We've just finished season 1 of Ted Lasso, which is an absolutely charming show about an American college football coach who goes to England to coach football, even though it's an entirely different sport. I was inordinately pleased to see one of Ted's players was named Bumbercatch. But I was even more pleased to see that (1) there's a player named Winchester, and (b) there's a theme about green army men warding off danger, and Ted giving them to people he cares about.

Yesterday I pulled into a parking space and noticed the van next to me had a moose airbrushed on the side. (Sadly, no squirrel.) And as I sat there and laughed, a black Impala pulled up on the other side. (A new one. But still.)

And then, today, I was reading responses to the tweet about Mr. Peanut being dead, because some of them were funny. And there was this:


It was a tweet about MR. FREAKING PEANUT. WHY IS DEAN WINCHESTER IN THERE.

Tuesday was National Squirrel Appreciation Day. Maybe that's why it's in the air.

(Oh god, you guys, tonight is 15.10. We're HALFWAY DONE.)

If you're like me, you saw Wal-Mart's recent "famous cars" commercial, where cars from TV and movies use the Wal-Mart grocery pick-up service, and said "that's cute, but A VERY IMPORTANT CAR IS MISSING."

So, if you're like me, you saw an article on Yahoo this morning about that ad and said WAIT.



I can’t believe she didn’t make it into the final ad!

I was in a meeting this morning with a woman who had PLAID EYEGLASSES. And Mike Rowe (Dirty Jobs) is tweeting about Jim Rockford’s car being for sale (which not only makes me daydream about getting my hands on an Impala, but let us not forget the Winchester emergency separation plan - first hotel in the book, register under Jim Rockford).

How am I supposed to think about anything that’s NOT Supernatural under these circumstances?

So apparently it's Supernatural Day again? Is this a thing? Is there some significance to 9/13 that I'm missing? Season 9 episode 13 is "The Purge," which has some good moments (yoga Sam, roofied Dean, more yoga Sam... mmmm... excuse me, I need a moment) but isn't exactly earthshattering. Is it a character's birthday? What's the deal with September 13?

ETA... Duh. It’s the day Supernatural first aired. Thanks to kalliel.

Anyway. In honor of the occasion, my friends at the Hot Topical, who are well aware of what I love, emailed me about their new Supernatural fashion collection. Including this awesome skirt that looks like a plaid shirt tied around your waist.


They styled it with a Led Zeppelin t-shirt! Someone over there is watching the show.

Dear lord, I adore this. I'm not going to buy it. I'm a goddamn grownup, and it's okay for my office to be full of toys, but I'm not wearing a skirt that looks like a shirt tied around your waist. (IT HAS SLEEVES.) But somebody needs to.

In other news, apparently Eric Kripke wrote the screenplay for the new movie The House With a Clock in its Walls. And apparently it's based on his favorite book as a child, and apparently that book influenced the show (I mean Show) he created years later. And apparently this movie is full of Supernatural Easter eggs.

CALLING ALL #SPNFamily. This was my fave book as a kid. It DIRECTLY inspired #Supernatural. It's #spn's origin story! Now we made it into a movie! (Loaded with #spn Easter Eggs). Come see Sept. 21. REQUIRED VIEWING FOR FANS. Here's an exclusive clip! @housewithaclock @amblin https://t.co/tt2SPI2GGI

— Eric Kripke (@therealKripke) September 12, 2018

So now I guess I have to watch it. And if this is just a clever way to trick a million people into watching your movie, I’ll be VERY DISAPPOINTED.

Anyway. Stay safe out there!

You know how you get so used to everything you look at online being from Supernatural, and then it turns up in an unexpected place but it takes you a minute to realize what's going on because your mind is like "of course it's a gif of Sam yawning; what else would be on my screen?"

Or is it just me?

It's July, so naturally my local craft and hobby store is full of Christmas decorations. I was walking through the other day and spotted these ornaments:



and thought, that looks like something for a Winchester-themed Christmas tree! So I continued shopping and found a few more things...

( Read more... )

I used to listen to the news on NPR every morning while getting ready, but I haven't been able to stomach the news since the election, so I'm listening to podcasts instead. I have a slew of non-fiction favorites (mostly NPR shows like Wait Wait Don't Tell Me, This American Life, etc.) but right I'm really into fiction. I've been a fan of Welcome to Night Vale for years, and I love the other podcasts by the same group (Alice Isn't Dead and Within the Wires, but not the Orbiting Human Circus, which I tried and disliked), and I'm looking for more weird serial fiction. Some others I've enjoyed are Limetown and The Black Tapes.

Now, here's a story that shows how everything comes back to Supernatural in the end. The Black Tapes is a serial podcast following a fictional journalist who's working with a paranormal skeptic (a James Randi type) to investigate a series of paranormal/supernatural events. I'm midway through season 2 and so far it has featured: "chosen" children, a wife who has been taken, drawings of pentagrams surrounded by concentric circles and weird symbols, demons (including one whose name is pronounced differently but would probably be spelled Azazel), possession and exorcisms, ghosts, arcane texts, you name it. Even a female character named Charlie. So every episode ends up pinging my Supernatural radar in one way or another. And I've been thinking that a crossover would be fun. Like, since The Black Tapes takes place in the Pacific Northwest, what if the journalist keeps running into the Supernatural crew on location and doesn't understand that they're taping a TV show? And she points out a pentacle surrounded by concentric circles and they tell her "yeah, Jerry paints those, he does a great job?" And someone sends her mysterious VHS tapes with grainy images of exorcisms, but they're just copies of Supernatural episodes?

Anyway. The episode I listened to this morning had the protagonists heading to Vancouver, which of course grabbed my attention, because look! My little crossover dreams are coming true! And then they said they were going to Riverview Hospital! Could it get any better? But they ruined it by explaining that Riverside is a vacant hospital that's used as a setting for movies and TV shows, and listed several of them, including Supernatural. A shout-out that would normally fill me with glee, but this time it made me sad, because it means the journalist is aware of the show and my fantasies/plot bunnies about her accidentally stumbling onto the set have been Kripked. Oh well.

The point of all this is that I'm looking for more, similar podcasts, and since you obviously have excellent taste, I'm hoping you have some suggestions! (No podcasts of SPN fanfiction, please.)

(Also, now I'm dying to hear a phone call between this journalist and Sam Winchester, with Sam awkwardly trying to keep her away from a dangerous situation without giving anything away... I wonder if there is any kind of audience for such a crossover?)

I want to see this week's episode of Hannibal remixed as an episode of Supernatural.

( Vaguely spoilery for this week's Hannibal ep )

And then there's this. As I was skipping through commercials, a man in a promo for a new show caught my eye, and I thought "oh, nice, Tahmoh got himself a new series."



Because it does look like him, doesn't it? (Yes, I took pictures of my TV. Lame, I know.)



But apparently it's some guy named



And you know, I just refuse to believe this is a coincidence. I think whoever this is (I know it's you, Tahmoh), he's pulling a real life Supernatural fake identity thing. You know how people almost never notice Sam and Dean's ridiculously obvious pop culture aliases? I think someone (Tahmoh) is laughing at us for not getting this one.

Guys. Guys.

(  You're welcome, my son )

As always, I'm unspoiled for the next episode; please help me stay that way!