escape to insanity

I just made one of the geekiest purchases of my life. And given the fact that I currently own a shirt that says “geek” on it (and nothing else - just that word), that’s a pretty telling statement.

Anyone that knows me in person, or knows enough about me online to have a pretty good guess at my general interests, knows that I’m a big fan of Battlestar Galactica. I’ve been watching it since the original mini-series event, and been hooked just as long. It’s an amazing show. If you haven’t seen it, DO IT. There’s only four seasons (we’re in the middle of the fourth and final season right now) so you can easily catch up, unlike shows like “Friends” which ran for something like 73 and a half seasons. Or “ER” which is apparently still running, despite no one giving a damn about it.

Anyway… yeah. I was browsing through ThinkGeek and found one of the coolest poster sets ever.

Battlestar Galactica Propaganda Posters:

A rolled set of 5 posters, 22″ by 17″ printed on heavy 100 pound satin-finish paper, each depicting a motivational phrase and inspirational graphic designed specifically to keep humans alive, wipe out toasters, and keeping our Vipers aloft.

Hells yeah.

In the style of WWII-era propaganda photos, and with the clipped octagonal shapes to boot. I can guarantee these posters will be proudly hanging in my apartment for all to see. I am not ashamed of my geekiness.

So say we all.

(Photos will come as soon as I get the posters delivered and hung.)

Update (6/8/2008): the posters arrived in the mail yesterday! They’re currently laying unfurled on my kitchen table, flattened and anchored by a handful of books. Once they flatten out, I’ll start mounting them for display.

Update (6/9/2008): they’re pretty well flattened now. I’ve got some preliminary photos on Flickr:

There's really only one show on television that I actually care about watching on a regular basis. Sure, there's a few that I like watching whenever I get a chance — Mythbusters, CSI:Vegas, etc. But those aren't shows I deliberately set aside time to watch each week, and it generally doesn't matter if I miss one episode; each episode is fairly self-sustaining.

However, there is that one particular show that I want to see every week. And the nature of the show is such that if I miss even one episode, I'm gonna be missing out on a lot of the plot. Each episode has something happen that's crucial to the rest of the series. My one show is Battlestar Galactica. Yes, I'm a geek; I accept that. In any case, it's on at a rather inconvenient hour. Eight o'clock at night on Fridays. Now, that's no problem most of the time when I have a fairly nonexistent social life, but that wasn't the case last night. Last night I went out with some friends, and I knew I wasn't going to be home to see “my show” as usual. It's not an acceptable option to not see the episode, so I set about finding a way to fix that. I asked everyone I knew if they had a VCR to tape it for me in my absence. Finally, after much searching, I discovered my neighbors have a VCR and a blank tape, and were willing to tape it for me. Fantastic.

Except… I don't own a VCR. I don't have anything capable of actually playing the tape. I neglected to consider that. I couldn't record the show myself because I don't have a VCR, but I somehow missed the fact that my lack of said VCR meant I'm also incapable of playing it back. So… I think I'll make a trip to Goodwill today to find a VCR on the cheap. Sure, VCRs are usually dirt cheap even brand new, but… I really don't want to spend more than $5 or so on a machine I'll practically never use.

So yeah… sometimes I'm a moron.