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Oh, Lordy is it ever cold out! I left early this afternoon to try and beat the snow but it still hit me and I still spent an hour and a half trying to crawl home. Thank goodness I had a book on tape to keep me company. That’s right, I said tape. My car’s ancient. I have a tape deck. It works like a charm, though. The book in question is Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison, book #5 on my To-Be-Read Challenge 08 list.

My plans for tonight, coffee with my sister, were derailed by this snowstorm that is currently beating against my study’s window so I think I’ll spend the night being cozy instead. I have my knitting right beside me (a modest scarf as it’s my first attempt at knitting) and a DVD full of Battlestar Galactica episodes I’ve never seen. Seems like a perfect night for catching up.

Given that I’ve made this website a genuine weblog again, over the weekend I revamped the image of my collective. No longer an extension of my weblog, it’s now a full fledged website of its own (to the extent it can be, that is). I’ve named it Zealous since most of the good names have been taken already and I think it looks pretty spiffy.

Hmm, I wonder what the chances are of getting a snow day tomorrow?

Well, I’m a few days behind on this but I’m still going to discuss the recent season finale of The Office which is - arguably - one of the funniest shows on television now that Arrested Development is gone. Let’s all have a moment of silence for AD before we continue.

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Alright. Well, the finale wasn’t exactly earthshattering as the finale to Lost promises to be. Frankly, though, I’m so sick of these stupid questions that Lost raises that I’d gladly see a mundane season finale on that show. I’m not sure whether the writers even know what kind of a grave they’ve dug for themselves yet. It looks to me like they’re trying to ignore the fact that they don’t actually have any answers to give us anymore by making more questions. I’ve actually stopped watching the show on television because I’m so tired of all this crap. I find it’s best to watch a few episodes at a time on the computer to get my dose of Lost. But I’ve digressed. I’m not gonna talk anymore about that silly show.

Back to the other silly show! If you haven’t seen the season finale of The Office I suggest you stop reading cause this post is heavy on the spoilers. I mean, c’mon. You can’t talk about the finale without talking about … you know!

So the show ended with Casino Night, a charity event organized by Michael to benefit the Boy Scouts of America. Or Aids. Or Comic Relief. Well, one of them. Several fun things happened that I quite enjoyed. I love the fact that Creed is apparently a kleptomaniac. That only adds more to his sadly under-developed character. I mean, the man wants to donate his winnings to the Scranton soup kitchen where he recommends the pea soup, for crying out loud! We haven’t learned this much about him since Halloween.

And how can we forget about Michael? He invites Jan and his real estate agent to the casino night and they both come? I loved, loved, loved the fact that Jan actually likes Michael. It just goes to show how screwed up this woman is. She obviously knows that having an affair with one of her employees is wrong but yet:

She brought an overnight bag!!!!!!!!! :-O She was totally ready to cry when she left too. Poor Jan.

Finally, the only other thing that I want to comment on is - of course - the kiss. Every single female (prove me wrong, ladies!) who watches this show has been waiting with baited breath for Pam and Jim to finally, finally do something about their Enormous Sexual Tension. Jim’s admission to Pam was very sweet and I wanted to bawl as I watched that tear slip down his cheek. He’s pouring his heart out to her and she’s absolutely stunned. Do you suppose it’s true that she thought they were friends? Is it really possible that she doesn’t feel anything for Jim other than sisterly love? God, I hope not. This is killing me.

And of course, it finally happens. Two seconds left in the show and they give us hungry dogs what we want:

What the hell kind of a kiss is that??? I kiss my mother with more tongue than that! I wanted to throw my computer out the window. But alas, it’s quite obvious, isn’t it? It’s a goodbye kiss. Jim’s definitely going to take that transfer now. If he can’t have Pam he’s not gonna stick around and moon anymore. I say good for you, boy, but seriously, don’t go. I’ll miss you! We need a Pretty Boy and B.J. Novak’s cute but he ain’t you, Halpert!

*Sigh* So ya. Those are my thoughts on the season finale of The Office. I’m glad the show is picking up more viewers cause it’s really quite funny. If you’re reading this and you haven’t watched the show, you should go and check out the show. It’s incomparible to the original BBC show, but it’s still an amusing piece of work.

‘Til next time! 23 more days until Italy

Bullshit’s back! Bullshit’s back! Rejoice everyone because Bullshit’s back!

Alright, you don’t have to rejoice if you have no clue whatsoever what I’m talking about but the very least you could do is do a little snooping. This show is fantastic, funny and informative, all at the same time. It’s like Mythbusters only less nerdy and more raunchy! It’s a shame Canada hasn’t picked it up yet … until it does, I’m going to have to continue to download it (which you should do too!). Last night’s episode was apparently about prostitution. I always knew hookers were bullshit

Oh, and if you’re wondering what I’m going on about, Penn & Teller’s Bullshit is a tv show on Showtime that dispels rumours and myths about common subjects. Things like circumcision, ghosts, recycling, endangered species, yoga, your hair. It’s a really interesting program and, yes, it’s hosted by Penn & Teller which is awesome.

Anyway, I just thought I would share. I need to go finish up my assignment that’s due tomorrow :S

I’m completely enamoured with television these days.

Tuesday is Scrubs. Tat turned me onto Scrubs. I love her for it, except I loathe it also since I said I would never watch it. Oh how far I have fallen! This week’s epsiode was hilarious. Next week Tom Cavanaugh guest stars again! I can’t wait At ten I get to watch Rescue Me which is Dennis Leary’s subversive new drama about a fucked up firefighter in New York. Tons of 9/11 imagery, of course. Leary’s character is actually followed around by his dead cousin Jimmy (as in a ghost) who died in the attack. I’ve only seen one episode but I liked it a lot.

Wednesday I have Lost which keeps getting better! It’s creepy and I like how the chick is the convict instead of one of the big, beefy guys. Different = yay. I also have CSI: NY. It started off scary, I hope it gets better :O

Finally, on Thursday is the original CSI, which I love to death. I got hooked over the summer and I can’t get enough anymore.

Ya, I should be doing homework and reading shit for school, but who can do that when there’s so much good stuff on television now??

Today I am about as giddy as a little school girl. I get to go to the Royal Ontario Museum to check out the Egyptian exhibit before it returns to the British Museum and the American Federation of Arts.

Yeah, what? I get excited by artifacts and exhibits. Crucify me

My week has become all skewed again. Last night I was up until four this morning, reading and doing generally nothing (by nothing I mean .. :drink: … just kidding!!). I’ve become addicted to this fake cop show called Reno 911 that’s on at around 3:30 am, right after the Daily Show (which was finally new, thank God). It’s just so weird and funny, I can’t help but watch. They’re all so crooked and stupid that I kinda wish it was real.

Someone keeps calling to my house collect. No one recognizes the voice nor the name the person gives. It’s kinda weird how s/he (the voice is really unrecognizable) doesn’t seem to get the hint each time we refuse to take the call. :O

I saw the season premiere of Viva La Bam last week and I forgot to mention it. It was sweet. If you haven’t seen it and you would like to, I’m sorry if you read this and are dissapointed by my spoilers. Your life will go on though.

Bam decides to buy a new house cause his last season he was issued an order to leave the township after all the shit he pulled (unauthorized concert, an elephant, he built a moat and enclosed his backyard into a castle, plus the Christmas light show was probably a pain in his neighbor’s asses too) so the show begins with him going to find a house with Dunn, Raab and Brandon in his Hummer. The highlights of the search: Bam giving Dunn a hug after throwing him out of the moving vehicle (it was moving slowly, though), erotic art in the first house they saw and the hockey rink.

Once Bam made a decision, moving day arrived. Oh man. They had to have had two trucks to move the stuff, one for all of the shit Bam and his friends threw in for shits and giggles and another one for actual stuff April and Phil wanted to keep out of their son’s greasy paws. Honestly, it was like a free for all; they bubble wrapped and taped Don Vito to his chair cause he didn’t want to get up and hoisted him up onto a flatbed truck with like a couch and some chairs to be moved. He stayed up on that thing for probably the entire day. They didn’t even bother closing the back of the truck when they finished shoving everything in. It was great. Dunn gave it a try, but it came back up and he was like, “fuck it” and walked off.

The house Bam bought is actually a converted farmhouse with a unicorn mural on the front door of the house which is like a barn door, honestly. Inside is really nice, though. Highlights: Raab found a stellar room and called in everyone to see it; before he could say anything, Dunn calls it, the rest pick their rooms and Raab’s left standing there, chintzed out of the room that he had found.

Wow, this is getting super long. It was a great first show; I can’t wait to get the next one cause that’ll be amazing to: Slayer plays a concert in Bam’s backyard and the Pirate Bar opens up. God, I wish I lived in West Chester, Pennsylvania.

Man, I need a new layout stat. This one is kinda getting old. I’ve made two and neither one I particularly like. Come on, muse, bite me already!

On the way home I was listening to a couple of songs off of 60 Second’s to Mars only CD. If you don’t remember who 60 Seconds are you’re probably not alone. It was Jared “Angel Face” Leto’s band back in 2001(?). The songs weren’t bad. I actually liked them a lot when they first came out with the CD. Not enough to buy it mind you, but I still enjoyed it

That got me thinking, why do actors think they can make it as legitimate singers/musicians? I suppose they see how effortlessly (some) musicians transition from MTV to the silver screen so they assume the reverse can be done as well, but when you think about it it really can’t.

A part from Jared Leto’s failed attempt there are more than a few that I can think of. Dogstar panned out for Keanu, Billy Bob Thorton’s weird hillbilly music isn’t exactly winning them over in spades and can ANYONE ever forget Bruce Willis as a blues-driven rocker in the early 90s (Return of Bruno, I believe his CD was called)? Man, actors can’t sing.

New layout everyone I’ve forgotten to change the title on the browser so you’ll just have to bare with that for awhile longer. Until I can get my ass bothered to do it anyway Those of you who have emailed me (there are a couple) please be patient. I’m such a bad corresponder. I’ll reply soon.