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owlbeerI keep meaning to post and just, not. I said to myself I'd use this more, and comment more, and be on IM more, but it's not really happening. Shocker.
My day has been okay. My pay raise went through, yay! And a back-dated one at that. Mmmm. MacBook, thou shall be mine! But there's still so much to do at work, and eh.
I have this post in my head about sci-fi and how I react differently to it in books in comparison to tv, as I just finished two William Gibson books (yay reading) and one was Neuromancer, which is supposed to be a classic sci-fi text, and which I certainly enjoyed, but didn't love, and that made me think about my reaction to most sci-fi books as opposed to more strictly fantasy books, and how that again differs from sci-fi tv.
Like I said, I read Pattern Recognition, which I really liked, and then saw Neuromancer in the library and it was a book I'd always meant to read, so I picked it up.
I enjoyed it, especially near the end, but as I read I noticed something I had noticed with other more sci-fi-y books I've read, as opposed to fantasy. I just can't seem to wrap my head around them the same way, or become as involved in the story. It's harder for me to imagine, in a way?
Pattern Recognition certainly had a technological aspect to it, but it wasn't quite so different from present day, while Neuromancer definitely was. It may also explain why I can't seem to get into The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson, but could really get into Cryptonomicon and his Baroque Cycle.
Fantasy I can just immerse myself in, and I can read a sci-fi book fast and like the story, but I don't become as involved and don't walk away all 'OMG love!'. This could of course, be the sort of sci-fi I'm reading but I thought it was interesting, as I also watch a fair amount of sci-fi movies and tv, and I realise it's probably not fair to compare the mediums straight out, but I can get more involved in sci-fi tv and movies, in a way I just can't with books.
This has become all garbled, but it was something that struck me while reading.
Also, a large number of SGA episodes may have just 'fallen' into my possession. I believe I'm starting mid S2 and will no doubt skip around a bit, because my brain works like that sometimes. It's probably something I'll regret, but eh. It makes things interesting.
I've seen I think about 10 whole SGA episodes, from all over the place. Start of S1, start of S2, the middle of S3, and start of S4. Yeah, really, all over. I've also read a lost of posts about them, and read a bit of fic, so I'm rather spoiled (if only superficially) for the whole deal, and before you ask I'm already pretty sympathetic to McShep and love Zelenka.
'Grace Under Pressure' was definitely my favourite, but I liked them all.
Oh, Rodney. Big props to David Hewlett there. He rocked. A lot. And I loved how John was so absolute about going to rescue him. And Head!Sam was awesome! Amanda Tapping was great, and rocked that pink polar fleece.
Alien!whales saved him. <3
Also, Rodney gets trapped in a sunken jumper and almost dies in one ep, and in the very next one they bury him underground in an Ancient city? Looks like they're trying to give him a complex.
'Critical Mass' kinda threw me at the start, mostly because I wasn't up on recent Stargate canon (Trust, huh?), but I thought it was a solid episode in the end. They can teleport symbiote's out of people now? I know the Ancients are special and all, but that did smack a little of, we really kinda want Caldwell back as a character later on.
Also, I think ep tried for poignant with the torture storyline and the end, but kinda sorta missed a little, but maybe that was just me.
However, I finally know where the 'secret signal of gay' icon comes from! (I would link to it, but I can't actually remember who has it as a user icon, but I've seen it around LJ a lot).
Zelenka's Mr Mom moment was just ... hilarious.
'Adrift' was also really cool. They did an awesome job of keeping it tense and frantic. And Jewel Staite! Always lovely to see her.
I wouldn't say I'm totally hooked, but then, I'm not about to stop watching either. :p
Finally, your political geek link of the day: The US 2008 Budget in a zoom-able, number filled, crest-tastic graphic. Honestly, just fascinating, and the numbers are mind boggling. Especially those DoD ones. Dude. o.O
My day has been okay. My pay raise went through, yay! And a back-dated one at that. Mmmm. MacBook, thou shall be mine! But there's still so much to do at work, and eh.
I have this post in my head about sci-fi and how I react differently to it in books in comparison to tv, as I just finished two William Gibson books (yay reading) and one was Neuromancer, which is supposed to be a classic sci-fi text, and which I certainly enjoyed, but didn't love, and that made me think about my reaction to most sci-fi books as opposed to more strictly fantasy books, and how that again differs from sci-fi tv.
Like I said, I read Pattern Recognition, which I really liked, and then saw Neuromancer in the library and it was a book I'd always meant to read, so I picked it up.
I enjoyed it, especially near the end, but as I read I noticed something I had noticed with other more sci-fi-y books I've read, as opposed to fantasy. I just can't seem to wrap my head around them the same way, or become as involved in the story. It's harder for me to imagine, in a way?
Pattern Recognition certainly had a technological aspect to it, but it wasn't quite so different from present day, while Neuromancer definitely was. It may also explain why I can't seem to get into The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson, but could really get into Cryptonomicon and his Baroque Cycle.
Fantasy I can just immerse myself in, and I can read a sci-fi book fast and like the story, but I don't become as involved and don't walk away all 'OMG love!'. This could of course, be the sort of sci-fi I'm reading but I thought it was interesting, as I also watch a fair amount of sci-fi movies and tv, and I realise it's probably not fair to compare the mediums straight out, but I can get more involved in sci-fi tv and movies, in a way I just can't with books.
This has become all garbled, but it was something that struck me while reading.
Also, a large number of SGA episodes may have just 'fallen' into my possession. I believe I'm starting mid S2 and will no doubt skip around a bit, because my brain works like that sometimes. It's probably something I'll regret, but eh. It makes things interesting.
I've seen I think about 10 whole SGA episodes, from all over the place. Start of S1, start of S2, the middle of S3, and start of S4. Yeah, really, all over. I've also read a lost of posts about them, and read a bit of fic, so I'm rather spoiled (if only superficially) for the whole deal, and before you ask I'm already pretty sympathetic to McShep and love Zelenka.
'Grace Under Pressure' was definitely my favourite, but I liked them all.
Oh, Rodney. Big props to David Hewlett there. He rocked. A lot. And I loved how John was so absolute about going to rescue him. And Head!Sam was awesome! Amanda Tapping was great, and rocked that pink polar fleece.
Alien!whales saved him. <3
Also, Rodney gets trapped in a sunken jumper and almost dies in one ep, and in the very next one they bury him underground in an Ancient city? Looks like they're trying to give him a complex.
'Critical Mass' kinda threw me at the start, mostly because I wasn't up on recent Stargate canon (Trust, huh?), but I thought it was a solid episode in the end. They can teleport symbiote's out of people now? I know the Ancients are special and all, but that did smack a little of, we really kinda want Caldwell back as a character later on.
Also, I think ep tried for poignant with the torture storyline and the end, but kinda sorta missed a little, but maybe that was just me.
However, I finally know where the 'secret signal of gay' icon comes from! (I would link to it, but I can't actually remember who has it as a user icon, but I've seen it around LJ a lot).
Zelenka's Mr Mom moment was just ... hilarious.
'Adrift' was also really cool. They did an awesome job of keeping it tense and frantic. And Jewel Staite! Always lovely to see her.
I wouldn't say I'm totally hooked, but then, I'm not about to stop watching either. :p
Finally, your political geek link of the day: The US 2008 Budget in a zoom-able, number filled, crest-tastic graphic. Honestly, just fascinating, and the numbers are mind boggling. Especially those DoD ones. Dude. o.O
