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40 Years of Star Trek on UK TV

  • Jul. 12th, 2009 at 9:37 AM

I wonder if anyone  realises that it is the 40th anniversary of Star Trek's first appearance on UK TV?  It was Saturday 12th July 1969,  and on around 5 or 6pm on BBC1 (I can't remember the exact time, but  I know it was teatime).  That day I recorded in my little diary that I had  "watched this Star Trek thing on telly".  It was the episode "Where No Man Has Gone Before" and I was intrigued, and the next week it was all the talk amongst my friends at school.  By the second episode - "The Naked Time" - weeping Spock had captured my youthful heart, and I was smitten.  The diary records my weekly viewing of the series, and by December 27th I was writing that it was "the last episode of Star Trek *sob, sob*".  It must have been the end of the first season - I had no idea there were more episodes to come!   Star Trek has been part of my life, in varying degrees, for forty years now - and yes, I am still a fan. I think I'll watch an episode to celebrate.  Happy UK Birthday Star Trek!

 

I think I've forgotten who I am....

  • Jul. 12th, 2009 at 1:26 AM
I don't know what it is but every several hours or so (it feels like, might be a bit longer in-between) I just get really fucking sad. Crying sad. And then it's over a few hours after that. WTF emotional rollercoaster???

And NO. Not pregnant.

No wonder my BP was 114/82. Stage 1 hyper-tension from emotional stressors I think.....

Black Hands

  • Jul. 11th, 2009 at 8:40 PM

Jul. 12th, 2009

  • 1:45 AM
I have had my two girls, May and Lizzie since March. May screamed every time I tried to pick her up, not the normal noise a piggie makes but a sound like I was going to hurt her, she was so frightened. But this last two days she has changed and now loves a cuddle. Lizzie now seems to be the problem, she only makes a noise when she is with her sister, never purrs when I stroke her and has a 'no one at home' look on her face when I hold her. She also grabs on to a finger and suckles like a baby every time (also when I hold her) and never moves when she is resting on me. She was the runt I think and is small for her age. I have kept piggies for 15 years and have never seen this behaviour before.

blogging

  • Jul. 11th, 2009 at 12:16 PM
so i started a new blog focusing on fashion, art, and stuff i think is awesome.

http://avantharde.wordpress.com/

still adding content. there will be a new post up this afternoon, because there is a ton of stuff i have backlogged that are worthy of mention.

so yeah, there it is.

Thanks

  • Jul. 11th, 2009 at 10:42 AM
To [info]not_eurotic for being awesome and giving plenty of free advice to those of us starting out trying to do something.

You are awesome sir!

follow-up...

  • Jul. 10th, 2009 at 10:52 PM
oh, by the way:



where series 1 & 2 were a guilty pleasure, the first 80% of 3 has been brilliant so far.

sandwiches and swords are not afraid

  • Jul. 10th, 2009 at 9:21 PM
It's official.

"Goths On A Boat" has replaced "Bale Out" as "stupid thing 5 can't stop listening to"

http://www.myspace.com/thedarkclan

童声合唱:草泥马之歌

  • Jul. 10th, 2009 at 9:13 PM


Explanation:
"According to the New York Times, "The Grass-Mud Horse" is a mythical creature whose name in Chinese sounds like "fuck your mother". These horses face a problem: invading river crabs that are devouring their grassland. In spoken Chinese, river crab sounds very much like harmony, which in Chinas cyberspace has become a synonym for censorship. Censored bloggers often say their posts have been harmonized — a term directly derived from President Hu Jintaos regular exhortations for Chinese citizens to create a harmonious society.

While grass-mud horse sounds like a nasty curse in Chinese, its written Chinese characters are completely different, and its meaning —taken literally — is benign. Thus, the beast has dodged the Chinese governments efforts to censor information over the Internet that is seditious or inflammatory.

Xiao Qiang, an adjunct professor of journalism at the University of California, Berkeley, said that the grass-mud horse is an icon of resistance to censorship.
童声合唱:草泥马之歌"

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