My gifts were spectacular - I received two stories that beautifully fulfilled (and exceeded) my prompts. ( Both in the Star Wars - Thrawn trilogy fandom )

Last night the CW aired "Pandora" (9.09 of Smallville). As the mid-season finale, it was promised to bring a big bang and despite airing on the same night that the Twilight vampires staged their movie comeback, we managed to become a trending topic on Twitter. Boo-yah ( Read more... )

Flist? You are all in trouble. Why was I not told that Kevin McKidd was going to be starring in a new NBC series this fall?

Journeyman

As Maureen Ryan said, "Having watched Kevin McKidd in two seasons of HBO’s late, lamented "Rome," I’d watch the man read the telephone book for an hour a week."

Amen! Must-watch TV for me!

OMG, squee! Thanks to heidi8 I learned that Project Teddy Bear 2006 is up and running this year as one fan's way to help "Knock Out Breast Cancer". It's a worthy cause and you can also indulge your inner fangirl (fanboi) by purchasing a teddy bear autographed by one of your favourite stars (comes with photograph of said star and bear, too ( Read more... )

Oh, BeeEssGee, you have come back to me ( in all your moral ambiguity! )

I adore this musical and my sister's been sweet enough to send me the cast recording of the 1990s revival with Brent Spiner as John Adams.

All the cares and flustery moments of the crazy, non-stop day before classes begin just fade away as I listen to the sometimes frothy, sometimes heartbreaking music.

We're going to see Spamalot (the Toronto company) in August. Happy anniversary to us. *squee*

In honour of which, I am seeking out Monty Python quotes that people think would make fun fandom icons (with appropriate fandom or screencap suggestions, if you want, or text only) -- to continue in this fine tradition:

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Besides the obligatory "Bastards! This is the second of three parts now and I'm going to go insane by next weekend, argh!" read a brief, very exhausted ( squeeee )

Over at TV Guide: click the red button that says "Watch Video" (Right of the BSG title). Spoilerish, of course, though mostly for season one and the first half of season two as a recap but there's a few minutes at the end that previews and teases for the second half of season two.

They're here! They're here! OMG, yay for deleted scenes and podcasts and, oh, I should rip these to my hard drive for better vid sources and oh!