Party pooper LJ!
Oct. 7th, 2012 12:34 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
wiseheartWell, folks, it seems that LJ has decided to crash our birthday party - the original post is no longer visible. But I still have most of the comments in my inbox, and will re-post the original entry and list the available comments with the simple mentioning of the names, if it's all right with you. If not, tell me, and I'll delete yours.
We won't allow LJ to crash our party!
Original post
Hi folks! *waves*
Time is flying by, isn't it? It's that time of a year again - I'm getting older. In this case, I'm turning 56 on October 9, which means I'd have been retired for a year already, back under the old regime. Women could retire at the age of 55 back then. So I've decided to ignore all that fantastic headway we've supposedly made towards democracy in the last two decades and have considered myself retired for the last year, blithley overlooking the fact that I'll have to work another 6 or 7 or only God knows how many years.
So, let's party! Last years virtual birthday party yielded 943 comments on 7 pages, which won't be easy to top, but we're good, aren't we? WE CAN DO IT! WE CAN BREAK THE 1000-COMMENT-BARRIER! So, let's give it a try! In the recent years, it has always been great fun, so let's have fun again!
You're all cordially invited to help yourself to a slice of virtual cake of your choice. If you want to post your favourite recipe in a comment, be my guest. If not, just drop by and say hello.
Cheers!
Note: The party will be closed on October 9, at midnight, sharp.
Join us and have fun! Feel free to start any thread, any topic you want; we can discuss it, mock the general stupidity of life and laugh at it.
Last count was 1328 comments on 6 pages.
NB: Shoud the original party post mysteriously reappear, I'll delete this one.
We won't allow LJ to crash our party!
Original post
Hi folks! *waves*
Time is flying by, isn't it? It's that time of a year again - I'm getting older. In this case, I'm turning 56 on October 9, which means I'd have been retired for a year already, back under the old regime. Women could retire at the age of 55 back then. So I've decided to ignore all that fantastic headway we've supposedly made towards democracy in the last two decades and have considered myself retired for the last year, blithley overlooking the fact that I'll have to work another 6 or 7 or only God knows how many years.
So, let's party! Last years virtual birthday party yielded 943 comments on 7 pages, which won't be easy to top, but we're good, aren't we? WE CAN DO IT! WE CAN BREAK THE 1000-COMMENT-BARRIER! So, let's give it a try! In the recent years, it has always been great fun, so let's have fun again!
You're all cordially invited to help yourself to a slice of virtual cake of your choice. If you want to post your favourite recipe in a comment, be my guest. If not, just drop by and say hello.
Cheers!
Note: The party will be closed on October 9, at midnight, sharp.
Join us and have fun! Feel free to start any thread, any topic you want; we can discuss it, mock the general stupidity of life and laugh at it.
Last count was 1328 comments on 6 pages.
NB: Shoud the original party post mysteriously reappear, I'll delete this one.
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(no subject)
Date: 2012-10-09 02:29 pm (UTC)> *nods* There seems to be very little good on tv... I don't know - I guess
> Babylon 5 spoiled me for arc plot (in that most things there fit -
> there are a few odds and end s that seem to be dropped but not may) - I
> guess there just needs to be someone in charge who is looking at the big
> picture more than writing episodes...
(no subject)
Date: 2012-10-09 02:30 pm (UTC)Babylon Five is yet another thing that I've never seen that
innumerable people have recommended. DS9 didn't do too badly until the
final season when everything was a bit odd & rushed.
(no subject)
Date: 2012-10-09 02:33 pm (UTC)> Babylon 5 is my favourite tv show - it does an amazing job of arc
> plot, characters (there are so many wonderful characters, including so
> many one episode characters that seem so real and detailing) - in some
> ways it is dated, but in a lot of ways it holds up better than a lot of
> sf shows...
> I haven't seem DS9 properly - I've seen loads of episodes, but not in the
> right order (makes it hard to judge the arc plot) - I should really watch
> it properly :)
(no subject)
Date: 2012-10-09 02:34 pm (UTC)Most people I know who rave about B5 also rave about DS9. (There again,
they're mainly B7 fans originally, which is not something one could
recommend for world-building, continuity, or the like.) It's particularly
good for strong women, and it has a number of memorable one-off
characters.
(no subject)
Date: 2012-10-09 02:36 pm (UTC)> Strong women are good - and sadly rare in tv - I might have to check that
> out at some point (characters are the most important thing to me - I can
> forgive many things in books and tv if the characters are interesting) :)
(no subject)
Date: 2012-10-09 02:36 pm (UTC)Two of the leads (Kira Nerys & Jadzia Dax) present very different
versions of strong women, and neither is defined by her romantic
relationships. Nor are they expected to be chaste to be taken seriously;
in fact they get more action than most of the male leads! And there are
some wonderful minor female characters; in particular, Winn Adami is one
of the most interesting women in televisual sf, to my mind. [Really
must get myself a DS9 icon with a woman on it; both of mine are
Bashir!]
If you do pick it up, S1 is a bit uneven; there are a few poor eps. It
really picks up in S2 through to S6. I didn't like S7 as much, tho'
others differ.