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Goodbye

Hey everyone. Sorry to put a dampener on everyone’s holidays like this, but I would like to address the fact that I haven’t updated this blog in nine months.

So my last update was me talking about how my computer stopped booting, and that was it. First of all, thank you guys for all of your suggestions, but like I said in the post at the time, I couldn’t really keep up with the blog so I didn’t see any of them. It’s nice to know you guys cared,  those comments meant a lot, thank you guys.

I have a new computer, at the time I was using a macbook I’d had since college, I needed the upgrade anyway, but like I also said, replacing it was hard, I’m pretty poor, and even now, I haven’t finished my set up, holidays along with other things IRL has kept that from happening, might not happen for a couple of months yet.

So, the whole time I told myself, I’d get back to FYB5 when I get that sorted. And I haven’t sorted that yet, may not for a while. But honestly, I also kinda feel like it’s been a natural cut off for me to quit the blog altogether, and I haven’t found a reason, personally, that would stop me doing that.

I could be upfront and honest, but people are going to think what they want, and I could be political and pick and choose what to say about why I’m quitting the blog, but people are going to think what they want. Learnt that one from Deconstruction of Falling Stars.

Fact of the matter is I’ve been on this website a long time. I ran this blog for years. When I started I was fresh out of college trying to hold a band together and looking for people to share my favourite show with. My partner suggested Tumblr, the rest is history.

And I’ve thought about this for a long time, this isn’t some rash decision I’ve come to I’ve been agonising over this for months.

I feel like, I’ve done my bit for letting people know about this show, I don’t feel like me standing with a parade and catherine wheels shouting about how good it is... it’s spent, it’s enough. I’m happy with it.

I’ve met cool people through this and I’ve done cool things and I’m pretty cool with that.

So, second most important question; what’s going to happen to the blog?

The blog is staying, I’m not deleting it. I can’t delete it, it means too much to me, and the logistics of finding someone else to run the blog or getting them used to the backwards way I set it up 4/5 years ago is just... it’s new years right? Clean slate.

However, on Jan 3 I’m going to be changing the URL to fuckyeahb5dead

Providing there’s no crossover of Babylon 5 and The Walking Dead that people fucking love, it frees up the URL if someone else wants to start over, or if some new fans come in from the inevitable remake films (which I know we haven’t heard anything about but OH MY GOD I’m still really excited).

As for me.

I’m still on Tumblr. I don’t know if I’m going to be doing another like... thing like this blog, but if I do I’ll let you know so long as you’re still following here.

When I started I promised myself I’d not use this blog as a way to get personal follows, which is kinda immature and childish pie-in-the-sky thinking when you’re starting a fan blog but to be honest I’m too introverted and anxious to cope with loads of people and I’ve cultivated a nice little corner of tumblr and I’m happy in it.

But I’ll be here. I’ve always been here.

Happy new year, thanks for everything.

- Admin

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Update

Hey guys, so here's the deal... my computer has stopped booting. I can't seem to sort it out, haven't found a decent troubleshooting suggestion online yet (still looking) and if it has just died all of a sudden, I am not able to replace it quickly. So depending on exactly how broken my computer is, and given the awkward nature of trying to run a blog from my phone thanks to the bass akward way I set it up in the first place, I'm possibly going to have to go on hiatus until I can get a new computer. This really sucks and is not really the way I was hoping today would start off, but I hope you understand. If anything changes I'll keep you updated. -Admin

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When I got the part, which was very strange, I had this audition for something called Babylon 5 and I had no idea what it was. And I go into the audition room, and there’s these 25 other actors with their hair pulled straight up, and I had my hair normal, and I’m thinking, ‘Oh my god, I’m missing something’. So I ran to the restroom, and I go to the restroom and I use this soap dispenser and I’m spiking my hair with the soap and my hand touched my eye, the water’s coming out of my eye, it’s red and they call my name and I run in there and I felt that I owed them an explanation, and I said ‘I am so sorry, I knew nothing about the hair and I went to the bathroom with the soap dispenser and it got into my eye’ and they stopped and said, ‘Oh my god, it’s Vir’.

Stephen Furst, asked about his defining moment on B5 [x]

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Delenn tries to figure out selfies.

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Honestly I quite enjoy how it's obviously a Tiger Electronics LCD game with some miscellaneous bits, ribbons and glitter stuck to it.

It’s a constant source of joy for me to imagine how Vir’s video game got from Sinclair’s hands to G’Kar’s assistant. Did she politely ask for it? Did she demand it? Did G’kar have to back her up because “it’s only fair Mollari is taking so long and we’re boooored”? Did poor Vir lose a saved game?

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Babylon 5 1x08: And the Sky Full of Stars

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The Minbari, being a race of aesthetes and naturalists, are known to be fond of using their bone crests as pots for fresh flowers.

I will do penance later.

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This is my favorite screencap of all the thousands of B5 screencaps I’ve taken.

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Londo in 13, if it's not too much trouble

Decided I’d done a lot of happy Londo lately and had to shake it up a little.  You guys sure like palette 13. 

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They have paper-papers! I love this machine. 

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Go Marcus!

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Lieutenant-Commander Ivanova, clear the deck!

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EAS Cortez + EAS Hyperion