FLAME

I've been watching all of the original 1950's TV episodes of HAVE GUN WILL TRAVEL. While the main character, Wire Paladin, isn't *exactly* like Mal, there's a lot of similarities. Enough to be entertaining. I'm really enjoying it and highly recommend it to any Browncoats who are sufferin' from the lack of more FIREFLY.

SHINYTRINKET

Your instructions on how to mouse-over the Chinese to get the translation to show WORKED!!! So anyone reading my fanfic "Nothin' In The Verse" should be able to do that, unless your browser doesn't support it. Just in case, I'll put the translations at the end of each chapter. And, if anyone else wants to do it, see the thread "Posting Assistance Needed!" You guys rock! :kiss:

SERENITY4EVER

It's Interenational Khaki day tommarow. I read this article:

IMIN

I'm so glad that it is Friday! I can't wait to get off of work and relax. Yesterday I jammed two of my fingers because my three year old son decided to pitch a fit in the middle of a Taco Bell parking lot. He wrenched my fingers because he was flinging himself everywhere. He ended up laying on the ground. If my best friend hadn't been there that kid would've gottent he beating of a lifetime. Luckily she is a lot more cool headed then I am and made a deal with him. I have a lot to learn about being a parent. So I have two gimpy fingers and that sucks! There is just so much goiing on in the next week. The new (well actually old) Star Wars movies will be reissued in their original glory (hey when I was a kid that was super high tech!). Also the Lego Star Wars II game will be coming out. My kids already are begging me to get it. Well they just may have to wait until Christmas. I think that we are going to put it on lay-away sometime in the next week. Things here are pretty humdrum though. I just wanted to blog a little about what was going on around here. Hope everyone has a great weekend.

REGINAROADIE

Hey all I was thinking about geek culture and all that, and I hit on something that I think could open up to some interesting discussions. To me, a geek is someone who has a larger than normal fascination or obsession with a specific thing. By that definition, I think the majority of people are geeks. Even non-geeky types could be described as geeks. But there seems to be sort of a caste system with geeks. For example, if someone were to dress up as a character from a sci-fi movie or tv show, they're derided and made fun of and laughed at. But if someone wears a melon on their head or paint either their face or body of a specific color of a sports team, that somehow makes them ok or cool. It's even better if you re-enact some centuries old battle in authentic clothing and realistic wounds. Ands to know the inner workings of a warp drive gets jeers, but to know the inner workings of a motor of some classic car makes you the coolest guy in the room. To me, this just seems a bit dumb that in a world of geeks, that motorheads or sports fanatics or civil war buffs or gun nuts or other people that have passionate obsessions with specific human endeavours do not get the same derision as, well...us. Is what I'm saying making any sense to you guys?

N0SKILLZ

Woot, S3 is almost upon us! I'm pretty excited, but it has waned considerably in the last few months. I think I may only got down for the first or second day (not sure yet) as I don't have a room, cuz I wasn't even sure I was gonna be able to go since it was talked about me deploying (which didn't happen) and there not being enough people for me to get the time off (there is now, but I didn't know till late last month). So now its way to late to get a hotel room and I don't have a car to take the drive to london every day... nor would I want to, since it sooo fraking busy in the mornings, lol. SOoo anyways, where is everyone meeting? cuz this is gonna be my first convention in like 3-4 years (last time was Otakon in 02 or 03 i think), and I totally don't know what i'm going to do ,lol.

BIGWOLF18

creepy llama:

RIVERISMYGODDESS

I am still in somewhat of a bad mood (been overworked and underfucked this week [not mine, I saw it on a shirt at DragonCon]) and that might be what brought this on. Anyhow, I have noticed a trend in the chatroom lately for people to have their way or no way at all, and a bit of a tendancy to come to the defense of someone who has no need for it. Along the lines of how I usually deal with things, I am just not going to be in chat anymore. My IM and MySpace info is above, and I will still be on here posting fanfics and participating in the forums (probably moreso, though the only ones I have really gotten into are the FORSAKEN and DragonCon threads so far). ~Jimi jimi dot spettel at gmail dot com Self-Proclaimed Grand Vizier of Georgia "Marijuana not only should be legal, it should be manditory." - Bill Hicks