on hiatus...

i received the first two twilight books from my brother for christmas. i was determined to only read them when i had time to fully commit to them, because i had a feeling i would love them.

so, thanks to my extreme case of pink eye, i finally had time. little did i know that i would love them so much, that twilight would take over my life.

i read the first book in a few days - i enjoyed the story, fell in love with edward (naturally) and was quite happy with the first book. the actual writing was just so-so, but the story (and edward) made up for it. the obsession began with the second book. i don't want to ruin it for you in case you decide to read it, which you should, but there is one significant event in the second book that just makes you keep reading! i ended up reading it 7 hours, thanks to it being the weekend. then i had to buy the last two books - luckily all teen/kid books were on sale at chapters that day, so i got 20% off. i finished the third book in less than a day. the fourth book took a bit more time because i was back to work by then, and during a busy time at that. by this point, i was losing sleep to read. instead of talking to people at work, whenever i had a spare moment (waiting for my computer to boot up, while eating lunch, waiting for a late student), i would read. when i finished the fourth book, i promptly re-read the first one, much to kris' chagrin; he had breathed a sigh of relief when i finished the fourth, thinking he would get his wife back...silly him.

once i finished re-reading the first book, i got the movie soundtrack in preparation for the movie. then i watched the movie, which, as you may have heard, does not do the book justice...but was still enjoyable, probably because at this point, anything to do with twilight is good in my eyes. even though the acting was terrible, and they completely butchered the meadow scene, and edward isn't supposed to be so scowly and irritable...i could go on. now i'm almost done re-reading the second book and can't wait for book three (again). one thursday, i even chose twilight over watching grey's anatomy! this speaks volumes. even if i did still PVR grey's.

so needless to say, my blogging has gone to the wayside. i will do my best to catch up...this may be easier than i thought since the next new grey's episode isn't until APRIL 23. so stay tuned.

a message from Your Goopiness

yesterday, i managed to contract pink eye. i have no idea how this happened, and this will definitely not help tame my hand-washing obsession/germ phobia.

i always thought pink eye just meant your eye turned pink. and maybe a bit itchy. little did i know, that pink eye, in its ugliest form, makes one look like a zombie...my eye was swollen, filled with goop and smaller than my normal eye.

i went to a walk-in clinic to get antibiotic drops and was told to put them in my bad eye once an hour for the first day. when i called the school to say i was taking a sick day, i spoke to the receptionist who has 3 kids. she was impressed that i had to use the drops once an hour - it's not usually that often, apparently. it appears that i got myself a fantastic case of pink eye! when i do something, i go all the way!

my zombie eye is much better now, and not leaking any kind of goopiness anymore. but now my other eye has gotten infected, which means i have pink eyes. i can't wait to go back to just having brown eyes.

was it something i said?

our neighbours suddenly disappeared. i first noticed that their patio was completely empty, and upon further investigation (read: staring into their house), everything was gone - their dining room chandelier, candle decorations in their kitchen, even their window blinds...which made no sense because if you're moving, the chances are very slim that your custom-ordered blinds would fit the windows of your new house.

then we went for a walk yesterday and ran into them at their new house one row of houses. this explains why they brought their blinds with them! it turns out they had problems with their neighbour who cranked loud music at all hours of the night. he only did it more when they asked him politely to stop. he was also prone to yelling so they could hear him through the walls, and once in the winter, he decided to clear the snow off his patio - he shoveled the snow right in front of their garage door. it was getting so bad that they told the builder they wanted to move, so the builder found them a new place, away from mr. stupid - isn't that nice? now i almost feel bad for bad-mouthing the builder about their shoddy choices for tradesmen. almost.

re: rim rollin'

after losing at least 20 times, i've decided that tim horton's KNOWS that i am only a wagon-jumper (coffee-jumper?) and refuses to reward me because i don't spend my money on their coffee at other times of the year. this is turning into a bigger commitment than i thought...i might have to go back to starbucks sooner than originally planned.

speaking of which, the red velvet cupcakes at starbucks were only SEASONAL. sigh. back in january, i asked the barista if they were seasonal, and she said NO. but the minute valentine's day was over, they disappeared. next year, instead of anticipating roll up the rim, i'll be looking forward to red velvet season...

rim rollin'

roll up the rim is back...i swore that i wouldn't succomb (again), but i have given in (again). apparently you can bring all your losing tabs - which i have plenty of, had i kept all of my losers - to country style to get a free coffee! what a brilliant idea! the up side? you get a free country style coffee with every losing tab. the down side? you get a free country style coffee with every losing tab. drinking tim horton's is as low as i will go, i'd rather go sans coffee otherwise. plus, i don't know where there are any country style coffee shops anymore.

speaking of roll up the rim, what is it that turns law-abiding citizens into litterbugs? i too, am frustrated that i haven't yet won a toyota venza or $10,000, but does it mean i will throw my losing coffee cup out of the window of a moving car? no! these people may not care about keeping the earth clean, but you'd think they'd care about karma.

no longer a cuba widow!

kris left for cuba exactly one week ago, as a chaperone for a high school trip with our dear friend brian. at first i was a little jealous of kris - then i remembered that his job is to make sure 51 high school students stay out of "trouble" (read: alcohol) while in cuba, where there is no drinking age and rum is the national beverage. then i didn't feel so envious! on a completely unrelated note, one of the mothers at the airport made sure to tell me that she and her friends thought kris was cute. awww.

with no communication except for a quick phone call today that abruptly ended because the phone card ran out, i've had no contact with kris. this is the longest we haven't spoken since we met each other 8 years ago.

while i've been lonely, i've also been very busy. i had to accompany a student and was downtown at 9am last wednesday and then taught until 9pm in oakville. otherwise i've been visiting with friends a bit, doing sophisticated things like having brunch and attending buck and does - actually just one.

but now i'm in the home stretch, with kris' flight expected to return at 2am. while my week wasn't so bad, i definitely prefer having him around. which is a good thing, considering i'm married to him.

4+12=5

tonight, my student told me that he thought a 4 hour flight was an excessively long time to be stuck in an airplane. i told him that there are some flights that are over 12 hours, like ones going to asia. then he said indignantly, "oh yeah? you think that's crazy? well, iiiii have 5 aunties!"

re: an honest mistake

wow. sloan really needs to learn a thing or two about TIMING. can't he read between the lines and see that derek is broken?!

speaking of which, i love that derek is broken. it shows that he's human. and i love that meredith isn't running away and she's rising to the challenge. they finally have a real relationship! happiness! i like that she stuck by him when addison was contemplating going to the chief (although in the end, she probably shouldn't have). the next episode proves to be a DOOZY. i don't spoil it for you in case you don't want to know, but if you do want to know, go to this website and click on episode that's highlighted in blue (march 12). having said that, the next new episode airs on march 12. MARCH 12?!?!? *sob*

it's an interesting concept, the old school surgery versus the new school surgery - dr. campbell was right, what does one do when faced with doing surgery without electricity? apparently back in the old days, they wore really really poor-fitting face masks that made them look like bank robbers. her face mask was driving me CRAZY, i almost couldn't watch it. then i had to admire the neat pleats on everyone else's mask that make it so form-fitting to the face. sigh, is this what OCD is like?

who thinks izzie has skin cancer? i don't. it has to be a brain tumour. what kind of skin cancer gives you depth perception problems and hallucinations? unless it's so bad that it's spread...from her back...to her head...or through her spine...?! but wouldn't you notice a lesion that's so bad that it goes through your spine to your head and results in crazy, ratings-sacrificing behaviour? we'll see what they do with this one.

owen and cristina are soooo cute! he wants to be there 40 years from now! as if she didn't catch onto that when he said it. who makes plans for 40 years in the future?? adorable.

i keep writing these too late after the episode airs, so that's all i have for now. maybe i'll add more later since it looks like i'll have to watch old episodes to tide me over until march 12. hmph.

re: before and after

i liked that this week was about each character, and who they used to be, and who they are now. but i felt like meredith's insecurity about derek's old life should have happened, oh, about 4 seasons ago. i realize that naomi and sam weren't around to reminisce, but it's still a little ridiculous. i also feel like the whole derek/addison power struggle in the OR is old news, which is why, while i'm not NOT looking forward to next week's episode, i am happy to see this cross-over business go away. and seriously, they didn't get why derek was so uncomfortable talking about the wedding song?

why didn't any other doctor in the US think to get rid of the cysts one at a time? i am no expert, but of course it's not going to work to try to get rid of them all at once. it's like juggling cysts - and appparently they're slippery little suckers. one at a time only makes sense.

i like what they did with owen's back story...at first it seemed like he was just a big jerk, but now we see that he has changed, and cristina, who is co-queen of being dark and twisty, accepts him for who he has become: dark and twisty (duh).

and yes, dear hayley, i think you are right - sadie definitely mixed up the lab results and i think izzie has a brain tumour. can i just say that introducing sadie into the show seems like a big waste of time now? why even bother? they didn't even commit to her and meredith's friendship - at the beginning, we all thought it was hard to believe that someone so close to meredith could remain hidden all this time. i'm still not convinced. is it because they needed self-mutilating, sexually confused cast member on which to pawn off all of their crazy storylines? what's wrong with using george? or izzie? they're writing them both off anyway.

i was going to comment on the private practice part of the episode, but it's too long ago and i'm tired. so i'll leave it at that. hayley and melissa, feel free to add your own tidbits. :)

re: beat your heart out

can i just say that it was a dirty trick? a dirty, dirty trick, to make us believe that the cross-over grey's-private practice episode was happening this week starting in grey's. but they introduced the whole thing in private practice, so i had no choice but to watch it. (and enjoy it). i PVR-ed it though, so if they're expecting private practice's ratings to go up, my watching it won't contribute. ha, take THAT! but now the big cross-over episode is happening NEXT week? dirty dirty dirty. and mean. and addison better keep her hands off derek or i'll have to hurt her. there, i feel better. now onto grey's...

it was so great to see cristina and meredith as friends again. i love that even though they were fighting, they can go back to normal as if nothing happened - a sign of a strong friendship.

why does derek keep toting the ring around with him? and he wonders why everyone knows. hey derek, maybe you should keep it in your breast pocket and make your patient look at it so she can almost ruin the surprise. yeesh. i did love his comment, "she spooks easy" - so cute! like she's a horse, but in a good way, of course.

when meredith said to derek that they would have cute kids, he was all smiles. she thinks it's him that's freaking out, but it's all her because those words slipped out of her mouth so easily. typical.

the cute couple got engaged in a supermarket where they first met - does this mean derek will propose at JOE'S BAR??? he clearly can't propose to her naked on her living room floor (season 1, episode 1), so joe's bar has to be the most logical option. or maybe he'll create an engagement ring of candles. swoon.

i think the whole proposal storyline will be put on hold because of the addison's-dying-brother storyline. i also think that while meredith has finally let her guard down, she will rebuild it, stronger than ever because:
a) she seems to think derek doesn't want her babies
b) he blew her off for dinner because he was "busy"
c) he's going to go to addison's rescue, so she'll think addison is back in the picture
d) the out-of-place rose petal only confirms her suspicions. that he's cheating on her, in her own house and bed. scandal!
this will prolong the whole thing, which means we are on track to seeing a proposal in the season finale. where derek will finally break down meredith's walls, once and for all.

victorian romance novel...while i get what they were trying to do, having cristina and owen mirror ellis' relationship with the chief - the stolen glances and almost-holding hands (lexie and sloan did that at the beginning in the elevator too?) - it all seemed a bit cheesy. i think it was the slow motion scenes with the musical interludes played on an out-of-tune piano that ruined it for me. seriously, if you could choose between a tuned piano and a non-tuned piano, why pick the non-tuned one?? i suppose in the victorian times they didn't care too much about keeping their pianos tuned, but still. and who is hunt's mystery woman!! is it a former fiancee? why did he freak out like he did? the guys asked hunt if he had ever proposed before, and he said he's not the guy to talk to about that. surrrrrre.

i love that lexie stood up to sloan and gave him the take-it-or-leave-it ultimatum. and i love that sloan wuvs lexie, and wants to tell derek so very badly! but can't. yet. adorable.

so many good lines this week:
-arizona to bailey on being a ped surgeon - "open up her chest and hand her the rest of her life."
-meredith on having derek's babies - "my babies will have alzheimer's. and suicidal tendencies. and split ends."
-dixon to bailey - "you're a very tiny person."
-der to mer on her faulty DNA - "meredith - i want your crappy babies"...i LOVE it!

it's ironic that the thing that make dixon have a panic attack was a hug, and then thing that she needed to calm down was a hug. did you notice, when cristina went over to hug her, she had the typical asian stick arms that didn't move as she walked. hahah!

so cute at the end, when hunt was sleeping on cristina. my cat sleeps on me like that. it's very enjoyable. sometimes it hurts my back but it's worth it. i'm digressing so i'll finish it off with this...

arizona is really good at giving the ranty speeches that the writers like to write. she does thing with her eyes, where she's all shifty-eyed. it kind of makes her look a little crazy but also more real. however. i really don't like that they keep springing lesbians on us, it's worse than watching a low-budget zombie movie. whatever happened to sadie and callie? did the writers feel they didn't chemistry? or is this leading up to a gratuitous lesbian threesome, god help us all? i guess we'll find out...