You guys are fighting? What is that even LIKE?
OMG, yesterday SUCKED at work, and now I am waiting for someone else to fix something that's my responsibility but that I can't fix because the vendor has to fix it and it's driving me craaaaaaaaazy, so. Here I am!
It was my birthday on Sunday! Thank you guys for the texts/tweets/messages; those little things really mean a lot to me, and I appreciate it enormously. ♥ ♥ ♥ Saturday night Mr. McK and I got dressed up and went out to an EPIC dinner at a really nice restaurant, and it was amazing. We started out with fried calamari, and then we had filet mignon (it's a steakhouse, so they have REALLY good quality meat), and mashed potatoes WITH LOBSTER AND BACON AND CHIVES and garlic and a lot of butter and a;slkdfja;lsj f;alsj fa;lsjf a;slkj they were so fantastic, and asparagus, and I had a perfect Manhattan, and they brought me a wee chocolate cake and ice cream for dessert because it was my birthday, but by that point we'd already gotten ourselves in the mood for cheesecake, so we ordered that to go, PLUS we had leftovers because obviously what I am describing here is an insane amount of food, so we got to take them home and basically REPRISE the whole thing the following night. IT WAS AWESOME. Honestly one of the best meals I have ever had. Everything was just PERFECTLY done and perfectly seasoned and they seated us by a window where we could watch the sun setting over Lake Washington and EEEEEEE. PERFECT.
Then on Sunday, I went to see the new Star Trek in 3D IMAX with Mr. McK,
sdwolfpup, jillbertini, and my friend R. Short version: aside from the problematic casting, I looooooooooooved it. I had a similar reaction to the 2009 Star Trek that I did to Avengers, namely, after a whole movie about getting the team together, what I really really wanted to see was what happened NEXT, to see everybody working together and being awesome. And STID fulfilled that for me IN SPADES, even from the very first sequence, watching everyone come together to deal with this crisis, and seeing how well they've all come to know and care about each other, I was in paroxysms of glee IMMEDIATELY.
And then seeing Kirk actually get CALLED on his highly questionable command choices-that was one of my only major complaints with the first movie, the idea that Kirk is reckless, insubordinate, and completely green, and yet they give him THE NICEST SHIP IN THE FLEET, um, really Starfleet?-was very satisfying to me, because he IS responsible for the health and safety of a lot of people/beings, and being a tactical genius is not going to get you out of EVERYTHING, and some rules exist for a reason. Basically this movie hit some of the same buttons for me that IM3 did, watching someone who is outwardly cocky have his soft underbelly exposed, and watching him have to sort of rebuild himself, and how scary and difficult that is, and I LOVED it. I also loved how they illustrated that both he and Spock have incredibly valuable things to contribute, and that the success and welfare of the ship lies somewhere between the extremes of Spock's logic and Kirk's passion, and watching Kirk and Spock discover and learn to value those things about EACH OTHER, as well as learn to use the other one's approach when necessary, was ALSO amazing.
And even though the movie was a lot about Kirk and Spock, I loved that everyone had a heroic moment-Sulu and his RIDICULOUSLY BADASS bluff, Chekhov stepping in to make engineering magic, Scotty being generally hilarious and amazing, and ESPECIALLY Uhura going out to face the Klingons alone with just her brain, OH MY GOD, WHAT A FUCKING BADASS. *___* Even though her approach didn't ultimately work, just that image of her walking into that incredibly dangerous situation BY HERSELF, oh man. LOOOOOOOOVE. I could have wished for a little more Bones-and more Kirk/Bones-but what there was, was pretty adorable. And this movie cemented the Kirk/Bones/Spock/Uhura OT4 for me LIEK WHOA. (I mean, a lot of what actually happened was Kirk/Spock/Uhura, but since I am never giving up Kirk/Bones after the first movie, I am happy to fill in that blank for myself.) I especially love the relationship that Kirk and Uhura seem to have developed, that they're actually FRIENDS now, and all of those nice little moments of connection between them, even just her hand on his shoulder in a tense moment, as well as the bigger moments like them both being mad at Spock for the same reason. AWWWWWW. AWWWWWWWWWW. *SMOOSHES THEM ALL TOGETHER*
Plus, of course, I am (as we all know) a sucker for team and family, and ESPECIALLY when it's framed in terms of people's responsibility to each other (including things like Khan's devotion to his crew, and even Spock and Scotty rightly pointing out that it's REALLY not okay to carry out a secret drone strike, especially as a science/discovery vessel), and this movie was about that SO HARD, and I loved it so much. And switching up Kirk's and Spock's roles toward the end was FASCINATING to me (speaking as someone who has not seen Wrath of Khan in a very long time), and Kirk's death scene was BEAUTIFULLY done, I thought. "Spock, I'm scared" just BROKE me, as did Spock's admission that Kirk was his friend. ALL THE TEARS. (It did not help that I was having very upsetting Farscape flashbacks. "Radiation… massive… radiation…" a;slkdfja sl;fjk a;sldkfj a;sljkdf a;sldfjk a;sldfkj noooooooooooo)
I don’t know, this movie just felt like it was designed specifically for me in so many ways, and I loved it kind of desperately. It was also BEAUTIFUL; I am actually really glad we saw it in IMAX, though I can take or leave 3D (and also, it was REALLY REALLY LOUD, like, I appreciate the good sound, but it was almost painfully loud in some of the early going), but seeing all those beautiful effects and beautiful people on a ginormous screen was pretty amazing.
On the negative side, recasting this genetically superior being as a white guy is obviously shitty, though the original casting of a Latin actor as an Asian character who is a ruthless villain (and a "savage" one, at least in the words of STID) also seems kind of shitty to me, albeit shitty in a different way. It seems like the franchise just kind of gets a fail on Khan in general, at least as I understand it, and that does suck. I also wish that the guy who blew up the archive had not been a POC-THAT does not seem like it would have been a complicated thing to do another way. I also saw some people who were bothered by Carol's treatment, particularly the completely gratuitous underwear scene, and while I COMPLETELY agree that the underwear scene was ridiculous and cheap and completely unnecessary, I also liked the other stuff that they did with Carol (and Uhura) so much-I mean, she sneaks onto the ship, she defuses the bomb, she stands up to her father, etc.-that I was willing to roll my eyes and move on from it. I understand that mileage varies, though, and I DID wish this had passed the Bechdel test-that would have been VERY easy-but overall, for me, the good outweighed the bad as far as the ladies went. (Honestly, I just kind of want to watch that scene with Uhura and the Klingons over and over and over and over again. IT WAS AMAZING. HAVE I MENTIONED.)
So ANYWAY. I really loved it overall, and as usual, I am looking forward to the fic. :)
And I am headed to Colorado this weekend to visit my parents, for my mom's birthday, which should be fun. So tonight I will be packing, and also MAYBE talking on the phone with a friend/semi-ex (so many of my relationships in college were of the "let's not define it" variety, OMFG *headdesk*), though he has not gotten back to me (in the past FIVE DAYS) to confirm whether this is actually happening. Which is not that big a deal in and of itself-he could be super busy, we haven't talked (aside from a recent exchange of FB messages, which prompted him to suggest we catch up over the phone) in like eight years, I don't know his life-but in the context of the MANY nights I spent during my sophomore year playing MarioKart and waiting for him to call after we'd made vague plans to hang out, it is KIND OF INFURIATING. Sigh. (He's got a good heart, and he's a REALLY good writer, and an artist, and he's funny and smart and occasionally quite thoughtful, and he got major points in college for indulging/sharing my Shakespeare kink-I mean, this is the person I used "the world must be peopled" on as a pickup line, AND IT WORKED-and basically the only ex I have who I still have even the slightest desire to be friends with, but OH MY GOD so flaky. So. Flaky. I have such a hard time dealing with flaky; it makes me feel so unimportant to someone. Sigh.) Plus, honestly, I kind of hate the phone in general (I would much rather either write or hang out in person), and talking to someone you haven't talked to in a long time is always a little nerve-wracking, so I would prefer to be fortified with alcohol of some sort before this happens, and the LEAST he could do is give me enough notice for THAT. I MEAN COME ON. WE LIVE IN A SOCIETY, SIR. Hee. Ah well. If nothing else, this has helped me remember how much I miss my theater friends from college, and how many of them live in the Pac NW and I never see them, so I think I'm going to try to organize a little get-together later this summer. Which is a little terrifying, because what if no one comes, or what if they come and no one wants to talk to me? But it will PROBABLY be awesome, and hey. Nothing ventured, nothing gained, right?
In conclusion: while I would rather have MCR songs than MCR tweets, the MCR tweets have been PRETTY FREAKING GREAT lately. The desire to tweet each other more often is definitely one of the few benefits to a band breaking up. <333333
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It was my birthday on Sunday! Thank you guys for the texts/tweets/messages; those little things really mean a lot to me, and I appreciate it enormously. ♥ ♥ ♥ Saturday night Mr. McK and I got dressed up and went out to an EPIC dinner at a really nice restaurant, and it was amazing. We started out with fried calamari, and then we had filet mignon (it's a steakhouse, so they have REALLY good quality meat), and mashed potatoes WITH LOBSTER AND BACON AND CHIVES and garlic and a lot of butter and a;slkdfja;lsj f;alsj fa;lsjf a;slkj they were so fantastic, and asparagus, and I had a perfect Manhattan, and they brought me a wee chocolate cake and ice cream for dessert because it was my birthday, but by that point we'd already gotten ourselves in the mood for cheesecake, so we ordered that to go, PLUS we had leftovers because obviously what I am describing here is an insane amount of food, so we got to take them home and basically REPRISE the whole thing the following night. IT WAS AWESOME. Honestly one of the best meals I have ever had. Everything was just PERFECTLY done and perfectly seasoned and they seated us by a window where we could watch the sun setting over Lake Washington and EEEEEEE. PERFECT.
Then on Sunday, I went to see the new Star Trek in 3D IMAX with Mr. McK,
sdwolfpup, jillbertini, and my friend R. Short version: aside from the problematic casting, I looooooooooooved it. I had a similar reaction to the 2009 Star Trek that I did to Avengers, namely, after a whole movie about getting the team together, what I really really wanted to see was what happened NEXT, to see everybody working together and being awesome. And STID fulfilled that for me IN SPADES, even from the very first sequence, watching everyone come together to deal with this crisis, and seeing how well they've all come to know and care about each other, I was in paroxysms of glee IMMEDIATELY.
And then seeing Kirk actually get CALLED on his highly questionable command choices-that was one of my only major complaints with the first movie, the idea that Kirk is reckless, insubordinate, and completely green, and yet they give him THE NICEST SHIP IN THE FLEET, um, really Starfleet?-was very satisfying to me, because he IS responsible for the health and safety of a lot of people/beings, and being a tactical genius is not going to get you out of EVERYTHING, and some rules exist for a reason. Basically this movie hit some of the same buttons for me that IM3 did, watching someone who is outwardly cocky have his soft underbelly exposed, and watching him have to sort of rebuild himself, and how scary and difficult that is, and I LOVED it. I also loved how they illustrated that both he and Spock have incredibly valuable things to contribute, and that the success and welfare of the ship lies somewhere between the extremes of Spock's logic and Kirk's passion, and watching Kirk and Spock discover and learn to value those things about EACH OTHER, as well as learn to use the other one's approach when necessary, was ALSO amazing.
And even though the movie was a lot about Kirk and Spock, I loved that everyone had a heroic moment-Sulu and his RIDICULOUSLY BADASS bluff, Chekhov stepping in to make engineering magic, Scotty being generally hilarious and amazing, and ESPECIALLY Uhura going out to face the Klingons alone with just her brain, OH MY GOD, WHAT A FUCKING BADASS. *___* Even though her approach didn't ultimately work, just that image of her walking into that incredibly dangerous situation BY HERSELF, oh man. LOOOOOOOOVE. I could have wished for a little more Bones-and more Kirk/Bones-but what there was, was pretty adorable. And this movie cemented the Kirk/Bones/Spock/Uhura OT4 for me LIEK WHOA. (I mean, a lot of what actually happened was Kirk/Spock/Uhura, but since I am never giving up Kirk/Bones after the first movie, I am happy to fill in that blank for myself.) I especially love the relationship that Kirk and Uhura seem to have developed, that they're actually FRIENDS now, and all of those nice little moments of connection between them, even just her hand on his shoulder in a tense moment, as well as the bigger moments like them both being mad at Spock for the same reason. AWWWWWW. AWWWWWWWWWW. *SMOOSHES THEM ALL TOGETHER*
Plus, of course, I am (as we all know) a sucker for team and family, and ESPECIALLY when it's framed in terms of people's responsibility to each other (including things like Khan's devotion to his crew, and even Spock and Scotty rightly pointing out that it's REALLY not okay to carry out a secret drone strike, especially as a science/discovery vessel), and this movie was about that SO HARD, and I loved it so much. And switching up Kirk's and Spock's roles toward the end was FASCINATING to me (speaking as someone who has not seen Wrath of Khan in a very long time), and Kirk's death scene was BEAUTIFULLY done, I thought. "Spock, I'm scared" just BROKE me, as did Spock's admission that Kirk was his friend. ALL THE TEARS. (It did not help that I was having very upsetting Farscape flashbacks. "Radiation… massive… radiation…" a;slkdfja sl;fjk a;sldkfj a;sljkdf a;sldfjk a;sldfkj noooooooooooo)
I don’t know, this movie just felt like it was designed specifically for me in so many ways, and I loved it kind of desperately. It was also BEAUTIFUL; I am actually really glad we saw it in IMAX, though I can take or leave 3D (and also, it was REALLY REALLY LOUD, like, I appreciate the good sound, but it was almost painfully loud in some of the early going), but seeing all those beautiful effects and beautiful people on a ginormous screen was pretty amazing.
On the negative side, recasting this genetically superior being as a white guy is obviously shitty, though the original casting of a Latin actor as an Asian character who is a ruthless villain (and a "savage" one, at least in the words of STID) also seems kind of shitty to me, albeit shitty in a different way. It seems like the franchise just kind of gets a fail on Khan in general, at least as I understand it, and that does suck. I also wish that the guy who blew up the archive had not been a POC-THAT does not seem like it would have been a complicated thing to do another way. I also saw some people who were bothered by Carol's treatment, particularly the completely gratuitous underwear scene, and while I COMPLETELY agree that the underwear scene was ridiculous and cheap and completely unnecessary, I also liked the other stuff that they did with Carol (and Uhura) so much-I mean, she sneaks onto the ship, she defuses the bomb, she stands up to her father, etc.-that I was willing to roll my eyes and move on from it. I understand that mileage varies, though, and I DID wish this had passed the Bechdel test-that would have been VERY easy-but overall, for me, the good outweighed the bad as far as the ladies went. (Honestly, I just kind of want to watch that scene with Uhura and the Klingons over and over and over and over again. IT WAS AMAZING. HAVE I MENTIONED.)
So ANYWAY. I really loved it overall, and as usual, I am looking forward to the fic. :)
And I am headed to Colorado this weekend to visit my parents, for my mom's birthday, which should be fun. So tonight I will be packing, and also MAYBE talking on the phone with a friend/semi-ex (so many of my relationships in college were of the "let's not define it" variety, OMFG *headdesk*), though he has not gotten back to me (in the past FIVE DAYS) to confirm whether this is actually happening. Which is not that big a deal in and of itself-he could be super busy, we haven't talked (aside from a recent exchange of FB messages, which prompted him to suggest we catch up over the phone) in like eight years, I don't know his life-but in the context of the MANY nights I spent during my sophomore year playing MarioKart and waiting for him to call after we'd made vague plans to hang out, it is KIND OF INFURIATING. Sigh. (He's got a good heart, and he's a REALLY good writer, and an artist, and he's funny and smart and occasionally quite thoughtful, and he got major points in college for indulging/sharing my Shakespeare kink-I mean, this is the person I used "the world must be peopled" on as a pickup line, AND IT WORKED-and basically the only ex I have who I still have even the slightest desire to be friends with, but OH MY GOD so flaky. So. Flaky. I have such a hard time dealing with flaky; it makes me feel so unimportant to someone. Sigh.) Plus, honestly, I kind of hate the phone in general (I would much rather either write or hang out in person), and talking to someone you haven't talked to in a long time is always a little nerve-wracking, so I would prefer to be fortified with alcohol of some sort before this happens, and the LEAST he could do is give me enough notice for THAT. I MEAN COME ON. WE LIVE IN A SOCIETY, SIR. Hee. Ah well. If nothing else, this has helped me remember how much I miss my theater friends from college, and how many of them live in the Pac NW and I never see them, so I think I'm going to try to organize a little get-together later this summer. Which is a little terrifying, because what if no one comes, or what if they come and no one wants to talk to me? But it will PROBABLY be awesome, and hey. Nothing ventured, nothing gained, right?
In conclusion: while I would rather have MCR songs than MCR tweets, the MCR tweets have been PRETTY FREAKING GREAT lately. The desire to tweet each other more often is definitely one of the few benefits to a band breaking up. <333333
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