so, the Hugh Laurie directed episode of House was fine. nothing mind-blowing, obviously heavy on the supporting characters so as to give hugh laurie less to do, which sadly meant that david strathairn (whom i love) wasn't used probably to his best extent, but whatever.

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i was scrolling through an old document with random old away messages i had, looking for a specific lewis black quotation that i apparently don't have anymore, and there were these snippets of IM conversations between gruber and me. they're hilarious ( Read more... )

so tonight i watched the American Masters special on Jerome Robbins on PBS, and what an amazing guy. i mean, he was occasionally vicious to the people he was working with, named names to HUAC, and had life-long issues with his own homosexuality, but what absolute genius. i mean, he basically changed the American musical with West Side Story, and he ( Read more... )

so how much of a shitshow is it going to be, getting Shakespeare in the Park tickets this summer? I'm thinking SO MANY WHALES shitshow ( Read more... )

or, BLARG HEROES SEASON FINALE.

this was the most anticlimactic season finale heroes has ever had. the world definitely ended not with a bang but with a whimper. a whimper distinctly from douchebag samuel. it was kind of amazing how it just sort of fizzled out... at like 9:53 i actually shouted at the tv, "that's fucking IT?" doh.

( you know the drill )

tonight's Heroes episode, or at least the Sylar/Peter plot, was totally a fanfiction come to life. i don't understand how it could have been anything else. not that i cared, b/c finally the only two characters i give a crap about anymore came together, in fantastically homoerotic fashion, but still. fanfiction, i swear to you.

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yesterday in Union Sq., Rich Sommer, a.k.a. Harry Crane on Mad Men, a.k.a. the advertising dude who wears glasses and is nebbishy and is not gay, nor blond, nor bearded, nor the douchey one who knocked up Peggy. and who takes over the television division, or something? in season 2.

yes, i of course had to look up his name.

oh sweet sassy molassy, Heroes.

( every episode is now 90% boring, 10% interesting. )

oh, Heroes. you were back for TWO HOURS. and i was bored for about 75% of it!

( does anyone even care about spoilers anymore? )

so, i've only watched the first half of David Tennant's last episode as the 10th Doctor Who, and it was immeasurably disappointing. for a variety of reasons:

( gruber, you've already seen this part, so no spoilers in this section. )