well someone put together a DS family tree at some point. .i can't find the link but the file i saved has . .Julia, Justin and Barnabas as siblings. . I figure Julia must be uhh the little sister. . really the messing with ages. .like we aren't supposed to look at Bramwell and think he's a contemporary of Julia's  rather than the obviously younger Catherine, Daphne, Kendrick, Quentin, et al. . .give me a break.

I watched the scene yesterday where Julia escorted Catherine out of the house. . she does come across as a total bitch but you know . .really she just wants to spare the girl her life or sanity. . .she's really, down underneath it all, a pretty selfless lady. . .that Julia Collins, shucks!

Well if they hadn't gotten involved. .it would've been. .uh well, really really boring. . . .And i don't see how the actions of RT character have anything to do with PT characters except when they cross into that band. . .the PT Julia is just naming laziness on the part of the writers. . .

Anyway, since a friend suggested it to me, I'm convinced that Crispin Glover is just born to play Barnabas. He's about the right age, looks totally sinister and has just the right air of menace about him.

As well as interesting hair but can Crispin look forlorn? (oh wait. .i forget his mooning over Calvin Klein's mama-to-be in BTF). . .

on which page, the soaps page?  nevermind. .found it on the NewsPage--I vote for Adrian Pasdar or Jason Patrick. . Oliver Martinez is just too pretty.

Hey remind me. . Julia and Justin are supposed to be whose kids?  Bramwell is barnabas' son. . .and how is there a Julia in PT when there isn't one in RT.. . i know we brought this up last time. . . was grayson afraid she wouldn't respond if her character got a new name or was it just laziness with the writers. . gosh there are plenty of good names out there. . .how about Ophelia.  .that a gothic, maudlin, doomed female name. . ??

I also think now  ..  . Grayson's unexpected 3-week leave of absence probably had something with us suffering Carrie . . .

Wow Nancy ..that was a tome!  You know we are both right here. . . Julia in the movie is not a nice lady . .. and Barn is not a nice guy .. . I actually think the scene where Barn learns of Julia's feelings was very well done by both of them. . .he sincerely felt bad so her jump to poison him was well pretty vindictive.  And Grayson was smart to use a private internal motivation so well the writers took off with it. . .but i really do sense that the last few months of the show, there was  definite movement towards Barn being more attached and caring/careful about Julia.  .whether it's the actors or the writers moving someplace. . . it's all up for speculation. . .I was just glad, as i said, that Juliafiles had a quote from Frid discussing the Barnabas/Julia relationship, albeit short --

Now happy turkey day!