I was and still am put off by Mal’s sudden antipathy toward River at the beginning of Serenity. I mean, the plot dictated it, but it seems like such a huge jump from how the series was having him treat her.
Especially when there was an episode where he explicitly made the Tams part of the crew (I forget the name, but the one where they had to leave them on the planet and then they came back for them at the end). I read it as a semi-necessary nod to setting up tension for people who hadn’t seen the series, but it could have been done more elegantly.
This is more of a bitter-sweet day.
My little girl turns 2 today. I wish that I could be with her to hold her, give her hugs and cuddles, and to see her smiling and laughing.
Except her mother and I separated in April and I am being denied access to our daughter. I don’t want to get all lawyered-up and legal, but it’s looking like I am going to have to walk that path.
Eff that with a big donkey dong.
I get that people stop getting along, but I will never understand the “so there” attitude so many people get.
I hear you, as I said in the relationship thread, I’ve been through that from the kid’s perspective. But I strongly advise you to get a lawyer, get one fast, and get one with the tenacity of a velociraptor.
Letting it go too long, or being too nice, only makes things worse. It’s not about you, it’s not about the ex, it’s about your daughter. She has as much right to spend time with her daddy as your ex has a right to breathe.
And once you have visitation again, love that little girl with every ounce of your being. If things get really nasty, get her counseling.
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@dakboy, May I ask why you are visiting Seattle? You can say no. Just wondering, because if you have any holes in your schedule, I bet @sig and I can find a way to take you to dinner… 
I wrote over 4000 words in a story yesterday, despite Pages deleting the first hour or so of work when my battery died––because old iWork Pages has no autosave, and I lost the compulsion to hit Cmd+S when I started using Scrivener for larger projects. I was only planning to write a SCENE, but it has turned into the impetus for my NaNoWriMo novel in November. 
And I’ve ported it over to Scrivener, so I can have autosave again. Stupid Pages.
I never thought that. Is she better? Sure. But I got the impression that at the end of the movie there was still plenty wrong with her.
You can totally ask me why I’m visiting Seattle (it’s all over Twitter, so it’s not much of a secret)!
I’ll be attending the PASS Summit. Staying downtown right across from the convention center. My schedule is pretty much packed - when I arrive on the 4th (Tuesday), I’m making a beeline for Fremont to visit Geocaching HQ, then back downtown to check into the hotel, sign into the conference and then do the welcome reception.
I’m already lining up dinner plans for Wednesday, and there’s a big event Thursday night (but I don’t know how early it starts). My flight home is Friday night at 9:30.
So, uh…I’m not sure what time the reception is on Tuesday, nor when things wrap up on Friday. Those look like the most likely candidates, at least until I figure Thursday out.
She was sane enough for Mal to trust her at the helm of Serenity. That’s a pretty big leap.
Alrighty. If there’s time, let us know––but no worries! I don’t want to snatch your downtime, either. We can wave at you from across the water if it doesn’t work out this time.
Downtime? I’m allowed downtime at this shindig? The way I’m figuring it, I’ll be awake for about 22 hours on the 4th (0630 flight from the east coast, I live 45 minutes from the airport, so I’ll be up at 0430), get about 6 hours of shuteye, then head out for a 5K down to and along the waterfront on the morning of the 5th.
Sleep at this event is for chumps. I can sleep on the plane home.
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I’ve tried being nice about things.
Being nice has not worked and now it’s time to up the game. So yeah, conversation with legal people coming on Friday.
This is all I’ll say on the matter in a public forum. At least until I have a resolution one way or the other.
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Scrivener for the win!!
That is one awesome piece of software.
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Bright, shiny new intarwebz.
Also, not so happy, the Iron Gym workout bar came today, but doesn’t fit the doors here because the framing around the doors is too wide. But I can still use it for sit-ups, pushups, and dips (no heckling please).
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I sent in a résumé on the request of an officer I used to work for, who is now in the civilian world and looking for first line leaders.
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But when I put my hand up on your hip when you dip I dip with you.
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Always nice to have people seek you out.
Fingers crossed here.
Keep your hands to yourself, I don’t date straight guys.
My new arrows work so much better than the old ones. I don’t know if there are any other archery nuts here, but shooting arrows without enough spine (stiffness in the shaft) doesn’t do your accuracy and repeatability any good at all. I just wish I’d got them right from the start.
(The guys in the archery shop really should have done a bit better job matching the arrows to my draw length and the poundage of my bow - the limbs may be rated to 30 pounds at a 28 inch draw length, but my draw length is about 31 inches and we measured the draw weight at 36 pounds.)
Yesterday I did a ‘Canberra’ (90 arrows total, 30 arrows at 60 / 50 / 40 metres) then another 72 arrows at 40 metres with a small target (80cm versus 122cm).
Last weekend, as proof that I’m insane, I did a ‘Sydney’ (30 arrows at each of 70 / 60 / 50 metres) followed by a ‘Junior Canberra’ (30 arrows at each of 40 / 30 / 20 metres). And loved it.
I don’t know what we’re shooting today, if anything, but I’m going to have fun.
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That won’t be a problem. I don’t date gay guys.
(And where’s the emoticon for “spoken tongue-in-cheek”???)