Jenn Dolari @dolari@driveinsaturday.org

I love how the flowers spring to life after a good rain.

Some music for our deteriorating times.

https://youtu.be/LbTxfN8d2CI

Dammit. I was planning to take a friend to Mt Rainier today, checked on the site to make sure everything is open, the weather was good (it's okay-ish), and bought passes...only to find out you have to make reservations for Sunrise Summit?!

What?

Well, I'm sunk in for the 7 day pass today, so we're going to Paradise, which isn't as good as Sunrise, but...well...already paid for the pass....

Had a really nice night last night with Crystal, Lissa and Liz. Pizza, snacks, and (watching other people struggle) at Minigolf, then a double feature of Fantastic Four and Superman.

FF was an amazingly good looking movie in an alternate universe where 1950s Googie never died, but Superman. Oh, man, Superman. That was ::chef's kiss::

While I still perfer the 1978 Superman movie, David Corenswet plays a wonderfully sweet affable Superman. As much as I like the iconic "public servant" Chris Reeves' Superman, having a Superman who was Just A Guy From Kansas was really kind of awesome.

FF: 7/10
Superman: 9/10

So, while I may not have a new favorite Superman movie, I may have a new favorite Superman. <3

A line I'm quite proud of I wrote years ago: "The complexity of society is often measured on how good their vegetable soup is."

So I wanted to wait a few days before I announced this so, you know, made sure i didn't die or anything, but i ate an 11 year old MRE this weekend.

Still good, but, frankly, I don't like to eat these after about six years because they do do bad if not taken care of. This one was given to me by a friend and for some reason didn't have the date stamped on the bag. If I knew it was ten years old, I probably would have trashed it sight unseen. After opening it, though, everything seemed fine, so I tried it.

Back to slightly fresher MREs.

So, I was cleaning out the car a few days ago when I noticed that there was a match box on the floor. I have a few in the car but they're from MREs. I got a better look at it and, lo and behold, I had a collectors item. It was obviously in the package with the movie script, so I need to check my packages better for surprises.

Unexpectedly spent six hours at Summerstage. But spent it with good friends, nice shade, easy access to cold water, and helping a lot of kids make art at the Art Table (courtesy of the Cultural Commission).

Then the evening was movies with @socketwench ❤

In all, a good day was had by all, I believe.

Had a dream where there was a company that made cereals whose tagline was "A moral part of this nutritious breakfast. "

Is best seller was a cereal named "A Place Where Apples Could Be Sorry. "

::looks around::

What's that noise? Oh...it's the silence of not having any urgent business or tasks to do for the first time since January.

::whew::

..........what am i forgetting............

Oh, mama.

Speak of the devil...

So, full disclosure: I have a credit in that last Roddenberry Archive video, under Special Thanks.

Normally, I don't like to toot my own horn, and wasn't going to really say anything about it, until I noticed that I'm just above Susan Sackett in the Special Thanks block.

Susan Sackett wrote "The Making of Star Trek: The Motion Picture." It was this book that I read in 1984, at the ripe old age of 10, that taught me there were Star Treks that didn't get made: The God Thing, Planet of the Titans, Star Trek (Phase) II.

That lead to years and years and years of accreting information about all those projects. Checking scripts at Sci Fi cons, finding scripts online, asking around for copies of rarities, reading books and exposes about those years (in fact, I'm about to go to the post office for a copy of a script with revisions I dont have!). It's 2025, I just turned 51. And all that work now helped create this short, as well as the ST:TMP Special Features, which I also have a credit on.

So, along with Michael Okuda and David C. Fein for those credits, a big heartfelt thank you to Susan Sackett. Happy to sit next to you in that little credits block. :)