Legion World Forums LEGION COMPANION Spaceopoly Kill This Thread IX: The 24-Hour Version (Fifth Time)

Reverse peer pressure

I'm a huge Star Trek fan but only mildly interested in Star Wars. I suppose it comes down to vicarious living: If I had to be a part of either universe, I'd rather be an officer in Starfleet than a rebel on the run.

Agreed, He Who. Trek, kind of like the Legion, gives hope for the future.

Speaking of, Star Wars is supposedly going to have sequels in the forms of Episodes 7, 8 and 9. I wonder how bright and shiny THAT future will be.

I liked AlienNation a lot. Strange that it's one of the SF shows that I don't hear anybody talk about anymore.

I have two cousins with whom I can discuss shows like Justice League. Sadly, the other one quotes entire conversations and scenes verbatim, so I avoid talking to him unless I've seen the episodes in question already.

Wow, family members that actually share an interest with you. Must be a luxury at holidays.

One holiday for which I never traveled as an adult is Thanksgiving Day. I traveled for Christmas most years, but never Thanksgiving. When my mom moved here a few years ago, it was the first time we spent Thanksgiving together for 20 years.

I usually only get to see my family once a year due to the distance and cost involved. We celebrate holidays with my wifes family.

My family has never travelled for Thanksgiving from when I was a child to adulthood. Christmas was an every year thing, though. Always going to NC to see my grands and the rest of the family. Since mom moved back there, I usually visit her right before or right after Christmas. Working in retail makes it super-tough to actually be there right at.

My Christmas travels were kind of unusual. Our choir sings at the 11 p.m. service on Christmas Eve, so I would stay up all night long and leave for Florida on the first flight out Christmas morning. I'd get to my folks' place in time for Christmas dinner and we would exchange gifts afterwards. This tradition, of course, ended when Mother moved here.

Do you call your mother "Mother", Rocks? I only bring this up because other characters on the new "Bates Motel" show often point out to Norman how odd it is that he calls Norma that.

I do.

I've called her that since I was about twelve. I don't remember deciding to call her that, but it just sort of works. I do know several other men who call their mothers "Mother", all of whom happen to be gay.

I've always been a "momma's" boy, myself!

The Boyfriend calls his mother "momma". He also calls her "Bug", but that's quite another story.

It's amazing how we learn so much about each other while we're trying to kill a thread.

That's one of the reasons I love these. They're conversations that twist and turn in all sorts of directions.

Whereas we still don't know where the hell Ibby and Blaze want to vacation in the Know your Legion Worlders" thread!

I haven't done "Know Your Legion Worlders" in a long time. I guess there are some threads that just don't appeal to me.

I participate in that thread now and then.

I generally don't either, because if I get something right then I would have to ask a question about myself.

But lately, though not just in that thread mind you, the questions are of the "here's 20 _____, which three are ____" variety, so there's not really much danger of getting the answer right if you're just guessing.

And they do take time. It's like guessing a combination lock.

But some days you find yourself with nothing else to do.

I participate often. How could I not? I was the one who started the original thread way, way back!

I participated in the "Where am I?" thread a lot at the beginning, but it's hard to join that one when it's deep in progress. I especially don't like guessing the right answer after the other players have done all the real work. It's a fun thread , though. I'll have to catch it right after a round starts.

I suppose the "I'm Thinking Of An Animal" and "I'm Thinking of a Legion character" threads are much the same. Often those threads end up with only two players trading answers.

I have a few Spaceopoly threads I like and some I move in and out of. And there are two I used to participate in but dropped out of for personal reasons. But I still prticipate in more of them than Malvolio does.