The eyes ease open and it's dark again.

[sarea]

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!

Comments

[theliningsilver.livejournal.com]

Take the choices from the snark, for you I pick fictional: Spike, Draco, and Sark!

[indigochild76.livejournal.com]

Heehee... this meme was too much fun!

So here we go... two real, one fictional...

Christian Bale, James Marsters and the prince from the game 'Prince of Persia'!

*hugs*

[jade-okelani.livejournal.com]

Desmond Harrington, Billie Joe Armstrong, and Tara Maclean. Discuss.

[not-concerned.livejournal.com]

Umumum, too rushed to think of people - just going to say

OMG I COVET YOUR SHOES!

*melts*

[ropo.livejournal.com]

Crazy shoe girl! Where are you gonna wear those, man?

[elle-blessing.livejournal.com]

Though we all knew how Coach Carter was going to end, the eye candy was definitely appealing =) Me and my girlfriends looked up one of the guys and found these yummy pictures:

Channing Tatum...the hot white guy with a t-shirt sleeve on his head =)

Enjoy them...I know we did =)

[sevenfourteen.livejournal.com]

i LOVE the shoes...so cute...so different!

[gianfared.livejournal.com]

I enjoy your shopping exploits; so very different from my own shopping experiences. *grins* If we ever got together, we might actually make a normal shopping experience.

Ok, the baby thing is sad. Is the second head alive or what? I mean I know it can't sustain life independently, but the article said it could blink its eyes and smile. Was there a second brain, and if so, where oh where is the soul or the essential thing that makes us human? Talk about opening the door to more questions and ethical issues...

And it's that odd line of thought (and only one cup of coffee) which leads me to your meme:

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
Jesus of Nazareth
Lao-Tzu

[ropo.livejournal.com]

George W. Bush
Bill Gates
Billy Bob Thornton

BTW, I totally dig the shoes. And they say you should dress for the job you want, not the one you have. (You want to be a socialite, dontcha?)

[selinakyle47.livejournal.com]

Love the shoes! Went shoe-shopping myself this weekend but settled for boring and dependable black flats. :(

Since I'm feeling nostalgic:
Fox Mulder
Alex Krycek
Walter Skinner

[jessicakmalfoy.livejournal.com]

eh, don't feel bad. they call shopping retail therapy for a reason. besides, those are awesome shoes!

three people: ron weasley, john kerry, steve tyler (aerosmith)

[hannah-kim.livejournal.com]

It's so depressing how few of the Oscar films I've actually seen that I would be shamed to even guess predictions. I've become this ickle hermit, any spare time is spent watching TV show DVDs at home. Oh well.

BUT, shoes! OMG, so pretty. Your feet must feel so loved. *g*

As for this delightful meme, hmm...
Fitzwilliam Darcy
Edward Ferrars
John Willoughby

And because I couldn't decide which set of men to give you,
John Lennon
Paul McCartney
George Harrison

[jade-okelani.livejournal.com]

I've just sat here staring at the black and white shoes again. I am so deeply covetous I'm giving you more groups of 3:

#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)

[akscully.livejournal.com]

I can't wear pointy to shoes or straps around my ankles but those shoes are SO CUTE!.