OMG, I’d almost forgotten the adorableness of Pushing Daisies. *dies of adorable* (via misswallflower)
Fi being, well, Fi (Burn Notice)
- Fiona: If this was about revenge, I'd be fine with it.
- Michael: Revenge is a waste of time.
- Fiona: Well, so is watching TV and eating candy. You do it because it feels good.
sometwine / popculturebrainSO. MUCH. WIN.
Everyone MUST watch this show this season. MUST.
"How many critics need to tell you to watch [Mad Men] before you actually sit down and do it? Yeah, it’s a little slow, but slow things pay off. Like a spaghetti western. Or graduate school. It’s light on overt plot development and heavy on mood and subtext, but that mood and subtext are an effective, biting indictment of the misogynist, capitalist era it’s focused upon (an ear in which, some would argue, we still live). The acting is mostly presence, but most of the actors have the type of burning presence you just plum don’t see anymore. Also, I want Don Draper to be my boyfriend. Yeah, I know he’s married and I know he has other mistresses and he can be a little cold sometimes and I know we’re both heterosexual and I’m a record store clerk and he’s a fictional character and yadda yadda yadda. All I know is that when I’m in his arms I feel safe."
— Javier, employee at Amoeba Records Hollywood, in the “Music (and Movies) We Like” booklet. Possibly the best mini-review I’ve read ever. :)
“OMG, I have the perfect hat for this!” I laughed out loud. Had to go find and clip the hat part before I even finished watching the episode. One of the better Family Guys recently.
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This was awesome! Adding Det. Lydia Adams to my favorite character list. (from Southland 1x04: Sally in the Alley)
American Idol Top 36 Revealed
A few things at the close of the American Idol auditions.
- 36 people is a lot. I’m curious how they’ll whittle that down. I think they’re doing a more Season 1 / Australian Idol approach this year, right, with a wild card night and everything?
- Most of the ones I like made it through. But then, THIRTY-SIX of them made it through. So basically, the only ones I liked that didn’t get through were the punk-rock chick from LA who got cut last week (and whose band I’ve already looked up - Go Betty Go) and Jamar Rogers. I also kinda liked Cody Sheldon, but more because he looks interesting than because he has a great voice.
- Ones I really like: Danny Gokey, Anoop Desai, Alexis Grace, Joanna Pasitti, Lil Rounds, Adam Lampert, and Michael Sarver. I’m sure there will be others once I get to know them better.
- OMG, they let Tatiana through. She does have a good voice, I’ll admit, but possibly the most annoying person I’ve ever seen in my life.
- OMG, they let alter-ego guy through? I may have lost whatever respect I ever had for the show. Wait, I don’t really have any respect for…never mind.
- But there is a nice variety of people this year. It’ll be interesting to see what happens.
- I want to marry Danny Gokey. And I’m pretty much not even kidding.
Don’t particularly love the song; it’s not bad, but not great. But it’s always fun seeing Tricia Helfer. It’s making me excited to catch up on Battlestar!
"Buffy: ‘How’s Kennedy?’
Willow: ‘She died.’
[fandom: ‘YAYAYAYAYAYAY!!!!’]
Buffy, concerned: ‘Willow!’
Willow: ‘Oh, no, she’s fine! Mystical thing.’
[fandom: ‘……. JOSS IS EVIL!’]"
— Buffy Season Eight graphic novel, with interpolations by me as representative of the fandom; I’m sure there was a Kennedy-loving contingent, but I never met any of them.
