Wow -- it's crazy to think about how long ago I joined this site (I wonder if anyone remembers me from my first username). We used to have a nice little social group, blogging and keeping in touch with each other, visiting forums and stuff. It was exciting to get new guides too. I eventually acquired at least a few high-traffic guides (thanks to the kindness of some other users), then became a mod which was great...but the social aspect of the site waned and now I clearly don't blog, and the site just isn't fun like it used to be.

So yep -- I've asked to be retired as a mod (no fair having myself listed as one if I'm not around to help) and I've slowly been getting rid of my guides. I'll continue to do that, but if anyone happens to see this and wants a guide let me know (Terminator is already spoken for), I'm in no rush to retire. There might be one or two things I can't part with but I'm not sure about all that yet.

Anyways, it was great being a part of this site and I'll miss it, but it's just time to move on. Thanks to everyone who was kind enough to become my friend here, making this site a great place to visit. Sure this will be my last blog, but I'll still be around to some capacity, in case anyone wants to say hi (or ask a question -- I'll always be glad to help out even if I'm no longer a mod). Take care everyone...and don't stop watching TV! :P

Yeah...I did it. I retired from my only popular guide. It was sad and hard to do...but it was time. I figured people would ask, so this is why:

1) I just don't spend as much time here as I used to. And with my shifted responsibilities (mod stuff), I have less time for guides.

2) I don't feel like I am doing the guide justice. I can't keep it up like I used to.

3) Staff likes to mess stuff up, and just added in a duplicate episode listing for the upcoming season premiere. So I had to waste time transferring all of my info over to their version, since that's the one with the picture. Beyond annoying.

So yeah...I'll miss it a lot, I've had it for a long time now...but it's in good hands with layle1. And of course I'm always still around if anyone has a question about the guide for some reason.

Beyond that, I'm excited that fall TV is finally here!! Vampire Diaries kicks off the fall broadcast season for me on Thursday.

P.S. I miss all my old TV.com buddies, I hope you are all doing well!

Well for some reason I'm in a mood to blog today. It's been quite awhile that's for sure! I think I noticed it was time to make my profile page all Christmas-y and that just got me in the mood. I did reuse the banner I made 2 years ago though, but I like it so might as well make good use of it!

Quite a bit has happened since last time when I wrote about my best friend's wedding (which was amazing by the way). First off I got a new job. At the old job, someone one position above me (coordinator, so kinda like the boss's assistant) quit and I started doing his job, plus still doing my old job...and was told I'd get the promotion. But then we had layoffs, and got a new president of the company, and were told no raises/promotions for the year. But I was still told that I'd get my promotion, and backpay too. After 4 months of that though I started looking for another job, and somehow very luckily (with help from co-workers) found one! I was very sad to leave though, the old job felt like home, and everyone there was great. It was hard to tell the boss I was leaving! She understood though, and told me to just come back in 6 months when I realize I miss everyone lol.

The new job is going good so far, and I think I'm doing a satisfactory job thus far. It's a bit more boring though, and the it's a smaller department (with all high cubicle walls so it's quiet). Everyone is nice though, and I make a lot more money, so I'm happy. I only say the money makes me happy because the other job paid nothing and I didn't even have enough money for food and rent! I'm still torn about staying in L.A. forever...I miss Ohio and my family and friends. But this is where the work is so I dunno. Christmas is soon though so I'll get to go home and I'm really excited.

TV-wise I like Flash Forward, and for some terrible reason like The Vampire Diaries. I think I have some weird need to keep finding new CW shows to watch so there's always something on that horrible (like horrible but so good at the same time lol) network that I am a fan of. I am kinda getting too old for that stuff though! :P Oh but I can't wait for that midseason CW show (Life Unexpected) with Liz from Roswell -- who's a mom now, weird! I am old! I checked out White Collar and it's pretty decent...but no time to watch, especially without cable...too much I'm behind on already! Umm other than that...Dollhouse is gone soon but it wasn't all that great anyway so that's fine, and even Heather Locklear couldn't save the new Melrose Place. Oh well. She's kinda hot still I guess, but I still like my grandma Marg from CSI better. ;) Also re-falling in love with Sofia Vergara (who was awesome in the terrible show Hot Properties, as was Gail O'Grady) even though I don't watch Modern Family.

I guess that 's enough of an update for now! What is everyone else enjoying (or hating) this TV season? And how's everyone been...hopefully good! I hope everyone enjoys the holidays, and I'll try to blog again before I go back home in a few weeks. Later!

Yep, my best friend is getting married, so I'll be away from now until Sunday the 27th. I'll try to stop in whenever I can, but I'll be really busy so I'll probably only log on a few times, just to clear submissions. So sorry if your submissions hang around for awhile!

P.S. I'll try to write a real blog after I come back!

Alright, I'm back from the trip and back at work (yuck), and man Vegas was fun! I'd never been to Vegas, so only knew what to expect from the movies (and CSI), but I was not disappointed! I'll do a runthrough:

We got there late Friday night (about 1AM). The one girl just drove there with us, so then we (me and AJ the other girl) dropped her off with her dad who she was meeting then headed for the Sahara. We had to wait for like 30 minutes to check in, then AJ said she was tired so we just walked around the hotel a bit then went to bed. Sort of lame, but whatever.

Saturday was filled with so much stuff! Basically we just walked around all the casinos, doing only a bit of gambling. And cheap stuff too haha. I usually bet 25 cents, and rarely went up to a dollar haha. So when I won it was only a little bit....but then when I lost it was only a little bit too haha. I usually played the basic slot machine where you can bet 1-20 lines, then 1-5 (I think) times return. I was only using from 1 cent to 1 dollar, so it was easy on the wallet. Also I think it was a bit easier to win? I tried the poker machine too some, and blackjack...but those weren't so easy. I didn't try a table, which I really wanted to do, but AJ didn't want to so I didn't. Boo, no free drinks from trashy waitresses.

I was too cheap to ride the rides at the top of the Stratosphere, but I did go on the roller coaster at the Saraha and that was fun. We went inside a lot of the casinos. The Encore was beautiful (we didn't go in the Wynn though). I really loved the Venetian/Palazzo, it was one of my favorites. The one part inside had an area that looked like Venice, complete with the boats and the waterways. And the ceiling was painted like clouds too, as well as the bulidings looking like they were the outsides of bulidings. It was so pretty! That's not to mention the actual hotel itself, which was very fancy!

We stopped by Treasure Island but were not so impressed. The Mirage was neat, and we got huge slushee drinks there so that was cool. I couldn't believe people can walk around wherever with alcohol. It was funny, and also pretty awesome haha. Walking down the street, swimming in the pool...all with alcohol. Hah. Let's see...we also stopped at Caesar's Palace, which was HUGE. And also fancy, with a super-fancy mall filled with nothing but designer jewelry/purse/clothing stores. I also thought it was funny how the waitresses at the nice hotels were hotter and younger than the ones at the cheap hoels (like the Sahara).

Let's see...we only walked by New York New York, because we were getting tired by the time we got to that part of the strip. We also didn't make it to Mandalay Bay, the Luxor, or Excalibur. But that's okay. I think by the time we saw the MGM Grand we were so tired we gave up haha. We stopped back at the Bellagio as the sun was setting, and the water show there was sooo pretty. It was great. I think they use that hotel in a lot of CSI opening shots. There were so many casinos...I'm sure we went in more but I can't really remember haha.

At night we went to Lavo, a club in the Venetian, since AJ knew someone who worked there. Good thing too because that place is like $40 to get in! AJ's friend also got us into the pool at the Palazzo which was really nice (though I think The Mirage had the best pool area from the ones I saw). We only stayed out until 4AM though, since AJ lost her phone and got all upset.

By the time we finished up our buffet at The Palms (which was delicious, and not too expensive either) it was 5PM on Sunday...so I didn't get back until after midnight, but hey, it was SO worth it! I had a great time and now I really wanna go back haha.

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Also, thanks for all the wishes for fun guys. I didn't do anything that I need to hide though (lucky) martimer lol. Dan you're definitely right though, having no money to begin with means I didn't lose much! Fatfreeoreos...maybe next time, when I go with a bunch of guys. :P Thanks Scott...good thing no one knows what I look like haha. Thanks ArmoredCore, welcome to my blog. :D Amaryllis lol yeah, didn't wanna do anything too crazy! Agnus yeah, the hotel was okay enough for me...and yeah, I so got some CSI bling! :P Thanks 12678, sesho, and SrRui, I definitly had fun! And layle...that's insane. Now that I've been there though, I also might have to start meeting people there instead of here!

So, me and a friend decided the other week that we wanted to go to Vegas for the weekend...so yeah, we are! I'm leaving today after work (I'm getting out a bit early) and will be back at some point Sunday, so I'll be MIA until then. I definitely don't have the money to go, but hey what the heck, it's Vegas, so why not?!

I'll let everyone (the few of you who read these still lol) know how it went when I return. We're staying at the Sahara -- kinda lame I guess, but really cheap! :P

Enjoy the weekend everyone.

Been too long. gotta blog. :D First off, I'll say that finding a new apartment is just a huge stressful mess, and hopefully I'll be done with that soon. The job is going well, but I'm hoping for a raise soon so my savings account doesn't keep slowly going down haha. The boss's assistant is leaving, so I might get his job, but that depends on if the boss's boss approves it (stupid economy has our budget all messed up).

Anyways, I wanted to write this because I 1)see TV ratings/news all the time and 2)ultimately want to do scheduling. So, I have thought out what I think will be NBC's schedule this fall, and what still-undecided shows will be back/not back. I thought it'd be fun to see how close I get come next Tuesday. So here's my guess:

Monday:

8:00 - Biggest Loser (Part 1)

9:00 - Heroes

Tuesday:

8:00 - Biggest Loser (Part 2)

9:00 - Law & Order: SVU

Wednesday:

8:00 - Trauma (new drama)

9:00 - Southland

Thursday:

8:00 - Community (new comedy)

8:30 - Parks and Recreation

9:00 - The Office

9:30 - 30 Rock

Friday:

8:00 - Breakthrough with Tony Robbins (new reality)

9:00 - The Marriage Ref (new reality)

Saturday:

8:00 - Law & Order Repeats

9:00 - Dateline

Sunday:

Football

Come midseason, 100 Questions (new comedy) will replace Community or Parks and Recreation (one if not both will fail). Friday's will have the returning Friday Night Lights (why?) at 9:00, and Who Do You Think You Are? (new reality) at 8:00. Sundays will have random whatever reality at 7:00, then Mercy (new drama) at 8:00, followed by 2-hour The Apprentice at 9:00. Medium will replace something that dies (maybe Southland). Day One (new drama) seems to be a limited-type thing, so it can take something's place while its on haitus. Specials of Most Outrageout Moments and Deal or No Deal will sprinkle the schedule while other things are in repeats. I still have no spot for new drama Parenthood -- maybe it won't ever appear.

So all that means that Chuck, My Name is Earl, and Law & Order will not be back. If not because of low ratings, because there's no room. They can join the not-returning Kings, Crusoe, Knight Rider, Life, Lipstick Jungle, America's Toughest Jobs, My Own Worst Enemy, ER, Chopping Block, Kath & Kim, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, and others I'm sure I've forgotten. Thoughts?

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Now on to CSI. My 2nd-favorite show has not been doing well at all in the ratings lately. It all started with the 200th episode, that focused on Laurence Fishburne, the "new guy" Raymond Langston. It was a joke, because it should have undoubtedly focused on the people who have been there for 200 episodes, not some new guy. And they made it like he knew everything, when he just became a CSI! Anyways...that episode was a series low which is horrible. CSI hadn't gotten below a 10.0 household rating since its first season, but that episode got a 9.1. Horrible. Then the weeks after that have been doing just as bad. Hopefully tonight's finale will at least break a 10, but if the stories keep focusing on Langston, the fans will not stick around much longer! I think CSI will be able to squeak by as TV's #1 drama one last year (it's a close race!) but next year it's gonna fall off a cliff ratings-wise, unless something drastic changes. Thoughts?

Oh and by the way, I just became Marg Helgenberger's editor -- that guide needs a lot of work! She's my secret old-woman crush hehe...so old but so hot! :twisted:

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That's it for now...gotta get back to work...and I promise I'll check out everyone's blogs sometime soon. Oh, and can't wait for Smallville's finale tonight!!!!! SO excited! My #1 show won't let me down! Thoughts on that are welcome too. :D

Later!

Several reasons...but I'd say the biggest issue is the roomate, who's gotten pretty much unbearable. No one likes her, she's a horrible person, too bad I didn't know that beforehand. So I try to avoid being in the apartment, so that means less computer time. That and my computer is going slower and slower. It's been time for a new one but I don't have enough money. Roomate is leaving in a few weeks though (instead of at the end of May) so we'll see how things go after that. Everything at my job is going great though so that's a plus. I sorta miss home though...

So sorry to be MIA from the blogging and blog commenting...hopefully soon I can write a "real" blog. We'll see I guess. ;)

I think I actually miss the rain at this point. I miss seeing a good thunderstorm, and one rainfall (which was really just misting) in four months does not cut it! And I think we really need rain at this point since there are fires all over the place. I can see them on the mountain by where my friend lives. Weird. So...I dunno if I want to stay here for good, because without getting into specifics, things just aren't too good lately. I do like my job though, it's great - but it also makes it harder to decide if I want to end up going back home to Ohio next year or not. My roomate is also a horrible person so that doesn't help much.

Anyways...I'm still adjusting to this new site, like I'm sure we all are, and I keep thinking the guides here aren't "real" and that the old ones will come back so I can submit to them. I know, makes no sense right? :P I did finally get up a level, but considering that once you get to 50 it's much harder, I think it'll take me months each time I gain a level anymore lol. Or maybe not...who knows? Oh I also re-did my banner and profile image to fit a Halloween theme...and I Changed My Icon!!!! Yeah, I've had the evil monkey for over three years, and it's from so many versions of tv.com ago. That and the new version stretches it out all weird and makes it look really bad - I think they made that change just so I'd change my icon lol. These new icons don't center right on the top of our profile though. I was gonna pick something really different, but I didn't wanna change it up too much. Do you approve of this one? ;)

I must also mention, as I'm sure many of you will notice, that I'm now a mod on the site. I'm very grateful for this and I thank the staff and other mods for letting this happen and welcoming me to the team. Of course being a moderator means I'll be "moderating" things, but I also personally think one of the most important things about being a mod is helping people out. If anyone has any questions about anything with the site (or about something else if you really want I guess!)- issues with the new layout, problems with another user, questions about how something works, etc. - of course feel free to PM me about it. I'll try my best to resolve your issues and make your visits to the site less stressful. 8)

TV wise, the season is now in full swing, as all the season premieres have come and past. Overall I'm not so impressed though, I dunno why. Maybe I'm watching too much TV? I hope not! I'll bold show titles so you can all pick and choose. Oh and don't take me the wrong way now...I am only harsh because I care, and I want my shows to be the best they can be! ;) Heroes is the biggest disappointment I'd say. I LOVE Angela Petrelli, but other than her, meh. Parkman needs to just die. Suresh needs to get killed by Maya so she can be part of a good storyline (cuz she's hot duh). Hiro is super boring now. Everything else just doesn't make much sense. Bones is also bad this season, but it's doing better lately after it's horrible start to the season. As long as Zack doesn't come back I'll be okay - I mean come on, he worked with a serial killer! I'd toss him as a friend in a second if I found out about that. Lame storyline. End it. Family Guy - nothing super funny yet. I thought I'd like the new season of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia but it's becoming too far-out to make any sense at all. Becoming cannibals? Oh come on, that's beyond dumb.

Smallville is pretty good, but could be a bit better (I can't wait until Lana is back!). Supernatural - now that's good stuff! I love how Sam is getting closer to the line of evil, and how the God/Devil stuff was introduced. They managed to pull it off so it works right. I'm also loving Terminator this season - such great writing and acting! I also love the dark mood of the show (it's almost too dark sometimes though) and how deep things are. Great drama. Oh, and the season premiere of CSI? Perfect! I loved every second of it, that's how a show should be! Best hour of TV so far this season (and the ratings agree!).

No new shows have been good really. Valentine and In Harm's Way were a waste of my life, and Eleventh Hour was disappointing (come on Bruckheimer, my man!). 90210 is bad but I keep watching it. Fringe is getting a bit too weird, but it's okay. Oh, The Mentalist is pretty good though, although I'm not too attached to any of the characters. I did start watching Law & Order: SVU this season - and boy did I miss out on 9 seasons of good stuff!

That's about it. I promise I'll try to blog around in the next day or two...I've been scared with the new site! Take care everyone. :)

I've been looking forward to this fall season pretty much since last season ended, and it's finally here! This time though it's even cooler since I am in LA and get to do all this fun TV stuff! I saw a taping of "Do Not Disturb" (new Fox show) the other day, and it was actually much funnier than I thought. I'm definitely going to try to get into the show now (and of course check out the episode I saw tape - Dosed). Niecy Nash is really cool too. Oh and my buddy from work took a picture of Molly Stanton with his phone, and she definitely winked at us right afterwards. Hot.

Next Friday (9/5) I'm going to the Paley Center and seeing "Fringe" and "Do Not Disturb" preview their premieres. Then the Monday after I'm going to see some NBC premieres - "Knight Rider," "Kath & Kim," "My Own Worst Enemy," and "Crusoe." Every network is doing an event and screening premieres of their new shows before they air on TV, which is really cool. And some of the cast will be there too, and there are party things before the screenings. The events are at 6 though so it's cutting it close with work, or otherwise I'd go to the CBS one too. But not ABC since I don't watch anything on that network, and The CW is only showing "90210" (AFTER the premiere on TV which is lame) and "Privileged" (a girl show).

Anyways...I can't wait for everything to start. I'm dying waiting for "Smallville" (Lana is back for 5 episodes, that's not a lot but enough I guess...no Lex though). "CSI" will be INTENSE with Sara back and Warrick probably dead, and Grissom leaving after 10 episodes (and Lawrence Crapbone as a replacement). Sucks though that "CSI" won't be back until October! The "Bones" premiere better not suck like the finale did. Oh and "Heroes" looks awesome too; I don't expect it to be crap like season 2 was.

I'm gonna try to review every season/series premiere I watch, so I won't go all out talking about everything here...but real quick this is everything new I'm gonna try out (in order of premiere date):

"Raising the Bar" - I heard it sucks and Zack with long hair is hideous

"90210" - please don't be crap

"Hole in the Wall" - yea I know it's trash but it could miraculously be funny

"Fringe" - better be good

"Easy Money" - yeah it'll probably be really bad

"Valentine" - yes I know it looks HORRIBLE but I need some new The CW shows

"The Mentalist" - probably won't be good

"Law & Order SVU" - yea I know it's not new but I got sorta hooked over the summer

"Knight Rider" - Bionic Woman 2008

"Eleventh Hour" - don't fail me Jerry!

"SNL Thursday Night Live" - to make the election period less boring

"Surviving Suburbia" - trash but ya never know

"Secret Millionaire" - because everything else is in repeats in December

I guess I won't be going out at all on the weekdays! Haha. Enjoy the new season everyone! ;)