So Say We All

My Live Strikeforce Experience

2009-08-17T05:32:42Z

First, a little backstory.

When I first heard that the Carano vs. Cyborg match was a go, I was all over it. I had my little secret code to get tickets early and I wasn't afraid to spend the bucks for good seats. Because of that, we ended up getting sixth row on the floor. Sounded good, but you never really know with these things.

I know people who are truly into MMA aren't usually Carano fans; they seem to think she's a fraud and is only as popular as she is today because of her good looks. For whatever reason, I became a huge fan of hers. I've seen all her fights, watched every episode of Fight Girls and American Gladiators, watched countless interviews and more. She just seems very real; you never get the sense she's being fake. She's confident in her abilities, yet not cocky. She's humble, funny, adorable, approachable, personable, etc. I simply can't find anything not to like about her. She's a star. OK, maybe those are the reasons why I like her. Ha!

While I was most excited to see Gina fight live, I also thought it'd be pretty cool to see Nick Diaz. From what I've seen, he seems to be a talented fighter. Plus, he's a local boy. He's from Stockton. I'm from Modesto. Local enough, anyway. Well, that didn't exactly work out. I wonder how many people went to the event thinking they'd be seeing him?

Now, I'm not normally, but when it comes to my favorite sports teams and athletes, I can get a little superstitious. I begged my husband, who made a work trip to Vegas weeks before the fight, not to bet on Gina even though she was a huge underdog. He said he was, but I thought he was just joking to get me upset. Turns out, he was not. Not only did he bet on Gina, but he made the biggest bet he ever had. To say I was pissed would be an understatement. So things were already not in Gina's favor. She was already jinxed by my husband. I threatened not to go to the event because of his actions, but who was I kidding? I wasn't going to miss this. I should've threatened to give his ticket away.

I hadn't eaten anything all day. I believe I had a Red Bull in the morning and nothing else leading up to the event. To say I was nervous, would be putting it mildly.

We get to the arena hours before the main card is to start. We had spent the big bucks; you better believe I'm getting my money's worth and watching all the fights, including the undercard. To my surprise, there were already thousands of people waiting in line to get in. Way to represent San Jose!

Fights are about to start and I need something in me (That's what she said!), so naturally, I get a Coors Light. Food is overrated. We get to our seats and we are close. So close. It's awesome.

I notice Scott "Hands of Steel" Smith is sitting with his wife and son two rows in front of us. Nice! My first celebrity...athlete? sighting. I'm getting bouncy at this point.

It is then that I notice Cyborg is standing behind our section taking a few pictures. Dalton (my husband) grabs my camera to go get a pic. I'm too embarrassed/nervous about going up to people and asking for their picture. Unfortunately, Cyborg is incredibly nice and even poses fight-style for the picture. Good thing Dalton looked at the picture before sitting in his seat or he might not have noticed all that showed up was a big blur of light...oh, that's right, he didn't. There went my Cyborg pic. I was a little upset over that one. Stupid camera. Stupid Dalton.

Cyborg is done taking pictures and decides to prove how relaxed she is for this fight by sitting in the audience and watching some of the undercard. Can you imagine Gina trying to do that? Where does she decide to sit? Directly in front of us. Hee. I'm not quite sure what I was expecting, but she's a lot smaller than I realized. Seriously, she's short and little. She did have a sweatshirt on, so I didn't see that eight-pack of hers, but still. I wanted to try to get into her head and psych her out. I quickly realize, while I am half Portuguese, I do not know the language. Plan aborted. Strike two against Gina.

"Hands of Steel" then decides to come over with son in tow and explain to Cyborg how big of a fan of hers his son is. This is when Smith dropped down a notch in my book. You root against Gina and I can no longer root for you. I'm sorry, that's just the way it is.

In between fights, I spot Glenn Carano (Gina's dad) and he is nervous with a capital N. He gets up and down from his seat the rest of the night and paces back and forth. I feel bad for the poor guy. Can't imagine what it must feel like to watch your daughter out there, especially with what happened later in the night. It's OK Glenn. I hear she's fine physically, might've just injured her pride a little.

Many other celebrities/fighters walk by our section throughout the night. Some of the highlights: Herschel Walker, Frank Shamrock, Gus Johnson, Big Rob from MTV's "Rob & Big" (Seriously, the guy is hard to miss), Royce Gracie, Randy Couture, Josh Thompson, Fabricio Werdum, Andrei Arlovski, all of the refs and the person that got Dalton to stand up and yell his name at the top of his lungs, "Jimmy Lennon Jr.!" That might've been the funniest part of the night. Jimmy got all excited over the shout-out.

I later heard Nick Diaz was at the event, but I never spotted him. However, his brother, Nate, sat directly across from us during one of the fights. He seemed nice enough.

A couple of the undercard fights were pretty good. Glad we didn't miss them. Was very confused why the Jay Hieron fight was not on the main card, but found out later. Give that guy a break and let him fight for a title or at least on national television. He keeps getting screwed.

So, let's just get to the reason I went to the event in the first place. Gina Carano vs. Chris Cyborg. Cyborg comes out to boos, huge boos in fact, which sort of surprised me. I figured Gina would get more cheers, but I didn't know Cyborg would get hardly any. Way to give her more motivation, crowd! Strike three, foul tip for Carano. I am not mean-spirited and clapped politely. If Cyborg was nervous, she certainly didn't let it show. She took her sweet ass time making it to the cage. She even threw in some punches and spinning kicks for good measure. While I'm sure that was just her confidence, I took it as her being cocky and ran with it. Oh, it is on Cyborg! Bring it!

Gina comes out and is all business. I think it took her five seconds to get from the entrance to the cage. I'm not sure if that was nerves or just her game-face. I was starting to think nerves. Foul tip No. 2 for Carano.

Here's a link to my video I took of her entrance: www.vimeo.com/6130819

Cyborg was smiling over on her side of the ring and Gina was pacing like her father had been hours earlier. This is not looking good, folks. And another foul ball for Carano.

Cyborg is introduced and again hears it from the crowd. Boos all around. By the time "Gina Conviction Carano" is announced, I can hardly hear Jimmy anymore. I simply hear cheers from the crowd, myself included.

The fight hasn't even started yet and the crowd starts the "Gina! Gina! Gina!" chanting. I'm getting chills, but I also still feel like throwing up. It is at this point that I turn to my husband and say, "I don't think I can watch this. I'm just gonna close my eyes and you can give me the play-by-play. This is gonna be bad."

I don't really want to discuss the fight. It felt like the longest five minute round ever. What looked like an absolute ass beating in person, didn't seem as bad on television. I missed some of Gina's punches and kicks. What I was impressed with was Gina's ability to get out of some of Cyborg's submission attempts. When the fight ended with one second to go in the first round, I had to stop myself from punching something. I was irate! One second? Are you frakkin' kidding me? Strike three, Carano. Sit down.

Gina is such a good sport. She got up and hugged Cyborg and her entourage, even telling one of them, "She's the best. She's the best." Classy. I can't say enough good things about her. I really wish she would've stuck around for a post-fight interview but I don't blame her for high-tailing it to the locker room. She had to be disappointed. In fact, I couldn't even stay for Cyborg's celebration. I was so ticked off that I said, "Why are we even still here? Let's go!" I barely talked the whole car ride home.

What started out as the best sporting event I had ever been to, turned into one of the worst...I take that back, it was in fact the worst. To be there in person and witness the fall of Carano was just sad. I, honestly, wanted to cry. It's disappointing to completely invest yourself in someone and then witness them losing the biggest fight of their lives right in front of you.

This is not the end for Gina, though. Perhaps she even needed this loss to become more focused, more motivated. There's no doubt these two will meet again and if Gina has a better gameplan and fewer mistakes, I could see her taking Part II. One more winning fight for Gina and I say, rematch!

Here's some pics of the other fighters:

IMDB Boards Make Me Laugh

2009-01-25T01:52:18Z

I saw Revolutionary Road last night and watched The Reader today. I decided to read the boards to see what people had been saying and it's laughable. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed The Dark Knight but it should NOT have been nominated for an Oscar. Frankly, the best parts were the Ledger scenes and he wasn't in it that much. I liked The Reader and will not argue that it shouldn't have been nominated for Best Picture. I liked The Wrestler (my No. 2 of the year) more, but whatever. They're both good films. My favorite film of the year wasn't even nominated, Revolutionary Road.

And just because...I think Winslet should have been nominated in RR over The Reader. They should've just done like the Globes and made The Reader's supporting and she should win for both :)

Can someone please tell me WTF this is?!

2008-07-02T05:36:15Z

It's freaking me out!

LOST -- you don't have to look into everything!

2008-05-16T21:38:13Z

So I've noticed people flipping out about the beginning of the episode when Michelle Forbes' character walks to the back and says "hi" to someone before reaching the six. That was a crew member! If you look at the two pilots, one is black and the other is young. The guy she says hi to is older and bald...you can see his head at one point in the corner of the screen. When the six get off the plane, the man is standing there on the left. It's not Jacob. Not Desmond. Not Ben. Just someone from the Coast Guard.

Scaredy Cat

2008-05-06T23:21:08Z

So I'm sitting here on the couch with my laptop, reading some stuff with Ellen on the TV in the background. I'm singing along with Carly Smithson and Michael Johns (love them, btw) and all of a sudden, I hear this LOUD noise. I look up and out the window I see this cat climbing up the screen. I walk up to the window and it's just chillin LOL I half expected it to say, "Hey, what's up?" I don't even know where it came from, but that's the second time in a few days that a cat has scared the crap out of me...though the first was not a real cat, but rather a human dressed as a cat. I saw the play ;) Just thought I'd share.

He believes her!

2008-04-12T19:47:46Z

Oh, Katee Sackhoff, you kill me!!

My Adventures of Watching BSG S3 with the Fiance

2008-03-29T18:59:33Z

Good stuff! I thought I'd share what went down last night while watching Exodus Pt. 2. Keep in mind, the fiance is very smart...a lot smarter than myself. However, for whatever reason, his IQ is lower while watching BSG.

So it's the end of the episode. Adama sees Tigh and tells him, he did it. He brought everyone back. To which Tigh says something like, not everyone. The following is the conversation between the fiance and I right after that moment.

Fiance: Oh, his wife didn't come back?
Me: *stares blankly at him*
Fiance: What?
Me: *stares some more*
Fiance: What?!
Me: Um...she's dead.
Fiance: What?! She died?!
Me: *pauses* Um...he killed her.
Fiance: He killed her?!!
Me: What were you watching? He poisoned her.
Fiance: He killed his wife for sleeping with a cylon?!
Me: I give up.
Fiance: Oh, is this because of that map?
Me: *smacks forehead and pushes play*

This just made me smile. This happened during the first episode of the season after we find out Lee and EZDee are married.

Fiance: They're married?!
Me: *tries to hide the frustration*
Fiance: Oh, that'll be lame if he doesn't end up with Starbuck!

My man is a K/L shipper :)

And for the first few episodes of S3, he kept getting Gaeta and Jammer mixed up, which kind of makes things confusing if you think of what their roles were during that time LOL And every time I told him that was Gaeta he would say, "Well, you don't have to call him names." LMAO!

In Treatment

2008-03-17T06:35:14Z

I watched Mondays episode tonight and I'm not gonna ruin anything, but AHH! When I saw the previouslies, I thought my On Demand got screwed up and was showing me the wrong episode. Somebody watch it now so I can discuss it...I watched Tuesday's also.

LOST

2008-03-14T17:07:27Z

Quit reading if you haven't watched this week's Sun episode.

Do people just not pay attention? I've read so many people's thoughts on this week's episode and a lot are saying they didn't catch the twist until the end...what?! As soon as I saw Jin, I knew his was a flashback. They, obviously, were trying to make him look younger. Then the guy in the store didn't recognize him as a survivor of the crash. They're celebrities; everyone knows who they are. Plus, did you see the cellphone he was using? It was fairly large and old-school. Why was Sun refusing to take off her wedding ring? Why were these things not adding up for people? Interesting that his tombstone showed his death as when the plane crashed. Does this mean he's still alive on the island? Who's the sixth from the Oceanic 6? Are we supposed to count Aaron? I thought we were supposed to know all six by now and I thought he didn't count?

Is that really the extent of Zoe Bell's role? Tell me there's a flashback or something. Though, her jumping off the boat with all those chains was pretty creepy. Where do I know the Captain guy from? Michael being on the boat was the most anti-climatic reveal ever. Did anyone think it was going to be someone else?

Who trusts Juliette? I still don't and I screamed at the TV when she told Jin about Sun's affair. I kept yelling, "Punch her in the face, punch her in the face!" LOL I don't think there's another show (maybe BSG or FNL) that gets me to yell at the TV more.

In Treatment

2008-03-13T21:27:32Z

Fridays are getting VERY close to Wednesdays, for me. Ever since Kate started going with Paul on those days...they've just gotten better and better. Michelle Forbes is so good. I really liked her this week (On Demand). I can't believe this show is close to being over! Is there going to be closure or are we going to be left hanging on certain stories...I hope not. Though, I have no idea how they're all going to end by next week. Actually, am I off a week?

Who Knew?

2008-03-12T19:53:33Z

It IS possible to dislike Dee more! That's all.

Best News Ever!

2008-03-06T03:36:33Z

Everyone do a happy dance with me. Friday Night Lights is coming back!!!

My faith in the Oscars has been restored!!

2008-02-25T03:55:44Z

Thank God Glen and Marketa won! But WTF was up with them not letting her talk, damnit?!

ETA: I feel better now! I was hoping they'd have her come back out and her speech was awesome. And Jon's comment about Glen being arrogant was easily his funniest joke of the night.

EATA: I tied for first in my Oscar pool. Holla! LOL

Comment about this week's LOST

2008-02-22T09:20:31Z

So at the end of last season I said that the "he" Kate was referring to was going to be her son. At the beginning of this episode, I said "Claire died and Kate is now taking care of Aaron." HA! I win! And thank God!! Maybe I'm retarded and everyone figured that out, but I was pretty proud of myself LOL

BSG Promo Pics

2008-02-21T20:30:57Z

I made a few icons from the Season 4 promo pics:

http://catn3d-icons.livejournal.com/1028.html

Evie on Regis & Kelly

2008-02-13T17:53:17Z

Anyone watch?

It showed a CUTE Jate scene and Reeg is a Jater! He said he loved the eyes (or eye contact) between her and Matthew during the scene.

King of Kong

2008-02-04T07:01:33Z

I just watched this movie and I quite literally feel sick to my stomach. This Billy Mitchell guy is the biggest villain in the history of villains...and he's a REAL person!! The movie is actually really good, though...just don't watch the DVD extras. It'll make you want to throw your remote at the TV.

THE GIANTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2008-02-04T03:09:45Z

HA! Love it :) I can't stand Tom Brady.

Friday Night Lights Recap

2008-02-03T04:14:36Z

I decided to do a recap, since I loved this episode so much.

Aww, Matty is making Grandma breakfast. He even cut her toast into her favorite triangles. Matty, don’t be so sad! We still love you. Who cares about Carlotta? If you’re gonna be upset, be upset over Julie not her.

Coach is “coaching” Julie about her driving test and she’s having none of it. He says it’ll be funny to watch her waving bye daddy at him from a big yellow bus. Mrs. Coach asks where her shoes are and Coach responds, “Wherever you left them, honey.” That is such a me response. Love it.

Poor Matty learns that Smash is suspended for the rest of the regular season, at the same time his car dies. I knew that cheerleader girl was bad news (she’s the one that convinced him to get the car, remember?). He goes to school with grease on his face and I yell at the screen for someone to tell him to clean it! Coach gives one of his famous speeches to the team about how they are going to win without Smash. He should run for President or something.

Matty’s in art class and he’s sort of being an ass. He even calls the teacher a bitch and I gasp a little. What the hell happened to my Saracen?! He decides to skip the rest of the day (thankfully Landry sees this, so he can at least make up an excuse for him).

Jean is feeling all kinds of ballsy and goes right up to Tyra to talk to her about Landry. I nearly spit my water out because Jean is incredibly short (and Adrianne is really tall), and Tyra nearly runs right over her. Jean wants to make sure Tyra isn’t competition because she likes Landry. Tyra gives her an awkward “thumbs up” and tells her he’s a good guy. She should go for it. She walks away sad and confused. We all know she likes Landry and is just afraid to admit it. But I give her a break, because she's Tyra and she's hot LOL

Apparently Landry is riding pine because he hurt his knee tripping over a curb…uh, OK. He makes an excuse for Matty, saying something about him being sick. So, no Lance (love that Coach still calls him that), no Saracen and no Smash. Sounds promising.

Jean’s making plans with Landry and he looks excited. My heart breaks a little. Oh great, Tyra sees this and my heart breaks a little more. Just go shove him against a wall already!

More Tyra/Tami bonding. Julie’s loving it. Tyra asks her if it’s weird that she’s jealous of Jean liking Landry. Mrs. C. makes me laugh when she refers to Landry as Lance. I love that they’ve kept this gag going. Mrs. C. starts talking about a guy that liked her in high school and it gets Coach’s attention. Her advice is to not lead him on, but rather let him go because it’s not fair to him. Tyra doesn’t seem to like this advice, because she leaves immediately after (ignoring Julie). Coach catches on to Julie’s jealousy and brings it up to his wife, but she thinks he’s crazy.

Matty’s looking at motorcycles when Riggins drives up. He makes a comment about Matty missing school. Since Riggins misses school every Wednesday, he takes Matty out for a beer (or a few pitchers). Matty talks about all his troubles and calls Carlotta the “break-up fairy” for leaving a note on his pillow. He says he wants to be more like Riggins and I hold my breath, hoping that doesn’t happen. Chris and Lyla walk in for lunch and Riggins decides that he hasn’t made an ass out of himself in two hours, so now’s a good time. He tells Chris that he likes his hair and his sermon. And adds how nice Lyla looks. Thankfully, he doesn’t talk too much more and gets up and leaves with Saracen to go to practice.

Tami’s helping Julie practice for her test and she decides to ask her about if she wanted to be on the volleyball team. Julie freaks out and thinks she’s going to force her to play.

It’s football practice time and Matty is cracking me up. He’s not lining up at center. Instead of saying ‘hike’, he’s saying ‘On your marks, get set, go!” LOL Coach knows he’s drunk, but pretends to not smell anything. Why, I don't know?

Landry is trying to convince Matty how great of a girl Jean is. Maybe he’s trying to convince himself, too. She is a great girl, just not the one for Landry. Smash joins them for lunch and Matty is not nice too him, but he’s drunk so we cut him some slack.

Game time…volleyball, not football. Tyra shows her skills and they win. Mrs. C. is so excited that she invites the team over for sundaes and girl time. Julie comes in, says some smart ass comment and slams her bedroom door. I’m about to call her a little bitch (yet again), but then we learn how Tami was supposed to meet her at the DMV for her driving test. OK, that was pretty mean. Tami feels so bad that she immediately drives her to the DMV (even though it already closed) and convinces the guy to let Julie take the driving part of the test. It’s a cute scene, especially when Julie drives away and leaves Tami and baby Gracie standing there, watching her leave/grow up.

Tyra is now seeking advice from her mom about Landry. Why she goes to her mother for guy advice (of all people) is beyond me. But we do learn that Tyra thinks it’s stupid to compete with another girl for a guy. It’s more about the guy than winning, though this is not true for her mother.

Riggins has now brought Matty to The Landing Strip (the strip club Mindy works at). It provides more comedy, but I’m still worried about my Matty. While he’s getting a lap dance, he gets a phone call. The fiancé argues with me that it’s Carlotta and I say it’s about his Grandma…I win! His grandma fell and hurt her head.

Smash goes to talk to Coach. TMU has revoked his scholarship. He almost cries and I’m right there with him. They can't do that to The Smash!

Landry and Jean walk out from seeing Jaws 2 and look who’s there to join them (or talk to Landry, alone)…Tyra! This is bad timing, but I don’t even care. She tells Landry that he was right and she does like him. She wants to give it a shot, but Landry keeps repeating that he’s on a date. Landry Clarke just turned down Tyra Collette, folks. Yes, you heard me right! I had read the triangle was ending and now I’m sad. These two can’t catch a break…well, Landry did get away with murder but you know what I mean. Tyra leaves and Jean takes the opportunity to show her jealousy by planting one on Landry as Tyra watches from her truck. I can barely watch.

Smash is tearing down all of his TMU stuff and throwing it away. Mama Smash walks in and Smash waits for her to tell him she told him so. But instead, she tells him that she loves him and believes in him. This is me almost crying again.

Coach has to go pick up Grandma Saracen and Matty at the hospital, because Matty is too drunk to drive. Alone, Grandma tells Coach that Matty needs help. God, I love her. Coach grabs Matty and throws him in the shower. He turns the water on and starts yelling at him about how he’s letting everyone down and needs to stop worrying about only himself. Matty responds with how Coach left him for a better job, Julie left him for a better guy, Carlotta left him for whatever country she went to and his dad left him for a war. He almost cries and asks Coach what is wrong with him. OK, I totally cried right here, especially when Coach tells him that nothing is wrong with him.

Landry has a talk with Jean and I get a tad excited. She immediately knows it’s bad news. Landry says it’s not fair to her to keep pretending like there’s nothing between he and Tyra. She leaves, but before she does she tells him that he’s making a mistake. I yell at her, “No he’s not!” I do feel bad for her, especially since this all went down with Landry in his truck and her standing outside of it. It was a bit cold. OMG, that’s Tyra’s house! OMG, he’s walking up to her door! OMG, he’s knocking on her door (can you tell I’m excited?)! She says hi and he immediately kisses her. I cover my face so I don’t embarrass myself in front of the fiancé and make a mental note that I must watch this scene again by myself. AWW! They are so cute. They’re both so happy. It’s such a sweet kiss. I’m sure he wants to stay, but he has a game to get to. The scene was so cute that I don’t even curse football for forcing him to cut it short.

Tami is trying to help Julie park at the football game and it’s a nice scene, with some more comedy.

The guys are all in the locker room and Smash comes in to wish the team luck. He tells Matty to “kick some ass tonight.” He also tells them it might be the last place that he ever gets to play. Before he leaves, Matty stops him and tells Coach that they don’t want to play without Smash. Coach says that he can’t, but Smash adds that the best thing they can do is win the games coming up so that he can join them for the playoffs. I just realize that I’m not going to be able to see the playoffs because next week is the last episode. Damn writers’ strike! Smash leads the ‘clear eyes, full hearts, can’t lose’ chant. How many times have I cried this episode? Once everyone is out and Smash is the only one left, he loses it and starts bawling. OMG, I love him! Add another one to my ‘how many times did I cry this episode?’ tally.

I can't believe next week is the end. If NBC or ESPN doesn't pick up this show...I don't know what I will do. It will definitely be the most depressing cancellation in awhile.

It's LOST Thursday!!

2008-01-31T18:16:57Z

catn3d @ 2008-01-29T00:09:00

2008-01-29T08:29:49Z

Tagged by wakingbreath

A. List seven habits/quirks/facts about yourself.
B. Tag seven people to do the same.
C. Do not tag the person who tagged you or say that you tag "whoever wants to do it."

I'm not very interesting, but here it goes...

1. I am obsessed with TV...no, like really obsessed. I watch almost anything and everything, certainly more than anyone else I know. And if I miss it on TV, I'll catch it on Netflix later. I really should do something in the TV business. You'd think I could get paid for this somehow, haha!

2. I am one of the shyest people you will ever meet (at first, anyway). I eventually warm up to people, but I hate large groups and tend to keep quiet and to myself.

3. I made sure to say No. 2 before this one, so you understand how crazy this is. When I was 19, I moved with my friend across the country with her mom. When I was there, I went on a blind date with a guy that a friend of mine knew (I only knew my friend through the internet and she only knew him through the internet). What in the hell was I thinking?! I very easily could've went out with a frakkin serial killer.

4. I hate crickets with a passion! Nothing scares me more than those damn things LOL Let's just say they got in my pants when I was little and I was none too happy about it. It scarred me for life!

5. I hate going to the doctor's. Unless I'm dying, I'm not going. I've broken a finger. Didn't go. Strained my oblique. Didn't go. (BTW, that was the most excruciating pain I have ever experienced!). Been sick for two weeks. Didn't go. Those are just the things I can remember offhand.

6. In 8th or 9th grade, I prayed that I would get The WB LOL All my friends got the channel and Dawson's Creek was going to start airing. I wanted so badly to watch it, but my cable company didn't offer the channel so I prayed that we would get it. I kid you not, I ended up getting the channel within a week. It was freaky!

7. I love to argue. Hey, you do what you're good at. It's not really arguing, more like trying to get people to see the other side of things ;) I'll argue the other side of something, even when I don't believe it myself. That could be No. 8. I am VERY stubborn.

I tag arielmoondance, cliffieluv, daybreak777, marie_adama...I ran out of people that have not already been tagged :(

Answers to the first five

2008-01-24T04:12:27Z

This one's for crashislove

DEGRASSI:

1. The first character I fell in love with: Hmm, I'm not sure if it was Craig or Ashley. My first episode was ND, so I bet it was Craig. He was just too cute in that one (running out there to stop Ash and all).

2. The character I never expected to love as much as I do now: Toby! He's just too cute haha

3. The character everyone else loves that I don't: Hmm, probably Emma. She bugs the crap out of me. I have to mute her scenes or change the channel.

4. The character I love that everyone else hates: Ashley. I don't know why people hate her so much *shakes head* She's far less annoying that some people *looks above*

5. The character I would shag anytime: Craig Manning. I'd be a groupie :)

6. The character I'd want to be like: None. I guess Ash never had too many problems (compared to everyone else), so I'll go with her. But I'd want to be more like the old Ash...like Craig's Ash :)

7. The character I'd slap: Manny after she followed Craig and then had him play the song that he wrote for Ashley and then...well, we all know what happened after that.

8. A pairing that I love: I think my previous answers have given that away, but crAsh (aka Craig and Ashley).

9. A pairing that I despise: Sean and Emma. Gag me.

10. Favorite character: Ash.

11. What are your five favorite things about your fandom? How real most of the issues are, the actors actually play their age, their Canadian accents lol, all the fun extras they have online...I ran out of things!

12. What are your five least favorite things about your fandom? How everyone gets paired with everyone, sometimes it can be cheesy, sometimes the acting isn't anything special...that's all.

13. Who are your five favorite characters? Ash, Craig, Ellie, Sean, Toby

14. Who are your five least favorite characters? Emma, Manny, Liberty, Peter, Jimmy

15. What are your five favorite pairings? Five?! Craig/Ash, Sean/Ellie, Joey/Caitlin, Peter/Darcy, Paige/Spin

16. What are your five least favorite pairings? Sean/Emma, Jay/Emma, JT/Liberty, Manny/Craig, Jimmy/Ash

17. Which character are you most like? I have no idea. Maybe a combination of Ashley and Ellie.

18. What is your deep, dark fandom secret? I haven't really been keeping up with the show, but I hear good things are coming so I'll get on that!

This one's for lalatina15

GOSSIP GIRL:

1. The first character I fell in love with: Dan :) He's just adorable. I always fall for the guys like him.

2. The character I never expected to love as much as I do now: Blair. She annoyed me in the beginning (and still does sometimes), but I like her now. She's bitchy and awesome.

3. The character everyone else loves that I don't: Chuck...though I'm not so sure how many people like him after that finale. That was ugly.

4. The character I love that everyone else hates: Serena. Everyone seems to hate her, not me. And I don't hate Blake either!

5. The character I would shag anytime: Dan, duh.

6. The character I'd want to be like: Dan...maybe I should just copy and paste ;)

7. The character I'd slap: Chuck Bass. Enough said.

8. A pairing that I love: Everyone can groan and vomit, but I like Dan and Serena.

9. A pairing that I despise: Nate/Serena. I don't actually despise them, but I don't like them.

10. Favorite character: Dan, this is getting old.

11. What are your five favorite things about your fandom? The snobbiness, the parents, the music, KB and her Gossip Girl narration, the pretty people.

12. What are your five least favorite things about your fandom? There are currently no new episodes, Chuck Bass, when the choir sang 'Glamorous', how boring Nate can be at times...I can only count to four.

13. Who are your five favorite characters? Jeez, there's barely more than that. Dan, Serena, Rufus, Lilly and Blair.

14. Who are your five least favorite characters? Chuck, Nate, whatever the mom's name was...

15. What are your five favorite pairings? Dan/Serena, Rufus/Lilly (doesn't really work liking both, but whatever)...

16. What are your five least favorite pairings? Nate/Serena, Chuck/Anyone, Dan/Vanessa...

17. Which character are you most like? Probably Dan.

18. What is your deep, dark fandom secret? I secretly like Nate and Jenny HEE!

This one's for rialovescake

ROSWELL:

1. The first character I fell in love with: Michael...he's hot!

2. The character I never expected to love as much as I do now: Tess.

3. The character everyone else loves that I don't: Liz!! Could she BE any more annoying *said in Chandler Bing's voice*

4. The character I love that everyone else hates: Isabel. Why must everyone hate her so?

5. The character I would shag anytime: Michael, Max, Kyle...any of them, really.

6. The character I'd want to be like: Maria...as long as she wasn't with Michael. I like independent Maria. She's sarcastic and funny.

7. The character I'd slap: Liz!

8. A pairing that I love: Isabel/Michael. They are the reason I ever went on FF.

9. A pairing that I despise: Max/Liz.

10. Favorite character: The Christmas Nazi ;)

11. What are your five favorite things about your fandom? How it made a show about aliens relateable, how the kids trusted each other so much, that a brother/sister on the show dated in real life (I find that amusing), they brought a Full House alum on the show HAHA!

12. What are your five least favorite things about your fandom? Liz, how everyone ignored it because it had to do with aliens, how they all were paired off, that it was canceled so soon...

13. Who are your five favorite characters? Isabel, Michael, Kyle, Tess, Sheriff Valenti.

14. Who are your five least favorite characters? Liz, Maria (with Michael), Alex...

15. What are your five favorite pairings? Michael/Isabel, Max/Tess, Kyle/Tess

16. What are your five least favorite pairings? Michael/Maria, Alex/Isabel, Max/Liz, Kyle/Liz

17. Which character are you most like? Maria.

18. What is your deep, dark fandom secret? I LOVED Tess :)

This one's for wakingbreath

FREAKS & GEEKS:

1. The first character I fell in love with: Nick. I love Jason Segel :)

2. The character I never expected to love as much as I do now: Sam. He grew on me. I was iffy about him, at first.

3. The character everyone else loves that I don't: I wasn't a huge Ken fan...he sort of grew on me too, though.

4. The character I love that everyone else hates: I probably liked Kim more than some people, but that's probably because I like Busy Phllipps.

5. The character I would shag anytime: Daniel...hello, it's James Franco!

6. The character I'd want to be like: the dad! lol I loved all his dinner talks.

7. The character I'd slap: Millie. She bugged me.

8. A pairing that I love: Nick and Lindsay.

9. A pairing that I despise: I wasn't too fond of Daniel and Kim.

10. Favorite character: Nick :)

11. What are your five favorite things about your fandom? I loved everything about this show!

12. What are your five least favorite things about your fandom? Look above...actually, that it ended WAY too soon!

13. Who are your five favorite characters? Nick, Lindsay, Daniel, Harold, Sam

14. Who are your five least favorite characters? Neal, Bill, Millie, Ken...

15. What are your five favorite pairings? Nick/Lindsay, Daniel/Lindsay, Ken/Amy...

16. What are your five least favorite pairings? Daniel/Kim...I think that's it hehe

17. Which character are you most like? Probably Lindsay.

18. What is your deep, dark fandom secret? No secrets. It's not a secret that James Franco is hot and Jason Segel is adorable :)

This one's for marie_adama

ALIAS:

1. The first character I fell in love with: Sydney Bristow. She was just so badass at everything.

2. The character I never expected to love as much as I do now: Spy!Daddy! I love him to death.

3. The character everyone else loves that I don't: Will. I never really warmed up to Will, though Bradley Cooper is hot. I'll give him that ;)

4. The character I love that everyone else hates: Who do people hate? I don't think I hated anyone, though I wasn't a fan of Lauren.

5. The character I would shag anytime: Uh...Vaughn, duh!

6. The character I'd want to be like: Sydney. I'd like some of her moves...and clothes.

7. The character I'd slap: Sydney, for taking so long to realize that Vaughn was in love with her. Andy Spy!Mommy! for being worthless at times.

8. A pairing that I love: Syd/Vaughn. Definitely ones of my all-time favorites.

9. A pairing that I despise: Syd/Will. No, no no!

10. Favorite character: Spy!Mommy! Can I just say that I LOVE Lena Olin. It was so exciting whenever she was on the screen and DAMN can she act!

11. What are your five favorite things about your fandom? Marshall's cool gadgets, the music, the cliffhangers (some of the best finales), a kickass female lead character, daddy's love for his daughter :)

12. What are your five least favorite things about your fandom? Lena Olin wasn't on enough, trying to trick us (at times) that Sloan wasn't a baddie, adding too many new characters in the end, not enough naked Vaughn LOL, the end of Spy!Daddy! *sniff*

13. Who are your five favorite characters? Sydney, Vaughn, Spy!Mommy!, Spy!Daddy!, Marshall

14. Who are your five least favorite characters? Will (sorry), Lauren, Rachel, Balthazar Getty's character...

15. What are your five favorite pairings? Syd/Vaugh, Spy!Mommy!/Spy!Daddy!, Marshall/Carrie , Will/Francie

16. What are your five least favorite pairings? Syd/Will, Spy!Mommy!/Sloan, Sark/Sydney, Vaughn/Lauren

17. Which character are you most like? Hmm...Weiss, maybe.

18. What is your deep, dark fandom secret? I was never a huge Sark fan like most people.

Fandoms

2008-01-24T00:43:22Z

Snagged from crashislove

Comment to this post, giving me the name of a fandom, and I will tell you the following:

1. The first character I fell in love with:
2. The character I never expected to love as much as I do now:
3. The character everyone else loves that I don't:
4. The character I love that everyone else hates:
5. The character I would shag anytime:
6. The character I'd want to be like:
7. The character I'd slap:
8. A pairing that I love:
9. A pairing that I despise:
10. Favorite character:
11. What are your five favorite things about your fandom?
12. What are your five least favorite things about your fandom?
13. Who are your five favorite characters?
14. Who are your five least favorite characters?
15. What are your five favorite pairings?
16. What are your five least favorite pairings?
17. Which character are you most like?
18. What is your deep, dark fandom secret?

Fandoms:

BSG
Friday Night Lights
Veronica Mars
The Office
Rome
Carnivale
LOST
30 Rock
Scrubs
Arrested Development
Pushing Daisies
Tell Me You Love Me
~~Gossip Girl~~
Popular
~~Roswell~~
~~Freaks & Geeks~~
~~ALIAS~~
Wildfire
How I Met Your Mother
One Tree Hill
General Hospital
~~Degrassi~~
Mad Men
Dirty Sexy Money
Big Love

Nice long list for you people ;)

catn3d @ 2008-01-22T20:37:00

2008-01-23T08:02:33Z

Without looking at the questions under the cut, make a list of your own 6 favorite tv shows and then answer this meme after you've already written them down.
1. Friday Night Lights
2. Battlestar Galactica
3. The Office
4. Arrested Development
5. LOST
6. Veronica Mars/Wonderfalls (I cheated)

1. Who is your favorite character from #2 (BSG)? Oh, easy. Kara "Starbuck" Thrace. She's just so badass, yet vulnerable. And she's played by Katee Sackhoff ;)

2. Who is your least favorite character from #4 (AD)? Oh, jeez! I didn't dislike anyone from this show...I guess the person I would've been least sad if they weren't in a scene would have to be George Sr. Sorry, Jeffrey Tambor. I love you, though.

3. What would a crossover between #1 (FNL) and #5 (Lost) include? Well, to make it interesting, I'd make the FNL cast go to the LOST island. Jate would become best friends with Coach and Mrs. Coach hehe Tim would probably try to get with Claire...and Kate (though, Jack will have none of it)...and any other female on the island. I could see Landry and Hurley getting along really well. Landry would probably have lots of conspiracy theories to discuss. Lyla and Rose could hang out. I'd like to see Buddy trying to tell Locke what to do.

4. What is your favorite ship from #6 (VM/Wonderfalls)? LoVe!!! Definitely one of my favorites ever. They were just so...ahh! The tortured bad boy trying to become good for the girl. They were just too cute. And I loved Jaye and Eric on Wonderfalls. They never actually got together on air, but kind of on the DVDs. But they obviously liked each other. Aww, I miss that show!

5. If you were to set one person from #3 (The Office) and one person from #6(VM/Wonderfalls) on a blind date, who would they be? Keith and Kelly...could you imagine?! lol Keith would lose his mind.

6. If you could meet one person from #4 (AD) and spend the day with them, who would it be, and what would you do? Oh, man. Bateman or Cera...decisions, decisions. I love them both. I guess I'll go with Michael Cera. He's too adorable.

7. If you could change one thing about #2 (BSG)'s plot line, what would you change? Real tough. Lee and Dee, obviously. Don't ask me why they ever started that. Just to piss off the Kara/Lee fans, I'm sure.

8. Explain a relationship between two people (not necessarily romantic) from show #5 (LOST), and why you like the relationship between them? Jack and Kate. What's not to love? They're strangers who crashed on an island and immediately had an attraction, which grew into something more. I have faith that it'll all end well for my Jate :)

9. If the lead title characters (first name in the credit sequence) from #1 (FNL) and #3 (The Office) were both drowning, and you could only save one, who would it be? I don't know the order of the credits...let's guess. I'll go with Kyle Chandler and Steve Carrell. That's hard too, but I'll pick Kyle Chandler. I just watched his scene from FNL with baby Gracie and he's just too cute not to save.

10. If you could change the title characters' order in the credits for #4 (AD), what order would you choose? I like their opening credits. No need for change.

11. If you were able to add a new character, any kind of character you wanted, to the storyline for #6 (VM/Wonderfalls), what would the character be like, and what would their role be? I would bring in a best friend for V and her main purpose would be to convince her that Logan was THE ONE for her and she needed to get her act together and realize that. When she wasn't doing that, she could be off the screen ;)

12. What happens in your favorite episode of show #2 (BSG)? We learn what happened to Kara and Lee that made him so pissed off at her...and it ain't pretty. But we also get hot pilot sex in the woods LOL and they make up in the end...in a boxing ring, with blood covering their faces...ya, it's awesome haha Oh, and we even get their professions of love to each other :)

13. If you could kill off one of the characters in #1 (FNL), who would it be and how would you do it? This season...Julie. She's annoyed the hell out of me.

14. If you got the chance to visit the set for either show #3 (The Office) or show #5 (LOST), which would you choose? That's just mean! Both. I don't see why I have to choose.

My Top 10 Lists

2008-01-02T18:19:01Z

Top 10 TV Shows of 2007:

10. Dirty Sexy Money
9. Mad Men
8. Pushing Daisies
7. Big Love
6. Lost
5. Tell Me You Love Me
4. Rome
3. Battlestar Galactica
2. The Office
1. Friday Night Lights

Honorable Mentions: 30 Rock, Gossip Girl, Extras, Flight of the Conchords, Life, Planet Earth, So You Think You Can Dance, The Sarah Silverman Program, Damages, Veronica Mars

Top 10 Movies of 2007:

I didn't see a lot of movies that critics have on their lists...just remember that. Also, I basically only had a top 2 and then I'm just listing movies that I liked last year.

2. Juno
1. Once

The Rest (in no particular order): No Country for Old Men, Grindhouse, Knocked Up, Superbad, 3:10 to Yuma, Stardust, The Bourne Ultimatum, Zodiac, Fracture, Hot Fuzz, Waitress, 300, American Gangster, Walk Hard, Smokin Aces.

Note: I have a few on my Netflix queue that could end up being edited in shortly.