* I think I'm losing interest in Eureka. The series lost most of its "shiny" and with the more quirky characters like ( spoilers ) gone, the show lost a lot of what made it attractive to me in the first place *sigh*

* Hm, did Jared grow even more huge over the hiatus or what? I mean, watching SPN's ep 4x01 again, Jensen looks literally tiny next to him - small and slim - and we know that in reality, Jensen is definitely not tiny. But Jared's muscled arms, his shoulders... Wow!

* A funny SGA McShep fic rec! "A Place On The Corner" by almostnever. John owns a bakery, Rodney is a scientist. Such a warm, feel!good fic with no angst whatsoever. Just a fluffy romance. Words: 8.000+.

* My birthday pressie is here, dinofly. And it's awesome! *hugs the book* Thank you so much :)

* Hehe, Jared and Jensen attended the Red Bull SoapBox Derby in Vancouver! They are so hot and awesome! *swoons*

* After reading Joe Mallozzi's blog, I feel even more angry about the cancellation of SGA. Now I'm literally furious! ( Joe M.'s spoilery comment on the latest ep of SGA and possible future consequences that could have been explored in S6... )

* I'm now the proud owner of the Bourne trilogy on DVD and the first The Mummy movie! I can't wait to watch the special features...

* I didn't know that Jensen Ackles and Jim Beaver were on DOOL at the same time! Too bad that they didn't have any scenes together. I wonder if they actually knew each other from back then...

* Two awesome SGA McShep SLASH fics...

• "Girlfriend" by Resonant. Rodney becomes a girl to be able to study Ancient technology on a particular "men-hating" planet. And he discovers that Sheppard is a very submissive lover. Words: 5.000+.
  
• "There Is No Reason Why" by skoosiepants. Rodney is dating a scientist that's a really eerie female version of John. Everybody notices - everybody but Rodney, that is ;P. Words: 1.000+.

-> I have no idea why I used this subject. I just couldn't figure out what to write in there and I hate to leave the line empty. Me anal retentive? No!

-> I just stumbled across the People's Choice Awards for the year 2008 site and it was awesome to find out that Stargate Atlantis won the "Favorite Sci-fi Show" category! :) On the other hand, Moonlight won the "Favorite New TV Drama" category and in the end, it was canceled... But it's still awesome for SGA *vbg*

-> Supernatural Actor Jensen Ackles Makes it to Emmy "Short List" Ballot. Awesome. That's the sort of positive promo Supernatural needs!

-> I didn't even start reading the big-bang fics yet! *whimpers*

-> To-Do Tattoo. People have some weird ideas, really XP

I must really be a masochist. I dared to set a foot in one of the IMDB forums and oh my gosh, so much bashing like you wouldn't believe it (in this case, it was all Jensen!bashing too *sigh*). And so many "This message has been deleted by an administrator" entries *shakes head* I will stay away from that place from now on. It scares me *hides*

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Also, I just finished watching SGA's Grace Under Pressure. That ep is great on so many levels. We get an amazing insight into McKay's character and his way of thinking, we get smart!John, we get Zelenka speaking Czech - which is hilarious BTW, what he's grumbling about because it's all about the episode itself and not a part of the actual plotline and dialog *giggle-fit* And John saying that his Czech is probably getting better because he understands what Zelenka is talking about was hilarious XD. And Amanda Tapping's blue bra is actually really her own blue bra, not a costume. It's so much fun to listen to the commentary!

And then I watched the featurette about the stunts on SGA. The stunt coordinator is so awesome! And Jason Momoa actually smacked one of the stuntmen with his elbow by mistake. Ouch! Hehe, and they talked about the scene in Runner where David Hewlett actually had to hang by his leg the whole night... It's all so interesting!

According to dean_sam's post, Supernatural got some nominations for the Constellation Awards:

* Best Science Fiction Television Series of 2007,
* Outstanding Canadian Contribution to Science Fiction Film or Television in 2007,
* Jared is nominated for Best Male Performance in a 2007 Science Fiction Television Episode for the episode "Born Under A Bad Sign",
* Jensen is nominated for Best Male Performance in a 2007 Science Fiction Television Episodefor the episode "What Is And What Should Never Be",
* "What Is & What Should Never Be" is nominated for Best Overall 2007 Science Fiction Film or Television Script.

Interesting!

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I'm still reading SPN's Official Companion for S1 and I must say that so far, I liked the background info for Route 666 best. Mud fights! Snowball fights! The J2 loving snow! The J2 helping dig out the truck! So funny :) And it makes me love the ep even more!

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And fandom_rocks is made of awesome!

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Fast nationals for Tuesday (demo = Age 18-49):
Reaper: this week (new) 2.51 mil., 1.1/3 demo; last week (new) 2.40 mil., 1.1/3
NCIS: this week (new) 14.61 mil., 3.0/8; last week (new) 14.09, 3.0/8
Women's Murder Club: this week (new) 8.14 mil., 1.9/5; last original aired ep (Fri, Jan 4th) 7.68 mil., 1.8/5

Less than good first:

* I'm still annoyed that people keep saying how Jared and Jensen are being pigeon-holed. If Jared decided to do a romantic comedy, they would go all "Oh, Jared, not another New York Minute..."

* I find it quite annoying when Bela-lovers accuse Bela-haters - count me in the second camp - of disliking Bela for being partnered with Jared and Jensen (Bela is a character, those are actors, for crying out loud) or for wanting no female characters at all on the show. Right. That's why so many of those "haters" like Ellen, Ruby, Sarah, Carmen, Lisa, Casey or even Jo and Cassie. When you lack arguments, blame it on petty jealousy X/

* It's really hard to stay enthusiastic about the translation that you work on when you feel like throttling 4/5 of the characters *head/desk* If the authors left out a half of the mind-numbing scenes where all the characters do is shuffle their feet and ponder what they should be doing, the book would definitely not have 610 pages!

And now the good stuff:

* Amazon sent me my Supernatural S2 official companion! *bounces impatiently*

* You remember me talking about that Were!chesters series that I had all planed out? I actually wrote the first fic for it last night. Woot! I'm made of awesome *so proud*

* As you know, I just can't get into SG:A fics. As much as I like Stargate: Atlantis, I just can't. But I would like to. And so I decided to try a sneaky way to get into it. My two favorite podficers, issaro and zabira turned some SG:A stories into audiofics and since I would listen to anything those two read...

* And "Daemon Eyes" by Camille Bacon-Smith is so good *rolls in the awesome*

Obligatory ratings, of course, fast nationals only...

Pussycat Dolls (new) last week: 1.62 mil., this week: 1.57 mil.
Reaper (repeat) last week: 1.67 mil., this week: 1.72 mil.
NCIS (repeat) last week: 9.40 mil., this week: 10.21 mil.

You know that I don't like Reaper but I really don't get why it's not been renewed yet. When you compare the ratings of its repeats to the repeats of the early renewed Gossip Girl...

GoGi: 1.10 mil., 0.5/1 vs. Reaper 1.72 mil., 0.6/2

I mean, I have nothing against GoGi, but come on! Compared to that, Reaper is a smashing hit!

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Questions I would ask various SPN con attendees...

Jared: "Sam slouches a lot... Was it the director's idea, to make Sam appear even younger, or did you come up with this characteristic yourself?" Sam looks awesome and twice as tall when he straightens! And the shoulders! *swoons*

Jensen: "Why the beard when you're off work?" Come on, that man is gorgeous when clean shaven!

Kripke: "I like demons but will we see the return of some urban legends any time soon? Or maybe a big foot or a unicorn?" I can so see Dean's expression: O.o

Frederic: "The YED's manic expression and way of talking - was it your idea?"

Chad: "Do you think that Jo and Ash would ever make a good couple or would those two drive each other batty first?"

Steve: "I love your song Pinata Novia. Do you plan to write more calming, soothing songs? Because they are awesome!"

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If you could make a spin-off of Supernatural, what would it be about?

I would choose the Roadhouse. The rebuild Roadhouse, that is. Not the flattened, exploded one. The main characters? Ellen, Jo and Ash. Jo would be hunting with a female friend and not a guy that would automatically take over the role of the protector while she would do the research. No, I would like to see two girls work together, kick ass but also learn where their limits are. And I would give them bikes!

What about you?

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And storydivagirl is hosting a Supernatural friending meme. Go and join!

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ETA: Jared canceled his Asylum attendance because of filming obligations.

So, the whole Danneel photo shoot... Some people - and I'm not talking about anyone in particular, just about the feel I got from the comments in various places her pictures were posted to - obviously think that it's discriminating to not like the pictures, to consider them over-the top. People even think that some women don't like her photos because they are jealous of her being Jensen's girlfriend.

I can only speak for myself but I don't give a rat's butt that she's Jensen Ackles' girlfriend or that she's a woman. For me, it's all about how I view sexuality in general and what I consider sexy, hot and whatever. I love people, men and women, being sexy. I hate them being sex objects that serve as masturbation fantasies to pimpled teenagers. I know that what I consider sexy, other people would call lame or prude or whatever. But I don't need the person in the pics to give me lewd, lascivious stare - I'm not saying that Danneel's pics are anything like that, I'm just talking about my opinion on what's sexy - to consider them hot. Example?

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( Not bad but... )

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( HOT! )

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( Not bad but... )

All the pics can be considered sexy, I freely admit that, but for me, less skin and more subtlety is sometimes more. It's not about the gender of the person in the pic. It's all about how it affects me...

That's how I view sexuality. My friends will definitely have a different opinion which is just fine with me. If people weren't interested in such photos, they wouldn't be taken after all.