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before we start, let me tell you that it took a LONG TIME to put this post together. if no one reads and/or comments, i might cry. ;)

CKR


i think the easiest way to introduce the clueless to the wonder that is callum keith rennie is to retrace my own happy journey of discovery and take you along with me.

i will cut this because it is image-heavy and also because it is likely to contain vague spoilers for bsg, due south, wilby wonderful, hard core logo and last night. but they will be vague, i promise. just a few character details and general plot outlines. if you want to know about ckr but need to stay virginally free of anything resembling a spoiler, let me know and i can try to send you an edited version.




that's just a little something to get us started. i mean... look at him! sigh.

ok, sorry. i'm taking you on my journey and all that, right.


well, the first time i encountered callum (that i know of) was in battlestar galactica. i did not know who he was. callum plays leoben. a cylon (bad guy, for the clueless) with some freaky religious convictions and an obsession with a hotass pilot (and who could blame him?).



he gets beat up by the pilot, spouting his freaky convictions the whole time.



he is bad, there is no doubt. but he is also oddly compelling.



even the hotass pilot thinks so. that was pretty much my entire impression of him at that point.


next was due south. [livejournal.com profile] madmadharri and [livejournal.com profile] hominidj came to visit last summer and harri brought her due south season 3 dvds. and every day i say a little prayer of thanks to the big caribou in the sky that she did. i'll break it down for you:

1. what is due south? a tv show from the 90s that was canceled and reborn many times. it features a mountie from the far north partnering up with a cop to solve crime on the mean streets of chicago. in its 3rd season - after a considerable hiatus - it returned with the same old mountie and a new cop (sort of, long story), played by our boy, callum keith rennie.

2. why do i care? well. the show is great in an off-beat humor kind of way. it's canadian. the mountie (played by paul gross) is very attractive:



and he is partnered with ckr. now, ckr in battlestar is weathered and full of character and handsome (imo). ckr in due south is much younger, shinier and just beautiful. observe:







3. why else should i care? because! the show is slashy with a capital SLASH. i mean, look at the two of them! and the show makes it abundantly clear that they are soinlove. and mfeo and all that. if you don't mind being spoiled for an episode, check out this clip. it doesn't get much slashier than that. well. without being overtly gay.

so, having pointed out the pretty, now i would like to point out another great thing about callum. he is a tremendous actor. even with only two sources so far, i was figuring that out at this point. in due south he plays ray kowalski. ray is jumpy, cranky and hyper-kinetic. he speaks in his own special vernacular. he can't see well enough to shoot without his (thick and ugly) glasses which he never wears. he is a little sad when we meet him, a little beaten-down by life. but he just keeps trying. he keeps doing the best that he can and that makes him intensely lovable. basically, a 180 from the only role i'd seen before - leoben. and, just look at his face and his range of emotion as ray:








at this point in our journey, i was already caught - hook line and sinker. but you may need more convincing. so we'll continue.


next, i netflixed wilby wonderful, a movie i'd heard people talk about for a long time and had recently discovered featured callum. and i fell in love. with the movie and with callum. like, before it had maybe been a crush, an infatuation. now it was love. in ww, ckr plays duck macdonald. duck is quiet, introverted. he's a handyman on the island of wilby, where he - and most of the other inhabitants - grew up. and he moves through this movie full of people dealing with their troubles like an angel, making things a little better wherever he goes. but there's something he wants too. and it's great. i dare you to watch this movie and not fall in love with duck. and then, by extension, callum. the role is once again completely different from the others i'd seen him in. but, watching him, you forget that he was ever anything else. he is both captivating and convincing. here is callum as duck:









he's older here, of course. not as skinny as he was as ray. but personally, i think the years have treated him very well. i love the lines in his face. i don't think he could be half as expressive and convincing as he is without a face that showed time and experience.


but. lest i forget that he was pretty pretty pretty when he was young, the next movie of his i watched was hard core logo. i was conflicted after i first watched it. it was kind of harsh and hard to watch (though when i later watched it with friends, it seemed much more darkly humorous). and it seems to suffer from a conflicted identity. it thinks it's a punk mockumentary. but it's a love story. it really is. and callum plays one part of the love story, billy tallent. the other part, joe dick, is played by hugh dillon:



suffice it to say, i think callum is once again brilliant in this role. and here are some shots of the pretty young callum:









ok, now, the other very important thing about hard core logo in relation to the wonder of ckr, is that it is the source of some truly fantastic rps. callum/hugh (hugh dillon, remember? ::points up::). the slashing is inevitable because:

1. their roles in the movie. oh, god, the tortured love!
2. according to noel baker (the screenwriter for the movie, who published his notes in hard core roadshow), the two of them instantly became incredibly close when they met to work on the movie. not only that, but callum toured with hugh's band to prep for the movie. toured with his band. hi, tour bus sex.
3. they are still friends. hugh likes to talk about this. a lot. in interviews, in the commentary for the movie... probably over breakfast and while he pees too.
4. they're just really hot together.


the last film of ckr's that i watched was last night. and really, it's just icing on the cake. i knew i loved him. i knew he would be great. and he did not disappoint. nor did the movie (sandra oh!). AND. there is naked callum butt in this movie.










so that was my callum-loving journey. and it continues. every time he is on bsg (not enough, lately), i squeak with excitement. there are a lot of movies of his i haven't seen. partly because he seems to have so many creepy bad guy roles. what can i say, he does it well. but there is so much he does well. i mean, that's not just infatuation speaking. i think he is an amazing actor and i urge you all to witness that for yourselves.

also, the callum that we see in interviews is pretty adorable. he either is on the shy and quiet side or he plays that off really well. he is a recovering alcoholic. he plays golf. he loves the word process and pronounces it with a hard o - "PROcess." and, holy crap, i can't believe i haven't even mentioned the fact that he's canadian yet. he's canadian!

i give you links to other people's love for callum:

[livejournal.com profile] mrsronweasley enumerates his many fine features. and many more of his fine features.

[livejournal.com profile] brooklinegirl calls upon her friends to show us that callum is aging beautifully.

the due south blooper reel for seasons 3 and 4 (ckr's seasons). much cuteness. and... gay.

and, in closing, more callum:












a note on the images: most came from stormy's media index. the ones from other sources, i didn't document when i originally saved them. if you are the original poster of any of these images and you would like credit, please let me know. i will be happy to give it.


seasoned lovers of ckr, feel free to chime in with you own pics or your own reasons to love him.

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Date: 2007-02-05 08:18 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dorrie6.livejournal.com
This is a beautifully detailed post! I only really know him from Wilby Wonderful, but I have much love for him there, and so I can appreciate your devotion. :)

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Date: 2007-02-05 09:27 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] phineasjones.livejournal.com
thank you! i am only too happy to be spreading the love. ♥

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Date: 2007-02-05 08:44 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] justbreathe80.livejournal.com
Oh, darling, this is WONDERFUL. I wish I had time for more expansive, coherent feedback, but it is lovely and he's just - yeah. YES.

(you should post this to [livejournal.com profile] ckr_daily and/or [livejournal.com profile] ds_noticeboard! people should see!)

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Date: 2007-02-05 09:28 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] phineasjones.livejournal.com
he's just - yeah. YES.

indeed.

yeah, that's a good idea - to post to a community. thanks!

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Date: 2007-02-05 08:50 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mrsronweasley.livejournal.com
All right, all right - I unlocked them. *g* There! I embarrass myself for you and CKR!

This is, aww, what a wonderful way to introduce people to the sheer wonder that is Callum Keith Rennie. I ♥ him so much! And YOU!

Christ, but he is a beautiful, beautiful man. Inside and out.

*SIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGH!*

P.S. Rewatching the buddy breathing scene..

Date: 2007-02-05 08:51 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mrsronweasley.livejournal.com
I never noticed just how MUCH Fraser's touching Ray under water. Holy SHIT. And! SO CUTE! I totally never noticed that Ray DUCKS UNDER WATER in the end, when the electricity burst happens. ♥ ♥ ♥

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Date: 2007-02-05 09:20 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] brightest-blue.livejournal.com
Oh, wow. He had me at BSG, but it's nice to see what else he's been in. Although he was very pretty as a youngster, I do like the current cragginess of his face; it's very appealing!

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Date: 2007-02-05 09:31 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] phineasjones.livejournal.com
i agree! about the cragginess. he looks all rugged. mmmrugged.

<3!

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Date: 2007-02-05 09:48 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] anabelwumpkins.livejournal.com
::applauds:: This is a thing of beauty! Yay, the pretty. And the SO talented. Also, it's such fun to see all of the pictures of the stubble and the fabulous hair in the many forms they've taken in the last decade!

btw, scott and i just recently watched Falling Angels (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0365183/) and, though it's really just about as depressing as you probably suspect, it's still definitely worth seeing. good movie, with great, amazing, wow acting from CKR. :)

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Date: 2007-02-05 10:23 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] phineasjones.livejournal.com
ooh. i really need to see that. i can handle depressing for his sake.

it's such fun to see all of the pictures of the stubble and the fabulous hair

isn't that fun? yeah. i had fun searching through pics, believe me. :)

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Date: 2007-02-05 10:17 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] encomiast.livejournal.com
I've never seen any of what you've written so many words about...except for the old Battlestar series. Is there also someone in this new one named "Starbuck?"

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Date: 2007-02-05 10:27 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] phineasjones.livejournal.com
why, yes! there is a starbuck. in fact, she is the hotass pilot in question.

the new battlestar is nothing like the old battlestar. there is even a video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Kve1oGPjf8) with a song that enumerates the differences.

Why I like Callum Keith Rennie

Date: 2007-02-05 11:35 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] scottxwl.livejournal.com
by scottxwl

While I'm not a hard core ckr fan (oh dear god is there any way out of that sentence without giggles?) I have always been drawn to him as an actor. Even long before I knew who he was, when I was watching the BSG opening credits without having seen the miniseries, I found myself watching him.

His appeal as an actor, to me, is his ability to look totally fucked up in two completely different ways. He can portray a scary dont-want-to-meet-this-guy-in-a-dark-alley darkness, and look like a totally tortured heart on his sleeve artist, at the same time. That is a really fun knife edge to watch him dance on.

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Date: 2007-02-06 04:59 am (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] phineasjones.livejournal.com
yes yes yes!!! i totally agree. he just kind of... exudes complexity of character.

yay. i'm glad your a fan too. (if not hard core. hee.)

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Date: 2007-02-06 12:21 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lovelokest.livejournal.com
Very good post! In in year 6 of my Callum love and it only grows deeper with time *g*.

If it is okay with you, I would like to link this, the buddy breathing clip and the blooper reel from my journal tomorrow

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Date: 2007-02-06 12:26 am (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] phineasjones.livejournal.com
of course it's ok! i'm glad you came by and glad you liked it. also, very happy to know that the love for callum is an enduring one. :)

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Date: 2007-02-06 12:39 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] coloredvision.livejournal.com
I heart CKR, but I am still more of a RayV girl. I need to rewatch the entire series, seriously!

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Date: 2007-02-06 05:01 am (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] phineasjones.livejournal.com
that's ok. you can be a rayv girl and i'll still love you. :) all the more rayk for me! heh.

yes, you definitely need to rewatch. it's calling you!!!! waaaaatch eeeeeeet!

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Date: 2007-02-06 12:40 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] c-regalis.livejournal.com
*HEARTS YOU* ♥ ♥ ♥

I'll probably come back tomorrow to chime in with Callum love and some pictures. But for now?

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Date: 2007-02-06 12:42 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] c-regalis.livejournal.com
Oh, and also! See? (http://c-regalis.livejournal.com/120150.html) Vote, please? Pass along the link? Please? :D?

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Date: 2007-02-06 01:49 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mickeymvt.livejournal.com
Here via your noticeboard announcement.

Callum *sigh* So, so pretty and so talented. If only he'd take more roles like Duck than his penchant for serial killers/baddies.

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Date: 2007-02-06 05:05 am (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] phineasjones.livejournal.com
If only he'd take more roles like Duck than his penchant for serial killers/baddies.

yes. well. can't blame him for making a living and all. i prefer to blame the people who keep casting him in those roles. don't they see what they have? he should be playing the complex heroes, people! and love interests. please. :)

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Date: 2007-02-06 01:50 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] scriggle.livejournal.com
*applauds*

What a lovely ode to Callum.

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Date: 2007-02-06 05:06 am (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] phineasjones.livejournal.com
thank you!

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Date: 2007-02-06 01:50 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] phenyx-tp.livejournal.com
I am so going to steal some of these pics!.

Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful post. As a CKR fan from way back, I really enjoyed sharing your journey. I first fell for Cal the first time he appeared on Due South. (And I was watching the ep the first time it aired in the U.S. - I had a Mountie fetish at the time and CKR just cranked up my obsession with that show.)

I was watching the Battlestar Galactica mini series as it first aired too and when CKR walked on screen I yelled at the television "RAY!!". To be honest, the only time I watch BSG anymore is when I know Callum is going to be in an ep. (even if he's only a wide-eyed corpse lying across a bunk.) Sorry if you're a BSG fan... but they lost me at the alien baby storyline. I'll always come back for Callum though. And I love watching Starbuck beat him up. He does wounded love so well doesn't he?

Last Night deserves a post all its own, because I really wasn't getting that movie. I was totally 'huh?' until a particular scene (and I won't spoil it by telling which one). But it was a CKR scene that suddenly brought the whole thing into focus for me. He is wonderful.



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Date: 2007-02-06 05:08 am (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] phineasjones.livejournal.com
steal away! i stole them all to begin with, anyway. :)

wow, i can only imagine the loveliness of seeing him come strolling into due south... sigh.

i am a bsg fan but i understand watching it for the callum. i just wish there was more callum to see.

yes, he does wounded love so well and everything else he tries, it seems to me. oh, the LOVE.

I'm such a fangirl

Date: 2007-02-06 01:58 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] silver-emerald1.livejournal.com
I saw the first pic in your post and literally went "YUM". A few seconds later i realized what i had just done and cursed Due South for being that good. Loved all the pics you managed to post.

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Date: 2007-02-06 05:09 am (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] phineasjones.livejournal.com
hee! it IS that good. and callum is that good. <3!

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Date: 2007-02-06 02:42 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] blueswan9.livejournal.com
Thanks for sharing your love for CKR with everyone. I really enjoyed your post with all the lovely pictures.

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Date: 2007-02-06 05:09 am (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] phineasjones.livejournal.com
truly, it was my pleasure.

thanks!

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Date: 2007-02-06 02:54 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] oliviatocali.livejournal.com
I hope you don't mind me lurking on this post lol!

Well, my story's boring. Just saw CKR on Due South and it all spiraled out of control from there - j/k, sort of ;)

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Date: 2007-02-06 05:10 am (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] phineasjones.livejournal.com
of course i don't mind! lurking (or, even better, posting) is encouraged.

and there's nothing boring about out of control love for callum. not at all.

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Date: 2007-02-06 03:10 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] engenda.livejournal.com
Excellent post. The man is hotness.

Another good film in which he's hot, and angsty and just breaks my heart is Flower and Garnett. There's this scene and he's looking for something and his head is tilted and you can see the pulse in his neck, just beating away.

It's hard not to like the screen when I see that.

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Date: 2007-02-06 03:10 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] engenda.livejournal.com
Ahhh that should be lick the screen.

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Date: 2007-02-06 03:22 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ruthless1.livejournal.com
rrroowwrr! Thanks for doing such a lovely post. He is just so delicious.

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Date: 2007-02-06 05:12 am (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] phineasjones.livejournal.com
it was my pleasure! and yes, he really is.

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Date: 2007-02-06 04:03 am (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] kristiinthedark.livejournal.com
This is so awesome *I* could cry. I'm sharing it with everyone I know. :D

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Date: 2007-02-06 05:12 am (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] phineasjones.livejournal.com
oh, thank you!

(and i didn't cry, not to worry.) :)

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Date: 2007-02-06 04:25 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] j-s-cavalcante.livejournal.com
Lovely post! Even for the already clued-in. It's never the wrong time to spread the CKR love! :)

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Date: 2007-02-06 05:14 am (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] phineasjones.livejournal.com
It's never the wrong time to spread the CKR love! :)

you speak the truth! now... if only i could get someone to pay me to spend my days doing this.

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Date: 2007-02-06 11:13 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] therentgirls.livejournal.com
Very nicely done. Thanks for sharing.

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Date: 2007-02-06 02:29 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] phineasjones.livejournal.com
the pleasure was all mine. :)

thanks!

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Date: 2007-02-06 12:09 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] laylee.livejournal.com
This really made my day. He's just so beautiful. He's kind to small children and animals, he's best friends with rock stars and Paul Gross (who is a subject all to himself *g*). Sure he does sometimes have questionable taste in roles, but this is the man who gave us Johnny Johannsson, perhaps the most adorable character anywhere in the world! How could you not love him for that??

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Date: 2007-02-06 02:39 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] phineasjones.livejournal.com
indeed, paul gross would be a post (or several) unto himself.

i have not yet seen him as johnny johannsson! woe is me! well, maybe i'll just be glad that there's still plenty more of him out there for me to enjoy. ::happy sigh::

♥!!!

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Date: 2007-02-06 02:23 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] exeterlinden.livejournal.com
GORGEOUS pics and really neat intro - thanks for sharing this!

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Date: 2007-02-06 02:40 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] phineasjones.livejournal.com
thanks! i was only too happy to share the ckr love. <3

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Date: 2007-02-06 03:33 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] neverseenthesky.livejournal.com
Lovely, Lovely Callum :)

Thank you for this, It's wonderful. ♥

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Date: 2007-02-06 03:36 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] phineasjones.livejournal.com
my pleasure! definitely. :)

thanks. <3

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Date: 2007-02-06 09:41 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] c-regalis.livejournal.com
Okay, I just read this again. And... you don't know Johnny Johannson yet? I mean, look at him!

Image

Image

Image

I am kind of jealous, actually. You still have to meet Johnny. *sigh*

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Date: 2007-02-06 10:45 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] phineasjones.livejournal.com
OMG! no fair making me drool in the library!

omg he is the cutest thing in the whole world. really.

crap. brain no work now.

yes, i have a future date with this show, to be sure.

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