Beginning of the Week and A Rec
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itsallovernowI spent 13 hours straight doing a layout yesterday. I do not deserve sympathy as had I started this two months ago when I should have, I wouldn't have had to spend 13 hours on it. (On the plus side, I quote 10-15 hours to the client, hoping for 10 but banking on 15 and the sum total was 15, so it's good that I've got a sense of my own timing, especially since this is the longest layout project I've tackled). InDesign and I are friends today, except for the stupid page number system which really is just stupid. And oh how I want to upgrade to Illustrator CS2, so very, very much.
TV was watched on Friday night. SG-1 was sort of dull, but I did enjoy the Cameron/Daniel show. For once I didn't want to slap Daniel and they do look all pretty dressed in black tag teaming the prior. Is there an explanation for the head gear though. Are they worried that they're going to catch a cold, leak heat out of their heads, get set upon by random birds with extra large droppings? Because Daniel's do-rag is just hysterical, as is the fact that Michael Shanks glasses are always askew making me wonder how the hell he sees out of them. What? I was supposed to pay attention to Jaffa politics when they've got Ben Browder floundering up in the air, ass towards the audience. Are y'all on crack?
SG:Atlantis continues to not interest me much. I find Sheppherd to be sort of disingenuous and his voice bugs me, pretty as Joe Flannigan is. Actually, I think the fact that there are two strong female leads and they both bore me is also problematic. There's a reason I got sucked into SG-1 this season and not in prior seasons.
And yes, BSG was beautifully paced and structured and continues to make me want to beat my head against the wall. If something good doesn't happen to these people soon, I really am going to stop watching, which would be a shame because the storytelling is rich and I absolutely love Laura Roslin. I am not down with her "Kill Cain before she kills Adama plan", no I am not, but I love her anyway. She has become, for me, the reason to watch. I also LOVE Adama, love the way that relationship is unfolding - these two halves, these two representations and the way that Roslin is actually far, far more ruthless than he is. His passion is what gets the fleet into trouble, and she is able to make the hard decisions that he isn't capable of.
My favorite moment was when Roslin was listening to Adama and Cain and just looking at them like they were particularly stupid schoolchildren.
Cain has definitely gone beyond the boundaries of acceptable behavior, but I like that she's complex. I hate her actions, I want her gone, but she's got a quality Adama lacks and it may be what they need to defeat the Cylons. But that's the question, isn't it. Do you defeat the enemy at the expense of your humanity?
Starbuck continues to be the ultimate Deus ex Machina, which would be more of a problem if I didn't like the character and the portrayal, and I still don't see the appeal of Apollo.
However, I think the drama is fantastic, the way humanity is proving to be it's own greatest barrier to survival. I'm drawn in, intrigued, absolutely and so glad that there's a show of this caliber on, but for god's sake please, please give me a glimpse of joy, or peace soon.
And the rec: I stumbled across this via friendsfriends, and I have to put the usual disclaimer in. I do not EVER, EVER!!! (except for this one time) read RPF. But this is total and complete crack, it's brilliantly written, it doesn't feel at all like an invasion of anyone's privacy and it's just fucking hysterical. I think for some reason, living in LA and knowing actors and knowing actors that have lived here and lived in Vancouver while on location just makes this funnier, but I guarantee that it will make you laugh in spite of yourself. And dude, there're Zombies!!
Illegal Zombie-Actor Cage Fighting by Amy (alexia@innergeekdom.net) and Jennifer-Oksana (jenniferoksana@yahoo.com).
TV was watched on Friday night. SG-1 was sort of dull, but I did enjoy the Cameron/Daniel show. For once I didn't want to slap Daniel and they do look all pretty dressed in black tag teaming the prior. Is there an explanation for the head gear though. Are they worried that they're going to catch a cold, leak heat out of their heads, get set upon by random birds with extra large droppings? Because Daniel's do-rag is just hysterical, as is the fact that Michael Shanks glasses are always askew making me wonder how the hell he sees out of them. What? I was supposed to pay attention to Jaffa politics when they've got Ben Browder floundering up in the air, ass towards the audience. Are y'all on crack?
SG:Atlantis continues to not interest me much. I find Sheppherd to be sort of disingenuous and his voice bugs me, pretty as Joe Flannigan is. Actually, I think the fact that there are two strong female leads and they both bore me is also problematic. There's a reason I got sucked into SG-1 this season and not in prior seasons.
And yes, BSG was beautifully paced and structured and continues to make me want to beat my head against the wall. If something good doesn't happen to these people soon, I really am going to stop watching, which would be a shame because the storytelling is rich and I absolutely love Laura Roslin. I am not down with her "Kill Cain before she kills Adama plan", no I am not, but I love her anyway. She has become, for me, the reason to watch. I also LOVE Adama, love the way that relationship is unfolding - these two halves, these two representations and the way that Roslin is actually far, far more ruthless than he is. His passion is what gets the fleet into trouble, and she is able to make the hard decisions that he isn't capable of.
My favorite moment was when Roslin was listening to Adama and Cain and just looking at them like they were particularly stupid schoolchildren.
Cain has definitely gone beyond the boundaries of acceptable behavior, but I like that she's complex. I hate her actions, I want her gone, but she's got a quality Adama lacks and it may be what they need to defeat the Cylons. But that's the question, isn't it. Do you defeat the enemy at the expense of your humanity?
Starbuck continues to be the ultimate Deus ex Machina, which would be more of a problem if I didn't like the character and the portrayal, and I still don't see the appeal of Apollo.
However, I think the drama is fantastic, the way humanity is proving to be it's own greatest barrier to survival. I'm drawn in, intrigued, absolutely and so glad that there's a show of this caliber on, but for god's sake please, please give me a glimpse of joy, or peace soon.
And the rec: I stumbled across this via friendsfriends, and I have to put the usual disclaimer in. I do not EVER, EVER!!! (except for this one time) read RPF. But this is total and complete crack, it's brilliantly written, it doesn't feel at all like an invasion of anyone's privacy and it's just fucking hysterical. I think for some reason, living in LA and knowing actors and knowing actors that have lived here and lived in Vancouver while on location just makes this funnier, but I guarantee that it will make you laugh in spite of yourself. And dude, there're Zombies!!
Illegal Zombie-Actor Cage Fighting by Amy (alexia@innergeekdom.net) and Jennifer-Oksana (jenniferoksana@yahoo.com).
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Date: 2006-01-09 09:05 pm (UTC)There were Jaffa politics in this? *goes back to the freeze frame of Ben's bootie*
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Date: 2006-01-09 10:57 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2006-01-09 11:16 pm (UTC)i utterly agree with you about bsg. i'm mesmerized, and can't stop watching, but it breaks me so frelling much that i'm thinking i'll have to send the producers my next therapy bill.
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Date: 2006-01-09 11:24 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-01-10 12:25 am (UTC)and oh yes, warmth and humor. i don't see how the characters could feasibly survive without some.
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Date: 2006-01-10 04:03 am (UTC)And your observation about Roslin and looking at Cain & Adama like schoolchildren mad me grin.
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Date: 2006-01-10 05:23 am (UTC)