I don't need much, but this I need

[sovay]

When I got home from my frozen stagger through the snow-shuttered streets of Somerville (bank, groceries), I found a package from handful_ofdust in the mailbox. I was carrying three plastic bags and could no longer feel my hands; fortunately it was a compact flat package and I could stick it under one arm along with the payment from Goblin Fruit and a wedding card from friends of the family. I had to thaw out my fingers before I could unlace my boots. The apple cider sorbet I had brought home for derspatchel had not melted at all. We ate some fudge. I opened my package.

handful_ofdust sent me Peter Cushing: A Life in Film (2013) by David Miller. It is full of photographs and anecdotes and THAT'S A PICTURE OF PETER CUSHING AS ANDREW CROCKER-HARRIS FROM THE BBC'S 1955 ADAPTATION OF THE BROWNING VERSION HOLY BLAP GEMMA THIS BOOK HAS JUST EARNED ITS PASSAGE THANK YOU.

(My e-mail's still dead. But I have a new book. I can deal.)

Comments

[nineweaving.livejournal.com]

How wonderful!

Can you stream an evening of Peter Cushing as a celebration?

Nine

[sovay]

Can you stream an evening of Peter Cushing as a celebration?

Well, at least we could watch some DVDs.

[gwynnega]

A day that features apple cider sorbet and a book about Peter Cushing sounds pretty good to me.

[sovay]

A day that features apple cider sorbet and a book about Peter Cushing sounds pretty good to me.

Also leftover noodles and cheese with ham, because a snowstorm is comfort food weather. Aspects of it have not been so bad!

[moon-custafer.livejournal.com]

Our Blu-ray of Rear Window arrived today (present from my parents.) I can now see every single hair on Jimmy Stewart's arms.

[sovay]

I can now see every single hair on Jimmy Stewart's arms.

. . . A life goal achieved?

[moon-custafer.livejournal.com]

Indubitably. Though I now find myself wondering how a man could have so much hair on his arms and so little on his chest.

[ap-aelfwine.livejournal.com]

Hurrah for new books! (And other good things in the post.)

Good luck with the snow, and with the restoration of your email!

[sovay]

Good luck with the snow, and with the restoration of your email!

Thank you! It would significantly improve my week!

[handful-ofdust.livejournal.com]

Yaaaay! I'm really glad it's already paying off. As it amusingly turned out, A Life In Film is basically exactly the same book that my Dad sent me last Christmas, so when I realized that (shortly after I'd ordered it), I thought of you. Sorry not to bring it down with me to Readercon liked I'd intended, but...yeah, considering the whole puking-in-the-sink thing later on that weekend, I think I was probably distracted by incipient sickness.

That said, I have some other stuff I was going to offer you, and given the email situation, I'm just going to ask it here: Are you interested in DVD copies of Near Dark, The Thing, Angel Heart and Pacific Rim? I also have Chronicle, Iron Man 3, World War Z and Star Trek: Into Darkness to throw in the pile, if you're interested.

[sovay]

As it amusingly turned out, A Life In Film is basically exactly the same book that my Dad sent me last Christmas, so when I realized that (shortly after I'd ordered it), I thought of you.

It's awesome! I was going to be in bed with it hours ago, but first I got hijacked by writing and then by banging my head pointlessly against social media. Thank you again no matter what!

and given the email situation

In other fun news, crossposting to LJ is also broken. The flash I finished around one in the morning will obstinately not show up here, no matter what I do over at Dreamwidth. Argh.

Are you interested in DVD copies of Near Dark, The Thing, Angel Heart and Pacific Rim? I also have Chronicle, Iron Man 3, World War Z and Star Trek: Into Darkness to throw in the pile, if you're interested.

I got Pacific Rim on DVD for Christmas, actually, but I would cheerfully accept copies of Near Dark, The Thing, Angel Heart (because you made it sound amazing), and Iron Man 3! I don't think I know Chronicle.

[handful-ofdust.livejournal.com]

Chronicle is a found-footage film that starts off like "what if average high school dudes suddenly developed superpowers?" (telekinesis, in this case), but builds from there in very wrenching and interesting directions. I really love the performances, especially Michael B. Jordan as Steve the very normal, popular jock who's bigger-hearted than you'd expect and Dane DeHaan as Andrew the abused loner who obsessively films everything, the sort of guy who'd be a school shooter is a non-genre film, but might become a hero if this was a world run by Marvel or DC. Unfortunately for him it isn't, but man, he fights against the decaying orbit of his own gravitational field hard.

[davesmusictank.livejournal.com]

I love new books as a surprise present esp when it is something you wanted and you then get it as a gift.

[sovay]

I love new books as a surprise present esp when it is something you wanted and you then get it as a gift.

It wasn't even something I wanted—I knew The Peter Cushing Companion (2000) existed because handful_ofdust had written about it, but I hadn't checked on the existence of an expanded second edition. So it was just a pleasure and a surprise.

[beowabbit]

Hurray for comfort food and new books! (And good luck with email. Let me know if you want help trying to debug, although I presume you have nearer and more convenient tech support.)

[sovay]

(And good luck with email. Let me know if you want help trying to debug, although I presume you have nearer and more convenient tech support.)

(Thank you. My father actually runs the server, so it's mostly a matter of him being able to dig himself out of the snow on Cape Cod and make it back to Lexington in order to poke at the thing. He thinks it blew something in the brief blackout my mother experienced with the storm.)