Wow.  1840's almost over already?  I remember watching some of the tapes earlier on, and it seemed to just be made up of jail scenes that dragged on and on...but then again, our tapes were all Quentin eps.   

   Daphne's dead..."guess what??"  Joanna's dead after all and was a ghost this entire time!  If I were her, I would have just stayed on like that in Collinsport for a while, since she was able to fool people into thinking that she was alive.  I thought it was kind of mean of her to tell Daphne that she was alive and well though!

[spoiler]I suppose after Quentin and Daphne left together, her mission was complete.[/spoiler]
   You know, this storyline turned out a lot better than I had originally thought.  I didn't know that Quentin caught onto Gerard (who I will NOT be missing) before his near head-rolling.  I didn't even notice until a day or two ago that a particular character has been quite sparse throughout this story.

   Where...is...BARNABAS???     We only have him for the end of '40, then we get this arrogant lech in '41 PT (as opposed to our regular arrogant dumbass [who I love!] in RT).  Oh well, at least Quentin is beautiful throughout...

    [hello]Samantha rocks![hello] Or as least, rocked, anyway...

 
   And remember:  "Falling in love is a voluntary...a voluntary thing." 

            HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOMMY!!

   So I was watching Gabriel and Gerard yesterday with their little encounter in the drawing room--Gabriel interrupts Gerard and Leticia, and she leaves.  Now Gerard says to him, "Gabriel, you have a talent for coming into the room at exactly the wrong time."
   At first it looked as though he was about to say something else and Gabriel interrupted him.  So I rewound and looked again.  This time I could see that Gerard had definitely said or mouthed something--but at the same time it also looked as though the film had rewound for a second. So I checked again and this is what I saw--

   "Gabriel, you have a talent for coming into the room at exactly the wrong time.  A~~hole."

   Was it just me, or did anyone else see that too?

  I'm sorry but this current storyline makes me vomit with rage.   I realize it's a transition from 1995 to 1840, but parts of it couldn't be more coma-inducing (IMHO).
  So we've got two kids who are hanging out in a *mysterious* playroom at ages 12 or 13, easily amused by a carousel and dollhouse.  David's got a new friend who is a bit more the jittery sort than Amy.  Where are those sedatives when you need them?  They are encountering two ghosts, one good, the other evil (stop me if this sounds familiar), and periodically falling under possession.
  Then we have the grown-up bunch.  They got an advantageous head start by a list of clues that Carolyn left them in '95.  An unfinished horoscope of Elizabeth, who turned her nose up at these kinds of things before but is suddenly a believer.  They keep looking at the thing over and over for more clues that they can't seem to find.  Over and over Julia researches for Rose Cottage, which they can't find out about either.
  Then we come to the dumbing down of Quentin Collins.  He smells lilacs every time Daphne is around, which brings us to:  Why is she doing this to Quentin??  Why does she seem to want him one minute and not the next?  What is the point of luring him to her and then not saying a thing?!?!?  Why why why??  I know that the writers didn't know quite what to do with him once they left 1897, but this in my opinion, was the absolute worst they could do with him.
  Finally we come to the two key players here.  Barnabas and Julia are all set to sound the alarm when Gerard strikes, but they can't get anyone else into the act, since there isn't much to go on so far.  And it's not just because of a lack of bathrooms at Collinwood.  They fail to realize that the others are not acting quite like usual.  Quentin is becoming more evasive and withdrawn, and Liz just stares at them and speaks in a drone, accusing them of wanting to disrupt things around the household.  They haven't yet picked up on any of this!  Not to mention that Julia continually feels "the presence."  You'd think that by now at least Barnabas would be getting wise to this kind of stuff.

  I haven't seen some of these episodes, so if anything I've mentioned has been resolved or addressed, please tell me.  I've thrown my hands up at this point.
  The only good thing that seems to have happened is that David and Hallie are employing useful arts and crafts skills which will guide them well throughout their lives.

I went to orientation today for college, and I was at my acting professor's office, when what should I see but..........

A giant framed poster of "Inside the Music", the Donna McKechnie show from May, and Donna herself had autographed it with a heart underneath!

Now that jonathanfrid.com has apparently stolen my identity, I'm afraid I have no choice but to steal the website and announce some changes:

• The front page picture is now of LAFB at her computer, laughing maniacally.

• The essays have all been changed--LAFB is the central focus, as we attempt to uncover what it is that makes her so wonderful. 

Hi everybody,

In my sociology class, we were asked to give a survey to 4-5 people on their jobs.  We were given a set of questions to ask, and the answers will be put into paragraph form for a report to submit after we get back from break.  I don't know really any people with jobs that could be considered a career, and we can't ask our "peers" because they don't have those kind of jobs.  I'm posting it here because this is a mass forum, and I was hoping some of you could answer my questions.

1.  What do you do for a living?
2.  How many years have you been doing this?
3.  Are you satisfied with salary and benefits?
4.  Do you like or dislike your co-workers?
5.  Do you look forward to going to your job?
6.  Why did you choose this career?
7.  What do you like most and least about your job?

Any and all answers would be appreciated.  If you don't want to post it here, could you put it in an IM to me?  Thanks.

I would ask my dad but I don't want to get his whole life story.   
                                                           
                                                                    --LoveAtFirstBITE