second chances

It's 1am here and I've watched a few of the tv shows that I've recorded. I was quite surprised that I liked the second episode of Heroes (NBC) a lot more than the first episode. The pacing was faster though I did feel that nearly a third of the show was a rehash of what had happened in the first show. I guess they didn't want to chance losing any audience members that hadn't see the first show. Frankly, having the first show summed up that way made it much better. It was way too slow and drawn out before--this should have been the first episode and use that debut show later in the season once you've already hooked the audience.

I'm still mulling over Elizabethtown. Tara, a youthful and lovely Canadian blogger, mentioned a few plot issues with Elizabethtown. Well, I tend to notice those things--here and there--and Elizabethtown was full of whoppers. Crowe is more about feelings and lovely but 2-dimensional portraits of women, he's not about attention to plot details. For example, would a young exec be put in charge of an account that could lose one billion? Or a shoe launch that could cost that much--and the company having no idea it was doomed? Has Crowe heard of test marketing? LOL Or a huge plane that has only one passenger on a coast-to-coast flight? Or how do you record 48+ hours of music and voiceover on CDs in less than a day? With recent pictures from 100s of miles away?

But I quibble here...

I watched the third episode of The Class tonight and it's just as dumb and I still like it. Go figure. Maybe I'm unusually receptive--I even liked How I met your Mom tonight and that one's been pretty weak for a while. Any opinions out there on The Amazing Race? I thought the first episode was the best one so far but it's been okay through the second and third. So far all the teams eliminated I didn't want cut--at least not yet--but that's how the cookie crumbles. There are a few teams that I really wish would scoot off into the sunset. Namely, the Coal Miner and his wife and the Dating Couple. So far I think my favorites are the two brothers and the male models...

This is a picture taken a few weeks ago of two ants cooperating in moving a small piece of cheese across my kitchen floor towards the dining room. I'd imagine they were planning on escaping somehow around or beneath my sidedoor that is off my laundry room.

I'm afraid they didn't make it. *a moment of silence please* And some weatherstripping was added to the door, I might add. Still, it was refreshing to see how well those insects were working together. Far better than seeing video of homeless people being attacked.