Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

When I was quite young, perhaps 6 or 7, I saw The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy on PBS. I thought it was one of the most brilliant things I had ever seen. Hilarious, clever. I fell head-and-shoulders over David Dixon, who portrays Ford Prefect (and perhaps has since colored my views on what I consider attractive. He was my first 'celebrity crush').

I got to watch the show only once, but the seed buried into my brain. Then, when I was 8, I saw the books at Barnes and Noble. I sort of remember the relationship they had to the series, but it was vague. I just saw the titles and I knew I had to read them.

The series became a minor obsession. I read the books. I watched the show (acquired on video, then laserdisk, now on DVD), listened to the radio series and Douglas Adams' reading of the books. Now a dramatization of the last three books with most of the original cast is coming. Squee!

Simon Jones did not age well. Mark Wing-Davey did not age at all. Hee hee.

Don't Panic! It's coming on September 21st!

HP Knitting Icons

In my endless obsession with Harry Potter and Knitting, I created these icons for the newly created hp_knitting LiveJournal group. Greenflamingo, the community mod, originally wanted to use my Gryffindor Knit icon, but I thought it might be better if all houses were represented, no?

You can have it with crest too!

I'm tempted to make one for each house...