LITTLEPISTOL05

So, I start a new job tomorrow at Kraynak's...which is the local center of Christmas glee...aka where all the mommies and daddies bring their screaming kiddies to see Santa for the next three months. *sigh* Hey, at least I got a job again! I'm just starting to realize how soon I'm moving today. I'm sooooooo not ready. Last nite I went out with an old friend, and wound up talking for three hours in two different restaurants and pissing the waiters off. :finger: ***hehehehe*** We left them a big tip, so it's all good now. I'm really behind the times, but excited nevertheless. My 'rents are getting me the Firefly DVD for my b-day in a few weeks. *YAY!*

MADAMEPSI

I plan to watch "Ariel" tonight just before I sleep. I made sure to catch the entire DVD set before seeing Serenity, and now I am re-watching all the episodes in order. What a delight ... since I must be alone in my room at night, this is next best.

REGINAROADIE

Well, it's Sunday night of the second weekend of SERENITY's release, and we got creamed. Tell you the truth, I wasn't really that surprised. You factor in the time of year it was released, the fact that genre flicks like this drop half their audience the second weekend around, the experimental marketing campaign in a time where even regular campaigns don't work and everything else, it was almost foolish to think that we'd have a $30 or $40 million dollar opening weekend. But I'm not sad by this. If anything I find it fitting. It actually made me think of the second to last scene in one of my favorite movies, THE COMMITMENTS. It's after when the band has basically self-destructed and Jimmy the Rabbit is walking home, dejected by the whole thing, and he has this one last confrontation with Joey "The Lips" Fagin. JOEY: Jimmy. You want a ride? JIMMY: Piss off. JOEY: Oh don't take it personally, Jimmy. They'll all come crawling back. JIMMY: They can crawl up their holes for all I care. JOEY: "Oh sing unto the Lord a new song, for he has done marvelous things." Psalm 98. JIMMY: You lied to me Joey. I always bought anything you told us, and I was probably the only one who ever did. But you lied to me. JOEY: I'm sorry you doubt me, brother Rabbitte. Look, I know you're hurtin' now, but in time you'll realize what you've achieved. JIMMY: I've achieved nothing. JOEY: You're missing the point. Success of the band was irrelevant. You raised their expectations of life. You lifted their horizons. Sure, we could've been famous and made albums and stuff, but that would have been predictable. This way, it's poetry. JIMMY: It's a pisser is what it is, Joey. And that's how I feel about the whole thing. Yes, after three years of blood, sweat and tears, we arn't the new STAR WARS or MATRIX or a $100 million dollar blockbuster. But to tell you the truth, it shouldn't matter. We managed to give Joss, Nathan, Gina, Alan, Adam, Morena, Jewel, Sean, Summer and Ron a chance to tie up loose ends and to give SERENITY one last flight. We raised expectations and hopes for everyone who knows or have heard about the show. We've shown the industry that a fan base can be loud enough to resurrect what was perceived as a dead property. If you think about it, we are a success story even without the money. And so what even if wern't a blockbuster. There have been countless movies that have had minor success in theatres but over the years have become institutes unto themselves. Once the DVD hits, then we'll really show how much of a hit we all know it is. FIREFLY/SERENITY is a legend as it is. And legends never die. P.S. And on a personal note, now that Jewel and Sean are not huge celebrities with million dollar pricetags, I can afford them for when I make my indie flicks.

JACQUI

But oh, so very goooooooooood. So, I went to the shops to buy some milk and bread and pick up the insulin no one in the world seems to have... anyway... I passed by one of those mid center "massage" places that give neck massages for, like, $5 and I thought 'why the hell not'? I mean, I've gotta go into hospital tomorrow and rearrange my whole life, so why not something special for me right now? So I sit down and he starts and, wow, my shoulders are real tense (like I didn't *know*?) and he starts away and convinces me to get the shoulders and neck massage for a little extra. One of those places which doesn't have a *degree* listed anywhere and you can tell by the stances these guys are holding that they have no idea about proper posture and are going to kill themselves if they continue like this much longer, and none of the moves this guy was making was even remotely familiar and I doubt on the approved Australian Massage Association list... But, oohhhhhhhh, it felt so good. And, yes, I know that when I get my fiance up on the massage table and work on the kinks in his body, I can always turn it around and get him to work on me... but sometimes, I mean, we all know it, sometimes you just need someone who [i]knows[/i] what they're doing. And, as I sat there watching this other guy work on a man lying on a massage table, I got the strangest urge to just start giving them tips. Like, for instance, get a table with *adjustable* heights so that this poor guy doesn't have to double himself over to reach the body on the table and... oh jesus... is he *actually* kneeling on one knee to bend down to reach the man's arms? If you balance yourself properly, then you wouldn't be reaching back to rub away the ache in your kidneys, 'cause there'd be none... and hey, where you have 'foot massage' listed, maybe it should be 'reflexology' and, you know, do you have anyone that does hand and auricular reflexology? I'm available you know... But I didn't actually say anything and just sat there and TOOK IT ALL as he pounded mercilessly at my stubborn, stubborn, fascia frozen flesh. Mmmmmmmmm. Don't tell my fiance, ok?

PSYCHICRIVER

Im just loving being a browncoat right now. Its SO much fun. Theres so much cool merchandise for the film. Thats what rocks. With the series, the only thing we got (at first) was the box set. Thats the only thing weve had for a long while. But now theres loads! Sountracks! Action figures! Posters! Comics! Books! More books! Trading cards! Postcards! Badges! I love it! I've got the visual companion, novelization, magazine, and they rock. But I want a River action figure! Give us a River action figure! Unfortunately I won't get either the Serenity or Firefly soundtracks til christmas as Im saving money for the flan! Stay shiny!