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My dad recently got into flickr. Most of the stuff he's posted has been novel for its "wow, this is old and on actual film" quality. But this set makes me want to write a pseudo-steampunk novel about Youngstown's further-burnt-out dystopian future. Screwing with my mind even more, those photos are from 1998. My mind immediately rebelled against how old they looked, and then I remembered... 1998 was more than ten years ago. Yikes. (It's also amusing to think of my dad still being chased out of places by the police while I was in 8th grade).
I didn't give much thought to Beirut's new EP, but upon second-listen, Zach Condon's vocals over electronic music is just as haunting and (now that the Balkan sound is a little broken in) somewhat more novel. Also, man, guys, I feel old because I'm officially at the point that some of my favourite musicians are younger than me. Sure, Zach is only a year younger, but it's all downhill from here.
In regards to the BSG finale... I think I cried mostly because the show was over, and I was going to miss the characters. But surely I'm not the only one that felt like the treatment of Adama and Roslin in the end made it seem like so much of the series was about them, and their relationship. That, more than anything, is what made me cry. I was thinking that everyone was going to die, and it was all right. They got their moments, and it was really, really nice. I love them both. Of all the things the show did right, I think Adama and Rolsin's relationship was probably the best. Sure, there's all the moral and cultural parallels, but to me, especially given the finale, those themes are kind of overwrought. I'm not one much for the beauty of simple human love, but man, those two were wonderful. It was almost nice enough that I can forgive the robot montage at the end, and the strip club retirement scenes. I think, given all the really, really loose ends, it was stretching way too hard for a moral, so I just can't accept that. That aside, though, I have a feeling re-watching the finale at any point in the next few months would just make me notice everything that didn't quite line up and ruin what afterglow I have. Someday I'll go back and re-watch the whole series. And I'm totally glad I was keeping up with the show as it was going along, rather than only finding out now. I'm kind of disappointed that most of the set pieces being auctioned off are way out of my price range.
P.S. It looks like my dear favourite St. Vincent is riding high on SXSW propaganda (well, I still put value in a favorable mention in the NYT). I wish I'd talked to her long enough two years ago that she'd remember me, so I could give her a hug if I go see her in June.
I didn't give much thought to Beirut's new EP, but upon second-listen, Zach Condon's vocals over electronic music is just as haunting and (now that the Balkan sound is a little broken in) somewhat more novel. Also, man, guys, I feel old because I'm officially at the point that some of my favourite musicians are younger than me. Sure, Zach is only a year younger, but it's all downhill from here.
In regards to the BSG finale... I think I cried mostly because the show was over, and I was going to miss the characters. But surely I'm not the only one that felt like the treatment of Adama and Roslin in the end made it seem like so much of the series was about them, and their relationship. That, more than anything, is what made me cry. I was thinking that everyone was going to die, and it was all right. They got their moments, and it was really, really nice. I love them both. Of all the things the show did right, I think Adama and Rolsin's relationship was probably the best. Sure, there's all the moral and cultural parallels, but to me, especially given the finale, those themes are kind of overwrought. I'm not one much for the beauty of simple human love, but man, those two were wonderful. It was almost nice enough that I can forgive the robot montage at the end, and the strip club retirement scenes. I think, given all the really, really loose ends, it was stretching way too hard for a moral, so I just can't accept that. That aside, though, I have a feeling re-watching the finale at any point in the next few months would just make me notice everything that didn't quite line up and ruin what afterglow I have. Someday I'll go back and re-watch the whole series. And I'm totally glad I was keeping up with the show as it was going along, rather than only finding out now. I'm kind of disappointed that most of the set pieces being auctioned off are way out of my price range.
P.S. It looks like my dear favourite St. Vincent is riding high on SXSW propaganda (well, I still put value in a favorable mention in the NYT). I wish I'd talked to her long enough two years ago that she'd remember me, so I could give her a hug if I go see her in June.
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...I've still only ever watched the first season. I really need to watch the rest at some point. >>;
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You should, you really should. Someday I'm going to rewatch it, because I've forgotten so much of what went on in the beginning and middle.
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I thought you would appreciate today's comic. And by appreciate... well, I'm not sure what I mean, but probably not actually appreciate. XD It's late, shaddup.