Now that my days are getting to be more routine and more “work” related, I’m not sure how much I’ll be sharing with you all, and what the nature of the posts will be – especially if the work is technically supposed to be anonymous. Kilena being the exception as she said she didn’t care if I used her name. She said, “What for? Everything I tell you is truth and is about me. No one else.” Here here Kilena. So things might get progressively boring for y’all from here on out. (doubtful considering there’s always some good story about me being a dumb American and/or a dumb Anthropologist).
In any case, my friend Marcus loaned me the first 4 seasons of the X-Files. I was a "fan" when the show was on but didn't watch religiously so some of the episodes I've not seen before. I’ve been watching them at night before bed and though it’s only halfway through the second season, I couldn’t help being surprised at some statistics for the characters. I’ve decided to post my observations here and will update them as the series progresses.
Scully and Mulder have:
Been flown/shipped into a contained area to see what happened to a team of people: IIII
Been Quarantined or hospitalized as a result: III
Deferred or referred to Anthropologists: II
Scully has:
Had her home broken into: III
Has been taken hostage: III*
Has possibly been abducted by aliens: I
Has been in a coma: I
Has used shock paddles on Mulder: I
Has worn a fanny pack: I
Has done an elephant autopsy: I
*the hostage taking does not necessarily correspond to the break-ins.
Mulder has:
Been hit by a car: I
Had his apartment searched/ransacked: II
Had alien blood contaminate him: I
Gone off on his own and left Scully to follow his trail/save his life: II*
Slept with someone who drinks blood: I
Has worn speedos (to my surprising delight): I
*the number of incidents where she saved his life (or vice versa) is higher but this refers to the times he hasn’t told her where he was going and she had to figure it out all sleuth-like and then found him passed out somewhere.
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Too funny.
ReplyDeleteLet us know the stats after you're done with the first 4. Such exciting lives, those FBI agents live...
ReplyDeleteOh, and I wanted to tell you that you should still update us with your anthropological findings. Blogging about field work could become a study in and of itself (what to write about, how to refer to annonymous sources, the filters you use for what is noteworthy, etc). Interesting, no?
ReplyDeleteTo follow up on "LoriAya" I'm getting flashbacks of reading Malinowski's journal. After 80 years of the entire field worshiping your ethnography having your blog bring it all tumbling down.
ReplyDeleteSo Marcus - are you saying that this blog is going to bring my work tumbling down? Cuz then it's really not nice that you sent me that email encouraging my continued postings...
ReplyDeleteI think you missed the part where I mentioned you enjoying "80 years of worship" of your work.
ReplyDeleteWoah, fanny packs and speedos. How I had forgotten the awesomeness of dressing in the early 90s. Maybe you could also count the number of times Scully wears a jacket w/o shoulder pads......
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