MIS
Mood:  celebratory
Now Playing: dolphin noises
You know what this blog needs?

Some pictures.


This guy is Nathan Fillion, aka Captain Malcom Reynolds of "Firefly". Some say he resembles David Wenham.

"Firefly" was a short-lived series on FOX (very short-lived...it was cancelled in the middle of its first season). Now, normally I avoid the science fiction/space opera genre. My eyes glaze over when polyester-shirted characters start babbling about phasmotronic multiplexers and ionic disturbances in Sector 7XX-Gamma-N. However, "Firefly" is different. It's a space western, set in a distant future when Earth-That-Was is no longer habitable, and humanity has been forced to migrate to distant, terraformed planets. The culture is a mishmash of Chinese and Old West frontier, supported by strong characters, bluegrass music, and hilariously sarcastic dialogue. I can't recommend it highly enough.

The reason this is being posted today: gratuitous eye candy Serenity, the "Firefly" movie, is coming out next month. If you're a Buffy or Angel fan, go check it out.


And finally, this is my new personal motto: