Firefly

First, let me thank pmk, soon to be proud owner of the Storm Launcher, for letting me assume the reins at patrick.com for a bit. He’s made me promise not to let it devolve into some My Little Pony forum, which is kind of disappointing, but I’ll do my best.

Although I’m a huge fan of sci-fi shows and was in America at the time, I completely missed out on the Joss Whedon-created series Firefly. It’s an outer-space Western (if that makes any sense), with intelligent writing, interesting story lines and a talented cast. It ran in 2002, and was cancelled after eleven episodes. Too bad it had a bad name and an even worse soundtrack. It’s a pity, as it was a clever show with some real potential. Serenity, a film continuing where the series left off, was released last year, and I’m going to get it on DVD.

What boggles my mind, though, is that this sort of thing is right up my alley, and I only learned of it a few months ago. How does that happen? And then I remember what I was doing in the fall of 2002: graduate school and opera rehearsals. One of the worst things about being an opera singer? Completely falling off the face of the earth for weeks at a time. pmk, it’s a good thing you’ll be back starting November 7, because come November 20, I’ll be back in Hamburg, up to my knees (literally) in sand and Monteverdi, desperately trying to get pirated wireless on the balcony, and falling behind on what’s going on in the world.