"Supernatural" Doesn't Disappoint

My appointment TV of Thursday night was Supernatural (I taped CSI and still haven't watched it yet - too much going on). And of course, it didn't disappoint - lots of Dean, which is a general bonus. Someone tell Jensen Ackles to call me. THAT'S a booty call I say yes to.

I hear a lot of girls like the guy who plays his brother Sam, but while Jared Padalecki has an offbeat and adorable smile, he still screams 'little brother' to me. Cute, but I'd pat him on the head and set him up with somebody younger. Jensen, I keep for myself. Heh.

I AM however, disappointed that the black Impala is in pieces after the semi crash. Put that baby back together again, Bobby! That way we can hear more Rush from the tape deck. (You gotta love a show aimed at teens and creepy old people like me, that uses classic rock like Rush, Blue Oyster Cult, AC/DC, Metallica, and sometimes these are tunes the younger set won't be familiar with. I can hear them now: "Who is Blue Oyster Cult???")

Jeffrey Dean Morgan is now officially the Guy Who Dies in Hospitals, following the Supernatural Season Premiere, and last season's Grey's Anatomy finale. He's going to get typecast, but at least it means he doesn't have to shave much.

On an odd note, I've noticed that the local TV guide (not TV Guide) doesn't include the CW listings. However, two guys I used to work with are now at WWMT, and their business cards include the CW logo, so it appears the local CBS channel is running the CW too. So why aren't we getting those listings in our local newspaper? I just have to know when Veronica Mars and Supernatural are on. (Tuesday and Thursday at 9 in case you're wondering.) The VCR is already set. Craig and Hunter, you're getting a call to find out what the heck's up with the guide!

I'm Blaming This On Sarah

Sarah started this whole TV thing.... really she did!

I've started in on some of my favorite shows. I picked up one new show "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip" because I really adore Aaron Sorkin despite never having met him. Love the trademark quick quips, long camera shots, endearing personalities. I'm sticking with this one for a while.

I picked up 'Desperate Housewives' again - it's a show I don't think much about until I get to it on my tape and then I generally laugh out loud. Some of the things Gabrielle says and does leave me in stitches. And I'm waiting for Lynette's smackdown of the love child's mommy - whoever that actress is, she's fabulous. And we get to hear Dougray Scott talk for a while, that's always a bonus. Now, when do we get to find out that Andrew's been hustling???

'Supernatural' starts tomorrow. I'm waiting with bated breath. Meow!!! (That does not mean, people, that I was eating cat food.)

'Prison Break' continues its run of being tense and occasionally ridiculous. All the women on this show are hot for Michael, which is understandable, since he is the strong yet sensitive smart type. But Lincoln is the brawny sexy type and nobody seems to look at him twice. Are these women on crack??? There's a sandwich right there!

Speaking of that, I saw an ad for the movie "The Prestige." Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale. Somebody bring me the mustard, because that's one hell of a sandwich.

Back to TV *ahem*. CSI Miami continues being ludicrous in plot yet beautifully shot, on CSI NY Gary Sinese's character is finally getting some love - in the form of Claire Forlani (yes, she of "Mallrats" fame!); the regular CSI has not answered our questions about Gil and Sarah, but has already hinted at a bit of sparkage between Catherine and Nick - and since she had sparkage last season with Warrick, I'd like this woman to find a decent man - one or the other or somebody else (You may remember the always sexy Nick Lea broke her heart a few seasons back. I taped all those episodes. Yes, I am a loser). On top of that, if something shitty happens to someone on that show, it's always to her. What's up with that?????

'Bones' is hilarious, but I hope you weren't eating during the early parts of tonight's episode. The tension between Bones and Boothe is well done, and she seems to be conscious of it now. And the sparkage between Angela and Hodgins is a little odd but well done between them (didn't think they were each other's type, but that's the fun I suppose). Best line of the night: when Hodgins finds out Zack gets to go out on a case, he says to Cam "Out out?" and she replies without missing a beat "We'll pin our number to his sweater."

Bonus - did anybody notice who was playing the red headed wife? Melinda McGraw, formerly Melissa Scully on the X-Files whose character was shot and killed by Alex Krycek, played by her ex boyfriend, and my permanent meal plan member, Nick Lea. (Yes, shut up!!!)

Cold Case and Without a Trace remain generally reliable and formulaic but in a good way. Veronica Mars starts next week and so does Lost, I believe. I hope they come up with some doozy moments this season, and I hope the fact that I haven't been reading all of those hanso foundation ads in Entertainment Weekly or surfing the web maniacally for clues doesn't mean I'm left out of the loop when the show airs!

Updates

I did NOT get a booty call last night after the shindig, in case any of you were wondering. (MIKE.) And even if I had, I would have said no!!

My knees however are very sore from dancing in high heeled boots. The price we pay for fashion. And dancing, which I love.

As for the catsitting, Tammy is providing all food and litter. She and I are going to discuss the price this weekend, but thanks for your feedback. I appreciate it!! Angie is helping out with the cats too so I'll be splitting the costs with her. I can only watch them through early October.

Oh, and the big one, I GOT A JOB. I forgot to mention that first. Provided my drug test comes back clean (:-)) I will be working in Lansing at the Secretary of State's office doing elections education type stuff - PSAs, working with clerks, etc. I'm a little nervous, I admit. I'm trying to find a place to live that isn't overrun with college students! And the best part, I'm making a hell of a lot more money than I ever did at Fairfield!!!! I'm so excited for that first paycheck. Whee!!!

Catsitting with Crowbars

Today I locked myself in Tammy's master bedroom while feeding the cats. The doorknobs are loose, and when I closed the door to keep the other cats out of the master bedroom, the doorknob on the outside fell off, and the piece between the doorknobs got pushed back so I couldn't put the inside doorknob on it and turn it to open the door.

So picture this. I'm first wrestling with the door while balancing two water dishes in my hands (I was headed to the bathroom to change the waters when I realized I was locked in) and I have seven pairs of eyes watching me. Jasper had followed me into the room and wanted out again, but when he realized it was going to be a while, he jumped up on the window ledge and watched the entertainment from there. Such help. Also observing me: Mia, Scarlet, Al, Goldie, Gracie and Izzy, the latter three who are dying for me to pet them right that minute, winding around my knees as I try unsuccessfully to fit the doorknob back on. Gracie will go so far as to nip me if I don't move fast enough, so that's another distraction.

So then I consider calling Tim to come let me out, since the room has a phone, but he's in the middle of his shift, and I know that would be a story that would circulate around my old office in a hurry, so I try to come up with another solution. Several of the cats, mind you, think this is really entertaining, and are twining around my ankles as I survey the hangers and search for a screwdriver or something to turn the latch mechanism. High entertainment, I'm sure.

Finally I spot a funky kind of straight hanger (she had no wire hangers!! argh!) that I use as a crowbar to pry the door open with minimal damage. Then I pick pieces of doorknob out of the cat litter box on the other side of the door, and put everything back together, reminding myself NOT to latch the door the next time.

I Have a Question...

I could sure use your thoughts on a question I'm pondering.

I'm catsitting for the Abramowski 17 (cats, for those of you who don't know who the Abramowski 17 are). Tammy has taken a job out of state, but until she can find a place to live where they'll be accepted, she's leaving them in her house in Kzoo, and I'm going over once a day to feed the fish, play with the cats, scoop litters and put out food and water. (Don't ask why the husband isn't doing it.)

Tammy has said she'll pay me to watch the cats since this will probably be a relatively long-term deal - at least a month, and maybe more. She originally planned to board them at the vet's, but that was going to cost $3000 a month.

My question is, what is an acceptable amount of money to ask her for? I don't want to screw a friend or get greedy, especially since she's been out of work as long as I have and is just starting a new job, looking for a new house, and traveling a lot between her new home city and Kzoo. Plus she's trying to get the Kzoo house ready for sale, arm-wrestling the husband and trying to pack all at once. The last thing I want to do is provide more stress.

On the other hand, I am looking after all of those cats, taking out the trash and taking in the mail, and driving 17 miles round trip daily to do it. (I was curious, so I checked.) Not that that's a big distance, but I do generally spend 1-2 hours taking care of the cats and in transit, so it's not like I can stop in and run out again most days, but I enjoy playing with them - they're really all sweeties. She has catsat for Luki in the past and I've catsat her cats before, and we generally don't charge each other, but because this is long-term, she wanted to pay me this time.

Any thoughts on what I should request? Thanks!

Okay, I Have More Than Three Readers....

Sorry Blake, didn't mean to leave you out. And Cat posted so that's cool! I just like knowing my ramblings are at least getting a few brave souls to wonder what the hell I'm talking about.

Cathleen, you're quite right about PB, considering that's the staple food of my diet (peanut butter, not Prison Break, although my TV diet is pretty much Prison Break right now - insert joke here.) Freud would probably say something about the Jif in my cupboard. And my dateless life. Heh.

I had a 'feeling sorry for myself' morning since I realized everybody I knew who lost their job right around the time I did, or has since, has found a job. But then I started helping Tammy pack her house and forgot to feel sorry for myself, so that's good. I'm still plugging away! Large chunks of the state now know who I am thanks to all the resumes I sent out. NOW HIRE ME, DAMMIT!

Sorry, just had to get that off my chest. Damn, was it heavy.

Prison Break Update

Anybody else watch this show? (It would explain the Wentworth Miller dreams. He has got the weirdest smile - kind of feral and awkward, like he's not sure what he's doing and it's mighty uncomfortable. I can see now why in all of his pics he just sort of smirks.)

Last season was pretty much set inside the prison so I couldn't say for sure where the plot holes were, but now that they're on the lam, I'm finding them left and right. Sucre escapes from a cop through a cornfield onto a train, and is traversing the country in Mach 2 time. Lincoln has a gunshot wound to the leg, but a little cayenne pepper and a whole lotta vodka takes care of that so he can run easily by the end of the episode. C-Note isn't noticed talking to his daughter at day care, even though everybody's on the lookout these days for men who lurk by daycares and schools. Everybody contacts their loved ones without thinking through the 'lines tapped' thing. Tancredi is in and out of jail in record time, and into an AA-type meeting, with a Secret Service guy on her tail, of all things. Huh?

I did however love Bellick and the other ex-guard getting into the scrum at the convenience store and then sitting on the back of Bellick's car drinking beer and plotting to bring in the escapees themselves. I'm not a guy, but isn't that the way they make peace? Beat each other up and all's good. Those were some great scenes, and more to come, I'm sure. And Mahone (I think that's Fichtner's character) is now peeling like an onion - there's an old case he's got a history with, but we don't know what it is yet, and he's popping pills. I hope in the end he ends up on Linc's side and LJ's, and works to get them both cleared. But that's because I like Fichtner and like him better when he plays the morally conflicted.

Horse-racing updates of the day: Lost in the Fog is undergoing chemo, but it still doesn't look good for the fella. On an up note, jockey Victor Espinoza won seven of eight earlier this week at Del Mar. Can you believe it? He had mounts in eight of the 11 races, and won seven of them. I don't do math. What kind of batting percentage is that?

PS. Does anybody else feel like we oughta have a beer for the late Crocodile Hunter? Instead of cheers, you say 'crikey' (no, I'm not being flip). I feel awful, we just watched one of his shows the other day! If anybody loved his life, it was Steve Irwin, and he did a lot for animals. I'm awful bummed.

I Have Three Whole Readers!!

Thank you to Sarah and Heather and Mike for being my loyal audience, especially when I get to rambling or pontificate for much too long on movies and horse racing. (And you thought I was long-winded in person! Ha!!) Sarah and Mike, I always check your blogs and enjoy them! Heather, you should really start one. You have so many good stories to share!!!