Sep. 13th, 2009

WAAAAAH

Sep. 13th, 2009 03:25 pm
taleya: (Default)
i realised last night that there are only two episodes left of The Colony.  For those of you who haven't seen it, check it out. Part reality (gag) tv, mostly social experiment, a group of people are stressed out, then plonked in a cordoned off area mimicking a post-apocalyptic event.   The supplies they have are what they can scavenge.  There is no help from the outside world, and their task is to survive, and rebuild.  It's brilliant. I fucking love it. People are chosen for their skills, over their ability to start drama-inducing arguments, a or photogenic qualities.  There's a handyman, a mechanic, a doctor, a trauma nurse, an ex-military, an IBM computer engineer, a personal fitness trainer, etc, etc..... Oh I love it. They're insanely inventive..  (and Mike is a complete pissface assbag who needs to be beaten with a broom handle. Seriously. The guy may have the chops, but he panics too easily and sees it as his feifdom. )

John C - holy shit, this dude is insane. In a good way. An IBM engineer, he's like the fucking professor from Gilligan's Island. so far he's built from scratch a water filtration unit, an ozone purifier for the water,  a spark-gap transmitter, a wood gasifier for fuel, a tracking system for solar panels, a flamethrower, a giant tazer...I'd be completely unsurprised if at some time in the next two episodes he built a tv out of coconuts.

Vlad. Rocks. Period. Holy shit, ex hardcore military turned engineer, speaks seven languages, tracker, hunter, realist....remind me - if ever there's an apocalyptic event, MAKE SURE I'M LIVING NEAR VLADIMIR BECK.  *nods*

 Check it  out - well worth the watch.

WAAAAAH

Sep. 13th, 2009 03:25 pm
taleya: (Default)
i realised last night that there are only two episodes left of The Colony.  For those of you who haven't seen it, check it out. Part reality (gag) tv, mostly social experiment, a group of people are stressed out, then plonked in a cordoned off area mimicking a post-apocalyptic event.   The supplies they have are what they can scavenge.  There is no help from the outside world, and their task is to survive, and rebuild.  It's brilliant. I fucking love it. People are chosen for their skills, over their ability to start drama-inducing arguments, a or photogenic qualities.  There's a handyman, a mechanic, a doctor, a trauma nurse, an ex-military, an IBM computer engineer, a personal fitness trainer, etc, etc..... Oh I love it. They're insanely inventive..  (and Mike is a complete pissface assbag who needs to be beaten with a broom handle. Seriously. The guy may have the chops, but he panics too easily and sees it as his feifdom. )

John C - holy shit, this dude is insane. In a good way. An IBM engineer, he's like the fucking professor from Gilligan's Island. so far he's built from scratch a water filtration unit, an ozone purifier for the water,  a spark-gap transmitter, a wood gasifier for fuel, a tracking system for solar panels, a flamethrower, a giant tazer...I'd be completely unsurprised if at some time in the next two episodes he built a tv out of coconuts.

Vlad. Rocks. Period. Holy shit, ex hardcore military turned engineer, speaks seven languages, tracker, hunter, realist....remind me - if ever there's an apocalyptic event, MAKE SURE I'M LIVING NEAR VLADIMIR BECK.  *nods*

 Check it  out - well worth the watch.

taleya: (Pissed Off)

So, for those of you that missed it, someone on Fandom Secrets posted a secret expressing relief at seeing a "normal" sci fi fan. Complete flamebait, but hell, the responses were hilarious.

Then one person went on a rant basically stating that if she had the choice between being a vapid fashion whore or a geek, she'd choose geek.  Now, you guys know me - pretty much the only things feminine about me are my twat and tits, but for some reason that one (especially the way she phrased it) really got up my arse.   We get enough shit about the stereotype, now people are actively promoting it?  I'm sorry, if your ideal of a true geek or nerd is that they must be a four hundred pound fuck-ugly woofer then I'm gonna smack the shit outta you.   For fucks sake, there's such a thing as being presentable in public.   Put on a clean t-shirt for fucks sake and take care of yourself.  I'm not talking about four rounds of lipo and a boob job, but at least change your underpants occasionally and develop some sort of conversational ability and idea of personal space, yanno?

I guess the trope is true...geeks are nerds with social skills.


*grumbles back to turning people into chickens and bitchslapping bile demons*
 

taleya: (Pissed Off)

So, for those of you that missed it, someone on Fandom Secrets posted a secret expressing relief at seeing a "normal" sci fi fan. Complete flamebait, but hell, the responses were hilarious.

Then one person went on a rant basically stating that if she had the choice between being a vapid fashion whore or a geek, she'd choose geek.  Now, you guys know me - pretty much the only things feminine about me are my twat and tits, but for some reason that one (especially the way she phrased it) really got up my arse.   We get enough shit about the stereotype, now people are actively promoting it?  I'm sorry, if your ideal of a true geek or nerd is that they must be a four hundred pound fuck-ugly woofer then I'm gonna smack the shit outta you.   For fucks sake, there's such a thing as being presentable in public.   Put on a clean t-shirt for fucks sake and take care of yourself.  I'm not talking about four rounds of lipo and a boob job, but at least change your underpants occasionally and develop some sort of conversational ability and idea of personal space, yanno?

I guess the trope is true...geeks are nerds with social skills.


*grumbles back to turning people into chickens and bitchslapping bile demons*
 

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