It's a gorgeous rainy day here in Southern Orange County now that the promised storm has blown in from the ocean. The plants and trees seem palpably excited to drink the fresh water and the breeze is so soft and cool it seems like a caress.
I suspect we will spend the day enjoying each other's pleasant company and watching at least a few episodes of Stargate:SG1--Season 10. I downloaded the season from I-Tunes a few months ago and have been enjoying watching it while working out on the elliptical climber at the gym. It's like a little reward for getting myself there and it makes the time go must faster.
I must confess, I am a sci-fi fan. The love affair began with Star Trek. I was entranced by the Trek universe's optimistic culture, diversity, and the sheer adventure of space travel. Star Trek also holds a special place in my heart because one afternoon in 1979, my friend Erik Kieser and I bonded over talk of copper-based blood and favorite Trek episodes in the stairwell of dorm Rho at Pepperdine University.
It's a little know factoid that Dan and I attended a Star Trek convention in the mid-80's. He loves sci-fi nearly as much as I do and we've watched quite a few sci-fi series together. We've seen all of the Trek movies often enough to be able to quote lines from our favorites.
I've seen quite a few of more recent TV sci-fi as the love affair has continued. I watched all of Farscape on DVD and found it to be the most creative of recent sci-fi. I was enchanted by Firefly's campy mix of the western and sci-fi cultures (and will remain ever grateful to Dan's brother, Steve, for introducing me to the series one Christmas).
I fell hard for the new Battlestar Gallactica and have been suffering withdrawals while waiting for their new season to start (in 2008!). It's interesting that this series intrigues me in the opposite way from Star Trek. It's a dark vision of the future. Machines made to imitate man that do their job too well and become genocidal. Men fleeing for survival but taking all their worst traits with them into the struggle. I'm not sure it would have appealed to me in the 60's, but it works in today's world with this adult woman.
Stargate SG1 is a series I originally loved, then grew disaffected and bored with, and have been pleased to rediscover in its last season. They've taken some of the best aspects of the genre, included a wink or two to a knowledgeable audience, and created a mix of danger and optimism that harkens back more to Trek than to its competitor, Battlestar. The writing is top notch, the acting is full of energy and wit, and the addition of Ben Browder and Claudia Black to the cast was a win for the series. Too bad it's over...but maybe a movie?
Anyway, I'm off to make lunch and hunker down with cross stitch and sharing the season with my favorite man.
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