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shadowkatI kind of fell down the rabbit hole of Tony Head tributes and clips last night so forgot about doing various memes. Also, we lost two Star Wars alums: Marsha Lucas (George Lucas's wife and his film editor - at 80) and Tom Kane (the voice of Yoda in Star Wars, among others) in May.
Health update - it's an atypical mole (and rather small) - which means careful monitoring, but no surgical removal as of yet. It's not a melanoma, but they need to ensure it doesn't become one. So, alas, more doctors appointments. I thought August would be doctor free - but no, I have my next appointment scheduled for August 11 at 9:30 am, if I get called for Jury Duty - I may have to push it out.
This morning - I woke up with painful right knee. Felt like someone stuck a hot poker into the left side of the right knee. After hobbling about, making the bed, taking a shower, putting cream on it, and taking an aleve, felt better. Also sorted out the rest of the winter-spring attire to make room for the spring-summer attire. (There's a lot of clothing that I need to get rid of. I foresee lugging clothing to the basement in the foreseeable future. I take it down there - it magically disappears on its own. ) Actually standing on it for a bit - helped. I think I moved it the wrong way in my sleep. Oh well, I'm getting the first injection into it - this coming week - so that should help tremendously.
I felt accomplished and slightly better. (Back is just bugging me. Will do exercises shortly. Doing the heating pad first.) After that - it was around 11:30 am and I'd not eaten anything or taken my pills, so that had to be seen to.
But. Just as I was about to make brunch - I saw a wasp crawling along the inside of the apartment window. I stared at it in shock. First wasp I've seen in ...I can't remember how long? And it was a big one too. Cursed. And hunted for something to catch it in. Settled on a small glass jar with a plastic lid - which worked better than expected. Sealed it inside. Then put on my sandals, grabbed my phone and my keys, and took it down the elevator and outside the building, where I set it free. Yes, it's a wasp. But it's easier to set it free than to try and kill it. And I'm not a fan of killing things? I'd much prefer to set them outside where they belong, if at all possible? It did worry me - how had it gotten into the apartment and from where? I checked all the windows and there didn't appear to be a way in? It might have gotten in last night when I had to open a window to remove the window fan, and shut the window. I did it - because I wasn't unconvinced that bugs were coming into the apartment through the fan, even though it was pressed against a screen in the window - the screen wasn't the best, and the window was old and had issues.
After that I tried to make brunch - only to have the two freshly cracked eggs slide down between the stove and the counter top, because they got knocked out of the container I'd put them in when the coconut oil fell from the shelf into the container. I didn't give up. I still made fried eggs, grits and power greens (argula, spinach, and protein pea shoots with lemon juice on the greens).
So a productive morning?
Friday Five swiped from solenne.
1. Do you enjoy reading?
Oh I adore it. Which is kind of strange considering how long it took me to figure out how to do it. It didn't come easily. I'm the sort of person who appears to appreciate the things that don't come easily for me? Once I figured out how to read? I read everything in sight. I devoured books.
2. What is the first book you remember reading?
It was probably the Robin Hood picture book based on the Disney Cartoon. I also read Benji. Most books were read to me - such as the EB White Books, which I adored. The Little House on the Prairie novels that were read to me and I'd read. Ronald Dahl's Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator and James and the Giant Peach. A lot of ghost stories.
But the first I loved was probably Watership Down, followed by Misty of Chinaook Island, Lisa Bright and Dark, Witches of Worm by Zelphia Keatley Snyder, The Westing Game, Escape to Witch Mountain, The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien...
3. Who is your favourite author?
At the moment? It's probably Illona Andrews - who I've read just about everything they've written. They write urban fantasy, sci-fantasy, science fiction romance, and epic fantasy romance. But romance is slow burn and not the main focus of most of their books.
But it shifts a lot, and technically, I don't really have a favorite? My spellcheck doesn't like how folks are spelling favourite - it wants favorite. It's an American English Spell Check.
4. What is your favourite book?
There's too many, and it constantly changes? I mean it would be like picking a favorite pet or child? I've books I've loved and re-read multiple times - such as the Vicky Bliss mysteries, the Kate Daniels series, the Dresden Files, the Hobbit, Dune, Anne McCaffrey's Dragon Rider series, Pride and Prejudice and Persuasion, The Secret History....the Snow Queen by Joan D. Vinge, Storm of Swords by GRR Martin, The Great Gatbsy...
5. What is the last book you read and the first you'll read next?
The Inheritance by Illona Andrews and a reread via audio book of Proven Guilty by Jim Butcher, currently reading This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me by Illona Andrews (hardcover and audio book), and Wylding Hall by Elizabeth Hand (e-book).
I really love books. I love reading. I love discussing books. I love analyzing them, I love writing them. As long as books exist, life is good. What I love about NYC is it such a book city. There are books everywhere. And people reading them everywhere. It's a city that loves to read, talk about books, sell books, and write books. It's my type of city.
Health update - it's an atypical mole (and rather small) - which means careful monitoring, but no surgical removal as of yet. It's not a melanoma, but they need to ensure it doesn't become one. So, alas, more doctors appointments. I thought August would be doctor free - but no, I have my next appointment scheduled for August 11 at 9:30 am, if I get called for Jury Duty - I may have to push it out.
This morning - I woke up with painful right knee. Felt like someone stuck a hot poker into the left side of the right knee. After hobbling about, making the bed, taking a shower, putting cream on it, and taking an aleve, felt better. Also sorted out the rest of the winter-spring attire to make room for the spring-summer attire. (There's a lot of clothing that I need to get rid of. I foresee lugging clothing to the basement in the foreseeable future. I take it down there - it magically disappears on its own. ) Actually standing on it for a bit - helped. I think I moved it the wrong way in my sleep. Oh well, I'm getting the first injection into it - this coming week - so that should help tremendously.
I felt accomplished and slightly better. (Back is just bugging me. Will do exercises shortly. Doing the heating pad first.) After that - it was around 11:30 am and I'd not eaten anything or taken my pills, so that had to be seen to.
But. Just as I was about to make brunch - I saw a wasp crawling along the inside of the apartment window. I stared at it in shock. First wasp I've seen in ...I can't remember how long? And it was a big one too. Cursed. And hunted for something to catch it in. Settled on a small glass jar with a plastic lid - which worked better than expected. Sealed it inside. Then put on my sandals, grabbed my phone and my keys, and took it down the elevator and outside the building, where I set it free. Yes, it's a wasp. But it's easier to set it free than to try and kill it. And I'm not a fan of killing things? I'd much prefer to set them outside where they belong, if at all possible? It did worry me - how had it gotten into the apartment and from where? I checked all the windows and there didn't appear to be a way in? It might have gotten in last night when I had to open a window to remove the window fan, and shut the window. I did it - because I wasn't unconvinced that bugs were coming into the apartment through the fan, even though it was pressed against a screen in the window - the screen wasn't the best, and the window was old and had issues.
After that I tried to make brunch - only to have the two freshly cracked eggs slide down between the stove and the counter top, because they got knocked out of the container I'd put them in when the coconut oil fell from the shelf into the container. I didn't give up. I still made fried eggs, grits and power greens (argula, spinach, and protein pea shoots with lemon juice on the greens).
So a productive morning?
Friday Five swiped from solenne.
1. Do you enjoy reading?
Oh I adore it. Which is kind of strange considering how long it took me to figure out how to do it. It didn't come easily. I'm the sort of person who appears to appreciate the things that don't come easily for me? Once I figured out how to read? I read everything in sight. I devoured books.
2. What is the first book you remember reading?
It was probably the Robin Hood picture book based on the Disney Cartoon. I also read Benji. Most books were read to me - such as the EB White Books, which I adored. The Little House on the Prairie novels that were read to me and I'd read. Ronald Dahl's Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator and James and the Giant Peach. A lot of ghost stories.
But the first I loved was probably Watership Down, followed by Misty of Chinaook Island, Lisa Bright and Dark, Witches of Worm by Zelphia Keatley Snyder, The Westing Game, Escape to Witch Mountain, The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien...
3. Who is your favourite author?
At the moment? It's probably Illona Andrews - who I've read just about everything they've written. They write urban fantasy, sci-fantasy, science fiction romance, and epic fantasy romance. But romance is slow burn and not the main focus of most of their books.
But it shifts a lot, and technically, I don't really have a favorite? My spellcheck doesn't like how folks are spelling favourite - it wants favorite. It's an American English Spell Check.
4. What is your favourite book?
There's too many, and it constantly changes? I mean it would be like picking a favorite pet or child? I've books I've loved and re-read multiple times - such as the Vicky Bliss mysteries, the Kate Daniels series, the Dresden Files, the Hobbit, Dune, Anne McCaffrey's Dragon Rider series, Pride and Prejudice and Persuasion, The Secret History....the Snow Queen by Joan D. Vinge, Storm of Swords by GRR Martin, The Great Gatbsy...
5. What is the last book you read and the first you'll read next?
The Inheritance by Illona Andrews and a reread via audio book of Proven Guilty by Jim Butcher, currently reading This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me by Illona Andrews (hardcover and audio book), and Wylding Hall by Elizabeth Hand (e-book).
I really love books. I love reading. I love discussing books. I love analyzing them, I love writing them. As long as books exist, life is good. What I love about NYC is it such a book city. There are books everywhere. And people reading them everywhere. It's a city that loves to read, talk about books, sell books, and write books. It's my type of city.
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Date: 2026-06-06 10:11 pm (UTC)I was also sad to hear about Marcia Lucas. The tribute I read mentioned how she cried when she saw Ep 1 of Star Wars because it was so awful. It made it so clear how she was the one who made New Hope work, and thus led it to be such a blockbuster. Makes me sad for all of us that she didn't work on any of the subsequent films.
One of the great things about Tony Head that I've yet to hear anyone say directly (though you last post about him gave good evidence of) is what a fearless actor he was. Even the role of Giles was so multifaceted, but the other parts too were characters that could be completely unlikable, or disappointing people, or just outright farce. There was very little he didn't do.
On Head
Date: 2026-06-07 12:43 am (UTC)I mean he did Repo Man: the Genetic Opera, played the antagonistic roles of Uther Pendragon, Rupert Mannion (Ted Lasso), the father in Persuasion - and provided enough layers that he was endlessly watchable in them. Even Freddie Trumper in Chess - was not the hero, he was the antagonistic American, but he managed to play him with a pathos that was not self-pitying, and more sardonic and witty. Something Murray Head didn't quite pull off.
Add to all of that? The people he worked with in general - loved him. Fans loved him. There's a story on instagram about Head from an actor who played one of Glory's minions - the one Head tortures in the Magic Shop, who explains how his worst experience with acting was on Buffy - and he was so downtrodden, he sat alone contemplating his career after the last scene was shot. Head comes up to him, sits beside him, puts his arm around him, and proceeds to cheer him up, and tell him that acting is like this and not let it get him down. The act of kindness made his day - and this, he states, is who Tony was.
Tribute after Tribute on Instagram was basically that. From around the world, by fans, actors who worked with him, writers, directors...he left a legacy of kindness behind him.
Marcia Lucas
Date: 2026-06-07 12:51 am (UTC)It is such a shame. Marcia Lucas is why we got Harrison Ford as Solo. Marcia and the casting director threw Ford into all the screen tests. Lucas didn't want to use him because he was in American Graffitti and Lucas had this thing about reusing actors.
I've still not quite forgiven Lucas is for screwing up the prequels by attempting to make them kids movies. I feel validated that Marcia Lucas had the same reaction to Episode 1 that I did.
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Date: 2026-06-07 03:22 pm (UTC)