, a human being set foot on the Moon. It's been more than thirty-six years since the last time. It was all Kennedy and LBJ's idea, but the only world leader to actually send people to the moon was Nixon. Can we maybe do something about that, someday? Current Mood: thoughtful (5 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, July 1st, 2009
craigoxbrow	7:24p	Three page Buffy comic is three page long. And lack of the sense, but art am be pretty. Current Mood: befuddled (3 Comments |Comment on this)
craigoxbrow	4:25a	It is done. It's 4.17 a.m. and I just emailed out the first draft of The Watch House 7.22. Now... anybody who can draw want to do Season Eight as a webcomic? :D Current Mood: exhausted Current Music: Ash, Evil Eye (1 Comment |Comment on this)