CSD and It's Victims

I've spoken before about my severe case of CSD or Character Separation Disorder. It's a terrible disorder that effects pop culture junkies everywhere. It is the inability to separate actors from the popular characters that they've played over the years, usually this happens with actors who work in franchise films, or who have been on television.

Here are some of the actors who I have the most severe cases of CSD with:

Joshua Jackson: The Mighty Ducks, D2: The Mighty Ducks, D3: The Mighty Ducks, Dawson's Creek, Fringe

For most people suffering from CSD Josh will always be Pacey Whitter, the lovable screw up. But anyone who's worth their pop culture weight, knows that Pacey was just a teenaged sexually active version of Charlie Conway, captain of The Quack Attack. And his current character, Peter, is just Pacey in a lab, and since Pacey was really just Charlie, without the skates and with a hotter girlfriend, it stands to reason that Peter is Charlie, all grown up and in a lab.

The Entire Cast of Entourage

This applies most strongly to Adrian Grenier, Jeremy Piven and Kevin Connolly, but mostly because Jerry Ferrara and Kevin Dillon haven't done much since taking on Turtle and Drama. I can't be the only person who watched The Devil Wears Prada and thought, "Why is Vinnie following Aquaman with this? It doesn't make any sense for his projected career path." Or when I watched He's Just Not That Into You and I felt so bad for poor E when Scarlett Johansson was treating him like crap (the same way his ex Kristen did!) or well, Piven's a totally different story. Watch Keeping Up With The Steins, where he plays Ari but without the potty mouth. Or PCU where he plays Ari running a frat house. Or...well, I think you get the point.

Nathan Fillion: Firefly, Serenity, Castle, Dr. Horrible's Sing-a-long Blog

Let's be honest, Nathan Fillion is one of those actors who has fully embraced CSD. Castle is just a riff of Captain Malcolm Reynolds, just like Captain Hammer is a perversion of him. Castle even took this to the next level.

Matt Czurchy: Gilmore Girls, The Good Wife

Logan Huntzberger was a slimy, scummy pathetic excuse for a man until Rory Gilmore whipped him into shape. Matt's character on The Good Wife, Cary, is a slimy, scummy excuse for a man, with no Rory in sight to whip him into shape. This is a clear case of the writers even embracing it, when in last week's episode Cary stalled a judge on the phone as Alicia finished preparing a last minute brief, in the exact same way that Logan did when Paris self destructed one night at The Yale Daily News and he and Rory had to save the day.

Aubrey Graham aka Drake. Degrassi: The Next Generation, Huge ass Rapper

OK, so the first time my friends had me listen to "Unstoppable" I was impressed. I'm not a huge rap fan, but I like some of it (Eminem, Jay-Z, Biggie and Outcast) Then someone told me that it was Jimmy from Degrassi. I laughed, and said "yeah right!" Except it is. Personally, I like this better.

Because let's face it. Ash is a bitch. She had a right to her anger, because I mean, hell, if my boyfriend got Manny Santos pregnant, I wouldn't be happy either. (Of course if my boyfriend was Craig, I might forgive him.) But still, I'm just saying long before "Unstoppable" he was rapping about far more important things. Like how Ash should make Craig lunch.

Tomorrow I'll write about actors who have miraculously overcome CSD. Check it out

Top Ten Moms

I haven't done a top ten in a while, and it's mother's day! So, Happy Mother's Day to all Moms. As usual a qualifier, these are my favorite moms, not necessarily the best moms. And they aren't really in any order, just how I thought of them.

10. Kirsten Cohen The OCKirsten wrangles the Cohen Clan with unbelievable ability. She's Supermom, but she isn't perfect (except she really is) she has a drinking problem, and she's a bit of a work-a-holic, but she'd really do anything for her husband Sandy, and her boys Seth and Ryan, and then in the end for her baby daughter. Bonus points: She looks even better next to Julie Cooper, one of the worst moms ever on TV!

9. Esma Cullen The Twilight Saga
Did you really think I'd leave her out? Esme is the foster mother to a brood of teenage vampires, and Bella Swan. She's infinitely patient and compassionate because Stephenie Meyer's version of vampires are amplified versions of their human selves (huh? It makes sense if you read Eclipse) and she was this sweet motherly person apparently. Anyway, she's always up for protecting her "children" and even other peoples, like in Breaking Dawn when she offers to feed Leah and then Leah is a total bitch and refuses to eat vampire food. Yeah, like that. Bonus Points: She's a vampire Grandma...again Breaking Dawn

8. Marie Barone Everybody Loves Raymond
Yes, Marie is overbearing, passive aggressive and manipulative, but its all out of love. This is a mother who loves her family far too much, and also you know is just a little bit nuts. Bonus Points: Food! Marie cooks all the time. All the time. And this is a good thing.

7. Maria VonTrapp The Sound of Music
Maria is another one who just wins the mom contest because she voluntarily becomes a step mom to seven children. She also teaches them how to sing, and makes them play clothes out of curtains. Didn't you always want your mom to do that? Also, when Leisel finds out her boyfreind is a Nazi they sing a lovely little duet where she gives excellent advice. Bonus Points: She apparently has advanced marionette skills. Lei oodle lei oddle lei eeh hoo! (That's a yoddle, if you couldn't tell.)

6/5. Lorelai and Emily Gilmore Gilmore Girls
They share a write up, two very different moms in the same family. Emily is a traditional rich WASP mother, but she really just wants the best for Lorelai which in her mind means, marrying a nice man and wearing Chanel (I never quite got what Lorelai's problem with this definition of happiness was, it sounds fine to me). And Lorelai herself was a fantastic mom to her daughter Rory, and their mother daughter bond is unbelievably important and kind of the point of the show. Bonus Points: They talk fast, really fast, and I talk fast, so I love that.

4/3/2. Juno McGuff/Brenda McGuff/Vanessa Loring Juno
Juno is a little different, she gets her spot for doing what's best for her baby, that is, giving him up, to Vanessa, who wants a baby more than she wants anything, and Brenda, Juno's stepmother (Played by the even more amazing Allison Janney) is the support and bridge between the two other women. Together they bring about one of the most touching mother stories out there. Really, Juno is not expected to be this lovely little movie, and yet that's exactly what it is. Bonus Points: Brenda sews a rubber band into all of Juno's pants so she can still dress like a 16 year old. Vanessa paints the baby's bedroom "cheesecake" and Juno doesn't abort the baby.

1. Irene Nayden: My mom!
Why is my mom number one? Because she's the best mom ever! I love her so much.

Happy mother's day everyone!