(I’m sure a couple of you read these as well, but Dana is the only one who has ever left a comment on one of my Grey’s Anatomy posts, so it’s dedicated to her. FNUR.)
In last week’s episode, the writers figured out how to make McDreamy so likeable (since, you know, his awesome hair only forgives 65% of his previous misgivings and asshole-ery). The solution: make Burke and George total dicks, so McDreamy is a saint by comparison! BRILLIANT!
Christina and Burke are pretty much destined to break up since they fought all episode and then she spilled his tremor secret to the Chief. Unfortunately, the tremor secret did not include Kevin Bacon. Also unfortunately is that I can’t see Burke in a scene without picturing him choking McDreamy. So if he gets kicked off the show or whatever, I won’t be that sad. Because while Christina is a pill, I love her and it’s time for her to be the arrogant suck-up intern again. I do hope they keep Dr. Hahn (aka “Miss Lotion in the Basket“), because I enjoy doing my Buffalo Bill impersonation when she is on screen.
George was a dick to his parents, and Christina, and Callie, and the population at large but ESPECIALLY Izzie! As in, if I were Izzie, I would have slapped him for hurting me by telling his parents that. “Did you know that Izzie is on probation because the last time she touched a patient, he died?” Not only was that mean-spirited and done to humiliate her in front of his parents, but why does he have to piss on Denny’s grave? BOO, George. Izzie is going to forgive you, but you don’t deserve it.
Izzie is adorable but should keep her mouth shut around patients.
Alex and Addison are going to bang, and I don’t know how I feel about that.
Bailey was… Bailey, but I have decided that she should sing in every episode. Because her singing 2 weeks ago made me cry, and Grey’s Anatomy has not done that for me in a while this season. I had come to expect a weekly shedding of the tears with Grey’s Anatomy, and it’s just not up to snuff in that department.
This week’s episode better make me cry. Like, Bailey better be singing to a young child who is at her mother’s deathbed while the ghost of Denny comes back to give crying Izzie a hug in her prom dress.
Way back in April, my ladies and I started writing a book blog to track the books we’d read. We each had a personal goal on the number of books we wanted to read in 2006. My goal was the lowest at 25, but I was given a pass since I was walking eleventy billion miles and getting hitched.
I was doing pretty darn good until the end of September - then didn’t read for a month and a half, spending every waking moment either walking, getting married, thinking about walking, or thinking about getting married. I was also reading a book that I just could not concentrate on, and realized that I would never hit 25 books if I stuck with it.
So, since I have not touched the book blog in a while. Pizza and Jamsky have, but I am the lame one who reads their entries and thinks about all the things I want to write… if only I had the time. And by time, I mean 5 minutes and some motivation. Instead, I relax on the internet by looking up stuff about movies, Grey’s Anatomy, and websites where breaking news equals an accidental picture of Britney’s va-jay-jay. Which incidentally, looks like a shaved basset hound.
But it’s time to review my book progress, and get suggestions on some books that will help me make my 25 book goal. Instead of posting a full review of each book (see that here), I will post a one sentence review.
Books read this year:
1. The Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule - My mom once asked me if she should be worried by the fact that I read so many true crime books, and I told her that she should only be worried if I ever stop reading them.
2. The Cider House Rules by John Irving - The problem with seeing the movie first is that you picture the actors in the book, and I did not want to picture Tobey Maguire masturbating all the time.
2.5. The Age of Reason by Jean-Paul Sartre - God, how I hated this book.
3. White Oleander by Janet Finch - This book was absolutely fabulous until the end.
4. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - J.K. Rowling - It was ok - curious to see how the movie will turn out.
5. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling - Ok, this book was pretty good, I must admit.
6. The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown - I finished the book from a bathroom stall in the ladies locker room because I could not wait to get home to finish it.
7. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley - An absolutely heartbreaking and tragic story that people gave me weird looks for reading.
8. Twisted by Jeffrey Deaver - The only story I did not enjoy was the Shakespeare influenced story, because… seriously, Mr. Deaver?
9. A Mind of Its Own: A Cultural History of the Penis by David M. Friedman - Well… I just couldn’t relate.
10. Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg - This was the rare experience of loving the book and movie equally, despite their differences, neither taking away from the other.
11. Not Enough Indians by Harry Shearer - I felt like I was reading the equivalent of a very detailed improv sketch, and it felt a bit “all over the place”.
12. Pledged: The Secret Life of Sororities by Alexandra Robbins - I am shocked this book got away with revealing as many Greek secrets as it did, including specific sorority handshakes and rituals, which I did not want to know because of the respect I have for the Greek organization.
13. A More Perfect Union: How I Survived the Happiest Day of My Life by Hana Schank: She seemed completely against the entire wedding industry by principle, and I am not, so I ended up resenting the author a bit for pissing on my parade.
14. Heat: An Amateur’s Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta Maker and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting Butcher in Tuscany by Bill Buford: Very good but mostly, this book made me hungry.
15. I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith: The way it ended made me happy - any other way just would not have felt right to me.
16. The Wonder Spot by Melissa Bank: I inhaled this book and loved every minute of it.
17. Julie & Julia by Julie Powell - The sick thing is, this book made me want to take on a similar project but luckily that thought did not stay long.
17.2. Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison - this book is where I got stuck. So I ditched it and picked these up after the wedding…
18. Shopgirl by Steve Martin - Steve Martin is an excellent writer, but this book is easier to read when you can forget it was written by The Jerk.
19. I’m a Stranger Here Myself by Bill Bryson - Easy to read and funny - just what I needed!
20. Paint it Black by Janet Finch - Different yet the same as White Oleander, but with a better ending.
21. Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach - Fascinating to read, and perfect at the office lunch room when you don’t want anyone to bother you by commenting on your book.
22. Running With Scissors by Augusten Burroughs - Everyone said I would love this book, but I actually sort of hated it - it’s rather hard to find humor in a family history of mental illness when you are yourself a cog in the wheel of your own family’s mental illness.
23. Bee Season by Myla Goldberg - Still reading this and I LOVE THIS BOOK.
OK… so I have 2 books to go. One of them is going to be Big Fish by Daniel Wallace, for book club. This leaves me with at least one more book to read this year - any suggestions?
Also? Still working out the book goal for next year.
(Fitz: This was one of the things I wanted to post about. The other is a Grey’s Anatomy recap for Dana. That’s tomorrow.)
The chick who plays Chloe on 24 is NOT dating Rush Limbaugh.
In other news, I have 2 things I wanted to post about but I’m tired and going to bed. But a post about Chloe is better than nothing at all.
quick post. I moved out of my office at the headquarters (further solidifying the transfer of responsibilities) and into a cubicle. I miss working on two 19 ” monitors, but hey, this will help me get used to not working here anymore.
Also, I updated my flickr account moblog settings to post to this blog and not the old one. baby steps, fitz. baby steps.
A real snake invaded the office today. The only weapon I could find was the beach ball. I hate snakes!
Originally uploaded by erikdgarrett.
Dialogue from this evening:
Erik: What do you want me to do with all the extra whipped cream?
Karen (in a sexy voice): Put it on me.
Result:
After said whipped cream in face, dialogue:
Erik: Why are you so mad at me?
Karen: Cause you threw whipped cream in my face!
Erik: You said I could!
Karen: Cause you said if I didn’t let you, it was going on my jeans!
Erik: So, we could’ve washed the jeans.
Karen: I wanted to wear them tomorrow.
Erik: You have 10 other pairs of jeans to wear.
Karen: There all clean?!!
Erik: Yeah, I did the wash today.
Karen: DAMNIT!!!!
I’ve been busy lately, but not extremely so. My lack of posting can be attributed to the following:
1) Can’t post on the blog from work anymore, or do much internet-ing. So my precious internet time is spent doing what really matters - looking at pictures of Britney.
2) I’ve been trying to cook more, so I’ve been concentrating on that when I get home.
3) We have SO MUCH Tivo to catch up on, so we’ve been stuck to the couch.
4) How can I use the computer when E spends his time looking lovingly at big screen televisions on sale for Christmas? The only way I could use the computer now is because I distracted him with my boobs.
I’ll be working tomorrow and Friday, which sucks but at least it will be slow. Thanksgiving is at home this year - just me, Erik, my mom, and her friend and maybe Traci will stop by. I tried to make one of the pies tonight, but didn’t realize that Erik’s mom automatically doubles her pie crust recipe, which would account for why the pie crust had to be rolled out so thin… thin enough that it didn’t support the filling. In other words, I’ll remake it tomorrow, and tonight’s dessert is baked pumpkin pie pudding.
Also, Grey’s Anatomy is on Thursday night but Erik refuses to let me watch it. I think I should be allowed to watch it then (as opposed to waiting when he is out) because I am cooking the meal. I also wonder if Erik will let me do Grey’s Anatomy recaps in our new blog. What do you think - leave your vote in the comments.
And finally, the wedding dress is currently hanging in our closet and taking up a lot of space. I need to get it cleaned but I heard it costs a ton of money. I also have no illusions that one day my daughter will want to wear it. So I ask - what should I do with the wedding dress? Donate it? Sell it? Turn it into a tree skirt? Leave your ideas!
