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I am really liking this episode of The West Wing. JJ Abrams, please pay attention. This is how you tell a story from a different point of view.
The other day I opened the fridge, and found the peanut butter in it. I got a little miffed, and inquired loudly how it might have gotten there, while taking it out and putting it back in the pantry. If you put peanut butter in the fridge, YOU CAN'T SPREAD IT, for the love of all that is holy! Pantry! Not Fridge!
What do you say?
Hahaha! Heewig introduced me to the MS Office animated assistant.
Cutest. Thing. Evah!
And some more wacky hijinks!
This episode had the WORST production values I'd ever seen on Alias. It was painful to watch.
For starters, nice bangs Syd! So nice they kept appearing and disappearing. SpyBarbie is just like the real Barbie - the one where you pull the arm and the hair grows. That wasn't AT ALL distracting. Nuh-uh.
And the curly red hair with the green slip? Yeah, that was embarrassing.
Dixon seems to have lost his balls AND acting ability when he moved from SD-6 to the CIA. And stop calling him Marcus, for the love of all that is holy.
It was curious that neither Vaughn nor Agent Sean (Eric? Who in hell is Eric?) were even remotely fazed by their run. No sweat, not a hair out of place. What the fuck ever.
Lauren is just vile, and as heewig pointed out, she makes Sark just awful.
Senator Reed, it was a waste of my time knowing you. To my friends teemee and nancy, I sincerely hope that you don't get murdered in Virgina, because your Medical Examiner really SUCKS.
I will give a HOLY SHIT to Lauren's mommy shooting her daddy. Heewig saw it coming. I did not.
I don't have any recollection of Djimon Hounsou being on this show before. Was it this season? In any event, I found it really likely that he'd be wearing a suit and tie IN THE DESERT while engaging in physical labour. That whole scene, plus the recall of it told by the creepy guy in Mexico City was SO. BAD. Just horrible production value.
The underwater scene was also seriously stupid, with terrible CGI. And if Syd and Vaughn could ride that oxygen tank out of the tunnel, why couldn't they ride if up to the surface?
Bah.
The only bright spot in the episode was Marshall calling uncle Arvin a sick genius. That was golden.
Somebody please tell me that it's just a strange coincidence that while I'm deleting penis enlargement spam on my site, Unwrapped on Foodtv is doing a story about Spam.
Mike recently turned me on to the Saturday food shows on PBS. There are some fantastic shows on there, like America's Test Kitchen, and some rather curious one.
I, for one, am having difficutly understanding why Lidia Bastianich insists on wearing (ugly) business suits in the kitchen. She kind of looks like a cooking bank teller. It's too distracting to watch, because I keep thinking what her dry cleaning bills must be like.
I also have an odd fascination with At The Chef's Table, less for the actual food, than for Alex Boylan, the Amazing-Race-winning host. I'm amused by his mangling of all things French sounding, and the pretence that he's in any way even slightly sophisticated. And also by the butt he sports on his chin. I still think he's totally hot, but damn, it's funny to watch.
My sister finished culinary school in Israel this week. Her practical exam was this morning.
The evidence:
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Dayum! Gary Sinise will be the male lead on CSI: NY? Where do I sign up to watch? I like the first CSI, although I don't regularly watch it, and I detest CSI: Miami. Having Sinise should definitely make NY watchable.
I took these pictures on the bus this morning. And the bit about Israel wasn't even mine :)!
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Speaking of buses, remember the days when buses had seats? It seems to me that the newer the vehicle, the fewer the seats. There are no more than 30 seats on my bus. These are the matters I ponder during my 1 hour, 3 bus ride every day.
Yesterday's episode:
"Not if I see you first, love."
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"Not if I see you first, love."
An inoffensive episode. It didn't wow me, but it didn't piss me off, either.
Senator Reed - I wasn't sure if he had a speech impediment, or just couldn't decide what kind of accent to use. As for the obvious tension between him and his daughter, I'm not even remotely curious.
ActionDixon - Hopefully we'll get to see him step away from his desk more frequently. I found Syd calling him Marcus a little jarring. That entire scene was a bit too contrived.
Agent Sean - Was it just me, or does it look like he's put on about 50 lbs since the last episode? Either that or they dress him much better usually.
Sark - Mmmmmmmmmmm, Sark.
Vaughn - Who? Was he even in this episode?
Did anyone catch what artifact 47 was?
Not a good start to the day. An Israeli missile has killed Hamas leader Ahmed Yassin.
I agree with Reuven Paz's commentary in Maariv, one of the three Israeli dailies. Keep in mind that Maariv is considered the more right wing paper in Israel (Right wing = Sharon - sort of). For a more leftist view, you might want to take a look at Ha'aretz.
So far today, an Israeli-Arab attacked three people with an axe, another unknown person attacked three people with a knife, on a bus in Jaffa, and the Hezbollah is bombing Har Dov - on the northern border.
Here in Toronto, more than two dozen Jewish gravestones were toppled in a North York cemetery early yesterday
I popped by Whole Foods the other day, and all I can say is that I'm really glad I don't live anywhere near there, because 5 products later, I was $33.80 poorer. I did, however, get stuff that I'd never be able to find anywhere near home. I got my hands on some Haloumi cheese, and I found these lovely creatures, as well.
Of course, at $2.99 EACH, you'd expect them to either look prettier, or at the very least be covered with gold.
One of my favourite places to eat in Tel Aviv is a cafe called Orna & Ella. They make a really fantastic passionfruit tart, which I look for the minute I walk in (the pastries are displayed on the gorgeous wood counter). In spite of my cousin having gone to school with one of them, I never did get my hands on the recipe, so now I have to figure out how to make it (or a poor facsimile of it) on my own. I'll provide photographic evidence of whatever I come up with later.
A coworker just found out that her 17 year old nephew died. He was on a school trip, and seemed to have had a mental problem, because he decided to climb an electrical poll. He was electrocuted.
BDI says to the woman: "Maybe he got separated from his friends and climbed the pole to try and find them."
WTF?
highwaygirl: I just sat here and listened to 20 minutes of someone pontificating about how humans are no different than other animals - except for the ability to think - which ended with a proclamation that humans DID NOT EVOLVE, we were CREATED.
highwaygirl: and I say, "well, that's one way of looking at it"
highwaygirl: and then he wagged his finger at me and said, "NO, that's the ONLY way of looking at it. We were CREATED in the image of ..."
rappy: god?
highwaygirl: and then he walked away when he noticed me rolling my eyes
rappy: haha
highwaygirl: please, don't even try to preach to me at work
rappy: by rolling you mean on the floor, from having popped out of your eyes?
highwaygirl: yes, and they were rolling towards him
highwaygirl: because they wanted to hit him with a brick
highwaygirl: a brick that EVOLVED
rappy: haha
I think I saw this conversation on Friends once.
Clearly JJ Abrams is reading my site, because for the most part he redeemed himself with last night's episode of Alias.
Ricky Gervais was fantastic. I suppose hating a character means that an actor is really very good, and I hated his character in The Office. I suppose that's the point, however.
The thing where he used the phone codes to activate the bombs would have been new and exciting, if I hadn't seen the whole scene on 24 a good month ago, and Nina is much prettier. That's what you get when you take a three-week hiatus, ABC. You look like you're copying the competition. Poorly.
Syd? Continues to be the worse spy on the planet. Um, WHY would you tell the guy you were Julia Thorn? I mean, come on! It was just apropos of nothing.
Vaughn as Sark? Hilarious.
Sark: Agent Vaughn, do you know an 8 letter word for arrogant? Hahaha!
Blissfully, this was a Lauren-free episode. *Rejoices*
Things I didn't need to see:
Dr. Evil (because she clearly is) in bed with the Sloane. Was it wrong of me to immediately think that she's not good enough for him? Because that's what I thought. See, with Sark-Lauren in bed, it's not so much skeevy as it is laughable. This was just vile looking.
Things JJ is selling that I'm not buying:
Dixon as the head of the agency. I understand that Syd was gone for two years and that a lot can change, but come on. The guy came over from SD-6, like, 2 minutes ago. There's no way he got the gig over Vaughn and Agent Sean.
For the Law & Order fans in the house.
If you're looking for an excellent way to waste an afternoon, try the Retail Alphabet Game.
There are older versions on that site as well. If you need any hints, write me a comment.
In case anyone is wondering why Canadians pay so much in taxes, this story might clue you in. I can't find anything more up-to-date about it, but I was just watching it on the news, and what the story fails to mention is that the cost of the 2 year legal battle between the soldiers and the military was $300,000 dollars.
Wow. I found this on metafilter. It's a tour of Chernobyl, 18 years later. It's really eerie.
Dear JJ,
Last night's episode of Alias was an insult to my intelligence.
I can accept the flashback type episodes, and the "x hours previously" type episodes, but I cannot accept a half hour episode with gaps that even a sub-zero IQed monkey could decipher without excessive trouble, being played twice. And furthermore, the "gaps" you did show us the second time around? Didn't. Need. To. See. Them. EW.
Also, thanks for making Sark a weenie. Is this a recurring theme? Will SpyDaddy be the next to succumb to your character assassinations?
What was the point of this episode, really? Did it advance your plot somehow? was it expository of anything? I wasn't seeing it. Feh.
I've mentioned before (and you'll forgive the mixed metaphor) that you can't see the forest for all the cameos you've thrown at us of late. It says a lot that I'm actually hoping to see Ricky Gervais next week, in spite of his absolutely detestable turn on The Office. Maybe he'll be able to pull your show back from the wrong side of the shark.
It took me a long time to go off of The West Wing and 24. Please don't make this one a shorter ride.
No love at the moment,
rappy
