In Search of Myself

Grey's and The Office

So the super-sized Office really screwed up my TV night, because it over-lapped Grey's.  And when it does that, I have to watch them both at my mom's house because she has two VCRs.  And I forgot to tell Priscilla about the super-sized Office, and she missed the first part of Grey's.  Except really, she didn't miss much, because Grey's SUCKED last night.

It was a 2 hour episode, but pretty much the entire episode consisted of Addison's stupid new spin-off show, and commercials.  Seriously, what's with all the commercials?  They didn't even split it up like the first hour, Grey's, and the second hour, Addison's stupid new spin-off show.  No, they interspersed them so we were FORCED to watch the beginning of the stupid new spin-off show, hoping for some scenes in-between of actual Grey's plot.  I wish I had only recorded the scenes from the real Grey's and none of the dumbness that is Addie moving to California.

Shonda, wherever you are, get y'all's act together.  You are ruining a perfectly wonderful show.

P.S.  Priscilla: next week's Office is supersized, and the finale the next week is ONE HOUR LONG!  WOO HOO!

American Idol

While I was repairing my quilt and watching American Idol last night, Jake plopped next to me with a book.  I was ok to read to him during commercials, and sporatically during performances, but when Melinda came on, I put the book down.

Jake said "Mama, I'm ready!  Mama, read to me!  Read this right here."

I said "Jake, let me watch this one.  I know her and I want to see how she does."

Jake: "Read!"

"Jake, I used to go to school with her.  She was in college with me."

Jake: "But she not anymore.  Now she there."  Noticing the American Idol logo on the TV, he said "Hey, I have that toy!"  (McD's happy meal toys are American Idol right now.)

Yeah, he didn't care so much.

The Office

Thursday's episode was lacking in JAM action, but it WAS funny.  The cold open and closer had me ROLLING.  These were the funniest two quotes to me:

Dwight: First rule in roadside beet sales: the most attractive beets on top. The ones that make you pull the car over and go, “wow, I need this beet right now.” Those are the money beets.

Mrs. Allen: I’m calling the Better Business Bureau!
Michael: Yeah, well, I’m calling the Ungrateful Bee-yotch Hotline!

Oh, and Blades of Glory?  Even funnier than I thought it would be.  Even Lou liked it -- well, he at least didn't hate it, and that's more than we were expecting.  I freaking loved it, and there were a LOT of pro skater camios.  (My mom and Kathy used to watch skating a lot, so I know who people are.)

Now it's 3 long days until another new episode.  And Grey's is SO freaking angst-y right now.  I don't know if I can handle it.  The best quote from last Thursday's episode was when Der told Mer: When you came up out of the water, I spent the scariest hour of my life trying to breathe for you . . . I don't know if I can keep trying to breathe for you."

OH the drama.

Media stuff

Ok, here are the books/music/movies/TV things I'm thinking about these days.

I'm listening to Anna Nalick's "Wreck of the Day" CD again.  I listened to it non-stop last summer.  Like seriously, non-stop.  For like 3 months.  It's good stuff.  Her stuff NEVER gets old.  Great for singing along in the car.  And she wrote it all herself.  And she basically kicks ass.  heh.  You probably know the "Breathe 2 AM" song, which was featured last year on Grey's Anatomy.  My favorites are "Paper Bag" and "Wreck of the Day."  Anna, you rock my world.

TV shows: obviously, I am SO FREAKING GLAD that there are new episodes of Grey's and The Office this week.  If you want to see something BEYOND FUNNY, watch this preview of The Office.  Of course, if you've never seen The Office, it might not make sense.  But still hecka-hilarious.

Speaking of The Office, Lou is taking me this Friday to see Blades of Glory, which the lovely Jenna Fisher is in.  (Have I mentioned before that she's my hero?  She so rocks.)  Lou thinks it's going to be stupid, because he doesn't like Will Ferrell (I LOVE Will Ferrell.  He totally cracks me up.  Priscilla and I saw "Stranger than Fiction" two weeks ago and I loved it and she hated it.  She has a lot in common with Lou as far as taste in movies goes.   Scary.)  But Lou is putting up with it because I really want to see the movie.  So YAY!

Oh, and back to TV shows: HOW AWESOME is Melinda on American Idol?  She made me laugh so hard last Wednesday when she sat down on stage rather than pick which group of 3 was the bottom or top.  I haven't watched the show faithfully . . . umm, ever . . . but having someone you know on the show is pretty good incentive.  Jordin is also rocking my world -- she's made me cry with her song two weeks in a row now.

Last, a great book that I bought randomly this weekend and read in one sitting: Bitter is the New Black.  (LOVE the subtitle: Confessions of a Condescending, Egomaniacal, Self-Centered Smartass, Or, Why You Should Never Carry a Prada Bag to the Unemployment Office.  HA HA HA!) It was SO FUNNY.  But even more than that, it's a really interesting commentary on how someone who has a college degree and mad crazy business skills can search desperately for a job for almost two years after being laid off in the post 9-11 economy, and get NOTHIN'.  Made me feel better about myself in that respect.  heh.  But seriously, a GREAT book -- and her website is hilarious, too.

Totally. Yeah.

Last night NBC ran an Office marathon.  To try to appease us die-hard fans who are going insane after the SIXTH week of no new episodes, they had a bunch of new scenes of Toby talking to the camera -- kind of hosting the marathon.  And OMG, they were hilarious.  Some of them are online to watch.  The one that almost made me fall off the couch laughing was this:

“Sometimes when I come in to work, I ask myself, ‘If this was my last day on earth, what would I do differently?’ Well, I’d wear a T-shirt, and I’d order a French dip sandwich and eat the whole thing, and then I’d blow up this building and go swimming and I’d drink wine.” (Off the shocked stare of the documentary filmmaker.) “What!”

wow.  that's beyond hilarious. 

To read more or find the clips, stalk Office Tally like I do.

*edited*  YAY, they posted the clip to the part I quoted.  When I talked to Priscilla on the phone earlier, she didn't understand why I thought it was funny.  CLICK HERE.

I am stupid

I was so caught up with the things I had to do yesterday after work (go to the YMCA, pick Jake up, do the dishes, assemble my new end table, go to the grocery store in the rain) that it didn't even DAWN on me that there might be a new Grey's Anatomy on.  There's not a new episode of The Office until April 5th, I just figured Grey's was being all lazy like that, too.  Damn, last week they had a rerun from season TWO showing. And I haven't been watching TV all week, so I didn't see the commercials for it.  People, I FORGOT TO WATCH THE NEW EPISODE.  I really really hope they replay it tonight like they do sometimes -- if there is basketball on TV instead, I will freak.  I know I can probably watch it online, but it's not the same, yo.

Oh well, at least I already know what's going to happen.  (Gotta love blogs and message boards!)

Awesome CD

I don't buy many CDs, but the ones I DO buy, I listen to them obsessively.  Last summer it was the Anna Nalick "Wreck of the Day" CD, through the fall it was the two Grey's Anatomy soundtracks (which are awesome), and right now it's Barlow Girl's "Another Journal Entry."  I find favorite songs that I listen to over and over and over again, and my favorite from their CD is "Porcelain Heart."  If you CLICK HERE, you can see the lyrics and listen to clips of the songs -- click on the song titles in the left top corner to choose one.  (I also really like "Grey.")

I love being right.

After last week's Grey's, we were having a discussion at DigiShopTalk about what would happen this week.  Here's what I said:

Here's my theory on things:

~ No, she's not pregnant. Addie just rushed in to help 'cause she's a great doctor, not just a great OB/GYN.

~ What Izzie said to George was out of love, and honesty. It hurts, but she is being honest with her friend and wants to help him.

~ Mer is all dark and twisty and has a LOT of things to work out. She's in that "room" with Dylan and Denny for a reason. She's going to talk to them, get some perspective, have an "ah-ha" moment, and icing on the cake, come back with a Denny message for Izzy.

~ The doctors will be to the point where they've pretty much given up on reviving her, and Kristina will insist (as we saw in the promo for next week) that they try again, and THAT will be the thing that brings her back.

That's my official stance on matters.

Thank you, thank you.  I'll be here all week.

The Office!

This deleted scene is AWESOME.  I love Michael -- I think his advice is right on: Mistakes are just successes that you messed up.  I LOVE IT.

Reminds me of my favorite line from the "Initiation" episode, where Dwight tells Ryan: Not everything's a lesson.  Sometimes you just fail.

Yup.  That's office life.  :)  NEW EPISODE TONIGHT!  YAY!!!!

Little Mermaid

Jake is watching The Little Mermaid for the first time tonight . . . here are some of the things he's said so far about it.

"Who's the Little Mermaid?"
"Ariel, Jake.  Ariel IS the Little Mermaid.""
"Well who's 'Disney'?"  (as in, Disney's Little Mermaid, HA HA HA.)

"Why she have purple boobs?  Mom, why she have big purple boobies?"

"Mama, you need a Little Mermaid costume."
"Me?"
"Well, you need a BIG Mermaid costume."  OMG, I almost fell off the couch, that was funny.