curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal
Hey y'all, how's tricks? I've been either incredibly bored or incredibly busy, so there hasn't been a ton for me to talk about on here. But I did watch all of Twin Peaks a few weeks ago, which I loved, even when it was terrible (Super Nadine and her eye patch are simultaneously the best and worst things to ever be on television. LOVE). And then this weekend, I finally got around to watching Firefly for the first time (I know, I'm late on everything) and wow, so many internet memes have meaning now!
So, I did really enjoy Firefly, but I think my expectations may have been a tad high going in (which happens with a lot of Whedon shows, I think, especially when you're in fandom. nothing wrong with it, but it happens because so many people love them) because I don't actually really like Mal? At least, it took me until the episode where they all have to abandon Serenity except for him because the engine's broken, to actually like him at all. I mostly didn't like how he treated Inara and he was generally kinda douchey, imo. Like, Jayne is also a giant douche, but he was supposed to be, so it didn't bother me as much. Also his hat.
But anyway, I love Zoe and Wash, like I knew I would. The badass lady/funny guy will always be my OTP of choice, in pretty much everything. So, we're gonna pretend that scene in Serenity never happened, okay? I mean, seriously. Honestly, it really bothers me that Wash dies and not just because he was one of my favorites. I feel like he died just because Joss wanted someone else to die. His death didn't have meaning, and while in war that is totally representative (like with Brian Austin Green in Terminator: SCC), it really just felt tacked on. Like, Shepherd's death was sad and everything, but his death represented the Alliance's total disregard for human life to get what they want and he had a very nice final moment with Mal and it was heartbreaking and touching. Wash just fucking died. And maybe it's conditioning for tons of movies/shows but if he was gonna die, I WANTED MORE CLOSURE DAMMIT. So, I've decided it didn't happen. Everything else in the movie happened, except for that. Totally did not. He and Zoe continued to be adorable and sexy and they had a baby when they were both ready and there would be more dinosaur toys and then they lived happily ever after the end.
Kaylee and Simon are great, too. I didn't ship them as much, but I loved them both. Kaylee had some of my favorite lines from the whole series ("The hell with this, I'm gonna live!" made me laugh more than anything from the movie. that and the vibrator line) and Simon is bad at people, something I always love. I was actually pretty indifferent about River until she became a ninja in the movie, but I did love Simon's devotion to her. And Inara is great, too, I especially loved her in the first episode where Saffron shows up.
sidenote: the use of Papyrus in this almost killed me dead. :( in 500 years, you would've thought the forces of the good in the universe would have eradicated that font from existence.
let's see, what else. I've been doing a lot of stuff for my mom the past few days (she's a real estate agent who has like 70 listings AND KEEPS PICKING UP MORE because she is fucking insane) to make money and keep busy. my former boss keeps trying to get me to come back (I am doing some freelance stuff for him) and I don't know how to say "lol no" in a way he will finally understand. (he's the worst, you guys. it took him over a month to pay me for the last batch of freelance work I did for him)
I also spent a chunk of time this weekend messing with my music. In college, I always made a new playlist every year of my favorite 25 songs (and one time, favorite 30 albums) but I hadn't since late 2008. I did it again last week and boy, has my taste changed. The albums were the most interesting to me. The top 4 stayed the same (London Calling, Morning View, Rio, Tommy) and probably always will, but MCR, Bright Eyes, Taking Back Sunday and Panic all fell off my list without much hesitation. I still enjoy that music, but it's just very rarely what I want to listen to anymore. And this makes me feel incredibly old.
It's just very weird when albums and bands that meant so much to you at a time at your life don't effect you anymore. Like, when I was 19-20 and in college, MCR (along with stuff like HIM and CKY, thanks Viva La Bam) was pretty much all I listened to. They're still in my Last.FM top 3. But I haven't listened to one of their albums in, honestly, probably over a year. I still love "Famous Last Words" and never skip it when it comes up on shuffle, but that's probably the only one of their songs I can say that about. And sure, people change, their taste changes, but what weirds me about this is that I still love Incubus, who were my favorite band when I was 14 and I can't imagine not loving Morning View and Make Yourself, simply because of what they meant to me as a teenager. I guess I figured that all the albums that meant just as much to me as a 20 year old would also have that staying power, but they're not and I just don't know why. Another album I fell in love with at that age is Arcade Fire's Funeral, which is #6 on my all time list, so it's not just an age thing. I'm sure part of it is fandom-related, but Empires, TAI, The Hush Sound and Fall Out Boy (who weren't on my list 4 years ago) are all on this now, so I don't think it's entirely to blame.
I guess the reason this has gotten me thinking so much is that it makes me feel grown up and not in the useful "Hey I can do stuff at the bank, now!" kind of way. So much of that music just isn't for my demographic anymore and it's weird to realize that the "cool, young, hip" music is for people younger than me. And because I am too ingrained in pop culture/advertising, this realization immediately made me feel ancient, even though I know I am not. I mean, it's okay, I don't want dub-step and whatever else you kids are into pushed on me, but it is one of those weird signs that I am getting older and then I have a mini-anxiety attack about nothing going on in my life. But, there is one good thing about this. I can now blame Adam Lazzara for making me feel like a failure and that is a nice feeling.
So, I did really enjoy Firefly, but I think my expectations may have been a tad high going in (which happens with a lot of Whedon shows, I think, especially when you're in fandom. nothing wrong with it, but it happens because so many people love them) because I don't actually really like Mal? At least, it took me until the episode where they all have to abandon Serenity except for him because the engine's broken, to actually like him at all. I mostly didn't like how he treated Inara and he was generally kinda douchey, imo. Like, Jayne is also a giant douche, but he was supposed to be, so it didn't bother me as much. Also his hat.
But anyway, I love Zoe and Wash, like I knew I would. The badass lady/funny guy will always be my OTP of choice, in pretty much everything. So, we're gonna pretend that scene in Serenity never happened, okay? I mean, seriously. Honestly, it really bothers me that Wash dies and not just because he was one of my favorites. I feel like he died just because Joss wanted someone else to die. His death didn't have meaning, and while in war that is totally representative (like with Brian Austin Green in Terminator: SCC), it really just felt tacked on. Like, Shepherd's death was sad and everything, but his death represented the Alliance's total disregard for human life to get what they want and he had a very nice final moment with Mal and it was heartbreaking and touching. Wash just fucking died. And maybe it's conditioning for tons of movies/shows but if he was gonna die, I WANTED MORE CLOSURE DAMMIT. So, I've decided it didn't happen. Everything else in the movie happened, except for that. Totally did not. He and Zoe continued to be adorable and sexy and they had a baby when they were both ready and there would be more dinosaur toys and then they lived happily ever after the end.
Kaylee and Simon are great, too. I didn't ship them as much, but I loved them both. Kaylee had some of my favorite lines from the whole series ("The hell with this, I'm gonna live!" made me laugh more than anything from the movie. that and the vibrator line) and Simon is bad at people, something I always love. I was actually pretty indifferent about River until she became a ninja in the movie, but I did love Simon's devotion to her. And Inara is great, too, I especially loved her in the first episode where Saffron shows up.
sidenote: the use of Papyrus in this almost killed me dead. :( in 500 years, you would've thought the forces of the good in the universe would have eradicated that font from existence.
let's see, what else. I've been doing a lot of stuff for my mom the past few days (she's a real estate agent who has like 70 listings AND KEEPS PICKING UP MORE because she is fucking insane) to make money and keep busy. my former boss keeps trying to get me to come back (I am doing some freelance stuff for him) and I don't know how to say "lol no" in a way he will finally understand. (he's the worst, you guys. it took him over a month to pay me for the last batch of freelance work I did for him)
I also spent a chunk of time this weekend messing with my music. In college, I always made a new playlist every year of my favorite 25 songs (and one time, favorite 30 albums) but I hadn't since late 2008. I did it again last week and boy, has my taste changed. The albums were the most interesting to me. The top 4 stayed the same (London Calling, Morning View, Rio, Tommy) and probably always will, but MCR, Bright Eyes, Taking Back Sunday and Panic all fell off my list without much hesitation. I still enjoy that music, but it's just very rarely what I want to listen to anymore. And this makes me feel incredibly old.
It's just very weird when albums and bands that meant so much to you at a time at your life don't effect you anymore. Like, when I was 19-20 and in college, MCR (along with stuff like HIM and CKY, thanks Viva La Bam) was pretty much all I listened to. They're still in my Last.FM top 3. But I haven't listened to one of their albums in, honestly, probably over a year. I still love "Famous Last Words" and never skip it when it comes up on shuffle, but that's probably the only one of their songs I can say that about. And sure, people change, their taste changes, but what weirds me about this is that I still love Incubus, who were my favorite band when I was 14 and I can't imagine not loving Morning View and Make Yourself, simply because of what they meant to me as a teenager. I guess I figured that all the albums that meant just as much to me as a 20 year old would also have that staying power, but they're not and I just don't know why. Another album I fell in love with at that age is Arcade Fire's Funeral, which is #6 on my all time list, so it's not just an age thing. I'm sure part of it is fandom-related, but Empires, TAI, The Hush Sound and Fall Out Boy (who weren't on my list 4 years ago) are all on this now, so I don't think it's entirely to blame.
I guess the reason this has gotten me thinking so much is that it makes me feel grown up and not in the useful "Hey I can do stuff at the bank, now!" kind of way. So much of that music just isn't for my demographic anymore and it's weird to realize that the "cool, young, hip" music is for people younger than me. And because I am too ingrained in pop culture/advertising, this realization immediately made me feel ancient, even though I know I am not. I mean, it's okay, I don't want dub-step and whatever else you kids are into pushed on me, but it is one of those weird signs that I am getting older and then I have a mini-anxiety attack about nothing going on in my life. But, there is one good thing about this. I can now blame Adam Lazzara for making me feel like a failure and that is a nice feeling.