Paul McCartney at the Girshwin Awards Finale

Sir Paul McCartney was awarded his Girshwin award in 2010(i think) for life time of musical achievement. I only saw this broadcasted last night :/

And since he had his Girshwin, he got to perform at the White House. Many talented artists came as well to sing his songs such as :"Long and Winding Road"(Faith Hill) "We Can work it out"(Stevie Wonder) "Penny Lane" (Elvis Costello), "Black Bird" (Corrine Bailey and Herbie Hancock) "Baby you can drive my car"(The Jonas Brothers-mostly there for the younger Obama's(Sasha and Malia's) appreciation.) "Band on the Run" (Dave Grohl-i think his name was)and a couple more. Paul sang some of his own as well such as "Let it be", "Yesterday", and the finale of the event, a rousing all including sing along of "Hey Jude" in which all the artists came to the stage and began to sing with him. The Obama's and several other people from the audience joined them on the stage.

The event was amazing and I would have KILLED to be there. Everyone seemed to have lots of fun. And, for your benefit(Who ever reads this) I'm posting the link to Paul's finale of "Hey Jude" so have fun and feel free to sing your heart out!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3OC_mKo2Fk

"Sherlock" Quotes from the "Great Game"

"The Great Game" is the last episode in season 1, and frankly I was falling in love with the characters. Moriarty was much more different than I expected, but I still liked him. He was so wonderfully evil in a calm buisnessman sort of way. From his facial expressions to his Westwood suit. But the whole episode is absolutely teeming with wonderfully dramatic and hilarious quotes. Enjoy~!

Sherlock: "Just tell me what happened from the beginning."
Barry: "We've been to a bar, a nice place, and I was chattin' with one of the waitresses and Karen weren't happy with that, so we got back to the hotel and ended up having a bit of a ding dong, didn't we? She was gettin' at me, saying I weren’t a real man-- "
Sherlock: "Wasn’t."
Barry: "What?"
Sherlock: "It’s not weren’t, it’s wasn’t."
Barry: "Oh..."
Sherlock: "Go on."
Barry: "Well, then I don’t know how it happened but suddenly there's a knife in my hands. And you know, my old man was a butcher so I know how to handle knives. He learned us how to cut up a piece-- "
Sherlock: "Taught."
Barry: "What?"
Sherlock: "Taught you how to cut up a piece."
Barry: "Yeah, well, then I done it."
Sherlock: "Did it."
Barry: "I stabbed her over and over and over and I looked at her and she weren’t-- ... wasn't movin' no more. Any more."
Barry: "Hey, you gotta help me, Mr. Holmes! Everyone says you're the best. Without you... I'll get hung for this."
Sherlock: "No, no, Mr. Bewick, not at all. Hanged, yes."
-Sherlock interviewing a murderer

[Sherlock shooting a smiley face on the wall with a hand gun]
John: *coming upstairs* "What the hell are you doing?!"
Sherlock: "Bored."
John: "...what?"
Sherlock: "Bored!"
He shoots the wall.
Sherlock: "Bored!"
*Shoots wall again.*
Sherlock: "Bored!  *flops on sofa* I don't know what's gotten into the criminal classes, good job I'm not one of them."
John: "So you take it out on the wall?"
Sherlock: "Oh, the wall had it coming."
-Sherlock....bored. :)

[John walks into the kitchen]
"Anything in? I'm starving."
[Opens fridge] "Ah."
[Closes fridge then calls to Sherlock]
John:"A severed head!"
Sherlock: "Just tea for me thanks."
John: "A bloody head!"
Sherlock: "Where else was I supposed to put it?"
-O.O

Sherlock:[Looking out window at London]  "Look at that, Mrs. Hudson. Quiet, calm, peaceful... isn't it hateful?"
Mrs. Hudson: "Oh, I'm sure something will turn up, Sherlock. A nice murder, that'll cheer you up."
Sherlock: "It can't come too soon."
Mrs.Hudson: [Sees bullets in her wall] "What have you done to my bloody wall?! I'm putting this on your rent young man!"
Sherlock *smiles*
[Massive Explosion]

[John sees the explosion at Baker Street on the news(he's at Sarah's)]
"Sarah, I have to go! Thanks for everything!"
[Runs to flat]
John: "Sherlock are you ok?"
[Sees Mycroft and Sherlock sitting in the only two undamaged chairs in the room surrounded by mess of the explosion]
Sherlock: *plucks string on violin absently* "Yeah, I'm fine. How was sleeping on the edge of the bed?"
Mycroft: "Sofa Sherlock, Sofa."
Sherlock: "Oh yes, of course..."

Moriarty: [Leaving the pool area] "Ciao, Sherlock Holmes."
Sherlock: [Following Moriarty's progress with a gun in his hand] "Catch..you..later."
Moriarty: *sing song voice* "No you won't!"

[About John's Blog]
Sherlock: "You read his blog?"
Lestrade: "'Course I read his blog, we all do! Do you really not know that the earth goes around the sun?"

Lestrade: "But what's this got to do with that painting? I don't see-- "
Sherlock: "You do see, you just don't observe!"
John: "Alright! Alright, girls, calm down."

"Oh, so you meant spectacularly ignorant in a nice way."
-- Sherlock

Sherlock: "People have died."
Moriarty: "That's what people DO!"


"Moriarty: "It used to be fine, but now your just getting in the way!"
Sherlock: "Thank you."
Moriarty: "I didn't mean it as a compliment."
Sherlock: "Yes you did."
Moriarty: "Alright I did."

Jim Moriarty: "I will burn the heart out of you."
Sherlock: "I have been reliably informed that I don't have one."
Jim Moriarty: "Oh, but we both know that's not quite true."

[Sniper dots are gone-Sherlock's quickly yanking the bomb off John]
Sherlock: "Are you ok?"
John: "Yeah-yeah I'm ok."
Sherlock: "That-that thing that you offered to do back there [referring to John holding Moriarty close so Sherlock could shoot him, and as a result kill Moriarty] "That was good."
John: "Glad no one saw that."
Sherlock: "What?"
John: "You, ripping off my clothes in a darkened swimming pool. People might talk."
Sherlock: "People do little else."
[Moriarty returns]
Moriarty: "Sorry boys! I am SO changeable! It is a weakness of mine. But, to be fair to myself, it is my only weakness.You can't be allowed to continue Sherlock. *straight face* You just can't."
 

Sherlock: Quotes from the Study in Pink

I enjoyed the original "Sherlock Holmes" (With Jeremy Brett) and when PBS started playing "Sherlock" a modern version of Sherlock Holmes, I couldn't resist. And I fell head over heels in love with it. Here are some quotes from the first episode;The Study in Pink(In the original Sherlock Holmes-The Study in Scarlet)

"Oh look at you lot. Your all so vacant. Is it nice not being me? It must be so relaxing."
-Sherlock

"Dear god what is it like in your funny little brains? It must be so boring!"
-Sherlock

 "Well this is a prime spot. Must be expensive."
 "Mrs. Hudson, the landlady is giving me a special deal. She owes me a favor. A few years back her husband got himself sentenced to death in Florida. I was able to help out."
 "You stopped her husband from being executed?"
"Oh, no. I ensured it."
-Sherlock and John(at Baker Street)

"I'm not a physcopath Anderson, I'm a highly functioning sociopath. Do your research."
-Sherlock

"We've got a serial killer! Love those, always something to look forward to!"
-Sherlock

"[To Sherlock] Where did you get a colleague?" [To John] "Did he follow you home?"
-Sally Donovan(unaired version)

"You've got 2 minutes"
"Might need more"
"I'm breaking every rule to let you in on this in the first place!"
"Yes, because you need me."
"Yes I do, God help me."
-Sherlock and Lestrade(Bet you can guess who says what)

"For goodness sake! I occupy a minor position in the British Government."
"He is the British Government when he's not too busy being the British Secret Services or the CIA on a freelance basis. Good evening, Mycroft. Try not to start a war before I get home, you know what it does for the traffic."
-Sherlock and Mycroft Holmes

[John has just killed the cabbie]
Sherlock: "Are you alright?"
John: "Yes, of course I'm alright."
Sherlock: "Well, you have just killed a man."
John: "Yes... that's true, isn't it... but he wasn't a very nice man."
Sherlock: "No... no, he wasn't really, was he?"
John: "No, frankly, a bloody awful cabbie.'
Sherlock: "That's true, he was a bad cabbie. You should've seen the route he took us to get here."
*both start giggling*
John: "Stop it! We can't giggle at a crime scene."

"That's fantastic!"
"Do you know you do that out loud?"
"Sorry. I'll shut up.
"No, it's...fine."
-John and Sherlock(Talking about Sherlock's deductions)

Sally Donovan: "Are these human eyes?"
Sherlock:"Put those back!"
Sally Donovan: "They were in the microwave."
Sherlock:"Its an experiment."

"Where did you get this? Dectective Inspector Lestrade?"
"I pickpocket him when he's annoying."
-John and Sherlock

[About Mycroft's discussion with John]
Sherlock:"Did he offer you money to spy on me...?"
John:"Yes."
Sherlock:"Did you take it?"
John: " ...No?"
Sherlock: "Pity, we could've split the fee. Think it through next time."

"This is how you get your kicks isn't it? You risk your life to prove your clever."
"Why would I do that?"
"Because your an idiot." *both smile*
-John and Sherlock

"Sorry, gotta dash, I think I left my riding crop in the mortuary."
-Sherlock

Sherlock: "The bullet they just dug out of the wall is from a handgun. A killer shot like that over that distance from that sort of weapon, you're looking for a crack shot but not just a marksman, his hands musn't have shaken at all so clearly he's acclimatised to violence. He didn't fire until I was in immediate danger though, so obviously has a strong moral principles. You're looking for someone probably with a history of military service and nerves of steel... [sees John] Actually, you know what? Ignore me."
Lestrade:" ... Sorry?"
Sherlock: "Ignore all of that. It's just the, uh, shock talking."
Lestrade: "Wait, where are you going?"
Sherlock:"I just need to, uh, talk about the rent —"
Lestrade: "But I still have questions for you!"
Sherlock: "Oh, what now? I'm in shock! Look, I've got a blanket!"

Star Trek Next Generation:First Episode-Encounter at Fairpoint

     I'm just watching the new Star Trek series with my dad. I loved Captain Kirk and was sad to seem him go-(I also cried my eyeballs out when Spok died *sob*) But the new Generation has new wonderful people and characters.

Captain Jean-Luc Picard: Captain of the Enterprise some 80 years after the original Star Trek. He was stabbed in the heart by a Nausicaan and had an implant that was near fatal. He later became a first officer on the starship USS Stargazer which he would later become captain of. He's logical, highly inteligent, and is known for his great moral and beliefs. He is good in tactical situations and has shown his abilities from this first episode to be a great debater as well as an ambassador.

William Riker: First Officer on the Enterprise he is first shown on Fairpoint where he is waiting to be picked up. While there, he discovers strange things happening. Every time a human wants something, it suddenly appears. When he first comes aboard the Enterprise he is depicted as young, ambitious, and dedicated to his job, even if it means stepping outside the lines. At one point when he first meets Picard, he says that it is his duty to look after everyone on the ship, including Captain Picard. Picard then tests Riker by having him manually attach the Saucer back onto the ship(Saucers being emergency escape pods that can be steered.) He has apparently met Troi before and when they first meet again she speaks in his mind, questioning him if he "still remembers" what she taught him. He is fascinated by Data and his extensive knowledge,but human characteristics;as well as the Enterprise itself.

Deanna Troi: The Enterprise's Betazoid(or half Betazoid as she often reminds people) She can sense emotions and sometimes thoughts from different people and entities. To feel these, she opens her mind. In the first episode, when on Fairpoint (in the underground tunnel) she says she feels pain, despair, and greif. It hurts her so much that Riker asks her to close her mind. But she is determined to find the source of this great pain. When the source seems to be a alien entity able to create geothermal energy, only the alien is prisoner, she is shown to have a face of understanding. When the entity is rescued by the crew of the Enterprise and returned to its mate(who had been wrecking vengance on the old homes of Fairpoint searching for it's mate) She tells the Captain that she feels "Great Joy. Great Joy and gratitude. Great Joy and Gratitude."

Data:An Android on the Enterprise who is every bit as logical as a computer. Having the memory of a computer and a full library in his head, Data is a valuable crew member aboard ship. When Doctor McCoy(Who was a Doctor on the original Enterprise) shows up in a cameo appearance, he meets Data, and says "Well your ears aren't pointed but you sure sound like a Vulkan". Data explains that he is an Android. Doctor McCoy replies "almost as bad." When Data says he was given to believe the Vulkans to be an honorable race, McCoy agrees but also says "They can be damned annoying too." In this, he is refering to Spok, a Vulkan on the original Enterprise along with him. Spok had been first officer next to James Kirk and was an extremely stubborn,and logical man.

For me, those are the main characters I focused on in this episode. We meet the "Q" Who seems determined to destroy the Enterprise and all its crew. He wants the humans to stop space exploration because their past is so dangerous, petty, and full of war. He tests Picard and his crew on Faripoint for the crew to prove humanity has changed.Q makes an excellent villan and will probably return for many more dangerous, and no doubt puzzling tests for the crew in the future episodes.