@ The petition passed 4,500 signatures about a half-hour ago. Nearing the halfway point. Hope the Big Project helps when it officially launches on Tuesday(-ish).
@ Lauren vs. Mariska in the poll at GoldDerby -- The way it was explained to me at GoldDerby a couple of years ago, Mariska has a huge gay following and GoldDerby, being an awards site naturally has larger contingent of gay men, thus she gets a huge amount of support at the site. I'm straight and a huge fan of the site even though I go on long sabbaticals from it, so I want to make it clear that this is NOT a criticism, just an observation. Of the choices in the poll, I knew that Lauren and Mariska were going to be the two main choices. One thing that may be affectnig the poll downward is that Lauren voters voted early while Mariska voters voted late. Another may be that, well, Lauren didn't pick a good submission tape -- she picked "Farewell, My Pet" rather than either "The Long Morrow" or "Bon Voyage," which are the two I would have suggested she pick between to submit. That aside, a LOT of Gg fans at G-Derby *hate* the Titanic references in FMP just because they're references to Titanic -- not me, me lurves the Titanic imagery for the doomed ship of the Lor-Chris 'Ship, so to speak -- but it's very possible that Lauren's submission choice is affecting her vote.
-- Rob
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Season 8: Because T.J. probably thinks that a flash drive is when you moon the cops from the window of a moving car..