"A whole different kind of action..."

[snapdragon76]

Today our movie night is gonna be held elsewhere. A friend of ours invited us over to her place to watch 'Million Dollar Baby." I said I wasn't sure I wanted to go. Not because I heard the movie is a major tear-jerker, but because I wanted to give mom an opportunity to go and do something without me tagging along. Then I thought, "I really should socialize more." So I'm still kinda on the fence. Maybe I'll call mom at work and explain the sitch to her.

An interesting development has cropped up in the book I'm reading. I'm reading the new 'Star Wars' novel, 'The Joiner King' and it's very good. I mentioned before in this post on my GreatestJournal. Anyway, I've grown very fond of a number of the characters in the newer series due to the fact that I read about thier adventures when they were Jedi trainees in 'Young Jedi Knights.' Two of them, Jacen and Tenel Ka sort of had an attraction when they were in training together but nothing ever really came of it. Well, over the years since, wars have come and gone and now a new conflict arises. Since Tenel Ka is now the Queen Mother of the Hapes Consortium, Jacen went to seek her assistance in this new conflict. Well, let's just say, he was able to... convince her to make use of her fleet. Whatever happened is never explicitly mentioned even though it's strongly implied. Whatever it was, it was enough to convince members of her Court and the Royal Family to refer to Jacen as the Queen Mother's new consort.

Now, the reason this floored me, aside from the mention of people actually having a sex life in the 'Star Wars' Universe (not that there wouldn't be, but still...), is that I kind 'grew up' with these two characters and while I enjoyed the brief flirtation they used to have I was a bit surprised things 'advanced' to this level. Now I haven't read far enough into the book yet in order to discover if this is an 'official' position for him or not. Needless to say, even though I'm enjoying the underlying intrigue that's center stage of the novel, this new development has distracted me enough to want to know more details. Man, I'm such a perv...

Now I want to make an icon of sorts... I can't stop myself. Oh, and I apologize for my massive run on sentence, there.

Quote of the day: "The human heart, at whatever age, opens only to the heart that opens in return." -- Maria Edgeworth

Comments

I grew with with SW in the 80s....

[dracschick.livejournal.com]

I was ruined when I went to cons. There was a lot of hot sexy SW stuff in print zines back in the old days:)

Re: I grew with with SW in the 80s....

[snapdragon76.livejournal.com]

Yeah, well that was mostly the 'unoffical' stuff. This was pretty official.

And I checked some of the blogs on starwars.com, and apparently I'm not the only one who's interest was piqued. There were a few others. Of course, there were also some who wondered what the big deal was, but to each his own...

[soleta-nf.livejournal.com]

Talking to your mom is a good idea. Maybe she wants you to come along!

[snapdragon76.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I eventually went. And I'm glad, I had fun.

And I cried a bit from the movie.

[soleta-nf.livejournal.com]

Good, I'm glad you had fun! :) I cried a lot during the movie and was a bit in shock afterward. It was good though, very cathartic.

[snapdragon76.livejournal.com]

Sometimes movie that I think are gonna make me cry, don't. It's strange.

I'm such a robot.

[soleta-nf.livejournal.com]

You're not a robot. You just process things differently maybe. And your expectations affect a lot - if you think you're going to cry, then you're expectations go up a lot, and it's not surprising that the movie then may not meet them..

[snapdragon76.livejournal.com]

Yup, me and my overanalyzing self.

[soleta-nf.livejournal.com]

Ooh, I do that too! *shakes your hand*

It really is a bad habit - it' so easy to get wound up in a self-hating over-analytical obsession about all of your flaws and each and every little thing you do wrong. But most people don't do that and don't notice your supposed "flaws" etc. People like us have to learn how to think less, unless it's about essential stuff like work or school.

[snapdragon76.livejournal.com]

It's usually not that severe for me unless I'm depressed. Most of the time, I'm pretty OK with myself. I mean, we all have days when we're down in the dumps. It's normal.

[soleta-nf.livejournal.com]

I agree that it's not usually severe for me either, and dumpy days are normal. But speaking for myself anyway, I really am affected by over-analytical and critical thinking everyday to some extent, and I have to learn to tune out.

[snapdragon76.livejournal.com]

Some instances are more difficult than others. It takes a bit of practice, but I've gotten much better at it than I used to be. Hell, I was a wreck in high school...

[soleta-nf.livejournal.com]

That's great! :)

[snapdragon76.livejournal.com]

Gaining maturity in that aspect helps alot. I felt pretty comfortable at my high school reunion last year. In fact, I even spoke briefly to a guy I had a slight crush on... and he remembered who I was! I was really happy about that!

[soleta-nf.livejournal.com]

That's awesome. I'm very nervous about my upcoming high school reunion (this December). Hopefully it will go well, too!

[snapdragon76.livejournal.com]

I'm sure it will...

You're a cool person, why wouldn't it?

[soleta-nf.livejournal.com]

I just have a lot of anxiety issues. And I've gained weight since high school and all that lovely stuff. I guess it all depends on whether I let people intimidate me and whether I'm comfortable with myself.

[snapdragon76.livejournal.com]

You'll knock 'em dead!

I know it!

[soleta-nf.livejournal.com]

Aw, thank you! :)