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X Factor


Apr
27.12

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Today’s post is devoted to those favorite things of mine that I wanted to mention earlier this month but didn’t because either other things popped into my head at the last minute or Joss Whedon trumps all.  I’m calling it “X Factor” because (a) it’s X Day and (b) because these things (All right, well one’s a person) have completely captured my attention/imagination in a way that’s usually only reserved for the Whedonverse.

Books

I first read the novels of Ellen Emerson White when I was in the seventh grade and both my mother and my English teacher were desperate to get me to read something— anything— that didn’t feature a pair of beautiful blond twins. So, one day, when I was wandering around the library searching for said anything, I came across The President’s Daughter.  It’s the story of Meg Powers (one of my all time favorite characters)
, a sixteen year old girl whose mother runs for (and wins) the Presidency of the United States.  I don’t remember why exactly I picked it up but I’m super glad I did because it was the start of a beautiful love affair— all right, maybe a little one sided love affair— that has lasted until this day.  And just so you understand how long I’ve been in love with this book/series, it’s been quite a while since I was in the seventh grade.  Like, more than one decade.  And then some.

Ellen Emerson White taught me so much about writing a story. She taught me so much about creating a character with layers.  She taught me so much about character voice.  My writing changed forever after reading these series of books.  And if you like YA, you should most definitely read this series.

Here’s the series list in order:

1.  The President’s Daughter (which is currently a paperback bargain at Amazon— $4!!)

2.  White House Autumn

3.  Long Live The Queen

4.  Long May She Reign

I also love White’s other novels The Road Home, Life Without Friends, and In Case of Emergency, Ring Super.  These three titles are out of print and therefore, harder to come by but they’re fantastic novels all.

Television

Sherlock is a British series that offers a contemporary spin on the Sherlock Holmes stories.  I started watching it this year (just a couple months ago) and was addicted probably within the first ten minutes because it’s that awesome.  I was very disappointed to find out there were only three episodes though.  Fortunately, the next series starts up in the States on May 6th.  And BOY am I excited.

Benedict Cumberbatch (Sherlock) and Martin Freeman (Watson) are terrific.  The writing rocks and the mysteries are good ones.  (Even if, between A Study In Pink and a certain episode of the British series Luther, I am now afraid of London cab drivers…)

Here are some of my favorite lines from the first series:

Mycroft:  You don’t seem very afraid.
Watson: You don’t seem very frightening.

Sherlock:  Anderson, don’t talk out loud. You lower the IQ of the entire street.

Sherlock:  I’m not a psychopath, Anderson. I’m a high functioning sociopath. Do your research.

Sherlock:  Look at you lot. You’re all so vacant. Is it nice being me? It must be so relaxing.

Watson: (shouting while pissed at Sherlock) I’m Sherlock Holmes and I always work alone because no-one can compete with my massive intellect!

Comics

And just for something different and for something that actually starts with X, I’d like to make mention of XKCD, a comic strip featuring stick figures and geek humor (I guess, lacking a better way to describe it).  A lot of the strips, I don’t understand because a lot of it is science centered and my level of science understands tops out at Mr. Wizard (or Bill Nye the Science Guy for those of you too young to know who Mr. Wizard is).  Apparently, I’m not the only one who feels this way because there’s a site called Explain XKCD that does just day: explains the comic to the rest of us.

But my favorite comic from them is this one:

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Whedon


Apr
26.12

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You may picked up on this by now but I am completely slightly— very, very slightly— obsessed with Joss Whedon.  I wrote about him on W day last year too and about a million times since.  Well, all right, not a million in the strictest sense of the word but a lot.  I wrote about him a lot.  I write about him a lot.

But only because he’s awesome.

A lot of this is going to sound exactly what I wrote last year but I can’t help it.  I love what this man does with story.  I love how in a single 42 minute episode of something, he can make you laugh and then pull the rug out from under you and make you sob.  I love that his writing is fearless and even though you might hate him for it, he’ll kill not only his darlings but yours as well (RIP, Wash…).  I love that he’s written so many kick ass female characters.  I love that he wrote a musical episode of Buffy.  I love that he wrote a near silent episode of Buffy (for which he  won an Emmy).  I love that the Buffy season five episode, The Body, makes me cry every damn time I watch it.  I love that he created freaking Firefly, for crying out loud.  And I love that during the writers’ strike, he created Dr. Horrible’s Sing Along Blog (available for instant viewing on Netflix…).  And then for the DVD release of Dr. Horrible’s Sing Along Blog, he wrote a musical commentary to go along with it.  How freaking awesome is that?

I went to see The Cabin in the Woods opening weekend because of Joss’s involvement and I hate horror movies.  Granted, I spent a fair amount of time with my eyes closed and my hands covering my face but I still appreciated the hell out of the writing.  I’m planning to see The Avengers (along with the rest of the world) come May 4th because Joss Whedon directed it (and also because Chris Hemsworth is kinda hot).

Joss Is Boss.  And if you looked at my Facebook profile, you’d see that my religion is listed as W.W.J.W.D?

Here are some of my favorite Joss quotes:

“Always remember to be yourself. Unless you suck.”

“Humor keeps us alive. Humor and food. Don’t forget food. You can go a week without laughing.”

“Write it. Shoot it. Publish it. Crochet it, sauté it, whatever. MAKE.”

“I write to give myself strength. I write to be the characters that I am not. I write to explore all the things I’m afraid of. ”

To leave you with today, I’m going to post a couple of videos.  The first is an excerpt from the aforementioned Commentary! The Musical from the Dr. Horrible’s Sing Along Blog commentary track. It’s Joss’s song, “Heart, Broken”:

And finally, I’m going to share this gem I stumbled across on YouTube. It’s a parody of the Ballad of Jayne (The Hero of Canton) done by The Bedlam Bards, a group who perhaps worships Joss Whedon and the Firefly universe even more than I do. They have a couple of Firefly inspired albums out. The first is called “On the Drift” and the other “Firefly Drinking Songs.”  The video below is the first selection on the “On The Drift” album.

Enjoy…

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Undead and Lovin’ It


Apr
24.12

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Today we’re talking about Vampires.  And by that I mean real vampires. Not the sparkly kind. (Although a certain sparkly vampire will make an appearance at the end of this post.)  If I leave out your favorites, make sure to mention them below!

1.  Nosferatu

Holy crap, this is one creepy dude.  He’s the title character of a 1922 German silent movie with a pretty jazzy soundtrack.  In the film, Count Orlok (aka Nosferatu) terrorizes Transylvania until that gets boring and then ships himself in a coffin over to the fictitious German city of Wisborg where the resumes his habit of eating people.  He also watches from a window as his pure of heart next door neighbor, Ellen, sleeps.

See, Edward. It’s creepy.

Ellen reads a book all about vampires that her husband brought home from oversea travels to Transylvania and learns the way to kill a vampire is for a pure of heart woman to distract the vampire with her beauty all night long so he forgets to return to his hideaway when the dawn comes. So Ellen does as the book describes. Orlok comes through her window, drinks her blood and stays there all night long. He forgets about dawn and vanishes in a puff of smoke.  Ellen lives just long enough for one last loving embrace with her husband.  And Nosferatu is never heard from again… or is he?

2.  Eric Northman from True Blood.  I can never decide if I love this show or hate this show but since I can’t stop watching it (no matter now disgusting it gets… and it gets pretty damn disgusting), I guess it doesn’t matter.  At any rate, Eric Northman is pretty damn easy on the eyes.


3.  The Salvatore Brothers from The Vampire Diaries.  I should probably be embarrassed by how frakking obsessed with this show I am but then Damn takes his shirt off and I completely forget.  My favorite line comes from Damon when he says, “I do believe in killing the messenger. You know why? Because it sends a message.”  The vampires on this show can walk in the sun but they only think they sparkle with is genius. Very few shows can pack as much action and angst into each and every episode.



4.  The Vamps from the Whedonverse.  I saved this group for last because (a) there are so many of them and (b) they rock.  There’s Angel and Angelus, Spike and Drusilla, Darla, even Harmony and let’s not forget Vampire Willow and Vampire Xander.  They’re good, they’re bad, they’re human, they’re soulless, they’re soulful (?), they’ve been sent to hell and they’ve come back…where they stop, nobody knows!

Well, that’s gonna to do it for me today. I have a line of post-it notes requiring my attention. But before I disappear, here’s that Edward Cullen cameo I teased in the opening paragraph:

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Robin Hood


Apr
20.12

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What can I say?  I’m a fan.  I always have been.  The story of Robin Hood was one of my first inspirations.  When I was a kid, I always wanted to run around the yard with my homemade bow (a slightly curved stick with a piece of kite string tied to either end) and play the rebel, the outlaw.  All right, fine.  Sometimes I still do that.  The only difference is I can now afford slightly better weaponry.  Not that anything has met its demise at my hands.  Except that one lamp.  And the corner of my desk.  And that one spot on the wall in The Man’s office.  But other than that, I have done no harm.

Yet.

So I thought today would be a perfect day (being ‘R’ day and all) to feature all things Robin Hood, more specifically books, television and movies.  And I’m not going to talk about all of them.  There’s too much so this will be a limited (although it made not feel like it right now) list.  As always, if I don’t talk about your favorites (sorry, Errol Flynn but that picture’s all you’re gonna get), please feel free to admonish me in the comments.

Let’s get started, shall we?

Books

The King Raven Trilogy by Stephen Lawhead.  This series includes the titles Hood, Scarlet, and Tuck. Scarlet is my personal favorite of the three and is told through the POV of Will Scarlet.  In this series, Robin Hood is Bran ap Brychan, a Welshman hunted by the Normans who takes to the woods to save his life.  This series is deep and dark and so gorgeously written. Hood was the first novel by Stephen Lawhead I’d ever read and it was good enough to turn me into a lifelong fan.

The Outlaw Chronicles by Angus Donald.  Told through the POV of Alan a Dale.  If Stephen Lawhead’s series is dark then this series is just plain brutal.  This is not a happy sing-song Robin Hood here.  This is a man who, if crossed, will cut out your tongue before he cuts off your extremities.  Angus Donald doesn’t pull any punches in this series and it’s awesome.  It includes Outlaw, Holy Warrior, King’s Man (which I am reading now) and the soon to be released Warlord.  I liked these books so much that I was willing to order my copy of King’s Man from England when I couldn’t get a copy here in the good ole USA.

Lady of the Forest and Lady of Sherwood by Jennifer Roberson.  I’m not going to write tons about these two novels but I just wanted to mention it because it’s written by a woman and tells the Robin Hood legend from the POV of Maid Marion.  The new cover makes it look like a real bodice ripping romance and it isn’t.  Both books are a good read.

Television

In 2006, the BBC released this AWESOME reboot of the Robin Hood legend.  Jonas Armstrong starred as the titular character.  It lasted for three seasons.  Fun fact: I wasn’t sure I’d make it through the first episode because it’s a little cheesy.  And by ‘a little’, I mean a lot.  But once you just embrace that fact, this show is just plain fun. Speaking of fun, I think Keith Allen (who played the Sheriff of Nottingham) had entirely too much playing his role.  I always love it when he shows up on screen (yes, this show has made it into my repeated viewings rotation along with Firefly, Buffy and Veronica Mars.)  And while the first season is a variable cornucopia of physic defying stunts and improbable escapes and plot lines, the second season took all that and added some drama.  There’s a big shocking death at the end of it that ensured that Season Two would remain ever my favorite.  This series is available for instant viewing through Netflix.

Movies

Disney’s Robin Hood.  Released in 1973.  Fun fact: this script had eight writers and if you have (or can get your hands on) the Most Wanted DVD edition of this movie, you can see the alternate ending where a wounded Robin Hood is about to be stabbed by Prince John when King Richard, home from the crusades, interrupts in the nick of time.  It was deemed too dark and was hence changed.

Another Fun Fact:  I’ve probably watched this movie at least 800 times.  Maybe 8,000.  It was a big, big hit in my family. I can still sing the songs.  And sometimes do, much to the delight of everyone surrounding me at the time.  I do apologize to the people on that airplane that time I flew over Nottingham.  It’s just… I was so excited to be that close.  You understand, I’m sure.

Robin Hood: Men In Tights.  Released in 1993.  Directed by Mel Brooks and, according to IMDB, written by five people.  I’m laughing just thinking about this movie.  Cary Elwes (whom I adore in everything he does… and hey, he’s guest starred on Psych too!) is a perfect Robin Hood in this most excellent spoof.  Richard Lewis plays Prince John and you know what?  The entire cast is perfect and I can’t list them all.  If you haven’t seen this film, you really should.  You’ll love it. Unless you hate things that are funny. Then I can’t help you.

My favorite line in all too quotable movie comes after Prince John asks why people should listen to Robin Hood and Robin answers, “Because, unlike some other Robin Hoods, I can speak with an English accent.”  (Kevin Costner, I’m looking at you.)

And to leave with you today, here’s my favorite scene:

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Procrastination, Psych, and Palpatine. Oh My!


Apr
18.12

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I find I’m rather distracted this morning (I might tell you why tomorrow).  As a result, I’ve been looking at a blank screen and a blinking cursor for a while now so I think I’m going to start today’s post with a very apt (and possibly fake) motivational poster:

Next up is the little psychic detective series that could… Psych.  It premiered on the USA network in 2006 and has lasted six seasons thus far, with a seventh on the way.  If you’re unfamiliar with the premise, it’s about a guy named Shawn Spenser who pretends to be a psych and helps the local police department (and occasionally other law enforcement types) solve crimes.  His sidekick is his best friend, Gus.  The friendship between Shawn and Gus is something to which we should all aspire.  This show never fails to make me laugh and I find that’s important in a show.  Occasionally, the show takes a more serious turn (as per example the recent season finale.  All I have to say is… WTF!  I need the next season NOW!) and they still manage to make that work.

They also have managed to snag some pretty awesome guest stars including William Shatner as Juliet’s father and Gary Cole who appeared as a hostage negotiator .  Then there was the episode “Dual Spires” which featured much of the cast of “Twin Peaks” in a “Twin Peaks” parody.

But as awesome as all that is (and it really is quite awesome), my favorite part of each episode is finding out how Shawn will introduce Gus.  Below is a montage video of said introductions (thank you, You Tube!) but my favorite one isn’t in there so I’m writing it out for you instead.

Shawn: “This is my partner Jhon Shmit. His middle names are Jacob Jingle Hiemer. ”
Random Guy:  “You are saying his name is Jhon Jacob Jingle Hiemer Shmit?”
Shawn:  “Yes. It was my name too, but I changed it… because of all the people shouting when I went out.”

And last but not least… Palpatine

I am not a Star Wars fan.  It doesn’t really do anything for me.  I’ve seen all the films and I thought “The Empire Strikes Back” was a pretty decent movie but that’s really about it.  So it surprises me that I enjoy Star Wars parodies as much as I do.  Now, I’m also not a Robot Chicken fan.  That show is really hit or miss (and more miss) so I’ve actually stopped watching it.  Unless I hear they’re doing another of their Star Wars themed episodes.  Then I tune in because those crack me up, especially the clips involving Palpatine.  I’m posting a couple of them below.  Please note that they’re Robot Chicken clips which inherently means they feature lots of strategic bleeping (and depending upon certain factors may not be suitable for work. Or for family viewing). But they are hilarious.  At least I think so. Enjoy the videos. I’ll see y’all tomorrow.

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Novels, New Girl, and Noooooooo!


Apr
16.12

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It’s going to be 80 degrees today in the Mount Washington valley and my hammock is calling my name so let’s get right to it, shall we?

Novels

Night Sky by Jolene Perry

Jolene is probably the most prolific writer I know (makes me look like a sloth.  Of course, George R.R. Martin also makes me look like a sloth.  A really slow sloth.) and Night Sky is her second novel (the third I believe is coming out next month).  I read this book in March but as the A to Z Challenge kind of shoved my March book review out of the blog line up, I wanted to make sure I mentioned this book.  I read a lot of bad books in March but this wasn’t one of them and deserves some special attention.  Here’s what I had to say about it:

Jameson is a great character and I thoroughly enjoyed his narrative.  And while I knew how the Sarah corner of the triangle was going to resolve itself, I didn’t know that about Sky’s corner and I liked that I couldn’t see it coming.  I also liked how when it came down to a choice between reading the next chapter of this book or watching the next episode of Game of Thrones, I picked the book.  Pause for shock and awe.  It also made me want to pay Las Vegas another visit, something for which The Man will be forever grateful.

Nether Bound by Bonnie Rae Louwerens

This is Bonnie Rae’s first book and was released last week.  It’s  YA paranormal novel with a pretty kick ass novel and premise.  I haven’t read it yet but you can buy it for your Kindle on Amazon.  For more information, including a synopsis of the novel, you can head out to Bonnie Rae’s blog or her webpage.  Congratulations, Bonnie Rae!

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Leapin’ Lizards!


Apr
13.12

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It’s time for another hodgepodge post on My Pet Blog.  Today’s post is brought to you by the letter L and will have absolutely nothing to do with lizards, leaping or otherwise.  I just love alliteration.

Let’s get started, shall we?

Logan Echolls

Show:  Veronica Mars

Portrayed by: Jason Dohring

So, yesterday I was having one of those confidence free days where I didn’t know why I was bothering to write a book at all (I think we call it “Thursday”) so I decided to knock off early and partake in a Veronica Mars marathon.  If you’re unfamiliar with this show, I highly recommend it but be sure to tune in on April 25th when this special, completely awesome show gets its first very own post.  Anyway, I’m digressing.  Partway through the pilot episode, I decided I had to make mention of one of my very favorite characters ever, Logan Echolls.  When we first meet him, Veronica says, “every school has an obligatory psychotic jackass— he’s ours.”  And he certainly starts out that way but through the three too short seasons of the show, he evolves into quite an interesting, complicated character.

Best lines:  “Annoy tiny blond one.  Annoy like the wind.” (Season One, Echolls Family Christmas)

and

“My day is complete. Veronica Mars has accused me of evil doing.” (Season Two, Green Eyed Monster)

Lorelai Gilmore

Show:  Gilmore Girls

Portrayed by: Lauren Graham

Lorelai Gilmore is quite possibly the coolest mom in television history.  I love writing dialogue and I love a show that has well written dialogue.  And this is one such show (all right, so the last two seasons weren’t all that great. But there were still occasionally funny moments).  One of the taglines for this show was “Life’s short. Talk fast” and no one embodied this philosophy more than Lorelai.  It was probably that coffee addiction.  But whatever it was, she was always ready with a clever quip which makes it so much harder to pick favorite lines for her.  Really, you could pick any episode and there would be some awesome Lorelai moment.  So I’m just going to post this video of one of my favorite conversations between Lorelai and her daughter, Rory. The video’s about three minutes long. It’s not the one I wanted to post because the shorter version had the embedding disabled. Uncool, YouTube people. Uncool.

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Kicking Ass


Apr
12.12

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I like kicking ass. Of course, the only thing I really kick ass at is demolishing a box of Little Debbie snack cakes and I’m currently getting my ass kicked by this spring flu so maybe I should say I like the concept of kicking ass. As such, I like characters who kick ass, especially female characters who kick ass because I find them much more interesting than a female character who’s all, “Oh, where is my big strong man to rescue me and take care of me for I am a damsel in distress and incapable of making my own decisions!”

Or whatever.

So today’s post is devoted to those kick ass (television) characters. There are several such characters on my list (yay!) so, in the interest of time, I won’t feature them all (and I apologize in advance for the wonky formatting). But here’s a sampling (and thanks to the brilliant Random Danni for inspiring today’s format):

River Tam

Show: Firefly (and the Big Damn Movie Serenity)

Portrayed by: Summer Glau

History: Traumatized psychic genius teenager once tortured by evil government regime to become a very powerful killing machine. Kicks everyone’s ass in the Big Damn Movie, including the Hero of Canton. I know, right?

Favorite line: Also, I can kill you with my brain.

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Horribly Happy Hodgepodge


Apr
09.12

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Good morning, world, and welcome back to the A to Z Challenge as it moves into its second week.  I hope everyone had a lovely holiday weekend and that no one’s sugar hangover is too terribly great.  I had a surprisingly lack of sugar intake going on yesterday so I am more than ready to share with you another list of my favorite H things.

Here we go…

Dr. Horrible’s Sing Along Blog

Yep.  I wrote about it last year and I even mentioned it last week when I talked about Captain Hammer.  And chances are it’ll come up again on Wednesday when I talk about the person I am most likely to one day stalk (unless there are like, law enforcement type people reading this. Then I won’t stalk anyone. Ever. Promise.).

Dr. Horrible, played by the impossibly adorable Neil Patrick Harris, is just a evil genius trying to take over the world.  “The world’s a mess,” he says, “and I just need to rule it.”  He also would like to gain the affection of his laundry buddy (that’s right. The evil genius has to go the laundromat), Penny, a do-gooder who’s just trying to help the homeless.  Standing in his way of achieving both these goals is Captain Hammer, Corporate Tool.  I talked about him last Thursday.  The humor is fantastic and the songs are super.  And I really wish there was Dr. Horrible to be had.

Because the bottom line is, Dr. Horrible makes me incredibly happy.  Whenever I’m having a crappy day, all I have to do is pop in my DVD and voila! My mood has been presto changed-o into something far more cheery.  I even downloaded a copy from iTunes to put on my iPod so I could watch it at The Store.  I’m pretty sure most of the staff can now sing along with Dr. Horrible.  All I can say to that is… co-workers, you’re welcome.

Happy Endings

I was introduced to this sitcom found on ABC last year by my brother and sister-in-law.  It didn’t take long for me to fall head over heels in love with it.  I find it to be so damn funny.  Sure, not every joke lands but that holds true for every sitcom out there.  I have a habit of scribbling down lines that makes me laugh in my notebook and lately most of those scribbles are courtesy of the Happy Endings writing team.

And the best part is, it’s one of those rare shows that both The Man and I enjoy so it’s something we can watch together.  Awww, sweet, right?  Right.

Next up…

Halestorm

Halestorm is a rock band out of Pennsylvania.  Again, I was introduced to them by my brother and sister-in-law who apparently know exactly what I will like.  They saw this band in concert a while back and heard the song below.  My sister-in-law looked at my brother then and said, “we have to get this CD for M.J.”   So thanks for that because I do love this song… and the entire album for that matter.

Heavy In Your Arms

Last but not least is this song by Florence + The Machine.  The first time I heard, I feel deeply in love with and it remains to this day at the very top of my favorite songs of all time list.  This is a hard feat because I am forever searching out new music and no song has held on to the #1 spot as long as this one has.  I think probably because it’s such a perfect song for the love stories in my book.  Spoiler Alert: I don’t do happy endings. Often.

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Firefly


Apr
06.12

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Last night on a mildly entertaining episode of The Big Bang Theory (Sorry, apart from the very beginning and the very end, it wasn’t really that special), we learned that Sheldon Cooper had only begged three times in his life. The first time was to beg Fox NOT to cancel Firefly. If I didn’t already love Sheldon Cooper, I would have loved him in that moment because if there ever was a show that shouldn’t have been cancelled, it’s Firefly.

And yeah, I know, you’re probably saying to yourself, “Hey, didn’t you blog about Firefly this time last year? And you know, every other damn day you could work it into a post?” And the answer is Yes. Yes, I did. Because I am obsessed with this show. All right, fine, I am more than obsessed with this show. Because it is awesome. Which means that yes, on F Day next year in the A to Z Challenge, I’ll talk about it again. Because it’s that awesome.

And possibly because my interests are that narrow. But did I mention how awesome it is?

So anyway, last year, I posted my top five episodes so this year I thought I might post three more.

1. Shindig. Written by Joss Whedon and Jane Espenson. Mal and Kaylee attend a planet’s social event of the year in order to secure work. While there, they run into Inara and her client, Atherton Wing. Hijinks ensue and it ends with a sword fight. Awe. Some.

Highlights:

Wash: You want a slinky dress? I can buy you a slinky dress. Captain, can I have money for a slinky dress?

Kaylee calling Mal “Captain Tightpants” and later being the center of attention at the ball, talking engines with all the guys

River’s dressing down of Badger and the group’s open mouthed reaction to said dressing down.

Mal: ‘Kay, help me find our man. He’s supposed to be older, kind of stocky, wears a red sash crossways.
Kaylee: Why does he do that?
Mal: Maybe he won the Miss Persephone pageant. Just help me look.
Kaylee: Is that him?
Mal: That’s the buffet table.
Kaylee: Well, how can we be sure, u-unless we question it?
Mal: You know, they say mercy is the mark of a great man.
[stabs Atherton]
Mal: Guess I’m just a good man.
[stabs him again]
Mal: Well, I’m all right.

2. Safe. Written by Drew Greenberg

The episode following “Shindig” in which Shepherd Book is shot when a deal goes sour while River and Simon are kidnapped by hillfolk who just happen to need a doctor. And some perspective. After all, they do try to burn River at the stake for being a witch. She’s not a witch. She’s just a crazy psychic who has the ability to kill you with her pinky. Get with the times, hillfolk.

Highlights:

Mal: Looks like we got here just in the nick of time. What does that make us?
Zoe: Big damn heroes, sir.
Mal: Ain’t we just.

and this video:

3. Ariel. Written by Jose Molina

Simon hires the crew to help him break into the diagnostic lab in a central planet’s hospital so he can figure out what the Alliance did to River. Jayne makes a plan to turn the fugitives in. As always, chaos ensues.

Highlights:

The scene were Mal, Zoe and Jayne are trying to learn their paramedic lines. Hysterical. I looked for a video of this scene but there isn’t one. Sad.

This scene (one of my favorite in the entire frakking series) that taught us that you do not frak with Captain Tightpants:


What are you favorite Firefly moments? Please tell me! I can’t wait to find out!

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