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All you Who/Torchwood fans, go here for a super cute clip of John Barrowman choosing David Tennant for a shag.

PS. Is it just me, or does the guy with the glasses, Alan, remind you of Mr Humphries from Are You Being Served? Not just the, er, obvious, but as in, the voice, the face, the mannerisms, everything!

Eeee! I just downloaded "Late at Night" by Buffalo Tom, aka the song that Buffalo Tom was playing at Pike Street when Jordan Catalano was totally rude to Angela, and then again later when JORDAN CATALANO, LIKE, TOTALLY HELD ANGELA CHASE'S HAND IN THE HALLWAY AT SCHOOL, in SLOW-MOTION, and I rewound that scene a hundred times, and my little 14-year-old self cried at the romance and angst of it all.

Ah, memories...

Yesterday was Greta Garbo's birthday, so I watched some of the stuff the Turner Classics channel had on, including 3 documentaries. Now I must add her to the list of old film stars I am fascinated by.

One thing I thought was really funny was that during Garbo's relationship with John Gilbert, when they starred in several films together, the press sometimes referred to them as "Gilbo." Ha! Sixty-something years before Bennifer and Brangelina. I should've known there's nothing new under the sun.

I haven't watched the Studio 60 premiere yet. ::gasp:: Last night I was too tired, and today I'm waiting because S wants to watch it with me. (I know, such willpower!) I've looked at the recorded shows several times today, and I must--fight--the--urge to watch. If it didn't clearly mark the show as viewed, I would've broken down long ago.

Okay, don't laugh at me, but I was, um...watching Oprah today...because the focus was on the marginalization of women and how we are raising a generation of girls who judge their self-worth by their looks. Of course, as a new mama to a new baby girl, it caught my attention because among the many things I want to be for Small Anne, a good role model is at the very top of the list. And I want to know how to strike the right balance, to let her know that yes, she is beautiful because it's nice to be beautiful, everyone likes to feel beautiful; but it is not all she is, nor even one of the most important things about her. I want her to feel confident in herself, but know that her looks really have nothing to do with anything about who she is. Or, as Jill Conner Browne put it, "It is a good thing to be pretty. But we are not just pretty, and pretty all by itself is not worth much since it lasts only about an hour, relative to the rest of your life."

Not that I would ever look to Oprah for anything but entertainment (though she is an awesome philanthropist), but I knew it would be interesting. Anyway, as part of the show, they ran this commercial Dove apparently premiered during the Super Bowl. People, it made me cry. Seriously. It took me right back to junior high, and it made me think how crushed I would be if Small Anne ever feels one-tenth of the way I felt back then (and I actually had pretty good self-esteem, really, but man, those junior high years are KILLER).

So I found the commercial on YouTube here, and it is awesome. I thought some of you might like to check it out.

Go, Dove.

Oh.

My God.

I was feeling bored tonight, so I decided (as you do) to Google friends and random people I went to school with (as you do). It's been 10 years since we all graduated, so I knew there would probably be sites up for reunions and such. And whoa my God, I found a picture of my very first boyfriend. We "went out" in 5th & 6th grades for a few months (equals 2 dog years) at a time, and then for like two weeks in junior high (we were the Liz & Dick of our set).

I cannot stress to you enough just how STARTLING it is to suddenly see a picture of someone at 28, when the last time you saw them they were 13.

Let's just say the years have not been gentle with the cute little blond boy I used to know.

I'm not trying to be mean. Odds are damn good he'd say the same about me were I to post a picture of myself somewhere for him to find. But still. Dude.

S is watching The Rocketeer. Some women may be all about the Bill Campbell; me, I'm pining for Timothy Dalton. He is a shared crush of my mom's, my sister's, and mine. We all luuuuuurve him. It kind of weirds out my dad.

Small Anne turns 5 months old tomorrow. Gah.

Y&R: I love Jack "The Best Hair in Daytime TV (tm austin360)" Abbott's new haircut. And there is something fishy about Jana, isn't there?

(...Um, I just felt like posting tonight.)

A Yahoo! trailer for Clerks 2: here. I doubt it will match the genius of the first, but I will definitely see it.

The trailer is worth checking out if only for the utter brilliance somewhere around the 1:40 mark, which made me love Jason Mewes even more than I already do. I have watched that bit about 50 times already and I laugh my ass off every time.

Also, there is a glimpse of Marshall being a LotR geek. *g*

Dude. When you see the headline "Woman in L.A. has rare bubonic plague", you tend to pause for a minute.