152 insights into my soul

TV commentary:

Vampire Diaries- One more comment. ( spoiler cut )

The Office- Call me ghey, but the Jam in this was awesome. I've been kinda lukewarm to them for a while, but its nice to get a refresher in why I enjoyed them so much. ( spoiler cut )

TV commentary:

Glee- Its weird that Unique was a secondary winner of the Glee Project, yet she's had a more meaningful/edifying storyline than Rory did. And while Joe is still around, Unique seems to have a more fleshed out character that actually has a storyline that matters, even though Joe was also a bigger winner.

As expected, they're working things so Finn will take over Glee from Will while he's in Washington to get Finn back into the show. Heh, wow, do these writers know which character fans want to see more of!

The Office- Wow, they really are pushing Erin and this new guy as the new Jim and Pam. I swear they even have them dress like Jim and Pam.

Person of Interest- Aw, heh, so the machine was the one who hooked up Finch with Arlene from True Blood?

AC blather- Trying to figure out how I want to progress in the game. I might actually try to progress the story far enough to unlock NY. That way I can get all the assassin's recruits (I have French guy, preacher guy, and farmboy sharpshooter so far) Then I can start training them up. That way I can start selling my wares on convoys and have them defend them. And in turn rake in the cash so I can upgrade my boat so I can do naval missions and unlock naval convoys.

Heh, screw the Revolution, I just wanna trade goods and kill stuff on the side. I wonder if the naval missions include any privateering? I want a letter of marque!

So there's a Buffy the Vampire Slayer pr0n parody coming out:



I'm surprised it taken this long to make one. This one stars one of my favorite pr0n chyx, the mad cute Lexi Belle (though she'd rank higher on my list if she did "certain things") as Buffy.

Speaking of cute chyx playing Buffy, how the hell did this video turn into a rumor of Aubrey Plaza playing Buffy in a Buffy re-boot? Also, so that's the name of the guy who plays Gabe in the Office? I like saw "The Office" in parentheses and was thinking, who the hell is that, and then I realized Gabe is the only person it could possibly be because I'd recognize everyone else's names. Speaking of the Office, I had no idea Jenna Fischer played a college chick on Undeclared, which I learned from this article the other day of 20 celebrities who got their start on a Judd Apatow show. I had no idea Apatow was involved in the Ben Stiller or Larry Sanders shows.

Anyways, back to the Buffy pr0n, I'm surprised they have the characters they have. I mean, Buffy, Willow, Xander, Giles, and Angel are givens. Maybe Spike. But it was a surprise that they had Harmony and Jenny Calendar. No Tara or Kennedy for some HLA? Or Dawn for some total wrongness? I couldn't tell if some of those vampire chyx were supposed to be Darla or Drusilla, or if they're just randoms. Was there a Cordy? Or a Faith, that would've been hott. Especially if they reenacted that one Faith story that Xander said they should show every Christmas (you know the one I'm talking about)

Alas, since Lexi Belle doesn't do "certain things", I guess there's no devil's threesomes with Buffy and Angel and Spike (which Buffy did actually fantasize about in the Buffy season 8 comic, so its not like it would be something they pulled totally out of their ass)?

Oh, and I forgot to mention, I got a @reply from one of my favorite actresses on twitter today, so that was cool. She had tweeted about the latest Glee ep, and I basically just responded how awesome it was that she was a hot gamer girl who watches Glee, and was on the OC and one of the Fast and Furious movies. She thanked me for the complement and mentioned that she watches a lot of TV. I think I've said this before, but a hot chick who plays video games and watches a lot of TV (especially Glee) and was on one of my favorite teen dramas? She's like my perfect woman!

Actually, I guess my perfect woman would also have to love karaoke (hey, I need a duet partner!) and shooting guns and junk food and I don't know if she does.

So it is shocking that Whitney Houston died, I mean, yeah, she's been having problems as of late. I mean, I even saw an article on Friday about how she's been a bit of a mess, but I did not expect her to be dead a day later. In any case, what the hell is up with with people on Facebook being all "RIP, Whitney", but the pic is of Oprah Winfrey?! Is it a weird, tasteless joke? Did they hear Whitney and think Winfrey? Or did some idiots actually confuse Oprah Winfrey and Whitney Houston (though I don't see how, they look nothing alike!)? Its like when that lady called into that one show and thought Shirley from Community was in "The Help".

Is it necessarily racist though? I mean, one could think the person made the mistake because they think all people of a certain race look alike, but when a non-white person confuses Ralph Fiennes and Liam Neeson, or thought Opie from Sons of Anarchy was played by Roy from the Office, is that person racist? They could just be mistaken!

I wish cooking wasn't such a hassle. I saw some ready to cook fresh bacon wrapped filets in the butcher section at Publix. Unfortunately, the only instructions on the package were for grilling, and looking up how to cook it not on the grill, it seems like such a hassle. Cooking it in a pan first, then transferring it to the oven. That's too much effort for a meal for myself.

Oh wait, Walking Dead is back tonight? As I've said before, I think I would enjoy the show more if I just could better ignore the commentary and complaints of people who only watch the show and know nothing about the comic. I'm so sick of people all, "X and Y suck, just kill them off already! Let's see Z and A more!" Well, they can't because that's not how the story goes! X and Y are prominent characters integral to the plot. Z and A died early on or didn't even exist in the comic. I'm fine with a certain character who doesn't exist in the comic, because he's turned out to be a pretty good character. But killing off this person and that, and not killing some other character, those deviations are too big! At that point, it ceases to be Walking Dead for me. So shut your stupid faces and stop trying to ruin the story.

Anyways, now that we're on the topic of TV, somehow it seems there's more TV on in the winter season than there was on fall. I mean, look at my viewing schedule:

Sun: Cleveland Show, Once Upon a Time, Family Guy, American Dad, Walking Dead (3 1/2 hours)
Mon: How I Met Your Mother, House, Gossip Girl, Pretty Little Liars, Alcatraz, Hart of Dixie, Being Human, Castle, Hawaii Five-O, Smash, Lost Girl (10 1/2 hours! WTF?!)
Tue: Glee, NCIS, New Girl, Raising Hope, White Collar, Justified (5 hours, 5 1/2 when Cougar Town comes back this Tuesday)
Wed: Modern Family, Happy Endings, Criminal Minds, SVU, Royal Pains (4 hours)
Thu: Vampire Diaries, 30 Rock, Parks and Recreation, The Office, Person of Interest, The Finder, Secret Circle, Archer (6 hours)
Fri: Nikita, Fringe, Supernatural (3 hours)

So, its' list time. I'll break it into two categories, hour long and half/hour long shows. And I'll come up with the top 5 shows I prioritize in both categories. i.e., if I had missed a bunch of TV watching, these are the shows I'm catching up with first.

So, hour long dramas:

1) Glee- I guess I just love musical numbers. Smash is okay, and while I really liked the songs coming up in this week's ep (Blondie's "Call Me" from Katharine Mcphee, while Megan Hilty does Carrie Underwood's "Crazy Dreams"), the show has yet to hit me with something that delivered the emotional punch of "Don't Stop Believin'", "Somebody To Love" (The Queen one, not the Bieber one), "Keep Holding On", or "I Feel Pretty/Unpretty", among others. ( I babble on and on about the show for a more few more paragraphs, so here's a cut for your benefit )

2) Vampire Diaries- its easy to dismiss this as being the same as all that Twilight crap, that is just about a girl mooning over two or more creatures of the night. And while there is an element of that, the show still does the suspense so well. As I've said before, the show has constant twists and turns, and the plot actually moves at a breakneck pace. Way faster than you'd expect from a drama on the CW.

3) Fringe- The best sci-fi show on prime time TV right now, hands down. I have to question the "geek cred" of any sci-fi geeks who don't watch this show.

4) Nikita- Hey, this surprised me just a much that it made it on the list. But honestly, the show has just gotten really good. clevemire quit this show last season because nothing was happening. Which is amusing because right afterward was when things started happening. They've flipped the scripts multiple times already, and there's so many players right now that its chock full of intrigue. Not to mention the cool action.

5) Gossip Girl- Honestly, this show is only on this list because of Dair. The only reason I've been enthused about this show as of late was because they've so strongly hinted they're finally getting together. Of course, if they ever destroy that dynamic, particularly to get Blair back together with Chuck, and even worse, get Dan back together with Serena, I no longer have to watch this show.

FYI, Game of Thrones doesn't start up for almost 2 months, so its not a "Winter Season" show (Heh, which is kinda amusing given the whole "Winter is Coming" thing), otherwise it would easily be number 3 on this list, shifting everything else down.

The half hour sitcoms:

1) Archer- This show is just hilariously awesome. And its got action and obscure references and Judy Greer portraying Carol/Cheryl so hotly.

2) Modern Family- If I could put Community on this list (see below, at the end of this list), this show would be at number 3. But as it is, its the funniest sitcom currently on network TV, after Community.

3) Parks and Recreation- It started off as an Office clone, but eventually found its groove. I've been enjoying this more than the Office lately, probably because it makes a better use of its ensemble, and while I've said its found its own groove, it now reminds me of how the Office was when it was in its prime. The Office now is a little too soap operish, which you'd think would be right up my alley, but I don't think its balanced it out with the comedy. I mean, I'm totally engrossed by the Erin/Andy stuff, and the Val/Darryl stuff, but I haven't laughed like I used to for a while.

4) Happy Endings- Hey, I say this show is hysterical. If HIMYM was the Friends of the oughts, this show is on its way to becoming the Friends for the 20-teens. It does the style of humor New Girl is going for better than New Girl, particularly since it has a much stronger ensemble. I mean, Coach is barely a fleshed out character, and Jess, the main star, is one of the weaker parts of the cast. Let's face it, Elisha Cuthbert is prolly one of the bottom rungs of the Happy Endings cast, and I still find her funnier than Zooey Deschanel on New Girl.

And as I've said above, one of the ways to really make me laugh is make obscure, yet funny and clever references, which this show does well.

5) The Office/How I Met Your Mother- This is a tie, not because I couldn't decide which one I liked better, but which one I disliked more than the other. I voiced my complaints about the Office above in my Parks and Rec entry. As for HIMYM, it has the Barney/Robin stuff still going for it, but that is rightfully not the only thing on the show, because not everyone is into that stuff. So I think they've at least balanced that well. But the humor hasn't been hitting its mark as it has in the past.

Again, given they haven't even said when Community is returning, I couldn't put it on the "Winter Season" list, otherwise it would definitely be on here.

So Hulu has added this optional face match feature to select episodes of a few TV shows so far (Glee, The Office, Wilfred, Lost and Modern Family. Though while I do enjoy Wilfred, I didn't think it was nearly as popular as those other shows that they would do this for it). Basically, if you have the option turned on, there'll be clickable boxes around the actors' faces which you can click to pull up info on them from wikipedia, as well as twitter and facebook links.

I don't know if its cool or excessive. I guess it depends on how far it goes. I mean if its just for the main cast, what's the point? Like the shows they have on this so far (particularly Glee) I already know all about them and follow many of them on twitter! I'd find this feature most useful for guest stars. Like if I saw a "That Guy/Girl" and wanted to know where I knew them from or wanted to know who some hot guest actress was, that would be useful. Of course, since this is on hulu, you'd be watching it through your computer anyways, so you could just do a quick imdb or google search to figure it out, Though I suppose the click on the face would make it extremely convenient.

TV commentary:

Sons of Anarchy- That was kinda underwhelming. ( spoiler cut )

Dynasty Warriors blather: I'm still all over the place when it comes to playing this game. I suppose its a good thing that I find that there's still so much to do. But yeah, do I work on titles, finish getting the rest of the nightmare weapons, etc. I do have all the chaos one, and the majority of the nightmare ones for the people I play most and/or that don't have useless elements. As for the final titles I've gotten them for these so far:

Lu Bu
Xiahou Dun
Xu Huang
Zhang Liao
Ma Chao
Zhou Tai
Guo Jia
Zhong Hui
Zhuge Liang (he's not actually a favorite character of mine, but I did need to be him to get Zhao Yun's best weapon)

The ceremonial robes look fine on most of them. It sucks that its only added as an option to their 1P costume. The only one it really improves is Zhou Tai. Because his armor looks cool, but in 7 he doesn't have a cape, so his outfit just doesn't look as cool as in previous games. But the ceremonial robes give him a cape! They also work for Lu Bu, I wouldn't say it makes his outfit look all that better, but its appropriate, kinda gives him this dark champion feel.

And it doesn't look bad on Xiahou Dun, Zhang Liao, Xu Huang, or Ma Chao, but its a bit ostentatious for them, it doesn't seem to fit their personalities. And it makes Guo Jia look a little too kingly. Which would be fine if he was a leader, but he's a loyal strategist. While his character is portrayed as a man who likes the finer things, he'd also find it as totally inappropriate to wear.

But it totally doesn't work for Zhong Hui. For one, I like the shawl thing he has going on, and the cape ruins that. And while this will sound like totally ghey, the cape also covers up his cool looking form fitting body armor and the crown his mop of hair. It would actually work on his new costume in XL that is basically just a blue version of Jiang Wei's costume.

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TV commentary:

The Office- Wow, that's an interesting theory going around. ( spoiler cut )

Game of Thrones- Okay, ha, all this time I thought barbarian tribe leader guy was someone who looked like Ronon from SGA, I did not realized it was actually him! But between this and the upcoming Conan remake, it looks like he's getting some decent non-Vancouver work after SGA ended.

And aw, Ned not only let Arya keep her sword once he found about it, she got her a master swordsman to teach her how to use it. How sweet! She's gonna by like totally awesome when she grows up.

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Gossip Girl- Ugh, not one Dair moment at all. But wow, the Chair fans must be pissed the way they turned Chuck into an abusive a-hole their at the end. And Charlie has taken to the UES stuff real quick. How expected.

90210- Seriously, who the hell doesn't know where MIT is? But interesting, so things are pretty serious between Max and Naomi if she was considering going to Boston U, and he decided to instead go to Cal Tech so they wouldn't have to do the long distance thing. Heh, it would suck for Max now if they did break up before season's end, if he switched colleges for her!

What the hell was the point of the old actress storyline? And wow, I'm really annoyed at what they've done to Ade. I mean, switching Silver's meds, and then when they took her to the hospital, she approaches Navid all, "Oh, let me help you through this!" and getting him drunk. At the very least, when he did pass out, she just snuggled up against him rather than trying to frak him, because otherwise that would make her a rapist as well. But from the promos, she's making him think they effed? That wouldn't be the first time she made someone think she slept with someone when she didn't.

HIMYM- You know, I was fine with Zoey previously, but don't like that now her little crusade isn't just affecting Ted, but its messing with the group dynamic since Marshall and Barney are feuding over the whole thing too. And is it me, or are we going to find out that that story Zoey told was a total lie.

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.

Awesome, decided to finally try out the sausage pancake bites at Dunkin Donuts today. I got a normal order of 3, but they dropped one, and apparently they can only cook them in batches of 3, so I ended up getting 5 for the price of 3. They weren't too bad. They're no mcgriddle though!

TV Commentary:

So we're midway through the 2010-2011 TV season, so I figure its time to update my top 5 TV ships of the moment. I would make a picspam if I knew how, so this post is sans graphics. In no particular order:

1) Puck/Rachel, Glee- With Puck being AWOL for half the eps so far, and the show seemingly pushing Finchel, it was great that we got some Puckelberry moments last week. But with Finn and Rachel on the outs now, maybe will get some more tonight? Particularly since they are a couple of "hot Jews" and would have that to share between them while everyone else is Christmas-ing it. (Though what's up with them having Rachel sing "Merry Christmas Darling"? Hopefully the show will not actually forget she and Puck are Jewish!)

2) Dan/Blair, Gossip Girl- I am so egg-cited the show has finally decided to give Dair a try. This past ep definitely laid the ground work for them to become friends, if not more.

3) Jeff/Annie, Community- Last season's finale ending was awesome, but then the 2nd season premiere seemed to nip it in the bud. But then they had "Conspiracy Theories and Interior Design", and its obvious Jeff and Annie still have feelings for each other. Not that the show doesn't have everyone attracted to everyone else.

4) Damon/Elena, Vampire Diaries- Some people are all, "But he's an evil a-hole who's terrorized her and her friends!" Well sure, before, but he's trying to be a better man for her nowadays. Plus, you could cut the UST between them with a knife! With Stefan locked in with Kat, who knows what will happen with Damon and Elena? Given the end of "Rose" though, I doubt Damon would actually do anything.

5) Barney/Robin, HIMYM- I adore this pairing and was giddy when they finally got together. But then the show ran them into the ground. But they have been slowly getting back to their previous levels of awesomeness together, with the high point this season being "Natural History" and Robin being the only one privy to the whole thing about Barney finding out who his real dad is. If at the end of the series, Saget!Ted says they don't end up together, that will be total BS!

Weird, I realize in none of these pairings are the people actually together currently. But the shows definitely seem like they're headed that direction, if only for a little bit.

Honorable mentions:

6) Dexter/Lumen, Dexter- As I've said, they make the cutest serial killing couple. Too bad they prolly won't last.

7) Andy/Erin, The Office- This is not to say I don't like Jam or Michael and Holly. But Jim and Pam are together and have been for a while now. And since Holly isn't a regular, that whole thing is progressing at a snail's place. But Erin and Andy are kinda Jam 2.0, just way more dorky.

8) Tony/Ziva, NCIS- speaking of moving at a snail's pace, I'm starting to wonder if these two will ever get together. I mean, they've dropped hints recently that they've started making progress on this front, but hardly anything has been going on. I guess they really are worried about the Moonlighting factor?

TV Commentary:

The Office- Heh, the ep is about them having a Glee viewing party? So they were watching Duets, but they also changed things around and made things up, like making up a number about them doing "Blinded the Light" with an actual blind guy, and saying that Dianna Agron was in a couple of eps of Friday Night Lights?! Not cool with Michael cutting the cable though! I might kill him if that were me! ( spoiler cut )

The Vampire Diaries- Wow, I guess its not the Vampire Diaries if you're not totally shocked at the end. ( spoiler cut )

TV Commentary:

Community- Okay, Annie and Britta wrestling in oil?! Awesome.

Vampire Diaries- Man, this show! I was on the edge of my seat all ep, lamenting whenever they broke for commercial. And then that ending! ( spoiler cut )

The Office- So now that Jam has been together for a few seasons now, are Andy and Erin the show's attempt to recapture that? ( spoiler cut )