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Black Out, Ongoing Battlestar Confusion.
Aug. 29th, 2005 11:59 pmUpdate for Monday, August 29.
Um...
I spent a goodly portion of Monday doing all the weekend work that I procrastinated doing. Well - that's not true - I didn't do all the weekend work. I did have enough discipline to do a goodly portion of it Sunday night. But some of it bled into Monday, anyway.
I caught part of The Closer. Then, halfway through, we had another blackout. This is the four blackout in the last 10 days, and man, I was not happy about it. As the TV fizzed out, I even let out an "Argh!" of rage over the situation. I made my way downstairs to where Kayli the Roommate was fretting about Laguna Beach, and we talked about her boyfriend situation. She's starting to suspect he might be cheating on her, or getting ready to do so. I counseled her to try and meet the girl that is her boyfriend's new "friend," but then changed my mind and told her that, if she suspected him at all, he probably wasn't worth keeping around.
The power was off for a long time, more than half an hour. What is it about the power going out that makes one want to immediately use all their electronics at once? I wanted to keep watching The Closer. I wanted to make toast. I wanted to channel and internet surf, or listen to the radio, or turn on a lamp to read.
The funny thing is, it's not because I particularly wanted to do something with a piece of electronics. My laptops were both fully charged, and I could have futzed around on them for several hours before the batteries ran down. In fact, I was mid-LJ entry when the blackout happened. I could have happily gone on using my laptop to finish my entry and just left the window open for when the Internet came back.
But oh, no. I didn't want to keep writing, I just wanted to do all the things the blackout was preventing me from doing. Just to be contrary, I guess.
The power did come back. I watched Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations, which is a pretty fun travel show. The guy is sarcastic and abrasive, and he'll tell you if something sucks. His motto for the show is "Be a traveler, not a tourist," which is pretty terrific, when you think about it. He tries to find food and activities that allow you to experience the real flavor of a place, rather than what the tourist industry wants to shuffle you toward. It's a pretty great show.
I caught the Battlestar podcast. Am still very confused about the Tomb of Athena. Was it a hologram? Some kind of transporter? How was it projected? Where did the grass on the floor come from? When did it end? How did they even get out? Can it loop?
Moreover, there's this handy thing called "triangulation." If each of the 12 colonies is in a constellation that is viewable from earth, and there's a major "landmark" of a nebula in the sky, isn't that enough for a bunch of math geniuses in to do a bunch of complex calculations to find the exact location of "Earth?" Yes, Kobol is dangerous, but who says that they can only go into the Tomb of Athena hologram projection once? Why not send a science party to play it over and over?
Hm. Have just taken a break from writing this entry to post that question in the "Ask Ron Moore a Question" thread on the official BBoard site. Hope I get an answer from somebody, 'cause it's really starting to bug me.
And thank god for cable's ability to rebroadcast a show a few hours later. I caught the last half of The Closer. Again, the show's "twist" was a might predictable, but it was still very entertaining, and the released serial killer convict had some serious menace - usually hard to convey in such a small format. Decent, decent show.
Um...
I spent a goodly portion of Monday doing all the weekend work that I procrastinated doing. Well - that's not true - I didn't do all the weekend work. I did have enough discipline to do a goodly portion of it Sunday night. But some of it bled into Monday, anyway.
I caught part of The Closer. Then, halfway through, we had another blackout. This is the four blackout in the last 10 days, and man, I was not happy about it. As the TV fizzed out, I even let out an "Argh!" of rage over the situation. I made my way downstairs to where Kayli the Roommate was fretting about Laguna Beach, and we talked about her boyfriend situation. She's starting to suspect he might be cheating on her, or getting ready to do so. I counseled her to try and meet the girl that is her boyfriend's new "friend," but then changed my mind and told her that, if she suspected him at all, he probably wasn't worth keeping around.
The power was off for a long time, more than half an hour. What is it about the power going out that makes one want to immediately use all their electronics at once? I wanted to keep watching The Closer. I wanted to make toast. I wanted to channel and internet surf, or listen to the radio, or turn on a lamp to read.
The funny thing is, it's not because I particularly wanted to do something with a piece of electronics. My laptops were both fully charged, and I could have futzed around on them for several hours before the batteries ran down. In fact, I was mid-LJ entry when the blackout happened. I could have happily gone on using my laptop to finish my entry and just left the window open for when the Internet came back.
But oh, no. I didn't want to keep writing, I just wanted to do all the things the blackout was preventing me from doing. Just to be contrary, I guess.
The power did come back. I watched Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations, which is a pretty fun travel show. The guy is sarcastic and abrasive, and he'll tell you if something sucks. His motto for the show is "Be a traveler, not a tourist," which is pretty terrific, when you think about it. He tries to find food and activities that allow you to experience the real flavor of a place, rather than what the tourist industry wants to shuffle you toward. It's a pretty great show.
I caught the Battlestar podcast. Am still very confused about the Tomb of Athena. Was it a hologram? Some kind of transporter? How was it projected? Where did the grass on the floor come from? When did it end? How did they even get out? Can it loop?
Moreover, there's this handy thing called "triangulation." If each of the 12 colonies is in a constellation that is viewable from earth, and there's a major "landmark" of a nebula in the sky, isn't that enough for a bunch of math geniuses in to do a bunch of complex calculations to find the exact location of "Earth?" Yes, Kobol is dangerous, but who says that they can only go into the Tomb of Athena hologram projection once? Why not send a science party to play it over and over?
Hm. Have just taken a break from writing this entry to post that question in the "Ask Ron Moore a Question" thread on the official BBoard site. Hope I get an answer from somebody, 'cause it's really starting to bug me.
And thank god for cable's ability to rebroadcast a show a few hours later. I caught the last half of The Closer. Again, the show's "twist" was a might predictable, but it was still very entertaining, and the released serial killer convict had some serious menace - usually hard to convey in such a small format. Decent, decent show.
