Say it with me now: Firefly.

I miss shows like Quantum Leap, too (do not get me started on that ending. Ffffft.) but at least they had endings. Had a good run and got to tell a bunch of stories. Firefly barely got started, and there was so much potential there.

Yes, the movie, but it's far from the same thing. I would've much preferred another season or two (or eight. Not that I'm greedy).

Also, since my brain's been wonking out on me and I've had sporadic updates lately, I think I'm going to try and answer these little LJ-writer's-block prompts every day for a week, and see how that goes.

1) Show off my shiny new icon.
2) Say that my best friend is a corrupting influence. ;-)

That is all.

. . . you glance at the headline "Revelers pack Times Square to greet '07" and at first read it as, "Reavers pack Times Square to greet '07".

o_0

Have a mini-linkspam:

Serenity Tales. finniscs pointed this out to me; the Notes on a Fridge (on a Spaceship) series is my favorite. *s*

Nice little essay on math/science skills, and the importance of not 'playing dumb', etc.

Just for fun. :-)

Having a good day. Got up early to work on a fun story (and I even got a bit of NaNo written after I got home from lunch with the in-laws). Going to work on it some more, but I just found a new artist and have to share. :-D

First, some doodles.

Portraits of the characters in chibi-style:
Mal, Zoe, and Wash.

Kaylee, Jayne, and Inara.

River, Simon, and Book. (Oh man, River's expression in this one. *giggles*)

Single portraits:

River

Mal

Jayne

And, my favorite:
Zoe
*wants to draw Ki'Rana looking this utterly badass and cool*
*cannot*
*cries*

Have a present:

LOST vid, set to Defying Gravity from Wicked-- Danielle as Elphaba, Claire/Alex as Glinda, Sayid as Fiyero. 'Tis fun.

Hm. I need a Danielle icon, come to think of it. She needs to be on the show more often.

ETA:

That was done by the same vidder who made this little gem:

LOST/Firefly crossover.

And this one:

LOST Musical Extravaganza

Because you haven't lived until you've seen the plane crash set to "Time Warp". ;-D

We got Ashley hooked on Firefly last night. Hee. The first episode finished and she turned to us and said, "You guys are evil. Now I have to buy another series!" ;-) She says her favorite character is Zoe.

I stayed up until midnight watching the pilot, which was really smart seeing as I had to be in at work at 6:00, but hey.

It's been a good morning-- working on a really fun story; saw a little picture/episode description snippet in the paper for Christian Slater's guest spot on My Name is Earl (I meant to start watching that show because I liked Jason Lee in Dogma and Big Trouble, but my memory is crap. Will watch tonight, though); going through Firefly again . . . I say all this so my little note for proper behavior at work will make sense:

1) No matter how good of a mood I'm in, I should not sashay when I walk.
2) Especially not when I'm humming.
2a) Yes, even if it's "Dancing Through Life".
3) I should not switch from humming to quietly singing without realizing it, either.

Because you know what kind of look you get then?

( You get this look. )

Yeah.

KiraNaLisanto= yours truly
JadeLynxWS= jadelynx

KiraNaLisanto: Don't know how much you use myspace, but I thought you'd appreciate this: Nathan Fillion's new profile.
JadeLynxWS: Cool
KiraNaLisanto: I'm debating about whether to make an idiot out of myself in the 'comments' section or not. ;-) How're you doing?
JadeLynxWS: I'm also having the same debate. How does one go about saying "I dream about you at night" without sounding like an idiot?
KiraNaLisanto: Hee!
JadeLynxWS: *g*
KiraNaLisanto: *sigh* No, self, you cannot type "Boy was I wishing that I was Evangeline Lilly yesterday" so think of something else
JadeLynxWS: *g*
KiraNaLisanto: Okay, so I posted, and as I'm sure I sounded like a huge dork, I will now scurry away back to livejournal. LOL
JadeLynxWS: Ah, that wasn't too dorky
KiraNaLisanto: Yay. lol
KiraNaLisanto: You should've seen me when I met Trey Ellett in NYC. I was standing there waiting all, "Okay, I'll say this and this and ask this question about the performance, no problem" and then he walked up to me and I squeaked, "Hi?" and held up the camera. Geeeez. ;-)
JadeLynxWS: Trey Ellett.... the name rings a bell but I can't place it
KiraNaLisanto: He played Mark in RENT for a while. I wish he would've played him in the movie, too, because I thought he did a much better job.
JadeLynxWS: There are only a handful of stars that I'd get all googlie over, but Nathan Fillion is near the top of the list *G*
KiraNaLisanto: Mmmmm-hm. :-D
JadeLynxWS: Alan Tudyk, Adam Baldwin and Nathan Fillion are definitely up there at the top
KiraNaLisanto: Ohh, if I ever met Alan Tudyk I think I'd be bouncing around squeaking for a year. Love.
JadeLynxWS: Yeah, I was a huge fan of his before Firefly, though, so that might be why he tops my list
KiraNaLisanto: I adored him in A Knight's Tale. :-)
JadeLynxWS: I might get squeaky over Sean Maher, I'm not sure
JadeLynxWS: I'm not lusty over him like I am over Baldwin, though, and have nothing else to link him to than Firefly, so while I'd adore meeting him, I think I could maintain composure *G* I'd probably pop something to meet Gina Torres though
KiraNaLisanto: LOL Yeah, the whole 'lusty' thing does add a new level of "Oh god, I'm about to say something stupid." Chris said that he wants to be with me if I ever meet Christian Slater just so he can laugh as my "Hi, I'm a big fan of yours" comes out as, "Hi, I want to climb you like a pole".
JadeLynxWS: ROFLMAO
KiraNaLisanto: I told him that if I did say that, I was going to blame him. From the afterlife. Since I'd die of embarrassment right there. (that made him laugh, too. He's so mean) LOL
JadeLynxWS: LOL, I love your husband
JadeLynxWS: That comment made Troy laugh, even *G*
KiraNaLisanto: *S*
JadeLynxWS: I wanna be present if you ever stumble upon a Lost cast grouping.
JadeLynxWS: You and more than one hotty from Lost would be just fun *G*
KiraNaLisanto: Boy, would that make for an America's Funniest Home Videos entry
JadeLynxWS: *G*
JadeLynxWS: I can just see you, "Hi, I'm... um somebody... and you are just ... ::drool:: "
KiraNaLisanto: "Meet to nice you my Stephanie is name."
JadeLynxWS: I would imagine that they must be used to it by now, but I bet it's always amusing *G*

This is why I love Charm City Cakes.

You have no idea how tempted I am to order one of those for my next birthday. :-D

Was watching the episode of Dead Like Me called "Rest in Peace" last weekend, and I thought the girl in the record store looked vaguely familiar. She had more screen time later in the episode, and I realized-- "Oh my god, it's GothKaylee!" Too cool.

Then I found out that Jewel Staite also had a recurring role on a short-lived show called Wonderfalls, from the same guy who created Dead Like Me. Yay for the fact that my parents own it, too.

We've watched two episodes (out of fourteen) so far; it's very weird and fun. And the woman who plays the main character's best friend played Joanne in the movie version of RENT. :-)

For all the Firefly fans reading this, but esp. for Debi, who's mentioned that she loves Jayne. :-)

Character analysis: Hero of Canton

*sitting at desk, typing happily* "Umm . . . wait a sec. Did that stack of papers move?"

*peers down, sees good-sized spider clinging to a bookmark* "Eee!"

*leaps up, pokes at bookmark, nothing. Picks up large book and slams it onto the stack of bookmarks. No sign of spider body in wreckage*

*reminds self that Mal and company would not be afraid of an arachnid. They would say sarcastic things about the spider, hunt it down, and then Jayne would shoot it with Vera*

*can't help but notice that it would be easier to find a spider on board Serenity than on this wreck of a desk*



Yeah. If you need me, I'll be over here whimpering in the corner.

There are some days when I just know that the world is a perfectly lovely place. How am I so sure? Evidence is given in the form of a Firefly/LOST crossover video. :-D

Help.

I am addicted to Moulin Rouge videos.

Youtube is holding me hostage here.

Pity me?

Okay, or don't.

In conclusion, have a Moulin Rouge/Firefly video. Now don't say I never did anything for you. ;-)

Going to Kansas City for the weekend. Need to remember to look up a few restaurants to try out.

Found the box set of Earth 2 on Sunday. Haven't watched it yet, but they did have preview episodes of Sliders, and a show called Cleopatra 2525. I knew I liked Sliders, so we watched the second one . . . oh man. The level of cheese cannot be adequately explained with mere words. But we were about two minutes in and Chris goes, "Isn't that Zoe?" Me-- "Ohmygod, it is!"

These honey-butter pretz/pocky things are the best ever. Ashley, I blame you for getting me addicted to this stuff.

Planning to get another chapter of my alternate-universe ghost novel done this afternoon. I really do need to name this thing.

Sunburn is getting slightly better. I actually have a little bit of a tan, amazingly enough. My shoulder freckles also multiplied by about twenty-two million. Freaking sun.

I miss LOST. I also miss Shannon. *throws things at the writers*