Happy Anniversay to Me!

September 4th marked my 1 year anniversary in New York City. And what a year its been!  Brooklyn is certainly different than any other place I’ve ever lived, way more bodegas and boutiques and way fewer trees and SUVs than this Texas girl is used to. But it’s grown on me. I’m about a week into AllieBK: Year Two…and so far so…similar to Year 1. But I’m confident that this year will bring positive changes and exciting challenges and blah blah blah, lets talk about TV.

With the exception of an increasingly bizarre season of WEEDS, and a 5th run of Project Runway lack which lacks any real fun/quote worthy characters, this summer was so incredibly void of anything worth watching on the ‘ole Telly that I fell into a nighttime routine that included, !GASP!, reading, doing arts and crafts, and spending way too much time out of the house. I even resorted to netflixing total 90s crap like the first season of Beverly Hills 90210 which, if you aren’t a 9 year old circa 1993 when I first saw the show, really is not very good. AT. ALL.

It’s because I’d become so accostom to this summertime mediocrity that I almost MISSED last night’s debut of my dear beloved J.J. Abrams’ new series, “Fringe”.

I CAN HAZ ZCI PHI JOO

num nums! I love this man! Thank the lord that my roomy is just as big a nerd as I am, and she was around to remind me to rejoin the world on the couch.

That said, I wasn’t sure I loved this new show until the last 1/2 hour or so. First of all, it started on an airplane (LOST) at night (LOST) there was turbulence (LOST) and TV static (LOSTLOSTLOSTLOST) and I was thinking maybe that Cloverfield monster knocked something loose in ole J.J.’s brain until BAM  some dude’s FACE started to fall off. I don’t usually love gory shit, but that oozing skin was extremely unsettling in a fantastic way.

Unfortunately, face melting aside, the first part of the show really dragged and was pretty over acted. The main woman character is sort of an emotionless butterface and even Lt. Daniels was shining on a little too strong (although I am happy to see a former “WIRE” cast-member do something interesting and credible, unlike SOME people…) but I really thought that the show picked up when PACEY WITTER hit the screen.

PAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACEY WITTER, the love of my 14 year old self’s life. WOO HOO. I was so happy to see him back on TV 10 years after his “Dawson’s” debut (I’m fucking old). Although he was a bit too quipy and childlike for me to believe that his character was really “40 IQ points above genius,” he looked so GOOD with a beard, I nearly swooned!

I also really loved Pacey’s Dad on the show, John Noble, who plays Dr. Walter Bishop, an institutionalized Dr. Frankenstein-esq mad-Scientist whose best line in the first half hour of “Fringe” was arguably, “I just pissed myself.” Pretty good. He was extremely entertaining.

For those who didn’t watch the show, all I will say about the ridiculous scene where the lead female gets all sexy in her black underwear/matching bra while she’s injected with Special K and LSD and submerged in a closed water tank so she can communicate subconsciously with her comatose lover with the translucent skin is that it was awesome. But, obviously, you should judge for yourself.
Instead I’ll mention that the final 1/2 hour, with its twists and mentions of the PATTEN(WHAT IS THE PATTERN?!?!?) was thrilling and, crummy dialogue and droney LOST music aside, I think this show has potential. You have to hand it to JJ Abrams when it comes to mysteries…dude knows how to confuse and frustrate. “Fringe” will be a good LOST stand in…for now.

oh: just for shits and giggles, here’s an interview w/ Josh Jackson, who is just as yummy as himself as he is on the TeeVee: http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1774293758/bctid1774291264. ENJOY!

Hi

Just checking in!

I wont be around too much over the next couple of weeks: A trip to Oberlin this Friday takes me away from work for 3 days and I’m assuming the leftovers hours will be spent actually working.

so, to tide you over on this RAINY AND COLD, May day, here are some things I’m thinking about.

-I’m happy that fat is beauitful and all, but this girl really isn’t. Something not right is happening around that mouth region…

 - Chris Farley really died Way Too Young (and regardless of what this article says, Tommy Boy is a DAMN funny movie).

-the Upcoming Sex and The City Massacre is at the gates and little bits of terror are beginning to trickle in…SPOILERS!! (FYI: I am posting these but NOT watching them) Well, atleast the girls are picking things up a bit as far as their clothes are concerned.

Right? I’ve seen worse.

 

Anyway…

-I’m still crying about no LOST this week. Good thing last week’s episode was fucked up enough to hold me for a while.

-Speaking of LOST: I will be furthering my geekdom this fall when both J.J. Abrams (LOST) and Joss Whedon (Buffy) get new shows! Abrams’ pros: mysterious plot, crossover characters from The Wire and LOST and PACEY WITTER.

I think we’re gonna needa bigger TV.