overeducated and underemployed

happy halloween!

The absolute best part of today? Dogs in costumes.

I look forward to seeing further canine costume shenanigans in West Hollywood tonight. Speaking of, does anyone have any sneaky parking tips they'd care to share?

at long last, your opportunity to be judged by employee megan

Wanna be in a sketch show in December? Click on the picture below!

the incredible mr. solomon

Ladies and gentlemen, my husband:

Looking suspiciously like Don Knotts?

GLUB!

okay. so they're on a different island.

Is there something about the composition of that island that makes people feel okay about torturing their fellow man? Because seriously, why else would "the others" be such complete twats? That there would be a group of people this evil, not to mention hypocritical, stretches reason beyond any polar bear or black cloud monster ever did for me. Oh, the people you've been terrorizing shot one of you? Big surprise!

And while we're asking questions...why didn't Kate just shimmy out of her cage last week, or the week before? Why'd she wait until Sawyer was freaked out about his heart exploding like bunny number eight? Did Henry/Ben say more to her at that seaside brunch than we know? Speaking of Henry/Ben...does anyone else think he probably has a fake tumor on his spine, and they're just messing with Jack further? And his estranged lady, the fertility expert Juliette...did she do something with Claire's baby back when Ethan kidnapped them?

Finally, I love Desmond. Or maybe I just love saying "brother!" in a Scottish accent. Either way, I want to know more about him, his lightning rod building, and oh yeah, his girlfriend who has people monitoring the electromagnetic activity of the island. Remember them?

ashlee simpson is depressing me

Seriously. Who is this person?

I mean, sure, people made fun of her before. But it was because they cared. She was like...America's slow little sister. But now? Dear god, she's got the warmth of a porcelain doll. She's deader in the eyes than Eugena. Even worse, she might be more effed up than Jessica. And that's hard. Because Jessica actually tried to date John "your body is a puking wonderland" Mayer and failed.

Joking aside, how sad is it to see a perfectly attractive young woman do this to herself?

evening clips: i was totally in arizona and i'm tired now so sue me edition

- While the Tigers and Cards roast Kenny Rogers, Carlos Delgado gives Mets fans a moral victory. Hooray! World Series are for bad people!

- Rush Limbaugh: DOUCHE!

- None of our tabloid stars quite live up to the U.K.'s Jordan. Or her "gargantuan breasticles".

- Please Britney. Please say you named your son Sutton, and not Jayden. Sutton is awful and pretentious, but Jayden? Jayden is a tranny.

- If you live on the west coast it's not too late to decide to watch Veronica Mars tonight! Here, let me tantalize you with some Logan/Veronica/Keith action that makes me giggle like a schoolgirl.

i hate sports*

The thrill of victory:

The agony of defeat (fellow Mets fans, do not watch):

I think we experienced the Final Destination phenomenon in baseball form last night. The Mets were marked for a two run homer, and Endy Chavez cheated the homer's plans. They then spent the remaining innings dodging various cunning attempts by the homer to return, until it finally did, in the form of Yadier Molina. Not as cruel and ironic as that guy getting plowed over by a bus, but just as painful.

*until the NBA season starts up. And then college basketball. And then next season of baseball...

fratastic

When talking to "the kids", especially those whose lives he's put in harm's way, Cheney likes to rock a popped collar, so they know he's down.

Holla.

evening clips: you gotta believe edition

- I may be cheering like crazy for the Mets right now (it's a dignified, I'm at the office "watching" gamecast kind of crazy), but I don't plan to in the afterlife. Maybe that makes me less of a fan?

- Lengthy, over-expository TV themes that people memorize for kitsch value are becoming a thing of the past.

- Madge says "more babies! Bring'em on! (paraphrased).

- Posh says "no more babies!"....at least for a year, when they'll be so out of style they're in again.

- I simply cannot endorse a list about small economy cars that does not mention, nay, lavish praise upon, the Hyundai Elantra.

- You think you have what it takes to survive in Hollywood? Do ya? Do you have the mental fortitude to...sit in a car? In fancy clothes? While your gourmet food goes uneaten and your George Clooney unpraised? I didn't think so.

california here we come

I was greeted at work this morning by a frantic Solomonster email:

OK, Megan, so driving into Fox, I see the new poster for season 4 of the O.C. That would include a picture of the cast, featuring an ORANGE WITH A BURNING FUSE. OMG!! OMG!!! If that doesn’t excite you, then you are dead. And not a metaphorical “dead inside”- I mean DECEASED.

Being totally not deceased and therefore agreeing that yes, that is so OMG awesome, I went searching for the image online. I did not find the fuse-burning orange, but I think even the Solomonster will concede that what I did find is perhaps OMG awesomer (if that's even possible):

(discovery after jump for highest possible dramatic effect)