Like me, my mother is a fairly prolific reader. Unlike me, she prefers books with soft conflicts and happy endings. You know, the ones that inevitably get adapted for television by the Hallmark Channel. So, apparently, last week she started to read a book so upsetting that she couldn’t get the images out of her mind. Not upsetting like that time I recommended Octavia Butler’s “Parable of the Sower” and all she could think of was post-apocalyptic scenarios for days, but horrifyingly distressing to the extent that she wanted to throw the book away after those first few pages! To my mother, throwing out a book is tantamount to sacrilege but she was compelled to act out of fear someone else might come across the book and read it.
“What’s the book?”I asked my sister who informed me of the bizarre reading experience.
My sister texted back…
My sis suspects mom might have inadvertently picked it up during her last hospital visit or had someone gift it to her amongst a pile of less startling titles.
“Definitely not from me,”I assured my sister.
On the bright side, mom’s experience expanded her vocabulary. She learned a new word. It starts with “C”.
Hey, look who’s manning the grill. If it isn’t BBQ King and Pizza Maestro (also Executive Producer Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency, Stargate: Universe, Stargate: Atlantis, Stargate: SG-1) Robert C. Cooper. Rob kindly hosted a Stargate reunion of sorts on Carl Binder and Ivon Bartok’s final night in town. On the menu…
Six types of sausage, wood-fire-smoked burrata, two types of pie (blueberry and rhubarb), chocolate-coffee cake, and seven types of ice cream. Not pictured = the salad.
This is it! Your last chance to post a comment for actress Ayisha Issa, Dark Matter’s Solara Shockley, in advance of her coming fan Q&A. If you got ’em, post ’em in the comments section!
Question: What’s been your favorite role so far to play, outside of this one, of course! 😀
The food looks amazing; not sure there is enough ice cream for everyone though. That would be just for me. I love ice cream, totally my weakness.
LOL @ your Mom’s book. What did she *think* it was about? Big question is, did she read the whole thing before deciding on it’s inappropriateness? 🙂
The reunion food looks amazing. But is that pie straight rhubarb, or strawberry-rhubarb? Just rhubarb sounds like it would be a little sharp.
Question for Ayisha, if it hasn’t already been asked – What acting gig would be your dream job (aside from being on Dark Matter, of course) that you haven’t already done?
Last minute question for Ayisha Issa. Everyone has that one dish they can/like to cook; what do you think is Solara’s?
That BBQ looks awesome and a extra mmmmmm for the rhubarb pie!
Hi Joe
I have a comment for Ayisha.
Hi Ayisha
Welcome aboard the Raza. You know Joe killed off the last new arrivals? Maybe with your BJJ skills, if used ‘correctly’, can make your stay nice and lengthy. 🙂 Looking forward to hearing more about your backstory. Can you fill us in on your real-life backstory?
Elminster
I really enjoyed season 1 of Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency. Cooper is doing some good work there. I can’t imagine how complicated those seasons are to put together as the entire thing is like a single SG1 time travel/time looping episode.
BTW, I’m a big Sci-Fi fan and really enjoy both Killjoys and Dark Matter. Recently, I watched both shows with my daughter and she thought DM was 10 times the show KJ’s was. So, keep up the good work. She (and I) can’t wait for the next season of DM to show up on Netflix!
What drew you to the character Solara?
What previous roles/ shows have you been in?
Besides this show, what future projects are in the works for you?
A new word that starts with ‘C’? What could that be? “Coelacanth”? Oh right, it’s a gardening book. “Camellia”? Nah, your mum would surely know that. “Cotoneaster”? That’s slightly more obscure. “Cunninghamia”? That sounds a bit offensive!
The food looks great! But I have to say I was disappointed by Dirk Gently. Given it’s in my top 10 favourite books of all time any adaptation is likely to disappoint. I didn’t hate the show but I felt it was being weird for weird’s sake whereas in the book everything happens for a logical reason, even if the reason isn’t clear until the end.
I’ve done that so many times (read a book I didn’t enjoy). It was hard to stop reading the story the first few times. My OCD kept driving me to finish. Life is too short, so I pitch the book out now.
Mr. Carl has the best food at his parties!
We grilled out today as well – hamburgers, hot dogs & chicken. Delicious! On our annual pilgrimage to Fripp Island in SC. Lasagna last night, grilled out tonight. BBQ or low country boil tomorrow! We definitely don’t starve on vacation. The island is crazy. We don’t think we’ve ever seen this many people and we’ve been coming for 22 or so years. No longer a best kept secret. Happy 4th of July everyone!
The food looks positively scrumptious!
Braai time – yep, it’s summer!
But, where’s Rob’s apron? The guy in charge of the grill should have an apron!
What do you like to do while not on set? What is your favorite thing to eat for lunch at work? What do you like to do when not working?
ROFLMAO. I’m willing to bet your mom already knew the “C” word, she just had never READ it.
But now you know how to annoy your sister… send your mom similar books from her. 🙂
Congratulations on selling the house!
Congrats to Mom for learning a new word!
Nice work on the food, Rob! I must have missed my invitation. Again.
Oh, yum. That is one fine feast. Been too damn hot here to go outside to grill, triple digits. And yellowjackets. We have a nice, cool, basement to hide in. Although yeah, we’re prepping for four days camping in Utah rangeland. Not quite desert, but not grassy. Lots of sage and mesquite, and scorpions. Yay?
Hmm. Cardamon? Caliente? Curmudgeon?
Ok, I know I haven’t posted in a while(work is super busy this time of year), but I HAD to comment on a couple things: first and foremost that sausage spread. As much as I’d like to hang with Mr. Cooper to pick his brain about all his time in TV and how he comes up with ideas and all that other good stuff, I’d really just like to hang out at his house when he’s cooking something out back. His pizzas always look great, sure, but duck and rabbit sausage? I can’t imagine how good those friggin’ things were! They look amazing and I’m sure they tasted better than they looked.
Also, regarding DM, I was curious; does FIVE’s wig on that op with Adrian have any correlation to the Android’s dark locks in that flash forward from the last episode? Or was the Android’s dark hair a result of Sarah taking over the Android’s body? Or do I need to watch “All the Time in the World” again? 😉
Possibly confused but certainly intrigued,
-Mike A.
Sucks that we won’t see any Nielsen cable ratings for Friday today. Because of Independence day its looking like Wednesday.
“C” is for cookie, that’s good enough for me. Why your mom no like cookie?