Star Wars Confessions

For anyone who knows me, the following will be a horrifying revelation. Luckily the problem has now been remedied so there isn’t much cause for alarm!

Until about 2 months ago, I had never seen The Empire Strikes Back or Return of the Jedi… I’ll just give that a second to sink in.

Now, had anyone asked me, I would have sworn blind I had and I could hold a conversation with any buff about the ins and outs of my favourite lightsaber battles and hyperdrive operation. Not to mention my substantial knowledge of the score… which I can now fully appreciate. As a geek there are just some things you have to keep to yourself or risk having your geek card revoked!

There are certain things that very few people watch for the first time as an adult. Things like The Sound of Music, the Wizard of Oz or Bambi, and for most people Star Wars is right up there. It’s hard to say how I managed to miss it, but I imagine it’s probably because my family have such an aversion to sci-fi (though my mum has admitted to being something of a Trekkie in the 60s…). Of course, I have no idea how I would have reacted to seeing it as a child, but I can tell you now, watching it as an adult is a hell of an experience! Knowing you’re watching something completely amazing for the first time, which you can never unsee… admit it, you’re kinda jealous.

Although I had a vague idea of the general story line, I can honestly say I had no idea of how it was going to end. When Luke’s hand was cut off I nearly wet myself, and when Darth Vader threw the Emperor down the shaft my heart was beating so hard I could barely hear the TV.

Now I’m going to do the unthinkable and definitely risk losing my geek card forever… yes, I have seen the new trilogy, yes I liked them (admittedly, nowhere near as much as the original trilogy) and (here goes)… they almost enhanced the experience a little more. As much as you might not like to admit it, the characters have am important back story which affects the original trilogy. While knowing this back story may have ruined certain aspects (like Vader being Luke and Leia’s father… but come on, I don’t live in a cave), it meant I understood references, saw symmetry and generally followed the story line much better.

Though the high I experienced at the time has passed, and the history of lies may obscure the exact timeline, I will never forget how I felt the first time I saw these movies. Anything that has had such an enormous impact on popular culture has to be seen to be believed; and I should probably leave it at that before I come up with any more clichés.

Someday I’ll go through the details more carefully, but for now… Luke is made of awesome and Han and Leia’s kiss in The Empire Strikes Back also had me wetting myself!

Highlight of my Life.

Well… life might be a slight exaggeration. Wil bloody Wheaton laughed at a joke I made!

It’s still cool that my joke was a quote right?

I kissed a vampire… I wish

I’m so embarrassed to report I’ve become one of the millions of people who are completely vampire obsessed! They’re flying at us from all angles at the minute so I suppose it’s not that difficult to believe. There’s a vampire to suit anyone’s taste at the minute so it doesn’t matter what you’re into! Personally, I’ve always been an Angel girl so hot, broody and reluctant about their fate is how I like ‘em!I miss Buffy…

I watched the first episode of True Blood earlier (honestly, I’m surprised I’ve never watched it before!) and it was awesome. I can’t wait to watch the rest. Also, for some reason I will never remember, I watched the first episode of The Lair. HOW could anyone make a show about gay vampires soooo bad?

Rather embarrassingly, what started me in this current obsession wasn’t the Twilight ‘Saga’ or anything vaguely sensible. It was a little known Internet Musical called I kissed a Vampire. Originally I watched it because Lucas Grabeel is in it who I like an appropriate amount. It’s one of the cheesiest things I’ve watched in ages (and I’m always open to cheesiness) but there was something about it I really liked! It doesn’t take itself too seriously, unlike almost everything else vampire related, which is probably why I find it so appealing. Also, did I mention it’s a musical? Now, it would be easy to jump to the conclusion that I only liked it because it was a musical but, as Dreamgirls proved only hours ago, I don’t like all musicals. There are only four or five songs in it, but they’re so annoyingly catchy, they’re all I’ve been thinking about for days (except for Data swearing in ST VII, but I’ll get to that another time). I’m actually annoyed there’s so little of it. It’s only like, half an hour long and hasn’t got all that much music in it, but what’s there is great if you’re not too easily put off by cheese!

So thanks to this completely insane internet musical, I intend to spend the next couple of days re-reading some Twilight! I’m such a loser, but fortunately at the minute I’m one of many!

Obscon Levels

I get obsessed with stuff fairly easily, and my friend Dave gave me this handy guide so save me from myself if it became necessary:

5 is no obvious obsession, 4 is stirrings of obsession but nothing to worry about, 3 is high likely hood of major obsession but possibly avoidable. 2 is either good major obsession or unavoidable bad major obsession, 1 is bad major obsession where you may kill if distracted from obsession.