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77th Annual Academy Awards

The show prevented me from concentrating on studying, and just like the movies and the actors/actresses it honors, the awards ceremony makes me forget that there's real life outside of it.

Where to begin? Disappointed that the films I was rooting for won very few, if any awards. I haven't seen Million Dollar Baby or The Aviator, and I'm not hankering to see either one after tonight. Though I'm more likely to see the latter than the former because I just don't get all the hype for MDB; read the spoilers somewhere and somehow it just doesn't seem so compelling a plot as others that truly have brilliantly written scripts and acting. I'm suffering from a complete overload of anyone and anything that has to do with MDB because it's taken just about every award everywhere. I'm seeing "overrated." Gimme a break!

At least Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind won the best screenplay. It's one of the most original I've ever seen, but I'll bet it's too quirky for the Academy to give it more accolade. And at least, Finding Neverland won for the musical score. Also, what about Vera Drake or Hotel Rwanda? They tackled the difficult issues of genocide and abortions, and won nothing. But because there was Clint and Morgan and Hillary, MDB won everything. It smacks of Hollywood preconceived notions. I am being very cynical.

Shallow comments to follow -

What was up with the Night of Beyonce?! That woman is not meant to sing the songs that she sung. And the makeup... Was she the cheapest singer for hire for the night? Please don't EVER sing in French again. I never thought anyone can butcher the language so bad.

Oh Johnny. I don't understand why your partner must have this huge gap in her teeth. It was so wide it looked like some SNL sketch. You're still hot but you can do better. Though what was up with the patchy facial hair?

Annette Benning's hairdo was dubbed "The Clay Aiken" by the folks over at MUA. That had me LOL for quite a while.

Antonio Banderas could use some clarifying shampoo. The composer of "Al Oltro Lado Del Rio" could sing better than Antonio could.

What is up with all the actresses dying their hair so dark? Renee Z, Drew Barrymore...the dark hair does not suit them. AT ALL. They look like Halloween wigs.

Julia Roberts struts like a man. I know a lot of people love her but I can't stand her. Overrated.

However, I must applaud the 2 "Kates" - Winslet and (Cate) Blanchett. Always love their style, dresses, grace, and elegance. How sad it is that Kate Winslet has never won; she's such a great actress in everything I've seen her in. I can't believe that Cate ever lost to Gwyneth Paltrow years ago.

The end.

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ST: Enterprise 4.16 "Divergence"

In the second half of the story arc involving the Klingons and the genetic mutation of their appearances, Dr. Phlox  and the Klingon doctor race to find a cure for the "affliction" that was aluded to in last week's title. Klingons basically had it coming to them because they played around with Human Augment DNA and tried to inject it into their own people. Then one of them catches the flu and the "disease" that alters their appearance became airborn. Likely they did not see it coming, but it was the Warrior Caste that started it, after all. The Warrior Caste never strikes me as being very smart. Seriously, what did they think was going to happen when they inject themselves with human DNA?!  (Side commentary: After watching parts of "The Fly" this afternoon, I'm thinking that whoever thinks about splicing/fusing genes really hasn't thought things through. Of course, it was an accident in "The Fly," but still. You'd think folks in the future would be more knowledgeable.)

Dr. Phlox's idea of a biological weapon was quite clever. The ending was a happy one, and it seems the Klingons will be staying out of our hair for quite a while - probably until Kirk's time, anyway.

Now, the weaker parts -

Tripp conveniently comes back on board Enterprise to "help out for a while" after this encounter with the Klingons, even though he just asked for a transfer in the last episode. The plot device seems a little weak to me; wasn't Tripp dying to transfer? Enterprise has been in worse shape before, and is there really no one else in Starfleet who is as qualified as Tripp? If he is really that qualified, if I were Captain Hernandez of the starship Columbia, I wouldn't let my chief engineer go so easily.

We also learn Malcom's little secret, that he was recruited by Starfleet Security to work on top-secret projects before he went aboard Enterprise. That explains why he and Harrison were going behind Archer's back, but I was really expecting a more profound reason for his lack of loyalty to Archer, i.e. Harrison saved Malcom's life before so Malcolm must pay a "life debt" of sorts to him, or that it was Malcolm's dad's dying wish, or something of similar effect. Still, poor guy, having to struggle with his loyalties, but good for him for telling Harrison to bugger off.

Lastly, I don't know what it was with this episode, but Scott Bakula's acting grated on me a little, especially when he was yelling at Malcolm's character. A bit overdone, perhaps?

With all that, it was still a good episode. Not as compelling as the first part of the arc for me, since they wrapped up the conflict so quickly, but still pretty good for its efforts in continuity of the ST mythos. There isn't an episode for another month, though. How will I live through the dry spell?

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Crappiest AI Ever

 Well, maybe not.  Ruben beating Clay was the crappiest AI ever.  But last night's was crappy and funny at the same time.

I've been watching like a faithful little viewer this season, although I'm so sick and tired of the ridiculous way they drag the auditions and semis out that it doesn't bug me to leave the room, and I missed half the women's performances on Tuesday night.  All I'm really caring about is that the ones I canNOT stand are eliminated.  Yeah, I'm mean and I don't care.

There were several things that stuck out to me, and have since this new season started.  First, it seems the contestants this year have more of a sense of entitlement than in past seasons, and that in turn makes them less professional, more of the sour grape variety.  The first girl to be eliminated, Melinda, looked like she was capable of murder in cold blood right after Ryan Seacrest (who's a little too gleeful about this entire process) told her she was gone.  I started laughing, a little nervously, because she wouldn't say anything for awhile, and... just... this murderous look on her face!  Whoa.  But then she did something grand: totally called out AI for pimping certain people and ignoring the rest.  By the time it's time for voting, if you haven't been pimped, you don't have a fan base, and the ones who do are pretty much guaranteed to get through.  'Bout time someone said something about it, because it's totally true.

The second girl to not make it through, Sarah, was a lifeless lump of flesh.  Now, I understand they're upset from just getting the boot, and it's hard to sing when you're upset, but I've seen contestants in the past, even in these early elim rounds, pull it together and prove why they shouldn't have been voted off.  It's professionalism, even from the bad singers.  This girl just stood there with a flat face during an upbeat song.  Well, way to prove the voters wrong.

I have to say the guys were a different story, the two who were voted off, although for the life of me I can't remember who went first.  They sang nicely and were courteous, although I think the first guy's voice cracked several times on his final song.  The shitty, awful thing is how they eliminated Judd.  AI tries to mix things up, to leave people guessing as to who's going, and this is how they did it.  There were two rows of guys.  Ryan told the lower tier that they were not the lowest vote-getters, and that they could relax.  He then pulled all the guys down on the second tier and two by two, told them that they didn't have the lowest total of votes.  When the last two sat back down, we were left a little confuzzled.  Huh?  Who got voted off, then?  Ryan then turns very quickly and says, "Judd, you're gone."  And... Judd was on the first tier!  Of course, the first thing out of my mouth is "Fucking rude!"  Because it's all about the manners, people, with me.

How shitty.  Eliminating someone is one thing, because of legit votes; giving them a false sense of security is another.  How utterly crappy of AI.  If Simon Fuller and his cronies thought that was clever, it wasn't.  Gah.

One last thing: Paula Abdul and Randy must have run out of original ideas.  All Randy can come up with is "Pitchy" and "That was the wrong song choice, dawg", and Paula just parrots him.  She hasn't said one original thing to these contestants.  I don't even listen to them.  And Simon, while voicing his own thoughts, makes it clear who his favorites are, and puts down the rest in a not-so-cleverly-disguised bid to eliminate those he doesn't like.

Why am I still watching this show?

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Lost: "...In Translation"/L&O: "License to Kill"

Did Jin do it? Did he not do it? I was so confused throughout with the mixed signals. But what a shocker it was at the end, eh? One of the least expected person.

Actually had a weird feeling that maybe Locke did it. He's so big on saying the island gives everyone a new life that perhaps he doesn't want to leave. How did he know it was Walt? His passionate speech about how other people on the island probably sabotaged the raft had red herring written all over it, even if it was unclear who burned it. Is it a coincidence that the 2 people who seem to have special powers like the island and want to stay there?

Don't remember how I missed the first episode of Jin's backstory (ETA: it was probably Sun's story instead) - power outage I think? - because I was planning on watching it but didn't. Tonight, his backstory made me cry. It was poignant, in a different way from how Sawyer's story was poignant, but still very powerful. Tragic is probably a better word. So terribly sad that he thought it was too late for Sun and him to go back to the beginning. I suppose when you have done as many bad deeds as he has, and the conflicting emotion he must feel about his wife - that she was his dream, but to be with her he paid a huge price, giving up his family, his conscience, his identity - you just can't go back to being who you once were.

Couldn't believe my eyes - Hurley was on the screen when Mr. Han's little girl was watching TV! With Korean subtitles though. Wonder what kind of show it was...

ETA: The ending was pretty funny. When I noticed Hurley walking around with the CD player, I wondered how long the batteries would last. My question was answered rather quickly as the music soundtrack stopped right as we watched it, and right as the batteires died. Also, the shot of Claire's very pregnant profile, and then the camera panning to Hurley's similarly pregnant-looking profile - had me crack up. I've heard speculation that Hurley will be the one to die. But see, we need Hurley around for comic relief to juxtapose all the somber back stories. He can't die!

On L&O -

Damn, Jack! You are a meanie to Alexandra, aren't ya? I've never seen you angry and mean at the same time. I hope you're not having your own de-Stablerization moment. If only you had yelled at Serena, cuz she deserved it a lot more.

The episode started out slow. Unfortunately, my gut reaction at seeing yet another ripped from the headlines story twist is to roll my eyes and hope for the best. It only got going for me after Jack yelled at Alexandra - poor girl, but that was what it took! I was almost on the side of Tommy Flannigan's mom and thought, why not let Stohler go? But after Jack's challenge to listen to his cross, I switched sides. Not that it was all him, but the more I thought about the facts, the less I was convinced that Stohler was a hero who really thought he was doing the "right thing." Just why did he flee or lie to the police, if not out of a guilty conscience that he did do something wrong? There were so many opportunities for him to solicit someone else's help. If I had witnessed a shooting like that, I wouldn't have thought about jumping into a car and go on a chase - that's just dangerous and dumb.

And what's that deal about manslaughter? I don't remember the exact words but someone was contesting the fact Stohler had killed people. Well duh, that's why manslaughter is on the books. It's the accidental killing of people, and we have provisions for it because anyone and everyone must bear the consequences of having killed another, unless it was in self-defense. Good intentions may turn sour but that doesn't mean one gets away scott free. After the jury's decision, vigilantes are going to think they can take matters into their own hands.

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L&O SVU: "Ghost"

I'm so glad the twist in the end didn't involve shootings!

What a shocker, what Casey pulled. For a moment there I was confused and thought maybe she knew Alex was still alive, but of course that couldn't be. Putting the detectives in a hard position there. Surprised that Cragen figured out so quickly that Alex Cabot was still alive.

So Alex came back, and she didn't disappoint. Neither did the episode. In recent memory, this is one of my favorite. It started out with the murder of 2 rich investment consultants, but ended up dragging in the murder of several people with drug connections, attempted murder of a kid, and the miracous revival of the former ADA. Also had a member of the IRA involved with the Colombian drug cartel, which seems an unlikely combo (I wonder how much that was said was true, that many former IRA members have gone on to train other paramilitary people or terrorists, since the groups have different aims, unless the assumption is that they're all terrorists who want nothing but terror and anarchy. Anyway...).

Recognized the DEA detective from the episode where he was a newbie tagging along with Tutuola. Nice to see him back since he's easy on the eyes.

How bad do I feel for Cabot? So she was hidden deep in Wisconsin suburbia where people wouldn't think about looking for her. It was especially sad to hear her describe how she has just begun to form relationships, yet must perpetually lie about her identity; that she couldn't even attend her own mother's funeral for fear of her life; that she has basically lost everything that made her who she was. Under those circumstances, I'd probably want to come back and testify, too. For what is life if you can't live it how you want to live it?

Poor Alex, having to assume yet another identity, somewhere out there. Poor Antonio. How are they going to place him with anyone or put him under witness protection as a regular kid?

Next week's episode - is this where major de-Stablerization comes in?

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Aack! People! I didn't know they cut down the number of episodes for "Arrested Development," though I did wonder why the episodes have been so spaced out. I was so disappointed Sunday night when I turned on the TV and there was no AR. (Saw the episode where a character on "The Simpsons" came out of the closet though.)

The AR season is ending on 4/17. And possibly the end of the series. That's bad.

Why are they canceling all the shows I like and letting crappy shows continue to run?

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ST: Enterprise 4.15 "Affliction"

Oooh. Aaah. I felt like one of the Martians in "Toy Story" when they were mesmerized and wowed by whatever they happened to see. I knew ST was going to explain the Klingons, but I didn't realized it was going to be this episode. Whoa. Not going to spoil it for anyone because it really is a well thought-out explanation that ties in with story lines from earlier in the seaon. Though I'm still most curious as to how these Klingons manage to survive until the time when they meet Kirk, but then disappear afterwards and all the Klingons go back to "normal" again.

The B-story was also quite worthy of a wow. A spy on Enterprise, all this time? What exactly is it that this spy owes his superiors that he is willing to risk his friendship and loyalty to Archer for? What is this agency anyway that's going behind Starfleet's back? Why do the Rigelians sound familiar, but I don't remember where I've seen or heard of them?

Still don't have the hots for the Tripp-T'Pol romance; too weird of a match for me, though I suppose oppposites do attract. Hoping for more explanation on why they were able to daydream about and interact with each other through their minds.

9 out of 10 for this episode!

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Survivor: Palau/The Apprentice/ER: 2/17/05

 I'm combining all three here, since I don't know the titles and probably don't have enough to say to warrant three separate entries.

Survivor: Palau: What number season is this?  Don'tknowdon'tcare.  I'm off to hating this season already, which probably indicates my interest will remain high.  Twenty survivors thrown onto an island (well, not literally) with nothing but a machete and a map to water.  The, ahem, twist this year initially seemed to be that the first man and woman to hit land would gain immunity, and that they did... for a couple of hours.  Then Jeff Probst, who has become spectacularly unappealing to me ever since he began dating a contestant from last season, showed up and said that the two immunity leaders had to pick the first person of their team, of the opposite sex.  Then that person would choose someone from the opposite sex... and so on and so forth, until sixteen others were picked.  That's right, sixteen, making two tribes of nine.  Two people would be sent home immediately.

Let me tell you: I hate that schoolyard kickball team bullshit.  As someone who was usually picked last, I hate it more than most.  It was really awful watching that shit.  The ones left were the middle-aged teacher who'd stood up on the boat and sang a rallying song (oy vey), and a buff young guy who'd jumped off the boat on the way to the island because he thought he could swim faster (har).  And then everyone cried as they were boated away.  Yeah, right.

I only have a couple of things to say: the girl with the tattoos who constantly wailed in her interviews about being the odd one out, that she didn't gel with anyone, that she was sure to be voted out: yeah, with that attitude, you are.  I don't see why these people ostracize themselves this way.  It's a friggin' game, one in which the last one standing wins a mil.  Is it possible to TRY and gel, and act a little upbeat, to get further in the game?  Sheesh. I don't talk much in crowds, and I'm older than the average S contestant, but I'd damn well employ any acting skills I have to keep myself in the game.

I was very happy to see the winning team's boat overturn and all their supplies, which included a box of flint, plummet to the bottom of the ocean.  Hee.  Yes, I'm evil.

Tattoo girl wasn't sent home.  Jolanda, who lost her team's chance of winning by being indecisive, was sent home.  Buh-bye!  And now no one will remember her, because no one ever remembers the first one voted off.

***

The Apprentice: Eh, not much to say.  The two teams had to use an Airstream (oh!  I love Airstreams! So retro!  So cool! So shiny!) and $5000 seed money to start up a mobile business.  Magna did a massage parlor, and NW opened a casting agency.  I thought the casting agency was a loser right out of the gate, because I've never heard of paying to see an agent (much like you don't pay to have your work published), but they charged $25 a pop-- a visit with what they claimed was a big agent-- and Magna must have not been asking much for their services, so NW won by about $80.  Their reward was going to Mikimoto's and picking out pearls.  Ooo, I want that reward.

I'm liking Bren more and more with each episode, although I wish Boy would cut his hair.  Anyway, he was the PM, and he's a DA in Memphis, and he seems to have a good head on his shoulder, idea for the PornDoveShoot notwithstanding.  He certainly argues well, and shot down WhinyStephanie with clear, on-spot arguments.  Although he focussed on her in the boardroom, I'm SO happy that Michael-- who claims to only date Eastern European woman (hrm, maybe they're the only ones on the planet who can stand his bullshit.  Poor things)-- opened his mouth and got Trump to focus on him, who, in turn, fired his ass. 

Couple of last things: Tana, PM of NW, said that the casting director was casting for a movie with "Uma Thurma" in it.  Did Uma Thurman drop the 'n' from her last name?  Heh.  I love it when folks on these shows try to sound  smart and end up sounding dumb.

Also, Craig agreeing to wear the Miss Universe (or Miss USA) tiara leads me to believe he has kids, because only a father of girls would do that.  Ask Mr. Calm how many times the girls have fixed Daddy's hair.  Little ponytails all over, anyone?

***

ER: Cynthia Nixon was on this one.  Although it was a fine one, it bugged me for several reasons.  The POV was largely from her, and we could hear her thoughts over the lines of the doctors and nurses.  Um, irritating.  I like hearing lines separately; I don't like being put in the position of having to pick and choose what I want to listen to.  Although she was funny, and any women who thinks Luka's as hot as I do is up in my book, I really wanted to hear the medical speak, too.  Also, this reminded me too much of my dad-- CN's character had suffered a stroke-- and it made me glum.  They talked about the procedure which, when performed within the first three hours after the stroke, tremendously raises the full recovery rate of stroke victims, and my dad didn't get that.  So... hit a little too close to home for me.  Should be able to separate it, but still can't.

One thing that really, really bugged me was this: Sam asked Abby, Luka's former lov-ah, if she'd ever talked about Luka's kids (who were killed in a bombing in Vukovar) with him.  Abby said, "Once, I think."  God, is everyone this cold to this man?  Why wouldn't his girlfriends talk to him about his kids?  Back in his first season, when Carol asked him about his kids, he was happy to talk about them.  He loved them, duh.  Just too fucking cold.  Luka, when he's not out chasin' hos, has been shown to be a nice guy, yet nearly everyone he hooks up with treats him like shit.  Crackheads, all them writers.

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L&O: "The 6th Man"/Lost: "Outlaws"

Don't know if it's the allergies that bother me late at night or what, but I enjoyed Lost much more than I enjoyed the L&O episode.

Sawyer's back story is once again intriguing. We get a peek further back in his past and see just how he "met" Sawyer. We also saw the interaction between him and Jack's father.

The good things: Jack's father telling Sawyer how proud he was of his son for doing what he did. All the Sawyer flashbacks, especially the realization that he got played by Robert Patrick's character and shot the wrong man.

The bad things: Kate. No triangle, thank god, but she's flirting too much with Sawyer. I'm not for any ships, but she either flirts, stares far off into space, or pretends to be innocent. Ethan's dead hand creeping out of the bag. Silly boar hunt. Oh, almost forgot, the fact that Sawyer didn't tell Jack what the father told him. Damn. That would've redeemed Sawyer, but they can't have that, can they?

I'm beginning to suspect Locke has mind-reading powers. How does he always know the exact thing to say to everyone, and seem to have the perfect anecdote/treatment for their hang-ups?!

Can't wait until next week to find out who sabotages the raft!

The Mothership - another ripped from the headlines story, but as per usual, with a murderous twist. I missed the first 5 minutes because I was still watching "Alias," and frankly, the police investigation portion didn't grab me all that much, so I didn't pay all that attention to it. For some odd reason, I knew they were going to play the race card in the episode. Actually felt kinda sorry for the basketball player because he was being stalked and harassed. Guess he should've turned to the authorities before taking matters into his own hands.

That's it...can't think of much else to say about L&O!

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L&O SVU:

 The gist of it: a teenage girl is found murdered; turned out she had been an HIV-positive hooker and porn star who six months before had been completely normal.

Okay, before I get started, memo to TPTB: stop pulling that shit where you freak out parents needlessly.  My kids wear jelly bracelets.  For a minute during the show, Mr. Calm and I were saying, strangled voices and all, "Is that true?" "What's the black one mean?"  Although I heard that twenty-somethings did this, not every fashion statement with teenagers has sexual undertones.  I mean, come on-- my yucky jelly shoes in junior high meant nothing.

(ETA: After showing my daughters' that one little part to satisfy my curiosity, and asking them if that was something FRL, they both gave me a sarcastic look and said, "Yeah."  But they assured me that the ones they wear don't mean that-- it's just bracelets.  But everyone in their schools knows about that.  So stupid.  Reassuring.)

Anyway, I did think this was one of the better episodes this season, especially that it took forever to figure out who'd killed Blonde #1 (I cannot remember either of the girls names and it ain't happenin' anytime soon).  Maybe if they'd introduced the porn producer earlier, we would have caught on, but this guessing game played out nicely.  Did he do it?  No, it was her!  Wait-- maybe it was him!  Yes, I like it when whodunnits are written well.  However, every time Blonde #2 (the victim's friend) appeared onscreen, I didn't believe a word she said.  She's one of those girls who can turn on the waterworks at will, and half of me believed that's what she was doing, just to gain their sympathy and make S/B believe her.  I... couldn't buy it, nor did I understand why they bought it, either.

And what was up with the fugly dye jobs?  That was friggin' distracting.

The father: oh, man, I just felt more and more bad for him as the episode went on.  The actor played it well.  How horrible it must be for a parent to slowly realize that everything you thought you knew about your child was wrong, and that you didn't know him/her at all.  I don't ever want to feel that way.  Ever.  It was painful to watch, and I'm seriously glad that the father didn't kill the doctor.

I have to giggle a little every time Stabler goes undercover, or occasionally when he has to interview/interrogate a teenage girl, because you know the way they sometimes act toward him seriously squicks him out.  One thing I didn't care for, although I'm always up for a Stabler-heavy episode, is the scene between him and Kathleen, and that he knew one of the boys on the list.  Felt a little too ham-handed.  At least he was restrained with his daughter, but these cases don't always have to tie into his home life.  I could say that for all the detectives, btw.

A little shallow note: I like Stabler's arms.  I've never cared for CM's crucifixion tattoo.  That's... weird.  To have Christ dying on your arm?  Huh?

Anyway, this ep definitely lived up to the series' name, because it was sex-crimes heavy, with the shop manager, the doctor (bleh, send him to jail-- I didn't feel sorry for him at all), the internet 'dating' sites, the porn, the kids spreading diseases... but I think it was written well and stopped just short of becoming confusing.  Good one.

Oh, and I'm happy that Benson and Stabler didn't have one single argument.  What a concept!

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"Coupling" 4th season marathon on BBC America

 So, I watched part of it (not including the one I've already seen twice), and gotta say: enjoyed it much more when Jeff was on the show.  That guy Oliver, not so funny.  And I'm sort of tired of pregnancy storylines on sitcoms, because they're all overdone and pretty much the same.

I'm waiting for On Demand to change the lineup so I can finally see the last one of the first season... and maybe some of the second season?  Pleasepleaseplease...

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Arrested Development: "Ready, Aim, Marry Me"

Actually sat down and watched "Arrested Development" tonight, being high on Jason Bateman this weekend and all. :) The saga in the Bluth family continues as Michael desperately tries to keep control of the company, even willing to pimp out his sister to Uncle Jack (played hilariously but also somewhat "ewww"-ly by Martin Short), who has to be carried around by this big hunk of muscle guy. (Did that remind anyone a bit of "A Clockwork Orange"?)

The funnest parts, to me, usually involve Tobias, but today it had to be Uncle Jack. "To the nuts!" he said, and his face ended up sniffing Michael's crotch. Can't believe I just typed that.

I always think I have no time for this show, but I always end up enjoying it anyway when I do watch.

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