Some Glee News

I feel like any news I can give you guys regarding Glee (which doesn't come back to April--boo!) you've already heard. But, since I'm super excited for some guest stars, I figured I'd post something here about it. Since it has some spoilers (I know some people hate to be spoiled) I'm putting up a cut so you don't immediately see the info.

Just a few things....

I'm featured on Blabbergirl's blog! Go check it out at Blabbergirl Blog.

In other news, not quite so sure if I'm keeping this blog design or redoing it. This is pretty much the first layout I had. I feel it's kind of better then what I had before, but I'll probably still do some messing around with it until I'm completely happy.

What did you guys think of the Office? I was kind of distracted and talking through a lot of it, so I'll be giving it another view once its online.

Lost: Sundown Episode

Paula, once again, with her recap from the most recent episode of Lost:
     More flash sideways in this episode, I love these the most. In this episode Sayid walks into a house with Nadia and two children, thinking this is his family. (Nadia is the love of his life that was killed after they were rescued.) But she is married to Sayid’s brother. Sayid has just come back from Australia.
     Omar, Sayid’s brother, gets beaten up by some shady characters he had borrowed money from. Nadia pleads with Sayid not to do anything. (Sayid used to torture people in Iraq.) They force Sayid into a restaurant, not a good idea, and he ends up killing them all. Sayid can be one heck of a killing machine although he is trying to put that all behind him. Sayid then opens a freezer to find none other than Jin all tied up. Here they do not know each other and Jin can’t speak English. (He had learned on the island.) So now how is Jin tied into all this? He did work for Sun’s father before, a cold calculating Mafia figure.
    Meanwhile, back on the island, Claire is totally someone else, looking for Aaron her son. She is not that sweet girl anymore. Jin told her last week Kate took him off the island three years ago. John Locke, AKA smoke monster, tells Claire to go to the Temple and give them a message and she ends up in pit. In return Locke will help her get Aaron back.
    Kate goes back to the temple and tells Claire she took Aaron three years ago also. She looks very shocked like everyone is betraying her. Kate’s goal in going back to the island is to find Claire, bring her back to be with her son, who Kate left with Claire’s mom. And don’t forget Jack and Claire are brother and sister. (I think Sawyer had a little to do with Kate going back, too.) Where did Claire go when she wondered into the jungle? The smoke monster looks like her new best friend.
Dogen, the Temple leader, sends Sayid out to kill Locke after they have a cool fight. Sayid finds Locke, stabs him in the chest with a huge dagger. Locke pulls out the dagger and says “What did you do that for?” Priceless. Did you see the look on Sayid’s face? That is twice now Dogen has tried to kill Sayid. Locke sends Sayid back to the Temple with a message for the Others to follow him or die. Locke keeps his word and wipes out everyone who is not with him.
    Sayid, Claire, and Kate join Locke and the Others who left the Temple; Locke has now assembled his team. What is his real goal? Everyone keeps saying Locke will kill you. But he didn’t kill Sayid or Sawyer. Now Sawyer wasn’t in this episode. Jacob had gathered all these people together from Oceanic Flight 815 as candidates to take over as protector of the island for him one day. Locke has killed Jacob so he definitely has a plan of some kind.
    And I can’t wait for Sun to catch up with Jin on the island. They fell back in love on the island before and she had a child. I want them all to be one big happy family. And I want to see Sawyer next week; he is my favorite, the underdog. I think he would be perfect with Kate, although they are both very strong willed.

American Idol (The Boyz)

Another post from Paula guys! Enjoy:

March 2
     So it was the boys turn tonight. The girls are much better this year. Overall I thought the performances were pretty sad, there were a couple that shined, but most not hitting the mark. Casey is my favorite and with that eclectic guitar he was awesome.
    John Parks gave a depressing performance. I don’t know what’s up with his song choices? If he if there next week I hope he sings something upbeat. Alex Lambert, not Adam’s brother, says he is so nervous he throws up before each performance. (I don’t think I would share that.) The judges and I thought he did improve greatly from last week though.
   Patrick Hall, the dancer, did a Tina Turner song, so they won’t compare him to the original artist, he says. Well, not a chance of that. He has a knack for rearranging a song so much it is unrecognizable. (Like butchering it.) He can sing really well but just sing the song. Michael Lynche is a good singer, but I think he is getting a little too cocky and sure of his self. He is not that good.
    Aaron Kelly is only sixteen and that boy can sing. He has a lot of nerves also, but I give credit for anyone with the courage to go through that whole process of Hollywood week and the critiquing every week. Tim Urban was just plain boring. Dweezle, that’s what I call him, is another favorite. He has that raspy rock voice. I love to hear him sing. And even Simon liked him.
    So, how do you think Ellen is doing as a judge? At first I was wondering why she was chosen as a judge with no musical background other than listening to it. She does dance a little on her talk show. But she does bring an interesting change of pace with her comments and comedy, filling the nice shoes of Paula Abdul.

Please Excuse my "Dust" as I plan for a new revamped "A TV and A Girl"!

Over the next couple of days I plan on doing a total reconstruction of this blog: A new header, a new layout, plus, I'm going to be editing some of my recent posts for grammar and style (sorry if this affects any of the updates anyone gets, I really hope it doesn't). I'll still be updating as regular in the mean time though.

I'm also interested in learning more about you guys, so I'm thinking about interviewing a new reader about once a week about their TV watching habits and what they love about TV. Would you guys be interested in that.

Also, please let me know what some of your favorite posts have been so I know what type of content I should be primarily writing for this blog. You guys are really awesome.


Check back soon for a totally revamped "A TV and A Girl"!

Review of Parenthood: Pilot

     I enjoyed Parenthood quite a bit last night. It kind of surprised me, given that I thought it could either be really bad or really good based on the commercials.  For the most part, I think it has a lot of potential. I'm most interested in Dax Shepard's character and how he's going to deal with the fact that he has a kid when he really didn't want one in the first place.
      I also really hope that Lauren Graham's character doesn't turn out to be a "bad mom." I think right now she has potential to either be that or just a mom that is really struggling to get back on her feet. I don't think I'll like it as much if she just becomes the awful mother who doesn't know what she's doing. Also, why does Graham always get stuck playing the single mother? It is kind of refreshing though that she has a so-called bad kid (as opposed to Rory from Gilmore girls). I think her daughter is going to end up being more of a good girl in the long run though, based on the preview for next week where the other girl (the girl who appears to be the so-called "good girl") says she's not completely as she seems.  I'm also curious to find out how the mother of the daughter who blatantly prefers her father plays out in the future. I'm kind of hoping that both her and Dax play more of a role.
     Also, did anybody else notice the similarities between this and Brothers and Sisters? Maybe it was just because of the big family dinners at a long table that reminded me of it the most, but the fact that all of these parents are related reminded me of the whole big family concept even more. Although Brothers and Sisters didn't focus on their children as much and instead of focused more on the adults, I definitely notice similarities, especially since all the stories from the immediate families interconnect (something that surprised me--I was expecting it more to be like vignettes of the different families and maybe they'd interact briefly because they were neighbors or friends).
     I'm definitely going to keep up with this show (and I promise to try and learn their names--although it'll be tough because there's so many of them). What did you guys think of this episode? I give it a 4 out of 5 stars.

Our First Guest Post: Lost!

Here's this blogs first guest post by Paula! You can read her information in the Guest blogger portion of this site and be sure to check out her blog, http://dreamr-dogblog.blogspot.com/. Enjoy her plost about Lost:


Lost: The Last Season
     Oceanic Flight 815 crashed six seasons ago and it’s been a roller coaster ride every since. The main characters John Locke, Jack, Sawyer, Kate, Hurley, Sayid, Jin, and Sun are always doing something unexpected. Claire has come back in the picture on the island and in the flash sideways is giving birth in Los Angeles and not on the island. Remember, she disappeared on the island before the rescue and was left there.

What are the flash sideways differences?
     There are two stories going on simultaneously, not an alternate timeline but a different outcome in the same situation of Oceanic Flight 815. I can’t wait to see the rest of this season and get all the answers. I don’t see how they can be on the island and in Los Angeles at the same time, though. It is awesome, though. So here are the differences.
     The plane flies safely into LAX, Los Angeles airport in Season 6. Desmond is in Jack’s seat on the plane. Desmond was on the island for three years before the plane crashed. (Also Desmond was in the empty stadium running when Jack was there pondering).
     The island and statue are completely under water, only a four-toed foot remained when they crashed. Hurley says he is the luckiest guy in the world and won the lottery, before Hurley insisted he was cursed and the lottery numbers were everywhere on the island as a bad omen. Sun tells the customs agent she doesn’t speak English, before she secretly took lessons and learned English before boarding the plane.
    Ethan is Claire’s OB/GYN doctor when she is giving birth. Back on the island, he was the one who kidnapped Claire and held her prisoner. Helen and John Locke are living together and are going to be married, before Helen had left Locke because of his obsession with his evil father. You remember Helen from Married with Children, Peg?
    Now this is a twist, evil, no-conscience Ben Linus is a European history teacher at a high school. Jack has a son, David. Do you think he kind of looks like Kate? He didn’t have any kids before. Jack’s appendix was taken out when he was 7 or 8. On the island Juliet took his appendix out.
The commentary shows are really good. If you get lost, especially in this season, it really helps to clear things up. I like how they show last week’s show enhanced and then the new show. I can’t wait to see how the flash sideways is explained. I hope there is no “it was all a dream”.