daytime tv has vastly improved since my childhood sick days of yester-year. well, part of it (one of the few perks of being an adult) is that you get to watch cartoons ad nauseum. let me hike up my britches a minute – “back in my day” – nickelodeon was the only “full time” cartoon network (we could afford). but during the day, it was all the skidamarinkydinkydink stuff for the tested-slightly-above-retarded wee ones. i mean, your best bet was the single hour that david the gnome came on. of course, this is assuming you were allowed to watch cartoons on your sick day (i.e. when mom was home) and not limited to watching the first gulf war on CNN because it was “educational” (i.e. when dad was home).
i mean, there is nothing worse than being stuck at home, no one to play with, sick as a dog, and nothing good on t.v. well, those days are done: thank you shannen dougherty. her new show breaking up with shannen doherty is so completely awful, you can’t help but feel better. TV.com describes it as follows:

Shannen Doherty, host of Oxygen’s new show Breaking Up , helps people through awkward break up situations like breaking up with a significant other, moving out on a roommate, and ending a flakey friendship. In each episode Doherty will go undercover to investigate the toxic relationship and if she decides a break up in is order she will instigate it.

me? i’d say that on the scale from Jerry Springer to Dr. Phil, she surpasses the Cheaters mark and gets a People’s Court rating. (at least a thumb in a half.) there is certainly less violence and vulgarity than most shows in this vein of work, but the awkwardness leading up to the moment of truth is PRICELESS. shannen doesn’t know what to do, the person doing the breaking up doesn’t know what to do, and the dumpee doesn’t know what to do… shannen bites her lip and says in her best 90210 voice: “so what’s it going to be?” (i always wish she would slip and say, “so what’s it going to be, dylan? me or kelly?” but it never happens.)
in other news – don’t forget about nuggetopia till 8 p.m.!

Tuesday, August 29th between 5pm and 8pm Chick-fil-A at Beechwood is hosting their first ever “all u can eat nugget night”, with all the chicken nuggets, fries, slaw, rolls and drink you can possibly consume for just $7.99! See you in nuggetopia! from TheScene

i started watching the tv show lost when it first came out, but i stopped watching after the first season for several reasons. 1) while i am a j.j. abrams whore when it comes to alias, i was pissed about the direction he’d let that show take while he was in the midst of conjuring up ideas for lost. rimbaldi my ass. frankly, i didn’t want to get taken on another ride through the j.j. abrams plot device fun house. that being said, let’s move on to numero dos. 2) while abrams is king of bizarre plot devices that work, what tipped me off that this show might head off in the same craptastic direction that alias did were his cliffhanger endings. every episode ended like a chapter in an r.l. stine kids novel. why can a show as “cliffhangery” (that’s a technical term) as 24 pull it off, but not lost? well, i don’t know, but i blame the polar bears for this inability to compete. 3) the characters were annoying, and i couldn’t see how the show could continue in its current format without a little extra juice. however, i couldn’t see how adding more characters to a DESERTED ISLAND would make this plot any more convincing.
blah blah blah. so, now i’m going to change my tune. i’m putting all of my rationalizations for NOT watching lost on the shelf. why? two words: rodrigo santoro.
ladies, here are your three best reasons you could ever have for watching this show:

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locos winnings

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chip, ron, & i played trivia at loco’s together last night and won first place! to quote whitney, “hell to the yeah.” we got $50 in loco’s gift certificates as our prize winnings. i’m still irked about three questions, though:

1. Name the 6 rooms where one could commit murder in the game Clue. Answer: Ummm… there are 9 rooms, but only 6 characters. They messed up, and we eventually won points back for this.

2. Who was the first European (after the Vikings) to discover the North American mainland in 1497. Answer: John Cabot. but i totally knew all my explorers in the 6th grade!!!

3. What continent has no significant desert? (“Desert” being defined by the amount of precipitation. “Significant desert” being defined as more than 50 square miles.) Answer: Europe. duh. *headdesk*