Author: illeananexry

I am dog sitting this week so will catch y’all up next week!

Couple nights ago my mama and I watched (for the millionth time) the original Stargate movie.

The one that started it all!

I never remember how dang good it is until I’m watching. It’s fun to see how dated the movie is and to compare the movie actors and characters with the tv series actors and characters.

When I’m talking about dated, I specifically mean the scenes where people are just smoking wherever.

That would not fly even ten years ago! But when the movie was made that was a thing. So a scene where almost everyone is smoking in a small room being briefed on the Stargate cartouche’s by Daniel Jackson?

Priceless!

Character differences are fun though not as expansive because the movie only had a little time to create these fully fleshed characters, whereas the series had season after season to give the characters time to develop in a more natural and realistic way.

I could go on but it’s late and I need sleep.

However! My mama has never watched past the first couple episodes of the series and so now she’s going to with me!!

YAS!!!!

Next time peeps!

Okay, it’s not Atlantis but it is Stargate!

I was watching clips of the SG-1 episode where Carter and O’Neill go through the second Earth gate and are trapped.

What’s entirely funny about that whole situation (outside of the fat that’s the famous McGuyver ad lib by Amanda Tapping) is that Daniel asks Teal’c ‘what happens when you dial your own number?’ then immediately realizes his mistake and asks General Hammond.

Everyone should know the answer if only from TV or books, but you get a busy signal is the answer.

I love that the series is dated because it always felt so close to reality you know? As if any second you could see a Deathglider flying overhead being chased by Air Force pilots.

Of course, if you’d seen that and reported it anywhere you’d be considered a conspiracy nut. Even if you had video evidence from your cell phone, technology is at a place that AI could easily replicate the scenario and the governments would discredit you pretty much immediately…

If other people online didn’t beat them to it.

Interesting times y’all.

Until we meet again! (Next Monday of course!!)

I don’t want to skip a week for a post but I also don’t have anything…

My bad.

Next week?

😑

Power went out again. This time I was at work when it happened which you’d think wouldn’t be that big of a deal.

Except-

Power flickered and set the fire alarm off.

Guess who was an hour late leaving work because the poor firemen had to talk to security to figure out what was setting the alarm off?

Of course, then I drove the back way home in the hopes I’d find some place open for supper and I did (KFC), but it took an hour and a half from the time I got in line to the when I got my food.

I don’t blame the workers because they were absolutely wonderful! (Their power had gone off too and they were having problems).

After all that I’m sure y’all can understand why this is the best I’ve got today.

I’ll try to get something set up ahead of time just in case…

Nothing is quite so good as having Atlantis playing in the background while you do crafty things!

Especially after a long day with no power.

Next weeks post will, hopefully, be longer and full of a really cool crafty attempt and more Atlantis (finally!)

See everyone then!

I am so close to getting to do more of those incredibly cute tiny resin food mystery balls! (That’s a lot of words for something so small!).

I have the outlining of my latest cross-stitch to do then one more big one (possibly two small ones but I’m not sure they count?), and of course the figure painting still.

I have two days off in a row and I’m planning on doing some of the painting at least, but hopefully all of it. The cross-stitch outlining I should be able to get done in the morning if not when I get home from work.

Doing a buy online and pick up in store was an option initially (for the tiny resin things), but the more I’ve thought about it the more fun it sounds to take a day and go to the Walmart’s in my area and just buy all of them!

Somewhat kidding since it’s not cheap, however, I did just pay off my biggest credit card debt so I feel like I deserve a little more of a reward than a small Bundt cake (no matter how delicious it was!!).

It took me two and a half years to get it paid off so I think I can reward myself by filling a box full of the resin food things.

I’d get myself books except that I have 3 shelves still to get through and I am determined to keep myself on the straight and narrow, as it were.

Don’t get me wrong, I fully intend to buy books when I start getting 50% off, but it’ll be the books I’ve already read in hardback and just need the paperbacks now to complete series’.

I’ll show y’all my room next week cause it’s pretty impressive if I do say so myself!

See ya later everyone!

Very short because I am on vacation and enjoying the heck out of it!

Anyways, I was rewatching episode 1 part 2 and I didn’t mean to pause at a particular moment but it made me think.

When the Wraith drone pins Shepherd to the table the Wraith Queen is off to the side watching. However! What I never noticed before was the Wraith a step behind her.

I should say, I noticed him but never with the knowledge that comes with reading the Legacy series.

I bring this up because I wonder what his position is on the Hive. Is he the Queen’s Consort or just a Blade? If he is a Blade he’s most likely their leader (I can’t remember the exact term so I’ll have to reread that particular short story…oh darn. 😁).

I say this with the full understanding that the writers may not have thought that far ahead so what’s really happening here is me having a great time on vacation rewatching Atlantis!

I’ll see y’all next week, have a fantastic week!!

The title says it all.

See ya next week!

There are these comics that are set right after the ending of the show, but I don’t consider them canon if only because the Legacy series doesn’t either.

The artwork isn’t my style but the story wasn’t bad.

In these comics, an alien race starts invading Pegasus and the Alteran Janus shows up again. Things don’t look so good for our Pegasus family (don’t forget that Atlantis is on Earth or on the moon at this time) until Todd (Guide!) helps them out.

Again.

Again.

I think we’ve lost count of how many times he’s saved our butts… a rewatch is in order!

Anyways, turns out these aliens were made by (who’s really surprised by this?) the Alterans.

They’re defeated of course and everyone goes on their merry way to live happily ever after!

It’s not bad honestly, I just like Legacy better because of how they handled Guide being stuck on Earth and how they got Atlantis back to Pegasus.

Legacy feels more realistic to canon, is all.

On to crafty!

When I went to reorganize my small boxes I found the soap I made from the kit looking a little fuzzy?!

I have no idea what this is. I threw it away just to be safe. I hadn’t planned on using it of course, but I pulsar have minded keeping it for my tiny collection.

Oh well.

It’s light and not very defined because I didn’t understand I was supposed to use 2 threads to get the brighter colors.

I like it though. I like that I’m finishing so many crafty things I’ve let pile up over the years. This year is fabulous!

Remember this one?

I finally got all of the thread undone and it’s a clean slate again. Just waiting for me to make that first little ‘x’!!

I’ll see y’all next week!

Have a fantastic week until then!!