Is there any week of the year more exciting than this one? No, it's not my birthday. I'd be lamenting and whining instead. No, this week is a glorious one because teevee returns!
We watched a bunch of pilots On Demand this week (Bionic Woman, Journeyman, Chuck) and I'm happy to say that the new fall lineup looks promising. I was a teensy bit disappointed in the Bionic Woman episode, but I think it's only because my expectations were so high. And I'm so used to Michelle Ryan's British accent that it seemed like she was having some trouble acting around the American accent. Then again, how many people can replicate an American accent as well as Hugh Laurie? I'm giving Bionic Woman time, because it has just enough of the Alias-meets-XFiles factor to keep me interested.
I'm already missing The Amazing Race, but the recent Emmy win gives me great hope for the show's future. It's wonderful to see the best show on television get the recognition it deserves.
In other news, I'm on a huge Broadway kick of late. After we saw Rent with original cast members Adam Pascal and Anthony Rapp, I can't get enough of the stuff. I'm especially addicted to this horrible song from Legally Blonde: The Musical called "Omigod You Guys." It's probably the worst song (and show) ever written, but I can't stop singing it. At the tops of my lungs. All day and night. Also in heavy rotation are YouTube videos from Spring Awakening and Wicked.
My school year is off to a great start, but I'm swamped with work right now. That's typical for this time of year, but it's a good kind of busy. I could do without the alarm going off at 5:30 every morning, but such is life.
In between work and tv and my new fun writing gig, my JoeParadox friends and I are in the beginning stages of organizing an elementary school reunion. It'll be 25 years this spring that we 'graduated' from eighth grade, so the timing seemed right. We went to a small private Catholic school - the kind of school that only has one class for every grade level. For eight years we saw the same faces every day of the week. We took camping trips together, shared many "firsts" together, and I can't speak for the rest, but these people are a huge part of my personal history. For years, Kelsey, Sheri, Seana, Rebecca and I wondered what happened to many of the childhood friends with whom we lost touch, so we decided to do something about that.
Hmmm, what else? I'm going to a Tim Gunn booksigning next week (eeee!), we're planning a trip home to Buffalo to see my family, and we have tickets to see Jennifer Garner in Cyrano de Bergerac on Broadway in October. What's new with you?