Holy crap Izzie got fired. Well, I guess now we know why she's taking a 5 episode break! I kind of can't believe she would leave Alex without a face to face confrontation, but I guess she needs something to do when she comes back for one to two episodes maximum later on. It seems unlikely that she would ever get hired back given her history. I feel for her that she had to go out that way after all the other shenanigans she's pulled and that Mercy West guy was a total douche, but losing a woman her kidney is no joke. (I have to say this again...PLEASE tell me the doctor who accidentally cut off a BABY'S ARM last week got fired. Seriously)
Who I feel really bad for in this situation is Alex. Bummer for him to finally open up and let someone in and then almost lose her to cancer and then have her get better and take off. Then again, that does assure him of good angsty storylines for the next few seasons. And how can she really just TAKE OFF after a half finished comment by the chief?!? She doesn't even know what he was actually going to say! I do want to know what that note said, they better tell us next week.
I'm sure I've said it before, but any episode that has Christina experiencing an emotional breakdown is automatically a good episode. No one cries quite like Sandra Oh. She made me want to go out and hire a new cardio god so she can have something to do. She and Meredith are super cute together, as always. Here's a thing I know: Without the two of them and their dynamic this show really doesn't work for me. In addition to the Christina meltdown, episodes that have good Meredith/Christina scenes are also always very good.
Now clearly this is the intention, but I really don't like any of the new Mercy West people. Douchy McSurgicalBitch, CubbyStealing DoeEyes, SelfHelp NoseJob and Football ERZones are not cool and I want for them all to get their comeuppance in a bad, possibly unhealthy way. Especially CSDE. She is pretty much just a completely unpleasant person and I don't think much of her doctoring skills. What I did like was the sound tongue lashing she and Alex got from Luke's sister (Gilmore Girls reference)...you know, not that it stopped them from being petty and immature.
Ah Callie. Callie and her dad. Callie and Arizona, who I have a new level of respect for after getting the background story on her name. I like that she's a good man in a storm. I like that Callie's dad finally came around and realized that even though she's a lesbian now she's still traditional enough to want a big white wedding and kids. I have to wonder what the priest's take on the whole situation was, given the fact that he was never able to get a word in edgewise. The scene in the conference room where they were screaming Bible verses back and forth at each other was one of my favorites.
I also just finished watching Private Practice and it's entirely possible that I could be reading things into this, but Sam used to be a heart surgeon, the preview for next week has him suddenly getting back into heart surgery against Addison's wishes....could he be getting primed to get a job up at Seattle Grace as the new cardio guy? Possibly? 'Cause I gotta say, I wouldn't hate that.
Friday, October 16, 2009
Friday, October 09, 2009
Liver & Jewels
Last night was a quality episode, I called it that Meredith gave her dad part of her liver (but seriously, who didn't call that?). I'm glad that it was as a result of Lexie's super emotional speech about knowing that Thatcher isn't her dad, but he is Lexie's and could Meredith please give Lexie her dad back? Loved it.
I did think it was laying things on a little thick when Mark gave his impassioned speech to the penis patient's children and got all misty about how some children would do anything for their parents to give a little back blah blah blah. I mean, I'm glad the old guy got his implant, don't get me wrong. Although my favorite part of that was when the guys tricked Christina into being on the surgery.
Poor Christina. Good for her telling the chief to cut her because she needs to be able to use her talent and if he can't give that to her she needs to be able to leave. Obviously I hope she doesn't go (and I'm pretty sure she won't), and it did seem to give the chief his much needed wake-up call. Finally he seems to have remembered that his job is to staff and manage a world-class hospital with the best surgeons possible, and not to be whiny and complainy about being an old guy.
Callie has her job back! Now there was a shocker. I couldn't get too into that storyline, but I liked Arizona's reality check about how she didn't have her favorite scrub nurse anymore blah blah blah.
What I'm waiting for now is this whole deal I keep hearing about that will lead to Izzie being absent for five episodes...here's what I've heard: Something happens. It's shocking. Izzie disappears for awhile. Alex has to deal with it. Very descriptive, I know. I'm sure the patient from this week's episode will have ended up setting a chain of events in motion that will lead to said absence... but until then we have bears and ticks to entertain us.
I didn't get to watch the episode until today so I didn't see a preview for next week's episode, I think that's about it for this week!
I did think it was laying things on a little thick when Mark gave his impassioned speech to the penis patient's children and got all misty about how some children would do anything for their parents to give a little back blah blah blah. I mean, I'm glad the old guy got his implant, don't get me wrong. Although my favorite part of that was when the guys tricked Christina into being on the surgery.
Poor Christina. Good for her telling the chief to cut her because she needs to be able to use her talent and if he can't give that to her she needs to be able to leave. Obviously I hope she doesn't go (and I'm pretty sure she won't), and it did seem to give the chief his much needed wake-up call. Finally he seems to have remembered that his job is to staff and manage a world-class hospital with the best surgeons possible, and not to be whiny and complainy about being an old guy.
Callie has her job back! Now there was a shocker. I couldn't get too into that storyline, but I liked Arizona's reality check about how she didn't have her favorite scrub nurse anymore blah blah blah.
What I'm waiting for now is this whole deal I keep hearing about that will lead to Izzie being absent for five episodes...here's what I've heard: Something happens. It's shocking. Izzie disappears for awhile. Alex has to deal with it. Very descriptive, I know. I'm sure the patient from this week's episode will have ended up setting a chain of events in motion that will lead to said absence... but until then we have bears and ticks to entertain us.
I didn't get to watch the episode until today so I didn't see a preview for next week's episode, I think that's about it for this week!
Friday, October 02, 2009
who's out?
Well, while not nearly as intense as last week's episode (thank goodness), this week's Grey's Anatomy still had its tense moments.
I hate it when the Chief and Derek are fighting with each other. Last season it was over Meredith and the proposal, this season it's over the merger. I'm not entirely sure why Derek thinks he's entitled to hear what the Chief is planning (outside of how it relates to his department, I guess) but I also think Richard is being a little unreasonable about Derek's part in his career at this point. Whether he likes it or not, he'd be out on is a** without D's tip about the board. I'm pretty sure he needs to get over himself and stop being such a jerk. Yes, you're aging and you're not as smooth as you one were. Yes, you had to throw a hail mary to keep your job. But I do agree with Derek when he told Richard to start acting like the chief of surgery. Step it up, pal!
Maybe this is weird, but I find that I really don't like hearing Mark call Lexie by her name. I liked it better when he was calling her 'little Grey'. I'm sure exactly why this is a problem, it doesn't bother me when anyone else says it. I do hope Mark gets a nice beefy storyline this season, what with some of the absences we have coming later in the season with pregnancies and movies and the like. I like Lexie and her neuroses about whether she was going to get to keep her job or not. They make her seem more like Meredith but also different because (if this makes sense) these are the well-adjusted sort of neuroses Mer would show if she'd had a normal childhood. Lexie is like Meredith: Version 2.0 - the happy childhood. I also liked when she told Christina that she was amazing and pretty, causing Christina to give her the last of the chocolate pudding.
OK, so I read ahead of time that the first cuts from the merger were going to be last night and that someone we had known from the first season was going to be a part of the cut, but that it would not be a main character. My mind immediately jumped to Olivia, but I was thrown for a minute during the baby arm situation because I could be making this up but I thought the doctor who accidentally cut off the baby's arm was the same one who Meredith went toe to toe with about the baby who couldn't breathe in the first season. I could be reaching. But seriously, how did she not get fired for CUTTING OFF THE ARM OF A BABY!?!??! Are you telling me that Mercy West doesn't have a big enough staff that they have people who deliver babies without cutting off limbs? Yikes. And seriously, this is why you're ranked 12th. How are you gonna cut too deep and SLICE OFF AN ARM. I was sad to see Olivia go, even though she really hasn't had a lot to do since she spread syphilis around the hospital and slept with Alex when he was supposed to be dating Izzie. Alas. Farewell.
Also farewell to pregnant intern who I didn't immediately remember, but then it came back to me that there was an intern love triangle last season and there was some blood and some punching and I think she was the girl in the middle of it. So I guess we're sorry to see her go? I don't really care enough about the new interns (except for Lexie) to care whether they stay or go, so I couldn't get too worked up when Megan's husband looked all distressed about her getting cut, except as it related to making Lexie feel like a jerk because she was going on and on and she didn't know.
Callie is so not moving to Portland (regardless of Arizona having told her she wasn't allowed to). I foresee a make-up with the Chief coming very soon. Once he gets off his high horse about the older doctors still being relevant and able to do their jobs and sees that it comes down to saving money and having the best people available, Callie will return triumphantly. And then maybe Christina will have a specialty (other than peds) to latch onto without a cardio-god there to mentor her.
Speaking of Christina and peds, I'm a little surprised Arizona fell for that one. If we're supposed to believe that she's been working at Seattle Grace for at least as long as everyone else (and probably longer, because she's an attending) shouldn't she have heard of Christina? And her girlfriend is Christina's roommate! Which implies they've met before! She was very easily swayed when Christina said she liked kids, and it took more convincing than I thought necessary for Callie to convince her she was being used. I mean, there's naive and then there's child-like (and not in a good way). I was glad to see Owen stand up to Christina about going to the Chief. Even though he's now a bona fide member of Crazytown, he still has his moral center and I'm hoping that it doesn't slip for awhile. There has to be at least one grounded character, and I like that even though he's got all kinds of baggage and he did accidentally choke his girlfriend, it's him.
When Izzie was sweating all through surgery and then finally asked someone to take her wig off for her, it made me think of Sex and the City when Samantha was sweating all over her couture because of her wig. Anyone else? No? ok. Alex was cute as ever, first for taking care of her and then letting her know that he's not her nurse so it's time for her to take care of herself.
I don't have much to say about Meredith this week, but next week looks SUPER intense with the dad and the health issues and the begging and the drama. I'm gonna go out on a limb and guess that Mer ends up deciding to give Thatcher her kidney, in order to explain why she'll be gone for awhile (because Ellen Pompeo is starting to look like a normal sized person, which must mean that baby is ready to come out!).
I hate it when the Chief and Derek are fighting with each other. Last season it was over Meredith and the proposal, this season it's over the merger. I'm not entirely sure why Derek thinks he's entitled to hear what the Chief is planning (outside of how it relates to his department, I guess) but I also think Richard is being a little unreasonable about Derek's part in his career at this point. Whether he likes it or not, he'd be out on is a** without D's tip about the board. I'm pretty sure he needs to get over himself and stop being such a jerk. Yes, you're aging and you're not as smooth as you one were. Yes, you had to throw a hail mary to keep your job. But I do agree with Derek when he told Richard to start acting like the chief of surgery. Step it up, pal!
Maybe this is weird, but I find that I really don't like hearing Mark call Lexie by her name. I liked it better when he was calling her 'little Grey'. I'm sure exactly why this is a problem, it doesn't bother me when anyone else says it. I do hope Mark gets a nice beefy storyline this season, what with some of the absences we have coming later in the season with pregnancies and movies and the like. I like Lexie and her neuroses about whether she was going to get to keep her job or not. They make her seem more like Meredith but also different because (if this makes sense) these are the well-adjusted sort of neuroses Mer would show if she'd had a normal childhood. Lexie is like Meredith: Version 2.0 - the happy childhood. I also liked when she told Christina that she was amazing and pretty, causing Christina to give her the last of the chocolate pudding.
OK, so I read ahead of time that the first cuts from the merger were going to be last night and that someone we had known from the first season was going to be a part of the cut, but that it would not be a main character. My mind immediately jumped to Olivia, but I was thrown for a minute during the baby arm situation because I could be making this up but I thought the doctor who accidentally cut off the baby's arm was the same one who Meredith went toe to toe with about the baby who couldn't breathe in the first season. I could be reaching. But seriously, how did she not get fired for CUTTING OFF THE ARM OF A BABY!?!??! Are you telling me that Mercy West doesn't have a big enough staff that they have people who deliver babies without cutting off limbs? Yikes. And seriously, this is why you're ranked 12th. How are you gonna cut too deep and SLICE OFF AN ARM. I was sad to see Olivia go, even though she really hasn't had a lot to do since she spread syphilis around the hospital and slept with Alex when he was supposed to be dating Izzie. Alas. Farewell.
Also farewell to pregnant intern who I didn't immediately remember, but then it came back to me that there was an intern love triangle last season and there was some blood and some punching and I think she was the girl in the middle of it. So I guess we're sorry to see her go? I don't really care enough about the new interns (except for Lexie) to care whether they stay or go, so I couldn't get too worked up when Megan's husband looked all distressed about her getting cut, except as it related to making Lexie feel like a jerk because she was going on and on and she didn't know.
Callie is so not moving to Portland (regardless of Arizona having told her she wasn't allowed to). I foresee a make-up with the Chief coming very soon. Once he gets off his high horse about the older doctors still being relevant and able to do their jobs and sees that it comes down to saving money and having the best people available, Callie will return triumphantly. And then maybe Christina will have a specialty (other than peds) to latch onto without a cardio-god there to mentor her.
Speaking of Christina and peds, I'm a little surprised Arizona fell for that one. If we're supposed to believe that she's been working at Seattle Grace for at least as long as everyone else (and probably longer, because she's an attending) shouldn't she have heard of Christina? And her girlfriend is Christina's roommate! Which implies they've met before! She was very easily swayed when Christina said she liked kids, and it took more convincing than I thought necessary for Callie to convince her she was being used. I mean, there's naive and then there's child-like (and not in a good way). I was glad to see Owen stand up to Christina about going to the Chief. Even though he's now a bona fide member of Crazytown, he still has his moral center and I'm hoping that it doesn't slip for awhile. There has to be at least one grounded character, and I like that even though he's got all kinds of baggage and he did accidentally choke his girlfriend, it's him.
When Izzie was sweating all through surgery and then finally asked someone to take her wig off for her, it made me think of Sex and the City when Samantha was sweating all over her couture because of her wig. Anyone else? No? ok. Alex was cute as ever, first for taking care of her and then letting her know that he's not her nurse so it's time for her to take care of herself.
I don't have much to say about Meredith this week, but next week looks SUPER intense with the dad and the health issues and the begging and the drama. I'm gonna go out on a limb and guess that Mer ends up deciding to give Thatcher her kidney, in order to explain why she'll be gone for awhile (because Ellen Pompeo is starting to look like a normal sized person, which must mean that baby is ready to come out!).
Friday, September 25, 2009
oh TV, how I've missed you!
Hello, blog. Yes, I've missed you too.
Before I get to the big Grey's Anatomy recap, allow me to give you my feelings (briefly) on the other shows that premiered this week and last week (and yes, all I do is go to school and watch television, what of it? And does anyone want to pay me for doing either of those things? ha):
Glee: If you're like me and you like singing, dancing, musicals, drama and over-the-top characters, this show is for you. I love it.
How I Met Your Mother: I have one thing to say about the season premiere - wooooooooooo! (also I'm still bitter NPH didn't win an Emmy. But that's a whole other issue)
The Big Bang Theory: awww, I love this show. However, I turned my television off in protest from 9-9:30 because I refuse to encourage the network to keep Two and a Half Men on the air (that is a terrible, terrible show)
And now, the main event. The two hour Grey's premiere. I knew it was going to be an eventful night when I was crying 20 seconds into the episode. Aside from a brief period during the whole Lexie "he's too tall to be George!" thing, we all knew Georgie was a goner, and even though TR Knight did not go about exiting his contract in a way I approve of, I thought the character had a really good sendoff. It was very interesting to see how it affected everyone differently. So let's get to it!
It makes me extremely nervous every time Bailey doesn't have anything to say. She was fairly silent for a large part of the evening, and when she did talk it was never what you'd call friendly. She told Meredith she was never allowed to talk again after Mer broke the news about George, she wanted no part of helping Arizona diagnose her patient, she went off on Christina with a level of animosity I would have not thought possible, and until Derek forced it out of her at the end, I don't think she talked to anyone else the entire evening. Her face when they went into the OR to see George was what set me off crying initially, I am amazed with how much emotion she can show with her face.
Poor Callie, I still tend to kind of forget that she was married to George because it was for so short a time and such a long time ago, but clearly his death affected her in a big way. Yes, they barely spoke anymore and now she's a lesbian, but still that dude was her husband. And she always loved his mom, which made it impossible for her to refuse the request to decide what to do with George's organs. The tirade against the Chief felt ever so slightly out of left field (particularly given how spectacularly she failed at being chief resident) but I guess someone had to leave for Mercy West to make this whole merger a bigger deal. I enjoyed all the inappropriate scenes with Mark while Lexie just sot of stood by with a hilarious look on her face.
And speaking of Lexie, I think I really like her as a doctor. She was pretty great with Ceviche/Clara (I did have to look up how to spell 'ceviche') and took all the abuse pretty well. I feel like a couple seasons ago that would have sent her crying into a supply closet. She was obviously bummed about George being gone and how they weren't exactly friends toward the end, but I'm glad that Mark listened to her and was supportive, and then I think, I THINK, she moved in with him! Hooray! Not that I blame her, I wouldn't want to walk in on Meredith and Derek having sex all over the place in a post post-it wedding glow. Yikes.
The Chief, oh the Chief. Poor little guy, feeling like a dinosaur and everything but still. Getting all attitudey with Derek for helping him out, yelling at Callie when she went to talk to him about her attending spot, getting in a car accident on the way to the board meeting, being all sneaky about the merger as a way to save his job. Not cool, my friend.
Christina never ceases to amaze me with her inappropriateness and her aversion to human feelings. Continuing the George jokes long after they stopped being funny and helpful for everyone, calling Clara 'Ceviche', scaring her off the bowel surgery, etc. And then there were Owen's therapy sessions. I'm not really sure how I feel about those, though I guess I'm glad they were able to have enough of a breakthrough to be allowed to have sex again (I'm assuming that was doctor-approved nookie) so she could finally deal with poor George's death. I'm guessing the therapy will continue, maybe Christina can work out some of her issues at the same time?
Meredith and Derek were all happy and newly 'married' though everyone else hated big-time on their pseudo wedding. I mean, there wasn't a whole lot of drama with the two of them for once, just Meredith waiting for the thing with George to sink in, which it obviously finally did. And since Ellen Pompeo is pregnant in real life I don't think she's gonna get super beefy storylines for the time being.
Finally, we have Izzie and Alex. I really didn't get what Alex's problem was for most of the night, but he made me love him last season so when he had his meltdown about how she had died in his arms and he couldn't survive losing her I was ready to forgive him for yelling at her when she told him how much she missed George. I mean, she had a rough few days there. She almost died, woke up to find that her best friend was dead, she was forced by the best friend's ex-wife to make all the decisions with regard to his organs ('George would give everything'), she was still going through chemo, found out that for the foreseeable future she's living with cancer though she's no longer important enough to merit her hot shot doctor for treatment (which was supposed to be good news) and her new husband refused to consummate the marriage. Yikes. Of course, Izzie prevails through all things. I mean seriously, she's had some rough stuff happen in her life, the list goes on and on. But eventually she gets through to everyone: telling the girl who wouldn't leave the hospital that she owed it to George to get a life because he couldn't anymore, and by being patient enough with Alex to give him what he needed in order to get what she needed (if that makes sense).
It was all very intense, and I'm pumped for the rest of the season! I'm glad the rest of the season is only one hour episodes, because there's just too much going on in two hours to cover!!
Before I get to the big Grey's Anatomy recap, allow me to give you my feelings (briefly) on the other shows that premiered this week and last week (and yes, all I do is go to school and watch television, what of it? And does anyone want to pay me for doing either of those things? ha):
Glee: If you're like me and you like singing, dancing, musicals, drama and over-the-top characters, this show is for you. I love it.
How I Met Your Mother: I have one thing to say about the season premiere - wooooooooooo! (also I'm still bitter NPH didn't win an Emmy. But that's a whole other issue)
The Big Bang Theory: awww, I love this show. However, I turned my television off in protest from 9-9:30 because I refuse to encourage the network to keep Two and a Half Men on the air (that is a terrible, terrible show)
And now, the main event. The two hour Grey's premiere. I knew it was going to be an eventful night when I was crying 20 seconds into the episode. Aside from a brief period during the whole Lexie "he's too tall to be George!" thing, we all knew Georgie was a goner, and even though TR Knight did not go about exiting his contract in a way I approve of, I thought the character had a really good sendoff. It was very interesting to see how it affected everyone differently. So let's get to it!
It makes me extremely nervous every time Bailey doesn't have anything to say. She was fairly silent for a large part of the evening, and when she did talk it was never what you'd call friendly. She told Meredith she was never allowed to talk again after Mer broke the news about George, she wanted no part of helping Arizona diagnose her patient, she went off on Christina with a level of animosity I would have not thought possible, and until Derek forced it out of her at the end, I don't think she talked to anyone else the entire evening. Her face when they went into the OR to see George was what set me off crying initially, I am amazed with how much emotion she can show with her face.
Poor Callie, I still tend to kind of forget that she was married to George because it was for so short a time and such a long time ago, but clearly his death affected her in a big way. Yes, they barely spoke anymore and now she's a lesbian, but still that dude was her husband. And she always loved his mom, which made it impossible for her to refuse the request to decide what to do with George's organs. The tirade against the Chief felt ever so slightly out of left field (particularly given how spectacularly she failed at being chief resident) but I guess someone had to leave for Mercy West to make this whole merger a bigger deal. I enjoyed all the inappropriate scenes with Mark while Lexie just sot of stood by with a hilarious look on her face.
And speaking of Lexie, I think I really like her as a doctor. She was pretty great with Ceviche/Clara (I did have to look up how to spell 'ceviche') and took all the abuse pretty well. I feel like a couple seasons ago that would have sent her crying into a supply closet. She was obviously bummed about George being gone and how they weren't exactly friends toward the end, but I'm glad that Mark listened to her and was supportive, and then I think, I THINK, she moved in with him! Hooray! Not that I blame her, I wouldn't want to walk in on Meredith and Derek having sex all over the place in a post post-it wedding glow. Yikes.
The Chief, oh the Chief. Poor little guy, feeling like a dinosaur and everything but still. Getting all attitudey with Derek for helping him out, yelling at Callie when she went to talk to him about her attending spot, getting in a car accident on the way to the board meeting, being all sneaky about the merger as a way to save his job. Not cool, my friend.
Christina never ceases to amaze me with her inappropriateness and her aversion to human feelings. Continuing the George jokes long after they stopped being funny and helpful for everyone, calling Clara 'Ceviche', scaring her off the bowel surgery, etc. And then there were Owen's therapy sessions. I'm not really sure how I feel about those, though I guess I'm glad they were able to have enough of a breakthrough to be allowed to have sex again (I'm assuming that was doctor-approved nookie) so she could finally deal with poor George's death. I'm guessing the therapy will continue, maybe Christina can work out some of her issues at the same time?
Meredith and Derek were all happy and newly 'married' though everyone else hated big-time on their pseudo wedding. I mean, there wasn't a whole lot of drama with the two of them for once, just Meredith waiting for the thing with George to sink in, which it obviously finally did. And since Ellen Pompeo is pregnant in real life I don't think she's gonna get super beefy storylines for the time being.
Finally, we have Izzie and Alex. I really didn't get what Alex's problem was for most of the night, but he made me love him last season so when he had his meltdown about how she had died in his arms and he couldn't survive losing her I was ready to forgive him for yelling at her when she told him how much she missed George. I mean, she had a rough few days there. She almost died, woke up to find that her best friend was dead, she was forced by the best friend's ex-wife to make all the decisions with regard to his organs ('George would give everything'), she was still going through chemo, found out that for the foreseeable future she's living with cancer though she's no longer important enough to merit her hot shot doctor for treatment (which was supposed to be good news) and her new husband refused to consummate the marriage. Yikes. Of course, Izzie prevails through all things. I mean seriously, she's had some rough stuff happen in her life, the list goes on and on. But eventually she gets through to everyone: telling the girl who wouldn't leave the hospital that she owed it to George to get a life because he couldn't anymore, and by being patient enough with Alex to give him what he needed in order to get what she needed (if that makes sense).
It was all very intense, and I'm pumped for the rest of the season! I'm glad the rest of the season is only one hour episodes, because there's just too much going on in two hours to cover!!
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
catching up
Well, now.
That was a crazy month. There was a wedding (it was beautiful!), there was some moving (it was hot and long and not fun or beautiful), there were school issues, financial aid issues, parties, settling in, going back to Massachusetts to finish the moving, and finally the first day of school yesterday.
I don't know about you guys, but for me that's a lot to pack into a 30 day period. Which is not to say I didn't do my share of movie watching, video game playing and sleeping, but seriously you have to take advantage of those things when the opportunity arises. Summer vacation is not to be taken for granted, people!
Anyway, I have learned a few things along the way:
1 - Moving is crappy no matter when or how you do it. Nothing will go how you planned it and possessions are seriously overrated. I threw out at least 35 bags of miscellaneous crap that I never used and no one else would ever want.
2 - The Salvation Army is a wonderful place and always happy to take a donation, but they do not take corkboard (I don't blame them).
3 - A bar crawl when you're 28 is way different from a bar crawl when you're 23, mostly in the way you feel the next day. Ouch.
4 - There are a lot of mosquitos in Michigan, and they have missed me. They're making up for it.
5 - Going to college the second time is way harder than the first time. And I'm not talking about the classes.
6 - Having homework in theory is a lot different than having homework in reality, but it's still better than working.
7 - I am 486 years old in comparison to a college freshman, but I still feel like I have more in common with them than real grownups sometimes.
8 - EVERYONE has an opinion about everyone else's life, and when you're doing something a lot of people don't understand or think they have a better way to do, the best thing is just to smile politely and say, 'yes I'm sure you're right. I'm still doing it my way.'
It's good to be back!
That was a crazy month. There was a wedding (it was beautiful!), there was some moving (it was hot and long and not fun or beautiful), there were school issues, financial aid issues, parties, settling in, going back to Massachusetts to finish the moving, and finally the first day of school yesterday.
I don't know about you guys, but for me that's a lot to pack into a 30 day period. Which is not to say I didn't do my share of movie watching, video game playing and sleeping, but seriously you have to take advantage of those things when the opportunity arises. Summer vacation is not to be taken for granted, people!
Anyway, I have learned a few things along the way:
1 - Moving is crappy no matter when or how you do it. Nothing will go how you planned it and possessions are seriously overrated. I threw out at least 35 bags of miscellaneous crap that I never used and no one else would ever want.
2 - The Salvation Army is a wonderful place and always happy to take a donation, but they do not take corkboard (I don't blame them).
3 - A bar crawl when you're 28 is way different from a bar crawl when you're 23, mostly in the way you feel the next day. Ouch.
4 - There are a lot of mosquitos in Michigan, and they have missed me. They're making up for it.
5 - Going to college the second time is way harder than the first time. And I'm not talking about the classes.
6 - Having homework in theory is a lot different than having homework in reality, but it's still better than working.
7 - I am 486 years old in comparison to a college freshman, but I still feel like I have more in common with them than real grownups sometimes.
8 - EVERYONE has an opinion about everyone else's life, and when you're doing something a lot of people don't understand or think they have a better way to do, the best thing is just to smile politely and say, 'yes I'm sure you're right. I'm still doing it my way.'
It's good to be back!
Thursday, July 23, 2009
of course
It's because I'm going out of town tomorrow and my apartment knows I'm leaving for good soon and so my shower had to get ONE LAST HIT in.......
Seriously. I can't wait to get out of this place.
Seriously. I can't wait to get out of this place.
Friday, July 17, 2009
alteration station
Next weekend I'm in a wedding. Yes, I know, it's shocking. Me & a wedding. Who would have thought?
The bride did everyone a favor by allowing us to pick our own dresses. They just had to be black, and she reserved veto power for anyone who picked a truly ugly dress (no one did, luckily). This is my dress:
You'll notice the length is, shall we say, interesting. It looks alright on this model, because she's probably somewhere in the neighborhood of 5'10" and she's a model so anything looks good.
I'm just barely 5'4", so it made me look like an expensively attired bag lady from the waist down when I first put it on. This would simply not do. I purchase this dress sometime in March, and then let's just say I procrastinated like a champ on getting it shortened. See all the pleats? Yea, that's a lot of pleating. I was pretty sure someone was going to charge me an arm and a leg to get that shortened the 6 inches I needed (so that it would actually hit just below the knee and be a fun party dress instead of a weird matron length). I would say to whomever was listening on a weekly basis, "man, I really need to get that dress altered" and then do precisely nothing toward that end.
Enter the bride's mother, who sent me a list of tailors after the bridal shower the last weekend in June (yes, that's three months of putting it off. I told you, like a champ). One of the people on the list was located in Winthrop, which I thought would be the easiest. It's best if I just sort of transcribe my first conversation with her so you get the picture:
(phone rings)
Her (thick Italian accent): Hello?
Me: Is this Maria?
Her: Who this?
Me: My name is Jessie, I was given your name on a list of tailors-
Her: Oh! yesyesyesyesyes
Me: I was wondering, are you open tomorrow?
Her: Yes! What time do you want me to be open?
Me: Well, I was thinking around 10 or 10:30am?
Her: Yes! I will be open then. 10:00! Make sure you bring your shoes! Shoes are very important for length!
Me: Yes, I will bring my shoes! Thank you! Where are you located?
Her: Where are you?
Me: I'm in Winthrop, I'm on _____ Ave.
Her: 0384UQ2L3IY5P346YL/RKHGJNS;DKF;DHGOERTU2!!!!! I'M ON _______ TOO! I LIVE AT __! WE NEIGHBORS!!! HOW MANY TIMES WE MUST SEE EACH OTHER?!?! OHHH!!
Me: Well, great! So I'll see you tomorrow!
The next morning, there she was, waiting for me to arrive. As I walked up to the door this teeny-tiny woman peers out of the window with huge glasses and crazy hair. Seeing that I had a dress in my hand and guessing who I was, she came to the door saying, "Yes you are! Yes you are!!" It was pretty nice for someone to be that excited to see me!
Fast forward to a week and a half later. She called Wednesday morning to tell me that my dress is ready to be picked up. Here is that conversation:
(phone rings - 9am)
Me: Hello?
Her: Oh I'm sorry to call so early, I wake you up??
Me: No, no, I'm already awake!
Her: This Maria, your dress ready to pick up!
Me: Oh great! Can I pick it up tomorrow evening?
Her: Yes, what time you want to come?
Me: Between 6 and 6:30pm?
Her: Yes! Good!
Me: How much do I owe you?
Her: Oh..... between 15-20 dollars? In there?
Me: Ok, see you tomorrow!
Last night I arrived to pick up the dress. She did a beautiful job, I tried the dress back on (with my shoes!) and it's exactly where I wanted it to be. Maria told me that it took quite a bit longer than normal because of all the pleats, when she finished shortening it she had to press all the pleats so it would look good. I thanked her many times over and told her that she did a beautiful job, and as I was changing back into my regular clothes I said, "so over the phone you said $20, is that correct?" I got a vehement "NO!" from the other side of the door. I figured she meant that because of all the extra pressing it was going to be a little more, which I was more than willing to pay since I thought someone would be charging me like $50 for this job. She straightened me out by saying, "I said BETWEEN $15 and $20. So, you give me $17!" I kept trying to give her $20, but she absolutely wouldn't take it. $17 was what she wanted, and it was all she wanted.
That, and to give me several of her business cards to give to all my friends who need work. Anyone who lives in the area and wants this lady's information, she does a GREAT job, she's the cutest lady on the planet, and she's extremely reasonable, price-wise.
Today, I finish out my last day of work and then it's off to new adventures and good times!
See all you Michigan people soon!
The bride did everyone a favor by allowing us to pick our own dresses. They just had to be black, and she reserved veto power for anyone who picked a truly ugly dress (no one did, luckily). This is my dress:
You'll notice the length is, shall we say, interesting. It looks alright on this model, because she's probably somewhere in the neighborhood of 5'10" and she's a model so anything looks good.
I'm just barely 5'4", so it made me look like an expensively attired bag lady from the waist down when I first put it on. This would simply not do. I purchase this dress sometime in March, and then let's just say I procrastinated like a champ on getting it shortened. See all the pleats? Yea, that's a lot of pleating. I was pretty sure someone was going to charge me an arm and a leg to get that shortened the 6 inches I needed (so that it would actually hit just below the knee and be a fun party dress instead of a weird matron length). I would say to whomever was listening on a weekly basis, "man, I really need to get that dress altered" and then do precisely nothing toward that end.
Enter the bride's mother, who sent me a list of tailors after the bridal shower the last weekend in June (yes, that's three months of putting it off. I told you, like a champ). One of the people on the list was located in Winthrop, which I thought would be the easiest. It's best if I just sort of transcribe my first conversation with her so you get the picture:
(phone rings)
Her (thick Italian accent): Hello?
Me: Is this Maria?
Her: Who this?
Me: My name is Jessie, I was given your name on a list of tailors-
Her: Oh! yesyesyesyesyes
Me: I was wondering, are you open tomorrow?
Her: Yes! What time do you want me to be open?
Me: Well, I was thinking around 10 or 10:30am?
Her: Yes! I will be open then. 10:00! Make sure you bring your shoes! Shoes are very important for length!
Me: Yes, I will bring my shoes! Thank you! Where are you located?
Her: Where are you?
Me: I'm in Winthrop, I'm on _____ Ave.
Her: 0384UQ2L3IY5P346YL/RKHGJNS;DKF;DHGOERTU2!!!!! I'M ON _______ TOO! I LIVE AT __! WE NEIGHBORS!!! HOW MANY TIMES WE MUST SEE EACH OTHER?!?! OHHH!!
Me: Well, great! So I'll see you tomorrow!
The next morning, there she was, waiting for me to arrive. As I walked up to the door this teeny-tiny woman peers out of the window with huge glasses and crazy hair. Seeing that I had a dress in my hand and guessing who I was, she came to the door saying, "Yes you are! Yes you are!!" It was pretty nice for someone to be that excited to see me!
Fast forward to a week and a half later. She called Wednesday morning to tell me that my dress is ready to be picked up. Here is that conversation:
(phone rings - 9am)
Me: Hello?
Her: Oh I'm sorry to call so early, I wake you up??
Me: No, no, I'm already awake!
Her: This Maria, your dress ready to pick up!
Me: Oh great! Can I pick it up tomorrow evening?
Her: Yes, what time you want to come?
Me: Between 6 and 6:30pm?
Her: Yes! Good!
Me: How much do I owe you?
Her: Oh..... between 15-20 dollars? In there?
Me: Ok, see you tomorrow!
Last night I arrived to pick up the dress. She did a beautiful job, I tried the dress back on (with my shoes!) and it's exactly where I wanted it to be. Maria told me that it took quite a bit longer than normal because of all the pleats, when she finished shortening it she had to press all the pleats so it would look good. I thanked her many times over and told her that she did a beautiful job, and as I was changing back into my regular clothes I said, "so over the phone you said $20, is that correct?" I got a vehement "NO!" from the other side of the door. I figured she meant that because of all the extra pressing it was going to be a little more, which I was more than willing to pay since I thought someone would be charging me like $50 for this job. She straightened me out by saying, "I said BETWEEN $15 and $20. So, you give me $17!" I kept trying to give her $20, but she absolutely wouldn't take it. $17 was what she wanted, and it was all she wanted.
That, and to give me several of her business cards to give to all my friends who need work. Anyone who lives in the area and wants this lady's information, she does a GREAT job, she's the cutest lady on the planet, and she's extremely reasonable, price-wise.
Today, I finish out my last day of work and then it's off to new adventures and good times!
See all you Michigan people soon!
Thursday, July 16, 2009
what is that about?
For the last two days I find myself using the exclamation point to an alarming degree. Everything I type seems to be punctuated with at least one (and in some cases up to 7) of these guys.
I'm not sure if it's the prospect of tomorrow being my last day of work, that this move is really happening, soon I'll be back in Michigan seeing everyone I've been missing for the last few years, or just the fact that I'm so tired I'm trying to counteract the effects by using intense punctuation.
It's a mystery, but I will ask this: if you get any emails, IMs, facebook messages, electronic correspondence of any kind from me in the next few days and it's chock-full of !, I'm pretty sure it's not permanent. At least I hope not, because that would be really annoying.
I'm not sure if it's the prospect of tomorrow being my last day of work, that this move is really happening, soon I'll be back in Michigan seeing everyone I've been missing for the last few years, or just the fact that I'm so tired I'm trying to counteract the effects by using intense punctuation.
It's a mystery, but I will ask this: if you get any emails, IMs, facebook messages, electronic correspondence of any kind from me in the next few days and it's chock-full of !, I'm pretty sure it's not permanent. At least I hope not, because that would be really annoying.
I think I'm better now
So, Tuesday was pretty stressful. But last night I gave myself the night off from thinking about packing, or moving, or anything like that. Instead I went to see Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. I will not say much, but I will tell you that this is now my favorite of all the movies that have come out so far, I'm extremely thrilled that David Yates is also directing the final installment, and I will probably be seeing it again when I get back to Michigan (Mom? Dad? I know at least one of you wants to see it).
Work is winding down pretty nicely, in fact I have very little to do for these last two days, which is pretty nice (hence the blogging). Tomorrow there will be a farewell lunch and then I think that's it! It's full-on wedding/packing mode from there on out (except for Saturday when the necessary leaving celebration takes place)!
Tonight I will be picking up my bridesmaid dress from the adorable, ancient, tiny Italian lady who lives down the street from me. Because my dress was apparently designed for an amazon who is at least 6 feet tall, I had to get it shortened about 6 inches so that it wouldn't look completely ridiculous. I haven't actually seen what it looks like all finished yet but my spy was there on Tuesday and said it looks great, so that's a load off!
And now to continue the winding down process (which is a good thing, given that I didn't get home last night until after midnight! I'm too old for that on a 'school night'!).
Work is winding down pretty nicely, in fact I have very little to do for these last two days, which is pretty nice (hence the blogging). Tomorrow there will be a farewell lunch and then I think that's it! It's full-on wedding/packing mode from there on out (except for Saturday when the necessary leaving celebration takes place)!
Tonight I will be picking up my bridesmaid dress from the adorable, ancient, tiny Italian lady who lives down the street from me. Because my dress was apparently designed for an amazon who is at least 6 feet tall, I had to get it shortened about 6 inches so that it wouldn't look completely ridiculous. I haven't actually seen what it looks like all finished yet but my spy was there on Tuesday and said it looks great, so that's a load off!
And now to continue the winding down process (which is a good thing, given that I didn't get home last night until after midnight! I'm too old for that on a 'school night'!).
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
the state of things
Number of trash bags put in the dumpster: 20 and counting (I need more trash bags)
Number of bins I thought I'd fill with books: 1
Number of bins I actually filled with books: 3+
Number of bins containing books I can actually carry: 1 (this is going to be a problem)
Times HG2.0 said I seemed stressed when he stopped by: 2
Sales pitches given to HG2.0 lobbying him to rent my apartment for August: 5
Number of items attempted to pawn off on HG2.0: countless
State of my apartment: complete shambles
State of me: much the same
Number of bins I thought I'd fill with books: 1
Number of bins I actually filled with books: 3+
Number of bins containing books I can actually carry: 1 (this is going to be a problem)
Times HG2.0 said I seemed stressed when he stopped by: 2
Sales pitches given to HG2.0 lobbying him to rent my apartment for August: 5
Number of items attempted to pawn off on HG2.0: countless
State of my apartment: complete shambles
State of me: much the same
limits
So the packing (sort of) continues. It's a long, slow process which I hate (which makes it a longer and slower process - it's a vicious cycle, really). Trying to finish up the packing (oh who am I kidding? Trying to get to the halfway mark with the packing, more like) and trying to finish up the job and getting ready for the wedding next weekend and look forward to everything going on once I'm back in the homeland and attempting to still do normal life things has proved to be more than I'm capable of at the moment. Things are falling through the cracks people: bridal shower gifts, new baby gifts, laundry, cooking (I quit buying food like two weeks ago), basically I'm getting a failing grade in functioning right now.
14 bags of garbage later, the living room is almost finished and the kitchen closet is nearly empty. Of course I still haven't figured out exactly what I'm going to do with the furniture I am not taking back with me and I have precisely three plastic tubs left in which to put things, so I will shortly be going on a scavenger hunt for boxes. This evening's project will be to start on the bedroom. I am not looking forward to it.
And now I'm pretty sure I've lost all grasp of the English language, I barely make any sense to myself (let alone to other people), and I keep spacing out. It's been great, really.
I will accept any soothing, calming thoughts anyone has available as I make my way through the next two weeks.
Also, if anyone in the greater Boston area needs 'things' and/or 'stuff', please contact me. I'm trying to get rid of a bunch! Couch, chair, dresser, end table, various kitchen equipment, etc. Obviously I haven't made it as far as getting everything on craiglist yet either.
(pulling my hair out)
14 bags of garbage later, the living room is almost finished and the kitchen closet is nearly empty. Of course I still haven't figured out exactly what I'm going to do with the furniture I am not taking back with me and I have precisely three plastic tubs left in which to put things, so I will shortly be going on a scavenger hunt for boxes. This evening's project will be to start on the bedroom. I am not looking forward to it.
And now I'm pretty sure I've lost all grasp of the English language, I barely make any sense to myself (let alone to other people), and I keep spacing out. It's been great, really.
I will accept any soothing, calming thoughts anyone has available as I make my way through the next two weeks.
Also, if anyone in the greater Boston area needs 'things' and/or 'stuff', please contact me. I'm trying to get rid of a bunch! Couch, chair, dresser, end table, various kitchen equipment, etc. Obviously I haven't made it as far as getting everything on craiglist yet either.
(pulling my hair out)
Wednesday, July 08, 2009
ugh
My absolute least favorite part of this whole life change situation:
The moving. Walking into my apartment just makes me tired because I know how much more there is to do.
Three weeks to go!
The moving. Walking into my apartment just makes me tired because I know how much more there is to do.
Three weeks to go!
Thursday, June 25, 2009
slow recovery
So yesterday was my birthday, as many of you know (thanks for all the birthday wishes via mail, email, text message, facebook, etc...it made me feel pretty impressive). I had originally planned a quiet dinner with my nearest and dearest, only to discover that my coworkers had been surreptitiously planning a party of their own. After a week of back and forth and demands that I move my dinner plans back, I decided to stop fighting the inevitable and combined the two events.
Which means that by about 5:05 yesterday I was at a bar downstairs and had a drink in my hand. I didn't leave until 10:30, by which time I'd had a really good birthday and many, many drinks. Don't worry, Mom, I was still fully functional and I got a ride home so I was completely safe. :)
I think my coworkers and my friends enjoyed meeting each other, if only to put faces with names of people I talk about constantly (I'm a talker. You all know this about me.). Plus everyone had a whole new audience for the "Roast of Jessie" portion of the evening, so that was nice.
The benefit of drinking with one of your bosses is when he tells you, "you know, you can come in tomorrow around 11, I think that would be ok" because he's one of the ones who keeps ordering you drinks.
I did make it in to work at 9:30 this morning, but I would by lying if I said I wasn't feeling the pain of last night's shenanigans.
Things that have not helped with my headache today:
1 - My boss coming into my office this morning, putting one hand on each side of my head and shaking (she found this hilarious, I found it mean-spirited and unfriendly. But also kind of funny).
2 - The REALLY loud (but very nice) lady who came in and stood in my office doorway talking to someone else and it felt like she was shouting next to my ear drum.
3 - The constant jackhammering that has been going on across the street at the construction site ALL DAY LONG.
I am looking forward to getting home tonight, curling up on my couch and watching the first season of True Blood which I got on DVD for my birthday. If I make it past 9:00 it'll be a miracle.
If anyone can make sense of this post, it'll be a miracle. I have this feeling that what I think makes sense really doesn't make sense right now. Oh well.
Which means that by about 5:05 yesterday I was at a bar downstairs and had a drink in my hand. I didn't leave until 10:30, by which time I'd had a really good birthday and many, many drinks. Don't worry, Mom, I was still fully functional and I got a ride home so I was completely safe. :)
I think my coworkers and my friends enjoyed meeting each other, if only to put faces with names of people I talk about constantly (I'm a talker. You all know this about me.). Plus everyone had a whole new audience for the "Roast of Jessie" portion of the evening, so that was nice.
The benefit of drinking with one of your bosses is when he tells you, "you know, you can come in tomorrow around 11, I think that would be ok" because he's one of the ones who keeps ordering you drinks.
I did make it in to work at 9:30 this morning, but I would by lying if I said I wasn't feeling the pain of last night's shenanigans.
Things that have not helped with my headache today:
1 - My boss coming into my office this morning, putting one hand on each side of my head and shaking (she found this hilarious, I found it mean-spirited and unfriendly. But also kind of funny).
2 - The REALLY loud (but very nice) lady who came in and stood in my office doorway talking to someone else and it felt like she was shouting next to my ear drum.
3 - The constant jackhammering that has been going on across the street at the construction site ALL DAY LONG.
I am looking forward to getting home tonight, curling up on my couch and watching the first season of True Blood which I got on DVD for my birthday. If I make it past 9:00 it'll be a miracle.
If anyone can make sense of this post, it'll be a miracle. I have this feeling that what I think makes sense really doesn't make sense right now. Oh well.
Monday, June 22, 2009
not really news anymore
So given that most of you are either on facebook, have talked to me in the last few months or are friends with my mother, this is not news to any of you. Just in case, however, I should throw something up here (if for no other reason than to simply throw something up here, which has been sadly lacking of late).
I'm moving back to Michigan.
I'm moving in with my parents.
I'm going back to college.
This is the major thing that's kept me from posting a lot recently, as it was a big secret and when the big thing in your life is a secret from almost everyone you know, it's hard to find things to talk about (except TV shows).
It all came out last week (aka the longest and busiest week within memory) and there is no more need to keep said secret, so there you have it.
I'd like to say the posting will increase, but that might not actually happen for another three or four weeks. Because now that it's all out there, I have all the logistics of everything. Packing, moving, leaving my job step 1, leaving my job step 2, not to mention various wedding related events and tasks that need to be taken care of between now and the end of July. It's going to be crazy (it already kind of is) and I just don't know how much time I'll have.
Then again, in August I'll have nothing but time while I search for a part time job and gear up to go back to school with kids who are 10 years younger than I am. So at least I've got that to look forward to :)
I will leave you with two recommendations:
1 - Go see The Proposal. It's very very cute and Sandra Bullock & Ryan Reynolds have great chemistry.
2 - Check out Royal Pains on USA (I think it's on Thursdays at 10, though I only watch it through the magic of hulu. I love hulu). It's quality programming.
I'm moving back to Michigan.
I'm moving in with my parents.
I'm going back to college.
This is the major thing that's kept me from posting a lot recently, as it was a big secret and when the big thing in your life is a secret from almost everyone you know, it's hard to find things to talk about (except TV shows).
It all came out last week (aka the longest and busiest week within memory) and there is no more need to keep said secret, so there you have it.
I'd like to say the posting will increase, but that might not actually happen for another three or four weeks. Because now that it's all out there, I have all the logistics of everything. Packing, moving, leaving my job step 1, leaving my job step 2, not to mention various wedding related events and tasks that need to be taken care of between now and the end of July. It's going to be crazy (it already kind of is) and I just don't know how much time I'll have.
Then again, in August I'll have nothing but time while I search for a part time job and gear up to go back to school with kids who are 10 years younger than I am. So at least I've got that to look forward to :)
I will leave you with two recommendations:
1 - Go see The Proposal. It's very very cute and Sandra Bullock & Ryan Reynolds have great chemistry.
2 - Check out Royal Pains on USA (I think it's on Thursdays at 10, though I only watch it through the magic of hulu. I love hulu). It's quality programming.
Wednesday, June 03, 2009
that's just the way it goes
I have this thing where whenever I go away for a few days, I come back and it takes like a week and a half for me to regain my sanity and ability to function normally. This is what I blame the lack of posting for the last two weeks on. When my travel issues popped up the morning I was leaving to spend Memorial weekend in Michigan, I had a whole post planned for when I got to my parents'. But that didn't happen because I hadn't seen my family in 6 months, and spending time actually talking to them was more important than posting my insane travel stories (my flight was originally delayed 5.5 hours due to 'aircraft maintenance' and while I did get on a different flight leaving earlier, I still ended up in Flint 5 hours later than scheduled. But at least it was a good excuse for some day drinking in Metro airport and semi entertaining status updates on facebook).
Then I spent the next 5 days being relaxed and hanging out with the fam and spending time with adorable nephews and seeing one or two people (but definitely not a lot, as this trip was sort of kept under wraps so that there would be plenty of down time - i.e, if I didn't see or call you, please don't be offended) and being on the computer was not a high priority.
Then I came back to work and taking two days off felt like taking 7 days off because it's not like anyone was doing my work while I was gone (that would have been great, though).
A friend from out of town was here when I got back, which sucked up a few evenings.
So I've been working hard every day, coming home very tired every night at which point I don't even want to look at my computer (plus, my laptop is pretty much on its last legs...I have a new one coming this week sometime assuming UPS will accept a note with my signature in lieu of an actual signature) so I just totally crash.
And then the weekend comes and goes and suddenly it's Monday morning and I realize I haven't posted anything pretty much since the TV season ended.
And then it's Wednesday afternoon and I still haven't posted even though there are stories to tell and things I want to say so I put up a lame, excuse-y post like this one and ask you to be patient, I will post stuff soon. I swear. Actual stuff. About things.
So keep your eye out for that.
In other news, as of yesterday I am the only person living in my apartment again. It was nice to have someone around for awhile, but it's nice to have all my space to myself again and not have to worry about anyone else seeing just how disgusting I can be when I'm on my own :)
Then I spent the next 5 days being relaxed and hanging out with the fam and spending time with adorable nephews and seeing one or two people (but definitely not a lot, as this trip was sort of kept under wraps so that there would be plenty of down time - i.e, if I didn't see or call you, please don't be offended) and being on the computer was not a high priority.
Then I came back to work and taking two days off felt like taking 7 days off because it's not like anyone was doing my work while I was gone (that would have been great, though).
A friend from out of town was here when I got back, which sucked up a few evenings.
So I've been working hard every day, coming home very tired every night at which point I don't even want to look at my computer (plus, my laptop is pretty much on its last legs...I have a new one coming this week sometime assuming UPS will accept a note with my signature in lieu of an actual signature) so I just totally crash.
And then the weekend comes and goes and suddenly it's Monday morning and I realize I haven't posted anything pretty much since the TV season ended.
And then it's Wednesday afternoon and I still haven't posted even though there are stories to tell and things I want to say so I put up a lame, excuse-y post like this one and ask you to be patient, I will post stuff soon. I swear. Actual stuff. About things.
So keep your eye out for that.
In other news, as of yesterday I am the only person living in my apartment again. It was nice to have someone around for awhile, but it's nice to have all my space to myself again and not have to worry about anyone else seeing just how disgusting I can be when I'm on my own :)
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
you got Mosby'd
As season finales go, that was a pretty good one. Though I feel it's only right to tell you that at the beginning when Robin said to Barney "I think I'm in love with you" and then he ran away I was about to get REALLY mad. If that was the way they resolved that story, it would not have been cool (I have a bit of a temper).
I really should have known better, it wouldn't have been HIMYM if that was the case. Let me back up. How much did I love the Canadian suit analogy Barney used to tell Ted he wants to go for it with Robin?
"Remember that was your answer Ted, because the suit is Robin."
"I'm with you, buddy."
"Yea, because I just explained it to you!"
I'm glad that Robin overheard and now that they've mentioned it I do find it impressive that Lily was able to keep the secret from her for so long. And that while Lily has known about the feelings for seven months, Marshall has known about them for six months, 29 days. (also, I wonder how long ago they filmed this so that Alyson Hannigan could be in it?)
Marshall standing on the ledge trying to jump to the neighbor's deck was pretty funny, though I remain unconvinced that tiny little Lily could have made that jump. She's about half the size of the rest of them! But I digress. (I did wonder where the owners of that apartment were...)
I'm so glad Ted did not end up making the cowboy hat restaurant, but I like that he lost out to the same Swedish architects as the GNB building. And poor Ted got beat up by a goat... did anyone else notice that the song over that scene was "Murder Train" by James van der Beek's band (I can't remember his character's name)? That was hilarious.
I think it's pretty safe to assume that the teaching job Ted ended up taking was the NYU job that Tony offered him, which again puts Stella in the position of being the reason he met the mother, albeit indirectly. I'm so excited the mom is in the class! That better mean we get to meet her next year even if they don't actually spell out that it's her! (I'm thinking that because she'll be his student that would raise ethical dilemmas so he probably meets her again later when she's not a student anymore, and she remembers him as her teacher...I'm just guessing)
Other little things:
- Lily telling Marshall she was pregnant to get him off the ledge was cute (even if she was lying)
- But it was funnier when she told him to get back up there and jump and she hoped he'd die after he said he noticed she gained a little weight
- The flashbacks to all the times Marshall didn't jump to the other deck were enjoyable, particularly the first one with the kiddie pool.
- The hospital scene between Robin and Barney was my favorite. She Mosby'd him three times! And then they made out and decided to deal with it later. Perfect.
I can't wait for next season (or for when they finally put this season on DVD, which will inevitably be about 2 minutes before next season starts)!!!
I really should have known better, it wouldn't have been HIMYM if that was the case. Let me back up. How much did I love the Canadian suit analogy Barney used to tell Ted he wants to go for it with Robin?
"Remember that was your answer Ted, because the suit is Robin."
"I'm with you, buddy."
"Yea, because I just explained it to you!"
I'm glad that Robin overheard and now that they've mentioned it I do find it impressive that Lily was able to keep the secret from her for so long. And that while Lily has known about the feelings for seven months, Marshall has known about them for six months, 29 days. (also, I wonder how long ago they filmed this so that Alyson Hannigan could be in it?)
Marshall standing on the ledge trying to jump to the neighbor's deck was pretty funny, though I remain unconvinced that tiny little Lily could have made that jump. She's about half the size of the rest of them! But I digress. (I did wonder where the owners of that apartment were...)
I'm so glad Ted did not end up making the cowboy hat restaurant, but I like that he lost out to the same Swedish architects as the GNB building. And poor Ted got beat up by a goat... did anyone else notice that the song over that scene was "Murder Train" by James van der Beek's band (I can't remember his character's name)? That was hilarious.
I think it's pretty safe to assume that the teaching job Ted ended up taking was the NYU job that Tony offered him, which again puts Stella in the position of being the reason he met the mother, albeit indirectly. I'm so excited the mom is in the class! That better mean we get to meet her next year even if they don't actually spell out that it's her! (I'm thinking that because she'll be his student that would raise ethical dilemmas so he probably meets her again later when she's not a student anymore, and she remembers him as her teacher...I'm just guessing)
Other little things:
- Lily telling Marshall she was pregnant to get him off the ledge was cute (even if she was lying)
- But it was funnier when she told him to get back up there and jump and she hoped he'd die after he said he noticed she gained a little weight
- The flashbacks to all the times Marshall didn't jump to the other deck were enjoyable, particularly the first one with the kiddie pool.
- The hospital scene between Robin and Barney was my favorite. She Mosby'd him three times! And then they made out and decided to deal with it later. Perfect.
I can't wait for next season (or for when they finally put this season on DVD, which will inevitably be about 2 minutes before next season starts)!!!
Friday, May 15, 2009
Grey's Finale
As I was watching last night's episode(s), I did a bit of a running commentary so I wouldn't forget anything. I think I'm just going to expand on that, so it may be a little choppy (partially due to the couple glasses of wine I'd consumed by the time the show aired yesterday). Running commentary will be the part in brackets and allow me to warn you that toward the end of the show they make less and less sense as I get more and more agitated about what's going to happen.
[I want a wedding where drinks are allowed during the ceremony] - this was my thought when Derek was talking about going to the Caribbean, even though I knew that wasn't going to happen.
[We officially have the second guy on this show who wants his leg cut off...] remember the guy last season who came into the clinic and then ended up chopping off his own foot with a chain saw? This was less ridiculous than that, but still pretty weird.
[those surgery machines the chief bought were really creepy, but i like how he's trying to buy bailey] seriously that one looked like Doc Oc's creepy machine arm things from Spiderman 2
[mark. is. adorable.] I love how he tried to ask Lexie to move in with him but failed spectacularly. Kind of like all the times he tried to tell Derek about Lexie but failed miserably and just ended up being cute.
[katherine heigl looks ridiculously skinny and denny looks really old.] ok, is it just me or in the beach scenes did she not look really REALLY skinny? Not that she was ever not skinny, but this is just getting ridiculous and Denny looked rougher last night than he did when he was actually dying.
[second season finale in a row where bailey makes star wars references] the light saber noises she made while using the new machines made me smile and them a little less scary
[scary brain test on izzie = very sad] it was hard to watch when she stopped being able to speak and she didn't know Meredith or Alex or anything, but it was funny before that when she was trying to memorize 'shnauzer, 747, Victorian' instead of 'dog, plane, house.'
[i heart alex karev...he gives a good speech, that one] His impassioned speeches about not knowing what to do for Izzie and that her happiness is on him are always excellent, even if there were like 12 of them in this episode.
[derek is dumb sometimes, stupid telling alex to make izzie have the surgery] At this point I was 100% against the surgery so I was pretty mad at Derek for saying she should have it. Did he learn nothing from pregnant aneurysm lady? I came around in the end (sort of), but at this point I was mad.
[soldier boy needs a psych consult] see, if I was his doctor instead of Callie, his pleading to take his leg so that he could go back to where he fits in would probably not have had the desired effect. Instead of deciding that he's just a guy who knows what he wants and that's what I should do, I'd probably get a shrink in there for a consult to make sure there weren't deeper issues. Of course, that doesn't really advance plot so I'm willing to overlook it.
[little kids are not as fun as robots, or as shiny or as new, and they don't have things coming out of their belly buttons. just so you know.] It was hilarious when Dr. Robbins said this to the Chief through her tears. Which I can relate to, because I am kind of the same way (crying when I get mad at authority figures. Or just all the time).
[dr. robbins vs the chief! showdown!] I thought this could have been way funnier for a little while, especially given how serious the rest of the show was, but it was still pretty cute. I love it when the Chief plays innocent.
[paris dying is sad and ultimately the catalyst for izzie having a) magical saving surgery or b) tragic death surgery] This is what I thought when Paris/Allison (the girl was Paris from Gilmore Girls) was coding, I thought she was definitely gonna die. I also thought that Izzie was either going to die on the table or come out wonderfully healed. This just goes to show you I have no inside information whatsoever.
[mark and lexie's conflicting timelines are pretty cute] He wants to move in now, she wants to wait 10 years (wouldn't that put him in his 50's? Yikes), he wants to compromise on 5 years, she's willing to go to 7, then he walks away and asks the bus girl for advice while he's fixing her stitches. I like that he embraced that he was the girl and decided to buy a house on his own.
[DNR are very scary letters together...I'm so nervous about what's going to happen with izzie in the next hour and 15 minutes! I keep alternating between sure she's going to die and sure she's going to live. I can't take the suspense!] I was pretty much having an anxiety attack at this point, as evidenced by:
[oh god this goodbye kiss between alex and izzie is totally killing me. why does grey's have to make me cry ALL THE TIME?]
[city hall weddings are good. i would totally get married at city hall if i couldn't have a wedding where drinks were allowed during the ceremony] No muss, no fuss. Especially for a couple like Meredith and Derek.
[I don't want Georgie to go in the army and die! I don't want any of them to die!] He is an easily influenced dude, that George. Even though I knew it was coming I was still upset when it was him in the recruiter's office. I'm glad Christina finally made Owen go see his mom so he wouldn't go back to Iraq.
[NO WHEELY SNEAKS FOR BAILEY. YOU KEEP YOUR DAMN WHEELY SNEAKS TO YOURSELF, 'ARIZONA'!] and then some. It was funny when she said it as though that were the special prize for getting the peds fellowship, but still. Bailey is NOT a wheely-sneaks lady. And that is why I love her.
[I like that christina and meredith don't hug] and later on, when they did hug, it was just as strange and awkward as I imagined it would be. I liked the Post-Its and the pen Christina gave her as the old, new, borrowed, blue
[are we gonna do the short term memory loss thing again? this was in the season premier! nooooooooooooooooooooooooo! WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO ME, SHONDA RHIMES?!?! Either kill her or let her be ok but do not do this!] Yea...I'm not sure what the deal is with the repeating medical issues, but it was kind of freaking me out. Thank goodness for Alex calling it out though, because to ignore the lady who couldn't remember her husband had died would have been wrong.
[damn right everyone turned on owen for convincing george to go to iraq. stupid owen stupid ptsd nightmares. what is george thinking? stupid tr knight being unhappy with crappy storylines this season] I get kind of unreasonably upset with fictional characters sometimes. But I was enjoying everyone's reactions as they were first finding out about the enlisting.
[i love the george intervention plan with everyone having their different parts] Alex got maybe a little more excited than necessary about his job being to kick the crap out of O'Malley if he wouldn't listen to everyone else. And I want Izzie to stay around so she can keep using her 'sad, cancer eyes' to get things.
[Ok, Arizona gets the quotes taken away for making fun of her own name. I like her and I am willing to ignore the fact that she doesn't like sandwiches from this point forward] It's true, I'm ok with calling her just plain Arizona from now on, because at least she knows her name is ridiculous.
[I KNEW I DIDN'T LIKE BAILEY'S HUSBAND. But she should probably be married to a doctor who would understand better. I would kind of like to see what single bailey is like, though. would she have funny sexcapades in the on call room? probably not, but it would still be interesting to see] I'm glad she's leaving her husband anyway, he's lame. Weak is absolutely the right way to describe him. I love Miranda Bailey. I want to put her in my pocket.
[alex is so intense! I'm completely on edge! i now have a sinking suspicion that nothing will be resolved by 11:00. and then i will have to wait until SEPTEMBER. oh please let one story come to some kind of terms!] Yea, I'm still not totally over this. I wanted SOMETHING to have an answer! And now the waiting! But really it's pretty genius to make everyone so excited for the premier this way. I'm still allowed to be bitter about it for a little while though.
[owen and christina - love love love] The two of them in the steam room is always great, and I've been pretty clear on how I feel about Sandra Oh's acting, that was perfect. "I can't breathe without you!" *sigh
[alex's unleashing was good, and clearly she's going to remember it which will be good because if she comes back next season they can deal with the fallout from that and actually being married. if she doesn't die, oh man the last 15 minutes are going to be crazy] My anxiety level was at approximately 9.5 by this point and it just kept going up.
[bailey's right. tucker is weak] Bailey is such a hip, hip lady, it really bums me out that her husband turned out to be such a bum. Remember when she was so happy like 3 seasons ago to be going out for her 10th wedding anniversary or whatever?
[getting married on a post it is NOT cool and I would not be ok with that] I feel like this was a cop out a little, and I feel like they're never going to actually go to city hall now because they're weird and they think a post-it is the same. The vows were cute though.
[HOLY LORD I CAN'T BELIEVE GEORGE IS THE BUS GUY. THAT IS SO FREAKING WHAT THE EFF IZZIE] This all happened so fast (or my reflexes were really slow). Meredith's reaction to the realization that George was the one dragged by the bus was positively heartbreaking and made the whole episode to this point sadder because every time they were talking about George going into the Army where he was probably going to die they didn't realize they were actually working on him and he was already dying! I'm seriously traumatized from it and a lot of the next couple minutes are a total blur because I was so in shock. And then Izzie and Alex were making up and she coded and he was doing compressions and the Chief decided to bail on the DNR and there were just too many emotions!
[HOW ARE THEY BOTH GOING TO DIE THE BASTARDS!!!] OK, by the time the 'hospital as heaven' thing came back I was just sitting in my living room, trying to plead with the tv to make it not so. Izzie back in her prom dress (seriously, that dress has to be like two sizes smaller than the one she wore at the time, she's so skinny!) and George in his Army uniform that he never actually wore (but looked very good in) was TOO MUCH SADNESS FOR ME. If I'm going to read into things (which is what I do) I'm going to say that the fact that George was already in there does not bode well for his chances. Izzie still being in the elevator and looking like something was not quite right (when they started with the paddles) makes me think she has a chance.
[gd freaking cliffhangers] Seriously, I can't believe we have to wait until September. So good though! I think I need to watch it again now that I feel more prepared to handle it..sort of.
[I want a wedding where drinks are allowed during the ceremony] - this was my thought when Derek was talking about going to the Caribbean, even though I knew that wasn't going to happen.
[We officially have the second guy on this show who wants his leg cut off...] remember the guy last season who came into the clinic and then ended up chopping off his own foot with a chain saw? This was less ridiculous than that, but still pretty weird.
[those surgery machines the chief bought were really creepy, but i like how he's trying to buy bailey] seriously that one looked like Doc Oc's creepy machine arm things from Spiderman 2
[mark. is. adorable.] I love how he tried to ask Lexie to move in with him but failed spectacularly. Kind of like all the times he tried to tell Derek about Lexie but failed miserably and just ended up being cute.
[katherine heigl looks ridiculously skinny and denny looks really old.] ok, is it just me or in the beach scenes did she not look really REALLY skinny? Not that she was ever not skinny, but this is just getting ridiculous and Denny looked rougher last night than he did when he was actually dying.
[second season finale in a row where bailey makes star wars references] the light saber noises she made while using the new machines made me smile and them a little less scary
[scary brain test on izzie = very sad] it was hard to watch when she stopped being able to speak and she didn't know Meredith or Alex or anything, but it was funny before that when she was trying to memorize 'shnauzer, 747, Victorian' instead of 'dog, plane, house.'
[i heart alex karev...he gives a good speech, that one] His impassioned speeches about not knowing what to do for Izzie and that her happiness is on him are always excellent, even if there were like 12 of them in this episode.
[derek is dumb sometimes, stupid telling alex to make izzie have the surgery] At this point I was 100% against the surgery so I was pretty mad at Derek for saying she should have it. Did he learn nothing from pregnant aneurysm lady? I came around in the end (sort of), but at this point I was mad.
[soldier boy needs a psych consult] see, if I was his doctor instead of Callie, his pleading to take his leg so that he could go back to where he fits in would probably not have had the desired effect. Instead of deciding that he's just a guy who knows what he wants and that's what I should do, I'd probably get a shrink in there for a consult to make sure there weren't deeper issues. Of course, that doesn't really advance plot so I'm willing to overlook it.
[little kids are not as fun as robots, or as shiny or as new, and they don't have things coming out of their belly buttons. just so you know.] It was hilarious when Dr. Robbins said this to the Chief through her tears. Which I can relate to, because I am kind of the same way (crying when I get mad at authority figures. Or just all the time).
[dr. robbins vs the chief! showdown!] I thought this could have been way funnier for a little while, especially given how serious the rest of the show was, but it was still pretty cute. I love it when the Chief plays innocent.
[paris dying is sad and ultimately the catalyst for izzie having a) magical saving surgery or b) tragic death surgery] This is what I thought when Paris/Allison (the girl was Paris from Gilmore Girls) was coding, I thought she was definitely gonna die. I also thought that Izzie was either going to die on the table or come out wonderfully healed. This just goes to show you I have no inside information whatsoever.
[mark and lexie's conflicting timelines are pretty cute] He wants to move in now, she wants to wait 10 years (wouldn't that put him in his 50's? Yikes), he wants to compromise on 5 years, she's willing to go to 7, then he walks away and asks the bus girl for advice while he's fixing her stitches. I like that he embraced that he was the girl and decided to buy a house on his own.
[DNR are very scary letters together...I'm so nervous about what's going to happen with izzie in the next hour and 15 minutes! I keep alternating between sure she's going to die and sure she's going to live. I can't take the suspense!] I was pretty much having an anxiety attack at this point, as evidenced by:
[oh god this goodbye kiss between alex and izzie is totally killing me. why does grey's have to make me cry ALL THE TIME?]
[city hall weddings are good. i would totally get married at city hall if i couldn't have a wedding where drinks were allowed during the ceremony] No muss, no fuss. Especially for a couple like Meredith and Derek.
[I don't want Georgie to go in the army and die! I don't want any of them to die!] He is an easily influenced dude, that George. Even though I knew it was coming I was still upset when it was him in the recruiter's office. I'm glad Christina finally made Owen go see his mom so he wouldn't go back to Iraq.
[NO WHEELY SNEAKS FOR BAILEY. YOU KEEP YOUR DAMN WHEELY SNEAKS TO YOURSELF, 'ARIZONA'!] and then some. It was funny when she said it as though that were the special prize for getting the peds fellowship, but still. Bailey is NOT a wheely-sneaks lady. And that is why I love her.
[I like that christina and meredith don't hug] and later on, when they did hug, it was just as strange and awkward as I imagined it would be. I liked the Post-Its and the pen Christina gave her as the old, new, borrowed, blue
[are we gonna do the short term memory loss thing again? this was in the season premier! nooooooooooooooooooooooooo! WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO ME, SHONDA RHIMES?!?! Either kill her or let her be ok but do not do this!] Yea...I'm not sure what the deal is with the repeating medical issues, but it was kind of freaking me out. Thank goodness for Alex calling it out though, because to ignore the lady who couldn't remember her husband had died would have been wrong.
[damn right everyone turned on owen for convincing george to go to iraq. stupid owen stupid ptsd nightmares. what is george thinking? stupid tr knight being unhappy with crappy storylines this season] I get kind of unreasonably upset with fictional characters sometimes. But I was enjoying everyone's reactions as they were first finding out about the enlisting.
[i love the george intervention plan with everyone having their different parts] Alex got maybe a little more excited than necessary about his job being to kick the crap out of O'Malley if he wouldn't listen to everyone else. And I want Izzie to stay around so she can keep using her 'sad, cancer eyes' to get things.
[Ok, Arizona gets the quotes taken away for making fun of her own name. I like her and I am willing to ignore the fact that she doesn't like sandwiches from this point forward] It's true, I'm ok with calling her just plain Arizona from now on, because at least she knows her name is ridiculous.
[I KNEW I DIDN'T LIKE BAILEY'S HUSBAND. But she should probably be married to a doctor who would understand better. I would kind of like to see what single bailey is like, though. would she have funny sexcapades in the on call room? probably not, but it would still be interesting to see] I'm glad she's leaving her husband anyway, he's lame. Weak is absolutely the right way to describe him. I love Miranda Bailey. I want to put her in my pocket.
[alex is so intense! I'm completely on edge! i now have a sinking suspicion that nothing will be resolved by 11:00. and then i will have to wait until SEPTEMBER. oh please let one story come to some kind of terms!] Yea, I'm still not totally over this. I wanted SOMETHING to have an answer! And now the waiting! But really it's pretty genius to make everyone so excited for the premier this way. I'm still allowed to be bitter about it for a little while though.
[owen and christina - love love love] The two of them in the steam room is always great, and I've been pretty clear on how I feel about Sandra Oh's acting, that was perfect. "I can't breathe without you!" *sigh
[alex's unleashing was good, and clearly she's going to remember it which will be good because if she comes back next season they can deal with the fallout from that and actually being married. if she doesn't die, oh man the last 15 minutes are going to be crazy] My anxiety level was at approximately 9.5 by this point and it just kept going up.
[bailey's right. tucker is weak] Bailey is such a hip, hip lady, it really bums me out that her husband turned out to be such a bum. Remember when she was so happy like 3 seasons ago to be going out for her 10th wedding anniversary or whatever?
[getting married on a post it is NOT cool and I would not be ok with that] I feel like this was a cop out a little, and I feel like they're never going to actually go to city hall now because they're weird and they think a post-it is the same. The vows were cute though.
[HOLY LORD I CAN'T BELIEVE GEORGE IS THE BUS GUY. THAT IS SO FREAKING WHAT THE EFF IZZIE] This all happened so fast (or my reflexes were really slow). Meredith's reaction to the realization that George was the one dragged by the bus was positively heartbreaking and made the whole episode to this point sadder because every time they were talking about George going into the Army where he was probably going to die they didn't realize they were actually working on him and he was already dying! I'm seriously traumatized from it and a lot of the next couple minutes are a total blur because I was so in shock. And then Izzie and Alex were making up and she coded and he was doing compressions and the Chief decided to bail on the DNR and there were just too many emotions!
[HOW ARE THEY BOTH GOING TO DIE THE BASTARDS!!!] OK, by the time the 'hospital as heaven' thing came back I was just sitting in my living room, trying to plead with the tv to make it not so. Izzie back in her prom dress (seriously, that dress has to be like two sizes smaller than the one she wore at the time, she's so skinny!) and George in his Army uniform that he never actually wore (but looked very good in) was TOO MUCH SADNESS FOR ME. If I'm going to read into things (which is what I do) I'm going to say that the fact that George was already in there does not bode well for his chances. Izzie still being in the elevator and looking like something was not quite right (when they started with the paddles) makes me think she has a chance.
[gd freaking cliffhangers] Seriously, I can't believe we have to wait until September. So good though! I think I need to watch it again now that I feel more prepared to handle it..sort of.
Thursday, May 14, 2009
in my head since MONDAY
Charles in charge of our days and our nights...
Charles in charge of our wrongs and our rights...
blah blah blah blah
Charles in charge of me!
SINCE MONDAY.
Charles in charge of our wrongs and our rights...
blah blah blah blah
Charles in charge of me!
SINCE MONDAY.
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
so long, Stella
And Stella leaves again. I'm not sorry to see her go. Again, I love Sarah Chalke, but I do not love the evil alter-leaver who killed the romantic in Ted. Now she is gone and there is rejoicing throughout the land.
Tony is such a goon that I love it whenever he's on screen. Of COURSE he came over to Ted's house in his karate outfit. Of COURSE he has a friend who wants to build a murder house. Of COURSE he's such a douche that he would listen to what Ted says and then go break up with Stella. Yet another example of how Stella was never good for Ted - the fact that she's in love with THAT guy. How desperate and sad do you have to be to show up at your ex-fiance's house and ask him to talk to your ex-boyfriend/baby daddy who wears his karate outfit everywhere and has friends who build murder houses so he will get back together with you. She and Britney's character were a better fit and more alike than I originally imagined.
The Barney speeding ticket thing wasn't really that funny for the most part, and here's my big question. Remember when they were all saying goodbye to Marshall's car and Barney hated that car because Ted tried to teach him how to drive and he was completely freaked out the whole time and never wanted to do it again? How did he go from that to owning a car and speeding down the NJ turnpike? Was there a story I missed somewhere along the way? I don't think there is, and that kind of makes me feel like the writers said to themselves, 'what should we do with Barney this week?' and that was the best they came up with and that makes me sad. There was really no purpose aside from giving Ted a reason to drive to NJ with Stella and talk it out. Which is fine, but it still didn't really flow for me. There are so many other, funnier reasons that Barney could be locked up in New Jersey.
Robin trying to high five Ted when Stella came to say that Tony broke up with her was probably my favorite part of the show, made better by the fact that she told him the high five would be waiting for him to come back in from the hall.
And then George Costanza's mom kept trying to tell Stella to forgive Ted and kiss him which was kind of funny, but also weird.
I'm glad Ted gave Stella the business and got it out that she ruined him and he didn't want to help her, and I'm also glad that he ended up helping her. That's our Ted.
I guess there is one more episode of the season? I hope? Let's advance the Barney Loves Robin plotline. Please?
Tony is such a goon that I love it whenever he's on screen. Of COURSE he came over to Ted's house in his karate outfit. Of COURSE he has a friend who wants to build a murder house. Of COURSE he's such a douche that he would listen to what Ted says and then go break up with Stella. Yet another example of how Stella was never good for Ted - the fact that she's in love with THAT guy. How desperate and sad do you have to be to show up at your ex-fiance's house and ask him to talk to your ex-boyfriend/baby daddy who wears his karate outfit everywhere and has friends who build murder houses so he will get back together with you. She and Britney's character were a better fit and more alike than I originally imagined.
The Barney speeding ticket thing wasn't really that funny for the most part, and here's my big question. Remember when they were all saying goodbye to Marshall's car and Barney hated that car because Ted tried to teach him how to drive and he was completely freaked out the whole time and never wanted to do it again? How did he go from that to owning a car and speeding down the NJ turnpike? Was there a story I missed somewhere along the way? I don't think there is, and that kind of makes me feel like the writers said to themselves, 'what should we do with Barney this week?' and that was the best they came up with and that makes me sad. There was really no purpose aside from giving Ted a reason to drive to NJ with Stella and talk it out. Which is fine, but it still didn't really flow for me. There are so many other, funnier reasons that Barney could be locked up in New Jersey.
Robin trying to high five Ted when Stella came to say that Tony broke up with her was probably my favorite part of the show, made better by the fact that she told him the high five would be waiting for him to come back in from the hall.
And then George Costanza's mom kept trying to tell Stella to forgive Ted and kiss him which was kind of funny, but also weird.
I'm glad Ted gave Stella the business and got it out that she ruined him and he didn't want to help her, and I'm also glad that he ended up helping her. That's our Ted.
I guess there is one more episode of the season? I hope? Let's advance the Barney Loves Robin plotline. Please?
Monday, May 11, 2009
quick
Yea, I know, the posting has been two a week, and always about the same two TV shows.
Things in Jessie land are looking busy and crazy and wild until at least the end of June, so be prepared for continued spottiness.
In the last week I saw both Wolverine and Star Trek. I enjoyed them both a lot, I recommend them to anyone who typically likes those kind of movies, and most especially Star Trek. I LOVED that movie. In fact, I want to see it again as soon as possible (which I very well might do on Wednesday).
There's other stuff but right now I can't remember what it is, though I will tell you that I've been working on some knitting type stuff and I might take pictures of it someday and then you would get to see more than just words here. All the time words and no pictures! It's boring even to me.
Things in Jessie land are looking busy and crazy and wild until at least the end of June, so be prepared for continued spottiness.
In the last week I saw both Wolverine and Star Trek. I enjoyed them both a lot, I recommend them to anyone who typically likes those kind of movies, and most especially Star Trek. I LOVED that movie. In fact, I want to see it again as soon as possible (which I very well might do on Wednesday).
There's other stuff but right now I can't remember what it is, though I will tell you that I've been working on some knitting type stuff and I might take pictures of it someday and then you would get to see more than just words here. All the time words and no pictures! It's boring even to me.
Friday, May 08, 2009
suck it, Mark!
Today's Grey's recap will be brought to you in numbered form:
1. I win. I KNEW Izzie and Alex were getting married. Please allow me to say again, I WIN (I love to win).
2. I knew there was a reason I didn't like Callie or 'Arizona' that much. THEY DON'T LIKE SANDWICHES. What is that?!?!?!
3. George got to walk Izzie down the aisle!! Yay! Yea yea she was really sick and all that, but I'm just glad he got to be a part of the day and that he and Alex have progressed to giving each other the head nod.
4. I knew Alex was going to use that line from the college graduation speech. I knew it and I still loved it.
5. I wish Mark had been able to bust into a few more scenes to talk about his best man speech and to threaten Meredith that he didn't want to have to be best man a third time. Oh, I love Mark.
6. This whole George as a trauma surgeon thing seems a little rushed to me, particularly if he's supposed to run off to the Army and die all in next week's two hour season finale. I'm not saying that's for sure what's happening, but we all know he wants to leave the show... it just seems like having 7 people die in the ER when he was trying to save them doesn't exactly scream 'run off and join the military to do this every day' to me. But I'm not George.
7. The Lexie part of this story seemed forced and kind of weird. But it was nice when she told the kid who lived that her tears were because the girl was breathing.
8. I can totally relate to Callie freaking out about the fancy restaurant and being broke and ordering a salad that cost $26 and the wine that was $125 a bottle. That'll kill the mood for sure. FYI to anyone with money who happens to read this: if you're out with your very broke significant other at an expensive restaurant, mention that you're picking up the check at the BEGINNING of the meal. It will save you much chasing around the ER and fake breaking up. I'm just saying.
9. I agree with Meredith, best non wedding day ever. The balloons in the house were a little much. Izzie is over the top, but I'm pretty sure there's no way she would have ok'd gold and white balloons for the wedding. It's not a graduation or a high school prom for goodness' sake.
10. I can't wait for the season finale!
Tuesday, May 05, 2009
200 really IS too many
Oh wow. Last night's HIMYM was just superlative (I'm trying to use more words...there are only so many times you can write 'fantastic' 'great' 'so funny' 'amazing' etc, so be prepared for some experimentation)!
We all know how I love NPH, but you'll have to back me up on the fact that every episode that has a Barney-centric storyline is way funnier than the ones that don't. 200 people is definitely too many people to have slept with, but I agreed with Barney in noticing that Robin was 'surprisingly quiet on the subject of numbers' or something like that. There was no judgment coming from her, she was just poring over the list and calling out his errors (I wonder what number she was?).
Barney is so definitely the guy who holds a grudge from 7th grade and then calls the guy when he finally 'wins'. The way the guy went from happy to be seeing Barney again to moderately horrified was excellent.
Also excellent were Marshall's charts. And we come back to the thing I love most about this show. Bringing back things from past episodes. The interventions! Barney's 'investments' at the gym! Yes!
Marshall's reaction when he first met the lady from graphics and she told him he could get any graphics of any kind, as many as he wanted, whenever he wanted was classic. Who WOULDN'T start having charts made for everything? I know I would. The business meeting where everyone looked almost as sick of Marshall's charts as Ted, Barney and Robin until he mentioned it would keep them out of jail was pretty great, and Ted having to agree to pay the homeless man $1 a day for 27,000 years to get the charts back was hilarious.
And now we reach the part of the episode with which I have a little beef. We see the yellow umbrella, yay! We see the back story of why Ted did everything he did that day, yay!
- quick aside, how much did I love Robin throwing up and telling everyone it was because she was pregnant (which she is in real life) but then it was a joke. It was a lot. It really doesn't take much to entertain me. -
And then, then they tease us with who is under the blue umbrella. All episode long it's a tease. I was getting all excited, trying to think over all of Ted's past girlfriends (anyone else really hoping it was Victoria?) and it turns out to be Stella. She of the evil leaving at the altar when she tried to get married at a scary vegan yoga resort.
Now I'll tell you why I only have a small amount of beef with this. I still don't think she's the mom. I don't think the show would do that to us. Our Ted would never end up with someone who treated him so, so wrong. No, I'm sure that this will turn out to be some sort of wonderful closure for Ted on that relationship (which, aside from avoiding her at a Thai restaurant once he never really got) and he will finally move on and be ready to meet his wife. Finally. Hopefully next season.
Only one episode left! I hope it's a good one!
We all know how I love NPH, but you'll have to back me up on the fact that every episode that has a Barney-centric storyline is way funnier than the ones that don't. 200 people is definitely too many people to have slept with, but I agreed with Barney in noticing that Robin was 'surprisingly quiet on the subject of numbers' or something like that. There was no judgment coming from her, she was just poring over the list and calling out his errors (I wonder what number she was?).
Barney is so definitely the guy who holds a grudge from 7th grade and then calls the guy when he finally 'wins'. The way the guy went from happy to be seeing Barney again to moderately horrified was excellent.
Also excellent were Marshall's charts. And we come back to the thing I love most about this show. Bringing back things from past episodes. The interventions! Barney's 'investments' at the gym! Yes!
Marshall's reaction when he first met the lady from graphics and she told him he could get any graphics of any kind, as many as he wanted, whenever he wanted was classic. Who WOULDN'T start having charts made for everything? I know I would. The business meeting where everyone looked almost as sick of Marshall's charts as Ted, Barney and Robin until he mentioned it would keep them out of jail was pretty great, and Ted having to agree to pay the homeless man $1 a day for 27,000 years to get the charts back was hilarious.
And now we reach the part of the episode with which I have a little beef. We see the yellow umbrella, yay! We see the back story of why Ted did everything he did that day, yay!
- quick aside, how much did I love Robin throwing up and telling everyone it was because she was pregnant (which she is in real life) but then it was a joke. It was a lot. It really doesn't take much to entertain me. -
And then, then they tease us with who is under the blue umbrella. All episode long it's a tease. I was getting all excited, trying to think over all of Ted's past girlfriends (anyone else really hoping it was Victoria?) and it turns out to be Stella. She of the evil leaving at the altar when she tried to get married at a scary vegan yoga resort.
Now I'll tell you why I only have a small amount of beef with this. I still don't think she's the mom. I don't think the show would do that to us. Our Ted would never end up with someone who treated him so, so wrong. No, I'm sure that this will turn out to be some sort of wonderful closure for Ted on that relationship (which, aside from avoiding her at a Thai restaurant once he never really got) and he will finally move on and be ready to meet his wife. Finally. Hopefully next season.
Only one episode left! I hope it's a good one!
Friday, May 01, 2009
daddy (and mommy) issues
Oh the drama! Grey's continues its streak of good episodes leading up to the season finale!
The storyline of the little kid who shot her father 17 times was kind of crazy. It's possible that I missed a little piece due to the craziness going on inside my head this morning, but other than the cut on the kid's cheek and the shifty looks the mom was giving, was there another moment where they determined that the dad was abusive? Or was it that they just put the pieces together when the little girl said, "I shot him lots of times! Why don't he die?" And really? Is it necessary for the kid to say 'why don't he die?' The mother spoke perfectly well, why did the daughter have to seem completely ignorant? I know she's young, but you better believe my mother would never have let me get away with saying that, even at the age of 4. That bothered me more than it probably should have.
Lexie was pretty cute when she wanted Mark to show up to meet her dad at dinner, and he was even cuter when he actually showed up. I am really noticing how good Chyler Leigh's hair is now that they're only showing her in close-up due to the pregnancy.
I'm glad Callie decided not to cave and lie to her family, and I like that Dr. Robbins assured her that even if she did, she would understand and still like her. Good for Dr. Robbins, good for Callie, good good. I liked how the sister of the girl who got bulldozed out of a tree finally came around and filed a $10M lawsuit against the company that did it and said, 'when we win, the check is being made out to KAREN.'
Izzie's mom was just exactly what I imagined she would be. Crazy and trailer park-y and hilarious. It was a good job of showing how that relationship probably was for most of Izzie's life...the mom being wild and crazy and very emotional and needy and Izzie having to take care of her. It also makes you see why she left home and doesn't see her mom much. I liked the line, "I love you, Mom, I do. But we do a lot better loving each other from far away."
Alex was adorable helping her with tasting the wedding food before she went into surgery and I loved his descriptions of the taste. The shrimp was like their first date before he screwed it up, the chicken was like driving to the beach with the windows down, etc. All good things.
Christina and Owen continue to tug at my heart strings. I felt really bad for her the whole time he was using her as his errand runner in the OR because I know how frustrating that's got to be for someone as talented as she is to be in that role. But I also see it from his perspective, he knows that George is a good trauma surgeon and he wants to give him all the practice he can get. It will benefit George more, he's just being a good teacher. The scene in the parking lot was amazing, I love it every time Sandra Oh cries. She's so good! "TAKE CARE NOW?!?! WHAT IS THAT?!!" Well, turns out it's really sweet, is what it is.
I am once again loving everything about Meredith these days. The blank and detached look she gave to Thatcher during his whole apology, the fiery speech she gave to the mother of the kid, and the less fiery speech she gave to the mother of the kid, and the yelling at the Chief, and the talk with Derek telling him the Chief wasn't invited, and then the heart to heart with the Chief in the lounge, and the head on the shoulder, and the packing up of the journals, and the relenting on the inviting of the Chief. So many good things! The part between her and the Chieft at the end though, that was my favorite. Because he's not her dad and she has a lot of really legitimate beef with him, but the thing is he really is more like her dad than Thatcher. Especially if you think back to the beginning of the show before she knew about his affair with her mother...he was just an old friend of the family, she really liked and respected him, and he obviously thought highly of her, and it was just so sweet when they sort of half hugged after he apologized to her. The two of them have a really good dynamic together, and I hope it continues.
So next week is the big wedding episode! I can't wait! Take care now!
The storyline of the little kid who shot her father 17 times was kind of crazy. It's possible that I missed a little piece due to the craziness going on inside my head this morning, but other than the cut on the kid's cheek and the shifty looks the mom was giving, was there another moment where they determined that the dad was abusive? Or was it that they just put the pieces together when the little girl said, "I shot him lots of times! Why don't he die?" And really? Is it necessary for the kid to say 'why don't he die?' The mother spoke perfectly well, why did the daughter have to seem completely ignorant? I know she's young, but you better believe my mother would never have let me get away with saying that, even at the age of 4. That bothered me more than it probably should have.
Lexie was pretty cute when she wanted Mark to show up to meet her dad at dinner, and he was even cuter when he actually showed up. I am really noticing how good Chyler Leigh's hair is now that they're only showing her in close-up due to the pregnancy.
I'm glad Callie decided not to cave and lie to her family, and I like that Dr. Robbins assured her that even if she did, she would understand and still like her. Good for Dr. Robbins, good for Callie, good good. I liked how the sister of the girl who got bulldozed out of a tree finally came around and filed a $10M lawsuit against the company that did it and said, 'when we win, the check is being made out to KAREN.'
Izzie's mom was just exactly what I imagined she would be. Crazy and trailer park-y and hilarious. It was a good job of showing how that relationship probably was for most of Izzie's life...the mom being wild and crazy and very emotional and needy and Izzie having to take care of her. It also makes you see why she left home and doesn't see her mom much. I liked the line, "I love you, Mom, I do. But we do a lot better loving each other from far away."
Alex was adorable helping her with tasting the wedding food before she went into surgery and I loved his descriptions of the taste. The shrimp was like their first date before he screwed it up, the chicken was like driving to the beach with the windows down, etc. All good things.
Christina and Owen continue to tug at my heart strings. I felt really bad for her the whole time he was using her as his errand runner in the OR because I know how frustrating that's got to be for someone as talented as she is to be in that role. But I also see it from his perspective, he knows that George is a good trauma surgeon and he wants to give him all the practice he can get. It will benefit George more, he's just being a good teacher. The scene in the parking lot was amazing, I love it every time Sandra Oh cries. She's so good! "TAKE CARE NOW?!?! WHAT IS THAT?!!" Well, turns out it's really sweet, is what it is.
I am once again loving everything about Meredith these days. The blank and detached look she gave to Thatcher during his whole apology, the fiery speech she gave to the mother of the kid, and the less fiery speech she gave to the mother of the kid, and the yelling at the Chief, and the talk with Derek telling him the Chief wasn't invited, and then the heart to heart with the Chief in the lounge, and the head on the shoulder, and the packing up of the journals, and the relenting on the inviting of the Chief. So many good things! The part between her and the Chieft at the end though, that was my favorite. Because he's not her dad and she has a lot of really legitimate beef with him, but the thing is he really is more like her dad than Thatcher. Especially if you think back to the beginning of the show before she knew about his affair with her mother...he was just an old friend of the family, she really liked and respected him, and he obviously thought highly of her, and it was just so sweet when they sort of half hugged after he apologized to her. The two of them have a really good dynamic together, and I hope it continues.
So next week is the big wedding episode! I can't wait! Take care now!
Thursday, April 30, 2009
err
Despite the fact that this is, oh, three days later than normal, I wanted to give my two cents' worth on Monday's How I Met Your Mother.
I love how Barney described the three days rule. It's all because of Jesus, friends. What was a little scary is that as he was explaining it I was following along thinking, 'yea that kind of makes sense.' This could be a sign that I've definitely been watching too much of this show.
Marshall and Barney's new friend from lunchtime at the bar was great, especially how Robin tracked him down for a date after hearing how amazing he was.
I miss Lily.
It's been so long since Monday that I can't remember anything else about the episode, really. I guess that means I'll have to find it online and watch it again!
And if you think it's bad that I can't remember much about something I watched a mere four days (three? four? I'm not sure how to do that conversion...it's the 4th day of the week now, and that was the 1st day... 4-1=3. We'll go with that), I am pretty sure that I'm wearing the same shirt today that I wore on Tuesday. The problem is I can't exactly remember Tuesday so I can't be sure. But it's very definitely possible that I'm wearing the same shirt with a different black skirt.
I am completely losing my mind. I was *this close to looking for security footage from Tuesday just to check my outfit.
I am most definitely having issues.
I love how Barney described the three days rule. It's all because of Jesus, friends. What was a little scary is that as he was explaining it I was following along thinking, 'yea that kind of makes sense.' This could be a sign that I've definitely been watching too much of this show.
Marshall and Barney's new friend from lunchtime at the bar was great, especially how Robin tracked him down for a date after hearing how amazing he was.
I miss Lily.
It's been so long since Monday that I can't remember anything else about the episode, really. I guess that means I'll have to find it online and watch it again!
And if you think it's bad that I can't remember much about something I watched a mere four days (three? four? I'm not sure how to do that conversion...it's the 4th day of the week now, and that was the 1st day... 4-1=3. We'll go with that), I am pretty sure that I'm wearing the same shirt today that I wore on Tuesday. The problem is I can't exactly remember Tuesday so I can't be sure. But it's very definitely possible that I'm wearing the same shirt with a different black skirt.
I am completely losing my mind. I was *this close to looking for security footage from Tuesday just to check my outfit.
I am most definitely having issues.
Friday, April 24, 2009
ooooh weddings!
Last night's episode was pretty excellent. I laughed, I cried, Bailey's hair was pretty, I got to look at wedding dresses. All good things. I even started to consider typing 'Arizona' without quotes (I'm not quite ready yet).
Hector Elizondo should be a guest star more often. I love the way Callie and her dad interact with each other, especially when they're yelling at each other in Spanish. He was great throwing George and Mark against the walls, bring him back! Too bad he had to be cut off, but I doubt that'll last. This is a guy who is crazy about his daughter... but then again, people have issues. Callie and 'Arizona' are a pretty good thing, I like it and I think she was right to cut her dad off.
Speaking of which, Dr. Robbins' (see what I did there?) chats with Bailey about the peds fellowship are contributing a lot toward making me like her. Also the fact that she wasn't shoe skating down the hall in this episode. I think she could be a good friend for Bailey once she finally tells Tucker about the fellowship and he inevitably freaks out (speaking of which, last week I was sick and I rewatched season 4 on DVD... I have come to the conclusion that I really don't like Bailey's husband. He needs to man up about the fact that his wife is a kickass surgeon and he gets to stay home with his baby). That dying kid was so sad... but I admit that I was a little psyched that her dad was played by Fulton from The Mighty Ducks.
Lexie's stress eating because of Derek and Mark's fight was quite funny. I am enjoying the fact that she lives with Meredith now and they have an actual relationship now. She was so cute when Mer told her she was going to be a bridesmaid... "Lexie, you're my sister. You're IN the wedding." Oh, how far we've come. The confrontation in the scrub room was pretty great. "Look at her face! She's breaking out! Look at her ass! It's huge!" (Chyler Leigh is pregnant in real life because there's a pregnancy epidemic going around, hence the closeups and her always being behind stuff) :)
I do not blame Meredith for being upset that Derek was making the Chief his best man. There's no way I'd let that guy take part in my wedding, he'd be lucky if he got an invitation! You know, if I was Meredith and he had an affair with my mom and ruined my childhood and all that.
Though this has sort of led to the question of who is going to walk Meredith down the aisle? I hope they don't go for a kind of cop out and have her dad come back and do it. It would be better if she just did it alone. Though I'm pretty sure this wedding isn't actually going to take place.
Izzie planning the wedding was super cute. I love how she got the bridal shop to deliver the dresses to her room. I'm even more glad that they didn't go for a 'boy who cried wolf' situation when she actually got sick after all her fake outs. Turning on the tears for Derek to make sure that he understands that "a morning jacket is non-negotiable, and we need to find time for ballroom dancing lessons" was priceless.
And now let me please give a PSA about wedding dresses. Please for all things good and nice, STOP promoting the drop waist wedding dress as a good thing! The drop waist is scary, unflattering, and just plain wrong. 9 out of 10 people do not look good in that style dress. Even Ellen Pompeo didn't look that great in it and it's pretty much impossible to have less body fat than she does. Why why would you buy a dress that puts greater emphasis on your hips and ass? Why is that a good look? Someone please explain it to me because I will never understand. Every episode of Say Yes to the Dress on TLC finds me sitting in front of my TV saying, "no! don't do it! noooooooooooo!" They just don't get it! Ok, I've had my say.
So because I don't think that Meredith and Derek are actually getting married at this big fancy wedding Izzie is planning, I'll tell you who I do think it is. It's got to be Izzie and Alex. She's planning what's basically her dream wedding, he is scared out of his mind that he won't do right by her because he's not good under pressure, George was starting to be relatively supportive once Alex stopped treating him like crap, Alex will come around and they'll totally get married. He's going to marry her because he loves her and he knows she's going to die and to make up for the fact that Denny died before they got their chance and he wouldn't want the same thing to happen to her a second time (though granted, it's a little different in that she's the one that's dying this time). Anyway that's what I think.
Hector Elizondo should be a guest star more often. I love the way Callie and her dad interact with each other, especially when they're yelling at each other in Spanish. He was great throwing George and Mark against the walls, bring him back! Too bad he had to be cut off, but I doubt that'll last. This is a guy who is crazy about his daughter... but then again, people have issues. Callie and 'Arizona' are a pretty good thing, I like it and I think she was right to cut her dad off.
Speaking of which, Dr. Robbins' (see what I did there?) chats with Bailey about the peds fellowship are contributing a lot toward making me like her. Also the fact that she wasn't shoe skating down the hall in this episode. I think she could be a good friend for Bailey once she finally tells Tucker about the fellowship and he inevitably freaks out (speaking of which, last week I was sick and I rewatched season 4 on DVD... I have come to the conclusion that I really don't like Bailey's husband. He needs to man up about the fact that his wife is a kickass surgeon and he gets to stay home with his baby). That dying kid was so sad... but I admit that I was a little psyched that her dad was played by Fulton from The Mighty Ducks.
Lexie's stress eating because of Derek and Mark's fight was quite funny. I am enjoying the fact that she lives with Meredith now and they have an actual relationship now. She was so cute when Mer told her she was going to be a bridesmaid... "Lexie, you're my sister. You're IN the wedding." Oh, how far we've come. The confrontation in the scrub room was pretty great. "Look at her face! She's breaking out! Look at her ass! It's huge!" (Chyler Leigh is pregnant in real life because there's a pregnancy epidemic going around, hence the closeups and her always being behind stuff) :)
I do not blame Meredith for being upset that Derek was making the Chief his best man. There's no way I'd let that guy take part in my wedding, he'd be lucky if he got an invitation! You know, if I was Meredith and he had an affair with my mom and ruined my childhood and all that.
Though this has sort of led to the question of who is going to walk Meredith down the aisle? I hope they don't go for a kind of cop out and have her dad come back and do it. It would be better if she just did it alone. Though I'm pretty sure this wedding isn't actually going to take place.
Izzie planning the wedding was super cute. I love how she got the bridal shop to deliver the dresses to her room. I'm even more glad that they didn't go for a 'boy who cried wolf' situation when she actually got sick after all her fake outs. Turning on the tears for Derek to make sure that he understands that "a morning jacket is non-negotiable, and we need to find time for ballroom dancing lessons" was priceless.
And now let me please give a PSA about wedding dresses. Please for all things good and nice, STOP promoting the drop waist wedding dress as a good thing! The drop waist is scary, unflattering, and just plain wrong. 9 out of 10 people do not look good in that style dress. Even Ellen Pompeo didn't look that great in it and it's pretty much impossible to have less body fat than she does. Why why would you buy a dress that puts greater emphasis on your hips and ass? Why is that a good look? Someone please explain it to me because I will never understand. Every episode of Say Yes to the Dress on TLC finds me sitting in front of my TV saying, "no! don't do it! noooooooooooo!" They just don't get it! Ok, I've had my say.
So because I don't think that Meredith and Derek are actually getting married at this big fancy wedding Izzie is planning, I'll tell you who I do think it is. It's got to be Izzie and Alex. She's planning what's basically her dream wedding, he is scared out of his mind that he won't do right by her because he's not good under pressure, George was starting to be relatively supportive once Alex stopped treating him like crap, Alex will come around and they'll totally get married. He's going to marry her because he loves her and he knows she's going to die and to make up for the fact that Denny died before they got their chance and he wouldn't want the same thing to happen to her a second time (though granted, it's a little different in that she's the one that's dying this time). Anyway that's what I think.
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