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Skriven 2007-07-31 15:00:18 av Jon (2836.babylon5)
  Kommentar till text 16345 av rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated (2818.babylon5)
Ärende: Re: Reports from Comic-Con
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On Jul 31, 12:44 pm, Amy Guskin <aisl...@fjordstone.com> wrote:
>
> Piker.  I've already _watched_ mine.  :-D
>
> Amy

Mine's sitting next to me...at work...just calling to me.

 "Hey big boy," says The Lost Tales dvd case.

I look around frantically.  No, the guy with the lisp who has an
incredibly loud voice who sits in the cube next to me isn't talking on
the phone.

"Over here," the DVD case persists.

I continue to surf the newsgroups, jmsnews.com (there's no work to do,
if you've read about the corporate bond market crashing last week..
Okay..you don't buy that.  I'm going to Hawaii tomorrow, leave me
alone.), ignoring its call.  But I'm drawn to it, like it's an alien
from a new form of hyperspace trying to reach through some strange
giant device that was dragged out from hyperspace earlier this
morning.  Shaking violently, I grab the case and unwrap it like a
girl's dress on prom night.  No, it's too soon! I'm not ready for
this!

Once the wrapping is off, its powers are further unleashed, and it's
too late.  Before I can even react, the case is open, the DVD inserted
into my work laptop like a...well, we don't need to go too deeply into
metaphors.  All I have to do is hit "play."

Though I try to resist, my hand has taken a life of its own.  The Lost
Tales is controling it now.  I manage to scroll to the special
features on the screen.  "I'm only going to watch the special
features," I tell myself.  The special features are amazing, some
reminiscent of things I had heard the Great Maker say at a certain
small convention in San Diego the weekend before, some new content,
and some old friends that I had watched on youtube for months.  It
relaxed me for a time, but I knew I would have to get a bigger fix
soon.  The addiction only becomes stronger as the special features
effects wear off, and I'm longing for a bigger, stronger dose.

What do I do?

Turn to page 8 to go back to work, finish my reports up and go home,
to where I can watch the DVD on my plasma screen.

Turn to page 23 to watch it at work on my laptop with one headphone
on, peeking over my cube to see if my boss is going to come by.

Turn to page 42 to hold off entirely, wait for my girlfriend to finish
watching season 5 so we can have a nice moment together as we both
enjoy the new content of the new Babylon 5.

Turn to page 19 to watch TLT on my work laptop with both ears in the
headphones, unaware of what evil boss my lurk around the corner in the
office.

Jon D.
(Who seriously hopes people understand his sense of humor at times
like these...)
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