Testing crosspost to LJ.

Just b/c it's raining and I'm stuck at work and am bored. Who goes to the aquarium on a rainy Sunday?

In other news, one of the rats bit me. I hope we end up feeding them to the snakes, b/c they're not going to be good encounter or outreach animals if they keep on biting people (I'm not the only one).

I had a host of preschoolers yesterday and got them all hopped up on sugar before I sent them home. I'm sure the parents love me!

Another Gateverse year at D*C!

It had been a while since I'd looked at the guest list for this year's Dragon*Con, so while I'm bored at work I thought I'd look at it. It's definitely a good year for the Gateverse actors.

Claudia Black is listed again! Yay! Also Michael Shanks, Lexa Doig, Paul McGillion, and Jason Momoa listed so far. Still hoping for Ben Browder some day.

For BSG it's Aaron Douglas as usual, Alessandro Juliani (Gaeta), Kandyse McClure, Mary McDonnell, Edward James Olmos, and Kate Vernon (Ellen Tigh).

There may be interesting oldschool!BSG wank, as Dirk Benedict will be joining Richard Hatch this year. Heh.

Dwight Schultz will also be there, so I'm going to be hopeful for an A-Team panel. That would rock :)

Definitely going to the Farscape panels again. Paul Goddard is coming this year! Plus Wayne Pygram, who I probably won't recognize out of the Scorpius makeup.

LOTR fan film to premiere online

Has anyone else seen the trailer to a fan-made film called "The Hunt for Gollum" that's supposed to be a sort of "missing scene" for LOTR?

According to an article at the BBC, it was filmed in North Wales (gorgeous choice, IMO) and other areas of the UK on a budget of only 3,000 pounds. And it looks way more impressive than most fan films I've seen. They've got the look of the trilogy, for sure.

It's supposed to be available online this month, presumably for free since they were told by New Line that they had to be non-profit. I'm looking forward to it. They hired real, trained actors, and it looks like it'll be good. Interesting, at least.

ETA: The movie is actually up already! Watch it here