These days I have so many shows to watch that it sometimes feels quite overwhelming. But I still manage. I love it. But everytime one show goes on hiatus I start watching another show to compensate and then the other one comes back and then another one goes on hiatus and on and on it goes that vicious circle. But whatever- I love my shows. But what I was  getting at and yes I had a point - was that the more shows I watch the demanding in regard to content I get. Since I have more than enough to watch I’m not restless anymore that this might be the last episode of one of the few great shows I’m presently watching. Don’t get me wrong I am still very appreciative of everything that I watch but as I said sometimes I have to prioritize and I view shows more critically than I used to.

One example is Gossip Girl. I love my Gossip Girl but during the last three  episodes I must shamefully confess that I fell asleep. I had to rewatch them. I can’t tell if the episodes have become weaker or if the other shows I’m watching have become stronger. The only two characters I’m really invested in are Chuck and Blair. There’s no exciting storyline with the other characters going on right now or at least the storylines are not consistent enough for my taste. For example what happened to Vanessa pining after Scott and where did Georgina go? One day we see Jenny ruling her school or at least trying to and the next day she’s MIA for almost the whole episode. I’m not even a big fan of the Dan/Olivia relationship. Dan was semi-interesting when he was dating Serena or hooking up with Georgina but Hillary Duff doesn’t seem to bring that much more dynamic into the story. What I like is what’s going on between Blair and Serena. That’s halfway realistic (not that I’m looking for realistic storylines on GG but still) and happens to all longterm friendships when two people just grow into different directions. I love how well Chuck knows Blair. He demonstrates it often and he totally gets her. Its admirable that Chuck and Blair becoming a couple hasn’t made them less interesting characters for the show. On the contrary they still rule the show in my opinion.

I love Dexter on Showtime. This a show I look forward to every week. This season is a strong one. I love the Trinity storyline. What a great idea to have Dexter become aquainted with another serial killer who is  much further along in his “killing career” than he is. Naturally he is fascinated but he also wants to take revenge for what Trinity did to his sister and to Frank Lundy and not to forget to all the victims over the last years. I must say the way Trinity was preparing for his next victims and how he killed them in earlier episodes really made me shiver. It was so scary. I read on www.ew.com that the next episode will take us where we haven’t been before. I can’t wait. Go Dexter!!!

 Another show I have come to appreciate is 90210. While I never watched it last year after the Pilot I tried it again this season and I was hooked. It’s nothing demanding but its fun and easy to watch. I wouldn’t compare it to the original show but I tend to watch shows that are based in warm locations with beautiful and rich people and drama drama drama. What I didn’t get this week was why Sasha lied about being pregnant. It didn’t make any sense. She did a complete 180 there. I also totally knew that Jasper WAS a drug dealer. It was probably intended that viewers know but still…I knew. Of course he had to sell drugs to Ade. That was also a little predictable but who’s complaining. Talking of shows playing in California with rich and beautiful people: I am currently rewatching the entire season of “The OC” and while I cannot name any other show that constantly dropped annoying characters into the storyline - at least from season 1 to season 3 and yes I’m talking about you Oliver, Theresa, Johnny… just to name some I still very much miss the show and I am still quitly protesting. It is unfortunately not possible for my to boycott the CW since they have Ian Somerhalder and as it happens I love this hot vampire.

No I don’t think that I’ve mentioned this before…

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Although I can count myself to those people who have been able to secure best seat tickets for the premiere of “New Moon” it is not  Edward Cullen who keeps me dreaming and fantasizing nowadays but it is his vampire colleague Mr Damon Salvatore played by Ian Somerhalder in the CW’s “Vampire Diaries“ Ever since his dance with Vicky two episodes ago I haven’t been able to get him out of my head. He is so hot and I can totally see the good in him hidden behind all that evil and yes - he killed Stefan’s best friend Lexie tonight but he did that in order to lead the authorities away from him and Stefan. I’m not saying it’s not a shame. Lexie brought a new dynamic into the show. For one - she was totally able to kick Damon’s ass - which was hot. Stefan was laughing for a change and she sort of helped Elena put things into perspective with her and Stefan loving each other and all.  Did I mention that he is so hot?? The thing is I never heard of the actor before Vampire Diaries. I knew he played in “Lost” but I never saw that and he didn’t seem to be that well-known. This week while my mother was attaching new shelves to my wall I paused last week’s episode where Elena comes to ask Stefan about Vicky and Damon gets the door. I just stared at his face for an hour or so. And the dance scene with Vicky - watched that like 80 times and made my friends watch it - even those who don’t even watch the show. I also bought both the original Depeche Mode version of “Enjoy the silence” as well as the cover by Anberlin on Itunes. Yeah I know I’m crazy that way. The Damon/Vicky dance scene was the hottest thing I have seen on TV in a long long time. Seriously. I was a little bummed that they killed Vicky off. It sort of annoys me that they keep killing off hot young vampire girls. What’s the female name for vampire? Vampirette? Hm.  It’s time for some sexual tension involving Damon. I could see that happen with Vicky but I was denied that pleasure. I’m even beginning to hope that Damon might hook up with Elena. They have some serious on-screen chemistry but as he said himself in this week’s episode her self-righteousness and her preference of Stefan seem to come in the way of that. Well I’ll just keep staring at my screen shot or watch this week’s hot episode again.

Let’s stay on the topic of hotness shall we. While I’m not specifically invested in the character of Alex Kurev on Greys Anatomy - I like him but thats that - it was so hot to see him cradling that prematurely born baby without his shirt. Sitting there all night without his shirt. Sooo cute and really hot. When Bailey mentioned that she could see him specializing in peds I recalled that he had always had a thing for peds. Remember when Addison was still running that department. I recall him being there almost all the time.  While we’re talking Greys - I’m wondering what they have in stock for Mere. I mean she’s been lying in various beds for some time now and she’s getting better and bigger as she mentioned today so where will she go once she’s on maternity leave. She might be going to a health resort possibly even together with her father. Haven’t heard how he’s doing in a while. Apart from Kurev’s hotness the episode today was fine. Not the best there’s been this season but fine. I totally felt for Christina when she performed the surgical procedure on that girl’s heart - the mushroom smoking off the roof falling girl with the 50 fractures.. She must be so frustrated sometimes not being able to perform cardiologic surgeries they way she did when working with Burke. And to still confront Hunt and apologize for overstepping was pretty big of her. I’m sort of torn when it comes to Hunt.  I know there’s a whole community of Owen/Christina lovers out there but I must confess that I don’t really like him that much. Can’t explain it. It’s just the way it is. I even hoped that Christina would make out with that Ex Mercy West doc - the one with the gorgeous eyes - but she didn’t since she obviously likes Hunt more than I do.

But I must say - nowadays my love rests safely with with one Damon Salvatore…

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Hello - In times where one is overwhelmed by devastating news as soon as one turns on the computer or the TV I find even more comfort in my tv shows… and swimming. Unfortunately most of the shows are on Hiatus and won’t start until the Fall which on the other hand is a season I am not anticipating since Fall means the farewell of Summer and the return of winter. Of course winter this year means “New Moon” which is the highlight of my year - and yes I know I have strange highlights but well. Speaking of “New Moon”. While I really liked the first official Trailer and am still watching it on regular basis followed by embarassing joyful gestures when no one can see me…I was quite taken by how much the Movie “The Golden Compass” sucked. It was one of the few movies I turned off after a while. But I guess it had to do with the storyline and not so much with the directing. Instead I rewatched the “Sex and the City “Movie after a Marathon session of rewatching (once again) all 6 seasons of the Show.

But now to “True Blood” - Monday’s episode  called “Scratches” was awesome. Sookie almost died when she was attacked by a dragon-like creature who marked her with huge scratches. Bill brought her to Eric who called his funny but obviously competent dwarf docter who then saved Sookie. I find that Eric “Vampire sherif”  kinda sexy and I think his scenes with Sookie are excellent. I loved how she slapped him in front of Bill who wasn’t really any help up to that point. In my opinion Sookie Stackhouse’s a.k.a Anna Paquin’s attitude especially when dealing with Bill and his vampire friends almost always borders on becoming annoying but up till now manages to stay on the side of beeing highly entertaining.  Like when she finds out that Eric’s been keeping Lavayette in that dungeon and she confront’s Bill (who’s totally unaware) “You better not have anything to do with that” Loved how she glared at him there. I’m not sure why but the second time I watched this episode it was a little more spooky.

Why exactly is Sam leaving and where to? Well we’ll see if he’s going anywhere after Daphne with the Dragon scratch marks on her back joined him in that lake. Speaking of that lake - I would never ever jump into that lake. I don’t want to know what kind of animals live in it. But on the other hand it seems obvious that people in that town have a higher tolerance for unusual or scary stuff -  with them cohabitating with Vampires, Dragon-like creatures and shapeshifters and all… So swimming in scary illuminated green lakes in secluded parts of the woods seems not to be that big of a deal…And don’t even get me started on Maryann’s party. How scary was it when the party guests’ eyes turned black. At least Tara is finally getting suspicious. No news on her moving together with Sookie though. But well Sookie was kinda busy fighting off dragon-like creatures and trying to survive their scratches and all…

And of course I have to mention Jessica. At first I had my doubts but she’s really grown on me. And now that she’s found herself a boyfriend maybe she’ll be less confused and anxious. She really is sort of funny and she’s got her heart at the right place and I loved how she said she would die of embarassement if she wasn’t already dead (when Hoyt kissed her and her fangs appeared).

All in all everyting about “True Blood” is excellent and I can’t wait until the next episode!!!

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Hello again. I’ve become obsessed about reading reviews on www.tripadvisor.com. I’m planning this trip to Virginia, North and South Carolina and there are so many hotels that I’m totally caught with reading the reviews about all of them. Everytime I think I’ve finally found the perfect hotel I find something that doesn’t fit and I have to start all over again. Although reading the reviews of other travellers is so much fun it is also time consuming. So one evening I’ve been doing research on Myrtle Beach for hours (there are so many hotels!!!) and then I had the strangest dream. I had a little pet cockroach called “Mertle” which I held very dear and took for walks… until my mother squashed it with some sort of box. In the morning I concluded that this dream was the result of reading to many Myrtle beach reviews and some complaints about bed bugs… I know I should quit but at least I booked one hotel already. Yeah

 Ok now to more important issues. Last week we all watched the Greys Anatomy finale consisting of two episodes. The first called “Here’s to the future” and the second one named “Now or Never” Since there are 1 Million recaps online already (I know I’m sooo slow) I just wanted to comment on my favorite parts and what I liked/disliked about this finale. First of all we all have to wait 5 months until we know if and who will survive. George and/or Izzy. We all know Shonda Rhimes had planned something like this but I was seriously surprised when the Guy who had pushed that Girl out of the way of the bus turned out to be George. I didn’t even get it when he made Meredith write “007″ on a piece of paper. Yeah I know totally dumb of me. I was like “why I Meredith getting so upset over this guy?” Well anyway he crashed in the end and so did Izzy and now we wait.

I loved this week’s guest appearances. First Liza Weil - yey! I haven’t seen her since Gilmore Girls and she was awesome. She played a fellow cancer patient of Izzie who was at SG to get her Cancer therapy (I forgot the name of the treatment) which apperently worked more succesfully than surgery - at least until epiosde 2 where she crashed and made Izzie change her mind about having surgery. I thought she was perfect and she had enough lines to remind us of how much we missed her. Although she was of course much nicer and pleasant than Paris in GG so that was a change.

Then we got to see (and hear!) Zach Gilford a.k.a Matt Saracen from Friday Night Lights and I noticed that the guy could actually talk and everything and everyone that comes from FNL is automatically adored by me. He was a patient who had a pain syndrome in the leg (welcome to the club) and wanted it amputated so that he could return to Irak to resume his work there. He was also an important character since he made Owen think that maybe he too should return to Irak until Christina told him what she thought of that and George had the idea to enlist in the army and work in Irak as a doctor which resulted in several other scenes - interventions, dead George, Callie and Arizona fighting etc.

Debra Mooney was also a guest character but I don’t really know her so we’re skipping her.  Last but not least there was Shannon Lucio (Lindsay from The O.C. - Since I still love and miss The O.C. and although her time with the show was rather short I was happy to see her. I loved the short hair. Much better! She was the girl George had saved from the bus. She hadn’t paid much attention to him when he had smiled at her at a traffic light and then he had saved her from the bus and she was so overwhelmed by this that she figured he must be her knight in shining armour and that she loved him. ( I thought only I was so disillusioned, well) So she waited by his side until he crashed. They would have made such a cute couple. I don’t like that George is leaving the show - if he’s leaving the show.

I liked Bailey’s storylines - in the first part where the Chief (a.k.a Santa) shows off his new surgical robot and lets Bailey do a few surgeries with it. She was so excited and happy which we don’t get to see too often so it was hilarious to watch her. He did this of course to lure her away from peds what for a short moment worked. But then Arizona countered by showing Bailey a child that had survived a difficult treatment and surgery and was now getting better. In the end that was was Bailey needed to see. In the second part she received the fellowship for peds and the Chief had signed it off and all was fine but suddenly Bailey hesitated. It turned out that Tucker ( her husband) had given her an ultimatum - him or the fellowship. Aww I want a husband like that - don’t we all? Anyway Bailey confessed to the Chief that the decision was clear but that she had to get used to the fact that she was going to be a single working mom. I loved this scene.

Also smartly written was how Izzie only partially regained her memory after the surgery and somehow her short-term memory was shot. She kept forgetting what people were telling her and Alex plastered her whole room with post-it’s with possible answers to her questions and other facts. I thought that was really cute. Towards the end Alex from all the stress had a short blackout and Izzie and he fought and he sort of told her that he wouldn’t have married her if he hadn’t thought that she was going to die. Then they waited for her to forget which she didn’t and until she crashed some time later everyone thought she was going to be fine. She made up with Alex of course and I liked Christina’s smirk when she realized Izzie hadn’t forgotten. I like Christina a lot right now. She’s shown a more human side during the last episodes and that suits the character well.

Oh yes and Derek and Meredith weren’t able to get married again with Izzie dying and all but at least they got to say their vows to each other which was really quite touching. Will they ever make it to the altar or at least to city hall? We won’t know anything for the next five months and so

We wait!

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Finale weeks have started. While it’s still relatively cold for May and summer still seems quite a bit away the sommer break for most of our network shows is just around the corner. I watched the season finales of House and Brothers and Sisters yesterday and both were quite good whereas I thought the House episode was definately more finale worthy than Brothers & Sisters.

After last weeks episode were House detoxes with the help of Cuddy and Amber finally disappears Cuddy and House make out. This week’s finale begins with House being all happy and vicodine-free which actually made me happy and apparently that was way too much happiness for the show so viewers knew something bad was going to happen or as NY Times’ Ginia Bellafante names it “Never give a sucker a happy ending” (awesome artivle btw).  During a complicated scene towards the end of the episode Cuddy mentions House’s behaviour the night before but doesn’t mention her going home with him to help him detox. They argue and somehow House realizes he’s had one big drug-induced hallucination about detoxing and making out with Cuddy all done within 12 hours.  With this realization comes Amber who is back as well since he never quit the vicodine. This all results in a big breakdown. There was a big “Ahaaaaaaaa” in the room when I finally understood what was happening. That his mind is playing these kind of games with him and the fact that Amber is annoying him once again makes House finally do the step and with Wilson’s help get’s himself institutionalized. This is fine by me - fits perfectly into the schedule - he can stay there for the next four months since we won’t be seeing him anyway.

 I loved the last three episodes of Gossip Girl. Blair und Nate’s relationship didn’t last much longer and in this week’s Prom episode Blair realized that Nate would always stay her High-School boyfriend which apparently was something she wasn’t happy with. Chuck in the meantime was determined to turn Blair’s Prom into an unforgettable experience while it first seemed as if he were boycotting her. I’m with Tim Stack on www.ew.com that while it was sort of cute that Chuck was all for making Blair the Prom Queen the evil and tortured Chuck should always shine through and he should not turn all mushy over his love for Blair. Don’t get me wrong - I love their spark and I totally want them to get together already. This episode named “Valley Girls”also served as the pilot of the much discussed Gossip Girl spin-off and in several flashbacks we were introduced into the world of Lily Rhodes (Now Lily Bass). Brittany Snow totally reminds me of the actress who plays Arizona on Greys Anatomy don’t you think so? Furthermore I was both glad and sad to see Ryan Hansen and Krysten Ritter of Veronica Mars appear as Lily’s sister Carol and her boyfriend Shep. I’m still in mourning for Veronica Mars. Loved the soundtrack of the pilot also.

I also loved the previous episodes with the return of Georgina Sparks and Chuck and Blair combining forces in order to first save Serena from Gabriel and then to make Poppy responsible for her criminal actions. My favorite part was when Nate tried to make Blair ride the subway and her reaction to it. I could totally relate. I just prefer my car and don’t get me started on all the germs and the smells… During the two episodes Trachtenberg transforms from hilariously saved back to bad girl Georgina. Where did she go in this week’s episode? Did I miss something? Last week there was a Gossip Girl party at a night club here in the city and I really wanted to go but then I thought that probably I would be the only one over 20 to be there and apart from that I really couldn’t mobilize any of my friends to go out after 11 pm on a week night. So too bad but what are you going to do? Well watch the show. Can’t wait for next week’s finale!

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Well.. back to the episode apart from Cyrus I was also very much attracted to Gabriel who supposedly broke up with Poppy while they and Serena were in Spain and then in the spur of the moment got married to Serena when Poppy had left. Now that they’re all back in NY Gabriel then came for Serena who was attending the Seder and confronted her about why she had left him so suddenly. Dan who was trying to earn the money for his Yale tuition was catering at the Waldorf residence naturally was all in the middle of this. Long story short. Rufus found out what Dan was doing, sold a painting and decided to sell the Gallery since he doesn’t want to work there anymore - I guess this takes care of Dan’s tuition problem. Serena after having denied that there was anything going on with Gabriel in front of her mother eventually started to get real feelings for Gabriel (He is definately hotter than Dan) who later met up with Poppy again…let’s see where this will be going next week. 

 Blair broke up with Nate and made up with him at the end of the episode. It all had to do with his Grandfather being responsible for his father’s arrest and Blair wanting to be a bridesmaid etc.Is it just me or is anybody else missing Chuck and Blair? It was funny, when Nate mentioned to Blair that he was so proud that he got into Columbia by himself, my first thought was ” yeah right, because Name and background doesn’t play a role to the admissions board at Columbia.” Seems like Em had the same thoughts that I had :-) I agree with her that I was overall very happy to have Gossip Girl back and can’t wait for next week when hopefully Dorota will be back as well!!

One other show I would like to mention was this week’s episode of Brothers & Sisters. S3X (strange title)was in my opinion the best episode of this season and is up there among the best episodes of all seasons so far. I loved the scene where Kevin and Sarah go shopping and he convinces her to buy that eye-catchng dress so that she can seduce some men at work because she is so ready to get back on the horse and find herself a nice man. When they notice Chad across the street they both are so hilariously funny. Kevin getting all confused and Sarah getting all hot for Chad and eating him up in her mind. I was laughing out loud all through this scene especially when Chad came over to them and introduced himself and asked Kevin how he was doing and he answered “I’m married”. So funny”

Sarah was incredibly hilarious at the Ojai Office. She saw Cal the accountant  and knew exactly what she wanted and went for it. I loved her messed up hair when she stood at Kevin and Scotty’s door eager to report her office sex to to her brother. Kevin  was dealing with his own share of sexual drama. Chad had suggested that Kevin and Scotty and him go out for drinks and since Scotty turned out to be a fan of Chad’s “work” he was all for the idea and surprised Kevin with his enthusiasm. During drinks the conversation somehow turned into an interesting direction where Chad invited the married couple home to play. I think they went home to him but I’m not sure. When they got back home they somehow had a three-way with Chad on their mind. That whole scene was awfully funny especially when Sarah turned up at their doorstep.

Nora trying to take her mind off of Tommy and his return was replanting and rearranging her garden all through the night. She was wearing this lamp around her head which looked just so funny. My mom bought me one which she wanted me to wear when running in the dark but up till now I’ve been too embarassed to wear it because it looks so stupid. Anyway Richard shows up and informs Nora that he divorced his wife and loves her and wants to be with her. They decide to give their relationship another shot. Them being together was so romantic and Nora being all happy the next day when sharing the news with Kitty was so cute that I really hope that nothing gets in between those two and that she gets to have her new romance at last. Especially now that Tommy seems to not be coming back for the time being.

While Rebecca and Ryan seem to get closer and are apparently now roomies Kitty and Robert are distancing themselves from each other. While Robert has acknowledged that something’s wrong (Kitty doesn’t want to have sex and he does) Kitty isn’t ready to talk and is still avoiding confrontation.

There was so much in this episode that I haven’t mentioned but if I were to mention all the great scenes I could just post a script of the entire episode in this blog since all 42 minutes were excellent. This is a great review that’s more detailed than mine. I love this show and the acters and can’t wait for next week.

I just found this great video on youtube. I wanted to write something about the second season of Damages this week. I’ve been wondering what the name of the song was that is played during the opening credits. It is called “When I am through with you” and the band is VLA. This song is absolutely awesome!!!

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Have you seen the newest Harry Potter trailer? I have and it is just so awesome. I must admit with all this Twilight hype going on my excitement about the new Harry Potter movie in July wasn’t really at its peak yet but when I watched the trailer everything came back. And boy there seem to be some really great scenes although I couldn’t quite assign half of the scenes on the trailer to the respective part in the book. I can’t wait to see all the characters back in action. I think I should read the books though and watch all the movies just to be prepared. Such an exciting time!

I’ve been watching The Tudors on Showtime and is it just me or does anyone else not get what’s happening with those riots and all those people demonstrating against King Henry? I’m feeling a little stupid and perhaps should watch it all over. The second episode of the season reminded me a little of my history lessons back in school. I always tried to pay attention and then I usually caught myself thinking about what I was going to watch on TV that night and what I was going to eat while watching TV and so on. That was sort of what happened with The Tudors. I really like the scenes with Henry and his wife because I like the actress that plays Queen Jane - I think her name is Annabelle Walis - and I thought Jonathan Rhys Meyers looked really sexy lying on his bed with that wound on his leg. Here also I do not have the slightest idea what that is and how he got it. Must have missed it. But still - can’t wait to watch the recorded third episode tonight.

And some more news of the day: Ellen Pompeo is pregnant. It should be interesting how they work her pregnancy into the show. As long as she stays on the show I’m good. You never know with Greys…

Have a good one.

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Finally Friday. A short week is coming to an end. I had the best dream. I was hanging out with my friends and there was this castle and we were all dancing somewhere inside of it when the sister of my friend just picked up this guy for me. He was totally perfect and we spent the whole day together and I’ve never seen his face before. It was sort of magical. But at least now I know how he looks like when I see him… And no I’ve not seen another episode of The Tudors and therefore am dreaming of castles and I also do not see any connection between my dream and the novels of The Black Dagger Brotherhood I am presently reading. This was purely coincidental and a premonition so to speak. I saw on the Specials part of the Twilight DVD that Stephenie Meyer had a dream of the characters that later turned out to be Edward and Bella lying on the meadow and that was what gave her the impulse to write Twilight. Quoting her on her homepage: ” I woke up (on that June 2nd) from a very vivid dream. In my dream, two people were having an intense conversation in a meadow in the woods. One of these people was just your average girl. The other person was fantastically beautiful, sparkly, and a vampire…” She began writing the chapter where they spend the day on the meadow and then wrote the first part about how they got there and then the second part about what happened then. And look how it turned out: Four successful books (with Midnight Sun hopefully five) and one Blockbuster Movie with New Moon on the way. This just to clarify what meanings a dream can have. I will now keep my eyes open especially in the proximity of castles or similar buildings which so numerously can be found in my city. Just kidding of course but it sure is incredible how real some dreams can seem.  

Back to Twilight. With New Moon now fully in the works I checked out Chris Weitz’s profile on www.imdb.com. Check it out here. I must say I consider myself relatively open when it comes to new directors that direct one movie out of a series. I liked some of the Harry Potter movies more and some less. You could always clearly recognise the handprint of the director behind the movie. I liked the fifth movie the best by the way.I know there are a lot of people that criticize Catherine Hardwicke’s adaptation of the movie but then again criticizing is always easy. I think she did a great job and after having seen the extras on the DVD I must say that she seemed very committed to the story and wanted to get it right and also it didn’t seem as if she expected not to be doing New Moon afterwards. I hear and I am not certain that this was the real reason she’s not doing New Moon that she wanted more time for pre production i.e. adjusting the screenplay and for the challenges particularly connected to this second part of the saga for example the long absence of Edward. She said she did not want to jeopardise the balance of the movie since the story of Edward and Bella with all its chemistry was so vital to the movie’s success. Apparently she and the studio had different schedules and they wanted the movie to be released in November 2009 and she wouldn’t have been finished by then.

But what I was originally getting at was whether I liked Chris Weitz’s work so far and I don’t. “About a Boy” was one of the few movies I could hardly watch until the end and I do watch most movies until the end. Most recently the highly disturbing movie with Kim Basinger called “While she was Out”. But About a Boy I just didn’t like. “American Pie” was a funny movie and when we were teenagers definitely quite entertaining. But I think it takes a little bit more than that to transform the second Twilight book into a successful movie. But who am I to criticize his work before it’s even finished. From what I’ve heard they’re shooting scenes with Patterson where Edward will appear in Bella’s thoughts everytime she plans to do something dangerous. So that seems to be a good idea to avoid keeping Edward out of the picture for too long. We’ll just have to be patient until November. Such a long time… But since the date has been set for Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince just this week for July 15th we have something to look forward to for this sommer and it’s been too long since The Order of the Phoenix so I really can’t wait. I don’t even remember how everybody looks like!

What I also wanted to talk about before I release myself into the weekend is how great House has become during the last weeks and not only because most of the other shows have yet again inexplicably disappeared into another hiatus and therefore left me with no other choice than to focus my whole anticipation towards House. No, the show has improved. I must say that I was getting a little tired of the repetitive storylines last season and even fell behind in watching the episodes which normally NEVER happens. But ever since that great episode House’s Head (or something like that) at the end of last season I was again totally into the happenings at Princeton - Plainsborough. So Kutner has committed suicide since Kal Penn got a job offer from D.C. he just couldn’t resist and therefore had to be written out of the show. The docters and especially House have to deal with the aftermath of Kutner’s death and some deal with it differently than others. House questions his mojo since he didn’t see Kutner’s death coming and he normally sees everything coming, Wilson starts over and puts Amber’s death behind him which suddenly makes her appear in House’s mind…but that’s another story and finally Chase proposes to Cameron. Oh and I almost forgot, we see Taub crying in the hall which was so heartbraking that I joined in and cryed as well. That’s what I do. The last episode ended with Amber appearing leaning on House’s piano while he’s playing and while most of us are certainly happy to have Anne Dudek back the Greys Anatomy viewers of us surely hope this won’t turn into a Denny/Izzie Ghost sex sequel. I must say I couldn’t take it. But according to the producers it won’t so let’s just stay tuned to what they have planned for us. And by the way it wouldn’t do any harm if the other shows came back right about now. Yes Greys,  Housewives, Gossip Girl, Brothers & Sisters - It’s you I’m talking about

C-ya

P.S. I just read on Twilighters.org that when asked on his homepage whether he will be making the music for New Moon Carter Burwell commented that Chris Weitz has hired somebody else to compose the music for the Twilight sequels. Without having listened to the previous works of this Alexandre Desplat I am quite disappointed. I love the Score by Carter Burwell and actually am presently listening to it.

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Oh, yeah I’m a Twilight fan now. It was bound to happen and I watched the movie first which I liked and then I started to read the books. Now I bought both of the soundtracks which are really great and get you in the mood of the movie. And last week I finally got my Twilight dvd special. Got to support the industry with New Moon on the way. I heard the casting is final and it seems they got a great cast together. All names are listed under news on the Summit’s website I really like must of the characters and couldn’t pick out one favorite although I can particularly identify with Alice and I love Ashley Green playing her. But then again there couldn’t be more chemistry between Kristen and Rob and I also love Esme’s character played by Elizabeth Reaser. When I first saw Reaser in the Movie I was suprised of how much I liked her character and how much I disliked her character in Greys Anatomy when she played Ava. It shows what a great actress she is and I guess that’s a good actor’s intention - that you connect her person with the character she’s playing. Yesterday I watched the movie with the audio commentary by Rob Patterson, Kristen Stewart and Catherine Hardwicke. It is really worth watching and I find it so interesting to find out want happened behind the scenes, how they filmed what, the difficulties, inside jokes etc. I found this article on www.ew.com where Mandy Bierly lists all the bests parts of the audio commentary. So go ahead and read it and then watch the real thing. Afterwards you will know “everything”.

Apart from Twilight I’m also very excited about the new third season of The Tudors on Showtime. I loved the first two seasons especially because of the character of Anne Boleyn played by Natalie Dormer. Last season’s finale was just awesome and really well acted and should have won all sorts of awards. Did itby the way? I’m not sure. Since I’ve only watched the first episode of season 3 I’ve just been able to get a first impression. I like Jane and how she tries to influence King Henry into doing the right things. I heard that Stephenie Meyer originally had Henry Cavill who playes Charles Brandon in mind for the role of Edward Cullen and then later for Carlisle Cullen but he had to decline both times. I think the casting choices both for Peter Facinelli and Robert Pattinson were just right and Henry Cavill has his good place with The Tudors. The problem with historic series is that you normally know whats going to happen except if you’re not well-aquainted with that specific part of history. And is it just me or is King Henry really the must awful King there was back then. Yes I think that is a fact and he had this bad reputation and I’m just really uninformed. But since I am I can go into this season absolutely spoilerfree and excited.

And my last thought for today is this weeks “Ask Ausiello” on www.ew.com I was reminded that my dear “Privileged” has not been renewed for a second season yet and that we won’t know anything until the beginning of May. I hope they make the right decision. Should they renew the season EVERYONE has to tune in. I liked the show from the beginning although I must admit it didn’t have that much depth in the first episodes as it could have had. But over the course of the season the storylines have really evolved as have the characters and it would be such a waste to cancel the show. It is a relief that I’m not standing alone with my opinion and that Michael Ausiello plans to do whatever it takes to convince Dawn Ostroff :-))

So long!

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Hey everyone. Long time no writing. Because so much has happened. At least to me. I have now become a shin splint sufferer.

Shin Splint: Shin splints are pains in the front of the lower legs caused by exercise

Cause: Tibial shin splints are very common and affect both recreational and trained athletes. Runners are often affected

Source: http://www.nlm.nih.gov Medline Plus.

So there you have it -No running for the last 6-8 weeks. Instead many physician visits even more melt downs and lots of self-medicating. A huge burden for me and the people surrounding me. I know that worse happens to people all the time but for me not being able to run is pretty pretty bad. It’s so frustrating since I’ve always followed all the rules and was  self-disciplined in every aspect and still something like this happens. Anyway yesterday I tried  to shoot tiny electric currents through my leg with some device. One time my hand slipped and I accidentally turned the voltage very high. My leg is still hurting - I probably destroyed some  important blood vessels. But otherwise electro therapy seems to be quite helpful.

Watched the season premiere of Entourage on HBO yesterday. It has really been a long time since the last episode (exactly one year as just checked on www.tv.com ) so I was really excited to see Ari and the gang back in action and I really wanted and still want to fly to that place in Mexico where Vinnie and Turtle hung out over the last months. That really was a “Fantasy Island”. I didn’t totally get the story behind that script and why it was all a set up in the end. I will rewatch tonight and then hopefully get it. I loved the episode and to quote “the TV addict” “the show was over way too fast” Can’t wait until “Unlike a Virgin” next Sunday. So I have just rewatched the episode (it is now one day later) and I understood that Vinnie was used to negotiate a better deal with that other actor Emilio something. The episode didn’t get any less entertaining the second time I watched it. I love that Drama has a Girlfriend who’s hot and in France and totally gets him.

The next show I have to comment on is “Gossip Girl” Just how fabulous has it become? It also seems like the actors are actually learning to act and the show’s funny and the chemistry between the acters is noticable and it seems like the show has made a considerable leap into the right direction. The most remarkable scene in the season premiere was when Blair and Chuck were standing outside of the party while the Lord (what was his name?) was getting the car and there was so much tension and chemistry between the two that I was longing for Chuck to say those 3 words Blair was asking him to say out loud. But of course he didn’t because that would be boring and we wouldn’t be able to enjoy the twists and the drama and the constellations revealed during Blair’s party in episode two of this season. Let’s see if I got it: Blair is dating the Lord (really forgot his name) who’s mother is dating Nate (Nate is getting hotter by the episode don’t you think?) who is Blair’s ex. Chuck has sold his Night Club and given the money to Nate’s mom - Mrs Archibald because she is knee deep in financial trouble due to the departure of Mr Archibald. Nate is upset about this so he accepts the offer of Catherine - the Duchess and the Lord’s stepmother to pitch in with a little of her money. What’s wrong with Nate that he rejects financial help from his best friend but accepts money from his affair. That is just a disaster waiting to happen. Well anyway, Blair interrupts Catherine and Nate while making out and makes a deal with Catherine that she will keep quiet if she (the Duchess) accepts Blair’s relationship with the Lord. While all this happens Serena can’t keep her mind off Dan not to speak of her hands. I would be surprised if they’re not officially together be the next episode. The only one who seems to miss out is Vanessa but let’s save that storyline for when it has actually evolved into a real storyline.

What show really disappointed me to the point that I turned off the tv ( this hardly ever happens….ever) was 90210 2.0. The highlight during the first two episodes was the title music that reminded me of the original show in a way but that was about it. At least in other shows they try to compensate the lack of acting and storyline by  finding hot and beautiful actors to do the job or there’s at least good music playing while you’re waiting for the show to turn good (Hidden Palms comes to mind - I would love to watch Hidden Palms again) But none of that was to be found during BH 90210 2.0. Luckily my friend and I had fries, pizza, springrolls and brownies (yes in that order and yes -all of it) to get over our disappointment so we were able to handle it.

Speaking of the CW and its shows about rich and spoiled Teenagers lets move on to the next show called “Privileged” which I had the chance to watch earlier today. I wasn’t expecting anything big but was pleasantly surprised. A young Yale graduate writer called Megan Smith (Joanna Garcia) is offered the job to tutor the two rich grandkids of Laurel Limoges (Anne Archer) with the goal to get them into Duke University. The two girls Sage (Ashley Newbrough) and Rose (Lucy Kate Hale) have lost their parents in an accident and are living in this huge estate in Palm Beach. At least Sage isn’t too eager with Megan’s studying plans and it’ll not be such an easy mission to get both of them into studying mode. Of course there are potential love interests such as Charlie Hogan played by Michael Cassidy (you might remember him playing Zach in The O.C. or Cliff in above mentioned Hidden Palms and Will Philips (Brian Hallisay) as well as Megan’s family issues such as a sister she has had a difficult past with and a father who was overwhelmed with his single parent role - both of them also residing in Palm Beach. The music is good and the location is beautiful so with all the above factors the foundation for a good show has been laid. Let’s wait and see how it evolves and let’s hope for the best. Nowadays in a post-Gilmore Girls post-Veronica Mars post-O.C. post-Men in Trees age I have lowered my expectations while accepting that we just have to make the best of what we get and that fabulous shows just don’t come around every day.

 And with these words enough of TV - will go for a swim now and enjoy the last days of summer because winter is waiting to happen and that’s something I’m not exactly looking forward to.

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