So I've finally caught up with the rest of the world, and bought myself a laptop. My desktop was purchased in 2001, and is not only outdated, but practically full and therefore very, very slow. Of course, this also meant that I needed to buy a wireless router and get a network set up, since what's the point of a laptop if you're stuck in one place? Actually getting it set up was a bit more challenging than I felt it should have been, but it's all good now.

Because, you know, I didn't spend enough time on the computer *already*.

In other news, I watched the season finale of Numb3rs last night, and...meh. It certainly didn't pack the same punch that "The Janus List" did last year. ( Oh, Charlie )

Also watched the season finale of CSI, but I was trying to set up the wireless router at the same time, and I think I missed a lot of the details. That said, however, ( Oh, Warrick )

I hope everyone who celebrated Thanksgiving had an enjoyable weekend, and no one ended up in a retail-induced coma. I'm a firm believer in doing as much shopping as possible on-line, so there were no 5 a.m. adventures at Kohl's for me. Went up to the 'rents' house on Thursday morning. It was very low-key and pleasant--no psychotic extended family to deal with, yay!

Spent a large part of the weekend watching my Veronica Mars DVDs. I made it through the first sixteen episodes--great fun. I think I've got my dad hooked on the show, which amuses me greatly.

Speaking of VM...Wednesday's episode was pretty damn awesome. ( Ahoy, Mateys! )

Thursday's episode of CSI was revolting. Just thinking about eating contests makes me sick. I did get a kick out of Hal Sparks' guest-starring role. Not nearly enough Greg, and why must Grissom always be so mean to him? Buying every known brand of hotdogs to find a match to the stomach contents seemed perfectly legit, and I don't get why he wouldn't be reimbursed. And dammit, Nicky, shave the pornstache.

Still loving Numb3rs, although I think I enjoy the "character moments" even more than the mysteries. When Don, Charlie, and their dad were grilling Larry about his lunch with Megan, and he started blathering about gamma rays, I said "And...?" about two seconds before Judd Hirsch did. Very cute and funny exchange.

Which brings me to Sunday-night TV. I've really gotten hooked on Cold Case this season. It was weird seeing Megan Follows, who will always be Anne of Green Gables to me, playing a 40-something-year-old woman. Nice to see Meredith Monroe is still working, though.

It was also interesting seeing Alicia Coppola on Crossing Jordan. I always think of her as the woman with porphyria on that old episode of CSI. She's played a murderer at least twice now... ( Nigel rocks )

Dude, Grey's Anatomy continues to rock my world. Can I pretty please have a George of my very own? I love him so. ( Hey! It's Booger! )

I can't decide if I'm pissed at UPN or TiVo, but I'm not happy. I have a Season Pass set up for Veronica Mars, to record first-run only. Apparently, UPN decided to re-air "Driver Ed" last night at 9 pm, and somehow it got flagged as first-run. Stupid TiVO recorded it instead of Crossing Jordan, because VM is set at a higher priority. It was doubly annoying because I still have that ep on the TiVo from Wednesday! I didn't catch it until halfway through the show, which sucked. Fortunately, what I saw of the CJ ep wasn't all that great, so no great loss.

Watched Grey's Anatomy. Wow, I really love this show. Even Meh-redith is starting to grow on me, which is a little freaky. And George continues to be the Best. Thing. Ever.

( The woobiefication of Alex Karev )

I haven't been voicing my Numb3rs love much lately, but I'm still enjoying the show. I'm definitely sensing some sparking between Diane Farr (no clue what her character's name is) and Larry. Also, the fact that Charlie's secret admirer liked his hair was awesome. I'm still pulling for Charlie/Amita, and the line about him not knowing what to do with the girl he does know about was awesome. Rob Morrow continues to be hot. And yay for Samaire Armstrong getting some post entourage work!

So much TV, so little time. I still need to watch the two-hour "finale" of Stargate: Atlantis, as well as the season premiere of Desperate Housewives, but that leaves plenty of shows to cover!

Going back a week...finally watched the season premiere of Arrested Development. Damn, that show is funny! It makes me sad that more people don't watch it. Given their penchant for cancelling great shows before their time (Keen Eddie, Firefly), I really give FOX credit for sticking with the show. It certainly deserves the support. Who knew the kid from The Hogan Family would have such impeccable comic timing? Jason Bateman is still my favorite part of the show, but the rest of the cast--particularly Will Arnett, Jeffrey Tambor, and David Cross--is also fantastic. And I love that there's actually an imoscar.com website.

Also watched Monday's episode of Prison Break. I enjoy the show, but, I don't know, it's still lacking somehow. ( Breaking it down )

Numb3rs is back! I missed you, Charlie. :) I really enjoyed the season premiere, and it was great to see that Navi Rawat has been promoted to the opening credits. I'll miss Sabrina Lloyd, but I thought Diane Farr did a nice job. ( 3.1415926 )

I really liked the season premiere of Crossing Jordan. I wasn't thrilled with the way some things were left in last year's finale, and I wasn't sure how they would be addressed. Most of it was good, fortunately. ( We're off to the see the Wizard )

Grey's Anatomy still rocks, even if Meh-redith is useless. George is still beyond adorable, and Cristina kicks ass. ( Paging Dr. McDreamy )

If there are any fans of Wicked (the book, not the musical) reading this, here's a heads-up: the sequel, called Son of a Witch, is being released tomorrow. It picks up after Dorothy melts the Wicked Witch, and focuses on the young man who may or may not be Elphaba's son.

Season 4 of Gilmore Girls comes out on DVD tomorrow, so I'll be picking that up as well. I haven't seen most of S4, so it will be fun to watch "new" episodes.

This week has completely and utterly sucked. I have an upper respiratory infection (which was only officially diagnosed yesterday), so I've had an absolutely horrid, phlegmy cough since the weekend. I'm on antibiotics now, and I think they're starting to help, but I still feel pretty much like crap.

Of course, I might not have gotten as sick as I am if I hadn't been so busy this week. Lack of rest always debilitates my immune system. I went to the Cubs games both Sunday and Monday, which was fun, because they won both times, but I didn't get home until nearly midnight on Monday, when I was well on my way to being sick. Things have just gone downhill since then.

Since I was feeling so crappy, I left work a half an hour early both Monday and Tuesday, and then 45 minutes early yesterday, because I had a doctor's appointment. Which means that at some point, I had to make up those hours. I could actually probably get away with not making them up, because I'm salaried, but I would feel guilty doing it. So, I've been here since seven this morning, and I won't be leaving until around 5:15. Blech. Long days are never fun, but they're even less fun when sick.

As usual, I'm behind on my TV viewing, although I did see Veronica Mars on Tuesday. I seriously do not know how I am going to survive the next two weeks (well, week and a half, now) without knowing who Lilly's killer is. I absolutely have no clue who it is going to end up being. I know who I want it to be (Celeste), but I think it's going to end up being a more major character than she is. If it's either Logan or Weevil, I will cry buckets--Jason Dohring and Francis Capra are both much too phenomenal to not be around next season. Plus, they totally bring the hotness.

Speaking of Francis, I actually stayed up later than I intended last night, because A&E was airing the Crossing Jordan episode that he guest-starred in. I still only lasted through half of it, but I blame that on the drugs.

Anyway, the VM episode. I actually really enjoyed the Mystery of the Week--much more compelling than the dog subplot, plus it was important to the rape plotline. I was actually spoiled for the big reveal re: who provided the GHB, but it was still heartbreaking.

Logan and Veronica continue to be an absolutely disasterous yet utterly compelling relationship to watch. The actors have smokin' hot chemistry, and I don't feel like it's just been to pander to the fangirls, because, given what the inevitable fallout will be from the rape, it falls perfectly in line with the theme of, "Wow, Veronica's life is pretty fucked up these days."

I'm planning on buying season 3 of Gilmore Girls next Tuesday. It will actually be the first time I see a lot of those episodes, which should make it even more fun.

I'm so, so happy that Constantine got voted off American Idol. I realize that Scott has deserved to be booted every one of the past four or five weeks, but I don't even care anymore, because now I don't have to watch Constantsuck eye-fuck the camera every three seconds. Scott is pathetic and sad, but he doesn't make me feel like I need to wash the smarm off me after watching the show.

I really, really need to go on a diet and start exercising. They weighed me at the doctor's office yesterday, and wow, am I depressed now. Here's the thing: I live alone, and cooking for one really, really sucks. It's so much faster and easier to just buy frozen pizzas or frozen dinners, or snack instead of eating a proper meal, and I end up eating crap most of the time. If anyone has any suggestions for easy meals for one, or recommendations for meals that can be divided into individual portions and frozen easily, I would love to hear them. I have a bicycle that I should start riding, or at the very least I should start walking around my neighborhood. Finding a tennis partner would also be good.

New Numb3rs tonight! I do love me some David Krumholtz and Rob Morrow. I'm also considering watching the series finale of JAG, because I really did love it for many years, and I would kind of like to see how it all ends. But I'm afraid it will piss me off, because it looks very Harm/Mac-centric, and that 'ship has turned my stomach for a long time now.

Have there now been two episodes in a row of CSI without Catherine in them? I don't recall seeing her in last night's or in the LA one last week. If she was in them at all, they were very brief appearances. I have to say, I was very glad that they didn't pull any 'shippy bullshit last night after Sara's life was threatened. Grissom/Sara squicks me out. I missed Greggo and Warrick last night, though. :(

Next week's episode of CSI: New York looks pretty intense. They better not do anything too bad to my sweet Danny-boy, even it does look like he shot a cop...

Stolen from multiple people, but most recently trixalicious:

( four things meme )

Stolen from thepurpleswitch:

( 10 fandoms meme )

Watched Veronica Mars last night, and absolutely adored it, of course. Still have no idea who killed Lilly or raped Veronica, but I sure am loving the journey.

Glancing at my LJ today, it occurred to me that I haven't really done a gushy fandom post in a while. My bad. Of course, part of the problem is that my beloved Everwood and Veronica Mars are both on hiatus or in reruns right now, which sucks all sorts of ass.

I have been enjoying American Idol in all its cheesetastic glory. My two favorites are Bo and Nadia. Constantine is all kinds of smarmy, but he actually did pretty well this week, which struck me as a sign of the apocalypse or something.

I'm three weeks behind on Alias, and I have no idea when I am going to catch up, because I am never fucking home anymore.

I really enjoyed CSI last week, in large part because none of the principle characters were fighting with each other. And Nicky's smackdown of Cavaliere at the end was 10 kinds of awesome. Loved, loved, loved seeing Wil Wheaton as Walter the Crazy Homeless Guy. I knew he was going to be on the show, thanks to his super-cool blog, Wil Wheaton DOT Net, and I was not disappointed in his performance. Quite the departure from squeaky-clean Wesley Crusher. (And yes, I liked Wesley on ST:TNG. I was 10 when the show premiered. And he was cute. Shut up.)

Numb3rs continues to kick ass, and my love for Rob Morrow and David Krumholtz grows by leaps and bounds every week. Rob Morrow's non-Botoxed face with its adorable eye crinkles make me swoon. And I just want to run my hands through David's gorgeous curly hair and get lost in those dark chocolate eyes. Yum. Also, Sabrina Lloyd is v.v. cool. And Navi Rawat should be a regular on the show.

I've been dorking out over Star Wars ever since the Episode III trailer premiered on The O.C. last week. I'm really excited to see the movie, and hoping against hope that I won't be disappointed this time around. I have to admit, the lightsaber duels in the prequel trilogy are far superior to those in the classic films.

Hmm, maybe I need a Star Wars icon too...

Oh! I'm completely addicted to House as well. That show rocks. And Jesse Spencer is just so very, very pretty. Mmmmm.

This weekend was...interesting. Went to Chicago on Saturday to help my friends J & M paint their condo. There were a bunch of people there, so it made the work a lot more fun, albeit still exhausting. But there was also a plus that was kind of a minus. N was there, which I naturally was happy about. Because he's adorable and sweet and totally awesome. Unfortunately, K was also there...K being the girl who was living in Philly, and they were sort of dating, back when I asked J if N was single. Well, K has moved to Chicago. And I kind of got the impression that she moved here at least in part to be with N. At any rate, they are definitely dating.

And what's almost more irritating is that she's really, really nice. And we have a lot in common. And get along really well.

Why does this crap always happen to me?

Yesterday I spent quite a bit of time catching up on my taped TV shows. Watched the last two week's worth of Alias eps, and I enjoyed them a reasonable amount. Well, last week's more than the week before. "Nocturne" was really only worthwhile because I adore Michael Goorjian. It's kind of freaking me out that I'm liking Vaughn this season--in fact, I'm liking him a lot more than Sydney these days--and the Syd/Vaughn relationship isn't bothering me. I'm not rooting for it, but it doesn't make me want to claw my eyes out.

I absolutely adore Nadia, and she and Weiss are beyond cute together. Lurve their budding romance.

As for Sydney... Gah. Shut up, Syd. We get that Sloane is TheEvilBastardWhoRuinedYourLife. But you know what? That was, like, 4 1/2 fucking years ago. It's your choice to continue to work with the guy. And don't give me that bullshit line about keeping an eye on him. Jack, Dixon, Vaughn...they'll all be watching him too. So put up or shut up, 'kay? You're annoying.

As for this week's episode...can't wait! Two of the best recurring characters in the history of the show, all in one ep. Hope the writers don't fuck it up.

I also have to mention my continuing love of Numb3rs. When in the world did David Krumholtz get so hot? I mean, I've always thought him adorable, but he's downright sexy on that show. And Rob Morrow? Rowr. Loving the rolled shirtsleeves. The fact that Friday's ep featured the erstwhile Doogie Howser, M.D. was simply an added cuteness bonus.

Oh, Bright, how do I love thee? Let me count the ways.

1) Your snarky banter with Ephram, whether about boring filing jobs, your demented sister, or how much E missed you, is always priceless.

2) You always have the best bad ideas when it comes to "helping" Ephram with woman. Of course, if your sister wasn't such a raging bitch, the "face time" thing might have worked.

3) You're so adorably clueless around Hannah. She's giving you puppy eyes, and you're lusting after her sandwich. Eee!

Needless to say, I greatly enjoyed the return of Everwood, although a lot of people apparently felt it was a sub-par post-hiatus episode. I was thrilled to be back in the clutches of the "Damn you, Berlanti!" Kudos to Doc Abbott for continuing to remind Treat that his dalliance with Celestia is a really bad idea. And hurrah for the MEOW being a somewhat realistic bleeding ulcer, rather than the old TV standby, the heart attack. (I'm looking at you, Rex Van de Kamp.)

My love for Dr. Jake continues to grow by leaps and bounds. He is now a close second to Bright for my affections on the show. (Sorry, Ephram.) His perpetually sunny, somewhat California-kooky outlook on life is endearing, especially when watching him interact with the often dour folk of Everwood. Trying hug therapy with Edna and meditation with Andy? Too cute! Call me, Dimples!

Amy? You were growing on me, but then you started pulling the self-absorbed nutjob bullshit again. Honey, no one asked you to make all those sacrifices, and it's good that you realize that. But to throw it in Ephram's face for not recognizing your martyrdom? He's a teenage boy, for crying out loud! You're probably lucky he remembers to put on pants every day!

Edna and Irv...*sniffle* Please kiss and make up!

( More TV gushing for the shows of the past week )

Did anyone else watch Numb3rs last night? Aside from the cheesy affected spelling of the title, I really liked it. I've enjoyed David Krumholtz since he was Bernard the Head Elf in The Santa Claus. He has absolutely gorgeous eyes, and the fact that he's playing a genius definitely ups the sexy factor for me. And Rob Morrow is looking much hotter than he did in his Joel Fleischman days. Plus, I love Sabrina Lloyd. So, overall, thumbs up...