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abyssinia4077 (who's making me write crackier and crackier stuff) and rowan_d (who's making me write S/D pRon!), I'm still chugging along on my SDficathon piece. But, boy am I bored of it... *g* I'm going to go write something not featuring Sam OR Daniel after it's done. They can go jump. (Although now I kinda want to write MacGyver/Sam (Carter)... dammit, surrealphantast...)
abyssinia4077 (who's making me write crackier and crackier stuff) and rowan_d (who's making me write S/D pRon!), I'm still chugging along on my SDficathon piece. But, boy am I bored of it... *g* I'm going to go write something not featuring Sam OR Daniel after it's done. They can go jump. (Although now I kinda want to write MacGyver/Sam (Carter)... dammit, surrealphantast...)And I am developing somewhat of a crush on Michael Shanks, thanks to the dry humour of his blog. Still not especially attracted to Daniel, though, which is... eh. At least I can say that it's definitely not about appearance for me. (Although the fact that he's very hot doesn't... hinder my impending crush. *g*)
I'm a terrible girlfriend. Why do you put up with me, A? *squishes*
What else? My ankle itches. I slept from 7.30pm last night all the way through to 6.30am this morning, woohoo. Oh, and I hate people who can't open doors for themselves, meaning I have to get up and open it for them. It's an EASY CODE TO REMEMBER, GODDAMMIT. LEARN IT. STOP EXPECTING ME TO BE YOUR DOORMAN, OR SOON I SHALL START LEAVING YOU OUT THERE. KNOCKING AS QUIETLY AS POSSIBLE DOESN'T MAKE ME DISLIKE YOU ANY LESS.
Eejits.
/rant. Life's tough, huh? *g*
Now I'm going to go have lunch.
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I'll tell you a secret some people may want pummel me for. I don't think Mac has a whole lot of personality. I did really watch MacGyver when it first came on. Magnum, the A-Team, and Fallguy were the action shows I was into in the 80s. When the dvds came out I bought and watched the first 4 seasons like a good RDA fan. I was kinda surprised at how boring Mac was to me, because everybody gushes about how awesome he is. As cool as it would be to hang out with some that can make all kinda crap out of nothing his goody-two-shoe-ness would really drive me nuts after a while.
Wow, that really turned ranty.
MS has never really been physically attractive to me. His eyebrows bug me to no end. He seems like he could be really charming, but at the same time he seems like he could be a complete ass. I wasn't in the SG fandom when he left the show, but when I later read about it (and what I read could be complete here-say and biased) there was something about the way he left and some things he said in interviews that really rubbed me the wrong way and I really have not cared for him since. That and I think some crazy obsessive Daniel fans that have accosted me at cons and various other places for not bowing down at the altar of St. Daniel or at the very least slash Daniel and Jack that has really tainted my perception of MS and Daniel. It's sad because I really connect to Daniel in the Stargate movie. I actually found some drawings I did at the time and one of them had a girl wearing the Eye of Ra.
Dude, I went ranty again.
Must stop.
PS- I owe you a meme that I hope I'll post this weekend. I wait until I made a trip to my parents to collect some visual aids. : )
And yeah - Mac is rather goody-two-shoes, as you say. Not to my usual tastes. I do want to hug him and squish him and look after him, though. Also, he gets angsty on occasion. :) There was a bit in one I watched recently, though, that really made me laugh. Someone was spying on Mac, and had made a list of his activities, and it was so unbelievably, nauseatingly good...
Hee. I watched the A-Team, and Knightrider (had such a crush on David Hasselhoff! *can laugh about it now*). I don't think they played MacGyver over here... or if they did, I didn't see it. Oh, and CHiPS. Watched that a lot. *g* Ah, the 80s... what terrible and yet strangely loveable guff was produced... (I've tried to watch the A-Team in more recent years, but MY GOD is it dire.)
And I do know what you mean about MS. I'm leaning more towards liking him at the moment, but I get the feeling he can be quite a pain, particularly in his more actorly moments. He gives the impression that he might just count his lines (i.e. how many he's got, as compared to how many everyone else has). But then, I also think he's aware of that side of himself - that's what his blog makes me think, anyhow, so hence my liking him more at the moment.
And, that said, I bet RDA can be a pain, too, in his flakier moments - but I'm a lot more inclined to forgive him. Eh.
(Rant all you want! I like talking about all this stuff.)
I really remember Mac had the elaborate chemistry set to make no alcoholic eggnog and his grandfather being, "WTF, there's not point to it then is there?"
Yes, unfortunately the A-Team doesn't hold up well over time. It makes me sad. I have heard talk of an A-Team movie at one time and that George Clooney really wanted to play Hannibal which I think would be awesome.
Yeah, I bet RDA could be tough to work with especially for 'serious' actors. I'd probably be pretty annoyed with his improvising, but it seems to work quite well for him. While I'm not fond of prying into celebrities lives (until they're dead I guess. I love biographies.), I really wonder about RDA. He seems very contradictory in some of his aspects. I'd really like to get into his head. (Un)Fortunately, he's not popular enough in the mainstream for someone to do an expose on him.
Yes: even Mac's grandfather thinks he's too good. *g* I saw that one. Why the hell anyone would drink eggnog, alcoholic or not, is beyond me. Ergh. Mac seems to have a variety of disgusting drinks, often in large containers, barrels, giant plastic cartons, industrial blenders, etc. I dread to imagine his fridge.
George Clooney as Hannibal, ZOMFG! Hahaha! That would be excellent. They could have cast Jim Carrey circa Ace Ventura as Murdoch.
And, yeah, I was wishing I could read an official biography or such on RDA. He's just... he's really interesting. Lots of people seem to want to analyse him, I've noticed. I do, too. I wonder why that is? Maybe because he seems quite enigmatic.
And I'm in love with the MS blog, too.
:-)
*g*
I get ranty about this 'cause I've worked in a couple of places where I've had to open the door for various imbeciles. The worst was the one with the glass door, when I was a receptionist. It didn't make a sound when I pressed the unlocking mechanism - so they'd knock, I'd unlock it, and they'd stand out there waving, wanting me to let them in. I'd, meanwhile, stand inside, waving for them to try the (now unlocked) door. If I eventually gave up waiting for them to try the door, and got up to go open it, that meant letting go of the unlocking mechanism - thus making it seem as though I'd just been refusing to let them in until they'd waved at me for long enough... urgh. Stupid system.
Mac is sort of just this really, really good guy. Like he has this inpenetrable shell of goodness he wears. And it's odd how, despite the show being all about him, we really don't get to dig underneath that shell too much. Maybe that's a product of the 80's, I don't know.
Michael is amusing me muchly. Dirty_diana always says he's her high-maintenence TV Boyfriend, which I totally believe. Like her, it's his faults and the way he sort of admits them that makes her love him so. I'm that way with Rick big time. The fact that he's obviously flaky and can have his 'actor' moments just makes him that much more intriguing to me. It's not like I'm the one who has to date him and get a broken heart. ;)
Heh. Sometimes Mac is just too good for words... it feels like he'd just be a bit exhausting to be around. And yeah, I know what you mean about not seeing under the shell too much - but I do feel that it may be Rick being a bit opaque. Maybe. Or just that ultimately it's an 80s action-adventure series, and at the time that meant running around and explosions - it's only post-Buffy et al that that's included more oh-how-killing-these-bad-guys-makes-me-sad-inside. :)
And, heehee - MS, high-maintenence. Yes. *g*
And I am developing somewhat of a crush on Michael Shanks, thanks to the dry humour of his blog.
You are so not alone. I was actually talking to
I have no good advice on the door besides perhaps finding a screw driver, attacking the hinges, and just removing the damn thing...
For which I am grateful. ;)
And, hee, I know the feeling - I felt like I knew MacGyver before I saw any of it. If you've seen the A-Team, and Knightrider, and Richard Dean Anderson, it's pretty easy to picture. :)
I'm thinking of putting a stern comment in MS's blog: "Stop being attractive and witty, please. I'm far too busy to develop a crush on you."
I've seen a little A-team...no Knightrider - but I've definitely seen RDA :)
I would CRACK UP at a comment like that (along with being mildly mortified because something about fan-actor interaction always freaks me out). It really isn't fair! I always try so hard to not develop actor crushes and he's going and being charming and funny and adorable and...guh!
And I would never actually post that - although I think he might take it in the spirit it was intended. But it'd be a little freaky, yes... *g*
(though I agree bad teachers can DEFINITELY have that affect).
Oh, I didn't think you'd actually post it. He might indeed be amused though.
Wow. *g*
I think he might be amused. Or possibly think that he has a weirdo stalker... Heh.
She was awesome. And, hey, must have had an impact since I got my degrees in her subject :)
I was actually thinking of giving it a shot myself - I've been watching season 1 of MacGyver at the same time as SG-1 season 9, to throw the RDA withdrawal symptoms off a bit and while going between shows, ideas come. But MacGyver...he seems like a hard character to write. *shrugs* Will have to watch more and give writing for him a shot! =)
Anyways, I just noticed I'm babbling here, so...I think I'll go shut up now... *hides* =)
I'm totally with you on the 'having a crush on Michael Shanks' thing! *nods* I think it's contagious or something! I've never been a huge fan of Daniel (yeah, he's adorable, but I'm mostly hooked on Jack and/or Sam when it comes to SG-1...), but...I can't help it!
Maybe there's subliminal messages in the various pics that have been plaguing flists lately and/or Michael's blog, too...*shrugs* I think it's possible. *begins to drool over Michael/Daniel desktop thingy* Erm...yeah...
Ahhh! Babbling again! Sorry!
I dunno... yeah, in a way. I find everyone's tough at first, though, until you write a few things with them in, and get used to them. Mac has a lot of cliches, and a lot of quirks of movement and look and speech that I think it would be easy enough to do a broad sketch of him... or maybe I've just watched too much MacGyver. *g* It's entirely possible.
Also, contagious, yes. MS is dangerous and should be contained. Although it can't be the pics - I keep pictures switched off, most of the time. He's attractive through mere text, too. :D