Day 2: Awesome trailer for an awesome show

Howdy! I'm guessing that at least 90% of the people reading this have never heard of Sanctuary. It's not a tremendously popular show, but it's done some incredible things. For starters, the vast majority of it was actually filmed in front of a green screen, meaning that virtually all of the sets are completely computer-generated. You wouldn't notice if you hadn't been told, trust me.

The second awesome thing about this show is that it actually started as a web series, and when it became rather popular (for not actually being anywhere on TV) SyFy channel (or however you spell it) decided to pick it up for television. Since then, two seasons have aired, the third is halfway done (it returns on April 15), and it has already been renewed for a fourth season.

The third awesome thing about this show is Amanda Tapping. She is an awesome person. She's not the type of famous that appears in gossip columns, but she is incredibly talented - one of the very, VERY few actors/actresses that cries without attempting to remain pretty. She can also do a wicked awesome English accent - need I say more? She is also pretty much the cutest, most adorkable person I have ever seen - these 27 seconds pretty much sum it up: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_6DQNbjbow
Mini-fan: 1 Amanda: 0
And she's pretty, but in a real way, not the boring perfection that is almost exclusively what we see on television in this day and age. And did I mention that she's Canadian? LOVE.

I could go on forever, but you're probably tiring of me fangirling over Amanda, especially since none of you have ever heard of her. (If you HAVE heard of her, tell me. I'll be your best friend FOREVER because the only other fan of her I [sort of kind of] know lives in France. ;_;) This brings me to the FOURTH awesome thing about Sanctuary: the premise of the show. It's kind of hard to explain, so bear with me. I'll try my best. Basically, there's a whole shitload of awesome creatures on the earth called Abnormals - anything that is not currently known about by mainstream science. This includes mermaids; MANY human offshoots like psychics, werewolves, and people that can fold and collapse their skeletons to fit through small spaces; sentient lizard-like creatures; elementals; stuff that's just plain weird (dinosaur-insect hybrid, anyone?); and, of course, vampires. (Although trust me, these things totally pwn. There's no better way to describe it. Too bad they're kind of extinct.) The cast of characters includes James Watson (the 'real-life' inspiration for the Sherlock Holmes character), Nikola Tesla (the real dude that invented the radio, and half-vampire extraordinaire), Jack the Ripper (HELL YEAH), and Helen Magnus, the head of the Sanctuary network. The Sanctuaries are safe harbours for the Abnormals of the world, both to protect us from them and vice versa.

If you're still not convinced that this show is worth watching, watch the fifth awesome thing about this show: the trailer for Season Three. It not only introduces the season, it does a pretty nice job of summing up the previous two, and is a rare and incredible thing in that it is exactly as good as the show itself. It's a wee bit longer than most commercials, at 2 minutes and 40 seconds, but it is SO worth it. Whoever designed it totally deserves a really big high five. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDm1E9F2udw (By the way, the guy speaking is the main character, Will Zimmerman. Meh, he's rather awesome, but Amanda is cooler.)

IN BRIEF: Sanctuary is my favorite show of all time, Amanda Tapping is my idol and role model because she is a genuinely cool person, Nikola Tesla is the most badass half-vampire ever, and you should watch the trailer because it is the best trailer I have ever seen, and it is the awesome thing for today. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDm1E9F2udw GOD DAMMIT IT IS AFTER MIDNIGHT. So technically, did I miss one day? Whatever.

Day 1: Welcome to the home of awesome

Hello to my fellow Advancies, online friends, possible stalkers, and random Internet users. I assume that when you found yourself here, you noticed that this blog is, by definition, awesome. My goal is to post three hundred sixty five awesome things over the course of the year, one every day. Sometimes they will be randomly amusing awesome things, sometimes they will be about a legitimate cause, sometimes they will make you think, sometimes they will make you smile. Sometimes, I confess, I will be shamelessly promoting my friends - but I promise I will only promote the awesome ones.

A few days ago, my friend "Bean" (alias used to protect our nation's security) sent me a rather odd email. As my friend does not have what most people call a "life," she enjoys seeking out random, funny crap on the internet, and then promptly informing me. Case in point: the cocaine bear. (If you haven't seen it already, type it into Google Images. Potentially humiliating snorts of laughter may follow: you have been warned. I personally recommend that you do NOT search for it, but if you REALLY want to, go ahead.) Anyways, a few days ago, she sent me a link to a blog written by my friend, the "World Champion Pacer." It is surprisingly funny, and I had a ball reading all the posts she has. (Her epic blog of epicness is actually what inspired me to pick up blogging again.) Here it is: http://liac333.wordpress.com/ Seriously, you should go read it. It made my day.

IN BRIEF: This blog is awesome, and so is World Champion Pacer's blog, http://liac333.wordpress.com/.

Here's hoping I remember to write about something awesome tomorrow.