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December 14th, 2009
 | 11:20 pm - What kind of monster doesn't love cords?
Of all the things I could be posting about right now... They started airing more powermat commercials, so it's on my mind again.
What is the point? The only thing it can do is cost you money and disappoint you in the future when it doesn't work the way you expected it to. And it looks ugly.
The only upside is that I'm sure some child or pet will somehow injure themselves with one and make their guardians really regret wasting money on useless problematic junk.
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December 2nd, 2009
 | 06:47 am - Allan was the cutest, and he had a good heart. <3
I have to go get ready for work and I know this is horribly late of me, but... D: I can't believe they killed Allan A Dale!
BBC is so brutal with all of my favorite characters. It's like they're forcing me to contemplate each of their deaths and feel sad about them. And I do! Gyahhhh. Considering all the times I saw that scene where John is lugging his body into the castle and Robin is all "I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll!!" on the bridge, I feel a little sick remembering how I thought it was well-done and John walking off with some lump on his back was cool-looking... If I had known that were Allan!! My goodness...
:( Do they really always have to have the last word? Why do characters die in random apocolypse episodes such that no one can write anything new for them down the line?
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September 17th, 2009
 | 06:09 pm - I have such a crush on Simon King! >.< Someone buy me his book on tape.
Lol, Game-Chat. :D
18:02 Theny kerus [6]: a
18:02 Theny kerus [6]: a
18:02 Ryeka Grayson [48]: b
18:02 Kiva Rane [48]: c
18:03 Ryeka Grayson [48]: d
18:03 Jaime the great [95]: efg
18:03 Kiva Rane [48]: hi
18:03 Tuna Tundrayr [50]: jk
18:03 Jaime the great [95]: lmno
18:03 Kiva Rane [48]: p
18:03 Ryeka Grayson [48]: q
18:03 Jaime the great [95]: rs
18:03 Kiva Rane [48]: tuv
18:04 Ryeka Grayson [48]: w
18:04 Jaime the great [95]: xyz
18:04 Jaime the great [95]: NOW YOU KNOW YOUR ABCS NEXT TIME WONT YOU SING WITH ME
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September 8th, 2009
 | 11:06 pm - Ice cream!!!
Katt Williams is amazing, and moreso when I'm sick. :3 And I think I love Warehouse 13 now.
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September 1st, 2009
 | 06:00 pm - Lol halon.
"The Long Goodbye" is on today, and it's one of the more fun episodes of Atlantis.
>.< Oddly, at some point around the beginning, I said "Ooo, I bet Elizabeth and John are going to kiss!" But I didn't think it would really happen. >.>;; Or rather, I didn't think I would be so shocked and horrified when it did. I think I started crying, I was so hysteric. Eeeeeew!!
Anyway, the reason I decided to write this was because the lady inhabiting Elizabeth hatched a stupid diabolical plan that wouldn't have actually hurt anyone. She was like, "your new halon fire suppression systems can extinguish people as well as fire," but there is no such thing as a new halon suppression system, and there's no way they had enough of it for it to have been toxic. Even the total flooding systems on warships are only in compact areas like storage holds for certain kinds of fuel.
;_; That's the second time my engineering project seemed relevant.
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August 20th, 2009
 | 02:12 pm - I love Kike.
Of all the television shows I watch, I think Big Cat Diary might be my favorite. >.< I've said that about a lot of things in the past, though.
Still, Big Cat Diary is the documentary series I've been watching in my head since I was little. Rather, it has the animals I want to watch, they're awesome, and the people who host it do a nice job of explaining everything that goes on.
I love it when they spot a gazelle and the cheetahs hunt it down. >.< That's terrible of me, but I love watching them hunt it. I think my favorite part is when the cheetahs walk backwards with their butts in the air as they drag the carcuses in their mouths to a nice shady spot out of the way. It reminds me of Alexander.
Also, on an unrelated note, the Daily Show was incredible last night. The last time I laughed that hard, he was roasting CBS. He made me want to watch Ohm Shanti Ohm again! >.< God, that movie is ridiculous.
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August 17th, 2009
 | 02:12 pm - Wooooo.
YES!! I KNEW IT WAS RHETT MILLER ON THAT CHILLI'S COMMERCIAL!
Fuck yeah, I haven't lost my talent for catching that sort of thing.
No one else can make baby back ribs sound good, Rhett still sings like an angel, and I AM SO PROUD OF MYSELF FOR BEING RIGHT THAT TIME. Awesome!
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August 16th, 2009
 | 10:57 pm - Snnnacks, sir?
Okay, you know what?
Greg Giraldo is now my favorite comedian. He was already way up there but God, awesome. I'm glad he's making jokes about Michael Phelps, because that kid is ugly.
My favorite.
;_; He's hotter now than ever before. Midlife Vices is like the best standup so far this year.
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 | 10:01 pm - YOU'D BETTER NOT SUCK.
Greg Giraldo is on!
Lol his voice is awesome.
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August 14th, 2009
 | 05:42 pm - Duet.
Playing Tibia and watching Atlantis... "Duet" is on. The episode that appeased (or perhaps gave birth to) all of the Beckett/McKay shippers out there.
Even though that's not my cup of tea, I love Carson as much as the next guy and the episode is, overall, a joy to watch. David Hewlett is a pretty great actor, when you think about it. He's like an inverse Brent Spiner. He's not wearing a shirt right now! :3 I think it's cute that she used his body to go for a run.
Anyway, yeah. Spiner is so frightening in real life, yet Data was so sincerely innocent that it's ironic.
This episode also has some development for the team as a whole. Ronon and John haven't become that tight yet, but you can see how Ronon's trying to get used to life in the city. Lol! He just entered Teyla's room without knocking. That man is too attractive for his own good. Teyla is also extremely beautiful, as always.
I don't like seeing Kate (boo), but I'm happy remembering their awkward break-up that happens in the middle one of my favorite episodes. <3
Heh... I love the way he dips Carson for that kiss! So funny. Which brings me back to my point, really. David is a good actor because everything I've seen of him on-set, at panels, the way he is on Twitter, his movie... He's so nice! And just fun-loving, in a way. Like a labrador retriever. And yet he plays McKay, who can be so bitter and angry and annoyed, it rules. He's not really that mean, as a character, though.
And it's hilarious watching him play himself being controlled by a woman. You can easily see the character changes when Cadman takes over, which is great. Lol, he dipped her, too.
Hilarious. And when he grabs Carson's face and is like "Mmmm" before he leaves the room. He did a great job, and this is a nice Rodney-centric episode of SGA.
In other news, I'm off to level my as-yet unpromoted knight (gasp!) and then Marty said he would take me to get the John Sheppard doll I've been wanting for a few months now. Er, I mean, figure. It's a figure, not a doll. :3 ...I love dolls.
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August 10th, 2009
 | 04:43 pm - I gave up on tagging, as well.
I don't know why I wever doubted you, Syfy. Atlantis is still on at 5p!! Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!
After this, I'm going to try to censor my posts a little bit and make some of them private. Even I'm starting to get uncomfortable with how often I feel like voicing my appreciation for the SGA cast. Sometimes it's better to not say everything you're thinking, you know?
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August 9th, 2009
 | 10:49 pm - I want to see Greg Giraldo's new special.
I didn't know Mario Cantone was on this roast tonight! I love that man. He's doing a great impression of her, too, so it's cool. Of course, he was a bit better on Denis Leary's, but that was pretty awesome. And I liked his hairstyle better that time, as well. >.>;;
:3 Everyone always teases Greg Giraldo for only doing roasts, but I've been really into him (as a comedian, in this case) for like half a decade now. I can't tell whether or not he's gained weight, because I think he just looks good when he wears jeans and doesn't shave, as opposed to that haircut he had way back when he did that set on Comedy Central Presents.
The only one-roast guy that I wish would have become a repeat offender and hasn't was Norm Macdonald. >.< I really love Norm.
Oh, and Carl Reiner is on, which kicks ass. I didn't expect that. Or Brad Garrett (one of my dad's favorites).
Gilbert Gottfried. <3 Love you.
I'm going to go watch this, now. I'm a little surprised to say it, but Joe Flanigan is still hovering around in the back of my mind. Marty, John, Pete, and I watched A Dog's Breakfast last night, and it was really cool because it never occurred to Marty and I that someone would have not recognized Paul McGillion in drag because they don't watch Atlantis and never heard the accent, but they didn't and it was awesome. They were really surprised! Of course, the parts when he was walking around in drag were funnier for us than they were for them, but the ending was made better, somehow.
I really loved the bathtub scene!
Okay, wait, I can't even think while I'm writing. Jeff Ross is so ridiculous. I feel guilty whenever I laugh at his jokes. Like I'm lowering myself or something. >.< He really does only appeal to old people, what the fuck.
Carl Reiner looks adorable, really.
Anyway! I loved seeing David Hewlett's naked belly. Lol, totally not the normal area I'd fixate on, but he looked like what I imagine my sister must have looked like when my grandmother used to tickle her by blowing raspberries on her tummy.
And I think I'm getting used to Pete. It's really fun because I don't have to say anything or do anything to make John entertain everyone. Pete just kindof activates him for us, if that makes sense. Pete makes me laugh on his own, anyway, so it's fun. At the end of the film, when Patrick meets Ryan's sister, Pete said, "What about the black guy?" in reference to Chris Judge, and that was pretty funny at the time (in a "hey, I thought you already had someone you liked" kind of tone).
Ugh, I don't know if I've ever written about Daniel Tosh on here, but he creeps me out. On one special, he came off like a slow kid, and on another, he was like a snobby/mean but very on-point troll of a frat boy. Like he seemed cognizant of his surroundings and the society he lives in. Now, on Tosh.0, he's pretty much right in the middle. Like, dumb, but not so dumb that he doesn't know he's saying a joke.
Gotta go, though.
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August 6th, 2009
 | 05:43 pm - Mean people are mean.
So... Watching some more SGA season one, and this is the second time where I felt many characters have been unfairly rude or skeptical of Teyla and where John specifically acted like a big asshole.
In Letters from Pegasus, it was out of character for John to be so unsure about whether or not to save Orin (spelling?) and his family, even moreso once Teyla insisted upon it. He was so reckless when he saved Teyla's people, after all, and it didn't seem like it was a normal sense of responsibility, just that he is kind and behaves heroically.
Today, in The Gift, Teyla is losing sleep because she has nightmares about the Wraith as their ships approach Atlantis. When she actually looks into it and essentially finds a lead as to how her ability to sense the Wraith came about, the team went to the planet she was looking for and let her poke around. While she was doing it, John was talking to Ford about her (she wasn't included in the conversation) and he essentially said that he thought there was nothing special about the place, but that he wanted her to stop being edgey so he would just let her think she was doing something important, or rather, he wanted to humor her.
It pisses me off because I've always thought of Teyla as emotionally superior to John--not that I'm insulting him or anything, just... She is wise beyond her years and knows a lot about the Wraith, I mean... I feel angry at these people for looking down on her. Even Carson was uncharacteristically rude. It's like they all "respect" Teyla as long as there's nothing wrong. The moment she approaches them about some insecurities she has, they all jump down her throat.
I feel like Ford is somehow related to it. When he is gone, in fact, in the episode when John and Teyla and Rodney are tracking him down and they meet Ronon, John and Teyla are more of a team. And when Ronon comes, he relates to Teyla well and respects her greatly. Other people look up to Ronon and I think it cements Teyla's position.
Once Carson and Weir find the log that Teyla found even when everyone thought she was just being superstitious and crazy, they learned that Teyla has some Wraith DNA in her due to experiments and apologize to her for not catching it earlier. It is just annoying.
I don't think it's sexism. More like they were looking down on her for coming from a less advanced civilization. Still, she had no trouble adjusting to life in Atlantis, so I don't see why they would do that. And more than that, I was genuinely angry at John for not wanting to save the villagers last episode. He reasoned that his military training taught him when to save people and when it just isn't possible--but that's not how he is. He tries to save people even when ordered not to, and even when he thinks he could probably die in the process. I feel like the writers were being butts in that episode when it comes to John, but at the same time, knowing how his friendship with Teyla and his team progresses, and how he really is a selfless hero, I can forgive it.
The sad thing about Ford is that he is a sweet boy and trusts Teyla inherently. Unfortunately, the fact that he sometimes echoes Bates or shares the military sentiments with John is what makes him promblematic.
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August 4th, 2009
 | 09:17 pm - David Hewlett looked really young in the first season of SGA...
Warehouse 13 is on right now.
I've seen a photograph of Joe Flanigan so far! Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!!!!
:3 I'm so excited, really. I got off Tibia just to watch this and I'm in full fanboy mode.
UPDATE: I saw him! Seeing him is nice, but this role just feels like John Sheppard in Kirk mode without the Sheppard-ness to make it endearing and cute. Most of his work is generally just so-so, though. His role in Atlantis was too perfect for him, so nothing else seems to compare.
I prefer when he plays characters who are nice people. Lawyers and rich patrons of the arts are no fun.
UPDATE: Not that I think Jeff Weaver is inherently bad. I'm sure he's a red herring. Still! ;_; I am so nauseatingly on-edge waiting for Extinction. :( I miss John and Rodney and Ronon and Teyla. 40 minutes in and counting... Blah. I'm starting to like the characters in this show. I like the aura lady the least even though I initially liked her the most. Imagine that.
UUPPDDAATE: Yeah, he's a good guy. I figured that from his line in the commercials. It's also a little cute (in a sad way) that both Weaver and Sheppard are sons of wealthy men who weren't very nice, and also how they both want to distance themselves from their fathers' images.
Somehow, I like the emu-looking but not emu-acting girl's haircut. I might take some screenshots and take it to the salon in a few weeks so I can finally have a style. It's similar to Yoite's, so I don't have to feel too feminine about it. I don't want to look like a girl. Her name is Claudia, yes. From last episode.
OPDAT: Kay, it's over. My final thoughts on the matter... I don't know if I've said this already, but I really hope Syfy wasn't just playing some season one SGA to entice viewers into watching this episode of Warehouse. It was weird seeing Joe in white after all the black and grey on Atlantis, but I liked the loose collar and the fact that his hair never changes.
He remains quite handsome. I should probably stop thinking that way, given that he's older than my Dad by about a year... >.>;; Ew. Sorry, Dad. Still, as Ali would say, "age is just a number." Besides, most men closer to my age don't have as much hair and stubble on their body as he does. I don't even think he even did when he was on television in the 90s, so there you go.
I hope he never gains a butt-load of weight, because I imagine his face will balloon. Still, he's athletic, so it's probably no cause for concern.
So, without further ado:
Dear Joe Flanigan,
I <3 you.
Fondly,
Sej
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August 1st, 2009
 | 01:29 am - I swear, SGA *isn't* all I think about, it just... happens.
Marty and I were just talking about McKay's affinity for blue jello, and I suddenly wondered why Marty knew that about his character. So I asked, and he said he remembered that the cafeteria was out of it one time when Rodney wanted it. I told him I thought it would have been more obvious from the myriad of empty jello cups that have littered his lunch trays over the seasons, but his idea was also valid.
As it turns out, that very moment played out in the beginning of "Michael," which came on television right after Marty and I had that little talk.
Anyway, maybe I've said this before, but isn't it odd that Michael would have a southern accent like the one I imagine Connor Trinneer must always speak with? Oddly enough, I turned the television on just 5 minutes before 1p, and I got to watch Jolene Blalock make out with Christopher Judge in an episode of SG-1.
It was awesome.
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July 31st, 2009
 | 01:34 pm - Inglourious Basterds is finally going to be out?
Waaaah.
I have yet to sit down and watch Children of the Earth, but I hear that my beloved Ianto dies! As if Torchwood writers needed to kill anyone else off.
Boo.
Current Mood: Boo. D:
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July 30th, 2009
 | 11:28 pm - Lol. I need to stop writing this often.
We're watching "Trinity" again because it's on UHD tonight, and I've been able to appreciate some of the smaller moments more this time around. In the beginning, when Rodney and Zelenka tell Sheppard about Arcturus, McKay's all "I told you he would light up like that" etc., and aside from just being a totally sweet moment, it stands out as a sick sort of irony once you see the end of the episode when there is suddenly an I-don't-trust-you strain on John and Rodney's relationship.
D: But I think that it was the right thing to do, for their characters. By the end of the series, they are very close.
Watching them is almost better than having real friends. ;_; Not that I do either exclusively.
:3 And onward, after Rodney asks John to trust him and sounds so sincere, and then Sheppard seems uneasy but wants to give Rodney the benefit of the doubt... And Zelenka's warnings.
Actually. The end of this episode makes me sad. I'm going to have nightmares tonight, I can feel it. And lol @ "it doesn't matter how much cake you walk on."
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 | 05:16 pm - ;_; God, I love Teyla.
Moments ago, an angel spoke.
"Your favorite character just got hit in the butt with a stick."
:3 First I said, "Rodney?" Lol--but I was kidding. >.>;; It was just the first image that popped into my mind. Of course, you know who was holding the stick...
And it was John and Teyla sparring, and the angel was right, I did get to see it happen again. :D Yaaaaay. Also, I've never seen "Hot Zone," but I like the way the hypochondriac is the one staying calm in this situation. It's nothing like the "I lost my nerve to propose in the middle of a quarantine crisis" Rodney I'm used to, but still very cool. Zelenka is heeeeeeere. I love him, as well.
Back to getting dressed. My afternoon bath routine barely ended before this started.
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July 29th, 2009
 | 03:57 pm - My God, it's bordering on obsession. He should play a gay man for once now that SGA is over. <3
They need to make new Twilight Zone, not in color, and with actors that speak using the same mannerisms that they used to in the 60s.
;_; With Joe Flanigan.
P.S.
You can do better than Myka!
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 | 12:12 am - Today's episode was cool, especially about Rheticus and Thomas.
Wheew!!! Joe Flanigan will be on Warehouse 13 next week!
:D I adore that maaaaaaaaaaaan.
I really am psyched. I want to see how he looks now, if he's put on weight or not (I'd imagine not), all that. I miss his voice most of all. Or hearing it say new things, rather (since I do watch reruns of Atlantis quite a lot).
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July 28th, 2009
 | 04:51 pm - </3
Grrrrrraaaaahhh!!
Enterprise is set to take over the 5-6p slot on Syfy following next week. I don't know if they're planning on continuously experimenting with that time or whether Enterprise is going to replace SGA altogether, but it's left me nervous and unhappy. UHD still scheduled Atlantis on its normal Thursday slot, so that's cool, but... :( Boo.
I'll miss John Sheppard.
In other news, the end of Soul Eater was somehow not what I expected. Still very good, though.
>.< I wanted to see Ox pull his hair off. It's such a great moment for him! :3 Oh, well. At any rate, Soul Eater is great because it manages to be epic even with the "no good guy characters can ever die" clause that should have been thoroughly established as early as Sid is introduced, if you think about it.
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July 27th, 2009
 | 04:16 am - Maka is very easy to relate to.
Saa, ...
Is it me, or did Asura (the Kishin) have a great manner of speech toward the end of Soul Eater? I've finally gotten around to finishing it up, and gah... I must say, it's well-done.
SO well-done.
And here I thought only Chrona could make me actually cry, it happened to me over Stein a few times, too, now. He's so! I don't know... Every megane character has to endure something that's so unpleasant and terrible and uncool by his own standards, and then once he overcomes it, he's even more awesome. That's what happened when Mary redeemed Stein. By that point, hearing him speak normally again just felt like such a relief. He made everything better. He centered Maka completely and she was able to use Demon Hunter again...
Handsome man.
Soul Eater is such an incredible pot of voice acting and character types that drive me over the edge. I don't just have a crush on Kid or Stein, I have a crush on Soul, for God's sake... Even Black Star and Tsubaki are amazing rather than annoying. Kyah! And Mifune! Ugh, I love him. And Free, as well. He's pretty great. And Justin, fuck. Hilarious and good-looking and adorable all at once. And talented, I suppose, as well.
I like the female characters in this series more than in any other. All the Death Scythes are cool, and even Medusa is neat (as a villain--she's still a jerk). Azusa is great.
Maka is very easy to relate to, and although I started out (it feels like forever ago at this point) hoping for some moment where Soul ultimately confesses to Maka and she's all shocked and it's romantic and great, somewhere along the line, that stopped needing to be said. Soul seems to ground her quite perfectly, and he started reminding me of Marty a long time ago because of that. On one hand, it's a little sad, because he seems utterly tame and mellow to the point of frustration, but on the other hand, it's nice because Maka can rely on him and... Well, I don't have to think "waaah, I wish I could have someone like that" like I would with most characters and pairings and new loves, because he's more of a steady presence, which is what I already do have. I mean, Marty can't turn into a cool scythe or anything, but...
:3
I got to see a few things that I was looking forward to watching the animations for, which rules. I've been laughing at myself for days for thinking this, but I was actually most excited to see Kilik in action (I dropped off around 34 last year). Lol! And it kicked ass! My God, did it. And Ox! And Kim--who was surprisingly terrifying. I didn't think her lamp/fire thing could be that scary in animation, but it was cool.
Back to work for me. D: Lol, "work."
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July 21st, 2009
 | 12:59 pm - Toh!
>.> Miyuki Sawashiro does some of my favorite male voices in anime. I'm playing through Noel's story in BlazBlue right now and I'm supposed to fight Carl, but gah!! So cute. I love his voice. It reminds me of Shinkurou's so much that I could listen to him talk all day. It doesn't help that I re-watched the end of Kurenai on the weekend (not long ago at all).
Also, Hazama makes green hair look hot, rather than sickly.
Hmm... I have to yell at Wes and Marty later, actually, because they were teasing me for saying that Jin is like a megane without glasses, which they said makes no sense, but in his backstory, you see him at the academy and he DOES wear them. And they're the old kind of lenses that reflect all the light back in a huge glare, Gendo-style.
Jin is like Tamaki (especially when he's lying in the grass) and Kyouya fused into one creature. Maybe throw in a little Raito for good measure. Amazing. <3
Somehow, the image of Bang "training" Carl is completely hilarious. Noel is pretty cute in her own way, though. Marty was using her last night, and I think he likes playing her. Wes seems to favor Ragna at the moment, and I'm playing Jin. Lol @ Bang again--he called Noel a boy.
Aw, ew--Litchi just told Noel that she should try to act more feminine. She's already too effeminate, Christ. Litchi's chest is so gross... I would call her "matronly," before "womanly" and Noel isn't really boyish at all. She kindof reminds me of Jewel Staite. Poor Noel is not flat-chested... I mean, if you wear a tie and it bends at an angle like that, your chest should be considered an obstacle. Her body is essentially as endowed as I can stand.
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July 12th, 2009
 | 03:12 am - Ew ew ew ew ew ew ew ew eeeeew.
;_;
UAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH1!!!!!!! Ugh!
Jesus Christ motherfuck, I just experienced something that made me fully feel the extent of most peoples' horrors when they imagine brother incest. We're watching Brave and the Bold, the "Night of the Huntress" episode, and I told Marty that I'm starting to have a crush on the Blue Beetle. And then Marty said "well, that's bad" and I didn't know why, so I asked, and he said "it's Wil Wheaton." I think I threw up in my mouth and then swallowed it again.
And I made that noise all over the house while Marty sat around giggling.
Just... Ugh.
Wil Wheaton broke my heart when Wesley Crusher grew up and started being... The way he is now. The difference between how cute and innocent his character was back then and what it was by the end (after the falling out and that stuff with the Traveler) makes dating someone that much younger seem not only excusable, but prudent. If you wait around for too long, they might stop being so likable and attractive.
"The hammer of justice is unisex!" Ahahahahah... Amazing.
I really do have a crush on the Beetle right now, though, even though he seems grossly fixated on Huntress. I like his voice, too. ;_; Not fair. Stupid Wil Wheaton. Go.. soak your fat head.
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July 11th, 2009
 | 09:29 am - At least Syfy is shorter to type.
Syfy (ugh...) is starting to air SGA from 5-6p on weekdays as of Monday!!
;_; I've been a little lost since Ion stopped showing Quantum Leap (boo). I just tossed and turned in bed all night (didn't sleep at all), and I was thinking of John and Rodney the entire time (well, maybe a little about Teyla and Ronon, as well). Honestly, as exhausted as I am from never sleeping enough, I have to admit that I missed this. I think I needed a few hours away from Dick Grayson and Atton Rand. :3
And aside from the fact that Syfy will always look stupid and dumb, the new bumpers are actually nice. They seem to be based on characters from Syfy original series, and they're well-done. Even though the old ones were great, they weren't in HD, so it looked weird when I was watching HD shows. Random lower-quality commercial slots.
And I suppose that now is as good a time as any to talk about Warehouse 13. It was cornier than I thought it would be, but also had some fun moments. Strangely, I noticed that an encore of the premiere was playing on USA or something sometime yesterday or last night. I remembered seeing it advertised on USA during Royal Pains and Burn Notice, but the ads did say it was on Syfy. I was surprised to see it on another network so soon after its original airing.
All of the characters need work, although Leena (minor role) was cool, and my expectations for Pete Lattimer were so low that I was actually surprised by how little I hated him (relatively speaking, of course). He steals a cookie at one point, and that made me like him for some reason.
Anyway, the acting is odd. Archie, the fat guy who runs the warehouse, pretty much just comes off like the character whose lines you always skip past in a video game (even the first play-through). I feel irritation when I see him, not whimsy. And the whole "look at our technology that we use around here--it has the functionality of commonplace items but was all invented a really long time ago" motif really wears thin. I hate his keyboard. It looks like it would easily get really dirty and the keys would be agitating to touch. And the interfaces on the stuff he was supposedly running on his computer looked stupid, along the lines of what you see in Torchwood, but without the sexy gay men to make it all seem adorable.
The most annoying things so far are Pete and Myka's personalities. They don't come off like secret service agents at all. They don't take orders well and it feels unlikely that anyone that unstable or thick-headed would ever be allowed to remain in their positions. And Myka's past came up way too much for a first episode, especially in the cheesy way that they did it ("I heard about Colorado"). Pete,too. He "saves" her from an upended table that a demonic kid chucks at them in one scene, and later on, she's like "how did you know to protect me from that?" It came way out of left field. Who would even ask that?! He just moved out of the way of a threatening object. Didn't she ever play dodgeball? Again, these people could not be secret service agents.
Of course, he explained that he gets "vibes" and then just acts on them. -_- It reminded me of a conversation I just had with Ben about the player character in Mass Effect.
4:37 PM zaronyeras: I think in mass effect 2 the main character should silently say "science is wrong; this is what happens when you have faith in logic" under his/her breath every other convo me: why is that? 4:38 PM zaronyeras: it's actually not really a moral in mass effect it's just a video game plot line archetype that Bioware used out of tradition basically every other video game has a situation where if only everyone had blindly believed you on no evidence, everything would have worked out 4:39 PM and basically every dealing with the council in mass effect has you getting outraged that they don't no matter what dialogue option you pick 4:40 PM me: I remember that your character is like "BECAUSE" zaronyeras: there's no option to say "okay, it's reasonable not to base international politics on my unsubstantiated visions" me: "I just KNOW, okay?" zaronyeras: "I'll go look for more evidence" me: heh 4:41 PM if half the things I have visions about were true I'd have a harem of super heroes by now zaronyeras: you'd think Shepard would be pretty used to superiors requiring information from him given that he was in the military me: lol zaronyeras: and like he just got appointed to a command position in the beginning of the game so it's not like he'd been a general for too long 4:42 PM like did he act that way toward his commanding officers? GODDAMMIT LIEUTENANT I HAVE A HUNCH, COMMAND YOUR TROOPS ACCORDINGLY 4:43 PM Captain Anderson was probably like "thank god I got rid of this guy"
It's not a quality we should continue to glorify in our fiction. It makes me sad because if Man Made could have had the production value and lack of 90s style that Warehouse 13 gets to have, it would have been a better show. D: I miss Joe Flanigan. They should bring back SGA and act like the ending was all a big joke.
Ugh, on that note, I was looking around online to see if anyone had commented on the extra content in the Atlantis Season 5 DVDs, but the only thing I kept seeing was some crap about how "your favorite episodes" (the last two, apparently) have an extra amount of special new content--but those episodes were already torture the first time around... Well, not "Vegas," but "Enemy at the Gate" was really... :( It had a lot of good parts because it's impossible for John not to be amazing, but it happened so quickly like that was terrible to watch. I want to see the extra content in the hopes that I will enjoy it more.
I probably wrote it here before, but my favorite part in that episode was when Rodney just figured out a way to maybe get them off the hive ship, only to be told that Carter wants them to sacrifice themselves by blowing it up while they're still inside it (I believe--it could be that she would have had to destroy it because they were out of time). Rodney had this plaintive look on his face at that, and the face John made in response nearly broke my heart. It was just like the time he almost killed himself by self-destructing the jumper on the hive ship before he realized that Rodney and Ronon were on board and they found a new way to escape. Only this time, it wasn't like that time because even having his friends' safety on his shoulders couldn't motivate him to find another way when all of Earth was at risk.
Stargate Atlantis is like Kotor 2, I realized. It has a better story than the first, the characters are more interesting and enjoyable to listen to, and the ending is crappy and full of holes because someone decided it had to be done before they were really ready.
Like I wish they could have finished exploring Atlantis by the end of the series, and I wish it could have lasted for ten years instead of five.
Anyway, John Sheppard didn't go around having hunches and I worry that I'll never see the day when Joe Flanigan finds a role that suits him as well. It's a real shame.
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