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The eyes ease open and it's dark again.
I was at Nordstrom's today. It was a harrowing experience for my wallet. I now have another handbag, a matching wallet, and two pairs of shoes that I didn't have before. WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME??? I'm turning into that stupid bitch from the Shopaholic books. Someone needs to do an intervention with me and my credit cards like they did for Rachel in Friends. This is getting ridiculous. I have a sickness. The handbag/wallet were totally my fault, but I'm putting the blame for the shoes on Julie. She spent far too long at the Clinique counter, which left me to wander and get into dangerous situations.
We also went and saw Coach Carter. We both must have cried about six different times. Coming out of the theater, we looked it, too. It wasn't the most unique sports movie I've ever seen, but was well done for all the predictability. Plus Samuel L. Jackson rocks. And it doesn't hurt that there were so many cute boys running around on screen. <g>
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What I thought about last week's Alias:
Détente:
I have to admit: I was most looking forward to this episode for the trailer for next week's ep at the end. I knew it's the one in which Sark finally makes an appearance. <g>
Luckily, there was more to enjoy about the ep than just that ... but not a whole lot. I like Nadia, and Nadia/Weiss, more with every passing episode. Too bad I can't say the same for Syd.
I'm sick of her posturing re: Sloane. At this point, I'm almost on Sloane's side. There are only so many "U R such a bastard OMG I H8 U!!!" confrontations Syd can have with Sloane before it starts to get stupid and monotonous. As far as I'm concerned, they reached that point after the very first one. Syd wants to stick around and keep an eye on Sloane, because he's a devious SOB? Then you know, open animosity isn't exactly going to help you cause, lameass. If he knows you don't trust him (which you have made no secret of), then do you think he's going to be more secretive or open about his activities? Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. Gee, it's a mystery. So far, Syd has been all talk and no action. And all the talk has been boring.
There were seriously a few moments in the ep in which I cringed. Cringed, it was so hokey. The girls doing their little girl speak, and the boys not understanding? *gag* *gag* I liked seeing Nadia and Syd in their cool outfits, and acting like ditzes. Liked seeing them work together on the boat. But it was all pretty contrived, and mainly I just felt embarrassed for them.
As for the guy who was supposedly such a jerk to his girlfriend? Would have been nice if we'd seen any evidence of it. I don't need a lot -- just enough to buy that he was a dickhead, and that's why that chick was all down on him. The fact that they didn't bother with it -- that they just expected us to swallow whatever they were giving us -- is just so typical of this season's show.
All that being said, I didn't totally hate the episode. Maybe because the Syd/Vaughn was thankfully quiet.
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You have one week left to vote in the Oscars poll. There are the movies/people I think should win, the movies/people I want to win, and the movies/people I think will win. My final votes reflect all of them, and that's probably why I never win stuff like this. :D
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Gacked from various peeps on my friends list...
Baby stable after second head removed: 10-month-old girl suffered from 'parasitic' twin birth defect -- That is so sad.
The most amusing meme I've seen in awhile: You name three people. I have to pick one to push off a cliff, one to marry, and one to shag.
Do your worst!
We also went and saw Coach Carter. We both must have cried about six different times. Coming out of the theater, we looked it, too. It wasn't the most unique sports movie I've ever seen, but was well done for all the predictability. Plus Samuel L. Jackson rocks. And it doesn't hurt that there were so many cute boys running around on screen. <g>
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What I thought about last week's Alias:
Détente:
I have to admit: I was most looking forward to this episode for the trailer for next week's ep at the end. I knew it's the one in which Sark finally makes an appearance. <g>
Luckily, there was more to enjoy about the ep than just that ... but not a whole lot. I like Nadia, and Nadia/Weiss, more with every passing episode. Too bad I can't say the same for Syd.
I'm sick of her posturing re: Sloane. At this point, I'm almost on Sloane's side. There are only so many "U R such a bastard OMG I H8 U!!!" confrontations Syd can have with Sloane before it starts to get stupid and monotonous. As far as I'm concerned, they reached that point after the very first one. Syd wants to stick around and keep an eye on Sloane, because he's a devious SOB? Then you know, open animosity isn't exactly going to help you cause, lameass. If he knows you don't trust him (which you have made no secret of), then do you think he's going to be more secretive or open about his activities? Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. Gee, it's a mystery. So far, Syd has been all talk and no action. And all the talk has been boring.
There were seriously a few moments in the ep in which I cringed. Cringed, it was so hokey. The girls doing their little girl speak, and the boys not understanding? *gag* *gag* I liked seeing Nadia and Syd in their cool outfits, and acting like ditzes. Liked seeing them work together on the boat. But it was all pretty contrived, and mainly I just felt embarrassed for them.
As for the guy who was supposedly such a jerk to his girlfriend? Would have been nice if we'd seen any evidence of it. I don't need a lot -- just enough to buy that he was a dickhead, and that's why that chick was all down on him. The fact that they didn't bother with it -- that they just expected us to swallow whatever they were giving us -- is just so typical of this season's show.
All that being said, I didn't totally hate the episode. Maybe because the Syd/Vaughn was thankfully quiet.
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You have one week left to vote in the Oscars poll. There are the movies/people I think should win, the movies/people I want to win, and the movies/people I think will win. My final votes reflect all of them, and that's probably why I never win stuff like this. :D
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Gacked from various peeps on my friends list...
Baby stable after second head removed: 10-month-old girl suffered from 'parasitic' twin birth defect -- That is so sad.
The most amusing meme I've seen in awhile: You name three people. I have to pick one to push off a cliff, one to marry, and one to shag.
Do your worst!
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#1
Michael Guerin
Noah Calhoun
Legolas
#2
Dave the Laugh
Michael Moscovitz
Colin Bridgerton
#3
Smith Jarod
Mr. Big
Jack Burger
#4
Chandler Bing
Eric Weiss
Harold (from Harold and Kumar)
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marry - Noah Calhoun
shag - Legolas
Michael's had a lot of bad things happen to him in his life; what's one more? <g> Sadly, he just cannot compete with the other two, particularly with S3 hair. I'm choosing Noah to marry, because he'd be the best husband ever, and I couldn't marry Legolas for the same reason I can't marry Spike. Eventually I'd grow old and die and he wouldn't, and that is just intolerable.
shag - Dave the Laugh
marry - Michael Moscovitz
toss off a cliff - Colin Bridgerton
You're such a whore for this one. I debated between Dave and Michael, but at the end of the day, Michael is just too irresistible to, well, resist. Ask me again in half an hour, though, and my answer might be different. Colin is a sweetheart, but he doesn't compare to the other two, particularly when you think about how totally dense he was about Penelope for so long.
marry - Smith Jarod
shag - Mr. Big
toss off a cliff - Jack Burger
I'm doing this one even though you called him Jack Burger instead of Berger. I had to consider between Smith and Mr. Big, but at the end of the day, Smith is hot and perfect, and will be rich, while Big is just too ... Big. I don't think he's the kind of guy I could be with in a forever sense. And Jack -- Jack's just got too many issues, and he had sex problems with Carrie, so I wouldn't shag him. Maybe if it'd been Ron Livingston. ; )
toss off a cliff - Chandler Bing
marry - Eric Weiss
shag - Harold (from Harold and Kumar)
Are you surprised by my answers? Because I kinda am. I guess this is how I figure it: Harold is hot, but I wouldn't want to marry the guy. Weiss, on the other hand, is SUCH a woobie, and has a steady job, and would treat his woman right. He's totally marrying material. Chandler loses not because he's not fabulous, but because he's not really shagging or marrying material, esp. in comparison to the other two. He's funny, but I don't think I could put up with it the way Monica does. <g>