Another day older, and deeper in debt

My sister made mention of the fact that here fellow actor, who is playing her daughter, is actually young enough to be her daughter. To boot, the actor is 16. To this, I have no sympathy.

My sister, who is 5.5 years my senior, is finally feeling my pain. Yesterday was my seocnd oldest daughters 9th birthday. My eledest will be 11 in March... You do the math. I am 5.5 years younger than my sister, my daughter is 5.5 years younger than her co-star. This is a reality that I live with everyday.

Still, my baby was 9 yesterday. Seems like a couple months ago that we brought her home from the hospital. This littel angel has gone through more personal reinventions than Madonna. First she was the silent type. Then she was the goofy Noodle. Then she was Pinkie, where everything had to be pink. Now, she likes green and race cars. Oh, did I mention that she has the gift of gab? Truly amazing. Not to mention a razor sharp wit and a dry sense of humor. That to go with well-deep intelligence, unparalleled charity and a unmeasured desire to please. She is still my baby and sometimes it hurts to love her so.

Yesterday was her special day, and I think it was to her, at least I hope it was.

9 more days and the real baby turns 2.... now there is a wildcat! But that is for another posting.

Tonight on House

Oh wait... House isn't on tonight. It's Tuesday, and alas... no House.

Why you may ask?

Because the baseball playoffs. Now, don't get me wrong, I love baseball, especially at playoff time. But tis still pisses me off. We went all summer with no new episodes, and then, mercifully, they gave us some new ones. However, this gift was to last only 2 weeks... 2 measly weeks, before they were preempted by the playoffs.

Why, tell me why, didn't they just hold them off until after the playoffs so that we wouldn't have gotten a taste of that sweet ambrosia only to have it ripped away from us. WHY? WHY? WHY?

The upside here is that with the MONTH delay in the broadcast of new episodes, House should run almost the entire season of American Idol. Which will make Tuesday the best night on TV...

AI, House, then Boston Legal. Which brings me to my next subject... the fall of Desperate Housewifes. Lousy. Really lousy. The suspence and drama is gone. Now it is just a second rate primetime soap. What happened to Mary Alice Young? Have we forgotten about her? Is Drea's dad pissed Mike let Paul go? Does Mike really think Zach wants him as a father? Are these questions we are getting answered? No, we have to take about the mind numbing repetition of Susan's idiocy. The only reason I watch the show anymore is to get settled in for the best show on Sunday night... Grey's Anatomy, which is improving with each episode.

Vote for Pedro? I say vote for Alan... Alan Shore. No one has better chemistry on TV right now than James Spader and William Shatner.

Did I mention that Julia shot Garrett today? ANother story line that has long been boring. But that is another post.