Where Dustbunnies Go To Die

Rogers (my cable/Internet provider) has been doing maintenance in the middle of the night recently, so I'm still not caught up. The last two nights my net access has gone down around 2 in the morning and hasn't come back up until sometime after I've decided to go to bed. Eventually I'll be caught up...

Last night's C# class was short - we covered loops (while, do while, for), and both carynb and I were finished the exercises by about 8:30 and were able to get out early, so I was in home in time for House (which was a rerun anyway) and Boston Legal.

The latter was interesting as usual, as Alan's case involved his defending Jerry Espenson for having fired a Scientologist employee. His speeches about the whackiness of that particular religion were rather good - he even dredged up the L. Ron Hubbard quote about how if a man wanted to become rich, all he had to do was invent a religion. I was a little surprised that nobody except Sally took offense at the idea of comparing Scientology to Christianity, though. (I was a little surprised to see Sally back. I guess Lake Bell needed a gig after Surface was cancelled.)

And I realize that I'm not the best arbiter of female beauty, but why do all the men go ga-ga over Sally? I don't think she's that pretty, to be honest. Can one of my straight male friends who watches the show explain that for me?

The murder trial took a bit of a left turn with the revelation that ( cut for spoilers ). I'm sorry that David Kelley didn't write this story so that Paul Lewiston was part of the defense team - I know Paul doesn't generally appear in court (I'm not even sure what his area of legal specialty is - he seems more like a manager than a lawyer), but it would have been delicious, from a fannish point of view, to have him cross-examining both Judge Hooper and Michael Schiller. I mean, Rene Auberjonois up against both Armin Shimerman and Ethan Phillips? How could you pass up that opportunity, David? *grin*

After watching BL, I watched this past Sunday's episode of Desperate Housewives that I had missed. I did a bit of a double-take at the opening, describing Edward Sibley, the founder of Fairview. You see, I had a (now deceased) uncle by that name who lived in California... San Luis Obispo, to be precise.

Bree's naivete about what Andrew had been up to was funny, though a little far-fetched. ("Are you saying he did something he wasn't proud of while he was living on the streets? Like what, yard work?" Come on, Bree. You threw your gay son out of the house, driving him out to the middle of nowhere and abandoning him, and a locally known, married doctor panicked when he saw him. Put two and two together already.)

The other storylines weren't as compelling - Susan was her usual ditzy self, Edie was conniving as usual (and her deception is going to bite her on the ass later), Lynette and Tom's storyline didn't really go anywhere, and frankly, I'm kind of bored with the Gabrielle/Carlos storyline. I think I missed something, though - IMDb lists Ryan Carnes (Justin - Andrew's boyfriend) and Josh Henderson (Edie's nephew Austin) as having been in the episode, and I don't recall seeing either of them.

Anyway, it's about time to start thinking about dinner since tonight's class is supposed to start at 6:15 (if the instructor shows up on time). And I want to try to get there a little early so that I can copy Monday's assignment from my personal webspace to my school account. And I still can't find the mail I was supposed to have received with my password to the website for the class, so I have to go by Student Services.

This whole eating-dinner-at-5 thing is weird. Fortunately I have leftover Hamburger Helper from last night...

Long day today... we had the first TT meeting for next year's convention this afternoon, so I got up at 10:30 so that I could get out to the hotel for 1. The meeting went reasonably well, though it seemed sparsely attended by comparison to some of last year's meetings.

After the meeting, I went to dinner with gurudata, kanecool, aprilsnark, puddlemagnet, ennisdl, and the LJ-less Declan and Stephen. The original plan was to go to the new-ish Chinese restaurant in the hotel, but it turned out to be expensive, so we went to a nearby sushi place instead, where I had chicken teriyaki. With the miso soup, the salad and the green tea ice cream, I'm still feeling full even though that's all I've eaten all day. (Mind you, I finished off kanecool's and aprilsnark's ice cream because they didn't want it - but with my being a serious ice cream addict, I was only too happy to make that particular sacrifice.)

I got home around 9:10, so I only missed a few minutes of Desperate Housewives. The plot thickens - did Orson kill his first wife, or didn't he? The subplot with Susan's new suitor showing up at the wedding was interesting, especially since he knew neither Orson nor Bree. As usual, the Gabrielle-and-Carlos plot was fun - and the situation with the baby should be interesting. Lynette and Tom were almost peripheral this week. I did like Julie's encounter with Austin, Edie's nephew: "You're not that hot." Sure, he's not. She doesn't believe in what she's saying for a second.

IMDb says that Andrew was in this week's episode, but if he was, he was in the first few minutes that I missed. It sounds like he's going to be in next week's episode, though. About time.

After Desperate Housewives, I stayed on the couch to watch Studio 60. I think I can take or leave this show so far, though I like Matthew Perry in this role. The scene on the beach was amusing - yes, I can see how some people might misconstrue Matthew Perry and Bradley Whitford rolling around on the beach as being homoerotic. "Punch me in the face or get up," indeed.

I'm not sure what I'm going to do tomorrow, beyond call the recruiters whom I wasn't able to reach on Friday. Seems like it's going to be a pretty dull week, though since next week I have one of my classes starting and the Pet Shop Boys concert, it'll be the last one for a while.

I just came across this on the queerasfolkfans community and thought of you... I don't know if this will be available on BBC Canada, but just in case:

The State Within. Now this sounds like the business! 24 meets The West Wing, following 17 days in the life of British Ambassador to the US, Mark Brydon (played by the always excellent Jason Isaacs, emerging as a top-flight leading man). This should be slicker than Jonathan Ross’s bouffant, and with the legendary Sharon Gless on hand as the US Defense Secretary, this has hit written all over it.

From The Stage.

My friendslist seems to be rather politics-heavy tonight. Not that I mind, being something of a political junkie.

1. Fox News airs footage of Sex Power God
   
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2. Baptists protest gay store - and this time, it wasn't even the Westboro Baptist "Church." (That's Fred Phelps' outfit, for those who aren't aware.)
   
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3. The new face of separatism in Quebec is a cute one.
   
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4. The game of political chicken in Ottawa continues...
   
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   Wow, that was a long rant...
   
   In other news: Boston Legal rocked tonight. Candice Bergen was amazing, and they actually gave Rene Auberjonois something to do this week (though still not enough). The relationship between Alan Shore and Denny Crane continues to progress nicely. Alan's confession that he suffers from night terrors, and his asking Denny to sleep with him to make sure that he doesn't hurt himself in the night was priceless. Denny continues to think that Alan's coming on to him.
   
   House was good as well, though the medical mystery wasn't nearly as compelling as usual. I enjoyed seeing House go to the therapy session and get into an argument with Mark (the actor playing Mark, BTW, seems to be from Hamilton, ON), and seeing Tom Lenk as House's clinic patient was fun. (Okay, I think Tom Lenk is cute. Sue me.)
   
   I missed much of Bones because I was trying to make dinner after the water came back, unfortunately. I'll catch it in reruns, I guess.