Snowflake Challenge #14

[killclaudio]

snowflake_challenge -- Challenge #14:

In your own space, post your pictures of your fandom scavenger hunt results.

1. a fannish item



My AO3 Hugo Award pin.

I don't own as much fannish merchandise as I would like - usually either I'm in fandoms where it's not much of a thing or I'm too picky about what I want. Or it's too expensive, as is the case with all the beautiful leather-bound books I want to buy.

So this is the start and end of my collection, pretty much. But I'm very proud of it. We won a Hugo! It deserved to be commemorated.

2. something round

3. something that is your favorite color



My favourite colour is yellow, but there's not much of it in the house. A quick run around turned up yellow bed sheets and a yellow book (and some bananas, but those didn't seem worth photographing).

4. the last game you played



Backgammon! This set belongs to my parents and it's older than I am.

5. a book you are currently reading



The Best Science Fiction of the Year Vol. 5.

So far, some of the stories have been wonderful and some have been dire. I'm going to save the complaining for my books post, but I really enjoyed 'Knit Three, Save Four' by Marie Vibbert and 'By the Warmth of Their Calculus' by Tobias S. Buckell.

6. album art of the first song that comes up on shuffle



Decade by Neil Young. I haven't listened to any new music since 1996. I'm not proud of myself, but it's probably true.

7. the last movie you watched



Stone of Destiny. I watched this for Charlie Cox and I'm not ashamed. (Okay, fine, I am a little bit embarrassed.)

It was great! Based on the true story of a bunch of Scottish students who stole back the Stone of Scone (pronounced 'scoon', to rhyme with 'spoon', confuses me every time). I'm from Wales so I have a lot of sympathy with my fellow Celts and their feelings on independence. It was nice to watch a political film that was uplifiting and hopeful for a change.

8. TV show you're currently watching



Luke Cage Season 2. I'm only on the first episode, but so far so good. I loved the first season.

9. the homescreen, lockscreen, or desktop wallpaper from your device



I change my desktop every few weeks as I get bored, but it's usually something simple with light colours, so it's easier to see my desktop icons (hidden for the screenshot).

The text on the right says "Life is not only a pleasure but a kind of eccentric privilege", which is a quote from GK Chesterton.

Comments

Thoughts

[ysabetwordsmith]

That is a cool pin.

The Stone of Destiny sounds interesting too -- I'm familiar with the object.

Years and years ago, I saw a picture of the Ban Fionn that was in someone's museum. I thought it would've been fun to post a sign: "In case of the end of the world, break glass."

Re: Thoughts

[killclaudio]

It was a really fun film! :) I've never heard of the Ban Fionn, what is it?