Top Ten Fictional Women I Would Date

Top Ten Fictional Women I Would Date

Here is my list of the hottest and most desirable fictional women I would date, if they were real. They come from movies, TV shows, books, and even one from a video game. Yes, a video game. Also, at the end I will say ISWRAIWS, and then something after it. ISWRAIWS stands for If She Was Real And I Was Single, so I will say what would happen between us if she was real and if I was single. Without further ado, the top ten most desirable fictional women:

10. Luna Lovegood – Harry Potter series

Sure, she’s not like the hottest girl at school (Hogwarts), but she possesses many of the characteristics I value in a woman. Luna is soft-spoken, nice, passionate, loving, and down to earth. Sure, she’s odd with her weird radish earings and her beliefs of make-believe creatures, but she also is pretty cute in the movies.

ISWRAIWS, we would go out and we’d be very happy together, but her lack of popularity and her oddities would probably make me break up with her.

9. Beth Cooper – I Love You Beth Cooper

Daredevil. Hottie. The girl everyone wants. Especially the class valedictorian, Dennis Cooverman. Played by Hayden Panettiere, she is without a doubt the hottest senior in high school movies I’ve seen. She’s a little bit bad-ass and her boyfriend in the film is a complete psycho, so I don’t know if she has the best judgment. But yeah, total hottie.

ISWRAIWS, she’d probably reject me for not being a complete psycho. If she somehow didn’t reject me, I’d dump her for being a complete psycho.

8. Bastila Shan – Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic

Yes, she is a video game character. So what? She’s gorgeous with those amazing blue eyes. I also love her British accent. And she’s an insanely talented Jedi. If I got with her and we had kids, our kids would be Jedi. The negatives, however, include the fact she’s a little bossy and too serious.

ISWRAIWS, she’d never go out with me because it’s against the Jedi code. Oh well.




7. Rose Dewitt Bukater – Titanic

Wow, what a babe. British, hot, and has issues with her self-esteem which would make her much more susceptible to well… hem hem. And, when she’s in love with you, she’s willing to do anything for you, including jumping off a lifeboat back onto a sinking ship for you. And oh my gosh, what a body. If you’ve seen Titanic you know what I mean. The downside is I’m probably not rich enough for her, but then again, neither was Jack Dawson. Oh, forgot to mention this VERY important thing. I’m talking about the YOUNG Rose, the one that was on the Titanic. Not the old one that was telling the story. *Shudders*

ISWRAIWS, she would possibly go out with me but be forced to leave me by her mother. Oh well.

6. Claire Bennett – Heroes

Yes, I have Hayden Panettiere on here twice. I can because she’s played more than one character in her life. This time, it’s Claire Bennett from Heroes. Brave, loyal, and honest, Claire is not only a hot babe, but a great friend and girlfriend. She’s passionate, she cares a lot about those she loves, and she’s willing to fight for them. Oh, and there’s the thing where she heals herself. Awesome…

ISWRAIWS, she might go out with me, but we’d fall out of a relationship because she’d have to deal with bad guys like Sylar so much.

5. Penny – The Big Bang Theory

The only girl on this list without a last name, Penny is what’s known as “The girl next door”. Literally. On The Big Bang Theory, she is literally the girl next door to Leonard and Sheldon. Oh, and she even dates Leonard. I mean, if she’s willing to date a nice geek like Leonard, I think she’d be willing to date a nice, not as intelligent but still intelligent, normal guy like me.

ISWRAIWS, we would date for a while, but Leonard would be insanely jealous and do anything to win her back… and I might step aside for him. Might. Depends on what Penny wants.

4. Padme Amidala – Star Wars series

Hard to argue with this. Obviously good-looking, courageous, loyal, strong, and outgoing, Padme Amidala is pretty much the complete package. Stupid Anakin just had to go to the dark side to try to save Padme, only to end up killing her. *Rolls eyes* But man, she is wife material. She’d be the kind of wife to make more money than you, do more work around the house than you, spend more time with the kids than you, and she’d probably be happy with that.

ISWRAIWS, I could never date a former queen/current senator. But if I somehow did, I would marry her. And I would NEVER join the dark side. I would listen to her for advice for everything.

3. Bella Swan – Twilight series

Oh, Bella. Don’t choose Edward. Don’t choose Jacob. Choose me. I’m the guy for you. Bella Swan is, I guess at first appearance, just your average girl, but when you get to know her you find out she is brave, passionate, and oh yeah, she’s actually not average looking (at least not in the books), she’s hot. Sure, she deals with vampires and werewolves, but wouldn’t you rather listen to a girlfriend that talks about vampires and werewolves rather than clothes and gossip? That’s what I thought.

ISWRAIWS, I would be involved in a love square with two other guys. So there’d be Bella, the vampire, the werewolf, and the human (me). I would probably lose out though, since Bella is in to some freaky stuff.

2. Hermione Granger – Harry Potter series

Hermione, Hermione, Hermione. There are no words. Actually, scratch that, there are. And here they are. Hermione Granger is such a catch that Ron and Harry both look like complete idiots for not realizing this until knowing her for 6 years. Well, at least Ron does, as he is the one to end up with her. They hardly even realized she was a girl until the time of the Yule Ball in the Goblet of Fire, when Harry and Ron each needed a date to the ball. But man, she is a great catch. She’s incredibly smart and creative, honest, again passionate, and competitive. It’s almost like JK Rowling took my perfect woman and wrote her into the Harry Potter series.

ISWRAIWS, it would depend on if she is with Ron or not. If she is, I would be her good friend, like Harry is. If she isn’t, then I’d date her and make her my witch wife.

1. Rachel Berry – Glee

Ok, now whose idea was it to create a character based on my girlfriend on the show Glee? Seriously. Oh, yeah, the creators of the show, duh. Besides the fact that Rachel Berry bears a slight resemblance to my girlfriend and is extremely gorgeous, she is also soft-spoken, small but with a big heart, honest and good-natured just like her too. The only difference is that she has a slightly better singing voice than my girlfriend. Just slightly. *Winks* The fact that she’s not that popular makes her more obtainable, and to me, more desirable. And the fact that she is hotter than the actress that plays her (yeah, figure that one out) boggles my mind.

ISWRAIWS, I would join Glee club with her and date her. I’d go to the same college as her, we’d get married, have a bunch of singing babies, and live happily ever after. The end.

My Top Ten Favorite PC Games Ever

My top ten favorite PC Games Ever

Here is another one of my Top Ten’s. This top ten list is my favorite games I have ever played on a computer. I put many, MANY, hours into these games, and somehow, despite the fact some of them are almost a decade old, they never seem to get old with me. These games are games you must install and play with a disc, so no Solitaire or Hearts. Also, I grouped sequels and expansions together. And, from 10^th to 1^st, in order, here they are:

10. Quantum of Solace

My newest game on this list, Quantum of Solace is, in my opinion, the best James Bond video game since Goldeneye. Granted, I haven’t actually put a lot of time into this game, but the few times I have I really enjoyed it. The graphics are amazing. The game can get a little too difficult at times, and I wish there were more gadgets to use like in Goldeneye, but it’s one of the best recent shooters (past three years) I’ve played.

9. Age of Empires Series (Age of Empires, Age of Empires II, and Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings)

I haven’t played these games in about five years, but man, what a great series of games. The idea for these games is that you build a civilization buy collecting certain resources, then build up an army, and attack the other players. What I really loved about this game was how the Campaigns were based on history. Some of the Campaigns included historic figures like Attila the Hun, Joan of Arc, and Eric the Red. I learned so much history in this game, and this is one of the few video games I have ever played that I not only enjoyed playing, but learned a lot from. I miss this game.

8. NFL Fever 2000

Speaking of games I haven’t played in a while, NFL Fever 2000 is something I have not played in at least 6 or 7 years. The graphics of this game look horrid in comparison to today’s football games, but back then they were pretty good. I remember using the old joystick my family used to have to play PC games and the controls with the joystick were amazing. Not only one of my favorite football video games ever, but one of my favorite sports video games ever.

7. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone

This is another old game on this list, but just recently I beat it for the second time. When I first got it, I would always get stuck on the part where you have to sneak past Filch at night. However, just a few years ago, I decided to give it another try and I finally beat it for the first time. And this game follows the book pretty well. But it includes missions (like Harry getting fire seeds for Hagrid) that weren’t in the book or movie. However, to this day it is still installed on my computer and I still love playing it.

6. The Backyard Sports series (Backyard Baseball, Backyard Football, Backyard Soccer, Backyard Basketball)

These series of games were based on these young kids that you could control and play sports with. What made the games even greater was when they decided to include famous athletes as kids in the games. I loved having Alex Rodriguez, Barry Bonds, and Ken Griffey Jr. on my baseball team as kids. I put most of my time into the football and baseball games, but I still liked the basketball and soccer ones too. My favorite Backyard Sports kid was Pablo Sanchez, just because of how freaking good he was at everything. I also liked Keisha Smith and Pete Wheeler. And Achmed Khan. Which gets me thinking…. They really included every race in here: White (Pete Wheeler), Black (Jocinda Smith), Asian (Luanne Lui), Arab (Achmed and Amir Khan), Italian (Angela and Tony Delvecchio) and Hispanic (Pablo Sanchez).


5. Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast

One of my favorite Star Wars games ever. In it, you play as Kyle Katarn, a former Jedi Knight. This game takes place after the events of Episode VI and Luke Skywalker and Lando Calrissian are actually in the game, although they are not playable characters. The game has a great storyline and great graphics for its time. This game is also perfectly challenging, not too easy, not too hard. I also love how you get to wield a lightsaber and control it.

4. The Sims series (The Sims, The Sims 2, The Sims 3)

The best selling PC game ever has to earn a spot on my list, doesn’t it? The Sims series is such a great video game series that has endless possibilities. I put most of my time into the Sims 2, but I still may put more time into the Sims 3. I love creating families and controlling them and watching them grow. I also love to furnish houses. This is a great game for creative people. It would be higher up, but the next three games I have put so much time into, they just had to be higher than this game.

3. Dungeon Siege (Dungeon Siege and Dungeon Siege: Legends of Aranna)

One of the best unheard of games in PC game history. Dungeon Siege is an RPG where you control a farmer and make your way through a Middle Earth type setting. Along the way you meet travelers who join you and you later can control and have them fight with you. There is even a decent story to this game. I love how the main character you start out with is completely customizable, to gender, hair and skin color, and clothing. Also, you get to equip your group with different weapons and clothing to make them better in combat. And finally each person gets to be either a melee warrior, an archer, or a magician/wizard. My favorite is the melee warrior. I only tried playing Dungeon Siege 2, but it was totally different and I didn’t like it. But with Dungeon Siege and its expansion, Legends of Aranna, one of the best video games I have ever played. And the music for this game is epic.

2. No One Lives Forever series (No One Lives Forever: The Operative, No One Lives Forever 2: A Spy in H.A.R.M.’s Way, and Contract J.A.C.K.)

One of the best shooters I have ever played, perhaps only behind Halo. In the game, you control a female spy named Cate Archer who works for UNITY as they try to stop the evil organization known as H.A.R.M. (They never revealed what H.A.R.M. stands for). What I love most about the game is the story, which should be made into a movie. This game has been called a cross between James Bond and Austin Powers, and I can see that. It’s set in the 1970s. Some of the missions are a ton of fun. And in the game, Contract J.A.C.K., you control a male… but that’s all I can remember. Contract J.A.C.K. is a shortened game due to budget or something. I wish they had come out with a No One Lives Forever 3, because I would be one of the first in line to get it.

1. Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds (And the Clone Campaigns expansion)

What can I say about this game? This game just simply never gets old. There are so many things you can do, like playing a regular game, campaign, creating a scenario, and playing online. I remember when this game was new I used to play this game on the now defunct zone.com, owned by Microsoft. You would not only be able to play against people, but use your created scenarios with other people and then they would have your scenario which they could then play on their own time. This game is based on the Age of Empires series, only with Star Wars characters and creatures and locales. Truly one of the best Star Wars games ever, and my favorite PC game ever. If I could only play one computer game for the rest of my life, this would be the one I’d choose.

A couple notes about the Mariners and their attendance and what it means for the future

I just wanted to point out a few things about the Mariner’s attendance recently, then explain more about why it is going a certain way, and what this will mean for the future. Anyway, here are my points, and these are clear, cut facts:

- The Mariners set a team record in attendance in 2002 with over 3.5 million fans attending games.
- The Mariners steadily declined until 2007, when they had a slight peak in attendance.
- Attendance has been declining since that small peak in 2007.

So in other words, if you take out 2007, the Mariners’ attendance has been in decline for the past 8 years. As for this year, the Mariners are on pace to continue the trend of declining, and there is a good chance they won’t even get 2 million fans this year. The last time that happened? 1995, the last shortened season in MLB. The last full year to not get 2 million fans? 1992.

So, we’ve established that attendance is in decline. And it’s pretty obvious why: poor management decisions, poor coaching, and poor moves made by the front office, which then have caused poor on-the-field play.

So, what does this mean for the future? Well, if this does not get fixed and attendance does not change, the Mariners will fall into MLB’s “Rock bottom”. MLB’s current rock bottom includes Kansas City, Pittsburgh, and now it appears Cleveland may be there too, and possibly the M’s joining them. The Rays used to be here, but a recent run of success has gotten them out of there. What qualifies a team for rock bottom status is a team, that somewhat recently (in the past 20 or so years) has had success and is now consistently one of the worst teams in the league, year in and year out, due to poor attendance, poor management, high turnover with coaches and G.M.’s, and a low payroll.

If this keeps up, the Mariners will hit rock bottom. Sure, the Mariners have their loyal fans, but so do the Royals, Pirates, and Indians. The Mariners will be forced to cut their payroll, therefore not being able to afford any decent free agents, and will have to try to be successful by from promoting within, much like the Marlins, Rays, and Twins, who all get a majority of their starters from the minor leagues.

And let me tell you, it is hard to get out of rock bottom. You need a stroke of luck to say the least. The Mariners must contend before it’s too late. I do not want them to be one of the laughing stocks of the league (although they might already be). I do not want them to constantly be picked to finish last in the AL West. Let’s hope the Mariners will turn the corner and put together seasons we can remember, like 1995 and 2001.