Happy End of 2006!!!
Tune in next week for the return of the SHaQ Attack contest. 
I hope everyone has a safe and happy New Year!!
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For your amusement…
So, this is how low I’ve sunk in my quest to remain amused in lo, these non-reality, non-MACing times.
Make sure your sound is on, then use your cursor to shake the globe.
I don’t ask for much…
…but apparently asking for new programming at this time of year is asking for too much. What is up with that?
We do have some fun new ventures to anticipate in January (if it ever gets here) but, in the mean time, I did catch a few movies (The Holiday, Step Up, Mrs. Henderson Presents), caught up on my TiFauxed Las Vegas episodes (why, why didn’t I know that Delinda’s Box was a two hour special?) and even managed to read a book or three (Book of Fate by Brad Meltzer, It’s a Wonderfully Sexy Life by Hope Tarr, You Don’t Know Jack by Erin McCarthy, and British Bad Boys by Nancy Warren) but mostly I’m in reality withdrawal. Movies and books are great, as is, you know, having a life, but it’s like the planet isn’t quite in balance without one good reality segment a week to MAC about. And, insult to injury, no new Grey’s, Men in Trees, Las Vegas, or Boston Legal until sometime in January, either. I ask you, what are these people doing? We have to work. Why don’t they? It just seems…wrong, somehow.
I did stumble across a reality series on WE network called Dirty Dancing. At best it’s insomnia filler for the 2am sleepless crowd (waving hand!!) but it was mildly diverting anyway. Not really MAC-worthy though. Neither was the week-long game show Identity, though the premise was interesting. I may be forced to tape the marathon of Top Chef today as filler for the rest of the week. Everyone tells me that my Project Runway adoring heart would love this show, but, as I’ve never gotten into cooking shows of any kind (which, considering my love of all things caloric is admittedly unusual) who knows if it will stick.
So…what got you through the holiday slump? Any fun books? Exciting movies? Interesting new finds?
I hope your holidays were otherwise filled with family, fun, and a healthy helping (or three…) of pumpkin pie. It’s good to be back! (Now, when do those awful American Idol audition shows start? This is how desperate I am. I hate those preliminary freak shows. But at the moment? Yeah. Pass the ice cream. And the pie. Let the off key shrieking begin!)
SHaQ Attack Friday!
Everyone did such a great job with this week’s Scavenger Hunt! Lot’s of names in the bucket this go around…but the winner of this week’s free book is new Blog Babe Kathy C! Woo hoo!!!
I hope everyone is enjoying the holiday season and time spent with those closest to them. I will be taking a few days off myself next week to enjoy my own as well. I shall resurface on Wednesday and then we can gab about how we all ate too much and what kind of goodies Santa left under the tree for us.
Me, I made sure I was going to get something nice…I went and pre-ordered Susan E Phillips next book, Natural Born Charmer, which hits the stands February 6. (I know, but by the time it gets here, I’ll have this book finished and I might actually have time to read it!)
Have a Happy Ho Ho Ho everyone!!
Where are the elves?
I’ve been putting in some long hours at the store these past few weeks, but it’s been fun helping everyone with their holiday projects. Of course, my projects aren’t getting done, but hey, somebody’s are and that’s all that matters, right?
Through all of this I’ve come to realize two things. One: after spending 8 or 9 hours a day listening to Sirius radio’s Christmas station, I could happily go the rest of my natural life without ever hearing “Christmas Shoes” or “Santa, Baby” ever again. HAPPILY. EVER.
And two: I need elves. I don’t think it’s at all fair that Santa has cornered the market on these helpful little individuals and I’d like to hire a few of my own, please. For instance, when I get home after a long day at the store, with pages still to write in my latest masterpiece (hey, it’s my dream here) and, magically, no one has appeared to cook dinner, walk the dogs, or do the laundry during my absence, much less write my next book, wouldn’t it be lovely to have elves? Who knows, they might even be decent writers and I could get them to knock out a scene or two while I soak in a nice warm tub full of bubble bath.
So, I just want to know…where do I go to hire a few? Are they union? Will I have to provide food, housing? These are the pressing issues I’m currently debating.
Until such time as I find the answers to these perplexing questions…I find they still come in handy as a useful place to lay blame for all the things that don’t get done around here. Such as “Gee, no, I’m sorry honey, I didn’t get your favorite sweatshirt washed and dried while working two jobs for 14 hours yesterday. If only the elves had shown up today, they could have gotten it done for you.” Damn elves, I’d mutter under my breath.
See? Handy, huh? Suddenly, my inability to get everything done is all their fault.
I hope you all are getting your stuff done, even if I’m not. (And hey, if not, feel free to use the elves to your advantage as well.) Santa has quite the racket there and I say we take a piece of that action whether he wants us to or not.
Happy 4 Days Till Christmas!
And don’t forget to enter this week’s SHaQ Attack - details in Tuesday’s post. Winner announced tomorrow!
Oh…and Men in Trees is a repeat tonight, but they’re all worth watching again. Give yourself a break. Let the elves do the dishes, watch Jack and Marin make nice, and enjoy a nice mug of chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream while you’re at it. We all need a break now and then.
Speculation and anticipation…
So, with everything in Repeat Hell and all of our fave reality series over…naturally talk turns to speculation on What’s Happening Next.
Rumors are popping up all over as to who the celebs are going to be on the next season of Dancing With The Stars. (And, by the way, is anyone going to see the tour show? You MUST share and dish. )
At the moment, there are two names that keep popping up. Joey Fatone, former NSYNC boybander (and, would seem, an even bigger ringer than Mario given his extensive and more recent dance background) and Fergie. No, not Black Eyed Peas Fergie — the one who used to be a princess, but had to settle for duchess after the Big Split. That could be interesting.
Of lesser interest (to me, anyway) is the other rumor that Star Jones might be on next season. Please. Spare us all! (I know I said the same thing about Jerry Springer, and ended up totally in love with him, but I’m not thinking Star will convert me.) Now Rosie would be entertaining, but Star? Say it ain’t so!
There is also a rumor that a soap star, Kumar de los Reyes, might appear. I don’t watch any soaps, so don’t know who the guy is, but word is he’s all kinds of hot, so, you know, I could maybe be interested. I mean, sure, my heart belongs to Maksim, but I’m not dead or anything.
Another rumor is Melissa Joan Hart. I think she’d be fun. In the sports arena, Jose Canseco’s name has come up. Nice to look at, but eh. Not the pristine background the previous sports stars have enjoyed. A bit too much real life bad boy for me. Leeza Gibbons name has also surfaced. I’m okay with that one. I’m betting she’d be pretty good.
What do you think about the rumors? Who would you like to see on next season? Heard any good dish? Come on, we’re starving here!
Don’t forget to check out this week’s SHaQ Attack contest. Details in Tuesday’s post. So far, everyone is doing really well with the hunt this week. Join in the fun!
Happy Hump Day everyone. I’m off to stand in the post office. If I don’t surface by say, Friday, send help.
Love in the Highlands
Woo hoo! A new MAC possibility! What could be better than a reality program that features both the Scottish Highlands and Hot Scots? I mean, honestly, has someone been peeking in my diary? Oh, maybe they just read one or five of my books. Curious? Check out the UPI article below.
BBC’s ‘When Love Comes to Town’ bringing love to Scottish Highlands
UPI News Service, 12/17/2006
Eight British men will journey into the Scottish Highlands in search of love as part of the newest BBC reality series, “When Love Comes to Town.”
The new series, whose key locales have yet to be revealed, will unite the eight men with female counterparts along their journey, and together the group will attempt to find any romantic connections, the Scotsman reported.
“The premise of the show is a really good one,” former “Unteachables” producer Sallie Clement said about her new series. “When we were pitching the idea we did it using the fact that I don’t have a track record for manipulating people. This is about celebrating dynamic, charismatic characters and showing the positive aspects of being single.”
So…are we watching or what? I have no clue when it debuts, but I am so there. Thank you BBC America!
And, speaking of the Highlands and Hot Scots (and really, we all should, and often) this week’s SHaQ Attack is all about Scotland. Or more precisely, the men of Scotland. I’ve written a handful of books set there, or at least partially set there. All you have to do is name my Scots heroes. Send an email to donna@donnakauffman.com with “I love the lads” in the subject line. In the email, just list the first and last names of my hot Scots. Everyone who gets it right is entered in the Friday drawing for a free book from my website bookshelf.
Also, yes, I am behind sending out books. Mea culpa! Have no fear, I have finally replenished my mailer supply and they will go out this week. Maybe even in time for Santa to make a timely delivery. Ho ho ho.
In the meantime, let the Hot Scot Hunt begin!
That? Was incredibly satisfying. :)
Survivor 13 goes down as one of my favorite seasons. And I went into the final council with a great deal of trepidation that this whole thing was going to be decided by a bunch of eye-rolling, face-making juveniles. So I was happy to discover that the final tribal council (well, sans Adam who just couldn’t help himself, to the surprise of absolutely no one) was mostly conducted with a lot of civility and respect for the game that, at least, two of the final three played. (Sorry Becky, but ya had to know you weren’t going to score against those two.)
With Oz and Yul, we had the best, most deserving final two in a long time. It was hard to see one have to lose. I’ve never wanted to split a prize more. (Yay! Oz got the car. Woot!)
So…here’s how it all went down.
We start with five players, who all head off to an immunity challenge. Adam is clearly odd man out at this point, but there doesn’t seem to be any animosity over it. It just is what it is. He trails behind the Aitu 4 as they head off, knowing he has to get immunity or he goes home that night. Jeff explains that, in 13 seasons, it’s the most complex immunity they’ve ever had. (I know from interviews that he tried the puzzle part and gave up after a half hour….the eventual winner? Completed the whole thing in 25 minutes. And it was close with at least three competitors. That’s how strong a season this was.) So a lot of scrambling over nets, through tunnels, across planks, and gathering a compass rose puzzle pieces commences. Yul has a clear lead at first, with Ozzy trailing in last place. Then Oz scores his first bag of pieces and turns into Speed Racer. He is the first one to tackle his puzzle, with Yul and Adam right behind him. (I know. Adam? But true.) All five eventually get to the puzzle building part, but, in the end, it’s Ozzy, the Challenge Monster, who wins the crucial prize.
At this point, I just sat back and relaxed. The Aitu 4 had done the almost impossible and made it from the mutiny, when they were down 8 to 4, to the final 4 in the game. Awesome play, and very deserving play. Whatever happened from this point on, I was going to be okay with. I did want Oz and Yul at the end, but with Yul having the idol and Oz the immunity necklace, they’d make the final jury.
It was great seeing them celebrate back at camp. Adam, to his credit, tried to stir things up before leaving, by trying to convince Sundra and Oz to out the idol from Yul before the final immunity challenge. But…didn’t work and Adam goes home. Buh bye!
Now we’re left with a foursome that is so tight, they were an absolute pleasure to watch. They are told there is only one Immunity Challenge left, which confuses them, but they are told nothing else. More awesome, the final 4 get to do the Walk of the Doomed, where they revisit every previous player. It was moving to watch them stand, hands clasped, as they watched the final effigy of their torches. Also cool, was them thanking Jonathan.
Then it’s off to the final Immunity Challenge, which involves standing on poles out in the water, under the beating sun (each pole and platform built to the competitors foot and weight size.) Every fifteen minutes their platform gets smaller, until it’s down to the size of a half a postcard. Surprisingly, the final two are Sundra and Ozzy, and I have to say, it looked like Sundra had it, but Oz did triumph, which made me happy.
Although Yul does offer his idol to Becky to insure her path to the final three, all of whom will face jury and have a shot at the money, she turns it down, wanting to make it on her own merits. Major kudos to that move. Didn’t end up earning her any votes, but it was commendable, given who she was up against. The four decide that the fairest way to get to the end was to vote a tie for the two women and let them duke out who gets the final spot in a tie breaker. I loved - loved - watching the anticipation on the faces of the jury, they were salivating over the chance to watch the final 4 turn on each other. And then? DENIED. Ha!!
A tie it was, no idol pops up, and there was grudging respect on the faces of the whiny, bratty jury. (I mean, really, have you ever seen such juvenile behavior? Well, with most of Raro from Jenny on anyway.)
Now we have what turns into the most hilarious tie breaker ever….and totally seals Becky’s fate as it takes them several hours - yes, hours - to build fire. They finally resort to matches. And I swear, when Sundra ran out of matches, I was half expecting Jeff to go, “Okay, stop where you are. We go to flamethrowers.” The jury is asleep, Oz and Yul are embarrassed for their teammates, and Jeff finally makes the observation on all our minds, which is that, after 39 days on the island, tbey should be able to make fire.
Becky finally triumphs, but the display was dismal enough that everyone and their dog had to know it was going to be between Oz and Yul in the end. Which it was.
The final jury council, where they pelt the finalists with questions, was much milder than I anticipated from this group. Everyone pretty much gave them the props they deserved. The only notable exceptions were Adam, who was a confrontational idiot, and Jonathan, who comes across far more antagonistic than his questions really were. In fact, I thought his had the most substance of anyone, and felt he might have swayed people against Ozzy, due to his Beauty Pageant answer about what he’d do with the money (though he was certainly earnest in his answer, as he was with all his answers.)
It was moving and all three held up well. And, while I know that Becky was essentially a non-starter in this particular situation, I have to say that I approve whole-heartedly on the final three concept. Mostly because it pretty much ensures that two of the final three would be most deserving. In past seasons, the winner of the final immunity picks who he goes to the final two with. this would have been Ozzy’s choice, and, if he were smart, which he is, he’d have taken Becky, who had no prayer of beating him, leaving Yul to go home. This way, no choosing, they all go. I hope they keep this concept in future seasons.
I honestly had no idea who would win after the tribal council was over, except to know that it wouldn’t be Becky. At the final tribal, live in California, Jeff read the votes….and it came down 5-4 in favor of Yul. I would have been thrilled with either winning, and when Oz realized how close it was going to be, you could tell, challenge monster that he is, how badly he wanted it. But he maintained his composure really well. And he got the popularity vote online and won the SUV (which he won by an equally tight margin over Yul.) That, and the runner up money, ain’t too shabby a consolation prize. His answer to Jeff about what the game meant to him was incredibly moving.
Very satistfying conclusion. Both in watching the final 3/4 finish out their game…and, frankly, watching the jury have to sit there and admit they were outplayed (and outclassed) by the most deserving tribe ever. Ha. Loved it.
Even more satisfying is the number of Blog Babes who voted both for Parvati to be voted out Thursday and Yul to win it all on Sunday. As it happens, the winner got both of them right. Only fitting given how the season played out. So, this week’s SHaQ Attack prize goes to Blog Babe Diana P!
And now…sob! No MAC! Whatever will we do? Well, I hear there is this show running all this week called Identity. Might give it a look and see if it’s MACworthy for the week anyway. If not…we’ll have to fill out time debating on the upcoming season of American Idol and Apprentice L.A. (I know, slim pickings there!) Fortunately both Survivor (Fiji!) and Amazing Race come back in February. Sigh of relief.
Have a great Monday! Tune in tomorrow for this week’s SHaQ Attack contest details.
Sanity returns…
Okay, so that’s definitely over stating it. And I’m certainly not talking about my own. But our favorite foursome, led by the Always Amazing Yul, did stick more closely to plan last night. Thank goodness.
So, Survivor highlights…
The Reward Challenge involving coating yourself in mud. I loved Jeff’s line about it looking like some weird kind of performance art. And I loved how, when it was all over, they looked at each other and went from fierce competitor mode, to cracking up laughing at how ridiculous they all looked. Ozzy the Challenge Monster won (and there was no swimming or balancing or clinging to poles involved!) and not by a small margin, but over doubling the weight of his closest competitor. The remaining five were all within two pounds of each other - very close! But, in the end, Parvati and Yul (by a scant half pound, shew!) made it in to go along on the spa reward trip.
Adam is sent to Exile, and Becky and Sundra get their mud caked bodies sent back to camp. I was okay with this entire arrangement as I felt that Yul being on reward would keep Parvati in line. Adam being gone all together kept them from doing any joint scheming. And leaving the other two women together could only strengthen the Aitu 4 committment. All of which proved true. And yet we still had to sit through Parvati and her lame attempts at constant flirting as a way to get ahead in the game. She is pretty consistantly good competitor in the challenges, always near the top and always in it (unlike Adam who got that one, but has otherwise been a no show in these contests) so it’s a shame she thinks the obvious flirting crap will get her ahead where her actual real skills will not. But, whatever. The guys let her, with Ozzy enjoying it, and Yul simply enduring it. The hot tub scene? Yeah. I’d trade places with her, but otherwise? Ew.
I did think it was pretty hilarious that they didn’t let them rinse the caked mud off before putting them on the little chartered plane to the reward spa location, and they had to show up looking like creatures of the Black Lagoon. The big storm was pretty wild, with the power going out, but it made the performance by the locals all the more interesting I thought.
Back on Aitutonga Island…Sundra was disappointed to not go and I get that, but you just went on one, Sundra, buck up. I felt worse for Becky, who was a lot more stoic about it than Sundra. And Adam…yeah, I did feel for him this trip. He knew it was strategic, and everyone felt bad he had to go again, especially in that huge storm, but he also knew Oz wasn’t going to send one of his own team. I was glad he was apart in terms of scheming, but it did suck in every other way.
Once reunited with the Spa-sters, Becky gets Yul aside and shares her concerns that Ozzy is so incredibly dominant in challenges that maybe they need to rethink the order of elimination. Like, the second he doesn’t get immunity, they need to vote him out. It’s considered. And even Ozzy interviews that he realizes he has set himself up as a target once Aitu gets down to the final four, so, while he won’t flip on his team as Adam and Parvati want him to, he also knows he has to keep winning if he wants to stay in the game. Very astute play on both his and Becky’s part, with it all being game play and not, to my mind, about betraying. They are aware that at some point, they will have to pick off each other. I was impressed with how they kept it to being about winning the game - unlike Raro, who makes it all about schoolyard bullying.
Immunity Challenge time - it’s about balance beam walking up three levels of beam height while carrying a hefty, awkward load of puzzle board pieces. Four times this needs to get done, then the puzzle/game board assembled and balls going through a maze to drop in holes. I knew Ozzy would smoke the balance beam part, which he did, but I didn’t think the rest of the crew would be that awful at it. Yul was the only one even seriously competing. Parvati and Becky somewhere way behind them, and poor Adam and Sundra couldn’t make it up the balance beam structure one time, the entire race.
In the end, Ozzy’s lead gave him enough time to get his game board together right (whereas Yul could not) and he once again secured immunity.
Immediately back at camp, Adam and Parvati go to Yul and try and save their hides at tribal council that night. Hey, at least they tried and didn’t just sit in the tent the whole time and accept their fate. Yul promises Adam he’ll save him - having seen far more challenge diligence from Parvati than Adam, this is not a bad strategic idea here, I’m thinking. You’d think Adam would be the threat, but? Not so much really. That, of course, could change, but after the flirt session with Ozzy at reward challenge, and her continued high level of challenge play, I’d be switching to thinking about her, too.
We also see Yul explain to Parvati why she is considered a threat now, but also says he thinks Adam is still the bigger threat. This is edited to look like it’s discussed after his session with Adam, but you never know. Plus, whereas he was straight with Adam about his chances, he is only marginally straight with Parvati, but probably that is to minimize her spending her remaining time trying to flip Oz.
Most hilarious post-Immunity Challenge moment is when Yul spies Adam and Parvati in the tent, cornering Oz and he goes after Adam and gives him a hard time for trying to flip Oz after already telling him he’d keep him safe. Adam, rightly, says he has to try and protect himself any way he can, and Yul, also rightly, was all, “Don’t come asking for me to protect you then try and flip my own teammate right in front of me.” Which, Adam did at least get and actually apologize for.
Also hilarious, Adam interviewing that Yul was acting all like he had the power…and uh, Adam? He does. It’s why you went to him and not, say, Sundra. And the same reason Parvati went to him. What, do you expect him to act like he doesn’t have that power when everyone knows that, with the idol, by default, he kinda does? Made me laugh.
So, off we go to Tribal Council and I’m pretty sure I know how it’s going to go, and I’m satisfied with that. First, Yul decides to bring Jonathan’s hat to him, as he’d asked during his departure at the last Tribal Council. He told the group he was bringing it back, and worried that Jeff might yell at him for interacting with the jury, but decided to do it anyway while they could. Sort of granting the dying man his wish kind of thing.
Now, I didn’t get anything other than a sincere wish on Yul’s part to simply grant Jonathan’s request. Which theory is bolstered by the fact that, once at tribal council, he went over and put J’s hat on the jury bench (without asking permission - ha!) then rejoined the others before the jury came out. Now, if Jeff had just kept his giant, Jonathan-hating trap shut, J would never even have known who brought his hat back, and it would have remained a kind, but anonymous, gesture on the part of Aitu.
But no. Jeff doesn’t like Jonathan, probably because J doesn’t show him the respect he thinks he deserves as host, and has very obviously had it in for the man for some time. Well, Jeff? Jonathan is on the jury now, you can stop picking on the guy. But no. Apparently fueled by the fact that Yul didn’t ask if it was okay to put the hat over there, Jeff claims jury tampering on Yul’s part, and that it was some kind of obvious attempt to make amends with a guy he voted off last week.
Uh, Jeff? If you hadn’t told him it was Yul, he’d have never known. So how could that be a devious move on Yul’s part? Because, the guy is a great player and strategist, but he’s also the most straightforward, decent guy in the group. But no, Jeff goes on, and on, and ON about the damn hat, until finally Yul puts an end to it by saying that yes, he just brought it back to be nice, but that he also understands that it might smooth J’s ruffled feathers a bit and, if it does, he’s not going to pretend that wouldn’t be a good thing for him. But that wasn’t why he brought it. Everyone knew this, even though they tried to stir it up a little.
I still have no idea what the jury is thinking as a whole, watching the soap opera every tribal council, so that remains to be seen. In the meantime, everyone votes off Parvati, as expected, and we’re down to the final showdown on Sunday.
As they leave, Jeff announces that there are five left, with three tribal councils, and one winner, all to be determined in the next three days. I wonder if they’ll do the math and figure out that this means there will be a final three, not a final two, going before the jury, and act accordingly. Or if they think there are three tribal councils…and then the final jury council. That remains to be seen.
They didn’t really show a whole lot of what happens next…so we have to wait until Sunday to see where it all leads.
As for the SHaQ Attack part - there are a handful of Blog Babes already in the running for this week’s free book as a number of you did vote for Parvati leaving tonight. But it was a pretty scattered vote, so the rest of you still have a second chance with a guess of who wins it all. (And you Parvati voters can get a second entry by guessing that one right! So you can vote, too, if you haven’t already.) You have until 8pm, EST, on Sunday, to get your vote in. Winning blog babe announced on Monday!
And did anyone watch Men in Trees? I loved the Heat Wave episode. How hot were Jack and Marin? Whew!! Pass the ice cream and a fan. Another repeat next week, dangit, then I hope it’s back to Elmo business.
In the meantime, have a great weekend everyone! See you Monday.
Too many projects, not enough days…
How did it get to be less than two weeks before Christmas already? Why didn’t anyone, you know, tell me? I need more ice cream if I’m going to get through this and even attempt to get everything done in time. And a lot less sleep. Oh wait, I already gave that one up. Figures.
At least I’ll have something to watch tonight that’s NOT a repeat. Is there a law that says only regular people have to work through the holidays? Actors and school children get a break. And the only reason Survivor isn’t a repeat tonight is because they filmed that show months ago anyway. I think I want to be an actor when I grow up. I could use a break right about now. Maybe I’d get the rest of my gifts done in time.
So, for background noise while slaving over hot glue guns, yards of ribbon, stacks of paper mache, rubber stamps, various inks and paints, and scissors that cut metal (yes, they let me near sharp objects with a deadline looming…it’s insanity really, I could take someone’s eye out. Namely mine.) I rented some movies. Devil Wears Prada, Mrs. Henderson Presents, and Pirates of the Caribbean for starters. A little fashion, a little British humor, and a lot of Johnny Depp. All I need is a side of chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream, and I’m set.
But first, Survivor. We go from 6 to 5 tonight, leading into Sunday’s mega-hour finale. (And then what? Nothing new until 2007? This is not okay. I may be forced to rent Miami Vice and Talladega Nights just to cope. It’s those Ferrell boys…or is it Farrell boys. Why do they spell their last name differently? I don’t get it. What? What do you mean Will and Colin aren’t brothers. Can’t you see the family resemblance? No, I will not put the glue gun down!)
So, with the way things are going back on the island, one would think it would be Adam going home tonight. But, you know, what if he wins immunity? Parvati maybe? Or will Ozzy flip? Or will Yul and Becky finally figure out they need to think past the Aitu 4? And what about Sundra, people? What about Sundra?
You know, maybe I’ll just scrap the whole gift projects thing, get a pint of Ben and Jerry’s, a big spoon, and watch the repeat of Men In Trees. It’s a good repeat tonight. One of my favorite episodes to date. If you’ve never watched, well, it’s kind of quirky and a lot sexy, but tonight is as good a place as any to fall in love with Elmo. And Jack. And Plow Guy. I really want a Plow Guy. (Any man who would read romance novels to me in bed is my kind of guy. And if he happened to have a voice like Jack’s? I’d give up ice cream for life.)
It’s still a SHaQ Attack week! Don’t forget to get your first vote in by 8pm EST tonight! Even if you don’t watch Survivor, hey, you have a one in six chance of getting it right anyway, so what have you got to lose? See Tuesday’s post for all the details!
Tune in tomorrow for all the MAC, and maybe a few sighs about those Men of Alaska.
