coffee, crossiants and firefly.

i am on a coffee hiiiiiiigh at the moment. lots and lots of caffeine. very good for you. la-dee-la-dee-la!! [spins about dizzily]

i have realised that no matter how angry, frustrated, and close to murder you make yourself, these emotions are eventually.. meaningless.

think about it. you spend a whole half-day picturing the scene from jpthree where the tyrannosaurus rex's neck gets snapped by the spinosaurus, imagining substituted heads with necks that snap as easily as the veriest twigs, and basically indulge yourself in violent imaginings of the most brutal nature. you then sit down, and you eat lovely, fresh-baked jam-filled croissants, gulp down at least five cups of cappuccino, and you realise.. what on earth is the point? you get yourself riled up, exasperated to the point of hair-pulling, so upset you're close to tears, and in the end, what does it matter? time passes, you forget, and you're back to square one.

so what on earth is the point? better just to be.. zen. you know. c'est la vie. que sera sera. all that mambo-jambo.

a huge double-dosage of serenity and firefly helps to calm the soul somewhat, despite all the rabid killing and space chases and unexpected deaths of main characters. [i swear i almost cried when it happened. after being completely stunned and going "what just happened?" repeatedly for about five minutes.] one of the best sci-fi movies i've seen in a looooooooong time. of course, star wars will always and forever remain right at the top of my list, but this is coming pretty darned close. and it definitely surpasses the star wars prequels. -snorts in derision-

imagine this: a world many years into the future, where earth's population has burgeoned so much so that the earth can no longer sustain us. new planets and systems are rooted out and conditioned for human habitation, and the superpowers of the world [a frighteningly probable prediction, actually], namely the USA and China, form the Alliance, the government that essentially runs the universe. of course, with all forms of tyranny and fascism comes rebellion, and the Independence is formed-- people who want to break free from the control of a government who tries to brainwash their people. a war ensues, one that renders almost all of the Independence dead, and the universe is again taken over by the Alliance.

now imagine a sergeant for the Independence, one who has been through the entirety of the war, now carrying his dashed dreams and his stoic, silent war buddy, Zoe, with him across the universe in a ship [codename: firefly] named Serenity, basically acting as a professional thief for fences across the galaxy, evading the Alliance at every turn. add a crew made out of a jovial, optimistic pilot, a redneck ruffian, an ever-cheerful, happy-go-lucky female mechanic, a pastor [who's not quite what he seems], a renowned courtesan, a brilliant fugitive doctor, and his creepy psychic sister on the run from the Alliance... and you've got an amazing series.



i am completely and utterly addicted. i can't believe singapore missed out on this one.

wash: "everything looks good from here.." (stops piloting and starts playing with plastic dinosaurs over his console.) "yes, yes. this is a fertile land, and we will thrive." (as stegosaurus) "we will rule over this land, and we will call it... 'this land.'" (as t-rex) "i think we should call it... your grave!" (as stegosaurus) "ah, curse your sudden and inevitable betrayal!" (as t-rex) "ha ha HA! mine is an evil laugh! now die!"
zoe: "proximity alert. must be coming up on something."
wash: (alarmed) "oh my god. what can it be? we're all doomed! who's flying this thing?!" (deadpan) "oh right, that would be me. back to work!"

haha. i love this show. :)

mal: (wounded very badly) "we're not gonna die. we can't die. you know why? because we are so.. very.. pretty. we are just too pretty for God to let us die."

i agree wholeheartedly.

ciao!