The Demise of PHARK/
I just realized something. When H moves out, we'll be left with PARK...or KRAP, I guess, neither of which is a cool name for a band. KARP? Is KARP cool? No. Fish just inherently aren't cool, especially when they're spelled incorrectly. PRAK? Nope. Sounds like a mistake or a terribly-named snack. Maybe I should cut Rufus from the band and then we could call ourselves KAP. That's kind of cool, no? Of course, there is no band, so I'm not quite sure what I'm talking about. I wonder what instrument Rufus would play in the not-a-band. Something chilled out, I think. Like the upright bass. Although he'd have a tough time playing an instrument with his little mutant paws. See? There's ANOTHER reason why you shouldn't get your cat declawed. It could affect his/her musical career.
I've been gone for four days, and THAT'S the paragraph I come back with? Ohhh dear. When I say "gone", I of course mean "procrastinating" because I have now taken to procrastinating from the procrastination (a.k.a blogging). Here's my update, though:
Friday: Arrived late at the designated meeting place (a.k.a. liquor store) for girls' night, where my poor friend had just witnessed a minor car crash involving angry rich people and was being hit on by one of the crashees; Went to girls' night where my friend AE (who is a better chef than...um...insert famous chef here...) had whipped up the most fantastic vegetarian meal of my life involving tomatoes that actually tasted like tomatoes. (Here in Canada, tomatoes don't taste like they do in, say, Italy. They taste like the inside of a cucumber from 1986, injected with red food colouring.) They were "Heirloom" tomatoes and they came from a "garden". Crazy. Then we drank awesome wine (uh...well, THEY did. I watched. With a glass of wine in my hand. Um...which occasionally ended up in my mouth. And then stomach. Okay fine, I drank wine.) We also watched a video of "The Boyfriend" -- a musical that we did in high school. And it held up! It was still good! I mean, there's the odd guy in there who can't even find his feet, let alone use them, but for the most part, I'm pretty darn impressed with the quality of musicals we did back in the day. (I'm turning thirty soon, so I have to start using expressions like "back in the day".)
The rest of the weekend was basically devoted to hosting a family dinner, writing a new song, forgetting how to play the song, re-learning it, playing it for M, and seeing an amazing short play starring the multi-talented Brendan Gall (see below) and the stunning and hilarious Maev Beatty. It was written by my favorite playwright, Hannah Moscovitch. (Hannah is remarkable. See everything she writes. Seriously.) I also may or may not have eaten a deep-fried burrito. (I don't want to talk about it.)
I saw McKay and Mrs. Miller and I really liked it. I'm glad that so many people have been responding well to the episode and I can't thank you enough for all the lovely comments. I hope I will get to visit Atlantis again too! (I miss Hermiod a little bit. We definitely had a connection. He even flirted with me on set, but I'll save that story for another day.) And yes, Brendan Gall who played Caleb (brilliantly, might I say) is my buddy from Unspun Theatre, as well as the director of Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump (which is where Martin Gero first saw me act), as well as an old friend of Martin's, as well as the non-coincidental name of an ex-Stargate character (who I believe died a horrible death). And no, he is not the guy in the photo I posted, although it is possible that I may have suggested to M that Brendan's hair was cool, which may or may not have prompted M to grow his hair like Brendan's, dress like Brendan, talk like Brendan and change his name to Mrendan.
This is a very long post.
One quick thing before I go...I actually like Russell Crowe. I think he's handsome. And a really good actor. And I think maybe I'm a little out of touch with the bad press he's had. Am I not supposed to like him? When did that happen? Man, I have to start watching E-Talk Daily more often.
Okay! I'm done! I'M GOING TO WRITE TODAY. SERIOUSLY.
Chimichangas,
K.
posted by katehewlett at 8:16 AM
49 Comments:
The demise of PHARK?
...It just won't be the same again!
Absolutely LOVED McKay and Mrs Miller...one of the best episodes I've seen of either Stargate! You and David were absolutely wonderful in it. Hope you get to do another episode soon!!!
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why not be PARK? I mean.. everybody loves PARKs
You know, if you're really worried about the PHARK thing, you could always adopt a friend for Rufus. Name him/her with whatever initial you desire and go from there. Then maybe Rufus won't try to climb too high. Just a thought.
Ahh,, my boyfriend and I knew we had seen your 'husband' from somewhere on the blog! Brendan was grea. The whole show was one of the best of the season. Hope to see you on it again next year.
My husband has managed to grow some rather frighteningly large tomato plants this year (8'+ tall). I'd send you some tomatoes (I'm told they're amazing), but Customs might destroy them in transit in an effort to free the world from vegetable-fruit confusion tyrrany.
Loved McKay and Mrs. Miller. I've watched it twice now. You and Brendan both made wonderful additions to the Atlantis universe.
McKay and Mrs. Miller is my favorite episode of Atlantis, hands down - and I'm not just saying that because I'm here. Actually, it has turned out to be everyone's, really.
I spend a lot of time over on my LiveJournal and I haven't heard a single negative review of McKay & Mrs. Miller from anybody. Even the people who usually nitpick the episodes to death are just hopping up and down about how perfect it is. By rough estimate, I think you gained about three gazillion new fans who all want Jeannie McKay Miller to be a regular on Atlantis ASAP. Your big brother needs to watch out, at this point Rodney and Jeannie are about even in the popularity stakes *G*.
I didn't get the memo on Russell Crowe either! Darn it - I can't get in the loop on anything these days. Of course, today is one of those days when I can't even get the earring into my right ear. I could have done it without looking, but my 95-pound-Collie, who thinks he's a cat, decided to rescue me from the evil, dangling hoop monster. I hope coffee comes out of keyboards. Sigh.
Have a nice writing day then!
And about PHARK, you should really try KRAP, I'm already seeing great slogans out of there. Not something like (a "KRAP" band with a "KRAP" name). But I think it would be very easy to turn KRAP into something good..I can't really give any examples right now, at least nothing that would be in your favor but I think someone will find out something...
I'm going against Russell Crowe. Australia has claimed him but I say we div him back to New Zealand :)
Watched M&MM on the weekend and it was totally grand! Good job there.
Glad someone fianlly got you a copy of M&MM :D and there was nothing but great stuff for us to like :D
As for PHARKs... good luck with the replacemnt.. but there are some good bands out that that manages to find good replacements.. or you could just barricade the door and refuse to let H go!
As for Russell, We Aussies are a fickle bunch.. He's a great Aussie Actor, but make sure you're not in throwing distance of his mobile phone!!! Then he's Kiwi Russ!
Thanks for the update, I was getting concerned you'd abandoned us! :P
Just wanted to add my congratulations for a great episode - I *really* enjoyed your work on "McKay and Mrs Miller" last week. Expectations were very high for your guest spot, and you met and exceeded all of them!
As always, thanks for the continued updates - it's always fun to check in and see a new post!
Hey Kate!
Maybe you should just get a teddy or something that you can name "H", then you'll still be PHARK ;-)
As for the wine and the rest of it.. do you realise just how familiar this sounds. Oh, and before I forget... procrastination from the procrastination? I thought *I* was the Put-Off Queen.
I've been teaching Spanish to seven year olds today, so I'm all languaged out. No cool phrases for you today! We did Buenos Dias, Buenos Tardes, Buenos Noches, Ola, Si, Non, Adios and Mi llamo.
Glad you enjoyed your night out and that your high school plays weren't cringe worthy!
i kinda like PRAK, don't know why though...
thank you for all the updates : your new post is good news after a day in hospital... (now i'll go back to my bed)
bon courage pour l'écriture et bonjour à R & M
Wine in hand, sounds great to me!
Absolutely loved McKay and Mrs. Miller episode. So much so that I created a music vid with it. If interested click on the YouTube address below or you can visit my blog.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0nHZtmkngg
Hello !
I was certain you was in love with Hermiod...the way you stared at him ! Yes I have to recognise his so sexy...mdr (morte de rire! ) I finally saw your performance in McKay and Mrs Miller and I loved it. You are a very very good actress and (as a lot of people said before) there was a fantastic alchemy between you and your brother. It shows through the screen.
I'm glad to hear (well, to read) you passed a great moment with your friend and you start to work on your new play.
Okay! I'm done! I'M GOING TO WRITE TODAY. SERIOUSLY.
To blogoholism from writingoholism: same process other tools, just bridge the gap ! Anyway...Good luck !
PS: I'm really sorry if I absolutely murder the English language ! I just hope it's understandable !
PS(2): Hey I forgot...your French training if you aren't tired by it...en fait j'ai déjà dit tout ce que j'avais à dire en anglais ! L'inspiration me manque cruellement ! Je n'ai plus qu'à vous souhaiter une bonne journée et à espérer que vous avancerez comme vous voulez dans l'écriture de votre pièce !
PS(3): Vous préférez que je vous vouvoie ? Ou tu préfères que je te tutoie ? Question cruxiale, oui je sais...
PS(4): This post is too long :D
what about PARK but make the P silent and pronounce it ARK?
I think Russell Crowe threw a cell phone or something at someone. Or was that Naomi Cambell? Well, he hit someone with something... Or something....
I should send you all our extra tomatoes. We have like thirty big red ones in the fridge from our garden. Do tomatoes just not grow well in Vancouver or you just can't get them?
No, no, it's totally okay to like Russell Crowe. He's Austrailian! You can't not like the Aussies! They are intrisically cool even if slightly crazy. Plus, he's all kinds of awesome cute and in that Age of Sail movie with the adorable little blonde British kid.
Adding my two cents to say my little sister and I ADORED McKay and Mrs. Miller. She was in tears in the hugging scene towards the very end and then told me she is calling me from college next year and saying that to me.
Had an equally busy weekend myself, and by busy I mean being vegged out on the beach watching the infamous Bognor Birdman Rally. (Now there's the definative of 'back in the day') So I have only just caught up with McKay and Mrs Miller...very good Miss Hewlett. Considering the episode was more technobabble than action, the dynamic between you and the rest of the cast worked really well...and it's always funny when McKay is taken down a peg or two....so well done.
aurore said...
*subliminal message*youjustwantto cometoPegasus2withyourbrother/subliminal message*
Along with everyone else who has seen it, I loved McKay and Mrs Miller and hope to see Jeannie head back to Atlantis sooner rather than later.
And to ditto Aurore - I'd love to see you go to Pegasus 2 next year with David, it'd be a hoot to see you both on stage together. There's a thread on the Wolf message boards asking Bryan, the boss of Wolf Events, to ask you. Maybe you could take the bull by the horns and ask him if you could go? :D
Annie - unable to log in as for some reason it won't accept my password - I know it's right but the system just won't play nice. :(
The demise of PHARK.
Well, you can always claim that H is there in your(pl.) thoughts and therefore keep the name.
And the flirting with Hermiod, just don't let Elli Harvey (Dr. Novak) hear you. The way she's been telling it, she and Hermiod have a long and sordid affair going on. Or, from another point of view, Hermiod is quite the ladies man and you and Ellie need to band together against him. Either way, watch out for those naked, gray aliens.
I do not know about Russel Crowe, but I can tell you this: Do not (repeat, do not) watch E-Talk. No ammount of celebrity knowledge is worth watching Ben Mulroney over. Besides, how do you think we get our celebrity knowledge; while procrastinating on the internet, of course.
(it will now turn out that you and Ben are bestest friends, and you will be so insulted that you never *cough*procrastinate*cough* ...um, blog with us again).
McKay and Mrs. Miller is now my 2nd favorte epi of SGA. (the 1st being Duet) You and David definitely made the show what it was. I look forward to seeing more of you on stargate!
I am sorry to hear about the demise of PHARK. Of all the other anagrams I think I like KRAP the best ;P
hmm. that doesn't sound quite right. oh well.
adoro i pomodori anch'io, mia nonna li coltiva nel suo orto e sanno proprio di pomodoro.
Ho visto l'episodio McKay and Mrs Miller e l'ho trovato adorabile, David aveva una luce particolare negli occhi, davvero eccezzionale. Magari se un giorno verrai in Italia ricordati dei pomodori di mia nonna.
Baci e Good night
super! lol
i didn't see the episode but i saw some trailer and mini clip from the episode and i'm so looking forward to it. i hope it will go in the youtube.com so i can watch it with my twinsister and don't worry, we will buy the season when it will release in dvd. So long I just love your blogs. I've just inscribe and i feel more pleasant from the life. well, whatever but continue your good work and have a nice day.
jacinthe
Hullo. I'm Chrissy. I'm 19 from San Diego...
I wanted to say that I think your entries are super rad kinda like super mario world (because that's just the best ever)
and
the last scene of the episode made me all teary eyed. teary-ness is so not me. it was so awesomely emotional. it made me think of talking to my sister more and share all that sibling appreciation I've never shown before.
thanx for being way cool, too :D
you rock!
Aww, no more PHARK? You could try K-PAR or change PARK to PAR-K? Eh. Maybe not.
Yes, McKay and Mrs. Miller was most excellent, as I had expected. I love Gero's writing, especially when it comes to one McKay, so naturally two and then three would be even better. Congrats, ya did good! =)
Regarding Mr. Crowe... are we not supposed to like him? I know there was a phone throwing incident, but unless there's more than that, I'm certainly not put off by him.
Mmmm Chimichangas... you made me hungry now!
As for the demise of PHARK, I agree with pasting a picture of Hermiod somewhere around or adopting a new friend for Rufus :) Expand the feline band!
shame about PHARK, maybe you can get another room mate and make sure they have the same letter.
LOVED McKay and Mrs Miller and i'm not just saying that. I was laughing the whole way through. My favourite ep so far. The writers will have to pull something really impressive next time to top that. Really hope you come back in the show and that we get to see some more of your work.
Red.
I know it's probably uncouth to admit this here but I just think that you're absolutely adorable and I love reading your entries and I hope you have just as much fun writing them as I do reading them. I do hope to see more of you on screen—especially with your brother because you two are ridiculously talented—but I enjoy the everyday exploits of PHARK (K-RAP? R-PAK?) as well.
Now go write. Seriously.
:)
Firstly, i just have to comment on the fact that you used "Chimichangas" which is what we had in the "Mexican" line at lunch today where I work.
And as far as Russel Crowe goes.. I dont believe any of what he's accused of. I love the name of his band though (Ordinary fear of God) and what his band used to be called. (30 Odd feet of Grunts) I'm not even sure I have listened to anything his band has done except what Jay Leno has on. (isnt that sad?)
Rufus and the PAK?
Kia Ora Kate!
I'm so glad you enjoyed M&MM. Do you find it weird watching yourself in a show? I know I did when I had to watch Drama performances, but that was only high school drama, and I'm not so good, so it's proly different...
You could keep Rufus in the band, and he could play... the keyboard? He could walk back and forth on the keys. I know my cat would be good at that :D Or you could train him to be a back up singer, and meow whenever you sing something :D
Oh, and the Russel Crowe thing... I think it's partly friendly banter between Australia and NZ. Whenever I chat to Aussies, well most of the time, the 3 things that come up the most are Rugby, Netball, and Russel Crowe, which is odd since the other 2 are sports.
Well, keep up the entertaining blog!
Luv from New Zealand.
I haven't declawed my cat because he likes playing on the piano. I swear he is learning!
Glad you had a good weekend!
I have a question: " Kate , do you read comments???" I hope that you read not all comments ..... You are not crazy . Do you want to kill your eyes?? A computer can kill them!! lol
It's very important to have eyes because their are in contact with you stomac and if you want to eat .... you understand ...:p
Sorry for this comments. I had to wrote a comment in english because of my friend (Celin le vaurien) . She is my dictionnary because if there are many mistakes , You can shot her..Mdr
Bye...I'm so tired to have wroten in english....I want to sleep !!!!:p
Momo
I read your whole Blog today and so I decided to comment it, even though I'm not sure, if you read all your comments, because there are so many of them ;)
I watched McKay and Mrs. Miller last Saturday and I adored it! You're awesome =)
Greetings from Germany!
Well, you can always pretend that you are on WKRP, if you can find a W there somewhere, but then I digress.
And I now have a new favorite commercial, it seems to be a Scotiabank ad, but I keep waiting for someone to ask about jal-ap-eno peppers.
hmmmmmmm
get m to move in? then you could be KRAMP...
Hey,
short time reader first time commenter, and an Aussie from down her in horrible hot Oz. As for Russell Crowe its your choice if you like him or not.. ever since the phone incident his popularity sure died down. Loved McKay and Mrs Miller was a great Angsty episode really inspirational, i even made up with my own brother after watching it.(he lives in the next room and the only talking we do is through msn or fist fights.)
Anyways any writing tips for very young wanna be screen play writers?
*hugs*
Dusty (Sarah)
Didn't you know? Cats play DRUMS. Wyberd has recently taken up the habit of drumming on my head when he decides he's had enough snuggling for the moment. Fortunately, he usually remembers not to use his claws (agree with you there - places that require residents to declaw their cats make *me* hiss)
Of course, the idea of calling yourselves K-PAR makes me giggle. The Great Muppet K-PAR...
Anyway. M&MM: Fantastic! The whole family enjoyed it, and that's saying something.
Dad informed me a couple months ago that he wasn't going to watch Atlantis anymore because the Wraith were too scary (me: o_O)
Mom doesn't care much about watching scifi shows one way or another. She likes House.
Brother actively dislikes Stargate TV-verse due to inconsistencies and scientific inaccuracies. He's in bio-engineering...
All four of us sat around the TV laughing - it was great. Can't wait for another one with Jeannie McKay Miller!
Oh, and RE: Russell Crowe, you can get a good overview of his public tantrums here.
:: crosses fingers & hopes the link tags work better than the bold/italic tags ::
'Ello Kate!
I just wanted to say that I saw you on tv today... the Scotiabank commercial. I don't really have a point. Just thought it would make you happy to know that someone out in southeast B.C pointed wildly at the tv, half screaming, "Kates on tv!!"
McKay and Mrs Miller was brilliant. Please come back and do another episode if you have the chance.
:D
~Jennifer
Oh no! No more Phark! You can't drop Rufus...
I recently nicknamed my group (a bunch of friends I hang out with) MAJIK... ok, I didn't come up with that - I actually had something lame like Jamik but it was "I" who suggested rearranging the letters.
Good ol' Rusty... hmm, he's a good actor but I never know what to make of his "antics". Though I heard that he's now a nice guy.
Did you know that his cousin is a famous ex-cricketer - who used to be the captain of the New Zealand cricket team? Back in the old days (ie before Hollywood), good old Rusty was known as Martin Crowe's cousin. :)
I"m great at procrastinating - especially when I have to study.
Glad to hear that you enjoyed the SGA ep. I honestly never thought that I'd like it so much but I just loved the interactions of all the characters involved. And the little girl who played "Madi" was so cute :D
Take care! :)
You were amazing and beatiful in McKay and Mrs. Miller, the relationship between you and your brother seemed real, althought the age diffenrece may make him more soft and caring that the episode showed.
Are you the youngest?
Chimichangas rocks!!!
Ah, I remember the days of musicals and plays in high school. While I was there, my school did "The Pirates of Penzance", "Bye Bye Birdie", "Something Happened on the Way to the Forum", and "The Mikdado". I actually got to wear prosthetic makeup for "The Mikado", too, fake eye-lids to make us all look Asian. Sometimes I wish I had become an actress instead of a software engineer, but I think I'm better with computers than with audiences. I love to sing, though. I don't know what I'd do if I hadn't joined a choir. Does David sing? ;)
Hmmm, the cat ... and the fiddle?
Blogging is writing. In fact, it's PUBLISHED writing, like the New York Times Bestseller List published writing, only it's on the Internet and no one is paying you. Minor differences, trivial really.
As long as we're trying to influence your life, I'm for M moving in. I mean, who can upload a photo like M? Who else can give you a KRAMP? And, M, she's not getting any younger, man. How may wine-drinkin, ulcerous vegetarians with an obese cat, a loft and a built-in fan base do you think you're gonna find? Do you want to lose this woman to some phone-tossin' Aussie who looks great in a gladiator outfit? Cause I'm afraid that's what I'm seeing here.
That is an insanely cute photo of Rufus. Am terribly jealous. (in a nice way)
I had a bad case of the Russell Crowe flu when it was first going around, and I still am very fond of him, despite the whole hitting-people-in-the-face-with-phones thing.
Btw - loved M&MM. Do you have television ambitions? Because I think you could absolutely carry a series. And I'm not just saying that.
I have to say, I actualy like KARP. Yes, it is not the sexiest of acronyms but it is certainly memorable. Maybe a nice picture of a bugged eyed fish staring at Rufus through a fish bowl for a logo.
Garden fresh tomatoes are the only way to go. That, or Hot House ones. I used to have this terrible aversion to tomatoes, but lately I've come over to the dark side.
eTalk Daily is EVIL. Actually, Ben Mulroney is EVIL, and therefore, eTalk Daily is EVIL. But enough about that...
Mckay and Mrs. Miller was amazing. You were fantastic, and I pray that they bring Jeannie back because, although he may be YOUR BROTHER (and as the youngest child in a family of three, I know how hard it is to say that you actually like your siblings AND get along with them), you two do work SO well off each other.
I'm SO ready for "ALL HEWLETTS, ALL THE TIME" on Atlantis. :)
P.S. Don't feel bad about procrastinating. It's fun and the cool thing to do.
Would P(H)ARK perhaps work? That way H still retains honorary status.
I don't care what the masses say: I still like Russell Crowe. His main crime seems to be not being afraid to be a jerk in public. I find it refreshing. (That and he's still a bit of a hottie!)
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