overeducated and underemployed

thwarted at every turn, revisited

Back when summer started, I was mad at you, UPN for failing to air the entire season of Veronica Mars. I was told there wasn't enough time. I asked then and I ask again now, why? What in the fuck else is UPN airing?

Meanwhile, in unrelated news, I missed a few House episodes last season, and have been trying to catch them in reruns. Lo and behold, my attempts have been rewarded. FOX, which actually has some interesting summer programming to fill their schedule with, has been airing them twice a week, if not more. You see, they want their show, which is already highly rated, to gain further momentum leading into the new season.

Those crazy bastards.

sure, new orleans is underwater, but are xena and the encino man okay?

It'd be depressing if it wasn't so hilariously predictable.

america disappoints reality show contestants

As backward as it may seem, tonight, America, we have let down the idiots on our television. How? Why, by viewing their little game as our own entertainment, instead of as an opportunity for them to display the precise height of their horses. Didn't you know that they joined Big Brother to establish a  moral high ground? To be confronted by the truly horrible (a hot blonde who is smarter and more competitive than them!) and then be thoroughly sickened by it? I know it's confusing, because their preachy tripe is broadcast to us during primetime on a major network for the purpose of garnering viewers and thus, ad revenue, but let us not be fooled. Tonight, we have put our collective character into question. We have denied these worthy and decent houseguests the opportunity to prove their love to their husbands and mothers, when it is so clearly for them that they chose to leave and live in front of cameras for two months in the first place.

I for one, feel just awful. I don't know if I'll be able to sleep tonight.

oandu judges upcoming series based on their commercials (which we likely fast-forwarded through)

Volume 4: Bones

It's like CSI, only all the cool sciencey stuff is strictly bone-related. Way to take a limited idea and umm...limit it more.

Grade: C, purely for the Boreanaz factor. Any show with a Whedon alum gets at least one viewing.

holy crap

Hoping those we know on the Gulf Coast are doing okay...

morning clips: hey glad girls edition

- Yo, Jon Heder. That nerd is within and without you. It did not require unleashing

- Charlize Theron to guest star on Arrested Development. Will you watch it now, America?!!

- Britney Spears shows off her budding parenting skills on the set of Zoey 101.

- Mariah Carey uses her re-found relevance to snag...Eddie Murphy?

- Teen Hollywood writes an entire article describing a picture that they will not show you. Let me guess...the story is a thousand words long?

- Guided by Voices last show coming to a DVD player near you in November. There must be some kind of drinking game we can create around this. Like, how drunk is Bob? Can you achieve half of that without passing out?

- It's about cats. In sinks.

employee megan, beloved temp

'Tis a hollow victory, but apparently I am just about the bestest temp there ever was. Which means that my "vacation" will be cut short by new jobs. Yay for money! Boo for it coming from such lame work.

simpson switch

What is the likelihood of Joe Simpson having procured some kind of magical beauty and styling potion from a mythical beast (a centaur, whathaveyou) in order to create his family empire, only to discover the potion had been cursed to work for just one daughter at a time? Before you answer, take a gander at the sisters at the VMA's. Ashlee looks decent, right? And Jessica looks like Little Boo Peep, had Peep lost her sheep, skirt, defrizz, and ridiculous face inhibitor. 

Not convinced? Check out last week's shenanigans. I think you will then decide what I have, that this is clearly the work of a diabolical potion making centaur (or whathaveyou).

uh-oh julie

All of the interesting people are getting voted off your show, and there's nothing you or your Betty Rubble goes to prom outfit can do to stop it! Un-leh-ess...might I suggest, in light of April's HoH victory, that you join the houseguests and show them the real Julie Chen? Why "eavesdrop on the house" when you can get a piece of the action? Just think, this is the perfect venue for you to debut weirder outfits, jerkier movements, and shittier questions without the pressures of Thursday's live show. And I'll totally vote for you win America's Choice so you can get a call from Les.

Ponder that one, Chen, while I try to figure out if there is any way to lose say, Ivette this week, instead of Janelle, James or Howie.

old to some, new to me, fun for all(?)

Roger Ebert's Most Hated Movies. Which have you seen? Which did you kind of like? Are you embarassed by any of it?

I've seen: Baby Geniuses, Sorority Boys, Spice World, The Waterboy, Tommy Boy, 13 Ghosts, Armageddon, The Scarlet Letter, The Skulls, Swing Kids, The Usual Suspects.

I kinda liked: Sorority Boys, The Waterboy, Tommy Boy, The Skulls, Swing Kids, The Usual Suspects.

I'm probably only embarassed by: Sorority Boys. But I'm a sucker for Just One of the Guys as well. And as the Solomonster will attest, I am not quite as discerning as Roger Ebert....

Play along!