Showing posts with label geekery. Show all posts
Showing posts with label geekery. Show all posts
Tuesday, 26 June 2012
Friday, 4 May 2012
May the 4th Be With You
What started out as a little geeky in-joke has, it seems, become something of an internet craze, with people who don't even like Star Wars posting 'Happy Star Wars Day' comments and pictures on facebook and the like (apparently; I have so far resisted the lure of the big f, and intend to keep it that way so that when facebook eventually implodes I can sit back and go 'ner-ner' to the rest of the world).
So much so that one of my colleagues has suggested there will be a backlash before too many more Mays have passed, on the basis that Star Wars Day serves no useful purpose beyond glorifying a film trilogy whose creator has gone on making money by giving us increasingly bastardised versions of what was already a cinematic classic.
</rant mode>
And he has a point. By mentioning Star Wars I'm pointing people towards a fictional mythic spirituality rather than towards Christ. Star Wars Day will not cure cancer, or bring down the porn industry, or do any number of good and 'worthy' things that I care about. In the US it's National Mental Health Month; Star Wars Day could be seen as taking attention away from something that tries to raise awareness for good reason.
Whose side am I on? you may be wondering. Well, any minute now, I'm going to sit down with Animal and some of our friends, and enjoy some beer, some takeout, and a Star Wars DVD marathon; you work it out.
I have nothing against raising awareness of cancer, porn, depression or any number of other things, and maybe days for those have a place on the social networks of the intertubes. But Star Wars Day is just a bit of harmless (if geeky) fun, and sometimes a little bit of fun can be just what's needed.
Happy Star Wars Day everybody, May the 4th be with you.
So much so that one of my colleagues has suggested there will be a backlash before too many more Mays have passed, on the basis that Star Wars Day serves no useful purpose beyond glorifying a film trilogy whose creator has gone on making money by giving us increasingly bastardised versions of what was already a cinematic classic.
</rant mode>
And he has a point. By mentioning Star Wars I'm pointing people towards a fictional mythic spirituality rather than towards Christ. Star Wars Day will not cure cancer, or bring down the porn industry, or do any number of good and 'worthy' things that I care about. In the US it's National Mental Health Month; Star Wars Day could be seen as taking attention away from something that tries to raise awareness for good reason.
Whose side am I on? you may be wondering. Well, any minute now, I'm going to sit down with Animal and some of our friends, and enjoy some beer, some takeout, and a Star Wars DVD marathon; you work it out.
I have nothing against raising awareness of cancer, porn, depression or any number of other things, and maybe days for those have a place on the social networks of the intertubes. But Star Wars Day is just a bit of harmless (if geeky) fun, and sometimes a little bit of fun can be just what's needed.
Happy Star Wars Day everybody, May the 4th be with you.
Tuesday, 20 March 2012
They must have known!
Nice of the people at Sky to show the final two episodes of Battlestar Galactica this week... saves me the trauma of waiting two whole weeks for the finale! Not that it wouldn't be worth it under the circumstances of course...
Of course, there will be the ongoing dilemma of what to do for that hour on a Tuesday evening after this week, but I'm sure something will come up (fnarr!)
Anyway, BSG is on live pause, and there's a hot guy at the door with a cute pizza, so, time to go and enjoy three of my favourite things :)
Of course, there will be the ongoing dilemma of what to do for that hour on a Tuesday evening after this week, but I'm sure something will come up (fnarr!)
Anyway, BSG is on live pause, and there's a hot guy at the door with a cute pizza, so, time to go and enjoy three of my favourite things :)
Monday, 12 March 2012
Musical Monday: More Wedding Music
Because at this point in my life, I am a wedding. So I might as well bore the twelve of you with the details, right? Well, if you're intertested, the traditional bridal procession music will be The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba from Handel's Solomon.
And the slightly less traditional (and much more... me) recessional music, is entitled The Throne Room, by some composer called John Williams. And it goes a little something like this:
I know, too cool, right? I'll almost be sad to have walked out before the end of that piece of music.
Almost.
And the slightly less traditional (and much more... me) recessional music, is entitled The Throne Room, by some composer called John Williams. And it goes a little something like this:
I know, too cool, right? I'll almost be sad to have walked out before the end of that piece of music.
Almost.
Tuesday, 24 January 2012
Friday, 23 December 2011
Jesus Christ and our robot overlords
There are loads of versions of this tune kicking around, but for some reason it has evaded most Christmas song compilations since it was first released in 1978. Originally by Big Star (before my time, sorry), for your enjoyment I present the song as performed by Teenage Fanclub on the 2006 tribute CD Big Star Small World.
And with that, I think I will be signing off until, probably, 2012. Have a meaningful Christmas, and a peaceful New Year.
What was that sorry? You want another song first? A geeky sci-fi song? About robot overlords? Are you mad?
Have a good one people, God bless.
And with that, I think I will be signing off until, probably, 2012. Have a meaningful Christmas, and a peaceful New Year.
What was that sorry? You want another song first? A geeky sci-fi song? About robot overlords? Are you mad?
Have a good one people, God bless.
Monday, 19 December 2011
These aren't the snowflakes you're looking for...
I am so decorating my place with these!
Print out the patterns from here!
Darth Vader is a little disappointing, but the Stormtrooper snowflake totally rocks :)
(seen first at Geekologie)
Wednesday, 14 December 2011
Geekery
Ah yes, the other great love of my life: all things geeky - to be specific, sci-fi geeky.
And as I'm busy trying to increase the geek chic of the man in my life, let's have a look at the things that make me geek out (with a little help from this handy guide for anyone planning on dating a geek).
1. Star Wars. I have the original trilogy (theatre release and 'special edition') and the prequels on DVD. I have ensured that the man in question is aware that Han shot first.
2. Star Trek. No DVDs in my collection, but I have seen them all (TV and movies) at least once.
3. Comic books. I have only a passing acquaintance with these, but I have seen a lot of the recent movies like Iron Man and the X Men ones. OK, I'm a little geek-lite on that one.
4. Lord of the Rings. The man has one up on me there! I've always been more of a sci-fi girl, so this kind of passed me by.
5. Firefly. Awesome! On the DVD shelf, along with Serenity.
6. Anime. Yes, I know what it is, although I haven't watched a great deal. Akira, and:
7. Neon Genesis: Evangelion.
8. RPGs. Epic fail for me there.
9. Geek terms. There are two I'm woolly on, which I think go back to my epic fail on RPGs.
10. Trivia. My sf trivia knowledge is much more British in scope than the preceding 9 items. I can quote Red Dwarf and Hitch-hiker's till the Arcturan Mega-Cows come home, and occasionally surprise myself with some random fact remembered from classic Doctor Who.
11. Memorabilia. Yes, I've dressed up as Leia. No, I will not be posting photographs.
12. Books. Geeks read, don't they? Neal Stephenson, Iain M Banks, Stephen Baxter, and of the classics, Philip K Dick ftw!
So who's out there geeking out with me?
So who's out there geeking out with me?
Monday, 12 December 2011
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