The Phantom Moon

I will always remember when the Doctor was me

"I will not forget one line of this. Not one day, I swear.
I will always remember when the Doctor was me."

Oh the feels!  By now, I think mostly everyone has seen the latest and greatest Doctor Who - The Time Of The Doctor.  It was the end for our 11, the lovely Matt Smith.  Oh Matt, I wasn't sure that I would love you and your delicate eyebrows but I did and I loved ya somethin' fierce right until the end!  While it wasn't necessarily my #1 Matt Smith episode, it was still a keeper and there were a number of quotable lines.  Here are my favs: 

Clara's Gran: “I wanted everything to stop. I wanted nothing to change ever again. If he could just keep standing there, so beautiful ... That’s when I knew of course.”

The Doctor: :Trouble with Daleks is they take so long to say anything. I'll probably die of boredom before they say anything."

The Doctor: “Times change and so must I. We all change. When you think about, it we’re all different people all through our lives and that’s OK. That’s good. Gotta keep it moving, so long as you remember all the people that you used to be. I will not forget one line of this. Not one day. I swear. I will always remember when the Doctor was me.”

Amy: “Raggedy man. Goodnight.”

Oh Amy, it was wonderful and bittersweet to see you again!  I know Capaldi will do a stand up job but Matt, we will always love you.  And with that, I'd like to show you my updated Tardis hoop.  I made a few tweeks and adjustments as well as added an option to add the St. John's seal (without the seal is still an option still as well!).

The Tardis hoop (as well as other Whovian paraphenalia) is in my Etsy shop if you're interested in having a bit of 'Who' in your house.  In the meantime, let the countdown to Season 8 begin!

Downton Zombey

Oh no they didn't!
(Spolier warning: if you haven't seen the latest episodes of Downton, I suggest you not watch this until you do ...) 

Oh Lady Violet, you're the best ...

And The Winner Is ...

(spoiler alert!  if you don't want to know the winner do not scroll down)
Considering once upon a time I wanted to be a Special Effects makeup artist, I absolutely love watching SyFy's Face Off.  While I used to imagine myself as a contestant (and try and figure out what creation I'd make that would stun the judges), these days I just like getting entertained by the over the top creatures the contestants come up with weekly. 

If you're not familiar with Face Off, it's a weekly competition show where contestants are tasked with building new and exciting creatures based on theat week's challenge.  This season they contestants rocked it and made so many super awesome characters!

I honestly don't know how these guys and gals pull it off every week!  But they most definitely do and it makes for some amazing work.  The have a few days to come up with a concept, sculpt a creature (and most times their props too), mold their sculpt and then paint it on application day.  I'm not sure I could do all that in a month but holy moley, they get it done each and every week.

On Halloween night, Syfy aired it's online finale where 'we the people' chose the winner, not the judges.  While I have mixed feelings about that decision (why should the every day person vs seasoned professional judges be allowed to make such a huge choice?) I have to admit that the final three finalists were fantastic!  The finalists had to create both a Witch and Demon from an element of their choosing - Laura chose earth:

Gorgeous colors on the Witch, right?  I love the orbishness in the middle of her chest as well as the color combinations she chose.  The Demon .... meh.

Derek chose Fire (one of my favorites of the night!):

I loved Derek's Witch!  What awesome colors and I love how the lava / fire peeked through the cracks.  His demon was pretty neat too and I liked his overall concept.

And last but not least, Nicole who chose Water:

Her Witch and Demon blew me away!  I loved her concept and how each of her characters flowed together.  And using feather quills for the teeth?  Brilliant!

And the winner is?  Nicole!  While I hate letting viewers chose (hello, popularity contest?) I think they may have hit the nail on the head with this one.  She did a great job and deserves the win.  BUT, I also think Derek was fantastic and I hope he gets plenty of gigs as a result of the show.  So, did you watch and think Nicole should have won as well?  Or maybe Derek or Laura?

From the looks of the end of the show, Season 4 is already under way and is scheduled to air in January.  In the meantime, it's time for me to catch up on this seasons The Walking Dead.  Let's hope they don't lose Carl in the first episode back ...