Am I the only one who noticed how completely screwed up all the mother/daughter relationships on Popular were?  Lilly's mom had her working to support them, Carmen's mom was a physically abusive drunk, Nicole's mom was a verbally abusive drunk, and there's no need to even discuss Mary Cherry and Cherry Cherry.  The relationship between Sam and Jane was supposed to be the good one...and that's arguably the most screwed up of all.  Jane never listened to a word Sam had to say, and anytime their was a conflict between Sam and Brooke she always defended Brooke.  She rarely, if ever, bothered to consider Sam's feelings about anything.  Ok, that's enough tv show analysis for one day.

On to other randomness...

My anniversary is coming up on the 9th.  I'm sure Scott has something pretty big planned...but he's not letting me in on it.  Frickin' surprises.  He must not have let Pascale in on it either because I haven't been able to get any details out of her.  Boo.

Yes, there's more...

Ryan is completely frickin nuts.  Really.  This weekend was the first time I've ever seen James really furious with her, and I can't blame the man.  To a certain extent I understand her side of it.  When James is in work mode, he never listens to her...which is not at all cool on his part.  When Ryan is pissed she's going to do whatever it takes to make you as pissed as she is...not cool on her part.  Anyway, we all went out Saturday and we ended up at Clark Kent's (Chris) apartment for drinks and a movie.  She was coming down with a cold so she was feeling pretty bad as the night went on, and James had been on his phone practically the whole night.  She kept trying to tell him she wasn't feeling well and she was ready to go home, but he kept ignoring her or telling her he would just be a few more minutes. 

After about an hour of that she got fed up, snatched his phone out of his hand, and tossed it out of a 4th story window.  The look on his face...we thought he was going to get up and toss her out of the window.  He didn't say anything, he just walked outside, and Scott followed him out.  I don't know what they talked about but they came back in about 10 minutes later.  He apologized for not taking her home when she asked and they left.  I let her know she was an asshole for doing that and she owes him an apology too.  Sure he should have been listening to her, but if she really wanted to go and he wasn't listening she should have just taken the keys and gone home.  Embarassing him in front of his friends like that was totally uncalled for.

Why do I always end up dealing with crazy people? 

Gina Gershon's crown is firmly superglued to her head.  She is now and will forever be the coolest person to ever strut across this planet.  It's a shame that she doesn't get the respect she derves in Hollywood, because she is a truly fascinating being.  The woman just exudes sex like it's ingrained in her DNA. 

I was watching her on Celebrity Poker Tournament and I was both impressed and in awe.  She's one hell of an actress.  Four men and her...and she took full advantage of the situation.  I bet they didn't even know what hit them.  

A fellow player can always recognize the game...the batting of the eyelashes, the flustered and confused tone, the subtle flirting and slightly babyish tone in the voice...all keys to playing the "but I'm a girl so be gentle with me" card.  When I grow up I hope to have her skills.  She played the hell out of them using everything down to the clothes she was wearing.  Jeans and a tasteful but low cut button up satin shirt doesn't seem like much to the unaware observer...but I know better.

It's all about the body language (and on a side note, that woman can wear the hell out of a velvet jacket).  Before the game even started she was drawing attention to the bare skin of her chest, which was in stark contrast to the black shirt she was wearing, by playing with her necklace.  Game.   At the end, when it was just her and Barry Corbin left, there was one moment where she turned in her seat just enough to reaveal the inside curve of her breast.

Well played Gina, well played indeed...it's one of my signature moves.  I just gained tons more respect for her, not that it was ever lacking.   

All hail the queen. 

Yes, it's that time of the week folks...time for another geek rant about this week's (last week's for you people with a normal channel lineup) Gilmore Girls...

I've got to say, I was pretty disappointed about this episode.  There's nothing exciting about Taylor changing all the street names in the town.  On top of that, there wasn't much Luke and Lorelai...I don't like when there's not much Luke and Lorelai. 

The one thing I thought I was going to like about this episode turned out to be a dud.  I thought for sure that I was finally going to get to see Richard so some sort of concern and affection toward Lorelai.  I was convinced that the moment he showed up at her door with that dollhouse, there was going to be some kind of breakthrough...but no.  He had to go and ruin it by saying they needed to talk about Rory.  Screw Rory (she has become exceptionally annoying this season).

No wonder Lorelai ran off. With parents like Richard and Emily, who could blame her?  You have passive agressive Emily and totally indifferent Richard. Sometimes I forget Lorelai is their daughter when I watch that show, they sure don't act like she is.  They never show any affection.  They never hug her or kiss her, and I have never once heard them tell her they love her.  I guess Emily had a borderline moment of affection from that episode where Lorelai hurt her back and she stayed with her...but Richard? nothing.  I can't imagine my dad ever being so cold to me, that's devastating to a girl's psyche.

It really says a lot about Lorelai's personality and her relationship with Rory though.  All she's ever really wanted was to be loved.  She wanted to give Rory everything she's never had on every level.  Her being so hurt by Rory's actions is making a lot more sense now that I think about it.  Rory is the only blood relative who has always given her the unconditional love she craved.  This rift can't last long...Luke isn't a substitute for Rory and Emily sure as hell isn't a substitute for Lorelai.

Speaking of Emily, I have the same issue with her I've always had...why the hell can't she just suck it up and not be petty for once?!  Instead of trying to annoy Lorelai into calling her, it would have been a nice change for her to just pick up a phone and apologize...hell, write a card even.  Everytime it seems like she's going to do something redeeming, she does some underhanded that voids it out.

Oh well, hopefully the next couple of episodes will be better...the return of Jess is looming, that's potentially really interesting.