...but I'm feeling much better now
It's true. I'm still not happy that my book was on the Waldens list for a fourth week, then disappeared before anyone else could witness it, but I'm in a much more chipper mood today.It was too darn hot yesterday to be in a huff for long, anyway, so I ended up sitting in front of the fan like a slug, just trying to keep my core body temperature down in the double digits. We got hit by a great big storm around dinner time, too, which was kind of fun. I'm not a fan of thunder & lightning, but I love the rain, & it was coming down in buckets. We even got a few hail stones hitting the windows. It truly was a beautiful sight.
I have also decided that since MR. AND MISTRESS was on that list, however briefly--it was there, I swear it was, & I have the printouts to prove it!!!!--that I can get away with claiming it was #1 for three & a half weeks. How does that sound? *g* It's totally believable, right? I mean, the list doesn't change until Monday or Tuesday, so it's entirely possible my book was still #1 until, like, 10am yesterday, which would make it three & a half weeks--almost four! (Go with me on this, all right? :-p)
On a completely different subject, I've been catching up on more television season finales...
CSI: Miami -- Okay, whatever. I kind of thought the episode where Marisol got shot & then died should have been the last of the season, so this episode was a bit anticlimactic. But what was with those subtitles at the bottom of the screen for a conversation where both characters were speaking English? Did you see that?!? It was too bizarre. I mean, I realize the one guy's Cuban (or whatever) accent was a little thick, but it wasn't that hard to understand. I could hear what he was saying just fine. And not only that, but the text got bigger & smaller & seemed to jump when something one of them said was being emphasized. I've never seen anything like it in my life...& hope I never do again.
Also, isn't it nice to know that you can marry Horatio & be murdered, but he'll still never show a single emotion? You cannot tell me that his expression during the last two episodes were any different than they were in any other show of the season. The man makes the same face whether he's burying his wife (of all of two minutes) or asking for cream in his coffee. (Snort.)
Desperate Housewives -- This was kind of another "okay, whatever" for me. I liked this show way better the first season, & now I watch it to keep up, but don't really care anymore. I am worried about Mike, tho. I mean, the least they could have done was show us whether he was still alive or not after getting hit by that car. Even if he just groaned a bit, it would have been better than seeing him get hit, then never seeing him again the rest of the episode.
Top Chef -- Harold won! Harold won! I am so glad. I couldn't stand that bitchy-bitch Tiffani, & after Dave was kicked off, I really worried she might win. But Harold totally deserved it more!
NCIS -- I saved the best for last, because that's what NCIS is--the best! I love this show. Yes, I waited until I had both hours taped, & then I put it off until after I'd watched just about everything else because...well, I was saving the best for last. :-) I'd read that someone was going to be leaving in the season ender & was worried they'd kill someone off again, the same way they did Kate last year. But I liked the way this one closed, with Gibbs leaving the team & going down to Mexico for a little R&R. Sure, we're supposed to think he's retired & gone for good, but no one really believes that. He'll be back. :-D
There are still a couple of shows to go, I think. Or at least one: The Apprentice. I'm rooting for Sean. (I can't help it; he is just too cute, & that adorable British accent could cause polar ice caps to melt in Antarctica.) How about you?
