TV Premiere Week

The first week of new fall TV has come and gone. Not all shows have started yet but a significant portion have.

The show I was most looking forward to was "Heroes". NBC went way overboard with this one broadcasting a 2 hour premiere PLUS a one hour party (stars on the red carpet, clips from the show, screaming fans, etc) leading up to the premiere. I think they went overboard in hyping up the show... it was a good premiere but not worthy of the one hour scream-a-thon leading up to it. The episode also brought up so many questions but very few answers... intentionally I'm sure to get people to keep watching. However, the writers are in danger of crossing the line from intrigue to throw-hands-up-in-the-air-confusion which will lead to changing the channel.

I'm also looking forward to "The Office", "Grey's Anatomy", "House", "CSI", and "Lost". Unfortunately these are the shows that I tend to watch on DVD after the season has ended so I won't be able to comment on them for about a year LOL.

The new shows for this fall didn't look too interesting except for "The Mentalist". The show is about an FBI consultant that helps to solve crimes using his knack for reading people... a skill he used previously as a fake psychic. I watched the series premiere with high hopes but in a land with many one hour "procedurals" (CSI, Law & Order, Medium, Numbers, Bones, etc) the last thing we need is another mediocre one. There was very little about this show that was either new or interesting.... if you are going to copy some of the highest rated shows on TV then you'll have to do it as well or better than they are to get a share of the audience. This one just didn't cut it for me.

What were you (or are you) looking forward to? Did the premiere meet your expectations?

Peanut Butter M&Ms....

are YUMMY!
I'm just saying :)

When did flushing become optional?

Under what circumstances would a person use a public washroom and then opt to not flush the toilet when they are finished? Seriously!

It's an automatic reaction for me (and I assumed everyone) that when my business is finished I wipe, pull up pants, *flush*, and then leave the stall. Who forgets a step? Seriously!

If you are trying to conserve water then go ahead and do that at home. But in a public facility it's much nicer, not to mention hygenic, to start off with a clean bowl. To conserve water, many new toilets are designed to use only the minimum amount required to flush the contents away. I've even seen ones that adjust how much water is used based on the contents... you pull up on the lever for number one and push down for a deuce. Seriously!

So please, for the love of polite society, next time you use a public washroom flush the damn toilet when you are done..... SERIOUSLY!!!!!

If you're going to do it, do it right!

Our dishwasher died last week so we have been doing dishes by hand while we wait for the dishwasher to be repaired. Most of the dishes have been washed by Vince because he was on vacation last week so he had the free time to do them. But I have learned that my husband, as much as I love him, is not the best washer of dishes out there. I have taken many bowls or glasses out of the cupboard or cutlery out of the drawer only to put them directly next to the sink to be rewashed due to their dirtiness.

I mentioned this to Vince a couple of times and it has gotten a bit better but I still have to inspect every item I take out of the cupboard before I use it... just in case.

Luckily our dishwasher will come back home tomorrow with a new motor in it. I can't wait to run a cycle through and know that the dishes will be clean and sparkling when they come out. Ahhhh, the simple pleasures :)

To the guy at the front counter at work.....

It's a library, not a lie-berry.

I'm just saying!

I had a dream.....

Not as famous or poignant as Martin Luther King's dream but a dream nonetheless.

Last night I dreamt that we had paid off so much of our mortgage that we were down to owing just $14,200. In my dream Vince & I were discussing what to do with all of our extra money once the mortgage was completely paid off.

Then I woke up and realized that, in fact, we still owe many hundreds of thousands of dollars on our mortgage and we are a couple of decades away from my dream becoming a reality... sigh!

Oh well, that's why we have dreams I suppose. To have something to look forward to.

Update on Yesterday's Post

I thought it strange that the local theater hadn't brought in the movie "Traitor". Maybe it was an oversight? Maybe they didn't think it would do well? Who knows? But given its success the first week out I thought they might bring it in for the second week of its release.

Well they didn't! Not only did they not bring in a potentially big money-maker, they actually brought BACK (yes, it left and is now back) "You Don't Mess With The Zohan" for a few showings. That film has been out for 3 months and has been trashed by critics and audiences. Why oh why oh why would they bring it back.... especially when there are way better movies out there that people would be happy to pay to see?????? I'll even pay for the overpriced popcorn and Diet Coke and Milk Duds (which, for the price they charge, should come in an actual gold box instead of a dark yellow cardboard one) if that'll help my cause.

I guess I'll have to wait for "Traitor" to come out on DVD. I have no problem giving my money to Blockbuster instead. And at the private showing in my living room I'll be able to pause for potty breaks and watch special features after the movie. Oh yeah, and my popcorn/beverage/candy prices will be determined by Safeway, not the movie theater. I'm fairly certain I'll come out on top :)

Movies in Lethbridge

I get that one of the things I had to give up when I moved to Lethbridge from Calgary is the convenience of seeing any currently playing movie I wanted, no matter how obscure, because someone in Calgary is going to be playing it. There have been a few movies I wanted to see that never came to the big screen in Lethbridge (ie. September Dawn) but as they weren't expected to be blockbusters I can understand not bringing them to Lethbridge.

However, the latest Don Cheadle film "Traitor" looks awesome and debuted at number 5 on its opening weekend. It has received good reviews from both critics and movie-goers. So why isn't it being shown in Lethbridge?

The first-run theater in town has 10 screens and is currently playing, among others, Mamma Mia (been out 7 weeks), Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants (4 weeks), and Pineapple Express (4 weeks). I can understand hanging on to Dark Knight (also 7 weeks) as it is consistently bringing in the money but the other 3 were ranked 8, 19, and 9 respectively in last week's earnings. All were surpassed by Traitor.

So please, if anyone has any pull with the decision makers at the Park Place theaters in Lethbridge, get them to bring in Traitor. I really really really want to see it :)