Awhile ago I blogged about the remake of the Doctor Who series, and what it meant for me to be able to relive one of the best things I remember about my childhood; completely losing myself in a tv show that had absolutely nothing to with reality, and was in fact, kind of ridiculous. What with the cheap sets and the silly aliens, and all of that regenerating.
I have gone on record as saying that not only do I watch the new series, but I love it. Its camp and fun and everything that the old series was, only on a much bigger budget.
What it also has is Billie Piper.
And I’ve written a fair bit about her already too.
Apparently, she’s something of a pop superstar across the pond, but I grabbed a couple of her songs off of kazaa awhile back, and I didn’t see the appeal. Maybe she’s one of those popstars with all the teenybopper fans.
Either way, it changes nothing.
She’s still one of the greatest things to happen to scifi in a long time. (sorry Trish Helfer fans).
So if you haven’t seen Doctor Who and The Christmas Invasion (and the aforementioned Ms. Piper in it), you should torrent it straight away, because it was really great, and it is yet another reminder that we’re in a golden age of scifi these days. Battlestar Galactica returning this January, and the Superman Returns movie coming out this spring are a few others.
Oh yeah, and Trinity’s first Christmas was great, lots of fun had by all, etc etc.
I wonder what it will take for me to make her a Doctor Who fan?
Labels: doctor who, scifi
I wouldn't believe it if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes.
We put on Sesame Street earlier today for Trinity to watch and who should come waltzing into a sketch but Tony Soprano himself.
Teaching a lesson about fear no less.
Yeah sure he talked about what he said he was scared of, but between the lines you could tell he was telling his muppet friend that if it didn't pay for protection every week, there'd be stuffing all over the place.
I wonder if this will usher in a new era in Children's television: Maybe Oscar and friends are going to start packing? Bert and Ernie as leg breaking debt-collectors?
Ok, so maybe its not the greatest news of all time perse, but for Star Trek fans, its the best news we've had in a very, very long while.
Aintitcool.com, likely not the first source you think of to get your news, has posted an article outlining a possible new Star Trek movie to begin production soon. The actors being courted for the movie so far: No less than William Shatner, Patrick Stewart and Scott Bakula, all being asked to reprise their captain's roles.
Not much is being said about the story, save for that the 'mirror universe' device will be used, allowing the writers to do whatever they want without messing with canon, and risking pissing off the hard core fans.
Although for my money, if any fan has anything negative to say about getting a new Star Trek movie made at all, especially in light of Enterprise's recent demise, and the news that Startrek.com is going offline at the end of the year, they are no fans at all.
Now no one is confirming this movie rumour yet, but since Spacecast is carrying the story, there has to at least be some grain of truth to it. Right? Right?!?
Read the whole scoop here.
Amber Mac, co-host of Call for Help and CommandN loves people just like me.
At least that's what the shirt says.
Ok, maybe not just like me, but close enough so that I can believe that in a parallel universe where I am not a happily married family man (and I am honey, I truly am) Amber Mac and I make and eat sundaes off of each other's genitals on a regular basis.
Sounds messy, but what are you gonna do? The nerd-lover enjoys her sundaes. At least the one in that other universe does.
And to attest to my criteria-meeting nerdiness, I even have a Lambda-Lambda-Lambda t-shirt to avoid any confusion. And only a real nerd would even know what that means.
CommandN's pretty good this week. Go share in the webcasty goodness. Go. Go Now.
Labels: narcissism, tech
Trinity decided she'd had enough of watching me work on the computer today, and dove in and started typing up exactly how she felt about things.
Here's a sample:
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Blogging at 5 months?
I think we've got a real talent here.
Labels: trinity
One of the most valuable things about living in the greatest country in the world is that Canadians do not censor ourselves. Whether we're talking about nudity or swearing on tv, or blacklisting books about sensitive subjects in schools (I'm looking at YOU, America), or even politicians rallying support for separating the country.
Censorship sucks, and the fact that we live in a free country that does not censor its citizens speaks volumes about what liberty really means.
That being said.
When I read about the leader of leader of the Bloc Quebecois (the federal party that exists solely for the purpose of separating Quebec from the rest of Canada) demanding that Quebec be given its own international hockey team, I really have to wonder that no one has shot this idiot yet.
Here's a news article outlining Gil Duceppe's latest plan to undermine Canada, and build his case for separation outside the political arena. (You're not fooling anyone with this one, Duceppe)
I am fiercely proud of my country and I would choose to live nowhere else in the world. Most Canadians feel the same way. And to outsiders, Canada is generally seen as a tolerant, peaceful, successful melting pot of many different cultures. A society where cultural, religious, sexual and ethnic differences are, for the most part, ignored in favour of living together in harmony.
So why is it that so many Quebeckers are so anxious to separate? What is it that makes the idea of separating from the rest of the country so appealing? Is it the 'distinct culture' that the rest of Canada pays so much money to maintain? How about the right for Quebeckers to disallow english signs to be displayed, while the rest of Canada is officially bilingual?
What a joke.
I'm not condoning censorship in any way, but I just shake my head when I think that this fuckhead gets to shout at the rooftops of how poorly Quebec gets treated, when Quebeckers are in fact treated like royalty while the rest of the country has to be content to its second-class citizen status.
And its not enough that Duceppe wants to ruin Canada, but now he wants to use our beloved national pasttime as the wrecking ball.
Every once in awhile, even though I know its wrong, and it goes against everything that being Canadian stands for, a very small part of me would love to be able to just shut people like him up.
Censorship sucks, and the fact that we live in a free country that does not censor its citizens speaks volumes about what liberty really means.
That being said.
When I read about the leader of leader of the Bloc Quebecois (the federal party that exists solely for the purpose of separating Quebec from the rest of Canada) demanding that Quebec be given its own international hockey team, I really have to wonder that no one has shot this idiot yet.
Here's a news article outlining Gil Duceppe's latest plan to undermine Canada, and build his case for separation outside the political arena. (You're not fooling anyone with this one, Duceppe)
I am fiercely proud of my country and I would choose to live nowhere else in the world. Most Canadians feel the same way. And to outsiders, Canada is generally seen as a tolerant, peaceful, successful melting pot of many different cultures. A society where cultural, religious, sexual and ethnic differences are, for the most part, ignored in favour of living together in harmony.
So why is it that so many Quebeckers are so anxious to separate? What is it that makes the idea of separating from the rest of the country so appealing? Is it the 'distinct culture' that the rest of Canada pays so much money to maintain? How about the right for Quebeckers to disallow english signs to be displayed, while the rest of Canada is officially bilingual?
What a joke.
I'm not condoning censorship in any way, but I just shake my head when I think that this fuckhead gets to shout at the rooftops of how poorly Quebec gets treated, when Quebeckers are in fact treated like royalty while the rest of the country has to be content to its second-class citizen status.
And its not enough that Duceppe wants to ruin Canada, but now he wants to use our beloved national pasttime as the wrecking ball.
Every once in awhile, even though I know its wrong, and it goes against everything that being Canadian stands for, a very small part of me would love to be able to just shut people like him up.
5 months.
Wow.
I can't believe how fast the time is going by now that I have such a huge reason in my life to mark time. And I am sure that I will be repeating that statement, or a derivation thereof many, mnay times over the coming years.
So what's happened in our lives since I last wrote you?
Your great-grandma, a woman that you never got the chance to meet, passed away.
She was the one person in my life that I could say truly lived her life on her own terms, at least until her dickhead of a son chose to get her license taken away and shove her in a home. She didn't take any shit from anybody, and she always spoke her mind. This of course, led to most people being offended after every conversation with her, and you know how much she cared about that? Not a bit.
Now don't get me wrong: I'm not suggesting that you live your life like she did. She did a pretty good job of pissing everyone off with her very open way of dealing with people. But I hope that you feel comfortable expressing yourself, albeit with at least a little regard for the consequences.
What else? Another great doctor's visit, where we were informed that not only were you growing well, you were actually in the 100th percentile for height for your age. That seems a little odd, since your Mom and I are 5'4" and 5'6" respectively. You're probably going to be taller than either of us by twelve, and that could make enforcing the rules a little tricky. But we'lllock you in your room cross that bridge when we get there.
You are more expressive and personable every day. Your face develops a new wrinkle or facial expression every other time I look at your face. And that face is (finally) starting to look a lot like the one I had when I was your age.
We're getting ready for your first Christmas, and your Mom and I are very excited. I'm going to go totally Griswold on the house now that I have a little baby to get into the spirit of the season. I hope you don't look back later and be too embarrassed, but I guarantee that for at least a couple of years, you're going to love it.
Love Daddy
Wow.
I can't believe how fast the time is going by now that I have such a huge reason in my life to mark time. And I am sure that I will be repeating that statement, or a derivation thereof many, mnay times over the coming years.
So what's happened in our lives since I last wrote you?
Your great-grandma, a woman that you never got the chance to meet, passed away.
She was the one person in my life that I could say truly lived her life on her own terms, at least until her dickhead of a son chose to get her license taken away and shove her in a home. She didn't take any shit from anybody, and she always spoke her mind. This of course, led to most people being offended after every conversation with her, and you know how much she cared about that? Not a bit.
Now don't get me wrong: I'm not suggesting that you live your life like she did. She did a pretty good job of pissing everyone off with her very open way of dealing with people. But I hope that you feel comfortable expressing yourself, albeit with at least a little regard for the consequences.
What else? Another great doctor's visit, where we were informed that not only were you growing well, you were actually in the 100th percentile for height for your age. That seems a little odd, since your Mom and I are 5'4" and 5'6" respectively. You're probably going to be taller than either of us by twelve, and that could make enforcing the rules a little tricky. But we'll
You are more expressive and personable every day. Your face develops a new wrinkle or facial expression every other time I look at your face. And that face is (finally) starting to look a lot like the one I had when I was your age.
We're getting ready for your first Christmas, and your Mom and I are very excited. I'm going to go totally Griswold on the house now that I have a little baby to get into the spirit of the season. I hope you don't look back later and be too embarrassed, but I guarantee that for at least a couple of years, you're going to love it.
Love Daddy
Labels: trinity
