Stop the fire

Anger consumes your soul--
your eyes, your mind, your heart--
like wildfire does to the forest in the summer.

It starts slow:
licking, creeping, affecting
each and every leaf in the forest;
burning, heating, taking.

I will not be the wind.
I will not stoke the embers of the fire
that is the anger in your heart.
I will not make it more destructive
or more dangerous because it already is.

I will not be the water.
I refuse to douse your anger
with any of my emotions.

I will let your anger be defeated
not by the wind, not by water
not by my words or emotions
but by your own volition. Your conscience.

I will not stoop down,
and engage you in your petty ways.
Rather, I look up to the sky.
Lord, please stop the fire.

on dancing and its dangers

we keep dancing to a music I have danced to before. to paraphrase Jack Kerouac, we dance, dance, dance like roman candles across the night. but this familiarity is not comforting. on the contrary, I am wary of this because I am not a good dancer and, more importantly, the last time I danced to this music, I ended up dancing alone. I wish my previous experience has made me knowledgeable, or at least to some extent ready, but I continue to be, and I still am, confused. I am never, nor do I claim to be, a good dancer.

dancing has never been my strong suit.

the music, this music we're dancing to consumes me, draws me in, like a moth to a flame... keeps me in, like a drug to its junkie. I am aware of the dangers of dancing to this music that I've danced to before but the thrill matched with a certain kind of comfort I only feel when dancing with you makes me not want to stop. but when the music fades, I am faced with the reality that what I considered to be the most intense experience I have ever done in my life is just a spur-of-the-moment, adrenaline-fueled activity for you.

you are my life's greatest heartbreak because you broke break my heart by not doing anything. by stopping when all I ever wanted to do was keep on dancing... albeit blindly.

Everyone was on Firefly

Firefly was shown in 2002, long before geeks became this millennium's jocks.

Remember Freaks and Geeks--the show where James Franco, Jason Segel, Seth Rogen and John Francis Daley all started? Well, Firefly is the Freaks and Geeks of...a little older generation of actors. Well, except for Zac Efron.

Here is a list of actors/actresses who used to be in Firefly and are now somewhat well-known.


1. Gina Torres

Before she became the fierce managing partner of Pearson Hardman, she was Serenity's second in command. Their expressions are the same; the main difference is in the clothes they wear.

Zoe Washburn [S01E01.Pilot]

2. Adam Baldwin

Even before Alex Coburn became John Casey, he was first Jayne Cobb, the temperamental hired gun of Serenity. If you've watched the calm, collected and cold Casey from Chuck before Firefly you'll be surprised at how...rough Adam can get. You'll be somewhat pleased.

Jayne Cobb: He has a statue, and was even given a song in the 7th episode, Jaynestown. 

3. Gregg Henry

Maybe the reason why Quinn's dad, Russell Fabray, was a big... bummer during her pregnancy was because, as a former sheriff with a degenerative bone disease in a borderline planet, he expected more from his daughter.

Somehow, the gun-toting sheriff was kinder than Quinn's dad.
[S01E02.Train Job]

4. Doug Savant

Before he became the house husband to a desperate housewife, he was the commanding officer of an Alliance Tohoku-class cruiser.

When you encounter a Reaver (survivor?) and its blood gets splattered on your face,
you run away, marry Lynette Scavo and have gazillion five children.
[S01E03.Bushwhacked]

5. Zac Efron

Zac Efron's cool factor went up a couple of notches higher in my book when I found out he played the young Simon Tam.

That smirk is recognizable anywhere. [S01E05.Safe]

6. Christina Hendricks

She was first the feisty, conniving Mrs. Reynolds--who managed to seduce everyone in space--before she became Mrs. Harris.

The seductive Mrs. Reynolds
[S01E06.Our Reynolds and S01E11.Trash]

Did I miss any other notable guest stars, fellow Browncoats?

Quick Change-Ups 2

My first Quick Change-Ups has generated 906 pageviews (and counting)--a manifestation that people are interested in these change-ups regardless of how trivial they may seem. This "motivated" me to be more mindful of change-ups in the shows I watch. And because I have been watching Glee for a considerable (and inexplicable) amount of time, I bring you change-ups a la Glee.

(1) Rachel's Gay Dads: 

From an inter-racial couple, Rachel's dads were changed to an older, more conventional-looking couple, Hiram and Leroy Berry (played by Jeff Goldblum and Brian Stoke Mitchell).

(2) Random Guy No. 1:

From Titan to Warbler

In season 2, this boy is a Titan (WMHS' mascot?), sitting at Miss Holiday's class with Finn and Puck, but in season 3, he's now one of Sebastian's minions a Warbler (Dalton).

(3) Random Guy No. 2:

From a soulless automaton to a Shark

In season 1, Random Guy No. 2 was part of Jesse's gang of soulless automatons Vocal Adrenaline while in Season 3, he joined Santana and Puck as Sharks in WMHS's West Side Story.


In the first change-up, I believe it was a good decision because Rachel's dads need to look established and... fatherly. I felt the fatherly vibe more with Hiram and Leroy compared to Season 1's fun, quirky inter-racial dads.

In the second and third change-ups, I couldn't care less about these random guys. They may have transferred schools. Or Glee has ran out of extras and dancers so they use the same guys hoping that viewers won't be bored enough to notice these little things.



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Fun Fact: Random Guy No. 2 is Nick Drago from the reality show Step It Up & Dance.

Ned the Piemaker is My New Hero

Reasons Why Ned is My Hero

1. Ned can make delicious pies. I can't bake...anything.

2. He can wake dead people with a touch (but make them dead again the 2nd touch). Obviously, I can't.

3. He inadvertently killed his childhood crush's father when he touched (and subsequently made alive again) his dead mother.

4. He is awkward. I am, too.

5. He overthinks; sometimes more than I do.

6. Ned, generally, wants what's best for other people but his ways sometimes come out with different results.

But more importantly Ned is my new hero because...

Ned is awkward with hugs. 

Exhibit A: Ned's reaction to Hermann the Magician's
sudden hug--priceless.

Exhibit B: Ned's reaction to Olive's hug--same as mine.

...but is okay with holding hands.

Exhibit A: Ned willingly holds hands with Olive
to celebrate their win in the Comfort Food Cook Off

Exhibit B: Since Ned and Chuck can't hold hands, they proxy-handhold Emerson instead.

Ned is my new hero because, like me, he sees hugging as an unnecessary--thus, avoidable--social tool for expressing emotions. The only time he appears okay with hugging is when he's doing it with Chuck and even then a plastic (or a similar material) is wrapped around him.

Maybe Ned has rules for hugging, too.


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You may want to read my other post about Pushing Daisies:

QNBS: Pushing Daisies