return of the smoke monster

TV has started picking up with the return from rerun land and new episodes of Desperate Housewives, Scrubs, The Office and some others. It's been a challenge catching up on shows this week, but it's Saturday night and what else is there but to do but stay home and sit on my lazy ass to watch some quality television?

One item of note this week is the return of Lost. There haven't been new episodes on in so long I've sorta forgotten the plot and have to stretch to remember what is going on. Oh yeah, they are trapped on an island. Except, instead of flashbacks to tidbits of people's lives from before they are on the island, there are flash forwards of people's lives from after they get off the island - except I don't think we really quite know just how it is that people get off the island.

In any case, Ben's daughter Alex totally gets killed because he tries to psyche out the bad guys by saying she's not actually his daughter, and they totally call him on his bluff. And this pisses him off greatly so he disappears into some secret tunnel and releases the smoke monster! I can't believe Ben controls the smoke monster! Actually... yes I can.

In the flash forward, Ben and Sayid meet up in Iraq and decide to start killing lots of people in revenge of Sayid's wife (apparently he marries Nadia after he gets off the island) being killed. And apparently she gets killed by Penny's dad. And the hunt is on. I wonder if Ben brings the smoke monster off the island with him?

spring has sprung

So between baseball, warm weather and craziness at work, I am so very behind in tv. Haven't watched a darn thing this week other than FF-ing my way through American Idol at lightning speed to see Kristy Lee Cook finally get voted out.

David Cook all the way!

My plan is to try and get caught up on the rest of this week's shows by the end of the weekend. Who knows if that works or not.

*gasp*

OMG my favorite Aussie Michael Johns got eliminated tonight from AI. Nooooooooooo!!! There is no justice in this world. I.am.devastated.

So sad :(

idol gives back

So I am catching snippets of Idol Gives Back (which is apparently a 2 1/2 hour affair). I know it's a great cause, but it's crazy loong and I'd be up all night trying to watch this straight through, so the FF button it is. Currently I'm watching Teri Hatcher sing a Carrie Underwood song. Since when can Teri Hatcher sing?? I half expected Simon Cowell to come out at the end and criticize her performance, but not so much.

Eli and Peyton Manning have made an appearance... and Eli most desperately needs a haircut.

There are lots and lots of celebrity appearances and lots of performances, but I'm now watching the Idol contestants singing Seasons of Love - one of my personal favorite Broadway songs ever! And so appropriate for this particular show, so it's quite lovely.

Miley Cyrus performs TWICE, which seems highly unnecessary. Brad Pitt shows up near the end and everyone goes NUTS! The show closes out with the Idol contestants singing something soothing and calming that immediately makes me decide it's time for bed. And so I will do just that now.

Tomorrow - back to business with elimination night!

dream on

It's "Inspirational Week" on American Idol in honor of Idol Gives Back and my favorite Aussie is up first with Aerosmith's Dream On and we're off and running! Paula and I loved it, Randy and Simon not so much. I don't think Michael Johns could ever do wrong in my eyes.

Syesha sings Fantasia's I Believe and we're all reminded that Fantasia actually did win a season of American Idol.

Jason Castro sings one of my favoritest songs of all time - Israel Kamakawiwo'ole's make of Somewhere Over the Rainbow, so even though I still think he's a bit weird and I'm not in love with him like the rest of America, I LOVE IT.

Kristy Lee Cook, who has been skating by the past few weeks by the skin of her teeth, finally has a fabulous week and MIGHT actually not be in the bottom three again this week!

David Cook sounds like... well, like he does every other week. Don't get me wrong, he sounds good - but I'm starting to not remember what songs he's sung from week to week because they all now sounds exactly the same!

Carly takes on Queen, which bugs me for pure fact that I love the way Michael Johns has rocked out to Queens in earlier episodes and she doesn't do it NEARLY as great as he does.

David Archuleta - the 12 year old America loves and I still don't really get why. Even the judges love him!

Last up, Brooke White singing Carol King's You've Got a Friend and even though I don't love her hair tonight, I do still love her, even though I much prefer her with the piano.

Oh yeah, Paul's boobs are so spilling out of her top.

nbc debacle

So there has been murmurs of Project Runway moving to a different network for a while. With it's popularity, one would think it made sense to move it to a larger network. It's current home is Bravo, which is owned by NBC, so wouldn't a logical move be to move to... NBC? But oh no, the owners of Project Runway think THIS is a good idea??!

Project Runway moves to Lifetime

baseball!

Baseball season is under way, and it is totally screwing with my DVR-ing schedule! And messing with my tv watching in general, not that this is anything new since this happens every year. And every year, I find a way to fight on through and balance it all out! Just takes me a week or so to get myself in order, and then I'm constantly slightly behind, so bear with me!