Animé from ages 15-18. It was the mid-to-late '90s and only the weird kids were into animé. My social life improved immensely when I grew out of that phase.
ugly bag of mostly water
don’t keep sweatin’ what I do 'cause I’m gonna be just fine
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klemptor@startrek.websiteto Casual Conversation @lemm.ee•What's your favourite star trek series and why? eg DS9 TNG etcEnglish41·4 days agoTNG and DS9 are pretty much tied for my all-time favorite. I think both did a great job writing believable characters and conflicts, with compelling standalone episodes and arcs (although to be honest I really hate the pah-waith bits in Seasons 6 & 7 of DS9). For the most part, I both liked and cared about all of the main characters and thought they faced interesting and complex problems that didn’t always have perfect solutions.
VOY and TOS are fun in their own ways but more like comfort food than a whole meal, if that makes sense. As a woman I certainly wouldn’t want to be a crew member on the Enterprise during TOS, and as a viewer I have to work really hard to ignore the rampant sexism, but can still appreciate it for what it is. VOY is mostly fluff but it does give us interesting stories like Year of Hell. I don’t think I’d be friends with many of the crew and sometimes the writing of these characters is frustratingly uneven (especially B’Elanna, which is a shame because she’s my favorite of the bunch). I do think VOY suffers from showing a pristine ship for most of its run (which is one reason Year of Hell stood out so much for me). And I hate the stupid catsuit, heels, and makeup on Seven. She’s a former Borg drone, none of that is functional or pragmatic. (Obligatory ‘Fuck You, Rick Berman’.)
I’ve watched ENT twice but wasn’t crazy about it (my favorite characters were Porthos and Shran). SNW is alright, not great but engaging enough for me to stick with it. I particularly like Number One, M’Benga, and Chapel (and Hemmer, RIP). I don’t like Kirk - he’s horribly miscast. Funny enough, Anson Mount has enough of Shatner’s mannerisms that with different hair, he could’ve been cast as a modern Kirk instead of Pike. But he’s doing a great job with Pike. The writers need to stop messing with Spock being “human” so much. And why are he and T’Pring having sex without pon farr???
DIS is a raging tire fire, I don’t know what they were thinking with that show. The writing was abysmal, the plot holes were humongous, the science was ridiculous (seriously, what on earth was the spore drive? And a sad kid caused the Burn? Give me a break!), the tech was completely discordant with what we know about the 23rd century, the characters were written like awkward and/or angsty teenagers, everyone was constantly sharing their feelings and traumas in the middle of a time-sensitive emergency, death was cheated so many times that the emotional stakes around mortality never felt that real (e.g., Culber’s resurrection via mushrooms, and sUrPriSe Burnham’s mom isn’t really dead, and also when Saru miraculously survived his Vahar’ai), Burnham was practically Space Jesus in that she was always the only one who could save the galaxy, continuity with the rest of Trek was broken left right and center, the Klingon redesign made no sense, and I hated how they wasted the Tal symbiont by making Adira just a painfully awkward teenager instead of someone with 5 prior lifetimes of experience to ground them (not counting Gray who was removed from the symbiont and was a kid anyway)… I could go on but you get the idea. I just finished hate-watching all five seasons and will never watch it again. To say something nice about DIS, I was grateful that none of the female main cast wore catsuits, and I loved the Stamets/Culber relationship - it felt real and lived-in.
I only saw the first season of PIC and that was a hot mess too, I really want to finish it so I can say I’ve watched all of Trek, but I need a palate cleasner first after forcing my way through DIS. Haven’t watched LD but people seem to love it so I’ll probably give it a shot, though I’m not nuts about cartoons. No interest in PRO since it’s for kids, and no real interest in TAS. I might give SA a shot but if it’s like DIS I’ll be bailing.
Welp you didn’t ask for a novel but my power’s out this morning and I’m bored, so there you go!
klemptor@startrek.websiteto Casual Conversation @lemm.ee•What can you not say no to?English4·6 days agoAny dog that wants to say hi to me
klemptor@startrek.websiteto Casual Conversation @lemm.ee•Would you rather have desert for breakfast, or breakfast for dinner?English10·10 days agoBreakfast for dinner, hands down. I’m not much for dessert anyway.
- Watching the blue jays at my bird feeder & birdbath
- My first sip of tea in the morning
- '60s music
- Dogs and cats
- Also horses - I moved to an area with a lot of horse farms and, from my second floor windows, sometimes I can see a horse or two hanging out in a paddock a couple of hills away
- Fun new makeup (one of my most recent new palettes is this:)
klemptor@startrek.websiteto Casual Conversation @lemm.ee•What's a word or phrase you'd like to hear more in day to day life?English1·13 days agoYup, Pusher is the first thing I think of related to cerulean.
klemptor@startrek.websiteto Casual Conversation @lemm.ee•What's a word or phrase you'd like to hear more in day to day life?English1·13 days agoDo you mean the simulacra gave the scene verisimilitude?
klemptor@startrek.websiteto Casual Conversation @lemm.ee•What's a word or phrase you'd like to hear more in day to day life?English2·13 days agoEverybody needs a bosom for a pillow
klemptor@startrek.websiteto Casual Conversation @lemm.ee•How do you take your tea or coffee?English6·15 days agoYorkshire Gold, two sugars, small splash of evaporated milk.
I’m mostly a tea gal but if I’m doing coffee, it’s typically an oat milk cortado with a touch of brown sugar.
klemptor@startrek.websiteto Casual Conversation @lemm.ee•How do you take your tea or coffee?English2·15 days agoGuess I’m a Northerner then
klemptor@startrek.websiteto Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•"1.32 MB" Is that pronounced, "one-point-three-two" megabytes, or "one-point-thirty-two" megabytes?2·17 days agoOne point three two megs
Talk about a relevant username!
I’m curious how that works for health insurance and saving for retirement. Presumably van dwelling requires some amount of working to fund food, gas, and repairs. So I’m guessing Obamacare or maybe Medicaid for health insurance if your income is low enough. But how does planning for the future work?
Ugh me too!
That’s actually pretty attainable!
klemptor@startrek.websiteto Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•How would you feel about the government adding magnesium to water?5·1 month agoI’m not sure, and I know it depends both on the severity of a person’s IBS and the type of magnesium supplement. But I drink a ton of water so I’d hate to have it supplemented with magnesium!
klemptor@startrek.websiteto Casual Conversation @lemm.ee•What phrase do you say a lot, like a personal catchphrase?English2·1 month agoHaha sure, it’s not mine - it came from Muhammad Ali & Sly and the Family Stone
klemptor@startrek.websiteto Casual Conversation @lemm.ee•What phrase do you say a lot, like a personal catchphrase?English2·1 month agoDifferent strokes for different folks!
Don’t compare yourself with others - comparison is the thief of joy. And those people who have graduated are probably trying to get jobs right now. Have you seen the current job market? It’s fucking insane. I don’t know that it’ll be any better in 7 months but I wouldn’t want to be looking for a job right now. Enjoy your reprieve.