Sleepy Wednesday morning babbling

[annathepiper]

+0: Greetings to mpulse, who I see is the latest person looking at my journal. Hiya!

+1: Today's reason #1 I want to give Canada a group hug: the Canadian military has given the OK to gay marriages. To all the Canadians on my Friends list, I salute you. Thanks to brightbeak for the link.

+2: mamishka came over last night for another round of Firefly goodness, and we got to what is our favorite episode: "Out of Gas". Great Mal mileage. And it's the episode that makes him really, really remind me of Han Solo, between having noticed that he has stripes on his pants AND that he took one look at his destined ship and fell head over heads in love. ;) That very, very much reminds me of how A.C. Crispin wrote up Han first laying eyes on the Falcon, in the second book of the Solo trilogy she did.

Which brings me to reason #2 why I want to give Canada a group hug: the lovely and talented Mr. Fillion is apparently Canadian, which I hadn't known! I looked him up imdb.com last night, and learned that he is in fact from Edmonton. And younger than me by two years. Who knew?

Also, Meems let me babble at her about both my books in progress, and she babbled at me about her latest purchase, and it was all pleasant conversation. Also, we had popcorn. Mmmmm, popcorn.

+/-3: The weather around here has taken a turn for the warm. Warm enough that I don't need to zip up my coat in the morning, and I don't need my gloves or my scarf. Despite having lived in or near Seattle for 15 years now, I still find weather blips like this in January extremely strange. It's also been very rainy, about which I'm not particularly fond, but then, we need the water.

Comments

[framlingem.livejournal.com]

All the best sci-fi characters are Canadian. Didn't you know? For another example, I give you Harper from "Andromeda" - Gordon Michel Woolvet. You can tell he's Canadian because his name's Gordon. *nodnod*

"Out of Gas" is my favorite episode.

[framlingem.livejournal.com]

*read - sci-fi ACTORS.

[annathepiper]

*snicker* Well, not yet familiar with all the best sci-fi actors, but I'll certainly give you cooler shooting locations--Vancouver just has a nifty Look about it, and I know of at least two shows that tanked when they stopped filming in Vancouver and moved down to Los Angeles.

Plus, y'all definitely have the better music. ;)

[annathepiper]

*beam* Yay, like minds! I love it not only for the Mal mileage, but also the great flashback scenes about how Wash, Jayne, and Kaylee came into the crew. :D

"Which one of 'em do you figure tracked us?"

"The ugly one, sir."

"..... Could you be more specific?"

HEE!

[brightbeak.livejournal.com]

*HUGS* squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! :)

[mizkit.livejournal.com]

Mmmm. Popcorn.

[annathepiper]

Yes, quite. With a dash of salt. Yum!

[neutronjockey.livejournal.com]

That's very progressive thinking on part of the Canadian military. It would never happen here in the land of homophobia.
-=Jeff=-

[annathepiper]

Ain't it just? I've been watching all the updates north of the border about the various provinces passing laws in favor of gay marriage, and it seems just a matter of time before they will have a federal law for it as well.

And yeah, I can't see this happening here any time soon. :/

[neutronjockey.livejournal.com]

Lemme try it again and fix the linkie, I had blurbed further here: Blurb (http://www.livejournal.com/users/neutronjockey/8251.html)
One day the powers that be (ie government) will learn that you can't edit people.
-=Jeff=-

[annathepiper]

I noticed that come over my Friends list, yeah. And here's hoping!

[shikyrie.livejournal.com]

I want warm weather... send me some air express... PLEASE... it is downright FRIGID here, despite it being a balmy 27 degrees, the wind is making it feel like 5 :(

[annathepiper]

See aforementioned commentary re: Weather Transfer Protocol, hon. If I could make it warm where you are, I would!

In the meantime, I recommend an extra sweater and those wool socks I told you about before.

[shikyrie.livejournal.com]

dammit... still working on that... oh well, I've been wearing an extra flannel over my shirt and under my jacket... helps a little bit

[annathepiper]

Also, hot beverages and extra blankets. I find that putting up with cold weather is a lot easier if you can get nice and comfy and warm at home.

[shikyrie.livejournal.com]

heh... don't need the extra blankee... For some odd reason, I end up kicking mine off at night because I get too hot... (high body temperature)

[annathepiper]

I'm not talking about when you're asleep at night. I'm talking about just hanging around the house in the evenings. Like, say, when you get home from work and you're chilled from the exertion of being out in the cold. Go get a blanket. Or drink a cup of hot cocoa or hot tea. Put on a sweater. There are ways to make a cold winter not so bad.

Especially if you have marshmellows for the hot cocoa.

[shikyrie.livejournal.com]

ooooh ... ok ::he says while backing in front of the space heater::

[poetry-lady.livejournal.com]

When I lived in Minnesota, we'd get the same sort of weather, only a little more extreme. It would be -40F one day, and 40F the next (and 80 degree difference!), and the girls would be outside, on lawnchairs in bikinis getting a little tan.

The weather today is LOVELY. Balmy. mmmmmmmm

[annathepiper]

Tomorrow, I think I shall wear shorts to work.

I expect this will make it certain I'll get rained on. ;)

[shikyrie.livejournal.com]

ok ok... rub it in... grrr.. (though I don't see how anyone could get a tan in 40F weather) ::shrug:: I WANT SUMMER!!!

[annathepiper]

You seem to be suffering under the delusion that people in the greater Seattle area--or at least, computer geeks in the greater Seattle area--get tans.

While I have been known to have the occasional tan line, this is mostly only because I actually take the bus to work and walk to my bus stops. ;) Even in the summer, sunlight is a precious thing around here. You may bitch about your cold weather all you like, but there are reasons that Seattle winters are often anathema to those who suffer from seasonal depression. It gets really, really gray here, and gloomy, and dark. Plus, the wetness of the winters, at least for me, makes it all the more likely I'll get a cold or something.

So yeah, our weather has its drawbacks, too.

[shikyrie.livejournal.com]

heh... you think we get a lot of sunshine here? there's a reason they call this "Dreary Erie, the mistake on the lake.".. hell, even the indian name for Edinboro meant "Land of the Living Snowflake"... actually, I think that last reply was meant to go to the person who did comment about tanning in 40F weather..

[annathepiper]

My point being--we have our disadvantages of weather here, too, so don't think necessarily that you'd be getting a bargain if you traded weather systems with us.

As for tanning, well, I have no scientific basis for this, but I would think that the temperature has absolutely nothing to do with it. The strength of the sunlight is the point. I'd think that you'd have a much better chance of getting a tan on a crystal clear 40 degree day than you would on a day where it's cloudy and 75 out. If in doubt, look it up. Google knows all. :)