So today is a kind of a milestone for me! 8 years ago, someone I love very much who was about to move away sat on a chair in my living room and asked me, "Is there something I need to know?" And I wanted so badly to cross the gap and say that I loved him, but I just couldn't. I thought it would be responsible and "nice" and easier to just stay silent, so I did. And a couple of months later, I regretted it mightily when he invited a different girl to move there with him, and I was left thinking, "That could have been me."
Today, someone I love very much asked me the same exact question in the same exact words, and this time, even though it was very, very hard and I'm still half-convinced that I did the wrong thing, I told him the truth, that I love him. And I have no idea what will happen, and maybe things won't turn out any differently in the end, but what I do know is that he'll always know that I love him now. And that makes all the difference.
Sunday, October 5, 2008
Saturday, October 4, 2008
Clouds in my coffee
A sad and wistful song for a gloomy morning. There's a promise of sunshine for this afternoon, but I'll believe it when I see it!
Television roundup
What a week I've had! Somehow I wasn't as busy as I have been other weeks with work, but I felt busier. Maybe that's because the TV season is finally in full swing and I'm still in sampling mode. So I guess I'll tell you a little bit about what I've been watching and what I think. I'm going to do something I haven't done before and try bullet points this time!
- I loved the return of Brothers and Sisters! Who didn't know that whale was going to break? (Actually, I thought the whole window was going to break, so I was actually relieved that it was just the shelf that fell.) It seems like they've got plenty of stuff going on this year, and I will be tuning in to find out!
- Chuck was great fun. The only thing is that I expected something to change in the status quo after that episode, but somehow it all went back to normal in the end. I would have liked to see Chuck become assistant manager, especially.
- Heroes is great! What else can I say?
- I've always liked Life, and I still do. It's not like it's a groundbreaking show or anything, but it's very well-executed. And apparently I have a thing for redheads.
- Fringe really stepped it up this week. I love Walter so much, but we all know I have a thing for eccentric college professors. And I'm glad we got to see the cow again.
- I really like Privileged much more than I ever intended to, so it figures that the ratings are in the basement. But seriously, if you haven't watched it, watch it, and you'll be surprised!
- I feel quite blasphemous saying this, but the premiere of Pushing Daisies didn't do anything for me. It felt like they were trying too hard, and there were some pacing problems. But of course I'm going to watch it again next week and see if it returns to form.
- I wasn't quite as put off by Dirty Sexy Money, but it seems like they're trying to change the show a lot, and I'm not exactly sure where it's going to end up.
- Lipstick Jungle, on the other hand, thoroughly pleased me. Who would have thought it would be beating DSM for my affections in that timeslot?
- Ugly Betty is another show that seems to be floundering a little bit. It seems like they're setting a lot of dominoes up, but right now I'm not quite sure what's going on.
- The Ex-List is a real wild card for me. I totally identify with Bella, especially when she said she's 33. (That's exactly my age!) But it kind of seems that going through all her romantic failures week by week will be exactly like going through all of my own. And what's fun about that? The premiere left me wanting to fall on my sword by the end, but I'll watch it again next week and see how I feel then.
Notice something missing? The one show I haven't gotten around to watching online is Gossip Girl. I can't really account for that, and I'm sure if I ever do watch it I'll get back into it, but I wonder what that says about it and/or me.
Ok, now I guess I know why I'm feeling so frazzled. That's 11 hours of TV I've managed to watch this week. And yet, back in the olden days I could probably manage to watch that much on one lazy weekend day. Being an adult isn't all it's cracked up to be!
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Friday, September 26, 2008
Baffling reference question of the day
"Do you know what 84% is?"
I was tempted to say, "It means that if you had 100 things, 84 of them would be one way." But instead I asked her what she really meant, and found out she wanted to know what it is on the grading scale. Of course, there's way more than one possible answer to that question as well, but I told her it was a B, and she was satisfied.
I was tempted to say, "It means that if you had 100 things, 84 of them would be one way." But instead I asked her what she really meant, and found out she wanted to know what it is on the grading scale. Of course, there's way more than one possible answer to that question as well, but I told her it was a B, and she was satisfied.
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Week 3 season report
Ok, so I skipped a week because there was nothing new on last week. But this week has a multitude of riches. I've been away from home a lot because of work, but I'll tell you how far I've gotten with my tapes.
I thought the season premiere of Heroes was awesome. I'm not one of the people who completely hated season 2, but I'd forgotten how much I loved the pace of season 1 until we returned to it. Stuff actually happened, and it wasn't all fully explained, but who cares? Heroes isn't about making sense; it's about unexpected things happening! Except for the presence of Maya and Elle, we could almost pretend that the events of season 2 never even happened, and I guess that's fine by me.
Fringe was perfectly fine this week. I agree with someone who said that the show looks great visually but isn't really as interesting as they expected. It's a solid workhorse of a show, like a CBS procedural, and I expect it will stay on the air for a long time, but it's just not as addictive as people were expecting. I do think the main character is beautiful, though, and I love that they don't glop the make-up on her. She has freckles and you can see them! But I need more cow to make my happiness complete.
I watched Knight Rider last night because somebody I admire said that it was so bad we all had to watch it to mark this moment for posterity. I didn't actually think it was that bad, but it didn't make a whole lot of sense, and not in a "who the hell cares" way like with Heroes. It was more like, "I have no idea who these people are or why they're doing these things. Did I fall asleep for a moment and miss the exposition?" The background music was wonderfully 80's cheesy, though, I have to admit. And it really did look slick and glossy and impossibly high-budget. But there's no question that next week I'll be watching Pushing Daisies instead. (And you had better do so, too, if you know what's good for you!)
I tried to tape the season premiere of Lipstick Jungle, but the president's speech screwed up the timing and I didn't get the whole thing. I might watch it on Hulu sometime, or I might not. The fact is, I'm pretty sure I'll choose to tape Dirty Sexy Money in that timeslot instead, so why bother to get reunited with the ladies of Lipstick Jungle?
Tonight is the premiere of Ugly Betty, and you guessed it, I won't be home. But I'll tape it and get to watch it this weekend with the rest of my backlog.
I thought the season premiere of Heroes was awesome. I'm not one of the people who completely hated season 2, but I'd forgotten how much I loved the pace of season 1 until we returned to it. Stuff actually happened, and it wasn't all fully explained, but who cares? Heroes isn't about making sense; it's about unexpected things happening! Except for the presence of Maya and Elle, we could almost pretend that the events of season 2 never even happened, and I guess that's fine by me.
Fringe was perfectly fine this week. I agree with someone who said that the show looks great visually but isn't really as interesting as they expected. It's a solid workhorse of a show, like a CBS procedural, and I expect it will stay on the air for a long time, but it's just not as addictive as people were expecting. I do think the main character is beautiful, though, and I love that they don't glop the make-up on her. She has freckles and you can see them! But I need more cow to make my happiness complete.
I watched Knight Rider last night because somebody I admire said that it was so bad we all had to watch it to mark this moment for posterity. I didn't actually think it was that bad, but it didn't make a whole lot of sense, and not in a "who the hell cares" way like with Heroes. It was more like, "I have no idea who these people are or why they're doing these things. Did I fall asleep for a moment and miss the exposition?" The background music was wonderfully 80's cheesy, though, I have to admit. And it really did look slick and glossy and impossibly high-budget. But there's no question that next week I'll be watching Pushing Daisies instead. (And you had better do so, too, if you know what's good for you!)
I tried to tape the season premiere of Lipstick Jungle, but the president's speech screwed up the timing and I didn't get the whole thing. I might watch it on Hulu sometime, or I might not. The fact is, I'm pretty sure I'll choose to tape Dirty Sexy Money in that timeslot instead, so why bother to get reunited with the ladies of Lipstick Jungle?
Tonight is the premiere of Ugly Betty, and you guessed it, I won't be home. But I'll tape it and get to watch it this weekend with the rest of my backlog.
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