Kind of in a weird mood, but I just wanted to make a super-quick pop-in to give "Happy Birthday" celebrity shouts today, March 27th, to Nathan Fillion - my respect for whom and admiration of needs no real explanation to anyone reading this; Elizabeth Mitchell - she has impressed me more than I can say as Dr. Juliet Burke on Lost; and Mariah Carey. Yes, Mariah - I know what some may think, and shut up. 

I was a fan of hers waaaay back in the day when she first arrived as a seven-octave-ranged vocal-phenom - I'm talking middle-school days for me.  I mean, I was obsessed, and there was no bigger fan/purchaser of her albums and singles than me. She's had her well-publicized ups and downs and weird idiosyncracies on full diisplay for awhile now, but she's still got the chops - I've seen her live three times, so I know.

Anyway, also wanted to add a big CONGRATULATIONS to  houses7177 and her husband, who welcomed their first bundle of joy into the world on Saturday, just before Easter. I heard through _cinjudes_ that everything went fairly smoothly, so I was glad to hear that her pregnancy burden was finally lifted. Now she just has a new person to raise! ;) 

That's about it - pretty boring right now. Oh - but less than 8 days until _cinjudes_arrives here in O-Town for vacation! Sweet!




Kristen Bell is awesome.

I've been meaning to post about this for the last few days, but have been a little busy.  Since I actually went online today and bought a 3-day pass for myself and a 1-day ticket for my dad, I figured I should get around to confirming that I'll be going to the 2008 FX Show, after I had an amazing time there this past January - including my best day ever.

Last week, I had already decided to go when I learned that Nicholas Brendon was signed on as a guest.  Seeing as how Xander Harris is tops in last summer's list of my 20 favorite TV characters of all time, I could not miss the chance to meet the man himself.  Plus, I've heard he's great to (and grateful to) his fans, so getting a signed pic - and possibly a portrait with - would be sweet.

A list of the whole lineup for the weekend - January 25-27 at the Orange County Convention Center, here in Orlando - as well as the link for ticket-purchasing, can be found from the FX International home page, HERE. Other guests listed that are possibly potential draws for me include Greg Grunberg, George Takei, Stephen Tobolowski, Laura Vandervoort, Helen Slater, and Elisabeth Rohm.

However, the guest-list was made infinitely more geek-gasm worthy with the addition of NATHAN-fucking-FILLION. That's right, Captain Malcolm Reynolds himself will be there - also on my fav. characters list, of course.  Apparently there was an inadvertant scheduling mix-up, since Nathan had a verbal agreement to be at some other charity event scheduled for the same weekend in Phoenix, but the FX Show was a signed contract that he had lined up first.  It was confirmed at Whedonesque on Friday that he's gonna be here in Orlando that weekend.  Needless to say, this is HUGE for fanboys and fangirls alike, especially with how awesome he always is to his fans. While not quite as excitedly nervous as I was for Kristen Bell last year (c'mon, it's KBell - whaddya expect from me?), I'm definitely stoked. My dad's going to be out of town most of the weekend, but still requested the one-day pass for Sunday - when he should be back in town - in order to hopefully meet Nathan, too.  So even my dad has his fanboy moments.

I'll bring along my camera like I did last year, but won't get my hopes up, since the FX staff were pretty rigid overall about enforcing the 'no photo' rule, in order to sell the professional studio portraits with the celebs. But we'll see.

And I know some of my flisters had brief rundowns of the loot they scored for Christmas this year. Since I didn't ask for a whole lot (I pretty much buy all the crap I want myself), I'll just mention that my favorite gift came from my parents, as they actually got me The Complete Calvin and Hobbes collection that I had been eyeing for the last couple of months.  I actually didn't expect this from them at all, planning on probably getting it myself sometime in January, so this was a nice surprise.  Oh, and  _cinjudes_ came through with an offical 'Panther Football' team practice shirt from Friday Night Lights - also totally unexpected - so *smooches* to her for that, as well.

And that's about all that may be even remotely interesting I've got right now. No big plans for new year's celebrations this year - will probably stay with the folks since my mom's birthday is the 1st.  For everyone else that does have a life, have fun and be safe - and may 2008 bring even more good stuff than 2007. 

Happy New Year!




Kristen Bell is awesome.

Another mention-worthy heads-up, courtesy of  Whedonesque, that I felt compelled to post.

This is an essay from the collection of such found in Jane Espenson's book, Serenity Found: More Unauthorized Essays on Joss Whedon's Firefly Universe - which is actually a second volume of essay collections, following the first Finding Serenity release of essay collections.

This excerpt is the one written by Nathan Fillion, linked from an article in USA Today.  If you ever saw yourself as even a mild Firefly fan - and especially if you consider yourself a true Browncoat - then you'll be hard-pressed to not get at least a little misty-eyed with this piece.  For a non-screenwriting actor, Nathan has a real way with words, and his passion for the show and the entire 'verse is awe-inspiring.  And even his mom is funny. Click the USA Today link above, or look under the cut for a c/p of the text: 
                                  

I know when I first read this last night, I found myself welling-up just a bit.  Reading his experience makes me proud to have been there as a fan from the very beginning.





Kristen Bell is awesome.

Huh. Two entries in three days.  I'm on a roll.

Mainly, though, I just had to ramble for a brief moment on the new FOX show Drive, co-created by Angel and Firefly producer Tim Minear, starring Nathan Fillion in a lead role. The two-part premiere last was night: episodes 1.1 - "The Starting Line" and 1.2 - "Partners".

Basically, the show is an action/drama about various people competing in an underground, illegal cross-country road race. I'll put my few thoughts under a cut, just to ease the reading for those not up to caring (you should be, though).

Kristen Bell is awesome.