Tuesday, January 31, 2006

All Together Now... Awwwwwwww

I am a dyed-in-the-wool (brown) Firefly/Serenity fan, also known as a "Browncoat". I've written a scenario for the Serenity RPG to run at the club (which I had to postpone because I was too sick to run, and had no voice). I'm also planning to run it at Origins this summer, and possibly at Gencon as well.

The scenario is inspired by a throw-away line from one of the Firefly episodes (Our Mrs. Reynolds), where Wash is trying to account for odd cultural preferences. He says: "Every planet's got its own weird customs. 'Bout a year before we met, I spent six weeks on a moon where the principal form of recreation was juggling geese. My hand to God. Baby geese. Goslings. They were juggled."

juggling geeseI just had to write a scenario where the crew has to deliver these precious objects, and of course I called it "Some People Juggle Geese". Well, then I got to thinking about how one might actually juggle geese... and so I Googled it. And I found Wash-o-saurus (go down to where it says "juggling geese" in the sidebar).

They are just incredibly cuuuute, and came, as described, in a Chinese takeout box with a bed of pretty shredded paper and a caligraphic scroll sealed with a Chinese coin that contains instructions on how to learn to juggle.

As soon as I can keep even one of these adorable little guys in the air with both hands, I'll call myself a gosling juggler. Then I need to learn to knit so I can make them little Jayne hats.

I have one sitting next to the computer as I type. They are so cuuuuuuute!

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Sunday, October 02, 2005

Shiny!

I saw Serenity 3 times this weekend, and will see it as many next weekend if I can. I still jump, startle, gasp, cry and see new things with each viewing.

This, from the online strip Legostar Galactica for Oct 02, 2005, about says it all:
Dear Mr Lucas

Joss Whedon is My Master Now

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Monday, September 26, 2005

Firefly Soundtrack!

FireflySqueeeeeee!

A soundtrack for the Firefly TV series is finally available. The Fox Music interface is kludgy and requires the use of (ick) Internet Explorer, and some of the best music (Hero of Canton, River's Dance from Safe) is missing, but still - it's music from Firefly!

I've already bought it, converted the MP3 files to an audio disc and am using it as my "go to sleep" music.

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Tuesday, May 24, 2005

Firefly Quiz

Too busy writing to blog, but here's a quick Firefly quiz. No surprises here, except that I thought I'd score higher as Kayley. Of course, it's been so long that I think it's spelled sects, so maybe not so much.

You scored as Simon, the Doctor.

Simon, the Doctor


100%

Inara, the "Companion"


81%

Captain Malcolm Reynolds


56%

RiVER


50%

First Mate Zoe


44%

Kaylee, the Mechanic


38%

Wash, the Pilot


19%

Jayne Cobb, resident bad-ass


13%

Shepherd Book


13%

FiREFLY QUIZ
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Thursday, May 05, 2005

Serenity tonight!



Squeeeeeeeeee! I'm trying very hard to concentrate on work, but my mind wants to be in the theater in Chicago tonight!

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Wednesday, April 27, 2005

Serenity!



Oh. My. God.

The trailer is amazing - watch the full screen version if you can. Aand there's even better news! If you're not a Browncoat, you should be. Joss (blessed be his sweet fuzzy little head!) sent out a notice this morning about a sneak preview in 10 cities, one of which is Chicago. And I have my ticket. So what if I'm going to be bumping into walls the next day - I'm going to get to see an almost-final cut of Serenity! I bought two tickets - I'm sure that someone will want to go with me!

I'm almost giddy with excitement.

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