Today I thought of Firefly when...
POSTED BY: Channain
UPDATED: Friday, October 31, 2003 23:51
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I was at the Renaissance Festival yesterday. I like to walk and people-watch when I'm there, catch some of the characters and patrons in great costumes with their Nikes and Reeboks. Low and behold, what should I see at the Treetop Stage? A musician performing on a hammered dulcimer.
For those of you who have read the script for or seen "Heart of Gold," you'd probably understand.
This thread is the latest in a series that I hope to continue in to the black and beyond.
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Channian, you beat me to the festival thingy! I went to the Malabar Historical Festival today. There were blue coats, guns, cowboys on horses, covered wagons, twangy music, and a lot of people were in time period costumes just as some country folks. At one point I found myself dancing a little gig with an old man to a fiddle player and it became my own little Triumph... well, minus the fake marriage and all the dust. It was great.
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It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
Aristotle
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Bear in mind, you might not find out about the fake marriage until the next day... You didn't get a hat made from a tree, did you?
History repeats the old conceits
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Originally posted by Kaythryn:
Channian, you beat me to the festival thingy! I went to the Malabar Historical Festival today. There were blue coats, guns, cowboys on horses, covered wagons, twangy music, and a lot of people were in time period costumes just as some country folks. At one point I found myself dancing a little gig with an old man to a fiddle player and it became my own little Triumph... well, minus the fake marriage and all the dust. It was great.
More to the point - do you recall giving anyone a hat made out of a tree?
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OK, this thread brings back this thought, so if there is a crime for reposting, shoot me, or just rub soup in my hair.
Posted this back in the Ten Things I learned from Firefly Post.
"When you start drinking, and a girl gives you a pretty hat made out of a tree and starts to dance with you, you are signing up to have & to hold.
and when that same girl who has nice qualities tries to seduce you, your pilot & your companion, then sabotages your ship, and leaves you & your crew at the hands of those who would kill them even though she didn’t and she made you dinner, remember marriage is hard work & you shouldn’t give up."
happy mun-day
Mal: “See how I'm not punching him? I think I've grown!”
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Kind of a tangent from the actual content of this thread (geez, and I flunked trig..[probably why I'm a psychologist...])
Buuut...
The other day, I heard the new song from Godsmack, entitled "Serenity" (I kid you not). It's an appealing fantasy that the band members would declare themselves ardent and evangelical Browncoats, and so expose millions of impressionable listeners to the wonder that is Firefly. But if wishes were horses...
Still, the music has a vaguely FF-twangy thing going on at points, and if you listen to the lyrics, you might even imaging Mal, lookin' out the viewports, thinking morose thoughts:
Quote:
Where do we go when we just don't know and
how do we re-light the flame when it's cold?
Why do we dream when our thoughts mean nothing and
When will we learn to control?
refrain
I need Serenity
And a place where I can hide
I need Serenity
Nothing changes, days go by...
All in all, good tune.
Keep flyin'!
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I was studying (I kid you not, I really was) my psych this morning and had to stop when I read this...
"The amygdala is involved in anger and aggression."
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Functional with flare!
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I got stuck with 5 rugrats the other night. Decided the best way to keep them occupied was video. So I popped in Robin Hood by Disney, not that 
by Costner where the ultimate conflict is can Robin break a door down faster that the Sheriff can undo his drawers? Please! *shudder* 
Anyway, The fox (just realized that said fox, sorry to put said animal in a bad light) Robin Hood is quite the shiny fellow, who runs with a gang of thieves and even have their own preacher Friar tuck. (although he's a badger which is just funny and ironical. 
) And at one point in time Little John is making a lamp using fireflies. And says "Dance little fireflies, dance" Yep, call me Mr. Hopeless. Shiny 
Mal: “See how I'm not punching him? I think I've grown!”
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The past two months I have been working overtime programming a complicated piece of software which will, one day, go on the International Space Station (to control a camera we are putting up there). To keep from burning out, I have been following the advice of Agent Cooper of Twin Peaks (see sig below). Every day, once a day, (around noon), I close the door to my office, get out my lunch, put on my headphones, and enter the Firefly universe by watching one of the episodes on my computer. Today it was "Out of Gas" which seemed appropriate...
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I'm gonna let you in on a little secret. Every day, once a day, give yourself a present. Don't plan it, don't wait for it, just... let it happen. Could be a new shirt at the men's store, a catnap in your office chair, or two cups of good, hot, black coffee. - Agent Cooper
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Originally posted by stillshiny:
Little John is making a lamp using fireflies. And says "Dance little fireflies, dance" Yep, call me Mr. Hopeless. Shiny
The whole Robin Hood legend still holds a special place in my heart, which is why I have such a thing for Firefly. Mal can say what he wants, but much as he'd like to rob from the rich and keep it, we all know he'd give to the poor if he had a mind to.
Disney's Robin Hood is still an all time favorite. In fact I had the vinyl soundtrack album and played so much I'm pretty sure I wore it out.
Little John is manufacturing a "crystal ball" for Robin to use to fool Prince John. The line is, "Okay, little fireflies - glow, babies. Glow."
Firefly Artwork Series
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