BGS Downloaded

Hello everyone,

 

Evelyn here,

 

I was invited to join a Xena Warrior Forum and I am glad that I did because I can post entries to other diehard Xena and know that I conversing with someone who is just as wild about the show as me. It does not appear to matter that the series have been off for years. We have great fun and learn what is happening with the stars and other Xenites sites.

However, one of the entries that I post was more of a review of Lucy Lawless official come back to the small screen series on BSG. Below is a portion of that review. Enjoy!

 

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D’Anna Biers vs. Xena Warrior Princess

 

I never saw BSG from it beginnings as the miniseries, but I will catch up. To be honest, I heard that Lucy Lawless would be on the show last season and I have been a fan of it since that time.

 

I love Lucy as D’Anna Biers or 3 and yes, she does detest 6 and Sharon for their inherited human emotions. I never saw BSG from it beginnings as the miniseries, but I will catch up. To be honest, I heard that Lucy Lawless would be on the show last season and I have been a fan of it since that time.

 

Lucy as the evil Cylon, 3, is a controlled evil Xena.  D’Anna does have not the mania evilness that made Xena evil. However, after seeing her challenge Starbuck’s missing lover and then getting herself killed for the effort, I believe that when she is “downloaded” again, she will be one pissed off, vengeful Cylon hot on the trail of Sharon and 6. What is number 6’s name?

 

I recorded the episode and watched it twice. I was intrigued by thefact the on the Cylon world of Caprica many of the Cylons appear to of four molds. I saw several same four characters, Sharon, D’Anna, 6 and the male Cylon. Seeing so many in the same scenes freaked me out a little, and I kept thinking spare parts ready for download.

 

I also find it interesting that after a very emotion encounter with a human a downloaded Cylon is very emotional and feels intense love, anger, and what I think will be D’Anna driving emotion toward finding and then “boxing” Sharon and 6, intense hate. As it is D’Anna, thinks of the other two women as flawed machines who think of themselves as humans.

 

It seems that number 6 and the vice president, Dr. Gaius Baltar, are the ying and yang of the other. Both are weak without the other.

 

It is also interesting to note that after an intense encounter with humans the Cylons are now two groups -- those who love and regret destroying of humans, and those, like D’Anna, who want to destroy everything not Cylon.

 

Enough for now, but I will not miss episode of BSG’s third season. I want to see how well D’Anna develops as a character as oppose to Xena.

 

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On further reflection, this series also had a strong religious bent where the Cylon believe in the "ONE TRUE GOD" (one can assume that one true God is of Christian origins). While the Battlestar crews believes in multiple "god", who are more like the Greek gods.

 

In addiction to the well portrayed D'Anna/ Number 3 subplot, I did not like President Roslin stealing the half human/half Cylon baby and then leaving the parents think their child had died. This twist in the plot will in itself sparks much interest from viewers of it fate. How its eventual returns to its parents the affect that will have on the humans of the Battlestar Galactica and the Cylon nation as well is of great interest.

 

Battlestar Galactica Cast:

Edward James Olmos .... Commander William Adama
Mary McDonnell .... Colonial President Laura Roslin
Jamie Bamber .... Captain. Lee Adama (Apollo)
Katee Sackhoff .... Lieutenant. Kara Thrace (Starbuck)
James Callis .... Dr. Gaius Baltar
Tricia Helfer .... Number 6 
Grace Park .... Lt. Sharon Valerii (Boomer)/ Sharon - reincarnated Cylon
Michael Hogan.... Col. Paul Tigh
Lucy Lawless.... D'Anna Biers/ Number 3

 

Evelyn out.

 

Female Pilots Prove To be Skills Combat Fighters

Hello everyone,

Evelyn here,

Today is my 55th birthday, and I am not sure what I feel about this advance age.  I only know I feel just the same as I did a year ago.  Heh, heh. heh!  Anyway, I spent part of the day with my son.  We went to Bennighan Restaurant for lunch. The food was great.  I had the O' Baby Back Ribs and he had a Hugh Fried chicken sandwich, but before that we ate a atpetier of cheese sticks, eggrolls and hot wings. It was great food.  We   laughed a lot and just had  good time together.  .

Since my return home, I have been searching the web for interest stuff to read. 

Off Topic! 

Speaking of stuff, Terry Talbot had a new song named "STUFF".  The song is kind of silly and speaks of all the stuff we cram into our lives simply because we think we either need it or want it. However, the  real question or message is about making room the Jesus.  Don't forget Jesus while we collecting all that "stuff" that we can only use of this earthly plane and not in Jesus heavenly plain. 

Back on track!

Like I stated before, I have been searching the web for interesting stuff to read, and as I was surfing, I came across an interesting article that is featured in today's Washington Post.  It is entitled, "Female Pilots Get Their Shot in the Iraqi Skies; Men Say Women Are Proving Skills in Direct Combat" by Ann Scott Tyson.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/26/AR2006022601382.html

Evelyn out.

Dear Abby

Hello everyone,

Evelyn here,

Recently, the above Dear Abby article was in the St. Petersburg Times which is one of our major newspapers here.  The article deals with domestic and dating violence. Since many of the links I have provided here are aimed at stopping such violence, I have posted this issue of Dear Abby on my blog in the hope that it will be helpful.

I was saddened by the fact that the article dealt with the issue Of domestic and dating violence occurring to millions of women  on Valentine's Day.  Such violence acts against women are terrible at any time, but knowing that it happens on this sweetheart's day is depressingly sad. In the article you will find this toll-free phone number to the National Domestic Violence Hotline -- 1-800-799-7233 (SAFE). The number for the hearing disable is 1-800-787-3224 (TTY). 

You can also login at http://www.ndvh.org/.

Evelyn out.

Hooligan - A Criminal Mind At Work

Hello everyone,

Evelyn here,

It would appear that there is still someone out there who have a thing against free of speak and freedom of expression.  Or, they simply dislikes the truth being told.  Whatever the case, I have this to say that someone: 

You attached my car today while it was in the parking area of where I am employed. 

I think you are trying to pressure me into not writing.  Sorry, I can not comply to the threats of any kind.  However, I have been known to call the police department, and I did call the them this afternoon, and I will do it again if there is anymore defacement and/or damage to my car.

I do not care who you are; you are just hooligan and a criminal to me and the rest of the public. The sooner you are found, the sooner the rest of us can go on with our lives.  You are just a coward who has never been able to face me,  but you who think intimidation will work. Sorry, you just made is situation worse for everyone.

In addition, do not try intimidating or using my co-workers. That will not work either.  It like I started early -- you are hooligan and you just made the situation worse for everyone.

Evelyn out. 

 

 

The Diehards!

Hello everyone,

Evelyn here,

with a brief for all diehard Xena fans who like me are starved by the lack of seeing our hero on the small screen each week. Hey! Prepare yourselves because -- she's back. Well, not as Xena Warrior Princess, but her real life counterpart, the international acclaimed actress, Lucy Lawless is returning regularly to television. We who love her no matter what she is doing on the screen are more than ready for her up and coming 10-episode arc on Battlestar Galactica, which starts this Friday, February 24, 2006 in the episode “Downloaded”, on the Sci-Fi Channel. You can check your local listing for a scheduled time. 

Lucy is playing the Cylon covert spy D'Anna Biers, and the show promises us a view of the Cylon world in this third season, which begins shooting in April.

Recently, I saw a commercial with Lucy as D'Anna from this coming episode of Battlestar Galactica (By the way, great hair cut). As her D’Anna character, I saw a brief glimpse of the old Xena demeanor. The way I see it, if Lucy can carry that portion of her old character over into D’Anna Biers, this 10-episode arc will be dynamite.

I also checked out some of my old favorite Xena websites, and the boards are alive with the news. 

Lucy, you've been missed!

Evelyn out.

 

The Skinny Pink Paycheck Syndrome by E.J. Graff and Evelyn Murphy

Hello everyone,

Evelyn here.

While viewing the site of a new found friend, I discovered this link to an interesting article on women who work and/or compete for what traditionally has been thought of as male orientated jobs. The article goes into some familiar stereotyping of women positions in the America's workforce and some of the discrimination tactics women have faced and are stilling facing when applying for traditional male orientated positions.

The article makes it clear that this is not a isolated phenomenon but one that can be traced from one end of continental America to the other. The article target jobs of firefighters and police officers as the largest offenders against female applicants, and how women are either excluded from the hiring process or made to go through strenuous physical testing above that which is normally required of a male applicant.

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The Skinny Pink Paycheck Syndrome 
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By E.J. Graff and Evelyn Murphy
EVELYN MURPHY, the former lieutenant governor of Massachusetts, is founding director of the WAGE Project. E.J. GRAFF is senior researcher at the Brandeis Institute for Investigative Journalism and mo

February 12 2006

THE NEW YORK TIMES recently profiled San Diego's Fire Engine Company 22, almost certainly the only all female firefighting crew in the United States. It was inspiring to read about four competent, hardworking women happily succeeding in a "man's job."

The complete article can be viewed at:
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-op-graff12feb12,0,6636706.story?coll=la-news-comment-opinions

Also, see "Gender Barriers Impede Progress of Women Firefighters"
By David Crary, The Associated Press on the Truthout website at http://www.truthout.org/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi/35/11533

I consider these articles high on my "must read" list.

Evelyn out.

From the Attorney General's newsletter News Briefs

Hello everyone.

Evelyn here,

The following is from this week AGNews the  newsletter of the Florida's Attorney General Charlies Crist.  I place it here as the informative message that it is and not as an personal endorsement.

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Over the past week, the Attorney General’s Office has won two court
rulings that will go a long way to ensuring that important decisions
continue to be made by those in the best position to make them.

First, late last Friday a federal court ruled that the 2005 Florida
Parental Notification of Abortion Act is constitutional and can be
implemented as intended by the Legislature and the people of Florida.

The law was enacted just months after the voters approved a
constitutional amendment to require that parents or guardians be
notified whenever an underage girl planned to have an abortion. The
amendment and the implementing law are based on a very simple premise:
If parents must be notified when their children have their tonsils
removed, they certainly should be notified when a daughter is
considering an abortion.

Recognizing that Florida’s constitution grants certain legal
protections to minors, the amendment dealt solely with notification,
not approval. It means parents should be allowed to play their proper
and traditional role by advising their daughter based on their
assessment of what is in her best interests.

Under the amendment, parents can help a girl evaluate the medical
risks and the physical and psychological consequences of her decision,
as well as the quality of the medical care she would receive. All of
these are important considerations.

In upholding the validity of the law, the federal court allows Florida
parents to help their daughters with this life-altering decision. And
it allows the will of the people of Florida to be carried out.

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Evelyn out.