Yes, I'm taking summer school.  That's why I haven't been around much.  Not much free time.  I had to study this weekend, but I did sneak in a little time to go watch a movie.  I could have gone to watch one of those big summer movies like Ocean's 13 or Pirates of the Caribbean, but  I saw Waitress.  And I am very happy with the choice I made.  I love and adore this movie.  Keri Russell.  Nathan Fillion.  Andy Griffth.  Jeremy Sisto.  And a little bittersweet because the writer/director of this movie is no longer with us, but she left behind a wonderful work to be remembered.  My favorite movie so far this year.  Actually, may be one of my favorite movies of all time.  So go watch and support this little movie.  And eat pie!

I haven't been on LJ for a while so I have a lot of catch up reading to do.  I also don't know everyone's addresses, so to those I haven't sent a card to, "Happy Holidays!  And I wish everyone the best in the new year."  -Love, Eponine

(btw, is it wrong that when I picked the happy mood icon, all that is running through in my head is of the scene in Zoolander with the brain washing video where Mugatu is saying, "Happy!  Happy!  Hahahaha!")

If you grew up in the late 80's and was a fan of Debbie Gibson and Tiffany, you must watch this video.  It's from How I Met Your Mother and it cracks me up!

Sun and I finally met after 7 years. She was as cute and as adorable and as great as I thought she would be in person. And she has the best taste in friends. :-) Love ya, sweetie!

Thought I should share what I'm watching this upcoming TV season so we can all share and discuss the shows we have in common.

Old favorites that I'll definitely be watching: Gilmore Girls (as long as the L/C stuff doesn't get too bad because I really just watch the show for Lauren Graham and LL now), Veronica Mars, Lost, Grey's Anatomy, How I Met Your Mother, Project Runway, The Amazing Race, Smallville, Supernatural, My Name is Earl, The Office and when it comes back mid season, Scrubs. Very sad about no longer having Everwood on my list. :-(

New shows that I'll be checking out: Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, Vanished (Victor Garber and Kerr Smith!), Ugly Betty, and if I remember, Heroes and The Nine.

Yeah...I watch a lot of TV. But I TiVo everything and watch at my leisure. Always gives me something to watch when I'm bored or procrastinating. :-)

This episode was on again and it was one of the only good episodes this past season, but I feel that I should clarify some things the show got wrong. The show made it seem like a lot of the things going on was Buddhist when it was actually Korean cultural stuff. Like the wedding garb Zach and Lane were wearing was not Buddhist but traditional Korean wedding garments. And on the subject of clothing, the mother of the bride would traditionally wear a pink Korean dress, but Mama Kim was wearing purple. And there are still people who have both a traditional Korean wedding and a more Western one. I've been to a wedding or two that had both. Since Mrs. Kim seems so traditional, it wouldn't have surprised me if there had been two weddings with or without Grandma Kim.

They did get one thing perfect though. The way the guest grabbed food and gave money is very Korean. At the weddings I've been to with a Korean bride and groom, the older Korean guests always just give money as a gift and leave right after dinner. And they usually run off with leftovers and the center pieces. Heh.

Anyway, watching that episode again made me remember the things that bugged me, and I wanted to say those things were Korean and not necessarily Buddhist. Besides, the Korean culture is more influenced by Confucius than Buddhism.

Sun,
Just want to thank you for the beautiful, hand-made Christmas card. I love it! It's definitely going to be put in my permanent correspondence box. Merry Christmas, sweetie!

Gilmore Girls premiere is in less that 24 hours! How excited am I! Definitely could use a good L/L fix. Talk to you afterwards. *waves*

Since it was way too hot to step outside this weekend, I had plenty of time to kill with some laundry and some cleaning and some Firefly watching. I didn't watch it when it originally aired because well, I'm not a fan of Westerns and this was described as a Western in space, so you can understand why I didn't tune in. Well, I should have trusted Joss. I loved the characters. And now I want more Firefly. May have to invest in the dvds. Thanks for sending me the tapes, Sun! Now you have to watch Veronica Mars and let me know what you think. ;-)

Tuesdays and Wednesdays are my busy TV watching days. And tonight was definitely a good night of TV. Found out who killed Lilly on Veronica Mars. Btw, you should watch that show, Sun. You'd love it. Great Scrubs finale. That show cracks me up. Great GG episode with some good L/L action. Can't wait till the finale next week. And Uchenna and Joyce won on The Amazing Race! All is right with the world. I couldn't help but notice how happy all the other eliminated teams were to see them cross the finish line before Rob and Amber. Heh.

Did you hear that Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise are dating? All I have to say on that subject is, "What?!"

Don't look at this May sweeps ad for Gilmore Girls if you don't want to be spoiled. Wait till May. But OMG...what kind of picture did they put together? It looks so odd and cheesy.

I noticed that I haven't written an entry since last year, so I figure it's time to write something. Not that I have anything to really report.

Sun, just want to let you know that there are 3 more GG tapes coming your way. And thanks again for my gift...LOVE IT. :-)

And now you can add DirecTV to the list. For some funky, strange reason, the local channels decided to do a disappearing act at around 7:30pm and last about an hour. That's right. It interrupted my O.C.! Grrr...And it seems like I missed a good episode, too. I'm so annoyed. I wonder if anyone has tapes or maybe I can download somewhere. Any ideas, sun?

What is the point of having my Costco membership if they don't have the dvds I want? Nevermind that I don't pay for my membership but someone does and I think I should be able to find my dvds when I want them. So, as you know, Buffy's last season came out this Tuesday. And as the big fan geek that I am, I went there on Tuesday to purchase my dvds. But guess what. They didn't have any. Then I figured the shipment was late or something because they do have it available on their website, so I went in again today. Still no Buffy! They had Smallville but no Buffy. :-( Now I'm just going to order it on amazon.com but I won't get them till next week. That's another week before I get to do my Buffy viewing. Sigh. I'm so annoyed. All I want is my Buffy dvds. Is that too much to ask?

It seems that I have been spending a lot of time with my father this weekend. We even went to go to vote this morning together. It was the first election either one of us voted in. Nice father/daughter moment. Awww...

Anyway, the point to my post is that we spent the weekend doing a Lost marathon. Starting with the pilot. And he had his own interesting perspective on Jin. He didn't like the way Jin was withdrawn and closed off. He felt it showed a negative image of a Korean male because he believes a Korean male would be the first to volunteer and help the survivors. That comment made me think. That's when I realized that that's what my dad would do and that's why he was pointing this out, so he didn't understand why Jin wouldn't do the same. But I also understand why they made the character the way he is. Everyone reacts differently during a time of crisis. Some will go out and help others. Some will do whatever they can to find a solution. Some will close themselves off and will try to fend for themselves. And that's what Jin has been designated to do. It didn't necessarily have to be his character that was the one that reacted this way, but I'm guessing with the background they had for the Korean couple and the fact that they wouldn't be able to speak the same language as the other survivors, made it easy to make the Korean couple be the ones that close themselves off. So while it seems sort of stereotypical to deem the Korean guy this way, I also understand why the creators picked him to be that way. Whoa. Too much analysis for a TV character. But hey, check out my bi-cultural analysis. I can see both sides. Heh.

Hey girlie. Just wanted to say a quick hi and to let you know that things are good with me. Read up what I've been up to on my xanga site. :-)