Hey Peepsies! Got my internet back! How was Halloween last week? Mine was interesting. I had to close at work so my hubby took the boys Trick or Treating. I explained where we normally go so I figured by the time I get home I would be able to meet up with them and visit my aunts houses on the way home. Well, my plan didn't didn't work out as smoothly as I hoped. Somehow my hubby took a wrong turn and ended up three miles away from our house, I had to pick them up at the U-Haul center in Kingston. Same town, but on the other side of town. Needless to say the boys were exhausted but got quite a bit candy.

So, it's finally happened. My CKR obsession has gotten me to watch Battlestar Galactica. Being 37 and a lifetime SciFi geek, I fondly remember the original Battlestar Galactica that aired in 1978-79. I can't seem to recall any episode in detail but I do remember that Starbuck was a man, played by Dirk Benedict. Same goes for Boomer. So when the new BSG came around and I found out that Starbuck was a woman, I thought, HUH? And couldn't bring myself to watch. Big mistake! As a fan of SciFi and serialized drama, BSG has it all for me. I'm actually going to be a bit methodical regarding why I like it so.

• SciFi, duh. But not "in your face" SciFi technology-wise. They still use telephones! There are no "transporters". In order to get from here to there, one must be shuttled from ship to ship. Guns and bullets are still the weapon of choice in close combat. The "nuke" is still in use and the most devistating weapon. Man kind has not let technology take over their lives. Heck, when one wants to wite a letter, pen and paper are taken in hand. A great mix with space faring travel and good old fashioned 21st century.
• The in space battle sequences. They are, in a word, elegant. The vipers and raiders move like a graceful ballet. When combined with weapons fire, it's absolutely beautiful. The first battle sequence I watched, my mouth was literally agape. I couldn't believe how graceful it all was. Kudos to the producers.
• The music. The background music completely enhances each scene. I'm just starting on S2 and have to say I don't like the change in the opening theme. The theme for S1 was so haunting. I would watch the opening sequence just to listen to it. In S2, I skip it.
• The characters. Lots of them with lots of subplots. It can very confusing if you don't pay attention. I'm leaning towrds Helo as my favorite character at the moment. I can definately say that Gaius is my least favorite.
• The plot. After a 40 year absence, the Cylons finally make their move and exact revenge against human-kind for creating them for the purpose of slavery. Is it God's, or in the BSG universe, The Gods' revenge for humans trying to play God? The search for the fabled 13th colony Earth. Does it exist? And can the fleet keep stick together during the search and ultimately can the human race survive?

Commander William Adama, played by Edward James Olmos. Edward is an Emmy winning and Oscar nominated actor who, in the 80's, paved the way for Latin American actors. Edward is perfectly cast in the role of Cmndr Adama. Adama is extremely stoic and calm who is very passionate about his mission.

Mary McDonnell as President Laura Roslin. Mary is an Oscar and Emmy nominated actress who is from Wilkes-Barre, Pa- the city next to my hometown. Pres Roslin is an extremely strong female character. She is thrown into the presidency and is hiding the fact that she is dying from cancer. She believes in the existance of the 13th colony Earth and will do anything to lead her people there.

Jamie Bamber as Lee "Apollo" Adama. Apollo returns to Galactica to honor his father and the legendary ship in it's decomissioning. Apollo and William have a strained relationship and struggle to work together and reconnect. As the CAG, he often disagrees with Starbuck, his dead brother's fiancee.

Katee Sackhoff as Kara "Starbuck" Thrace. Well, if this Starbuck were a man, I'd call him a flyboy. Meaning, extremely talented pilot, show off and sometimes insubordinate. So I guess she's a "flygirl"? Starbuck is haunted by the fact that got her fiancee Zak killed. She also have major disagreements with the XO and gets herself into quite a bit of hot water.

Tricia Helfer as Number 6. Number 6 is one of the Human Clone Cylons. She was key in the attack on Caprica and the destruction of the 12 Colonies. She also lives in the mind of Dr. Gaius Baltar. Like all the Human Clone Cylons, she has many copies.

James Callus as Gaius Baltar. Gaius is a scientist from Caprica. He was duped into assisting the Cylon No. 6 in destroying the 12 Colonies. At first he is devasated, but is now assisting the Cylons. No. 6 lives in his mind and he has many hallucinations/dreams involving her and they conspire against the fleet.

Grace Park as Sharon "Boomer" Valerii. Boomer is a pilot onboard Galactica. She is also a sleeper Cylon. Sharon was having a secret relationship with Chief Tyrol. She believes she is human and when she starts to remember who she really is, she doesn't want to believe it. A copy of Boomer was also sent to Caprica to seduce Helo.

Tahmoh Penikett as Karl "Helo" Agathon. Helo is another Galactica pilot. He's secretly in love with Boomer. Helo gives up his seat on the raptor in order to save Gaius and is stranded on a desolate Caprica. While on Caprica, the Boomer copy "returns" to rescue him and he is unaware that it is all a twisted experiment.

Michael Hogan as Colonel Tigh. Col Tigh is the XO of Galactica. He's an alcohalic and is always at odds with Starbuck. The return of his estranged wife is also bringing out the worst in him.

Aaron Douglas as Chief Galen Tyrol. Galen is the Deck Chief of the Galactica and is charge of maintaing the vipers and raptors. He was having a secret relationship with the Cylon Boomer but ended it when it was affecting the scurity of Galactica.

Alessandro Juliani as Felix Gaita. Lt Gaita is the Galactica's tactical officer. He's dependable and always at the ready.

Callum Keith Rennie as Leoben Conoy. Leoben is a Cylon first encountered in the mini-series and again in Flesh and Bone. He appeared in a dream Pres Roslin had. Leoben thinks of himself as a prophet and is believed to full of misinformation. He has an infatuation with Starbuck.

My favorite episodes are 1X8 Flesh and Bone, for obvious reasons, and 1X13 Kobol's Last Gleaming Pt2.

Monday is Shane's(charmed1102) birthday.

I plan on posting the November meeting of the Supernatural Club next week. Here are the episodes to vote for:

• E5X5- Fallen Idol
• E5X6- I Believe The Children Are Our Future
• E5X7- The Curious Case of Dean Winchester
• E5X8- Changing Channels

You can either put your vote in the comment box or send me a PM.

Emiko

Hi Peepsies!

I have no internet at home. Hope to get it back this week. See ya'll soon.

EDIT: GOT MY INTERNET BACK! YIPEE!

I have the weekend off and will be working a new bloggy. I have a title already picked out and fans of the show that will the focus will recognize it straight away.

Off to comment on your blogs.

Emiko

Hey Peepsies! Long time no blog! I hope everyone is well. Haven't been in a "computer mood" lately, but that's changing as of now.

It's official, the crappy US economy has hit my household. Last month at work I was cut down to "part time staus". We're only allowed to have one full time person in our department and out of the 2 full timers, I have the least seniority. It's not going to affect my hours during peak season, I' still get 40+ in the Spring and Summer, and through Fall and Winter my hours are cut by "one day", 8 hours. I no longer have health benefits, vacation, time or accumulate sick time. My husband can pick up the health benefits, open enrollment is next month, and I hardly ever take any sick time, I always get a buyout in the spring. And I actually lost 2 vacation days last year because I never go on vacation. So, in reality, no biggie. Good thing- I got a buy out on my 2 weeks vacation and 104 hours accumilated sick time in my last pay. I put a little in the bank and was able to get some extra fall clothing for the boys and get their Halloween costumes. They're going to be characters from Star Wars: The Clone Wars.

I've been looking around for a part time job, but I really only want about 5-10 hours a week through the winter. So, we'll see how it goes. I also applied for partial unemployment benefits. If I get approved for that, that may work out better for me. Wish me luck. This past weekend, Evan and Tyler went to Lancaster, Pa. It was a belated Birthday gift from my In-Laws. They had a lot of fun, seems like the boys had more fun at the hotel than anywhere else. But they came home sick. So they've been out of school for the past two days. Looks like it's just a nasty cold. Lots of coughing and a bit of a fever. Evan is definately feeling much better than Tyler. He's been quite hyper today. Tyler is a bit slower to recover.

Today is Jodie's (winterbehaviour) Birthday! She's a really sweet gal and I'm so glad to have been able to meet her through TV.com.

Let's celebrate! Balloons..........

Lots of confetti to throw around. Don't worry, I got the kids here to clean up

Don't forget to grab a piece of cake..........

And we can't forget the presents.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SWEETIE!

Lots of great TV to lift my spirits up.

On Dancing With the Stars- Injuries and illness. And three more couples have been eliminated, not all by voting.

In week 3, two couples left. One by viewer votes and another from injury. Debi Mazar and Maks Cmerkovsky were the couple eliminated. Maks is one of my favorite pros and I'm very sad to see him leave the competition. I had high hopes for the couple. A bit of good news though, due to Derek Hough's illness, Maks filled in and performed last night with model Joanna Krupa. Considering they only had 2 days to train with each other, they did extremely well. They probably would have had close to perfect scores if it weren't for a stumble near the end of the performance. If it weren't for Maks being such a great performer and Joanna being one of the stronger celebs, it could have turned out much worse. Maks and Joanna made a great recovery and garnered very respectable scores. Suring the week 3 results show, Tom DeLay decided to drop out of the competition due to injury. He had been competing with stress fractures in both of his feet. As much as I didn't want to like Tom, he did very well and was very likable. He had a great charm and was matched very well with Cheryl. I was actually dissapointed to hear he was dropping out, but glad he will be able to heal properly. PS. Debi made a guest star appearance on last night's episode of Castle. Nathan and Stana were also in the audience for last night's perfomances.

In week 4 I had a bit of a scare. My favorite and pre-season pick, Aaron Carter was in the bottom two and was almost eliminated. He had a sub par week and his Lambada was all over the place. Thankfully he took the judges advice and last night his Argentine Tango was spot on and one of my favorite dances of the night.. The couple that was eliminated last week was Chuck Liddell and Anna Trebunskaya. I was a little disappointed because I thought there were one or two couples who had worse performances. Anna is a great dancer and I love the way she performs the Argentine Tango and would have loved to see her dance last night.

I am absolutely loving House this season! I love that the old team is back! House, Foreman, Cameron and Chase hae incredible chemistry and work great together. Aside from that, I really can't describe all that is making me adore this show again. It's undescribable. Jennifer Morrison(Cameron) will be leaving temporarily, this was a creative decision and not permanent. (According to TVGuide). Olivia Wilde(Thirteen) is still slated to remain in a recurring role as well.

If you haven't already done so, don't forget to visit the Second Supernatural Club Meeting in Shane's (charmed1102) blog.

And speaking of Supernatural, how awesome were the last two episodes? I think I heard the collective cheers of Supernatural fans everywhere when Sam chopped off Paris Hilton's head. I was a bit nervous before watching last week's episode because it could have been a rehash of season 3's Bedtime Stories. But I should know better than to doubt Eric Kripke. The mainifestation of all those wive's tales were hilarious, expecially Dean's little problem. And the Castiel action figure was so cool. I want one! Repeat this week New epi next week

Now to the explanation of the blog title. Thanks to Ela and Daria, I'm got a bit of an obsession with Callum Keith Rennie. If you're a member of the W.E.N.T.H.W.O.R.T.H.M Club, Daria has nominated CKR to be the next Man of the Month. Here's the link to Penny's blog

Ela and Daria have also started a campaign to increase CKR's person score here on TV.com. If you are familiar with his work, Callum has appeared on Battlestar Galatica, Harper's Island, S3-4 of Due South, Californication and is slated to appear in Day 10 of 24, please rate/review him. He is also rumoured to possibly guest star in this season of Dollhouse.

I've made a bunch of CKR icons. -

And speaking of CAlifornication, I've begun watching this show. Can you guess why? If you guessed because of Callum Keith Rennie in the role of Lew Ashby, you guessed right! It's pretty good show. Very funny and quite kinky. It makes me blush a lot

I made a few Misha icons as well, just for Jodie, the birthday girl.

I recently leved up, level 17, the Crazy Neighbor. That's a reference to Kramer, the crazy neighbor on the American comedy Seinfeld. I also surpassed 2,000 forum posts. I'll catch up on all of your blogs this week. This weekend my hubby is going to be remodeling the living room and kitchen. I'll take some pictures of the before, during and after. I'm off to east some dinner and watch TV. Have a great week!

Later peepsies!

Emiko

Hey Peepsies! How has everyone been? I'm feeling a lot better. Fall TV does a lot to pick up my spirits. I've been watching a lot of TV lately.

I realized a few days ago I've been on TV.Com for two years. Apparently I created an account in September 2007, forgot about it until this past Febuary when I started posting on the Supernatural forums and have been active ever since. I've met so many awesome people since then. Great friends who share a love for TV. Let's celebrate!

Lots of confetti to throw around.....

Balloons.....

Party favors, make some noise!.....

Yummy cake. Hmmm, almost too pretty to eat.....

And it's not a party without a few cocktails.....

One month into the new fall season and I've already removed and added a few programs. I decided not to watch NCIS:LA. I saw the premire and wasn't really impressed. It's kind of like a slow paced 24 and I really wasnt into it. I officially added House back on after waching the first two episodes. I'm loving it again. Bones, I'm still undecided, but I have watched the season premire and liked it.

Two weeks in and three celebrites have been eliminated. In week one Ashley Hamilton and his professional partner Edyta Sliwinska were elinated along with Macy Gray and her partner Jonathan Roberts. This week, Kathy Ireland and her professional partner Tony Dovolani were voted off. I was sad to see Ashley go mostly because Edyta is one of my favorite pros on DWTS. I'm hoping one year she'll win. I wasn't too upset to see the others leave, I wasn't a big fan of either Kathy or Macy and they weren't that good anyway. Surprisngly, Tom DeLay, American politician, is still around, despite an injury, and he's not too bad. Not real good, but surprisingly coordinated and very well matched with Cheryl Burke. My preseason pick Aaron Carter has been doing extremely well, garnering the top spot in both of the first two weeks of competition.

Week 1 & 2 eliminated celebrities-

Two episodes into the new season and I'm loving Castle. Castle and Beckett still have that incredible chemistry. After last season's cliffhanger, Castle confessing to Beckett that he investigated her mother's death, it could have been the end. But he apologized and she forgave him. Awww. I'm also liking how the supporting cast are getting more screentime and great lines. The other two detectives and the medical examiner are hilarious. Castle still has his "Writer" bulletproof vest. I love when he wears it. And he said "Bam, said the lady" in the last episode. (That's for you, Daria ) And to round everything out, Castle's home life. I love the relationship he has with his mother and especially with his daughter.

the forgotten is a new show on ABC. It stars Christian Slater and the "leader" of a network of volunteers who assist the police in identifying John/Jane Does in cases that are on the verge of being shelved and labeled unsolved. Decent show, a little slow in parts but I'm really enjoying it. I hope to see more background on the team members and their motives for volunteering in the forgotten network. Christian's character Alex has already been established as an ex-cop who's daughter went missing several years back. I'm most interested in his story and am hoping that maybe they will dedicate an episode to his daughter's case, or focus more on his character. From the previews for next week's show, it looks like we'll get more background on two of the members.

After a bit of a scattered start to the new season, Glee has picked up the pace and the last two episodes were awesome! Kurt finally got the screentime he so deserves in last week's episode Preggers. He was laugh out loud funny, brash and touched my heart. The scene where he came out to his father was so wonderful, I had tears in my eyes. Finally, last night Rachel returned to Glee Club and the performance I've been waiting for happened, Queen's Somebody to Love.

If you missed it, the McKinley High football team performing the Single Ladies dance and winning their first game in years.

From last night's episode, with a guest appearance by Pushing Daisies' Kristen Chenowith, somebody To Love

One of the best pilots of the new season was Flashforward. I wasn't really sure if I would like in the first couple of minutes. It started off like any old cop show. By the end, I was completely hooked. Will the future be exactly as the visions fortold or can it be changed now that the main players know what's coming? Who is the man who wasn't unconcious during the 2 minutes and 17 seconds the entire world had their visions of the future? Some pwople are saying Flashforward is the new Lost. I've never seen Lost so I can't say, but I do believe Flashforward will be a complete adddiction. It also doesn't hurt that Joseph Fiennes is hot! Also starring John Cho who recently costarred in Star Trek this past summer, courtney Vance formerly of Law & Order Criminal Intent, Sonya Walger and Dominick Monaghan from Lost.

I'm still watching The Vampire Diaries. The plot is starting to move along. Bonnie is quite an interesting character. It looks like she's going to be exploring her witch heritage in the future. There's a lot of conflict between Stefan and Damon on who will win over Elena which stems from the same conflict they had over Katherine over a hundred years ago.

Supernatural! OMG! How awesome was last week's episode, Free To Be You and Me. Cas and Dean teaming up and hitten' the road. Cas imperosnating an FBI agent and holding the ID upside down Dean taking Cas to a whorhouse. LMAO! Cas looked so scared I thought he was going to mess his pants!

I just had to include this particular screencap. Dean travels to Greeley, Pennsylvania. Yep, it's a real town. I live about and hour and half away from there. Just a tiny lil town, if you blink, you'll miss it. Taft Memorial Hospital, however, is not a real hospital in Greeley. In fact, Greeley does not have it's own hospital. that's how small it is.

And what I thought was the most spectacular scene in Free To Be You and Me. Cas encircling Raphael in the ring of fire.

New episode tonight! Wipee! Cas and orgy! Sam going darkside?!?

Supernatural Club news:

Shane (charmed1102) will be hosting the next meeting of the Supernatural Club next week. If anyone has any news pertaing to Supernatural or it's stars, feel free to send a PM to him or me and he'll get it into the meeting. Most importantly, we need to know which recent episode to recap. The choices are-

• Episode 5X1- Sympathy for the Devil
• Episode 5X2- Good God, Y'all
• Episode 5X3- Free To Be You and Me
• Episode 5X4- The End (airing tonight in the U.S.)

You can vote for your simply by simply commenting in this blog or PM'ing me or Shane. Shane is also planning on mentioning the voting as well.

Today I made a few more icons. Three Glee and two Supernatural. Finn is my current icon.

I also tried my hand at making a simple banner. It' ok. I really would like to find a better screenshot of the new opening sequence.

Next blog I'll continue with what I'm watching. There are too many shows to include in one blog.

Off to watch VD. Happy Supernatural Thursday peepsies!

Emiko

Hey Peepsies! A quick little bloggy. I'm alive, really. Haven't been on TV.Com regularly lately, been feeling kinda bleh. I think I just caught up on everybody's blogs. I've been wanting to blog, but like I said, been kinda bleh. And..........

Photobucket is being an @$$hat lately. It's taking forever to upload my pictures.

Harper's Island came out on DVD on Sept 8th. The extras are really good. There's a featurette on how some of the main characters were cast, including Callum Keith Rennie as John Wakefield. It was also interesting to see how each death was "planned" and how the actors were informed when their time was up.

I just watched Season 1 of Dexter. What an amazing show. The writing and the character developtment is spectacular. My father gave the DVD's because he didn't care for the show. I think he's nuts!

My favorite character hands down is Dexter. Although he's a sociopath and has no empathy for his victims he's also very sympathetic because he is physically and psychologically incapable of feeleing emotion and he is bothered by it. He kills evil people because it's his way of feeling emotion, of providing justice. He feels bad because he wants to have genuine love for his girlfriend Rita but cannot. He loves her but does not know how to express it or know if he can actually feel the emotion of love. He lives his whole life performing a maquerade.

I thought the show would be a lot more violent than it really is. To tell you the truth, Harper's Island had a lot more gore. Dexter doesn't need to be gory. The writing, characters and their actions paint the picture. I still have Season 2 to watch and I'm downloading Season 3.

The new Fall Season of TV is upon us. A few shows have already started and most will be starting up again in the next two weeks.

The Glee season premire was not as good and the pilot episode shown in May. It was a little allover the place. It seemed like the writers were trying to start too many plots right off the bat. Most surprising was that Finn and Rachel kissed in that episode. Also, Will's wife announced she was pregnant and they were going to buy a very expensive new home. At the end, it was revealed it was a "hysterical pregnancy".

In last week's episode, Terri decided to continue the facade of being pregnant in order to keep Will in the marriage, Will also started an all male acapella group called "Acafellas". Josh Groban made a guest appearance. Mercedes thought she and Kurt were dating. For some reason she didn't realize he was gay And Kurt finally admitted to himself he was gay The Cherrios joined Glee Club at the suggestion of Coach Sylvester. She sent them in to destroy Glee Club from the inside but that may be backfiring. An improvement over the previous episode.

The Vampire Diaries also started two weeks ago. I'm not saying it's the best show out there, but it is catching my attention for the moment. I guess once in a while I need a little dose of teen angst. The basic plot, from what I gather, is that Stefan has returned to Mytsic Falls because his long dead true love seems to have been re-incarnated in Elena. Brother Damon is obviously the black sheep and is all about making trouble for little bro.

Dancing With The Stars Season 9 starts tonight. In fact, I'm writing this blog during the commercials. This year there are 16 celebrity contestants, the most ever. For the first time, each couple will perform two dances during the first week and there will also be a double elimination on Wednesday.

Saving the best for last. SUPERNATURAL! Season 5 started off with a bang with Sam and Dean about to witness the rising of Lucifer. All of a sudden they're whisked off to safety. Bobby gets possesed by a demon and old advesary Meg returns. Lucifer is circling his chosen vessel and Dean finds out he's destined to be the Archangel Michael's vessel. At the end, Dean tells Sam he doesn't trust him anymore and may never again. Angst!

Last week's episode brought back old friends and hunters Rufus, Ellen and Jo. We saw the appearance of the first of the Four Horseman, War, who infected a small town and made them think that demons had invaded. After defeating War, Sam and Dean part ways. Sam felt his blood addiction and Dean's mistrust would hamper their mission. More angst! And how can we forget- Cass: (referring to God) No, he's not on any flatbread.

A couple of weeks ago I tried my hand at making some icons. Nothing special, I just cropped a few pictures. Three Eric Northman(True Blood), two Dylan Bruno from Numb3rs and one Chuck/Sarah.

That's it for now. I'm getting back to DWTS and Castle is on afterwards.

Later peepsies!

Emiko