I waited six months for some new dancing. Dancing with the Stars is back!! After a two hour homework battle and the 45 minute bedtime battle, I settled in with a glass of wine to check out this season's batch of stars and pros.

A few notes:

I was over at mac's when I saw some exciting news for those of us who miss Buffy and the gang.

I am practically giddy at the thought.

i never would imagined that a man in a green polo would blow everyone else away....

tonight it was the men's turn--even ace was disappointing--but chris ended it all with a bang.

stop over and predict who stays and who goes.

in the mornings, when the boys are all packed off to school and the pups are recovering from their early morning antics with a snoring contest on the couch, i like to settle into my morning routine.

a little breakfast, a little blogging and a little buffy. yup, buffy. FX runs the episodes in order from season1 to season 7 (now only one episode a day) every morning. so i let the DVR record it and then zip through it.

sometimes it is just background noise as i do other things, sometimes i get sucked into a favorite episode, but i always love when it circles back around. i love when after watching buffy save the world for the last time in episode 7 the next morning is "welcome to the hellmouth." it makes me smile.

it's that time again....tuesday night means it was the ladies' turn on idol. the women were a little underwhelming last night.

go on over and join in the

for anyone interested in continuing the american idol discussion (or other tv addictions!)

i made a snazzy new button for the sidebar------>

i put a copy in the extended entry for your very own use. yup, i'm nice that way.

so come on over to the forum and chit chat about idol or gray's anatomy or any other tv addictions.
(ummm, there's also a book group and a mets discussion. a little something for everyone, yes?) things have just been a little neglected since the unfortunate hacking. we'll get things up and running again!

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last night was the men. better. no "let's see how loud we can sing" contest.

one of my favorites had a rough night. and i am thinking i need to add two to my list.

i am also thinking that i am going to move the idol chatter over to the forum. i have been sadly neglecting the forum since it was hacked into a while back. so stop in and add your two cents about last night. i am going to have to dvr the results show 'til after classes tonight.

so idol last night? i was frightened that it was going to be one giant contest to see who could sing the loudest, most boring ballad until paris came out--all 70s style--and blew them away! she has such an amazing presence. it seems as if she has been doing this her whole life and that "whole life" has only been 17 years. amazing.

lisa and katharine also turned in promising performances. beautiful voices and likeable women. i am holding out hope.

the rest of them? feh. someone needs to slap brenna--claws and all. becky is beautiful but she can't sing and she is working that "aren't i the sexiest" bit a little much. stevie? opera training? i don't see it. that was a scary, scary, song.

bring on the men! my current favorite picks--before tonight's performances start--ace (the prettiest by far), chris daughtry (my favorite bald, singing cowboy. oofah!) and david radford (the young, jailbate, harry wanna-be) we'll see how it goes.

update on my vague "some good news" post. at this point, i know for certain that there will be good news...but...i have a very difficult decision to make before i know what that good news will be. see? much clearer now, yes?

did you watch grey's anatomy??


**spoilers**

not only did i stay up late so i could watch dancing with the stars...


my guilty pleasure got even better with a recreation of the final dance from dirty dancing. c'mon, admit it. you know all the moves. and yes, they did the lift!


i dvr the show every week...twice. shoosh.

i tivo'd last night's "catch-up" episode of grey's anatomy.

the whole season up until now in one, tiny, snippet-filled episode.
how much do i love this show???

"pick me. choose me. love me."
gerat show!

- a warning to lisa from her teacher (as heard on the simpsons tonight).

tonight just got a whole lot better.
do you know who is on will and grace??

do you??

the top man on the list. you know, the list, the "honey, i'm sorry, you know i love you, but i just have to go on this one date and have lots of sweaty sex because you said it would be ok if he ever really showed up" list.

harry connick, jr.

eeeeeeeee!

and...previews for pride and prejudice. who needs that silly ol' recorder to work. i have harry dvr'd for multiple...watching. life is good.

nothing brightens up a craptacular day like finding out that johnny depp will be swaggering about on the tv for a few hours.

aye, it be the wonderful world of disney and i can sure use a little piratey goodness!

thank you capt. jack sparrow.

i am waiting for diagnostics to run on the comp and for the nice man to call me back....

something that made me smile...

boston legal. is anyone else watching? this show just keeps getting better. i love that they aren't afraid to take chances. i love david e. kelley's warped sense of humor. and c'mon, who doesn't love denny crane in a flamingo costume?

in between obsessive trips to the basement to check for flooding i caught last night's prison break.

anyone else watch? did they have to do that to marilyn? and oooh! look who the mystery woman is!

comments not working again? email me and i'll post them

oh noooooo!

the dvr locked up and only recorded the first 17 minutes of lost!!!!

help! can anyone tell me what happened this week?

so...

did you watch?

****spoilers for desperate housewives below******

anyone else check out two new shows last night? you know, the ones with willow and xander in them?

yes, i admit it. i watched just to see them. it's sad, i know. i was reading over at B*'s and she noticed the same thing i did. neil patrick harris (you know, doogie!) said, "this is totally going in my blog!" hey, doogie has had a blog since way back in the day (remember him typing away at the end of every episode?). there were a few funny spots in there but i am not sure how long willow and doogie's show will last. it was cute but....

and then xander's show, "kitchen confidential." i tuned in to see xander but was giddy when i realized that the star of the show is bradley cooper recently of "alias" and "jack and bobby" fame. (was i the only one that loved the show "jack and bobby?" i must have been because it isn't on any more. but it was really good, honest.) there are a few others worth watching on the show but more importantly, the show itself was better than i thought. i will tune in again, and not just for the scenery ;)

so, yes, my exciting night was filled with tv viewing. but i did play a concert beforehand and read some criticism for class. i just couldn't sleep and my pal tivo and i spent some quality time together.

tivo is still holding onto "prison break" and "rome" for me. what? i like tv. it's a weakness. lol.

what new shows have you checked out? what old ones are you waiting for?

did anyone just see that episode???


i never saw that coming....holy hannah. and no previews for next week so not even a clue what is going to happen.


you were surprised too, right? it wasn't just me?

TiVo died. My poor friend. We have been through so much together. Many a season pass have we endured together.

We have a decision to make here. Do we fix it? Or get a new one?
After looking into it, it seems that the repair price is only $20 less than the price of a new one.

Goodbye my old friend. You will be missed.

(And so will all the things we had stored on there!)

dear ABC,


please. please. pleeeeeease can the muppets help ty on extreme home makeover every week?


thanks.


a fan who is now giggling through the weekly sobfest

Were in this world
is right ynogh for me
To speke of wo
that is in mariage ...

i got an email from a friend this morning. that itself, on a rainy, gloomy morning, would have been good news, but this?

eeeee!

looks like bbc america has a new series:


the canterbury tales


ok, i am a little leery of a "modern retelling," but it isn't like FOX is handling this so i am holding out a little hope.

could be oodles of fun. yes, oodles. now watch or i will make you read them, k? c'mon, trust me.

ok, i admit it. i have been watching. *hangs head in shame*

but really, i couldn't help it, there's that catchy theme song and nostalgia and you just have to see if they can really get off that island.

so far:
i like bony gilligan better even though he is not exactly easier on the eyes.

i am soooooo glad that the bitchy millionaires are gone. large-mouthed bigots are a species i wouldn't mind seeing go extinct.

i don't remember marianne being a soused up ho before...and i know she never did gilligan. (but really, who wouldn't pick marianne over ginger??)

and speaking of ginger, sorry to disappoint the hubby, but i don't think their competition is going to involve mud or jello.

so yes, i am going to watch it again, and i even started up a self help group discussion board thread over here
so c'mon over and chit chat about your latest tv addictions.

new favorite quote from desparate housewives:

"you know, sometimes evil drives a mini-van..."

bwahahahahahaha! haven't i been telling you??

i am loving this show.

thought i would start up a thread on the forum

go on over and say hi. chit chat. discuss when the wig is coming off in a lightning flash. whatever...

i am not the only one sobbing every week at the end of extreme makeover: home edition am i?

*sniff*

damn you tivo. with your wonderful smooth peanut shaped remote that fits so perfectly in my hand. your shiny buttons. the soothingly little beeps and blips.

you know just what i like and you taunt me with it. i can hear you...

michellllllle.....you don't really want to read do you? you want this. you know you do.....just one little click and it will be all better.....no more work....no pressure....

tivo lines up all the things i crave in beautiful commercial free goodness. tempts me with my friends dr brown, ephraim, even that whiny little amy. and oooh....reruns on FX with xander, willow, giles and buffy. oh and look, there's thed, kyan and carson...i can even fast forward through jai.

i am weak. how can i resist? all those shows. i'll only do one. really. well, just one more. i can stop any time.

mmmm. tivo.

i got to watch six feet under with my best buddy last night. yes, so it was over AIM while we laughed our repective asses off in our own houses.


so, did you watch?

ok, who watched sopranos last night?

so we don't ruin things with spoilers, i posted over on the board

go on over and chit chat with me.

great episode. but now there is only one left this season!

does anyone watch everwood?

did you see the previews for next week????

so tivo and i sat down to watch will and grace this morning. i love this show. i love harry. but...

this? this was the season finale? feh. i wasn't too impressed

and don't make harry a bad guy. or let us watch. or something like that.

oofah that man is hot!