*raises fist at brain*

How crap is this? After two hours of dozing, I got up and got ready for bed. And now my gorram brain won't shut off to let me sleep!!! Pieces of potential fic keep being tossed around by portions of my brain and my muse while nothing I attempt to focus on will let it slow down again enough for sleep to come. And I need sleep so I can get up and do laundry early tomorrow as well as do my gorram poster. Arrgh.

Guess this means I officially procrastinated too long. I knew I should have done the poster and then seen Serenity.

Ahh well, I guess I'll type up my reactions now --- I think the moodiness mostly passed. One word of warning though, I still haven't read ANYONE's reactions so if this seems derivative, repetitive, or anything of the such, sorry.

Non-spoilery: I loved it. I honestly did not have any type of problem reconciling the movie with the series and I didn't find myself wishing that it was a series rather than what it was. Joss did an amazing job. I honestly think I preferred this to it being what it would have been in the series (other than then we would have more hours). Why you ask? I think that during Farscape viewing I got very used to incredibly tight and fast storytelling that still had amazing amounts of characterizations within all the speed. And I think this is what Joss accomplished in the movie. Going back to watch Firefly episodes after watching Farscape has actually been difficult because I find myself drifting during the slow pace (and the fact I know the episodes inside and out). Now don't crucify me over this, it's just how I feel. I honestly don't know what my reception of Firefly would be if I'd encountered Farscape first and I can't even fathom to tell the truth.

Additionally, I think the Universal marketing team did a wonderful job of putting together every trailer sequence for the maximum amount of pull and interest without giving away an ounce of the important parts of the stories. Somehow, I truly managed to remain a spoiler virgin and OMG was it worth it.

( On to the spoilery parts. HUGE spoilers for Serenity, the movie. Turn back now if you haven't seen. )

*deep breath*

I feel better having written that out. I do think I just needed time to process it. Thanks to everyone on my flist for helping to keep me a virgin the entire time.

A fic since I can't sleep

Here's a bunny that my muse kept feeding when I was trying to sleep.

BIG SERENITY MOVIE SPOILERS WITHIN!!

Title: Trespassers
Warnings: violence, disturbing images. Serenity movie spoilers
Disclaimer: Joss owns it. We love him (and hate him sometimes too).
word count: 324

( On to the fic )

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Gah, the people at whedonesque are insane. Particularly the thread about money estimates and the freak-outs of "OmG, we might not get a trilogy". (I honestly think the movie would have to bomb if that were to happen.

If you encounter someone in this state, please use the following steps.

1) A very hard slap to the face. Repeat if necessary. As a last resort, use the safe word.

2) Remind them that this is a three day period. Universal also has the money from the advance screenings.

3) Not everyone in the world is a browncoat. Not everyone in the world likes sci-fi. Despite the numbers of Browncoats, this is the type of movie that will grow through word of mouth. Look at how Wedding Crashers opened, for example. At a minimum, the movie will be out for three weeks, I predict. If a strong enough surge occurs for the theaters to retain it (ie, it maintains its current numbers every weekend), we'll have done good.

4) For the love of joss, have you not read anything about movie performances? Everything is performing poorly of late which is why DVD sales now figure into the sequel decisions for any expensive, effect heavy movie. Gas is expensive, tickets are expensive, and frankly, I don't think a lot of people enjoy going to the theaters.

Everyone, take a deep breath and trust in Joss. Universal has done a fantastic job at marketing. Critics love it. It has yet to open world wide. Just calm down.

*hates on body*

Of course, the PMS has to start today. Back aches and my legs won't stop hurting (though, granted, the shoes I wore yesterday probably didn't help but I figured I should get my feet ready for something other than tennis shoes for NY). This is making working at the computer much much more difficult.

I do think though that I'm gonna be blowing some money on a new chair. This thing is killing me.

Back to work.

*bangs head*

Why is it always after dark when I realize that a piece of data I need is at work?? Gaaah.

Guess I'll do as much as I can tonight and throw the rest together tomorrow morning. Methinks my insomnia will be chronic till NY when I'll redevelop my coffee habit in earnest!

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Uggh, I think I have things together. I need to talk to my boss to see if she agrees with how I'm presenting some of it, grab a figure from work, determine if I have space for all the actual figures and decide whether or not to write a real intro. Still, doable.

And doing crap like this reminds why I hate science. Or at least any science that I actually produce. I never get the simple controls, I always have fifty thousand to page through to create an understandable graph for a presentation. On the upside, I guess I have 4-5 for my thesis committee meeting next month.

On the downside, I realized why I can't conglomerate all my data into a big graph --- I've been using differing amts of lysate for all. Which in my head at the time seemed like a good idea. *shrugs*

Hopefully I can actually sleep tonight. Got really tired/bitchy/cranky at 7-9, but pushed through and am now awakish. And I swear to god, if my computer freaks out on me like it did earlier when I do my thesis committee meeting pres, consequences will happen!!.

ETA Ah frell!!! I forgot about all the laundry covering my bed. *whines in frustration*