Since I complained about tv before I want to add a positive. This movie does not get enough credit. And possibly the best opening sequence of almost all time. Serenity’s “Landing” sequence The music, the logo becoming the ship, the way it quickly intrudes the characters so perfectly to those who don’t know them. and the quotes. My god the quotes!
Quotes
“This landing is gonna get pretty interesting.” “Define “interesting”.” “Oh God, oh God, we’re all going to die?”
“Well, what you plan and what takes place ain’t ever exactly been similar.”
“This is the captain. We have a little problem with our entry sequence, so we may experience some slight turbulence and then - explode.”
“We’re robbing the place, we’re not occupying it.”
“You told me those entry couplings would hold for another week!” “That was six months ago, Cap’n.” “My ship don’t crash. If she crashes, you crashed her.”
“…If anything happens to her, anything at all, I swear to you, I will get very choked up. Honestly, there could be tears.”
“Honestly Doctor, I think we may really crash this time anyway”
Such a work of art.
I love watching Nathan Fillion.
I have seen Serenity but not the Firefly series but maybe I should start Firefly one day.
Check this out.
As you know an Uncharted movie came out based on the games and I thought it was horribly miscast at the time and still do.
This was a fan protect that Nathan Fillion was in before the movies came to reality.
This is one of the pieces of media where I subscribe to “the author is dead” - it’s just too good
Yeah me too.
The cast, the production, it’s all just -chef’s kiss-
I just try and block out who is actually behind it.
Firefly/Serenity are still among my all-time faves. Great fun storytelling.
Well ‘fun’ unless you’re a leaf on the wind, of course… :|
That killed teenage me, I was devastated. Absolutely wrecked.
One of my most unpleasant jobs is to scoop the dry dog food from the big bag to the smaller bag for convenience.
The dog’s most excitable jobs is to watch me scoop the dry dog food from the big bag to the smaller bag whilst I try not to gag.
Why does dry food make you gag? Is it just super stinky?
Not super stinky. I’m not keen on the fine particles that gets released when I start scooping. Doesn’t smell great.
Would a mask help?
I’ve made a few critical blunders, but one of the 2 assessments is just about done. Yes, what should’ve taken me like 2-3 hours took me somewhere close to 30. No I didn’t just procrastinate til the last minute, I was genuinely having a really hard time coming up with answers I liked. Liked being the key problem there, I think. If I submitted the first thing that came to mind, I probably would’ve passed just fine. But I just had to come up with answers I was satisfied with.
The other assessment is tricky. Also should’ve been done with it by now, but I’m not. I’ve half written 1 out of 30 questions. It’s not the end of the world,and I’m not really beating myself up about it. I’m just reflecting. Ironically, the thing I’ve struggled with most has been the 30 question reflective journal. Yet here I am reflecting on why I suck at the reflective journal. Joy. Oh well. I have a class tonight, I’m going to hang back after class and have a chat with the trainer.
Don’t mind the 3am stream of consciousness I subconsciously seem to have replaced my water intake with a truly unhealthy amount of coke Zero and now I’m far too wired to sleep, and far too sleepy to work. Outcome: thoughts be half baked but still escape containment
It will be unlikely for your trainer to say this, but I don’t think anyone will actually be reading what you submitted. They have many assignments to grade and they will only be very quickly skimming to see that your answers are relevant to the question. No one is going to spend a quarter of their work day on one student.
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Yeah. I felt a bit ashamed tbh
I need to stop these 2am posting sessions. I always end up wishing I hadn’t said anything at all by morning time.
I delete things too, but usually it’s because I’m not in a good headspace and will overthink, over-analyse, and end up isolating myself.
You don’t have to stop 2am posting, sometimes it helps to get thoughts out of our heads, so we can think clearly or sleep :)
Side tangent: I’ve had a major perspective shift seemingly overnight recently. I used to be bothered by deadlines, and constantly anxious about those sort of things, and deeply regretful if I missed them, but then that all just kind of went away
I’m not entirely sure whether that’s a good or bad thing. But all of a sudden a bunch of things like that just transferred into the “trivial matters” category
I think it was Douglas Adams that said he loves deadlines because he loves the sound they make as they fly by
Got my open mic spot locked in for Thursday!!! Fuck. Yes.
I finish work at 730… You know how late it will go?
The open mic sesh at Lyrebird runs from 7.30 to 10 pm but will probably go later (based on personal experience). If our Simon is third in the queue, then prob won’t start till 8 ish or later.
Sweet, thanks 👍
Oh yeah that’s right, I’ve used my real name. Guess the cats out of the bag lol
Just call it your stage name.
OMG congratulations!!!
I’ll try and come down to see you play!
Cheers! Would be great, but no obligations :)
Sounds like a fun plan! Just near Ripponlea station too. Do you know roughly what time/order of performance? eg. 3rd in queue or what? No problem if this isn’t known - open mics are notorious for running over the time budget, what with set ups and tear downs and all.
Looks lm third. It’d be great to see you, but honestly, no obligations at all :)
It’ll depend on how I feel on the night, but hopefully see you there.
It’s back to school now kids. Have a great day.
Thanks mum
Getting out of bed at 6:30am for a potential early morning soil delivery isn’t the most fun start to the week. Hope the dirt and literal shit comes soon.
I’m very glad that bulk soil delivery is a “last year problem” for me. Shovelling soil into a wheelbarrow, carting it to the back yard and then shovelling it out again into raised beds was not a fun experience.
I truly feel your pain, and this isn’t my first rodeo.
My morning soil delivery was about the same time, what a coincidence
Interesting. Did you do your maths wrong too and have any spare?
No maths required. I tend to do it based on feel. This morning was just an average load and it all went into the receptacle with no issues
That’s awesome! I did the maths and said no way, did the maths again and still said no way, so here’s hoping my reduced amount by just eyeballing it works out…
They’re talking about their morning shit by the way.
I know hehe
Spare?
Our deliveries are usually ‘OK, 2 metres should do it.’
Then, many hours of shovelling later, ‘Damn, guess we better order more…’
Same. It’s not here yet and I’ve definitely under egged this. I should’ve trusted the maths.
Someone at work that just started, has my real name. It’s real fucking weird being called Simon and referring to someone else as “real name”.
I have a problem that gets me every damn time, and it’s completely my fault.
The Athenaeum Library gives you a lovely, sturdy, capacious book bag when you join them. The borrowing period is also lengthy - one month.
Every time I go, I fill this bag.
Then I have to eventually return them, and hauling the full book bag up the stairs is a pain in the bum
That’s a beautiful library. I’d be there so often if I lived near it.
I’m umming and ahhhing about bringing someone I’ve been on a few dates with me. Seems incredibly douchey…
Like “look at me” sort of thing. I dunno.
You should invite them, it isn’t douchey. This your hobby and interest, and if you are compatible then they would be stoked to see you play - at the very least they should be supportive.
A few dates as in its early days? Or as in “were just short of titles here”? If its early I maybe wouldnt if its your first gig in a while, no need to add to the nerves I woulda thought.
Early days definitely. I think you’re right, better to not have that extra stress
I’m keen to rock up and silently judge you.
Fuck yeah! Ask bacon to give you some tomatoes to throw at me lol
add to note: do not give tomatoes to bottomracer
How incredibly sweet :)
First time doing later shifts this week… 1145 to 730 ☠️ next week is 1245 to 830! Back to 9am the week after that though…
I’m going to need lots of coffee
Goo
Really need to get my eyes checked. Sat down to do a quick pile of mending and spent 90% of the time failing to thread a needle.
I was having that problem, and eventually realised I need to take my glasses *off to be able to see close up now. I’m now both short sighted and long sighted, making finding a point at which I can actually see clearaly quite tricky.
I have been using needle threaders for hand sewing which I never used to need, and replaced my sewing machine with a model that has a needle threader built in.
I needed glasses as a kid, so the likely hood now isn’t a great surprise. Some of those little wire gizmos are probably in the house somewhere or other
Do the the trusty toothbrush tango - that’s what I do nowadays. Damn getting ooooold - its the little things that really get to me.
That’s a new one to me. Looks a bit awkward for a machine, but am totally going to try it.
Four assignments due next week. Three exams. A few quizzes. Ten weeks of lectures for one subject which will be watched in 2x speed.
Then we’re done.
I don’t feel like I’ve learnt much from my degree, except that I should be better at time management. Hoping I won’t be saying that about the next course I do because that one should be the one that actually gets me a job!
I’ve no idea what your area is, but learning is never wasted. I started one degree, switched to a double that kept the first major. Then went to TAFE for something totally different. The first bits of paper proved rather expensive, but I use the background knowledge indirectly everyday. Makes me better at my ‘lower’ qualification.
So I finished Umbrella Academy last night. Oh man what a disappointment. After 5 and a half episodes it was left to the final 20 minutes to explain the problem and to wrap everything up. What a dumpster fire. I mean it was never the best show, but that ending just sucked hard.
I have up halfway through S2. Glad I didn’t continue any further.
S2 was the 1950s one yeah? yeeeeah yikes that was a mess. Clearly written before Elliot came out as male as well, that didnt help the awkwardness.
Yeah that was the back in time one. It had promise but was going everywhere and nowhere at the same time. I couldn’t care enough to pay attention anymore.
but was going everywhere and nowhere at the same time
if you summarized the whole series as just this it’d be the most accurate description of a show since “Lost didnt make a ton of sense”.
I noticed a recent (to me at least) trend where writers introduce something cool, go a little with it, and then jump onto something else that’s also cool and repeat.
Could be due to the volatile nature of streaming services canning shows after a season with no resolution or ending.
Whatever it is, it’s a shitty trend.
This has nothing to do with Resident Evil does it?
no I dont think so. this was the Gerard Way comic.
Would love to stop feeling anxious about an appointment for my medications that I need. I hate that cannabis is so frowned upon, that I still hold the feeling of doing something illegal, when I need it to sleep.
This has been such a shithouse week for me, no restful sleep, just nightmares and a impending sense of doom.
Fucking ugh. Leave me alone, Brain, why can’t you be kind to meeee wah wah lol
Carpet moths have also returned, so slept on the couch after soaking them in vinegar and punching the ones that tried to escape. I hate carpet. Never install carpet.
I don’t have the executive function to deal with this shit
agree on wall to wall carpet , get lovely rugs instead
I saw a few moths in my house too. Nooooo
I’ve still got the attractant traps in the pantry and the wardrobes, but am going to have to vacuum more often.
And put the crackers in the freezer as soon as I get them (to kill any eggs potentially brought home from the supermarket). I don’t see any other way they could be getting in
I don’t think anyone would have the executive function to deal with that shit. Our minds absolutely suck at trying to protect us in this day and age. We end up feeling like shit instead.
@ Spud’s mean inner voice and the carpet moths: there’s the door 🚪
I hope you feel better soon <3
You are the kindest and coolest 💜💜💜
