We’re blogging today over on the Dual Voices blog, where Lisa shares her experience in how not to remove that pesky unwanted facial hair (and the wanted facial hair too!). And we talk about the hunt for houses. And how it all kind of ties into writing.

So come join us in our very odd ramblings that match the very odd week we’ve been having. We’ve never hidden that we’re strange, but this is unusual even for us.

Anyone else having a strange week?

I don’t know what took me so long to get to this one. I mean, I saw it in the theater because a friend of a friend who doesn’t know me that well had mentioned he saw me in it, so I figured I must’ve gotten some really good camera time for him to actually recognize me.

Boy was that an understatement. So far, of all the shows I’ve been in and appeared on camera, this one takes the cake. Big time. I mean, my head is as big as the screen!

The other shots may not be close-ups, but I’m still totally visible for a change. I suppose it helped that they’d placed me in the front row for some strange reason.

My husband and I saw it together and the moment I was onscreen at all, we started chuckling. Each shot built and built until we were all out cracking up because, like, my head was so freakin’ huge! It’s one of the best laughs we’ve had. We really hadn’t expected it to be like that. We’d figured okay, since I was in the front row, perhaps I was visible enough. Noooooo… I even got a close-up!

This is also one of the coolest bits I’ve been part of. I was an alien on They Are Among Us, a dead nun on Angel (in which I also had a close-up, but my head wasn’t quite as big as the screen because I was laying down and they wanted to get more blood in the shot), an insane asylum patient on The Changeling and a hooker on Cold Case and Crazy.

But on Domino… I was a recovering nymphomaniac at a Nymphomaniacs Anonymous meeting, no less. Good times!

I believe some of my best adventures were on this show and they didn’t happen during filming! From almost driving through the Red Sea to waving at tourists on the Backlot Tram Tour, this was quite an interesting gig.

Much of what burned on the Universal lot this year was where base camp and the set were, too. When I heard about that fire, I immediately thought of my time on Spiderman II, Superhero and Where The Truth Lies.

Here’s another of my smallest performances. It’s not quite as small as Hollywoodland, but it’s close! This is definitely the kind of shot where I wonder if I’ll actually be seen at all or was I just given a cross there ‘just in case’ the camera happens to see that deep. It’s always nice to make it in frame, though!

In these next ones, boy was I pissed when I tried to do the screen capture and there was some dumbass extra blocking the view of my car…

Yeah, that dumbass extra was me!

The way I could tell was not just by the colors on my dress, but that’s my own purse. I recognized my purse and then vaguely remembered doing this wipe, but hadn’t realized that it was part of my cross heading across the street.

I looked for myself in the other shot, but while I thought I saw myself, I wasn’t entirely sure, so I didn’t do a capture. The finished product was nothing like what was shot.

The winner of our last contest sent us this photo of her with all the goodies she won. We just had to share it because we thought it was so awesome of her to send us a photo. Thanks, Mistie! You’re completely adorable, and we’re pleased as punch that you like your prize.

In this month’s contest we’re giving away another collection of Comic Con stuff just like Mistie won, plus some goodies from Hollywood, so if you haven’t already entered our contest, now’s a good time. Head on over to our contest page and check it out.

Okay, so this one’s a stretch, but I scoured every frame during all the wide shots and while I could make out people standing next to me, I just wasn’t positive that the partial face I saw was me. I didn’t want to point my silly arrow to the wrong person. I really wanted to be more visible in this movie, but oh well.

What I’ve got is what I’ve got… Me in shadow and the only reason I know that’s me is because myself and one other guy were the only ones actually walking forward in this shot. There was a lady standing near the opening, but she was sideways.

In fact, my arrow is right over her head. Whoops! Sorry, but this was my one moment in frame on Serenity, so I gotta make the best of it!

I must admit…I had a lot of fun on this shoot. It wasn’t spectacularly fun or intense or anything like that, but even almost three years later, I’m remembering it as a nice, long-but-easy shoot.

Since then, I’ve worked with the same A.D. on G-Force, but due to the nature of the shoot, I think I only saw him three times and that was mostly during lunch!

It’s not the best shot of me, but it really is me back there. Not too shabby considering I doubted getting any screen time at all except maybe this scene and lo and behold, there I am!

I’ve got a sizable stack of DVDs to go through in order to grab screen captures of myself in frame. Of a stack of twenty, I may only come up with five or so shows in which I actually appeared in frame. This time, I had a stack of about twelve and I came up with four. Not too bad.

Although, for the amount of running around I did on Carnivale, I really thought I’d get so much as a split second in frame, but I got a whole lot of nothing. However the day I was a prop magnet, I managed to make it in frame several times. The problem was mostly that in the various angles, I was blocked by other things. Oh well. At least I got this one:

As I get the rest ready, I’ll post ‘em.

In the mean time, I’ve heard from a few people that I made it into a commercial for Raising The Bar. I have yet to see it, but that’d be awesome. Kind of like when my car made it into the trailer for Anchorman.

Last year, Lisa got me hooked on Torchwood. It quickly became my favorite show on television. Since we missed the Torchwood panel at last year’s Comic Con, one of our top priorities was to make sure we attended the panel this year.

I want to apologize for the blurriness of some of these pictures. I tried, really I did, to get good photos. These are the best of the bunch.

John Barrowman, Gareth David-Lloyd and Naoko Mori

John “don’t turn off my microphone” Barrowman. For some reason the sound guy kept turning off John’s microphone during the panel. John was not amused. Not that I can blame him.

The beautiful Naoko Mori. Not only is the woman smart, sexy and funny, but she’s got a stunningly beautiful voice too. One of the highlights of the panel was when she and John did a duet from Miss Saigon. “Solo Saxophone”. All I can say is wow, I wish I’d seen them perform that together several years ago when they actually performed together in Miss Saigon.

Sweet, sweet Gareth David-Lloyd. We are completely and utterly smitten. More on our infatuation in a little bit.

The panel was on Thursday. On Friday as we walked around the vendor floor, we learned that John and Gareth were signing at a booth. Of course, Lisa and I booked it over to the booth, only to stand a few feet away and look in awe at Mr. Barrowman. Gareth wasn’t there at the time. We snapped these photos. The man sitting next to John is his father.

About an hour or so later, Lisa and I stopped by the table. John was gone, but Gareth was there. Lisa and I were on our way to a panel, so we didn’t have a lot of time, but we did take a moment to tell Gareth how much we enjoy him on Torchwood and that we’re big fans. Yes, lame conversation, we know. He was gracious and nice, and joked with me about the collection of Doctor Who toys I was carrying at the time, including a very large box with a TARDIS in it, that I’d purchased for my son. He teased me and I reciprocated, that the toys were for me to play with and that buying them for my son was only an excuse. He called it right. Then Lisa and I left Gareth and began walking to the panel.

But for the rest of the night we couldn’t stop talking about Gareth. Lisa and I have met a ton of celebs over the years. I used to work in the entertainment industry but retired when my son was born. Lisa’s worked in the industry for more than ten years. So we’ve met more than our fair share. Yet Gareth had managed to put the whammy on us. Yes, we’d moved into awestruck territory.

The next day we returned to the convention, our BFF Wendy with us. We got Wendy hooked on Torchwood in June and we shared our Gareth infatuation with her. We were incredibly thankful when we showed up at the booth and Gareth was there again. John was gone for the weekend, but Gareth would be there until the end.

And so were we. Enamored the whole time. We’d spend some time walking around the vendor floor, but we always made our way back to Gareth. It was like he was our center of gravity and we couldn’t get too far away. I hope we didn’t come across completely pathetic, although we probably did. But Gareth was always…Gareth. Nice, fun, and he always had a look in his eye, a spark, something, like he knew something we didn’t.

Love that smile. We couldn’t even sneak up on him. He seemed to know we were there, whichever direction we walked up to him from.

It’s really unfortunate that this photo came out so blurry.

Our BFF Wendy enjoying her time with Gareth.

Probably our favorite picture, and moment, from Comic Con. Honestly, can you blame us?

So that wraps up Comic Con 2008 for us. This goes on record as easily being our best year yet. We’re already looking forward to 2009 and a whole new set of adventures.

More random photos from Comic Con.

John Cho and Kal Penn being interviewed about Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay.

Comic book legend Stan Lee, who was hi-lar-i-ous. I’m going to make it a point to go to his panels in the future.

The original Incredible Hulk, Lou Ferrigno, is still looking mighty good, don’t you think?

Heroes actor, Milo Ventimiglia signing at the WB booth.

From Star Trek: The Next Generation, Jonathan Frakes, from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Avery Brooks, and from Star Trek: Voyager, Robert Picardo.

We have one big Comic Con left post to make, all about our fan-damn-tastic Torchwood experience, so keep checking back. We’ll be posting it sometime this week.

Want to win some stuff from Hollywood and Comic Con? In our new contest, we’re giving away various Hollywood and Comic Con related goodies. Head on over to our contest page to enter.

Congratulations to Mistie Maskil, who won a big box of goodies we picked up at Comic Con. Email us with your street address so we can get the package off to you!