mystery solved

MT.Weiss was not Tarzan's voice. Robert Ridgely was. So now i need to figure out what that other site was talking about. Olivia DAbo was listed as Jane. Don't know what that was about. But i have to say... that voice can still calm me after a bad day.

Jarod again

I almost forgot that the best part about jarod is his compassion. I only know of one episode in which MacGyver helps his worst enemy. In every episode Jarod is trying to put everybody's life back together that the Centre tore apart... even the people hunting him. Mis Parker would shoot Jarod in the back and he keeps sending her clues about her past and little menaingful gifts that [spoiler alert] by the end of the show have taken the edges down to little round bumps.
Jarod genuinely cares about people. He wouldn't purposely hurt the people who operate the Centre. He won't hurt Syd or Parker. But he is firm in his convictions that no one should suffer and if nobody else will stop the hurts then he will and he won't let them stop him.
Excellent. I only wish I had as much conviction in me as he has in a single strand of his hair.

foodie emerges

I've finally found a jar of Food For Thought's Blueberry Lavendar preserves.
Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm yummy.
I am currently dreaming of it on a slice of whole wheat honey with blackforest ham and spinach leaves. Sure it sounds weird... It's a very German thing to do with your savory meats.

Sunject: sexy geekiness

It's a hot button topic at Wheaton's blog today. And I have two cents to throw in. of course we all know the thing I've always had for Mac Gyver. Cute. Geek. Humminna humminna humminna. Add to that the Pretender Jarod. Working on digesting the first two seasons. There was a lot in that show that I missed the first time. Obviously Michael T. Weiss is gorgeous. But he is talented enough to get you passed what he looks like in whatever capacity Jarod espouses for an episode and into the heart of the topic. It would be a good show no matter who you put there because what really stands out is the writing. Especially of you are a geek.
The first episode that I could watch [technical difficulties have been addressed but it was painful to experience at the time] Jarod's persona was a Dr. Holmes. The Way he played it was rather like a grown up Doogie Houser without the "I'm all that" 'tude. Dr. Jarod was trying to find out who and how a patient was killed. Can you say Sherlock? I remembered noticing that when I saw the episode on TV. ButI wasn't always submerged in the plot to pick up all the geek. So now I'm watching for stuff like that.
Firefighter: O'Leary [I can here ACG groan]
Cop: Starr (short for Starsky?)
Pilot: Cocheran
Romance novelist: Heart

I got so into the plot that I forgot to pay attention for as many episodes as I've seen. I've go back and make a compendium. The one that has me stumped is Cocheran. The only "popular" aviator/aerospace pilot I know of is Zepheram Cocheran, engineer of the Pheonix rocket that brough Earth and Vulcan together for the first time. The only way this could be where the reference lies is if the writers were Trek geeks.Of course some one gave him the LL&P thing and Jarod didn't know what it was.
That' the kind of thing. Jarod is always leaving clues for hte people who are hunting him. Then he has to puzzle out the thing itself and then the third puzzle is always how his training fits with what he has been doing in his persona. So the subtleties are easily lost when one is trying to get into the show.
But then there is Jarod's personality. Jarod has all the innocence of a child as he is experiencing for the first time all the things we take for granted. For instance, it took him a whole espisode(6 Jarod days) to figure out the relationship between Curious George and The Man in the Yellow Hat. But he can be whatever he needs to be to help someone. Jarod is a genious- translate uber ubergeek. Jarod has compassion and a sense of guilt because he feels like all the bad things that happen in the world are his fault. And for someone who was used the way Jarod was, sadly, they probably are.
its a great show with characters that grow and develop over time. In Jarod's case, the more he learns about the world the more he feels for those who are victimised by the upper eschelon. That may be the most unrealistic aspect of the show. He has no fancy car like Stingray. And like MacGyver, his most dangerous weapon is his mind. Jarod, being separted from the world for his entire life, is an innocent wiht the uncanny ability to understand evil. I think that makes him one of the scarriest good guys I've ever seen.

in which the well runs dry

Well, not exactly dry but a bit crusty from lime build up.
So I've been on Twitter for a couple of days and here's the surreal thing; I have people following me that I've never heard of. And more surreal is that the people I have chosen to follow have turned around and followed me. Except Wheaton and he said that would be the case because then he would never leave the Internets. But I was a bit surprised, very pleasantly, that Kath is fllowing. And I was even more surprised that following Wil has lead me to follow.... wait for it... Brent Spiner and LeVarBurton!!!!!!
CLEAN UP ON AISLE 5!
I'm also following someone who posts way more than anyone else. And it's hard to beat wil when he gets going. But really - Data and Geordi! Get real! It is so freaking awesome. Rawk on!

And the coolest thing about today is that I am actually feeling connections in the world growing like I'm growing new nerve endings or something. It's strange but cool. I feel like I am part of something. There is no better feeling.
Now, if only I could figure out this compulsion to want to be on the computer all the time now. It may be the new toy thing it may be that I have been starved for expanded contact. Whatever it is... it feels good even if it feels scarry.
Too much Outer Limits as a teen.