I really ought to be in bed...

... but of course, I'm not.

CNN is still on Popedeathwatch. They keep repeating the same thing over and over again... why don't they just go back to regular programming, and break in if something happens?

Startrek.com still has their April Fools gags up, but they've changed the preview for the next episode. It's now showing last year's April Fools episode synopsis:

More feared than the Xindi-Reptilians or the Xindi-Insectoids, the deadliest Xindi of all...

The Xindi-Brady!

with an appropriately modified picture of Susan Olsen looking like a Xindi. *snerk* I know I saw it last year, but I still think it's a hoot...

I really ought to go to bed now. I have to be up in four hours.

The Queer As Folk sale

I got home about half an hour ago from the "Queer As Folk" prop, costume and set piece sale in Mississauga. It wasn't nearly as crowded as I thought it would be, but it was still fairly well attended. I didn't really get to spend much time with Yvonne, but Patti and I browsed a fair bit together.

I hadn't really intended on spending a lot of money - I only took $80 with me, but then Patti offered to run out to a bank machine and loan me some more. So I ended up spending $140. But I think it was worth it; I got:

• two of Emmett's shirts ($20 and $25)


• a T-shirt from Kinnetix, the ad agency Brian Kinney set up in S4 ($10)


• four pieces of Justin's art, including storyboards for the "Rage" comic book ($15 each) - I think one of the pieces is the panel where, as Justin described it, "J.T. revives Rage with a blow job", but I'll have to rewatch the episode to make sure


• and the piece de resistance... regular viewers of the show may remember that in S4, Justin went to Hollywood to visit with Brett Keller, the movie producer who was interested in buying the movie rights to "Rage". In one episode (either 4x13 or 4x14), Brett shows Justin some mockups for poster art advertising the "Rage" film, with the names "Cruise", "Depp" and "Kutcher" above the image of Rage's face and the title of the film. Well, I'm now the proud owner of the "Cruise" artwork. It seems to have suffered a little water damage, but hey, it was $15.

I'd considered getting a jacket that Emmett wore as well, but I didn't take it off the rail while I was waiting for Patti to return from the bank machine, and someone snapped it up while I wasn't paying attention. It was only $40. :( (Well, if I'd gotten that, I wouldn't have been able to afford the shirts I bought. And it looked a little tight for me, though Emmett's shirts weren't. Yes, I stood there in the middle of this warehouse and stripped off my shirt to try it on. Hey, someone stood out in the open and tried on a pair of leather pants...)

While we were in line to pay, I noticed a beautiful full-length brown leather coat that someone had abandoned (a lot of people seemed to be giving up while already in line to pay, and were leaving their purchases where they were when they left). Just as I noticed it, so did someone else. It was $60. $60 for a full-length leather coat!!! I remember buying one for Joe for Christmas ten years ago, and I think I paid something like $300. If only I had more money, and had noticed it three seconds earlier... :(

They had some pretty amazing stuff there. A flat-screen television for $300. Literally hundreds of lamps. Dildoes. (No, I didn't buy one. :P ) Drag outfits by the dozen. (No, I didn't buy any of those either. :P ) More furniture and rugs than one could ever use: bureaus, tables, chairs, wardrobes. Neon signs (including the one for Moosey's, which was used when they redressed Woody's for the episode set in Toronto). More artwork. Kitchenware. Brian's mockups for ad campaigns (including Poolboy Coolers featuring a very hot young guy in a Speedo - larger than life-size). They were even selling sidewalk newspaper boxes and racks, including some that we're not sure actually belonged to the production (one was for eye magazine, a local entertainment weekly). Heck, they were even selling the Big Q employees' nametags (most were $5, but Michael's were $25).

Now I just need to figure out where to hang my newly acquired artwork... after all, it needs to be well hung. ;)

Edited to add: at one point I approached a woman working there to ask her how much the "Cruise/Rage" poster was, as there was no price on it. She noticed the other art I was carrying and asked, "big fan, eh?" I replied, "Yes, I even tried to put together a convention a couple of years ago but it didn't work out." She said, "I remember you - that was going to be at the Marriott, right? What happened?" Wow. I'm famous in the production offices for chairing an event that fell through because the actors wouldn't commit...