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So...

I got back last night from my San Diego weekend excursion, and it was fantastic. I flew in Saturday afternoon, got my rental car, and drove to the Holiday Inn (my *awesome* aunt and uncle were down there already, and they let me crash at their hotel), dropped off the car, and headed over to the convention center. I picked up my Comic-Con badge for Sunday, and headed up to the House of Blues, where the Battlestar Galactica concert was going to be.

On the way, I passed the replica "Cafe Diem" that SyFy had set up in the Hard Rock hotel:



Yes, those are cardboard cutouts of Allison and Carter outside. There was also one of Fargo, on the other side of the picket fence.

I got to the House of Blues and sat down at the bar to have dinner. Pleasant surprise: it was happy hour, so I got a burger and a few drinks and I only shelled out about $14. Score! Then I headed outside and got in line. The doors opened at 7, and we rushed downstairs. I managed to get front and center, which was awesome. At 8, they opened the show with Brendan's Band (Brendan McCreary is Bear's brother), who played for about an hour. Grace Park (Boomer/Athena) was the MC for the night, and when she came out she introduced Edward James Olmos and Tahmoh Penikett (Adama & Helo) who said a few words. Eddie did the whole gravely-voiced Adama thing, leading us all in chanting "So say we all!". I may or may not have nearly had a seizure from all the awesome at this point, and Bear and the orchestra hadn't even come out yet!

( Concert details -- click if you want to know just how obsessed I am... )

Sunday morning, my aunt and uncle and I headed over to the convention center and got in line for the Doctor Who panel (I told you they were awesome). We got in, and I was probably more deafened by the fangirl shrieking for David Tennant than I was in the front row at the concert the night before. Well, I was shrieking too (on the inside).

( David Tennant! And...other things )

I left the convention center at about 3, returned my rental car and headed back to the airport and home. Now, off to work! I'm exhausted and my feet are killing me, but it was definitely worth it and we are planning to go experience Comic-Con in full next year!

So...at work today, Tony mentioned BookSwim to me. It's like Netflix, but with books. Really. You search their library, add books to your queue pool, and they ship you three at a time (or more) and you read them and ship them back. And get more books. And you can buy a book and keep it if you really like it.

So. Awesome.

Also awesome: Bear's blog post on the BSG finale. Warning: VERY spoiler heavy, as it basically details every minute of the score in relation to the episode. It's things like this that make me love the show even more.

It's coming! Tonight it'll all be over and decided, hopefully for the best. In two hours (but who's counting?) I'll be curled up on the sofa in my Roslin/Airlock '08 shirt, with John and popcorn and our extended BSG family, for the last Friday night.

Except for The Plan, but that's a horse of a different color anyway.

I'm impatient to watch it, but I don't want it to be over.

I can't believe I forgot to post something! Well, this has been the craziest week EVER, so maybe that explains it. Also, my brain was oozing out of my ears at the 50-minute mark of the show.

As this episode started, John turned to me and asked, "I wonder if this episode will just be about the fleet, and we won't go to the basestar at all?"

Well, as it turned out, he was right. But before we get into that, go check out Bear's entry on the episode's music. Because it was fantastic. And perfect.

...all of which managed to make my brain explode. Well, except for NCIS. Thank you, NCIS. Onward!





That's all she wrote, folks!

Okay, first of all? Episode title makes me think of 1st season BSG with Baltar, Caprica 6 and the Destiny Baby in the Opera House.

Ahem.

My reaction to this episode: WHAAA!?!?

The next few weeks are going to be very hard on my poor brain...Lost on Thursday nights followed by BSG on Friday nights? And saving up all the episodes of Grey's because I cannot handle all three shows in quick succession.

Okay, okay, on to the episode proper...

( Hi, Lostzilla! )

I give up. JJ, Carlton, Ron, David? Here's my brain -- go do whatever you want with it.

Okay. Bear McCreary is my new TV boyfriend. No, he's not an actor. He's the composer for Battlestar Galactica.

When I realized that part of the draw for me was the incredible and complex music in the show, I did a little looking, and found Bear's blog - in which he musically dissects each episode. Complete with snippets of each musical theme. Check it out.

And thus, I was obsessed. And immediately purchased the soundtracks for seasons 1-3.

*starts counting down until 10pm tonight*

Grr...I wish I had time to watch it on SciFi's website! They're showing it right now! *whine* But since John's not here...he'd kill me for watching without him.