Some random stuff
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newnumber6Really not much to say lately, but a couple random things...
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles is tonight. At least the pilot is, which I've already seen, but let's face it, until the strike's over TV's mostly going to be a dead zone from now on (except a few series burning off their last couple of episodes), so I might as well watch it again. I'm really looking forward to seeing the next ep, tomorrow. I made some icons of the first ep months ago, I'll probably post them on my master icon page after it airs.
I actually watched T3 last night, again. For some reason when the Terminator movies are on, any of them, if there's nothing else pressing on I'll usually watch them. Now, I know T3 was roundly hated by most T-fans, and I do think it was far inferior to T2, but I find it has a certain charm to it, despite its big flaws. (spoilers, including for the ending)
Particularly, I think the best thing about it was the ending. I like a good downer ending sometimes. Some fans I've heard say that having them be unable to prevent Judgement Day betrays the first two movies, but I don't agree. Saying that they had to prevent Judgement Day is another way of saying "Duh, the future _is_ set.". Sometimes there are things you can prevent, and sometimes there are things you can't. Maybe if John Connor hadn't lived 'on the run' so long he might have been in a position where he could have stopped the new Software skynet, but he wasn't.
It also sort of ties the movies full circle, because remember... Skynet only used time travel as a last resort... it had lost, the humans had won because of John Connor, and so they decided to try killing John in the past. So T1 was the Terminators desperate, last ditch effort to prevent their own judgement day, and it failed. T2 was the same, but it also included the humans attempt to prevent _their_ Judgement day by averting the apocalypse, and they maybe succeeded. T3 had the humans trying in vain to stop their apocalypse, and failing, being forced to live with their destiny.
Yeah, there were many, many flaws to T3, but in terms of sheer enjoyment factor I actually prefer it to the first Terminator movie, which seemed a little cheesy.
Some Book Foo...
Finished: The Paradox of the Sets, by Brian Stableford
Started: The Depths of Time by Roger McBride Allen
Paradox of the Sets was an improvement on the last, if some of the biological mystery was unfortunately spoiled by the back cover. Still much prefer the Grainger books to the Daedalus ones, but these were a nice series to enjoy from time to time, light reads with a couple cool ideas.
Also saw Stargate Atlantis... decent episode, a bit predictable at times (I could see plot points being set up for later). Good to see them doing something with that character. Heh, the badguys thought of the same plan from the last episode that I did, although that doesn't totally excuse the goodguys not thinking of it.
And a few memes:
A couple survey memes from![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
firefox27, probably already done them, but why not again... One Word Meme and Layers of Me
One word meme: All the answers must be one word!
1. Where is your cell? Body
2. Boyfriend/girlfriend? None
3. Your hair? Brownish
4. Your mother? Away
5. Your father? Weird
6. Your favourite thing? Ideas
7. Your dream last night? Stargatey
8. Your favourite drink? Water
9. Your dream car? Sci-fi
10. The room you're in? Mine
11. Your fear? Interaction
12. Where were you last night? Here
13. What you're not right now? Writing
14. Muffins? Yum
15. One of your wish list items? Books
16. Where you grew up? Various
17. The last thing you did? Store
18. What are you wearing? Usual
19. Your TV? On
20. Your pet or pets? Vicarious
21. Your computer? Lifeline
22. Your Life? expendable
23. Your mood? Meh
24. Missing someone? No
25. Your car? Fictional
26. Your work? Labour
27. Like someone? No
28. Your favourite colour? Grey
29. When is the last time you laughed? Dunno
Layers of Me:
LAYER ONE:
Spell your name with bands/artists (I don't listen to music, so I don't care about any of these bands other than they fit)
Nirvana
Earth, Wind and Fire
Weird Al
Nirvana again
U2
Madonna
B-52s
Earth, Wind, and Fire again
Renegade
65 Days of Static
LAYER TWO:
-- Name: newnumber6
-- Birthday: Game theory suggests that you should never tell someone your birthday. If you do, then they either wish you a happy birthday that you have to wonder if they're sincere about or if they just do it because you told them, and if they don't you feel disappointed and rejected. But if you don't tell them your birthday, if they forget it's no big deal, you didn't tell them anyway, and if they say Happy Birthday to you it means they care enough to actually try and find out your birthday. (Stolen from Blindsight by Peter Watts)
-- Nick Names: 6, 6ie, Kirk
-- Current Location: Home
-- Eye Colour: Brown
-- Hair Colour: Dark Brown
-- Right or Left: Right
-- Best friends: My LJ friends, sadly, and my family
LAYER THREE:
-- The shoes you wore today: Cheap ones from Zellers
-- Your perfect pizza: Ultra meat, with mushrooms, onions, and peppers.
No, really, that's a lie.
My perfect pizza would be huge, and each section of it would have a different selection of toppings. Some would be all meat. Some would be different combinations of meat with onions, peppers, mushrooms or all of the above. Some would have feta cheese. A few would have olives. Some would be super spicy, some would only be mildly spicy. Some would be things I'd never tried before but might be cool. Lots of extra cheese, and lots of sauce.
And eating any of it would GIVE YOU SUPERPOWERS.
That's my perfect pizza.
LAYER FOUR:
-- Your best physical feature: I'm reasonably fit, I suppose.
-- Most missed memory: I can't remember.
LAYER FIVE:
-- Pepsi or Coke: Water
-- McDonald's or Burger King: McDonalds, I guess, even though I like Burger King's burgers better. Yes, I know that doesn't make sense. Really, Harveys or A&W are my preferred Hamburger joints at the moment, which sucks because none are near me, but then again I don't go out to eat anyway so them being near me would only mock me.
-- Adidas or Nike: Neither.
-- Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: Don't care.
-- Chocolate or Vanilla: Depends on the context, but assumimg it's ice cream or a flavouring in something else, then vanilla. Chocolate is awesome but must be pure or it sucks.
LAYER SIX:
Do You...
-- Curse? I put curses on people and things, but I don't actually curse as in swear, no. At least, never aloud.
-- Sing? Almost never.
-- Want to go to college? Already went.
-- Get motion sickness: Occasionally. Sometimes even when I'm not in motion. (Well, I suppose technically I'm in motion at all times, or not, depending on my frame of reference, but then the question becomes meaningless).
-- Think you're a health freak: Certainly not. I eat a lot of crap, happily. But at the same time, I don't smoke, drink, or do drugs, and prefer to walk than to take the bus.
-- Get along with your parents: Yeah, pretty well.
-- Play an instrument: Nope. Theoretically I might be able to play the Baritone or Trombone, but it's been more than 10 years (closer to 15), so I'm going to say no.
LAYER SEVEN:
In the past month...
-- Drank alcohol: No
-- Gone to the mall: Gone to a mall, yes.
-- Eaten an entire box of Oreos: No
-- Eaten Sushi: No, not a big sushi man.
-- Been on stage: No
-- Gone skating: No
-- Made homemade cookies: No, but I've eaten homemade cookies.
-- Stolen anything: No.
LAYER EIGHT:
Have you ever...
-- Been in big trouble with your parents: Not really, I was actually a reasonably behaved kid. Also I didn't go out much. So I got in trouble but it was never huge trouble.
-- Lied about your age: Probably, but I can't remember ever doing it except by simple mistake.
-- Used a fake ID: No.
LAYER NINE:
-- Age you hope to be married: 25. I know I'm several years past that, but so far time travel to alter my own personal timeline is still my best hope of marriage at any time in my life.
-- Number of Children you want: Irrelevant, since I doubt I'll have any. Though I suppose I'd like one of each, so I could pit them against each other and see which sex is superior in mortal combat. To make it even, I suppose they should be twins. (Note, the preceeding answer is in no way reflective of my actual theoretical parenting style).
LAYER TEN:
In a girl/guy...
(answering for a girl, I don't much care what guys look like)
-- Best eye colour: Not that big a deal.
-- Best hair colour: Dark. Black or dark brown usually. Red is awesome if you've got the type of features that pull it off well, but it's a much dicier proposition - many more people look better in black/brown hair than any other. Blue is also nice in terms of artificials.
-- Short hair or long: Longish.
LAYER ELEVEN:
-- Number of people I could trust with my life: Oh, quite a few. Most of them I don't even know. You do it every day, and besides, whats my life. I'm more worried about trusting people with my books.
-- Number of CD's you own: None, unless computer CDs are counted, in which case I have no idea.
-- Number of tattoos: 0
Stolen fromkissingdaylight...
The Mayfly Project
Sum up 2007 in 24 words:
Much the same as 2006, with more writing. Tried NaNo for the first time, finished halfway through November. Moved once, was hell. Otherwise stable.
Speaking of Nano, I'm in my first writing cycle since before NaNo started (since I take December off from writing to the numbers, and NaNo was a single project). Not going too bad... it's been a little harder to get going but I'm still on schedule for each day's work. Working on two different short stories, while tossing ideas around for a third that has an amusing concept but I'm not sure where to work a story around it yet. Unfortunately I'm near to running out of steam on both the other two stories, so I might have to turn back to older work until I figure out exactly where I'm going with them, what the perfect ending is, etc, else I'll just be writing dross.
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles is tonight. At least the pilot is, which I've already seen, but let's face it, until the strike's over TV's mostly going to be a dead zone from now on (except a few series burning off their last couple of episodes), so I might as well watch it again. I'm really looking forward to seeing the next ep, tomorrow. I made some icons of the first ep months ago, I'll probably post them on my master icon page after it airs.
I actually watched T3 last night, again. For some reason when the Terminator movies are on, any of them, if there's nothing else pressing on I'll usually watch them. Now, I know T3 was roundly hated by most T-fans, and I do think it was far inferior to T2, but I find it has a certain charm to it, despite its big flaws. (spoilers, including for the ending)
Particularly, I think the best thing about it was the ending. I like a good downer ending sometimes. Some fans I've heard say that having them be unable to prevent Judgement Day betrays the first two movies, but I don't agree. Saying that they had to prevent Judgement Day is another way of saying "Duh, the future _is_ set.". Sometimes there are things you can prevent, and sometimes there are things you can't. Maybe if John Connor hadn't lived 'on the run' so long he might have been in a position where he could have stopped the new Software skynet, but he wasn't.
It also sort of ties the movies full circle, because remember... Skynet only used time travel as a last resort... it had lost, the humans had won because of John Connor, and so they decided to try killing John in the past. So T1 was the Terminators desperate, last ditch effort to prevent their own judgement day, and it failed. T2 was the same, but it also included the humans attempt to prevent _their_ Judgement day by averting the apocalypse, and they maybe succeeded. T3 had the humans trying in vain to stop their apocalypse, and failing, being forced to live with their destiny.
Yeah, there were many, many flaws to T3, but in terms of sheer enjoyment factor I actually prefer it to the first Terminator movie, which seemed a little cheesy.
Some Book Foo...
Finished: The Paradox of the Sets, by Brian Stableford
Started: The Depths of Time by Roger McBride Allen
Paradox of the Sets was an improvement on the last, if some of the biological mystery was unfortunately spoiled by the back cover. Still much prefer the Grainger books to the Daedalus ones, but these were a nice series to enjoy from time to time, light reads with a couple cool ideas.
Also saw Stargate Atlantis... decent episode, a bit predictable at times (I could see plot points being set up for later). Good to see them doing something with that character. Heh, the badguys thought of the same plan from the last episode that I did, although that doesn't totally excuse the goodguys not thinking of it.
And a few memes:
A couple survey memes from
firefox27, probably already done them, but why not again... One Word Meme and Layers of MeOne word meme: All the answers must be one word!
1. Where is your cell? Body
2. Boyfriend/girlfriend? None
3. Your hair? Brownish
4. Your mother? Away
5. Your father? Weird
6. Your favourite thing? Ideas
7. Your dream last night? Stargatey
8. Your favourite drink? Water
9. Your dream car? Sci-fi
10. The room you're in? Mine
11. Your fear? Interaction
12. Where were you last night? Here
13. What you're not right now? Writing
14. Muffins? Yum
15. One of your wish list items? Books
16. Where you grew up? Various
17. The last thing you did? Store
18. What are you wearing? Usual
19. Your TV? On
20. Your pet or pets? Vicarious
21. Your computer? Lifeline
22. Your Life? expendable
23. Your mood? Meh
24. Missing someone? No
25. Your car? Fictional
26. Your work? Labour
27. Like someone? No
28. Your favourite colour? Grey
29. When is the last time you laughed? Dunno
Layers of Me:
LAYER ONE:
Spell your name with bands/artists (I don't listen to music, so I don't care about any of these bands other than they fit)
Nirvana
Earth, Wind and Fire
Weird Al
Nirvana again
U2
Madonna
B-52s
Earth, Wind, and Fire again
Renegade
65 Days of Static
LAYER TWO:
-- Name: newnumber6
-- Birthday: Game theory suggests that you should never tell someone your birthday. If you do, then they either wish you a happy birthday that you have to wonder if they're sincere about or if they just do it because you told them, and if they don't you feel disappointed and rejected. But if you don't tell them your birthday, if they forget it's no big deal, you didn't tell them anyway, and if they say Happy Birthday to you it means they care enough to actually try and find out your birthday. (Stolen from Blindsight by Peter Watts)
-- Nick Names: 6, 6ie, Kirk
-- Current Location: Home
-- Eye Colour: Brown
-- Hair Colour: Dark Brown
-- Right or Left: Right
-- Best friends: My LJ friends, sadly, and my family
LAYER THREE:
-- The shoes you wore today: Cheap ones from Zellers
-- Your perfect pizza: Ultra meat, with mushrooms, onions, and peppers.
No, really, that's a lie.
My perfect pizza would be huge, and each section of it would have a different selection of toppings. Some would be all meat. Some would be different combinations of meat with onions, peppers, mushrooms or all of the above. Some would have feta cheese. A few would have olives. Some would be super spicy, some would only be mildly spicy. Some would be things I'd never tried before but might be cool. Lots of extra cheese, and lots of sauce.
And eating any of it would GIVE YOU SUPERPOWERS.
That's my perfect pizza.
LAYER FOUR:
-- Your best physical feature: I'm reasonably fit, I suppose.
-- Most missed memory: I can't remember.
LAYER FIVE:
-- Pepsi or Coke: Water
-- McDonald's or Burger King: McDonalds, I guess, even though I like Burger King's burgers better. Yes, I know that doesn't make sense. Really, Harveys or A&W are my preferred Hamburger joints at the moment, which sucks because none are near me, but then again I don't go out to eat anyway so them being near me would only mock me.
-- Adidas or Nike: Neither.
-- Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: Don't care.
-- Chocolate or Vanilla: Depends on the context, but assumimg it's ice cream or a flavouring in something else, then vanilla. Chocolate is awesome but must be pure or it sucks.
LAYER SIX:
Do You...
-- Curse? I put curses on people and things, but I don't actually curse as in swear, no. At least, never aloud.
-- Sing? Almost never.
-- Want to go to college? Already went.
-- Get motion sickness: Occasionally. Sometimes even when I'm not in motion. (Well, I suppose technically I'm in motion at all times, or not, depending on my frame of reference, but then the question becomes meaningless).
-- Think you're a health freak: Certainly not. I eat a lot of crap, happily. But at the same time, I don't smoke, drink, or do drugs, and prefer to walk than to take the bus.
-- Get along with your parents: Yeah, pretty well.
-- Play an instrument: Nope. Theoretically I might be able to play the Baritone or Trombone, but it's been more than 10 years (closer to 15), so I'm going to say no.
LAYER SEVEN:
In the past month...
-- Drank alcohol: No
-- Gone to the mall: Gone to a mall, yes.
-- Eaten an entire box of Oreos: No
-- Eaten Sushi: No, not a big sushi man.
-- Been on stage: No
-- Gone skating: No
-- Made homemade cookies: No, but I've eaten homemade cookies.
-- Stolen anything: No.
LAYER EIGHT:
Have you ever...
-- Been in big trouble with your parents: Not really, I was actually a reasonably behaved kid. Also I didn't go out much. So I got in trouble but it was never huge trouble.
-- Lied about your age: Probably, but I can't remember ever doing it except by simple mistake.
-- Used a fake ID: No.
LAYER NINE:
-- Age you hope to be married: 25. I know I'm several years past that, but so far time travel to alter my own personal timeline is still my best hope of marriage at any time in my life.
-- Number of Children you want: Irrelevant, since I doubt I'll have any. Though I suppose I'd like one of each, so I could pit them against each other and see which sex is superior in mortal combat. To make it even, I suppose they should be twins. (Note, the preceeding answer is in no way reflective of my actual theoretical parenting style).
LAYER TEN:
In a girl/guy...
(answering for a girl, I don't much care what guys look like)
-- Best eye colour: Not that big a deal.
-- Best hair colour: Dark. Black or dark brown usually. Red is awesome if you've got the type of features that pull it off well, but it's a much dicier proposition - many more people look better in black/brown hair than any other. Blue is also nice in terms of artificials.
-- Short hair or long: Longish.
LAYER ELEVEN:
-- Number of people I could trust with my life: Oh, quite a few. Most of them I don't even know. You do it every day, and besides, whats my life. I'm more worried about trusting people with my books.
-- Number of CD's you own: None, unless computer CDs are counted, in which case I have no idea.
-- Number of tattoos: 0
Stolen from
kissingdaylight...The Mayfly Project
Sum up 2007 in 24 words:
Much the same as 2006, with more writing. Tried NaNo for the first time, finished halfway through November. Moved once, was hell. Otherwise stable.
Speaking of Nano, I'm in my first writing cycle since before NaNo started (since I take December off from writing to the numbers, and NaNo was a single project). Not going too bad... it's been a little harder to get going but I'm still on schedule for each day's work. Working on two different short stories, while tossing ideas around for a third that has an amusing concept but I'm not sure where to work a story around it yet. Unfortunately I'm near to running out of steam on both the other two stories, so I might have to turn back to older work until I figure out exactly where I'm going with them, what the perfect ending is, etc, else I'll just be writing dross.
