JACQUI

OMG, I swear, I had nothing to do with this. It wasn't my doing. My nephews were over at my house and were mighty bored, they've been bugging me to see 'Serenity', but as they're 7 and 9 I've been telling them no. But I told them they could watch Firefly if they wanted. They agreed. I started with the 'Train Job', 'cause I figure, it has trains, bar fights, big ugly men with tattoos getting kicked into turbine engines, what could go wrong? Kyle, 9, loved the barfight. "This is a dirty fight! They're throwing dirt at each other! And kicking shins!". He also thinks that Inara is "a very beautiful lady". Liam, 7, was much more enamoured with Kaylee. He thinks she's pretty. They liked it, Kyle especially fell in love with Jayne and couldn't stop laughing at doped up Jayne "wha? I was aimin' for his head!". So I thought, maybe, Jaynestown, 'cause more drinking, fighting, a statue, etc... Anyways, Liam, who in 'The Train Job' saw Kaylee bicker with Jayne, then run to him when he was shot and hover over him in the med bay, and then watched her tease him over the statue and sit next to him and joke with him at the bar... he got mighty confused when Jayne went upstairs with that other woman and Kaylee sat with Simon. He was very upset. Awww. Heee! My seven year old nephew is a Jaylee fan. (I'm so proud). I swear, again, it wasn't my doing. Another amusing fact... Kyle, who had started up the chant of "Kill him! Kill him!" when Stitch and Jayne were fighting, was highly offended when the little boy handed Jayne back his knife and Jayne snatched it. "He shouldn't have snatched it, that was rude!". So, in the 9 yr old brain, killing is perfectly acceptible, but snatching is not. Okay then.

UNIVERSEDWELLER

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KELLAINA

So I'm going to a Halloween party, and have absolutely no idea what to wear. I haven't had the opportunity to dress up for about four years, since I usually have to work. The result is I have no old, easily re-used costumes, and no ideas whatsoever. I'd go for something Firefly related but I don't think I'll be able to put it together in time. And I don't think anyone would get it :crap: Anyone got any ideas?

SHINYGEEKET

In practice however, they're kind of evil. They make people all mean and ssshhh-y. Especially when you wonder the stacks humming the ballad of serenity. That really seems to piss people off, but why I have no idea. Maybe next time I should leave out the little jig I do whenever I finish the song, although it's usually a crowd pleaser. Thoughts, comments anyone?

MEIMEIRIVER

Nothing here...

JACQUI

An update to my other blog in which I said I wasn't going to take my nephews to see "Serenity" (a movie which they've been dying to see since they've seen my Visual Companion and trading cards and the extended trailer on my comp). Anyways, after watching a few episodes of Firefly and getting really excited, they finally wore me down (and, hey, selling more tickets to the BDM, who can complain about that?), with the promise to let me know if it got too scary for them. It was a really quiet session and we were able to talk freely without bothering anyone. Anyways... #### HERE BE SPOILERS ### ### SPOILERS I TELLS YE ### As you can imagine, both the 7 and 9 year old boys giggled and were insanely happy when River grabbed Jayne's balls. Kyle, 9, upon seeing the Operative kick Inara across the room: "He hurt a woman! Oh, he really *is* a bad guy. *pause*. And I wouldn't call him a gentleman at all." He got right into it. And when Mal sneaks up onto the bridge to stop River: "Keep your gun ready, that's it, that's it, yes, keep your gun ready... Ohhhh no." I had to reassure both of them that there were no Reavers on Miranda. And he couldn't even speak with the whole "leaf on the wind" scene. Could. Not. Speak. His mouth just fell open and he stared at the screen. They loved it, they were highly impressed by the fact that it was the 'same people' in the 'same ship' with the 'same bad guys' (Reavers and Alliance) as the TV show.

STARRBABY

Hey there guys. Haven't been around for a while. Reason #1 - VERY busy. Reason #2 - haddn't seen the BDM, and didn't want to get spoiled. Just to get this out of the way - DAMN that was tight. I about peed myself when the first shot of Serenity (the ship) came on the sceen, and the soundtrack blew me away. Thanks to all the kind words and encouragement from everyone durringthis difficult (yet joyus time in my life) Extra special thanks to Song for all her support and advice on breastfeeding multiples. I'll be on here sparadically . . .when the spawn are sleeping mostly. Just wanted to say hi and thank everyone for being such great friends!

PRETTYPRETTY

Wash has often reminded me of Wembly Fraggle. Goofy, Hawaiian Shirt wearing, Jocular, and a little bit of a fraidy cat at times. I always liked Wembly. Now, it's funny that my first two entries are about Wash, when, as you should be able to tell from my name, and icon, I am a major fan of Simon Tam. I guess I am just coming to terms with Wash not beeing around any longer.

EMBERS

Thank you to the newbies (I hope that that isn't an insulting term to anyone) who joined the Universal Board using my link:

FIREFLYFRENZY247

Does anyone else think it very cruel of Joss Whedon to kill Wash AND Book?

PRETTYPRETTY

I have to say, this is a great group of folks. I have gotten more comments on here in two posts than I have in two years from my actual blog. Thanks for the nice "Welcome" from all you fellow browncoats.