Just killing time because I can't watch *Jake 2.0*...

[ealgylden]

Couldn't watch Enterprise either, but the few spoilers I heard didn't make it sound like that was a big loss for a Malcolm-lover like myself, so I won't cry. This time of year sure is frustrating, though. Of all the new shows I want to see, there's one I'll have the chance to see. Hmph. Thank god for video.


And I've decided I want to run a marathon. A little background- I'm very much not an athlete. I've always figured team sports and phys ed class were my punishment for being a torturer of puppies in a former life. I fenced some in college, and I hike a bit (as in "wander vaguely through the woods," not as in "follow a ten-mile-long trail over a mountain with a huge pack on my back"), but that's it. Lugging heavy books around is my main exercise.

So why a marathon? Well, it's not marathons themselves that appeal to me (after all, the original runner died. That's a sign, people), just this specific one: Le Marathon du Médoc, in Bordeaux, as described in October's Food & Wine. Bordeaux as in wine country, as in you run past some of the greatest vineyards in the world, and at the water stops, they feed you wine and local delicacies like cheeses and sausages. Can you imagine? Run, run, run through the French countryside, and just when you think you're gonna die, hey, there's Château Lafite Rothschild waiting for you with wine and nibblies. Incredible. I love France. So that's definitely getting added to my list of "Exhausting, Athletic-type Things To Do Before I Die" (along with "walk across Great Britain along Hadrian's Wall," "follow the Camino de Santiago from Le Puy to Santiago de Compostela," and so on).


So anyway, I hope Christopher Gorham was cute and interesting (and slashy), though I'm sure he couldn't be otherwise. His show, on the other hand... well, fingers crossed. (Incidentally, it's funny that I've posted about both Dead Poets Society and Swing Kids recently, because my mental shorthand for Christopher Gorham is "Robert Sean Leonard 2.0." Go figure.)

Oh, and is anyone else scared to do that "describe me in one word" meme?

Comments

[castalianspring.livejournal.com]

As much as I like Trip and Malcolm, I'm having a hard time mustering any enthusiasm for the new season. I'll probably watch, but I'm just not excited about it.

I think a marathon is an admirable goal to set for oneself. Here's hoping you get to do it someday.

Oh, and is anyone else scared to do that "describe me in one word?" meme?

A bit, yes :)

[ealgylden.livejournal.com]

As much as I like Trip and Malcolm, I'm having a hard time mustering any enthusiasm for the new season.

Yeah, same here. It sounds like they're dead set on changing the things I liked, and adding a bunch of stuff that doesn't really appeal to me. Angry, bitter Trip... I dunno, I'd have to see him, but it doesn't sound that great to me. T'pol getting even more emotional? They do remember she's Vulcan, right? And the spoilers I read were all about Archer, who managed to annoy me even in snippet form, which is a bad sign. So yeah, not that excited.

(Oh good, it's not just me then. I'm a little curious, but still...)

[castalianspring.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I liked Trip very much just the way he was. I'm not sure they have the depth to do angry, bitter Trip well. Maybe the actor can pull it off, though. T'Pol really grew on me, and I quite like her, but I don't want her to be too emotional.

Archer just annoys me by breathing. I mean, gazelles!

I like the idea of having marines on the ship (hey, old nautical parallels, yay!), but considering they have enough trouble finding storylines for the characters they already have...not a great idea to add more.

[ealgylden.livejournal.com]

I like the idea of having marines on the ship (hey, old nautical parallels, yay!), but considering they have enough trouble finding storylines for the characters they already have...not a great idea to add more.

Exactly. It's already the Archer/Trip/T'Pol show as it is, and every once in a while they remember to toss a line at Malcolm, Hoshi or Phlox. Mayweather, sheesh, poor guy has a name and that's just about it. So now we have a herd of new people to squish in? I have my doubts (although now they do make a nice supply of redshirts, so that bit's okay *g*). Plus, I still think they should have promoted Malcolm to Lieutenant Commander. I'm a bit nervous about how having all these marines around is going to affect him and his position, especially since he's just a lieutenant. We'll see, I guess. Hmph.

[castalianspring.livejournal.com]

I think the actor playing Mayweather must have died, so they're using a cardboard cut-out/standee of him instead. He just sits there with no expression and nothing to do.

Oh, a promotion for Malcolm would be great, and give him a bit more seniority. He needs to have at least some control of those marines.

Hee. Redshirts, marines, lobsters. It all fits together ;)

[carolinecrane.livejournal.com]

Terrified of the meme.

As for Christopher, the show was quite entertaining, although not slashy in the least. My mom thinks Kyle (one of the NSA desk jockeys) has a crush on Jake, but Jake's very much a straight boy. Painfully so, sadly, so it's heartbreak central for poor Kyle. My mom likes the tragic OTPs, evidently.

[ealgylden.livejournal.com]

Whew, not just me then.

And I think I'd like your mom; unrequited crushes are fan candy for me (bit of a masochistic streak, maybe). Too bad about the lack of slash, but I'm glad to hear that the show's fun. I want it to do well, because I think Christopher's really talented and deserves a good show. Not that that ever seems to matter. So apparently there's some cute doctor girl he should be crushing on instead of.... whoever he does like? How frustrating, crushes on the wrong folks all around.