DAILY DOSE: "It's Been a Long Road, Gettin' From There to Here"
It's a sad, sad day here in the Kingdom. Tonight marks the end of one of my favourite shows, Star Trek: Enterprise, and the probable death of one of my all-time favourite Trek characters, Trip.
I'm mightly worried about how this finale's going to play out, what with a bunch of Next Generation cast cameos, and the use of the holodeck, etc., but I won't geek out on y'all, cuz I know y'all don't care all that much. Anyway, I'd be remiss to at least not throw out a sentence or two to the first Star Trek show since TNG that I truly enjoyed as it comes to a close. Though flawed, I almost always found the series and the characters entertaining, and enjoyed the concept. Sure, it pales in comparison to my new Sci-Fi crack, Battlestar Galactica, but Enterprise at least kept me entertained on Wednesdays/Fridays for four solid years. Sadly, next year will mark the first in 18 that will not feature new Trek, but I'm quite certain the franchise needs to take some time to breathe and regroup, so that the next series can recapture the fun of the original, without the technobabbly hogwash of the most recent decade. So though the Enterprise is dead, long live the Enterprise.
In memorium, your Song of the Day is "Faith of the Heart" the mega-cheesy theme to Enterprise as sung by some guy named Russel Watson. It's cheesy, but harmlessly catchy, and though it represents everything the show got wrong from the beginning, I always kind of liked it, and hell-- Kup did too. Now, before I move on to the BIGGEST NEWS OF THE YEAR, let's just take a minute, and say a silent prayer for Trip, in hopes that Archer, Reed, or Mayweather buy it instead of him. Otherwise, Trip's death will be the worst-kept secret in TV since....well. A long time.
On to slightly less-geeky news, your Link of the Day, which fully exposes the NEXT Xbox, called the Xbox 360. Quite honestly, it sounds amazing. 20GB of harddrive storage? Wireless web acess? HD videogames? I never thought I'd upgrade from the ol' Gamecube...but HD videogames? And Xbox LIVE! is only like, 50 bucks a year? Damn. I may have to look into this guy in a year or two. And seriously-- this thing just looks damn cool. Oh, if only Nintendo were more popular...
Now, the BIGGEST NEWS OF THE YEAR!
THE RETURN OF THE CLUB CHALUPA
...
I'll let that sink in for a minute.
Yes, friends. The CLUB CHALUPA has RETURNED. You may remember it as the Kingdom's OFFICIAL GREATEST FAST FOOD ITEM OF ALL TIME.
from August 19, 2004 (holy frak, that was a long time ago...)
And the NUMBER ONE FAST FOOD ITEM OF ALL TIME IS…
1) Taco Bell’s Club Chalupa
It existed for just single month: February 2004. They were able to sell them until they were gone in mid March. In that six weeks, I probably ate two-dozen Club Chalupas, maybe more. A Chalupa with bacon? A sauce on something I actually liked? I can’t explain how good this was. Admittedly, it may have just been that my Taco Bell is an amazing place, but I’d like to believe the Club Chalupa could transcend environmental factors. I’d like to think I’d be willing to dodge bullets at the ‘O’ in order to eat one. This was a special taco. So special, I CALLED Taco Bell’s international hotline, and asked them to bring it back. So special, every time I go to Taco Bell, I secretly hope above all hope that it’ll be back, and this time, for good.
God Bless the Club Chalupa, and God Blesses, Everyone.
Do yourselves a favour, friends. Go eat one, and then report back to me. The return of the Club Chalupa is an amazingly strong omen for my post-graduate career. I don't want to jinx it, but it almost certainly means that, to paraphrase Gavin, everything's going to start coming up "Adam" real damn soon. I can't wait.
and with that, I leave you.
but first! anyone else realize that we're fast approaching A YEAR OF THE KINGDOM. I'm looking for good ways to celebrate this momentous occassion, so please supply some feedback and ideas!
and be good to each other,
-apk
I'm mightly worried about how this finale's going to play out, what with a bunch of Next Generation cast cameos, and the use of the holodeck, etc., but I won't geek out on y'all, cuz I know y'all don't care all that much. Anyway, I'd be remiss to at least not throw out a sentence or two to the first Star Trek show since TNG that I truly enjoyed as it comes to a close. Though flawed, I almost always found the series and the characters entertaining, and enjoyed the concept. Sure, it pales in comparison to my new Sci-Fi crack, Battlestar Galactica, but Enterprise at least kept me entertained on Wednesdays/Fridays for four solid years. Sadly, next year will mark the first in 18 that will not feature new Trek, but I'm quite certain the franchise needs to take some time to breathe and regroup, so that the next series can recapture the fun of the original, without the technobabbly hogwash of the most recent decade. So though the Enterprise is dead, long live the Enterprise.
In memorium, your Song of the Day is "Faith of the Heart" the mega-cheesy theme to Enterprise as sung by some guy named Russel Watson. It's cheesy, but harmlessly catchy, and though it represents everything the show got wrong from the beginning, I always kind of liked it, and hell-- Kup did too. Now, before I move on to the BIGGEST NEWS OF THE YEAR, let's just take a minute, and say a silent prayer for Trip, in hopes that Archer, Reed, or Mayweather buy it instead of him. Otherwise, Trip's death will be the worst-kept secret in TV since....well. A long time.
On to slightly less-geeky news, your Link of the Day, which fully exposes the NEXT Xbox, called the Xbox 360. Quite honestly, it sounds amazing. 20GB of harddrive storage? Wireless web acess? HD videogames? I never thought I'd upgrade from the ol' Gamecube...but HD videogames? And Xbox LIVE! is only like, 50 bucks a year? Damn. I may have to look into this guy in a year or two. And seriously-- this thing just looks damn cool. Oh, if only Nintendo were more popular...
Now, the BIGGEST NEWS OF THE YEAR!
THE RETURN OF THE CLUB CHALUPA
...
I'll let that sink in for a minute.
Yes, friends. The CLUB CHALUPA has RETURNED. You may remember it as the Kingdom's OFFICIAL GREATEST FAST FOOD ITEM OF ALL TIME.
from August 19, 2004 (holy frak, that was a long time ago...)
And the NUMBER ONE FAST FOOD ITEM OF ALL TIME IS…
1) Taco Bell’s Club Chalupa
It existed for just single month: February 2004. They were able to sell them until they were gone in mid March. In that six weeks, I probably ate two-dozen Club Chalupas, maybe more. A Chalupa with bacon? A sauce on something I actually liked? I can’t explain how good this was. Admittedly, it may have just been that my Taco Bell is an amazing place, but I’d like to believe the Club Chalupa could transcend environmental factors. I’d like to think I’d be willing to dodge bullets at the ‘O’ in order to eat one. This was a special taco. So special, I CALLED Taco Bell’s international hotline, and asked them to bring it back. So special, every time I go to Taco Bell, I secretly hope above all hope that it’ll be back, and this time, for good.
God Bless the Club Chalupa, and God Blesses, Everyone.
Do yourselves a favour, friends. Go eat one, and then report back to me. The return of the Club Chalupa is an amazingly strong omen for my post-graduate career. I don't want to jinx it, but it almost certainly means that, to paraphrase Gavin, everything's going to start coming up "Adam" real damn soon. I can't wait.
and with that, I leave you.
but first! anyone else realize that we're fast approaching A YEAR OF THE KINGDOM. I'm looking for good ways to celebrate this momentous occassion, so please supply some feedback and ideas!
and be good to each other,
-apk
1 Comments:
Not a DS9 fan? I think that's my second favorite rendition of the Star Trek franchise. I think I had a bit of a crush on Dax. And they gave more air-time to Worf, another one of my favorite characters. Yet, I too am mourning the loss of at least one Star Trek. Luckily Spike plays reruns of both Next Generation and DS9. Woo Hoo!
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DutchGirl, at 8:40 PM, May 13, 2005
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