23 August 2007 @ 12:23 pm
*ducks*  
Yeah, I know, 3 posts in one day... I'm thinking I'll edit that INaP related post 'cause it's the most important and I want it to be right at the top of my  journal page - if I pre-date it that should work right?

So... the point of this post is to say thank you to all of you who've offered support with the sites. Seriously, thank you.

And also to share with you a little random moment I had last night.

You know the Madden pictures of Jared and Jensen that came out lately? (and which the amazing [livejournal.com profile] moonilicious posted on her journal)?


Jared

 It reminded me of someone...

Benny. (Or should those pictures be labelled the other way around?)

You're going to kill me now aren't you?

Crossroads was huuuuuge in the 1980s. Lame as all get out soap opera set in the Crossroads (or Kings Oak) Motel. Famous for having shakier sets than Doctor Who and for Benny. And his hat. He wasn't the sharpest tool in the box, in fact he was often referred to as 'simple' or 'retarded' (remember this was the 70s and 80s when the show went out) and always wore that hat and would do anything for Miss Diane who managed the motel (was she the daughter of the original owner? Or daughter in law or something). It was crap, but Benny and his hat were an icon for a generation.

They tried to bring the show back in 2001 and it lasted for two years, notable only for launching the career of Ms Freema Agyemann (Martha Jones, DW).
 
 
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wenchpixie: Jared am lumberjack[personal profile] wenchpixie on August 23rd, 2007 11:40 am (UTC)
nahhh, Benny knew how to shave ;)
[identity profile] whiskyinmind.livejournal.com on August 23rd, 2007 11:42 am (UTC)
Hee!

D'you know how hard it was to find a picture of Benny? He could get pretty scruffy as well...
wenchpixie: Jared Button[personal profile] wenchpixie on August 23rd, 2007 11:49 am (UTC)
*snorts*

I'll profess to not knowing, having never tried. It's a damn shame though :)
[identity profile] whiskyinmind.livejournal.com on August 23rd, 2007 11:50 am (UTC)
I seem to be becoming a bit of a crack catalyst these days - it was a motel... okay, so it was in England but still...

Oh god. Did I really just see the glimmerings of a Crossroads/SPN crossover?!

*bangs head off nearest wall to kill plot bunnies*
wenchpixie: Dean - hmmh[personal profile] wenchpixie on August 23rd, 2007 12:01 pm (UTC)
would you like a spork?


Although...

you know we got Ruth to do the Queen one...

*evil evil grin*
[identity profile] whiskyinmind.livejournal.com on August 23rd, 2007 12:03 pm (UTC)
*check down to what [livejournal.com profile] derryderrydown just commented*

*snorts*

Ruth could do this justice, absolutely!
wenchpixie: Dean's Funny[personal profile] wenchpixie on August 23rd, 2007 12:06 pm (UTC)
rotfl :D.

it so does, too :). heeheeheeheeheehee
[identity profile] tessarin.livejournal.com on August 23rd, 2007 11:47 am (UTC)
See now you've confused me I just spent 30 secs wondering why my clock and calender were showing the 23rd rather than the 25th.:-)
[identity profile] whiskyinmind.livejournal.com on August 23rd, 2007 11:49 am (UTC)
*grins*

it's my inate mastery of time and space.

*nods*

Thank you by the way, I'll be replying to your email as soon as I can (might be tomorrow though - work sometimes blocks that account randomly)
[identity profile] tessarin.livejournal.com on August 23rd, 2007 11:56 am (UTC)
No problem whenever you're ready.
[identity profile] derryderrydown.livejournal.com on August 23rd, 2007 12:01 pm (UTC)
Ahahaha! I actually had the same thought. Along with pondering whether that made Jensen Miss Diane.
[identity profile] whiskyinmind.livejournal.com on August 23rd, 2007 12:02 pm (UTC)
ROFLOL!!!!
ext_16597[identity profile] ysbail.livejournal.com on August 23rd, 2007 12:13 pm (UTC)
HAHAHAHAHAHA ....

Bloody hell - never saw that coming ... *lol*
[identity profile] whiskyinmind.livejournal.com on August 23rd, 2007 12:14 pm (UTC)
*grins*

It's like they were seperated at birth or something...
[identity profile] unhobbityhobbit.livejournal.com on August 23rd, 2007 01:40 pm (UTC)
Whoozat then?
[identity profile] whiskyinmind.livejournal.com on August 23rd, 2007 01:49 pm (UTC)
Oh you have missed out on so much there...

Benny. From Crossroads. In the 1970s and 80s, it was a teatime soap that was so damn cheesy but strangely addictive. Benny wasn't the sharpest tool in the box and was pretty much the odd job man at the Crossroads Motel (Or Kings Oak Motel I think it was actually called). He *always* wore that hat and was generally... glaiket is the term we'd call him up here!
[identity profile] thedothatgirl.livejournal.com on August 23rd, 2007 04:32 pm (UTC)
Yay Benny Hat!!! All bobbleless woolly hats in our house are called Benny Hats - It's because we are old and sad.

Damn my jayne hat icon has gone awol.
[identity profile] whiskyinmind.livejournal.com on August 24th, 2007 07:51 am (UTC)
I'm exactly the same! The first time I heard the phrase "Beanie Hat", I thought it was someone else making a mistake and calling the Benny Hat the wrong thing...

*grins*
[identity profile] thedothatgirl.livejournal.com on August 24th, 2007 07:59 am (UTC)
pffft Beanie - it's 'Benny' dammit! Half way through my shortlists hmmm there are a couple of vids that seem to be dominating. Not easy I can say.

[identity profile] whiskyinmind.livejournal.com on August 24th, 2007 08:02 am (UTC)
I'm flailing on the short lists. I'm being so damn picky right now and amrking down even the tiniest flaw, but even so...

I've got tomorrow set aside to go through them all one more time and try to shortlist them all. Top three for each category and three judge's choices - is that right?

(I need to sort out my icons as well, I tend to use this all the time when talking about vids but it's probably not *the* most appropriate choice... *g*)
[identity profile] thedothatgirl.livejournal.com on August 24th, 2007 09:42 am (UTC)
Yep that all sounds good. Top three and 3 judges choice - YOu may want to place those judges choice in order or not if you can't choose between.

(It is ok to love some vids as much as others *g*)

Btw do you want to do some of the awards this round - one of us could do the viewers choice and t'other the judge selections. Wadda ya think?

[identity profile] whiskyinmind.livejournal.com on August 24th, 2007 09:49 am (UTC)
Sounds like a plan for the banners - do you want to keep them all in the same kind of theme as the banner or to go wild?

My top two for best vid keep swapping places, it's not fair...

And one of my judge's choices might end up being one of the vids I was meh about first time round. I'm strange and fickle like that apparently.

(I get my broadband switched on on the 30th August apparently - yay!)
[identity profile] thedothatgirl.livejournal.com on August 24th, 2007 10:02 am (UTC)
Yay about Broadband, these things should be straightforward but never are.

I thought perhaps the judged awards could be in keeping with the theme but the viewers choice could be all kindsa crazy if you'd like to do those.

Fickle you? - nah!

[identity profile] whiskyinmind.livejournal.com on August 24th, 2007 10:07 am (UTC)
Awesome - I'll do those ones then.

*grins*

[identity profile] thedothatgirl.livejournal.com on August 24th, 2007 10:42 am (UTC)
Great *bg*