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[sunshine_queen]

The lovely leiascully asked me questions for the COME AT ME, BRO meme, which goes like this: you say "COME AT ME, BRO" in comments, and I will ask you five! She asked me some really hard ones, too.



1. What are you going to say when you meet Tricia Helfer?
In my dreams: I will be witty, charming and truly a credit to myself.
Ideally: I'll be poised and polite and I'll say nice-and-not-creepy things.
Realistically: I'll nervously sputter out "hi," maybe get out a few anxious words, and then walk away and cry. MY MAIN GOAL IN THIS ENTIRE EVENT IS NOT CRYING IN FRONT OF HER, because that's happened twice.

2. If you could be the assistant to one person on The West Wing, who would it be?
Gracious, this is hard. Their jobs are all so hard! Probably Sam Sam the Sunshine man: easy on the eyes and he doesn't often seem to yell at his secretary. I would like to be Leo's secretary because I love him the most, but I'd be way too worried about ruining his life AND THE COUNTRY with silly mistakes.

3. You have an unlimited budget for one single item of makeup. WHAT WILL IT BE?
CONCEALER. Everything else is just icing on the cake if your skin looks like porcelain. If it was money for fancy stuff, I would probably pick eyeliner.

4. Who is America's Next Top Cylon?
HARDEST QUESTION EVER. I debated over this REALLY HARD before finally deciding on Lida, because she is the most magical looking.

5. Favorite thing to bake?
Chocolate cake. We have a recipe that we've always used and it is fool-proof and the best recipe ever and it's delicious. I also really like making challah now. I am finally good at doing a six-strand braid!

Comments

[nazkey.livejournal.com]

Mmmmmm chocolate cake! Yes please! And hey? You are NOT going to cry in front of Tricia. I won't let you ;-)

er … come at me bro?

[leiascully.livejournal.com]

It is good to be Sam's assistant! You get to eat his doughnuts!

I thought you were just going to get one super fancy item of makeup, but you're right, a good concealer is worth it. Totally worth it. I was just wondering if there was one thing you coveted.

Lida is a unicorn. Enough said.

[stripes13.livejournal.com]

dancing Tricia says "COME AT ME, BRO"!!!

(ask away...I might forget to answer)

[sunshine-queen.livejournal.com]

Ohhhh! LOL, I didn't even think of that, I thought it was like, you have a really big budget for one item of makeup for eternity, what will you splurge on? Duh, Madi. That would require a lot more thought!

Lida is the most beautiful! It is ridiculous.

[sunshine-queen.livejournal.com]

The chocolate cake is DELICIOUS, you don't even know. And I really hope you're right, Naz, I really don't want to cry in front of her. It'd be terrible.

1. If you could be reincarnated in any kind of situation/life you like, what would you choose for your next life?
2. Do you have a favorite poem? If so, why is it your favorite?
3. You are the most beautiful, Naz. Do you have a beauty regimen? Is there anything you can't live without?
4. What is your favorite photograph?
5. If a movie was made of your life, who would you want to narrate it? (Assume it's a classy film, and there is a narrator.)

[derevko-child.livejournal.com]

Come at me, bro!

[sunshine-queen.livejournal.com]

OMG THE DANCING TRICIA ARE IN SYNC.

1. What was your favorite class you've ever taken?
2. Who is your absolute favorite person on The West Wing?
3. What is your favorite piece of clothing? (This can include hats or scarves or the like.)
4. Where did your favorite vacation take place?
5. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CANDY, CANDYGRAM?

[sunshine-queen.livejournal.com]

COMIN' AT YOU.

1. What is your favorite Adelle DeWitt/Dominic scene in all of Dollhouse?
2. What law do you eventually hope to practice?
3. What is your favorite flower?
4. Do you feel your personality fits your zodiac sign?>
5. What is your favorite Reed Diamond role?

[juliet-demarcus.livejournal.com]

So Lida was the one with the super long (darker) hair that shagged Baltar on the basestar, right? I didn't realize they gave us her name...but it's been ages (far too long) since I've watched BSG. She was very magical looking!

Could you hook me up with your delicious and fool-proof chocolate cake recipe? I've been wanting to start trying to bake some sweets and chocolate is my FAVORITE!

And also...COME AT ME, BRO!

[vash26.livejournal.com]

Lols - I'd definately go with mascara, I definately spend most on those.

[amaliak.livejournal.com]

You can make challah? ?? Amazing! I want a loaf! !! *nom nom*
Come at me, bro.
cheers.
--Lex

[sunshine-queen.livejournal.com]

I love mascara, but I've tried a bunch of different brands and my favorite is one from a drugstore, so I don't really need unlimited funds for that!

[sunshine-queen.livejournal.com]

Lida was indeed the most beautiful girl who was on the Basestar with Gaius! She was never referred to by name in the show, so don't worry about it. (This happened a lot with Sixes, which is infuriating.)

1. If you could only watch five TV shows for the rest of your life, what would it be.
2. Do you greet people with handshakes, hugs, kisses, or other?
3. Where is the farthest you've ever traveled, and would you like to go further?
4. You are now an inhabitant of your favorite character's reality. How's it working out for you?
5. Who is your favorite Cylon

I will get the recipe to you! I have to clarify one quick thing with my mom before I post it, but I will get it to you.

ETA:

WARNING: This is a HUGE recipe. Like, you can make a sheet cake and some cupcakes.

Aunt Sophie's Chocolate Cake (we don't have an Aunt Sophie. We don't know who Aunt Sophie is.)

- 3 cups sugar
- 2 sticks of butter
- 3 eggs
- 3 tsps vanilla
- 3 cups flour
- 1 1/2 cups cocoa
- 1 1/2 tsps baking powder
- 3 tsps baking soda
- 1 tsp salt
- 3 cups of hot coffee, close to boiling. (You can just use hot water if coffee isn't available.)

In a very large bowl, cream sugar and butter; add eggs and vanilla; set aside. In a medium bowl, mix together flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Add to creamed ingredients, alternating with hot coffee. The batter is going to be super thin. Pour into greased pans and bake, for thirty minutes at 350 if using a 9X11 pan- less for cupcakes and round pans. The top will be super glossy, and it's done when you can insert a toothpick in and it comes out clean.

Also, the last time we made it I spaced on the whole creaming the sugar/butter/eggs/vanilla and just added all the ingredients together and then added the hot coffee, and it turned out just fine. This recipe is fool-proof.

[sunshine-queen.livejournal.com]

Delicious challah!

1. Surprise! You're one of the Final Five! Which of the Cylon models did you have a hand in designing, and who was your favorite?
2. What's your favorite childhood memory?
3. What is your favorite moment between Kara and Lee?
4. You're in a duel. What character from BSG would you pick as your second?
5. What was your favorite book when you were a kid?

[amaliak.livejournal.com]

I'm going to reply to you here because I asked about 6 people for these and I'm going to add this to a master post. :)

1. Surprise! You're one of the Final Five! Which of the Cylon models did you have a hand in designing, and who was your favorite?

Ooooohhhh!!! I hear the goo bath is good for your hair/personality.
Ok, who's my model? Hmmm...I think it would be 8. Modeled after my kid sister whom had died on Earth I. I made her sensitive, funny, and childlike, but...maybe just a little too insecure. I had thought for her to be more as a companion to other models, someone that would welcome them home and help them with whatever they needed. She was never meant to go to war, she was meant to be family.




2. What's your favorite childhood memory?
Hmmmm...interesting. I think that driving in the car with my mom has always been my favorite thing. As far back as I can remember, my mom talked to me like I was a friend, someone to talk to, tell stories about the past and things that have happened in her life, her view of the world. Listening to my mom tell me about living back home is the things I loved the most.


3. What is your favorite moment between Kara and Lee?
I think it's in...Act of Contrition? When they're painting the 1000th landing helmet. I love them being relaxed and teasing with each other. The level of comfort between them at that point made me really believe that they'd been friends before, really close friends that were just happy to be around each other again (which sort of makes the finale a load of crap in certain ways). Most of season one is like that with them, and that's how I like them. :)

4. You're in a duel. What character from BSG would you pick as your second?

Kara. She's the best shot in the fleet.

5. What was your favorite book when you were a kid?
GAH! trick question!! I had lots of favorite books (like a Wrinkle in Time was AMAZING, and The Lion, the Witch, and the Waredrobe was great too), but right now there are three series that pop into my mind: The Babysitter's Club, American Girl: Samantha, and (wait for it) My Crazy Cousin Courtney.
Hee. Good times.


\o/

cheers.
--Lex

[sunshine-queen.livejournal.com]

I love that gif of Grace! And that moment between Kara and Lee is totally one of my favorites. They're so cute as buddyroos!

[deborah-judge.livejournal.com]

I'll take some questions!

[sunshine-queen.livejournal.com]

1. What is your favorite line of poetry?
2. If you *had* to remake the credits to BSG using a song not by Bear McCreary, what song would you pick and? (Extra points if the lyrics match up in a strange way)
3. How do you feel about the vampire craze?
4. What is your favorite animal?
5. If you could change one plot point in BSG, what would it be?

[juliet-demarcus.livejournal.com]

Lida was indeed the most beautiful girl who was on the Basestar with Gaius! She was never referred to by name in the show, so don't worry about it. (This happened a lot with Sixes, which is infuriating.)

Oh, well I like the name! Where did it come from? Is it one of those fanon things? I've thought that was pretty sad that more of the Sixes didn't have names, but I guess fic writers and such get to come up with cool names for them, so that's a plus.

Thanks for the fantastic questions! Sorry it's taken me so long to reply. I'm going to have to think carefully about a couple of these!

And thank you so much for this recipe! I really appreciate it. Sounds delish! I can't wait to give it a try. Hopefully it really is fool-proof, as I'm not much of a cook! ;-)