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Am here in Heathrow -- currently listening to a group of Americans discuss "Glee" in the hotel lounge, so that's kind of weird -- and am happy to report both Jamie and James are delightful and delicious.

Unfortunately the lighting in the main hall sucks so my pictures didn't come out so hot. This one isn't bad. And I've taken some video. The best moment today was when airings asked Jamie about the pigeon scene and there was much discussion from both him and James about filming with "the fucking pigeon." Heeeee.

OMG these Americans are becoming classic ugly Americans right now. So fucking loud. Ugggggh.

OK, will wrap this up. More later!

Just in case there's anyone on my f-list who cares who hasn't seen it yet: Jamie Bamber for PETA. Jamie, your fangirls thank you for this gift. He commented recently that he's gotten softer, and I can see that for sure, but he's still very impressive. Sigh. Also, he's apparently friends with Lucy Davis! WIN.

Watched L&O: UK and was mostly reminded how much those shows aren't for me. However, watching Jamie be all cocky and smiley and smart made up for a lot. And I thought the rapport between him and his partner was great. "Your blood sugar's low, I'll get you a sandwich." Hee. (BTW, I recognized the older, woman who played the babysitter's mother...where have I seen her before???? It's making me nuts. Was it Doctor Who?)

Michael Cera finally signs on to Arrested Development movie. FINALLY.

Next season of ANTM is going to feature short girls. So nice of Tyra to take pity on a disenfranchised demographic. ;P

Greatest t-shirt ever? Possibly.

Bed now. My mood theme shot is Kara lifting a glass to Jamie's hotness. So say we all.

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Have you seen this news story about a mystery piano left in the woods? Freaky.

You can see a promo for Law & Order: UK here. Too bad Jamie doesn't speak in it. I hope it turns up on a US channel at some point.

Some companies are getting rid of clamshell packaging. Thank god.

No more Amtrak for Joe, woe. Speaking of Joe, the macros in this post had me howling.

Cool Anya photo shoot for ANTM fans.

So, it turns out that in Star Wars, Han Solo was originally conceived by George Lucas as being married to a Wookiee. NO REALLY. Much as I hate to link to io9, they're the ones with the scoop, here. Oh, George. You freak.

Happy Birthday kopernik! Hope it was a stress-free, fun day.

Downloading and cleaning up my photos is taking longer than I'd like, so I'm probably going to be posting stuff in bits and pieces. For tonight, since I need to go to bed soon as I'm exhausted, personal encounters! Will try to do the rest (or at least the BSG stuff) tomorrow.

So here's my story about the Jamie signing: I'm waiting on line, probably about the tenth person in line or so. In front of me is this guy who has no idea who Jamie is; he's just going to the signing because he was a fan of the first Pulse movie. (Jamie's signing was to promote the straight to DVD magnum opus Pulse 2.) The lady in back of me only knew who Jamie was b/c her husband is a BSG fan. She and I were talking to this guy, and we were wondering if Jamie was going to allow photographs. Sure enough, people start asking, and what they do is walk around the desk at which Jamie is sitting to sign, put their arm around him and get a picture. Guy in front of me is all, I'm going to get my picture taken with him because he's apparently famous! No joke, that's what he said. So, he gets up there, and asks for a picture, and goes around the desk, puts his arm around Jamie, gets a great shot. Then it's my turn. When I ask for a picture, the lady who's running things is all, "You know what, to save time, can you just stay there?" meaning on the opposite side of the desk. So MY picture is the awkward leaning in across the desk shot, when asshole in front of me WHO DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WHO JAMIE IS got a nice full body contact arm around him shot. MOTHERFUCKER. I was so fucking PISSED I can't even tell you. SO UNFAIR. The whole thing left a bad taste in my mouth. Ugh.

At least he looks nice in the picture. ( That one and a few more, plus Sam Witwer, John Barrowman, and Gareth David-Lloyd. )

Was fortunate enough to attend a free screening Thursday night, and must say that Run Fatboy Run is a funny, charming, enjoyable movie. Not the greatest or funniest movie ever made, but a true delight. Also, Hank Azaria is essentially naked in one scene, and very ripped, for those of you who will find that appealing.

Last night oeilade and I went to a birthday party thrown by a friend of mine from college who I only see sporadically...she rented out a private space at an indoor golf club in Soho. You could practice your swing, and there was a pro on hand for instruction, and there was free food and an open wine/beer bar. Needless to say my friend is a lawyer. Ha ha ha. It was one of those slightly surreal NYC experiences, reminding you that you really can do anything in this town. Good times.

I'm assuming everyone has seen the XF2 teaser poster by now, but if you haven't, you can see it here. Fairly spiffy. Speaking of XF, this bit from the Paley Festival is perhaps intriguing from a relationship perspective. ( Cut for the purists. )

The new Lee promo makes me squee very hard. It could be considered spoilery depending on how much of a purist you are.

Speaking of BSG, nice LA times article on the last season if you haven't seen it. Obligatory awesome Bamber quote: "The end is in sight, for better or worse...Every time I come to Vancouver now there will be a sort of Proustian element and a Pavlovian response." ♥

Speaking of BSG again, the "Revealed" special was pretty encouraging from a shipper perspective, I thought. And the "Phenomenon" special was fluffy but cute.

Article about the Stuff White People Like blogger getting a ridiculous book deal.

Random House is relaunching the Sweet Valley High series and are making teenage girls feel fat in the process. Thanks to corianderstem for the link.

So, um, there's this new particle accelerator that's going to be tested next summer, and there's some concern that it might create a black hole that swallows the earth. I find this a bit troublesome, as I am feeling this is the kind of thing where one should perhaps err on the side of caution.

The Prison Break news has made me very happy. And if you believe the producers' spin that this was their plan all along, I have a bridge in Brooklyn to sell you. All I care about is that now I'm actually excited for the new season and will watch it happily. Yay! My show might be coming back to me!

Big bellies can lead to dementia. Well, that's just peachy.

On a more serious note, this past week marked the first anniversary of dochyel's death. I was too busy to post that day, but seeing all the posts by mutual friends certainly had me thinking about him. You're still missed, David, and we still love you.

Going to see a bunch of apartments tomorrow, wish me luck. Also have something going on that could just be yet another anxiety manifestation, or could be a really annoying medical condition, so fingers crossed for the former would be appreciated. Sigh. It never ends.

(Awesome icon courtesy of nnaylime.)

Kitty update: She was doing much better, to the point where this morning I was prepared to say she was back to about 90%, and then the rest of the day I feel she's backslid. Hasn't eaten all that much, has been drinking a lot, and just seems more listless than she was yesterday. Don't know if the crappy snow/rain weather is playing into that; god knows I've been listless today myself. But it's been very frustrating and worrisome. I guess all I can do is see how she is over the next couple of days and then try to figure out if I need to take her back to the vet. Whimper. I've really had quite enough of this already, thanks. :(

I did venture into the city for a bit yesterday, and I guess thanks to my not going in until after dark combined with how ass-cold it was, it really wasn't that crowded, which was nice. Actually got some Christmas shopping done and was bad and bought a Liz Claiborne bag for myself at Filene's Basement. It's similar to this only in teal. I looooooove it. It's such a great size for a work bag for me. It was only $35, and I figured I owed myself a treat what with everything I have going on. :P

I was pleased with the elimination on TAR tonight, and that's really all I have to say about that.

Was that our last episode of Desperate Housewives thanks to the strike? Because, HOLY CRAP! It's not often a show like that can make my jaw drop in horror, but it did tonight.

And although I didn't post about it last week, I just want to say how very much I love Dirty Sexy Money. I love it a lot.

Star Wars galaxy map. Pretty cool. Thanks to velocityofsound for the link.

Why Jamie Bamber wins at life. Although when it comes down to it, I'd rather have had the phone call. Because in the end, it's a dirty towel, you know? I mean, what do you do, stick it in a Ziploc for the rest of your life or something? Hmmm.

Here's a great interview with him, by the way.

Quiz: The Hills or Shakespeare? This was actually a lot more difficult than you might think.

Judd Apatow's take on if the writers strike continues: a re-enactment of Justin Bobby and Audrina on The Hills, by James Franco and Mila Kunis. GENIUS. Seriously, go watch. Thanks to proggrrl for that one.

Pretty wacky news about Six Apart selling LJ, eh? Not sure how to feel about that yet.

And in case I have too much shit going on tomorrow to remember: HAPPY BIRTHDAY skywaterblue! My online life would not be the same without you.

OK, off to see if I can get some sleep despite my worry and panic.

Hey all, whassup. Had a busy few days and then a slow day today. Thursday night divanoir and I went to a free screening of 30 Days of Night. It was...pretty much what I expected. I don't normally go to movies like that so I don't have much of a yardstick for comparison. I thought it was a decently done movie, based on a good idea mangled by Hollywood. If you like that sort of thing I would recommend it, I guess. Friday was lunch with the ex-boy and then evening Costo shopping with G. & B., where I bought too much stuff for my nephew, then yesterday was a party at paleologa's, where I ate the most awesome brisket ever and, even better, she gave me some leftovers and I ate it again tonight. Yum.

Today I went to the local Stop & Shop because they have a Coinstar machine and I had an assload of change. How much of an assload? Thirty dollars worth, my friends. I did some errands afterward and still came out ahead. Awesome.

Also caught up on TV. I love Gossip Girl SO. MUCH. Dan and Serena reduce me to a gibbering fangirl and oh, the bitchery is so sublime and the outfits, guh, the outfits, and did I mention Dan and Serena? Love. I think I'm primarily watching Pushing Daisies at this point for Emerson, who is made of win. Supernatural was WAY too much fun this week, I enjoyed the hell out of that episode. Well done. Viva Laughlin was harrible, as Thom Filicia would say. Did anyone else watch this? They sing WITH the original songs, and the original drowns out the person's voice, and hello, it's Hugh Jackman, why are you covering him up?? And the lead is a douche and oh, it was awful, just awful. Well, one less show I have to concern myself with. And is anyone else still watching Desperate Housewives? I'm enjoying it so much this season.

Bobby Brown to do country reality.

Kiefer dressed as a giant liquor bottle.

Amazing Race DVD Game. Sounds wacky.

My celebrity boyfriend (British edition) is the biggest dork on the planet. But he's wearing a suit and real shoes, yum. And he and Tricia Helfer are so hot together I can't even stand it.

Nicki Clyne and Nick Brendon karaoke-ing "Tainted Love." You can't tell me Nick Brendon is not stoned.

Last bit of BSG: the third webisode is worth watching if you haven't yet, because Adama is totally fighting the original Cylon fighter ships. Awesome.

Japanese people dressing as vending machines to fight crime. I can't make this stuff up.

Everything that's wrong with our healthcare system in a nutshell: United Healthcare posts 15% profit. They brag about not adding "customers," i.e. people who need healthcare, and brag about their "medical ratio" being down, i.e., the amount of claims they reimburse. Remember, every time they pay for your claim, they're losing money, so they try to do it as little as possible. Sickening. Literally.

But hey, as you go through your week, that no matter how bad things seem, at least you weren't attacked by wild monkeys! That's something.

I really shouldn't feel like I can only post if I have reams of substantive stuff to say about TV or whatever, right? Like, I could just hit send right now and that would be okay, right? Sigh.

I need to respond to comments (I've been loving them, truly) and need to do the rest of my DC report and do a TV catch-up post, etc., etc., but just didn't have time tonight. So I just wanted to say:

Stephen Collins is blogging on The Huffington Post. Yes, Tales of the Gold Monkey/Mr. Faye Grant/Seventh Heaven Stephen Collins. What is so great about this is that unlike pretty much every other celebrity blogger on there, Stephen is in the trenches actually responding to comments and participating in a silly thread coming up with names for an Andrew Lloyd Webber musical about George W. Bush. I kind of love him a lot right now. And once again it begs the question: why is Bradley not doing this? COME ON.

And speaking of celebrities I love, Jamie Bamber did an interview with someone on the Dragon Con staff, and, well:

DD: The writing for Battlestar Galactica is spectacular, in my opinion, as tight and engaging as television series like Aaron Sorkin's The West Wing, and Joss Whedon's Buffy, Angel and Firefly. Do you think you've been a bit spoiled by the brilliance -- that perhaps you might find it harder to work with similar quality material in another endeavor in your future?

JB: Definitely. I've been spoiled; there's no doubt about that. I see it already. I pick up scripts all the time. I've [been] a guest star on TV shows, and nothing comes close to the experience I've had on Galactica. Short of working with Aaron Sorkin, I don't really expect to have any of them top it. I'm a big fan of Aaron Sorkin, and if I get to work with him, I can probably [stop].

HE'S KILLING ME. I'm all swoony Scarlett O'Hara in a corset right now, swear to god.

Also, nnaylime posted a couple of awesome BSG Adama/Roslin crackvids here. Check out "An Ordinary Man," it is genius.

Oh, hell, let me get some quick TV in:

Rescue Me was awesome tonight. Sean's beer goggles, Lou's temptations, the family AA meeting, etc. Someone needs to explain to me what Tommy is up to, though.

The Hills -- Someone needs to explain to Audrina that when a guy you've been with off and on for two years tells you he doesn't want to call you his girlfriend because he wants to take things slow, it means he wants to be able to sleep with other people. Also, Jen Bunny totally had some work done. Also, Spencer continues to be the douchiest douchebag that ever douched. And you know that he and Brody started those rumors together, so I don't know what Brody is up to. Probably just whatever will extend his screen time, I'm thinking.

Rock of Love -- "Could there BE any more sluts in this house?" No, Jes, the question is, could I love you ANY more than I already do? I believe the answer is no, no I could not. Please get off this show and get a life because you are way too cool for this insanity. Also, if I ever go gay, you are the first girl I'm going to call. ( Spoilers for the elim. )

General Hospital: I am loving the Georgie/Spinelli, even though it's crazy to think a girl as hot as Georgie would go for Spinelli. That's okay. It's cute. Also, I kind of have a girlcrush on Kate as well. Maybe it's her hair. I'm kind of bisexual tonight, apparently.

OK, I need to go to bed now. The nightmare from work lingers on in an embarrassing way, but something possibly cool happened today as well, so that helped. There may be more to come on that front. Fingers crossed. And I have a 10 AM meeting so like I said, must get off to bed. Will catch up more tomorrow.

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA I am such a loser.

God, I have so much to say about this weekend, and even just the little story about this picture will take a few minutes to write up, since it also involves mocking Aaron Douglas to his face. ( Heh. )

Needless to say, I had a super fun weekend with em_meredith and kiss_me_cassie and stalking seeing Jamie and Aaron and Em's BFF Mark Sheppard and everyone else. Way, way too much fun, and now I'm coming down off the Jamie high and it's quite a crash. I'll post a full report, probably a non-BSG one and a BSG one separately. Because while there was Jamie, there was also Gil Gerard and James Marsters and Byers and Frohike and a host of others. I also have to wait for Em to upload her photos because she had a telephoto lens and got some truly amazing shots, many of Jamie stretching, ahem. I will leave you with one of the better shots I got: ( Aaron, Jamie, Hatch. )

More soon! I cannot even believe I have work tomorrow. Sigh.

Norm McDonald was on My Name Is Earl tonight and he was funneh. (He is the source of the subject line quote, yes.)

Survivor tonight was a reminder of why I keep watching this show; every once in a while, they pull out something like that. ( One of the best votes ever. )

Supernatural was fun tonight, although the pace dragged a bit. So many in-jokes, and McG! Ha ha ha ha ha. Oh, McG. You stupid-ass-name-schlockmeister, you. And Dean actually working was hilarious. And Gary Cole! Love.

Finally watched Gilmore Girls. It was okay, but way too much Logan for me. I liked the ending, natch. I also think it's really, really, really, really wrong that Zach is on the show more than Lane. Was Keiko Agena actually pregnant or something?

I just need to make a quick comment about today's General Hospital, I just feel the need to declare my white-hot and abiding love for Tracy Quartermaine. LOVE. Tracy and Luke are by far the most interesting couple on the show right now, IMO. (Which does not, however, mean I want to see them kiss. Ha.) Also, how stupid was Patrick? Very, very stupid. Sigh.

Oh, Jamie:
Out.com: Is Gaeta gay?
Jamie: Almost definitely!

Hee.

On a more sobering note, this is insanity in a sentence: 70 percent of Iraqis lack regular access to clean water, and 80 percent lack toilets that do not contaminate water sources, according to the report.

Canada's health system is both cheaper AND better than the U.S.'s. Gee, what a shock. ...pause, pause, pause...NOT. /Borat

Tomorrow I have a Very Important Lunch and I am crazy nervous about it, so good thoughts would be appreciated seeing as how I'm so anxious about the whole thing that I feel ill. Doesn't help that I've been in the middle of some insanely stressful stuff at work the past couple of days -- I need a break, dammit. Sigh.