Fun fact

I'm still giving 100 points to anyone who reveals the identity of the Eastwood Insurance Cowboy.

Just sayin.

I'm doing this one again

I know I did this before, but I also don't care much. A bunch of them are the same though, haha.

found @ http://xmindthegapx.livejournal.com/21248.html#cutid1

1. Open your Winamp/iTunes.
2. Put the shuffle-mode on.
3. Find a picture of the first 20 artists. If the same artist comes again, skip.
4. Have your friends guess who the artists are.

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But don't get me wrong

I don't even like The Fray, particularly. Nevertheless, I am spazzing out:

Oh, Christian Shephard

How pretty you are.



HOLLA.

Yahoo offends me again

Um, why is Hugh Jackman winning Sexiest Man Alive "a surprise choice" or "a bit of a shocker"? Are you all BLIND, Yahoo!?

dear imdb

Way to totally mock Haley Joel Osment, guys. On the one hand, I think that's a little cruel of you... and on the other, LOL, as the kids say. I like your style.

ETA: for those of you who read this on some feedy thing and QED don't get the link in the title: http://www.imdb.com/news/ni0609113/

10 Heroes things that LOST did better

spoilers. tchya. And a Christian Shephard at the end of the post.



1. Daddy issues: LOST has always been about daddy issues, but it takes them to a whole notha level. Christian Shephard (who is an Island daddy twice over), Paik Kwon, and Charles Widmore are not only good at providing issues for their spawn and prospective spawn-in-laws, but are also kind of amazingly awesome characters. They are pivotal and villainous and brilliant, and may hold the key to the entire plot. Other confusing and traumatic father figures, including Kate's, Hurley's, Ben's, and Locke's, have led to such fabulous events as Sawyer being adorable and Ben having all the more pathos as a father himself. (having all the more pathos? Don't you correct me, grammar freak.)



Heroes is fullllll of daddy issues. Not a single original main character on that show does not have some kind of issue related to a parent, Isaac excepted. But what does that lead to? Lots of whining and moping, and less attractive parents than Christian Shephard. And not moping as in Sawyer tears, but moping as in "I'm going to make irrational decisions that are completely out of character."

2. Way too many characters: LOST has a clear advantage here. These people clearly have to interact, because they're all on one Island, and they're not exactly going anywhere, mostly. And I'm not saying that Heroes having everyone meet with a reeeason is not valid, but it's gotten to this point now where all the Heroes characters are marrying other Heroes characters and basically just not interacting with real people, which even the LOSTies do occasionally if/when they get off-Island. (Not a lot, but sometimes.) And on Heroes nowadays it seems like they just wanted to cram as many attractive people onto one show as they possibly could.

3. Characters that no one likes: Essentially, this is Nikki and Paulo vs. Maya and Alejandro. If you'll recall, N&P were randomly introduced in season 3, and everyone was kind of upset that they were given more than one line each AND their own names. The end result was a painfully campy but ultimately satisfying episode with many high points, including a Billy Dee Williams cameo(!), more Dr. Leslie Arzt than ever, and Sawyer expressing the same confusion at N&P's existence as we did.

A tribute:




M&A, on the other hand, were annoying, and one of them cried emo tears. I was delighted when one of them was killed off (even though it was the one I found more attractive), thinking that the other would have to follow, a la Nikki and Paulo.

I was wrong.

4. Child actors hitting puberty: Getting Walt off the Island and then not letting him show up again until years into the future was genius. Also genius: Taller Ghost Walt, one of my favorite FAVORITE things ever.



Micah, on the other hand, was seen once in season 3, sitting down, and of course we probably won't see him again. Frankly, I do not fault this, but LOST still wins.

5. Immortal-type people: Richard "Guyliner" Alpert and Mikhail "Patchy" Bakunin are so much less whiny, drunk, and unlikely as their ageless Heroes counterparts, Adam "Kensei" Monroe and Claire "Cheerleader" Bennet. Guyliner is, of course, more prettier than either Kensei or Cheerleader. Patchy is, in turn, more awesome and manic and PATCHY than, well, anyone.



6. Men of faith: Nathan's three-episode stint (or however long it was) as a born-again religious fanatic was unlikely, irrelevant, and unmemorable. To recap: 1. Nathan thinks he's been saved by God. 2. Nathan finds out that actually, it was a coincidence. 3. Not only that, but Nathan's powers are completely manmade (Midichlorians, anyone?). 4. Score one for Nietzsche.

Locke and Ben vs. Jack and his skepticism, on the other hand, are vital parts of LOST's storyline and everyone's character development. They all stick to their strengths and look into the eyes of the Island and really are convincing that there is a higher power behind the whole LOST idea... Jacob? God? Smokey? TUNE IN ON JANUARY 21, 2009 TO FIND OUT. Maybe. (Totally a no. Just two more seasons!)

7. Time travel: Hiro's time travel was important in Season 1, and Future Hiro was really kickin' and all, but it's such a gimmick now that it's not even funny. Time travel has become a way to mess everything up, and that just gets annoying. Can we not let everyone be for a while?

Time travel in LOST has much better episodes, for starters. You can't beat "The Constant," or at least, not by much. Time travel has genuine math in it, and takes a genuine toll on those who dabble in it. LOST doesn't play idly with it, and LOST doesn't use it to meddle in a way that ruins everything just a bit. LOST uses it to show more Desmond, and I am always down with that.



8. Canon pairings: LOST's most important romantic relationships have almost always been the same (except back in the day when the triangle was almost Sayid-Kate-Jack-- remember that?), and they are generally straightforward and sensical. (Which is the opposite of nonsensical. As of now.) There are not heaps of them everywhere just for the sake of being romantic relationships. I could probably list all the canon pairings or near-pairings or probable pairings on one hand, and that is just fine with me.

Heroes, where do I start with you? I don't want to sound like I'm bashing tons of shipping, because tons of shipping is way fun and LOST fans do it almost as much as Heroes fans, I'm sure, but when it comes to canon, you kind of fail. Let's look at what we've got here:

-Peter/Caitlin (s2): FAIL. Peter left Caitlin in an alternate universe.
-Peter/Simone/Isaac triangle (s1): FAIL. Two of these people are dead.
-Mohinder/Matt (s2): FAIL. Both found girlfriends. Speaking of which...
-Mohinder/Maya (s3): FAIL. Mohinder is a creep and turned into a lizard spider snake man and Maya was all "DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS NEVER OKAY" and left him. Good for her. One can only hope that this means she has also left the show.
-Matt/Daphne (s3): NO ONE CARES. I am okay with Matt/Daphne, because they are probably two of the least lame characters on this show, even if their relationship was basically a self-fulfilling prophecy and very unlikely anyway. But no one cares.
-Sylar/Elle (s3): I HATE THIS. This is basically canon, amirite? And it sucks. Psychopaths.
-Claire/West (s2): FAIL. West has disappeared, looks like.
-Sylar/Maya (s2): FAIL. He was totally using her. I'm down with that, but it still counts as a fail.
-Nathan/Tracy (s3): pfffft FAIL. She's using him. Duh.
-Niki/DL (s1): FAIL :(

Compare to LOST, please:
-Jack/Kate/Sawyer triangle: STILL IMPORTANT. Still polarizing and still interesting.
-Sun/Jin: FAIL in that one of them is dead, SUCCESS in that it was so beautiful that it still makes you want to cry.
-Claire/Charlie: See Sun/Jin.
-Sayid/Shannon: Also see Sun/Jin.
-Boone/Shannon: Okay, this one did FAIL. But it was hot in the process.
-Desmond/Penny: SUCCESS SUCCESS SUCCESS SUCCESS AAAAAA
-Locke/Ben: jay kay, everyone, jay kay. Still:



9. Subtitles: We hardly even need these anymore on LOST, what with our primary Korean speaker a.) learning quite a bit of English and then b.) dying :( and our other former primary Korean speaker knowing English the whole time. Scenes with Paik Kwon excepted, subtitles have really ceased to be necessary, which is very very convenient for those of us who are trying to do homework while watching TV.

The biggest problem with Hiro and Ando's subtitles is that Hiro and Ando are actually one of the only parts of Heroes still worth watching at times, but if you're half asleep, you wouldn't even know that because your eyes are too bleary for subtitles and you don't care.

10. Invisible peanut butter:



I rest my case.

Actual 10. Bumbling scientists: Mohinder Suresh vs. Daniel Faraday, circa now:

MOHINDER: Peely-skinned, power-hungry, anger-management-needing murderer, mutant, and potentially abusive mate.
DANIEL: Massively adorable, geeky, bad-hair-in-the-90s, Doc Brown type of guy who is really bad at lying. And girls.

From that, you can clearly tell who the REAL scientist is.

And from this:



IN CONCLUSION:


stay in school, kids.

My life is all about TV

I've come to the realization that I can't do anything without it being somehow related to TV. As I sit and type this, my brain is going through an entire Danger Mouse episode. When I get home, I will sit down in front of the computer and probably watch 3rd Rock From The Sun. As soon as Heroes has aired, I will go look up the episode synopsis for it. I will fall asleep with any one of a handful of sitcoms playing in the background. And I might just watch Degrassi somewhere in the middle.

Tomorrow, I will go home after school and watch Heroes and How I Met Your Mother online. On Wednesday, I will watch the season finale of America's Next Top Model (ideally). For the rest of the week, I will watch more and more old TV.

I think the thing is that I keep trying to fill the LOST void with other, less awesome TV shows. And it makes me sad.

65 days, 13 hours.

69 more days, guys

I don't know about y'all, but I am so in need of a LOST transfusion or something.

HEY A TITLE

That's really all I wanted to say. Mad props and an extra 5 points to Connie.

My future.

Also, my speech textbook is hilarious sometimes:

"For a more detailed discussion of these tests of research, see Tips and Tactics, Evaluating Sources Using the CRAAP Test."

CRAAP. CRAAP. Hahaha. CRAAAAAAAAP. Also, my textbook justifies internet stalking, because there is no privacy on the internet, so do whatever you want dangit.

P.S. I am finally totally caught up on How I Met Your Mother, which is AWESOME. I miss being able to fangirl at things so much.

P.P.S. Oh my gosh, the LOST premiere date got pushed earlier by ALMOST A WHOLE WEEK. YESSSS. Allegedly. January 29th, 10pm, everyone! It's a two hour premiere because they're doing a one-hour recap first or whatever. Pfft lame. I'd rather have two hours of NEW LOST!! Not that that's easy to handle. Guys Claire's not on this season. Guys I think Desmond will probably not be on this season much (but I am just guessing). I will miss them very much and I can't believe that this is going to be the second to last season. Also, I can't believe that I'm going to have to go through a barren period AGAIN. Everyone! Get your TV show recommendations ready for me for next summer so I know what random crap I should watch! Oh except that I think I still am supposed to finish Buffy and test out Alias. Ohhhh and Doctor Who. Man but it's hard ;___;