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Friday Post #11

2009-11-07T04:35:03Z

I'll be in Florida this weekend, again. But I had thoughts and I had the time to post:

Regarding the changing of female actors on White Collar... BOO!!!!

I really liked Marsha Thomason's Diana, she was sorta awesome. I really don't like the new girl, but everyone thinks she's great. I think that's just residual love from The Middleman. I don't get the ABC!Family channel, so I've never seen the show.

The cynical part of me thinks that they got rid of Diana because the character was gay and they needed a female to flirt with Neal. Now, in the words of OLTL's gay doctor, Kyle Lewis: "My people flirt, too." Neal & Diana could have bantered... and it would have been delightful! T.V. really needs to stop hiding its gays, especially their lesbians.

Question: Have you ever hated a particular character so much that you couldn't watch the show they were on?

Examples: Even though The O.C. had all the components of a show I'd love (i.e. Ryan/Seth, Lady Heather from CSI, & bright colors) I could not stand Mischa Barton's Marissa Cooper, I had blackouts from the rage she induced. I watched the third season (she was dead) and I ADORED it!!!! I'll be buying the third season when I have the money.

My friend, Amber, hates the character of Tess (from Roswell) so much that she can't watch anything the actress is on anymore. I LOVED Emilie de Ravin's Tess and my personal canon is vastly different from the show's because of that love (SHE NEVER DIED, IT WAS ALL LIES!!!!).

P.S. I miss Mutant X, that show was one where I actively loved all the characters; I didn't like the bad guy, but you're not supposed to. That's another series I'll be getting, except the last season [which sucked out loud]. Boo on Brennan/Shalimar and new girl that tried to replace Emma!

Good Night!

Friday Post #10

2009-10-30T07:39:10Z

This is just a small post to explain why there won't be a big Friday post, I'm going to be in Florida for the weekend visiting my grandpa. I will be making time to catch SyFy Friday & White Collar on USA.

P.S. On the previews, for the new season of Burn Notice, they show Sharon Gless [Mike's mom] & Tyne Daly; I wonder if this is the first time they've acted together since Cagney & Lacey? I'll have to look it up.

RIP: Soupy Sales & August Coppola.

Friday Post #9

2009-10-24T00:20:03Z

All I wanted to do was read some Due South fanfic from a fav, Matthew Haldeman-Time, but instead I'm re-reading all of his bandslash. AND I CAN'T STOP READING!

The last time I read bandslash was also the only time, I think it's been a few years. I was never a fan of the boyband era and I never had a yearn to read fanfiction about them. I'm pretty sure it was Lance Bass' fault, and I don't even like NSYNC. But when Lance came out, I had to read at least one story from his boyband days. I picked Matthew because ff.net annoys me and I knew that he had the bandslash...

Anyway, it doesn't seem like a big deal right? Since I've only read them once...

Problem is that he has so many stories and the last time I couldn't stop myself until I had read every single one, it took a lot out of me. I even broke down and made banners for some of stories [thankfully, when my laptop crashed all of the stuff was erased.]

Hopefully, I'll have more control this time around!

P.S. I'm so excited for the premiere of White Collar. Not just because it's a USA show and I always love their shows [though, I hate how they end them; RIP: Cover Me, Deadzone, & 4400]. I'm excited because of Matt Bomer, who plays Neal Caffrey. He also played Bryce Larkin on Chuck. He's one-half of my Chuck!OTP. He's also an avatar for one of my characters and with any luck I can score some decent pictures of him. Seriously, the internet has failed me when it comes to Matt Bomer pictures.

Friday Post #8

2009-10-17T01:08:32Z

This week has been one of ups-and-downs.

The 'down' was finding out that the loathsome Greenlee is coming back to All My Children. I hate that character so much! I literally cheered when she [in her wedding dress on a motorcycle] went over that icy bridge into the watery depths below. Thank goodness I don't watch that show anymore.

The 'up' occurred when I was using the 'read out loud' feature on a .pdf in Adobe. It was a slash story, and the word 'crotch' translated as 'crow's nest', it made the foreplay scenes hilarious! Plus, it actually sounds out words like, "shhhh" and "mmhmm".

It pronounces the spacing '***~~~***~~~***~~~***~~~***' as 'asterisk asterisk asterisk tilde tilde tilde asterisk asterisk asterisk tilde tilde tilde asterisk asterisk asterisk tilde tilde tilde asterisk asterisk asterisk tilde tilde tilde asterisk asterisk asterisk' it's really quite catchy and I've been finding myself singing along when it gets to those parts.

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I LOVE Stargate Universe!!!! There are so many pairings to choose from, the slash is abundant. My early favorite is a tie between the Scottish Dr. Nicholas Rush and the angry Sgt. Ron Greer. Though, I find Eli Wallace & Lt. Matthew Scott really adorable. Col. Everett Young, Lt. Tamara 'TJ' Johansen, and Camille Wray rock as well. I even sorta like that girl who's father died and who's mother is played by that AI that flirted with Woolsey on Atlantis. For now I'm shipping Eli/Rush and Greer/Matt; though that's always subject to change. I see potential with Rush/Matt and Rush/Greer and Matt/Eli. I may even do a YouTube post later if I can find the scenes that set off my slash alert.

Plus, there's crossover love between Ming-Na's 'IOA lesbian Camille' and Alaina Huffman's 'medic TJ'.

See, Ming-Na played Chun-Li in the campy movie "Street Fighter" and Kristin Kreuk played Chun-Li in the origins movie, "Street Fighter: Legend of Chun-Li." Ms. Kreuk played Lang Lang on Smallville for a lot of years and Alaina Huffman who plays TJ also played Dinah Lance AKA Black Canary on Smallville as well.

P.S. Finally, I'm so glad to get a character in the Stargate series that is gay for reals and not just in my fondest wishes. I wonder if they'll be adding aliens to the cast. Aliens like Teal'c, Jonas, Vala, Teyla, & Ronon. Hopefully, if it's a chick, they'll rock like Teyla & Vala and not annoy like so many of the female aliens did. If they add a guy alien, I'd be fine with that as well.

Hopefully, SGU lasts for a long time and we get more cameos from the sister shows. By the way, how funny were Daniel's orientation videos and Jack/Rush picking up Eli. Plus, 'aww' moment: the ship, George Hammond, commanded by Samantha Carter, defending Icarus Base.

Friday Post #7

2009-09-19T02:02:51Z

The past weeks have been hectic. My grandma died on Friday after my last post. The COD was Blunt Force Neck Trauma; how horrible does that sound? I just haven't had a moment to breathe, I've been back and forth between home & Florida.

I've started to like the new girl on Warehouse 13, I'm apparently weak for snarky banter. As long as they don't get rid of Artie or pair Pete/Myka, I'm game.

Paul Wesley of Vampire Diaries is really becoming one of my favorites. Mostly because he's played a skinwalker [Wolf Lake], a Luthor [Smallville], a half-angel [Fallen], and now a vampire [TVD]. He's like the white Rick Worthy [check out his roles]. If I find out PW's ever played an alien or some other creature... :) While on the Diaries, he's a little annoying --he's the brooding, good guy-- he just looks so hot when he's "vamping" out.

I sometimes imagine a room filled with all the brooding vampires: Louis, Angel, Mick, Stefan, Edward, etc. and then I put a sign on the door that reads: "Please keep the lights low, vampires brooding." or "No happiness within, only despair." I need to see is there's fanfic.

P.S. Question: does Bill from True Blood belong in that room, I don't watch the show :(

Friday Post #6

2009-08-08T02:04:59Z

My grandmother is in the hospital with 3 broken vertebrae & maybe a broken clavicle. She tripped on the ground and fell against a column at her front door.

...nothing else to report on.

Friday Post #5

2009-08-01T03:47:45Z

What a difference a week can make. Warehouse 13 is no longer a favorite, and that's sad because I really love it. But I don't like the new girl that joined the team this week; they didn't need to mess with the cast dynamic at all. I do realize that it was already set in stone, but I can't watch the show until she's gone!

I've been getting into Doctor Who fic again. Mostly stories concerning Lucy Saxon/The Master or Donna Noble. The last time I stopped reading the DW fic was because I was frustrated by all the Rose Tyler stuff, she's in everything and it's not like there's a filter to exclude certain characters on Teaspoon [there should be though].

I hate Rose Tyler, but I love her family... is that weird?

I'm so excited about the new GI Joe movie! Everybody's complaining because the movie seems to be summer fluff, and not enough "depressing reboot" like in Transformers & BSG. But I say... it's based on a cartoon & comic books series from the 80's or early 90's... it's the definition of mindless fluff.

Friday Post #4

2009-07-25T02:40:42Z

I want Ed Quinn back on Eureka. I don't want Jack/Allison in any way. I really like the new character of Tess, which is weird because the actress who plays her, Jaime Ray Newman, has played two characters whom I've hated: Kristina Cassadine on General Hospital & Laura Cadman on Stargate: Atlantis.

I adore Warehouse 13. It makes me laugh and I love the artifacts that we've seen. They had the mirror from Alice in Wonderland!!!! I really hope they don't ruin the show by putting together Pete & Myka.

Friday Post #3

2009-07-04T03:11:11Z

Yay! for SciFi Channel marathons of the Twilight Zone. I love the Twilight Zone! Though I have a preference for the gray ones. They seem... I don't know. The stories lose something in color.

Also the episodes from the 80's bother me. Maybe because I recognize almost all of the actors that were working on series. Instead of knowing only a few of them from the original run.

That's all for this post. Bye!

Friday Post #2

2009-06-27T02:13:13Z

23 minutes into the tv-movie, Virtuality, on FOX... and I LOVE it so much. It's hilarious and really creepy. I want it to get picked up as a show by FOX. If it does get picked up, I hope the fact that it's from the mind of Ronald D. Moore, of the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica, means that it lasts longer than it normally would on FOX. I also hope that it's not all doom and gloom like it was on BSG.

Jeri Ryan is joining Leverage, I really hope that it's not a permanent role. Leverage has the perfect group dynamic and it doesn't need to change.

Back to Virtuality... killing the captain was a bold move. Again, I really hope that it gets picked up and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau will still be on it, even if it's has a virtual character. And that he interacts with someone other than the woman he was cheating with.

Things I learned today. SPOILERS for TRANSFORMERS!!!

2009-06-24T02:32:01Z

1. Ed McMahon died. He was 62, suffering from a broken neck and cancer. How wrong is that?
2. Optimus dies in the new Transformers movie. OPTIMUS!!!
3. My dad has been diagnosed with Type-II diabetes. My mom's grandmother lost her leg to diabetes.

Some good news though, I got to call dibs on his twizzlers. And eat the last piece of his ice cream birthday cake. So... YAY EFFING ME!!!!

My mom's eating too much and I feel like I'm gonna start crying and/or laughing hysterically.

Today has been a bad day all around. I hope everyone who reads this [all of 2 people, but 2 of my favorite people in the world] had a better day than I and my family did.

Friday Post #1

2009-06-12T19:12:49Z

I really need to buckle down and start using this thing. I am going to attempt to post at least once every Friday.

Topic of the Day: Laurell K. Hamilton and the Anita & Merry series.

I love the Anita Blake and Merry Gentry series. My love is boundless; while others turn away or mock what the books have become, I stand firm in my devotion. I don't always agree with the direction the characters go in, but I'm not the writer and have no claim to the story.

The thing about me is: when it comes to TV shows, movies, and books; I see all the potential a story could possibly have. It's what lets me love SciFi Saturday night and always pick the unpopular characters and pairings.

Anita Blake was the first that I read. My dad, an avid reader, found Anita first and introduced us. When the books stopped being about Anita Blake: Heroine, and started being about Anita Blake: Ardour-ed [not a real word], he lost interest. I found Merry on my own and have loved every minute of it, so far. I've learned to accept that the series are not static, but ever-changing. That's the mark of a great story; when every time you read it, you take away something new.

Though I am behind in both series. For Anita, the last I read completely was 'Narcissus in Chains' and that's 6 books ago. I own up to 'Danse Macabre'. For Merry, I read all of the first 3, own #4 but hadn't buckled down yet and read it. Yesterday, since it had been awhile, I forgot which books I owned and bought #6 before #5 of the Merry series. I read, 'A Lick of Frost', and finished it within 3 hours.

My love for Merry is completely renewed and I'm thinking of giving Anita another chance.

random thoughts [speculations on Twilight & Dollhouse.]

2009-04-13T01:19:11Z

Jasper Hale, from the movie Twilight, was on Criminal Minds as a killer with an alter-ego. He was in full female get-up and let me just say... HE WAS SO FRICKIN' HOT, MY HEART STOPPED!!!!!

While I have never seen the movie Twilight or read the books, I have read 'Growing Up Cullen' so I know what the Twilight saga is all about :)))! I also have read fan fiction concerning the series. I wish there were more fics between the Hales: Jasper & Rosalie. In my mind they are the best fake!brother/sister team ever.

I also wish there was a centralized database [NOT fanfiction.net] for Supernatural & Smallville fan fiction like there is for the Stargate series.

P.S. I hope they never get rid of November-Mellie AKA Miracle Laurie's character from Dollhouse and that the OTP of the series turns out to be Paul Ballard/Mellie-November. One, because I have a ridiculous girl!crush on Miracle Laurie and her being on the show makes my heart sing! Two, because Echo-Caroline/Paul is too... sucky. Pairing two idiot do-gooders (Caroline makes me cry from the stupid) together is asking for me to suspend my hopes for decent storytelling. But because full-figured women usually get no love from the show runners, I pretty sure November's days are numbered.

restart

2008-11-12T00:35:03Z

I really need to start using this thing. 93 weeks!

Thank goodnesss LJ didn't delete.

Thought for the day: Ricky Worthy, aka Nathan Jackson (M7) aka Simon (BSG), needs to be in more stuff. I just adore him!

That is all.

I need more material...

2007-01-26T08:10:29Z

I decided to share my love of Battlestar Galactica. I'm new at this, so please be kind.

Letter from Santa

2006-11-16T13:24:34Z

Dear Santa...

Dear Santa,

This year I've been busy!

In February I broke psyko_kittie's X-Box (-12 points). In March I pulled psyko_kittie's hair (-5 points). Last Saturday I signed my organ donor card (28 points). Last Wednesday I bought porn for psyko_kittie (10 points). Last week I gave change to a homeless guy (19 points).

Overall, I've been nice (40 points). For Christmas I deserve a toy train!

Sincerely,
ginoddduck

ginoddduck @ 2006-09-13T09:45:00

2006-09-13T13:48:15Z

It from the Season 3 promotional images. I just cut and colored it.

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n253/ginoddduck/My%20BSG/fff.jpg