She Likes Coffee and I Like Tea

No time like the present for another meetup to watch TOS episodes from seasons 1 and 2, what? After all, these meetings don't plan themselves!

ET AL WHO CAME TO THE LAST ONE/WANTED TO COME BUT COULDN'T: Help me pimp the HELL out of this.

OH, and I know I said to chose 2 episodes each but...eh, that's way to hard. Just pick your favorites/ones your most interested in and try to keep it under like, 3-4 each?

EDIT 7/4: THE RESULTS ARE IN, AND POSTED HERE. GO THERE FOR THE MEET UP DETAILS, AND TO RSVP.

( EPIC MEET UP POLL UNDER CUT. YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW EPIC IT IS. )

KARL URBAN THANKS YOU FOR YOUR TIME

Because a lot of people seemed keen when it was mentioned elsewhere, I thought I'd take a poll about who wants to meet up to see Trek again in the NYC area.

EDIT AS OF 5/27/09:THE POLL IS CLOSED, SEE POST HERE FOR DETAILS. HOWEVER, YOU SHOULD STILL FILL OUT THE POLL FOR SHITS AND GIGGLES, I PUT A LOT OF LOGIC BULLSHIT THOUGHT INTO MAKING IT. HUMOR ME.

( STARFLEET NEEDS YOU!!...to fill out this poll about a NYC meetup. AND THERE'S A REWARD FOR YOUR EFFORTS AT THE END. So even if you totally can't come thanks to geography/time, you should click this anyway, cause below is me trying to be clever.  )

AND SPREAD THE WORD TO YOUR MOTHAS EQUALLY GEEKTASTIC F-LISTS, THE MORE THE MERRIER.

Seriously guys, every time I watch this, FUCKING CHILLS DOWN MY SPINE IN THE BEST POSSIBLE WAY.


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*Desperately wants to see Le Miz again*

Work-related:
1) In the 7 Circles of Archaeological Hell, the seventh circle consists of having to lay line of shovel tests through Staten Island catbriar four feet taller than you. Imagine thorns so sharp and long they scratch you through your jeans and long johns, AND at one point go through your BOOT. Allow me to repeat: A THORN WENT THROUGH MY BOOT.

You have NO idea what my legs look like right now. It's pretty horrific, and they sting like a mo'fo' when I take a shower.

Though, it is a relief to no longer be digging along the Belt Parkway. I like the silence of working in the woods under the Outerbridge Crossing. If it just wasn't for those DAMNABLE CATBRIARS!!!!

Because I need my dose of blasphemy this evening, holy Christ, my everlasting sympathies.


Real Life-related:
1) I'm going to be Oscar Wilde for Halloween!...well, I will, once I modify a coat of mine, and make myself a fabulously foppish purple vest and green cravat. And then on November 1st at a little shindig muneybags6 is hosting (themed "Saints and Demons: come as your best or worst!") I plan on going as Saint Lucy, with my eyes on a platter. I want to practice staring ahead with dark glasses on while I move my "eyes" to look at the people I'm talking too. I think it would be awesomely creepifying if I did it right.

2) I'm sitting on my grad school application for the March 31 deadline. Just didn't want to go to grad school this spring (assuming I would have gotten in in the first place).

3) My brother and I saw "Fuerza Bruta" on Saturday and it was AMAZING. It was like being in someone else's waking dream; one part nightmare, one part rave, one part "WTF that was AWESOME!". If you want to feel what's it's like to step into Wonderland, GO SEE THIS SHOW. You walk out of it and the rest of the humdrum world feels so much more magical. Just don't expect it to make any sense--just take it in and go for the ride. I mean, women swim in a clear pool as it's lowered within arm's reach of you. It's insane, but a good sort.

Internet-related:
1) Everyone. Go to thatguywiththeglasses.com. Watch the videos of my friend theborderpatrol a.k.a. the Nostalgia Chick. Proceed to laugh yourself silly. The Anastasia review is a particular favorite of mine (though I LOVE the one for Pocahontas. Oh...Pocahontas)

2)I...have so many things for the internet to finish writing/to think about writing. The deadline for thingsunwritten is nigh, and I need to finish my story about two gladiators. I have a slew of tables and prompts to start, much less finish (thousandtables and ink_twist being the big two)--

And NaNoWriMo Cometh.

I've an idea, but I've never down well with NaNo on even numbered years. I think I have a good idea for it this year, but...*sigh*


Other than that, my life is unexciting.

How much of a geek do you have to be to completely halt a game of charades in order to explain to a camper the intricacies of playing D&D, and that is is NOT in fact a board game?


Camp is going well, and once again I have fallen into my camp time pattern of groping for things to do with the kids before they engulf me onstage. It is a CHORE getting kids with no desire to act or even really PARTICIPATE to play such fun theater games such as "Freeze" and "Superheroes" etc. You think they be get sick and tired of "Duck, Duck, animal!" and "Mafia" by now, but nothing seems to amuse them more. SIGH.

Luckily, we finally have a coffee maker in the kitchen now: I was three cups in before I could put my head down during Mafia without struggling to not fall asleep.

( In other news )

Been spending some time with Wyatt lately, got to admit I miss the old boy on occasion. It's nice when having someone working on the same wavelengths as me, regardless of our geekiness and sidekick-ity. Between bouts of watching Full Metal Alchemist (Holy shit, guys, there IS SUCH A THING AS GOOD ANIME OUTSIDE OF MIYAZAKI!! I SWEAR!) and playing video games and RPG'ing with Steve and Dan, we have some good laughs, including one discussion about drama on our respective LJ's. His is all soul searching, and mine isn't, but I explained to him that was cause I saved all the angst for my journal. I then mentioned my disgust at my journal, at how melodramatic it is and how I never mention anything really happy or exciting, only whatever shit goes down.

( As an example, I would like to present a short representation of a typical series of Antonella journal entries. (Artistic liberties have been taken.) )

One of these days, I just give up on journals all together, but for now, this is Nella, signing off!