paint the sky with stars

Under an hour left until the shower happens. At the moment, we are expecting 10 people (originally hoped to maybe get 3x that many but time crunch didn't allow it). I think everything is going to go well, it's not going to be a big thing but it will be fun and nice and stuff. Hopefully. Sigh.

I also finished reading Mockingjay today. Not quite sure how I feel about the ending yet, though I am not 100% happy with the handling of Finnick, who ended up becoming my favourite character (though this is a cast where I love almost everyone, only real exceptions would be Gale, who I'm ambivalent about, and Snow who was okay as a villain but not great, though he improved at the end ... and in the movie he is Donald Sutherland and thus I must love him there.) All and all though I really do love that a book series like this was written for the teenage demographic because it's complex and challenging, more so than what you usually get in YA.

I really want to see the movie again, now that I've read the books and have a better appreciation and understanding of the world.

In other movie news, I have not seen the Avengers and am still not sure when I will. I'm sure I'll like the movie but the characters are just not ones that really excite/interest me that much. So it will probably be a rental down the lines though who knows, really.

Finally, OMG Jamie Bamber is coming to Ottawa Comic Con, which means I can get another signature for my BSG cast picture. And it's from one of the actors I was most worried about tracking down too, seeing as he is British and all (my other main worry naturally is James Callis, for the same reason, though at least he hasn't gone off to start in British television like Jamie).

Very excited for the con. Just need to survive the shower first.