Random Thoughts On TV

I'm Back

2007-01-27T18:53:00.000-05:00

Yeah - you read correctly. Yes, i know it took a 7month hiatus but i have my reasons. Good reasons too - none of which i'll share with the internet crowd. u'll just have to take my word for being back, forget the past and move forward.

Over the past few months, we've been introduced to several new shows that i've come to LOVE. Ugly Betty for one is my new absolute favourite show. It's the best. If u're not watching, you really should start now. Another is 30 Rock - it's so hilarious! So hilarious!!! NBC did a great job with this one. Then, there's Friday Night Lights - which i admit, i didn't start watching until recently. Thanks again to NBC for bringing this show to our TVs and posting the entire season to date online. Check out the episodes and tell me if you love the show or not.

Hmm, what else is new. Oh yes - yet another NBC show (Good for them huh. It's about time they joined the game again). Studio 60 with Chandler Bing of Friends' fame. Ok, so not everyone loves this show because it's 50% smart 50% funny and 99.9% sarcastic. But it really is funny and come on - Chandler is in it. With pretty much the same dry humour he's always been known for. You've gotta watch it.

Well, if you don't, i'll be here to tell you what happened in each episode until you decide to turn it on yourself. THEN, i'll keep blogging on the shows anyway. Only difference is you'll hopefully have something to comment on when you read the blog.

Happy New Year all.
K

Bye Bye Joy

2006-06-27T12:52:00.000-04:00

So.. Joy was sent packing last Thursday. I for one am very glad the judges did that. What i'm not so happy about was Jason getting the boot before Ryan. I mean, seriously... Jason is a MUCH better dancer than Ryan. Nigel, what were you looking at? Ugh. Jason, we love you. I hope we get to see you move again soon. All the best from your fans.

Love,
K

Best Dance Week Ever

2006-06-22T12:58:00.000-04:00

I have to say, I really enjoyed all the performances last night. With the exception of Joy's of course. I have to agree with the judges, she is so not ready for this competition. I hope she says bye tonite.

So they kicked off the night with beautiful Travis and not so beautiful Martha with Krumping (if you can call that slow routine krumping). I've said it before, Travis is LOVE. I love this boy which is dangerous for me considering his age still has "teen" in it. I'm 24 so I really should be looking above and not below my age. The boy brought it tonight - making Martha look inexperienced next to him. Loved the performance but i saw it more as hip hop and not quite krumping.

Then they brought out pretty boy Jaymz and his partner Jessica to do the foxtrot. Poor boy was upset about the choice of dance cause they need the votes and the foxtrot isn't as entertaining to the public as say hip hop or latin ballroom. Anyway, they did a good job of balancing out each other. I think Jaymz is a good dancer and hope he goes farther than this week in the competition.

Next out was my boy Ivan and his partner Allison. I kinda like these two together, they have something that helps them dance well together and balance each other out. Not chemistry but something. Kinda like they're siblings or something. Whatever it is, it works well for them. They performed a sweet hip hop routine choreographed by two girls i've never heard of. I love Ivan cause he makes hip hop look easy and i know from experience it isnt. He does sick moves so slickly, people mistake it to be that he doesn't have the energy behind it. That's not it people. He just moves in a "humanly" fashion to the hip hop.

LOL, sorry, I had to go there. What the hell does humanly mean Mia? I mean, everyone dancing is human so all the moves are human. Mia, on behalf of the entire country, i beg of you to please stop describing dances and performances that way. It's annoying as hell and it makes absolutely no sense. Thanks.

Anyway, Ivan did a good job and Allison kept up with him. I hope America sees that and keeps them out of the bottom three. Instead, they should put Joy there. I guess that means Dimitri will be in the bottom three but i'm not worried about him. The boy can dance. Damn did he samba his butt off or what? The judges will keep him on cause he can dance AND he's sexy as hell. Is it just me or is Joy as annoying as hell? I can't wait to say bye to her.... she needs to GO. Who's with me? I'm sure Dimitri won't miss her - they had absolutely no chemistry. And it was the samba.... this dance is supposed to ooze sex appeal.

But you know who conquered this feat? Musa and Natalie. OK, these two must be knocking boots off stage. Everywhere they are, they ooze sex. Its contemporary for crying out loud. Chemistry is recommended but they went 500% past chemistry and burnt the stage w/ their heat when dancing. Natalie looks like a minx and you know Musa looks like he can handle business. I'm sure they're raunchy and dirty when doing the horizontal tango and dancing together. Good for them. It helped them dance oh so well together. Who knew Musa could move that way? I love them together oh so much.

Then after that awesome contemporary routine that spoke words to me and made me call my boyfriend during the break, they sent out Heidi and Ryan to do a pop routine to my favourite Kelly Clarkson song. Ryan really grates my nerves... I can't stand him. I mean joy is annoying but she's still watchable. Ryan really gets on my nerves so i was hoping they'd suck this week and he'd get kicked off. Boy am i glad they did. Heidi looked like she was trying too hard to be pop-y. I sorta liked her before cause i thought she was a good dancer (thanks to the routine she did with Benji during auditions. Killer routine) but after she thanked Mia for her harsh criticism, i decided to like her even more. I still hope they're in the bottom three but only cause i want Ryan sent home. Heidi won't have to worry cause Joy will be the girl to say Au Revoir.

The group i was so gung ho about going home last week but didn't even make the bottom three came on next. And wow, they were so so sooo much better this week. Ben and Ashlee performed the jive and killed it. Yes it was a simple routine with minimum lifts but they killed it. I'm not sure if they'll be in the bottom three this week but if they do, i'm sure they'll be back again next week. How hilarious was Shane's "I'm sorry. I didn't like that!" The guy hates jive and made it obvious to the world. It wasn't nice of him to pin his hatred for the dance on them but his reaction was just funny. I had to bring it up.

Next up was Alexandra and Jason. I'm still not sure how i feel about Alex but I love Jason. He's just so athletic. Remember last week's contemporary performance. WOW. He was amazing. Anyway, this week they performed old school hip hop choreographed by the same girls from earlier. It was funny to watch Alex try to "bounce" the performances the way old school hip hop was. Of course my boy Jason killed it again and i suspect he did it enough for hte two of them. It's not that she didn't do the moves correctly, it's just that she did all technique with no oomph to it. I hope she stays cause i want to see her do something awesome.

To round off the night, my fave couple came on. I love love Donyelle and after last week's booty shaking routine, I've grown to love Benji too. I think he has proven himself as a versatile performer. This week, they were given the Cha Cha to do and I worried about Donyelle pulling it off. Whoo... no need for me to worry cause man, they killed the routine together. With lots of chemistry nonetheless. Not quite the Natalie/Musa range of chemistry but enough to show they understand each other's bodies and enjoy moving each other across the dance floor. Good for them, they will be competing with Travis and Martha from henceforth. Although Martha isn't on the same level as Donyelle to me. But whatever, she dances well with Travis.

I enjoyed watching last night's episode so much. I hope they all bring it every week the way they did last night. I can't wait to see who get's voted off tonite. I say Joy and Ryan should go. Who do you want gone?

On another note, You Tube has been cracking down on copyright infringement so the clips above come courtesy of Rickey. Thanks Rickey.

Stanislav Was Robbed

2006-06-16T16:17:00.000-04:00

I can't believe they voted off Stanislav. And for not being like Artem? That's crazy! We all knew from the start that they weren't alike in any way. I mean, Artem's hot. Stan's not! Artem was sexy. Stan is so not! Artem had a flair about him. Stan... not quite so for him. Most importantly, Artem has stage presence. You want to watch him while he's dancing. Stan was kinda boring during his solos but damn if the boy didn't dance his ass off during that paso doble. Damn it America. WHY did you put him in the bottom three?

Ben and his Charlie Chaplin girl partner should have been in the bottom three instead. THEN, he would have been voted off. It just isnt fair. I'm so upset that he's gone. I thought he was a good dancer. And for all you haters that think Ivan should have been sent home instead... eat sht. You all know Ivan's a great dancer too. I'm glad he got to stay. GO IVAN!! Wow, Stan's gone. Ben better be next or i'll riot.

Erin, I didn't really get to know you so i don't care so much that u're gone. I hope the competition was everything it could be for you. Good luck in life. We might see you again someday. Maybe in a Britney video or something. Ciao

The Dance Off Begins

2006-06-14T20:45:00.000-04:00

Wow, I'm very surprised at how good the swing prince was at hip hop. And not just hip hop, a booty-ass shaking routine by Shane Sparks.... and Shane's routines are hard as hell. Damn. Good job man. Of course Donyelle was awesome but that was expected. Great way to begin this season. I love love Shane and i think he has the cutest smile and laugh. But damn, if i could snatch that hat off his head i would. I want to see what he looks like damn it. Maybe next week.

Another good surprise was Jason's athleticism. I mean, he danced his heart out with the contemporary routine. The girl he was with didn't quite stand out as much but she was able to keep up as best as she could. I guess that's good too. Unlike Ivan (whom I remember from the first audition round and loved) who just couldn't get the salsa thing down. I love love salsa and its hard to see it mucked up that badly. His partner was awesome at it though...i mean, her hips moved so fast i thought she'd hurt herself. I hope Ivan makes it another week and gets to show off his talents next week. Good luck my man.

Ok, the disco twins just didn't cut it for me. Or maybe its just the girl... she was bad. I was agreeing with teh judges until this pair came along. It was NOT a fun routine. i don't want Jaymz to go home cause i think he's cute and all but I think she needs to be off the island. She couldn't handle a disco routine? Come on... disco is the easiest dance to master.

Whoo, that paso doble was awesome. Much better than Nick's last year. I'm so sorry Nick... I still love you and it was great to see you at the start of the show. But this one was so much much better. Stanislav was born to do that dance. I am very impressed. Erin, did a good job following his lead and making him look good. I have to disagree w/ Nigel.. it was a great performance.

Oooh, who is this Dimitri guy. He's kinda cute. Wow, ok, their hip hop routine was a mess. Poor Shane, I'm sure he was upset to see his choreography done so completely badly. I'm not sure what went wrong exactly but it was just wrong. Nigel is right... It didn't feel like hip hop at all. I don't want Dimitri voted off but it was a whole mess. I think Mary is drunk or something cause why else would she think it was a hot routine. WHAT?? So not cool to lie to the public Mary. And the girl wasn't good either although she was admittedly better than Dimitri at the routine.

OK, who's this guy that's in love with Natalie. He needs to get over it. Heidi is an amazing dancer as far as i can remember and he needs to recognize. Well, it looks like they're both good dancers cause their vietnamese waltz was very well done. Ryan wasn't extremely smooth but Heidi did an amazing job as expected making Ryan look good (whom i've decided that i don't like).
Oh, its the girl with the annoying red hat. She's pretty! Why does she keep hiding that fact with that stupid hat. And her partner is Mr. big eyes a.k.a Ben. Oh, they're dancing to flashdance - i love this song. Thanks for bringing it back into my life Fox. Well, you can tell they're good dancers but they didn't have the chemistry needed. Its like they didn't click or something so it seemed a little over-rehearsed and over-causious. Nigel's right - it was juvenile. The sad thing is it looked like they did have the techniques but wow, the routine just didn't flow. I guess we'll see their solos tomorrow.

Travis is love. He makes me so happy. And this chick Martha, whom we don't know cause we weren't introduced to her during auditions, seems nice enough. I loved their routine cause it was just so gosh darn cute. I wanted to eat Travis up. They danced so well together. Loved it! I have to agree - they are the couple to beat. Not only are they both attractive but they both dance very well AND they have great chemistry together. I can't wait to see what they do next week.

I guess that means Natalie and Musa are partners. I'm not sure how that'll go but I suspect they'll be good together. The mambo is a hard dance - I'm scared to see how they do. Yeah, not well. It was like they were dancing to a song that wasnt playing. Natalie was awesome and her hips moved so so well. Musa did better than i thought he would but i think he has a lot of work to do. And they did have great chemistry but mambo is not their thing as a couple. I wish them luck in the voting tomorrow.

Wait, did she say timberland was performing tomorrow? Can't wait... I love him. Cat, please wear something much better and less ugly tomorrow. That dress you have on distracted me half the night and it's just not complementary. So who was your favourite pairing? I'm curious to know so leave a comment.

Summer Season

2006-06-14T16:08:00.000-04:00

So summer is finally here and apart from the long awaited heat to cheer us windy city folks, we also have HBO's Entourage and Fox's So You Think You Can Dance. Ok, so maybe not everyone out there is a fan of SYTYCD like i am but dancing makes life worth it and i will be reviewing the show.

Honestly, the audition episodes sucked hard when compared to last year. I mean, we didn't get to see any "real" dancing and before we knew it, the top 20 were picked. I mean, apart from Travis Wall, Musa and Donyelle (hate that spelling BTW), I'm not sure who i like enough to root for. OK, maybe the prince of swing and his cousin but I doubt he'll be on the show for that long since swing is his only skill.

Nigel, I know people have been giving you crap about being extremely rude this season but I've had your back. Thanks to American Idol, we know rude works and brings in the viewers. Viewers means more ratings. More ratings means another season and Another season mean more dancing. Soooo go ahead with the rudeness. I'm all for it. I can see the big picture. What i don't understand are your editing choices this season. I mean, we fans have not connected with any of the dancers this year which is very important since we fans get to vote on who to keep from week to week. I mean, last season we got to see the dancers in the studio during the second round of auditions. Remember the episode where the girl who "strained her leg muscles" did that crazy stretch dance across the room? Loved seeing that. Also loved seeing the dance offs during dance class. What the hell is going on with you this year? And the repeats? what the F? Those have just been annoying. Argh.

I guess it's too late to complain about missing the auditions this year since the real competition begins tonight. I'm just upset that there are no HOT guys to watch. Yes Musa is cute and Jaymz seems adorable but I was hoping for an Artem or a Blake this year. I guess I'll just have to focus on the dancing.

Entourage

Was it just me or did the hype and non-ending buzz not live up to the premiere episode? I LOVE this show and have from the start. I've been looking so forward to the 3rd season premiere all year and i got more and more excited every time i heard how amazing the premiere was going to be. I have to say, I was very disappointed by the outcome. And it felt like it ended before the episode even began.

So Vince's big issue in this episode was finding a date for the red carpet premiere and he decided on his mom. Cute. The twist here was that she doesn't like to travel which is a problem since she's in NY and he's in L.A. This meant the gang had to figure out a way to change her mind and fast. Hmm... maybe i wasn't as moved as Shauna was (who's hugely pregnant BTW) during Vince's "heartfelt guilt trip" to make her get on the plane but i found that whole storyline boring. Eric ended up inviting his mom and Turtle's mom to the event just so Mrs. Chase would have support when traveling. Once again, cute. I'm still not really moved or interested though.

While this boring issue is being resolved, Turtle and Drama are up to their usual stupidity. They believe Vince's big night is prime time for them to get a whole lotta girls so they give out the 50 tickets they have to girls they think are hot and might sleep with them. Ok, that's typical of them so i wasn't shocked here or there. Of course, once they've given away the last ticket, they meet two sluts who promise to screw their brains out if they give them tickets. Oops, what are they going to do now? They end up taking two from James Woods (who the hell is that guy?) and he's not pleased at all. He even makes a personal trip to their house to get them back.

Meanwhile, thanks to his being fired, Ari is so broke, he bounced a check at his kid's school. How embarrassing. During the only interesting story line in the episode, we find out he's been living off his wife's savings and trust fund. Understandably, she's pissed off about this and demands to know when he'll be earning $$ again. Ari has of course put all his eggs in Vince's basket and prays Aquaman ends up being the blockbuster everyone thinks it will be. Of course it will. Dude, James Cameron directed it. Come on Ari- i thought you were a top agent in LA.

Anyway, the episode got a C+ from me. Is that mean? OK, I'll give it a B -. HBO should thank Jeremy Piven for that upgrade cause it's his story line that bumped them up. I hope the season proves to be better than this.

Finale Weeks In Review

2006-05-21T16:30:00.000-04:00

First, I want to say "Yay me"! I got a promotion at work which means an office with a view, an assistant, more $$ and most importantly, much less primetime TV than before. I guess there's got to be a downside to everything. I actually had to hear about Marissa Cooper's death from rantings in the TV Guide blogs. Granted, I knew she was dying beforehand but i didn't get to see this fateful moment on TV. Damn! I definitely won't miss her next year......i just hope they don't find a La La land way of bringing her back to life.

So anyway, point is I missed a heck of a lot of TV and Tivo can take only so much. I actually had to pick the "most important" shows to Tivo and forced my roommate to unearth the VCR i knew we had somewhere so I can catch up on all recorded shows this weekend. Very hard decision when you have so many faves to pick from and its finale week. What made the list will be quickly "reviewed" today.

Grey's Anatomy
Wow. So Izzie completely lost her mind this week and fired herself from the hospital. I always heard the saying "crazy in love" (Beyonce even sang about it convincingly) but i never really believed it was possible till i watched this 3hr episode. This girl not only lied to her boss about Denny's condition but she made all her "friends" join in the lie which meant they could also be fired. And all for Denny to die during the prom. Damn. Best finale ever. My favourite scenes were the Chief/Intern meetings prompting Meredith to confront the Chief about his affair with her mom, George losing a stare-down contest with him, Cristina crying for the first time on the show, Alex describing his love for football and CrIzzie (crazy and izzie merged together) annoucing she's so beautiful she can have anyone. Loved those scenes. Also loved hearing "the nazi" call them "her suck-ups" cause that's exactly what they are. I can't wait to see what happens next season. And I'm talking about the Izzie story not the stupid "who will she pick" ending they gave us. WHO CARES WHO SHE PICKS? Whatev.

Oh, and I also loved the scene where Alex comforted Izzie after Denny died. That skinny boy sure is strong.

Prison Break
Ok, I didn't love the finale. It didn't live up to the hype & buzz i've been getting from everywhere. Sure our favourite felons escaped the big, evil prison but it wasn't as exciting as i thought it'll be. My heart was beating as normally as it does when i drink tea in the morning. I didn't get any adrenaline pumping moments as I did during the season. The old guy died ... yeah, we were expecting that. The fat guy who didn't make it over the wall broke down and blabbed about who escaped... we were SO expecting that. The crazy guy and wanna-be-black guy were both dumped halfway through the escape... we were definitely expecting that. Wierd T-Bag got his hand cut off and was left behind... ok, I wasn't expecting THAT but i knew they'd find a way to drop his dead weight somewhere. And finally, Dr. McHigh was found dead from a drug overdose in her apt... is she really dead? Doubt it.

Now, the original core group of escapees are on the run, literally, because Abruzzi's escape plane left them behind to fend for themselves. Oh, and stupid McDaft found the president's brothers house and decided to confront him herself w/out any backup. Has she not seen any scary or heightened drama movies before? DUMB. OH, and evil deputy president is now crowned POTUS (you 24 & West Wing fans know that means president of the united states). I guess this means the drama will be back next season while the "fugitives" are being chased from scenes of old prison escape movies. Can't wait.

Veronica Mars
The one show i couldn't wait till this weekend to watch. LOVED the finale. Thanks to the billion VM fans who calculated 1+1 = Beaver crashed the bus and explained their sensible reasons for this answer, I wasn't shocked to find out he did it. I was surprised however that he was psycho. Dude was eager to kill the mayor and every innocent person unfortunate enough to be on the plane with him. My heart stopped during that scene... I was sure Keith was dead. Damn that Shonda Rhimes. Oh wait, wrong show. Damn that Rob Thomas.

And poor Mac! Can you imagine being stuck in a hotel room without your clothes or any other material to cover yourself while kids from your school are partying downstairs? She'll need therapy next year. That is if they bring her back. I loved that Logan saved Ronnie causing them to fall in LoVe again. I hope it lasts this time. At least he's not a murder conspirator (made up term) like Duncan is. Can you believe he hired CW to kill Aaron Echolls? Yes, I'm happy his creepy ass, ugly self is won't be back on the show (god he's ugly. isn't he?) but i'm a little saddened by the fact that Duncan was behind it. It kind of darkens his story line should he ever be written into the show again. Plus, as Giles once said on Buffy, once you taste the power to take one's life, you get addicted to it and it becomes easier to do. Not a good thing.

Now, I have to know..... WHAT IS IN THE SUITCASE? I can't wait to find out. Thank You CW for bringing Veronica Mars back next season. People, please watch this fall so the show stays on AIR. I beg of you!!!

American Idol
OK, I usually don't Tivo this show. If i miss the "singing" episode, i figure i'll just catch up on who sang what during the "results" episode. If I miss that too, well.... there are enough American idol websites to catch me up on what happened. However, after Daughtry was kicked off the island last week, I HAD to know who would be kicked off this week. I mean, I actually picked AI over ANTM. Crazy huh?!? I always assumed he and McPhee would make the final two. Now he's out, I was dying to know who would be out this week. And not just who, why this unfortunate person would be kicked off. I had to hear them sing their hearts out so when the person is kicked off, i can know just how crazy America is for voting him/her off.

Well, after Tuesday's sing off, I was NOT surprised to see the scary looking guy say bye on Wed. See ya Elliot, good luck w/ everything. If the soon to be dead WB didn't rerun ANTM on Tuesdays, I'd be really upset about my stupid Tivo decision. Especially after hearing Joanie didn't win. I have to see why. As much as i loved Danielle on the show, I can't imagine why Joanie didn't win. Actually, I just realized I AM upset because i could have tivo-ed House MD instead.
This week, ALIAS says goodbye for the last time. Series finale people. I'm so sad. I say we all send them off in style tomorrow. Everyone fan has to convince everyone they know to watch so they have top ratings. Desperate Housewives, House and American Idol are the other shows with finales this week. I have to say i'm most curious about DH because previews show Gabrielle saying "Carlos is dead". What?? If that's true, it's out of left field. Who would kill him? and why?

Veronica & Logan's love story

2006-05-07T15:16:00.000-04:00

I just came across this video on You Tube and I just had to share. I love it so much and the song is so soo sad. Thanks Southpaw79 of TWOP for creating and beautifully executing the video.

Guns and Sharks on Mars

2006-05-04T14:54:00.000-04:00

First scene is the courtroom and we see ugly, creepy Aaron echolls lie so hard, his nose grew ten inches. OK, not quite but it seems like it's growing. After that, VM is at school trying to study hard to "ace. ACE!" her finals but Gia, Wallace and Weevil keep bugging her. I love how Weevil is trying so hard to change his ways. The boy really wants to graduate this year and needs Ron's help with algebra but she has no time. instead, she recommends beaver to teach him because Beaver needs help with his car - they can help each other.

Jackie announces she's not going to France yet because her dad is still in a mess and she wants to see more of Wallace before leaving. Right after, maintenance guy Lucky starts shooting up a storm. He was fired and wanted to rant about stuff while calling out to his girl Gia (ew) then almost shoots Jackie when he saw her pull out her phone to call someone. Wallace saves her life by pushing him out of the way but he points his gun at Wallace and I almost start to cry cause i thought it was bye bye for my fave boy on VM. Great news, Lucky had blanks in his gun which means I lost a minute's breath for nothing. However, the security guard didn't know they were blanks and shoots Lucky dead. Wow, it's almost like the first five minutes of Alias... all that action before the credits even begin.

Mayor Woody is on TV talking bulls*&t about how he doesn't know why Lucky started shooting up the school. While watching w/ Veronica, papa Mars says he needs to get his hand on the threatening emails Woody received from Lucky when he was stalking him. They mutually decide that Veronica would download and copy the emails from Woody's server while studying at Gia's home that night. Meanwhile, Logan is reluctantly visiting his dad in jail. Apparently, Aaron wants his son to lie about what he saw on Aaron's sex tapes which Logan so stupidly destroyed earlier this season. But my boy refuses and says hell no, i'm not lying on the stand. Way to go man.

Anyway, Veronica gets a chance to download the emails where we find out what i've known all along. Woody is a pervert and he's been molesting young boys. Woody sees her just as she's downloading the incriminating evidence but being the smarty that she is, she's able to distract him long enough to get everything she needs and promptly leaves soon after. smart gir and Woody is very creepy. AND why is it always so dark in his house? I mean, can't he afford to turn on a light switch once in a while. Anyway, Ron and her dad listen to the clips on the emails she downloaded and the boys' voices keep talking about the "sharks".

The next day, Veronica has to testify on stand against Aaron and it goes badly. The opposing council found out about Veronica's STD from last week and uses the info to embarrass her. Meanwhile, that casino owner we met much earlier this season paid a visit to the judge because he "suddenly remembered" that Terrence cook was with him when the bus crashed so there's no way Terrence caused it. Hmm, what's that about? I thought Terrence owed him $$... why would he lie like that? Side note - Casino guy was also talking about sharks. I guess it's the running theme this week. In school, Mac takes over from Beaver with the Weevil tutoring cause Beaver sucks hard at this job. He can't teach to save his life. Of course, this helps bring those two love birds back together which just annoys Weevil because the boy just wants to learn. Seriously!

After watching the video clip of Woody's house, the Mars family quickly figure out that Lucky left bombs for Woody's family to find. Keith rushes to the Mayor's office and warns him to get his family out of the house ASAP. Anyway, this leads to a verbal showdown. Mayor W realizes that Veronica must have taken his emails last night and threatens Keith to keep quiet about the molestation or he would destroy the Mars. Oh yeah.. threats really scare Keith - the writers should have made Keith laugh at that. Not to far from there, Jackie finds her dad at home and is ecstatic cause that means her "old man is a free man". I was happy for them..... at least until we returned from the commercial break and casino guy shows up at their door. Personal calls from casino owners are always bad. Can you imagine opening your door to see Ed Deline ( James Caan) from NBC's Las Vegas there? A Corleone at your home not good and a scary thought. Well, we find out Terrence has to work for casino dude to make up for what he owes him.

Veronica proves she's a strong woman cause she actually went up to Logan and spoke to him. I swear, after last week's heartbreaking scene, i 'd avoid him like the plague but business is business. She asked him what he knew about Lucky and Woody and he was straightforward for once. I guess he feels bad for hurting her at his prom. He told her about a "semi-baseball thing that happened last summer". Lucky was wearing a catcher's mask while trying to bleach his foot in the locker room. Wierd scene. As this is going on at school, Keith is being badgered on the stand by the prosecution. The lawyer wanted to prove that Veronica lies by announcing several things she's done without her dad's knowledge. Poor Keith, i felt bad for him. The prosecutor riled him up so much, Keith grabbed him by the tie and threatened to break his fingers in front of the courtroom. OOh, that can't be good.

Anyway, good news after this bad scene is... back at home Veronica and Keith brainstorm what the catcher's mask had to do with anything and he remembers Lucky's stalking at woody's house. Remember the video Woody asked Keith to give back? yeah... that one. Veronica watches it closely and realizes not only is Woody's little league team also called "the sharks" but three of the kids once on the team died in the bus crash. Nice. I guess they're really pushing the Woody-caused-the-bus-crash angle.

At Woody's house, the cops find bombs and i guess this scares the mayor enough to leave town. Then we find out Jackie and her dad are back to their original relationship - COLD. After she announces her plan to stay in CA and leave for France during second semester, her dad pooh poohs the idea ASAP and sends her packing. At the cop station, the Mars family give sherriff McStupid proof that Woody has been harrassing kids and he caused the bus crash but he refuses to act on it right away. Instead, sherriff McStupid just smirks and we viewers are transported to Logan's testimony in court. Thankfully, he tells the truth about seeing his dad having sex on the tapes. I gotta say, i like me some Logan

Back at the police station, some woman and her two sons point fingers at Weevil's picture for Thumper's disappearance. Aww, and he just found out he got a B on Algebra so he's definitely graduating. Dude can't get a break anywhere. Meanwhile, as if finals aren't enough of a reminder of the school year's end, Wallace goes all sentimental to Veronica. "It was worth getting taped to a lamppost" were his parting words. He's so sweet. Love him and hate that his heart was about to break. After cleaning out his locker, he stops by to take Jackie out but finds out she left for France already. Sad!

Veronica skips her final to attend Echoll's verdict in court. Oh oh...Me thinks she's going to summer school and then Hearst cause she just missed her last opportunity to win the Kane scholarship. And all for nothing. Aaron was found NOT GUILTY on all counts. Ooh, that hurts. My only question is why? How does he play into this season's mystery anyway? He has to have something to do with the bus crash. That's the only reason i can think of for their bringing him back and setting him free. Ugh, they just need to end his story... Hamlin is so fugly.

Quick Week Recap

2006-05-04T12:08:00.000-04:00

As the past week and a half have proved near impossible to watch and fully recap my fave shows, I figured I'd just point out the highlights and call it a day. BUT I will definitely recap all shows next week. BTW - I didn't know the second part of House MD was shown on Wed so i missed it. If you have a tape of it, please email me. I'll pay for shipping to and from. Merci Beaucoup.

American Idol
I had to start off with the best news of the week. Paris Bennett was voted off the island. If i had time, I'd throw a soiree for everyone and dance on the table Paris Hilton style. Yes... The annoying thing is gone. Now, I'm not sure who i want to go next. All singers that grated my nerves are gone. Just don't let it be Kat McPheever cause i want her to win this thing.

America's Next Top Model
Furonda and her princess tiara are both gone. I'd be sad if i cared or liked her at all... which i don't. I'm not as excited about her departure as i was about Paris' but i'm glad she's gone. Next should be Jade. If it isn't, I'll call Tyra and scream my head off. Still in Thailand, the girls rode elephants and learnt traditional dances. My girl Joanie not only won the challenge this week, she gave the best performance and even inspired Sara to plagiarize her poses. Yay. she'd better win. Danielle was awesome too. I hope she feels better next week.

Prison Break
Wow, Scofield is telling everyone in prison that he plans to break out. Makes me think he has a plan that doesn't include all those morons following him. He even stood up the pope. What the hell? I can't wait to see what happens next week because from the previews, it looks like one of two things happened. Pope decided to help scofield escape or Scofield hurt Pope in order to make his escape. Either way, it's bound to be one hell of an episode.

House M.D.
Omar Epps caught a disease from a patient who ended up dying and i hope this is their way of killing him off. He also exposed Dr. Cameron to the disease because he adamantly wanted her to re-visit the patient's apt to search for a cure. I have to say, Dr. Chase is such a punk. When House asked who would return to the scene of the crime for more diseased materials, he did nothing. Cameron stepped up right away. I dislike him more and more nowadays. His cuteness is evaporating very quickly. I can't believe i missed the second half of the show... I didn't know it was airing the next day. Please email me if you have a tape of this episode. I'll be your BFF if you can share it.

Desperate Housewives
Gabrielle lost her baby. Even though she successfully threatened the baby's father to sign over his kid, the stripper/prostitute mother changed her mind and decided she wanted her daughter. My heart pulled for Gabi when she started crying at the end. Eva better get nominated next year. Karl finally left Edie and she wants to know who he left her for. Susan isn't telling her but is acting like her best friend out of guilt (even though it's not her fault. She thought they'd broken up. Damn that Karl). Bree wants to get closer to her fellow AA friend so she's become his Sex Addicts sponsor. I see interesting scenes and storylines for Bree in the future. Betty Applewhite finally found someone to buy her house but her sane son doesn't want to leave his girlfriend behind. He ends up making his crazy brother "attack" his girlfriend (Bree's daughter) which convinces his mom that they have to do something other than move. I didn't quite get that logic cause won't she want to move for sure after that? anyway, she decides to kill him softly instead. We'll see what happens there. And in the least interesting storyline, Lynette tried to help her boss have sex with his wife by flirting with her over IM messages but it backfired in her face. He's going to fire Tom Scavo instead because he made up a story to stop his wife from getting angry at him and promised he'd fire the person he said flirted online. what? that makes no sense and never ever happens in real life. Cause for a law suit my man.

Grey's Anatomy
Meredith decides to date vet O'Hottie and ends up birthing a horse and sexing him up the first night. She's such a whore i can't stand it. Dr. McDreamy finds out by visiting vet O'Hottie in the middle of the night (cause their dog is sick) and seeing Mer in his shirt with sex hair. Ooh, he gives her the cold shoulder and goes home to sex his own wife. and why is HE upset? Izzie doesn't want her fave patient off life support and her boss, Dr. Bailey started suspecting they have more than just a patient/doctor relationship. This was confirmed when she saw their passionate hug at the end of the episode. I guess Izzie is in trouble next week. Christina realizes she knows almost nothing substantial about her boyfriend. Dr. Burke opens up a lot more to Georgie poo. George on the other hand has moved in with his girlfriend (who lives at at the hospital) and his friend Izzie really wants to know where he's been sleeping. A patient ends up convincing him to move back in with her cause she misses him so much and he decides to do that next week. Yay. Lastly, Alex (the guy i've grown to really dislike) disagrees with McDreamy's wife's surgical decision re: a patient and tells them to sue her. She retaliates by recommending him to be her personal bitch in the prenatal department of the hospital. LOL. Love it! He's going to be an OBGYN. I can't wait to see how that goes.

Oooh, best part of the week. I saw the first ad for So you think you can dance. My show is back biatches. May 25th marks its return. Can't wait.

Crazy Week

2006-04-30T14:22:00.000-04:00

To those who read my blog, i apologize for the lack of recaps last week. In my defense, work was extremely intense which allowed absolutely NO time to watch my shows (*tear*) and share my thoughts. Once again, I have to thank the gods that invented TIVO cause i'll be able to catch up on everything today and blog my brains out tonite. So stay tuned.......

Logan Makes Veronica Cry

2006-04-25T10:21:00.000-04:00

How sad was it to see Ron crying this week? I wanted to send her gifts from Radio shack to cheer her up. Damn LoVe... It can be sooooo heartbreaking.

Also heartbreaking was the beginning. Very first scene of the episode was Veronica finding out she has chlamydia. I had to rewind that to re-hear it because I was as shocked as she was. THen we see her dad saving mayor doubleface from an embarassing PR situation in a cheap motel room with some random slut we've never seen. Apparently she passed out from two much drinking or pills or something. Anyway, he takes her to the hospital so the mayor doesn't have to look bad for bringing in a whore.

In school, Mac is still pissed at Veronica for pimping her out to the principal's wierdo son. Mayor's daughter announces she's being stalked by a non-descript car(read: older car) and needs her help to find out who it is. And Wallace is showering his new girl with love as they make plans for the prom that was just cancelled by wierdo principal. BUT none of this applies to Veronica as she's on a mission. That mission is to find out who Duncan cheated on her with but Logan says he doesn't know that... he does know he's throwing an alternate prom and wants her there. Interesting! Maybe we'll witness some more LoVe action this week. Can't wait.

Ok, as Veronica is all about mysteries, she decides to focus on finding her "friend's" stalker who turns out to be none other than her cute ex-boyfriend deputy sherriff. Apparently, he was hired by Gia's father to be security detail. Hmm, why didn't he tell her? More importantly, why didn't he hire Veronica's dad to FIND the stalker? Wierd. Just another chapter in the Mayor- Woody -is-totally-guilty-of- something storyline. We only have two more episodes to discover what it is. After Veronica's dad tells her to stay away from this mystery cause it is a little dangerous, we find out that the stalker drives a red truck and is none other than the Neptune maintenance guy. Yes, the same one that interrupted Logan and Veronica's SUV makeout session. I guess that's why he was "introduced" to us some weeks ago which convinces me that the Asian teacher from two weeks ago fits into a mystery to be explained before the end of the season.

Meanwhile, Veronica's dad is being blashphemed in the news by Woody. See, the mayor announced that the ex-sherriff (who saved his butt the day before I might add) was seen dropping off some street walker at the hospital. Ooh, he's so shady, any pleasant memory of Woody in 3 men and a baby is completely erased now. So of course her dad calls the reporters to say he wasn't the one with her, he just took her in to the hospital. I mean, it's the truth... why should he be burned for helping someone out. This makes Gia mad at Ron because in rich CA teenage world, what your dad does is your fault. So, like Mac, she stops talking to Veronica.

This makes it hard for Ron to warn her that the Janitor which whom she's chatting with in school later that night is the stalker. Veronica calls her dad who ends up rescuing both of them from him armed with a knife. Keith knows once he hands the Janitor over to the sherriff, he won't be able to find out what's up with him and the Mayor so he handkuffs himself to stalker boy and throws the key down the drain. As Keith and stalker janitor boy bond in jail, all the highschoolers head over to Logan's for their alternate prom. I have to say, Logan cleans up well. The writers should find a reason to put him in a tux at least twice every season. Veronica looks pretty too and Logan not only notices this fact, he breathes hard to calm himself down. Hmm, at this point, i was more convinced there would be an awesome LoVe scene later. I'll come back to that after I end the Keith/Janitor jail scene.

Yeah, while moronic sherriff guy is trying to figure out how to break the handcuffs, Keith and the janitor spend some quality time together. Keith is just about to find out what Lucky has against the Mayor when Sherriff busts in and announces they found the handcuff key. Keith begs for some more time with the janitor but Meg's father just bailed him out of jail so he's gotta go. Ooh... what a twist. I was so not expecting that.

At the prom , Wallace and Jackie leave to handle their business in a hotel room he rented. Finally, some action for those two... they deserve it. Especially since she's leaving for France next week. Logan is also working to get some action from Veronica. He basically told her he'll miss her next year and wants to enjoy their time together. They should get back together and live life to the fullest this summer so they can live on their memories after they separate in college. He tried to kiss her but she ran off before he could. Aww... and she looked like she was into it too. I guess she decided to take things slower because she returned early the next morning to tell him so but she found out he was with sluttina Kendall. This leads to the aforementioned crying on Ron's part and Logan apologizing while looking guilty as hell. He also looked like he wanted to kick Kendall out and hug Veronica but she had learned her lesson - again - and was ready to move on more than ever. Sorry everyone, as hard as it is for me to say... those two are definitely NOT getting back together this season. I for one am very upset about that cause i think they belong together.

Next week we find out if Aaron Echolls is found guilty (please please let him be guilty) and Lucky decides to kill everyone at Neptune high with a gun.

ANTM: Why Models Cry

2006-04-21T17:26:00.000-04:00

First, I want to say I'm all for making up words. I mean, it's fun to do and I love to see how creative people can be. But "cutthroatedness"? THAT just sounds so wrong. Right? I don't hate the word because drag queen Jade made it up. Yes I dislike her and want her kicked off but the word just makes her sound stupid. I guess I shouldn't be surprised. After all, this is the same person that couldn't understand the basics of a game called questions. Argh, she really needs to go home. I'm fed up with her.

This week, it was all about the ugly side of modeling. The models in training were sent on a commercial "go-see". Some Janice look-alike actress was hired to be extremely mean and judgemental to the girls which was kind of funny to watch. She told Nnenna that she looked like a drag queen with a big stomach.
LOL. Miss Thang confessed to us viewers that she (Nnenna) thinks she's cute so the woman must have issues. OK! I know all the girls think they're beautiful or else they won't have auditioned for the show in the first place. However, her saying that kinda irritated me a little and turned me off her. I guess I'm
done with Nnenna.

Jade, the other person i don't like ended up winning the go-see test and she confessed to us it's becauase she can handle the "cutthroatedness" of the business. She chose Nnenna to enjoy the prize with her and loved ones were the prize. Jade cried when she saw her mom and Nnenna looked annoyed when she saw her boyfriend. I have to say, he is an ugly specimen - So NOT cute at all. Jade's mom's first duty after seeing her ugly daughter was to "fluff" her down. I have to say, when i heard her say that... i thought ew.. that sounds dirty. It was just the opposite. Her mom just cleansed her aura like Phoebe Buffay did.

Another prize for ALL the girls was a visit to the dentist to perfect their smiles. My girl Joanie promptly started crying tears of joy because she knew she needed this and couldn't afford it. Awww. If only she knew she would be at the dentist for over 15 hours the first night and 6 the next day. Poor thing, I really felt for her. And how nice was my other favourite, Danielle, for staying with her till about 1am to hold her hand? Can there be two winners this year? After all the work, Joanie came out looking even more beautiful than before. yay, she can give an open smile now and really kick Jade's butt in the competition.

Now everyone's looking good, it's time to stop by for a quick lesson on how to handle the ugly side of Modeling. Who better to teach than Janice right? and Eva? why was Eva there for this lesson anyway? whatever, it was good to see her. After the lesson, it was time for their photo shoots as dolls and "being
natural" directed by our very own Tyra. All the girls (except Brooke and Sara) seemed to do very well but of course my fave was Joanie. Even with all the pain she went through the night before, she was able to pull out all the stops and provide great shots for the photographer. Yay. she's definitely staying another week. I was worried her pain would make her fail. Another person that excelled was Furonda. What the F? It's like she's not listening to me. Babe, I don't want you to win. Stop doing so well.

Oh well, this week Tyra's frustration with Brooke was evident. She actually said to her "the doll shoot was the easiest " so I knew she was out. Hmm, not surprised at all. During deliberations two other girls got scolded by Tyra too. Jade cried pure crocodile tears. I mean, it's ridiculous how fake she was. Tyra and the other judges had to point out the fakeness to her and send her on her way. I think Tyra and the beautiful Nigel are both fed up with her. Nnenna also got some words because she didn't do anything during her doll shoot. Her excuse for failing at the shoot was "i've never owned a doll" and Tyra was not having it. She said, "even if you haven't owned one, you've at least seen one before. Don't use that as an excuse". LOVED it.

Anyway, the bottom two were Jade and Brooke and for a moment there, I hoped I was wrong about Brooke going home but McStupid was given the second chance Brooke has been getting for weeks. Oh... bye Brooke. It's not that I didn't like you. It's all that you aren't a model and cry way too much. If you lived
in Chicago, I'm sure we could be buddies cause you seem nice but modeling is not the right career for you. Sorry babe. Good luck at being a nurse.

Next week, Sara has to prove herself because she's just so boring and forgetful. I forget about her all the time. And Danielle returns to the dentist to close her gap before they have to pose with fish.

Braff Scrubs on

2006-04-21T13:12:00.000-04:00

Fun News: Great news all you Scrubs fans, it looks like NBC hasn't quite given up on their funniest show yet. M. Ausiello just reported it's return for a sixth season.

Funny News: I came across this article and had to share with everyone. Janice Dickingson and Shannon Doherty both have new shows starting this summer.

Random News: I watched an old episode of friends today and recognized Hugh Laurie a.k.a Dr. House in it. Remember when Rachel flew to England to tell Ross she loved him before his wedding? Well, House was the British guy on the plane that called her a horrible person. I have to say, it's wierd to hear his british accent. Just needed to share that info... not sure why.

The O.C. : College Years

2006-04-21T12:35:00.000-04:00

Aww, I remember visiting my college campus for the weekend as a highschool student to see what life would be all about. Man, that was 5 years ago and it seems like yesterday. Such fun. At least I was able to leave any teen drama I had at home and pretend to be a grown up for two days. Not quite the same with our fickled friends of the OC whose parents dropped them off at the airport.

Poor Seth! So determined is he to live out this lie of getting into Brown, he flew down there to meet with the admissions people in person. I guess he figured they'd be convinced of his potential after seeing his cute self. Only a sheltered highschool student would think that way. And while trying to hide his presence from Summer (another dumb thought), he runs into Anna. Oh Anna, I still think that long hair is too much for you. Tell your hairstylist to give you a shorter cut a la Veronica Mars circa early first season. You can rock THAT look. Do it and thank me later.

Anyway, Seth and Anna catch up really quickly and he confesses he didn't get in..... that's why he's here. So Anna who is still in love with him decides to make it her personal mission to get him in. He tags along to all the events lined up for the new freshmen and tells him who's who of admission so he can talk to them. While Seth was chatting with the head of admissions, Summer sees him. Oh oh. When she approached to find out what the hell was going on, she saw Anna holding Seth's arm and looked like someone used her as a punching bag. Ooh, I really felt bad for her then.

Meanwhile, on the Berkeley campus, Ryan was having fun feeling like a new person. He saw that he could make new friends and live a drama free life away from the OC. That is until he saw Marisa and realized that she would be there with guys like his college assigned "buddy" hitting on her. THEN Seth's mom called to tell him she saw Theresa with a two year old boy that she thought could be her son. Oh, I guess his dream life for the weekend is over. Back home it is for him to find out if it's his. Too bad. I guess he can't live someone else's life quite yet. Turned out the kid wasn't his but it was nice to see a more confident Theresa. The other show she's on has made her a better actress. Good for her.

On the Brown campus, Seth strikes out with the admissions guy and decides to return home early but Anna won't have it. She decides that he is going to be within reach next year someway somehow so she has her mom fedex some application booklet for an art school near Brown. Interesting. Why is this the first we've heard of this school? Apparently, she has an in at the school so she's sure Seth will get in. So he applies and comes out smiling... I guess we find out next week that he's in. Anna takes him to the airport where Summer sees them again and is so taken aback, she can't move for what seemed like an eternity. I wanted to send her a giant bearhug but I don't know where she lives so I let that thought die.

They all return home to find things are exactlly the same. Marisa sneaks into Volchek's apt while he's sleeping to get her stuff but sees proof that he cared for her a little and decides to stay overnight. Ew. He's just so dirty, what the hell is she doing? Leave him alone and go home.

ALIAS Is Back and So's Vaughn

2006-04-19T22:09:00.000-04:00

How happy am I that Vaughn's back? So happy, I downed almost half a bottle of cough medicine without realizing it. Yes. My roommate had to point out the fact that I had already taken 5 cups of the s*&t when talking excitedly about the show. Oh, I love JJ Abrams. He's a god. Syd said she wants Vaughn on a beach and her dad handles it. whoa! Does this mean Syd knew he was alive this whole time? Or wait -- did she plan his "death"? I wish this was a soap opera so I won't have to wait a week to see what happens.

Gah, i don't know where to start on this episode and I'm a little delirious so forgive me if I drag on and on. Syd's still on the ship when this season premieres. We quickly find out that she's having problems with the pregnancy (she fainted while being held hostage) and prophecy5 (the kidnappers) saved her baby's life. Wierd! Why would they save the baby? Unless the baby is the chosen one a la two season's ago when Syd had to escape the CIA to climb some mountain to show she wasn't the one Rambaldi had in mind as the chosen one. Hmm... I wonder.

While she's being held captive, she escapes for a brief moment and is able to send a distress call to her APO peeps. Marshall got the call but it was cut short because someone within the CIA had it deleted. The team infiltrates langley ( I feel less safe after watching this by the way) to find out more where we learn Weiss, my fave big guy, is an executive. Good for him. He saves their butts and they find out to have calls deleted, you have to have some sort of clearance that only 7 high executives have. Of course spy dad takes it into his hand to find out who with the help of Marshall. He calls an emergency meeting the next morning with these 7 so Marshall can figure out whose phone was used to call in the deleted and he does. It's the fat guy he shoots several times causing him to be taken into custody by the CIA. wow... he really loves his daughter. How could I have thougtht otherwise in season one? remember when he stood her up for dinner that one time? how things change.

Anyway, they figure out where Syd is, save her, take her to the hospital for a checkup and all's good for now. Then the real drama begins. See, the fat guy Jack shot is being transported to another hospital for some reason but gets killed after a planned accident by ..... Irina Derevko. She's with prophecy 5 and doesn't want him talking about "the horizon". After this, Syd tells her dad she was being poked and prodded for information on some mission called "leo 47 norte" that happened years ago. They take this as a clue and run with it.

Dixon and that french Patricia Arquette look-alike from last season torture some guy involved in the norte mission and he tells them they need to go to Vancouver to get the info. Well, not really torture... they tied him to the hood of their car and drive really fast in a parking garage. Best scene last night. Loved it. This leads to their next mission with very pregnant Syd involved. what? she's about to pop - literally. why is she going when she's waddling? Dixon's words not mine.

Syd goes home to pack and finds her mom there. Long story short, Spy mom joins them on the trip to Vancouver to get this info for the horizon, but not before she tells whatshername from Angel where they're going and why. While in Vancouver, the Bristow's find out mom's on the bad side, they fight, Syd goes into labor, and while her dad is handling the other baddies, Irina helps to deliver the baby girl. I would saw Aww if I didn't want her dead so much. She takes the bag, calls Marshall to get diapers and help to the Bristow's asap while dad and daughter bask in new baby's glow. My thought is this... what did they use to cut off the umbilical cord in that office building?

OOh, most important scene. while Syd was "having the baby", she told her dad she wants Vaugn on a beach with her and the baby and he said "I'll handle it". THEN, we see some monks doing their monk thing and one goes to talk to another who turns out to be... wait for it... wait for it. VAUGN!!!!! I almost lost it. I guess this isn't really news since I told you in the first line of the first paragraph. I still almost lost it. AWESOME episode. I absolutely love this show. I didn't see what happens next week so if you know, please share with me and I'll be your BFF.

Apart from Vaugn, the show creator said all our old faves will be back and hopefully they don't die at the end of the series. By the way, Alias is now available on itunes.

Latest TV News

2006-04-19T11:51:00.001-04:00

Gilmore Girls Creator Quits: According to Ausiello, Amy Sherman-Palladino will not return next season. How sad.
Buh Bye Cutie: Ace Young was kicked off American Idol tonight. Poor guy... He looked like he was crying while they showed his progress tape. Hey Ace... call me if you ever visit Chicago.
Brooke says Au Revoir: Our big lipped model was told she has no more chances to be on the top. I'll review the episode tomorrow.
TomKat Have Suri: In case you haven't heard yet, Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes had a baby girl yesterday. In typical LaLa land form, the celebs named their kid “Suri,” which means “princess” in Hebrew or “red rose” in Persian. Congratulations!! I guess this means MI:3 will be huge.

Can't Sleep? Call House

2006-04-19T09:08:00.000-04:00

Who knew you could die from not sleeping? True story, I've stayed awake for 2 days straigt before but that was due to a stupid bet in college that made me $400 richer. I'm so glad I didn't know this three years ago or I'd have thought about it a little more. I guess my two days isn't quite the same as her ten days but hey, I can't be like everyone.

House was a little warm to his patients this week... it was a little surprising. He cared so much that this girl couldn't sleep, he actually asked Cuddy for advice on an ethical issue. Wow! I was as shocked as she was. He also semi scolded his patient for being selfish and taking advantage of her partner who loved her so much, she was willing to give half of her liver. Although her reasons for sharing were a bit selfish too but that's another story I'll come back to.

Well, this episode was like others in the past. Someone comes in with one problem. The team tries to figure what's wrong but can't figure it out immediately so they treat for one disease when it could very easily be another. House and Cuddy trade witty insults because he's doing something un-ethical (or about to) while his minions work into the night testing the patient for diseases. The only difference this week was that cameron and Epps were biting each other's heads off. Hmm, interesting.

Those two are usually such good friends. What could possibly have happened to cause friction between them? A bad sexual experience a la George of Grey's Anatomy? Nope, although I don't think that's too far off. I'm sure they're going to get hot and steamy soon. Their quarrel had to do with the fact that Foreman wrote an article that was published in some respected journal on a topic he "borrowed" from Cameron and she was none too pleased. Apparently, she made notes on some patients for House and he never signed off for Cameron to do something with it (because she never asked him) but Foreman did and so he got the prize. Whoo was she mad.

She was uuupset the whole episode until Foreman announced that he didn't care what she felt. He didn't owe her an apology because HE wrote the article and HE submitted it for publishing. She just sat around on her ass wondering when House was going to ask her out and THAT is her fault. Even Cuddy said she needs to stand up and get things done for herself. Since no-one seemed to be on her side, Cameron decided to take it out on the lesbian patients.

Yeah, our main patient who couldn't sleep needed a new liver and her partner offered hers. Cameron had a problem with this because she knew the insomniac was planning to leave her once she got better. Sleep deprived chick didn't care and her girlfriend couldn't be talked out of the surgery so Cameron just kept venting to anyone who would listen. She semi-tortured our friendly insomniac by pushing some intensil down her throat (sounds painful) when testing for something.

Anyway, a vent here, a yell there, a witty come back here and there, and we find out she's sick because she has the black plague. Wow, why did I think this was something that happens only in the bible? I have to say it's a gross looking disease. We also found out that the nice partner has known she was close to being dumped for months and offered her liver to guilt the insomniac into staying with her. "She can't leave me now" she said to Cameron's shocked expression. Gosh.. love is a hard thing.

Veronica Takes The Bullet

2006-04-19T09:07:00.000-04:00

My first thought after watching this episode was, poor writers. They must have known they couldn't top last week's absolutely fab episode so they didn't bother trying. Instead, they went back to the season 1 style with Veronica and her dad working together. I'm not saying it's a bad thing. I just thought this week's was so completely different from last week's.

So this week, we learn Kendall isn't even Kendall. She stole some not-as-cute girl's identity to hide the fact that she did prison time. And for the Fitzpatrick's no less. how disappointing. and here I thought she was just a gold digger. To be linked to scum like Liam is sad and dis-heartening. She's dead to me now. And we finally figure out why she was in the bathroom weeks ago. Apparently Aaron Echolls sent her to steal some of Duncan's hair in order to point the murder his way. I hope he doesn't win the case, i can't stand to see his creepy face. Speaking of, they've started interviewing witnesses and Veronica didn't look very comfortable sitting at a table with lawyers.

Meanwhile, Woody's daughter made it a point to let Veronica know that the green car drove past her while she was on the phone with her dad. Hmm... I see something here but I'm not sure what. Woody was on or close to his phone around the time of the crash and his daughter just gave evidence that some other crew could have caused the crash. What if the person that caused the crash was IN the limo? Has anyone thought about this option yet? I mean they were close enough to see the bus approach the cliff, it is very possible. Who exactly was in the limo anyway?

In Neptune high school, Wallace still wants Jackie especially after she went straight (hair i.e.) and she gets a job w/ Ronnie at the Java hut. Mac loves Beaver so much, she listens in on his cell phone calls. Interesting. I wonder if this piece of info will come in handy as we solve this year's mystery. Weevil has a pet python he loves feeding rats and speaking baby-talk to. Veronica pimps her friend Mac to Butters just to get into the principal's office because he wisened up and changed the locks. What else? Oh, Weevil is so loyal to his friends, he gets incriminating evidence of the Fitzpatrick's lifestyle and uses this blackmail to buy back the PCHers' lives. They don't owe Liam anything anymore but he's still retired so they shouldn't bother him anymore.

I have to say, my heart stopped when I saw Liam point the gun at Ron's dad. Oh, how happy are we that Veronica stole the bullets when she saw the gun earlier. I love Enrico on this show, I don't want him to ever leave or get killed off. You hear that writers? Keep him forever or until the show ends. He's her rock and their banter is priceless. I mean, who else can she saw stuff like "There is no way you're working that hard. You heard me coming and turned off South Beach didn't you" to? The line stuck because it made me think... isn't that show cancelled? when did they shoot this episode anyway? I thought it was after SB was cancelled. Funniest line this week belongs to Mac: "Please respect the business model, Veronica. I do the gadgets, you do the actual espionage." I actually laughed hard without meaning to.

Rod Worked The Idols Last Night

2006-04-19T09:06:00.000-04:00

I have to say, our top 7 did a suprisingly good job last night (Paris, Ace), some were even great ( the other four) and Katharine was Awesome. Wow! It was Rod Stewart's night to teach this budding idols and I have to say, he is definitely a good teacher. I never realized how many great songs he had.

I really wonder who gets voted off this week because everyone brought something to the table. I always love Katharine McPhee but she actually gave my skin chills last night. The last idol to do that was Kelly Clarkson when she sang the song that made her the reigning and most famous idol.

Then there's my fave baldie, Chris Daughtry (Ooh, I'm a poet and I didn't even know it). How surprised was I to see him belt out a "soft" song almost correctly? I approve Chris, you definitely deserve to stay. You can go back to the rock-a-licious songs you love so much next week... I won't say anything.

And to round up my top 3, the ever wierdly cute Taylor Hicks. He made me believe that he's sang this song many times before. Go Taylor, you did a great job my man. He even found a way to incorporate his wierd dance into a slow-ish Rod song. Props for that. You know Taylor, when I laugh while you're dancing, please know I'm laughing with you not at you.

If I was rounding up the top four, Elliot Yamin would take the 4th cup. Was it just me or did he look cuter than ever last night? What's that about? I guess they're fixing his teeth slowly or something so we don't notice it immediately. He chose a good song for his voice, as did the Pickle. I actually liked her last night and ignored her stupidity for the first time. First time I've disagreed with Simon but Kelly, you chose a good song. You should be proud of your performance last night.

Ace Young should also be extremely proud of his performance and definitely not his look. ew! what was the sleeked hair? Yes, I'm one of the girls who drool for him at home - I admit it. How can we not? Have you seen him? I just want to tear off his shirt and do things to him. OOh. Um, where am I? I blacked out for a sec there. Oh yes, he sang well last night.

My bottom of the barrel is Paris. I think that name is a curse because everyone named Paris is just soooo annoying. Think about it. We have Hilton. Geller (on Gilmore Girls) and then this chick that thinks she's too damn cute for herself. Yeah babe, you're lying to yourself. Actually, you're as annoying as the first girl to get voted off (you know! the one that thought she was Simon's equal and deserved to be known. The Jade of AI if you will). I hope you go home tonight even though you did a passable job yesterday.

It seems like our idols are boosting sales when they sing certain songs and Music labels are taking notice.

GG's Lane Got Married

2006-04-18T16:13:00.000-04:00

So Lane actually married that doofus last night. Wow, and here I thought she'd drag it out just a bit so she had enough time to change her mind. And with her mom and grandmom there? Nice. Good for her. Like Lorelai said (drunkenly but still), I'm really happy for her. Speaking of, how sad and funny was the scene with Lorelai saying she's not getting married on June 1st? I wanted to hug her.

Lane's had to have two weddings. A fake one for her grandma because her mom has been lying all these years. Apparently, her grandma thinks they're buddhists and not seventh day adventists or whatever they are. Which makes me think, Lane's mom is a tad hypocritical. Why did she lose her mind when Lane came out as a normal American teen? what? She's been lying to her mom for so much longer. And Lane actually confessed it to her. Her mom should respect her for being so truthful since she can't be herself. Whatev!

Anyway, yes. Lane had a buddhist wedding and as soon as her grandmother left (after cursing out her mom in Korean), everyone rushed over to the church for the real wedding. Loved that scene. Then they partied late into the night after Lane's mom to wear earmuffs so she doesn't hear the wildness of the afterparty. Smartest thing she ever did. My only question is - where the hell is Lane's dad? I was hoping we'd see him give her away but nothing. Did they explain his non-appearance in an earlier season and I missed it? Is he dead? or did he leave the Kims? If you know, please tell me.

Meanwhile, Rory is still pissed at Logan for cheating so they aren't talking. See, he left for Mexico with his boys and their girlfriends decided to visit them but Rory said, "Hell nah. I'm going to see my friend get married. He can do whatever the hell he wants sans me." She didn't say it quite that way but you get my drift. She held onto her anger until the end of the episode when she leaves her mom's drunk side to rush to his side at l'hopital. He hurt himself while in Mexico and was being air-lifted to a hospital in NY. Hmm... seems like a far way to go if u're really hurt. Shouldn't he be lifted to a hospital in CA?

Lorelai is also mad at her man. He's still with April on the trip and she found out Rory met April before she did (thanks to Rory's picture-taking skills). She was also mad that she had to find a date to Lane's wedding and her first choice dumped her for front-row seats to Celine Dion's concert. Of course stand-by, sidekick addict Christopher (Rory's dad) went with her instead. I wonder how Luke takes this news. I guess that's the drama that happens in the finale.

Hmm, what else happened? I feel like I'm missing something. Um, Lane got married. Rory has semi-forgiven her man. Lorelai went home with Christopher. Yeah.. that's it. Seemed like more while I was watching.

Crazy Day in Prison

2006-04-18T01:29:00.000-04:00

I really love this show. Where do I start? So Scofield continues to badger Haywire to remember the rest of the tattoo since he has a photographic memory. (Haywire was the crazy guy Scofield had to live with for a couple of days earlier this season while Sucre was in solitary confinement for pissing off the guard). Well, because Haywire has been taking drugs for his mental issues, he can't remember anything past a minute ago. He has no clue who Scofield is and acts like everything he says is Japanese or something. Of course our hero doesn't give up easily so he turned Haywire into a bulemic by sticking his fingers down his throat and watching him throw up some milk and the purple pills. ew!

As this is TV land, it takes Haywire only three vomit sessions to start recalling important details when we fans know it should take at least four. In addition to remembering the tattoo, he remembers who sent him to the crazy bin in the first place. He remembers not being happy with Scofield and offers him the tattoo drawings only if he lets him in on the escape plans. Scofield agrees to the plan and "tells" him everything. Except the truth that is. Haywire smells freedom and tries to follow the plan but gets caught because Scofield has spent too many months in prison and has no problem lying his ass off and screwing people in his way. What am I talking about? If my brother or sister was going through Lincoln's issues, I'd do the same thing. I think!

Anywhoo - now Scofield has the drawings he needs, he has to focus on getting out of the crazy bin. Wait, is it called the crazy bin for real or am I making that up? I can't remember what he said last week... the crazy shack? wacky bin? psycho ward? whatev, doesn't matter.... i'll just go w/ crazy bin. So, to get out, he tries to convince Dr. McHigh that he's doing much better and wants out. She tells him she can't do anything about it cause it's up to the guy whose fake taj mahal he's building. You see, she believes that if she lets him out, he'll be sent right back to solitary which drove him crazy in the first place. Soooo, he has to tell the warden who burnt him and why in order to get back to his old cell. And boy does he talk. He tells a tale of how whatshisface has been scamming $$ from the inmates for random things and manhandling them if they couldn't pay up. Of course, this makes dude rush to the accused guy's locker where lo and behold, he finds a roll of mucho dollars, random trinkets and a burnt uniform. Oops, he's fired. Buh Bye fat boy.

How did the burnt uniform end up in his locker you ask? Well, while crazy boy was puking his brains out in the bin, the rest of the gang were working hard to keep their hopes and dreams alive. First, with both Sucre and Scofield in solitary, their cell was open for bidders. Apparently, they had the "hot suite" coveted by all inmates and the fired guard knew this was a money maker. He sold the room to some random inmate who offered $250 for the room if they fix the toilet (remember, this is the gateway to their freedom so the gang can't have the guards and other staff fixing the gaping hole).

Of course T-Bag is standing right outside when this deal goes down and rushes to warn the rest. Mr. I'm-still-in-Iraq offered $500 to top the other guy and the guard accepted the offer. Now the only problem was finding the money cause none of them had that much on hand. Where's a damn ATM when you need one? Their decided upon solution is to have T-Bag play in the high stakes poker game with some scary looking guy we've never seen before. Apparently, T-bag is an excellent card player. So they play, he wins and they pay the guard. But right after he gets paid, he says the price just went up to $700. Sleazeball. Ugh, I can't stand him. I'm so glad they fired his ass.

Well, this means the boys lost the cell which means their escape plan will be discovered and they will all be in even bigger trouble. which leads me to these questions: They're already in prison so what's worse than that? If they get caught before trying to escape, what happens exactly? they need to calm down cause I doubt the trouble is as big as they think. However, before you know it, Scofield gets sleazeball fired and returns to his cell making all the drama that happened this week unnecessary. I guess he now shares the cell with the wierd old inmate that everyone thinks has millions on the outside, sweet for him. One less headache. The only other headache is the fact that the group escaping just added a not-so-thin member.

Sucre's fat cousin that provided the guards uniform a few weeks ago found out what was going on and is now officially one of the gang. He's also the one that put the burnt uniform in fired guy's stall. good for him, i guess he deserves to be on the team. I just hope he can run fast or else he'll be the one that dies at the end of the season.

While all this is going on, Lincoln's son (whose dumb ass was arrested last week) asks to see his dad and his request was granted. Not so wierd. Also, I got confirmation that what I've suspected all along is true. Nick, the guy helping Veronica, is definitely up to something shady. He went to a cell-phone store (didn't catch the brand so i guess no advertising in this episode) to get a charger for the phone they found on the dead guy in the well. While he's there, some guy comes up to him and says he needs to hold up his end of the bargain and watch Miss Veronica 24/7. WIERD! Hmm, I wonder what that's about? I KNEW there was something up with him. No one quits their job to get chased around the country by government agents for nothing... no matter how cute you think the girl you're running with is. Then the episode ends with Lincoln being transported in a van with just ONE guard to see his son. VERY WIERD. why take him away and not bring the son to him? I guess we'll find out next week.

OOh, speaking of, next week looks GOoood. Scofield and Dr. McHigh make out and it looks steamy. The van Lincoln was in get's into a suspicious accident and he runs only to be hunted by agent Kravecki. But just as he's about to shoot him, someone stops him. Well, it IS Prison Break... there's gotta be a cliffhanger. We'll find out soon enough. Oh, and Abruzzi is back. Love it. I can't wait to see what conniving way he tries to kill T-Bag.

I have a feeling next week's episode will give me continuous flashbacks to Harrison Ford's 90s thriller but I don't care. The producers keep making my imagination go nuts with semi-nude shots of Wenty and THAT trumps plagiarism any day. *drool* That picture is Hotness defined.

Veronica Mars' Hormonal Video

2006-04-17T20:20:00.000-04:00

I just came across this video of our Neptune residents making out with each other to one of my favourite songs. Thought I'd share with everyone. I love how Melissa repeated the scene with Logan and Veronica several times - that was my fave scene last week. Great job Melissa.

Don't forget, Veronica Mars MOVED to Tuesdays at 9PM/ 8PM CT. Please please watch it TOMORROW NIGHT. I love Rebecca Romjin but it's embarassing that her new fluffy show actually BEAT VM last week. I mean - come on!!! Remember, The WB re-airs Pepper Dennis on Sundays after Reba or Charmed depending on your local listings. Watch VM tonight and Pepper on Sunday. Please??? With Cherries dipped in chocolate on top? Thanks much.

The Housewives Have a Gay Time

2006-04-17T00:04:00.000-04:00

Tonight I realized that the only storylines I care about on Desperate Housewives are the VanDerKamp's and the Sollis'. I am actually interested to see how the whole Andrew vs Bree thing plays out now he's completely out of the closet.

This week, Andrew's grandparents (Bree's dad and her stepmom) stopped by to visit and save them from airing the family's dirty laundry in the courthouse. Yes, the courtdate for Andrew's emancipation was this week but in true TVland form, Andrew's grandad just happened to be close friends with the assigned judge. This basically meant grandpa was able to talk the judge into postponing the case for a few months to allow enough time for the family to solve the issues in-house. Ha! Like that's going to happen.

We got a little background of Bree's childhood tonite. Apparently, her mom died when she was very young and her evil stepmom (excellently played by Carol Burnett) never complimented Bree on anything she did well, especially her awesome cookies. I guess that's why Bree works so hard to please everyone around her. Anyway, Andrew convinced his grandparents to let him move in with them when they realized how extensively horrible the mother-son relationship was. But in typical manipulative Bree style, she got them to drop that idea by showing them Andrew's gay porn collection. I guess grandpa and grandma couldn't handle a gay grandson so they not only disinvited him from living with them, but they also took away his trustfund. Ooh, that gotta hurt! Too bad, he has to live with mom forever or until he's 18. Oh, and Bree got to meet & chat with his boyfriend. Maybe i'm a little dense but i didn't get how she wanted him to help. I liked the scene with her preparing food for Andrew and his boyfriend because it showed she could accept it. However, I suspect there was a motive there. What that is? I have no idea. I sense some more drama there and i can't wait to see what it is.

The Sollis family were also in court this week. Remember the baby they took home from the hospital last week? Well, they had to go explain that whole stealing thing. After the judge announced they stole the baby like 10 times, we found out the baby's real father is a high school student spring break-ing in fort lauderdale. Long story short, they get to keep the baby until the court gets a "real answer" from the dad. So the Sollises went home happy and content to be parents for a while longer except Gabrielle isn't so content. She's realizing how hard it is to be a mom and wants to hire someone to help w/ the motherly duties. Of course her loving husband says NO so she does the next best thing. She makes the asian girl stay up at night to take care of cute little Lily. Yes, the same housegirl that cooks up such a storm, Bree hides in shame. To show her appreciation, Gabi buys the girl a day pass to the local spa to relax and get spoiled. How nice of her right? well, the girl take her up on the offer the next day but forgot to tell Gabi she was leaving. Gabi ended up leaving to meet Bree for lunch thinking asian girl is home w/ the baby but Bree annouced she just saw asian girl at the spa. I have to say, I was really impressed with how fast Gabi drove to get home and confirm Lily was safe. She even turned down her husband's offer to take Lily off her hands. Awww..... I'm a little convinced that Gabi loves this baby.

Meanwhile, across the street, Paul Young was being tortured by Martha Huber's wierd teeth-gifting sister. Her funniest "prank" was having his house tented for termites while he was still sleeping. I literally laughed out loud when he & Zach came out in their pajamas to see the whole house was completely tented. That was just hilarious. Apparenly, she took it into her own hands to get Paul Young back for killing her sister and her plan involves annoying him to death. Oh, these characters crack me up.

People that DON'T crack me up anymore are the Hatchers and the Huffmans. Teri's story w/ her Ex-es and the newly introduced Trey McDougal from Sex and the City (Real name: Kyle MacLachlan) is just getting annoying now. The writers need to find figure out a way to make Teri's character more interesting because she gets more boring everytime. The whole Karl/Teri/Edie thing is blah... yes, we get it. He's still in love with her but she isn't because she's stuck between plumber boy, doctor boy and now Trey McDougal. whatever! make Karl move on so Teri can move on and you get to keep the 20 million viewers tempted to watch the ever fat Tony Soprano or the always skinny Pepper Dennis. We have options and we are not scared to watch them.

Same with Felicity Huffman's story line today. OK, parents have to explain where chidren come from eventually but why does it have to take up all of Felicity's screen time? and why in such a boring way? I miss the crazy antics between her and her not-cute husband. If the writers were smart, they'd work on that from here on out.

All in all, the episode was OK. Next to ABC's new dud "What About Brian", DH was excellent. I don't think WAB will last long but i give it credit for trying.
I loved seeing whatsherface from Felicity act psycho on the show though. However, I was a little disturbed that she was kicked him out of his own apartment . How wrong is that? Anyway, that's another show and topic altogether. I can't wait for Grey's to come back next week. I also can't wait to see what evil plan Bree has up her sleeve re: Andrew and his boy-toy.

The Family Outted Him

2006-04-16T20:59:00.000-04:00

Ooh, so Vito is finally out and Meadow's poor fiancee can finally breathe again since the truth is out. I've felt bad for him ever since he caught Vito giving dude a BJ on the job site. Funny thing is while Vito's family was finding out about his extra-curricular activities, Andrew (on Desperate Housewives) was also being outted by his family.

I was going to do a quick recap on both shows and how similar they were tonight but someone feeling the same way beat me to it. Oh well, that saves me having to write my thoughts today.

Funniest Line on Sopranos tonight was Silvio's "in my line of business, I've known a lot of women and that woman there hasn't gotten laid in a year". haha.. hilarious. He said that to Tony after meeting with Vito's wife. Poor woman.

You know, someone referred to Vito's weight loss again this week and here's my question. How fat was he before this season that everyone thinks he has "lost weight"? I mean, the guy is still pretty far from skinny now. What with his heavy breathing and all.

Alias is BACK

2006-04-16T13:04:00.000-04:00

Alias FINALLY returns with all it's glory on Wednesday. A grand spanking 2 hour episode. Ooooh, I can't wait. In case you can't remember where we left off, and who can blame you.... it's been forever and a day since we last saw Syd and the gang, read the recap before watching on Wednesday at 8PM/7PM CT.

I'm really going to miss this show next year.

What The F?

2006-04-15T16:53:00.000-04:00

Who the hell is that? Are her droopy boobs about to fall out or what? And why the hell is Tom with her? Isn't his "fiancee" supposed to be giving birth any second now? Or is his fight with Katie's family causing him to explore his options?

See Prison "Break Out" Online

2006-04-15T16:21:00.000-04:00

As usual, Fox waited to see how other networks fare in their innovative ideas before joining in. The scared stiff execs at Fox have decided to air their hit shows online just like everyone else is doing. Their excuse for waiting this long? They wanted to be more creative than the other networks by partnering with all their local affiliates across the nation (which means they have to share the big $$ they earn with all the affiliates). They also want to make sure some of the shows can be downloaded only through local affiliate websites. As this makes no sense to me, I beg, can someone please explain their line of thought?

Or maybe I shouldn't be so quick to criticize. The big positive from this is I can watch this hot man on my laptop many times and not feel bad.

It Should Be All About Seth.

2006-04-15T00:40:00.000-04:00

OK, so I've never liked Ryan on the O.C. - right from the beginning. I never thought he was cute, interesting or worth watching in any way. However, because he was a main character on the show with the guy I DO love (that would be Adam Brody in case you're wondering), I've learnt to just accept his presence and try to dis-allow his stupid storylines from annoying me more than necessary. Now, although I still love Adam, I hate watching the show because I feel like Ryan's stupid story lines have taken over. THIS is why the show is sucking so much right now. His ridiculous issues and Marisa's simply because she's linked to him.

Yes, I know he's the resident "bad boy" and I love me some Bad Boys ( I think the Colin Farrell screen savers on my cell phone and laptop will prove that i'm not kidding) but his devilish side is so fake and unconvincing. He's not even convincing as a brooder. That might be because he's such a bad actor but you know what, I can get over that. I think he should take lessons from Logan Echolls (on Veronica Mars) - Now that's someone worth watching. Hot boy!

So, everyone has been complaining about how different the show is compared to when it was introduced a couple of years ago and I have to say it's because of Ryan. My theory is this, if they would just get rid of him - everything would work itself out. Seth and Summer will get back together.... Marisa will get over herself because she won't have to think of Ryan anymore, and then all the old people on the show can just - actually, i don't care what they do. To me, the show is just Seth and Summer.

I know i'm babbling and I apologize but I just watched this week's episode (Tivo is a great thing) and it really grated my nerves and this blog is my vent outlet. Why is it that Ryan always has girls randomly fall for him without his having to say ONE WORD. I mean, the girl in New Mexico who made it her business to connect mother and son, what exactly was that whole thing about? She slept with him just because he's her co-worker's son? Or because he lives with a rich family? or because she heard/thought he was cute? (which he SOOO Isn't) That whole story line was so unnecessary and annoying, it distracted me from the fact that Summer and Seth got back together. rather briefly but still.

*Side note* - I can't believe Seth actually said he didn't love Summer anymore. So sad, I almost cried. Almost. I hope they get back in the next 5 episodes or however many episodes are left before the season ends.

Anyway, I know i'm asking a lot but can't the writers take him OUT of the whole equation? I mean, what about next year? They can't all go to the same college so why doesn't Seth meet a new guy friend that takes Ryan's place? Ryan can be written out of the story by being obligated to move in w/ Theresa to take care of his child. Come on...... do this for me and the millions of other girls out there I'm sure feel the same way.

BTW - my favorite line in this episode was Seth's statement that his "uncle went to Devry" when he was brainstorming ideas on how to hack into Brown's computer system to change his rejection letter. Gotta love that dry wit. Oh, and ANNA is coming back next week. Is it wrong that I prefer her on Entourage than the O.C. I want Seth with Summer. They just belong together and are soooooooo cute together. ANNA - leave them alone and go cut your hair. Like Halle Berry, long hair looks wrong on you.

All right, you can breathe now. I'm done venting. If you agree w/ my thoughts and feelings, let me know. If not, let me know anyway but don't be upset if I don't get you a birthday gift this year.

So Long Leslie - ANTM

2006-04-13T21:15:00.000-04:00

Last week, I knew Molly Sue was a goner when I saw her horrendous display of wierdness and boredom during the ad shoot. Don't get me wrong, I like her a lot and I thought she was one of four who "LOOKS" like a model this season. I mean, how on earth did Furonda make it to the ANTM loft? She so doesn't have the looks and body to be a top model. Anyway, I was sad last week when Molly was voted off but i at least saw it coming. It wasn't a hard decision for the judges to make.

Cut to this week, I thought Joanie and Jade were the only two girls who stood out as far as being awesome but the rest were equally aweful so I couldn't figure out who would be kicked off. As much as i detest Jade, I hoped she'd screw up again this week so she could be voted off the island. But even I have to say, the girl stepped up her game and kicked some butt w/ those twirls and swirls. BTW - what was up with those twirling/swirling twins? They were creepy in so many ways. Was it just me or could they not speak correctly? I couldn't really understand what they were saying.

Anyway - back to important topics. Or the original topic anyway. This week, the girls had to learn how to make their runway walks memorable so Tyra hired the wierd twirly/swirly twins to teach them how to show-off clothes on the runway by twirling. The two Js (Joanie and Jade in case you're wondering) decided to battle it out during the runway test at the church and I have to say, Joannie really looked like she might win. However, Jade wasn't about to be out-swirled so she did absolutely NO walking down the runway. Oh no, homegirl swirled the entire way down and back up again. Well, considering this was the lesson of the week, I really wasn't surprised to see her take the crown this week. I was just upset that she won diamonds and Joanie was left on the side-lines.

Well - since twirling is basically dancing in circles, this week's photo shoot was all about dancing. This meant the prettier Ms. Jay had to hire some street dancers to "crump" (definition: booty dancing really fast) around the girls during the shoot. I have to say, watching everyone try to dance was the highlight of the episode. Ms. Leslie said she had taken years of dance class so this shoot would be a slam dunk for her but ended up being the worst. No surprise that she was kicked off! I would have thought Brooke would be gone mainly because she's so boring, looked slutty and Maxim-y when "dancing" for her picture but the judges surprisingly loved her picture this week. Next to Joannie, she actucally got the best praise and most positive feedback from the judges. Oops, guess that means Brooke's staying. The only other person I wanted off was Furonda but the damn judges just love her and her pics. It's probably just cause she's so skinny.

Anyway, Joanie was awesome and hilarious as usual - I want her to win so bad.

I was voting for Nnenna for weeks but she kind of bugs me now. Not sure why exactly (and no it's not because of the whole phone thing going on w/ her and big lips Brooke. THAT I don't really care about.... it's not a real issue in my book). Her dance was a little confusing and restricted but she won everyone with her smile. The girl definitely knows what sells magazines and uses that to her advantage. I also liked Danielle's performance. Her dance got me to LOL as well but she got some nice pics. I just want her to stay longer because she's so silly, realistic and fair. She's also pretty and seems to really want this.

So there you go people, my top three models this season are JOANIE, DANIELLE and NNENNA. Molly Sue /Leslie would have made the fourth but they're both out now so I have to stick to three. Jade really needs to get kicked off ASAP. I want Joanie to really kick up her game (she's up there already so it won't be too hard for her) and show Jade that her 85 year old self needs to forget about modeling and realize that she doesn't have all the potential. I swear - if they show her in the confessional saying how she's the undiscovered supermodel one more time, I'm going to scream!!

Slightly dramatic I know but she's so annoying. I have to give the girls props for not kicking her ass because i'd have done that by now. I know violence isn't the answer but with her, it would be soooo rewarding. jade, if you ever read this, you should know you look like my grandma.

All in all, it was an entertaining episode. Looking forward to seeing what happens next week.

Who crashed the bus?

2006-04-13T18:41:00.000-04:00

I started watching this show last season and fell for it really quickly. Thanks to E!'s Kristin Veitch, I loved it before it even began. You see, after she raved on and on about Alias, a show i love waaay too much, I realised Kristin and I have similar tastes in shows. So when she started plugging and hyping VM, I thought I should give it a chance. And guess what, I not only love it - but it's the only show that I absolutely must Tivo.

Anywhoo - I got off topic for a sec there. I'm back. so I love this show and this week's episode was awesome. I tend to think this EVERY WEEK but the "i am god" ep was especially good. Some storylines were introduced to try to explain who caused the bus crash that killed many of the highschool kids earlier this season. Everyone is speculating that Woody Goodman, the mayor of Neptune, had the kids killed. (The mayor is played by cutesy steve guttenberg from 3 men and a baby & police academy fame of the 80s. BTW - do we really need another police academy movie? ) Well, Veronica (Kristen Bell) has been trying to solve this mystery all season because she thought the crash was aimed for her but the episode showed she was just being vain. the song wasn't about her at all. There were other kids w/ issues big enough to warrant their deaths. For example

- There's a gay kid who was planning "the outing of all outings" which I'm convinced was Mayor Woody. Mainly because the week before, he was "touching" Logan Echolls (Veronica's ex-boyfriend) a bit to much. Other VM fans think the outing was for the asian science teacher but i'll come back to that. he plays an important role this season but i don't think it's the being gay part. At least, not just that.

- There's the poor girl named Bettina who was doing rich kid, Dick Casablancas just so she could get pregnant and sue him for money. However, Dick's stupidity causes me to think he couldn't plan this extravagant bus crash.

- There's also Beaver Casablancas (Dick's not-so-stupid younger brother). He's always been known as Dick's brother and never got any respect his smarts from friends or his father. He has anger and brains on his side to plan the crash and put the blame on Dick. He must know about Bettina being pregnant before dying which puts Dick in the hot seat while beaver is out being a happy little beaver. Pun intended.

- Then there's Woody Goodman who wants to incorporate his beloved town and lock out the riff raff (read: poor people). Explosives have been found in his hangar so he's an easy culprit. Also, don't forget he's gay-er than Jack on Will and Grace and wants to hide this fact from his family and the public. I say it's not him because it's just too easy. The killer is bound to be someone we don't expect.

- Then there's Aaron Echolls who was randomly re-introduced into the story this season. Not sure how he could have done it, or why, but he did it last season so he could be the killer again this season.

- Am i missing anyone? Oh, yeah - there's Mr. Casablancas. Beaver and Dick's dad who is away hiding because he's wanted by the govt. for fraud. He apparently bought insurance worth mucho dinero on his son's lives so they're worth more dead than alive.

Hmm. who could the killer be? Can't wait to find out.