Charisma Carpenter Daily

While Elizabeth Reaser is definitely less annoying in The Ex List than she was on Grey’s Anatomy, that fact alone does not make the show good. There are just so many things wrong with this portrayal of a 30-something woman and her search for love that I don’t even know where to begin. But before I do, let me just mention that I am a 34 yr. old female, who has had her share of searching for Mr. Right, so I feel that I have authority to say that NO woman would ever behave this way. Or, at the very least, no woman should behave this way.

First off, 33 yrs. old and skipping around in a bikini top and hot-pants? WRONG. Unless you're at the beach, I believe the word for this is Cougar. And belly-baring tops went out with the candles on your 29th b-day cake Bella! Sorry, but women with careers that don’t involve a lifeguard chair don’t dress like that. Second, all her 30 something friends fighting over time in the turtle pool in the backyard? Certainly not right. I could see something like this if they were perhaps in college, but at this stage in life that’s just not happening. (Trust me, I have lots of friends in the age bracket.) And third, the whole bit with her BFF marching in and flashing her new Brazilian? SO VERY WRONG there aren’t even words for that level of wrongness. Seriously, girls do NOT do this. Ever. Period. I'm still squicked out just thinking about it 3 days later.

So, if I were going to overlook the fact that Bella is the most pathetic, loser of a 33 yr old woman that I’ve seen on TV, I might find the premise cute… she’s already met Mr. Right, but needs to go back to find – and marry - him within the year, or she’ll loose him forever. I’m a hopeless romantic, so the thought of following a smart and sassy woman in her search for true love is actually quite appealing to me. Except that as I’ve mentioned, Bella is more pathetic and skanky than smart and sassy, and her search for true love seems to be made up of bitter exes who (can't act and) are going to kick her while she’s down. Granted, I’ve only seen one episode, and chances are high that not all her exes are going to be bitter, but no matter how you look at it, it’s going to be a series of bad re-break-up experiences. Especially when it’s obvious that the one she’s supposed to be with is the guy she just broke up with and has joint custody of a dog with. So basically, Bella gets dumped – or dumps someone from now until her and dog-guy hook-up at the end of the series.

Even if I weren't embarrased by the dismal depiction of a 30-something woman, I wouldn't want to watch a re-hash of a bad relationship every week. I for one, will not be re-visiting The Ex List.

I lost about 30 new icons in a tragic Windows update accident. :(
Therefore I'm trying to console myself, looking at fabulous things.

• Fabulous scarves I kind of love this one and this one.


• Fabulous cards


• Fabulous stitches


• Fabulous spooky cake pops


• Fabulous Sanrio cross-stitch patterns


• Fabulous buttons (and fabrics and everything)

dear everyone - even as i struggle to get back into my livejournal groove (HI I MISSED YOU ALL SO MUCH), i still feel like i MUST remind everyone of this important fact -

TODAY is the last day to register to vote in virginia and many other states - if you're not registered to vote, please go to vote for change.com to register or request an absentee ballot. go now. don't wait. it's too important (i say this even if you are a mccain supporter. though it hurts me inside.) but, voting matters, we have a voice, and we should use it.

Happy birthday to zortified and journalkitten.

Many slashy birthday wishes for you both. :)

Na ihr...
Hoffe euch gehts gut :)
Mir geht im mom so lala... Ich wohne ja mit meinem Freund zusammen, naja wir haben am Wochenende ne neue Küche bekommen. Die ist zwar etwas dunkel aber trotzdem irgendwie gemütlich. Gestern morgen wollten wir gemeinsam gemütlich Früshstücken. Als wir den Kühlschrank aufmachten viel uns auf, dass der irgendwie nicht läuft *toll*. Nach ganz viel rumprobieren und und und, kam dann raus, das die Steckdosen an der Küchenzeile tot ist. Warscheinlich irgendwo in der Wand ein Kabelbruch oder sowas... Jetzt herscht bei uns mal wieder das reinste Chaos, ich war ja froh das ich endlich mal ein bisschen Ordnung hatte.

Nochmal was anderes, wenn ich mein Journal Friends-Only machen will, kann ich das dann einstellen, das jeder Eintrag automatisch nur für Freunde sichtbar sind, oder muss ich jeden einzelnen Eintrag umstellen?

Liebe grüße an euch;)

Been in San Francisco for a couple days now. We were supposed to leave the city early today, but things happen and you find new sights you just have to see before leaving. We didn't get out of town until it got dark, so we're right now in Pacifica, CA at a little inn. We have a HUGE room, last place we stayed at felt a little cramped.

Been to see the Golden Gate Bridge a few times, went to Golden Gate Park and saw the Japanese Tea Garden, and we rode on the Cable Car... That was...an experience. I've seen the hill in the movies, I've seen photos, I've seen it on telly - but I had no idea how steep the bloody thing was!! Each car has two drivers, on the way up, only one controls the car - but on the way down, both drivers have to hit the breakes, one on each end of the car. It downright looked bloody scary several times. To say I was nervous would be to put it mildly. But at least that was not scary...

The scary part happened when we were trying to find our way out of San Francisco. Somehow we ended up driving up, up, up. I didn't realise how far up we were until it was time to get back down again on the other side... I freaked out. I refused to drive down THERE. I drove in to the side, and I had one of two choices. Either let my sister drive the car down while I walked down (a fucking long walk too!), or take a deep breath, face my fears and drive down. Sitting in the passenger seat while she drove down was not an option. At all. Either I would have to be in control, or not do it at all. So I took a couple deep breaths, closed my eyes for a couple seconds, checked my seatbelt, and started the drive down. I was holding on so hard to the steeringwheel, my arms ached by the time we reached the bottom. I was sweating, and could not believe I'd made it down in one piece.

I have no idea how people live like this. Driving up and down those hills like madmen!! If I never see a hill like that again, I won't mind it. Not in the least. I'm certain that if you come a little too fast, and need to hit the breakes a little too hard, the car will topple over, and you'll end up sliding down to the bottom up-side-down...

Well, right now, like I said, we're in a little town called Pacifico just outside San Francisco. We'll be driving Interstate 1 back to Los Angeles. We took the I-5 up here, and made it in decent time. But back down, I want to see some sights. We'll continue our trip tomorrow, and won't make it back to Tinsel Town until Wednesday. I've been without a good internet connection since previous Friday, and completely offline since this Friday. It's good to be back online again...

I should get an early night, I want to be on the road again bright and early tomorrow.

um. hi.

anybody still reading this thing? i can't believe that it's october, or that i haven't written anything here in over a month. i am so mad at myself for it, and equal parts sad that this is what my life has been reduced to. i want my free time back. and mostly, i want my creativity back - i DETEST feeling like i have nothing to say, and that's how i feel mostly nowadays. it is amazingly lame.

so. yeah. what's going on, y'all? have i missed anything good?

In celebration of their tenth anniversary, Google has released their first available online index. Now you can go back and search the internet of January 2001.

Alrighty flist, there is a Halloween ficathon this year and the notice is HERE so check it out. I know it's late. I was too afraid to try one this year because I didn't want it to be a big letdown from the huge success of last year, but I figure any new fics are better than none. All you C/A writers please go now and sign up! There are already some prompts posted that were left from last year, so you can get started today if you want. :D

I was kind of planning to go out and take some photographs in Östra Kyrkogården (the Eastern Cemetery) today, but the light is all wrong and it's kind of windy so it will have to wait. I just hope I get another weekend of sunny autumn weather before all the leaves fall off the trees.

Anyway, instead I will be staying indoors, under a blanket on the sofa, with a cup of coffee and endless skeins of yarn. I have one skein each (150g) of Kauni EK and EG and I don't really know what to do with them. I've been looking at the Swallowtail shawl, the Luna Moth shawl and the Mystic Light shawl, but I'm a bit worried that 150g won't be enough and I'm not sure they had more in the same colour way in the shop. Maybe if I just make them smaller and use as a scarf? I also have two skeins of Noro Kureyon 220 that I don't know what to do with. Maybe mittens or wrist warmers, that's about as far as two skeins will get you, right? I need to do some more digging over at Ravelry.

And oh, does anyone have any knitting blogs to recommend?

Tyra Banks is nuts. Seriously frighteningly crazy.

I really should be in bed. Oy.

Hey peeps, if you should find ten bucks, or more in a pair of jeans, stuck in the couch cushions, or the tooth fairy really likes your ass, and you don't need it, head on over to cynica's journal. She's doing a fundraiser for leukemia with her daughter who is making that disease her bitch. We need a cure for this disease and though it's years off, every little bit helps.

Yesterday, I woke up dead. Stayed home, slept. There wasn't much else to do. My sore throat from Tuesday escalated into a head cold that has now left me kind of deaf with a side of hacking cough. Sadly, this is something like the 12th cold I've had this year. I always feel guilty staying home, but I felt marginally well by the end of the night. I still can't hear much, but I can taste things. So I've got that going for me. Which is nice.

We had our family lunch today. Not very many people showed, which is good considering the waitress was awful. She argued with mom about what to drink -- mom ordered coffee, was given tea; woman assured her it was coffee but refused to bring her a new coffee. BZUH? We waited 30 minutes for soda, another 20 for any appetizers, by then it was time for some of the people to leave for a volleyball game.

It took us 3 hours to get everything sorted. We had the managing waitress comp 90% of the bill, and she begged us to come back next month as we always do. That waitress was downright rude. It doesn't matter if there was one cook. You are the person we see. You are not supposed to argue with the customer. You take some of the blame. And you try to make the time in the restaurant that much nicer because we have to wait so long.

My prediction is that we will never see her again.

I then trundled over to Borders, bought the final Dark Tower novel. I don't want to start reading it, though. I also picked up The Gunslinger Born graphic novel. Finished Song of Susannah last night. hdu. lol for three months I've compared the song "Bad Company" to the Gunslinger. Wouldn't you know, four lines of lyrics are at the start of The Dark Tower. Now I have to listen to it, gahl!

Go to Mum's for dinner (spag bol - nom nom nom).

Drink Desperados Mexican beer. (Brewed in France).

Eat your weight in toast.

Listen to Applicants constantly OMG SO MUCH LOVE.

Talk to the goldfish more than is strictly healthy.

Watch Reaper and decide that while it might sound implausibly like a Brimstone rip-off it really is.

Watch three episodes of Gilmore Girls back to back and decide that, hey, it's quite entertaining.

Post on a Gilmore Girls message board.

Kill yourself.

1. In questi giorni (Ieri? Oggi? Domani? xD)il mio cucciolotto Milo ha compiuto/compie/compirà un anno! <3 Mi sembra giusto celebrare. Milu', ti voglio tanto tanto tanto bene!<3

2. Ieri ho visto due episodi di Bones con le palle e ho pianto. Non sono il tipo che piange guardando la tv, ma Bones è l'unica cosa al mondo che mi fa versare fiumi e fiumi di lacrime! ç___ç (Insieme ad E.R.!<3)

3. Voglio da morire il Nintendo DS. Da morire. Sto passando le mattinate scolastiche a giocare con quello di Lele, ma ne voglio uno tutto mio! ;__; Credo che me lo farò regalare a Natale, ma manca ancora troppo. Giuro che se non riesco ad andare al Lucca Comics a fine mese me lo compro con i pochi risparmi che ho!xD
( Lo voglio così!T.T )


4. Ma solo io (e Zoe) abbiamo problemi a postare nuove entry? °__° Ripeto, mi appare solo l'opzione html! Aiutatemi! ç_ç (This is an SOS, don't wanna second guess, nananananana! xD)

5. Quanto manca a martedì? HEROES.