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Dec. 3rd, 2009
So I've been wondering something for a while now. In the pilot (and in the guest shots from SG:1) Rodney McKay has little to no use for his fellow human beings except as something he measures himself against. He appears to have little to no empathy. The actor himself wondered how they were going to make the character an ongoing one since he was so unlikable.
Yet by season 3/4 with no explanation that I can clearly point to as a turning point he's got friends. People he cares about on a personal level and that care about him. Can someone make an argument for me as to why this happened? Why someone in their mid to late 30s suddenly completely changes their pattern of behavior and being?
Sideline: I totally can see why he was willing to go to Atlantis in the first place (me first! I will make findings!) but I can't see why he stayed once he was able to get home again. It's just taken as a given in the show that he will go back because his friends are. It doesn't jive with the Rodney we see at the beginning.
We are handed a pat answer as to why Sheppard goes (he's dared into it and has nothing to lose then gains back his honor and respect) and stays. Rodney baffles me.
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Dec. 2nd, 2009
Nov. 27th, 2009
seen in cofax's linkspam roundup and copied from the_shoshanna:
Barbara Hambly is selling short stories connected to her older (Del Rey) fantasy series, direct from her website for $5 a pop. There are two Benjamin January stories, one Joanna Sheraton and Antryg Windrose, and one, um, wacky mashup. Buy them here!
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You are broke. You don't need new computer stuff - what you have works well enough for what you need. The sale will always be there next year at this time. Don't be greedy.
-from your broke self and bank account
PS. Just delete the emails unread. It's much less painful.
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I mentally start posts that never get as far as opening a browser window and actually writing and posting. I still miss my dad and would rather have him than anything he left me. I try to remember this when I am most frustrated with my family.
I am so very fortunate to have gotten through the year with my home, health and family intact or at least no more broken than it was at the beginning of the year.
Yesterday was stuffed pork chops, more stuffing, cranberry sauce, rolls and green bean casserole. Thank you, B, for cooking. I later on made pumpkin pie filling in a saucepan, or as B put it - pie in a bowl.
Ever onward, until the choice is taken from me.
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The only true creative aspect of (novel) writing is the first draft. That's when it's coming straight from your head and your heart, a direct tapping of the unconscious. The rest is donkey work.
- Evan Hunter (Ed McBain)
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Nov. 25th, 2009
Nov. 22nd, 2009
because one of my protagonists is a genuinely unlikable character to the point where I don't even know why people put up with him, which is making him very hard (read impossible) to write.
damnit.
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I am half way through Daughter of the Blood by Anne Bishop. I managed to get past the man getting eaten by rats on page 3 (while he's ALIVE and talking) and am actually about a third of the way through it. I stopped and had to read something hopeful so I could go to sleep.
Does it get better because dude, way to wonder why they all get up in the morning! There's the tortured little kid, the tortured and hate each other brothers, there is the random dude who used to be loved by one of the brothers and now is terrified of him, there is the girl who is a whore and whose mom got killed and is talking to the father of the tortured brothers. There is literally no one happy or even somewhere above despair in these books. Not even the 'villains' are happy, they are desperate and evil and clinging to sanity with their fingernails.
And really, how many rape, whipping, burnings and castration scenes do you need in 100 pages? Why hasn't someone blown up the planet?
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Nov. 20th, 2009
Nov. 18th, 2009
Nov. 17th, 2009
Nov. 15th, 2009
It makes me want to pull down all my old fan-fiction. Oy.
Nov. 11th, 2009
It's Veteran's Day again. I still don't know what to say except this:
I honor those I served with. I honor those, going back in time, that served. I honor those that serve now. I honor those that serve in the future.
They give up their lives, either for a space of years or forever, to defend others. I honor that commitment with my own.
I believe that in the US (in an ideal world, I grant you) that you have the right to disagree with the government and the right to peacefully protest that. Yes, when I was in uniform I had someone stand in front of me and burn a flag. A part of me that respects the symbol was horrified. The rest of me understood that it was the symbol they disagreed with and I was incredibly proud that they did it. That they felt safe enough to do it in front of a group of well armed soldiers. That we would protect *them* from the rest of the crowd that wanted them locked up.
I chose to serve because at the wise old age of 19 I decided that if I was going to criticize my government, I was going to earn that right for myself. Being born a citizen wasn't enough for me. Voting, a powerful privilege, wasn't enough for me. I enlisted.
And today, twenty and a half years later, I will take the time to remember and honor other's service.
In the eleventh hour, on the eleventh day, in the eleventh month, in the year 1918, an armistice was signed to end World War I. In 1954 the name was changed from Armistice Day to Veteran's Day, to honor service from all the US wars.
To that service of time and effort, thank you.
Nov. 10th, 2009
Anyone gone through the 'must get new phone' dance recently? The $50 a month I pay for my iphone data plan is really biting right now on top of the $39 I pay for cell phone service. I really do like my iphone but not at that rate.
Any good review sites out there?
Criteria
I'm not carrier loyal - they all suck about the same in my neighborhood. I would like decent audio, texting would be nice (keyboard or touch, don't care) and ideally, email (but that probably means a data plan and more $$). My phone usage (as a phone) is about 100-150 minutes a month. Texting is about the same. I love me the email though, but given that I have access at home and at work....eh. It's a luxury.
Help, lazyweb kenobi, you're not my only hope but it should would be nice.
Nov. 9th, 2009
Nov. 8th, 2009
A shared bag of popcorn.
Two free apples that I cooked down with sugar -- yay for dessert that was free.
Good weather.
A home.
Good health.
Resources to see past today's troubles.
Warm blankets.
Email (we tend to forget this one except when it doesn't work).
A working computer.
A full back up of said computer.
Full time employment.
Hi!
Everything is on sale for the next week at 20% off.
It's been long enough since my last pimp that I want to mention that I and my business partner have stuff up for sale on Artfire:
http://www.artfire.com/users/mirthreverence
Take a look :) Buy a handmade present for the holidays.
Here is my current favorite: Night Facets
Nov. 7th, 2009
I know I should build a boxee so we can get on with online content here but I'm just not motivated today to deal with it.
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