BSG

I said I'd tell you more about Battlestar Galactica. I LOVE it. So much. At any rate, here's the main plot so far.

The cast of season one.

The spaceship Galactica is being retired from use and turned into a museum. Another ship (Colonial 1) is taking some passengers and the Secretary of Education (Laura Roslin) to Galactica from the home planet, Caprica. Laura Roslin is really upset because she's just been diagnosed with cancer. Then, all of a sudden,  these bad guy/robots called Cylons come blasting out of nowhere and pretty much blow up Caprica. Galactica (I don't quite remember this part) either tries to destroy some Cylons or does a hyperspace jump to elsewhere. The long and short of it is Galactica, Colonial 1, and ~500 (I think) various spaceships survive. Caprica and all of the other planets with humanoid life are pretty much annihilated.

Caprica, after the Cylon attack.

The commander of Galactica (Adama) orders Galactica to re-activate itself and sends a rescue ship to Caprica. There are two pilots on the rescue mission: Sharon (aka Boomer) and this other guy and they rescue about 50 people from Caprica, including the super-genius scientist, Gaius Baltar. Sadly, to rescue Gaius the "other guy" is left behind on Caprica. Sharon and the rescuees go back to Galactica. The bad thing is, Gaius had an affair with a human-looking Cylon known as Number 6. Number 6 was "killed" on Caprica and now Gaius is hallucinating Number 6. Or she planted an electronic chip in his head so that she could know what he was thinking and make him "see" her. One of those.
Meanwhile, on Colonial 1, it is discovered that the planetary president, Adar, was killed by the Cylons on Caprica. So the presidency passes to the next highest-ranking person in the government, which turns out to be the Secretary of Education, Laura Roslin. She's sworn in as president.
That's about the first episode or two. There's a few other characters who are important, too.

Lee Adama, aka Apollo. Commander's son and general hero.

William Adama. Commander of Galactica.

Sharon, aka Boomer. Seems to have several affairs.

Gaius Baltar. Super genius with a hallucination that controls his life.

Number 6. Mastermind of everything.

Laura Roslin. Secretary of Education President of the Galaxy.

Tylo, aka Chief. Head engineer and good friend of Sharon's.

Kara Thrace aka Starbuck. All-around BA and kick-butt girl.

Anastasia Dualla aka Dee. Head of Communications or some equivalent.

It's an odd show, but I rather like it a lot. I hope you do too.

Technically....

Technically, I'm supposed to be in history class but it's online and my computer isn't working, so I'm ipoding it up. I'd like to tell you about Battlestar Galactica. It's a scifi about ~50,000 people on spaceships trying to run away from a robot species calledthe Cylons. I like it a lot. More later :)

Agent Pickles- Mr. Williams

One of the World's Best Storytellers- Brian Jacques

As you may or may not know, Brian Jacques was a British author. He wrote the Redwall series, the Castaways of the Flying Dutchmen series, the Tales of Urso Brunov, 7 Strange and Ghostly Tales, and other assorted childrens' novels. He first wrote Redwall for blind children. That's why it's so descriptive.
Brian Jacques has been many things besides just an author. He's been a sailor, a band-member, a radioshow host, railway fireman, a longshoreman, a long-distance truck driver, a bus driver, a boxer, a bobby (Police Constable 216D), a postmaster, and a stand-up comic.

I personally loved Redwall; I picked it up in 3rd grade. It begins with the tale of a bumbling young mouse who finds his true calling. The series is set in Mossflower Woods where small creatures work and live in general peace. In all of the novels, either some evil vermin comes to attack Redwall, or the Redwallers go out on quests to defeat evil. It's not repetitive. The 22nd book (The Rogue Crew) is coming out this May.

Castaways of the Flying Dutchmen. It's about a boy and his dog, destined to live forever and help those in need. LOVE, LOVE, LOVE!!! Unfortunately, only three books were written.
But, sadly, Brian Jacques died on February 5th at age 71. He died of cardiac complications in the Liverpool hospital. I wanted to write this because it's important to me, and I want to remember. Pick up a Brian Jacques book today and read it.





UPDATE: Oh my goodness. I felt slightly bad not being at all humorous, so here's something that'll make you laugh. Also in Britain. ;)
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30 Day Challenge

1. A picture of yourself with 10 facts
2. A picture of you and the person you have been closest with the longest
3. A picture of the cast from your favorite show
4. A picture of your favorite night
5. A picture of your favorite memory
6. A picture of a person you'd love to trade places with for a day
7. A picture of your most treasured item
8. A picture that makes you laugh
9. A picture of the person who has gotten you through the most
10. A picture of the person you do the craziest stuff with
11. A picture of something you hate
12. A picture of something you love
13. A picture of your favorite band or artist
14. A picture of someone you could never imagine your life without
15. A picture of something you want to do before you die
16. A picture of someone who inspires you
17. A picture of something that has made a huge impact on your life recently
18. A picture of your biggest insecurity
19. A picture and a letter
20. A picture of somewhere you'd love to travel
21. A picture of something you wish you could forget
22. A picture of something you wish you were better at
23. A picture of your favorite book
24. A picture of something you wish you could change
25. A picture of your favorite day
26. A picture of something that means a lot to you
27. A picture of yourself and a family member
28. A picture of something you're afraid of
29. A picture that can always make you smile
30. A picture of someone you miss

Pity I can't turn in my blogging for homework points. . . .

I blog and Facebook too much. Not as much as many people, but I do blogging instead of homework. Right now, I'm supposed to be writing an essay on Federalists and Republicans. Bleh. I'd much prefer to be doing biochemistry. We're studying plant growth in Bio, and it is so cool! I made a plant grow underwater. ;)
I'm just here to show a few cool things. I needed a break from my centuries-old political parties.

a) Cleverbot- it's an AI program that talks to you. Very good at Harry Potter. It learns from what you say.

b) The Obama Pizza- I wonder what they thought as they ate him. Was he stuck in a fridge at all?

 

c) Harry Potter Cupcakes 

d) Last thing- Instructions on how to get from Japan to China, according to Google Maps.

It all comes back to cookies. . . .

Cookies make everything better. Mostly. I like peanut butter cookies, personally. My mum makes nice, home-made cakes and pies for everyone's birthdays, so when I go to a friend's birthday party, I get really excited when there's store-bought cake. Don't get me wrong, I love the home-made things, but sometimes, it's nice to have faux-chocolate cake (or faux-vanilla) with sugar-packed, chem-dyed, florescent icing. Haha, yes, I do eat the cake first, then the icing.
I suppose I should get working on my homework now. I really have a disliking for tests and make-up work. I missed Friday, so I get to make up two tests and take another (that I missed the prep for) on Monday. Not so fun, but oh well. I get to miss Wednesday (ortho) and Friday (speech again) this week, so I suppose it won't be too bad. I think the speech meet is even an overnight. Speaking of overnights, I think the hockey team got snowed into Gillette, along with basketball and indoor track. I miss hockey. It makes me sad to look at my breezers and realize that they're almost three inches too short now. Hopefully I'll do nordic again next year, and that's kinda like hockey. If you stretch it. A lot. A whole lot. I mean, they're both cold. Right? Be optimistic. :)

Latest Google Search: Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
(She's a tennis player, don't ask me how to pronounce her name.)