woo hoo… hit 100!

Didn’t think it possible but I have made 100 posts…. oh my god! A significant milestone. I am giving myself this Dalek anniversary cake.

Actually this weekend I am going to a Dr Who dinner party which will involve ahhh watching Dr Who with some of my friends who are also fans. We are quite a mixed bunch - librarian (me), educator, classical musician, Vet and not one of us geeky! We will be doing some face-to-face social networking ;oP

Peace

Knitting Frenzy and New Year’s Resolutions

I visited my colleague whose Mum knitted a dalek. It really is beautiful. Now another colleague informs me that she only needs to finish the head and she will be finished her dalek. I met the Marketing Director at my place of work and she had a talking dalek on her desk and then we chatted about Cybermen. You never know who is a closet “Who” fan (Dr Who not the band…).

I wish I could knit. I have started thinking about “goals” for 2008. I know I am getting in early so far my list includes:

1. Learning to swim (a tragedy cos I live in Australia and I am not very confident in the water - earmarked January for this)
2. Learing to surf
3. Completing a triathlon
4. Starting a PhD
5. Learn to dance - the two step is a bit passe now and I like to bust a move
6. Be an advocate for librarians and libraries
7. Go to a least one overseas conference

I think this will keep me really busy. So I don’t think I will add too much more to it for now. With Christmas round the corner, the new year will be here before we know it.

Crafty Tardis Update of Patterns

Crafty Tardis now has updated links to the patterns in this vibrant and exciting community of dedicated Dr Who fans. They are arranged by subject for eg Tardis, Dalek and type of craft. Great stuff.

Hello world!

Welcome to Angels have the phone box my musings on pretty much anything I want but often Dr Who. Why Dr Who? Well since Russel T Davies reinvigorated the series it has been so clever and funny. What’s more David Tennant is hot!

I can’t promise that this blog will be entertaining, life changing or riveting but I intend to make occasional posts about whatever takes my fancy or follies that amuse me. I will start this post with a tribute to Crafty Tardis an online community that I think rocks. This community is dedicated to craft of the SciFi nature with a particular bent for Dr Who. It was on this blog that I found a pattern for a knitted dalek. I posted about it and wallah one of my colleagues got her mother to knit one for her. Here is the result. Her mum doesn’t even know what a dalek is hence the colour choice. But I think it is great… like a bee crossed with a dalek. Beautiful.