firefly fan in wis
Wednesday, 23 February 2011 04:51:43

I am a newbe firefly fan in wis near ill line. is there still a movie showing of firefly in a movie theater in wis anytime this year? I am a fencing coach

Channy? Where for art thou?
Wednesday, 23 February 2011 14:02:21

Here for I art! Oh, where did I go for six years? Well, that's a very long story that I'll sum up here in a few words. College. I didn't figure out what I wanted to be when I grew up until I turned 35. So I spent April 2004 to June 2009 getting a bachelor's degree in graphic design with a Web design emphasis while working full time and spending the last part of it tag-teaming the care of an aging parent with my siblings. Yeah... Try it. A watercolor that I did for an illustration project using Nathan Fillion's face is evidence of how I worked Firefly into every quarter of school. Crazy? Well... I was basically going to art school in a crappy economy. Personal loss. My parents died within two years of each other. Mom died June 1, 2008, six days before my 41st birthday. Dad died a year ago on March 31, eight days after my brother's 40th birthday. That anniversary is coming up. No, I don't care if you know how old I am. I'll never tell you how much I weigh, though. And if you think I'm too old to feel like an orphan? Think again. College again, as of October 2010. Web design this time, just an associate's degree because I'm word and design schmawt, not back-end developer schmawt. Thanks to all the credits that transferred in, though, that's five classes in three quarters only - woo! Yup, still working full time. Starting a freelance graphic design business... yeah, gimme another latte, would'ja? And yet, through it all, I keep peeking in back here. Not nearly as often as I should, but John Lennon was a true philosopher: "Life is what happens while you're making other plans." Amen, bruddah.

V - The cheese, it burns ... [spoilers]
Wednesday, 23 February 2011 18:34:20

I feel like we need to talk about V, the show that seems to try jumping the shark every week, but never quite succeeds. Watching the latest episode (2x07, I guess) over a cup of hot chocolate, it occurred to me just how random this show has become lately. We are now really deep in the sci-fi cheese. Characters are handing other characters glowy things and women are hitting each other because nothing says awesome writing better than fisticuffs. Two scenes were particularly cringe-worthy this time - first, the "Lisa making out with other dude" sequence. He said the ship is nice, she said he looked handsome and swiftly proceeded to stuck her tongue down his throat. Sure, whatever (though I have to say, that was one lucky guest actor). But what took the cake was the uber-clichéd "erotic tension moment" during the safe opening scene which came out of nowhere and cracked me up, given that Mitchell and Mesure have zilch on-screen chemistry. That was something straight out of an awful romantic comedy. If the writers are really going to push this insane notion, I'm gonna be sick. Also, the whole bit about the vitamin pills containing alien crawler things was a complete throwaway. The what do what? Alright then ... And how about that brilliant solution to the baby issue? ("The baby annoys the audience and is difficult to work with on set - okay, here's an idea, let's make it older WITH MAGIC!"). Riveting stuff. But then again, sometimes the show has an interesting weird poetry about it. Take the scene where Lisa reluctantly embraces her grandmother, thereby embraces human emotions (sort of). I wish they would stick to those basic concepts instead of Jack Bauer shenanigans in not-actually Hong Kong.