Thoughts on Stargate(s) and on death (in general)

So, I'm thinking that it may not be such a good idea to have these 'Sci-fi Fridays'. All the pretty people, my brains just turn to mush and I have to rewatch the episodes in order to have any complete thoughts.

Actually, that's not really so much of a minus, is it?
( Stargate Atlantis 1x14 -- Sanctuary )

( Stargate SG-1 8x14 -- Full Alert )

And on a completely different subject, a lot of people are talking about death recently.
( First, a note about my thoughts on my own funeral (may it be quite far off) )

( Thoughts on death and suicide )

BtVS 1x03: Witch -- what our parents do to us

Back in May of 2004, I wrote a detailed response to rewatching Welcome to the Hellmouth. In October, I wrote out my thoughts on The Harvest. The next episode in the line-up is Witch (no 'the' in the dvd menu or guide). I may rewrite this later to make it more thorough as my brain sorta gave out on me (it's still thinking about Vince and Stuart and QaF; gay porn trumps all).

The continuity of Buffy always amazes me.

In this episode, we get what seems like an normal MotW (Monster of the Week) episode. But the victim of the episode is someone that we will see several times over the next few years, until the entirety of her story plays out -- and it's a true tragedy, forewarned by this very episode. This is our first episode to deal with a human villain, so the way that that villain treated is very important and illustrates the general attitude that Buffy has toward human villains -- they are done to as they would do to others.
( Spoilers up to the ends of both BtVS and 'Angel' )

Laptops and work and such:

So, I just realized that I haven't yet told you guys about my latest purchase. I've gone credit-mad, clearly. I've got this credit card and I've used it like a crazy person.

I bought a laptop. It's beautiful, I'm using it this very moment. It does wireless on-line. It's brilliant. The person who came up with such a thing should get some sort of medal. The 'medal for Daniel' people should get on that.
( more laptop squee )

Also, a friend at work now knows of the existence of my livejournal and she's visited it (told me that it was 'insane', which really, it is, when viewed from the outside, isn't it?). Very odd, that whole 'two worlds colliding' feeling. It really brings home the fact that I present a different face at work -- I'm very... proper there, you might say. I don't swear at work and I don't talk about any of my fannish loves. It was like telling my mom that I write porn, which I did do and that was very odd, by the way. When I told her about my journal (person at work, not my mom, though I did the same with my mom with regards to my website), I said that there was gay porn. Sadly, we all know that this is a bit of exaggeration. I've really only written one or two full-out love scenes. But the theme exists and I just like saying the phrase 'gay porn'.

I am talking a lot today, aren't I? But it's rare that I'm at home on a Saturday, so I suppose that I'm taking advantage. I'll be checking out Sean Astin's Slipstream movie on Sci-Fi in half an hour. My dad actually called to see if I would record it for him. I'd already been planning to watch it, but I'm glad that he reminded me, as I have a tendency to get distracted.