Jenn Dolari @dolari@driveinsaturday.org

You know, if Phase II had happened, I think we'd get something akin to Buck Rogers or BAttlestar Galactica effects wise (although Galactica had the benefit of John Dykstra doing the effects for the first "movie"). Those effects weren't too bad, the episodes are actually a lot of fun to watch. I think it would have done well given the scripts I've read.

But I do think it would have had the same end as those two...no more than two seasons, off the air and considered a twice failure. TOS Trek's jump to the big screen was big enough to jumpstart Trek again, and TNG came along late enough (and with that first run syndication, meaning low ratings weren't nearly as destructive), to allow for a "TV Branch" of Trek to survive.

https://www.slashfilm.com/1659186/gene-roddenberry-star-trek-phase-ii-unmade-series-details/

You know, this bread I made? Not half bad. Maybe I'm on to something this time.

A wonderful article on our bridge trolls....

https://livingsnoqualmie.com/duvall-artist-breathes-new-life-into-iconic-bridge-trolls/

I really love the Breakfast MREs and wish they did more. This one had a maple muffin top (aka a pancake) with syrup , and maple bacon flavored spam slice. They used to also come with dehydrated cereal.

I can see why these could be comfort food for those out in the field. It's NOT quite what you get at home, but the flavors are there.

Fifty eight years ago....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCZLU7qlpYk

[Thoughts Before Bed]

One of the things become more and more apparent as I dig deeper and deeper into VR is the feeling of "embodiment."

I think I talked about how a few weeks ago, I locked my avatar into a T-Pose in order to work on her hair. I accidentally jumped into that locked body and had a minor panic when my movements weren't moving the avatar.

A few days ago, there was a major change in how Resonite animates it's avatars, and my avatar's movements were literally out of control. Everything was over driven, and my legs were stomping and moving far too jerkily and too powerfully.

It genuinely upset me because "this is not how I move." I spent two days talking with people on how to fix this, installing pieces and fixing movements. And while it's still not 100%, it's far closer to what it was.

But the tought process as I was doing this was "my body is not working." Not "my avatar isn't working" but "my body isn't working." The same feeling I got when my pinched nerve and suddenly my arm just wouldn't work anymore.

And I began thinking "is this how folks with dystonia feel? They try to move their arm a certain way, but the muscles and nerves don't do it correctly?"

Embodiment, proper embodiment, is a wierd sensation in VR. I know it's not real. And yet I react as it if it is. The pic below was literally me sitting in bed, as my avatar was sitting in bed, and realizing "these hands are MY hands."

I am deeply upset that my sour cherry candies are not sour at all.