BWEE! I just found out about Sci-Fi Expo in Plano, July 8-9. Among others, they’re hosting David Prowse, Peter Mayhew, Ray Park, and Alan Tudyk. Oh, the nerdglee!
Who’s the moron that put the Battlestar Galactica Season 2 DVD with the Season 1 box at the video rental? I just saw “Disc 1” and didn’t look at the season number. I wondered why they were showing a “Previously on Battlestar Galactica” for the first episode.
Zounds. At the Dallas Serenity screening, $3,216 was raised for Equality Now. The global total, with slighly more than half the screens reporting, is approx $41,047.81. I believe a “W00t w00t!” is deserved at this juncture.
I no longer occupy the same topological space as yesterday: I got my ears pierced this afternoon. Hey, no more awkward moments when I’m given earrings for my birthday or other special occasions!
Well, looks like I didn’t need to worry about fifty Kaylees showing up to last night’s Serenity Now/Equality Now event, as I was almost the only one in costume! There were two girls that had dressed in general Browncoat fashion (I look slightly manic in this picture, which unsettles), a handful of “Blue Sun” shirt-wearers, and a couple folks in Hawaiian shirts, but mine was pretty much the only distinct costume of the bunch. I felt like a great, floundering goob and King of the Nerd Patrol, especially as Chungy couldn’t make it, and I didn’t know anybody there.
I took pictures with whoever wanted them, feeling vuagely like a person dressed as Mickey Mouse at Disneyworld, and gradually started feeling more comfortable in my surroundings as I struck up conversations with fellow Browncoats. Then Emily H., fellow JETS member and little sister of one of my best friends in High School, showed up, and life was grand.
It was so great to see the Big Damn Movie again on the big screen.
Replies to blog comments:
Xio: I was at the Dallas screening, not Philly.
Rebecca: Well, if you ever come across and roses or sacks of money, you know what to do with them!
Aaron: My bad. I assumed everyone knew who Alan Menken is, and that my overjoyed squeefulness at his being involved would go without saying. Whereas fewer people know about Stephen Schwartz, so I needed some compensatory “EEEEEE!!!” to show my happiness. So ALAN MENKEN GLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!! and Stephen Schwartz SQUEEEEEE!!!!! more accurately reflects my feelings on the matter. :D
Jimmy: Great! I’ll get your print out to you early next week. Jeff asked for Death, as well, and Court and Ryan asked for Destruction (why they would want to hang “Destruction” in their Money Pit of a new home is beyond me. :D) Methinks I need to get inspired and do more work in the style of my Sandman project. Anyway, Astonishing X-Men is crafted of pure awesome. I devoured both TPBs that afternoon. Now it’s just a matter of getting my hands on Season 1 of BSG!
Equality Now Serenity tribute screening tonight! Should I wear Safe!River, ObjectsInSpace!River, Serenity!Kaylee, or Zoe? Vote in the comments.
Kaylee is probably my favourite, as it’s flattering, comfortable, and quite screen-accurate, but it’s also probably the most common costume among cosplayers. You can’t throw a rock without hitting a Kaylee at a Firefly event. Zoe is fun, and it won me a costume contest at the first Serenity preview screening last summer, but it’s not as flattering as Kaylee, and the boots can get tiresome after a while. Safe!River requires a lot of fidgeting to keep the red sweater in shape, but is otherwise comfortable, and comes with awesome boots. It used to be really unflattering, but for some reason, it looks pretty good on me now. OiS!River is least flattering, but comfy. And I found my Objects in Space stick!
Thoughts?
I rented the Battlestar Galactica miniseries the other day, and now I can’t wait to get my hands on the first season. (I wonder if Lasciel of The Dresden Files was at all influenced by Number Six?) Alas, the first two discs were already checked out at my local independent video rental! So I went to the comics shop a few doors down and bought the two Astonishing X-Men trade paperbacks. It’s time I caught up on all the fan glee I’ve been missing out on!
Bush sings “Sunday Bloody Sunday”, in the same style as “Imagine“
We all know the adage that as soon as you compare someone to a Nazi, you lose all credibility, but this Ann Coulter vs. Hitler quiz is kind of fantastic. As is this clip of Stephen Colbert wiping the floor with Georgia congressman Lynn Westmoreland, who co-sponsored a bill which would require the House of Representatives and the Senate to display the Ten Commandments. And make sure you check out Republicans Against Snake Marriage, because it’s hilarious.
Vox is here, and it’s hideous. If LiveJournal goes the way of MySpace, there will be words.
Joss Whedon’s Equality Now speech: Why Do You Create Strong Female Characters?