152 insights into my soul

Oh, the other day Family Guy made a joke about that tv-movie "starring a cast of people that make you say 'oh', because you didn't know they were still acting". Granted, David Faustino seems to be doing mostly voice work nowadays, but hey, he was Mako in LoK! And apparently Grant Show has been in a bunch of stuff since Melrose (not to mention Swingtown) according to his imdb profile. Apparently he was in a few eps of Burn Notice? Why do I not remember that? But Rachael Leigh Cook and Robin Tunney are female leads on their very own shows! Sure, RLC's show was just canceled and the Mentalist is in its final season. But I thought the Mentalist was kinda popular back in the day. Also, their go to for Robin Tunney is "the bald chick from Empire Records"? Though I guess if they said, that chick from the Craft, they might have though Fairuza Balk or Neve Campbell. She at least ranks over whoever the fourth girl was.

So the music from this week's upcoming ep of Glee is out. Apparently its a bunch of Carole King and Alanis Morissette songs, which seems like a pretty random combination. And I'm kind annoyed they used some of my least favorite Alanis songs. Like "Hand in Pocket". Its just such a weird song! I can't believe Dawson's Creek was originally going to use it as it's theme song, because "I Don't Want to Wait" just seems so iconic to that show. Like if they used the Alanis song, it might have turned me off of the show. Like my whole life could be different because I wouldn't have watched it!

But I digress, here's the tunes:

It's Too Late- Klaine duet of the Carole King classic. Pretty good!

So Far Away- Another Carole King classic, done by Quinn and Tina. Have they ever had a song together? They sound amazing on this.

Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow/Head Over Feet- sung by Jane and Mason. I'm actually curious about how this song will play out in the show, like why is Mason singing with Jane instead of his sister? Will it end up being a the twins are a little too close, so the club is having them sing with other people? But yeah, I think this is the best of the mashups, because I like the sound of the new newbies in this.

You Learn/You've Got a Friend- An ensemble number. You've Got a Friend is one of my all time favorite songs, so I'm not too keen on them mashing it up with something. Particularly You Learn, since they don't really seem like they go together. I mean, it doesn't sound as discordant as I expected. Its not great, its fine.

Hand in Pocket/I Feel the Earth Move- Britanna duet. Heh, like I said above, my disdain for Hand in Pocket may have prejudiced me a little against this, but it does at least sound kinda fun.

TV commentary:

Continuum- Wow, bloody episode this week! ( spoiler cut )

24- Ha, so President Heller does go through with it. ( spoiler cut )

The Fosters- Wow, when it rains, it pours for Callie. ( spoiler cut )

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Hart of Dixie- Oh, don't tease me show! ( spoiler cut )

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Degrassi- Seriously, what the eff, Degrassi, that was pretty dark! ( spoiler cut )

Tried the dorito shell tacos at taco bell. They're quite messy. I dunno how I feel about my hands being caked in doritos dust after eating these.

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Alcatraz- Heh, I don't know why I still get a kick out of it whenever they show previous 63s they recaptured just sitting in their cells (or just hanging around in the background in the past). Like I don't know what SAG rules are, but since they don't speak, how much do they actually get paid? Well, not as much as a role with a line, I'm sure, but I guess prolly a decent amount for just standing around somewhere for a minute.

What I am curious about is who they decide to use for those scenes? Well, the only two I recognize is the first guy and sniper guy, and I guess in the current time they showed one other guy in this ep. Are those the only actors they could get back, or are those the only ones they were able to take alive?

One Tree Hill- Eh, after catching last week's ep, I wanted to see how things turned out, so I'm watching it right now. Heh, are they going to pull a DC here? Julian finally thinks he has the perfect idea for his soundstage after re-reading "A Kindness of Ravens". He realizes that while it didn't work as a movie, it might work as a TV show. So just like Dawson created Dawson's Creek on the show, is Julian going to create OTH?

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Gossip Girl- After the depressing turn of events on last week's Glee before the hiatus, I'm really glad Gossip Girl is going in to the break on a happy note (well, at least for Dair, who cares about anyone else?).

But before we get into that, I totally had a feeling CeCe knew the truth and was going to leave something big to Ivy (I didn't realize she was going to leave everything though). Is it me, or was Ivy kicking Lily out of the apartment a bluff? It seemed like she was telling them to leave in the hopes that Lily would be all, "but we have nowhere to go", and then Ivy would be able to reluctantly yet magnanimously offer to let her stay. And then with them stuck under the same roof with her, she would be able to mend fences, because it seems like she really does care for them. But then Rufus has to be all, "Eh, we have an apartment in Brooklyn!" Which I'm sure Dan and Blair will be thrilled with (but more on that later!)

Also, as soon as William showed up, that he was going to be Lola's dad. Ha, so Serena and real Charlie aren't just cousins, they're half-sisters!

And Georgina, feeling she went out on a high note, is ceding the Gossip Girl title to Serena? I guess we'll have to wait until the break to see if she accepts it.

Finally, onto the good stuff, the Dair. So while Georgina is busy at the wake, she leaves the GG stuff to Phillip. Who proceeds to accidentally upload an email from Chuck outing Dan as the sender of the video. So even though Chuck ends up looking like an a-hole, he thinks this will get him back in to Blair's heart. While I am annoyed that Dan did actually end up sending the video (ostensibly to stop the wedding because she seemed miserable and he figured she didn't really want to get married, he had no idea it would cause the whole prenup mess), its pretty hilarious that Blair forgave Dan easily and quickly. And then when Georgina steal's Dan's phone to frame him for uploading the picture of them kissing, destroying Blair's marriage, Chuck admits his complicity and deflects by claiming Dan isolated Blair. Instead of furthering the chaos, Dan just bows out, since Blair has enough to worry about.

Honestly, I can't see how anyone seeing Chuck's behavior and Dan's behavior in this episode think Blair should be with Chuck. I mean, I'm dumbfounded people are feeling sorry for Chuck. Oh, poor guy, he didn't get the girl after not backing off and doing the exact thing she told him not to last week or else she would lose him, and ruining her family!

But aw, how sweet was the end, when Blair showed up, and Dan thought she was mad at first. And his face as he slowly got all hopeful, almost not wanting to believe she's choosing him, finally lighting up when she said her heart was with him now. (I know I keep comparing these two to Pacey and Joey, but I was getting flashbacks to the dock scene at the end of "True Love" on DC) And then his remarks about her referring to him as Dan instead of Humphrey or Brooklyn or Cabbage Patch? As I said at the start of this post, after all the depressing Faberry stuff going into the Glee hiatus last week, I'm glad at least Dair are entering the break on a good place.

Talk about another pretty big Lily/Rufus/Blair/Dan parallel though, with Blair and Lily both losing their wealth at the same time, and Dan and Rufus taking them in.

Heh, even though the promo seems to indicate they're rehashing that one Seth/Summer sex plot from s1 OC, I'm amused by the haters jumping on this as an indication that Dan and Blair aren't right for each other. Obviously they haven't seen that ep of the OC, since S/S worked through that mess rather quickly. I'm guessing the same will happen with Dan and Blair.

And I just saw a comment on the Dair community bringing up the Seth/Summer parallels, I totally didn't see the similarities between Atomic County and the Inside until now. And Dan and Blair both having Cabbage Patches, that's almost like Captain Oats and Princess Sparkle!

So I was looking up the track listing for Just Dance 3. Its not a game I'd ever play, but I was curious what songs they had the kids dancing today. (Heh, and how amusing is it that Robin Sparkles' "Let's Go to the Mall" is in this) Anyways, while listening to the various tracks, got into Scissor Sisters (who to me seem like Pink Floyd meets the Bee Gees) . Their particular song in JD3 is I Don't Feel Like Dancing, the video of which I found totally amusing. (for some reason, the intro makes me think of Alabama's "Mountain Music") But speaking of their videos, what's up with their vid for "Invisible Light": (link goes to uncensored version, censored version embedded below):



Its pretty strange, but with the period looks, is it referencing something in particular? (also, how hot is the actress in this vid's arse in those riding pants? Which speaking of, Old Navy commercials are cheesy as hell, but day-um those workout pants look awesome on those chicks. Of course, its nowhere near as hot as Eric Prydz' "Call On Me":



Anyways, given how much TV I watch, its no surprise that TV characters figure more into them than people I know in real life. I don't find it weird when its characters from DC, or the OC, or GG, or even NCIS (because I've watched a lot of NCIS on USA reruns). But last night's was Criminal Minds. I didn't think I watched that show enough for that to happen. (actually, it was like a Wednesday night TV crossover, because in addition to the BAU team, so was Fin from SVU) Even odder was that it didn't involve solving some grisly case or anything. But it did involve having to make out with JJ for some reason, to make some former classmate of her's jealous.

Heh, so Buzzfeed came out with a If you watch these shows, you may be a pedophile list:

1) Gossip Girl
2) Glee
3) Pretty Little Liars
4) Skins
5) The Secret Life of the American Teenager
6) 90210
7) Degrassi
8) The OC
9) One Tree Hill
10) Dawson's Creek
11) Undressed

So I watched 9 of these (though I quit OTH and SLOTAT). But watching these shows is pedo-ish? That's total BS!

Man, it really pisses me off they put Glee and Lost opposite each other. As much as I love Glee, let's be serious, I'm not going to delay watching Lost. I mean, it says more about the final eps of Lost that I'm choosing it over Glee. Thank goodness for DVRs and Hulu!

Anyways, got to hear the songs coming up when Glee returns next Tuesday. Awesome, ah can't wait! Hopefully they didn't change the download schedule and the songs will be available on itunes the Monday before/the Tuesday morning of. ( song spoiler cut )

Speaking of shows I love, I've been catching old eps of the Creek recently. I think of my top favorite TV shows ever, its the only one on the list that I haven't seen every ep of? Which is ridiculous, because if you love a show, how can you not have seen every ep? That does not make cents! I stopped watching the beginning of 6th season, because I started to care less where they were going with everyone. Of course, that changed with the Castaways ep, and Pacey and Joey getting back together and sucking me back in. But yeah, most of the eps I was rewatching were the significant PJ ones (Cinderella Story, True Love, Castaways, the series finale), and after refreshing my memory on that, I have to say of all the pairings I've been a fan of, PJ (not Pam/Jim, though their another favorite of mine) has got to be my all time favorite. I mean, the chemistry between Katie Holmes and Joshua Jackson was phenomenal, and they have so many great lines, which I will not re-iterate here, since its already gay enough as it is that I have plenty of their convos memorized.

I used to have such a huge crush on her, it makes me sad for Katie Holmes that Tom Cruise turned her into his slave to birth some sort of Scientology Messiah or something. (Like their whole relationship hasn't seemed incredibly conspicuous from the start!) Though I'm not mad enough at him to not see Knight and Day, because it looks like something I might enjoy. (Hey, I liked the Mission Impossible movies, and Mr and Mrs. Smith, which this seems somewhat similar to)

So, I was having dinner with the roomie at Frontera, and we had just gotten our sopa when the power went out. The power eventually came on in time for our entrees to come out, but had it not, what is the protocol? We were just gonna get combos, but they were doing a special where you could get two combos including soup and desert for just $14.99, which was cheaper than the total our individual combos would've been. So even though we had gotten our soup, I assume if they couldn't give us the rest of it, the soup and drinks would have been on the house?

Oh, heh, I'm amused how this last ep of Glee started a whole bunch of people shipping Quinn/Puck. Though there are people who ship Rachel/Puck, and what's with people shipping people who are enemies who haven't had any scenes together at all that weren't totally antagonistic? I mean, I would be so giddy if Dan and Blair got together on Gossip Girl, but at least with them, they've had scenes where they've helped each other out. I don't think there's been a scene with Rachel and Puck together that wasn't just him tossing a slushie in her face. I'm all for opposites-attract pairings, but there has to be evidence of something under the antagonism! Like on DC, even 1st season, way before they even thought of having Pacey and Joey hook up, he would occasionally do nice things for her, like driving her to see her dad in prison.

But I digress, both pairings do have pretty good portmanteaus though, and you know how I'm amused by a good portmanteau- Quick and Rack. Ha! Its always better when you can make an actual word. Speaking of Quinn, is it me, or was she looking mad cute this past ep, particularly in that one scene where she giggles into her pom poms when the football team does the "All the Single Ladies" dance on the field?