FIREFLY!

ZOMFG, Firefly is an awesome show. I mean, space cowboys! Crazy space incest aside, the characters are awesome (though I want to know what the hell Book was up to before he washed up on Persephone), the plots original, the whole premise new and, dare I say it, shiny.

*flutters* Movie tomorrow, and then I can fully rant about the awesome.

In non-cinematic news, am hungry, so am going to make my famous pickled cucumbers. Recipe follows, for those interested; it's a quick recipe, keeps well, and has a surprisingly sweet taste:

Asian-Style Pickled Cucumbers
2 kirbies (pickling cucumbers), peeled and sliced as thin as you can get them
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup rice wine vinegar
2 tablespoons water
1/2 teaspoon salt

Mix sugar, vinegar, water, and salt in ceramic bowl until solids are fully dissolved. Add cucumbers and let stand at least 15 minutes before serving, stirring occasionally. I suggest chilling the whole thing if you're not serving it immediately. Store in fridge in covered bowl to chill or save for later.

Note: Rice wine vinegar is yummy but tenacious. It will corrode metal if kept in constant contact, and the flavor sticks to plastic. DO NOT mix or store in metal or plastic container. DO NOT let cooking utensils soak in mixture; remove when not stirring. This can get sticky, but it means to corrosion, and that's a good thing.

FIREFLY!

ZOMFG, Firefly is an awesome show. I mean, space cowboys! Crazy space incest aside, the characters are awesome (though I want to know what the hell Book was up to before he washed up on Persephone), the plots original, the whole premise new and, dare I say it, shiny.

*flutters* Movie tomorrow, and then I can fully rant about the awesome.

In non-cinematic news, am hungry, so am going to make my famous pickled cucumbers. Recipe follows, for those interested; it's a quick recipe, keeps well, and has a surprisingly sweet taste:

2 kirbies (pickling cucumbers), peeled and sliced as thin as you can get them
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup rice wine vinegar
2 tablespoons water
1/2 teaspoon salt

Mix sugar, vinegar, water, and salt in ceramic bowl until solids are fully dissolved. Add cucumbers and let stand at least 15 minutes before serving, stirring occasionally. I suggest chilling the whole thing if you're not serving it immediately. Store in fridge in covered bowl to chill or save for later.

Note: Rice wine vinegar is yummy but tenacious. It will corrode metal if kept in constant contact, and the flavor sticks to plastic. DO NOT mix or store in metal or plastic container. DO NOT let cooking utensils soak in mixture; remove when not stirring. This can get sticky, but it means to corrosion, and that's a good thing.

SERENITY!

I can see why you all were so insistent that I see this film. It was amazing. I mean, really.

Now, I know a few people said that the movie wasn't as good as the series, but I think they were merely different. The characters were essentially the same, and all the more awesome for it, the interpersonal relationships spot on, but the fundamental purpose of the piece was different, which changed just about everything. The series was about the nine of them trying to survive, and doing whatever they had to do to do so. The movie had a higher purpose, to bring truth to the masses and reveal the horrible plots of the evil totalitarian government (ok, done now). The series didn't care about right and wrong outside the bounds of honor among thieves; the movie is all about doing what's right no matter the risks. The perfect imperfection of man is much more of a theme in the film than in the series and, Goddess help us, the film has a moral (sorry, had to get the one more). Some people may not like a side order of morality with their science fiction violence; I happen to like it if it doesn't get in the way. And I don't think it did.

That said, I'm so mad that they killed Book and Wash. I mean, why?! Why them, and not Jayne? Was that to prove that no good deed goes unpunished? I mean really, guys, not on.

And if Summer Glau isn't a dancer, I'm a 40-year-old man.

In other news, it's time for more poetry. To match Serenity's moral, ( How to Make a Human, Lawrence Schimel )

~ Firefly
~ followed by Serenity, of course
~ Brothers Grimm
~ Matrix: Reloaded and Matrix: Revolutions, so I know what you all have been bitching about
~ the other Blade movies, because I want a good laugh
~ Brokeback Mountain again, because I loves me some angst
~ Capote
~ other things I'm forgetting

And now, to wellymucking like crazy. I'm so behind.

SERENITY!

I can see why you all were so insistent that I see this film. It was amazing. I mean, really.

Now, I know a few people said that the movie wasn't as good as the series, but I think they were merely different. The characters were essentially the same, and all the more awesome for it, the interpersonal relationships spot on, but the fundamental purpose of the piece was different, which changed just about everything. The series was about the nine of them trying to survive, and doing whatever they had to do to do so. The movie had a higher purpose, to bring truth to the masses and reveal the horrible plots of the evil totalitarian government (ok, done now). The series didn't care about right and wrong outside the bounds of honor among thieves; the movie is all about doing what's right no matter the risks. The perfect imperfection of man is much more of a theme in the film than in the series and, Goddess help us, the film has a moral (sorry, had to get the one more). Some people may not like a side order of morality with their science fiction violence; I happen to like it if it doesn't get in the way. And I don't think it did.

That said, I'm so mad that they killed Book and Wash. I mean, why?! Why them, and not Jayne? Was that to prove that no good deed goes unpunished? I mean really, guys, not on.

And if Summer Glau isn't a dancer, I'm a 40-year-old man.

In other news, it's time for more poetry. To match Serenity's moral, ( How to Make a Human, Lawrence Schimel )

~ Firefly
~ followed by Serenity, of course
~ Brothers Grimm
~ Matrix: Reloaded and Matrix: Revolutions, so I know what you all have been bitching about
~ the other Blade movies, because I want a good laugh
~ Brokeback Mountain again, because I loves me some angst
~ Capote
~ other things I'm forgetting

And now, to wellymucking like crazy. I'm so behind.