You look horribly familiar...

I have mentioned this many a time before but I really like Monday night television. It has 4 of the shows I like the most ("Big Bang Theory", "How I Met Your Mother", "Castle", and "Chuck" - all of which contain at least one person that has worked on something with Mr Joss Whedon). Tonight was the season finale for Big Bang Theory and Castle. They were both quite enjoyable. I only really started watching "Castle" because of Mr. Nathan Fillion who I loved in so many things ("Firefly"/"Serenity", "Waitress", "SLiTHER" and "Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog" to name a few) and I really started enjoying it. Nathan Fillion plays arrogantly charming quite well. He also plays charmingly loathsome quite well, as shown by his character, Captain Hammer, in "Dr. Horrible".
In addition to the fact that it was "Castle" night, it was also "How I Met Your Mother" night which contains another of my favourites - Mr. Neil Patrick Harris, who is hysterically shameless as Barney Stinson.
So the combination of Nathan Fillion and Neil Patrick Harris both having TV shows on the same night, plus the fact that I decided to re-watch "Dr. Horrible",which stars them both (and also co- stars Simon Helberg (aka Wolowitz) from "Big Bang Theory"), made it quite the awesome night for TV.
I continue to urge people to check out "Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog"; the trailer for which is available below:

So today's favourite thing is a night of TV that contains a whole lot of both Neil Patrick Harris and Nathan Fillion. Adam Baldwin would be in there too if a) "Chuck"'s season hadn't ended two weeks ago and b) he had also been in "Dr. Horrible."

PS. There are rumours going around about a sequel to "Dr. Horrible" so look out for it on a computer near you. I will no doubt post something on my blog when it is known for sure.

"Do you have to be in Ottawa to [have a McJob]? Couldn't you get one here?"

A couple days ago, my sister talked to our 5 year old niece. Apparently, Bella really wanted to talk to me so Colette told her to phone me at noon yesterday. She didn't end up calling but it wasn't guaranteed that she would anyway. Today, I phoned home and for some reason, Bella was too shy to talk to me. She ended up talking to me through her mom. She asked me why I had to live here to get the type of job I have and why I couldn't do that back home. She also basically told me that if I move home, I could work at the Casino I worked at before and make more money than I am making now. While I was amazed that she thought about stuff like that, she was probably right about the casino. Eventually, I hang up because she wasn't talking to me and I didn't really have a whole lot to say to her mom. Two minutes later, she phoned back and actually spoke directly to me. She told me everything that happened to her in the last two months. It was very interesting. I love talking to my niece. Some days, she doesn't really feel like talking but when she talks it is very entertaining. I really do miss her though. Based on her disappointment that I am not back there with them, she misses me too.

Same topic, different post

Before Christmas, I wrote a post about the TV show "Chuck." It is one of my favourite shows and it is rising in the ranks I will probably soon be my absolute favourite show (provided it gets a third season, which is not done deal quite yet). Since I've already had a post naming "Chuck" as my favourite thing, I feel like I would be somewhat cheating to do it again. Instead, tonight's post is going to focus on why I like it and why I think more people should watch it. Here are some of the reasons why I love Chuck:

• It's funny
• It's suspenseful
• It's an action show
• It's romantic
• It's goofy
• It has Adam Baldwin (better known as Jayne from Firefly) and he's pretty awesome
• It has a character whose nickname actually is "Captain Awesome"
• It blends humour and emotion very well
• It has creepy yet hilarious characters
• It pays homage to so many different shows that it's a matter of trying to pick them out.
• This clip
  
  

Here's a crash course in all things "Chuck".

All in all, I will be very disappointed if Chuck doesn't get another season. It's a pretty awesome show with awesome characters and a character named "Awesome" which is pretty....cool. My lecture about Chuck is now done, but please check it out.

Happy Birthday Bella!

Today-ish is my niece Bella's 5th birthday (She was born on February 29th). I can't believe she is already 5 years old. I remember the day she was born and how excited I was. I also remember going to see my sister in the hospital and ending up staying there for 4 hours to keep her company. For the first 3 years of her life, I pretty much saw her every day and took care of her quite a bit. Then I moved to Boston and then to Ottawa and I haven't seen her nearly as much. I miss her quite a bit. She's a smart little girl and doesn't let much get past her. She also uses ridiculously large words for a girl her age. Hopefully, she will get over her fear of flying and come to see me sometime soon. Anyway, Happy Birthday Bella!