Celebrity crush: Felicia Day

This entry and yesterday's were originally featured as part of one profile.

Name: Felicia Day
Hometown: Huntsville, Ala., according to her Wikipedia entry -- hey, Ye Olde Podcaster used to visit that town quite often!
Best Known For: Day is probably best known for work with Joss Whedon -- starting as a potential Slayer in the final season of Buffy, continuing on through Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog and Dollhouse -- and for her involvement video series. She stars in, writes and produces the online comedy series The Guild, which is based on her own experiences with online role-playing games and has expanded into comic books. Sexiest geek ever?

She's also an active blogger, a singer and a regular Tweeter, and she serves on the board of directors of the International Academy of Web Television. Upcoming work includes Red, a TV production by the channel formerly known as Sci-Fi and based on the fable of Little Red Riding Hood.

Hell, yes, I'd date your avatar...

Humble Beginnings: She starred as Scout in a stage production of To Kill a Mockingbird at age 7 and was accepted to Julliard at age 16 but ended up attending the University of Texas Austin on a full scholarship -- double majoring in mathematics and music performance (violin).

Other appearances include the HBO movie Warm Springs and the film Bring It On Again, TV commercials for Sears and Cheerios, and guest appearances on tons of TV series -- many more than I've listed below.
Why Ye Olde Podcaster Likes Her: She has a great girl-you-wish-lived-next-door quality about her, she's gifted with a dry sense of humor and great comedic timing -- having such an expressive face helps tremendously -- and she's purdy, as they might say in Alabama. Sexiest geek ever? She's gotta be in the top percentile.
Musical works: "Game On" single by The Guild (Amazon | iTunes) * Commentary! The Musical soundtrack (Amazon | iTunes) * "(Do You Wanna Date My) Avatar" (video) by The Guild (Amazon | iTunes) * "(Do You Wanna Date My) Avatar" single by The Guild (Amazon | iTunes) * Dr. Horrible's Video Sing-Along soundtrack (Amazon | iTunes)* "The Guild Theme Song" single by The Guild (Amazon | iTunes) * "A Christmas Raid Carol" single by The Guild (Amazon | iTunes)

TV and Web video credits: Eureka, season 4, episode TBA (Amazon | iTunes) * The Guild, season 4 (Amazon | iTunes) * Dollhouse, season 2 (Amazon | iTunes) * Lie to Me, season 2: "Tractor Man" (Amazon | iTunes) * Three Rivers: "Roll of the Dice" (Amazon | iTunes) * Atom TV, vol. 1 - "The Legend of Neil" (Amazon | iTunes) * My Boys, season 3: "Madder of Degrees" (Amazon | iTunes) * The Guild, season 3 (Amazon | iTunes) * Roommates, season 1 (Amazon | iTunes) * House, season 5: "Not Cancer" (Amazon | iTunes) * Dollhouse, season 1 (Amazon | iTunes) * The Guild, season 2 (Amazon | iTunes) * Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (Amazon | iTunes) * The Guild, season 1 (Amazon | iTunes) * Windfall (Amazon | iTunes) * Love Inc.: "Hello, Larry" (Amazon | iTunes) * Monk, season 4: "Mr. Monk Gets Drunk" (Amazon | iTunes) * Undeclared: "God Visits" (Amazon | iTunes) * Buffy the Vampire Slayer, season 7 (Amazon | iTunes)
Movie credits: Red (Amazon | iTunes) * Prairie Fever (Amazon | iTunes) * Commentary! The Musical (Amazon | iTunes) * Dear Me: A Blogger's Tale (Amazon | iTunes) * Splitting Hairs (Amazon | iTunes) * God's Waiting List (Amazon | iTunes) * Mystery Woman: Vision of a Murder (Amazon | iTunes) * Warm Springs (Amazon | iTunes) * Short Story Time (Amazon | iTunes) * The Mortician's Hobby (Amazon | iTunes) * Bring It on Again (Amazon | iTunes) * Final Sale (Amazon | iTunes) * June (Amazon | iTunes) * Backslide (Amazon | iTunes) * They Shoot Divas, Don't They? (Amazon | iTunes) * House Blend (Amazon | iTunes) * Strings (Amazon | iTunes) * Delusional (Amazon | iTunes)
Video games: Guild Wars 2 (Amazon) * Fallout: New Vegas (Amazon) * Rock of the Dead (Amazon)
Comic books: The Guild trade paperback (Amazon)

(I kid the Alabamans, mostly. Huntsville is home to bona fide rocket scientists.)