Le nom de cet acteur ne vous dit rien ? Allons, c’est le chef de la police scientifique de Miami… en tout cas dans Les Experts à Miami. Horatio Caine donc, est un personnage à part. Physiquement d’abord, il ne réunit aucun des atributs qu’Hollywood a l’habitude d’offrir à ses héros des temps moderne. Pas de musculature travailllée, un peu voûté, roux, pas cascadeur pour un sou, etc. Pourtant, sa personnalité et ses aphorismes reconnaissables à des kilomètres en font un flic attachant. le Net ne pouvait pas laisser passer ça ! Alors que je vous parlais dernièrement du site très drôle dédié à la personnalité de Chuck Norris qui permet à tout internaute d’attribuer au karatéka une réplique typique de ses personnages manichéens, on retrouve un peu le même phénomène autour d’Horatio Caine.

Prenez un strip aux cases vierges et complétez-le en respectant la charte des scénaristes qui doivent eux se creuser la tête pour renouveler à chaque épisode la phrase qui claque avant le YEEAAAAHHHHH…!! du générique.

Le strip aux cases vides

Quelques exemples

…Et une compilation des aphorismes maison… en anglais… désolé. Il faudrait qu’un fan français s’y mette !

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It’s pretty easy to tell when my work colleagues miss me. I was out with the flu (or something) last week, and I was sent a few telling images that both professed my colleagues’ love for me, and their dismay at my absence from work. To wit:

This was, of course, followed up with a very clear message: I am nothing more than swine.

I love the people I work with!

“The Meeting”

September 24th, 2009

If last week’s episode of The Office, “Gossip,” was all about clearing the air from the season finale (having Pam’s pregnancy revealed to The Office), then “The Meeting” was similarly simple. The episode primarily exists to create a situation that will be used for comedy in future episodes, so by definition this would make it a dreaded “setup” episode. For drama series, these are considered to be a blight on a series, something where “nothing happens” and where it feels as if the show is going through the motions to get to something good instead of just going there already.

But with comedies, there is an expectation that through sideplots and through the right execution, setup can feel like a normal episode of the show even as it quite blatantly moves some pieces into position for what is about to come next. The payoff of “The Meeting” is all in its final scene, when you realize the ramifications of the big decision in terms of returning the show to its roots (to some degree), so up until that point it’s all about whether or not the narrative is funny and entertaining enough for us to look past the machination in order to enjoy ourselves.

“The Meeting” has some struggles in terms of how it handles Michael and Jim’s negotiation of sorts, mostly driven by a choice of perspective which both provides more comedy and less enjoyment, but overall the episode remains funny due to a sharp subplot and the same qualities that make the show pretty funny on a regular basis. One can’t help but feel that it’s a bit of a step down from “Gossip”’s sheer simplicity, but it’s a solid episode that really does set things up quite nicely.

The moment where “The Meeting” went off the rails, slightly, for me was when it became clear that we were going to stay on the outside with Michael for the meeting between Jim and David Wallace. I fundamentally understand the decision: Michael awkwardly trying to figure out what’s happening in the meeting has a lot of comic potential, and there’s very little funny about what’s going on with David and Jim in the office. However, by placing us in Michael’s head as opposed to Jim’s, we are forced to witness first hand as Michael’s paranoid turns to a survivalist mentality which has him digging out Toby’s jealous performance report of our dear Mr. Halpert and ruining the entire strategy. When Michael learns from David Wallace that Jim has another job offer, it’s the first we’re hearing about it, which means that we’re supposed to (like Michael) suddenly realize that it was all a big mistake.

But I think that doesn’t line up for me, because really there was never any chance of Michael being right to act as he did. Were we supposed to think that Jim was actually trying to sell out Michael in that meeting, only seeing the post-cheese cart discussion? If so, I didn’t buy it for a second, because the show rarely has Michael’s observation prove accurate. To me, it would have been more interesting if we had heard more of the meeting than Michael had, so as to be able to contextualize his actions as a tragic overreaction (in true Michael fashion) as opposed to a moment of desperation from which he is forced to back pedal. There’s a point in the storyline where the comedy has to stop dead, going from “Michael’s in a cheese cart, aha!” to “Why is Michael throwing Jim under the bus like they’re on a reality show?” At a certain point it becomes about Michael making that decision about whether or not to share his responsibilities (which we learn were getting to be too much) in order to keep Jim at the branch, a decision between selfless and selfish that we know Michael will make.

I just wish that the show had given us that from the very beginning. There’s always an inherent sadness to Michael’s antics, his paranoia getting the best of him, but if we had known of Jim’s plan ahead of time I still think we would have laughed at Andy’s hilarious cheese cart description, and Michael’s concern over Pam’s breast milk would have still been interesting. The surprise for us, to learn about the plan from David Wallace, didn’t seem like it actually gave the episode anything, and I think the tone would have felt more consistent if we had known from the beginning the decision Michael was going to have to make. Then, his back and forth between throwing him under the bus and wanting to keep him around would have seemed somewhat less sudden, and that final decision would have seemed more eventful. There were some funny elements to the storyline, but it just seemed a few narrative decisions kept it from really emphasizing the parts of it which resonated most for me as a viewer.

It could have leaned more on the side of the dramatic or character-driven because the sideplot was pure comedy, as Investigator Dwight (maybe my favourite Dwight personality trait) came out as he and Toby went after Darryl for what Dwight was convinced was a false insurance claim for a broken ankle. The storyline ran the gamut from the small character moments (Toby putting on voices for his love of hard-boiled detective novels cracked me up) to the broad comedy (like the drive-by insult as Toby gets to into it and insults Darryl’s sister) to the downright genius (Dwight’s “Am I the only one?” look to the camera as he points out how similar Darryl and his sister look). And not only were those individual moments great, but the ending was perfect: Dwight was right about it (he’s really not a terrible detective) all along, creating a standoff that one presumes will end in both sides avoiding the whole mess, but then we see Toby with a bump on his head and a load of paper work on his desk as we learn both Dwight and Darryl are going ahead with their claims. It was a legitimately great subplot, one which felt complete and was pretty damn funny throughout.

So while Pam going around handing out invitations was a bit of treading water as we await the big Sweeps wedding (or maybe not Sweeps, just sometime in the next month or two), the final scene did finally get us to a new point. The rivalry between Jim and Dwight has largely been on the backburner since Andy arrived and became Dwight’s new arch-nemesis, but the entire Co-Manager situation evoked the title distinction between Assistant Regional Manager and Assistant to the Regional Manager, foreshadowing Dwight’s reaction as he can’t believe Jim has managed to leapfrog him and effectively become his boss. It’s a moment that promises to return the show to an old rivalry, and the kind of thing that I didn’t immediately think of when I heard Jim’s plan (and eventually Wallace’s adjustment of the plan). It was a nice surprise, and was really the only one the episode needed: putting us into Michael’s shoes didn’t really do the episode any favours, and held me back from really loving the episode.

Cultural Observations

• Interesting to see such a simple cold open, and I don’t mean that in the nicest way: Michael asking Oscar what he should expect for his colonoscopy was shocking and “typical Michael” in a way that was somewhat derivative, especially as he kept going into what could make it more pleasurable for his doctor. It was a scene where I didn’t know whether Michael was going to burst out laughing or not, as if Carell’s adlibs took it too far for it to be believably naive.
• Dwight’s David Caruso moment in Toby’s cubicle proves that it isn’t as effective with regular glasses.
• Which Sesame Street character would you put in charge? I think Michael is right about not putting Big Bird in charge, but I don’t think I’d go with Bert or even one of the real human beings (Gordon and Maria work better as middle management, I feel). Nope, I think I would ultimately put Elmo in charge as a beloved figure, although he’s largely be a puppet for Super Grover’s agenda (Feel free to unsubscribe to the blog for that indulgence into terrible, terrible jokes).
• I expected a bigger joke from the coda at the end, but “Pam, my bag was there!” just after Angela talked about rude Meredith was being was kind of great, and makes me wish Angela was around more often this season.

CSI: Miami
Title: Sideways
Author: the_seventh_l
Rating: All Ages
Word Count: 1944
Characters: Sixth Doctor, Horatio Caine

Very AU, but also very intriguing and well-written.

Parce que quand d’autres attendent impatiemment  le prochain épisode de Trop dur la vie ou du télé-achat (chacun son truc hein), nous on ne rate pas (enfin si, ça arrive, surtout qu’en ce moment c’est cruel il faut choisir avec les Boniches Désespérées sur l’autre chaine et en plus une fois sur deux Chouchou il bosse, mais bon, c’est pas comme les Feux de l’Amour, quand tu loupes une fois t’as encore une chance d’y comprendre quelque chose) les Experts.
Miami parce que les autres sont complètement dénués d’intérêt. Et pourquoi et bien parce que. Parce que dans les autres il n’y a pas Horatio (qui c’est celui-là qu’ils vont me dire, mais siiiiiii le blond décoloré jaune poussin que des fois ça vire au roux c’est quand même pas naturel ça nan c’est pas possible, ça y est tu vois ?). Parce qu’Horatio c’est une œuvre d’art scénaristique à lui tout seul. Parce que réussir à tenir 8 saisons à enlever et remettre ses lunettes de soleil (et aussi ajuster sa mèche de temps en temps c’est vrai) pour poser en contre jour pendant que les autres font tout le boulot faut quand même le faire.
C’est pas que je doute de l’intérêt (artistique bien entendu) que peut représenter un tel job (d’acteur dans la série, celui de potiche blonde aussi respectable soit-il fera l’objet d’une étude plus approfondie mais chaque chose en son temps, hein) mais quand même il doit un peu se faire chier nan ? Bon j’exagère, ça arrive qu’une fois tous les 15 épisodes il interroge une blonde à gros nichons ou (plus rare cela-dit mais on l’a déjà vu si si j’vous jure) qu’il enfile une blouse blanche et observe un tube à essai d’un air dubitatif.

Mais pourquoi on regarde alors hein ? (Ils ont rien de mieux à faire de leurs soirées ? Ils ont pas de scrabbeule à la maison ?)
Déjà il y a le générique, tout un poème, yaaaaa ! we don’t get fooled agaaaain no noooo ! don’t get fooled agaaaain ! que j’imite très bien si si c’est vrai mais le spectacle est réservé aux seules personnes occupant cet appartement, c’est-à-dire un Chouchou trois souriceaux (on a failli avoir un lézard domestique aussi mais il est reparti 10 minutes après être entré) et une bonne quarantaine de peluches (y’a aussi des souris mais pas que).
Ensuite il y a les répliques cultes d’Horatio ou alors c’est le doubleur qui est un gros naze mais je sais pas pourquoi ça tombe toujours aussi bien qu’une tâche de dentifrice sur le tshirt juste avant de partir au boulot. Et tout le monde sait à quel point on se délecte de ce genre de trucs plus c’est couillon plus ça fonctionne (sinon 95% des programmes télé n’existeraient pas, bah oui ma bonne dame on aime tous plus ou moins ça même si on n’ose pas le dire).
Et puis l’intonation, plus léthargique t’es encore plus que mort, faudrait essayer de trouver la VO pour voir si c’est aussi médiocre (la faute au doubleur encore, j’vous l’dis, tous des branleurs).
Sinon Miami le soleil les plages mouais, c’est d’un banal…

Nan mais parce que tout à l’heure je regardais encore tout un tas d’âneries à la télé et je suis tombée sur la 3 sur une redif de NYPD Blue un épisode d’il y a à peu près 15 ans (ça me rajeunit pas tout ça, et dans 5 jours ça va pas s’arranger) et malgré le fait que je n’en ratais pas un (d’épisode) à cette époque, et bin je me souvenais pas qu’il y avait Horatio dedans (j’ai failli appeler Chouchou au boulot pour lui dire) ! Si si ! (Il a même joué dans Chips mais il doit peut-être pas le hurler sur tous les toits de Miami). Et même pas besoin de vérifier (même si je l’ai fait quand même nan en fait c’était juste pour vérifier la date de l’épisode qu’en fait je croyais moins vieux que ça bah oui les années passent ma bonne dame) la mèche (quoi qu’un chouilla plus courte) ne trompe pas. Mais alors est-ce qu’il aurait une addiction aux mauvais décolorants capillaires de supermarché ou est-ce que son coiffeur est aussi nul que son doubleur (et le scénariste des Experts aussi un peu) ça me dépasse…
Mais ça m’empêchera pas de regarder la semaine prochaine.

Here’s a funny flash (what is this, three posts today)….and I’ll also update this post later with the idea I have for a comic, yeay

http://www.weebls-stuff.com/wab/CSI/

Yeay, here’s my first one!

And my second one…

Neste video hilário, os membros de CSI Miami falam sobre Horatio Caine e imitam suas famosas poses e falas. Atenção para Rex Linn engolindo o oculos, rs…

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Those of us waiting to watch more on the wild rebellions of Detective Grace Handarko, and her ever-complicated relationship with her partner Ham, are glad that TNT&s Saving Grace, with Holly Hunter in the title role, premieres tonight …

Here’s a funny 3-part link-chain that’s pretty damn awesome, if you happen to like Team Fortress 2, and more importantly, Horatio Caine one-liners. YEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaa!!

First, watch Team Fortress 2’s “Meet the Spy”.

Then, check out this little picture. If it doesn’t make sense, watch part 3.

(Pictures/Comedy stolen from Kotaku commenter: BubbleF**kingBuddy)

Finally, if you still don’t get it, watch this:

Ok, seriously.

Someone needs to take that Spy video…

*puts on sunglasses*

then record and edit the dialouge in.

YEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!1111

Extrait d’une conversation téléphonique qui m’a été rapporté par un ami de ma cousine qui travaille dans la police.

_ Commissariat de police, bonjour !

_ Bonjour, je vous téléphone parce qu’on a craché sur ma porte.

_ Oh, c’est vraiment dégoûtant !

_ En effet. Bon, je vous appelle pour que vous envoyiez quelques collègues qui effectueront un prélèvement, comme ça, ils pourront faire un test ADN et identifier celui qui a fait ça.

_ Hum… Ecoutez, ce qu’on vous a fait est horrible, je suis bien d’accord, mais je ne peux pas vous envoyer des techniciens de la police pour ça. Ce n’est pas un délit assez grave pour justifier une analyse ADN.

_ Vous n’êtes pas compétent ? Et quel numéro dois-je appeler ? La police scientifique ?

La dame au téléphone s’attendait sûrement à ce qu’Horatio Caine ou Gil Grissom en personne débarquent à sa porte !

Now that the NHL trade deadline has finally passed, we can actually start talking about hockey again. We can put an end to absurd anonymous rumor bloggers and their ridiculous updates about non-existent trades.

And speaking of things non-existent… Seemingly plucked from obscurity, McDonald’s has found two never-before-heard-of hockey superstars – J.C. Petite and Sergei Puckson. Petite, Canadian puck-stopper extraordinaire, and Puckson, gifted Russian goal scorer to the max, have been heralded as overnight successes for hockey, sparking accusations McDonald’s is “making up” fictional characters for promotional reasons.

Pffft.

Now, McDonalds is clearly setting up for a 3rd and final commercial here. A final showdown between the two stars. Sidney Crosby and Alex Ovechkin, take a seat. This is the Canadian-Russian battle you’ve really been waiting for. Except, unlike Crosby, no one hates Petite, phenom goalie, or Puckson, a former star from the Russian Super Leagues. I don’t get it. Everyone seems down on Sid the kid these days. Like, more than Michael Jackson.

Eww. I won’t lie, I felt a little wrong making that joke. And hey – did you know Jacko has some sort of reunion tour thing going on this summer?

Crosby takes heat from everyone in the hockey world (everyone except Don Cherry, of all people), but let’s note the pressure and hype that surrounded Sid when he first broke into the NHL in 2005 and give him props for how he’s handled it in his first 4 pro seasons. Yes, Ovechkin had buzz and hype in his first season, but nothing like Crosby. And while I’m the first to admit Alex Ovechkin is hands down the best hockey player in the world, Crosby’s performance in Sunday’s Pittsburgh Penguins and Washington Capitals showdown was pretty gutsy. A goal and assist, plus the shootout winner deserves some kudos.

So while we’re giving Sunday’s Pens/Caps bout to Sid the kid (when will he lose ‘the kid’ title anyways?), the general vote seems to swing Ovechkin’s way. And thats cool, but who’d win the J.C. Petite/Sergei Puckson battle? To me, thats the real question. A question I’m sure many don’t have the answer to… even CSI-Miami’s Horatio Caine.

Luckily for you, I think I’ve got the answer.

Unfortunately for the Canadian readers of StayClassy.net, I’m favoring Sergei Puckson. I simply don’t think Petite can catch those high “Glove Side” shots from Puckson. To add to Puckson’s shots, I’m fairly certain the force of his slapshot would blow Petite over the goal line and into the back of the net. Also, I question the passion of J.C. Petite. Much like Ovechkin, Puckson likes to celebrate his goals in a contagious and lovable way. He loves to score. When he celebrates, he analyzes his latest terrific play. Usually with a cool rhyme, too. How cool is that? But when Petite makes saves on less fortunate players, he doesn’t celebrate. He says he’s not one to showboat, but I question his passion. Its possible Don Cherry hasn’t seen these commercials; I haven’t heard the good Puckson name on Coaches Corner yet. Its also possible Cherry doesn’t understand the value of a cool dark shaded visor. I mean, those only help you score more, as in the case of Ovechkin and Puckson… unless you are former Toronto Maple Leaf Nik Antropov. He could learn a thing or two from Puckson. Maybe Sergei Puckson should make some demonstration video’s of how awesome he is. Except, the last guy who did that after a great season ended up grounded for two games, a few weeks ago. Yup, I’m talking about Alex Kovalev – the not so good Alex.

Both Antropov and Kovalev lack that passion that could take their game to a new level – and that probably keeps them in Cherry’s good books. So to Sid and J.C. – turn the passion up and maybe you’ll win your respective rivalry’s.

And speaking of rivalry’s, I’m looking forward to Martin Gerber’s return to Ottawa when the Toronto Maple Leaf’s visit my Ottawa Senators.

Stay classy.

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So I quoted a scene from CSI: Miami on 1/10/09 in which Horatio Caine had 4 minutes to ditch a car with a bomb in it. In case you’re interested, I found the scene in question on Youtube. Enjoy!

David Caruso tiene una peculiar forma de actuar en la serie CSI Miami, le da a su personaje Horatio Caine un aire enigmático y de misticismo, que a veces…da naúseas.  No sé como describirlo, por suerte Jim Carrey en este video lo personifica muy bien. Enjoy!

J.

My dad is not a big fan of Hollywood.  And by Hollywood I mean the industry, not the town.  He can’t stand all of the overindulged, self-absorbed actors, even though his own daughter is one (minus the overindulged, self-absorbed part, of course).    He just barely tolerates my stalking and often asks me why I care so much about celebrities.  But there is one actor and one show that my dad absolutely loves – and that’s loves with a capital L-O-V-E-S.  That show is CSI: Miami and that actor is David Caruso.  My dad often walks around the house randomly quoting characters from the show saying “H is on it!”, he nicknamed his Harley Davidson “H”, and he has so many CSI: Miami reruns saved up on TiVo that he often burns through all of the memory causing my mom’s shows not to record.  Yes, my dad loves himself some Horatio Caine.   When we were in New York this past December, my boyfriend and I just had to snap the above photo of Horatio Street for my dad. 

So when I found out that CSI: Miami would be filming in Pasadena last Wednesday, I just had to drag my dad out to stalk it.  Except truth be told, there really wasn’t much dragging involved.  My dad, who normally hates stalking with me, was more than a willing participant this time around.  He was absolutely floored at the possibility of meeting his TV idol.  And so was I.  CSI: Miami has always been my favorite CSI and I, too, love me some Horatio Caine.  I also love me some Emily Procter.  I am absolutely obsessed with her cute little Southern accent – I want one just like it.    So on Wednesday morning, bright and early, we showed up at the Pasadena location where where they were filming.  And I have to say that it was an absolute dream day!

The crew truly could NOT have been nicer to us.  When we arrived and told them we were big fans of the show, they welcomed us with open arms and invited us to take a seat to watch the crew setting up the scene.  One of the A.D.’s told us that David Caruso would arrive on the set within 45 minutes and that he was very fan friendly and would most likely take a photograph with us.  Let me tell you we were floored!  And I have to say that watching the crew set up for the scene was almost as exciting as watching the actual filming.  It was amazing to compare the real life overcast grey sky that was above our heads with the orange and pink sky that appeared on the filming monitors. It turns out that a special filter is placed on top of the cameras during filming to make the sky look more bright, sunny, and “Miami-like”.  It was eerie to see.

Just before actual filming was to begin, a large water truck came by and sprayed water all over the street.  I had known from watching a director’s commentary on DVD a while back that streets are often wetted down prior to a film shoot – for some reason, wet streets look better on camera than dry streets – but I had no idea how it was done.  So that was very cool to see.  If you’ve never noticed this phenomenon before, you will now.     Start looking at streets in the background of your favorite television shows and movies – nine times out of ten they will be soaking wet.  One of the crew members was joking that while you never see it rain on CSI: Miami, miraculously somehow the streets are always wet.  LOL

After the street was sprayed, a white van pulled up and out stepped David Caruso.  And I just about died.  There he was, Horatio Caine, in the flesh, aviator sunglasses and all.  He immediately waved to us and said “Hi guys!” while a make-up artist put the finishing touches on his face and hair.  Then he called us over and introduced himself.  It was unbelievable!   Last October, when my dad and I got to watch The Closer  be filmed, not one cast member came over to talk to us.  So this was quite a surprise!  And when my dad handed over his CSI: Miami  Season One DVDs to be signed, David seemed genuinely touched and told us how appreciative he was to meet fans of the show.  He also gave us little autographed pictures of himself.  Then the A.D. called him over to begin filming and David gave both my dad and me a hug!    A few minutes later while they were setting something up for the shot, David walked over to us once again and asked if we wanted to take a picture with him.  He really could not have been sweeter and I can honestly say that out of all the actors I’ve met in my eight years living in L.A., David Caruso was by far the nicest.  A crew member told us that on one occasion when they were filming in Long Beach, a large tour bus filled with 75 German tourists pulled up, and got very excited that David Caruso was there.  David stopped filming and proceeded to sign autographs and take pictures with each and every person on that bus!!!  My dad kept saying “I just knew  he’d be nice!”  :)  I hope that when I become a successful, famous actress that I will be that nice!   

After our pics, we got to watch David film a scene with Elizabeth Berkley (of Saved by the Bell  and Showgirls  fame), who play’s H’s ex-wife Julia on CSI: Miami.  I cannot even tell you how amazing it was to be standing less than five feet away from David Caruso as he filmed a scene.  And I just about died when he did his trademark putting-on-sunglasses-and-staring-off-into-the-distance move.  It was the coolest thing ever!  I was very impressed with how quickly filming moved, too.  I’d say David filmed his scene in less than forty minutes, which in Hollywood time is almost unheard of!  What I was most impressed with, though, was how happy the cast and crew seemed to be.  There was a lot of joking around between takes and A LOT of laughter in the air.  Everyone seemed to be really enjoying their jobs and like they were just happy to be there.

When David was wrapped for the day he had a crew member ask for my address as he had some CSI  memorabilia in his trailer that he wanted to give us.  How nice is that!  Then, as we were leaving the set, one of the crew members told us to stop back by later in the afternoon when the rest of the cast would be there filming a different scene.  So, of course, a few hours later my dad and I headed back to the set.    As soon as we arrived, one of the A.D.’s ran over to us and handed me a large envelope from David Caruso.  Inside was the memorabilia he had planned to send me, including several photographs autographed to both me and my dad, a Horatio Caine bobble head, and some CSI: Miami postcards and buttons.  That was just such a nice thing to do, we couldn’t even believe it!!!  My dad was especially excited about the bobble head which is now sitting on his desk.   

As if all that wasn’t enough, a few minutes later the same A.D. walked over with Rex Linn who plays Detective Frank Tripp on the show.  Rex introduced himself and, like David, seemed genuinely happy to be speaking with fans of CSI:Miami.  Rex signed my dad’s DVD’s, posed for pictures with us, and even let me hold his prop gun.    Like David, Rex could NOT have been nicer or more outgoingly friendly to us. 

While we were speaking with Rex, Eva La Rue came out of the house where they were filming and Rex took us over to meet her!  Eva was also completely friendly and super down to earth.  And gorgeous in person – much prettier than she even appears on television.

Then the most amazing thing happened.  Are you sitting down for this??  Rex asked if we wanted to go inside the house to watch a few scenes be filmed.  Did we want to go inside and watch filming with Detective Frank Tripp as our personal tourguide?????  Is he crazy?  Of course we did!  Rex then took us through the backyard of the house where a scene was being filmed, introduced us to virtually every crew member on set, explained what all sorts of equipment was, and what was happening during the filming.  Rex is an amazing man and I could not believe he was taking time out of his busy day to give us a tour of the set.  I mean stuff like this just doesn’t happen in real life! 

Once filming began, Rex led us over to the monitors and pulled out Emily Procter’s directors chair for me to sit in.  I was like WHAT?  I can’t sit in her chair!!!!  LOL 

After we watched a bit of the filming that was taking place in the backyard, Rex was called inside to finish up a scene he was filming in the house with Eva La Rue.  He told us we could come inside to watch, so we, of course, followed him.  That scene was especially exciting for us because we got to watch firsthand as Eva administered one of the flashlight tests that the CSI  shows are so famous for.   SO COOL!  After that scene, Rex was wrapped for the day, but he told us we could go back outside to watch more of the filming in the backyard. 

Which we, of course, did. :)  And that is when we got to meet both Megalyn Echikunwoke, who plays the new medical examiner on the show and who was very sweet . . .

. . . and my fave, Emily Procter.  Emily was a total sweetheart and she really does have Calleigh Duquesne’s cute little Southern accent in real life.  I love it!  Emily was wrapped for lunch at that time and we ended up walking out of the house behind her.  On her way outside she made it a point to stop to thank the L.A. County policemen who were on duty and she gave both of them autographed pictures of herself.  I was completely amazed at this.  Not just Emily, but the entire cast seemed to be just so appreciative, thankful, and friendly.  It was so heartening to see.  And it just made me love the show even more than I already did.  What a truly amazing group of people!  

Sitting back and looking at these pictures of me on the set of my favorite TV show makes me think about how much I love L.A.  As much as I say I want to move to New York, it’s days like this one when I realize I am right where I am supposed to be.    More importantly, though, being on the set was a truly extraordinary experience for my dad.  Especially since he just recently got out of the hospital and has been sick on and off for the past few years.   I believe having such a memorable encounter with the cast of his favorite television show brought him some much needed healing in a form he never would have found in a hospital or a doctor’s office. 

Until next time, Happy Stalking!

Stalk It: CSI: Miami  was filmed at 887 El Campo Drive in Pasadena, right around the corner from the Brothers and Sisters  House.  Look for the episode to air sometime in March.

Mika has updated. Huzzah. About the Golden books illustrator, no less. I found that quite huzzah since last week I posted about the Golden books illustrator imposter.

Tomorrow’s going to be an easy day. It’s the week of finals, but I have French and PE tomorrow. And French I’m prepared for (see yesterday’s slightly awkward post), dance I’m prepared too. To do my penguin jazz dance of DOOOOOM.

I’m not kidding. Why else would it be choreographed to “Bleeding Love”. Thank you, Ms. Flowers, for that subtle hint.

It was stealthy.

They should seal us in while we do our skills test. Quick! Cover up those skylights!

Whitney Blind Wildcats, more like.

What have I been up to…nothing. Our English video, as it turns out, sucked. Well, only Alex and some other people have seen it, but he said it was confusing!!!!! NOOOOO.

Here’s how I feel: my future as a director has been shot down. I should have stuck to violining. At least there I had some natural talent. Which was thrown away when I was nine.

Whatever, I’ll probably get all happy about directing again.

By the way, “Bandidas” is a scandalous/slightly bad good movie.

Also, why do I keep writing one liners? It’s like that guy on CSI Miami with the red hair and cheesy sunglasses who says stupid oneliners even though he’s just a policeman.

Cheesy policeman: Chuck. Check the gate.

No wait, that’s Penny Rose.

Cheesy policeman: When you have everything, sometimes it feels like nothing.

I’m not joking, it’s a quote. Heck, regarde  the tagline. “I’m Horatio Caine, and this much I know. At CSI Miami we never Close.”

“Tomorrow’s what you make of it.”

“In the future, if you’re gonna watch somebody’s back, let me know about it so I can watch yours.”

“Justice is not yours to dispense, and now you’re going to pay for it.”

“The next time you want to take a swing at someone, start with me.”

Horatio Caine: The rumour of a dirty cop is far juicier than its confirmation.
Robert Keaton: You just called your own brother a dirty cop.
Horatio Caine: Maybe he was, but he didn’t deserve to die.
Robert Keaton: We all have to die some time.
Horatio Caine: Some sooner than others

By the way, I’m talking about Horatio Caine. Gosh, what a name.

“Whatever that bill says, you will still have to pay.”

He says it in a oneliner way too. I love watching that show because he’s hilarious. My dad hates it. Kind of like “Nanalan’”, but not awesome like Nanalan’. Today I saw a clip of Mona learning to ride a bike and she’s only three. Sushi has nothing compared to Mona.

I’m also very excited about my birthday.

Back to my original topic. Tomorrow’s a stressfree day, but I know that going through tomorrow unleashes hell week, basically. Fun. Oh joy.

I feel so uninspired. Did I tell you about the dream where I read Camelot to an old lady? And then last night my friends and I went to Disneyland but it was still in Halloween decor. There was a guy who grew cauliflowerish things that attach to people who worry. Apparently he was worry-free. Reminds me of that book my kindergarten teacher read to us that was stealthily obviously Christian. Then again, I went to a Christian private school until 2nd grade.

Wow this post sucked.