Wednesdays' Bones was maybe not the best MotW ever (I ID'd the "torture" and the murder device at least 5 minutes or more before the show revealed them), but the relationship substories were good.  The B&B interplay was pretty spot on, and the issues with Angela were... interesting.  Certainly didn't see that one thing coming until it was actually happening.  Glad the World Series is over and the Fox TV is back, in general.

I also watched Grey's and while I don't have much to say, I will say 2 things -- 1) When Mere was lying on that bed she did not look that ginormous; and 2) I hate the episodes that center on the kids.  I always end up in some sort of tears.  Manipulative show.  But it was interesting to see Coco from Fame again -- I hadn't seen her in a while.  She just looks the same forever, I think.

I also spent part of my night looking at information on the internet about palatal expansion.  Apparently, my 8 year old is a candidate and at the dentist on Monday, I may get the word that they think he needs it.  Joy.  It looks awful.  He would hate it with the heat of 10,000 fiery suns.  How do you deal with that?  If he needs it, the older he is, the harder it would be, from what I've read.  But man, the blow-back would be seriously harsh.  Stupid parenting choices.  

Happy Birthday froxyn !  I hope you have a fabulous day!  I wish you no dead animals in your place and lots of good things to eat.  And there must be some sort of perk you can get for the whole new citizen thing, right?  Right?  I am glad I found your fanfic and that it led me to your journal.  I do enjoy reading about your life down under.  That's what LJ is for, yes?  Hope you have a great day!

On The Big Bang Theory, take Sheldon's speech about football and chicken-fried meat and substitute the word "Oklahoma" for the word "Texas", and it all works just as well.  Honest.  Even my husband says so.  *sigh*  I wish I could find a clip.  Seriously, perfect.

ETA:  And here it is -- the Sheldon part starts about 1:30 into it. 

Also?  The new girlfriends on The Girls Next Door?  Just really not as fun to watch as the original Girls.  It's just not the same any more.

So, here I am after 1 AM awake (which, hello!  I have 3 kids from ages almost 2 to 8, if they are asleep, I should be too!) because I got myself upset by a book.  I read 160 pages of said book, then skipped to the end and I cannot stand it.  I kept waiting for it to get better and it didn't.  It's just not a good book for me.  Maybe someone else would like it, I don't know, but I REALLY don't.  It put me in such a sucky, sucky mood.  How can I fall asleep that way?  I snapped at J at least twice and have now been up for at least an additional hour I should have been sleeping.  I've been watching mindless TV, which is helpful, but still.... It's a damn good thing I get an extra hour on this night.  Unfortunately, no one will tell the kids that.  And I need to be up and making pumpkin waffles in probably less than 7 hours.  Why do I let inanimate media do this to me?  What is wrong with me?  Urgh!!

Well, I am very happy there's not too much new TV this week so I can try to catch up a bit on my DVR.  Lately, I've been watching the shows that I don't wait for eagerly, but rather those that I generally enjoy, but usually do not pay full attention to.  But sometimes, you find a little gem in there while you're doing something else while watching TV.

On Numb3rs this week, that guy who played the youngest brother on Arrested Development and who played the Buy More assistant manager on Chuck last year (is he coming back this year?  Did he replace Big Mike?  That show has been off the air for way too long.) was on Numb3rs as a professor in biology who gets sucked into the case of the week.  But the best part about him was this bit of conversation he had with Charlie and Amita:

( Cut just because... it's not a spoiler. Just a cute line. Whatever. )

For pure fluff and weirdness, Katie Price was on The Graham Norton Show.  All I know about Katie I have learned from the Fug Girls and their discussion of her lovely outfits.  What I learned tonight is that Katie is dating an extremely muscular man named Alex who has been outed as a cross-dresser.  And she wants to dress him up and has had sex with his alter-ego, Roxanne.  She also apparently keeps her old breast implants in a drawer in her house and thinks about auctioning them off for charity.  What else can you ask for in television entertainment?  And how her nipples did not escape her dress as she sat on that couch, I will never know.  BBC America... Alexis' source of crack television.  I somehow miss all the quality stuff they show and head straight for the drivel.  I know, I know.  It's a talent.  Or a curse.  Next week on Graham, Isabella Rossellini is back!  I think that means more shorts about sex in the animal kingdom!  I must remember to hunt down the Sundance Channel's website....

Being a parent so often means that your life is gross.  I hope this doesn't surprise or scare off those of you without kids, but it is the reality.  My husband and I manage to generally divide up the gross -- he is the go-to-guy for the poop and the mucus, and I generally deal with all the blood and am better with the vomit.  But, unfortunately, as last night proved, vomit is a 2 person job.

Poor Jillian apparently had something that did not agree with her.  I can't figure out what it is, because basically, we all ate the same dinner, but the poor girl went through 3 pj shirts, 2 pj pants and 2 sets of bed linens last night.  And 2 baths -- one before bed when no one knew the yick was coming, and one in the middle of the yick.  So much gross.  And so much laundry.
( Cut for complaints about the washing machine I inherited with the new house... )

So, I spent last night on vomit watch and all day today on vomit watch.  I hate vomit watch.  You know, at least with the poop, there's something in place to catch it.  With the vomit, you have no way to protect everything else in your house from getting hit.  Vomit is the worst.  I am glad that it seems to be over and I can go back to work tomorrow.  I do not enjoy spending the whole day worrying about vomit.  Parenting is gross.

 

( Bones -- spoilers ahead )

All in all, I thought it was a solid episode.  I did enjoy it. 

I just realized -- I said nothing about last night's Glee!

I won't actually say much -- I love the musical number stuff, and some of the scenes are great, but the whole pregnancy-faking thing I cannot stand -- ( Read more... )Definitely enjoying the show, but if the fake pregnancy thing goes all the way through to the end, I might have to hurt someone.

On a different note:  I have been trying to make the firm decision to break-up with Private Practice.  They ended on a cliff-hanger last year, and so they got me to tune in to see how it turned out, but after that first episode, I was thinking -- okay, we're done.  But J taped last week's episode and I almost deleted it without watching, and then decided to just zip through it on the DVR and then be done with it.  But then, they show the previews for tonight's episode and ( preview spoiler for what aired tonight.... ) No fair.  Urgh.  If there's one show I am watching that I could give up, it's that one.  Damn, you Shonda!

Warning:  Some stupid whining ahead.

I've been watching my tv and I know I should be posting about

( Quick one-liners on last week's House, Grey's, HIMYM and Glee. Sort of spoilerific )

And probably some other shows I've watched recently.  But for some reason, I can't seem to get motivated.  RL seems to be sucking the internet energy out of me.  Tonight J and I had one of those minor passive aggressive things we get sometimes where I just said today I didn't tell him anything and I take responsibility for that.  Stupid shit.  Over the dishwasher and Elliott's new-found affinity for doing picture in a picture things at bed time.  Urgh.  Of course, my mood might be affected by the fact that while the boys had school, Jillian did not, and I took her to the zoo and walked 4 miles (I had a pedometer) today and my hamstrings are very tired from pushing a stroller up the hills in Rock Creek Park.

Let's see what else can I blather on about?  We are having a bunch of people over to the new house on Sat. to see it, and I'm a bit stressed about getting ready for that.  I am becoming more certain that I will not be offered the promotion I applied for, but also more certain that I don't think I really want it.  So, that's not a complaint really, but somehow a bit disheartening, all the same.  Neither my nor J's parents can seem to find a time this fall to visit their grandchildren.  I had to spend $2000 on plane tickets to Oklahoma for T-giving, which really, needed to happen, but was not planned.  My brother is being baptized and defending his dissertation all in the same week this month and I just wish he would propose to that nice church-going girl already and take the job at UConn and we could all move to the next thing. 

Mainly, I just would like to have something fun happen.  Can something fun happen?  I know that having people over should be fun, but right now, it just seems like an exercise in organizing, cleaning up, shopping, etc.  I think the lack of alcohol in my life may be catching up with me.  Blech.

You know, I've never been to Vegas.  When can I go to Vegas?  Maybe I can just drop the kids off in Oklahoma and keep heading west? 

Tonight's Bones was a little strange, but I did laugh tonight -- mainly thanks to Parker.  Love that boy. 

( Do you have a boyfriend? )

I don't think the mystery was one of the best, but the B plot was entertaining enough for me to make up for it. 

Hmmm... I am not completely riding the bandwagon on this one, Mr. Joss.

( Read more (yes, a few spoilers)... )

First off, I meant to post last night, but I hit the LJ maintenance window.  Who thinks it's a good idea to have the maintenance window at 11 PM Eastern time?  It's only 8 PM on the West Coast, I would think prime LJ time.  Very strange.  

Angie (magicjunkie ), I don't know if you are still out there, but I hope you had a happy birthday and that things are going well for you!  Post and let us know how you are doing, okay?

So, I watched Bones and Grey's, but the 2nd Grey's from last week.  J and I have realized that on Thursday nights we actually record 6 hours of TV.  It is a crazy night.  What is the deal?  Anyhoo, I guess I'll start with Grey's:

( Grey's part 2 from last week.... )

On a totally frivolous note, Stella was my grandmother's name, so I approve of the name of Ellen's new baby girl.  Not a weird name, like David Boreanaz gave his daughter.  I mean, Bardot itself is not so bad, I guess (although you are maybe looking for your daughter to be kind of a sexpot), but Bardot Boreanaz?  That's kind of over-the-top.

Ooo -- segway to Bones.  ( Bones spoilers ahead... )  I do still really enjoy this show.  Yay!!

I managed to watch the first part of Grey's from last week before the next episode aired, but yes, I am now officially behind.  And yes, it made me cry.  I definitely will need to watch part 2 soon, but urgh.  That show.  ( Read more w/ spoilers... )

A very different G show -- Glee!  A good pick-me-up from Grey's, I have to say.  ( Some spoilage ahead... )  Still definitely enjoying the show.  Why can't that show be 2 hours?  I'd probably watch that on schedule with no problems.

As of now, I am no longer the Acting Division Director at work.  I get to go back to being a regular person.  Phew.  I'm not sure what it makes me think about the possibility of taking on the job permanently, but I guess I will have to figure that out.  Soon.  Damn.  

Okay, a few TV notes.

First, I haven't watched Grey's tonight and I plan to, but here's the thing:  I'm pretty sure there will be tears.  I cry easily.  And while I want to see it, I'm not all that crazy about getting all red and puffy and such.  Hopefully, I'll gather the courage.

Anyway, let's see -- I watched The Good Wife last night and it was fine.  I like the relationship with the investigator and I seem to be being given free reign to dislike Logan from Gilmore Girls again, so that's good.   And Jen's Grandma from Dawson's Creek is on it.  Another good.  But, it seems just kind of like another law show.  I'm going to try some more episodes and see what I think.

I also saw Modern Family because everyone was raving about it.  I'm on the fence.  It has a lot of that uncomfortable humor which is so trendy right now, but which I usually just find uncomfortable, not that funny.  So, I'm not sure.  Another wait and see.

Glee made me laugh so hard.  ( Read more... )

And Bones was back tonight.  ( Read more... )

I have tomorrow off (yay!) and I will be doing all sorts of errands and stuff.  Very exciting.  But no kids involved.  Which is definitely of the good.  I haven't had a day off without the kids since some time in the beginning of August, I think.  I'm ready for it.  And Jarrett starts basketball classes tomorrow.  This should be interesting.  Fingers crossed!

I watched the House premier tonight (last night was comedy night, and I definitely had fun with HIMYM and TBBT.  Quick question for you Barney/Robin folks -- do they actually have a ship name?  I was laughing at some of the promos I saw for the show in the last few weeks, but realized I had no idea if there was an actual ship name.  Anyway....), and while I get that it was well done and all of that, I just sort of didn't really care for it.

( Cut not really for any spoilers, but just in case you don't even want anything vague to enter your brain... )

I'm glad that is over and now I'm ready to get back to the House that I really enjoy.  Where he's a doctor. 

I watched this week's episode of Glee tonight.  And I still enjoy the music numbers so much.  And Jane Lynch is always fun.  I'm still pondering the rest.

( spoilers... )

The other thing I watched off of my DVR tonight (well, slid through, really) was the grand finale of The Guiding Light.  Now, I used to watch this show every day in the late 80s when I got home from middle school and high school, and then I would watch occasionally in the 90s off and on, but I haven't seen it in forever.  As I said to J -- it was a lot like what I've heard about going to a high school reunion.  It all looks smaller than when you left it and everyone is fat.  Seriously.  Everyone was fat!  Except maybe for Phillip and Beth and Mindy, who, OMG, it took someone actually saying her name for me to recognize and I'm pretty sure it was the same actress I used to watch in the 80s.  Damn.  Something about aging or surgery or something.  Or, maybe, it was a completely different actress, which would be kind of good.  And then all those people from other soaps who confused me by being on GL.  

I had heard that due to their budget troubles, they had changed the kind of cameras the used (and that was definitely apparent), but they were really low on funds -- as evidenced by the fact that all but about 2 scenes took place outside in a real place, not on a set, and the one that was inside the Spaulding mansion was anything but mansion-like.  Alan must have been cringing wherever he is (somehow, I think he's dead, but then again, no one ever really dies on a soap, right?).  It was kind of sad.  That show hit some serious milestones -- nothing gets 70+ years on TV -- but it might have been good for it to go a little sooner.  That said, it did make me a little sad to see it end.

Yay!  I missed this show.  It took me a bit to get back into the flow of it, but I enjoyed it.  And I guess I will go along with the show's explanation for the season finale.  Because I can't be bothered to expend energy on it, to be frank.  As for tonight...

( Read more... )

Oh, I also saw part of the True Blood finale, and I just have to say that that show is mighty gorey at times, isn't it?  I had to cover my eyes!  Ewww!

First off, before I run off to bed, Happy Birthday to tlace !  I hope you had a great birthday!  And Happy Birthday tomorrow to sowell !  I hop you have a great day.  Even if it is a Monday.


Random spewage on the VMAs:

( Cut for stream of conciousness spoilage.... )

All in all, a memorable show.  But maybe for some very strange reasons.  But hey, Kanye's behavior means that Russell shouldn't be the one everyone reviles tomorrow, right? 

I had an unplanned day off work today to stay with Jillian since she has this fever that seems to come and go and have no other symptoms with it.  I'm hoping for an ear infection diagnosis tomorrow at the Dr.  Kind of inconvenient though, since I am the acting Division Director this month.  My supervisor retired at the end of July and we don't have a new one yet.  I am trying to decide if I am going to apply -- the deadline is the 22nd.  It's a logical step, but to be honest, I'm not all that sure that I want the added responsibility and loss of flexibility in my hours and such. 

Other stuff:  ( cut for American Idol news.... )

Glee -- I watched and it was pretty fun, but I am not totally enamored yet.  The music is fun and parts of it are very funny -- including little things like the brochures in the Guidance Counselor's office -- "Divorce:  Why your parents stopped loving you" -- but I wasn't enthralled every little minute.

I am a bit confused about this Vampire Diaries show.  I'll be waiting to see what if anything people say.  The W-Post hated it (something about it not even having a heart you could put a merciful stake through), but EW gave it a B+.  I hate it when that happens.  Really, I'm just curious. 

Lastly, Leverage is over and I will certainly be watching in January for the next set of episodes, but I think overall, they suffered from a sophomore slump.  It definitely improved at the end, but I didn't have the over-riding love for it that I had last winter.  I hate sophomore slumps.

I have been on LJ, but I have been very lazy about commenting lately.  Which I apologize for.  Because things are happening out there with my flist, and I have been slacker-girl.  Sorry.  I'll try to do better.

Anyway, for today, a mini-pic-spam of my kiddos.  Today was the first day of school and Elliott started kindergarten.  The boys are at a new school since we moved, so it's a bit hairy all around, but hopefully, they will settle in okay.
( Click for pics (it's been so long, I almost forgot about the LJ cut -- for shame!) )

There are dangers to the escalators in the Metro in DC.  First, there's the standard one of falling down on one, as my friend did last week, which require ambulance trips and stitches and pain meds.  Then, there is the one where the escalator is broken and you have to walk up it and it just so happens to be in Dupont Circle or Woodley Park or Reston where the escalator is a good six stories tall and you just know that someone is going to have a heart attack that day from the climb.  Finally, there is the one where, if your clothes are inappropriate enough, people behind you can see more than they, or you, really want them too.

Today, I was standing on the escalator and a young woman was climbing the escalator and went by me.  She was wearing a pencil skirt, fine, right?  With a slit directly up the middle of the back of the skirt.  All the way up to her ass.  I had to look away.  I mean, I am glad she was wearing underwear, but I do not need to know that she was wearing underwear, if you understand me.  A part of me wanted to rush after her and tell her to pull her skirt down a bit, but how do you do that with a total stranger?  So, I was left to hope that somewhere at work, she has a girlfriend who will pull her aside and tell her that maybe, just maybe, walking around with a skirt slit up to the bottom of your ass is not necessarily advisable.  Poor, poor girl.