The End of An Era

I'm watching the final episode of ER right now. I haven't watched the show in probably about 7 years. Maybe one or two episodes here or there, but once I went to college I dropped my dedication to the show for my higher scholarly pursuits (such as Gilmore Girls, the Simpsons, and Futurama). But there's something sentimental about a show I literally almost can't remember not being on coming to an end. A show that I was dedicated to during my four years of high school, despite that being only a blip in the life of the series.

Every single major character that I loved and knew at that time is no longer a regular on the show. Some of them are dead. Some of them are only here tonight, an homage to the roles many of us fell in love with years ago. I don't even know these new characters. I know the actors from their other shows (John Stamos from Full House, Linda Cardellini from Freaks and Geeks, etc.), but I have no idea the characters themselves nor their relationships, personalities, nothing. Maybe one day I'll catch up on those 7 years. Probably not.

Some thoughts while I watch:

1. Rory Gilmore is a med school intern?!

2. What happened to Laura Innes' (can't remember her character's name) crutches?

3. Have those two admin guys been on the show for the whole 15 years?

4. John Stamos was a grown-up when he was Uncle Jesse. How old is he now?!

(The preview for the Hannah Montana Movie just came on, but the scene with my feet in it is first and I always miss it til it's over.)

5. Lissel!! Lissel is totally front and center in this scene!!

6. Remembered Laura's character name: Kerry (only because Dr. Carter said it.)

7. That baby is totally not crying. Definitely smiling.

8. Horrifying. Further confirmation that I will never have kids.

9. Do John Stamos and Linda Cardellini's characters have teenage children?

(Woo Wolverine trailer!)

10. Crap, this is going to go on for another hour. Can I stay awake?

11. Wow, crazy that I walk past that ambulance bay nearly every day. I wonder what they'll do with it now?

(LOVE this new Hulu commercial with Seth McFarlane)

12. Thandie Newton is British?

13. Alright, we're at 1:26. Where the hell is George??

14. Wow, this episode is turning me off of having children, growing old AND getting married. Thanks ER. Thanks a lot.

15. Crap, she's going to break up with him. Or ask him to marry her.

16. Wait the woman that just died isn't the woman who broke her arm at the beginning? They can't have have two older-than-death women on the same episode.

17. Only 5 minutes left, and they've got an explosion coming in? I guess we're going to end on a high note.

And that's the end. Good show. I don't they could have done a better job.

You Never Know

Yesterday was probably one of the weirdest days I've ever had. Despite getting nearly 9 hours of sleep, I could barely get out of bed when my alarm went off. By the time I did get up, I was running late and spent the morning rushing around to get ready and out of the apartment in time for work. Ten minutes before 9:00, I was out the door and hurrying through the rain. Thankfully it's a short walk, and I can usually make it in 10 minutes, it just doesn't give me time to get my coffee or breakfast once I get there.

So, as I'm walking to work, talking to my mom on the phone, a bus drives past me, through a puddle, and sends a wall of water showering onto me. I was soaked. I'm pretty sure I screamed into the phone, but then I just started laughing. It was all I could do. My coat had absorbed most of the water to my upper body, so really just my jeans and boots had it worst. My mom asked if I needed to go home and change, but I was already late and by some miracle my feet were dry despite my sopping boots. So I continued to make my way to work.

Once I got to work, I started getting the chills from my wet jeans and just all around wasn't feeling well. I began to rethink my decision not change into dry clothes and nearly called it a sick day and went home.

But I stayed, and around 10am I got an email the rallied my spirits a bit: Joseph was asking me to read the scripture in church in 2 weeks. Well, that's one thing that I love to do and don't get the opportunity often, so I was pretty happy about that.

And then, around noon, guess who walks into my lobby? You'll never guess (unless you're one of my book club girls and got the email I sent as soon as he walked in). It was, wait for it, Jason Mesnick. That's right, the Bachelor (or Bastardachelor as I like to call him... but not to his face) walked into my lobby 2 days after "the most dramatic After the Final Rose Special in history!" airs! I was flipping out. I really wanted to be rude to him, but I knew I couldn't because that would probably get me fired. So I just pretended I didn't know who he was. Probably the nicest thing I could do, because he said he's getting harassed by everyone these days. But the best part was that Bonnie was on tv while he was waiting and she talked about him the entire time. Amazing!

The rest of the day was pretty uneventful, but the morning was eventful enough for the whole week. Frachel and I were planning to run after work, but decided not to because of the rain. We still wanted to hang out though, so I ended up helping her make dinner then she, her boyfriend, and I had dinner together and ended up hanging out and watching shows til past 10. It was so much fun.

Also, this afternoon at lunch I saw Drew Lachey.

Update: ZachWatch '09

I saw him yesterday!! It was at Jamba Juice. I smiled and said hi and he said hi back, it was amazing! Josh (who plays Morgan) was there too, but he wasn't paying attention. So now that verbal contact has been established, what's next? Conversation? Physical contact? ;-)

Also, a guy I work with is pretty sure he saw Zach at CVS last night. So, all in all, it was a pretty good day for ZachWatch '09.