Christmas Specials

On one Friday in December the TV gave to me
A Christmas Episode of The Vicar of Dibley!

I wish this TV show ran longer. 

Love Actually Count: Who knows.....we're seeking medical attention. 

So It Begins

First Christmas Movie Watched: 

Although this movie is pretty good, (except for some sections of awful dialogue) and Jack Black CAN actually act, we still had to insert nanny jokes whenever Jude Law was on screen and question why Cameron Diaz wore nothing but white. Kate Winslet, of course, was terrific. 

Disclaimer: We actually watched Love Actually on Thanksgiving. However, Love Actually does not actually count because as of November 24 it has taken up permanent residence in our DVD player and will not come out until mid-January. It is not a Christmas movie, it is THE Christmas movie. 

30 Days Of Halloween

*MANDATORY FOR HALLOWEEN.
American Horror Story
First Season was stunning. 
Second Season- Holy Shit-Run. Cry. Scream. Wet yourself. Hide. Cry some more. 

--Just a few of the images we've recorded, and you can see it isn't...it isn't what we thought. There's been no war here, and no terraforming event. The environment is stable.
But the minds of the writers are not. 

* You will sleep with the lights on. You will want to watch Disney Movies or Winnie the Pooh episodes after this. You will be terrified. 

Days Until Halloween: 7

30 Days Of Halloween

Praise for The Walking Dead Season III from Burgermouth

"All of last season's budget went to this season"

"Rick finally becomes a badass in this season."

New & Improved Rick

Praise from Rachel T 

"At least they're finally off of that fucking farm." 

 "Daryl Dixon is even sexy with a necklace full of zombie ears."  

BOONDOCK SAINTS!!!! 

The Walking Dead. Catch it on Sunday's. 

 Days Until Halloween: 10

30 Days of Halloween

Our Festive Frightful Happy Homey Halloween Beer

It's Pumpkin Flavored!!

Movie Watched: 

AMUCK AMUCK AMUCK AMUCK

Who names their kid Thackery Binx????

Days Until Halloween: 16

30 Days of Halloween

Jack-'o-lantern ,Jack-'o-lantern
You are such a funny sight
As you sit there in the window
Looking out at the night
You were once a little pumpkin
Growing on a sturdy vine
Now you are a Jack-'o-lantern
See the candle light shine!

Days Until Halloween: 17

30 Days Of Halloween

Round about the cauldron go;
In the poison'd entrails throw.
Toad that under cold stone
Days and nights has thirty-one
Swelter'd venom sleeping got,
Boil thou first in the charmed pot!

Three Cauldrons for three Roommates

Days Until Halloween: 18

30 Days Of Halloween

The second best ride at Disney World: The Haunted Mansion 
The first, obviously being Pirates of the Caribbean. 

Days Until Halloween: 22

30 Days of Halloween

Movie of the Day: 

Rachel: I love Fran Kranz
Melissa: You say his last name different every time. 
Rachel: Kronz...Krins...Kreenz...It's because I don't know how to say it. 
Burger Mouth: Fran Crayons
Rachel: Like crayons?
Burger Mouth: Yes. 
Rachel: There's no way it's Crayons
Burger Mouth: I'm pretty sure it is
Melissa: Crayons. It's Crayons.
Burger Mouth: Or maybe it's Fraaaaaaaahz Khaaaaaanz. 'Cause it's German
Rachel: THAT'S EVEN WORSE!
Melissa: Now you can never be in love!

Rachel: How do they get the monsters back in the boxes?

Burger Mouth: They have the interns do it! That's why THE CLEAN UP IS SO MESSY!!!!!!!!!!!

Days Until Halloween: 23

30 Days of Halloween

Sunday Funnies from Years Past.

Days Until Halloween: 25

30 Days Of Halloween

Things that our house is lacking that we need before Halloween:

A couple of pumpkins to carve & eat

A cauldron to keep candy in

Days Until Halloween: 28

30 Days of Halloween

Although Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark are advertised as 'Ages 9 and Up' the illustrations are so twisted and disturbing that they are prone to giving grown men night terrors. Paired with these bone chilling hair raising stories, the Scary Stories trilogy is a MUST for Halloween times.

       

Days Till Halloween: 29

30 Days Of Halloween

Let's Kick things off shall we....

Meet Mr. Bojangles, our newest family member. Mr. Bojangles enjoys terrifying roguish cutthroats on the lookout for buried treasure, dancing to bongo's in New Orleans, and watching the Hallmark channel. 

He's a tad sassy. 

Here is one of Mr. Bojangles favorite songs, he hopes you enjoy.

Die Die We All Pass Away

Scary Movie of the Day: Are You Afraid of the Dark
Alternative Titles: In-Which-Rachel-Turns-All-The-Lights-On-In-The-House
Lessons Learned: 1. Faeries don't always do good things like grant wishes
2. LISTEN TO YOUR CHILDREN! THEY ARE TELLING THE TRUTH!!!!!!!!!!!

Burgermouth: WHAT HAPPENED?
Rachel: They cut up all of Katie Holm's clothes!!
Burgermouth: Obviously faeries are a fan of fringe fashion. 

Days Until Halloween: 30

Quadriforce Confession

The read and green leaves are my favorite because they remind me of Neverland.

Browncoats & A Free House Elf

When Melissa came home on a fading summers day and dropped this flyer on the couch, I knew we had to attend. 

Seattle may be the nerdiest city I've ever lived in. They have a Firefly themed Cafe. (Which I would frequent daily if I didn't live 25 minutes away.) The Wayward Coffeehouse is a fairly large organic and fair trade coffeehouse that sits on the corner of 64th & Roosevelt Way NE. (Hem...not trying to get you to go or anything...hem.) 

Their mantra is 

 'Home of the Seattle Browncoats and coffee haven for sci-fi geeks of ANY fandom. ...it's better than a plan...'

We only spent a short time there (And by short I mean 30 minutes hanging out and then we watched Serenity with other Browncoats...and we only meant to stay for part of the movie...damn it Joss!) but it's a comfortable and safe environment where geeking out is not only acceptable but encouraged. 

We played a round of Geek Bingo in which Melissa won a beautiful hand drawn picture of the Firefly cast and she graciously gave Spencer and myself buttons. (His says Capt' Tightpants and mine says Whedon Fillion 2012.) Oh yea...and they had cookies 

In honor of Neil Armstrong, who died that day. Keep fly'n Neil, keep fly'n.

Doctor Who is coming back in September, so Melissa chose the alien.

I wish I could say this was the end of our nerdtastic night, but Harry Potter and the Curse of the Deathly Hallows Part 1 was playing outdoors so we jacketed up, sat in the grass, and wept shamefully as Dobby gave his life to save his friends. 

"How many sad nerdy things can we cram into one night?" Melissa asked as I whimpered "First Wash...now this..."

"We could always watch the Doctor's regeneration..." Spencer mused. 

Russell Brand Wednesday

                    We shall have a magnificent garden party and you're not invited.

I Listen To Crappy Music

I do. I admit it. I listen to some pretty bad junk that society and the Top 40 stations blast at me every hour. And I've been ashamed of one artist-up until now, when I realized I DON'T GIVE A FLYING FUCK!


Me, a 7th grader living in bum-diggidy nowhere Chicago suburb-land, going to a middle school that was on a gang line. In a school that was a breeding ground for new gang members (Kings or Cobra's), Bratz attired chola's, and the occasional super Pep-Prep Preppy cheerleader type, I, a tomboy skater girl chick, could not relate musically to any of the male artists (Although I loved Linkin Park) and didn't care for songs about Bitches And Hoes. (Eminem humbly excluded. I love him. So much...)


Avril Lavigne became popular when I was in middle school.
Yea. 
I know.
She's from Canada. 


I own every album. 
(I try not to judge me, but sometimes it' hard.) 


I would love to write music BUT I am unable to hear tunes-I have words. Tons of words-ALL THE WORDS-but no melodies. 
What she wrote about- writes about- is what I scribble down in secret poetry notebooks that will never see the light of day. 


I'm not saying I would pay money to see her in concert.
That's to far-even for me, but somehow she freakishly seems to channel how my life has been going. So I'm listing my 4 top album favorites.


And the best things is-You can't judge me! Ever seen an episode of Jersey Shore, or Real Housewives, or willingly went to see a Twilight Movie? (NONE OF WHICH, I am proud to say, I Have EVER Done.) Yea. 
And Ian McKellen is a Avril Lavigne fan. So HA!


Anything But Ordinary, Let Go (2002) - This song is me. While listening to this song, I always see myself walking the opposite way on train tracks while hoards of people walk past me. I am the only one going the wrong direction. This is my favorite Avril Lavigne song, and one of my favorite songs. Still, I wish to be, anything but ordinary. Sometimes I get so weird, I even freak myself out...


Nobody's Home, Under My Skin (2004) - I was a little fucked up the first two years of high school. And that is how I felt. Lost. Lost. Lost. Everyday. I still feel lost, but now I know that's part of me, and I use it to my advantage.  Be strong, be strong now...Don't know where she belongs. 


Runaway, The Best Damn Thing (2007) - Senior in high school. Ready to leave and start college in the enchanting place that is Santa Fe, New Mexico. I was afraid of being stuck. Seeing people my age settle and put their dreams aside because they were scared, for boyfriends that never panned out, because they didn't want to leave their family etc. etc. No. Not me. I'm still afraid of being stuck. I just wanna fall and lose myself, laugh so hard it hurts like hell, forget everything and run away!


I Love You, Goodbye Lullaby (2011)- I hate mushy songs. But if I wrote a love song, this is what it would sound like. You're so beautiful but that's not why I love you. The reason I love you is you being you. Just you. 


♥Rachel


♪You know that I'm a crazy bitch, I do what I want when I feel like it!♫

I LOVE JOSS WHEDON!

My small talk on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, which I started two weeks ago. Please watch and give many opinions.

Memorial Day Message

Happy Memorial Day.
Never Forget.
(To Not Blink)

Don't Blink, Haunted By Evanescence

Bad Date

Melissa: 


Sort of based on a true story? This video was inspired by the fact that I frequently talk with my mouth full in front of friends, and only Rachel can understand me. 


Dedicated to our Russian fans/Brazilian fans! 

Fashion Fantasy

Rachel's Fashion Fantasy
In case my dear reader, you haven't noticed, I am a fashion retard. Of all the things I love most in the world, fashion is near the bottom, if not the bottom. The three things I do love most in the world are Books, Theater/Movies, and Faerie Tales. 
In my later years of high school I attempted to dress like Sydney Bristow, this was a fail for many reasons, which are included but not limited to,  the shortage of cash to buy all those clubbing clothes, not being a size four like Jennifer Garner, and my lack of horse face. 
Right now I'm going through this spell where I attempt to dress like literary characters or choose outfits that are based upon literally, Disney, and TV characters. 
It's fun thus far. 

This and the River Song outfit are basically the same. Because River is the female version of Indiana Jones. Sorry to blow your mind like that, but it's time you knew. 

Maybe I follow WhovianFashion on tumblr...judge me not till ye check out this awesome tumblr site. 

  

Modern Day Disney Gal's. Love it. 

What Weetzie would wear as chosen by Francesca Lea Block

Vanessa Cleveland from Daughters of the Moon. 

Mildred and Maude

Melissa:
Harmony and I developed these characters. They are the oldest living lesbians. And I mean ooooooooold.

A Day In The Life

Rachel's Easter Sunday!


9 a.m. Arise like Christ


9:30 a.m. Breakfast & Read Gambit comics. (Marvel Comics Gambit: Sinister Redemption Sep Issue 1 - Dec Issue 4 1997) Gambit goes to Rome and hates it. If Gambit hates Rome, Rome never stood a chance. Jesus never went there either, because he knew better. 


10:30 a.m. Post Secret & Jump Rope to Alias Soundtrack 
                                        (Don't hate just listen: Badenweiler, Alias Season 1 Soundtrack) 


11:30 a.m. Running/Jogging from Union St. to the Washington Park Arboretum, then through it. Pause only ten minutes or so to climb a tree....or two..... then continue on the run. Take a wrong turn and end up running by Lake Washington. The breeze is nice. 


1:30 p.m. Sit out in the sun and read graphic novel Theater Hopper:Year Three.


3:25 p.m. Started the last two episodes of Full Metal Alchemist.


4: 25 p.m. Finished Full Metal Alchemist. SO MANY TEARS SO MANY FEELINGS!!! T_T


4:30 p.m. Read Northanger Abbey outside in the sun. 


7: 00 p.m. Watched a traditional Easter movie with the roomies, The Life of Brian.


 All in all, good day I say, good day. 


P.S. For those of you who are wondering, I have been out in the sun almost all day and am still as pale as Lestat. 

Harmony's Literate Moment

So once upon a time there were these kids and they're on an island with a conch shell and this loser named Piggy. And ya know I really think Gone With The Wind is a truly remarkable tale.

Very Maggie Smith

Melissa:


Harmony and I love Very Mary Kate, the fake biography of Mary Kate Olsen. 
Rachel loves Maggie Smith. 
Katie, Rachel and I love Downtown Abbey.
All four of us love England. 
This video is made and performed by the Very Mary Kate people and it's so perfect it gives me a Clint Eastwood. Just watch it! 

Book Club

Melissa: 


For a while we tried to have a real book club. We read My Booky Wook, Kathy Griffin's Autobiography, and Secret Diary of a London Call Girl. But in the end, this is pretty much what the book club came down to. 

This Rant Does Not Represent The Views Of The Quadriforce, Just Me

I understand now. What it's about. I had a revelation in the shower. This flash of genius struck me so hard and fast that I almost blacked out. I admit, I let out a guffaw, a chuckle, a crow even when I realized- it was like a great weight had been lifted from my shoulders. It was like I was being led out of Egypt to the promised land. (To soon...?)


I don't believe in Christians. 


I can hear you laugh, people of the earth, but I'm pretty sure the universe understands me. Think about it. If  these CHRISTians were really following Christ and his teachings, there would only be one church united under Jesus.


BUT-


Since all these so called Christians are constantly at war with each other, proclaiming their church or branch to be the 'right one'  they are obviously not following Christ as they claim. So they can't be real.


(I'm not saying Jesus didn't exist. I whole heartily believe that he walked the earth, barefoot, floppy curly hair bouncing as he strolled, with a sparkle in his dark eyes and a jovial tune coming from his lips. )


Society agrees on Santa Claus and he doesn't exist. (Or does he....?) He is a jolly man who flies in a sleigh and delivers presents via chimney. He's addicted to cookies and wears a red suit lined with white fur. I believe in Santa Claus more than Christians because Santa Claus knows what he stands for.


Christians don't exist, just like the devil, Hayden Christensen, and woman's rights. All those things are just stories made up by adults and politicians to scare us. 


The world makes more sense now, doesn't it? 

♥ Rachel 

Safety

Melissa: 
I cannot tell you how awesome it is that I don't have to search youtube high and low for our videos. I just type in the Quadriforce and there we are! Along with some dude talking about Zelda.


Here's our latest video. A sneak of what it's like living with the Quad.


Also check out our twitter.


Also our Youtube Page


Also our Facebook!


And as always, I wanna thank our fans in Russia for watching!

Dear Fake Irish Guy

Dear Fake Irish Guy,

Fuck you. Just because you're super smexy, a mix between my 15-year-old-crush-Steve-Maxwell and Alexander Skarsgard does not mean that you can charm your way into the Quad's hearts. 

I know you were super wasted claiming it was your B-day but how old were you? 24? 26? Did you honestly think we were going to buy you a drink?You said you were born in '84 then '86. The Quadriforce would have been forgiving because you were cute but COME. ON. 


You can't fool the Quad. We've traveled the world baby, there and back again. We've been to Dublin. We've partied in Dublin. Hell, we were hungover like true Irishmen in Dublin. So don't say you're from Dublin and then proceed to tell us that Dubliners don't pronounce 'three' like 'tree'. Your fake accent SUCKED. 


Your fake accent was so bad it made me wish that I was back in Rome. Yea. That bad.  


That's why, Fake Irish Guy, we tried to steal your jacket. We would have gotten away with it too if you hadn't sent your British friend to find it for you. I saw the scared-deer-in-the-headlights look you were giving our male friend. You know what a real Irishman would have done? STARTED A FUCKING FIGHT!!!!!!!! But you, Fake Irish Guy, ran away in fear. Which means you're probably pussyshit from the O.C. or some awful place like that where real men don't exist. 


Also, trying to pawn off a German beer as a Irish beer? HAVE YOU NO SHAME FAKE IRISH MAN?!!! It's bad enough that we all know Seattle barely ever carries any beer stronger than water but also Melissa will own your ass when it comes to beer. (And the Beatles.) 


(OMG. Beer & Beatles-new Quad cooking/traveling show idea?) 


                 Anyway...


I hope I see you around Seattle, Fake Irish Guy because I will punch you in the face. 
Because I'm half Irish, and that's what we do. 


                 XOXO,
                       Rachel 

Unexpected theme song

So this is what the girls and I talk about first thing in the morning while sitting around in onies.

Because I can't get over this picture

HARMONY IS HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Melissa:

 

So Harmony is here in Seattle, visiting us! We spent yesterday out and about, and today we are filming! 

Tomorrow we are seeing my show. And then Seattle best beware!!! 

QUADRIFORCE!!!

Fashion Finds

Harmony: 

So it's no mystery that I love shopping and fashion in general. I am also not ashamed to find killer deals. Below are some amazing things I have found, all for under $25 :)

Benedict Cucumber-batch Cocktails

Melissa: 
Burger Mouth sent this to me. She's just discovering the glory that is Benedict Cumberbatch's cheekbones. 

BC on the left, next to my beloved David Tennant

This cocktail is actually from our friend Aurora's tumblr, Simply Uncanny! We've yet to try it, but when the summer months come, it's on! 

Benedict Cumberbatch Cocktails

Serves 2

Ingredients:

• 1 cucumber
• 1 lime
• 40 ml Elderflower Cordial
• Sparkling Water
• Sugar
• 2 measures Vodka

Directions: 

1. Top and tail your cucumber. Halve it length-wise and peel it. Using a spoon, remove the pulp and cut it into chunks. 
2. Roll the lime on your countertop to get the juices flowing and cut in half.
3. Blend 1 tbsp sugar, a splash of sparkling water for easy blending, the juice from the lime, and the cucumber chunks in a blender or food processor.
4. Using a sieve, drain the liquid from this concoction into a cocktail shaker. Add your 2 measures of Vodka and shake it like a polaroid picture.
5. Fill your chilled wine glasses half-way with ice. Pour 20 ml of elerflower cordial over the ice.
6. Add sieved concoction to wine glass, stir with spoon. Add one or two of the cucumber peelings for glamorous effect!

Enjoy!

Melissa makes Mac and Cheese

Melissa: 
Like food? Like Mac and Cheese? Like pretending to be healthy? Welcome to my world. In my latest blog post I have a recipe for Mac and Cheese with Cauliflower and Leeks. Enjoy it! 


Don't Feed the Actor: Mac and Cheese with Cauliflower and Leeks

Birthday time!

Melissa: 

Today is Melissa's Brother's Birthday!!! He's 21, and will probably not be drinking because he "has class in the morning." Fuck that shit and drink, kid! You're Asian; I demand you be as red-faced as I was on my birthday! (just don't drink with Welshies, like I did on my birthday. That ended in my tears on the streets of Covent Garden). 

Anyway, I also have a blog post up on my recipe blog: Don't Feed the Actor. What can I say, I like food. And baking, and more food.

Drunk pics of my bro soon to come!

Dear Walking Dead TV Writers

Dear Walking Dead TV Writers,


        I hate zombie times. Zombies times is shit-my-pants times. Zombies times is scary times. I hate zombies so much that if I see someone dressed as a zombie on Halloween I run screaming in the other direction. (You think I'm joking.) Even though zombies scare me, I am hooked on your show.


        That being said...


        ZOMBIE TIMES IS NOT SOAP OPERA TIMES. I thought I signed up to watch a show about humans fighting zombies when really it's like watching As The World Turns or some shit like that. Here are some things I would like to see happen before the end of the season

1.  Do NOT have the pregnant chick make decisions! She's hormonal and doesn't know what she's doing. If anything, have a zombie eat the fetus. 
2.  Stop fucking up Glen's love life. He doesn't have a lot of options in zombie times so a moral compass is not something he needs to gain. 
3. More Boondock Saints guy!!! He made a fucking necklace out of ears, of ears, and then disappeared from the show.
4. Who's the chick that's in shock laying in the bed? Where did she come from and why do we care? 
5. As much as I hate to say it MORE ZOMBIES. MORE ZOMBIE FIGHTS AND DID I MENTION MORE ZOMBIES. 

        Dare I compare your show o Walking Dead TV writers to that of Lost where they fell so high and so hard and fucked everything after the first couple of seasons? You have comic books to follow. Stop trying to put your own creative spin on things and follow the comics. Without the brilliance of those writers you wouldn't have a job. 

        Oh yea, and can we please leave the fucking farm already?!!

XOXO,

        Rachel