NESS

Or... The Continuing Tales of Ness and Her Decision to Take a Creative Writing Course. (mock soap opera announcer voice) We last left Ness as she was mulling over the idea of taking a Creative Writing course... (Me): Gee, maybe I should decide what courses I need to take for the next year. I'll just head over to the university's website. Let's see... Oooh, more Chinese! A Canadian animation class? I get to watch cartoons for credit? I'm taking that class! Greek and Roman characters in myth? I liked the last mythology class I took. And what about that Creative Writing course that I was interested in... (gasp) What's this? The class is being held at the university's urban campus? (pause) Where the hell is that? (a Goggle search later) It's in the east end of the city? But transit doesn't run there. And the class is at night. Curse you, Creative Writing course! Now I'll never be a writer!! Eh? What's this? Music History; "The Music of Led Zepplin"? Well, that's better than nothing... (to be continued...) ********* So yeah, turns out I would have to go to the urban campus if I want to take the course and the transit system doesn't go there directly. Plus, night time and unfamiliar part of the city equals potential danger. So there goes the dream of becoming a famous writer. Or at least of being a really obscure one who ends up bitter :wink:. But that Led Zepplin course sounds interesting even if I don't like the band. It has more potential than some of the other courses the department is offering. And who knows, I might learning something profound while listening to some heavy metal or whatever genre Led Zepplin is.

SASSALICIOUS

Finally made it up to Green Bay to visit my mom and stepdad and was finally able to watch Mammoth. It was . . . interesting. Not all that good, but I enjoyed myself. Not much else to say. Felt pretty good about things today, but I hate it because I know it won't last.

SOFI

eek! just realised i'll be havin' no internet for 6 weeks over the holidays!! for the first 3 weeks of the holiday im goin' to various sailin' regattas/championships and then the last 3 weeks im goin' to france with tommys family. all the 6 weeks involves campin' which means no computer which means no internet!!! i thought the worst thing about my holidays would be missin' leeds festival, but now i'm seein' a whole new (more sinister) side. not only does that mean 6 weeks without fireflyfans.net, it also means no webcomics!! i mean like devil's panties updates daily. let me do the math, thats 42 updates i'll miss!! how shall i survive?! [end rant] in other news, i was listenin to this frank sinatra song yesterday an' i kinda thought it was perfect for my current fanfic 'dreams'. it's called 'i dream of you' (see what i did there?) and lyrics are: you're completely unaware, dear, that my heart is in your hand so for love's sake won't you listen and try to understand? i dream of you more than you dream i do how can i prove to you this love is real? you’re mean to me more than you mean to be you just can't seem to see the way i feel when i am close to you the world is far away the words that fill my heart my lips can't seem to say i want you so more than you'll ever know more than you dream i do, i dream of you i want you so more than you'll ever know more than you dream i do, i dream of you ain't that prettiful?! i love the 'mean' line. quite clever when you think about it... =D its quite a cool song. love frank sinatra... [sofi over and out] ps. feel free to do the commenting to make me feel good thing! it worked well last time... think its one of those minimum input - maximum output things...

FUTUREMRSFILLION

OK, I am going to have a big pity party for me. So if you are sick of my whinging, stop reading now. I think I am going to cry. I am not well. I have come to work at the day job only because I have no leave. I was hoping I was not scheduled at the night job. I had a note to sign me off last night and have not been in since last week there. I could have had the note say til Friday, but I didn't. I have called in and I am scheduled. I don't know what to do. If I miss anymore I am sure I will be fired, and unfortunately, if I don't work there we don't eat. It is that simple. I am so frustrated! So now I will go cry.

SWAY

hi ya'll I need someone to help me. I have a serious situation and with the help o' everyone I think a real change can happen. It's a situation that could really use the backing o' everyone in the world and in the 'verse. I don't want to depress everyone but fans o' firefly could help to stop a bad problem that effects everyone. What should I do? Any help would be much obliged. Sway.

LVS2READ

Just posted the next chapter of my story "Family." Unfortunately, I mixed up the Quote and Description boxes when posting. *slaps head* You'd think after all this time I'd know which was which!:biggrin: Anyway, if someone caught the story without the slash warning, I apologize.:blush: It's fixed now.

JOHNTHETHEATREFREAK

Captain's Log: Me and CHOO1701 found us a good crew. A nice Mechanic Darren Roberts. Gots me a doctor Nagap Luap. Strange little cook Shanti. A pilot called Puro Huress and a Nice gun for hire Gail Fred Gail

CAPTBRYAN

YEAH I SAID IT... If ya aint careful Ill do it again. How do I stop the Spam shit? Im told I can not hunt the silly useless people down and shoot them, legally that is, Im thinkin about doin it Illegally and damn the being nice about it too. Its like 65 emails a day maybe more... and it all about stuff I dont use or ever will. Id realy hate ta leave this site but this spammin on my stuff has gotta quit. I mean it... dont think Im playin.

AGENTKITTY

I got my Browncoat today! YAYAYAYAYAYAYAYA! It fits great, is pretty heavy and super shiny. Now i need to track down supplies for a sewing project and some metal buckles. *does the happy dance* w00t!! That is all :D

BREXAN

Cheers of joy today at 4pm! My first 2nd year examination over, done with, gone and forgotten. 2 long weeks of stressful revision, 30 minutes of pre-exam panic ("oh my god, what was that guys name?" "what on earth is base-rate falacy?" "what exam is this?"), and half a box of anti-stress choc-chip-cookies and now I can forget everything I've revised. I kinda have to question the point of it all when, just like almost every other exam I've ever had, I just forget most of what I've learnt anyway. But hey, if its what they want, its what they'll get. And I have to say, it wasn't quite as bad as it could have been, and infinately better than I was expecting. And now its the wrong side of 9pm, and the joy has faded and its hit me. I still have 5 more of the buggers to do. 5 more subjects to revise. 50(!) more topics. I've got a fun couple of weeks ahead, and I'm undoubtably going to be spending my birthday revising - assuming the world (or my head) doesn't implode (06/06/06) that day. Anywho, 20% of the years exams down, only 11 more exams *ever* and I can look forward to the joys of working 9-5 7 days a week. I'm not entirely sure which life I prefer, but it can't be much worse than the constant stress I'm under now :D Tonight, I rest, for tomorrow, and every day for the next 2 weeks, I go to war. War with the monster that is only known by the name "revision".

VINTERDRAKEN

Well, spent most of the day today outdoors. Feelt great to breath fresh air and move around for once. Had this gig that a friend of mine organised where I was supposed to help these kids make LARP weapons and then teach them how to fight with them. Went well, even though they at one time decided that it was me against the whole bunch. Thank the maker that I know how to wield a sword ;) After making those kids whole schoolyear, and becoming adored by them and doned the nicknames "matrix guy" and "vampire" because of my leather coat and sunglasses, it was of for my sweet reward. Pizza! My mate bought me an my brother (who was also there) diner. We choose to eat a pizza buffet wich lasted roughly two hours of munchin delight. Then we drifted off into this whole marketday thing that was going on and got some laughs and finally went home to watch some TV and get some rest. Now, its of to the land of dreams and firefly delight so, See you all around the Verse! And goodnight to.

CYBERSNARK

So, at my uncle's birthday dinner tonight, I ran into my cousin and first convert. She mentioned that a friend of hers (and fellow Browncoat) is coming into town this weekend, and suggested holding a Shindig. Seems like just yesterday I was explaining about how Firefly was cancelled as I dragged her to the BDM. I'm so proud.

MACQYVER

Now, we've all seen it on Star Trek. Kirk, Spock and Chekov are on a planet and they need to get past a gaurd. Chekov could just puch the guy, or Kirk could hit him with a chair, but instead Spock comes up behind the guy, squeezes near the base of the neck, and the guard falls to the ground out cold. I was reading the Action Heroes Handbook(pity they didn't have any skills from Serenity or Firefly) and in the paranormal skills section on page 111, they tell you how to do what has become known as the Vulcan Nerve Pinch. The directions were somewhat unclear in terms of were exactly to strike for the near instant, almost silent nockout that Leonard Nimoy always seems to deliver on screen. I know it was just a T.V. show, but I am under the impression that it can be done. If anyone reads this that has ever used the Vulcan Nerve Pinch(from here on in refered to as the VNP) I would apreciate it if you tell me about were to strike/squeeze, if you need to actally hit them with a Judo/Karate chop or can I just squeeze like Spock did, and about how much force should be used along with any other helpfull advice. I would also like to add that I am not a lawbreaker (Far from it, I hope to go into law enforcement, well I want to be a Park Ranger or Game Warden, but that's still law enforcement) and would only use the VNP for defence perposes. Also, I would like any information regarding the thing that the operative in the BDM were he would come up behind the guy and shove his hand into there back(From here on refered to as the ONG or Operative Nerve Gouge). If anyone with any experience in this area could give me afew pointers, that would be great. Any other techneques that you could share with me about how render nock someone out or temporarily imobilize them (giving me time to run away and get the law) would be a great help, especaily from someone who is curently in the military or has long sence left that line of work. Ya see, it's not that I live in a bad area or anything like that, I am fairly strong and in O.K. shape (I need to lose afew pounds, but I've got some muscle on me)but am kindof slow, so if I am ever in a fight, punching might not be the best way for me to go about defending my self, so if I could get instructions for the VNP or the ONG, or another Self-Defence move that doesn't require a large amount of strength and speed, I would be athankin ya. I am posting this here becouse: A, I know from reading some of the posts here that atleast one person here could tell me what I want to know. and B,I hoped yall would be willing to share your information As Malcom Reynolds said in Serenity "I just want to go my way" well, thats pretty much all I want, except there my be someone allong the line who desides that instead me going my way, his fist should go on its way to my face. Keep Flying

VINTERDRAKEN

Have to say my sisters daugher is the cutest little baby in the world. Dont really like babys, or kids, but when their relatives you just instantly love them (ok, I do atleast). ofcourse im scarred shitless from being in her presence since I havent spent time around babies since I was one.

JEBBYPAL

Hey again. Sorry this has taken so long but life and my computer have been hating me this year. To vote, go here -

2X2

Added a story to the Sushi!Verse today... this one is snuck inbetween Sometimes it Takes a Gun to the Head, and A Question of Trust... heeee! Also, I have to apologize for the long delay with Choices... I have been stuck in the worst writer's block for weeks, and am only starting to work my way out of it now. I feel terrible for letting you all down and making you wait so long, but I'm working on it now, and I will try my best to get it done soon. In the meantime, I'll have a couple other little things to post as I get my writin' feet back after such a long dry spell... Thanks for your patience, everyone...

AGENTRUSCO

k, so my trial version of a screencapping program ran out. I'm desperate for another. Anyone know of cheap-as-free screencapping software? I am languishing without my mad capping. I cannot create wallpapers and that... *tear* Plea for help ended.

AGENTKITTY

So I'll be moving soonly. That means limited to no internet access for a good long while. That also means less comments from me on AgentRusco's stuff :( I'll be back when i can, but I'll miss you all!

BRAINSPECIALIST

This log is dedicated to the heroic passengers of United Airlines flight 93, who sacrificed their lives on 9/11 so that others would live. Last night, I watched United 93, a film based entirely on true events, although we do not know precisely what happened on the doomed flight 93, the crew has pieced together a realistic sequence of events based around phonecalls made to loved ones by the passengers. As well as being hands-down the best film of the year, it is realistic to the point of dramatic genius. The film is a work of art. For the victims on 9/11, dedicate two hours of your life to see the film. If for no other reason, within the first three days of release, 10% of all box office revenue made by the film goes towards the families of the crew and passengers of flight 93. Go see the film, and remember those who fell so that you could stand.

KOFFEE

[b][i]Happy Birthday to Me, Happy Birthday to Me, Happy Birthday Dear MEEEeee, Happy Birthday to Me!![/b][/i]:biggrin:

NUCLEARDAY

Kinda nice being able to see the BDM, and have someone else around to share in the laughter and tears :P Lately it's just been me in my room late at night. Just ain't the same by yourself, I've found. Finally got my girlfriend up to speed on the series, so it was time to pop Serenity into the DVD. Actually, quite a good date movie if you're both geeks, I've found :P I was very careful not to mention any of the key moments from the movie beforehand, so she was quite... "shaken" at various parts. The "leaf on the wind" moment... I thought she was going to break all the bones in my fingers :P I almost had to pause the movie so she could compose herself. Anyways, was nice to not be the only one bawling their eyes out through basically the whole last 30 minutes of the BDM. She still can't hear that Leaf on the Wind song by the Bedlam Bards without getting misty-eyed with me :P

LONEWOLF7

Sixth episode! (If we had this on DVD, we'd be halfway through disc two, wouldn't we? :D ) Anyway, this season is going a long way, so bear with me, but all the puzzle pieces will fit together one way or another... Thanks, and keep reading!

TAYEATRA

I appear to have acquired a vast amount of strange and useless knowledge and I'm thinking of possibly having a... 'Strange and Useless Fact of the Month' Or...

MPHILLIPS

Hey guys..Just blew up my internet computer on thursday...motherboard's shot..moved everything to another computer today, but I need some help..all you guys that were on my email list are lost ..so please email me again so's I can get your address again, thanks. I heard that the Buffy comics were looking for a penciler so I'm putting together some pages for Dark Horse to look at.. Still haven't heard a peep out of IDW on my Angel covers...think I'm gonna move along..Oh, well, nothing ventured, nothing gained.. I went to the local comics shop today and they've reorderes and restocked the Serenity trade Paperback..so that's gotta be good news.. And in other comic news the latest Liberty Medeows by Frank Cho gives a shout out to Serenity (Check it out)

COSMICFUGITIVE

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COATHANGER

Captain's Log, stardate...No, thats another show. Sorry if I took so long in writing my first blog here, but as they say, better late than never. Updates, 1st. I have a new class gotten by scholarship (autographs later) that will take a chunk out of my life 4 days a week, and when I aint at class, I be doing reports on the weekend. Fun, aint it?...It only is when you like the course you've plotted, or I'd have abandonned ship long ago. Now on to Firefly. If it weren't for the strong characterizations, we all probably wouldnt be still around. And, the fact that it IS different from the laser gun scifi is what helped it. I just wanted to find out more about the blue handed guys, before the show was cancelled. But then, thats why we are here, aren't we? To make that up now. Hopefully I'll try to find time during my new school run to explore these guys, and Mal (since he's my fav male chara, Inara the fav female, cause she's equally as complex). Until next time, I remain hangin'.

SMARTBUTDUMBBLONDE

I'm back, as you may have gathered, after a week on holiday (more or less- we were supposed to fly Friday night but didn't actually take off until sunday morning) It was great, and I have some sort of hint of a tan, which I can show off to my pasty friends tomorrow at school :biggrin:. Couple o' stories to share... Cycling up to the village one morning, when we met the lady who owns the place we stay in, she told us she was going to get the tractor, because their ram had hung itself (don't ask me how) so I just got this picture of it in my head of it hanging from a tree,in a noose, but whatever. Waiting for the ferry on the way back, I was stood near some girls, must have been about 16 years old, and one of them went: I couldn't live here, look I' ve only been here a week and I already have man nails!! Also, I rented Knight's Tale last knight (get it? oh, never mind...) and I think Alan Tudyk is great and incredibly sexy, but he can't do an English accent, bless 'im.

SOFI

just double graded!!! ok i'm really hyper about this so just thought i'd tell *everyone* =D i've been doin' tae kwon do for a few months and was on my yellow-tag (half way to the first belt) and my friend, holly, was on yellow-belt. we had our gradin' today. i was really scared that i'd failed 'cos when tellin' everyone if they've passed they keep the one's who have failed to the end. they didn't call my name out and i was like 'aw... man...' but then apparently those who have double graded go at the end too!! afterwards my master came over and said how well i'd been doin' and how proud he was of my progress *manic grin* and the shook my hand. ha ha ha! ok i'm *really* hyper!! this is doubley cool though 'cos now i'm on the same grade as holly so we can like practice together etc. =D now i am green-tag! it's so much fun! only a few more years 'til i'm black belt then i'll be able to take river on. well... ok i would die but still... =D happy days... [end rant] sorry about that! [sofi over and out]

ALLIETHORN7

GORRAMIT!!!! What the HELLS wrong with this piece of crap that in my house passes as a computer??!!?!?!?!???! I don't know!!!! The internet connections so messed up that I can't post nothin'!!! No filk, no fic... I don't even know if this will get through (GULP). But... any suggestions? I'm really in a bind here, guys. I am going through the local library, so it naturally sucks in the best of circumstances. And, you know what the kicker is? We just got the ruttin' thing [i]fixed[/i]!!!!!! :crap: -Danny

VICKY

oh god i was at my firends jen fancy dress party i went at a cowgirl and my pals boyfirend was a cowboy and Oh god he had the same gun as the sweet caption and i went wild for it ask and beg for him to have and keep the gun but i got that drunk that i left it there. BTW the other day i was sitrinng with my bf when i was miss match on and i told him how nathian was i three epaiso and just after i said it to my bf he come on the sreen. lol :biggrin:

VINTERDRAKEN

Back home from visiting my sister and my parents, will go back there in a few days since my little brother is graduating. Cant choose what im going to watch and I cant sleep, *sigh*

JOSSISAGOD

obviously you survived so, I wanna know, how you faired? Was it as fun as advertised? Did you jump a single or a tandem? GIVE ME DETAILS!!

PHOENIXROSE

I have recently posted some of my PhotoShop art on photobucket (and a thread in Talk Story:

ALLIETHORN7

Yeah... so, I have a bit of a... problem. Ya see, theres this really cute girl, in S&T, and I like her and all... and, I'm pretty sure I wanna ask her out, but, I get scared stiff whenever this part of datin' comes along... y'know, the askin' part. And, my last girlfriend, we sorta just... happened, but it fell apart when she got transfered to North... so, any suggestions? I need a bita help, here. Oh, and, no, she ain't a Browncoat, and yes, she accepted a cross i gave her... does that mean anythin'? -Danny (scared, dazed, and confused!)

MSG

Ah much better. School is out and I am starting to remeber what it's like to be human again. Oh look I found a life ( will wonders never cease it's mine). Hope all of you are gearing up for the big day:)

LADYSERENITY

I am so excited to see Serenity on the big screen again and this time the money is going to a great cause and I will get to see it with a theatre full of Browncoats! I hope to recapture that feeling of seeing the BDM's on the big screen as I did the very first time I saw it. At the time that Serenity was first released I was a brandnew Browncoat. I had just found the 'Verse and seen the series all the way through only twice. But to see Serenity glow in a full burn on a big screen sent goosebumps up my arms. It felt that in some small way we had helped get them there even if I had joined the ranks of Browncoats a little late it seemed since they had been on the air in 2002 and somehow I had missed them. But on June 23rd it will be a fantastic event to experience this movie again with those who wish they could sail in a Firefly, those who may have been on the losing side, but not the wrong one, those who believe that it is an honor to wear that dusty brown coat. How many of you will make it to the Concord NH screening besides me?

SPITEFIRE

I'm new to firefly fan fiction. My cousin let me borrow the show and I loved it. I love writing too so I want to put my two loves together!

SHINYYUKARI

Okay, here's my story... One of my best online friends Edge is a sci fi nerd but has never seen Firefly all the way through. Just bits and pieces... Anyway, she knows I'm a big fan because I talk about it all the time and even got her to make me an LJ icon with Mal and Inara. She's been taking intrest in the 'verse lately and has asked me about the details about the series and wiki-ing. She does know what happens in Serenity. Not from me, but from the Puppet Theater. She really wants to watch it now. ^^ So...would you call that the beginning of a conversion?

STORM

I spent an hour (which I should have used studying for my finals) writing a letter to Universal for Serenity Day. And I thought I did a real shiny job on it. So, try to find it tonight and what do I find? I've lost it. Damn my un-orginization. And my lack of knowledge in spelling. [b]A few days later . . .:[/b] Shiny!! I found it!

BLACKSUNBEAMS

Well, I am close to getting my degree. Only 6 more months 'til I can join you guys in the black and help teach the kiddos on the outer rings. Haha! And the alliance thinks that I am going to pay these "loans" back, whatever.

ICARUS

I have not seen that many old faces, as in those who were here before the premier of "Serenity", on lately. If any of them do still frequent this fine site, I was wondering if they remember what the blogging was like before the movie. I don't know if it is a new era of openness, but I don't recall the blogs ever being this personal before. I'm not saying anything is wrong with it, just a mere remark at how things are now and then. And I never did welcome any new faces, so, welcome to FireflyFans.net. -Icarus

VINTERDRAKEN

At the moment there is no chances for me to get into a relationship. Its been roughly 16months since my last real relationship, wich in my world is eternity. I live for the rush of love and there is nothing better in the world then to have someone to call your own. Also, its been a year now since I last got some bunk-action. At the moment all that sexual frustration (and the even worse romancefrustration) is making me claw at the walls for something. When I get like this it feels like a part of me is missing and I would do anything to just feel something. Usually stupid things, like smoking (wich I supposedly quit a couple of months back), or buying stuff (im such a shopaholic at times). I feel like im trapped starving in a glastank watching the rest of the world rush by. My romantic "prospects" at the moment look like this: A girl in a relationshop who is desperate to leave her relationship but doesnt want to be single so therefore hits on every guy that comes walking by. I dont know if I really want to be the rebound guy :/ and... There are also some girls who live way way far away in another city in Sweden who I have been LARPing with. They are cute, and nice, and single. And a friends thinkgs I should try to hook up with one of them. But, they live several hours away, they are not interested in me romanticly, and same goes for me. There just nice people. And last, the LARP that we used to go to with them has been discontinued so I will most likely never see them again anyway. And it doesnt help I live in a city were 75% of the people my age are guys and the girls are all either gay or in a relationship already. (only know two single people and thats only because they used to be a couple and just broke up). So, if anyone has any tips, fire away. Im going lie down in bed and watch some Surface untill I fall asleep.

RMMC

Gonna be off for a little bit as my back seems to hate everything, especially my computer chair. I'll be back when I can. ***** RMMC

SHINYYUKARI

ARGH!! I'm trying to write a fic for 'I've Got A Dark Alley and a Bad Idea That Says You Should Shut Your Mouth' and Nothing is coming! I freakin' hate Writer's Block! I'm praying to the muses(read:Joss Whedon and Peter Wentz) to help me get an idea of where to take this. I'm not going to repeat Now I Only Waste It Dreaming Of You... My friend Edge is having writer's block too, except it's with a fic in the FOB Dance, Dance video 'verse...still, writer's block is writer's block.

AGENTRUSCO

Hey, anyone know where to get a good pair of 'tightpants'? I been casing out eBay, but cant really seem to find anything good. Guess I would be just picky. Also trying for some nice boots. Seems riding boots are the thing. But not expensive... darn. Also still working on the browncoat. Got some leads... I'm excited. And yes, a big ol' geek. Hey, I got my Wash constume all set. Mal's is getting there and Jayne will be next. Already got the hat and all. Now, where does one get a huge ol' gun?

MSG

LOL- I got so into a thread I forgot to move the water and almost flooded our basement. Ok either you guys have to stop being so interesting or I have to set the timer. There is no way my husband would believe an I forgot and it's all the other browncoats faults...

REAVERPREY

I have almost got the complete set of 9 serenity covers and am trying to determine what printing each one is (I know they are not all first prints). can anyone tell me how I can tell the print number? there doesn't seem to be any distinguishing marks to my eyes.

FUTUREMRSFILLION

So, I have been told that God only gives you that which you can handle - hence the log title today. Update - Because of the DRAMA of HIMSELF and his mid-life crisis, the boys did not do as well as they should in school. #1 needs 1 credit to graduate - so he is taking it now in summer school. We thought he only needed the first session but it seems he needs both -$220.00. Lovely #2 REALLY lost his mind at some point and FAILED 3 of his core classes - he is taking 1 now and will have to take summer school each summer until Senior year until he graduates. He is definately NOT leading the life of Riley at this moment. another $220. I have to find cheap beds as 2 of the 5 kids are still sleeping on the floor. I have now brought another cat into the mix, because borrowed daughter#2 had to bring hers. SO it needs to be declawed and deflea-d $85. Its all just chugging along in my world. Haven't really been in the verse as I really at this point am only functioning. boo hoo boo hoo Pity Pity Pity.

MSG

Ok after I promised myself I would straighten up and stop goofing around on firefly today because of the near flood, I got so into the you are a browncoat if thread that I forgot it was the gardener's day and had to dash around cleaning up after the dogs...I have this vision of my summer spent staring at this monitor accomplishing nothing...so I'm going to the gym before I atrophy.

EVAGATESGREEN2

I've been overloading my myspace profile with a ton of videos from youtube.com. I finally gave up and started my own firefly/serenity group aptly titled, "Why yes, I am addicted to firefly."

OURMISSREYNOLDS

:biggrin: hi! i would just like 2 say, i really like serenifly :kiss: i like it more than those 2 smilies luv eachother..... i also luv JOSS! cause hes kool, not koolaid, KOOL, cha. that and i am so totaly YoSaffBridge, only not cause im special, and look like this :fork: ... [b] just kidding [b] :blush: i also luv smilies, YAY SMILIES!!! anyway i have 2 lalalale lale lalo LA!!!!!...

STEAMER

So I left straight from work on Friday (after taking several raised eyebrows over why I was putting on a work shirt, a pair of not-too-tight khakis, combat boots, and suspenders), drove through pouring rain, arrived at the Fernwood and promptly found out that 1) registration had closed over an hour earlier and 2) Adam Baldwin had cancelled at the last possible dwindling second due to a family matter. This was a subject of much bitching amongst the event staff for the rest of the weekend. BUT, all was not lost: Nathan Fillion was still in, a bunch of cronies from FFF eventually made themselves and the imminent Shindig known, and with all due immediacy I joined the gathering. We watched a couple of episodes and then 'Serenity' while we hung out, chatted, talked shop, etc. By this time I had already received a half-dozen compliments on my Mal costume and been mistaken for Nathan Fillion by one of the event staff members (albeit she didn't say anything, just stared at me like I had four arms and another half a head). Then Jonathan Woodward showed up. Human speech cannot describe how downright, utterly, intrinsically cool this man is. He is AWESOME. He is down-to-earth, fan-oriented, friendly, wacky, and a super guy. He's also a photographer and wasted no time snapping pictures of us Shindigging. I introduced myself (still in my Mal costume) and he said, "What's up, Captain!" To which I replied, "Okay, you want to tell me why you got yourself all corpsified and mailed to me?" "Still trying to figure that one out. Another thing I can't figure out is [i]why they wouldn't let the guy in on the motherfucking plan!!!"[/i] (Well, that kind of would've ruined the deep dark thick layers of meaning at the end, wouldn't it?) So you can imagine how friendly we got as the weekend progressed. What I wouldn't give to see Jonathan again at another con some time. Soooooo...next day, first thing, got registered as soon as the table was open; then, photo shoot with Nathan. Once again I was in costume. Since Adam Baldwin cancelled and Jonathan Woodward stepped in, I got my picture taken with both him and Nathan. When Jonathan introduced us, Nathan shook my hand and exclaimed, "Hey, nice outfit!" Can you say 'mind-blowing'? I am dressed as Mal and the guy who portrayed him has just complimented me on my costume. Yep, I'm still coming off of that one and probably will be for the rest of the year at least. "Damn - thanks very much!" Gotta scan the pic but I'll post it when done. Nathan and Jonathan stole the show for every Q&A session they were in. They are a class act, I tell you, funny as all hell and dead crazy on top of it! In fact, Nathan showed up a little late to the Q&A on Sunday, so instead of going up to the stage, he got in line behind a lady who was asking a question and then he played the part of a nervous fan who was asking a question for the first time and wanted to know what it was like to be on a Joss Whedon TV show. The man is a laugh a millisecond and no mistake. Needless to say, I got his autograph on Saturday (still in costume, of course). In response he wrote upon the photo, "Chris - stay shiny. Keep your pants tight...and ON." [Kaylee]Yes, sir, Cap'n Tightpants![/Kaylee] Got Jonathan's autograph as well. Jonathan, it was teh awesomeness meeting you as well, brotha. I think by the time the weekend was over, four people had mistaken me for Nathan and perhaps a dozen had randomly asked to take a picture of me in costume. I was like, GEEZ, people, it ain't THAT good! I don't even have the coat yet! But the whole weekend was the most brain-warping stupendous time I've had in years, so nary a complaint from this quarter. ;) Now one other thing that must not go without a mention. When I arrived on Friday night, I was informed about the close of registration by a young woman busily clattering on a laptop. Crud. So I sat down and we fell to talking. We chatted for some hours, about [i]Firefly,[/i] how we got interested in it, who our favourite characters were, and all that good [i]gou shi.[/i] I saw h

VINTERDRAKEN

Not really sure what I did most of the day today. Watched surface for hours last night so I slept half the day, then spent some two hours or so dancing medieval dances at this thing and after that I kinda watched TV and now its several hours later. Guess ive been setting around most of the day feeling bored. This is now my 47th blog entry, started blogging round 23rd of april. I wonder how many blog entrys most people on this site do? My usual is one a day.

THELOSTONE

havn't been here in a long long time... *sigh* almost out of school for the summer but only have a couple of things planned for the summer... erg this is no good. theres really nothing to do most of the time and i'll probably be alone most of the time to, what should i do? i don't even have internet at home! any ideas to help get me throgh summer without strangling someone from boardom?

CRAJON

Sorry to everyone out there. But I have been dealing with a few family issuses. My Grandmother suffered a stroke, and had to go to her house. She is better but an MRI showed that she had several earlier small strokes, her doctor said that is a sign of the beginnings of alhimzerls (spelling maybe wrong). She is now in rehib. I really do not know what is going to happen. I have taken a few days off from work to get thing together. I hope things get better.

SHINYYUKARI

I was redeeming a bunch of my iTunes credit today and I went to buy Shindig and it was downloading...when my iTunes shut down! So, I basically spent $1.99 and I didn't get my episode! I would have just bought it again but I now only have $1.31 left in credit. Grrr...

AGENTRUSCO

So had a semi-marathon today. That is I watched all the Firefly episodes up through 'War Stories' with my padawan. My padawan, you see had not previously had the chance to become enthralled. I assure you, she is now. Also, by watching all those eps, I now have a few fresh ideas for fanfics.

SASSALICIOUS

I've had enough of this hacking cough and I'm finally dragging myself to the school clinic. Maybe I'll demand some x-rays.

FRELLINGBLONDE

So, Serenity day. Woot. Awesome. Screening near enough to my hometown. Woot. Also awesome. I may be nowhere NEAR my hometown. Boo! WAAAH!:crap: Yes, there is a screening on June 23rd in Boston. I may be in Miami. Now I LOVE Miami, and I really want to go, and I'm really psyched about it. But...Serenity...midnight screening...roomful of fellow browncoats...and it's for charity...that's hard to resist. I'd be really sorry to miss that... GAH!

LADYSERENITY

I have been browsing cafepress.com for quite a while now and I like what I've seen. So many designs made by Browncoats for Browncoats and other interestin' people. But my mind was made up. With Serenity day coming right up and my attending the screening in New Hampshire I had to have something Shiny to wear. So I stopped by 11th hour Serenity Art shop and fell in love with the designs of our beloved Firefly class Serenity in a full burn headin out to the black emblazoned on t-shirts. So I ordered one,in ash grey with Serenity in blues on the front and the word Serenity on the back with a swirly design. I also ordered buttons with Serenity in characters on them. Shiny! So thank you 11th Hour, wherever you are, for your beautiful works of the 'Verse!

VINTERDRAKEN

The time is now 00:30 where I am, and at 02:00 I have to be at work. Going to work my first day (night) and it will be four hours of hard work at a warehouse. Atleast ill get some decent cash ;)

MAGHAFFAR

Ni Haozit... For all SoCal Browncoats going to the Old Pasadena Laemmle One Colorado BDM screening this June 23 at 10pm here's a list of about 70 nearby places to eat if you plan on getting there an hour or so early. Sushi Roku Pasadena 33 Miller Aly, Pasadena, CA (0.01 miles away) 626-683-3000 Cafe Santorini 70 W Union St, Pasadena, CA (0.02 miles away) 626-564-4200 Johnny Rockets 52 Hugus Aly, Pasadena, CA (0.03 miles away) 626-793-6570 Kitchen the Italian Cafe 78 W Union St, Pasadena, CA (0.03 miles away) 626-796-9802 Gordon Biersch Brewery Rstrnt 41 Hugus Aly, Pasadena, CA (0.03 miles away) 626-449-0052 Il Fornaio 24 W Union St, Pasadena, CA (0.03 miles away) 626-683-9797 Father Natures Lavash Wraps 17 N De Lacey Ave, Pasadena, CA (0.05 miles away) 626-568-9811 Boba World Inc 24 W Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, CA (0.06 miles away) 626-585-5885 Noodle World 24 W Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, CA (0.06 miles away) 626-585-5885 Market City Enterprises 36 W Colorado Blvd # 300, Pasadena, CA (0.06 miles away) 626-568-0208 Goldstein's Bagel Bakery Inc 86 W Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, CA (0.06 miles away) 626-792-2435 Crocodile Cafe 88 W Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, CA (0.06 miles away) 626-568-9310 Visco Ventures 88 W Colorado Blvd # 3, Pasadena, CA (0.06 miles away) 626-844-8889 J J Steak House 88 W Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, CA (0.06 miles away) 626-844-8889 Akbar Cuisine of India 44 N Fair Oaks Ave, Pasadena, CA (0.06 miles away) 626-577-9916 Russell's 30 N Fair Oaks Ave, Pasadena, CA (0.07 miles away) 626-578-1404 Barneys Limited 93 W Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, CA (0.07 miles away) 626-577-2739 Manny's Pizza & Subs 16 N Fair Oaks Ave, Pasadena, CA (0.07 miles away) 626-795-7330 Mc Murphy's Restaurant 72 N Fair Oaks Ave, Pasadena, CA (0.08 miles away) 626-666-1445 Cheesecake Factory 2 W Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, CA (0.08 miles away) 626-584-6000 Louise's Trattoria Inc 2 E Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, CA (0.08 miles away) 626-568-3030 Mezbaan Indian Cuisine 80 N Fair Oaks Ave, Pasadena, CA (0.08 miles away) 626-405-9060 Gaucho Grill 121 W Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, CA (0.09 miles away) 626-683-3580 Tortas Mexico 90 N Fair Oaks Ave, Pasadena, CA (0.09 miles away) 626-432-4887 Solyazul Mexican Restaurant 20 E Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, CA (0.10 miles away) 626-796-0919 Badabing 19 S Fair Oaks Ave, Pasadena, CA (0.10 miles away) 626-817-9870 El Toreo 21 S Fair Oaks Ave, Pasadena, CA (0.10 miles away) 626-793-2577 Delacey's Club 41 41 S De Lacey Ave, Pasadena, CA (0.10 miles away) 626-795-4141 Pasadena Brewing Co 42 S De Lacey Ave, Pasadena, CA (0.10 miles away) 626-405-0404 Mi Piace Italian Kitchen 25 E Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, CA (0.11 miles away) 626-795-3131 Chiara Brazil Italian Cuisine 43 E Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, CA (0.13 miles away) 626-564-8696 Wok N Roll 168 W Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, CA (0.13 miles away) 626-304-1000 Sorriso 46 E Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, CA (0.13 miles away) 626-793-2233 Na Na Restaurant 29 E Holly St, Pasadena, CA (0.13 miles away) 626-449-8424 Yoshiz 34 E Holly St, Pasadena, CA (0.13 miles away) 626-577-7925 Kansai 36 S Fair Oaks Ave, Pasadena, CA (0.13 miles away) 626-564-1560 Pita Pita 37 S Fair Oaks Ave, Pasadena, CA (0.13 miles away) 626-529-0004 Tibet Nepal House 36 E Holly St, Pasadena, CA (0.13 miles away) 626-585-9955 Ciao Pasadena 39 S Fair Oaks Ave, Pasadena, CA (0.14 miles away) 626-529-0300 All India Cafe 39 S Fair Oaks Ave, Pasadena, CA (0.14 miles away) 626-440-0309 Cafe Atlantic 53 E Union St, Pasadena, CA (0.14 miles away) 626-796-7350 Kuala Lumpur Malaysian Rstrnt 69 W Green St, Pasadena, CA (0.14 miles away) 626-577-5175 La Luna Negra 44 W Green St, Pasadena, CA (0.14 miles away) 626-844-4331 Buca Di Beppo 80 W Green St, Pasadena, CA (0.14 miles away) 626-792-7272 Ariya Japanese Restaurant 58 E Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, CA (0.14 miles away) 626-578-9203 Twin Palms Resaurant 101

EIEN

Two weekends ago my sister came to visit and I met my new nephew Brandon for the first time. He is such a laid back baby. He was happy to just chill out with whoever held him. Soft and sweet and with that lovely baby smell. He was curious about everything around him and liked fine tuning his motor skills on the nearest person with a finger. He's adorable with his fine black hair and dark eyes. He's gonna be a very cute little boy. Unfortunately I am a geek. So is my guy. My sister and the rest of my family are not. So I think we bored the hell out of them while they were here. I would have been a better hostess but I was walled up in the kitchen and going back and forth to the barbecue. Oh well, at least they seemed to enjoy some of the TV and vidgames. Went out with my guy Sunday and finally got over to the [b]DOTS[/b] to look for new jeans. My old ones I liked tore, one pair were taken, and the other ones looked baggy. I found some lovely new ones that I tried on and they were a bit big. The store was closing so I couldn't try on the smaller ones so I just bought them and hoped they fit. Halelujah they do and I really like them a lot.

YORIK

Well, life sucks. It's been a boring summer so far, as always. Don't have much to look forward to... The ignorance of the modern world is causing me to hate it even more and more by the day, as does being alone and stewing in my own steaming pool of anger. MAKE ME A STONE, so I have no emotion or care. Can't wait till I am reborn as a new man later. Planning to raise some money and head to a Buddhist commune, or start one of my own. I'd like to live off the land with a bit of townsfolk. Go back to barter, hunt for your food, earn your keep. That's how we outta live nowadays. Computers, I guess, could be a leisure. Could serve as a communications post... Hmm... Oh well. Just babbling. I went to the doc's the other day, not in Capital City, of course, else I'd be fixed up right away. :wink: Seems I have an enlarged portion of my heart. Hope its not serious, but it hurts a tad. Hope it doesn't flush my military life down the sparkling porcelian bowl. Maybe my wish is being granted. GET OUT OF THIS PLACE AND TIME AND BEGIN ANEW! This world definately NEEDS to change. If anyone sees this... Do you think I should continue my Fanfic? Does it matter? I'd be throwing my penny into the fountain, but there are still thousands of dollars worth of them resting at the bottom, and mine isn't any more shiny.

MAGHAFFAR

Ni Haozit, Browncoats. If any BCs going to the Pasadena BDM show June 23rd 10pm need a ride and are near the Chino / Pomon / Upland area, e-mail me & I'll see if we can pick you up. We'll probably be leaving for Pasadena around 7pm so we can get something to eat locally near the theater and not have to be rushed or starving at the show. Stay Shiny. --Jonathan M.A> Ghaffar MAGhaffar@wayoftheseekers.com

FOREVERSHINY

I'm in my french class adn we're going over finals stuff...but I'm bored so I'm writing this thing. 2 days of actual classes left!! Whoo-hoo! And then only a week and someodd days till....*dundundun* Serenity Day! :biggrin: But, until then, I'm not allowed to watch Firefly. Yeah, it was "getting in the way of my studies." :blast: Oh, well... I actually got a 95 on that global essay I was whining about. And a 90 on my huge projet (yes, I'm using french) in that class. Hmm...what to talk about... I *heart* Firefly. It bothers me that I can't see my obsessions...*sigh* Period's almost over. Cheers, ~ForeverShiny

MSG

Ok as my husband and I were watching Keen Eddie( another wonderful yet cancelled show by Fox) I begin to wonder what happened to them. They used to understand that you have to give a show time to build ratings ( x-files springs to mind as an example) and now if it's not utter trash they ditch it. Sorry just ranting. Pondering smacking them:) Now pondering smacking them more. Oh well

CONSTANCE

in a fit of creativity on the chat we came up with the word "Goodeled" and "goodeling" as a word for a show that is so good it was canselled.... like Firefly...

THELOSTONE

waah! my cell phone just broke! it's not fair, my poor cell phone!*sob, sob!*

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SOFI

ok, this seems an odd time to be celebratin' (2 days after the end of my exams) but it's just sunk in! up until now i was still had that horrible feelin' pressin' on me like i had some obligation to do somethin' that was really boring... but this mornin' i was lyin' in bed and thought 'i wanna do some writin'' so i got up. i then realised i was gettin' up purely 'cos i wanted to, through no obligation to do anythin' at all, and i didn't have to do anythin' all day!!! that's a hell of a feelin'... also, got groovy party with all my groovy friends tonight. will be takin' my glass which can hold a whole bottle of wine =D "i've only had one glass!!" *collapses on heap on floor* this weekend i'm visitin' my sister (who's doin' law at cambridge (!!)) an' we're havin' a girly weekend, then i'm goin' back to school until the summer. today, i'm gonna do some *serious* relaxin' =D congrats to everyone else who's finished exams too, i share this lovely warm feelin' with you too. [sofi over and out] ps. went to travellor man yesterday and asked after serenity role playin' game (so i can become a REAL geek) and the guys were like 'yup, we can get that in for you, but if you want to play it properly you'll have to learn to swear in chinese...' i just grinned big and assured them i already had.

FLAME

I guess it's about time that I made a FFF blog post, and the fact that I am coordinating the SERENITY NOW/EQUALITY NOW charity screening of SERENITY in Raleigh, NC, on June 22 is as good a topic as any! See

TAYEATRA

On Monday I received a phone call which went along the lines of... Me: Hi Dad: Hi, I could really do with being able to pick you up this evening. Me: But I thought you weren't coming until Saturday. Dad: Yeah... Change of plans, can you be ready in four hours? Me: (Looking around my room in dismay thinking about how hard it is to pack everything into the smallest number of boxes even when there's no time limit.) Ummm... I can try. Dad: Great, see you later. Four hours of packing later and my entire room has been condensed into 13 (not particularly neat boxes) and I'm scraping the last of the poster tack off the walls. It's taken 4 days but the last box is finally unpacked and I've got my computer up and running. I've missed you guys!

BRAINSPECIALIST

I was recently thinking about my series Traveller's Tales and I decided to rewrite it. The first chapter will appear soon. Enjoy!

LUCYMAC

Can't believe how much detail there is in making this happen. Don't know how b!X keeps us all straight. I'm having trouble remember who I am supposed to be a courting for sponsorships. Anybody out there got a system down? I'm just using the backs of notebooks and files and trying to remember when people call whether they are browncoats or potentials. let me know -

MAI

I've been on FFF for two years now! Wow, can't believe you all have put up with me this long. LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE you all! :kiss:es

FERALL

followed the trail on recommendation by Dark Angel -if she uses that name here. Looks good to me -danger of spending too much time here. Anyone live near me?

VINTERDRAKEN

Been visiting my parents these last few days, my brother graduated. So thats why there havent been so many blogs lately. Been partying pretty hard lately, and ive gotten a horrible cold and a mild fever so im a bit out of it at the moment. So, basicly, im not dead. And ill give you the full story tomorrow (unless my fever continues in wich case it might be untill monday)

EMBERS

Just a note to say that I have my tickets for the midnight show on June 23rd of 'Serenity'! I'm so glad I live in the Bay Area where so many people worked hard to make this showing happen. I know it is a fitting way to celebrate Joss' birthday: showing his film and raising money for his favority charity (which his Mother had helped to found). I am enjoying living near the ocean, and near the city. When my brother was visiting we got to tour the deYoung museum, the Japanese Tea Gardens, and even saw the wild parrots at Telegraph Hill! This is a fun place to live, which a great community of Browncoats. edited to add: I'm sorry in checking the old Whedonesque thread where Joss posted about his conntection w/Equality Now:

FRELLINGBLONDE

Hooray! The crisis I mentioned in my previous post is solved. How? Well, we'll be going to Miami on the 24th. So, that is shaping up to be a truly shiny weekend for yours truly. On a related note, are there any Boston area Browncoats who will be attending that screening and would like to meet up? Send me a message if you're so inclined... And finally, my writer's block appears to have been crushed...for now. I posted "Unwinding" the other day, and, *cough* feedback is the BEST way to make sure my writer's block STAYS crushed...:wink:

LUCASHARPER

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RIVERDANCER123

FanFics (newly discovered for me....took a while) are fun. Wish you budding authors would write books, think you'd have lots & lots of takers! :)

RIVERDANCER123

FanFics (newly discovered for me....took a while) are fun. Wish you budding authors would write books, think you'd have lots & lots of takers! :)

FIREFLYFOREVERX7

OK, so, I was trying to convert a bunch of friends. I gave the 1st disk to my friend Jen, she watched it and passed it on to Arianna. I gave Jen the 2nd disk. She was done and gave it to Arianna. Arianna finished and gave it to Liz. I gave Jen the 3rd, she gave it to Arianna, and the chain continued. Execpt no one got the 4th one 'cause my aunt has that. So I called Arianna, asking her if she had any of the disks. She said she gave the 3rd one to Liz and the first two to me. But I dont have ANY in my possession. I am freaking out. Liz must have all 3, 'cause Jen doesn't have any of them. I dont have Liz's phone number, and I'm grounded and can't run down the block to her house. Hopefully I'll see her tomorrow. My poor disks! All alone and lost and confused.... :crap:

BRAINSPECIALIST

My new series is up! [i]Deus Ex Machina[/i], my rewrite of [i]Traveller's Tales[/i] is finally up, with the prologue doing the rounds now. Go on, have a read, then tell me what you think.

BUFFY426

I cannot believe it has taken me till now to settle down and watch Firefly and Serenity! What was i doing wth my life before! Ok i am truly a fan of the Buffster, how does Joss Whedon do it?? Now i have to spend my whole time trying to put togther a case to the network to carry on for a series 2!! Oh how i love a crusade!

PINBALLWIZARD

But seriously, if there are any people who have better memory than me, and there should be about 6 billion, I stated a while back that I wanted to turn my 30 year old pinball machine into a Firefly one, with sound effects and other shiny stuff. But I realize now that I overlooked one fact: my pinball machine is 30 years old. Built before computer chips, the beast runs on a spinning drum like a player piano and is just as hard to keep in repair. As of now there are more broken parts than functional ones, and even if I get all of them fixed my 15 year old brother doesn't want to redecorate it. He thinks it has value, but if it does it's only sentimental. But do I flounder, do I give up? For a little while yes, but I've managed to find an even better machine for my idea: a 1980's Raven machine, with more lights, tracks, targets, built in speakers for digital sound effects, and (huzzah) computerized controls! Digital scoreboard and everything! And only for $550! Similar machines go for $1500. So there. Exitement still there, but my fingers have stopped shaking.

FERALL

yes, I'm serious! I now share a house with my ex until get own place -it's like a zoo:our 2 kids, my 2 from previous marriage, foster child, 'lodger', anything up to 6 more brats of various ages plus adults depending on time the year. Oh, add various pets to the list. As it's a very busy house despite having 9 tv's i have [b]never[/b] seen a complete episode of Firefly. This is something I intend to rectify this summer -if I get the time. Big hello to embers, copliot and msg

BUFFY426

What a welcome!! thanks so much for the responses, i am still smiling now :o) Hope to chat to u all really soon! xxxx

RIVERISMYGODDESS

I am glad for all of the people who read and like my stories. Your feedback keeps me wanting to write more, and I thank you for that. There are 13 chapters now, 14 to be out later today (6/12) or tomorrow (6/13). Lots of angst in my life right now, between my parents being assholes and losing a really good friend through my own stupid actions (I guess I finally learned about delayed satisfaction, albiet at a steep price). The characters may suffer some for it, but I promise I won't kill any of them off. ~Jimi

JUDE

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TRISTAN

First blog here...usually do all my talking on the board, but I have happy news! My wife finally signed up on FFF! She is JSUSAGI, and her intro post is here:

MSG

Ok I have got to stop logging in on mornings when I have stuff to get done. First I said 1/2 hour then a little longer and longer and...2 hours later I am seriously late..oh well time well spent:)

SASSALICIOUS

I just finished watching the movie Hostel with some friends. It's definitely one of the worst movies I've seen in awhile. Intriguing concept, but could have been much better done. Now that my 2nd Firefly disc has FINALLY returned from MN, I'm going to watch something from it and pass out.

LADYCOOKIE

Finally!!! Someone else who understands that all things Firefly are damn good. Only one of my friends is a fan, though I might have turned another:wink: I fell in love with the Firefly verse the second I heard Joss refer to the story as a sci-fi/western mix. My love affair continued once I'd seen the show. And since I discovered he created the series after reading the book The Killer Angels my heart has been lost forever.

SHINYYUKARI

I just finished posting my first fanmix to Livejournal. I feel so accomplished...

FERALL

hi to riverdancer, cyber, followmal was speaking to a neighbour who said he'd never seen any fireflies here but when i mentioned tv he had merely a blank look! thanks for the brown coat -bit long in the sleeves but . . . self-adjusting -nice. Start of the week and with loads of work to do -i'm on this site which could be dangerous for my bank balance. Got 2 pieces of full colour and a load of b/w artwork to complete by mmmmh . . . last week? registered here late last week and have done bugger all work since -good job my studio is at home. Don't suppose it would do any good to blame you lot meaning fans collectively. Got exhibition in just over four weeks but due to domestic strife am a bit behind. GOOD THING -looking around this site restores my sanity. only problem is does it become so addictive you just gotta have a bit of FireFly -i can control it, honest . . . oh . . . getting the shakesssss -ah that's better -esspresso with enough sugar to stand a spoon up oh well, there's a colour wash with my name on it -better get painting, bye all

FUTUREMRSFILLION

Today is a sad morning. My beautiful borrowed boy has been taken away. His useless piece of sh&t of a mother decided she needed to damage him even more. Long story short. The police were called by me, threats were made and finally we got a hold of his father and he came from Mississippi and took him back. It is of course a much better place for him than with the waste of oxygen that birthed him, but we are all very sad and #2 is devastated that his best friend is gone. Tonight I think I will cook #2 his favorite meal and put some movies from Netflix in. Just me and him time. Maybe, just maybe he will let mom give him a hug. It breaks my heart that he has learned in this last year that I can't fix everything. I feel very useless. Anyway, if anyone is ever in Foley and they meet a piece of crap named David or Tracy Thacker - beat the living crap out of them for me. Beat the crap out of them for #2 and mostly, beat the crap out of them for borrowed girl (who at 18 is still with me) and borrowed boy. Who called me mom and hugged me before he left. That got me.

COSMICFUGITIVE

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MECHANICGIRLKAYLEE

All That We Let In Bad As I Am Blood and Fire Come On Home Everything Shines Free In You Golden Slumbers Hallelujah Hanging by a Moment History of Us How Do You Keep Love Alive? I’ll Cover You I’ll Follow The Sun Joking La Vie Boheme B Lonelier Than This Mockingbirdsing Mojo Pin Mystery Now That You’re Gone Rise Up Seasons of Love She’s Saving Me Simon Tangled Up In Blue Tether The Hardest Part The Tower Trains Transcendental Blues Waltz #2 Withering Heights

ALLIETHORN7

SCHOOLS OUT FOR SUMMER! SCHOOLS OUT FOR EVER!!! Yep, my school year as a sophomore has ENDED!!!! Now, I get to sleep in tomorrow while everyone else goes to school for the first half. I FEEL SO ALIVE! FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME! AND I THINK I CAN FLY!!! And, my sister goes to school for another TWO WEEKS!!! Joy for the pleasure of sleeping in!!!! SHINY!!!:blast: :evil: -Danny:biggrin:

MPHILLIPS

OK, gang, I just moved all my neeeded programs to my graphics computer and hooked it it the net.. I hate having my computer that I do all my illustration work hooked to the net but gotta do what you gotta do... I will probably snag a motherboard this weekend and hope the chip is still ok...playing with ribbon cables and power supply lines within a space meant only for small fingered people is not my idea of a good time.. Still needing some of my regular email contacts to email me so's I can get your addresses back... No word on anything from anybody yet..but since Dark Horse does business by snail mail it's a bit to early to tell... Got six out of the nine portraits finished..three more to go...they'll probably be up by the end of this week...so untill next time....

AGENTRUSCO

Today I worked hard at nothing in the sun. I had a parasol for awile. Kaylee would have been so proud. But I sill got burned to a nice lil crisp. Like those crustaceans. Lobsters, yes. Still no browncoat. Been looking at getting some Mal-type boots. Or River style. Both good. Both favorite. Or some nice Washy ones to compliment the other Washy things I have. Still no browncoat. Bought a patch. 2010 combined forces patch. Very close to the one that Washy wears on his right sleeve in the BDM. Close as it gets. Still no browncoat. Found good boots. But very few within buyable price range. Some nearly, but not so much. Still no browncoat. I have found a grand plece for tightpants. Button-suspender variety. And suspenders to boot. No stripes though. Might have to earn those in combat. Still no browncoat. But not for lack of trying. Abby-whatsit sells a grand replica. For a grand sum. The original designer tops that. Grandly. I can't justify spending so much cashy money. Someday mebbe. Not right now. So I look for cheeper reps. Random brown suede (or not so suede) trench coats. I can forge or forage for clasps. Need to save money for Mexico mission trip. Yes. Rambling over. AgentRusco out.

FUTUREMRSFILLION

Thats how much my car just cost me. OUCH! I drive a 1989 Toyota Turbo Supra. I LOVE that car. Not as much as my Mustang (wherever you are mommy loves you). But, I DO love it. I had better, she has cost me (or my parents - God Bless them)- $2400 in the last 4 months! But, I have 4 new tires, new front brakes and an aligned car. Balanced wheels. I also have gold plated spark plugs ( I sh&t you not!, when we got the bill for the tune up I said J&^us Ch*75t! Are they made of gold? and the man was like "um, yeah" LOL!) and new head gaskets. She should, Please God!, be good for another 100,000 miles. Borrowed boy is well. We have spoken to him several times. He and #2 are planning extended "sleep overs". #1, #2 and borrowed girl are driving over on Sunday. Apparently the Dad has a car for borrowed girl, so she can see her brother and get her ride. I am very proud of #1. He worries so about #2 and always goes out of his way to ensure that #2 is ok with his life. #1 is a beautiful, brilliant boy (as is #2). They make me so proud. We have had an eventful week. On Saturday #2, borrowed girl, other borrowed girl and myself cleaned condos. 23 condos! #2 and I personally cleaned 9 and then we helped with another 7. I type this with a cast on one hand (my joints are still swollen and we suspect a stress fracture in one wrist). Borrowed girl does this everyday now! No wonder she is always so freakin tired! May I please ask that you consider the housekeeping when you stay in hotels and such. Most of the rooms were quite reasonable. This one room has EVERY DISH in the entire condo in the sink, WITH food on and the sinks full of water. These sinks had no garbage disposal! These people did not do 1 dish the entire stay! And this was a family! It was really disgusting. Took 3 loads in the dishwasher as well as handwashing to clean them all. I am working 3 jobs now. No court date until 4 August. One hopes that the judge is a rational, sentient being. I am worried the ex-FMF will get away with no spousal support. I don;t believe that one should automatically get alimony, but when one has been married almost 20 years and ones spouse (though mutual agreement) stays home with the kids most of that time and has no retirement fund - I think there is a certain responsibility to that spouse. Lets hope the judge agrees, cause I can't keep up the 3 job thing much longer. Took borrowed girls cat in to get "fixed" and declawed. Yes, I know there are those out there that disagree with the procedure. If I had outdoor cats (and let me just say that I am not particularly a cat person - though we now have 3) I would never dream of it. But I live in the middle of town and outdoor cats become splat cats. I also have some very lovely furniture, made in Ireland, that I am very attached to. I can not replace them here and if I could it would run to the thousands (I bought them in the UK when I had a real job and made real money) So, declawed is were it is at. I have not heard from Personals man. Or the other personals man. I must really be as boring as I think I am. Could someone please go get Nathan for me? Thanks to all who offer encouragement! Your thoughts mean a lot to me. It is nice to know that there is someone out there that gives a damn!

COPILOT

Thank you so very much for my super shiny online birthday party! As I spent most of the day curled in a little ball sicker than all heck. It is so lovely to know that there are amazing people in every coner of this crazy planet. All the love in the 'verse COPILIOT

WHIMSICALINBRAINPAN

New and hopefully not too late Browncoat. The Serenity Day being this June 23, however, makes me feel like there's still some time to do some good. I don't know if we can bring back Firefly, but I know we won't if we do nothing. At least at the end of the day you can know not that you tried, but you gave it your all and bled brown. It doesn't matter to me the impact I'm making or not making. At least I'm not sitting uselessly on the sidelines. Firefly was introduced to me too late to save it while it was on the air. But I'll be damned if I let it go quietly into the night.

SWEETSERENDIPITY

So, last night I had some trouble with my laptop. Some log in screen I'd never seen. So I called the IT number. Turns out they were doing maintenance... til 6 am! So, just offhand, I said "well, I guess I'll just watch my Firefly DVDs again!" She says"have you seen the movie?!" Well there ya go. She hadn't looked at any of the sites, so of course I recommended the best! She was on the site immediately! Can I count this as a conversion?

FIREFLYFOREVERX7

I see all these cool photobucket firefly icons around here. I went on www.photobucket.com and everytime I try to copy and paste the IMG in here, it comes up saying that the icon has been deleted from photobucket. Can anybody help me??

LONEWOLF7

Strangeness with the website today. I just posted Part II. Part III is done and ready for posting, but now the site won't let me submit (error 500 or somesuch fey-oo). Therefore, I have decided to try another day, and by that time, Part IV will probably be done. Thanks, and keep reading!

VINTERDRAKEN

Ok, been a few days since my last blog. Been busy lately, mostly with being sick. It all started a few days ago when I went to work, had caught a cold from a friend and spending four hours in a cold damp warehouse didnt do it no good. Also the lack of sleep (nightshift) helped to aggrivate the whole thing. Went to my parents that day to celebrate my little brother who graduated, went out afterwards and took more then my fare share of beers. Next day I woke up with a fever, didnt do much that day. Went home again the day after and went to two parties (a friends graduation and another friends goodbye party since he is moveing) got drunk again and woke up feeling like crap (mostly from disease and not so much hangover). Been a few more days now and my system is still all fucked up and now im going to work today again and ill probebly get worse. =/ Oh well, atleast ive got my firefly ;)

FOREVERSHINY

W00t!! Finals are finally over! Now all I gotta do is get through my Regents exam next week. :blast: oh, well... Cheers all, ~FS

MAGHAFFAR

Hmmm. Let's see if this little experiment works, people.

SHINYYUKARI

I'm currently working on my newest fanmix 'Past Tenses', which are basically describing the BDHs before the series. I'm stuck on Simon and River though. I want to find a song for Simon about wanting to break River out and I'm kinda want to change River's song. It's currently 'Everything Is Alright' by Motion City Soundtrack. Basically, I'm looking for a song about slipping into Insanity. So...any suggestions? EDIT: Never Mind about River. I'm switching her song to 'Meds' by Placebo. I still need a song for Simon though. Anyone? Anyone?

CRAJON

Well everyone, my Grandma is doing better but she is still not out of the woods yet. I took five days off from work to have a mini-vaction and get some things done at my Grandma's house. The time off did me good. I have an change to go to another city and work but I really do not know if that is what I want to do. I will see how things go at work when I return. This may make up my mind for me. The adoption is going great, we only need one form to finish it up. And off to China we go. Will it late where I at and I have to get some sleep before work.

JAYNEFAN101

I was haven one of those, day's were my life was a disaster area and i put on jaynestown and it lightened a the blow of the kinda day i was having .... i was consplanting suicide but then i watched firefly, and then thought the wtf am, i thinking... i want to be around for many yrs, and ...I'm working hard on the demo CD i have been working on hard...and I've been in a panic, to finish the bloody thing and i will, i finsh the bloody thing later this summer i beleve, and my life's not bad after i watch firefly it has saved me from making stuped mistakes...and yes i'm a happy person all the time even when "the man" trying to bring me down....i'm here onlin all the time you wanna chat wit me istant message addy's are: aim:stilesstrykedown msn:bridgettsnapped@hotmail.com peace to you all have ... a awsome firefly day :kiss:

BUFFY426

I cannot beleive that there is no second series!! (still shocks me!) Having seen some of the latest space exploration rybbish on the tv, i seriously think that someone needs to have a word! :o) Glad i got that off my chest!

FIREFLYFOREVERX7

Only 8 more days!!! I know that cafepress.com is selling Serenity Day T-shirts, but I cant seem to find them on the site. Can anybody send me the exact link please? Btw...is anybody going to the Serenity Screening in NYC?? Hopefully I'll see some of you all there!! :biggrin:

MSG

OK I have really got to start hanging up shoes now...sigh. I promised by husband I'd put up my two new shoe racks and put all my shoes from downstairs and the ones in his closet away. Well there goes an hour of my day. Hmm just read the above boy to I sound bratty...mind you it's better than when I am bitchy, but not by much...ok cheering up at least I can organize them and decide which new pairs I will need:)

SMARTBUTDUMBBLONDE

Thank you, dear and fluffy Lord. I have finally finished my geography coursework, after 2 whooooole months of no life, pain, torture, and less time to spend on FFF (clearly the worst part). I now have mork time to work on a little fanfic and a series of images I'm planning - watch this space. On a side note: there was a he-uge cat fight out side my maths room, last lesson today. On the maths corridor in school, there are the outside windows on one side of the corriodor, and the classroom windows on the other side. Anyway. Don't know how, why, or what it was about (dont paln to get involved - always the best course of action), but these 2 girls attacked this other one, slammed her into the outside window and actually cracked it, and then turned her round and slammed her into the classroom window that I was sitting under, and I honestly thought she was going to come straight through it, scared the life out of me. Everyone ran over to the windows, and was laughing, but I was like: its not funny, she could have easily smashed her head open. Really, some people. Just a little drama and gossip for you. Anyway, off to watch Third Watch, a show I love almost as much as Firefly, which arrived last friday, but my mum wouldn't let me watch until I'd finished my geograpy. She called it motivation, but I called it cruelty :smile:

VIRTUALFIREFLY

[u][b]Mission Statement[/b][/u] For those of you who are not familiar with our project, Still Flying is a fan-based site dedicated to a "virtual continuation" of Joss Whedon's "Firefly" in the form of scripts of additional episodes. We've rounded out Season One, completing it with seven new episodes (including a season finale based on "Serenity: Those Left Behind" from Dark Horse Comics). Season Two is dedicated to exploring the question, "What would things have been like if Joss Whedon had been able to tell the story of Serenity in 22 episodes rather than 2 hours?" Our story will take you to most of the same places the movie does, but the path along the way will be a little different, and a lot longer. We'll see some old friends and more than a few old enemies. We can't promise that we'll entertain you as much as Mister Whedon would have, but you should know that this project has been put together by those who care about the show, and we're taking this bird up out of love. Like most Browncoats, we know that Whedon will return to us with another movie, book, or some other way to continue the tale he started in "Firefly." Until that time, we'll be here. We will hold the line. We can't show you exactly how Joss Whedon would've done it, but we can tell you... "Here's how it might have been..." Keep looking out for new episodes and new site updates at www.stillflying.net

MSG

Bad timing may I say for this to go down. Bad day Here are my chouces 1- Go to Lake Powell with my family on Thursday ( first time I've gone in 10 years) result- family happy /husband and browncoats pissed 2- Wait a day go to midnight screening of Serenity then get home at 2:30 am and get up at 6am and drive 81/2 hours to hopefully have family bring boat back to marina and pick me up result- family irritated/me pissed/ husband and browncoats happy 3-Blow off Lake Powell and stay home for the 11th year in a row. result- family pissed/me irritated and sad/ husband happy Sucks to be me ( sorry kind grouchy) Just feeling like whatever I do someone's mad

RIVERDANCER123

Are "we" improving (ha) this site? I keep getting evil error messages in the "chat" room, and kicking my computer didn't help...ouchie.

MIRAMEL

so my dad was supposed to wake me up early this morning, for one reason or another. anyway, he wakes me up, i go back to sleep, he wakes me up i go back to sleep etc. so finally he comes into my room and says "hey, did you use me email address to send an email to some guy named joss whedon?" ///// so of course im sprinting to the computer before my still-asleep brain registers that a)my dad knows perfectly well who joss whedon is b)no, actually, i didnt, so then c)....ohhhhh thats just [i]mean[/i]. i was less then amused. so yeah, my fandom was used to get me out of bed.

RIVERISMYGODDESS

I made a chatroom for folks to use until this site gets up and working again. It's not much, but it helps to ease the withdrawal a little:

YORIK

Boring, boring, boring. I've been doing close to nothing these days. Bought myself a new notebook computer, so there's a perk. Had to bust my chops to get it, too. I miss the crowd. I'm never able to chat much anymore. The fanfic is fading away cause in all honesty, I don't think people like to read it. Oh, well. Lesse, something good, something good... ... Nope, nothing right now. Anywho, I hope you all are doing well and I wish you all the best. (I've done what I can for the Browncoat Unification Day, and I hope that the rest of you succeed! Good luck everyone!)

SASSALICIOUS

Just bought my inter-island flights for when I'm in Hawaii. Ordered a couple of things I need for farming from REI and I'm having them shipped to the store in California. I leave for California in a week and from there I head to Hawaii on July 6. 2 months of fun in the sun!! Can't wait!

HERA

[Previously posted to a dropped thread, of which there were several animated discussions):

MSG

Hey I am going with my family to Lake Powell and maybe ( I hope ) my husband is going too. So I am asking a friend to order the 3 copies of Serenity on 23rd for me and I am sorry I will miss the BDM, but this is the last family trip we will probably get for a while all together as my sister and brother in law leave for med school in August....long sotry short ( too late, I know) I won't be here for those says, but hopefully I will be able to get in and all in the next few days before I go

BREXAN

At last! After a month of stress, culminating in 4 back-to-back exams last week I'm finally free! If only the stress ended there :P I go to pick up my results this Friday. Seems a bit odd to me that they'd mark them that fast, the last exam being the previous fFriday O_o, but hey I guess those lecturers have nothing better to do ;) Anywho, I now have to keep my self occupied for 3 whole months until my 3rd year starts :D and try not to think about the 3rd year exams when all this will start over agan. I've not seen a FF episode for two whole weeks, I knew if I watched one I'd want to watch more and not get anything done, so I'm going to have to go make up for the time I've missed >:)

MAL4PREZ

Trying to fix the multiple fanfic posts. And I thought I was being so careful so that wouldn't happen! I'm so embarrassed! :blush:

NEZZERUS

Contrary to popular belief (and despite some peoples' best efforts) I am still not dead. I've just been enjoying my vacation. I've been in the Carribean since school got out, and I just got back. Unfortunately, I leave for camp on Sunday, and I don't get back til August. I might get something done for y'all to remember me by, but maybe not. ~WG out

AGENTRUSCO

Hey, cos of the daft site trouble, I've a few wee fics that I've submitted that haven't got a bit of attention. And well, I revel in such things. So, be so kind and trot to my profile and read them things. That is, only if you so desire. I don't really wanta be pushy. So do it. Now. Oh, and in other news: I've suceeded in making a new convert. Woot. Oh yeah, and review my stuff... please?

FLAME

We have sold out all of the tickets for the Raleigh SERENITY NOW/EQUALITY NOW event! Unfortunately, we can't expand into a bigger theater, as we're already in the venue's largest theater (seats 200), and they only have one other theater, which is being used for another movie. I've got a growing waiting list for people who want tickets, but I haven't had any cancellations... Maybe next year (yes, I hope there's a next year!) we can get the venue to give us the entire theater! Or maybe do it TWO nights!

CRYSTALTHOUGHT

I know that people've been working really hard to get the site up and running again. The thing that frustrates me is twofold: One, we had no warning. Our favorite hang-out just went black. I'd think it was a conspiracy, but probably it was just the fei-oo computers. Two, I have posted my most recent chapter of my fanfic, and somehow ended up posting it twice. Not only can I not get into it to see people's response, but I can't "correct" the double-posting. If anyone can read this, it was NOT intentional! Just read one- they are the same thing. I am going to try and post my fic on fanfiction.net and other venues because, quite frankly, this site does me no good if I can't get in. I'll be checking in to see if the site is FINALLY working, but in the meantime I'm not holding my breath. Thanks to all who HAVE read my fic and commented. I appreciate you telling me your side of my story! :smile:

FUTUREMRSFILLION

OK. I am done. I keep trying to hang on, and I keep trying to be positive and everytime I start to feel normal, and like things will be ok - I get kicked in the teeth again. I have to go to court today in reference to #2. The child with Reactive Airway disease, Allergic Asthma and a birth defect that means his chest cavity is too small for his heart. Apparently the school board feels his absences are excessive so now I have to go to court. Yeah he missed 22 days. 5 days for a funeral. 1 day to get his learners permit and see a doctor for a surgical referal and 16 days for being so sick he couldn't out of bed. So yeah that's lovely. Then if that wasn't enough HIMSELF called to announce that we needed to "sit down and settle this thing" what he meant by that was he isn't willing to give me anything and wants me to sign the papers. He tells me that he is not paying my parents back for the truck and that we can take it out of the equity in the house. Now, there IS NO equity in the house and if there were we would have to sell it to get it. Or I would have to take out a loan to get it. Either way, I am out of a place to live, or paying more out of my pocket. I am now so behind on my house payment that I will lose it anyway. I have until 1 July to come up with 1200 additional dollars. Or I will be escorted off of my own property by the Sherrifs. I have no way of getting this money. That is unless of course I get a hold of my life insurance policy payout. Well not me, but the boys. I probably won't be posting anymore. Love to all.

FOREVERSHINY

Hey all, Not only am I psyched for Serenity Day tomorrow (Yipee Browncoats! lol) but to gear myself up for it, this week I've been having a marathon week, which is really good to have now and then. So, as I'm watching "The Message," it came to me that Richard Burgi (Womack) was in the sci-fi channel movie "Darklight," which, apart from David Hewlett *hearts* and John De Lancie, absolutely sucked. Now, I'm asking myself as to why Mr. Burgi was a good actor in The Message, but horrible in the movie. Kinda like why Natalie Portman was horrible in the Star Wars movies, but awesome in a lot of other things. Also, why can't Simon just give up all his aires and tell Kaylee what he really means. It jsut bothers me. But, oh, well...i've got the BDM to keep me happy on that bit. :biggrin: Stay shiny and keep flyin y'all, ~ForeverShiny :smokin:

EMBERS

I hope the site stays up because tomorrow I want to buy my Firefly & Serenity DVDs through the links here so that Haken gets the kick back from Amazon! I am so grateful to all the hard work to keep this, my favorite site, up and running.

SHINYYUKARI

My muses came back last night! I'm currently working on a fic for 'I Slept With Someone In Fall Out Boy and All I Got Was This Stupid Song Written About Me'(it's a dream!fic so it's a little twisted in language), going to work on ones for 'I've Got A Dark Alley And A Bad Idea That Says You Should Shut Your Mouth'(another dream!fic but more slow paced than the previous one I mentioned) and 'Sophmore Slump Or Comeback Of The Year'(probably going to be Mal/Inara from River's POV again, but lighter). So when I'm done with those, I'll only have three songs left to write about on [i]From Under The Cork Tree[/i]. Yay! :biggrin: I'm waiting to hear back about the D*C parade because I'm going to see if I can be in the SEBC group. That way I can wear both my Kaylee Costume and my Vampirehunter!Andy Hurley costume. Ask if you wanna see my Kaylee costume. I might post it in the Blue Sun Room. :)

RHODRI

It's Serenity day and my 'lil woman has loaned out my DVD to a work colleague!:bash: Oh well, it's for a bigger cause- another one gathered into the fold!

FUTUREMRSFILLION

So - I am driving home from meeting with the county board (they excused #2 so he is off the hook) and I am feeling ok. Crisis averted. It was hot and I have no ac - and my heart starts racing - more than 149 beats a minute is NOT normal. Then I started having chest pain, numbness in my left arm and jaw pain. So I start thinking - so this is a heart attack - anyway, I went to the ER with #2 who called my mommy (LOL). After several EKG's, many shots of crap in my stomach and several hours they admit me. I had a stress test echosonogram and I am happy to report that my heart is as fit as a 20 year old. So, anyway. They sent me home and suggested that I get rid of some of the stressors in my life. TOO Funny - second job has let me go because I have been out due to sickness "too much". breathe in....breathe out......breathe in....breathe out.... Thanks to you well wishers and prayer makers! :)

SASSALICIOUS

So the site works on every computer EXCEPT my home one now. I find that odd, but I'm not too overly concerned. I'm probably packing my computer up tonight anyway and I'll be cut off from the internet until August 24th. I'll find time to update my livejournal, photos, and myspace blog, but no serious online time anymore. Boo. And Happy Serenity Day.

BUFFY426

Well we can add at least another 3 browncoats! i have totally converted my family, can we blame them! :o)Keep spreading the word!

13

Well, here we are. After seven seasons, off and on, I'm almost done. The last two episodes of Buffy. And here I go...

CRAJON

well good news today. My Grandmother is better and soon she will be moving to an place near where I live. This will be great because my wife and I can check on her and she will get the help she needs. Also we got an letter from the INS about our China adoption visa. We have an metting with the INS next week to finish the visa. Next the waiting for the trip.

HERA

I posted my first fan fiction. Yipes. Written from Mal's POV about his past, the war, and why he sometimes can't get a good night's sleep.

AGENTRUSCO

So happy Serenity Day to all. Too bad I live in the boonies and couldn't get to a screening. Oh yeh, and I also had to work. Anyhow. I'm ever-so-glad that the site is up and running once more. Now I can post and crud. Hey, please check out my fics. Some slipped by without reviews and are languishing in misery. I've been asked (way more times than once) to write longer stuff. And I'd so love to. But y'see, I am simply unable. I cannot pull through endings. I'm not good at developing a strong plotline. So I do glimpses. I flesh out brief moments. It works out for me. Now, I'd love to write longer. I'd really, really love that. I could blame my lack on the imaginary creature I call my muse. But, let's face it. It's my problem. I hope that majoring in English will help me out in this area. I love to write and wanna keep it up indefinately. So... If anyone wants to partner with me. I'd love ideas and stuff for fanfics. Cheers, Languishing AgentRusco

SHINYYUKARI

I was checking out Buzznet today when and looked at the Decaydancephoto gallery and noticed that my picture was up there. Check it out...

ZISKER

Well, Serenity Day was a success with the DVD shooting up to #2 on the amazon.com charts. The NYC Equality Now! Screening was a blast and it sounds like Browncoats across the country raised a lot of cashy money for the charity. So that's epic and wonderful. Yep. That went well. And in six days I leave for the Army. It's been a busy month. Good day.

ALLIETHORN7

I was bored for the last few days (what with FFF.net acting up). So, I found myself writind down random words, trying to come up with an idea for short story I could write. And, I found myself thinking that "Hey, this word works for SO-n-So, and this one for whatsherface..." and so on. And, I was wonderin', what do ya'll think? If ya decide to answer, write something like this- Jayne-Primal or, Mal-Stuborn. Y'know, someat like that! Oh, and feel free to put down more than one character, if ya please. Shiny!:biggrin:

ZZETTA13

Ok here I am June 24 second day of my vacation( June 23 was the first)After working around the house yesterday and part of today I've decided to take the rest of the day posting with my browncoat friends. Seems as if the weekend is going pretty well for everyone and "Serenity Day" went off with a big bang. My congrads to all who've worked so hard. I've still got some small things to do so I'll be hitting the FFF site off/on the rest of the weekend.Haken worked very hard and my hat is off to him. these are just some thoughts for today. I'm looking forward to the return of everyone to the FFFan forum and it will be great to see some new faces (along the my old browncoat buddies) Until next blog stay safe,Z

COPILOT

Does anyone know where we could find some sales numbers for yesterday? I'm really curious.

MSG

came back from the lake seriously early as my husband got sick ( heat stroke) and boy was I glad to see we are back. Made leaving my vacation worth it:) Posting with ease makes me giddy with delight:)

MECHANICGIRLKAYLEE

In February, I bought the complete series of Firefly on DVD for sixy fricking bucks in Best Buy. Today, I walked into Wal-Mart, and guess what they had for twenty-five bucks? :bash: I think the Alliance runs Best Buy.

COPILOT

I just got THE error message again!

CAPTBRYAN

:finger::blast::bash::knife::vomit::hanged: It seems that I really hit a nerve with some one here. I posted the names of the SPAMMERS that were causing problems here on this site. I got censored, and the SPAMMERS continue to SPAM. So Iam now faced with a tough descision,"TO BE OR NOT TO BE". Ive asked politely and Ive threatened. It seems I now have to take extreme action. The rashes will now start.:evil: Then severe :vomit:ing. Your :tongue: will swell,and cause choking. :finger: yourself.

MIRAMEL

...wow, i just realized how many of my blogs start w/ "just". i guess i mostly tell stuff that just happened. anyway. It was awesome (im talking about the madison 24th screening), a nice little setup, all kinds of pre-movie stuff going on, (mal's song, 'done the imposible' preview etc), a raffle which i just found hte winning ticket for in my coat pocket, if only i'd found it about 2 1/2 hrs ago. oh well, im telling myself it isnt the right one after all and my memory is going. maybe so. 'twas a littel surprised to see that besides myself, there was only one 'coat w/ a jayne hat. anyway, had a nice little chat w/ him, his hat was lookin' very cunning. i ordered a shirt but the shipment got messed w/ so she was gonna give it to me wednseday, but then there were extras so i got it today anyway:) she (im refering here to teh woman in charge; forgot her name a little, im not so good with names) was quite nice (we 'coats are in general, doncha know ;) ) so yeah, it was quite succesful. still waitin' to see how much cashy money we brought in.

WASHBURNEFAN

Hello everyone, it is I, tired but insanely happy. Last night has got to be the best experience at a movie theater I've ever had. I went to the Laemmle One Colorado Theater at 10:00 to go see Serenity and hopefully win some shiny swag. I got more than I ever dreamed for because I didn't realize how many people were actually going to be there! It was truly an awesome experience to see so many browncoats and for people to get all of my insider jokes. I even met little_ewok there and also MAGaffer. Both of them ha`ve got to be the coolest people I've ever met. Oh, and Little_Ewoks Mom too.(Sorry if I didn't spell them right.0 Our theater made over $4000 dollARS AND we got a news van come try to make a story, sadly there was no publicity for Little Firefly. I have to say it was truly the best browncoat congragatin of my life. Hope to do it again next year! (By the way glad to know some people on this web-site are not 40-year old bald men pretending to be browncoat high-school girls)

STEAMER

After fanfic and costuming, it was only a matter of time. ;) Here are my first five fanvids, four archived and one on Megaupload. (The archived ones are zipped, so if you don't have WinZip or a similar program, leave a comment and I'll figure something else out.) Actually, please leave a comment anyway. ;) [b]Heaven Is a Better Place Today[/b] (Wash)

DRACONUS

I've actually had an idea in my head for awhile now. Just need to know if anyone else is interested. It's set after the BDM and is basically this: River runs into a fellow 'student' from the academy that managed to escape. About as close to a boyfriend as she ever got. After some fight sequences and general mayhem, they meet back up, and the crew gets to know him. He's managed to figure out how to control the power, and offers to help teach River what she needs to know. A few other things invloving his sister, the academy, the other students, and another operative. Can't really go into detail, as it'll ruin some key moments. Let me know what you think. No promises though, as I've never written a fanfic before.

SMARTBUTDUMBBLONDE

Damn, I am supposed to be revising for a Science Exam on tuesaday, but I discovered the site was working again, and kind of got stuck. Actually, I discovered yesterday, and I added it to the list of good things that happened,along with: went to see my grandparents and got my hair cut, although the site working again was at the top.

DUKKATI

Captain Bryan has givin me permission to use his computer. I have talked to some of you already and I like this place. I have read some of the fanfiction and I love it. If you wish to e-mail me it will go through the Captian's e-mail first so make sure you put my name in there so he can save it for me. I look forward to meeting yall.

FOREVERSHINY

So cool--as obvious as that sounds. :biggrin: It was almost better than seeing it in theaters the first time around, cause the Palace had a better sound system. Very very shiny. I didn't get to ask when I was there--did any (if so, how many) Browncoats went to the Palace Theater screening? Life is good. :smile: ~ForeverShiny :smokin:

CHOO1701

Captains log stardate...er...now. kind of here ish... anyway. Firefly second time around? (i've lent it out a lot and finally got to seeing it again.)Its still good. A work of art yes. Is it possibly the best sci fi ever (after seeing most of DW s2 defently YES!!!). And i yearn for more. Even a mini series would be nice (and a little Firefly class statue. with added crew love) I love this verse. I love the writing. I love the design and i love the community. Star Trek hads to wait 10 years. Us Browncoats? only two. or three, depends on the timing :biggrin: Go on Hollywood: say we scare you. :naughty:

AGENTRUSCO

This is a question that perplexes me. Zoe fought with the Browncoats. She still identifies with them just as Mal does. Why doesn't she wear a shiny suede coat like him? Did he get it cos he was an officer? Wait, he wasn't really an officer. So why's he have and wear one, while she does not? Did she lose hers? Was it ruined in some battle? Why don't we see either of them wearing browncoats in any of the flashback battle scenes? I feel a fanfic idea coming... Yes, yes. Lesse now...

MSG

Isn't this nice...to be able to post at will and talk to everyone. Again I must say, thanks Haken we appreciate everything you do:) On another note...one month till my firefly tatoo:)

FRELLINGBLONDE

For those that may have missed it, last night I posted "Dream On," chapter 29 of what is now called the Motivation series. Why did I just bother to add a title to it now? Because the danged thing is just about over. One final chapter to go. Relax, there's more where it came from. A LOT more. My next, still untitled series will be starting soon...ish. Simon and Kaylee will still be the main focus, and there will still be PLENTY of smut, but you can also expect to see more of the rest of the crew, as well as a few new faces. Not to mention there will be plot. Really, I can write plot, I swear. SO glad to have the site (mostly) back. The Boston Serenity Now screening was the most fun I've had in a while, I seriously can't wait for next year. It was sold out, despite NO publicity of any kind. :disappointed: This stupid state...but still, sold out! Way to go, Boston area Browncoats!

PINBALLWIZARD

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PINBALLWIZARD

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MIRAMEL

not that i have a [i]problem[/i] with how obsessed i am, its just a little disturbing when i'm writing thank-you's for birthday presents, and i decide to write a generic one and work from that, and hte generic one goes, "Dear so-and-so, Thank you so much! I love the _____ because _________. It’s so great when people ask about my _________ and I get to tell people all about firefly and serenity." honestly, i dont think i got a single non-serenity/ff related thing. (not complaining, mind you)

SILLYLITTLEDUCK

Thank you ladies and gentlemen for looking at the blog. I'd just like to say that after 3 pregnancy test I am offically comfortable saying I'M PREGGERS!!! thank you and good night.

THELOSTONE

last saturday my car got stolen! In brod daylight to grrrr... Why'd he have to steel my car, who would want it? It doesn't even have a decent value... that jerks gonna pay.I can still remember the smug look on his face too.

FROMTHEDARK

I have finally decided to write a blog..... Ok so not so interesting, i just blew $200 on not much which is over 4 weeks of my pay which i was going to spend on the buffy complete serise box set but no my real love is what i spent my hard earned cashey money on. I bought so much firefly and serenity things my friends thought i had completely lost my mind. Its only money i told them, the root of all evil the thing most men kill and die for, destroy thousands of lives over a little bit of shiny stuff, ridiculas aint it ~ Especially when it is one of the factors that is holding back our beloved serenity sequal from occuring. Wow i do go off on a tangent. imagine tha....

FLAME

The cantstoptheserenity.com shindig I coordinated in Raleigh (with the help of many Big Damn Heroes!) raised $1,740 for Equality Now. Our 200-seat theater was sold out, we gave away many shiny door prizes, had a costume contest, and a raffle! I can't say "THANK YOU" often enough to everyone who donated, contributed, volunteered and showed up!! See our list of sponsors, volunteers, photos and more at:

TRISTAN

Thank you, Haken.

DRACONUS

So I finally started writing my fanfic. It's going to be in chapters, as it's going to be quite long. But I would like some help to make sure that I'm not posting something completely stupid, and to make sure that everything goes alright. Basically looking for someone to help spread the shiny. Any volunteers?

TAMSIBLING

Just a quick note to everyone who has been reading and responding to my latest series - "A New Life" *** [b]THANK YOU![/b] *** [i]I cannot express how exciting it is for me to get such amazing and positive feedback from all of you![/i] And just so you know - while I have been touting the 350 page sequel - titled "A New Beginning" - there will also be some interim stories surrounding Simon and Kaylee and the rest of the BDHs .... as well as, a third part which I have just begun to write ... It's true - I am a huge fan of trilogies. Thanks again to all and to Leiasky for being such a great beta and a great friend! :smile: ~TamSibling~

MSG

OMG- I kid you not I just found a package of store brand ( at Harmons) fruit bars called fruity oaties...I love it. Must buy many packages

PUNSTER

Sold the theatre out and actually had a line around the theatre.

FUTUREMRSFILLION

Have not heard any more from the Lawyer, have not heard anything from the ass. The school was going to refund the cost of the summer school, but hasn't yet. We are not getting all the money that we are owed for the cleaning of the condos. Assholes I got a $12 paycheck for Banana Republic - LOL but I have 15 hours this week - so should be better going forward #1 is only being scheduled 1 day a week until school is out I am now officially out of vacation time and will have 6 hours of LWOP on this coming paycheck. Usaa insurance went up 100 bucks a month Got an Intention to Foreclose letter and have till Friday to come up with $2102.22 Good News The blazer is probably going to be a recall thing so YAY #2 has a 93 average in school YAY I have not exploded YAY Oh and I got the tax thing to fax in to the mortgage people so they can not charge more a month YAY Gulftel bill went down New flourescent lights in bathroom make it very sunny in there! I do not live in Dafor Can life get any better?

ZUCHT

To be honest i've been back on-line for three weeks. Just had trouble with accessing this site. I have been busy writing the last two months, unfortunately I write better long-hand so little is on the computer. The good news is that I have about 100 pages of rough draft stories stretching out from 'The Recovery' to 'The Recovery - Letters To Rill' with 'The Recovery Coda', taking place approximately One year after BDM. One story i'm having fun writing is one i'm calling 'The Psychics New Clothes'. I've also been working on Jake 2.0 fanfiction. With about 180 pages writen in the rough. Hopefully i'll be posting by this time next week. Before I forget, I am looking for a good beta. So if anybody's interested... See ya soon. Zucht

SPACEANJL

Just thought I'd put this here, say thank you to everyone who has read and reviewed me. If anyone wants any explanations as to where any weirdness comes from, please contact me. I was especially pleased with my Trekkie style puns in AG AP but no-one flamed me for them.:smile: Maybe it's only me that finds that sort of thing funny, I dunno. Now decisions, decisions - crackfic, cobbfic or crossover to follow up... Sometimes all the little voices come at once.:biggrin: Seriously, folks, which one shouts loudest for you?

VINTERDRAKEN

Looks like I should have bought me some compression coils for the computer cause it crashed and aint showing no will to resurect anytime soon. So, thats why I havent been around for a while in case anyone wondered. Try to check in as often as I can untill I manage to fix the computer. Hugs to ya all, Vinter

NVGHOSTRIDER

Never Blogged here before. Feels a bit strange. Anyhoo, how 'bout all the 'coats out there. Need to re-update profile since the last one didn't take. adding contact info. Looking for more friends and contacts out here in the 'verse. Any Nevada BROWNCOATS will be immediately queried on any local happenings or group activities. I need to get out more!

OLDSOUL1987

I've not logged into this site for age, all i've done is brows. Then today i was listening to music and i Introduced some people to firefly (it was my browncoat duty) and they are now thinking about buying the DvDs. So I found a Shiny site like oh three days ago (still-flying.net) and saw the shiny pics from the show... Then i had to mess with them, you know add text, make them brighter or darker. I posted them on my myspce, then i came on here today and i saw Kaynara's new chapter and read it. It left me so, I don't even know what this is, i supose i feel a bit like i'm floating and like i just had alot of coffee. And i loved it, so I posted my pics here. Wow i just read what i wrote and i sound like i'm bouncing about hehehe. Oh well hope you all like the pic/ icon thingys, I have more if you like them. They are not like super shiny since i only have paint and word to work with but they look nice. So yeah please if any one reads this go take alook and comment... ok well thanks for your time folks, i'm going to go to bed or something. Oh by they way if Kaynara read this... Great Job! I'm still spinning about from reading your fic, please post the next part soon!

MSG

bought the fruity oaties, but now I don't want to eat them...'cause well eeek!

XENOPROBE

The story of my weekend is a busy, jam-packed one. I basically over-booked myself in the extreme and was unable to extricate myself from any one of the events planned. Saturday morning, I was voluntold (yes, that's being

CRYSTALTHOUGHT

For those of you who have been reading my fanfic, thank you! I appreciate your comments and enjoy reading them almost as much as writing my 'verse. Since I've been posting weekly, give or take a day, I'd just like to let everyone know that I'm taking July 4th off and having a vacation. Desperate Times will return on the 10th. Things are about to get "interesting"*. * "oh, god, oh god, we're all gonna die?"

SMARTBUTDUMBBLONDE

oh the curse of the double post!

SMARTBUTDUMBBLONDE

I have one sister, 4 years younger than me (well, 3 1/2) And sometimes, I wonder how we even came from the same genepool. We are completly different in almost every aspect, and so we fight like cat and dog (lots). We even look completely different. I am skinny, with straight blonde hair, and she is solidly built with afro-curly dark brown hair. (although she is the same height as me). New people have no idea we are full sisters, and when we tell them, they mostly think we are joking. But I think the thing that separates us the most, is that she is completely and utterly anti-browncoat, and anti-Firefly. As I right this, she is watching millions of episodes of Friends for the hudredth time, (yes, they were funny the first time, but not when you've been subjected to them as many times as I have). She leaves the room when I put the DVD in, and practicaly attacks me every time I work a quote into the conversation. I am working on her though,so far she has the Ballad of Serenity on her MP3 and has watch War Stories all the way through, and one day, maybe, just maybe, she too will call herself a browncoat. That will be a happy day.

MAGHAFFAR

Lots of folks can SAY they like watching Firefly or Serenity, but you know you've made a real convert when they're ready to plunk down their own hard-earned cash-y money and they announce (after watching "The Message"): "I'm going out to buy the Firefly DVD set and the Serenity movie for myself." cuz til then, they've been coming over to your house for a week straight to watch 'em on your PC. That makes 3 confirmed Browncoat converts in less than a month. [does the "Gorram Ruttin' Shiny" dance -- you're lucky there's no video.]

FUTUREMRSFILLION

My mommy has come to the rescue once again. This is of course very depressing. Everytime I have to ask her for money I feel diminished. Someone is playing my most favorite piece of music in the whole world - Pachelbel's Canon in D. It usually is so soothing, but today the beauty is just making me weepy. You all must be so sick of my depressing self. I know I am. I want to go home and go to bed, but I must go to the 2nd job tonight. I am just getting more and more resentful of the need for more than one job and that adds to the stress. My heartrate is steady at about 130 beats a minute, which takes a lot of energy let me tell you! BTW - drove by Ex's house because it amuses us to do so. He has a brand new car in the drive. Must be nice.

AGENTRUSCO

I been gaining Firefly fans right and left. Helps that she show sells itself. All's I have to do is sit a person down and push play. Lesse: #1. Roommate (Jayne fan) #2. other Roommate (Wash fan) #3. Jewboy #4. Hair trimmest (Jayne fan) #5. Father #6. Padawan (Wash fan) #7. grand Friend (Simon and Mal fan) #8. grand Friend's bro To come: #9. Poland Roommate (already a Joss/Buffy fan) #10. old Friend (Sci/fi fan) #11. Camp Pal #12. Camp Pal's bro #13. Mum (yeah, right, not so much) #14.+ #15. future Roommates #16. other Roommate (dunno bout this) #17. other Roommate's friend #18. Padawan's cousin #19. grand Firend's dad #20. Bro (not so much...) #21. past Roommate (saw part of the first ep...) Anyhow. We WILL conquer the world someday. We can do the impossible. We can be mighty. Rusco out.

WASHBURNEFAN

Hello everyone, just finally posting my home-made hovercraft which I nicknamed the Mule. This would be me, riding on it.

DRACONUS

Ok, so the first chapter of my story is done. The series is going to be called "Children of the Academy." As soon as I get the approval from my beta-testers, I'll share "The Chance Meeting" with the rest of the world. We'll see where it goes from there. If everyone hates it, then that'll be it. Hopefully, enough of you will accept and love it so I can make more, as I'm enjoying the story and can't wait to see where it goes (even if I have a pretty good idea).

FUTUREMRSFILLION

Well my peeps - I was going to log in and tell you how my mommy and me were seeing my lawyer at noon today and that hopefully he would give me hope. But the gorram man has called to reschedule me AGAIN! So now I have no appointment, no money driving in to town to meet me and feed me. No lunch and no money for lunch. Does anyone know what a nervous breakdown feels like? I think I might be having one. Heartrate today is 120-130. I have a pain in my chest and that feeling in the pit of my stomach that just won't go away. Add to all that the desire to kill anything and everything in my path. A really short temper and a headache from hell. I need a massage.

LONEWOLF7

Great! Site's back up! I finished out this episode for everyone. Sorry for the cliffhanger, honest! (heehee) But I'll make it up to ya with the five chapters of Friends Among Enemies. Stay tuned for some Big Damn Heroics!

KIZZIECSTARS

prom last night! the sixth year of biggar high descended upon an unsuspecting bothwell bridge hotel in hamilton. they let everyone order alcohol from the bar, no I.D. required... very trusting... still, no one got steaming out their heads and we all went back on the bus without anyone throwing up... surprisingly low key. but then, our last day in school involved only a barbeque in the school garden and a water fight in the bus bay... in contrast to previous years. and not even a crap DJ! they gave us request slips and we all named the songs we wanted to hear - yourpartynight.co.uk if anyone's wondering! goz drinking a cocktail he called "antifreeze", mikey and ross posing with their bottles of magners and the entire year shouting (cant really call it singing) along to "flower of scotland", jumping and swaying on the dance floor along with it. so much fun. then i drove back with stewart to his house. yes, just me. to watch "just friends" (how appropriate) and eat pizza. we hit 80 mph on the symington road since it was half one in the morning and utterly deserted - hee hee. he convinced me to flick my lights off for a second to see what it was like - freaky... fell asleep on a stupid two seater sofa that didn't fit me at all, yet was weirdly comfortable. (bastard didn't even offer me his bed - he wasn't sleeping in it, he was on the fold out) got woken up several times - stewart snoring, stewart's phone, stewart's cat sniffing my arm with its freezing nose! got up at half twelve in the afternoon - see, i'm a student already. and scarily, i allowed stewart to have a shot of my car along the little single track short cut behind his house. i must be going insane... kiz xox

MSG

well here goes a little chicken experiment. No one tell my husband or he won't eat it. I am marinating it in buttermilk with garlic, rosemary, and salt/pepper...so hope this works or it's gonna be an icky dinner

CHARMEDDESTINY

I really respect and admire the artists and writers on this site, there is so much talent it's astonishing.