This episode is mostly about Julia moving away, and taking Elizabeth with her. The Walker family is understandably sad, and it also means that Tommy is probably not coming back. I read somewhere that the actor Balthazar Getty, was having some trouble in his personal life, and that the show didn’t renew his contract. Because of this, they didn’t renew Jane Morris (Julia)’s contract either. This is a bummer because the whole show is about brothers and sisters, and what does that mean when the oldest brother is written off the show? I’m wondering if both stars will come back and do guest appearances for upcoming episodes.

I was extremely disappointed in Kitty’s behavior. I thought her character had more morals than that, but I guess not. Remember the hot park guy? Well she kisses him. After Robert figures out that she’s been coming to the park every day to visit him. After Robert shows his extreme hurt, and after Sarah warns Kitty that this all would happen, and to not do it. I guess they’re going to write Robert off the show now? It’s weird because I liked him when he first appeared on the show. But then I hated his political campaign and all of those stupid ideas he had, about putting his career before his family. So we’ll see. In a way, I like hot park guy too, but I think Kitty still should have at least separated from her husband before sucking his face!

The side story line about Rebecca and Ryan is getting a little bit more interesting, now that Rebecca seems to realize that Ryan is a creep. I also think Holly is incredibly deceiving with the way she manipulates Ryan into working for Ojai Foods, just so she can count on his board vote. I don’t get Holly at all. She hates the Walkers, yet she wants to work for their family business. She’s an evil homewrecker is what she is. But the show wouldn’t have sauce without her would it?

When I rented Wall-e, I thought I was in for a light hearted movie about a cute little robot. Good wholesome, brainless Disney-PIXAR fun. What I didn’t expect was a movie that focused on Americans and our increasing problems with laziness, wastefulness, and obesity. It paints the picture of a world overflowing with trash, where we’ve created robots to basically do everything for us. Humans are fat little orbs who chat on computers and never really look at one another. In their own little hover bubbles, they suck down liquid cupcakes and lead a boring existence in space, because Earth has been turned into a giant trash heap.
If you’re at home on social security disability because you’ve gotten too fat to get out of your computer chair, then this movie is a wake up call for you. I was amazed by the amount of depth in this little cartoon movie. Of course it was still cutesy and fun, with a love story about two robots, and adorable sound effects from the little robot with the big heart. Still, it had amazing insight for an animated movie, and really hits home considering our current habits as a wasteful, lazy, and drastically overweight population. I think a lot can be learned from the overall message of this movie. Plus, it was just fun to watch!

I’m sad that Nicollette Sheridan’s character Edie has been killed off on Desperate Housewives. I would have been much happier to see Katherine’s character kick the bucket, but I guess the writers had their reasons. At least they didn’t just kill her and that was that. They actually had a nice memorial, with a full on tribute episode dedicated to Edie. She was the strongest character on the show and while she may have had loose morals, she was at least honest.
Now the question is, what’s going to happen with that creepy husband of hers? Is anyone going to find out what he tried to do to Mike and Katherine? Also, I wonder if Nicollette is going to still do guest appearances, since they have so many flashbacks in the show now.

This episode cracked me up big time. Everyone on the show is wanting a little s.e.x. I love the “almost three way” that of COURSE starts a fight between Kevin and Scotty. I’m glad they didn’t end up going through with it, it would have ruined their relationship.

Then there is Sarah who hasn’t had any in months, and sees nothing but hotties in the office when she goes back to work for Ojai Foods. She gets it on with the sexy accountant with the accent, only to find out the next day that he was a temp.

Meanwhile, Nora’s hottie from Paris, Roger, comes back and professes his love to her. I’m not sure I trust him 100%, I think there’s something more he’s hiding. I don’t really believe the story that he divorced his wife for her.

Julia tells the family that Tommy has contacted her and said he’s coming back, so all through the episode we think that’s going to happen. Towards the end of the show we see that he’s in fact not coming home, and Julia is of course devastated. It makes me wonder if the actor that plays Tommy, Balthazar Getty, has left the show. This would be a bummer, I like his seriousness, plus he’s the oldest brother. He has to stay. I don’t feel like the family was as sad as they should have been about this news either.

Kitty plays with fire when she meets up with the hottie widower Alec at the park every day. Her husband tells her that he’s cleared with the doctor to have sex again, and he’s dying to, since it’s been a long time for the two of them. She declines, and she’s very distant with him. It’s obvious that she’s having major problems with Robert, but she won’t talk to him about them. I really like the widower, but I don’t like the idea of her leaving her husband for him. She doesn’t seem like the type to have a physical affair, but she’s definitely emotionally cheating on Robert with Alec, and isn’t that almost as bad? Hopefully she’ll open up, and Robert will get his act together and put his stupid career on the backburner.

And then there’s Ryan, the latest half sibling to spring up in the Walker drama. He’s shady, there’s just something about him that I don’t like or trust. He is putting the moves on Rebecca big time. She tries to play dumb, but you can tell it’s making her uncomfortable. Rebecca’s dad doesn’t like it one bit, and tells her so. She thinks it’s sweet that he’s acting like a dad, but I’m not sure she’ll heed his well founded advice.

This week’s episode starts out with the guys laughing about a joke. Lily sits down and asks what the joke is. Ted and Marshall insists that Lily won’t like the joke, because it’s guy funny, not girl funny. He tells it anyway, but because it’s the “dirtiest joke ever” Ted won’t repeat it. So of course I’m compelled to search the internet for the punchline to “What’s the difference between jam and peanut butter?” I googled it, and well, yeah it is definitely guy funny, and I’m not repeating it on my blog! The punchline results in Lily storming off while Future Ted narrates, “And we didn’t see Lily again for 4 weeks”.

The rest of this episode follows Ted on his journey to starting his own architecture company. He’s nervous so he’s procrastinating. He’s also set up his home office in his apartment with Robin. He even hired an assistant, PJ, who ends up in bed with Robin.

Elsewhere, Marshall is trying to come up with a “thing that makes him a guy”. He decides on becoming Sports Guy and everyone in the office places their bets with him for his fantasy baseball league. He ends up carrying a lot of money, and panicking, typical Marshall style.

Back at Mosbius Designs, Ted fires PJ because he stops being a good worker, and becomes obsessed with Robin (seriously don’t know what he sees in her). Then he becomes all needy, and Robin dumps him, so Ted hires him back. This of course creates a creepy tug of war between Robin and PJ.

Meanwhile, Barney confesses his love for Robin to Marshall, who of course already knew. He agrees to help break PJ and Robin up, because it’s killing Barney to hear that she’s sleeping with him. Watching Barney struggle with his inner player as he confesses his love is pretty funny. “No I don’t love her, I just miss her when she’s not here, I think about her all the time, and one day I dream of us running towards each other in slow motion”. Marshall ends up hiring PJ as his assistant to help him with his fantasy baseball league and helping him stay the sports guy without all the stress.

I thought this was an interesting episode, the way Lily wasn’t in it, and they excuse it away because she’s offended by the joke in the beginning credits. My theory is that she wasn’t in the episode due to her pregnancy, but I’m not sure. I thought it lacked that special dynamic that Marshall and Lily share. I still thought it was a funny episode, especially the wackiness that goes on at Marshall and Barney’s work ( I really want to work there!) but it wasn’t the best of the season.

I keep wondering what they’re going to do the for the season finale this year. I’m thinking maybe they will announce that Lily is pregnant-it seems only fitting since the actress Alyson Hannigan actually is in real life (or at least was during this season’s filming).
I think a pregnancy would just add to the growth of the show, and maybe anchor down the plotline a little. I’m sick of seeing loser Ted, I’m ready for the Ted that’s going to find his future wife.

I’m also ready to see this love story between Barney and Robin go somewhere. Robin has been just as big a loser as Ted, and it’d be good to see her back on her feet. I don’t like her character that much, but I think she works with Barney, and without her, I think the show would be lacking.

I was bored at home, so I decided to pursue the Netflix instant play movies. I came across the movie, Then She Found Me, starring Helen Hunt. I was amazed I didn’t hear about this movie before. I loved this movie so much because it felt very real, in that movie sort of way.
It all starts with a schoolteacher named April, a woman who seems to have the very worst of luck. Her husband leaves her, about 10 seconds after sleeping with her one last time. She tells someone, “At least it can’t get any worse than this” and the next day her adopted mother passes away. The poor woman is on the verge of a breakdown, when she’s contacted by a man with a letter asking her if she’d like to know who her birth mother is.
The birth mother is a famous talk show host, played by the adorable Bette Midler. She is very intense, and seems very self absorbed. She seems like the kind of woman who would only drink out of logo water bottles, or only eat green m&ms. In short, she’s high maintenance. But she’s also sweet, and genuinely wants to get to know the daughter she gave up.
During all these crazy, life altering changes, April meets Frank, played by Colin Firth (who I adore!). He is a single dad, whose son is in April’s class. He’s frazzled, and doing his best to raise his kids alone. April and Frank are instantly connected, and it seems to overwhelm her, especially since it’s so soon after her husband leaves her.
Also, mixed in with all the drama, April is obsessed with having a baby. She’s 40, and hasn’t been able to get pregnant. She’s very stubbornly against adoption, which is ironic since she herself was adopted. I won’t give away anything else because I think it would ruin the movie. It’s a great watch, with very real moments, some sad, some happy. Of course it wouldn’t be a movie I loved if the ending didn’t leave you with the warm fuzzies, so never fear, the sad parts don’t stick.
I’ve always been a big Helen Hunt fan, and I read that she actually directed this movie too. I hope she makes others, because I really loved this film.
Here’s a little trailer, which actually says more than my brief review even did.

Walking into the theater with my boyfriend holding hands, amongst the teenagers giggling around us, I felt like I was in high school again. We were probably the oldest couple there, but we couldn’t resist the nostalgia that Fast and Furious would bring for us. The original movie came out in 2001, the summer after

 my high school graduation. It was cheesy, but there was something about those fast cars and crazy, unbelievable maneuvers. Then they came out with three other movies that were far cheesier, and that most people didn’t bother watching.
When Fast and Furious came out, with most of the original cast, we knew we had to see it, if even for the nostalgia. I have to say I went into the theater not expecting much. I thought maybe we’d laugh at Paul Rudd’s cheeseball attempts at acting, and maybe I’d get a few goosebumps over Vinn Diesel’s sexy voice.
I was surprised to say that the storyline didn’t suck, and it actually kept my attention throughout the movie. Paul Rudd’s acting was still terrible, but the movie was good enough that you could ignore it. The action scenes were awesome, and the cars were far less ridiculous looking. They downplayed the decals in exchange for better cars, such as the Subaru Impreza WRX STI. When that car came on the screen, I thought my boyfriend was going to pee his pants with excitement (he owns a WRX, non STI version, so he was thrilled). My only complaint was that all the women in the movies, except for Michelle Rodriguez, were all dangerously thin. I love that Michelle rocked the curves, and has that real woman look. Jordana Brewster on the other hand, looked like she’d been downing appetite suppressants like they 

were candy. But I really didn’t expect women of substance in a movie like this.

Overall, it was a fun movie to watch, and far superior to the other three. I’d watch it again on video, just for the crazy intro scene alone, where Letty maneuvers between Dom’s car and a semi truck while racing down the highway. That’ll grab your attention in the first five minutes.

I have to admit, when I saw the previews for I Love You Man, I thought it would be a movie about a guy’s friend who turns out to be a royal jackass, and who tries to ruin his friend’s upcoming nuptials.
What I didn’t expect was a funny, lighthearted comedy about two guys becoming friends, a true Bromance if you will.
I really liked this movie, and I would definitely see it again. So many funny quotes, and of course Paul Rudd and Jason Segel were great. I’ve been a Paul Rudd fan since the days of Clueless, and Jason steals the show on How I Met Your Mother as the lovable Marshall. When the two of them got together, the friendship sparks flew.

I liked that this movie didn’t choose a side in terms of the sexes. In a lot of romantic comedies, either the men are evil aside from the hero, or the women aside from the love interest. There were a lot of possibilities for the fiancee in this movie to be a sterotypical bitchy chick, and it really would have ruined the  movie for me. Instead, she was an understanding woman who let her man be a man. Something that a lot of women out there don’t seem to be able to do. It was a silly, fun movie that was perfect to watch with friends, and if you haven’t seen it, I highly recommend it.

Flipped, by Wendelin Van Draanen is a kid’s book, but it has a lot of substance to it. I guess I’m a kid at heart, because I love these kind of books.
This story is about a boy and girl who live across the street from each other. What’s different about this book is that every other chapter the narrator flips from the boy Bryce, to the girl Julie. It shows the story from two different perspectives, which adds a lot of depth. It’s funny how things look from two opposing views isn’t it?
In this story, Julie is head over heels for Bryce. As they grow up, Bryce starts to realize there is more to Julie than he originally thought. It’s a heartwarming book, and I think it’s one I could read again.

This episode was interesting because JD, Carla, and most of the main characters weren’t even in it. I’m not sure why they weren’t, but the episode was still great without them. It focused on Elliot and Turk and babysitting the interns. There were some classic quotes, like one intern to another arrogant one, saying, “Ohhh, you’re in love with yourself. Well I’d be careful because that guy you’re in love with is a real douche.”
Elliot and Turk get to talking at the end of the episode about whether or not they will still be doctors when they for the rest of their lives. Elliot makes a surprising admission by saying that the sad moments of her job really stick with her, and if she gets married and has kids she might just walk away from this life and never look back.
Since this is the last season, I wonder if it will end with her and JD finally getting hitched, and her getting pregnant. I think it’d be a cool way to wrap up the show, but I’d like to see her stay as a doctor. I mean, wasn’t that the whole point? Them all being doctors together, working at Sacred Heart?
It’s always interesting to see where writers will take a show during the final wrap up. I’m happy to see that these final episodes still have that same humor they did the first season. That dance scene between Elliot and Turk about the “HIVY” was hilarious. I think I need to learn that dance, she’s got the hivy, the hivy.