What the....?

Nick Cannon & Mariah Carey??? WHAT? Did I miss something here? He's like...

I mean he's like...Nickelodeon and stuff...

Whatever.

Uh huh and...

So yah, Grey's didn't come on last night. Neither did CSI:!

So before any of you get all judgemental on me and say BUT LIVES WERE IN DANGER!!!! I'm just going to say one thing: 3 HOURS OF STORM COVERAGE?!?!?! Are you kidding me?!?! And most of it was just REPETITIVE! Don't get me wrong, I'm all for get in the storm shelter and take cover but 3 hours of storm coverage and most of it didn't even pertain to me ... I'm so serious when I say that it's sad that I actually DIDN'T watch all of the coverage and I still KNOW that most of it was repetitive...*sigh*

It's not like I watch Ugly Betty or anything (sometimes I do), but Grey's, CSI:, & Without A Trace are DVR'd LIKE CLOCKWORK at this house!! Instead of my sweet addictions, I get Frank Mitchell and the Weather Team.

And isn't that just like the news to get the dumbest Okie EVER to voice over HIS version of the storms?? Are there really that many dumb people in Oklahoma, because it seems to be a different one every time! I think they do it on purpose...they have to be doing it on purpose. I couldn't even listen to it anymore. So I turned it to ABCFAM so my kids could watch Dennis the Menace. I hope they didn't get any ideas from that little troublemaker!! =)

Fit for a Princess...

I hear Katie Holmes won some award for a Celeb. Magazine as [one of] the most influential celebrities because of her "refreshing, girl-next-door look". I laughed because if an up-and-coming starlet is stupid enough to let the likes of Scientologist Tom Cruise destroy her career before it ever hit its peak, have her pregnant & married before she could blink twice, and basically shove his beliefs down her throat, she is not very influential, just star-struck & gullible. Not to mention one of the other "most influential celebs" happens to be Rosie O' which is just...ummm...wrong & sick.





How could ANYONE define influence in those terms? Because they have natural/fake beauty? Because they do insane, off the wall antics that scream for attention? When did being "owned" and "controlled" [JMO] become influential to society in these terms? When did dressing your child up in full soldier's attire, bullets and all, become influential to society in these terms?





I am not saying these women have NO influence on anyone. I'm not even saying that they have no right to be an influence. But INFLUENCE, by definition is:




Influence: a power affecting a person, thing, or course of events, especially one that operates without any direct or apparent effort.




Oh yeah...that's Rosie O'. [insert eye-roll here]




The MOST influential person of all times is not Katie Holmes, or Rosie O' Donnell, nor is it Anna Nicole Smith's baby girl, Dannielynn.




It's Diana Frances Spencer. A.K.A. Princess Diana of Wales.




Princess Diana was the epitome of humbleness, humanity, love, grace, royalty, and extremely influential in THESE terms. Her grace, tenacity, and overall empathy for the human race as a whole was quite overwhelming and it is hard for me to imagine that anyone else would be able to do what she did with the elegance and intensity that she did it.




Princess Diana made you feel she was speaking directly to you, even through the television. When people watched her walk down that aisle in the 80's, there was a reverence far beyond the norm. I was a young child then, and I still remember seeing it.



Watching her children now, being the men that she taught them from a young age to be, gives me some hope and some reassurance that her traits and her beliefs and her loves did not die with her, but live on with them. I hope that they will continue to carry on the love and grace that their mother bestowed upon them and the public.



Today, I salute Princess Diana. For what she was, what she is, and what she continues to be.



She will be forever missed.

Sheez...

I heard on the news that Jessie Davis' body was found & I was profoundly saddened by this. I was still pulling for her to be found and have this huge happy ending, even though I knew a few days ago [just by what the paper printed] that she was long dead before whoever killed her ever exited her home. Rest In Peace, Jessie Davis...if you can.

Isaiah say WHAT???

So thought I'd blog a bit.
What the hell is wrong with people? We live in a world full of disagreements and that should be OK right?
Apparently not.
Apparently, we live in the kind of world where Paris Hilton doesn't have to do hard time for her DUI, despite her obvious disregard for authority, law, etc..AND mankind [Like someone really wants their legacy to be that they were killed/maimed in a hit & run by Paris Hilton].

Apparently, we live in the kind of world where people get fired because of their belief/stance on political issues such as Gay-ism, Abortion, etc. But right now I'm going to focus on homosexuality.

SOFREAKINGWHAT if Isaiah Washington made a racial slur to TR Knight?? It's not like there has never been any racist remarks made about African Americans, etc...and OMG there are tons of racial remarks in the media/tv/etc..[gosh I'm saying etc...a lot aren't I?] about hispanics. And it's definitely not like there aren't oodles of meanness, slanderings, and remarks in day to day life.

All I have to say is: OHH MMM GEE. Get over it TR. Why fire the guy who did everything to right his alleged "wrong?" Is he a bad person because he made a bad decision in his speech etiquette? Is he a bad person deserving of a firing because his beliefs may be different? Let's fire EVERYONE who makes a racial remark...and see what happens to the production and the consummation of anything in the United States.



If TR felt so threatened by the remark, why'd he make such a big deal about it? I think Isaiah hit the nail on the nead in his understanding of why TR made a big deal out of it : TR's An Idjit . I by no means am racist, and I do not condone anyone in the position to sway the American People's opinions on touchy subjects, but this is borderline discrimination isn't it? I mean hell...who DOESN'T make some racial slur at some point in their lives? And if gay people are going to come out of the closet in a time when it's not really the "IN" thing...[no pun intended] even though it may be an "okay" thing, they should be prepared for a little bit of hazing.

Outrageous!

This woman is a monster. Plain & Simple: MONSTER!!!

According to the news, this woman, Vicki Leigh Chiles, caused a 2 year old boy to die in her home. Do you know WHAT this woman did? Be prepared, because it's simply horrible.

Vicki Leigh Chiles is [was] a Home Child Care Provider here in mid-town Tulsa. A 2 year old little boy would not be quiet during nap time, so Ms. Chiles proceeded to bind him with duct tape around his tiny hands and his MOUTH. She went to wake the children up or check on them or something like that and had to call authorities because the child was unresponsive. Of course, she removed the tape BEFORE calling the ambulance. The child later died in the hospital.

Sickening. It's outright SICKENING to me that a person who is supposed to take CARE of children can treat them in such a disgusting fashion!!! Being a provider myself, I know how hard it is and taxing it is to take care of small ones, but if you don't have the time or patience for it, don't DO IT! Simple as that.

My heart aches for the boy's family, who live in Sperry, OK. I can just imagine, knowing what I know of Child Cares in general. The mother drops off her precious son, he's probably crying because he doesn't want his mommy to leave. Maybe he's not crying, but maybe he just hugs her extra long this day? Maybe. She kisses him and tells him goodbye, reassures him that she'll be back to pick him up after nap. Ms. Chiles probably told the mother, "He'll be just fine, we'll have lots of fun today!" and the mother leaves and goes to work, only to be contacted by authorities later that day that her son is unresponsive and being taken to the hospital. Even if the scenario at drop-off wasn't exactly like the one written here, it is similar.

How someone who is supposed to be caring for a child can do something so awful is beyond me.

According to Inmate Details, Ms. Chiles has these Offenses against her:

• INJURY TO MINOR CHILD 5/29/2007 Hold W/O Bond $0.00
• ABUSE OF A MINOR CHILD 5/29/2007 Surety Bond $50,000.00
• NO PROOF LIABILITY INSURANCE 5/22/2007 Cash Only $285.00
• SUSPENDED OR REVOKED DL 5/22/2007 Cash Only $285.00
• MURDER 1ST DEGREE 5/29/2007 Hold W/O Bond $0.00

Apparently, this woman has had 29 DHS visits since 2002. DHS does 3 visits per year that are a MUST, so this many in 5 years is WAY more than usual. There is also a history of alleged abuse, and history of DHS Investigations on this woman. Tell me, how does a woman with this kind of history, still able to keep and maintain a license to care for children in her home? HOW DOES THIS SLIP THROUGH THE CRACKS??? Do we have to have dead babies, and injured children before we STOP THIS???

Please be careful whom you allow your children to be with. Your child's most important years are the first few and if you don't have a good home/center for your child to flourish and grow in, this is a dis-service to your child! Please make sure you get references, you drop in every once in a while at different times, just to see what goes on when you aren't there. Stand at the door and listen before you knock or walk in. Be so very very observant of the home/center that your child spends the bulk of his/her day in. Check with DHS, check with neighbors, whatever you have to do to make sure that your child is safe...and loved. The child care provider is with your child even more than you are during your work week. Your child should be comfortable and just as happy about being with that person as you should be.

Here are some links/videos related to this story from the first report to the newest report:

• Daycare Investigation
• Daycare Owner Arrested
• Toddler Dies After Suspected Abuse
• Mourning Joshua Ray Minton
• Daycare Had History of Problems
• Checking ChildCare Safety
• Child Care Safety
• Checklist for Parents

First things First.

I am not happy. Do you want to know WHY I am not happy? I am not happy because FINALE'S are supposed to bring you closure. They are supposed to be the ENDING of everything that has happened since a PREMIERE. It's supposed to be the little note in the card under the ribbon around a perfectly wrapped gift. And that gift is an ENDING. It's closure, it's something you want.

Apparently, the writers for the hit TV series Grey's Anatomy, didn't know this when they wrote out and filmed the last episode that broke over a million hearts and pissed off many a home-maker who had their hopes on Derek & Meredith. Who had their hopes on Burke & Christina. And even for those weird people who had their hopes up for George & Izzy. [Um yuck]. Tonight's Grey's...was not that gift. There was no ending. There was no closure. And it sure as hell wasn't anything that I wanted.

I wanted Meredith to throw her arms around Derek. Obviously, she didn't. Maybe they'd have no more plots to play through. But throwing her sister in there to flirt with Derek at the bar...that was just WRONG. [Last week, when I saw her, I turned to Garland and said, OMG that's Meredith's sister! He said, How do you know? I said, It's the same girl that turned Meredith's father around and led him out of the hospital after he told Meredith she wasn't welcome at Susan's funeral.] So since I have DVR...[Will never be able to live without it now!] I rewound that little sucker and showed him. So I was not in the least bit suprised to have her tell George at the end her name was Lexi Grey. Great another Grey with a mommy/daddy complex and falling for Derek, the breaker of hearts.

Ahh...George. I can't believe he failed. Are you kidding me? I blame this all on Izzy. If she'd quit following him around like some psychotic babbling idiot, maybe he could have thought straight enough to pass! And he was worried about Meredith! The whole time! How could he have concentrated? Izzy needs to get a LIFE. First it was Denny now it's George? What the hell? I like Izzy, but I like Callie, too, and I think while Callie and George don't make the cutest, or even the most interesting couple on the show, I like them together. I do NOT like George & Izzy together. NO.

Izzy is sad. Pathetic, really. She's graduated from incessantly saying "I'm Fine" to "I love you" in one season. I mean hell, was the George sex THAT good? Please. She was psychotically in love with Denny too, and they'd never even had sex, even though they had enough flirting going on there. I bet next, Izzy's going to try to hone in on Derek. Or Burke. Who knows? She should spend more time focusing on her job at hand, than focusing on someone else's husband.

Burke & Christina. What the hell was that? They build up for something spectacular and beautiful and great and totally wonderful and then they just shoot it down. It wasn't even like a feather falling from the sky, floating, beautiful, soft, carried by the wind to its final resting place. It was more like a rock being dropped from the top of the Empire State Building and shattering into a million pieces with a loud sonic boom. I loved the scene at the very end where Christina hyperventilated in her apartment and Meredith had to cut the wedding dress off of her. It was raw, emotional, left no question. In a way, Christina could have shut her mouth a little bit more. She could have not been such a bitch sometimes. She could have done a lot of things differently, but she didn't. And now the ending scene is of her bawling, clutching "Mama's" necklace, wrapped up in Meredith's arms.

So Addison makes some sense to Karev. He runs after Ava/Rebecca. She'd given him a plea to give her a reason to STAY and he just didn't DO IT! Why? What!? She basically TOLD HIM to give her a reason and he never did it. So Addison had to knock some DUH into the idiot who rushes back to the hospital to find...Ava/Rebecca was already gone. Discharged. Sent home. With her husband. [Who, btw, was played by one of the London brothers. Yummy.] Stupid Karev. He always makes late decisions. Sheez

McSteamy was highly pissed off that he didn't get Chief resident position. I don't even remember if they said anything about him or where he was going or doing. I know he wasn't happy.

Chief found a new love for his wife. They lost their baby. 52 and pregnant isn't really that doable anyway, but it was still sad.

So the million dollar question is: What's going to happen now?

• Will Karev find Ava/Rebecca? Will he even continue to look?
• Will Addison go back to LA? [There will be a new show starring her next year.]
• Will McSteamy follow her?
• Will Chief & his wife finally be a married couple who loves and cherishes each other?
• Will Meredith & Derek be together or will Derek run after her sister?
• Will Burke & Christina get married, or is this definitely over?
• Will George & Callie work out and have a family?
• Will Izzy try to wreck George's life, in order to have her perfect life?
• Will Nazi be ok with Callie being Chief Resident?
• Will the new interns have the main roles next season?

These questions SHOULD have been answered TONIGHT. However, they were not.

And that, my friends, is why I AM NOT HAPPY!

No, He's my EX-FATHER...

Quick overview:

♥ ADDISON && ALEX ALMOST KISSED!!!!!!! Can you believe it?!?! They were like THISFREAKINCLOSE!!!!!!!! What the hell??? Damn nurses! Just walking on in without so much as a knock!

ALEX: The Vanilla Latte'... now THAT was on purpose. (laughs)
ADDISON: "Why'd you do that?"
ALEX: Because he was mean to you." (With a VERY serious look on his face.)
And voila! They stare for a few, then start to inch closer and their lips are just.micro.seconds.apart.and.then.BAM! The door swings open and THANK YOU! BUZZZZZZ! SCENE!

I HATE Grey's Anatomy!

♥ So the man that plays Thatcher Grey wasn't anything I thought he would be. He actually seems sweet and innocent of all that Meredith says that he did or didn't do in her too-far-back-to-remember-correctly-memories. Maybe he is, maybe he isn't. Meredith's hurts over this are showing and she seems to have aged a bit. I still like her though and was more than horrified for her at the mention of the fact that McDreamy can't sleep in her bed after she falls asleep because of her insessant snoring problem. I was reaaaal sorry for her on that note. I do love the scene where she lays her head on George's shoulder and softly says "I know" because George is afraid for his father's recovery. Beautiful moment for Grey's and I think is my favorite scene so far apart from the moment when Izzy takes George's hand at the end. I cannot wait until Part 2 comes on next week. I would love to see what lies in store for Meredith and her Father.

♥ Cristina and Preston are playing the "SAY UNCLE" game. Neither wants to give. Both will probably lose in my opinion. I think that they should have known where hiding his tremor would take everything, but it IS a TV SHOW (isn't it????) and isn't really real or going to affect anything in real life. It's still sad. They definitely would have been punished a lot more harshly than they were in real life. Fired or something. I'm glad to see Cristina opening up a bit more and losing some of her pent up anger that keeps her from letting loose. She is always so stoic and robotic that I find myself wanting to fast forward through her scenes. She's like a Monet...her scenes and bits and pieces look really good when frozen in time to be viewed from afar, but watch her more closely and she just is alll messed up, an image none to shy of being simply blurry.

♥ George finally admits to being afraid for her father. He also KISSED ♥ CALLIE! LMFAO!! Over: "30 CC's of YELLOW URINE IN 3 HOURS!!!" How hilarious that scene was! Just when I think George is finally catching up with the rest of the interns, or even surpasses them in that one milli-second of ingenuity and genious, he does something so childish that I feel very frustrated over it. He's like an 8 year old stuck in a 20 something year old body who has a lot of responsibility. Half the time I think he doesn't even realize how important the job he has is! At least he kissed Callie. For CRYING OUTLOUD thank you for kissing Callie!!!

♥ Love the Bailey-Izzy scene in where Bailey tells Izzy she cannot scrub in until she's done everything her therapist has told her to do. This includes but was not limited to DEPOSITING. the. DAMN. CHECK! Maybe we are all sick and tired of Izzy mourning over Denny and what-not because it is a SHOW and we want them to get on with it. But face it. Izzy was in L♥VE. This check meant more to her than it means to anyone else. It meant that Denny was REALLY TRUELY gone. Depositing the check meant that she has moved on. Not depositing the check meant that as long as it was covered in food spatter on the fridge, she could remind herself everyday of what she didn't do to deserve it. Just my opinion. Sounded good to me. So now, she's hysterical, depositing an almost 9 million dollar check that she got for cutting someone's tube which resulted in their death. NICE. So enter Heather, a 17 year old with a medical condition that has her at a 90 degree angle. Insurance will not pay for the surgery that McDreamy and Callie want to perform that will have her either standing up straight or paralyzed or dead. My personal opinion....IZZY will pay the 200,000 dollar surgery for Heather. She knows her, feels for her, and reached the angry, bad attitude-y girl. It's just going to happen. You can tell. This is Izzy's good deed to make up for the bad one that she beats herself up for every week. It's just going to happen.

Next Week:

1. Will Meredith confront her father? He seems to want to talk to her. He seems to want to mend things. But if that were really the case, wouldn't he have tried this by now? Certainly wouldn't he??
   
2. Who will give in the "Say Uncle" game Preston and Cristina are playing? I hope it's Preston, because whether he wants to admit it or not, Cristina was NOT the only one who did wrong here...he wanted to cover up his tremor too!
   
3. Will George's father survive the "proceed" on his surgery? Will George finally tell Callie that he loves her or does he even love her at all?
   
4. Will Addison and Alex try to kiss again or will they do that stupid high school "pretend it didn't almost happen!!!" crap? IF they go that route...I'll be so disappointed!
   
5. Will Izzy pay for Heather's surgery? It her one good deed, right in front of her. All she has to do is transfer the money...is that legal for her to do? Is it sane? Probably not on either part...but it may be exactly what she needs to get over this Denny Battle.

Ready for next week already. A little slow in places this week but all in all was still a good Grey's. Glad to see Nurse Olivia so much lately!!!

What do you think????

Good night!!!

I NEED MORE TIME!!!!!

I made a mistake and didn't turn off the telly when I finished Grey's Anatomy tonight. Because of this slight, I have now been hooked on yet ANOTHER television show.

Great. Wonderful. Damn Teasers!

What hooked me was the last 5 minutes. The rush to get to him...the rush to get to her...then the Ex Wife/Girlfriend (whoever) gets wrapped up all nice in the middle.

I hate cliff hangers.

Mostly because I hate the work it takes to hang on until the next week.

Bummer

Men in Trees stars Anne Heche, Emily Bergl, John Amos, James Tupper, and Sarah Strange. Also, Abraham Benrubi although he is not pictured here. It is set in Elmo, Alaska and Manhattan New York.

Apparently Marin (Heche) was cheated on, moved to Elmo, and wrote a book. Decides to go back to Manhattan to get published. Misses Jack (Tupper) so goes back. Jack misses Marin, gets over his hate of Jane (Strange) and hears Marin is heading back by plane so goes to meet her. Enter Jane.
End of episode. Great.
More next week!

Another kick azz Ride!!!

Turkey Day's Grey's was the best EVER!

Last week, we were left with a cliffhanger of dramatic proportions:

• Was it Christina who told the Chief of the bad hand or George?
  
• Callie was on some major PUMP IT UP with the crazy attack Meredith scene!
  
• George set Izzy straight with a smart assed remark about Denny (ouch)
  
• Karev and Addison: Were they making puppy eyes at each other?
  
• Is Addison PREGO? I mean, come on...they are foreshadowing SOMETHING with all this BABY talk...and when Addison tells the pregnant girl "Everyone has a father" Mark so eloquently interrupts with the whole "Not if you don't tell him." My gears are working...

So the cat is out of the bag. Hand is out of the Glove. OJ is so guilty! Christina and Burke's charade has come to an end.Christina was in Chief's office. Does that mean she ratted out? If she did, was she jealous? Or did George rat out and she just made it to the office before Burke? Either way, it doesn't look good for either of them...

So imagine my suprise (and the Nazi's as well) when Christina and Burke aren't punished for their wrongdoings and are sent back to work. Burke on desk duty, of course. Well played out, although highly unlikey in the real world.

But this isn't the real world. It's Grey's Anatomy. And it's KICK AZZ. And I L♥VE it!

Tonight's episode: Wanting to belong and be accepted. Family. Not wanting to be ALONE.

Izzy, Karev, and George are all pissy because Christina (who supposedly got away with duping everyone and keeping her mouth shut on Burke's bad hand) got the case of handling George's father's surgery (who, btw, turned out just fine in the end). What the 3 weren't prepared for was the hilarious adult conjoined twins who wanted to be separated. (They were attached at the side/back.) One of the brother's wanted the separation, the other didn't, they were both in love with the same girl, the girl loved the brother that she wasn't dating. Apparently, the conjoined brothers had relationship rules...hint hint and the brother that wasn't dating the girl crossed the line with a touch...and she liked it...apparently the one she was dating was a bit of an ass...whatever...it was cheap laughs.
Izzy is bearable these days. L♥VE L♥VE L♥VE the scene when McSteamy tries to use her as a gopher and she puts him in his place with the phrase "You can kick me back to Bailey if you want, but I don't do coffee runs." I hope she gives him a run for his money and becomes one of few who don't fall prey to his steamy stare and his boyishly good looks and that...**swooning** Honestly I am not a fan of McSteamy. He is UBER HOT. But he's also UBER ARROGANT and that is a HUGE turn-off for me. I hate arrogance.
George was yelled at by his father, who is under the assumption that George is angry at him. Maybe he is. His father is so right: there is a LONG line of people he's angry at: Callie for cheating, Burke and Christina for lying, brothers for being brothers, Dr. Hahn for kicking him out of his father's room, Chief for letting Burke and Christina off, etc...the list goes on and on and on. He is getting on my nerves lately. He's like a loose cannon. Screaming. I understand he's worried about his father but my goodness! Although I thoroughly enjoyed the "Georgie does NOT work in THIS HOSPITAL! My name is Dr...."whatever his last name is. So he's banned. Like he listens. He's still major pissed at Callie For all you Rachel/Ross fans: They were on a BREAK!

The Nazi is back. It's nice to know Nazi can come back when she needs to be back. Episodes like the previous, with Bailey crooning to her baby on the phone, give her life, give me the feeling that here is a woman like any other...needing to be harsh with her interns, but a regular woman who really just wants to go home to her family at the end of the shift. She learned a lot tonight from Chief. She learned that not all her "babies" (interns) will turn out allright. We found out that she holds anger and shame for herself and that she feels that she is somewhat the connecting center of all the mishaps going on around her with the other attendings and interns. Burke, Christina, Izzy, George. Chief merely pointed out Burke wasn't her responsibility and the others were grown now, especially Christina. He also pointed out She was the most like Nazi.

I can see that.

Chief blew up at Burke. Because of Burke's secret, Chief can't retire and may lose his wife now. After giving up his true love, now he can't even pursue the life he was trying to salvage. He had every right. He had been lied to and duped and Burke let him down. I was happy to see him lose it with Burke. So, Chief is pissed at Burke, and Burke is pissed at Derek because he blames Derek for his hand. So Chief is pissed at Burke for that too. Eventually, Burke comes to his senses and decides to let Derek work on his hand again. Smart move.

I can't decide whether Addison should get with Karev or Mark (McSteamy). Addison's been quite the emotional basketcase these past few episodes...for a moment there I thought she was Meredith! Would love to see where this is going and what kind of developments are going to happen here. She delivered Meredith's father's daughter's baby who needed immediate surgery and was born not breathing. She made Meredith the go-between with her step mother on the babies recover, opening up a whole other door to the Meredith story.

Which leads me into my stint on Meredith which I saved for last:

How AWFUL it must have been to hear her mother (even as senile as she is) announce she should have never had Meredith. That Richard (Chief) left her because she had a daughter. The hurtful things that the opening scene showed, gave some more insight into the dramatics and surroundings of what makes Meredith who she is: someone looking for love, someone longing for acceptance.

To have your own mother renounce you to your face...and she doesn't even realize it's YOU. Then Meredith gets to the hospital to be confronted by Addison that she's on her case because the pregnant girl is her half sister and she needed her as a buffer. The sister doesn't know she's her sister, but the step-mother (played by Mare Winningham...NICELY DONE) does, and Meredith's own father didn't want the 2nd daughter to know. That's WONDERFUL. I'm ready for this guy to enter the picture now.

So Mere's the buffer and her step-mother is over-accomodating, wanting to be her family. Meredith tells her "You seem nice. But I don't know you. And you aren't my family." Then the closing scene (flashing back and forth between the conjoined brothers wanting to be in the same room and then hold hands with each other and Meredith with her mother)is her talking to her mother in the home, and her mother upset because she still thinks Meredith is a little girl and doesn't realize she lost Richard years and years ago.

But instead of hardening her heart to her mother, Meredith embraces her, and rounds out as narrator about the needs of personal space. Sometimes, personal space needs to be violated.

WOW.

Is it next Thursday yet?

Wives are at stake...

My JAW is touching the floor. Literally. YEAH.

I got back from Vacation in time to tune into this week's episode of Desperate Housewives. Oh yes. They never whet my appetite quite enough. Each week it gets better and better. This week was one for the books!

• Lynette became remorseful and upset when she saw the way the neighborhood people were reacting to her claim of Art being a pedophile. She was apologetic and even defended him against being stoned and picketing in his front yard. She was rewarded for this by him thanking her for his sister's death. When Lynette looked confused, he explained to her (in less words than I will use) that it would be easier for him to molest little boys now that he doesn't have to take care of his ailing sister. And he's moving. YIKES!


• Gabby and her personal shopper Vern want to dump a girl named Amy from their roster of beauty pageant contestants since she sucks. But when Gabby meets Amy's extremely handsome (but HAS GOT to be GAY) father, (he's SINGLE), she offers to give Amy private tutoring instead. Amy sees Gabrielle flirting with her father and says she doesn't want her dating him because she has plans for him to marry her best friend's mother. So Gabby turns Sheri (the best friend of Amy and the most talented of their contestants) against Amy by saying she's planning on making them dance together in the show and encouraging Sheri to tell Amy that she sucks. With the girls' friendship over, she's free to date Bill. Not to mention, Gabby still has the whole telling the girls how to lose weight the "model way" (puking, smoking, etc...) to move past!


• Mike got arrested. Of course. The poor amnesiac dumbass was burying evidence and got caught. What'd he expect? Well, not EDIE BRITT DUMPING HIS ASS IN JAIL! I was so excited, I could hardly stand it! The only thing is now...with Mike free...how will he and Susan be together? Either the Brit's gotta DIE...or his wife must wake up! (Or maybe HE murdered Monique???)


• Susan snooped in Bree's house and got a key to Orson's office where she found some incriminating evidence. She came to Mike's rescue, but at a price. She can't see him anymore as long as the Brit gets the absolute BEST and most SPIRITED lawyer to defend Mike. Susan agrees, as she has told Mike she'd bail him out and help him, etc... The Brit did NOT like that, but got the lawyer as long as Susan agreed to not meet with Mike again so that he couldn't fall back in love with her. (Kinda creepy...)


• Bree and Susan are not speaking. Bree kicked Orson out because she found out about his previous affair with Monique. She assumed then that Orson killed the girl. That is, until Mike was arrested for the murder, which gave Bree a sigh of relief. She made the mistake of telling Susan she thought Orson killed Monique and when she refused to go to the police, Susan got very angry and ended up having a "who was more likely to kill Monique" argument at the poker table in front of the other desperates.


• Bree and Orson tell Gloria they've rented her a condo and she's out of their lives for good. So Gloria makes a phone call, arranging for someone to pick her up. When the car arrives, the window rolls down to reveal Alma (Orson's "missing and assumed dead" wife)alive and well!

Man...we need like...everyday needs to be Sunday Thursday Sunday Thursday.

FYI

Ok. So all of you po-dunks like myself who have no recording device on their television, you can go to ABC and view the previous episode of your favorite ABC night time dramas!

HOORAY!!!

I just wanted to share that! Hope that helps!

<3
Joy

I AM TOTALLY DESPERATE!!!

For next week's episode of Desperate Housewives...and the week after that...and the week after that and the...!!!!

So how freaking crazy was tonight's episode? I was really wondering how the writers were going to follow up to last week's bang! of an episode (pun def. intended!). When you get good episodes like the last one, it's rare that you see another one of the same calibur, only different in portrayal. Tonight's episode had me on the edge of my seat just as much as the previous one did...only in a different manner. Last week's was at the edge of my seat in suspense because there was a whacko with a gun and you just knew Nora was a goner before she ever got shot. This week was more like...ok...when are you going to show me the good stuff...and I thought the good stuff was around every corner. Subtle, but there.

I knew beyond a doubt when Lynette and her son let themselves into the new guy's (Art) empty house, some dirty little secret would be revealed. Imagine my suprise...the last thing on my mind thinking about new-guy-Art, saving-Lynette-Art, normal-decent-Art, was that he was a pedophile. Who'd have friggin' guessed? Guess you really never know someone...and especially a NEW someone...no matter what good deed is done. (Case in point: Remember BTK??) LOVE♥LOVE♥LOVE the new angle! I'm way excited to see that even a nighttime soap opera can go somewhere beyond comas and affairs and murderous scandals. This has promise written all over it!

Now why would Orson give Bree information about his mother is he wanted to keep her such a secret and hated her soooo much? Obviously there's a murder-suicide-whatever angle hiding there just waiting for the right moment to rear it's ugly head and create disaster for everyone involved...including Bree. I have a feeling she's going to have a 20 to life husband, or become another widow by the end of this scenario. I thought for sure when Bree said "I don't know what the fuss is about, it's just an address Orson." that Orson was going to give her a fake one, but nooo. He can't do that...so here goes Bree...she tries so hard to do good and it ends up just all evil in her face. No wonder she's psycho. So Dixie Carter plays Orson's mother. One minutes she's Betty White from Golden Girls sweet, the next she's telling Orson she should have smothered him in his crib when she had the chance! How.Spectacular.Was.She. I literally cracked up when Andrew, on cue, asks "So, can we call her Grandma?"

Poor Gabrielle. I was expecting much more for her. You'd think that someone with her past in modelling, she'd be more revered than she was. She was treated awfully...just awful! I mean for someone who was on as many covers of Vogue as she was, should be somewhat famous and treated with respect, correct? I mean look at Twiggy, and that other lady you see on America's Next Top Model...I forget her name, but she's a total bitch and now has her own series...Janet something. It just doesn't make sense. I guess for the show, they couldn't have Gabby gallavanting back and forth from New York to Wisteria Lane without cutting a lot of her out of the script. I was sad to watch her photo shoot...she looked completely ripped apart, but the scenes of her modeling class for next week look very exciting!

I.am.so.sick.of.Edie.and.Susan.and.Mike.

I so need my own site: www.ihateedie.com ...not, it's not real. I wish!

I am at the point where I don't even want to see the Edie.Susan.Mike scenes. They suck. We know what Susan and Mike meant to each other. How easy it is for Edie to manipulate and hurt someone!

Edie is a slut. I cannot stand what she is doing to Susan and Mike. She is heartless and cold. I hope she gets hers too. The more I watch her, the more I secretely smile that she gets cut out of a lot of "DH" photo shoots. I know it's a show...but...grrr!!!!

Susan is a dumbass. What's with the Brit!?! I repeat: What's with the Brit!?! Aren't we supposed to be thinking about MIKE?! HELLO!!!!! Can we say "Dumb Brunette Alert!" Classic case of a woman who is afraid to be alone!

Mike. Does he not know how to smile anymore? He's so down all the time! Sure, he just got out of a coma, but must he always be so...solemn? I guess there's no other way to be when you've got Edie Brit feeding you loads of bullshit on an hourly basis.

Ok, let's get down to the nitty-gritty:

Orson or Mike killed Monique. Which one? Why?

Art: Pedophile or just a really avid photographer of his swim-team boys? Will Lynette confront or conceal her knowledge?

Mike: Will he eventually snap out of his stupor? When?

Susan & the Brit: When will his wife awaken from her coma?

**SIGH** Now you know why I'm desperate...

I'm all for that Brokeback Mountain...yeah...

AS IF...all the doctors and some interns would even THINK about camping together!? YEAH. I so see that happening.

There is only ONE word that comes to mind when I think of tonight's Grey's episode: HILARIOUS!
While it wasn't one of the best episodes, it did give a clearer and more personal look at some of our favorite "mini" characters. Take for instance, Joe, or as I lovingly refer to him: Bartender. Nice of them to make him gay. (I know that was like FOREVER back, but I'm addressing it now...get over it) It wasn't were I thought that was going...but hey, it worked. And I so thought his boyfriend (Walter) was dead when he smashed his head on that rock during Karev and George's "Open-handed" fight.

So George was stupid on 2 accounts tonight. 1: That god-awful fight that nearly killed Walter in the woods with Karev. If he didn't want Callie to sleep with someone else, why'd he kick her out of the house? Is this going to be like Rachel/Ross' "breather"? If so, gag me NOW! Please! (Shame on Alex for telling George in the first place!) Second: Making a big freaking deal about Burke's hand. And can we say CLOSE UP??? I don't think I ever want to see George's face that close up again.

My favorite scene is where Chief is trying to figure out who he's sharing a tent with since for some reason he didn't have one for himself. No one is offering him space because, well, he's the Chief and like, who want's the boss in their tent? So he asks if Joe and Walter will share with him, and they politely agree. So the boss thinks this is just great until he's informed that Joe and Walter "really, really wanted to be alone." HAHAHAHAHA as if the LOOK on his face alone wasn't enough for me, then he says...."Ohhhh...so you are ummm...wonderful! Man-love! [insert my cackling laugh here] It's beautiful...it's beautiful! Uhh...my cousin's gay. [insert my knee slapping laughter here] So I'm hip...brokeback mounatin and all of that..." [Ok..so here...I DIED!] And Burke, dear sweet Burke burst in with "Who's ready to go fishing?" Chief couldn't get out of there fast enough!
Pausing for immense laughter @ the thought of that scene.

Ok So what is up with Mark? Does he just want all of Derek's girls, or only the ones that meant something to Derek? I promise you this: I was PRAYING...yes...literally PRAYING that Derek did NOT turn around at the end when he introduced himself to Meredith. How CRAPPY would that have been? And why was Mark making a play for Mer. anyway? He's just looking for a few more notches on his bed post I suppose. He's looking less and less handsome with every lay he's expecting to get. I guess that was the plan though. He can't look and act better than Derek! God, that'd just ruin the show!

Hooray for Addison and Callie becoming pals. But really, can Addison not care that much that Mark is whoring around? I mean, she gave up her marriage for the guy, and now she's just "Oh well?" about it? Love the Addison. I don't fully understand the whole thing about her getting upset over the unborn being dead, but it was a tearful scene and one I wouldn't have wanted to endure in real life. Even doctors can be human. I wouldn't want to be the person who had to explain to a typically excited, happy mother that she has to give birth to a baby that is no longer alive. And what will Jamie make of the rest of her life with the feelings of guilt for killing her baby because she slipped in the shower?

So I'm all interested in the Man turning into Woman thing. I've been watching these shows about transgenderization and surgeries they go through and even though it's quite "ICKY", it's eerily facsinating to me. Why would someone want to be a man, vice versa? Why can't people just be who they were born to be? Who they are? I should have been born in the 17th century but I wasn't and I'm not going to kill myself under the presumption I could reincarnate into that time period. Why can't people just be happy to be who they are? Like I'm one to talk...Neat surgical procedure, dumb on Daniel/Donna's part for going ahead with the whacking off of the penis after he/she found out the hormone pills to make him a her were giving him/her cancer. Ain't that a bitch? Or bastard??



So small re-cap on the other parts:

• Thank god for good writers. I was quite relieved when Derek showed up at the bar to re-introduce himself to Meredith and then she accepted his apology and Mark was left to rot. That scene made my entire night and the next day!


• I was extremely happy that perky happy Sydney was brought back in and bugged the hell out of Izzy. I'm **yawn** of Izzy already. For cripe's sake, it's not like she and Denny were together for years and years! (But love is love...nya nya nya...)


• We learned some things about Karev's past (I hate referring to him as Alex) but it's just typical rogue-bad boy stuff so not really that revealing or exciting either. Boy treated bad, now bad is the boy...yada yada yada...


• Christina is catching my sympathy. The Nazi is slowly coming back after a brief field trip and it's not looking pretty for Christina. Either she fesses up about Burke or she destroys the rest of her internship and therein, her career. OUCH.

So, will Callie and George eventually have their falling out? How will Grey's keep the love affairs alive with Derek and Meredith back on again? What will happen with Mark now that he's marked as a man-whore? Will Christina sacrifice her career for her love?

Next week...on...Grey's...*sigh*

Wow!

OK...so...whatever...this show is now hard core FAWKED UP! I was so astonished at the turn of events in tonight's episode of DH! It just keeps getting better and better!!!

• Edie. What kind of evil person does it take to do what she has done in the past few episodes since Mike awakened? I mean, she has really.gone.too.far. Pure evil. GRR Blondes like her just boil my blood! Slut!


• Bree. She's the next one to shoot herself in the head. I just know it. Her son is gay, her daughter is a ho, her husband is a murderer, and she's still suffering the traumatic OCD she obtained when she was 6 years old and saw her mother hit by a car at Christmas Time on the icy street in front of their house...and she grabs some sanitaizer to clean up the blood. Yeah. She's healthy!


• Susan. My Gracious God In Heaven what is she THINKING? Not about Mike, obviously! W.T.H.?! She's going off to Paris with the Brit. instead of fighting Edie for Mike? For crying out loud Sus, get some dang backbone...or backfat...whatever you need to fight for that man...don't let the Brit fool ya...bet he has some damn good secrets too!


• Gabriella. Chuck the divorce decree and get your hubby back already. It's taking too long! HAHA Can't wait to see how she feels next week when they send her to the Mommy Section of the Modelling Agency Clothing Racks! HAhahahahahahaaa!


• Lynette. Good for you, girl! Way to tell that crazy lady with the gun--who so blatantly said that she hated slutty husband stealers--the lady sitting beside you tried to seduce your husband. Way to get Nora killed! Heck, We all knew Nora had to go sooner or later...this way, Lynette and Tom can get back to some "normal" type of DH life! Hopefully Lynette won't get addicted to her son's ADHD medication again with an extra mouth in the house to feed. And how will the eldest son feel now, being replaced as oldest of the home by a GIRL?

OK, that's it for me tonight. Ciao!

Walk the Line

Wow.
30 minutes into this movie, and I'd already cried 2 times. Either I need chocolate, or this is a great movie!!!
Joaquin and Reese give ultra-steamy/great performances of Johnny Cash and June Carter. How delectable this movie was! I was hooked from opening credits.
Personally, I think Reese Witherspoon is just the prettiest, greatest, most congenial actress I have ever watched. She is always smiling, her eyes inviting, her aura is that of a welcoming home party. I enjoy each and every one of her movies.
I was first introduced to Witherspoon when I was about 12 years old and I saw "Man and the Moon." I told my mom "She's gonna be somebody." Lo and behold...she is!
I haven't been as huge a fan of Phoenix as I am now. I have seen him in other pictures (Gladiator, etc...) but now I really really want to pay more attention to detail with his movies from here on out.
Great job! This is one to watch again and again!!!

Grey's Anatomy

Ahh...good old fashioned FICTION. Feeds the soul. Or, at least, feeds the hunger for something portraying people who's lives are particularly more dramatic than my own.

Yes. Dramatic. I. Am.

Last night's Grey's ended too abruptly for me. I love watching, I hate watching. I hate watching because it ends too soon and there is ANOTHER hour of my life wasted on the misery conjured up by a conference room full of people who decide, yet again, to whet my appetite for ONE MORE EPISODE only to leave me hanging until next week. Psssshhaw!

A.) What is UP with Callie? I mean...I know Georgie Porgie over there is kind of M.R. and can't get a clue, but what's with the MEANNESS? She's the one who slept with MCSTEAMY!?!?!?! Can that GET any more horrid for Addison? Can it get any MORE horrid for Grey's?? You know, they could have had her sleep with ANYONE else...why MCSTEAMY? I guess he was the "safest." I mean, Karev couldn't very well get it on with Callie...he's too hung up on Izzy (even though he won't admit it) and there is rumor going around at TV.COM that somethin' somethin' might be itchin in Karev's scrubs for Addison...and her for him, too!

B.) Can Izzy GET more annoying? She sure is playing this loss of Denny and the "I'm FINE" thing to the MAX! The geniouses who write this show you know, could...maybe...come up with something BETTER for Izzy to say besides "I'm fine." Maybe she's making a statement. Whatever statement she's trying to make, I am now completely bored of the Izzy/Denny storyline. Maybe give it a rest and bring it up in looks and actions. It's heartwarming, really...but for heaven's sake...CASH THE DAMN CHECK!

C.) Derek just found out devastating news. Or maybe just a blow to the ego. Maybe it did devastate him...but the attitude towards Meredith...warranted??? I'm not so sure. God, he's breaking her heart again, then again...they can't be happy, otherwise the story's over and no good right? I mean who REALLY wants to see Meredith and Derek get together, settle down, and start having kids before she's even finished interning? AS IF Derek would even WANT kids, now. GAWD FRIGGIN IDIOT!

D.) George needs to get a clue. Karev needs another bathroom lay. Cristine..well I don't want to waste my time with talking too much about her. I'm not a fan. Sorry Sandra Oh fans...hope you don't lose sleep over that one. I just prefer less bitchy, less pushy, and less evil-acting females unless they are the "bad guys." At least we know she plays her part well, otherwise she wouldn't envoke such a reaction out of me.

E.) Did I mention enough with the Izzy/Denny/I'm FINE! bit??

Addison's gonna be pretty pissed off when she finds out McSteamy (AKA Mark) slept with Callie. So will George. Painful.

Way to go, NAZI!!!!

Looking forward to NEXT WEEK!

America's Next Top Model

I'm not usually one who is into a lot of reality TV. I get enough reality at HOME. But I do like to tune in to UPN's show, America's Next Top Model whenever I get the chance to. Sometimes I don't because some people [insert men here] do not enjoy watching "stupid" shows like ANTM and can't go into the other room to watch their preferred ones. HAHAHA

I have to comment on this episode. I think it has to have been the BEST ANTM I have ever watched besides the episode where they all got stuffed into a telephone booth naked in one of the other seasons.

The girls did a FAB job on the "Celebrity Couples" shoot. The top 3 shoots in my opinon were:


CariDee: Brangelina



















Brooke: Breviney Federline



















Michelle: Ellen & Portia



















How FITTING was it that Michelle nailed Ellen and Portia and then completely railroaded her twinzie, Amanda, with the news that she was a lesbian!?


Melrose did great as Donald Trump and Melania Knauss but lacked something [in my opinion] in her face for that shoot. The photo producer Jay thought she did wonderful and for the most part, she did. I just happen to like the other 3 mentioned a bit better than Melrose's shoot.




For the record, I did NOT like Melrose at ALL. After this episode...I'm a Melrose fan full throttle!


There was so much in this episode that was hilarious and STUPID...like Tyra being all motherly to the girls and talking about their feelings...GAG! Tyra needs to stick to modelling and TV and quit it with the I care about you girls crap. And Tyra's Talk Show? Ummm...NO.


Tyra is supposed to be a singer now too?????

OK...one last photo:

I know Megg got voted off last night...but does she NOT look like Bridget Fonda?! I mean WOW what an uncanny resemblance she holds. I am a Bridget Fonda Fan! I think even though she's a different kind of pretty, she is still a good looking actress. So...if you agree YOU ARE KICK AZZ! If you don't, well...you are just WRONG!! haha

Premiere Update...(drumroll please...)

9.20.06. Criminal Minds Premiere...HOW FREAKING AWESOME was THAT? I was on the edge of my seat the ENTIRE. NIGHT.

I like the psychological mind. It intrigues me. Behavioral Analysis (that's CM's specialty) is right up my ally. I'll tell you though...they are lucky to have their little "dorky" bookworm on their team...they wouldn't get half their "unsubs" caught without him! See how important us "know it all bookworms/literature buffs" will be once adolesence ceases and adulthood begins? You'll regret making fun of us in school!!! hahaha...Can't wait for next week's episode!

9.21.06 Grey's Anatomy/CSI:

OK...I have committed a heinous and gruesome crime: I have betrayed loyalties beyond my imagination...tonight, for the first time in however many years I have been tuning in to CSI:, I was forced to choose between the two shows I heart the most: CSI: and Grey's Anatomy. I shamlessly and without hesitation chose Grey's.

First Rant: WHAT where they thinking putting Grey's Anatomy on at the same time CSI: is on? I HEART THURSDAY NIGHTS FOR CSI:! How dare they turn it into some VOTERS POLL...some RATINGS THING! I mean, seriously, that is like setting a chocolate cake and a carrot cake in front of me and saying...now, you can only choose ONE. I LOVE chocolate...but maybe I was feeling carroty at the moment?...

Second Rant: I SO NEED TIVO. I can't watch CSI: on Thursday nights now...and I can't watch the repeat episode of Grey's on Friday nights...(Ghost Whisperer...HELLO have you NOT been keeping up?!?!) I'm thinking its time to invest!

I'm SO SORRY, CSI:....your teaser spot commercials are intriguing...but you lost to love and war...

I plead with Grey's Producers: FIND ANOTHER NIGHT!!!!!!!??????

9.22.06 Ghost Whisperer

As if I needed to go into detail! What an EPISODE! Poor Andrea...:( What the HECK was THAT ABOUT?!

Another show about the paranormal. But no ordinary show. However...I do think Melinda is a little bit TOO good...of course, she talks to and sees ghosts...but my goodness...can we see her do ANYTHING other than be a goody-two-shoes? Like maybe kick someone's ass? That would be nice.

Love the effects. Especially how someone is there...and they they aren't. Or someone walking backwards down the stairs. Or sometimes the eyes are all WHACKED out.

One ponder: When is someone going to try to enter her body to take it over? Every paranormal show has it...just waiting for it to debut...

GW is followed by the premieres of Close to Home and Numbers. Both good shows too. They were awesome premieres. I was sad to see Annabeth's husband die...(what is with all the killing off of main/recurring characters from last year? Denny, Andrea, Jack,...etc.*shaking head*)

Let's Get On With It...

I am too freakin' excited! Yeah. It's a week of PREMIERES!!!

CSI: MIAMI
By chance, Garland was flipping thru the channels on Monday night and found CSI:Miami's SEASON PREMIERE! OMG!!! I was so busy worrying about Grey's Anatomy, CSI: (original), and Desperate Housewives (I know, I AM A FREAK for that one) I didn't even think about when CSI:Miami's SP was going to be on. Thank goodness for channel surfers! So, It was a little disappointing...I mean, what Season Premiere is REALLY everything they play it up to be? But it was allright. Too bad for H's brother Ray and Ray, Jr. They need those vato's to stay outta Rio. BTW, I know most people can't stand Horatio Caine on the show, and sometimes I have to roll my eyes at him myself, but I really like the whole "BAD ASS" role David Caruso plays. Call me FREAK!!!

CRIMINAL MINDSCriminal Minds Premieres TONIGHT (Wednesday)!!! WHEEEEE!!! Not really much to say about this one except that I love this show as well. My goodness, where WILL I find time to watch all these kick ass shows??? I guess it's about time I joined the times and invested in TIVO??

CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION

My beloved show, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation premieres tommorrow night (Thursday) at 8pm. My bones are rattling in anticipation! Can't. Wait. Gonna. Freak. I love all that scientific mumbo jumbo they rattle off. Then when I'm quoting the show, I can pretend I'm smart. (since for the most part, I am smart...lol) I've been watching CSI for a few years now. I didn't start watching it from the beginning, I thought it was stupid and a waste of time, but around season 3 I began watching regularly and then at night I'd catch up on the previous seasons by watching reruns. What's up with all the black attire in the photos???

GREY'S ANATOMY
Grey's Anatomy premieres tomorrow night as well. After CSI:. hehe! I'm itching, waiting for it, yet wondering how the hell the premiere is already here. It's like, yesterday I was pissed off because Grey's Anatomy was having their finale (which I missed, btw...:( yeah. Missed!) and now here they are having their premiere.Who else thinks Meredith and Dr. "McDreamy" should SO BE TOGETHER!? What's up with him trying to get back with that red-headed chick...his WIFE!? Pffft, she's pretty and all, and i like her as an actress but OMG...GO BACK TO NEW YORK already and let Derek and Meredith get all hot and heavy again!!!

Maybe we should like, make a night of it and have fajitas and popcorn and CHOCOLATE, (but mainly chocolate) Thursday night!?!? Call me or e mail me and let me know!!!

GHOST WHISPERER

Friday night is the Premiere of what I think is the absolute BEST show on TV, Ghost Whisperer. I am a fan of the supernatural, and I never missed an episode of season 1. I am hooked completely. No doubt about it. I have never been a Jennifer Love Hewitt fan. I didn't really like her that much in Party of Five, I definitely didn't agree with critics who said she was the next Audrey Hepburn...(pretty big shoes to fill in my opinion), and wasn't too crazy about the show simply because she was in it. However, this show is simply put, AWESOME. And OMFG what about the finale...who knew? WHO KNEW Andrea was DEAD?! OMG like, that was the BIGGEST freaking shock to me! I never guessed it until they were about to reveal it...NOW WHAT!!?? I can't wait to find out!!!