Ramblings on Friday

Random thoughts on Friday morning, nothing worthy of an entire post, but together, they can make a semi-decent one... maybe

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The Series Finale of Will & Grace

One word: disappointing.

I enjoyed the wrap up the hour before more than the final show. Was I the only one upset with the ending? My friend Chris IM'd me right after it was done and commented that all good shows seem to go down hard and suck on their last show. I agree, but wonder, why is that. W & G had 8 great years (200+ shows) that entertained every week. I know that the writers, producers and cast wanted to wrap things up but did they need to do so in that way?

Will & Grace not seeing each other for ~ 20 years and then "fate" bringing them back to each other when their children move in to dorm rooms across the hall is just pathetic and weak with the two of them heading off to the sunset to get a cup of coffee. Cut to the scene with them sitting in their own homes talking on the phone, reminiscent of the pilot. They mention that their kids are getting married, however, Grace appears to be wearing the same thing that she wore when she moved her daughter Lila into unknown NYC dorm. Now, I am a believer in love at first site, but can be believe that they met during orientation/move in and decided to get married and arranged the whole thing without Grace changing her clothes? Yeah, I don't think so.

(sidenote: she might not have been wearing the same thing, but it was close enough to appear the same, which really is all that matters. contrast folks CONTRAST)

But I would have forgiven that, however, the shot at the end of the bar ruined it all. They were old when they took the shot but young when put down the shot (if only that worked in real life!) The one one that I noticed looked different at first was Grace (hair up vs hair down) and I exclaimed "someone made a mistake, her hair was up in the last shot!" but when they went in for the close ups of all the characters realized that they were all "young." Lame-O

Good night Gracie for sure.

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I have a friend, let's call him CJ

CJ used to be the IT person at my last job. He wasn't full time and would just come in whenever we needed him (he had another full time job and would come by after work) .

He is the stereotypical IT guy: tall, skinny (nothing against t & s, just painting a picture!), socially awkward, nerdy, breakdown of communication when non-computer person tries to tell him the problem with their computer/application/etc.

CJ was also married when I met him but is recently divorced and is back on the market. CJ writes poetry, has a blog, is into photography; basically he's emo. CJ also does this clicking thing with his jaw. It's like he pops it out and and back into place every 2 minutes or so, for someone that has had major jaw surgery and is in pain with jaw issues, this KILLS me.

CJ is freaking annoying. I invite him to social events (baseball & hockey games, happy hours, etc) b/c I feel bad for him--he doesn't seem to have many friends offline and that's no way to live. I often think he's hitting on me, but am not sure. He has hit on my friends and kindly turned down by them...

I just had a 30 minute conversation over choogle (google+chat=choogle) about yogurt. YES yogurt, fruit vs no fruit, consistency, flavor, stirring. OMG I wanted to kill him. He's so strange and nerdy, I can't take it.

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I haven't heard anything from Ben, a guy that I was sort of seeing (very casually). Last Saturday he wanted me to drop everything and head up to NYC to spend the weekend with him. I would have normally said yes (party in NYC, staying at the W, what more could a girl want?!) but I already had plans with the Clique and didn't want to back out on them. He asked that I get in touch with him at 7 with my decision, which I did and haven't heard back from him since. I guess we're not causally seeing one another any more, huh?

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My friend the Teacher is retarded.

Let me explain.

The Teacher didn't start seriously dating until Junior year of college, it wasn't that she couldn't or didn't want to, she just didn't ( I think guys might have found her speed talking just a little too much to handle at 15).

When in London for the summer between junior and senior year she fell in love with some boy (and he too). He was her first and yadda yadda yadda. They had a sort of open relationship when they returned back to the states, he was from Arkansas, she from Ohio and school in Boston. He ended up getting together with some girl and ended up breaking the heart of the teacher.

The Teacher then had this thing with this guy, the construction worker. She calls it dating, I call it something else, um FWB situation...whatever. We don't agree on the term, but they ended their thing in last Sept. She claims that she's "been putting herself out there" but I think she's holding out for construction man. Every guy she goes out with just doesn't compare.

She's gone on a couple of dates with this new guy (online dating) and likes him a lot but is questioning his commitment. They've gone on 3 dates and she wonders if he has time for her, if he is what she wants, yadda yadda.

She is 24 years old and wants to be "settled" and having fun (causal, friendly, occasional making out, etc) doesn't appeal to her. She's gone on 3 dates with this kid and if he can't commit to seeing her every week she wants to end it. WHAT?! When did my friend become that girl? I can't FREAKING stand that girl friend or no friend.. I might just have to cut her off.

(sidenote: I did tell her that she's becoming that girl and her reply was "so?" I'm not that horrible of a friend)


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I guess today was a ranting kind of day. Maybe this afternoon I'll think of something more cheery :)

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