RANDOM THOUGHTS:
The following were on my mind between Monday, January 10th and Thursday, January 13th:
-Why is it that the broken keys on laptops are usually the letters or punctuation marks that you use most? Its never the Qs or the Zs but rather the Ls, the Ss and the Ts instead.
- In "Max and Ruby," where in the world are their parents? And who let's their two children, none of whom are over ten years old, alone in houses and in stores in the first place? Its either their parents or Dora's parents in the race for children TV's most neglectful parents at this point.
- Call me crazy, but this season of "The Simpsons" might be the best one that the show has had in years. "MoneyBART," the episode where Lisa runs Bart's baseball team based on sabermetrics, is one of their best episodes in a while (complete with an awesome yet dark opening title by graffiti artist Banksy), their Christmas episode was arguably their best since the Bart Bonestorm one in '95 and you kind of get the feeling that the show is re-surging as of late. Not the kind of resurgence that will bring them back to their glory days, but one that could at least make them respectable again.
/probably crazy
//yes, I still watch "The Simpsons."
- If you think that John Boehner cries a lot, you should see my dad. At church, during soccer games, during the singing of the Ukrainian national anthem (Ed. note: he isn't nor never has been Ukrainian), he's like the younger, much more Eastern European version of the Speaker of the House that I get to see much more often.
- I don't know why I haven't "upgraded" to the new Facebook profile yet. I guess I'm kind of like those last conservatives who have yet to believe that global warming is a fact. I'm just holding onto it until I die..or at least until Facebook does the change for me.
- It's good to see the Internet doing its duty as citizens of this country and turning the great run by Marshawn Lynch Saturday into a wonderful video with Mario Brothers music.
- I will be sure to add this to my ever-growing 'Simpsons' DVD collection.
- I know this is late by about a month, butI just finally came around to watch the season five finale of "Dexter" after spending at least one hour every night since November watching every episode. Holy crap, was it disappointing! (SPOILERS AHEAD)So, Deb just walks away from Dexter and Lumen, not even bothering to find out who was on the other side of that eloquently placed plastic. For all she knows, it could have been some additional rapist that the police didn't find out about, but she leaves based on an assumption (a good one, but not something that detectives this day of age should do). And what about Quinn? So, he's left innocent, all because Dexter supposedly couldn't match Liddy's blood to his shoe. Never mind the fact that he was by the van when Liddy was murdered, or the fact that his name was under the surveilance tapes or that they saw each other frequently during this time or that doesn't seem to be any other major suspect relating to this case. If one person says that the blood didn't match, then it must be true.
Plus, the plot holes were just embarrassing. First, there was Lt. Laguerta saying that Deb "solved" the barrel case, even though all she did was possibly tie in Jordan Chase to the murders. And what about the car that Dexter stole and crashed? Wouldn't Deb have noticed that or would it have even been reported? Now, don't get me wrong, I loved watching "Dexter" and I will definitely order Showtime this fall to watch season six, mostly because it has yet to be atrocious. Season one, after all, is still one of my favorite seasons of TV that I have ever seen, period. Besides, Michael C. Hall's acting makes him poised to win another Golden Globe over Jon Hamm, Jennifer Carpenter was steady, Julia Stiles was wonderful, and the scenes with Dexter were still fascinating to view.
But the fact of the matter is, is that, this season is just another example of the writers not having enough balls to do anything risky with the plot when all is said and done. With the exception of Rita's death at the end of last season, the show has remained virtually the same since season 2, with Dexter meeting a person, getting close to that person and having that person accept him and then either killing them or having them leave, making him once again alone. The show also continued the formula of introducing a bunch of interesting plots, only to have them wrapped up so neat and tight (this time with Lumen leaving, Liddy getting killed and Quinn not finding out anything), and the supporting characters remaining both boring and uninteresting. At this point, I'm afraid that I can no longer take this show seriously unless it announces its final season (which, at this point, probably won't be until at least 2013). But, then again, the show has profited from the success of this current formula of theirs (it is Showtime's greatest hit, after all), so I assume that the writers will keep going with it until the show voluntarily decides to do a final season (unlikely) or Hall calls it quits. (sighs)
And, there you go. NFL picks will be posted sometime tomorrow night. Until then, have a wonderful time.
Sincerely,
Your pal: mj15
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