SRP, TNG, PS3

[orangerful]

crazy busy day today - first day of Summer Reading Program registration. In the Young Adult department alone, we had 104. One Hundread and FOUR! That's crazy. Who are these teens that don't know they are supposed to be sullen and "too cool" for the library? And why are they not coming to my programs??? I hope some of them show up for my "Bookend Art/Decorate the Library" event next week. Or I will be sad as I just spent $30 on craft supplies...

Firefly Blu-Ray came in the mail today (Thank You Amazon's Gold Box deal). I cannot wait to watch it all over again plus all the extra special goodies. I <3 commentary.

I'm 100 pages into Wil Wheaton's Just a Geek and I'm really enjoying it. He's just so personable. And I think all of the stuff he's going through, even though he's an actor and working in a completely different profession than me, it's still all very relatable. The self-doubt, the voice in your head telling you to make a name for yourself...I was so happy to read that he's guest starring on Leverage this season since in the book he's talking about not getting a lot of jobs.

Part of me wants to re-watch Star Trek:The Next Generation but part of me is afraid that it won't have aged well at all. I'm a different TV viewer than I was however many years ago that was on the air. ST:TNG and ST:TOS were both episodic shows and I'm so used to series with HUGE plot arcs that span the entire season, with characters that change and develop from episode to episode. Will I be able to watch TNG and not feel frustrated by their static characterization? ST:TOS doesn't bother me as much because I've seen it many times in reruns and it was already old. But I grew up on TNG, so it doesn't feel as old...but sometimes I'll catch a few moments randomly on TV and it just looks so old.

Maybe Netflix will eventually have it streaming via Xbox...that's how I'm rewatching bits of TOS. Yeah, they are cheesy but the stories still work...or maybe I just know so many of the stories so well now, it doesn't matter how many blocks of wood they pass of as "computer discs".

Tomorrow is a belated birthday/early father's day celebration at my parents' place. I'm skipping out of work at 1pm and driving to their place since AD will have class all night. I got my dad a PS3 - partly because they are damn cool but mostly because I have massive guilt about telling him to buy an HD-DVD player last christmas. *headdesk* Plus, he's big into First Person Shooters and I think it would be easier for him to get his hands on games if he just had a console instead of a PC. Yeah, he'll have to learn the controls but in the end, I think there are more games to choose from.

Plus my mom can download Lumines and go crazy. haha.

Anyway, off to bed! Have a lovely Tuesday everyone!

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[ekaterin24.livejournal.com]

Summer Reading...Aaaaaahhhhh!!! ::runs around in small circles:: We start registration on Wednesday.

We had our first batch of volunteer teens (4 boys) come in last night to help. They were pretty good, except for not being able to cut out T-shirt patterns (kids who register are going to write their names on and decorate the t-shirts, then we'll hang them like laundry lines from the kids' area ceiling).

[orangerful.livejournal.com]

all the volunteers are downstairs in the children's/middle school area so its just me upstairs signing teens up and hoping they come back for my programs. I can't believe how many high schoolers have registered! A lot of 9th graders but a surprising amount of 10th and 11th too!

[jellibean.livejournal.com]

Your news about the 104 summer readers made me really happy. Hooray for reading! ^_^

I grew up watching TNG, but I don't remember a lot of episodes. Joe and I have been watching it a lot recently (he torrented all the episodes) and I've really been enjoying it. I think you should give it a try.

[orangerful.livejournal.com]

yeah, I grew up on TNG but can barely remember any plot points, except for the one when Q is made human and spends the whole episode harassing other characters by wishing he had said his punishment should have been to be their race. LOL! Oh, and Lt. Barkley...I remember him and his holodeck Hahahaha.

Hm...looks like one of the basic network channels reruns TNG at 1am...should set up the DVR ...

[jellibean.livejournal.com]

I don't think I remember Lt. Barkley... I just keep picturing Barkley from Sesame Street in a Starfleet Uniform. ^_^

[orangerful.livejournal.com]

he's like an uber-wuss. He's afraid of the transporter and all sorts of other stuff. Eventually they go to look for him and find him on the holodeck and he's got all these different versions of the crew there...hi-larious.

[theoldmelody.livejournal.com]

As a huge TNG fan, I think the show aged great, but that may be biased ;)

Seriously though, the beginning is a little rough just because it's so cheesy, but isn't everything at first? It gets better with every season imo. Also, I think TNG is way better than TOS, so if you can watch those reruns, you should def be able to watch TNG! haha

We have TNG at our library, does HCPL carry it?

[orangerful.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the one piece jumpsuits were not the best costuming move in Trek history LOL! Do you call the tugging of a shirt down right after you have stood up a "Picard Maneuver" or is that just my family?

I am pretty sure HCPL has it...just not sure if I should jump into Encounter at Farpoint or ease myself in with s2...when does Riker have his beards?

[toothlesshag.livejournal.com]

I watch TNG reguarly whenever it is on TV. I still love it. I feel like those people raised me as much as Mr. Rogers did.

[orangerful.livejournal.com]

Every Saturday night, in front of the TV from 7-8...I remember because any time we went to Saturday night mass I wanted to rush home so we didn't miss any of the show! I guess I'll check out the DVDs and relive the magic!

[faeriesfolly.livejournal.com]

Holy crap 104. Wow.

This reminds me that I need to go by and drop off all the little stuff I have collected for ours. Hmmm... I would run out and do it now, but I called off work at Gamestop. *paranoid*

You're a good daughter. haha. I'm sure he'll love it. Dad is one of the reasons I want to get a game system again. Probably XBox360 cause then he can play online with my brother (and so can I).

[orangerful.livejournal.com]

You can play with me on Xbox360 tooooooo! :D