walking with dragons

I was very disappointed with the third season of Primeval. It's definitely moved from the realm of science fiction to fantasy, more of a monster of the week. ( Open With Care. Spoilers Within. ) I admit it's my gamer heritage, but one of the things I like about good fiction is the ability to create an internally consistent background universe that actually works (in non-SF/F this is trivial, of course). Whilst I may enjoy narrative-based stories (such as the scale-breaking Star Trek movie), I find these rather more ephemeral and less filled with possibility. Of course, one of the reasons why I'm saying this is that the original two seasons of Primeval did remind me of a role-playing game, especially in how the lead adventurers met up and joined forces.

has my warranty run out yet?

Had a wonderful lunch with my third favourite kitsune (only because my second favourite kitsune gets annoyed if anyone apart from my first favourite kitsune preceeds Her Majesty [and even then, she is just bowing to the inevitable]) and her nauseated cat-thing at the Abyssinian. Excellent company, and quite good food, although the traditional injera rice flatbread lacks a lot of structural strength, making it somewhat messy food. <grin> So much so that I'm vaguely contemplating an expedition to the restaurant to mourn the passing of another year (my 23rd and a bit*). It would have to be on the actual Thursday itself, given a couple of other people's commitments concerning small children (I might get confused and eat them too, you see). * 0.377 (to 3dp). This, of course, relies on the assumption that all men are from Mars, and all women are from Venus.