I was just at a meeting laughing my ass off at number-theory jokes.

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Here's that Variety ad. It looks quite nice.

So, they actually raised the $3k to get the Variety ad? Huh.

Dude, do you have a Zelenka? I want a Zelenka.

I have a guy who's a dead ringer for Daniel and brilliant as well. It's v. disturbing. I should explain to him that he's on the wrong show.

Re: the number-theory joke. The Stanford Gravity Juggling Research Institute (serious jugglers) were doing a pattern and explained that "the inexorable gods of number theory require t fred to throw two clubs at once at this point, so he does." And at that point they all switched to exchanging two clubs at once, while still maintaining a three-club fountain. It was unbelievable.

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a dead ringer for Daniel and brilliant as well

Really? Is he a nicer person than Michael Shanks? Single? Gay or straight? Cause I'm sure I could set him up with someone... *g*

Wait, is Michael Shanks not a nice guy? (I have a favorable impression from interviews, but am sure you have a much more complete view of his character.)

I don't think he's an evil guy. But I get the sense that he's basically a frat boy. ::shrugs::

I try not to read interviews.

As far as I'm concerned, Michael Shanks can do very little talking, and that would be fine with me. ::drool::

And, on topic.... hmmm.... I got nuthin...

sooper seekrit message to Gandalfe: did you get my email?

I saw Serenity again. The good stuff was better, I caught more little details, and the parts I didn't like were no better.

The line "I am a leaf on the wind. Watch how I soar." still bothers me. Leaves don't soar. They drift, they float, they flutter, they fall. The metaphor is too passive. A leaf cannot affect its course, and flying through the Alliance ships was not a passive thing.

A dance metaphor would have been better, and would have made a nice connection between Wash's pilot skills and River's fighting skills, and also a connection to River when it is shown that she can pilot the ship.

I admit to my prejudice, though. Flying has always felt like dancing to me, even more so when flying formation or when sharing thermals with other sailplanes.

I still hate Mal's final speech about "The first thing to learn about flying...Love keeps her in the air when she oughta fall down, tells you when she's hurting 'fore she keens. Makes her a home." I recognize that it made a nice bookend for Simon's love for River being the motivation for the events that got the story started. Mal's love for Serenity may be what keeps him going, but to turn it around and say that "love is what keeps Serenity flying when she shouldn't" is just too much to swallow--especially after it's been shown that Mal pays insufficient attention to Serenity's repairs and maintenance needs.