KK Chat -- 8 December 2019

[DesertRose]

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[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:18:11 PM EST] <Eris> <Forum Bot> @Shiral wrote a new post Re: Work In Progress: Cathedral - https://www.rhemuthcastle.com/index.php?topic=2492.msg=23477 on Fan Projects board
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:18:21 PM EST] <KK> Greetinggs, all.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:18:25 PM EST] <Shiral_> Hello KK
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:18:51 PM EST] <KK> What's up?
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:18:51 PM EST] <derynifank> Hi KK
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:19:32 PM EST] <bynw> Hi KK
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:19:34 PM EST] <Shiral_> Been baking most of the day. Family party tomorrow evening, and Christmas party at work on Wednesday
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:19:49 PM EST] <DesertRose> Hi KK
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:19:55 PM EST] <derynifank> Didn't get a chance to ask before, how wasa the White House tour?
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:20:16 PM EST] <The_Bee> Hi KK!
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:21:30 PM EST] <KK> White House tour was interesting. We had lunch before at Trump Tower. Awesome food and venue. It used to be the Post Office. Now it has crystal chandeliers hanging from the ironwork supporting the atrium. Beautifully done.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:22:01 PM EST] <bynw> that sounds awesome
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:23:10 PM EST] <derynifank> How did you like the decorations?
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:23:14 PM EST] <Eris> <HoundMistress> Hi, everyone
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:23:17 PM EST] <KK> It was a nice outing. White House was fascinating, too.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:23:34 PM EST] <derynifank> Hi HM
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:23:39 PM EST] <Shiral_> Hi HoundMistress
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:23:44 PM EST] <The_Bee> Hi HM
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:24:09 PM EST] <bynw> hi HoundMistress
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:24:11 PM EST] <Eris> <HoundMistress> HI, all ok
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:24:19 PM EST] <KK> When we were at lunch, Rudy Giuliani was sitting across the lobby from us, hunched over a laptop. And after, we met 2 congressmen, though I didn't catch their names.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:24:40 PM EST] <Eris> <HoundMistress> Oh, wow! You went to the White House?
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:24:41 PM EST] <derynifank> Were you with a group?
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:24:54 PM EST] <The_Bee> I thought Giu;iani was in Ukraine.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:24:58 PM EST] <Eris> <HoundMistress> Would love to go there.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:25:56 PM EST] <derynifank> Trump Tower or the White House?
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:26:09 PM EST] <KK> Now, perhaps, but he wasn't two weeks ago.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:26:22 PM EST] <KK> Trump Tower.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:26:35 PM EST] <KK> Yes, with a group.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:26:49 PM EST] <Eris> <HoundMistress> How did you get to go?
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:27:04 PM EST] <Eris> <HoundMistress> Oh, a group, that must have been fun!
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:29:52 PM EST] <derynifank> .Glad you made it DR. How was your concert?
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:30:15 PM EST] <bynw> yeah it sounds like a blast
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:30:28 PM EST] <KK> What kind of concert?
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:30:33 PM EST] <Eris> <HoundMistress> What concert was it?
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:30:38 PM EST] <The_Bee> Evie busy with family?
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:30:40 PM EST] <DesertRose> The concert itself was lovely. In addition to the program I posted on RhemuthCastle, they played an encore of "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year."
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:30:53 PM EST] <DesertRose> The local amateur orchestra. Civic Orchestra of Jacksonville.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:31:32 PM EST] <KK> Cool. I went to a baroque concert Friday night, by Three Notch'd Road, a laocal Virgignia group, very good.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:31:57 PM EST] <Eris> <HoundMistress> Y'all have been having lots of fun.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:31:59 PM EST] <derynifank> I love baroque music
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:32:06 PM EST] <KK> local Virginia group.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:32:20 PM EST] <DesertRose> But I sent a sternly-worded message on Facebook to the venue, which was the concert hall at a local university. The outfit I wore was NOT made for walking any distance, but silly me, I figured they'd have accessible parking near the hall. Nope. One measly space, and then two more in front of the building next to the concert hall.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:32:34 PM EST] <The_Bee> I'm not familiar with Baroque music.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:32:35 PM EST] <Eris> <HoundMistress> Is that with the harpsichord music?
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:32:52 PM EST] <derynifank> I'm going to a Christmas concert tomorrow evening. Grandson is playing the horn with the concert band
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:32:55 PM EST] <Shiral_> It often, but doesn't invariably feature harpsichords
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:33:20 PM EST] <Eris> <HoundMistress> I do love harpsichords
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:33:32 PM EST] <The_Bee> My church has a harpsichord.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:33:41 PM EST] <Shiral_> I love Bach, but also soon get enough of Baroque Music
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:33:45 PM EST] <KK> All played on period instruments. The violin was 1783, I think. And there were parlor pipes, a long-necked mandolin thing that I refer to as The Giraffe, 2 vocalists. I've been going to their concerts for years now.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:33:50 PM EST] <Eris> <HoundMistress> Cool Bee
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:34:01 PM EST] <derynifank> We had the handbell choir at church this morning and that was lovely
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:34:49 PM EST] <KK> I was going to go to Nine Lessons and Carols at Trinit tonight, but as the afternoon wore on, I just couldn't get moticated.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:34:54 PM EST] <KK> motivated
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:35:14 PM EST] <DesertRose> So I wound up having to walk about a quarter of a mile, using a cane, wearing black chiffon palazzo pants and high-heeled shoes. Which, yeah, I get that I chose my outfit, but that doesn't excuse the university from providing accessible parking.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:35:32 PM EST] <The_Bee> When I was a child we had a recording of "The Piano and the Harpsichord" having a debate over whose music was better.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:35:46 PM EST] <DesertRose> Actually, half a mile, round trip, because it's a quarter of a mile each way from where I had to park to where the concert was.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:35:48 PM EST] <derynifank> That sounds like fun
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:35:53 PM EST] <KK> What did they decide?
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:36:21 PM EST] <The_Bee> They agreed that each was good in its own way.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:36:33 PM EST] <Eris> <HoundMistress> That's true. Love both.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:36:34 PM EST] <KK> A civilized POV.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:37:05 PM EST] <Eris> <HoundMistress> And Andres Segovia on Spanish Guitar
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:37:34 PM EST] <derynifank> Heard him in concert once and he was amazing
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:37:52 PM EST] <DesertRose> Also, when I was driving around trying to find a parking space, I saw an older lady, using a walker and clearly having difficulty and/or being in pain, trying to walk to the concert hall from a different parking lot.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:38:00 PM EST] <Eris> <HoundMistress> I never got to see him. You had a great time, didn't you.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:38:14 PM EST] <derynifank> I did
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:38:20 PM EST] <Shiral_> Have to admit, I'm more of a fan of the piano. Chopin didn't write for the harpsichord
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:38:23 PM EST] <Eris> <HoundMistress> Good!
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:38:39 PM EST] Join jerusha (uid321239@owirc-db9e9v.irccloud.com) has joined this channel.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:38:45 PM EST] <bynw> hi jerusha
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:38:46 PM EST] <DesertRose> Hi jerusha
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:38:47 PM EST] <Eris> <HoundMistress> Hi, Jerusha
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:38:49 PM EST] <Shiral_> Hi Jerusha
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:38:52 PM EST] <jerusha> Hi everyone!
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:38:52 PM EST] <The_Bee> Hi Jerusha
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:39:00 PM EST] <derynifank> Hi Jerusha. How are the renovations?
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:39:24 PM EST] <jerusha> Beginning to edge to the end. Now I have to unpack all of the stuff I packed away!
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:39:28 PM EST] <derynifank> Nearly done I hope
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:39:31 PM EST] <DesertRose> Carys says hi
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:39:46 PM EST] <Eris> <HoundMistress> Send Carys some scritches.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:39:46 PM EST] <derynifank> Just like moving again
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:39:50 PM EST] * The_Bee skritches Carys.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:39:52 PM EST] <jerusha> Um, more like beginning. Things keep getting in the way
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:40:07 PM EST] <jerusha> Hi Carys
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:40:10 PM EST] <DesertRose> I am scritching her and she is attempting to make dinner rolls out of my left forearm.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:40:14 PM EST] <derynifank> Pats to Carys
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:40:38 PM EST] <DesertRose> And purring like a motorboat.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:40:45 PM EST] <jerusha> I could use a cat. We have a very crafty mouse somewhere in the kitchen
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:40:48 PM EST] <Eris> <HoundMistress> I've only got Quanah lying behind my chair chewing on one of his toys.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:41:03 PM EST] <DesertRose> Cats are good for that, yes. Do you have an animal shelter/rescue nearby, jerusha?
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:41:13 PM EST] <The_Bee> Melantha likes to tap my nose. Her claws are sharp!
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:41:19 PM EST] <Shiral_> Since I've already fed them, Tatiana and Dmitri are napping in my bedroom
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:41:23 PM EST] <jerusha> DS3 is allergic to cats, so alas, no cat in my future
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:41:39 PM EST] <DesertRose> Carys is usually good about keeping her claws sheathed, bless her sweet self.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:41:44 PM EST] <Shiral_> Oops, my mistake. Tati just came in to say hello
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:41:46 PM EST] <Eris> <HoundMistress> There are allergy shots...
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:41:46 PM EST] <DesertRose> Bummer, jerusha.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:42:09 PM EST] * The_Bee scritches Tati.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:42:13 PM EST] <jerusha> Yep. I would like a cat, though I have never been owned by one
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:42:24 PM EST] <Shiral_> She sends her purrs, Bee
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:42:37 PM EST] <derynifank> We finally settled on a name for our adopted cat, Murray imself at home.He has ceratinly made h
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:42:40 PM EST] <Eris> <HoundMistress> Lou took allergy shots for 2 years so he could live with cats.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:43:00 PM EST] <jerusha> Not seeing that in DS3's future
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:43:16 PM EST] <Eris> <HoundMistress> Ah, well
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:43:18 PM EST] <DesertRose> jerusha, aren't your sons grown and living on their own? Surely DS3 could take Benadryl when he visits?
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:43:42 PM EST] <KK> I'm afraid I have sad cat news. Nicholas has not shown for three days. I suspect he may have gone off somewhere to die. He's definitely not in any of his usual haunts.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:43:47 PM EST] <DesertRose>
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:43:56 PM EST] <jerusha> There is that hang up about - did you really get a pet that makes me stop breathingÉ
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:43:58 PM EST] <The_Bee>
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:44:00 PM EST] <Shiral_> Oh dear.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:44:13 PM EST] <Eris> <HoundMistress> Oh, so sorry to hear that. Our Zorro did the same thing.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:44:23 PM EST] <KK> He was in his 20th year, so he'd definitely had good innings. Now Gus is the only Irish critter remaining.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:44:32 PM EST] <DesertRose> Oh, it's that bad. I didn't realize his allergy was that severe. I was thinking more the runny nose/sneezing variety of allergic reaction.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:44:39 PM EST] <The_Bee> Cats do that.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:44:39 PM EST] <jerusha> Sorry to hear that, KK; our last whippet did the same
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:44:54 PM EST] <derynifank> So sorry KK
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:45:03 PM EST] <Shiral_> Twenty years is pretty venerable for a cat
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:45:16 PM EST] <Eris> <HoundMistress> That is a nice long life.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:45:28 PM EST] <DesertRose> 2019 needs to quit though.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:45:32 PM EST] <jerusha> I'm not sure it's that bad, but DIL does get disturbed when DS3 does not breathe
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:45:36 PM EST] <Shiral_> And we know he had a wonderful home where he was loved
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:46:06 PM EST] <Eris> <HoundMistress> That's a good reason to be disturbed.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:46:09 PM EST] <KK> Yes, I'm ready for 2019 to be over.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:46:17 PM EST] <The_Bee> Melantha is 13. She's survived the last 4 years with only one kidney.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:46:42 PM EST] <Eris> <HoundMistress> That's so good, Bee.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:47:02 PM EST] <KK> The night before he disappeared, he came up on my lap for 10-15 minutes, maybe to say goodbye. He was not usually a lap cat.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:47:05 PM EST] <DesertRose> Carys is approximately six. The 17th of December will be four years since I adopted her and brought her home.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:47:10 PM EST] <Shiral_> I'd have to agree, breathing is pretty important
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:47:15 PM EST] <derynifank> I'm sure you will be glad to swepp 2019 out the door
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:47:25 PM EST] <KK> Yes!
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:47:27 PM EST] <Eris> <HoundMistress> I'm ready to see the end of this year. My youngest SIL had a recurrence of her colon cancer & it has spread.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:47:30 PM EST] <jerusha> Nice he spent some time with you, KK
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:47:48 PM EST] <The_Bee> That's both sad and sweet, KK.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:47:52 PM EST] <Shiral_> Perhaps he didn't want to distress you more
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:48:12 PM EST] <Eris> <HoundMistress> Cats are like that.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:48:12 PM EST] <derynifank> That's sad news HM will be praying for her
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:48:21 PM EST] <KK> I think cats know when it's their time; dogs, too.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:48:25 PM EST] <DesertRose> Colon cancer scares the daylights out of me; that's what killed my Nana (paternal grandmother) and I look like her from the neck down, so . . .
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:48:45 PM EST] <jerusha> That does not mean the same things will occur, DR
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:48:46 PM EST] <bynw> cancer of any kind scares me
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:48:49 PM EST] <Eris> <HoundMistress> Thanks, DFK. They did surgery but couldn't get it all, so she will be having chemo. Please pray for her.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:48:58 PM EST] <Eris> <HoundMistress> Her name is Darla
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:49:05 PM EST] <DesertRose> No, true. And yeah, cancer of whatever body part is BAD news.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:49:07 PM EST] <jerusha> She will be in our thoughts, Houndmistress
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:49:16 PM EST] <Eris> <HoundMistress> Thanks!
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:49:33 PM EST] <Shiral_> All good thoughts for her recovery, HoundMistress
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:49:45 PM EST] <Eris> <HoundMistress> Just means you need to go to your checkups, DR
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:49:47 PM EST] <The_Bee> KK, have you read or heard of a book called "The Traveling Cat Chronicles"/ it's by a Japanes author whose nameI forget. It's sad and funny and sweet.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:49:49 PM EST] <DesertRose> I do.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:50:09 PM EST] <Eris> <HoundMistress> Good, DR
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:50:25 PM EST] <DesertRose> I was supposed to have a baseline colonoscopy at 45 instead of the usual 50 because of Nana, but I won't be 45 for another year and change and I've already had three.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:50:45 PM EST] <Shiral_> Better to catch it early, DR.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:50:51 PM EST] <jerusha> Yep
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:50:56 PM EST] <KK> Read it, Bee. And it is sweet.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:50:58 PM EST] <DesertRose> And Nana wasn't that old, only 68 when she died.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:51:00 PM EST] <Eris> <HoundMistress> Darla only found out she needed to be checked when she found her birth father & he had colon CA
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:52:41 PM EST] <Eris> <HoundMistress> I never seem to have any reading time anymore.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:53:12 PM EST] <jerusha> Reading time is my before bed time
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:53:33 PM EST] <KK> Mine too.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:53:40 PM EST] <Eris> <HoundMistress> I read about a chapter worth before going to sleep.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:53:55 PM EST] <KK> Yep. Maybe even two!
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:54:02 PM EST] <Eris> <HoundMistress> Of course, I spend too much time on computer
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:54:09 PM EST] <jerusha> Amazon keeps finding me medieval Welsh mysteries
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:54:25 PM EST] <Eris> <HoundMistress> Those sound interesting.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:54:43 PM EST] <jerusha> They are! A bit if fiction and a bit of history
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:54:57 PM EST] <jerusha> Though in Wales, the history can be sad
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:55:17 PM EST] <The_Bee> Mine is often my "should be going to bed time."
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:55:29 PM EST] <jerusha> Yep, been there too
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:55:49 PM EST] <DesertRose> Carys apparently approves of my perfume choice. Since I dressed up for the concert, I broke out the Chanel No. 5, and she just licked my wrist, LOL.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:55:58 PM EST] <Eris> <HoundMistress> I usually end up going to sleep at 11:30 or midnight, even on work days.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:57:08 PM EST] <Shiral_> Yup, reading in bed is a favorite of mine, too
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:57:29 PM EST] <The_Bee> Houndmistress, have you read Ellis Peters' Brother Cadfael novels?
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:57:51 PM EST] <jerusha> Love Brother Cadfael
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:57:53 PM EST] <Eris> <HoundMistress> I've read some of those. They're good!
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:58:09 PM EST] <derynifank> I love Cadfael. He is a favorite
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:58:21 PM EST] <Shiral_> Yes. I love the way we get to know all the monks in the monastery
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:58:39 PM EST] <The_Bee> The PBS Brother Cadfael series wasn't as good as the books, IMHO.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:58:59 PM EST] <Shiral_> No. I found them disappointing too, although I think Derek Jacobi was a good Cadfael
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:59:09 PM EST] <jerusha> I did like Sir Derek Jacoby as Cadfael. I liked the first Hugh, but not the second
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:59:12 PM EST] <KK> But Derek Jacoby made a great Cadfael.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:59:14 PM EST] <Shiral_> But the rest of the casts couldn't matchhim
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:59:30 PM EST] Join TheDeryni (uid347357@Flirt.Storyteller.Wiseass) has joined this channel.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:59:30 PM EST] Mode derynibot gives channel operator privileges to TheDeryni.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:59:39 PM EST] <DesertRose> To be fair, Derek Jacobi is a fantastic actor and not many actors can match him.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:59:40 PM EST] <Eris> <HoundMistress> Hi TD
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:59:42 PM EST] <Shiral_> Hello TD
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:59:45 PM EST] <DesertRose> Hi TheDeryni!
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [7:59:54 PM EST] <The_Bee> I didn't like the man who played Hugh. The should have had someone livelier.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:00:01 PM EST] <Shiral_> True. I think it was also a fault of the direction in that series
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:00:08 PM EST] <derynifank> Hi TD
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:00:11 PM EST] <TheDeryni> Hello all!
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:00:56 PM EST] <bynw> hi TD
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:00:57 PM EST] <Shiral_> I met Ellis Peters once at a book signing. She was as intelligent as she sounds
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:01:04 PM EST] <jerusha> Hi TD
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:01:09 PM EST] <jerusha> Hi TD
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:01:19 PM EST] <Eris> <HoundMistress> Great, Shiral!
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:01:23 PM EST] <derynifank> she was a truly amazing writer
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:01:31 PM EST] * TheDeryni waves
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:01:37 PM EST] <Shiral_> Her books are beautifully plotted and constructed
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:01:44 PM EST] <jerusha> That would have been awesome, Shiral
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:01:49 PM EST] <The_Bee> I also liked her George Felse series.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:02:05 PM EST] <Shiral_> How is your recovery progressing, TD?
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:02:15 PM EST] <DesertRose> You know, Sir Derek Jacobi would make a pretty darn good Camber, now that my first choice (Peter O'Toole, about fifteen years before he died) has left the mortal plane,
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:02:18 PM EST] * bynw notes we have some truly amazing writers here
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:02:19 PM EST] <derynifank> Her books are also inspiring
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:02:29 PM EST] <DesertRose> Yes, TheDeryni, how are you doing?
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:02:30 PM EST] <TheDeryni> Slowly, but steadily
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:02:54 PM EST] <KK> Yes, Sir Derek could play Camber.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:03:26 PM EST] <Shiral_> Yes....I could see Peter O'Toole as Camber, also (ALthough I fear we're on the precipice of being flung deep into the rabbit hole of plotting)
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:03:35 PM EST] <derynifank> Glad your recovery is progressing
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:03:44 PM EST] <Shiral_> Or rather, the rabbit hole of casting
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:04:10 PM EST] <TheDeryni> Thank you
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:04:51 PM EST] <DesertRose> About this time period (a still from the 2004 Troy movie): https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000564/mediaviewer/rm3406860032
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:04:58 PM EST] <Eris> <HoundMistress> Good to hear you are getting better.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:04:59 PM EST] <The_Bee> Our favorite choices may grow too old before the story reaches filming stage.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:05:04 PM EST] <jerusha> Sir Derek could play Camber, or Alister
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:05:18 PM EST] <Shiral_> I'm afraid many already have, Bee. But imaginations WILL run rampant
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:05:28 PM EST] <The_Bee> or Camber predtnding to be Alister.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:05:29 PM EST] <KK> O'^Toole was gorgeous!
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:05:39 PM EST] <DesertRose> But since Sir Peter has left us, Sir Derek is my first choice for Camber.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:05:42 PM EST] <Shiral_> Yes.....He was very easy on the eyes
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:05:44 PM EST] <bynw> too bad our deryni movie is stuck in development hell as it is called in the movie industry
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:05:50 PM EST] <Eris> <HoundMistress> Modern special effects could really emulate Deryni powers
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:06:54 PM EST] <DesertRose> I'm a sucker for intensely blue eyes, and Peter O'Toole had some seriously bright eyes.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:07:21 PM EST] <The_Bee> IIRC, I think some of us agreed on a new unknown to play Kelson.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:07:30 PM EST] <Eris> <HoundMistress> Industrial Light & Magic for the special effects.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:08:04 PM EST] <DesertRose> Kelson is so young in Deryni Rising that you'd almost have to cast a relatively unknown actor; most anyone well known would be too close to adulthood.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:08:19 PM EST] <Shiral_> I think Skandar Keynes who played Edmund in the Narnia movies might be able to pull off Kelson. At least, as an adult. he's too old now to play Kelson at 14, I think
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:08:19 PM EST] <DesertRose> Nah, WETA Workshop for the special effects.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:08:34 PM EST] <Eris> <HoundMistress> Like the Harry Potter casting of Harry.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:08:34 PM EST] <DesertRose> Yes!
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:08:42 PM EST] <The_Bee> Didn't he movie folks plan to make Kelson 16 instead of 14?
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:08:57 PM EST] <jerusha> I was not in favour of that
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:09:11 PM EST] <KK> Yes, but that deal is now dead, and drights have revereted to me. Maybe someday....
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:09:13 PM EST] <DesertRose> Skandar Keynes would make a great YoungAdult!Kelson, and about the time he made the Narnia movies, he'd have made a good Adolescent!Kelson.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:09:26 PM EST] <Shiral_> It's hard to think of a 14 year-old as being of age in this century
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:09:46 PM EST] <Eris> <HoundMistress> Yes but it was very common in that time.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:10:00 PM EST] <jerusha> But it was not this century, and I think the older version would loose something in transition.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:10:40 PM EST] <jerusha> I think a 14 year old in this day and age would be more impressive that a 16 year old
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:10:58 PM EST] <Eris> <HoundMistress> Once they hit puberty, they were considered adults. Kind of rough on a kid.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:10:59 PM EST] <jerusha> But that's just antiquated me
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:11:10 PM EST] <DesertRose> On the general topic of actors, I think Millie Bobby Brown would make an outstanding Young!Princess Leia. She looks so much like a young Carrie Fisher, it's scary.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:11:34 PM EST] <Shiral_> Timothee Chalamet from Netflix's The King could fit into the Deryni Universe....
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:11:35 PM EST] <The_Bee> Many young characters have been played by someone older in real life.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:12:19 PM EST] <jerusha> Or you have the cast from GOT that grew up over the years of the series
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:12:27 PM EST] <Eris> <HoundMistress> I think we are in that rabbit hole <G>
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:12:38 PM EST] <Shiral_> Yup. And digging deeper. =o)
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:12:54 PM EST] <KK> I think a growing-up-in-the-process cast would work well.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:13:07 PM EST] <jerusha> Yes
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:13:08 PM EST] <Shiral_> Tom Hiddleston would make a good Rhys Thuryn....
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:13:12 PM EST] <Eris> <HoundMistress> It would work really well.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:13:14 PM EST] <DesertRose> True, and a good makeup department can make a young adult look more like an adolescent, and I have to think that being an adolescent is difficult enough in and of itself without having to be on a sound stage and possibly having your life turned into a fishbowl if the film/show takes off.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:13:36 PM EST] <The_Bee> Now we just need to persuade someone to make the movie--or tv series.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:13:52 PM EST] <Shiral_> I could live with a TV series....
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:13:56 PM EST] <DesertRose> Ooh, Shiral_, I *like* the way you think. He's blond, but he's got the coloring to pull off red hair--once again, on the makeup department.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:14:24 PM EST] <DesertRose> And Tom Hiddleston is my celebrity crush, LOL.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:14:28 PM EST] <The_Bee> I was thinking David Caruso for Rhys.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:14:56 PM EST] <Shiral_> I wouldn't mind Hiddleston for Alaric. He could pull it off. =o)
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:15:03 PM EST] <bynw> plenty of other studio talents out there it could be even a youtube series
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:15:23 PM EST] <DesertRose> When Caruso was younger, maybe. He's got the coloring, but I think he's too old now. Rhys was only 40 when he died (and I threw the book across the room, the only time in my life I've ever done that).
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:15:24 PM EST] <jerusha> I would just hope the producers would not sensationalize it too much. There are dark moments, but no need to get too graphic
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:16:32 PM EST] <Shiral_> DR, I guess we'll have to share Tom Hiddleston. =o)
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:16:49 PM EST] <DesertRose> Yeah. Laurna likes Chris Hemsworth for Alaric, but I see Alaric as being a little leaner of build than Hemsworth (nothing against him; he's very handsome and seems like a good guy, but he's just got the "wrong" body shape to my mind for Alaric).
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:17:41 PM EST] <Shiral_> Not QUITE right, but....not bad, either.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:17:45 PM EST] <The_Bee> tall and thin
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:18:14 PM EST] <jerusha> I've always had this vision in my head of Alaric riding back to Gwynedd from Cardosa with "The Devil Inside" playing as the score
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:18:32 PM EST] <Eris> <HoundMistress> That's good, Jerusha
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:18:45 PM EST] <DesertRose> Hiddleston for Alaric and Domhnall Gleeson for Rhys.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:19:00 PM EST] <Shiral_> The rabbit hole deepens....
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:19:39 PM EST] <The_Bee> We're conflating two different generations here.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:19:54 PM EST] <Eris> <HoundMistress> Gotta go. Texas Law is on & I love that show. Reality Texas Game Wardens
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:20:06 PM EST] <Shiral_> Night, Hound Mistress
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:20:13 PM EST] <bynw> night HM
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:20:18 PM EST] <derynifank> bye HM
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:20:18 PM EST] <jerusha> Nighters, HoundMistress
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:20:19 PM EST] <The_Bee> bye HM enjoy your show.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:20:39 PM EST] <Eris> <HoundMistress> Thanks, I wil. Everyone have a good week!
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:20:47 PM EST] <The_Bee> you too
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:20:57 PM EST] <jerusha> Hope all goes well, HoundMistress
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:21:16 PM EST] <Shiral_> Good wishes to your SIL
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:22:26 PM EST] <KK> Nighters, HoundMistress.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:22:50 PM EST] <Shiral_> Domhnall Gleeson might make a good Dhugal....
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:23:08 PM EST] <DesertRose> G'night, HoundMistress!
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:23:41 PM EST] <TheDeryni> NightersHM HM!
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:23:52 PM EST] <TheDeryni> Ack
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:24:07 PM EST] <DesertRose> Sorry, I was down the rabbit hole trying to fan-cast Duncan.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:24:19 PM EST] <Shiral_> It
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:24:34 PM EST] <DesertRose> I know Evie has someone in mind, and I recall agreeing with her, but hanged if I can remember who the heck the actor was.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:24:38 PM EST] <Shiral_> It's a hole with a lot of branching corridors. =o)
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:26:09 PM EST] <DesertRose> I think of Dhugal as being shorter than Domhnall Gleeson; the coloring is right, but Gleeson is too tall. My vision of Dhugal is someone who is about average height, built on the sturdy side of average (not heavy, just muscular), auburn hair, golden/light brown eyes.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:26:17 PM EST] <derynifank> Once I am involved with characters it's hard to find someone who fits my vision
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:26:39 PM EST] <DesertRose> Oh ain't that the truth, derynifank! The mental image seldom lines up with any actor.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:26:44 PM EST] <Shiral_> Since we're on the imagination plane, we can just squash him. =o) But Dhugal is not exactly short
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:26:54 PM EST] <The_Bee> What about a tv series set in Kelson's time, but with flashbacks to Camber's time?
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:27:23 PM EST] <derynifank> Intriguing thought
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:27:36 PM EST] <DesertRose> No, he's not short, but Domhnall Gleeson is 6'1"; I'm thinking more like 5'10" for Dhugal.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:27:51 PM EST] <DesertRose> I mean, three inches isn't THAT much of a height difference, really.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:28:05 PM EST] <Shiral_> LIke I said, we shave a few inches off him in our imagination. =o)
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:28:08 PM EST] <DesertRose> LOL
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:28:14 PM EST] <KK> Clever shots can resolve most height differences.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:28:20 PM EST] * jerusha has a vision of Dhugal with his squashed down between his shoulders
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:28:26 PM EST] <TheDeryni> Colin Farrell
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:28:28 PM EST] <jerusha> His head, that is
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:28:30 PM EST] <Shiral_> It's not like Dhugal is hobbit size, after all...
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:28:30 PM EST] <The_Bee> tall and thindhugal's height?
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:28:32 PM EST] <DesertRose> Or shoot all the scenes with actors who are supposed to be taller at trick camera angles.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:28:48 PM EST] <DesertRose> 5'10
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:28:59 PM EST] <DesertRose> 5'10" isn't Hobbit-sized!
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:29:05 PM EST] <KK> After all, they didn't shrink the actors playing Hobbits in LOTR.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:29:27 PM EST] <Shiral_> Nope. Filming that movie must have been a.....very involved process
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:29:40 PM EST] <DesertRose> Nope, trick camera angles for some shots, and body doubles with very short actors for other shots.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:29:49 PM EST] <The_Bee> Rented fingers :@
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:29:52 PM EST] <Shiral_> Gleeson has the right coloring for Dhugal
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:30:08 PM EST] <DesertRose> Yes, he does.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:30:42 PM EST] <Shiral_> And there were funny moments of Gandalf dealing with being in Bad End and hitting his head now and then
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:30:45 PM EST] <bynw> john rhys davies isnt dwarf sized
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:30:50 PM EST] <DesertRose> And I was thinking he was taller than 6'1" until I looked it up. I think I'm conflating him with someone I used to know that my social group at the time fan-cast as Bill Weasley, and Friend was 6'6".
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:31:27 PM EST] <DesertRose> (This was before the Goblet of Fire movie came out.)
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:32:02 PM EST] <jerusha> Definitely not, Bynw, but I could not remember his name
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:32:10 PM EST] <The_Bee> Knocking your head on the ceiling would be a very ba dne, Shiral
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:32:30 PM EST] <The_Bee> Bad End--Bag End?
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:32:42 PM EST] <Shiral_> Bag End
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:33:01 PM EST] <Shiral_> Dang. My rented fingers were working okay until then
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:33:34 PM EST] <derynifank> KK what do you think of these casting ideas
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:33:37 PM EST] <The_Bee> My rented fingers keep leaving out keystrokes or adding too many.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:33:59 PM EST] <jerusha> Rented fingers are paid by the bad keystroke
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:34:54 PM EST] <KK> I learned a long time ago not to get my heart set on any actor, because it's almost certain that, by the time they get around to making the film, those actors will have aged out or died or whatever.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:35:18 PM EST] <jerusha> Too true
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:35:55 PM EST] <Shiral_> Well.....I dont' know if we've got our heart's set on anyone. It's just fun to play around down here in the rabbit hole. =o) (I mean, now that we've fallen in, again....)
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:37:32 PM EST] <TheDeryni> If you want to get to see actors and actresses being themselves, watch The Graham Norton Show. (YouTube has a lot of the show) My new FAVORITE talk show.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:37:53 PM EST] <The_Bee> I tend to favor actors who look like the character, but they can do wonders with wigs, madeup, etc.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:37:58 PM EST] <The_Bee> makeup
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:38:38 PM EST] <KK> lol....On that note, I think I'm going to check out before this gets any more convoluted. See you guys next week. By then, God willing, I will have gotten an auction house to take away the rest of Mother's furniture. (The dolls come up to my house tomorrow, and some of them will go to Toy Train or Toys for Tots or one of the other kids' charities active at this time of year.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:39:15 PM EST] <bynw> night KK thanks for stopping by
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:39:25 PM EST] <jerusha> Have a good, successful week, KK
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:39:30 PM EST] <TheDeryni> Good night, Katherine!
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:39:36 PM EST] <The_Bee> Good! and Good nights, KK, Thanks for coming; have a good week. Scritches to Gus.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:39:41 PM EST] * KK steps onto her Portal, waves goodnight, and disappears in a shower of green sparkles.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:39:50 PM EST] <derynifank> Have a good week KK
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:40:14 PM EST] <KK> (Once the cottage is empty, I can get it cleaned and paint touched up and get it rented again!)
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:40:15 PM EST] <jerusha> I think I will exit as well. Fell behind on my plans for the day when our bed fell apart
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:40:20 PM EST] <The_Bee> cuddles to Gus
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:40:30 PM EST] <KK> Your bed fell apaart?!
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:40:40 PM EST] <derynifank> your bed fell apart?
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:40:43 PM EST] <The_Bee> Were you jumping on it?!
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:41:04 PM EST] <Shiral_> Bye, KK
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:41:06 PM EST] <jerusha> The main brace underneath the mattress split in two. Just needed new wood to replace it, but meant an unscheduled trip into town
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:41:08 PM EST] <Shiral_> Have a good week
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:41:09 PM EST] <KK> ...or other activity....
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:41:30 PM EST] * jerusha remains discreetly silent
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:41:32 PM EST] <The_Bee> Bye KK
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:41:35 PM EST] <KK> Good wek to all of you, and good preps for the holidays.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:41:40 PM EST] <DesertRose> G'night, KK!
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:41:46 PM EST] <The_Bee> you too
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:41:49 PM EST] <KK> Nighters.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:41:49 PM EST] <DesertRose> See you next week?
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:42:00 PM EST] <KK> Yes.
[Sunday, December 8, 2019] [8:42:04 PM EST] Quit KK has left this server (Quit: CGI:IRC).