Jayne: Captain, can you stop her from bein' cheerful, please? Mal: I don't believe there is a power in the 'verse that can stop Kaylee from being cheerful. Sometimes you just wanna duct tape her mouth and dump her in the hold for a month.

'Serenity'


Natter 47: My Brilliance Is Wasted On You People  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


juliana - Oct 12, 2006 1:15:08 pm PDT #3399 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…

I love juliana's flat and want to steal it from her.

You'd like the 1-bedrooms in my building better, and then we can have joint parties!


Amy - Oct 12, 2006 1:17:49 pm PDT #3400 of 10001
Because books.

You'd like the 1-bedrooms in my building better, and then we can have joint parties!

But who would bring the joints?

Sorry. I couldn't help myself.

I just applied for a job at Myspace.com. I would totally be the coolest kid on the block if I got it.

Totally! Even though Myspace kind of scares me.


§ ita § - Oct 12, 2006 1:19:58 pm PDT #3401 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Myspace scares the shit out of me. I refuse to sign up. Well, okay, I seem to recall I did, but it's a totally false name that I can't even remember, used just so I could see people's extra pictures.


Aims - Oct 12, 2006 1:21:57 pm PDT #3402 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.

But who would bring the joints?

You just called it!


Topic!Cindy - Oct 12, 2006 1:25:01 pm PDT #3403 of 10001
What is even happening?

Gawd, remember the Salon days? Damn thing was crashing all the time, Groundhog Days left and right.... and they wouldn't let us use naughty words in our taglines!

Like 'intellectually incurious'?

I just applied for a job at Myspace.com. I would totally be the coolest kid on the block if I got it.

Oh, you truly would. You're already the coolest kid on our block, though.


Jessica - Oct 12, 2006 1:26:21 pm PDT #3404 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Colbert Report Greenscreen Challange? ILM submitted an entry:

Yeah, Lucas was on the show last night. So cool! He didn't win, though.

ION, my apartment has no hot water. All of the hot taps are spitting brown gunk. Landlord has been called, but if I can't shower tomorrow morning, I will be REALLY not happy.


Sheryl - Oct 12, 2006 1:49:52 pm PDT #3405 of 10001
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"

Timelies all!

Eeee! I just got my new PDA. Ok, it's new to me, if not a new model. I had to go with a refurbished Palm Zire 71 in order to get one that works with OS 9. It's charging up right now, so I have to wait a bit before I start playing with it.


§ ita § - Oct 12, 2006 2:15:17 pm PDT #3406 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I just washed my balcony. I've organised my linens. Done all my laundry. Baked banana bread. Applied for fifteen or so jobs.

Did I mention washed my balcony? I think next I might organise the things under my bed. Does anyone need a coat rack? I have a coat rack under my bed.


sarameg - Oct 12, 2006 2:21:49 pm PDT #3407 of 10001

My balcony needs washing! You can do...oh, wrong coast.

I'm doing laundry. Not a spurt of industriousness like ita, though. Necessity. Won't be able to this weekend and I'd like clean clothes.

Carl Kassel doing Fever is really frightening.

Aaaand Devi is demolishing my closet. Knocking fur I didn't know was on the shelves all over my stuff. I'll give you a lintroller, ita, to take care of this, screw the coast.


Topic!Cindy - Oct 12, 2006 2:27:22 pm PDT #3408 of 10001
What is even happening?

(Did you try the recaps on the scifi site? They are short and come with pictures.)

sumi, I tried them, in the sense of bookmarking them, but today seemed to be a big homework day for the kids. I have bookmarked the page as well as the Sad Geezers (ha!) Guide site that Strega linked. Thanks to you both.

...

Jericho

I would have to watch the episode a second time, and I'm probably not going to do that, but it seems to me that yes, at first, Mayor Mom and Dr. Wife were objecting to the questioning the guys wanted to do (and the cruelty of their methods), but everything else about their treatment of Vincent (even after the questioning) seemed to be this frantic quest to keep him alive, and all I could think was, "Why? Let the poor bugger go."

As a longtime fan of the series, I kind of thought The Story So Far sucked big time. I'm glad it seems to be working on new viewers though! I actually had trouble following it, because the way they chose to recap the various plotlines didn't match the way they were told during the show.
Honestly, I thought it sucked as far as a catch-me-up, too. I hardly feel like I know anything more, except what Cylons are (I never saw the original movie and series). But it showed me enough of the storytelling and acting that I was intrigued.

I almost walked away from the TV and did something else during the first ten minutes, though. Scott was watching it. He'd already watched episode 3:01, and wanted some backstory. I muttered something to him about preferring cavement to astronauts, and then had to explain the whole caveman vs. astronaut debate.

But then I got my cavemen (BSG talk) * and by that, I mean the kind of myth I dig, when Olmos started talking about earth that was, or rather, mythic earth, and they needed the Arrow of Apollo and there was that whole womb of Athena, and the henge with the zodiac signs on it. That sort of slant seems to be a necessary ingredient to draw me in, as often as not.

BSG question: New Caprica isn't Earth, is it?