Omnia Mutantur: Communications

Relaying this while I'm on my way from home to Battersea, but a situation's come up over here in the UK.

I've just had a call off of Jay Guthrie in the last half hour saying that Sirius is in a bad way. He's been filming at Battersea Dogs Home for a new show over here and I don't think anybody realized that he never had his puppy shots. There's been an outbreak of parvovirus and Sirius has gotten hit with it. Along with a bunch of the puppies at Battersea. It's a pretty serious virus and that's why I'm on my way. I can't do much about the virus itself, but I should be able to mitigate the effects. Or...well, that's the theory we're working on at the moment. Right now, though, the virus has Sirius weak enough that he can't shift back.

Jay, as you might imagine, is pretty beside himself. The Potters (the family of Sirius's best friend in the UK and sort of his adoptive family) are keeping an eye on Jay and being there to support him as best they can. And they've already offered me a bed since it's a fair sight further back to Chelmsford from here than it would be to their place.

I'll probably be in and out of contact. I'll do my best to keep everybody updated, but my priority is going to be Sirius and the puppies. The first day or so is going to be critical so if I don't get back to you promptly, I'm just busy. I'll be back in contact soon.

Just as a notice to everybody who might be interested, I'm commandeering one of the television lounges for most of tomorrow. Likely starting sometime in the morning, maybe nine or ten. I have DVDs of the latest series of Doctor Who and I'm fairly certain we can get through them faster than BBC America is doing. For one, we don't need to stop for adverts. (Henceforth known as: why I miss the proper BBC, reason 1.)

There are other DVD sets, but unless there's interest in an all nighter, I think we'll have to stick to the one series. Maybe two. Though there are some longer episodes in them and that can eat up time. Suppose we could just skip the naff episodes. And we do have to break for food eventually.

Anyway. All of this is leading up to the fact that the new series starts tonight on BBC America at 8:15. I'll be there with popcorn, Cadburys and an assortment of biscuits that my parents were kind enough to send along in my care package. (The chocolate Hobnobs are mine, though. I might share with the proper incentive.)

Everybody is invited to join me.