Quick Snippets of the Week

Wow, my last posting was on April 17th. My bad. Anyway, although I am completely behind at work, my brain is already completely fried (and it's only Monday - waaah!) so I think I need an entertainment break.

Since I didn't have time to post on all my favorite shows... I'll just offer some commentary on what I found interesting during this past week of TV. (And I just got a DVR - yeehaw! Maybe I'll have more fun stuff to comment on... as if I need to watch any more TV...)

Dancing with the Stars: Cute - Brandon, Kelly, and Donna all came out to cheer on Steve Sanders!

American Idol: I thought Blake's "remix" of You Give Love a Bad Name was pretty cool. It's always fun when AI actually yields something pretty hip and contemporary - compared to say, Mandy from Barry Manilow. Also, I thought it was pretty cool that Jon Bon Jovi let him do that - sure, he had his reservations, but he was still OK with it. I still remember when Ace Young wanted to mix up a Queen song, and the guy was like, um... no.

Veronica Mars: Is back! Woo-hoo! There were a lot of funny moments in this episode but obviously the huge thing was Piz finally making a move on Veronica. Personally, I thought the smooches were kind of luke-warm, so I'm not buying the whole "Pizonica" thing. I'm still a fan of Veronica and Logan even though he's moved on to her friend. Logan and Veronica (aka LoVe) - now those two had CHEMISTRY.

Lost: Hello! How insane was that ending with Locke, Locke's dad, and Sawyer?! Couldn't you just feel the hate oozing out of Sawyer's eyes all the way through your TV screen??? Talk about intense death scene. Also, how is it that Juliet looks so luminous while at the camp. She must have some beauty products stashed away in the forest too.

The Office: When will they start getting Pam and Jim back together??? I'm worried now b/c there are reports that they shot two season finales b/c they're waiting to see if Karen's (Rashida Jones) pilot gets picked up. Egads!

Ugly Betty: I thought this episode was HILARIOUS! Especially funny was when Wilhemina forced Marc to rough her up and then they started swatting each other before he knocked her down the stairs. Hate Alexis's admin, though... he was such a sweetie on Veronica Mars and now he is just an a**hole, throwing stuff at Betty when she was doing so well on the mechanical bull. Although I am disappointed at Betty for taking other people's food out of the fridge - shouldn't matter if there's a name or not, you know it's not yours!

Grey's Anatomy: OK, we can talk about GA, like Meredith getting slapped by her dad, George and Izzie smooching again, Christina trying on frou-frou wedding dresses... however, what I really found interesting was how I'm so NOT sold on the GA spin-off. Weird, b/c I would have thought creator Shonda Rhimes could do no wrong, but I honestly wasn't really into the SoCal show. However, it was interesting to see Piz from VM in this new role as the receptionist - who knew he had all that hiding under his scrubby clothes!!!

Late Night with Conan O'Brien: Conan was in SF last week and I loved how they tried to work that into the show with funny commentary such as "picking up a** at the 24 hr Safeway at the Marina" and discussing the upcoming Bay to Breakers as "good for people that love to run but hate wearing clothes or being sober".

Desperate Housewives: The ending where Mike picks up Susan and lays one on her? GAG. But the story with Lynette, Tom, and the hot chef was interesting - didn't see that coming! But it looks like Lynette was really tormented by the whole thing - more trouble to come, I'm sure. Too bad - b/c Jason Gedrick is yummy.

Brothers and Sisters: Seriously - if you're looking for aspirin, would you really take something from your brother's prescription bottle? And not even read it??? Why wouldn't you stick to something like Tylenol or Advil?