Lords of Kobol, hear my prayer...

++ Kesha's new song, "Praying", is honestly the most beautiful and emotionally raw songs I have heard lately, the lyrics are so powerful and the imagery in the music video so poignant and deep. Considering the struggle she's been dealing with for years, I am happy that she is able to write and sing something from the heart and show her creativity and just demonstrate how utterly talented she is. I know that her battle isn't over yet, but I'm hoping that this is the first step towards her having more creative and personal freedom. I cannot wait for the release of her album, Rainbow. And, because it needs to be repeated, I have and will always stand by Kesha. ❤

++ You can now buy the official Buffy the Vampire Slayer fashion collection over at Hot Topic. Some of it is also available at Boxlunch, as well. I bought myself Faith leather jacket because, well, obviously. I'm just happy there is something Faith related in the new merchandising.

++ The whole Photobucket situation is beyond fucked up, and downright criminal. Now I haven't used that site in years, but I know many people still used it for their graphics and such. And it's not just graphic makers/anyone that uploads their moodthemes/layouts who are being affected by this, everywhere across the Internet anyone who used PB as a main hosting site their images are being broken, too. Places like Amazon, eBay, Etsy, and countless others. I know the site itself had become basically barely functional anyway over the years, but this is probably the stupidest thing they could've ever done. Nobody is going to pay a ridiculous amount of money for something that has been free since the beginning. I know that there are other free image hosting sites out there that are probably way better, but it still sucks that this had to happen and that so many people are being affected by it. If anyone knows of any other comparable hosting site, please let me know.

++ Grace Park and Daniel Dae Kim are leaving Hawaii 5-0 due to inequality pay.

This whole thing is outrageous, but unfortunately hardly surprising since this seems to be a common occurrence with CBS for not paying or treating their actors fairly. I haven't watched H50 in a long time, but considering that Grace and Daniel, who have been with the show since the beginning, were of the main ensemble cast and hardly were supporting characters at all they should have been paid pretty much the same as Alex and Scott. They even shared the same amount of episodes, too. So seeking equal pay isn't an unreasonable request at all. But of course, CBS tried to claim that they offered a "significant amount" to them, but not only was this amount not enough it also further proves that Grace and Daniel were being paid significantly less for years. It's a sad situation, but I'm glad that they aren't settling for the lesser deal than they want. So now a show that is based in Hawaii has lost all its Asian actors. This makes me wonder if the show is going to be ending soon, because I cannot foresee this lasting very long now anyway.

Happy birthday, cadence_k! Have a good one, darling. ♥

I just finished reading/listening to an interview with Grace Park from SciFiWorld. It's semi-old, like from April, but it's relatively new for me because I hadn't seen it before. It's an interesting read, giving her insightful thoughts about her character, the show in general and where it's headed, season three and speculations about season four. I really liked how she answered the questions so thoroughly and as articulately as she could without becoming repetitive. I liked the whole thing, though my favorite part was when the question aimed at the possibilities of Cylon/Cylon romance and her reply was:

"The truth is that Cylons do sleep with each other, they do engage in sex and physical acts. They actually consider it even much more casual than we do in America today, which is already pretty casual. But the thing is we don’t actually show it on TV a lot. I’m not sure why. I would actually like to see some Cylon on Cylon action, but two men Cylons, because we always have the women Cylon being naked but we never see the guys. You know that T'ai Chi scene that Sharon does we thought it would be actually really good if Doral did it."

Right on, girl. Another reason to love Grace Park like I needed another reason, but whatever. I've actually wondered the same thing too, and wouldn't mind some of the men getting in on the dirty action. Some Doral/Leoben, if you please.

Speaking of awesome fandoms, I've come to the conclusion that Heroes has the best cast/crew ever. I have been reading the recapped reviews from the San Diego Comic-Con, even watched some of the videos (which somehow miraculously managed to avoid spoilerish stuff), and they are just so laidback and hilarious and dedicated to their work, loves the fans and vice versa. And yes, they know about the craziness fandom comes up with; the Petrellicest, the Mylar, the general HoYay! Everything. Which is pretty awesome in itself, especially since they continually endorse the fannish obsession. Oh and ( a little something revealed about Heroes: Origins ) I can't wait until the second season starts, man.

Yes, I did cave into reading this stuff. Though it isn't necessarily spoilerish regarding the second season per se, which I am still avoiding to know. Mainly anything else, crew/writers/casting is okay to know, but anything involving character storylines and the main overall plot of S2 is what I'm a spoilerphobe for.