I need a holiday. Or a tequilla.

From Astro, said I wouldn't but lied.

2009-02-07T20:37:15Z

Write down ten characters from any fandom/medium that you wish. Multiple ones are fine btw. And answer the questions below.

My character list from TV only, because I am not good at following instructions:

1. Kyle (The Pretender)
2. Jarod (The Pretender)
3. Maryanne (Cybil)
4. Zhaan (Farscape)
5. Dr Who (Doctor Who)
6. Suzanne (Designing Women)
7. Bailey (Po5)
8. Miss Parker (The Pretender)
9. Pacey (Dawsons Creek)
10. The Director (Once a Thief)

The questions and answers:

1.) #3 (Maryanne) and #4 (Zhaan) are at a sporting event and get caught on the jumbo screen for everybody to see them. What are they doing at the moment? How does each react to being filmed?

Not a clue what Zhaan is doing and a sporting event and can't see them being the kind of characters that would be friends. Maryanne would be thrilled to be on TV though. Thrilled. She would pose nicely.

2.) #2 (Jarod) has one extra ticket to a concert, who will s/he invite: #6 (Suzanne) or #9 (Pacey)? How does the one not picked feel?

No. Not a clue. Probably Pacey as I don't think he could pretend well enough to be around Suzanne. Suzanne would be relieved, as Jarod's family isn't well enough known (at all infact).

3.) #5 (Dr Who): how do they like their eggs cooked? And what item must they have with their breakfast?

Depends on which regeneration. The current one is a omelet type I think, and probably bacon.

4.) #6 (Suzanne) and #1 (Kyle) were set up on a blind date. How does it go? Was it a love connection?

Surprisingly well. The ended up shooting random things. Kyle was impressed with the gun rack in her Mercedes. Love? Perhaps. Quirky friendship, absolutely!

5.) #9 (Pacey) tries out for American Idol (or whatever country they are from) how does the audition go?

No, it goes badly. He isn't a first impression kind of person, which you need to be for that kind of audition.

6.) #2 (Jarod), #8 (Ms Parker), and #10 (The Director) form a superhero group. What do they call this group?

Now this show I would pay good money to see. The Director and Ms Parker would get along famously and poor Jarod would spend all his time trying to keep them under control while they dealt out their own unique brand of justice. The name would be along the lines of Team Inappropriate, though better.

7.) #7 (Bailey) is asked to give a two sentence speech to be broadcast live around the world about a social issue important to them. What is said in the speech?

He would freeze and stutter out something completely incomprehensible. As much as I am a Bailey fan, he wouldn't cope under those conditions.

8.) #1 (Kyle) and #5 (Dr Who) are taking a road trip together. Where are they going? Who asks for directions when are lost? How do they get along throughout the trip?

The Doctor doesn't ask for directions, he revels in being lost. Kyle ends up asking. They don't get along at all well though, Kyle wants to take direct action in everything, and the Doctor doesn't. They don't even end up getting to their destination - which as the Doctor is there, has to be London.

9.) #8 (Ms Parker), #7 (Bailey), and #3 (Maryanne) just won the lottery! How will they spilt the winnings? What does each do with their share?

Ms Parker doesn't need the money, she ensures that Debbies education (etc) is well provided for and invests the rest safely. Bailey buys the family all sorts of things. Maryanne has more money than she can deal with, so not a clue.

10.) #4 (Zhaan) and #10 (The Director) are competing in a duel to the death. What type of weapons do they use? Who wins? And what made them duel in the first place?

Not a clue. Silly combination. Zhaan would win if she decided to fight as her technology is so much better in her universe.

The greatest player of all time, in his twilight years, still has the skill.

2009-01-27T12:38:21Z

And that, ladies and gentlemen, boys and astrogirls, is how the game should be played.

13 consecutive games against the number 6 player in the world. And he didn't need to moan at a ball boy or argue with the umpire.

Now lets hope he continues to play that well. He has been erratic for the last 18 months.

andrew52 @ 2009-01-27T13:03:00

2009-01-27T11:11:35Z

And now Djokovic couldn't recover in time, saying he asked for an evening match.

*sigh*

You had a four setter. Hardly earth shattering. Its your duty as a professional athlete to be fit and to be able to recover. So you whine and quit. Well done.

Murray and Djokovic aren't really good at setting examples.

andrew52 @ 2009-01-26T19:39:00

2009-01-26T17:40:43Z

Obama really is making all the right noises. Very impressive.

Something still seems wrong though. Not sure what though.

andrew52 @ 2009-01-26T14:33:00

2009-01-26T12:37:17Z

Murray lost while shouting, temper tantrums etc. How apt. Only a few days ago he was telling us that he is ready to face Federer & Nadal in the majors, now he can't get far enough in the tournament to do just that. So he mutters at the umpire, shouts at ballkids etc. How very mature. It takes more than a good game to be a champion, but then he seems the kind of idiot that wouldn't understand that. Federer & Nadal, to their credit, always have.

Icon pic meme as seen at Astro's. Changed as I don't have that many, or realy want that many.

2009-01-08T21:22:56Z

Default - created for me by Kixxa when she barely knew who I was apart from my Zhaan love. Still my favorite. Use it all over the place. Love it. The absolute calm on the face, the colours, even my silly comment that probably doesn't help the icon much.

From Kerne. Miss Parker. Looking all sharp and edgy.

From Kerne. Recall seeing her use this one too. Its nice and 'spacey', but one of the last Farscapes episodes I watched, so sad to me.

Created by me. I am not very good at this aren't I? I love it though. Designed to annoy people. It certainly has outlived its purpose. I use this one rarely.

Can't even remember why I made this icon. Loved PO5, and Bailey was my fave character. In many ways I am much like him, in many ways completely different. Suppose thats why I have the icon. Never use it though.

Another dead character icon. Created for annoyance value (surprise surprise). Again, never used.

So readers, which is your fave of them all and why?

Another Who post

2009-01-04T15:15:13Z

Ok - so we now know who the new Doctor is. Companion = obviously female. Rosita would be nice. Liked her.

So who/what do we want to see for the new series. My list is very easy:

1) Want to know what has happened to Jenny. I don't think she would be a good companion though. But a 2 episode program with Jenny would be great.
2) The Master. What happened? Where is he, what is he up to?
3) The Daleks. A given, the Doctor isn't the Doctor without having at least one of them shout 'Exterminate' desperately at him all season. How many times can they be killed off and miraculously return though. Not so sure they need to bring Davros with them though, he was tiresome. Dalek Caan would be an interesting companion for a single episode but no more than that.
4) More on the time war.
5) Another Captain Jack episode. I like Captain Jack and am very sure he will have lots to say about the BabyDoctor.
6) River Song. Enough said.

So - what will we see. Not all of that for sure. I think we will have to wait a while for Jenny & River Song. I also think that Dalek Caan is gone, but the Daleks will surely make an appearance. Perhaps not in the next full series, but certainly in the one thereafter. The Master I hope we shall see soon, but was not seen that often in ClassicWho, so perhaps I am hoping for too much.

Who rambling.

2009-01-04T06:31:06Z

Have just seen Baby Who in video for the first time (on the BBC website). He seems to be quite a good choice for Who. Though he needs a haircut. I think he will be a more serious Who than we have gotten used to in the last years. While its a good thing in general I shall miss my shiny happy Who10. Though Who5 was the best of them all in my opinion.

All in all think he will be good. Have really enjoyed NewWho in general. On average its been well written and well acted. Lets hope they carry on the tradition.

So best Dr - Who5
Best companion - Sarah Jane (liked K9 too)

andrew52 @ 2009-01-03T21:13:00

2009-01-03T19:16:43Z

Am enjoying Merlin. Its fluffy and fun. Uther needs to die though. He is annoying.

andrew52 @ 2008-12-31T19:54:00

2008-12-31T17:54:31Z

Have a great 2009 to all the friends. And to the non friends who might see this too.

andrew52 @ 2008-12-29T18:23:00

2008-12-29T16:26:51Z

Hopes everyone had a great christmas if they celebrate the day.

Also note that the flist is going through a Pretender phase, which is appreciated.

Finally notes that d'argo hasn't died enough this year.

Am well, if that matters.

Hope you are all better than just well though.

Stolen from Astrogirl

2008-04-05T18:09:45Z

1. Bold the shows you've watched every episode of, or as near as makes no difference.
2. Italic the shows you've seen at least some episodes of.
3. Makes comments liberally.

50. Quantum Leap (One of those shows that you like, enjoy, but never really watched)
49. Prison Break (about three episodes. no aliens.)
48. Veronica Mars
47. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
46. Sex & The City
45. Farscape (Every episode until the one before the end of Zhan. Never watched a single episode after that. Never will. It would be disloyal to her and I could never do that.)
44. Cracker
43. Star Trek (Beam me up Scotty!)
42. Only Fools and Horses
41. Band of Brothers
40. Life on Mars
39. Monty Python's Flying Circus
38. Curb Your Enthusiasm
37. Star Trek: The Next Generation
36. Father Ted
35. Alias
34. Frasier (what a clever show. enjoyed this one.)
33. CSI: Las Vegas
32. Babylon 5
31. Deadwood
30. Dexter
29. ER
28. Fawlty Towers
27. Six Feet Under
26. Red Dwarf
25. Futurama
24. Twin Peaks (I remember once that we had a power failure just before the show, so watched it in my car as the little portable could run off a car battery)
23. The Office UK
22. The Shield
21. Angel
20. Blackadder
19. Scrubs (funny. depends on the mood though)
18. Arrested Development (loved the show)
17. South Park
16. Doctor Who [new one] (WHO!)
16a. Doctor Who [old one] (I love all WHO)
15. Heroes (Sort of good at times, brilliant at others)
14. Firefly
13. Battlestar Galactica [new one]
12. Family Guy
11. Seinfeld
10. Spaced
09. The X-Files (The first few years were fantastic)
08. The Wire
07. Friends (Proof that americans can be funny)
06. 24
05. Lost
04. The West Wing
03. The Sopranos
02. Buffy the Vampire Slayer (I HATE FLUFFY)
01. The Simpsons

This makes me a bad MBTV/TWOP/META person. Though I was drawn to MBTV because of the reviews of Dawsons Creek (which I loved, even though I knew it was tripe) which were being done at that stage by Sars as I recall. She was good.

Torchwood comentary - probably spoilers ahead.

2008-04-05T14:19:55Z

From the wiki on the season finale:

It also predicts that Martha Jones would become a Torchwood regular and that Captain Jack's role would be reduced.

Well, if thats the case count me out. Captain Jack is the only thing thats vaguely interesting in Torchwood. I can't even cope with Dr-Lite Who episodes that have better companions and more interesting storylines. Jack-Lite episodes would be very dreary.

Gwen is a horrible, squeely, self absorbed (for no reason), graceless thing. Rhys (sp?) is even worse.
Ianto is interesting I have to agree. But we never see much of him.
The dead ones - one dimensional and better of dead.

The fact is that as much as I dislike Martha (not very much, just she isn't as nice as Rose), I am looking forward to her returning. What the world really needs, is a Doctor. Or a Master. Or even Dalek Sec. Someone/something with charisma.

Dont even know who he is?

2008-03-22T17:09:45Z

andrew52 @ 2008-03-08T21:50:00

2008-03-08T19:55:08Z

There was a Buster Keaton biography on TV tonight. I got to sound intelligent as I knew exactly whom he was due to Kixxa's fixation. When I pointed out to the others that it was due to someone I know online who has killed D'Argo for me a few times they did look at me blankly though. So I lost whatever points for general knowledge that I had just won!

KZ will be so proud

2008-03-06T19:26:34Z

Was quietly sitting at home and not working rather than sitting at the office and working due to illness, well not the illness part, which doesn't worry me much, but the drugs the nice doctor prescribed which make any work done short on consistency or accuracy but long on lunacy. Oh, got sidetracked. So I turned on the TV to discover it was Supernatural, which, if you don't know, is the show about the very friendly brothers touring the USA killing demons (they haven't gotten to the White House yet unfortunately). This was a rerun of S03E02 where Dean (who has nice hair) is disappointed that a sundry kid isn't his. Shaggy haired ummm mmm (googles) Sam (sorry not really a fan of the show) didn't feature much thankfully apart from discovering a friendly demon who likes him.

All in all it was quite entertaining. OK - thats the end of the recap.

obscure and pointless

2008-03-04T21:36:19Z

and so, technically at least, we head toward another winter. not entirely certain i am pleased with this turn of events. in the ebb and flow of my life, winters are times of stagnation - a thing i can ill afford at this time.

andrew52 @ 2008-02-15T21:10:00

2008-02-15T19:13:05Z

Hi folks.

Am spending most of my time on facebook now if anyone is looking for me.

Hope you are all well.

andrew52 @ 2008-01-13T20:30:00

2008-01-13T18:34:20Z

Oh dear, it seems that the madman (Bush) now wants to invade another country. Sad that he is left to carry on this way and the American public don't put a stop to it.

andrew52 @ 2007-12-31T13:24:00

2007-12-31T11:24:53Z

Have a great 2008 people.

andrew52 @ 2007-12-27T18:36:00

2007-12-27T16:43:01Z

mmm, new Who for christmas was rather average.

but at least it was Who.

and happy holidays

stolen from kerne

2007-12-04T02:59:13Z

1. Name a TV show series in which you have seen every episode at least twice:
The Pretender, Designing Women.

2. Name a show you can't miss:
TopGear - the moment its downloaded (thanks to a friend with more bandwidth than I).

3. Name an actor who would make you more inclined to watch a show:
None really. Character more likely.

4. Name an actor who would make you less likely to watch a show:
See above.

5. Name a show you can and do quote from:
The Pretender

6. Name a show you like that no one else enjoys:
These days none.

7. Name a TV show which you've been known to sing the theme song:
Old TV classic kids shows. The Gummie Bears. The Wombles.

8. Name a show you would recommend everyone watch:
The Pretender, PO5

9. Name a TV series you own:
By own, I'm referring to both DVD (as many as they have produced) and download:
DVD: The Pretender, PO5
Download: Surface (thanks to a certain lady who kills an annoying character now and again), Hero's (though am lagging behind on these due to bandwidth constraints), TopGear, Kyle XY, NewWho, Torchwood.

10. Name an actor who launched his/her entertainment career in another medium but who has surprised you with his/her acting chops in television:
Dont get complicated. Its 4:20AM and I can't think.

11. What is your favorite episode of your favorite series?
Which is my fave series? Probably The Pretender. And then it would be 'Dragon House'.
That said - for individual episodes, PO5 was the best. Some fantastic episodes there.

12. Name a show you keep meaning to watch but you just haven’t gotten around to yet:
None - time is an issue.

13. Ever quit watching a show because it was so bad?
I would say Supernatural. But I would be defriended, so I wont. ;)
I would say Farscape, but that was mainly because they killed Zhaan and I couldn't forgive that. Suppose thats not really getting bad.

14. Name a show that's made you cry multiple times:
I don't really cry very often.

15. What do you eat when you watch TV?
Dinner.

16. How often do you watch TV?
5 hours a week.

17. What's the last TV show you watched?
First watch: TopGear 10x07
Re-watch: PO5 3x03 (think thats the one - where Bailey dresses as a clown for Owens party)

18. What's your favorite/preferred genre of TV?
Sci-fi.

19. What was the first TV show you were obsessed with?
PO5

20. What TV show do you wish you never watched?
None

21. What is the weirdest show you enjoyed?
Farscape

22. What TV show scared you the most?
None

23. What is the funniest TV show you have ever watched?
Designing Women.

andrew52 @ 2007-11-18T11:45:00

2007-11-18T09:46:20Z

Ha - they played B52's Rock Lobster at the last changover at the Masters Cup. Sensible people!

Approves of the Nazi pope

2007-09-20T04:16:08Z

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7002988.stm

andrew52 @ 2007-08-24T19:06:00

2007-08-24T17:14:50Z

Strangely I am a complete nut about keeping my desktop totally clean. Everything I need lives in the little Desktop folder you can see. Webshots changes the photo every 15 minutes (I get to display my photo's somewhere!).