"Oh, My B*lls!" and other things learned at Comic Con

It has taken me a full week to recover from our 2 days at Comic Con in New York. The dreams featuring adult males in spandex, Princess Leias, the random fan boy have pretty much subsided. But what an awesome weekend! Some highlights:

1. Shannon Hale-the coolest! A gal that can write novels, GNs, and can sing the He-Man theme. My hero.

2. The stars of Moonlight-this marks the second time Gigs has ridden an elevator with a actor that plays a vampire detective on television, the first being David Boreanaz who played Angel. Admittedly being in an elevator in such close proximity with David, who smelled so nice, was more exciting, but I did learn a new catchphrase from Alex O'Loughlin, the aforementioned "Oh my b*lls!" as in "oh my gosh!"

3. Neil Patrick Harris-he was there to promote the new Harold and Kumar movie, and let me tell you ladies and gents, he is more handsome in person, with a great sense of humor. The first question asked of him was "In the first movie, did you really do [drugs]?" Excuse me, but you have one opportunity to ask him anything, and that is what you come up with? Luckily Mr. Harris gave it right back to him, "Right, like I did 20 takes of me doing real [drugs]!" I don't even know how he was able to look that guy in the eye! But he handled it all with patience and was very thankful to the fans. And when he spoke, he spoke clearly and he sat up straight--I very much appreciated that. He also dressed very nicely, not the same t-shirt and jeans other guests wore.

4. Randomly--and I mean randomly, walking into a Milo Ventimiglia signing. It wasn't promoted, and I just walked into a table--me being the klutz that I am--and there he was. and, yes, he is even more good looking in person. And he wore a suit!

5. Seth Green-normally he would be at the top of my list, complete with a picture. But you needed a ticket to meet him, and alas, I did not have one. That's ok, given that this girl behind me in line, was having a literal hissy fit over the situation, I thought it be best and act my age, and say to the poor assistant, "It's ok, really. I am fine following the rules. Really. " I like to think that if Seth happened to hear the commotion, he would appreciate what I had said rather than psycho-b*tch. She almost hit the assistant in frustration!

6. Brendan Fraiser-I'm sorry it's too soon to go there. But wow. Ummm.....next time, a little less caffeine for Mr. Fraiser. Still, I do want to see The Mummy 3 this summer.

So what did we learn at Comic Con? Stars are people too. No need to scream, swear, be obnoxious, hover, follow them around. Authors are the biggest and brightest stars around (and more approachable too). Being a klutz can be a good thing. I am destined to share an elevator with another actor who plays a vampire detective in the future--why stop the streak now? Neil Patrick Harris really is legendary!

Willow vs. Angel--who will win?

Greetings fair blog readers! I know it's been ages (2 weeks!) since my last post. Gigs had a bit of a meltdown-well, her laptop did anyway. But it's back! I'm back! And I have nothing to talk about at the moment.

Let's gossip for a moment...so is Ashlee Simpson really pregnant? Was Britney really in another car accident? Do I care?

Bones is back! At 8PM on Mondays no less. Don't I have enough to content with? Now the networks are actually making me choose between Willow and Angel ("mmmm...Angel")! What's a girl to do? At least Faith isn't in the mix (Eliza Dushku's new show Dollhouse isn't on till fall). Talk about being pulled in three different directions! I am SO not ready for that one.

Been watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer over from the beginning. I always said Season 3 was my fav (probably b/c of a certain other slayer that made her debut) But I think I seriously underestimated Season 2, of which I am about halfway through.
It's very good...even tho Angel is a bit like a mopey puppy. Get bad already!

Converse turns 100!

Today marks the 100th birthday of what is probably the most famous sneaker the world over--no, not the Air Jordans. CONVERSE!-all stars, one stars, and Jack Purcells!

My first pair were zebra striped and they glowed in the dark. I go them in 6th grade, and have been wearing them ever since. Not that exact pair, but there has always been a pair in my closet. Cranberry, green, and black were my favs. The anti-popular popular shoe.

Still the most comfy kick out there...

She's just being Miley

My name is Gigs and I like the new Miley Cyrus song. YES, I admit it, that damn catchy See You Again gets me moving. But it's not my fault. I think my car likes the song...seriously. Every time the song comes on the radio, the volume on my car radio turns itself up! I'm not kidding. The song gets louder all on its own! So really I have no control over the song. I have to like it or put up with it b/c my car likes it. Total side note: Does this song remind anyone else of the song "Sunglasses at Night"?

On a side note, I have theme from the Sweet Valley High board game commercial going through my head. "You can be a Sweet Valley Girl, going with a Sweet Valley guy, living in a Sweet Valley world, getting into Sweet Valley High!" Ugh. I think it's because I just saw that the are re releasing the books with updates like cell phones and new cars. Wonder if the Fiat will be a Land Rover or Escalade in the new books. Remember the one about how Jessica and Elizabeth started a pet grooming business to earn money, and they found that the dog had been abused? That may have been a Sweet Valley Twins book.

I'd much rather have the tv show theme song in my head, but I don't remember it.

Note to publishers: can we please leave Jessica and Elizabeth in the '80's? We have Blair and Serena and lots more Wakefield replacements. Want to bring a good series back from extinction? Get me..... ummm.....hmmmm....I can't think of any.

Wow, there is so much going on, I don't know where to start!

1. Red Sox are currently playing their first game of the season in Tokyo. Top of the 3rd, Oakland-2, Boston-0. But no worries, we're just getting warmed up.

2. Britney on How I Met Your Mother--funny but unnecessary. But it is nice to see her looking like a human again.

3. The Big Bang Theory on CBS...first time in a long time I laughed out loud during a sitcom. Come to think of it, I did that a lot during CBS' 2 hour comedy night.

4. New York's new governor...I am SO not going there but yeesh!

Christian Bale's stepmom, Gloria Steinem is 74 today.

BAAAA!!!! EEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!! WOWIEEEEE!!!!!!!

It's here! It's here!!!!

Our first look at the cover of Rumors, the sequel to The Luxe!!!


For my wedding, I will be wearing the dress on the cover of the first novel, and my bridesmaids will be wearing the dress on this cover! Where can I get them?

"My name is Gigs and I demand things to be AWESOME!"

Have you seen those new Verizon FiOS ads, featuring Michael Bay? With the exploding grill and the ginormous pool that blows up? Great commercial. I'm very connected with this commecial; I also demand things to be awesome. Check it out by clicking on the title of the post.

So what's the what with LOST? I have to wait a month to find out? Why are Michael and Walt hiding their true identities? Why does Michael actually think that by killing a (literal) whole boatload of people that it will erase the guilt he has for killing Ana Lucia and Libby? And Libby has shown up in Michael's hospital room (or his dream at least) AND Hurley's hospital. This gal gets around! I think Adam over at EW sums up my thoughts on the ep:

"Only Ben could devastate Michael by coolly pointing out that the Others never asked
him to kill Ana Lucia and Libby; he did that all by himself. And only Ben could have the
chutzpah to follow that up by telling Michael he's now one of ''the good guys.''

So is Ben the real Big Bad? Does Widmore work for him? Or is Widmore only one of many pawns in Ben's big game? And was the big death the writers told us about really Karl and Rousseau? Really? I mean they were cool and all, but I really thought it would be someone I really cared about like Ben or Jin or Charlie again. Well,we have 5--FIVE!!!-weeks to discuss. My suggestion is to get started now before you forget how awesome this season has been so far.