2 posts tagged “firefly”

Okay, so you want to do something to make a birthday shinier. Naturally, you think, "Aha, I'll create the perfect mix CD." So what do you do when the playlist you assemble in your head turns into a trainwreck? Consider:

1. Weird Al Yankovic, "White and Nerdy"
2. Cream, "Tales of Brave Ulysses"
3. Rush, "Rivendell"
4. Annie Lennox, "Missionary Man"
5. The Beatles, "Paperback Writer"
6. Bob Dylan, "When I Paint My Masterpiece"

Six tracks in, and already the playlist is like being violently slammed around on a musical rollercoaster for most of it. And then you realize that "The Ballad of Jayne Cobb" needs to fit in there somewhere, and you just groan in despair.

What television show stands the test of time?

Firefly does, more than, IMNSHO, any other Joss Whedon show (although Buffy's "Once More With Feeling" is admittedly brilliant). Firefly has a detailed 'verse with well-rounded characters (Simon, Simon, Simon -- you are so beautiful, and so selflessly dedicated, and so brilliant, and this sweet young thing follows you around with the very warmest of intentions, and you then stab her by saying something amazingly offensive) whose destinies you actually care about. Sure, there were only fourteen episodes -- so it never had time to jump the shark.

But I think I can now confidently award the Earliest Appearance of a Very Difficult Student medal to someone I teach English with. Yes, I can.

My officemate gave a quiz with this question:

True or false? The following is a good, arguable thesis statement: A healthy heart is the key to a healthy life.

This was a T/F quiz question about thesis statements, right? But one guy emailed my officemate and complained. He felt that "it doesn't matter how healthy your heart is" -- that one's Lord alone determines the length of one's life, not, say, fatty sclerosis, infarcts, what have you.

This is great news, my friends. Unless you're a cardiologist, in which case apparently you're in league with Satan.