why do trees keep falling down in front of me

[kitsuki_noriyuki]

So earlier today Karon and I were in Carbondale during this.

I mean it was kinda nasty in Chester on our way down, but it was rather nice when we got to Murphysburo so we thought ya know we were in the clear. Then it got shitty again in Cdale. I swear every time I'd turn to try to get over towards SIUC something would come down across the road,either a tree, a power line, both. We ended up down by the mall sheltering in Macy's loading dock on the leeward side of the building.

Who knew I'd get to say I lived through a hurricane without going to Florida during the stupid season?

Got home around...630 I think, I was getting tired by then, I'd been driving most of the day when we weren't hiding behind the mall and the adrenaline had pretty well died off by that point leaving pretty dead on my feet. Sadly we did not make it to see Star Trek yet so, you can tell me if its cool or not, but no details thanks. In other news I had my first Chalupa today and it was pretty damn tasty.

G'Night

Comments

[silver-tusk.livejournal.com]

Star Trek is cool. Was particularly impressed by the acting, I'd say the casting was perfect all around except for Sarek. Even that actor was mostly just a victim of the writers' inconstant ability to handle Vulcans. Some of the Vulcan stuff was fantastic, but only some.

[kitsukinoriyuki.livejournal.com]

bounce bounce bounce

just got back from it and I agree that Sarek was quite possibly the most underwhelming person in the cast. Switch-katana? I mean we already have telescoping batons so a telescoping epee would have been believable but a switch-katana? While neat for shadowrun, that was a bit overdone.

Outside of that though I gotta say, I'm ready to go see it again.

[silver-tusk.livejournal.com]

I went back and forth on the logic of a switch-katana during that scene, so I can't disagree that it was overdone, but once I checked a wiki to confirm my vague memory that Sulu was seen fencing a few times in the original series I decided that I liked the idea. It makes sense to me that a college aged Sulu would favor a weapon more identified with his cultural heritage before broadening his skills to include the western weapons he's shown using in TOS. Secondly given future Earth's tendency to base its urban planning around significant historical periods (I loved how Iowa just looked like Iowa but with misty arcologies in the background) Sulu could have grown up in Edo period Japan, or in some sort of homage to 22nd century cyberpunk Japan. Maybe the switch katana is an antique!

[kitsukinoriyuki.livejournal.com]

of course assuming the time change of kirks fathers death did not somehow impact the sulu family hikaru should have still grown up in san francisco. I really think the main problem with the switch katana is that it doesn't seem like something that would be standard issue and thus a questionable thing for him to have jumped with.