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Wednesday, October 20, 2004
Tuesday, October 19, 2004
Fehscape
WARNING: This entry might contain spoilers. For those who intend on watching Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars but have not, continue at your own risk.
Well...I really had been excited about The Peacekeeper Wars. I looked forward to seeing a conclusion to the show I'd come to love so much. Now I almost wish they'd just left it where it was.
Admittedly the last run since Zhaan left was spotty at best. In my opinion, the writing declined and the story's direction was lost in a jumble of subplots and overlapping pointlessness. Again, my opinion. Others may have liked the last run.
I did not like Zhaan's "replacement" character Jool at first, but within a couple of episodes she'd really grown on me. I came to adore her and looked forward to her contribution to the run of the show. Then they drop her off on Arnessk and she leaves the series. Sigh.
Then we get Sikozu. Ick. Never liked her. Glad she turned out to be a Scarran spy. Wish she'd died.
All-in-all I really enjoyed the first two hour part of TPW despite certain issues:
1) We're left with John and Aeryn at the end of the series being blown into little bits of crystal on some unknown water planet and we're all like "Holy hell! What next!!!???" We return to the mini-series and within a very short time of the beginning they are reconstituted and it was "all a mistake". Okay, bleh. Talk about diffusing the climax of the series ending.
2) So one little crystal piece is left in Rygel's stomach when he collects what remains of John and Aeryn off the ocean floor by eating it. Well, when they're reconstituted we find out what that crystal piece was. Was it Aeryn's ear? No. Gasp! Was it John's wang?! No. Oh...Joy...it just so happens that the piece left out was John and Aeryn's child that Aeryn had been carrying. How covenient. No, not part of the baby mind you. The whole self-contained, perfectly intact little crystallized baby. And suddenly, now Rygel is carrying the growing child as if he'd been impregnated. Um...what happened to it being a little crystal? So Rygel carries the child through most of the mini-series until Aeryn can transfer it back to her for birth. Yeah. Okay. Hokiness factor from 1 to 10 - 12.
3) Okay, I love Commandant Grayza. She's a ballsy peacekeeper bitch who apparently picked up tricks from Elaan, Dohlman of Elaas, but has a sweaty chest instead of tears. Despite that, I still liked her. So, what's the point of the pregnancy? Unless the only reason she was pregnant was so that she could issue some line at the end of the series about "for the sake our our children" then it was pretty pointless.
4) I finally get to see Jool again on Arnessk. Yay! Oh..eww...boooooo. Okay so here's this incredibly intelligent Interion female who's so academically accomplished and she's running around like an alien Pebbles Flintstone? What gives? Was it really necessary she look like a cast member of The Interion That Time Forgot? Oh yeah and getting past this, still glad to see her what happens next. Oh yeah. They kill her after 10 minutes or so. Thanks. Pointless.
5) Okay...this crazy powerful ancient Luxan ship that D'Argo got. It's "unlike anything he's seen before" and he manages to play with it through a good bit of the last run. So it's destroyed in this mini-series (blown to bits by Scarran fire I might add, but Chiana and he are left floating in space without a scratch. Yeah. Gotcha. Hokiness factor from 1 to 10 - 10). Well who suddenly rescues them from space? None other than Jothee, D'Argo's son who happens to be in a Luxan ship that has capabilities like the ancient one and is a shaped remarkably a lot like Talyn. (Make that Hokiness factor 13)
6) HARVEY. HARVEY. MORE HARVEY. I can't relay my hatred for this scenario. Overdone and boring.
So part two wasn't any better. I felt rushed. WARWARWARPEACE. Boom, just like that. Wormhole weapon presented (and might I mention by this point in the series I am sick to shit of wormholes.) and voila, truce. Next we have Scarran Emperor Staleek and Commandant Grayza stamping what one assumes to be some peace document. I find this interesting given that Grayza isn't the highest of the high in the Peackeeper ranks and that she even acted without talking to her Peacekeeper superiors before heading to Arnessk to engage the Scarrans.
Oh yeah, I nearly forgot...D'Argo's climactic death. I use the term climactic loosely. What a waste. It was like the writers felt that unless they killed a well-known character in the mini-series then it just wouldn't have any impact. Well, it still didn't. D'Argo's fate was forced, meaningless and trite. He didn't die in any explosive gut-wrenching manner and it didn't snatch my heart from my chest that he "sacrificed' himself for those he loved. It just wasn't done well. And really...we didn't see him die. So...if ever it comes back to TV or the movies, then I'm sure they'll diffuse that "climax" by bringing him back. (Hey guys! Dead? Awww, no. I took out those Charrid and Scarran soldiers and then napped a little. When I woke, I was on some person's ship and peachy keen!) Oh and at this point, who didn't know what Aeryn and john would name their baby? Vomit. Four words for you, pre-dic-ta-ble. Hokiness factor from 1 to 10 - 10.
So where does that leave everyone come the new "end" of the show?
John and Aeryn - On Moya with baby D'Argo.
Chiana - Assumed to be going to Hyneria to settle down like D'Argo wanted.
Rygel - Assumed to be returning to Hyneria to take up his rule again as Dominar
Scorpius - Who knows? We weren't really given anything about him.
Pilot and Moya - Again, who knows? Pilot got ridiculously little screen time. One of the most underrated characters on the show. Watch his episode and you can't help but agree. (Now THAT was heart wrenching)
Jool - Unfairly Dead
Sikozu - Should be dead
Zhaan - Painfully absent
I say do another mini-series to really end the show. I'll write it real quick!
Baby D'Argo meets and marries the "V" baby and the two follow in hot Pursuit of Dana and Fox's baby who's on the run and lost in time with Dr Sam Beckett. Soon they all meet up at the relocated Cheers on Jupiter where the jovian ruler Bailiff Bull performs the wedding for Ross and Rachel.
Well...I really had been excited about The Peacekeeper Wars. I looked forward to seeing a conclusion to the show I'd come to love so much. Now I almost wish they'd just left it where it was.
Admittedly the last run since Zhaan left was spotty at best. In my opinion, the writing declined and the story's direction was lost in a jumble of subplots and overlapping pointlessness. Again, my opinion. Others may have liked the last run.
I did not like Zhaan's "replacement" character Jool at first, but within a couple of episodes she'd really grown on me. I came to adore her and looked forward to her contribution to the run of the show. Then they drop her off on Arnessk and she leaves the series. Sigh.
Then we get Sikozu. Ick. Never liked her. Glad she turned out to be a Scarran spy. Wish she'd died.
All-in-all I really enjoyed the first two hour part of TPW despite certain issues:
1) We're left with John and Aeryn at the end of the series being blown into little bits of crystal on some unknown water planet and we're all like "Holy hell! What next!!!???" We return to the mini-series and within a very short time of the beginning they are reconstituted and it was "all a mistake". Okay, bleh. Talk about diffusing the climax of the series ending.
2) So one little crystal piece is left in Rygel's stomach when he collects what remains of John and Aeryn off the ocean floor by eating it. Well, when they're reconstituted we find out what that crystal piece was. Was it Aeryn's ear? No. Gasp! Was it John's wang?! No. Oh...Joy...it just so happens that the piece left out was John and Aeryn's child that Aeryn had been carrying. How covenient. No, not part of the baby mind you. The whole self-contained, perfectly intact little crystallized baby. And suddenly, now Rygel is carrying the growing child as if he'd been impregnated. Um...what happened to it being a little crystal? So Rygel carries the child through most of the mini-series until Aeryn can transfer it back to her for birth. Yeah. Okay. Hokiness factor from 1 to 10 - 12.
3) Okay, I love Commandant Grayza. She's a ballsy peacekeeper bitch who apparently picked up tricks from Elaan, Dohlman of Elaas, but has a sweaty chest instead of tears. Despite that, I still liked her. So, what's the point of the pregnancy? Unless the only reason she was pregnant was so that she could issue some line at the end of the series about "for the sake our our children" then it was pretty pointless.
4) I finally get to see Jool again on Arnessk. Yay! Oh..eww...boooooo. Okay so here's this incredibly intelligent Interion female who's so academically accomplished and she's running around like an alien Pebbles Flintstone? What gives? Was it really necessary she look like a cast member of The Interion That Time Forgot? Oh yeah and getting past this, still glad to see her what happens next. Oh yeah. They kill her after 10 minutes or so. Thanks. Pointless.
5) Okay...this crazy powerful ancient Luxan ship that D'Argo got. It's "unlike anything he's seen before" and he manages to play with it through a good bit of the last run. So it's destroyed in this mini-series (blown to bits by Scarran fire I might add, but Chiana and he are left floating in space without a scratch. Yeah. Gotcha. Hokiness factor from 1 to 10 - 10). Well who suddenly rescues them from space? None other than Jothee, D'Argo's son who happens to be in a Luxan ship that has capabilities like the ancient one and is a shaped remarkably a lot like Talyn. (Make that Hokiness factor 13)
6) HARVEY. HARVEY. MORE HARVEY. I can't relay my hatred for this scenario. Overdone and boring.
So part two wasn't any better. I felt rushed. WARWARWARPEACE. Boom, just like that. Wormhole weapon presented (and might I mention by this point in the series I am sick to shit of wormholes.) and voila, truce. Next we have Scarran Emperor Staleek and Commandant Grayza stamping what one assumes to be some peace document. I find this interesting given that Grayza isn't the highest of the high in the Peackeeper ranks and that she even acted without talking to her Peacekeeper superiors before heading to Arnessk to engage the Scarrans.
Oh yeah, I nearly forgot...D'Argo's climactic death. I use the term climactic loosely. What a waste. It was like the writers felt that unless they killed a well-known character in the mini-series then it just wouldn't have any impact. Well, it still didn't. D'Argo's fate was forced, meaningless and trite. He didn't die in any explosive gut-wrenching manner and it didn't snatch my heart from my chest that he "sacrificed' himself for those he loved. It just wasn't done well. And really...we didn't see him die. So...if ever it comes back to TV or the movies, then I'm sure they'll diffuse that "climax" by bringing him back. (Hey guys! Dead? Awww, no. I took out those Charrid and Scarran soldiers and then napped a little. When I woke, I was on some person's ship and peachy keen!) Oh and at this point, who didn't know what Aeryn and john would name their baby? Vomit. Four words for you, pre-dic-ta-ble. Hokiness factor from 1 to 10 - 10.
So where does that leave everyone come the new "end" of the show?
John and Aeryn - On Moya with baby D'Argo.
Chiana - Assumed to be going to Hyneria to settle down like D'Argo wanted.
Rygel - Assumed to be returning to Hyneria to take up his rule again as Dominar
Scorpius - Who knows? We weren't really given anything about him.
Pilot and Moya - Again, who knows? Pilot got ridiculously little screen time. One of the most underrated characters on the show. Watch his episode and you can't help but agree. (Now THAT was heart wrenching)
Jool - Unfairly Dead
Sikozu - Should be dead
Zhaan - Painfully absent
I say do another mini-series to really end the show. I'll write it real quick!
Baby D'Argo meets and marries the "V" baby and the two follow in hot Pursuit of Dana and Fox's baby who's on the run and lost in time with Dr Sam Beckett. Soon they all meet up at the relocated Cheers on Jupiter where the jovian ruler Bailiff Bull performs the wedding for Ross and Rachel.
Thursday, October 14, 2004
Blog reorganization day!
Added CoH to Groovy Links
Added all gaming blog links to new Vicarious Gaming section. (Welcome Josh!)
Alphabetized Remote Sensing
Updated Pete's link in Remote Sensing (He moved, doesn't blog any more often now, but moved nonetheless. Hi Pete!)
Nothing new here really. Waiting on the adjuster. Simmering over John having to be out an additional 4 weeks to change hitches. At least now he'll be home for Thanksgiving.
Added CoH to Groovy Links
Added all gaming blog links to new Vicarious Gaming section. (Welcome Josh!)
Alphabetized Remote Sensing
Updated Pete's link in Remote Sensing (He moved, doesn't blog any more often now, but moved nonetheless. Hi Pete!)
Nothing new here really. Waiting on the adjuster. Simmering over John having to be out an additional 4 weeks to change hitches. At least now he'll be home for Thanksgiving.
Monday, October 11, 2004
Super Sad
Well, I'm pretty bummed out today over the passing of a childhood idol. I got up prepared to do my running around and checked my AOHell mail and there it was on the splash page. He was only 52. That's just too young to be gone. I loved him in Somewhere In Time. I adored him in Deathtrap and, of course, worshipped him as Superman. I always wanted to be flying right next to him. I'd like to at least think wherever he is, he's still flying.
9.25.1952 - 10.10.2004
You'll be missed Christopher
9.25.1952 - 10.10.2004
Thursday, October 07, 2004
I always like to join in on the fun and games of quizzes, lists and various other horse puckey on friend's blogs, so here's this one from Joshy's. Be warned, it's long, but all-in-all not a very slow read.
01. Bought everyone in the pub a drink. (No)
02. Swam with wild dolphins. (No)
03. Climbed a mountain. (Yes)
04. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive (No)
05. Been inside the Great Pyramid (No, but it is a goal before I die)
06. Held a tarantula (Held? Hell, I owned one and played with her. Her name was Babette)
07. Taken a candlelit bath (Yes)
08. Said 'I love you' and meant it (Every day I talk to John)
09. Hugged a tree-several times.. (Yes)
10. Done a striptease (Yes)
11. Bungee jumped (No)
12. Visited Paris (Will be in the next couple of years)
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea (Yes)
14. Stayed up all night long, and watch the sun rise (Yes)
15. Seen the Northern Lights (No)
16. Gone to a huge sports game (Yes)
17. Walked the stairs to the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa (Will be doing this around the Paris timetable)
18. Grown and eaten your own vegetables (Yes)
19. Touched an iceberg (No)
20. Slept under the stars (Yes)
21. Changed a baby's diaper (No. And I won't be)
22. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon (No)
23. Watched a meteor shower (Yes)
24. Gotten drunk on champagne (Yes)
25. Given more than you can afford to charity (Yes)
26. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope (Yes)
27. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment (Yes)
28. Had a food fight (Yes)
29. Bet on a winning horse (Yes)
30. Taken a sick day when you're not ill (Yes)
31. Asked out a stranger (Yes)
32. Had a snowball fight (Yes)
33. Photocopied your bottom on the office photocopier (No)
34. Screamed as loudly as you possibly can (Yes)
35. Held a lamb (Yes)
36. Enacted a favourite fantasy (Yes)
37. Taken a midnight skinny dip (Yes)
38. Taken an ice cold bath (Yes)
39. Had a meaningful conversation with a beggar (Actually yes, when I lived in Atlanta)
40. Seen a total eclipse (Yes)
41. Ridden a roller coaster (Yes)
42. Hit a home run (Yes)
43. Fit three weeks miraculously into three days (Yes)
44. Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking (Oh most definitely.)
45. Adopted an accent for an entire day (Yes)
46. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors (Not yet, two years..two years)
47. Actually felt happy about your life, even for just a moment (Yes, in brief spurts)
48. Had two hard drives for your computer (Yes)
49. Visited all 50 states (No)
50. Loved your job for all accounts (Not yet)
51. Taken care of someone who was shit faced (Yes)
52. Had enough money to be truly satisfied (Yes. There are moments. Fleeting, but moments.)
53. Had amazing friends (Amazing isn't strong enough to describe the people I call friends)
54. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country (Yes. Strret festival in Puerto Rico. Also the night little Phreddy switched his and his mothers Pina Coladas. That's probably why I was dancing with a stranger and Mother was wondering why her Colada was so weak.)
55. Watched wild whales (...with waffles wafting westwardly in the wind?)
56. Stolen a sign (Yep! A "Dean Str." sign and a "P" off Paradise Bay for my wall. Just you wait..I'll be having an Alphabet St. sign if I ever find one.)
57. Backpacked in Europe (Two years)
58. Taken a road-trip (Yes)
59. Rock climbing (yes)
60. Lied to foreign government's official in that country to avoid notice (No)
61. Midnight walk on the beach (Yes)
62. Sky diving (want to want to!)
63. Visited Ireland (No)
64. Been heartbroken longer then you were actually in love (Yes)
65. In a restaurant, sat at a stranger's table and had a meal with them (I think so)
66. Visited Japan (No)
67. Bench pressed your own weight (Yes)
68. Milked a cow (Yes)
69. Alphabetized your records (Yes)
70. Pretended to be a superhero (Yes)
71. Sung karaoke (Yes)
72. Lounged around in bed all day (Yes)
73. Posed nude in front of strangers (No)
74. Scuba diving (No)
75. Got it on to "Let's Get It On" by Marvin Gaye (Yes)
76. Kissed in the rain (Did more then that in the rain)
77. Played in the mud (Yes)
78. Played in the rain (Yes)
79. Gone to a drive-in theatre (Yes)
80. Done something you should regret, but don't regret it (Yes)
81. Visited the Great Wall of China (No)
82. Discovered that someone who's not supposed to have known about your blog has discovered your blog (No)
83. Dropped Windows in favor of something better (No)
84. Started a business (No)
85. Fallen in love and not had your heart broken (Yes)
86. Toured ancient sites (Yes)
87. Taken a martial arts class (Yes. I was actually a brown or yellow belt. I want to say brown in Yoshukai)
88. Sword fought for the honour of a woman (No)
89. Played D&D for more than 6 hours straight (Can you actually get anything done in less than that?)
90. Gotten married (Working on it. Waiting for Bush to go away frist.)
91. Been in a movie (Almost. Had a part in The Truman Show. Gave it up for holiday with family.)
92. Crashed a party (Yes)
93. Loved someone you shouldn't have (Yes!)
94. Kissed someone so passionately it made you dizzy (Yes)
95. Gotten divorced (No)
96. Had sex at the office (Yes)
97. Gone without food for 5 days (No)
98. Made cookies from scratch (Yes)
99. Won first prize in a costume contest (Yes)
100. Ridden a gondola in Venice (two years)
101. Gotten a tattoo (No)
102. Found that the texture of some materials can turn you on (Yes)
103. Rafted the Snake River (No)
104. Been on television news programs as an "expert" (No)
105. Got flowers for no reason (Yes)
106. Masturbated in a public place (Yes)
107. Got so drunk you don't remember anything (No)
108. Been addicted to some form of illegal drug (Chai should be illegal. Curse you Sarah!)
109. Performed on stage (Yes)
110. Been to Las Vegas (Yes)
111. Recorded music (Yes)
112. Eaten shark (Yes and I love it!)
113. Had a one-night-stand (Yes)
114. Gone to Thailand (No)
115. Seen Siouxsie live (I did I did! Houston! Saw her with Skinny Puppy and some others)
116. Bought a house (Yes)
117. Been in a combat zone (No)
118. Buried one/both of your parents (No)
119. Shaved or waxed your pubic hair off (Yes)
120. Been on a cruise ship (No)
121. Spoken more than one language fluently (Yes)
122. Gotten into a fight while attempting to defend someone (Yes)
123. Bounced a check (Yes)
124. Performed in Rocky Horror (used to every weekend for 2 years)
125. Read - and understood - your credit report (Yes)
126. Raised children (No)
127. Recently bought and played with a favourite childhood toy (I'm trying)
128. Followed your favourite band/singer on tour (Sort of)
129. Created and named your own constellation of stars (I do it all the time)
130. Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country (No)
131. Found out something significant that your ancestors did (If it's true, yes)
132. Called or written your Congress person (Yes)
133. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over (Yes)
134. ...more than once? (Yes)
135. Walked the Golden Gate Bridge (No. Drove it though)
136. Sang loudly in the car, and didn't stop when you knew someone was looking (Yes)
137. Had an abortion, or your female partner did (No)
138. Had plastic surgery (No)
139. Survived an accident that you shouldn't have survived (No )
140. Wrote articles for a publication (Yes)
141. Lost over 100 pounds (Yes)
142. Held someone while they were having a flashback (No)
143. Piloted an airplane (No)
144. Pet a stingray (Yes)
145. Broken someone's heart (Yes)
146. Helped an animal give birth (Yes)
147. Been fired or laid off from a job (Yes)
148. Won money on a T.V. game show (No)
149. Broken a bone (No)
150. Killed a human being (There are times... )
151. Gone on an African photo safari (No)
152. Ridden a motorcycle (Yes)
153. Driven any land vehicle at a speed of 100mph or faster (Yes)
154. Had a body part of yours below the neck pierced (No)
155. Fired a rifle, shotgun or pistol (Yes to all)
156. Eaten mushrooms that were gathered in the wild (Yes)
157. Ridden a horse (Yes)
158. Had major surgery (No)
159. Had sex on a moving train (Two years)
160. Had a snake as a pet (Yes and I miss him)
161. Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon (No)
162. Slept through an entire flight: takeoff, flight, and landing (Yes)
163. Slept for more than 30 hours over the course of 48 hours (No)
164. Visited more foreign countries than U.S. states (No)
165. Visited all 7 continents (No)
166. Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days (Yes)
67. Eaten kangaroo meat (No)
168. Fallen in love at an ancient Mayan burial ground (Okay, who makes these crack-ass questions up?)
169. Been a sperm or egg donor (No)
170. Eaten sushi (I eat sushi almost weekly)
171. Had your picture in the newspaper (Yes, a few times)
172. Had 2 (or more) healthy romantic relationships for over a year in your lifetime (Yes)
173. Changed someone's mind about something you care deeply about (Yes)
174. Gotten someone fired for their actions (Yes)
175. Gone back to school (January)
176. Parasailed (Yes)
177. Changed your name (Sort of)
178. Pet a cockroach (Yes. A Large Hissing one)
179. Eaten fried green tomatoes (Yes and they are gooood)
180. Read The Iliad (Yes)
181. Selected one "important" author whom you missed in school, and read him/her: (Yes)
182. Dined in a restaurant and stolen silverware, plates, cups because your apartment needed them (well, not because we needed them)
183. ...and gotten 86'ed from the restaurant because you did it so many times, they figured out it was you (No)
184. Taught yourself an art from scratch (Yes)
185. Killed and prepared an animal for eating (Yes)
186. Apologized to someone years after inflicting the hurt (No)
187. Skipped all your school reunions (Yes)
188. Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language (No)
189. Been elected to public office (No)
190. Written your own computer language (No)
191. Thought to yourself that you're living your dream (Whatever)
192. Had to put someone you love into hospice care (No)
193. Built your own PC from parts (Yes)
194. Sold your own artwork to someone who didn't know you (Yes)
195. Had a booth at a street fair (Yes)
196: Dyed your hair (Lord yes)
197: Been a DJ (Yes)
198: Found out someone was going to dump you via LiveJournal (No)
199: Written your own role playing game (And still am)
200: Been arrested (No)
Josh!!!!!! I have to know your 106! I'll tell you mine if you tell me yours.
01. Bought everyone in the pub a drink. (No)
02. Swam with wild dolphins. (No)
03. Climbed a mountain. (Yes)
04. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive (No)
05. Been inside the Great Pyramid (No, but it is a goal before I die)
06. Held a tarantula (Held? Hell, I owned one and played with her. Her name was Babette)
07. Taken a candlelit bath (Yes)
08. Said 'I love you' and meant it (Every day I talk to John)
09. Hugged a tree-several times.. (Yes)
10. Done a striptease (Yes)
11. Bungee jumped (No)
12. Visited Paris (Will be in the next couple of years)
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea (Yes)
14. Stayed up all night long, and watch the sun rise (Yes)
15. Seen the Northern Lights (No)
16. Gone to a huge sports game (Yes)
17. Walked the stairs to the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa (Will be doing this around the Paris timetable)
18. Grown and eaten your own vegetables (Yes)
19. Touched an iceberg (No)
20. Slept under the stars (Yes)
21. Changed a baby's diaper (No. And I won't be)
22. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon (No)
23. Watched a meteor shower (Yes)
24. Gotten drunk on champagne (Yes)
25. Given more than you can afford to charity (Yes)
26. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope (Yes)
27. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment (Yes)
28. Had a food fight (Yes)
29. Bet on a winning horse (Yes)
30. Taken a sick day when you're not ill (Yes)
31. Asked out a stranger (Yes)
32. Had a snowball fight (Yes)
33. Photocopied your bottom on the office photocopier (No)
34. Screamed as loudly as you possibly can (Yes)
35. Held a lamb (Yes)
36. Enacted a favourite fantasy (Yes)
37. Taken a midnight skinny dip (Yes)
38. Taken an ice cold bath (Yes)
39. Had a meaningful conversation with a beggar (Actually yes, when I lived in Atlanta)
40. Seen a total eclipse (Yes)
41. Ridden a roller coaster (Yes)
42. Hit a home run (Yes)
43. Fit three weeks miraculously into three days (Yes)
44. Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking (Oh most definitely.)
45. Adopted an accent for an entire day (Yes)
46. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors (Not yet, two years..two years)
47. Actually felt happy about your life, even for just a moment (Yes, in brief spurts)
48. Had two hard drives for your computer (Yes)
49. Visited all 50 states (No)
50. Loved your job for all accounts (Not yet)
51. Taken care of someone who was shit faced (Yes)
52. Had enough money to be truly satisfied (Yes. There are moments. Fleeting, but moments.)
53. Had amazing friends (Amazing isn't strong enough to describe the people I call friends)
54. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country (Yes. Strret festival in Puerto Rico. Also the night little Phreddy switched his and his mothers Pina Coladas. That's probably why I was dancing with a stranger and Mother was wondering why her Colada was so weak.)
55. Watched wild whales (...with waffles wafting westwardly in the wind?)
56. Stolen a sign (Yep! A "Dean Str." sign and a "P" off Paradise Bay for my wall. Just you wait..I'll be having an Alphabet St. sign if I ever find one.)
57. Backpacked in Europe (Two years)
58. Taken a road-trip (Yes)
59. Rock climbing (yes)
60. Lied to foreign government's official in that country to avoid notice (No)
61. Midnight walk on the beach (Yes)
62. Sky diving (want to want to!)
63. Visited Ireland (No)
64. Been heartbroken longer then you were actually in love (Yes)
65. In a restaurant, sat at a stranger's table and had a meal with them (I think so)
66. Visited Japan (No)
67. Bench pressed your own weight (Yes)
68. Milked a cow (Yes)
69. Alphabetized your records (Yes)
70. Pretended to be a superhero (Yes)
71. Sung karaoke (Yes)
72. Lounged around in bed all day (Yes)
73. Posed nude in front of strangers (No)
74. Scuba diving (No)
75. Got it on to "Let's Get It On" by Marvin Gaye (Yes)
76. Kissed in the rain (Did more then that in the rain)
77. Played in the mud (Yes)
78. Played in the rain (Yes)
79. Gone to a drive-in theatre (Yes)
80. Done something you should regret, but don't regret it (Yes)
81. Visited the Great Wall of China (No)
82. Discovered that someone who's not supposed to have known about your blog has discovered your blog (No)
83. Dropped Windows in favor of something better (No)
84. Started a business (No)
85. Fallen in love and not had your heart broken (Yes)
86. Toured ancient sites (Yes)
87. Taken a martial arts class (Yes. I was actually a brown or yellow belt. I want to say brown in Yoshukai)
88. Sword fought for the honour of a woman (No)
89. Played D&D for more than 6 hours straight (Can you actually get anything done in less than that?)
90. Gotten married (Working on it. Waiting for Bush to go away frist.)
91. Been in a movie (Almost. Had a part in The Truman Show. Gave it up for holiday with family.)
92. Crashed a party (Yes)
93. Loved someone you shouldn't have (Yes!)
94. Kissed someone so passionately it made you dizzy (Yes)
95. Gotten divorced (No)
96. Had sex at the office (Yes)
97. Gone without food for 5 days (No)
98. Made cookies from scratch (Yes)
99. Won first prize in a costume contest (Yes)
100. Ridden a gondola in Venice (two years)
101. Gotten a tattoo (No)
102. Found that the texture of some materials can turn you on (Yes)
103. Rafted the Snake River (No)
104. Been on television news programs as an "expert" (No)
105. Got flowers for no reason (Yes)
106. Masturbated in a public place (Yes)
107. Got so drunk you don't remember anything (No)
108. Been addicted to some form of illegal drug (Chai should be illegal. Curse you Sarah!)
109. Performed on stage (Yes)
110. Been to Las Vegas (Yes)
111. Recorded music (Yes)
112. Eaten shark (Yes and I love it!)
113. Had a one-night-stand (Yes)
114. Gone to Thailand (No)
115. Seen Siouxsie live (I did I did! Houston! Saw her with Skinny Puppy and some others)
116. Bought a house (Yes)
117. Been in a combat zone (No)
118. Buried one/both of your parents (No)
119. Shaved or waxed your pubic hair off (Yes)
120. Been on a cruise ship (No)
121. Spoken more than one language fluently (Yes)
122. Gotten into a fight while attempting to defend someone (Yes)
123. Bounced a check (Yes)
124. Performed in Rocky Horror (used to every weekend for 2 years)
125. Read - and understood - your credit report (Yes)
126. Raised children (No)
127. Recently bought and played with a favourite childhood toy (I'm trying)
128. Followed your favourite band/singer on tour (Sort of)
129. Created and named your own constellation of stars (I do it all the time)
130. Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country (No)
131. Found out something significant that your ancestors did (If it's true, yes)
132. Called or written your Congress person (Yes)
133. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over (Yes)
134. ...more than once? (Yes)
135. Walked the Golden Gate Bridge (No. Drove it though)
136. Sang loudly in the car, and didn't stop when you knew someone was looking (Yes)
137. Had an abortion, or your female partner did (No)
138. Had plastic surgery (No)
139. Survived an accident that you shouldn't have survived (No )
140. Wrote articles for a publication (Yes)
141. Lost over 100 pounds (Yes)
142. Held someone while they were having a flashback (No)
143. Piloted an airplane (No)
144. Pet a stingray (Yes)
145. Broken someone's heart (Yes)
146. Helped an animal give birth (Yes)
147. Been fired or laid off from a job (Yes)
148. Won money on a T.V. game show (No)
149. Broken a bone (No)
150. Killed a human being (There are times... )
151. Gone on an African photo safari (No)
152. Ridden a motorcycle (Yes)
153. Driven any land vehicle at a speed of 100mph or faster (Yes)
154. Had a body part of yours below the neck pierced (No)
155. Fired a rifle, shotgun or pistol (Yes to all)
156. Eaten mushrooms that were gathered in the wild (Yes)
157. Ridden a horse (Yes)
158. Had major surgery (No)
159. Had sex on a moving train (Two years)
160. Had a snake as a pet (Yes and I miss him)
161. Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon (No)
162. Slept through an entire flight: takeoff, flight, and landing (Yes)
163. Slept for more than 30 hours over the course of 48 hours (No)
164. Visited more foreign countries than U.S. states (No)
165. Visited all 7 continents (No)
166. Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days (Yes)
67. Eaten kangaroo meat (No)
168. Fallen in love at an ancient Mayan burial ground (Okay, who makes these crack-ass questions up?)
169. Been a sperm or egg donor (No)
170. Eaten sushi (I eat sushi almost weekly)
171. Had your picture in the newspaper (Yes, a few times)
172. Had 2 (or more) healthy romantic relationships for over a year in your lifetime (Yes)
173. Changed someone's mind about something you care deeply about (Yes)
174. Gotten someone fired for their actions (Yes)
175. Gone back to school (January)
176. Parasailed (Yes)
177. Changed your name (Sort of)
178. Pet a cockroach (Yes. A Large Hissing one)
179. Eaten fried green tomatoes (Yes and they are gooood)
180. Read The Iliad (Yes)
181. Selected one "important" author whom you missed in school, and read him/her: (Yes)
182. Dined in a restaurant and stolen silverware, plates, cups because your apartment needed them (well, not because we needed them)
183. ...and gotten 86'ed from the restaurant because you did it so many times, they figured out it was you (No)
184. Taught yourself an art from scratch (Yes)
185. Killed and prepared an animal for eating (Yes)
186. Apologized to someone years after inflicting the hurt (No)
187. Skipped all your school reunions (Yes)
188. Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language (No)
189. Been elected to public office (No)
190. Written your own computer language (No)
191. Thought to yourself that you're living your dream (Whatever)
192. Had to put someone you love into hospice care (No)
193. Built your own PC from parts (Yes)
194. Sold your own artwork to someone who didn't know you (Yes)
195. Had a booth at a street fair (Yes)
196: Dyed your hair (Lord yes)
197: Been a DJ (Yes)
198: Found out someone was going to dump you via LiveJournal (No)
199: Written your own role playing game (And still am)
200: Been arrested (No)
Josh!!!!!! I have to know your 106! I'll tell you mine if you tell me yours.
Tuesday, October 05, 2004
The panhandle continues to slowly lift its head from the aftermath and life goes on. Still no adjuster. I'm sure it will take some time considering the amount of damage done to all the businesses and homes. C'est la vie. When one chooses to live on the coast, one must accept nature's tantrums. The saddest part of "our" damage is the loss of my tree. The one I'd look at out our sliding glass doors and just drift. I'd looked forward to staring at it before school in jan uary when I start. I'm pondering planting another. I just don't know what it was.
Onto other subjects...
I'm more than a little irritated over John's birthday. I took into consideration that it took place only a few days after Ivan, but by now calls, cards or whatnot should have already made it to him expressing birthday joy and congratulations. He received absolutely nothing. We had a candlelight cake-munching/present-opening event on the actual day here in the slightly warm house and when businesses were open again we went for sushi and so John could get his birthday hashi. I'm a strong believer in celebrating the ones you care about on the day they were born. Frankly, birthdays are the most important holiday to me and it offends me when someone can't even pick up the damn phone or shoot off a lazy e-card. It just tells me that people are self-centered even moreso than expected and while it's fine to receive, giving is way too much of a hassle.
*topic switch*
The Sims 2 rocks. Beyond playing other characters, I'm engrossed in a "Save the Aliens" project. I'll let you know how it goes. Hmm maybe I should follow the example of a former friend and set up a separate blog for City of Heroes and Sims 2. I know Sims has its own blog so that would be easy. We'll see.
Onto other subjects...
I'm more than a little irritated over John's birthday. I took into consideration that it took place only a few days after Ivan, but by now calls, cards or whatnot should have already made it to him expressing birthday joy and congratulations. He received absolutely nothing. We had a candlelight cake-munching/present-opening event on the actual day here in the slightly warm house and when businesses were open again we went for sushi and so John could get his birthday hashi. I'm a strong believer in celebrating the ones you care about on the day they were born. Frankly, birthdays are the most important holiday to me and it offends me when someone can't even pick up the damn phone or shoot off a lazy e-card. It just tells me that people are self-centered even moreso than expected and while it's fine to receive, giving is way too much of a hassle.
*topic switch*
The Sims 2 rocks. Beyond playing other characters, I'm engrossed in a "Save the Aliens" project. I'll let you know how it goes. Hmm maybe I should follow the example of a former friend and set up a separate blog for City of Heroes and Sims 2. I know Sims has its own blog so that would be easy. We'll see.
Friday, October 01, 2004
"Frank Herbert doesn't know the meaning of Dune, but at least Pensacola doesn't have giant worms" - A Post Ivan Blog
Music At The Moment and VERY loud: Kierra Sheard - "You Don't Know"
Okay, quick summary as I'm in no mood to blog and have too many other things to do. We're back obviously. We were without power for about a week. Cable came up a couple days later. Water is now drinkable.
Damage:
Fence pretty much gone.
Part siding/insulation on tallest eave of roof gone; tarped and awaiting repair.
Punctures in siding of house rear.
Exterior pane of storm window shattered. Interior intact. Thank you!
Trees, trees and more trees down.
Piles of debris prepared for the eternal cleaning.
We got away very lucky. Scenic highway is a once beautiful route along the bay reduced to something from a stage production in a local theatre...Houses look fine from the front for the most part, but lack insides or backs like prop scenery or painted scrims. It's rather surreal.
Music At The Moment: The Killers - "Somebody Told Me"
Thank You:
Bless you power workers from various states and Canada. You deserve that 1,000 dollars a day. Hell, I'd give you 5K a day if I were running it.
Neighbors for coming together for the most part. At least our immediate next doors and a couple others like the marine God two doors down with the big blue eyes, incredible smile and body by greek deities.
The Military for the comfort stations, ice, water, and yummy MREs. Those things are really good.
My dad and Uncle randy for bringing us food and water when we were running low. They'd been working non-stop on the beachevery day since they're the law, but they came to make sure we were good.
For our family and friends that helped us or checked on us: Heather for a place to stay during evac. Lisa and Sam for worrying about us. We miss you two so much! My northern italian blood for trying to constantly keep in touch with me to make sure we were all safe. I love yous guys! My Mom and Grandmother for weathering the storm and making despite deciding to stay. Grrr. Pete, Josh, Rita, Ron - You guys are real friends and I cherish you deeply. Thank you for having one face.
Kittums for being so wonderful on the evacuation trip. You really impressed me you behemoth.
The Bill/Credit Card companies for being understanding and bending over backward to help everyone in this area out.
My hubby for staying safe and loving me.
Fuck You:
Generator Mongers and their price-gouging asses.
Firestone on Davis Highway in front of the mall. Return day from evac - 175 dollars for a "car battery that was hard to get because even walmart was out of them." Went to walmart right after, they had 8 batteries for our car. I've already spoken to Firestone corporate and they'll be investigating for potential gouging and we might just sue.
Rude white trash that cuts in front of people in the very long comfort station lines.
Rude Rougenecks® (Those are the local vermin that are simply white trash with money) that feel they deserve power before other people or quicker service because their manure business took off and they swim in that green paper with those alien number things printed on the corners.
Julio for being such a little penis head on the evacuation trip. Why do you emulate everything else Kitty does except behave???
Ivan for ruining our trip to Seattle in which we could have: Visited Rita, gone to neat places, seen Scissor Sisters live and attended a Clive Barker book signing. Bitch storm.
Music At The Moment: Toby Lightman - "Devils & Angels"
Wow. I guess I did have some desire to blog. Maybe it's more of as trance-like state and just spills from my fingertips like those channelers spouting woes and demands from beyond the grave. Later.
Okay, quick summary as I'm in no mood to blog and have too many other things to do. We're back obviously. We were without power for about a week. Cable came up a couple days later. Water is now drinkable.
Damage:
Fence pretty much gone.
Part siding/insulation on tallest eave of roof gone; tarped and awaiting repair.
Punctures in siding of house rear.
Exterior pane of storm window shattered. Interior intact. Thank you!
Trees, trees and more trees down.
Piles of debris prepared for the eternal cleaning.
We got away very lucky. Scenic highway is a once beautiful route along the bay reduced to something from a stage production in a local theatre...Houses look fine from the front for the most part, but lack insides or backs like prop scenery or painted scrims. It's rather surreal.
Music At The Moment: The Killers - "Somebody Told Me"
Thank You:
Bless you power workers from various states and Canada. You deserve that 1,000 dollars a day. Hell, I'd give you 5K a day if I were running it.
Neighbors for coming together for the most part. At least our immediate next doors and a couple others like the marine God two doors down with the big blue eyes, incredible smile and body by greek deities.
The Military for the comfort stations, ice, water, and yummy MREs. Those things are really good.
My dad and Uncle randy for bringing us food and water when we were running low. They'd been working non-stop on the beachevery day since they're the law, but they came to make sure we were good.
For our family and friends that helped us or checked on us: Heather for a place to stay during evac. Lisa and Sam for worrying about us. We miss you two so much! My northern italian blood for trying to constantly keep in touch with me to make sure we were all safe. I love yous guys! My Mom and Grandmother for weathering the storm and making despite deciding to stay. Grrr. Pete, Josh, Rita, Ron - You guys are real friends and I cherish you deeply. Thank you for having one face.
Kittums for being so wonderful on the evacuation trip. You really impressed me you behemoth.
The Bill/Credit Card companies for being understanding and bending over backward to help everyone in this area out.
My hubby for staying safe and loving me.
Fuck You:
Generator Mongers and their price-gouging asses.
Firestone on Davis Highway in front of the mall. Return day from evac - 175 dollars for a "car battery that was hard to get because even walmart was out of them." Went to walmart right after, they had 8 batteries for our car. I've already spoken to Firestone corporate and they'll be investigating for potential gouging and we might just sue.
Rude white trash that cuts in front of people in the very long comfort station lines.
Rude Rougenecks® (Those are the local vermin that are simply white trash with money) that feel they deserve power before other people or quicker service because their manure business took off and they swim in that green paper with those alien number things printed on the corners.
Julio for being such a little penis head on the evacuation trip. Why do you emulate everything else Kitty does except behave???
Ivan for ruining our trip to Seattle in which we could have: Visited Rita, gone to neat places, seen Scissor Sisters live and attended a Clive Barker book signing. Bitch storm.
Music At The Moment: Toby Lightman - "Devils & Angels"
Wow. I guess I did have some desire to blog. Maybe it's more of as trance-like state and just spills from my fingertips like those channelers spouting woes and demands from beyond the grave. Later.
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