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So I apparently over-estimated the number of classes I needed to get my management and supervisory certificate, and the last class I needed was today. So, I got a shiny plaque after class for completing the required number of classes!
TV commentary:
HIMYM- So I had heard they were finally gonna reveal the slutty pumpkin chick this season. Which some are pissed about, because why now, if she's not the mother? Eh, I can roll with it. But today they leaked who they cast to play her! You have to live under a rock to not have heard it, but I'll add a spoiler cut, just in case. Katie Holmes. I dunno how I feel about that. I had a thing for Katie Holmes since the Creek, and Pacey and Joey are one of my all time favorite TV couplings. But did they have to get someone so high profile to play an iconic HIMYM character? Of course, they built up the Slutty Pumpkin only a tad bit less than the actual mother, that I suppose they couldn't have it be some random.
Gossip Girl- In addition to the above HIMYM spoiler, heard some spoilers for Gossip Girl which are dashing my Dair-loving heart. It sounds like the writers have a preference for Chair, which is total BS! I mean, it sounds like Dan and Blair will continue to grow close, but as friends. Which is some consolation. But it is kinda disappointing that the show is going for a Chair endgame. It was an interesting experiment, but honestly, that pairing is terrible. Sure, they have chemistry. But they are destined to be a mess. Some people might argue, how are they any different than Logan and Veronica on Veronica Mars, which is a coupling I do like? I don't know how to articulate it into words, but it just is! At the very least, I hate the implication that Blair is too damaged and effed up to end up with anyone else. I guess I've always felt sorry for the character given all she's been through with Serena, and it just sucks for her that the prize the story has come up with for her in the end is Chuck?!
You know, just because a show starts with one pairing in mind doesn't mean they have to end with it! Schwartz and crew should take a cue from their last teen drama, The OC. Ryan and Taylor were much better than Ryan and Marissa ever were. (it baffles me how people actually thought she was good for him. As I've said before, she was only with him until a more effed up guy came along, or someone who would piss off her mom more, and then she'd be with that guy, then realize what a frak up she hooked up with and wait for Ryan to come in and save her. What a bitch!)
And the biggest example, Dawson's Creek. Mentioning how PJ were one of my all time favorite couplings on TV gives me fond memories of that show. The end of Cinderella Story (Its still pisses me off to no end that the DVD doesn't have the original song they played during that scene, Tara Mclean's "Settling"), the end of True Love, the entirety of Castaways, the scene where Pacey uses Joey to finally end things with Virginia Madsen, the off the hook convo from the finale? I challenge anyone to find a better pairing on a TV show! (I know, could I sound more ghey right now?)
Glee- An intro to the new characters:
As I've said before, I find Sugar kinda cute (and that ass!). And even her bad singing was kinda cute. Of course, one thing that baffles me are the comments about where is Sam? I understand I'm a big TV watching geek, so I know a lot of stuff the average viewer doesn't know. But there are times where I'm just incredulous at the questions people who purport to watch the show ask! Where's Sam?! They effin said it in the beginning of the ep! He moved! Did you even watch the episode?!
Also ridiculous? Those few people who hate Sugar because they found the whole Asperger's thing offensive. The show wasn't making fun of people who have Asperger's, it was making fun of all those people who claim they have Asperger's to explain away their awkwardness and try to sound all special and act like it gives them free reign to act like an a-hole. I'm sure people with actual Asperger's have a really hard time, and I do feel sorry for them. I just think there are people who claim they have Asperger's and its total BS! Honestly, if you're cognizant enough to self diagnose yourself with Asperger's, then you prolly don't have Asperger's.
Criminal Minds- Not bothering with a spoiler cut, because if you watch this show at all, you knew JJ back was back at the end of last season, and you can't not have heard that Prentiss was coming back this season. On the one hand, I'm glad they got the show back to normal. It was a huge misstep last season trying to get rid of them. Actually it seemed like they took back a lot of moves they made with the series last season. They canceled the spin-off, and brought back JJ and Prentiss after coming up with elaborate ways to write them off- JJ having to take a forced promotion and the whole Prentiss secret spy past and them faking her death.
But now things are back to the way they were. Which is good, but I do feel sorry for Rachel Nichols in all this. She never had a chance to be really accepted given the way the show unceremoniously tried to get rid of two beloved characters. And now that they're back, she got the boot. I still don't know what the hell the TPTB were thinking. It didn't seem like the show was hurting in the ratings that they need a shake up. Even if it was, that was a kinda dumb way to change things up. Its like, I know, lets get rid of the two hot chyx! If it ain't broke don't fix!
TV commentary:
HIMYM- So I had heard they were finally gonna reveal the slutty pumpkin chick this season. Which some are pissed about, because why now, if she's not the mother? Eh, I can roll with it. But today they leaked who they cast to play her! You have to live under a rock to not have heard it, but I'll add a spoiler cut, just in case. Katie Holmes. I dunno how I feel about that. I had a thing for Katie Holmes since the Creek, and Pacey and Joey are one of my all time favorite TV couplings. But did they have to get someone so high profile to play an iconic HIMYM character? Of course, they built up the Slutty Pumpkin only a tad bit less than the actual mother, that I suppose they couldn't have it be some random.
Gossip Girl- In addition to the above HIMYM spoiler, heard some spoilers for Gossip Girl which are dashing my Dair-loving heart. It sounds like the writers have a preference for Chair, which is total BS! I mean, it sounds like Dan and Blair will continue to grow close, but as friends. Which is some consolation. But it is kinda disappointing that the show is going for a Chair endgame. It was an interesting experiment, but honestly, that pairing is terrible. Sure, they have chemistry. But they are destined to be a mess. Some people might argue, how are they any different than Logan and Veronica on Veronica Mars, which is a coupling I do like? I don't know how to articulate it into words, but it just is! At the very least, I hate the implication that Blair is too damaged and effed up to end up with anyone else. I guess I've always felt sorry for the character given all she's been through with Serena, and it just sucks for her that the prize the story has come up with for her in the end is Chuck?!
You know, just because a show starts with one pairing in mind doesn't mean they have to end with it! Schwartz and crew should take a cue from their last teen drama, The OC. Ryan and Taylor were much better than Ryan and Marissa ever were. (it baffles me how people actually thought she was good for him. As I've said before, she was only with him until a more effed up guy came along, or someone who would piss off her mom more, and then she'd be with that guy, then realize what a frak up she hooked up with and wait for Ryan to come in and save her. What a bitch!)
And the biggest example, Dawson's Creek. Mentioning how PJ were one of my all time favorite couplings on TV gives me fond memories of that show. The end of Cinderella Story (Its still pisses me off to no end that the DVD doesn't have the original song they played during that scene, Tara Mclean's "Settling"), the end of True Love, the entirety of Castaways, the scene where Pacey uses Joey to finally end things with Virginia Madsen, the off the hook convo from the finale? I challenge anyone to find a better pairing on a TV show! (I know, could I sound more ghey right now?)
Glee- An intro to the new characters:
Click to viewAs I've said before, I find Sugar kinda cute (and that ass!). And even her bad singing was kinda cute. Of course, one thing that baffles me are the comments about where is Sam? I understand I'm a big TV watching geek, so I know a lot of stuff the average viewer doesn't know. But there are times where I'm just incredulous at the questions people who purport to watch the show ask! Where's Sam?! They effin said it in the beginning of the ep! He moved! Did you even watch the episode?!
Also ridiculous? Those few people who hate Sugar because they found the whole Asperger's thing offensive. The show wasn't making fun of people who have Asperger's, it was making fun of all those people who claim they have Asperger's to explain away their awkwardness and try to sound all special and act like it gives them free reign to act like an a-hole. I'm sure people with actual Asperger's have a really hard time, and I do feel sorry for them. I just think there are people who claim they have Asperger's and its total BS! Honestly, if you're cognizant enough to self diagnose yourself with Asperger's, then you prolly don't have Asperger's.
Criminal Minds- Not bothering with a spoiler cut, because if you watch this show at all, you knew JJ back was back at the end of last season, and you can't not have heard that Prentiss was coming back this season. On the one hand, I'm glad they got the show back to normal. It was a huge misstep last season trying to get rid of them. Actually it seemed like they took back a lot of moves they made with the series last season. They canceled the spin-off, and brought back JJ and Prentiss after coming up with elaborate ways to write them off- JJ having to take a forced promotion and the whole Prentiss secret spy past and them faking her death.
But now things are back to the way they were. Which is good, but I do feel sorry for Rachel Nichols in all this. She never had a chance to be really accepted given the way the show unceremoniously tried to get rid of two beloved characters. And now that they're back, she got the boot. I still don't know what the hell the TPTB were thinking. It didn't seem like the show was hurting in the ratings that they need a shake up. Even if it was, that was a kinda dumb way to change things up. Its like, I know, lets get rid of the two hot chyx! If it ain't broke don't fix!