I know, I know Thomas. It's been too long and there is no excuse for me not blogging. Honestly, I just really haven't had alot to say, but I guess I'll humor you all and make stuff up (just kidding...;) ). It's Shauna's 21st birthday today. So, happy birthday to her! We're not technically celebrating with the family until Thursday night, but I took her to lunch (was supposed to be breakfast! LOL!) and we're grabbing an early dinner with mom before the 24 finale tonight. I asked Shauna what she wanted, but she's not sure, so I guess I'll just have to wait to get her a present, so it can be something she really wanted.

School is finally over and somehow, some way this semester I got the best grades I've ever gotten in college: 2 As and 1 A- (my methods class). I don't know how that happened because this semester hasn't exactly been the easiest or most fun. I'm off for the summer (though I'll supposedly be temping, still have to work that out), and I start school back up at the end of August. I finally worked out my schedule and I'm taking Classroom Assessment on Monday mornings, my history elective on Thursday afternoons, Philosophy of Education on Saturday mornings (yeah, I know...but it was the only option and I heard it's a good teacher) and Physical Geography class at a community college by my house on Monday nights. Then, I student teach in the spring. I still haven't gotten my placement yet, but I guess we'll see.

One thing I enjoy about May is season finale/network upfront time. I made my decisions next year about what I'll be watching. I'm only picking up one new show, however, which is 'Supernatural'. A few things that surprised me were the cancellations of 'Joan of Arcadia' and 'Summerland'. Not that I was extremely attached to the those shows, but that they just ended them. Scheduling for next year is also kind of surprising: OTH is moving to Wednesdays at 8/7c and was given a 26 episode order! 26 episodes to further torture me? Great...that is if I continuing watching and that depends on the season finale. This show has caused me far too much emotional anguish this season and I can't deal with it anymore. Mark Schwahn has one last chance to shock me, before I check out permanently. The other thing that surprised me was the 8/7c hour on Thrusdays. I have class until 6:45 on Thursdays so I have no idea how I'm supposed to watch 3 shows (Smallville, The OC, and Alias) at the same time. I guess I'll be taping or downloading. Then I have CSI VS Everwood which isn't that bad. I'll find some way to watch them all, but I think that one show is gonna end up moving to another night.

Over the course of the next three days, the season finales for 24, 7th Heaven, Everwood, OTH, Alias, and LOST will all occur. So far I have been very impressed with every season finale I've watched so far: Gilmore Girls, The OC, Smallville, Charmed, and Grey's Anatomy, so I'm hoping the last batch will be equally as impressive and why shouldn't they be? This the last chance for the shows to make a mark and make sure people are watching come fall. The only show that I'm really worried about is OTH, because if there's nothing positive for Nathan/Haley after a complete season of torture and ambiguity, I will not be watching Season 3. I can't imagine why Mark would want to lose 85% of his fanbase by not fixing things. He wouldn't have many people following the show to Wednesday nights. I know many people just holding on until the season finale, or just simply tuning back into the season finale to see how things will gone. The fact of the matter is...I don't want to stop watching. I love posting on the boards, theorizing, and running the music thread...but I can't take another season of emotional abuse. Mark's got one shot and if every other show can pull shit out of their asses in the finale...he can too. After all, he's got two hours and a whole night of promotion (crappy promotion...but promotion) and according to him, he likes the finale...so he better bring it or it's bye bye, buddy. '24' on the other hand, while I'm nervous about the fate of certain characters (namely Tony/Michelle), I'm kind of excited because I know the show won't steer me wrong. It's been excellent this season and I can't wait to see what happens. I just knew Marwan and Mandy were BFF. ;)

I promise I will post my thoughts after all the finales air and we'll see where I'm ending up at...for better or worse.