waiting for tonight

Tonight: Lost.

Last Night: I only watched little bits of GG, cause the show is starting to annoy me again. I did watch Veronica Mars, though. This show keeps giving us little bits of info, without really explaining much. It drives me nuts, in a good way.

My fantasy lives

Now that all of Joss Whedon's series are off the air, and SCI-FI is on hiatus, I have had to find new programming to enjoy. I've found two new shows:

Lost: I mentioned this one before. This show keeps you guessing. We're finding out what everyone's pre-crash stories are, through flashbacks, though even then things are not completely clear. So addictive. The next ep looks to be phenomenal. (Wednesday, 8pm, ABC)

Veronica Mars: This one definitely has my interest, though it isn't at quite the level of Lost. The main character is a high school student, but the issues involved are not schoolgirlish, nor is Veronica. Ultimately, this show is a murder-mystery. I want to know whowhatwhenwhy about Lily Kane's death. Unfortunately for Veronica and her father, there is corruption and cover-up in place, mixed with a lot of money. God, I can hardly wait. (Tuesday, 9pm, UPN)

I've also returned to a couple shows that I used to be addicted to:

The West Wing: I've sorta vaguely followed this for the past couple seasons. This year, I suspect that will continue. Truth is, I just want to know what happens to Donna, who is a wonderful, incredible character. Of course, it took her nearly dying for Josh to stop taking her for granted...which was commented on by Donna's latest squeeze, played by Jason Isaacs, or, as my youngest brother likes to call him, Lucius. (With a..passable Irish accent.) (Wednesday, 9pm, NBC)

Gilmore Girls: Okay, this one I'm watching again primarily because Luke and Lorelai finally got together. I change the channel whenever Dean comes on the screen, because they gave him and Rory a rather awkward storyline. Later the ptb are going to give her a new love interest, who I think is a surrogate for Tristan, who is now the lead on One Tree Hill and therefore doesn't have time for GG. Yeah. (Tuesday, 8pm, WB)

"Crows Feet" and Sweet Bombs - *CSI spoilers*

Tonight's CSI, aka,

Everyone flirts with Catherine, including both Sark and the smarmy MD.

Really. Everyone flirts with her. Hell, I'd flirt with her. Have you seen Marg Helgenberger? She's incredibly beautiful. Where is my other beautiful person? Where's Warrick?

Best part? The glove comment from Travis, and Cath's returning remark. His expression there...it was great.

But gods, I hated that doctor guy. He was creepy, and he tried to mess with Catherine head. And it worked a little too well. Her own insecurities, magnified by SmarmyDoc, drowned out Nick's completely honest, "You know you don't need that, right?" CSI's social commentary, and warning.

The other storyline, with the exterminated guy and his bird was better. Hey, it had Sara, Grissom, and Greg, and it didn't have a malpracticing doctor. And there were sweet bombs:)

I actually liked everyone this ep. All the regulars, that is. And the recurring ones, too. Usually someone pisses me off, so this was nice.

The people who did the promos pissed me off, though, cause they were very misleading.
I wonder if tonight's "scenes from our next episode" are as misleading. Cause it looks like another provacatively sex-filled hour is coming our way.
"Everyone fantasizes, Mr. Grissom. Even you."

Randomalities

* Joyce Summers is now in Advil commercials. That is, Kristine Sutherland, who played Buffy's mom, was on my television during CSI's first commercial break this evening. My first thought was, 'Joyce Summers is pushing Advil. I've missed Joyce.'

* The most notable 'Rachel's-screaming-at-the-tv-again' moment tonight was when I covered my ears and loudly proclaimed, in a somewhat ohmygodnonono tone, "He's hitting on her he's hitting on her!"

* I also would like to confess that I watched very little of the final debate last night, as I feared my head might explode if I did. I have, however, been waking up to NPR every morning, and I'm following a blog that often refers to our current president as "Furious George".

The third and final presidential debate is tonight. We've got less than three weeks until the election. Is anyone actually still undecided? I have a hard time understanding that.

Check out this post, from LiveJournal user Amezri Mizudax: Shrinking Candidate.

I wish I was this smart

These people really are freakishly smart and just as educated. But in a really cool, incredible, interesting way! : Mathematicians Help in War on Terror

csithoughts {MANY SPOILERS}

The Ups and Downs of Watching TV with One's Family

Yes, I watched CSI with both my mother and the 18-year-old brother present. The opening setup was standard, and then David showed up. I have a little crush on David.

We move on to the two best looking members of the cast wading through miles of sewer. (Catherine: "Can't we at lest draw straws?" Grissom: "No.") I love the old guy on the bench ("I'm not holding the bus!").

Greg gets to observe his first autopsy, while Grissom fails to completely disguise his amusement. (Me: "Grissom's being mean to Greg. See! He's smirking. Asshole.") I love the doc, though. So matter of fact. After, Greg and Sara have a short yet profound conversation about Greg's lost virginity.

The incredibly beautiful people finally discover both daylight and the cause of death (stupidity). Then there's an incredible shipper moment between Catherine and Warrick, with me telling my companions, "Of course they have to have a thing with the two best looking people on the cast."
And I'm thinking to myself, 'She did recently break up with Krychek's less-sexy-but-just-as-evil twin.'
I'm also thinking, 'I could totally be bisexual for those two.'
Then some guy stops the shipper moment and gives them a new case, which they enthusiastically add to their workload.

*
18-yr-old: "So, they just forgot about the other case?"

Me: "Well, they solved it, and now they have this one. They need unusual cases for tv, so they show this."

18-yr-old: "Gettin' pretty thin."
*

We move on to a fucked-up family with lots of bombs in the house. Sara and Warrick steal a door, and W/S shippers find moments there, too.
Everyone searches the house, until the bomb squad decides to blow it up. (Me: "Cool.")

Grissom makes unsubtle comments to Sara. Later, she tells him not to worry. "I don't have a death wish, and I'm not a drunk."
"I'm not worried," says Grissom. "I'm...concerned."
("I totally saw that line coming!" crows Me.)
"Aren't they the same thing?" asks Sara, with a bit of a smile. 'Cause people want to be worried over, even when they don't want to be worried over, you know?

At some point Grissom gleefully conducts a disgusting experiment, with Greg's..assistance. "This is some kind of CSI hazing," comments Greg. "You're trying to make me appreciate blood and semen."

Our brilliantly competent CSIs crack the lies spouted to them in the interrogation room, and it is once again driven home that the family that builds bombs together goes to separate prisons. And that highschool boys can be very stupid.

We end with Sara watching the teenager's home videos, spliced with a conversation about how people could get to that point; hostile enviroment leads to hostile behavior, etc. Sara looks intently at the backyard activities on the tv screen, hinting to the viewer about what might be in her past.

*
Me: Sara has a messed up family thing, but we don't know exactly what. They hinted at it last episode.

18-yr-old: I don't care, Ray.

Me: Screw you. :)