Pants Brigade

By the grace of my ever-lovin' heart

Thu, 18 May 2006 07:49:06 GMT

Oy, I decided to give you a little of my love, livejournal that I don't know if anybody reads. Killing time at work, the best that I can.

I also thought I would drop a little happy bomb of humor.

For those of you concerned about illegal immigration, have at her!

http://goodatdrinkingbadatlife.blogspot.com/2006/05/what-aboot-canadians.html

Sweet, sweet blogs, how you consume my life.

going on a holiday

Fri, 12 May 2006 20:01:51 GMT

poor journal. so little updating.

however, i have been on rant lite lately. don't have much to say. too much stress and things to do to sit and fuck around. sigh. it also means i have writer's block. sigh. i need to study. sigh. i need to transcribe. sigh. i need to pack. sigh. i need to get one of use to find a mutherfucking job. sigh.

today and has not been a good day. the bf needs to jump through so many hoops to get his recipriciocity licensure bullshit in wisconsin. i should not be moving to wisconsin. i will go one step farther and say FUCK WISCONSIN 'cause motherfucking tommy fucking thompson, bush butt boy was former govn or there. grrr! there was some rant for you. so tired. so very tired.

want to become militant freedom fighter but don't know how. will settle for going to libby college and continuing to plan my escape to canada. maybe the bf and i will break up and i will marry a dazzling lez named pascale and we will open a comic shop in quebec city. ha ha. okay back in reality. the poor bf. he doesn't deserve that.

i am going to try and draw meself a new livejournal icon. the same but with a girl. i love it. i will never reliquish it.

okay. i am going to go see if i can find a cockney rhyming dictionary online. that shit is entertaining. booyah!

so sad. but a very special episode of snakes on a starship cheered me up. ah, beloved startrek.

i also have found some new websites. yay.

the gilded moose. fucking hilarious.
pujiba- awesome movie reviews, though they are having some homeland security related problems. thank good the gov't stopped bloggers from talking about movies. i feel so much safer. what's that? oh the repo men coming, cause the ECONOMY FUCKING SUCKS AND THEY ARE TAKING MY SHIT.
thanks, gwb. now tit for tat mo fo, can i stick something up your ass?

whatever.

stalks off to sulk and rage

Sweet McSweet

Mon, 01 May 2006 02:59:42 GMT

Oh man, Colbert at the White House Press Correspondence Dinner, so fucking sweet. Go see it now at Salon.com, Video Dog. So good. I hope that people will wake up.

Anyway, I don't want to blog anymore.

WHoo~

Journal McJournal

Sat, 22 Apr 2006 22:52:34 GMT

So journally. Mmmm.

so very tired

Wed, 19 Apr 2006 14:00:24 GMT

real life is kicking my ass. this is my day OFF and this is what i have to do:

a) go to auto shop, try not to get ripped off
b) eat lunch i can't afford with friend who occasionally drives me nuts (this is the one who tried to pick a fight with my bf)
c) go to meeting
d) transcribe
e) study
f) exercise

i am 5 lbs up, probably 3 is water, but grr. i just lost those 5 stress pounds, then put them back on! this isn't a vanity thing, just a reality. it's much easier to lose 5 pounds than wait until i am 10 up. sigh. however i have really learned something. stress is the cause of weight gain for me. and that is very valuable knowledge. and stress/anxiety isn't interchangaeable with depression. this winter i was my thinnest in sometime but miserable. now i am not so down, just anxious and it makes me want to eat for gratification. armed with this knowledge i can actually DO something about it.

i am trying to relax, but whew! i need some help with something. if the bf can find a new living place, i can maybe handle the uhaul and packing or something. i don't know. i really hate moving. like the packing and carrying stuff.

anyway. i got to get ready to roll. my day OFF. so much for writing.

tee hee

Tue, 11 Apr 2006 20:48:22 GMT

wow, the weather is sooooooooo good. i could go on and on. i love spring, its so warm and gentle. all the treacherous ice near my door is almost gone, there are birds. sigh. it's great. i loves it.

i am finally kicking some ass in KOTOR which makes me happy. i will triumph! i also communicated with someone in french and they got what the fuck i was saying. yay! i am very exicted about going back to school though i still wonder what the value will be. but what is the value of anything. and given my appraisal of most conventions is quite low, i could probably use the perceived uselessness of something as an indicator of is probable worth. like people actually care about branelina which could not really be much more pointless. ergo, a degree in a language must have some value! poor poor logic. anyway...

today is...

Mon, 10 Apr 2006 04:51:30 GMT

wow. i am having one of those sucking vertigo depression moments. i hate that. i can't type well either. it's probably because i am working nights and that bums me out. also, my job bums me out. it just feels so scary sometimes. i am really really tired of being scared. i don't know if i was always this scared or not. sometimes i think its a hyper awareness of mortality and a failure to come to some kind of metaphysical resolution about what happens when you die.

i don't know though. i guess i don't really think anything bad happens, mostly because no one thinks they are the bad guy. i think honestly, most people think they are making the best choice they can at any given point in time, even when its a bad choice. maybe there are a few genuine sociopaths, but i've talked to rapists, criminals, the insane, and i don't think any of them ever said "today i am going to fuck someone over purely out of spite because i hate them." maybe vengeance, but even revenge is born of something other than just malice. a desire to right wrong, to rebalance something. okay, i know a few people who talk a mean game (myself included) but its usually bluster when its go time. whatever, my ramblings for today.

i am probably super tired and somewhat anxious because i haven't been studying (but now am accepted to my program, so i really need to) and have transcription work to do. when i have stuff to do, it feels like a tangible monkey sitting on my back. i am not kidding. its really difficult for me to make the necessary distance between myself and a responsibility. even if it isn't a big deal. like hello, the world isn't going to implode if i don't fucking study le futur conditionnel tonight. sorry. and even my transcripts, i have 3 hours left maybe. oh shit. so that's maybe 5 hours of work. i could fucking get it done in one weekend if i really needed to. stupid girl.

okay, i feel alittle better now. i think i will go write. that will make me feel better. and then later i will study because i will be calmer from being more tired. funny how that works. isn't the world wacky?

i was reading postsecret today. go google it if you haven't. sometimes it makes me feel a lot better sometimes it doesn't. but i guess i kind of use this like my own postsecret. because no one i actually know is linked to this anymore. and i really like that.
years ago, my then ex-boyfriend's friend linked to it, and it kind of wrecked it for me to know someone tangible was reading it. i like sending my messages into the void. like a stupid techno prayer. zoop! out it goes with no response. i like to listen to the echo.

tom delay, ha ha ha

Wed, 05 Apr 2006 20:12:36 GMT

i want to gloat about politics but i can't think that coherently. but yes, two nasty GOP'ers down in one day. it makes me want to go outside and sing. for real.

i wrote a ranty letter to one of my favorite online newsmagazines. hah, i am expecting some hate mail for that as it was expressing an extremely unpopular sentiment, but whatever, i just had to speak out. it was about people whining about United 93, that 9/11 hijack plane movie. people were just huffing and puffing about it and i just had to say stop! it was 4 years ago. it was 4 years ago. so many bad things are happening, and to be cut up about that. i realized it crashed into your self absorbed little world, but god! things are so bad right now for people who are still living and breathing, just thinking about it makes me want to cry. and to freak over a piece of hollywood drivel. anyway... i am not going to go into and i am sure anyone who reads this could pick my letter out in a heartbeat.

this world breaks my heart, and i don't know how to change anything. i do what i can right here, right now, but i want to do more. i am still trying to figure out what that should be. i would really like to do some work with climate change, but i don't have the stomach to go back into research. not at all. there are other people who like routine boring crap and they are better suited to being in the lab. i love being outside but not enough to want to pull fucking soil cores all day. seriously. i guess i want to do climate change work because it hurts me personally. my life is different from global warming. i don't care what people say. it is not as cold where i live, there is less snow. the summer is longer, the forest composition is changing. this sounds like climate change affecting my life. i really want to live in the arctic before it is gone. i don't even know if that can happen. i am not in a position to move to alaska, or the canada even though my bf and i both want to do it. its sad, its the end of a culture, of a way of life, and no one fucking cares. its incredible. but i guess if no one cares about darfur, afghanistan, korea, sudan, how can people care about this?

anyway, i am sad enough for today. i am going to go outside and enjoy my abnormally early spring. yes, it is an early spring for here. i don't think i have seen many snow free aprils before.

sah-tastic

Tue, 28 Mar 2006 05:57:32 GMT

ooh yeah, forget to say. i did stuff! i went to marquette and saw sah, which is a hella cool godspeed you! black emperor type band. which is very my speed and is amazing live. however there were waaaay to many fucked up teenagers there. which is a drag. they were all trying to start shit and i can't let certain things lie, so i was pretty tense. but otherwise it was good. and i had a great bloody mary. mmmm.

rollercoaster monday

Tue, 28 Mar 2006 05:49:44 GMT

wow, today was just crazy.

i have been having a financial meltdown. and am not embarassed because i don't really see how i could have done better. my problem is school debt, not personal debt, and well i can't get a refund on the fucking degree can i?

anyway, i found out today

a) my parents have to move as their landlord is selling their house
b) we can't get the car from south carolina, meaning we are pretty fucked and i can't move, but have quit my job
c) i have a new job doing transcriptions on the basis that i don't fuck up the ones i have right now
d) the bf is going to quit job imminently
e) 1 billion USD today is worth 600 million USD 1986. Inflation = bad, v.v.v. bad for those dumb cunts running our gov't

on the upside i talked to my uncle for hours who is just soooo awesome. we spent two hours talking about engineering and economics. that is sooo rad. two subjects near to both of our hearts. i also talked to my mom, but we avoided economics cause she didn't want to be mad.

its all good. i am not capable of melting down at this point in time. i am not trying to tempt fate, but i have been wound soo tight for such a long time that i just can't. and thinks are pretty bad, i can't really lie, but whatever. life goes one. people have been managing since the dawn of time so i will too.

sigh

Sat, 25 Mar 2006 01:15:48 GMT

me and the bf had one of the huge discussion that leave you just feeling sort of confused as to whether or not you should in fact break up, even the whole effing thing was more or less about how we shouldn't. its a new weird thing about my boyfriend that he has become fucking hard lately. hard meaning like kind of jerky and insenstive/indifferent. yeah. i don't know. maybe its his way of coping with stress because he is really stressed out, and my desperate need to move is contributing to that. i don't know.

the weather is good, i just took a walk. that always helps. in a minute i will get up and do house work. maybe yoga, but my fucking back is hurting. it sucks. i will get on a good yoga run and then inevitably i overdo it or something and i am all sore and can't. meh.

aside from that though, i am way happier than i thought would be possible today. i was soooooo pissed last night. my job is driving me nuts. i did finally put in my notice so i can get on with trying to move, with or with out boyfriend. i want to see if i can get into legal secretarying, or stenography. i took some aptitude things when i applied with that temp company, and holy shit, i can type like 77 words a minute with perfect accuracy on that test. weirdly enough the test was about japan, which i thought was just kismet-y. er... something.

my mommy called earlier. i love my fucking mom. it will be sweet when we leave closer, or madison isn't closer, but its easier. so much less snow, and less snow anxiety.

anyway. i really gots to go clean some stuff. the cat box namely. ug. cleaning a cat box on Friday night. sigh. however there is hope that i may be going out tomorrow.
yay!!!

sunnyside up!

Thu, 16 Mar 2006 21:15:00 GMT

i am listening to disco, and disco is sweet. earlier i was listening to p-funk. how can anyone be sad listening to funk? for real.

i wrote my longest short story to date at 40 some pages. i feel very accomplished. what will i do with it? probably nothing, but you know its good to do things to do them. i dont' care what jonathan safran foer thinks, about anything. so there. *raspberry*

have been reading some hyper interesting economic shit lately. econ is fascinating and could really be used to better the world. i don't know how but my spider sense says it could. :) down with globalism! maybe?

spring is coming, and that is super. super super super. i can't wait. i did lots of fun winter stuff this year, but i am over it for a few months. i am ready for hiking and swiming and general outdoors with out a coat type carrying on.

super religiousity

Tue, 07 Mar 2006 19:17:10 GMT

my blog demands i post this!

ha, super sweet. the religious affiliations of superheros. of course, as a true geek, i know the religion of many superheros. but for those of you too lazy to read hundreds, nay, thousands of back issues to know this shit. i proudly hook you up with the link and a sample. don't forget my beloved sasquatch a la alpha flight is jewish!!

http://www.adherents.com/lit/comics/comic_book_religion.html

Superman -Methodist
Spider-Man -Protestant
Batman -Episcopalian/Catholic (lapsed)
Wonder Woman -Greco-Roman Classical Religion
Captain America -Protestant
The Hulk -Non-Religious
The Thing -Jewish
Daredevil -Catholic
Wolverine -former atheist
Elektra -Greek Orthodox, hmm so obvious!

is it really so vain?

Tue, 07 Mar 2006 14:52:07 GMT

is it wrong that i kind of think my own writing is entertaining?

*preens in mirror*

le frequence du quebec!

Tue, 07 Mar 2006 14:46:54 GMT

got up early today. whoo! jump start on life motherfuckers!! anyway....

prolly exercise today, and play fucking video games. sweet. i work nights tomorrow. yatsa. actually it will be cool. i finished my taxes and my fafsa, so i am rocking right the hell out of here yo!

maybe do some writing, definitely some studying. don't feel too well. what's up with that?

ha, saw a funny blurb by a self proclaimed grammar nazi. many moons ago i felt similarly, until someone pointed out to me the point of language is communication. if you can still understand it, does it make a difference? that and living in a few foreign countries makes me way more easy-going on that front. that shit is hard when you aren't a native speaker. so. now i live in the land of no caps. beware the tyranny of capitalization!! ha. okay. not really. i just like how no caps looks. it is pleasing to the eye. i agree that script handwritting (sp?) can be difficult to read, but typing sure as shit ain't. oh, look ma, perfectly spaced letters!

stupid south dakota! a friend of mine from britain has declared she will LEAVE america if they overturn roe vs. wade. ah, to have such options. of course she used to work for the UN so she isn't entirely unemployable like myself.

i have decided to stop caring about alot of stuff. what is the nature of life? i don't know, but i cannot believe it is to buy a lexus and a wash machine, and be a corporate accountant. i guess my current job sucks, but at least i am trying to make the world a better place via my employment. i value that, even if i think my new boss is killing my agency. i have always been pretty content to be an explorer, in lots of ways, so i think i should just keep living my life that way. i know i don't want to be all middle class so why does it piss me off that i am not? did i think it would happen by accident? people didn't land in mcmansions by being indifferent to them. i guess my goal has always been to do meaningful work, with any luck in a different language and a different country. well i have managed both, just not concurrently. that ain't bad really!!

what else am i hoping to accomplish? hmm, maybe get a ph.d. possibly procreate ( i am very on the fence about that at the moment. i really just don't want to die alone, and hope that maybe my kid will love me as much as i love my mom. are those bad reasons? are they that different from other peoples? oh yeah, i also want to love someone more than i love myself. i loved my cat more than myself, but not apparently more than my boyfriend or i wouldn't have given him the poison stick, but i digress. quite!) attempt to make art. keep good health. so, nowhere on that list has monetary cocksucking come up. hmm. then i suspect we are doing okay, inspite of much whining to the contrary.

that whole, long life planning thing just eludes me. my fam and i have had much conversations about retirement lately, since my parents basically forfeited their opportunity to do so for my dad to try his whole fishing career. which i think is fucking brilliant, honestly. it makes him unhappy that he isn't like super famous, but he really hasn't done bad at it. not at all. my mom says she never would have retired anyway because people just die when they retire. i can sort of see that. given that we have all worked in some kind of elder care, it is pretty clear that for most people they just deteriorate when they stop working. or their personalities get fucked up. see exhibit a) my grandfather. so sometimes i get angry at the idea that by not being on a successful career path already at 25 i will not be able to retire, on the other hand fuck it! i don't want to die all withered on my back. i would rather have a heart attack at my job. really. or crash like a rock star :)

anyway. enough dribble.

norwegian slippers

Sat, 25 Feb 2006 14:57:20 GMT

was making the bed this morning and found a pair of slippers i had lost. they were made by my deceased (though i didn't find out until recently) great aunt niva. when i was a kid she would always make these slippers for us and send them to us on christmas. i remember wearing them but never being that enthused. well now i am older, and my feet a lot colder. i was telling my mom i really wished we still got those slippers. so for x-mas my mom got me some of the same-ish thing at a craft fair. but the surprize is that she wrote my aunt's daughter who send me the last pair she made! i am pretty chuffed. they are really nice, apparently she made them with scrap yarn. but they are good. they are really thick and wooly feeling. so i feel like that is pretty neat.

i didn't sleep well last night and i kept chris up with me. he seemed pretty pissed this morning. our bed is just too small. the cat is getting too big. its not a good situation.

otherwise stuff is good.

check this shit out! furious dance moves a la david cross

Fri, 17 Feb 2006 15:03:14 GMT

While I'm at it, some interesting numbers for you!
Hmm, courtesy of the AP

Quoted from: Bush Seeks Money for Wars, Hurricane Aid By ANDREW TAYLOR Associated Press Writer

The Bush administration submitted a $65.3 billion war request.

The war in Iraq now costs about $5.9 billion a month, while Afghanistan operations cost about $900 million per month, said the Pentagon comptroller, Tina Jonas.

That total does not include the costs of replacing worn out or destroyed equipment, training Iraqi and Afghan forces or restructuring Army brigades into more agile units.

Bush's budget proposed cuts for a variety of domestic programs such as education, Amtrak, community development and local law enforcement grants, and also proposed curbing inflation increases for Medicare providers.

Mmm. Tasty debt!!

Add that to our record breaking trade deficit with China (to the tune of 700+ billion fucking dollars!!!!), Mexico, Canada, and Japan. Sweet, mcSweet!

Maybe my student loans don't seem so overwhelming after all.

sour stomach, the vagaries of liquor and coffee

Sun, 05 Feb 2006 19:09:33 GMT

ugh. i had three drinks last night (two were nasty sweet), four cigarettes, and two cups of coffee this morning. my stomach is rotting out from inside me.

i feel like a bit of an asshole this morning. last night, my friend said my boyfriend punched him over what seemed to be a trivial matter. i went and told him off over it, cause he had been acting like a dick all day. But later, after we talked about it, it seems my friend punched him back! that makes it totally different! my friend indicated basically that my boyfriend had like sucker punched him, but if he punched him back they are square. i am not even a man but i know that. i come from a brawling family. chuh. now my boyfriend is not doubt slightly rankled with me, but now i am kind of pissed with my friend. my friend is an obtuse motherfucker so there is little point in bringing this up with him. but damn. that sucks. oh well. everything is sorted. me and the boyfriend made up, all is well.

but hot damn, was i pissed last night! things have been rocky, mostly inside myself, and i was just about ready to move out. however, i am pleased everything is better. i am runner, i know that. it's always how i deal with conflict, "i'll just move out." it's kind of baby-ish. i should really stop thinking that. it makes no sense.

all my poor friends had to listen to me bitch about it. now i just feel bad. we always behave poorly in public, it's a bad habit we have. we rarely fight alone. it's very bizarre. so to all my friends, i officially apologize.

is it's always a contraction? i really need an english language style book, because my grammar and shit is grade F these days. bah!

oh yeah, i hope that crazy D-town people take the city apart after the super bowl tonight. come on! do it!

blurb and blurb! what is blurb!

Mon, 30 Jan 2006 08:59:56 GMT

hmm, so how does one put a blurb in the blurb space.

i see artisdead has a super secret fortress journal. hmm. i hear my bf's brother used to buy cigarettes from you alot. hidely-ho!

yeah. my neck hurts. i don't feel like typing anymore. maybe i will eat a cookie.

mmm. cookie.

did you know you can add a photo?

Wed, 25 Jan 2006 17:38:15 GMT

I am amused by the recent proliferation of adding photos to things. As if big brother isn't watching enough, now he can know what we look like.

I am soo pissed about the gov't subpoena of search websites info. Kudos to Google for standing up for us. Kicks to yahoo and everybody else, but then again for those who don't know Yahoo is a tool of the man. They help the fucking Chinese gov't censor shit. I am glad there is nothing no one will do for money. Work for it, whores! Grr.... Of course, kicks to all these companies for collecting this shit in the first place. You do not need my IP motherfuckers to improve your product!! Newsflash!

anyway. grr. add to this alito, roe vs. wade, and all those other patriarchal sob's and i am in a fine mood!

Star Trek: The Original Series- The Lights of Zetar

Sat, 21 Jan 2006 04:54:36 GMT

Hmm, this episode is tough. It is absurdly sexist, the pacing deadly, and the plot meandering. But, Spock looks kind of hot.

Synopsis: Scotty inexplicably falls hard for female scientist Mira Romaine (what a fucking name) who is being transported by the Enterprise to Memory Alpha, this archive planet thing. On the way thy encounter a "space storm" that in the midst of Mira collapses. She then starts contorting her face and making weird squeaking noises. After some vague motions and the dead crew of Memory Alpha, the crew discovers that some dead aliens have taken over her body, refusing to understand that they are dead. Eventually they stick Mira in a gravity chamber and literally squish the aliens out of her by applying pressure, or so it seems. (Yep, I looke it up in "The Guide to the Future.") All is well and the episode limps to the credits.

The Bad: Why is this first? 'Cause the lousy is much easier to remember than the good. They (meaning everyone) constantly refers to Mira a "the girl." Why? I don't know? She is probably older than me, and I am well out of fucking girlhood. Also bad is Scotty's interaction with Mira. It's atrocious, sexist, parochial, and lacking in sexiness. He is a patronizing dad guy, and she hugs and wonders if she's crazy from the aliens. He frequently dismisses the idea anything literal is wrong with her and chalks all her complaints up to needing to get "space legs." Wuff.

The Okay: Kirk is cranky and authoritative. I think we have already discussed my feelings on that before. Spock looks nice. Mira is totally hot. The effect on their contorted faces when the alien communicates is sort of interesting, and there are some kind of cool camera shots. Namely when they focus on Mira's eyes to indicate the aliens inside of here. I personally liked that.

All in all: A very meh episode. Decidedly unmemorable, though it is nice to get some Scott characterization this is all the wrong kind.

hmm, update update

Sat, 14 Jan 2006 17:21:06 GMT

The vacay was good. Except being home depresses me. Cause I don't know what to do with my life. I think I am going to start a novel. I have one in mind already. Nothing too serious. I think it should write pretty easy, but sometimes it starts good (it being a project) then explodes in your face. But I think it would probably be better than sitting around being depressed that I am not in Canada studying French. So...

Yep.

review: Star Trek: The Animated Series- The Jihad

Mon, 02 Jan 2006 14:51:16 GMT

Whoo! Installment two of my new way to pass time and indulge my trek luv. A review of the super cool animated series, which is vastly entertaining those of you who haven't seen it.

The Jihad

Summary: Kirk and Spock are summoned to a planet by some benevolent, god like beings (the Vidalia, yes like the onion!) who want to prevent a galactic war from occuring. The Skor, a warlike bird race with incredible reproductive capacity, is on the verge of waging a holy war because a magically enshrined soul of a great Skor philosopher was stolen. They are joining a variety of other species including M, this pill bug looking guy who is cowardly but kind. Lara, a homely, sexually aggressive female with infallible directional sense. This rocking lizard guy who says Jesse Ventura-ish, manly adventure things. And Sword, crown prince of the Skor. They go off to the "mad planet" that shifts constantly making it snowy, or lava-y at the drop of a hat. Using teamwork and mad prowess they get to the soul only to find out that Sword in fact stole it because he feels the Skor are being diluted by peace. Some fighting ensues (crazy cool zero-G fighting!!) and Kirk and Spock prevail. The Vidalia thank them by sending them back to the Enterprise moments after they left, and explain even their memory of the events will fade in an attempt to prevent the Skor from ever finding out what happened.

Great Moments: This episode, like many TAS, has lots of great dialogue. Lara comes on to Kirk several times and he rebuffs her in several humorous ways, some that could be considered extremely pro K/S for the slashy (he has plent of "green" memories, thanks Lara. There is even a brief moment of hurt/comfort between our main damies that is mocked by the lizard guy. Spock says some funny Spock shit, like quoting the odds that they will die there. Also, the supporting cast clicks surprizingly well for a 22 minute show. Lastly, Kirk and Spock use their "zero-G" fighting skills, which they allude to practicing on the ship. For the new comers to TAS land, don't forget the jazzed up, 70's flavored theme song!

Low points: None that I recollect. There is a line here or there, but its mostly pure entertainment. The animation is total crap, but it is quite capable of charming the viewer. For those who may hold it against the show, almost all of the voices are done by Nichelle Nichols, Majel Barrett or James Doohan- quite servicably might I add.

sleepy peepy

Mon, 02 Jan 2006 14:32:27 GMT

had to go to work at 6 am. grr. didn't sleep because boyfriend is sick. hate job and clients. grr. can't sleep, clown'll eat me!! not really. just in a public space. meh.work sucks. considering being a welfare loser. oh, wait. that sucks too. am going to florida tomorrow. hopefully will have a good time. don't know what i will actually do there. also, think i am getting my period which SUCKS ASS!
stupid, (incoherent mumbling and muttering).

review: Star Trek: The Original Series- The Gallileo Seven

Fri, 30 Dec 2005 21:39:13 GMT

Why am I doing this? Cause I feel like thinking about Star Trek. And this is a good excuse.

Plot synopsis: The Enterprise en route to something more important flies near a quasar named Murasaki 312 (I don't know why I remember that). In the name of SCIENTIFIC EXPLORATION they dispatch SEVEN (get it, 7 people, Gallileo 7!) people including Spock on a shuttlecraft to go check it out. Even though its all dangerous and stuff, and they got medical shit to deliver to someone, complete with a Federation official to go with it. Off they go, but instead accidentally crash land on a crummy planet lost in all that energy. Not only is that bad, but it gets worse! The Enterprise is on a time table (courtesy of impatient official) and will leave in 24 hours! The heat is on. No one is injured in the crash, but the shuttlecraft is messed up. They (being Scott and Spock) get to work on that, but these tardo monsters kill a red shirt and everyone gets upset. The other crew (notable exception:Scotty) ride the crap out of Spock to OK killing off those wicked, smashing-people-with-rocks monsters. He says no, and eventually another red shirt bites the dust and the creatures attack the shuttlecraft. Thanks to some quick thinking they use electicity to chase the monsters away, but they're resilient! They come back and our intrepid crew must use their booster fuel to 'splode away into a half-assed,temporary orbit. Once there, the prognosis is grim. In a short period of time they will burn up from a decaying orbit. Quelle horreur! But Spocko save/wrecks the day by impulsively lighting all their fuel like a giant emergency flare. Naturally, his best pal Jimmo sees it and the day is saved. Some banter ensues and the credits roll.

"Special Moments:" McCoy and Spock argue alot in this episode! It's great. McCoy harrangues Spock at every opportunity about how he's blowing his first command. Also, this random blue shirt is totally uppity with Spock, its interesting how he just takes it. This is an interesting Spock character episode. Also, Kirk and this random Federation dude spat back and forth, which is good for the dramatic tension.

Lameness or oddities: The insane humancentric-ness of this episode. Everyone except Scott freaks out that Spock doesn't share their values, and doesn't feel the urge to abide by them just for their comfort. Examples: Spock doesn't care about burying people because it is hazardous (b/c of the creatures) and time consuming when they must get back in orbit in time for the Enterprise to see them. Also, Spock doesn't endorse launching an attack on the creatures to kill them as a deterrent to future attacks against the crew. So, obviously this is bad, cause killing stuff is always a good idea. At any rate this random, super-militant attitude of SF officers is kind of out of character for the organization. Unless, Spock and Kirk are just really progressive dudes, and the rest of the Federation is all KILL KILL KILL. It's possible. Anyway, I really like these Vulcan duck out of water episodes, since by the end of the series everybody loves Vulcans. Ok, not really, we just don't see any other characters except the big 3, and a few supporting characters by Season 3.

Production Values: Moderate. Sortof. We get to see the shuttlecraft. Yay! The monster is off screen most of the time, so that takes care of that. I think its fuzzy, but you know, I can't remember so it ain't no Gorn whatever it is. There is a hilariously fake rock that "pins" Spock to the ground. It's so styrofoamy. The space effects are par. This is one of the early episodes where Spock's hair looks really severe and his make-up is not so good (read: purple eyeshadow). However, Kirk looks pretty hot, though he also has purple eyeliner on too. It looks kind of nice actually. Everyone else looks normal.

In summary: I must confess, I totally love this episode. It's got great character moments, even if you don't care for the plot. It's nice to see Spock without Kirk around, and McCoy is a genuine asshole in this. Also, Kirk totally blows his cool with the Federation dude who's freaking out on the Enterprise. I am a big fan of angry Kirk. A satisfying outting in StarTrekland.