I have returned but not yet spent time with Tivo...so here's your chance!
Tell me what YOU liked over the past week of GH? Feel free to rant about what you didn't like. Your input will help me to decide how much fast-forwarding I do of the past 6 Tivo submissions.
Oh - and London was tres magnifique. Really. So many people speaking French that I worried I had gone to the wrong country. Regardless of language, though, I am madly in love with England (but their TV and soap operas make me grateful for US programming).
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Monday, April 28, 2008
Sunday, April 13, 2008
Quick! I've Been Tagged and Am Now Reusing My Own Jokes!
Once upon a time, I was a blogger with style - it was the early days of blogging and "tagging" was all the rage. A few days have past since that time but Quiltersal was adorable enough to tag me and so off we go...
Zee Ruuuuuulezzz
1. Once you are tagged, link back to the person who tagged you.
2. Post THE RULES on your blog.
3. Post 7 weird or random things about yourself on your blog.
4. Tag 7 people and link to them.
5. Comment on their blog to let them know they have been tagged.
Oy! Vay! On the last 2 Rules...I'll have to get to that later (though Ashlin, baby, you're gettin' one)....for now, here are my 7 things to cover up how much I HATED IT on GH today...
1. I see no problem in thinking and talking about character on GH as though they were real people manipulated by a vicious god who refuses their sacrifices. Yep. Totally ok by me.
2. I have been a bystander in all of the following situations: small-town murder, Category IV hurricane, a drug war in a 3rd world country, 2 floods and 2 forest fires. Hang out with me at your own risk.
3. I am currently laughing at my niece who has written words to accompany the Aloha Scooby Doo theme song. They go like this "It's a mouse. Dee deee dee. Go Scooby. Dee deee dee."
4. The only time I have successfully lost weight without pharmaceutical assistance was on a diet I invented called the Ice Cream Diet. I ate a small breakfast and lunch and then stopped at Cold Stone Creamery every night for dinner. Miracles do happen, my friends.
5. I never got into Nancy Drew or the Hardy Boys but I loved the Nancy Drew-Frank Hardy romance mysteries. In fact, all my favorite books are romances at heart.
6. I started watching soaps at age 4 with my grandmothers. At church, I listed the Dallas theme song as my favorite song and sang it to the entire group of children. My mother was graceful enough to stop me before I told them the lyrics I'd written...
7. The most common compliment I get in the course of a week is: You sure type/text fast. Yep. These fingers are speed demons. I typed this faster than you read it. I can take word by word dictation AND write a novel at the same time. I probably need a life.
Bonus: I have discovered that women who knit and read really dig GH blogs written by me. We're a specific demographic but we've got STYLE.
I tag....Nancy, Ashlin, Lola and Ava, Anne, Allison, and...that's it. Everyone who has ever read this blog. Thanks, guys!
That's what you get for reading this blog!
Zee Ruuuuuulezzz
1. Once you are tagged, link back to the person who tagged you.
2. Post THE RULES on your blog.
3. Post 7 weird or random things about yourself on your blog.
4. Tag 7 people and link to them.
5. Comment on their blog to let them know they have been tagged.
Oy! Vay! On the last 2 Rules...I'll have to get to that later (though Ashlin, baby, you're gettin' one)....for now, here are my 7 things to cover up how much I HATED IT on GH today...
1. I see no problem in thinking and talking about character on GH as though they were real people manipulated by a vicious god who refuses their sacrifices. Yep. Totally ok by me.
2. I have been a bystander in all of the following situations: small-town murder, Category IV hurricane, a drug war in a 3rd world country, 2 floods and 2 forest fires. Hang out with me at your own risk.
3. I am currently laughing at my niece who has written words to accompany the Aloha Scooby Doo theme song. They go like this "It's a mouse. Dee deee dee. Go Scooby. Dee deee dee."
4. The only time I have successfully lost weight without pharmaceutical assistance was on a diet I invented called the Ice Cream Diet. I ate a small breakfast and lunch and then stopped at Cold Stone Creamery every night for dinner. Miracles do happen, my friends.
5. I never got into Nancy Drew or the Hardy Boys but I loved the Nancy Drew-Frank Hardy romance mysteries. In fact, all my favorite books are romances at heart.
6. I started watching soaps at age 4 with my grandmothers. At church, I listed the Dallas theme song as my favorite song and sang it to the entire group of children. My mother was graceful enough to stop me before I told them the lyrics I'd written...
7. The most common compliment I get in the course of a week is: You sure type/text fast. Yep. These fingers are speed demons. I typed this faster than you read it. I can take word by word dictation AND write a novel at the same time. I probably need a life.
Bonus: I have discovered that women who knit and read really dig GH blogs written by me. We're a specific demographic but we've got STYLE.
I tag....Nancy, Ashlin, Lola and Ava, Anne, Allison, and...that's it. Everyone who has ever read this blog. Thanks, guys!
That's what you get for reading this blog!
Thursday, March 13, 2008
With a fond adieu...
Well, it's coming. Guza's episodes will soon return to my screen.
*sigh*
I knew Garin Wolf couldn't stay forever, but I was invested in the fantasy wherein ABC realized that we need Guza for sweeps and Garin for everything else. I just...well....I find Guza's day-to-day and sad excuse for romance (i.e. random sex) so exhausting.
Garin...oh, Garin....I thank you for all of Johnny's scenes. The tortured, in-love artist with the woman who can barely stay true to herself - a lovely juxtaposition of the errors of over-fantasized love in a world of cruel reality. I love that you wrote Liz & Jason in a state of suspended animation - even they don't know what to make of their own choices. I've enjoyed Carly, adored Scrubs (who I never liked before - too much 'we had random sex and now we'll argue about it'), fell in love with LuSam, worried about Monica, and felt the cast come alive as they represented persons I might actually know. Sure, you wrote action like it's described at a pitch meeting ("...then someone gets shot...") but I take the 90% wonderful over the 10% okay/sure/whatever.
I'm going to be strong. I've come through worse with GH. And there will be May to enjoy - Guze writes sweeps like no other. I just wish I had recorded every episode over the past month.
*sigh*
I knew Garin Wolf couldn't stay forever, but I was invested in the fantasy wherein ABC realized that we need Guza for sweeps and Garin for everything else. I just...well....I find Guza's day-to-day and sad excuse for romance (i.e. random sex) so exhausting.
Garin...oh, Garin....I thank you for all of Johnny's scenes. The tortured, in-love artist with the woman who can barely stay true to herself - a lovely juxtaposition of the errors of over-fantasized love in a world of cruel reality. I love that you wrote Liz & Jason in a state of suspended animation - even they don't know what to make of their own choices. I've enjoyed Carly, adored Scrubs (who I never liked before - too much 'we had random sex and now we'll argue about it'), fell in love with LuSam, worried about Monica, and felt the cast come alive as they represented persons I might actually know. Sure, you wrote action like it's described at a pitch meeting ("...then someone gets shot...") but I take the 90% wonderful over the 10% okay/sure/whatever.
I'm going to be strong. I've come through worse with GH. And there will be May to enjoy - Guze writes sweeps like no other. I just wish I had recorded every episode over the past month.
Thursday, February 21, 2008
A spoiler that made me laugh
In the unofficial GH spinoff, Ric’s Adventures in Martha’s Vineyard...
Ha ha. Hahahahaha. Very true - Soaps on ABC writer - very true.
However, I found something compelling in the Ric/Marianna storyline yesterday - illegal immigrant indentured servitude is a problem we pretend doesn't exist in America. I owe this wonderful turn of storytelling to the marvelous Garin Wolf, who continues to just blow me away with the humanity and depth of character understanding and subtle plot movements.
On that note, I am worried about who the TMK is....and I'm not the least bit tired of the storyline. With each false step, I grow more worried - not about the deaths - but about the possibility that I could lose Johnny.
I didn't keep track of the death reveals. The connections between them were so obvious - apart from Georgie and Maxie - that it seemed dull and, typically, whodunit soaps style requires little more thought than paying attention to who is doing the evil gloating laugh and suddenly has "spooky" screentime. And, thus it seemed with Daniel behind the counter, who has an injured side and a cell phone. But the recent turn with Logan has made me worry about Johnny....and since Spinelli conveniently forgot that he knew Coop's whereabouts when Georgie was killed...and everyone seems to have forgotten where everyone else was during the Black & White Ball (wasn't LuLu with Logan or Johnny when Emily was killed and the other one during the attack on Carly??!!) - well, I feel like everyone is fair game again. I don't know what I'd do if they went back to Johnny as a short-term character - but I'll say this - wherever Brandon Barash lands himself, the show/play/theatrical/experimental will gain one more viewer....he's just wonderful and his ability to tilt from reckless to goofy to romantic hero makes me all forms of happy.
One more note in a rambling post - I think Devlin is the guy pulling Jerry's strings and I'm ready for that reveal. There should be a one mystery only rule on soaps - I think we're up to 4 now (though WE know who shot Kate) and it's starting to make my head hurt.
Oh - and I about died of happiness when Patrick ordered medically-relevant labs during Logan's surgery. Garin, have I mentioned that I love you (and props to Conforti - whoever HE is)? I wish it could last. But you're probably an aged golfer who only came out of retirement because you're well past the years where you worried about guilds and residuals and politics. Well, you'll be missed should you go because it's been a wonderful break (can't you just SEE the actors respond to storylines that make sense? Each one seems to have found inspiration lately. I've loved, loved, LOVED the past week.): Patrick ordered a Prothrombin Time and Robin is going to tell the truth and each character is smack in the middle of something interesting. Really, it's been the best gift a writer's strike could ever give a soap fan.
Ha ha. Hahahahaha. Very true - Soaps on ABC writer - very true.
However, I found something compelling in the Ric/Marianna storyline yesterday - illegal immigrant indentured servitude is a problem we pretend doesn't exist in America. I owe this wonderful turn of storytelling to the marvelous Garin Wolf, who continues to just blow me away with the humanity and depth of character understanding and subtle plot movements.
On that note, I am worried about who the TMK is....and I'm not the least bit tired of the storyline. With each false step, I grow more worried - not about the deaths - but about the possibility that I could lose Johnny.
I didn't keep track of the death reveals. The connections between them were so obvious - apart from Georgie and Maxie - that it seemed dull and, typically, whodunit soaps style requires little more thought than paying attention to who is doing the evil gloating laugh and suddenly has "spooky" screentime. And, thus it seemed with Daniel behind the counter, who has an injured side and a cell phone. But the recent turn with Logan has made me worry about Johnny....and since Spinelli conveniently forgot that he knew Coop's whereabouts when Georgie was killed...and everyone seems to have forgotten where everyone else was during the Black & White Ball (wasn't LuLu with Logan or Johnny when Emily was killed and the other one during the attack on Carly??!!) - well, I feel like everyone is fair game again. I don't know what I'd do if they went back to Johnny as a short-term character - but I'll say this - wherever Brandon Barash lands himself, the show/play/theatrical/experimental will gain one more viewer....he's just wonderful and his ability to tilt from reckless to goofy to romantic hero makes me all forms of happy.
One more note in a rambling post - I think Devlin is the guy pulling Jerry's strings and I'm ready for that reveal. There should be a one mystery only rule on soaps - I think we're up to 4 now (though WE know who shot Kate) and it's starting to make my head hurt.
Oh - and I about died of happiness when Patrick ordered medically-relevant labs during Logan's surgery. Garin, have I mentioned that I love you (and props to Conforti - whoever HE is)? I wish it could last. But you're probably an aged golfer who only came out of retirement because you're well past the years where you worried about guilds and residuals and politics. Well, you'll be missed should you go because it's been a wonderful break (can't you just SEE the actors respond to storylines that make sense? Each one seems to have found inspiration lately. I've loved, loved, LOVED the past week.): Patrick ordered a Prothrombin Time and Robin is going to tell the truth and each character is smack in the middle of something interesting. Really, it's been the best gift a writer's strike could ever give a soap fan.
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