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Title: The Cult Reference Conundrum
Fandom: The Big Bang Theory
Characters: Sheldon, Leonard
Author: pookiesbleubass
Rating: G
Summary: It’s Sheldon’s turn to do something for Leonard.
Disclaimer: I am neither physically nor mentally brilliant enough to create such exceptional characters.
Warning: Bad allusions to Doctor Who, Firefly and BtVS. Oh and, it’s un-beta’d. Any volunteers?

( The Cult Reference Conundrum )

I've never made my displeasure for people who readily dismissed the show or movie I'd introduce to them just cause they did not like the genre or do not have anyone they like in them hidden and guess what? I should start hating myself too. XD

2 years ago, when The Big Bang Theory first came out, sodiumion excitedly told me to watch it and that it's really good. She even went as far as to show me a clip of it ("I am the Sword Master!" XD) but I didn't bother. I did not like the laugh tracks and the very apparent sitcom-studio and it just seems like another laugh-at-that-geek show.

One consolation I can give myself is that even though I did not watch it, at least I began to get it on a regular basis. Along with a lot of other shows.

Anyway, because of bro's apparent lack of work and abundance of boredom, we started getting videos into my PSP so he could watch them in his almost-always free time and one of the shows we gotten in was The Big Bang Theory.

Up til last month, I still had little to no interest in watching it. It had to take my cousin's wedding for me to load the videos onto my iPod Touch and start watching it but even then it was kinda just sorta meh... I'm really just watching it to pass the time. I gotten through 3 episodes of laugh tracks but still not feeling the need to burn through the season. This scene made me laugh out loud unexpectedly--to my bro's amusement.

It wasn't until one boring boring Saturday night 2 weeks ago that I decided to continue watching it so I can finally move on to another series that I really should be watching (I haven't even watched CSI and CSI.NY from last year! >_<). And just like that, boom. I'm hooked. Raced through 2 seasons in 3 nights. I had to literally stop myself from starting the latest season coz it's not finished and I don't wanna get stuck waiting for it for months on end.

The laugh track still annoys me even if they are the real laughter of real live studio audiences. The set is still very 90s sitcom. But I'm pleasantly surprised it really isn't the type of laugh-at-the-geek show I thought it'd be. There's actual character development! We really don't have much shows with character development... *laments*

...If I had to pick, I'd say this scene was the deal-clincher. XD It really does not help that I am partial to underdogs, curly curls and that smoldering picture of Johnny Galecki on IMDB.

Side note: Does that mean that I owe sodiumion half an apology instead of a full apology? Coz, y'know, at least I bothered to get and keep it instead of ignore it completely? :P

Or, 50 38 things that ruined my perfectly balmy (read: extremely hot and humid) Saturday:

1. Morning lab
2. Being late for morning lab
3. Running out of RE buffer and restriction enzymes during morning lab
4. Pushing fellow female classmates who tried to snatch the vials of RE buffer and restriction enzymes that the lab tech got for me out of my hands even tho I'm not done with them yet coz I told her I ran out of RE buffer and restriction enzymes and she got some for me and told me to pass to them when I'm done
5. Pushing fellow female classmates who did not even bother to say a simple thank you after successfully snatching the vials of RE buffer and restriction enzymes that the lab tech got for me out of my hands after I'm done with them.
6. 10 missed calls within 10 min from a number I do not know at 2am
7. 10 SMS in what looks like Vietnamese within 30min from the same unknown number at 2am
8. 3 SMS within 10min from the same unknown number at 2pm
9. Singtel guy not being helpful when I told him I'm getting a bunch of calls and SMSes from some stranger and told me they could do call tracing for me (min 2 days, $5 per day)
10. Singtel guy not being helpful when he told me they can't block calls or SMSes from that number.
11. 5 SMS within 15min from the same unknown number at 4pm
12. 5 consecutive calls to said unknown number to express my displeasure and wish for them to stop calling/SMSing me
13. Non-English speaking woman on the other line hung up on me all 5 times
14. Non-English speaking woman on the other line turning off the phone subsequently
15. Non-English speaking woman on the other line refused to answer my call after that.
16. 8 SMS within 30min from the same unknown number at 6pm
17. Needing to get help from my uncle-in-law's friend's Vietnamese wife to type an SMS that says "Stop calling me. Stop SMSing me. I'm not who you think I am."
18. 6 SMS within 20min after sending that SMS that says "Stop calling me. Stop SMSing me. I'm not who you think I am."
19. Is seriously considering call tracing and letting Singtel earn even more money
20. Is seriously considering calling the police and make a mountain out of a molehill
21. Not sure if this constitutes to harassment in a court of law
22. Not sure we even have a law pertaining to harassment via telecommunication
23. Need to pay for all the SMSes and calls to and from the same unknown number
24. Phone's SMS inbox getting full
25. Phone getting laggy coz of only 1000+ SMSes
26. Tried to backup phone
27. Sony Ericsson PC Suite hanging and dying on me
28. Had to restart phone
29. Restarting phone = lose all contact details but not phone numbers in SIM card
30. Had to ask who is who based on phone numbers again
31. Tried to update phone software
32. Instructions on update software application does not work
33. Update software application hanging and dying on me
34. Tempted to get Win 7 upgrade after a few days of pondering even though initial assessment of upgrading to Win 7, while positive, might end up inconveniencing me when it comes to getting existing programs to work on it properly
35. Found out Win XP-->Win 7 upgrade require clean installation, which also means will definitely inconvenience me as will definitely require reinstallation of all existing programs currently in use
36. Blew $147 on 3 "dresses" or more appropriately, oversized sweaters that could be worn on their own
37. Blew another $65 on accessories just to make it >$200 for lifetime membership offer
38. Heard bro's voice in head saying "Gods!! You are such a woman~~" in that spastic manner only he can do

As a total of exactly 2 people might know (myself included), I'm getting some backdated Saturday Night Live episodes and the one that got me started was the one with Justin Timberlake. I'm not a fan of his so I usually don't bother but after watching the (equally backdated) 2009 Emmys where they showed a short clip of him in a skit on Season 34 Episode 21 during the Year in Variety montage, I *had* to get it in spite of myself. Eek!

( Cut for ranting )

But first, some background: I'd long since maintained that Dave Grohl, Sam Rockwell, Jason Lee and Zach Levi are secretly related but I seemed to be the only person who thinks the four of them look alike. :( They just remind me of each other so much!!

Anyway, since I was getting some less-recent SNL eps these few days, I backtracked and went down the list of guest hosts and musical guests and lo!

Jason Lee hosted Saturday Night Live on 12 Nov 2005 and the musical guest was... *drum roll* Foo Fighters!

After more poking around (and whipping mah biatch Big Goo), I accidentally found someone else who thinks that Jason Lee looks like Zephod Beeblebrox!

In other related but old news, Zach Levi is slated to play Jason Lee's cousin in the Alvin and the Chipmunk sequel out this Christmas. XD

Now to get people to see the link between Dave Grohl and Jason Lee.

Porsche to race against jetliner in lead—up to Singapore GP

The first thing both me and bro thought of was "Wot? For Top Gear??".

And then I remembered. TG *did* race cars against planes before.

Thanks to the lovely Vanessa, I have gotten meself a 32GB iPod Touch at the low low price of SGD$580. I know, I know, for that price, I coulda gotten meself a 32GB iPod Phone 3GS but what for? All I wanna do is use it to watch videos and surf the interweb. I can't use it at work coz there's a camera and if I were to take out the camera, it'd become an iPod Touch anyway (but if you want to get technical about it, it'd become an iPod Touch that can make calls). 'Sides, I would hafta *pay* someone to *take out* a part that they could use in the manufacturing of another iPhone. Oh the irony.

So I've had it for 4 days, played with it twice and I have already found a few simple yet essential flaws that should not've been there in the first place.

( Let the ranting continue... )

So I was poking around FB and saw this quiz--What planet are you from?--and jokingly told my bro and cousin that I'm from Uranus of course.

Guess what planet I'm from?

Who sleeps next to you?
- 3 orange Sumomo fumofumo stuffed toy of varying sizes (S M and L), 1 Garfield and pooky, 1 guy cow and 1 girl cow.

- Have you ever lied to a teacher to get out of a deadline?
Always ;)

What kind of magazines do you read?
- I like 'em varied.

What was your dream job when you were a kid?
- Never had one. I knew I'd go from primary school to secondary school to polytechnic and then to a university but that's it.

What's really creepy?
- People who try to get to know me more.

Who is your celebrity crush?
- Ryan Reynolds, Ray Park and Moses Chan. For now. :P I go through at least 3-5 celeb crushes every month.

What's your current fandom/obsession/addiction?
- Deadpool, IDW G.I. Joe comics, HK dramas with Moses Chan in them.

What is the last thing you did before answering this quiz?
- Uninstalled a useless program from my computer.

What are you most excited for?
- Aimee Mann concert!

What websites do you always visit when you go online?
- Gmail, lj, yahoo, youtube, digitalspy, comicbookresources, imdb, deadpoolbugle, etc.

What was the last thing you bought?
- A Tiki bar in Pet Society. Lol!

What was the cutest thing you've seen today?
- Cousin's dark purple sesame street tee.

Does the weather affect your mood?
- Yep. In mysterious ways.

What car do you drive?
- You have any idea how expensive owning, maintaining and driving a car cost in Singapore? O_O

Do you want to learn another language?
- German, Russian, Spanish, French, sure!

5 things you can't live without?
- Internet, mobile phone, spectacle, books, music

Do you have any siblings?
- Younger bro aka my sounding board aka my Kabaji

What's something you'd like to say to someone right now?
- Do I?

Do you have to pee?
- Who doesn't pee?!?!

Say something to the person who tagged you:
- Why didn't you tag me?!?!!??!?!?!? T_T

I've always gone on about how celeb A looked like/kinda reminds me of/is really similar to celeb B but no one seems to think so (unless I have photographic proof showing how celeb A looks like/kinda reminds me of/is really similar to celeb B). They just don't see the potential! Or my association is really too abstract. Could go either way.

So today, when I was showing bro the news of RDJ maybe-confirmed-might be playing Lestat in a new Interview with A Vampire reboot movie, dad asked if he's the one that died (referring to Heath Ledger maybe?)--to which bro, mum and I said "no lah!" and mum said Wong Chau Sang not dead what. I laughed so hard! Mum had mistaken RDJ for Anthony Wong Chau-Sang--a resemblance I'd gone on a bit about but no one believed me, as usual.

Do you believe me now? I have photographic proof and mum's honest mistake to back me up. XD

So I was at Mount Alvernia hospital on Thursday (after getting a bit lost at Novena, Thompson Road and MacRitchie in which I saw the beautiful sunset) coz another cousin was born--congrats to uncle Willy. A baby Leo born in the year of the Ox. Bro (a Leo) and me (an Ox) both sighed at the "unfortunate" combination. But maybe he'll get the better part of both of our signs. Which brings the total up to 6 from the aunts' side and 2 from the uncles' side.

...Another 3 more months and my mum would be giving birth to me. But that's another story.

Anyway, what I wanna say is, when we were in the hospital looking at that red but surprisingly unwrinkle-y newborn (mental image of molerat came to mind. Sorry to all baby-lovers), the TV was on and I was wondering why Moses Chan was on Ch8 at 7pm. Wasn't he on at 9pm? Dad and bro said he's in both 7pm and 9pm shows. Oh... Well, I suppose that's alright since I kinda like him and I don't watch Ch8 anyway. So I sat down and watched him goof off and damn, I'm suckered. The show's silly to the max! That hand wave thing he does cracks me up to no end.

And that's that. Aunts came over to coo at the baby and all the mothers present gave motherly advices to aunt-in-law Joey and all the men, kids and me hung around wasting space.

So we got home, haven't had dinner coz the cafeteria's closed so had some instant noodles and sat down to watch the last bit of the 9pm show with you know who in it. Typical family feud drama around the dinner table. Nothing new there. Then they went OTT at the breaking down in tears part. Again nothing new there. But what got me was afterwards, when the 2 conspirators were laughing in their hilariously spastic way and the family members peeked in to see what they were laughing about, the father made up some crap story right off the bat and did a big show of not being in control of his emotions and bursting into tears in the midst of fits of giggles and Moses Chan, while pretending to be consoling the father, eyed the camera and gave a thumbs up! Breaking the fourth wall in a HK drama!!! (See time 19:35 for breakage.)


I have to get that! Lol!!!!! And I thought since I'm already getting one lulzy show, I might as well get the other lulzy show too. Damn you Moses Chan for making me succumb to lulzy shows. Everyone knows I'm powerless when it comes to that. XD

Can't... Resist... Watching... Bad... Dramas........... *stares at idiotbox*

So I was woken up after being smothered by lino_en_kuldes's boobies and vancula's laughter and we went for McD breakfast before sending lino_en_kuldes to see my family GP for MC coz vancula "convinced" her to take MC and miss work so that we can hang out for the whole day. Unfortunately, I'd already bought tix to watch G.I. Joe with my aunt and 4 cousins in the afternoon so her MC is more for snuggling with her fiance instead. :P Sorry girls.

So we went for the movie and it was surprisingly entertaining! Might be because I am watching it for the lulz and I got what I paid for. XD
( Cut for fear of blabbing out spoilers )

After the movie, we went to grandma's house and had some dinner and I was itching something fierce for a karaoke session. Rounded up my aunt and another 2 cousins and we went to the rather new Cash Studio at the top floor of the old Princess building at Bedok Interchange. Clean and tidy, good selection of songs, friendly staff and reasonably priced. Floor's a bit sloped coz it used to be a cinema and there were more stairs and steps than necessary. We screamed our lungs out for all of the 3 hours we had the room for--satisfying stuff. Everyone's throat was sore so we had some drinks and satay at the nearby hawker center and chatted before we realized it's already midnight and the last bus home was leaving soon.

Haven't had this much fun since... well... I can't remember. But that's only because I have worse memory than a goldfish.

So I was out today and while I was at Guardian looking for neon colored plasters (which they do not sell anymore coz it's so 2003), I saw a new flavor of Pringles called Pringles Extreme!. And I immediately thought of Ryohei.

...Will buy some tomorrow to try. XD