In the aftermath of this year's trivia game I was sitting in Michelle's living room talking to Spooner about all things "Firefly" attempting to make clear how cool this new thing I'd found was. I went so far as to leave him the first disc of the series out of my set--thinking that, after listening to Craig, Sarah and I ramble during the whole weekend he would be an easy sell. Last night I got a phone call letting me know that the seeds we had planted that weekend had germinated quite nicely. The three of us had created two new browncoats--always a nice feeling.


I'm still working on KJ--in fairness though I should point out that it is a extreme stretch of her taste in popular entertainment. She dosen't like westerns or speculative-fiction and since "Firefly" is a melding of the two, well as you can imagine it is taking some doing. The only way the show could possibly be a worse fit is if it we're a space/western/mob drama which, is sounding kinda cool to me but I digress. Incidently, the mob thing is a deal breaker for the lady, she finds the people and situations to be so repellant that enjoyment of the story is utterly impossible. Aside from having no one to talk Sopranos with, I find that kinda cool, so strong is her moral compass in that regard that even fictional mobsters leave her cold. Though the whole "Firefly" thing is still a going concern, and I can wait...


I do have one thing going for me in my mission to make a browncoat out of my love...Joss Whedon. If the man can make her love a TV show called "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"--well anything is possible. Truly, I run the risk of over-stating things when I talk of my regard for Whedon's work. I have even caught myself using the phrase 'greatest living writer' which has a nice grandiose ring to it, but is of course, utterly ridiculous. He might well be, but I'm in no place to judge without having read everything else by anyone alive, still there aren't many people whose work I'll patronize sight-unseen. Joss Whedon, Aaron Sorkin, Spider Robinson, Tom Robbins and Neil Gaiman that's about it. (Btw...Why are all my favorite writers men? Kay I'm offically putting out a call for any and all fiction suggestions by writers with xx chromosomes.) That group of writers could call me up and say "I need to borrow $500.00 bucks to finish my new novel/script.", and I would do whatever I could to get it for them.


So, yes, if you are out there reading this and my opinion in these matters is one that you feel you can trust--go put your hands on a copy of "Firefly." You might as well drop the extra $20.00 and get "Serenity" as well cause you are not going to want to wait once you get there. (DO NOT under any circumstances watch the movie and the TV show out of sequence, I cannot be held responsible if you do.) If, you know me, you know of my deep and abiding love for "Star Wars," know how much a part of my life that world is...


"Firefly" and "Serenity" are better.