Thursdays are as busy as Mondays!!

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How crazy IS that!!  Well today I went to the mall for my lunch break to see what stuffed animals were on sale at Hallmark.  The ones I wanted were there but I just wasn't feeling it.  Since I spend waaaaaaay too much money anyway, I decided to let my better judgment rule out in this case.  EXCEPT I went and spent money at Lerner's.  They were having a sale and there was a cute white/gray/black stripe sweater, white blouse with a pearl front, and black pants for $10 and $15 dollars each.  I needed some new outfits and scooped them right up.  Tomorrow I go to work in style!

Well, Smallville proved to interesting once again.  The dynamic between the various couples kept me glued to the screen as I watched episode 6.15 ("Freak").  Here we have a blind young man infected with meteor rocks who can see those who are also part of that exclusive group.  I'm still getting used to seeing Lana and Lex on screen together...there's just something off about them and I'm wondering if it's because they're not playing it right or they want it to be off so Lana will go back to Clark.  I kept screaming at Clark to tell Lana the truth when she revealed to him that she thought he was a meteor freak but liked the idea that he was always around to save the day.  At that point, she really looked like she could handle the truth but of course he caved again.  When he had to burn the homing device out of Chloe's arm, you could see how much he didn't want to do it because he cared for Chloe like a sister.  There is still some residual sexual tension there that neither know what to do about.  Revelation of the night: Chloe is infected with the meteor rocks and Lex said to keep a close eye on her.  Hmmm...

After all these years, Smallville still manages to entertain me :)  Now for my newest love...Grey's Anatomy and boy was it exciting :)

Well, this episode was appropriately entitled "Drowning on Dry Land" (Episode 3.16) and they went so far as to let Meredith die...sort of.  Her heart has flat lined but she seems to be in a quasi-dead state so you can see the reactions of her friends but still bring her back to life.  To start with, Izzie found herself off probation because she successfully drilled holes into a dying man's head and saved his life, the procedure was so complicated that the residents and chief had to still follow a book to make sure it was done right. Izzie's little victory dance was adorable.  

Yang and Burke's little spat was kind of blah...they needed something more to do.  Karev was great as he told Addison that he notice if she was gone and the little exchange with Burke and Addison about the emotional interns was wonderful as well.  I wanted to laugh out loud when George found the little boy thanks to Callie and started to how he would thank her at home and she quickly interrupted him with "George, I'm working and...I'm working."  They ARE cute.  

However, Shepherd was the one who really stood out this episode as he knew something was wrong with Meredith.  The horror on his face when he realized she had gone over the side and the moment when he carried her up from the docks was so romantic.  Then when he told Miranda that she was the patient he was bringing into the ER I loved how all the residents scrambled to one room to save her, especially the chief.  Burke's level headedness was a god send and the look Addison gave Shepherd as she looked at Meredith and then her ex-husband was a wonderful site to behold as she realized she didn't want Meredith to die because of what it would do to him.  The best look of the episode.  Now I just need to know who those two guys are that Meredith woke up next to...

Ok, on to the less interesting Shark...I really should stop watching but I don't want to miss something if it suddenly turns around.

In a bit of irony, this episode was called "Here Comes the Judge" (Episode 1.15).  Tim Matheson was magnificent as the powerful judge that Shark has wanted to take down for so long and finally succeeds in doing so when his wife is killed and they're able to link it back.  The problem was that there were a lot of predictable storylines and all we ever see are the DA's. I wish we could see things from the P.I.'s point of view or a CSI's.  Anything than just the D.A.'s office.  I think the other reason why it's so boring is that Shark isn't teaching them anything anymore so there's nothing left for them to really do.  They also REALLY need to utilize Jeri Ryan.  People like her from Star Trek: Voyager and she's a good actress.  The few times she's been in court I like her.

So just a small news article to tide us over till the return of the Logans :)  If you like 24 and don't want to hear anything negative, stop reading.  If you don't mind critiques of the show, press on.  I only included this article because it shows how much we miss Martha and Charles!

McCollum: Bauer doing all the heavy lifting on '24'

By Charlie McCollum
Mercury News

Some thoughts, notes and bits of news from the mythical, mystical world of television:

• While it remains one of TV's most compelling shows, ``24'' -- which airs back-to-back episodes tonight (starting at 8, Chs. 2, 35) -- is faltering this season on one key level: Jack Bauer -- and Kiefer Sutherland, the actor who plays him -- is being asked to carry almost the entire dramatic load, with precious little help from the huge array of surrounding characters.

None of the other characters has the impact of those of past years: There's no David and Sherry Palmer (Dennis Haysbert, Penny Johnson), Teri Bauer (Leslie Hope), Audrey Raines (Kim Raver), Dina Araz (Shohreh Aghdashloo) or Charles and Martha Logan (Gregory Itzin, Jean Smart) to provide some balance to the storytelling. Even Chloe O'Brian (Mary Lynn Rajskub, who seems to have undergone an extreme fashion makeover between seasons) has been marginalized.

Two characters have come close, but Graem Bauer, a.k.a. Bluetooth Guy (Paul McCrane), Jack's duplicitous brother, got bumped off last week, and White House aide Tom Lennox still hasn't risen to the level of engaging despite a delightfully twitchy performance by Peter MacNicol from ``Numbers.''

And after last week's episode, I'm not really confident that the very good James Cromwell is going to make that much of an impact as Philip Bauer, Jack's dear ol' daddy. (It might have been different if Donald Sutherland, Kiefer's father, had agreed to play the role. He was asked.)

I'm still there every Monday night for ``24.'' But Jack really needs some help -- and quickly -- to get through this season.

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/entertainment/columnists/charlie_mccollum/16680106.htm

Three more days till his return and I can't wait *rubs hands together gleefully*


What do you do when the bottom has dropped out from under you and your whole world has come crashing down around you?
Do you give up and just watch it fade away?  Or do you stand up and fight for what's right?