behind the curve

i suppose it's better late than never, but i do tend to be behind the curve on admittedly many matters that can preoccupy the group at work as a whole.

...such as, say, the heroes television series.

there are many reasons for the, well, unwillingness to indulge, not the least of which is i almost never take the time; preferentially just surfing, staring blankly into space (not necessarily the night sky), attempting hopelessly to clean out the junk in my cubicle...

of course there is the amount of work that i periodically find myself inundated in -- which is not a bad thing, just stressful in the most powerful sense of the word.

which can lead to situations that peak, as it did last week, at having 4 22-minute projects to churn out of edit (on a machine with precious little drive space for a feat of that magnitude). there was, naturally, murphy's law to contend with too.

but somehow in all that, there was a little spark, a little time to take a peek, give in to some temptation. during the hours of rendering video in final cut pro, i finally decided to watch the miniseries of the reimagined battlestar galactica.

there is another reason why i shy from the vicarious involvement with serial media -- it affects me. Not the least of which my blood pressure.

so, watching the galactica miniseries was difficult at first, as the dire situation unfolded; whatever empathy i can muster was drained full force by the show's end. and yet, the show was a revelation. attempting to show real people in a sci-fi end-of-world milieu television serial was actually quite gutsy (especially given that the show's re-creator was originally of the star trek franchise -- the home of sci-fi cosmic resets), and compelling.

still difficult to watch, but i'm persevering.

now just starting on episode 6 of the first season... it's been wow! all the way so far.

once that's done, maybe there's something to that heroes thing. next stop.