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Kind of been for away for a while. Been crappy and/or busy the past few days. Let's see, recap:

Wednesday was probably one of the worst days of my life. 'Nuff said.

Thursday I still felt crappy most of the day but managed to leave my house to go see Boeing Boeing again with girlunravelled and the ex-boy. Wasn't quite as funny for me the second time around, but still very enjoyable, and Brad seemed more relaxed, which was cool. Did the stage door thing again and actually had the whole cast sign my Playbill, which I didn't do last time, but hey, Brad comes out last and not that many people were waiting so why the hell not. Then I got another picture with Brad, even though I once again managed to say almost nothing to him. I do not know what it is about him that I have trouble speaking to him. I'm not usually this way so much with celebrities. Though I have the feeling if I ever met Ewan McGregor it would be the same scenario. I'm really okay with that, though, it's not like he would remember me five minutes later anyway. Anyway, picture behind the cut! ( He looks good, at least. )

Friday I had dinner with divanoir, jendaby, and our friend A., and then saw the Sex and the City movie. I liked it a lot. Just very enjoyable to spend another two hours with those ladies. ( A few more thoughts. )

Yesterday I went apartment hunting and have been deep in the throes of existential angst ever since. I saw two that I liked, one of which I put a hold on until tomorrow when I have to decide, and have been dithering between the two all day. It could turn out to be a moot point anyway, I may get rejected for the first one and the second one might be taken by tomorrow evening, but that does not stop the non-stop OH MY GOD WHAT SHOULD I DO running through my head. The one I put a hold on is more expensive but has a dishwasher, and you know how I feel about that! Sigh. Well, I can't make a decision until I see the first one again tomorrow, as I have some reservations that need to be assuaged or confirmed, so we'll see what happens. Fingers crossed that I'm able to make the right decision and things work out however I decide I want them to, even if it means saying no to both of them.

I also finally watched BSG last night and will post about that in a bit.

And today is just hot. The end. I spent some time reading post-mortems on Hillary's campaign, and have actually been pretty depressed about the whole thing. She had kind of lost my support over the last few months due to things she said and did, but I still find it all kind of sad and wistful. That said, this page on Obama's site is one of the classiest things I've seen in a while, and I look forward to supporting the hell out of him over the next few months.

And this editorial by Bob Herbert made me cry a little.

I also watched the Doctor Who ep "The Doctor's Daughter" and was underwhelmed, possibly because of the whole he's dating her thing, which, ick. I liked all the Martha stuff though.

And voted in some of the GCCA categories for myself my friends good fic. I don't know why I tortured myself, but I did, so, yeah.

Bill Cosby is auctioning off some of his sweaters, hee!

I went to Amazon and was very excited to see this available for preorder. IT'S ABOUT DAMN TIME, GEORGE.

Great snippet of a reader review I saw on Amazon, btw: While This Book Is well wrote... Well, there you go, eh?

Funny BSG-inspired song: I Wish the Chief Was My Boyfriend. It's no "David Duchovny," but still cute.

So I saw this clip of the new Daily Show correspondent Wyatt Cenac, and I think Wyatt may be my soulmate. Seriously, if you're a Lost fan, you HAVE to watch this clip. Hilarious. "Let's say I care if Hillary Clinton somehow got the support of enough superdelegates to win the nomination. Will that get Jack and Kate together?"

But it led me to finding out that Beauty and the Geek is cancelled, kind of. Woe.

OK, want to rewatch a bit of BSG and then make a quick post about it.

Went out with my friend K. on Friday night. Here's how it went:

Go to a trendy popular bar that sounds fun. It is mostly fun -- except the top two floors of the three-level bar are closed for private parties, which kind of defeats the purpose. Thus, we have no seats. We have one drink, then decide we would really like to sit down.

Go to another popular three-level bar a block over. In search of seating, end up on top, mostly deserted floor. Have one drink, then go down to the second, more populated floor where we snag a table and order another drink, and think about getting food. It's 8:20, and the waitress informs us a private party (again!) will be kicking us out at 9.

K: "We can eat fast."
Me: "I'd rather have a leisurely dinner."
K: "Yeah, me too."

We finish our drinks and go across the street to the French bistro where we have an expensive and multi-course leisurely meal, which was very nice. And I'm not sure how I could have felt more old.

I did kind of get hit on, but it was by a sloppy drunk guy, so I'm sure he would have hit on anyone with breasts. Anyway. Maybe we'll be more energetic next time.

The next day I met up with girlunravelled in her neighborhood as I am thinking of moving there. (Actually, after our tour, I should change "thinking of" to "planning on.") Then we went back to her place and watched seven episodes of Battlestar Galactica. Heh. I have hooked another one! I am pleased.

Today I was at the supermarket, where I made a startling discovery. Have you guys seen this?


It's a tub of cheesecake filling. No, really, you just pour it into a crust and chill it for a bit and voila, instant cheesecake. And according to these reviews, it's actually good. I cannot decide if this is the most evil thing ever, or the greatest thing ever. I am proud to say I resisted -- BUT FOR HOW LONG?

Fortunately velocityofsound linked to something that is simply unequivocally awesome: Tim Gunn and Christian engaging in a walk-off. As if that wasn't awesome enough, later in the clip Heidi mercilessly tickles a red-faced and laughing Tim. If you are a Runway fan, go watch now!!

nicole_anell linked to this amusing video: Internet Party: When Google's parents leave town. I think MySpace is my favorite.

Also amusing is the fact that Kate Walsh is apparently auctioning off just a bunch of swag shit she had lying around the house. Hilarious.

( Thought spurred by last week's Lost. )

So I don't really like Marion Cotillard anymore.

For you Facebookers, here's an article about Scrabulous and its legal problems. As a fun fact, the article was written by a friend of mine from college.

Obama dances on Ellen. Not ON her...you know what I mean.

If you really want to feel old, check out the Wiki of Obsolete Skills. Here's one I had, barely, and am happy to never have to deal with again.

Watched Larry King Live because Bradley Whitford was on it schilling for Hillary. Had a moment where I wondered, "Who cares what Sean Astin or Fran Drescher has to say about anything?" then remembered why I was watching. Ahem. STILL. Had to FF every time Amy Holmes opened her mouth, though, as I cannot stand that chick. Meh. And Brad looked tired, poor baby. Must be play rehearsals...

And I was happy about tonight's Rock of Love bootee as I find her so unattractive that it's difficult to look at her. Not sure what Bret ever saw in her.... then again, what do any of them see in him? I like Ambre, but should that mean I don't want her to win? Ah, the usual Celebreality dilemma.

ETA: Just took an NBC viewer survey about Psych. Not sure if I should be concerned about that. I gave it high marks, natch. Although they keep asking how important the crime-solving aspects are to me, which, who watches Psych for the crime solving? LOL. And hey, kopernik -- they asked me if I enjoy the romantic tension between Juliet and Lassiter. Hee!

chanel19 visited this weekend and we had much fun. Friday night oeilade and I took her to the top of the Empire State Building as she had never been and it was a nice clear night and the view was spectacular. Then at my insistence we went to Pinkberry, heh. On Saturday the three of us went to the DUMBO Art Under the Bridge Festival and saw lots of wacky experimental art as well as an elephant painting. No, really, an elephant wielding a paintbrush in Brooklyn. That was followed by dinner in the city and then chanel19 and I vegging on the couch watching, among other things, the "Atomic Shakespeare" episode of Moonlighting and damn, I am always struck anew by how fabulous that hour of television was. When that show was good, it was good. Today we had brunch with divanoir and then just chilled in Washington Square Park watching street performers until it was time for chanel19 to head back to Penn Station. All in all a lovely weekend.

Watched Chuck and seem to have had an opposite reaction from most of my f-list. I wasn't crazy about it. I felt torn because I thought the show was pretty dumb and kind of boring but I thought the guy who plays Chuck is really cute. *g* And then I thought the little twist with the new Buy More employee was pretty great. So I think I'll give it one more chance and see how a "regular" episode is. Since it's on opposite Prison Break, though, it will have to really make me fall in love in episode two for me to stick with it.

I loved the second episode of Gossip Girl however. And I thought Desperate Housewives tonight was a hell of a lot of fun. I hope this is a good season.

As for Rock of Love, I am sad it is over, yet excited for the reunion next week and jumping up and down in my seat waiting for I Love New York 2. But first let's talk about tonight's finale. ( In which diabetes plays a starring role. )

aud_woman_in reminded me to link to this YouTube video in which Bradley Whitford speaks out against the dirty tricks ballot initiative in California. Sigh, I love him.

Really don't want to go to work tomorrow. Which doesn't have much to do with work itself, actually. I'm just physically and mentally not in a great place right now and wish I could have a day to just sleep and be lazy. But since I have more medical appointments coming up that will require time out of the office I don't see how I can do that. So I'm just cranky instead.

Ha ha ha ha ha. Thanks to leftofcenternyc for the link.

I was going to post about tonight's (final) Studio 60, but when I sat down at the computer I got sucked into taking a stab at a couple more questions in miggy's Ultimate American Idol Quiz 2.0. *shakes fist* So, later this weekend, since I will actually be around this weekend. I liked it, though. And Bradley directed and did an okay job. And I will miss Matt and Danny. And Jack. Oh, Jack.

Oh, and there was some Danny/Suzanne fic posted at studio60_fic, for those of you who are into that sort of thing.

Anyhoo. More later. Oh, if you feel like helping out a good cause, mosey on over to coloneljack's journal for info on donating to the Tipitina Foundation. /PSA Or, if you're feeling more mercenary, go bid on Bradley's sunglasses.

I had a very strange conversation with my landlady today. "I'm going to get the windows replaced in your apartment and I'm going to tell my husband you're paying half but you don't actually have to give me anything, that will be between us for...there are reasons. Okay?" Errrr, okay. I've thought before that she handles all their money matters and I guess that confirms it. Weird. But if it means my apartment being warmer this winter, sounds good to me.

Bradley was on Megan Mullaly's show today and was delightful. And Megan Mullaly is a really bad interviewer; for a lot of the segment it felt like Brad was the actual show host and not her, which then got me thinking about Brad hosting a talk show, you know, maybe politically focused, and hey, something to consider when Studio 60 gets canceled. Anyway. I could have gone my whole life without knowing that Jane Kaczmarek can't get enough of kielbasa, but Brad was wearing tight jeans so I still feel like I came out on top. (Notice that I managed to use kielbasa and tight jeans in the same sentence. As well as Brad, came, and on top. I am a GENIUS.) And he did pinup poses and bodybuilder poses and gah, I need caps, immediately.

Everybody Hates Chris had a moment tonight that was pure brilliance. I mean, I kind of got goosebumps as I realized what they were doing and I was so impressed by it. ( If anybody cares. )

Heroes bored the crap out of me until the last scene, which was very cool. I missed the first 20 minutes or so because I was watching something on TiVo, and so then I rewound and watched what I'd missed, and soon discovered that I can watch Heroes the same way I watch General Hospital: mostly on fast forward, because I can pretty much write the dialogue in my head. Oh, but Hiro was gambling at the Montecito! Heeeee. Although I don't think it was the Montecito set, but still, funny. And the cheerleader story got me thinking a bit about how our society values teen boys more than teen girls, though I doubt that was their intention. But if they don't stop putting a HYPHEN in MIDTOWN I'm going to have to slap a bitch.

Studio 60 tonight was an awesome commercial for Sting's new album. Ha. ( More. )

Because velocityofsound loves me she linked to this description of New York's Flavor of Love spinoff. *snerk* Oh, I can't wait. Although it's possible that would be too horrifying even for me. Take your best shot, Cronin and Abrego!

Your moment of zen.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY md1016!! Your present is on order, I'm afraid -- should arrive in about a week. :) Hope you had a great day.

He's killing me with the tight black shirt and the tight black pants. And when I type it like that, it sounds like he looks like Jack LaLane, but believe me when I tell you he really does not.

Well, I'm glad that everyone will have seen the S60 pilot, now. I watched it anyway just to see what music had been added, if anything had been cut, etc. My main worry was that somehow "Under Pressure" would be gone, but it was not, and so I am happy. But, what was up with that fucking .com logo IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SCREEN? I am seriously sending NBC an angry e-mail. SO OBNOXIOUS. It makes me not want to watch ANYTHING on your network when you are that disrepectful not only of your viewers, but of your OWN SHOWS. UGH.

I also hope not too many people are too disappointed. This was the most overhyped show in the history of the universe, and this is where I remind everyone that I said all along that I thought the pilot was good, not amazing. High expectations can be a bitch. That last scene still gives me chills, though.

In any case, the previews for next week look so good and I am SO excited about that. Next week is when it really starts, baby! Yay.

Oh, and I loved this from the L.A. Times: Studio 60, I suspect, will be very much Perry and Whitford's show, both within and without. They're as good together in the two episodes NBC sent out as Martin Sheen and the late John Spencer were on West Wing, and their relationship is similar, the Kennedy-esque sense of hope here grafted onto the re-education of late-night TV. Awwwww. *sniffle*

I recommend reading Sorkin and Schlamme's post-show live blogging. Some good stuff there, including Schlamme making a geek WW-related joke about phone booths and this: "Tommy and I knew that Brad was the guy to play Danny from the beginning, but we were initially reluctant to cast him because he'd just gotten done doing seven years of some show about the White House. So we saw every other actor in town for the part and in the end agreed that talent wins. After shooting five episodes, I'm certain we made the right decision."

Also amused at the comments by upset Christians who turned off the show after Wes's rant. Um, a) thanks for both PROVING the point, LOLZ, b) it's too bad you didn't keep watching to find out one of the heroes of the show is a devout Christian, and c) why were you watching an Aaron Sorkin show anyway? Don't you know he's a crackhead whoremonger?

On another note, I've been disappointed since day one that Sorkin chose an SNL-type show as the backdrop for his new series, and that hasn't faded. Why, Aaron, why? Alas.

All in all, I was more excited about Brad being on The Ellen DeGeneres Show today. That was delightful. He got Ellen flustered with his dirty talk. Heeeeee. Brad is a horny guy and he needs to call me. Funny underwear and go on a trip, indeed. I need screencaps! Especially of the sitting on the floor with his legs spread wide, yes. *nods*

Meanwhile, Prison Break was much fun tonight. All I really have to say is: of course he ate it. OF COURSE. Oh, Prison Break, how I love you in your complete cracked-out-ed-ness.

When I said I would have picspam tonight I apparently totally lied. Sorry. By Wednesday for sure.

Like 17th Street and Broadway, for example.



Isn't it convenient that I just got a phone with camera capabilities this week? I took a close-up, too, I'll post it over at bradleywhitford where such excessive squeeing is acceptable.

So I enjoyed that view for a while, and then when I went to the movies later with yahtzee63, it was a Studio 60 bonanza. They were showing the commercial on the TV in the lobby; there was a giant stand-up display of the crowd pic near the concessions stand; and there was, I kid you not, a dangling mobile-type thing in the upstairs lobby. Oh, and then, there was a behind-the-scenes featurette before the movie, except we totally didn't get to see it because the "chefs" at Cosi need to fucking die. Just say no to chain restaurants, kids. The one time I actually would have liked to see one of those stupid things...alas.

The movie we saw was Little Miss Sunshine, which was hilarious and delightful in a we-live-in-an-extremely-fucked-up-world kind of way. Highly recommended, particularly if you like dark humor.

Speaking of fucked up...tonight's Flavor of Love! ( I knew it! )

I was reading an old issue of EW on the subway (I'm always about a month behind) and lo and behold, there was a Tim Gunn article! Dude, I didn't know he was Proenza Schouler's teacher. That is so awesome. Apparently he gets a lot of fan mail -- a Bravo exec says, "People are enamored with him -- they're offering themselves up to him." I would just offer myself up to go shopping with him. Is that so wrong?

West Wing season 7 is available for pre-order.

On a more serious note, one year ago yesterday (Saturday) was "You're doing a heckuva job, Brownie." As people starved, feared, and died. Never forget.

OMG I AM SO EXHAUSTED. I have spent all week cleaning and preparing for guests this weekend, and I am beat. The really sad thing is, said guests will still be appalled at the state of my living arrangements. Oh well. I tried. I miss having a cleaning service like I did in Jersey City, I'm just not sure I can justify hiring someone for my small one-bedroom apartment. *ponders*

Anyway. The West Wing cast on Ellen was so delightful I could hardly stand it. ( Gushing. ) Honestly? I would take that over a clip show anyday. So that's some consolation, at least.

As a heads-up, Brad and Janel are on the cover of Backstage magazine. Yes, an actual PROMO SHOT of Brad and Janel TOGETHER. Which never happens. I'm so excited. Will try to find a copy tomorrow.

More press: David Hinckley of the NY Daily News does a nice retrospective. This article has some quotes I hadn't seen before. The Buffalo News singles out Josh/Brad and has some great Brad quotes. Also significant for Larry O'Donnell being even more of a fuckhead than usual.

What else? I still haven't watched ANTM. Survivor was lame. My Name Is Earl was not its best episode -- super-sizing doesn't wear well, I'm thinking. Anna Devane on GH tomorrow, whee.

I hope everyone saw the excellent USA Today article about how the NSA is monitoring tens of millions of people's phone calls with the cooperation of the telecoms. Well, whoever is eavesdropping on my conversations with oeilade must at least be getting a good laugh, because we are a comedy team extraordinaire. Meanwhile, The government has abruptly ended an inquiry into the warrantless eavesdropping program because the National Security Agency refused to grant Justice Department lawyers the necessary security clearance to probe the matter. Well, that's one way to cover your tracks.

In even more important news, They shut down the booth babes at E3!

ZOMG. If only I were rich.

Speaking of Brad, great interview with him here for those who haven't seen it. Favorite line: Unfortunately in television there aren't many central middle-aged characters (whispers) -- I'm hoping to change that... Oh, Brad.

Another choice exchange:
BS: So what are you working on now (besides Studio 60)?
BW: I'm doing some light writing ...
BS: Light writing. You mean like poetry? Haikus?
BW: (laughs) I'm pursuing my haiku dream.

Haikus about CJ, no doubt.

CJ is so tall
Want to climb her like a tree
Bark sweet as her bite?

The new Entertainment Weekly has a nice goodbye article for West Wing, talking to cast members and re-running some classic photos. Classy stuff. Hear that, NBC?

I finally watched America's Next Top Model and all I will say is I think I need a Joanie icon. Heart her.

In other news, Contraception use has declined strikingly over the last decade, particularly among poor women, making them more likely to get pregnant unintentionally and to have abortions, according to a report released yesterday by the Guttmacher Institute. Wow, you mean if you restrict access to contraception, you get MORE abortions? Gee, I AM SO SURPRISED. Only, you know, NOT ONE BIT. *holds head*

I got my first pedicure of the season tonight. Unfortunately, I mistakenly did not wait long enough afterward and my left big toe is totally fucked already. Typical. Hopefully I can pick up a close shade at the drugstore tomorrow. Sigh.