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Sep. 22nd, 2006 12:30 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sam_gamgeeSo, last night my mom and I were watching a TV movie, Murder at the Presidio, and at the beginning she laughed and commented, "It's Lou Diamond Philips from Law and Order!" This goes back two about two weeks ago when we were watching The Triangle and she kept insisting that he had been on Law and Order and nothing John or I could say could disuade her until I showed her Benjamin Bratt.
But, as we were watching MatP, I kept thinking that one of the other leads looked familiar, which isn't uncommon since I've seen a lot over the years and have a weird talent of remembering people from the oddest roles. I had the stray thought of maybe I had seen him on SG-1 or something, but then again, that show's been on for 9.5 years - *lots* of people have been on that show. Then, on my way home afterwards, I had the *really* random thought of "Maybe he's Canadian." When I got home, I looked him up and found out his name's Martin Cummins and that he had been on an episode of SG-1 (6x18 "Forsaken" - Aden Corso) and that he *is* Canadian. And for all you Hewlett fans out there - he played Vaughn in Ice Men.
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soft_princess, I must have a good eye, because apparently, many Canadians don't know their own actors either.
I think now I know where my geek gene comes from. My dad. Though, I'm more of a geek, and I think he's a bit more of a nerd. I was emptying the dishwasher this evening and my dad comes into the kitchen with a new pair of earphones and he's going on about how good they are and how clear they are, even if you had to go outside to actually get reception for the particular radio station he wanted to listen to through them.
Today I got a letter in the mail. And while I don't get snailmail that often, it normally isn't anything unusual. What was unusual about this one is that the stamp had been hand voided, and there was another stamp that says, "Received unsealed without contents at Southeaster P & DC 19399-9998". What amuses me is that, aside from them sending it along, empty and unsealed, to me, somehow it went from the 19341 (Exton, PA) postal code, to there (Southeastern, PA) to me, in Delaware.
But, as we were watching MatP, I kept thinking that one of the other leads looked familiar, which isn't uncommon since I've seen a lot over the years and have a weird talent of remembering people from the oddest roles. I had the stray thought of maybe I had seen him on SG-1 or something, but then again, that show's been on for 9.5 years - *lots* of people have been on that show. Then, on my way home afterwards, I had the *really* random thought of "Maybe he's Canadian." When I got home, I looked him up and found out his name's Martin Cummins and that he had been on an episode of SG-1 (6x18 "Forsaken" - Aden Corso) and that he *is* Canadian. And for all you Hewlett fans out there - he played Vaughn in Ice Men.
And, after telling this to
soft_princess, I must have a good eye, because apparently, many Canadians don't know their own actors either.I think now I know where my geek gene comes from. My dad. Though, I'm more of a geek, and I think he's a bit more of a nerd. I was emptying the dishwasher this evening and my dad comes into the kitchen with a new pair of earphones and he's going on about how good they are and how clear they are, even if you had to go outside to actually get reception for the particular radio station he wanted to listen to through them.
Today I got a letter in the mail. And while I don't get snailmail that often, it normally isn't anything unusual. What was unusual about this one is that the stamp had been hand voided, and there was another stamp that says, "Received unsealed without contents at Southeaster P & DC 19399-9998". What amuses me is that, aside from them sending it along, empty and unsealed, to me, somehow it went from the 19341 (Exton, PA) postal code, to there (Southeastern, PA) to me, in Delaware.
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Date: 2006-09-23 04:24 am (UTC)Canadian TV is incestuous! Which amuses me to no end. One of these days, I want to see "Davinci's Inquest" - as you said - practically everyone and their brother's been on that.
And if I don't hear different from you by Tuesday morning, I'll call and make reservations for the SG-1 con for Thursday night, Friday night, and Saturday night.
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Date: 2006-09-23 06:20 am (UTC)1pm or somethingnoon. According to mapquest, it should take us around 2.5 hours to get there. Unless there are other people arriving Thursday night to meet up with, in which case I'm cool with that. Coming home Sunday night shouldn't be a problem, as the Chicago con was pretty much over by 5pm. Granted, they'd shoved a ton of stuff into the early morning to try and work it out for Joe, but I doubt it'll run much longer.In Chicago, they started lining up for early registration at least an hour before. We got in line about 5 minutes before and ended up waiting for 45 min. or so. They let Gold Pass people who came later go to the head of the line anyway, so it doesn't really matter if we're there early or not.
If you really want to get there Thurs. night go for it, otherwise we can save some money by checking in on Friday. Just let me know what you want to do.
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Date: 2006-09-25 05:06 pm (UTC)Plus, I'm hoping to have a new laptop by then, and if such is the case, we can still do fannish on that at the hotel. :-D