I used to really dislike the Ferengi (and still roll my eyes whenever I come across a ferengi-heavy episode because I just. don't. care.). But this guy is growing on me:


I mean, sometimes he's just the supremely irritating comic relief. Slap an accent on him (besides the one all Ferengi have because their false teeth make it hard for the actors to talk without spitting everywhere) and he'd be Jar Jar Binks, but...he certainly has his moments. And I know he gets more shining moments later on, but I just finished watching the Rules of Acquisition and I quite enjoyed his plotline with the female Ferengi.
Now if he could stop being so annoying when he's a secondary character.

Also, I didn't realize my love for this man until it hit me one day out of the blue:


Dude. Odo is AWESOME. And by Odo, I mean Rene's acting. He is absolutely fantastic! I want to act like him. He doesn't miss a beat, he manages even the most awkward and trite dialogue with finesse, and everything he says seems so natural, rather than scripted. It's so easy, in sci-fi TV especially, to be stilted (I'm looking at you Jadzia), and he is superb. Really, really fabulous.

So. Let's talk DS9.

I've been catching up on all my Treks (still have...three episodes of TOS, but I've finished the animated series, only up to season 3 of TNG because I try to watch it on the train but never end up doing it, halfway through seasons 1 and 2 of DS9 because I'm watching them simultaneously, haven't started Voyager, and up to season 3 of Enterprise). This week has been a mostly DS9 mood.

1. I really, really like DS9. We'll see what happens when it starts getting darker, but for now all the characters just make me so happy. Unlike times in Enterprise, where it just took so long for the characters to gel and work together, they had a few moments of contrived difficulty in the beginning and now they're working quite well.

2. Also Garak is the best character ever. And Bashir - despite his rather uncomfortable AWKWARDNESS - is adorable. And Sisko scares the shit out of me sometimes. Like he's gonna snap at any moment but when he does it'll be really cool and he'll talk in that really low voice that lets you know shit is gonna go down.

3. But let's talk about Season 1. SEASON 1. Oh lawd.



This is from an episode called The Passenger, which is actually a fairly decent episode. The basic premise is a ship sends out a distress call, Bashir and Kira answer it, it turns out the ship is transporting a dangerous criminal, the criminal dies but he manages to implant his consciousness (oooheyooooheyoooh) into someone else. They don't know who until the third act, when it turns out - dun dun DUN! - that instead of the person they thought it was, it was BASHIR! Because we totally didn't see that coming when they said the consciousness was transferred via fingernail scratch and Bashir was the one in the chokehold courtesy of the supercriminal back in the beginning.

What that DOESN'T explain, however, is WHY GOD is Bashir-Vantika such an atrocious ham? This is acting on the level of Shatner, here. And it's especially confusing because he really is fantastic actor - I mean, watch him in any scene as Bashir, and he's continually ace even when he doesn't have any lines - but he has a weird voice and strange pauses and it's like every word is being filtered through a first year acting student attempting King Lear. It's just so awkward. I ask you, Siddig El Tahir El Fadil El Siddig Abderahman Mohammed Ahmed Abdel Karim El Mahdi, what is this bullshit.

Luckily, Sisko was there to be awesome:
Dax: "I've been asking myself, why would anyone induct a bioelectric charge into a glial cell?"
Sisko: "A question I have always wondered about."

So it wasn't a total wash.

So, I know most of us have heard of a wonderful little book called The Price of the Phoenix (link to obsessively detailed Wikipedia entry). Basically, it's a Kirk/Spock fanfic that managed to get published. There are also two little compendiums of fanfic called The New Voyages and the New Voyages II.

And they are quite Takei.

So, let's get started, shall we?

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Wow, I didn't realize how much of a lurker I really was...and also I'm regretting this username as it reminds me of high school. Also I'm regretting deleting the LJ I started back in like 2004, because that would have been cool to hang on to. Like, dude...2004!

EDIT: NO. NO REGRETS.
Wow I am on a posting roll today. Can you tell that I'm at a desk job with internet access and not much to do? Temping, how I love you.

The worst part about veganism?

When it's 11:00 am and you're super hungry and there's a box of store bought pastries sitting in the break room. 4 years in and I'm still tempted by croissants.

Enterprise. Is. Awesome.

I don't know why I wasn't a believer before - holy cow, the Mirror!verse episodes? EPIC.


EPIC.

EMPRESS HOSHI SATO UP IN THIS BITCH.

I am desperately hungry.
The kitchen is three feet away.
The kitchen is stuffed with leftover food that I only need to microwave.

I just asked my mom to make me food.

This is really bad. Winter vacation has completely killed my usefulness. I go from being a completely independent, self-reliant young woman to...well, to the dude that still lives in his parent's basement.

So, I saw the Sherlock Holmes movie today with my mom. And it. Was. Awesome. Finally, a Watson who doesn't bumble around uselessly in background while Holmes detects! Gunfights! So much pretty!

So much HoYay!

Yeah. I mean, it wasn't perfect of course, and I have no doubt that the Sherlock purists are going to HATE it. But I think of it in the same way as the Star Trek reboot - lots of pretty, lots of explosions, lots of character development, and it really has its heart in the right place. And holy shit, I do mean lots of pretty. My God, everyone in the movie was so bangable, it was a little uncomfortable at times. And I am so very much wanting a Watson/Holmes/Irene sandwich right now (ugh, that scene when they wake Holmes up and they're both so cute and like "Holmes don't be a doofus, we care for you! *longing glances at Holmes*" and that is my new favorite OT3 of awesome.

Holy shit, does anyone HAVE OT3 fic of them? Must go look, because that would just made my LIFE.

Okay, so I'm trying to avoid packing, so I thought I'd type up this story beginning I found in one of my notebooks. I don't write a lot, so this is a bit rough, but fun!

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So, I tried to make French Onion Soup today. But a vegan version, so no beef broth or cheese. Which, now that I think about it, is pretty much what French Onion Soup is...

Anyway, I caramelized the onions, and they smelled SO DAMN GOOD. And then, instead of adding beef broth, I added red wine, water, soy sauce and a little white vinegar. Now my dorm smells like an alcoholic's esophagus, and the soup is pretty much ruined. Well, I say pretty much, but I'll let the alcohol cook out and see if it's any better.

:(

In other news, I'm testing the theory of making homework disappear by pretending it doesn't exist. School would be so much more fun if they didn't expect me to do anything.