KAELE

Got my coats and vests for Daisy Shen and I. Daisy was over tonight with my parents and I was able to deliver her custom made Tristan exclusive coat, vest, and belt pouch. She liked them. :) Still no word on those darn holsters that Mircea sent over. I don't know what the heck happened, but I think they got lost. I feel terrible that he spent all that time working on them and they never got here. He told me that he's sending over another set. Next up will probably be scarves. I may buy extra fabric and see if anyone else wants some. I know TequilaMatt (from the PA Browncoats) may want some. And for some hilarity. Even though it's not firefly related:

TWISTEDCHERUB

I remained silent when they cancelled Firefly. I sat by in a quiet rage when Justice was tossed aside. But I can no longer tolerate the enormous mistakes of Fox. Drive was incredible; and the last straw. It's time for revenge my friends. It's time to be heard. It's time for a boycott. We have begun to fight! But we need numbers to be noticed. Our myspace username is Burned by Fox. Look us up. We will boycott Fox and any company that advertises with them. "I aim to misbehave." Who's with me?

HOBBLEIT

Hi there, So my plans to watch the Firefly weekend on Sci-Fi were well and truly scuppered. Bobby phoned on Saturday asking to go out and I'm not going to say no to Bobby. We went to Durham with John. Firstly we went and pestered Andrew at the Cathedral; which is always fun. There were a load of scouts there which did lead on to the inevitable scouting for boys jokes. Yes we are very predictable. When Andrew finished we went to the pub to have lunch and then we went shopping. Well, shopping consisted of me and Bobby drooling over Jensen Ackles and then going to another pub. Yes all in all we did end up in four pubs; the waterhouse, the swan, the angel and one i can't remember the name of but I think it had the word moon in the name (no, I wasn't drunk when we went there, my memory is just terrible). We got the 6:20pm bus home which is when the hilarity really started. Well, It'd been hilarious all day because me, Andrew and Bobby kept falling over and in the Angel we were laughing about eyebrows but on the bus it took on a whole new level. Bobby couldn't stay on the seat and when Andrew got off at Thornley, John decided he wanted to hug him (yes John was drunk. He's a happy drunk which annoys me. It makes me want to punch him) but Andrew was having none of that. So a combination if trying to get away from John and being too tall for the bus meant that Andrew fell over also. In his attempted escape, John chased after him; only his jeans are too big for him and they started to fall down. The sight of a giant ginger man being chased by a hairy dude with his jeans around his ankles was too much for me and Bobby and we laughed continuously for the rest of the journey. And Bobby nearly fell off his seat again. So that was my Saturday. Sunday was somewhat less interesting; which consisted of me watching Supernatural and making notes from one of the most boring books in the history of the world. But i got it done. Now I just have to start revision; the exam is in one month. Anyway TTFN Jennifer -x-

WYNTER

Is it just me or does it suck muchly when things are going well and then take a bad turn, just, it seems like, to screw with you? I mean, it could all be good one day, but by the next evening, you're well on the way downhill and there's nothing you can do about it. This past week or so for me has had a plentiful amount of moments like that, and to be honest, I really hate it. I thought I was finally getting somewhere with my writing after being out of commission for so long, and I even posted the first part of my new fic up, but now I'm back where I was before! After reading and re-reading the first section, I've discovered I'm not actually that satisfied with it, but I'm not entirely sure why. And because of that, I can't seem to motivate myself to pick up a pen - ok, open the word document on my laptop - and continue the next part. I sort of hate myself for it - it bugs me to all hell that I'm stuck in a rut again so soon after starting something new, especially when I have these ideas roaming about my head, but I really don't know what to do. I have this cartoon image of beating my head with a stick, piñata style, just to see how the ideas fall out and so they end up being used, but somehow I doubt it'd work as well in real life. Darn. On the upside, the Can't Stop The Serenity screening I'm organising seems to be shaping up! Leaflets and posters are pretty much sorted so all I have to do now is get a butt-load of them printed and share 'em out between everyone who said they'd help distribute them (I love you all, by the way). I started ordering prizes for the raffle we're having (Amazon and Ebay are my friends), and I picked up the prize donation from our first confirmed sponsor last week too, so that gave me a big happy. I think I'll start phoning around the rest of the sponsors I sent letters to tomorrow - a week should have been plenty of time for them to think about whether they want to take part or not. And if it's not, tough crap. I'm all for giving managers/companies a bit of notice before bombarding them with requests, but if they're not going to get back to me themselves, then they can sure as hell expect me to get in touch with them. Umm, but yeah, before I rant too much about that, everything seems to be going well so far! *touch wood* Watch this space for more news. Speaking of news - I was more than a bit gutted when I heard about Drive. Even thinking about it now makes me feel depressed and safe to say, very, very angry. Hearing the name FOX usually leads to colourful, sweary type sentences about its executives, and a list of sadistic ways to hurt them. Not that it didn't before, but even more so now. Hey, I'm not the only one, so don't judge! I just don't understand what their problem is - so apparently, it didn't grab enough ratings, but it was barely on the air for THREE weeks, give it a fucking chance! Did I hear right about the blackout in some of the States for one of those weeks, and the fact that FOX aired one episode on a Sunday night, then the following episode the next again day? Well done you money-hungry wankers, once again you screwed over your own show without really giving it a chance to impact. I also wish pain upon the American audience who decided Dancing with the Stars was worth their watching time - you suck. And what really gets to me about the whole thing (apart from the fact that the viewers just got shit all over) is how the cast and crew must be feeling, specifically Nathan Fillion and Tim Minear. Just walk away guys, and don't look back - you're worth more. I end this with a hearty and venom-fuelled FUCK YOU FOX!!! Ok, happy news - I came home from uni one day this past week to find a package addressed to me on the dining room table. The writing on the label was familiar, and I thought back to a few days before that when I'd gotten a text from (my dear friend) Vez, asking me my t-shirt size. I told her and wondered why, but she'd refused to reveal anything, and so I'd kinda forgotten about it. Until then. "Vez" was my immediate thought as I opened the envelope and

KELKHIL

OK so a few months ago Laurelin started picking on me about my grey hair (granted I threw the first stone on that topic a week or so before so I had it coming). It has never really bothered me. Its just hair afterall! I have a little of a receding hairline. I am hoping that it will eventually allow me to grow the Hulk Hogan Mullet (that would be sweet), and it is now a really dirty blonde almost to the point of being brown where it used to be a golden blonde. So I went on Saturday to get my quarterly haircut (I usually get it cut pretty tight so that I am not wasting money at the barbershop every 2 weeks). So I am talking to my barber and we get to the topic of my grey hairs and the barber says well we can take care of those right now with some highlights. I figured that would show Laurelin for picking on me! :tongue: I highlighted my hair a couple of times a few years back just for the hell of it but got bored and stopped. I get bored with my hair quite a lot. The last time I was really bored with it I gave Laurelin our clippers and told her to take it all off. Fun way to find out you have an odd-shaped head and really small ears!:biggrin: So anyway; I told the barber sure lets highlight it. If I don't like it we can shave it and it will grow back. Well it wasn't highlighted so much as she dyed the whole thing Golden Blonde. I guess it looks alright but am not totally sure yet. It is supposed to fade a little more with time. I am hoping it will lighten up even more. Boredom is a wonderful thing. Is it vanity though? I am not sure. It kinda feels like it and I am sure people think it is. So ladies Introducing Billy Idol! *place mock cheers here*:wink:

RIVER6213

My last post in the Thread "1943" I'll written as usual yes, but what do you think about it. Thanks, but I am well aware of the nature of humanity and what it is capable of. It's just that every now and then when I least expect it suddenly it hits me just how historically, and presently cruel and mean we are to one another. Human nature? Yes, it is our way; it's what makes human beings, human beings, but still I don't have to like it, which I don't and never will. One could say that I'm shaking my fist at gravity, and in certain ways I am shaking my fist at something I myself cannot control which in itself is an act of futility, but I would not say that I'm being hyper-focused. Any normal human being with a soul would react to a scene of butchery with revulsions, and disgusts which I demonstrated when I watched that movie; it is a natural response. Its no wonder that the human race has so many stories of super heroes and champions, or supernatural beings, or Gods and spirits fighting for our best interests because considering the horrors we visited upon each other presently and historically, we are frightened shitless of each other because we know what we are all capable of. Certainly there are people out there who do good acts, and in many ways are heroes. I acknowledge them and their efforts, but it is also very true that the evil that exists in this world totally outnumbers the good. That good is a thin, blue line that keeps evil at bay, but never enough good to totally destroy it because totally destroying evil means that we end up totally destroying ourselves. How screwed up is that? We seem to need evil. Crazy world if you ask me. Also, as wired tight as I am I do my bit of good for the undeserving humanity. We all in one form or another have to make a choice about what side we want to be on, and then act on that choice in the many ways available. I am just convinced that even though there are good people out there I believe that most people are evil, or have evil intent...call it greed or lust, or hate, or power and prestige; call it whatever you want it is something that we excel well at speaking historically of course. One of my top annoyances with the human race is one of so-called racial superiority, or racial inferiority. This has got to be the dumbest thing we ever come with. People point at Africans and say they are inferior because they didn't invent a lot of things, so I guess the measure of human development is what your race as created, invented, or built. Whites think that they are superior to other races because of the many things that have been built. We even gone to the moon, but in my mind this brings us no closer to the all mighty, and in certain ways we are the "N" word of humanity. If there were such a creature as a superior human that human would never need to push that superiority in the faces of other races and blame them for not developing as fast as we did. We are not superior to anyone. I personally think that we are tricked into thinking that all of our fancy gadgets we created is a mark of superiority, but it isn't...not in the least. Lastly. Looking at the whole white race in general, there have been many that created great things and moved in great strides in science, math, arts and social causes, but the rest of white humanity was just along for the ride. How dare we take the credit of the few great people and say that WE ourselves are superior? Just another weird thought banging around in this thing that passes for my brain. -River

BLUESUNCOMPANYMAN

After writing the entire Wikipedia article regarding Blue Sun I started getting a few e-mails about it and I thought I'd write a blog entry to help those people who are new to firefly begin to understand the underside of the main story. Now keep in mind, this blog entry is entirely my opinion. It is not canon. It is based on my expansive personal knowledge of Firefly coupled with how and where Blue Sun inter-relates. To understand Blue Sun you must first possess an understanding of the political structure of the 'verse. Firefly can be politically compared to the 18th century English government. At that time there was a triad of intrests governing the highest decisions of British life. Firstly there was the King, and along with that persona you find the nobility. Second is the parliament of "elected" officials. I place the word (elected) in quotes because the concept of a democracy was more of a philosophy than a reality during that time period. The third and final major force were the capitalists of the era and along with them comes big business. One of the largest of these organizations was the East India Company. Blue Sun is modeled on EIC. In the 18th century, political corruption was a fact of life and a nature of business. In order to see your commercial interests forwarded, one need only use ones money to influence the nobility and thus parliament. Oftentimes members of parliament were nobles who had political stock in EIC or other trade engines. The system was tightly interwoven and the result was that an elite few were able to become wealthy by treading on the backs of the common man. This is the exact situation we see in the Firefly 'verse. A nobility class clearly exists. Mal refers to a "King of Londinium" in the pilot episode. Warrick Harrow explains to Mal that his red sash indicates lordhood. Atherton Wing and Magistrate Higgins are clearly lesser lords. Interrelated with these nobles you find the interests of the Alliance government, which we know from the film to be governed by a parliament. The third and final piece of the puzzle is big business. In Firefly we see this expressed in the form of the Blue Sun Corporation, which while surely not the only corporation, is likely the largest and most influential. Joss Whedon once described Blue Sun as a combination of Microsoft and Coca-Cola. Judging from what we see of Blue Sun a more apt comparision would be Microsoft/Coca-Cola/Procter & Gamble. Clearly the future of corporations involves business buying itself out until only a scant few entities remain. Those few companies provide all the logistical infrastructure in the 'verse. One of Blue Sun's niches is in the consumer staples market. Note the following apperances of Blue Sun on food products: 1. The crybaby was a radio transmitter taped to a Blue Sun coffee can. (pilot episode) 2. River rips labels of Blue Sun brand food. (shindig) 3. A Blue Sun cola commercial runs as Serenity debarks her landing platform (The Message) 4. River kicks a Blue Sun brand bottle off a table in the maidenhead bar (Serenity feature film) 5. Jayne passes a Blue Sun brand liquor bottle to Simon (Serenity feature film) Blue Sun's other market is in electronic technological advancements. The only example of this is in the episode Ariel. When Simon boots up the holo-imager, a spinning logo appears before the machine begins to show Rivers internal organs. If you look closely at the center of the spinning element of the hologram, you can clearly see Blue Sun's logo. Be aware that it will appear backwards because it is presented in a manner that would appear correct to the operator of the imager (Simon) and we are on the opposite side. I have heard (non-canon) discussions that there were plans to hide Blue-Sun logos in internet communications, implying that the company has patients on common telecommunications technologies, such as sending "Waves" and accessing the Cortex. (For non-browncoats...the Cortex is the WWW of the 'verse. It traverses all the planets in the star system, tho

JOSSISAGOD

1. Document Processing- Did all the work plus a little extra, and got a C average. 2. Beginning Excel, did the work exactly how I was supposed to and got a C average 3. Intermediate Excel, did the work exactly according to the book, failed half the assignments, and got a D average! 4. Beginning Word, haven't recieved a grade for it, but the teacher will probably find something wrong with it. WHY DID I TAKE THESE STUPID COURSES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You know, I'm starting to think the instructors don't know what they are talking about!!

FUTUREMRSFILLION

....but I don't.