OK fine. I give up on waiting for Blogger to get their "recover post" feature back online in a lame attempt to recover last week's post that got eaten viciously by cyberspace in a binary bloodbath of epic proportions. Guess what it was about? TV! I know that is shocking to you, but it's true.

So um.... TV is good. Desperate Housewives finally got somewhat interesting and made me gasp a couple of times. It has kind of plateaued (sp?) lately which is why I rarely talk about it. But man, when Carlos literally forced Gabrielle to sign those papers? Dang! What a psycho! And when Zach figured out that he was originally named Dana? Dang! He's already nuts! So this is the theory that the co-parent's mom put forth.... Ready? Mary Alice and Crazy Paul adopted "Dana" and then the birth mother (NOT a private investigator) came back and said she wanted her child back and Crazy Paul and/or Mary Alice banged her with a brick or something. OR! An even better theory? Mary Alice STOLE Zach from that hospital in Utah, moved to NY, changed her name and sha-pow she's a mom (maybe they couldn't have kids or something) and then the birth mother HIRED A PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR and they killed the PI and OK that's my theory. Because remember when Crazy Paul said that the PI had come to take Zach away from "the only family [he's] ever known"??? That kind of struck me as odd. Was it already established that Zach had been adopted? I love mysteries. I'm total crap at figuring them out, but they sure as hell are fun.

OK, short takes:

24: I didn't think they'd do it. And then they went and did it. They totally did it! Blew me away. (pun only sort of intended)

Amazing Race: Aw, not the brothers! They're kind of awesome.

American Idol: Nikko? But A-Fed made my ears bleed! To the teenage girls with turbo dialing fingers: HE'S NOT THAT CUTE!

Lost: I am very angry with the writers for two reasons. 1) Way to leave us hangin on the whole hatch lighting up thing. 2) Way to kill off the hottest guy on the island! At least we still have Sawyer.

OC: How come it's so boring? I had to start and stop and start watching it like, three times. I want to like it. I really do! But it kind of makes me sleepy.

Survivor: Aw, poor Steph. She's so awesome yet so alone.

Veronica Mars: Brad is trying to convince me that Duncan did it. And even given the blackouts and rage episodes... I'm not buying it. And I don't think Lianne would do it either. It's someone close to the Kanes. Close enough that it would benefit the Kanes to cover up a murder and falsify the time of death. And I'm catching on more and more to the dichotomies in this show. Every week I think I pick up on a new one. Officer Lamb and Deputy Leo. Lion and the Lamb? Clever. Jake Kane and Abel Koontz. Kane and Abel? Interesting. And of course the most obvious would be Veronica Mars who attends Neptune High. I'm sure there's more that I'm missing. I'll pick up on 'em....

So anyway. On to reader mail. I know it's been a long time since I've posted, but I had 35 comments on my last post! You guys must really miss me! Of course I won't have time to answer all of them, but I thought it'd be nice to answer some of them in a way other than leaving another comment and hoping you catch it.

Jonesie said...

Ok, please pardon my "lurkiness" of days past. Di, I've been reading your Blog
for about a month, or so... since learning of it at that place we all "hang
at." Girl, you've got to be the best at conveying thoughts with your keyboard!
You...are... captivating!

Wow! Captivating! That word has been rolling around in my head since I read it. That is so kind of you to say and I really do find it to be a wonderful, uplifting compliment. Thank you so much. It's good to know that people still know the power of a kind word. I hope you stop by some more to read me ramble on about TV and boys! =)

Jing said....

i've since stopped watching the unscripteds and have subsequently become
addicted to the scripteds. 24, Lost, the 4400, and Grey's Anatomy. they're all
so good. like cocaine, but safer and more addictive.

You know, I've caught Grey's Anatomy (still need to watch tonight's tape, though) and it seems pretty good! It's been doing OK in the ratings which means that Boston Legal will probably get a new night. Which, you know, whatever. I never watched it. It's a spinoff from The Practice which I stopped watching long ago. I realize that it's a different show or whatever but... meh. I just can't get excited about another legal procedural. Now another medical procedural? Something's got to fill the void that ER left like, five years ago. Right? Anyway... I've never seen the 4400. Maybe you can share some insight. I know it's gotten rave reviews. 24 and Lost rock my face! Woo!

"Anonymous" said....

TV? Do they still have that? Is that the weird rectangular piece of
furniture on which baseball games have recently begun to appear?

Sincerely,Santos for President '05 Headquarters(formerly Donatella Moss for
Softcore Porn Headquarters)

Sevi! I know it's you! Nobody else watches the West Wing. So did Santos get the erm... nomination? Is that what last week's big episode was about? Oh, and um... congratulations on the beginning of a wonderful new baseball season. May it be the best one yet. I know that sounds like you just graduated or had a kid or something, but I know what a momentous occasion Opening Day is to you so I thought I'd congratulate you. Or something.

Jing said:

oh.my.god. the killed the president. i knew it! :)

Oh come on! Did you really think they'd do it? REALLY? :) But you know, in the teasers for tomorrow's episode, it makes it look like the missile barely grazed a wing and that what we thought was Krispy Keeler last week will more likely be Flat Keeler after the plane crashes. Confused? Yes. And I LIKE IT!

Anyway, in non-TV news, I got my hair whacked off and it has been described as cute, hot, awesome, and very hot. In that order. Naturally, "very hot" was my favorite, given the source. I mean, I really like it so I hope this doesn't sound like bragging just because I'm repeating what others have said. Right? =) I really do love it. My neck already has stopped hurting.

Oh, and we were supposed to get some awesome weather tonight, but the thunderstorm literally collapsed right over us. It looked really weird, though with the low angle of the sun reflecting off the bottom of the clouds which reflected back down to the ground and reflected back up the green of the terrain and made the clouds look green. Not green like "there's hail in that storm and it's about to kick our ass." Like... Spring Green! It was weird and kooky. But I know another set of storms barrelled (smashed, slammed, whatever TV news anchor type scary word you want to use) through over the town the co-parent lives in, so I hope all is well with him. I'm sure it is because that town has a serious weather-bubble. I lived there for eight years and I am all about science when it comes to meteorology, but that town has some supernatural weather-bubble phenomena going on. I have seen a line of storms literally break up just outside the city limits and rejoin on the other side. I kid you not. I have seen every county around us in a Severe Thunderstorm Warning, all lit up in yellow and our county was the only grey one on the map. It is KOOKY, y'all and I wouldn't believe it unless I had seen it with my own eyes, so I don't blame you if you don't want to believe me. It's coo'.

Oh! And I keep seeing trailers for the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy movie! And I'm sooooo stoked! And I saw a billboard, too. Woo! I just finished HHGG and am now starting The Restaurant at the End of the Universe. I kinda wish I had 'em all in paperback so I could lug them around in my tote bag and read them on my lunch break or something. That would be so rad. I would even take out my HazMat book that I carry around JUST IN CASE I see a chemical spill and I need to call it in. You just never know, people!

Anyway. Sanitize your biohazard suits. We're goin in!

Love,

~Di