152 insights into my soul

Seriously, I'll never get over how different Dany looks:


without the blonde hair:


Like if I saw her on the street, I would not recognize her as Daenerys at all. Though I guess that's a good thing for her, so she doesn't have people going up to her and calling her Khalessi and stuff.

Speaking of, what's up with nerdy chyx on TV wanting their boyfriends to refer to them as Khalessi? Ben was calling Leslie that on Parks and Rec, if you looked closely at the points poster in 30 Rock, one of the ways Criss could get points is to refer to Liz Lemon as Khalessi. And I know there was 1 other show that made such a reference recently.

Also, I still find it hilarious how Vanessa Lengies has embraced the fanon that Sugar is secretly Santana and Brittany's daughter from the future:





I guess I just like it when the stars on a TV show actually pay attention to the crazy things the fandom comes up with and actually give the fans something about it.

So AfterEllen posted their Top 50 Female TV characters list. I'll list the ones I've heard of: (though I don't necessarily watch all these shows)

50) Bianca Montgomery, All My Chidren
49) Sydney Bristow, Alias
48) Lisa Simpson, The Simpsons
47) Emily Prentiss, Criminal Minds
45) Sue Sylvester, Glee
44) River Song, Doctor Who
40) Effy Stonem, Skins
39) Temperance Brennan, Bones
38) Spencer Hastings, Pretty Little Liars
37) Spencer Carlin, South of Nowhere
36) Lorelai Gilmore, Gilmore Girls
35) Bo Dennis, Lost Girl
33) Olivia Dunham, Fringe
32) Gabrielle, Xena
29) Casey Novak, SVU
28) Cara Mason, Legend of the Seeker
27) Myka Bering, Warehouse 13
26) Helena G Wells, Warehouse 13
25) Kahlan Amnell, Legend of the Seeker
22) Leslie Knope, Parks and Recreation
20) Dana Scully, The X-files
19) Brittany S Pierce, Glee
18) Rachel Berry, Glee
17) Kate Beckett, Castle
16) Olivia Benson, SVU
15) Liz Lemon, 30 Rock
14) Veronica Mars, Veronica Mars
13) Quinn Fabray, Glee
12) Willow Rosenberg, Buffy the Vampire Slayer
11) Maura Isles, Rizzoli and Isles
9) Jane Rizzoli, Rizzoli and Isles
8) Naomi Campbell, Skins
7) Callie Torres, Grey's Anatomy
6) Emily Fields, Pretty Little Lairs
5) Buffy Summers, Buffy the Vampire Slayer
4) Emily Fitch, Skins
3) Xena, Xena
2) Arizona Robbins, Grey's Anatomy
1) Santana Lopez, Glee

Heh, I'm amused that Faberritana are all on the top 20. Because when I imagine Faberry, I also imagine Britanna along side them. No, not in that way! Well, I mean, that would also be hott, but I meant the two couples being close friends!

Anyways, I guess this is their "of all time" lists, since several of the mentioned characters are on shows that have been long since off the air? I'm not surprised Emily from PLL is in the top 10, nor Naomily from Skins, nor Callie and Arizona from Grey's. (Since I don't watch Grey's, what are Callie and Arizona's portmanteau?)

I didn't realize Rizzoli and Isles were so popular amongst the lesbian community. Or that of all apparently Casey was the favored L&O SVU DA? I figured people liked Alex better, that's why they brought her back? And while I think Buffy, Willow, Gaby and Xena's inclusion on this list were a given, I didn't realize Legend of the Seeker was a popular enough show to have both Kahlan and Cara both on here.

TV commentary:

30 Rock- What was with the obscure Annie references in this ep? I mean, it wasn't just once, they had another callback to it at the end, and even the end tag was a Mariachi version of the song. Although I suppose "NYC" isn't that obscure of a song for them to do. The most obscure song they've ever done is still "Top That" from Teen Witch.

b>Vampire Diaries- Heh, I thought Klaus and Rebekah seemed kinda hincky back in the 20s, but wow, he's got nothing on Kol. Geez, could he sound anymore jealous about his sister's liaisons? And ha, Elena moves fast! So now that both the Salvatores are messing with her heart currently, all of a sudden she feels sorry for Elijah and how he helped her out so much last year and he doesn't deserve to die like the rest of his family? She does realize he's totes in love with her because she's the spitting image of Tatia, right? It is funny they call it out with Rebekah getting all pissy with Elena because all the boys seem to love her.

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Hmm, so in addition to releasing the songs the Friday before, now the show has started releasing some of the performances from the next ep on youtube? Its odd that Fox does the stupid 8 day delay for non-Dish/non Hulu-plus subscribers on all their shows, but they're fine with releasing the actual musical numbers beforehand? I guess they're trying to generate buzz. In any case, here's Brit doing Beyonce's "Run the World":



For one thing, just like when Rachel did Rihanna's "Take a Bow" way back in season one, this is one of those songs where I prefer Glee's version to the original. Though that seems to be the case with a lot of the more Urban music they do. Also, as I've said countless times before, HeMo looks infinitely hotter with her hair down. And finally, how the hell does Kurt have a chance in hell of winning the election after this? The chyx feel all empowered, and the dudes are mesmerized by the hotness.

Speaking of hotness. decided to try my hand at a "Hottest list". I've always found it very difficult to narrow things down to a certain number. But decided to just sit down and look at a list of all the TV shows I watch regularly, the music I listen to, the movies I've seen, other "hottest lists" and first grab all the ladies I liked on those, then take that list and whittle it down to 50 by choosing the ones I felt more strongly towards.

I don't want to say its a "50 hottest chyx list", perhaps it would be more accurate to call it my top 50 favorite hottest chyx: (in no particular order, because its hard enough shortening the list to just 50. Having to order them to would be un-possible!) ( under the cut )

I was too lazy to actually link to pics. If you're reading this, you have access to the net. If you're curious what one of them looks like, google it yourself! In any case, I put their ages next to them just to help me with seeing trends.

And what trends did I find? Well, I have a definite preference for brunettes- of the 50, 33 are dark haired, with only 10 blonds and 7 redheads. And it should be no surprise I favor the snowflakes- 44/50 are white, with the last 6 being equally split between Latina and Asian. Of course, I didn't count Alexis Bledel as Hispanic, even though she actually is, despite her fair skin and blue eyes. Odette Yustman might actually count as Hispanic also. But chyx like Selena Gomez and Kristin Kreuk are practically snowflakes so the numbers are nebulous.

Age-wise, only 2 are under 20 (but still over 18), with 27 in their 20s, 20 in their 30s, and 1 in her 40s. (Hmm, I wonder if I plotted it out, would it look like a bell curve?) It should be no surprise that 43 of them are younger than me, but hey 7 older, that's not too bad. Though I guess 29 of them were playing high school age characters when they first came to my attention. (Although I shouldn't really count Evangeline Lily, because I first had the hots for her on Lost, and it was only later that I found out she was an extra in Freddy vs Jason. But technically, the first thing I saw her in, she was playing a HS-er)

So, a number of chyx I follow on Twitter were remarking how they had made EW's 29 Female TV Character's you date list. (29? Who makes a list of 29?!) I was hoping it was an actual article, defining why one would date this character, but it looks like they just had fans vote, and these are the results:

29) Erin from the Office (Ellie Kemper)
28) Katie from No Ordinary Family (Autumn Reeser)
27) Orwell from the Cape (Summer Glau)
26) Britta from Community (Gillian Jacobs)
25) Lisa from V (Laura Vandervoort)
24) Emma from Glee (Jayma Mays)
23) Kate from Fairly Legal (Sarah Shahi)
22) Ann from Parks and Recreation (Rashida Jones)
21) Sarah from Parenthood (Lauren Graham)
20) Kono from Hawaii Five-0 (Grace Park)
19) Lois Lane from Smallville (Erica Durance)
18) Temperance from Bones (Emily Deschanel)
17) Juliet from Psych (Maggie Lawson)
16) Claire from Modern Family (Julie Bowen)
15) Amy Pond from Doctor Who (Karen Gillian)
14) Joan from Mad Men (Christina Hendricks)
13) Ziva from NCIS (Cote De Pablo)
12) Tami from FNL (Connie Briton)
11) Olivia from Fringe (Anna Torv)- Hmm, but not Fauxlivia?
10) Pam from the Office (Jenna Fischer)
9) Gloria from Modern Family (Sofia Vergara)
8) Penny from the Big Bang Theory (Kaley Cuoco)
7) Liz Lemon from 30 Rock (Tina Fey)
6) Lily from How I Met Your Mother (Alyson Hannigan)
5) Robin from How I Met Your Mother (Cobie Smulders)
4) Arizona Robbins from Grey's Anatomy (Jessica Capshaw)- Ha, is her name really Arizona Robbins? That's hilarious!
3) Annie from Community (Alison Brie)
2) Kate from Castle (Stana Katic)
1) Sarah from Chuck (Yvonne Strahovski)

Heh, its a fair list, but I was thinking there were more than a few hot datable chyx omitted from this list, but then I realized the characters were mostly teens, which I assume disqualifies them from this category.

G-D, there's too much TV on Thursday.

TV commentary:

Community- ( spoiler cut )

30 Rock- I dunno why, but I found that whole Geico joke extremely hilarious in that "Its funny because its true" ways. I mean, why the hell does Geico have 4 spokespeople?! The Cavemen, the Gecko, the money with the eyes, and the Rod Sterling-ish guy. Its not like one replaced the other, because new ones of each spring up from time to time. It just seems kinda weird to have all the different ad campaigns.

The Office- Oh, weird, new credits! ( spoiler cut )

So thought I'd answer the last two Writer's Block Questions of the Day:

1) If you could have one--and only one--wish granted in the next five minutes, what would you wish? How do you think it would improve your life?

Call me shallow, but I'd wish for $10 million dollars. They say money doesn't buy happiness, and it doesn't. But it does get you a whole lot of cool things! And really, I bet there are a lot of things you could wish for that you could get by having large quantities of cash.

2) What was your favorite childhood sit-com? Why do you think you loved it so dearly?

Hnm, my answer to that would depend on how you define "childhood". I mean, pre-high school, if I had to pick something, it would probably be Growing Pains. But if high school still counts as "childhood", then I'd have to say either "Married w/ Children" or "Wings".

Of course, a harder question would be what is my favorite sitcom nowadays. I mean, I enjoyed the last few iterations of Must See TV Thursday- the current Community-Parks and Rec-Office-30 Rock is incredibly solid, and I also liked it when it was My Name is Earl-Scrubs-Office-30 Rock. The second half of ABC's Wednesday comedy lineup- Modern Family and Cougar Town is equally strong. I still enjoy the Seth Mcfarlane portion of Fox's Sunday animation block, The Cleveland Show/Fmaily Guy/American Dad. And CBS has HIMYM. I'll just limit it to network TV sitcoms for now, or I'll be listing half a dozen more shows.

If I had to limit it to just onee, I'd have a tough time deciding between "The Office" and "Family Guy". I mean, in addition to comedy, The Office has all that shippy stuff. (Community and Parks and Rec are pretty shippy themselves, but they haven't been on nearly as long yet) But Family Guy (and Friends) are the sitcoms I can just put on in the background and still enjoy even if I've seen the episode a hundred times.

Speaking of Family Guy though, I do think it lucks out being the first and the original one of Mcfarlane's cartoons. I think there are plenty of people who watched an ep or two of American Dad or The Cleveland Show, not like the particular ep and just proclaim, "Oh, it sucks and isn't as good as Family Guy". I think that's debatable- on any given Sunday I think it can be a toss up on which was the best of the three that night. I think FG can get stale at times, and having a different set of characters on these other shows gives them a way to do other plot lines that work better with those characters.

Drove up to Miwaulkee (okay, Miwaulkee Tools on Jimmy Carter Blvd) for a brush kit for the cordless drill here at work. I did inquire how much their snazzy new 18v cordless drills run, because if we can find the money in the budget, I'd rather upgrade to the new ones, since they don't even make the one we have anymore (in fact, its three models obsolete, i.e. the next model it was replaced with was also obsolete, and the one it was replace with, and so forth). But alas, even if they'd approve it, they don't have a multi-battery docking station for the batteries for that model. And we can't use our old one because its for the old style Ni-Cad, and all their tools use Li-Ion now.

TV commentary:

The Office- The whole Michael hesitant to hang out with Erin at lunch for secretary's day because he thinks she's kinda a rube and doesn't get along with her rang false to me. Because previous to this, they seemed to get along just fine. I mean, like him, she's a big dork and a clod- back when Pam was secretary, she humored Michael, but Erin goes along with Michael's shenanigans because she doesn't know any better. I guess one could argue that he doesn't see himself as dorky and dumb as her, and thus she rubs him the wrong way, but that certainly wasn't the case with Holly. ( spoiler cut )

30 Rock- Regarding whether Jack should choose Julianne Moore or Elizabeth Banks, that is a tough one. Well, for me. I mean, they're both hot, but Banks is younger, though I've always had a thing for Julianne Moore. Like, I still think she's attractive even though she's about to turn 50. (See, there are chicks I find hot who aren't fresh out of HS or no older than mid-20s!)

Fringe- Pretty good ep. ( spoiler cut )

Vampire Diaries- Its the Miss Mystic Falls pageant! ( spoiler cut )

So reading the TWoP weecap for this week's 30 Rock, there's a link to a their article on least accurate pr0n parodies. They are right to say the plot of the Bewitched one is ultra creepy! But hey, its got like half the chyx on my top 10 pr0n actresses list- Jenna Haze as Samantha, Teagan as Tabitha, dunno who Sasha Grey and Aurora Snow are supposed to be.

But half an hour to go til the weekend! Ah can't wait, particularly since I had to come in early to do some supervisory stuff that was totally taov('Ack-ward!')

I'm annoyed that I haven't gotten my copy of GBA #7 yet. I was surprised they actually had it in stock, since its an older flick and I'm guessing they're up to the 20s if not 30s or even 40s (I have 18 and 20 and those are a couple of years old).

TV commentary:

Smallville- Why do they keep treating Metropolis like its friggin Gotham City? Cop guy's speech about how dangerous it is to be a cop would be more appropriate for Gotham City than Metropolis. Oh weird, I thought that doctor looked like Gaeta, and that's because it was Gaeta. Though it was weird he was just a background character and didn't even really interact with the cast. But if he's supposedly in Green Arrow's employ, I guess he might show up again.

And people were all, where did Lana get all them kung-fu skills during that nice and long catfight between her and Tess, but she's been able to kick ass for a while, whether it be some residual stuff from when she was possessed by that French witch or when Lex taught her how to fight when she was attacked by those frat boys way back in the early seasons. While it was a good catfight, it still loses to that Chloe/Lana one since it didn't end in the girl's locker room shower. Oh, and that was the ep with Missy Peregrym too!

And how is a powerless Martian Manhunter a super cop? I'm amused how Clark and Oliver will be all, "Thanks for getting me/us out of that mess with the cops by using your contacts", and just handwaving their troubles away. Those must be some pretty damn good contacts, because I can't see how one can easily fix some of the messes they get into with no consequences.

The Office- The whole Hilary Swank hotness debate was kinda weird. I mean, they didn't say anything mean, but I would think for her it would be weird to have a bunch of characters on a popular sitcom spend half an hour debating whether she was hot or not. As for me, it varies from day to day. Sometimes I think she is, sometimes I don't. ( spoiler cut )

( My Name is Earl )

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Burn Notice- Is it me, or is Gabrielle Anwar totally ripped?! I mean, they've had her in skimpy outfits before, and I swear she's been in a bikini top before, but has she always had a defined six pack on this show?! ( Spoiler cut )