News! Birds! See you in a week!!!!

[summer_jackel]

Neat, neat neat news from shoka: HBO is making George R.R. Martin's 'Song of Ice and Fire' into a TV series!!!! eeeeeeeeeeeee! The excitement!!! I am a sucker for those books.

I hope that they do a decent job on the direwolves...the CG technology exists to do a great job but probably not on their budget. I hope that if it comes to that, they just use real, trained wolves...or even malamutes, heck...instead of using bad animation/props or, worse yet, awful fursuits. I am still not over the *bloody awful* werewolves in Buffy, no I'm not. (Furries out there, you can sympathize. Not only have I seen better werewolves stalking the hallways at cons, I'm not even referring to the super-spiffy professional costumes...)

I need someone to tape this for me when it airs...
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117957532.html?categoryid=14&cs=1

On the way home from work, I saw a black shouldered kite hunting in an open field:
http://members.iinet.net.au/~spr/enotatus.html

http://www.wildlife-photo.org/gallery/albums/wildlife_birds_photography/black_shouldered_kite_birds_pictures_photos_images_kj7t8913.jpg

It is the second time I have seen her in the same place. It lifted an otherwise rather depressed mood quite a bit; they are beautiful birds, and possibly my favorite raptor. I love the birds of prey and always enjoy seeing them. Redtailed and redshouldered hawks are common here; I also see a fair number of sharp-shinned hawks and American kestrels, and ospreys if you go to the river. Sometimes a golden eagle. But the kites are the least common of Sonoma County's raptors, at least in my experience. I've only seen them a couple of times after living here more than 17 years, and every time is a thrill. They are so slim and graceful, and rather shockingly white. I hope I see this bird a lot more.

So, I will be many of you all at Furcon on Saturday morning! Yay! I can hardly wait!

Comments

[noahbrand.livejournal.com]

You want to talk bad werewolves, how about that hyperattenuated chihuahua in the third Harry Potter movie? Rent DOG SOLDIERS if you want some good, scary, physically impressive werewolves.

[summer-jackel.livejournal.com]

/barf, cough, gag/
Ohyeah, I was trying to forget about that one. /coughs up a hairball/

I swear, they did a better job in 'American Werewolf in London' and there has been HOW much improvement in effects in the intervening years?

I actually own 'Dog Soldiers'...my friend Greg bought it for me...but I haven't seen it yet.

[baxil.livejournal.com]

Yay! Saturday! Furcon! Yay!

I think I have your cell phone number; mine's in my journal. I'd love to find some time to hang out.

[summer-jackel.livejournal.com]

yes! Look for me, I will be there Sat AM.

[talynwolf.livejournal.com]

*camps out by the lobby ready for Jackel pouncings*