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Cylon, Alan Tudyk, and more (oh my!)
Apr. 16th, 2008 11:40 pmThis funny thing happened in my Greek Archaeology class yesterday. Just before class started, I was actually writing the beginnings of a (bsg) fic in the back of my notebook, and I look up and what is my professor writing on the board? CYLON. I did a double-take in my seat.
Apparently, Cylon was this Athenian guy around the 7th century (BCE). He tried to oust the ruling aristocracy in Athens, and he failed spectacularly. He had the support of the army, and others (I think it was basically a populist movement), but yeah, he failed. Most of his followers were killed, and he took refuge in the altar of Athena, where he should have been safe. But he was dragged out and put to death by the Alcmaeonidae (the head honcho family). And this is where the Alcmaeonidae (try spelling that five times fast) picked up a nifty little curse, on account of how you're really not supposed to drag people from the altar. So then the family was cursed; supposedly, they were banned from Athens, but they were only actually kicked out on the rare occasion that someone had enough power to depose them. I wonder if Glen Larson was up on his Ancient Greek history.
Ummmmmm Alan Tudyk...oh yes! I was watching Arrested Development instead of working yesterday (like you do) and started cackling when Alan Tudyk appeared as Pastor Veal. Too funny. I love him. I miss Wash.
And then I took a break from Arrested Development to acquire and watch a certain episode of Robot Chicken, the one with Katee Sackhoff, Michael Hogan, Tahmoh Penikett, and Joss Whedon. Yeah, it was hilarious, although the battlestar bit was unfortunately about 30 seconds long. But still, the whole thing was very funny. I recommend it. The episode is called "Rabbits on a Roller Coaster" for no discernable reason. I don't think there were any rabbits.
I said "and more," was there anything else...? Oh, yes, there was. So I was re-reading old fic of mine (like you do) and this odd thing happened. I was reading Counting Breaths and there's one sentence in the last segment that says the exact opposite of what I meant. The sentence: "She is too tired to miss anyone, and it seems unnatural to be glad they aren’t going through the same hell." I'm not sure how it got all convoluted, but there's that double negative, with the "unnatural" and the "they aren't," and really I think it should have said "sad" instead of "glad" or some variant on that. Nobody commented on it, so I wonder if they assumed that was what I meant or, like me, subconsciously rewrote it in their head to mean what it ought to? Ah well.
Apparently, Cylon was this Athenian guy around the 7th century (BCE). He tried to oust the ruling aristocracy in Athens, and he failed spectacularly. He had the support of the army, and others (I think it was basically a populist movement), but yeah, he failed. Most of his followers were killed, and he took refuge in the altar of Athena, where he should have been safe. But he was dragged out and put to death by the Alcmaeonidae (the head honcho family). And this is where the Alcmaeonidae (try spelling that five times fast) picked up a nifty little curse, on account of how you're really not supposed to drag people from the altar. So then the family was cursed; supposedly, they were banned from Athens, but they were only actually kicked out on the rare occasion that someone had enough power to depose them. I wonder if Glen Larson was up on his Ancient Greek history.
Ummmmmm Alan Tudyk...oh yes! I was watching Arrested Development instead of working yesterday (like you do) and started cackling when Alan Tudyk appeared as Pastor Veal. Too funny. I love him. I miss Wash.
And then I took a break from Arrested Development to acquire and watch a certain episode of Robot Chicken, the one with Katee Sackhoff, Michael Hogan, Tahmoh Penikett, and Joss Whedon. Yeah, it was hilarious, although the battlestar bit was unfortunately about 30 seconds long. But still, the whole thing was very funny. I recommend it. The episode is called "Rabbits on a Roller Coaster" for no discernable reason. I don't think there were any rabbits.
I said "and more," was there anything else...? Oh, yes, there was. So I was re-reading old fic of mine (like you do) and this odd thing happened. I was reading Counting Breaths and there's one sentence in the last segment that says the exact opposite of what I meant. The sentence: "She is too tired to miss anyone, and it seems unnatural to be glad they aren’t going through the same hell." I'm not sure how it got all convoluted, but there's that double negative, with the "unnatural" and the "they aren't," and really I think it should have said "sad" instead of "glad" or some variant on that. Nobody commented on it, so I wonder if they assumed that was what I meant or, like me, subconsciously rewrote it in their head to mean what it ought to? Ah well.
