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Hey, I’m honored. Thank you. I hope that you enjoy the blog. Text postings mostly dealing with random reviews, personal feelings, Supernatural, Star Trek and a number of other things. So, welcome and enjoy! And again, thanks.

Star Trek has had numerous incarnations and revamps over the years including book series, movies, and different television series. That being said, I am a Star Trek fan. A few minor things to get out of the way before I delve into random ideas/personal thoughts and feelings about the show itself, I question certain representations.

Now, I am a fan of D & D, video games, Lord of the Rings (admittedly I have not finished the book series), a number of Science Fiction themed shows/movies, to some minor extent horror, and of course Star Trek. That being said, why is it that these things tend to be mocked and/or shown to be only enjoyed by overly zealous males? That does not make sense to me. Or, even if the fan (let’s stick to sex nutrality (gender is mindset, not physical body)) is “over zealous”, why are they characterized as almost ludicrously obsessive, weak, continuously secluded, and plain…not of the “norm”? Certainly human beings are divided into numerous social groupings based on interests, that is normal. By why is this particular type of individual classified as an other in regular society and in the media? I am apart of this group, why can I not simply be seen as a passionate individual who has diverse interests? Why is it “normal” as the stereotypes seem to have reflected for over a century apparently, to be focused on outdoors, athletes, large group interactions (dances and parties), dating, appearances? Now of course, these are general as well, but this seems to be the focus of normality.

Take for example the Disney showI’m in the Band, the smart teen was characterized as a bullied, “overly excited” about learning/math, honest (stressed when forced to lie), person and by that extent uncool. The main character Trip, breaks rules, plays pranks, makes fun of people, dresses in what could be considered stylish clothes, focuses a GREAT deal of energy in obtaining girls, and is seen as the hero.

I know that doesn’t particularly have to do with fandoms but it does have to do with interests. The math enthusiast is not cool, can’t dance, is just made to be goofy for what he does. Trip follows the ideas of normal coolness and is accepted and even adored to an extent.

And the whole separation of male and females in the aforementioned genres bothers me. Why can’t we simply say we are all fans and not have everyone get surprised because a woman walked  in? Or make rude comments about how women are not as good at somethingbecausethey are women? That is rude.

Can you tell this was bothering me?

So back to Star Trek. Star Trek was introduced to me by my dad but that doesn’t mean I liked it. As a kid I didn’t appreciate it, the story telling, the characters, none of it. Not to mention the show was created in the 60s and to me it looked very bland (come to find out it had a limited budget). Years down the road it is re-discovered and I have become a huge fan. I haven’t see all of any particular series admittedly, but that does not disclued me as any less of a fan. I still enjoy it, catch reruns, own a number of the films. The series (as many who follow this blog will know) I follow closely, is TNG (The Next Generation) which is the second series in the Star Trek line.

Data (an android) and Q (a god-like being of mischief) are my favorite characters hands down. Recently I received the Q collection. A set of DVDs with all of Q’s appearances from across all the different series. It is such a treat! I’ve enjoyed all 12 episodes and only wish there had been more. Yet with the limited episodes, I suppose the character retains some charm. Not to mention, I have also obtained my first Q related star trek novel by Peter David (renowned to be an excellent writer for the book series, in particular Q’s unique personality) entitled Q squared. I am thus far confused by the opening, but it is compelling and I cannot wait to delve deeper.

As for Data, I’d recently seen an episode about Data creating a child. Yes I know that this is a tiny bit of a spoiler but be still my readers, I shall say no more. Aside from how excellent the episode was and how great the ethical debates were!

So tell me lovely readers, who are your favorite characters/episodes?

For the past two days I have had no internet. Damn, means I can’t converse with you lovely folks :( Well to make the best of it I decided to save the vlog I had created to upload that night to my computer thus making it a fully readable video file. This failed…horribly. Listen, I love making videos, have a number of them made and ready to load…but I am not waiting (legit what the counter on my movie maker said) 2 million + minutes for the video file to be saved to my computer.

This being said, I am sorry for once again instilling the false promise of a vlog. I’m probably going to go on a  long term hiatus from my youtube channel (not that I wasn’t taking an involentary one as it was) until I have a new computer who can handle the video files.

That being said, I’m just going to continue with the mix of personal and review posts on this blog as if nothing has changed. Maybe even do it more frequently given the lack of a video outlet.

Thank you for your understanding. The next post I make about one of my videos will actually contain a link to said videos…that way it is right there and not an empty promise.

So now it has been a few days, I miss you guys when I can’t get on. How is everyone? I recently got a dvd collection from Star Trek containing all the episodes Q was in (one of my favorite Star Trek characters (mostly in Next Generation)) so I’m going to be having a little marathon. If anyone wishes to chat, I can’t guarentee my internet won’t hate me and shut down, but feel free to send me a message ^^

-Terry

That’s right ladies and gents a brand spakin’ new vlog will be making it’s way to your computer screen tonight! Just after it is loaded fully the link will be place on this blog for your viewing pleasure.

Saw the Avengers in 3D tonight. Now, to get the complaints out of the way so that I can cap it off with goodness,

3D never has appealed to me, but I decided what the heck and saw this one in 3D. When I go to see 3D, I expect some kind of wow feature that isn’t just someone aiming a long, pointing object at the screen to get me to jump, but a real finesse that makes the 3D seem worth while. That being said, sadly The Avengers did not fulfill this aspect. I would’ve been happier paying the smaller fare to see the normal version and wouldn’t have missed out on anything.

The pacing was more about a massive build up and in-team conflict and I understand that, the payoff, great. But still, for whatever reason, some of it seemed to drag a fraction. Just atinyamount.

The humor, brilliantly placed, used throughout the film. Loved it, wished there was even a smidgen more. But that could be due to the fact I am a comedian and always appreciate humor.

The action sequences were astounding. Each character getting focus, each character showing their special skills and personalities with each punch thrown or weapon discharge. No complaints.

I can’t really say there was anything in particular wrong with the movie (3D part aside). I enjoyed it, it stayed true to the characters, had some deep moments of emotion (some played out in Thor/Loki interaction and Captain America/Tony Stark) that were well written. Action was explosions and old fashioned ass kicking. I appreciated this movie as an action adventure superhero genre and would recommend it.

Hello Supernatural fandom!

I am hoping you all are well. Currently I have undertaken a little art project where I am decorating two little cardboard boxes. The themes? Sam and Dean. Now with Dean, I’m finding it very easy to put at least a little positive iconography into the mix, with Sam…I’m finding it difficult given that he has had to cope with a great deal of evil/darkness (more-so than Dean I feel). I want to incorporate things from all across the seasons, it’s just hard for me to think of things for Sam that are Sam’s alone AND have some positive meaning behind it. The only thing I could think of is his knack for research and love of his computer.

I want them to have things that pertain soley to them and not the other Winchester (Dean’s getting the impala (more his than anyone’s) and Sam’s getting things like antlers). A great deal of it will be symbolic and I know that majority of what I would like to do, until my brother pointed out how sad Sam’s box especially was.

So, could someone give me a moment where Sam had something positive for himself? Or even something that isn’t necessarily positive, but a nuetral aspect to Sam?

SPOILER ALERT FOR THOSE WHO HAVE MISSED OUT ON THE LAST FEW EPISODES OF SEASON 7!!!!!

We have gone for the ride down the road of the Winchester brothers. From the beginning with the death of their mother, heaven, hell, Earth and now purgatory. After hearing about purgatory since the length of season 6, we finally make it to the actual place. And it is something out of the darkest, original Grimm’s fairy tales. All the monsters are there. And guess what, so are Castiel (what’s left of him) and Dean (who I wanted to slap often, but damn I still love him).

My questions, when I address the fandom to gain perspective, I tend to be afraid are silly, unintelligent. I hope not, I tend to devote actual brain power when thinking about my questions.

The afterlife, in hell the time weighs on those trapped inside forever and ever. In Heaven it is timeless, no passage of time to drive one insane, and now purgatory. Purgatory is a hellish place cast in forests and darkness and instead of the purely human souls we are accustomed to seeing, it is filled with those who had been transformed in their life into/always born to be, supernatural creatures (vampires, werewolves, shifters, etc).

Now, if the person was human and transformed into a monster, why is it that if they were a good enough person who just had something bad happen to them that death (not meaning Death with the capital D) doesn’t clean the monster out of them and send them up or down? Why do they have to go to this horrible place automatically because of what they are rather than who they are (Amy the Kitsune for example).

And for Purgatory, doesn’t it just seem like a type of hell unto itself? To me, it is almost an extension of the dangers of Earth. You could get ripped to shreds and die just like on Earth, but if you die in purgatory then your soul ceases to exist and poof, bye bye. Does one need to sleep, eat, drink, in purgatory, or does that cease because you’re no longer in a body. In hell one can certainly bleed but that could just be because of the type of magic the place held (evil and dark designed to torture but never destroy a soul). And in Heaven…I get the feeling that seeing as no time passes, you never want for anything, probably no human issues to deal with, so are you always awake?

And as for purgatory, it was created to hold the leviathans according to Death himself. So why did it become the after life for all the “freaks”? How? Did God decide that? And if so, why didn’t he stop Eve’s creations from spreading across the Earth (she was starting up while he was still in the picture). He separated the dangerous leviathans, why not the other dangerous ones too?

Do demons go to purgatory when they die, or do they not exist given that they are twisted souls being destroyed? Angels do not have souls, so how could they progress to any kind of after life (going off the theory that Gabriel and Balthazar might be in purgatory)?

And another thing, does it bother anyone else how reapers operate? It seems that they show up sometimes to take someone’s last breath and cart their soul up or down, but seriously, always they act cryptic. Like anyone wants to go to hell and the reapers pass it off as if they are going to take you on a pleasant drive (they can’t tell you where you’re going and so you know they play the whole “come with me” game to anyone). But if that is the case, why don’t they show up to EVERYONE who dies? Like the sheriff? Granted in the sheriff’s case there was a powerful ghost keeping everyone trapped, but a reaper surely can over power a human ghost? And when they do show up, do they make the call as to whether you were good enough for heaven? How do they send you up or down? Do they bring monsters to purgatory? There just seems a lo to of gaps in reapers to me.

What do you guys all think? Feel free to answer here or drop me a line at my inbox. If I don’t answer that means tumblr ate it, send it again.

-Terry

Questions, comments, concerns, requests?

As a writer I strive to create short stories (one day a worthwhile novel that may end up actually recognized) that have some kind of unique, interesting quality to them that sticks with people. I’m sure that is the goal of a number of artists. One creates just because they are compelled to, they do it for them, and I am no different in that regard. I write snippets every day. I have whole volumes of disjointed paragraphs and sentences that link up to nothing and when returned to, go no where.

And while I try not to force it, and have decided to take a break, that doesn’t mean it still doesn’t stay in my mind. I used to go to an art college where every week I would have schedule of producing a short story for the class to rip apart and/or praise. That was helpful, I honed my craft better and grew as an author to be. But still, without that constant buzz of energy, the reviewing system, that kind of helpful advice, trustworthy critique on a grand scale (classes of 10-25) it feels that my mental state is stagnant. It is hard to find a realistic voice, to develop a story that will seem feasible, and to just make the language accessible enough that it doesn’t sound like one pulled out a thesaurus but genuinely intelligent writing that flows. I can pull out the ten dollar words, just don’t ask me how to spell them. I also am attempting to not put smilies into these text blurbs to see if the reading is interpreted in the way it was intended without them.

I love writing, I miss the regularity, I miss the strong sense of purpose in my stories, I hate that it doesn’t seem easy for me to shake myself awake and do it on my own like I used to. Beginning a story…well I tend to start from the middle. I know the characters, where I want them to go, but they never reach their destination.

I can write my reviews with ease when I settle down and write a few paper/pen drafts first. But for my short stories, I have legit hundreds of notes and to rewrite/rework them grows exhausting. I have a story I am currently developing. I do not want to start from the beginning again, I have the beginning.

Also, character development is crucial because when done incorrectly, oh will the readers let you know. I like characters who are odd simply because they enjoy it, that’s what they do. It doesn’t always have to be stories about oppressed creativity, or abuse, it can just be people being people and expressing themselves in diverse ways because they enjoy to do so and feel no need to accustom themselves to styles of living.

It is the same kind of topic I was talking about earlier, though that was more about motivation, whereas this one is about concerns I have for my writing as a whole.

Sigh, now that this pointlessness is out of the way…

What about you lovely readers?