Happy Holidays from Strahotski.com!

Rob and I couldn’t be happier with the community that’s built up around the site, and in this time of giving we’d just like to say thank you to all of you who have made this site so successful.

With Chuck on hiatus and the holidays upon us, our post count may slow down a bit over the next week or two, but I’ve compiled a list of things you can do to keep Yvonne close during the holidays.

• Visit the Strahotski Forums — they’re extremely active and it’s a great place to bond with fellow Yvonne fans!
• Get Strahotski Gear — nothing says lovin’ like a “Got Strahovski?” t-shirt. Impress you friends and attract new Yvonne fans!
• Check out the Strahotski Gallery — it doesn’t matter how many times you’ve seen them before, there’s no such thing as too much Yvonne!
• Read Chuck Reviews — I wrote my reviews on each episode, catch up during the offtime! Give us your take in the comments.
• Deck the Halls — with 5 fan wallpapers and 7 official Strahotski wallpapers, you can adorn every computer you find with Ms. Strahovski!

With that much stuff to do, you can always get your Yvonne fix as we wait for the return of Chuck and the other exciting projects that Yvonne has in store.

Lastly, we’d like to wish a special Happy Holidays to Yvonne.

Without her, this community would never have been able to come together. Feel free to leave your Holiday wishes for Yvonne in the comments. Who knows if she’ll read it, but it’s the thought that counts, right?

Reader Tungsten just tipped me off on the forums to an interview with Adam Baldwin and the lovely Yvonne Strahovski.

It’s a great interview that you can read here, but I want to quote this particular part:

Yvonne: Actually getting back to Stra”hot”ski (Yvonne raises this from an earlier conversation)…Zach coined that

Baldwin: He coined that phrase?

Yvonne: He started using it as a website (jokingly)

Baldwin: Isn’t there a hotski.com website?

Yvonne: Strahotski.com

Baldwin: Nice. Have you seen Strahotski.net? Porn (laughs). A little different (cracks up)

Yvonne: There is a Strahovski.net, I think…

I have no words. I think it stands on its own. I might go weep with joy now.

I should point out that Strahotski.net actually redirects to this site.

Since NBC refuses to start re-airing Chuck for us to swoon over, we’re desperately in need of something to pass the time.

We need something to entertain us while making sure we get our Yvonne fix. We fill the void with wallpapers and discussion, but that’s never enough.

So Rob and I have come up with a new game –

Six Degrees of Yvonne Strahovski

Thanks to the University of Virginia, you can play the Kevin Bacon game with any actor (or actress) on the planet.

Being new to Hollywood, you’d think Yvonne would be pretty distantly connected to the movie industry, but UVA’s Oracle seems to disagree. She’s surprisingly well-connected for someone new to the scene.

Here are some base rules:

• It has to be an actor/actress people have heard of. A good rule of thumb is that IMDB should have a picture of the actor at a minimum.
• You have to use her real name – Yvonne Strzechowski. The Oracle doesn’t recognize her current stage name.
• Enter Yvonne’s name first, then the actor you want to connect to her. You can choose movies, TV, or both. We only used movies.
• It has to be the shortest path. You can’t intentionally skirt through 13 movies for the sake of it.
• Post your biggest numbers here and let’s see who can find the longest link to Yvonne!

It may sound silly, but it’s easy getting caught up in this. You can spend hours trying to think of actors that she may only be distantly connected to.

– Play the Game Here –

Right now you only have to get a number greater than 4 to be better than Rob and me. Good luck!

Reader Sus has sent in four fan wallpapers that we’ve posted in the Fan Wallpapers section of the site. The following is just a sampling of 3 of them:

The wallpapers are 1280×960 fullscreen aspect ratio, but I’m sure Windows can make do with them on widescreen as well. The artistic quality of these images is superb.

If you have anything for our fan section, send it along to submissions@strahotski.com.

We’ve added 32 new images to the Headland gallery where you can see Yvonne in one of her earlier roles over in Australia. Previously, we had a couple of montages, but this new group is full of excellent screen captures!

Though I wish I had copies of Headland to take screen captures myself, these came from malz0r over at Aussie Celebs and reader Sarina tipped me off to the pics.

Regardless of the source, though, this group of pics is a great addition to our growing gallery! Seeing Yvonne Strahovski in Chuck is always a treat, but branching out and see her in other projects is sublime.

You can email us at submissions@strahotski.com if you know of any additions you think we should add to the site!