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I am an unashamed Glee fan. But I’ve been sort of ignoring the storyline of Quinn’s pregnancy, until tonight, of course. And of course I couldn’t just… suspend disbelief when adoption is concerned, I just couldn’t. So I was doubly pissed. First of all because of the way Quinn just stood there and said no she didn’t want to keep her baby. It was just so cold. And then the way Rachel’s mother, omg, rejected Rachel and then adopted Quinn’s baby? Gaaaah! WTF?!

The miracle of the internet allowed me to watch Lost last night instead of having to wait for it be posted on Hulu today. I’ve read some of what people are saying, things left unresolved, questions unanswered, blah blah blah. Honestly, when it comes to movies and TV shows and books (though to a lesser extent, I guess I’m pickier about books), I’m a pretty easy sell. I went into the finale with an open mind and without skepticism or expectations about being owed an explanation for all the madness of the last six seasons of the show. But saying that, I don’t mean to say that I’d have accepted any old piece of crap. I’m just saying I wasn’t worried. And of course, I cried. I’m going to assume a few people still haven’t watched it yet, so maybe I’ll have more to say later. But really, I’m fine with how it ended.

My baby girl has been at her best friend’s house all weekend. At first it was … so beautifully quiet … but now I’m sort of … unsettled by all the quiet. Plus, we’re reading Akiko in the Castle of Alia Rellapor and we’re at an exciting part and I want to know what’s going to happen but I don’t want to read ahead without Becca!

I finished the second of the Guild of Specialists book, Operation Typhoon Shore and it was just as good as the first. I’m waiting for the third book. Meanwhile I’m reading The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, which I am enjoying very much. It’s all letters, mostly to and from a woman named Juliet. It makes you want to write letters to people. Anyone want to be my penpal? Heh.

My bag is knitted. Amazing the knitting that can be done when you’re alone all weekend (Ed works weekends, so I’ve been really alone). I can’t wait to felt it in the morning!

I need to take photos of the caterpillars. Jonny isn’t actually living with us anymore. It happened like this. One day we found a larger version of Jonny in our planter by the front porch and we brought it in and put it in with Jonny. I really wanted to name the new one Pauline, but even after I played the song for her, Rebecca insisted on calling the new one Clifford, because it was so much bigger than Jonny. But about a day after Clifford came to live with us, Jonny started looking… slow. I put him outside in hopes that he just needed fresh air or something. Well today I found another Clifford-sized caterpillar crawling around on the wall outside my apartment. I swear we’re naming it Pauline even if Jonny is gone. No way we’re naming it Emily Elizabeth, we have a CAT with that name.

Any Saving Grace fans out there? Gah, the last episodes are starting tomorrow, I hope they’re posting them on the TNT web site, maybe like ABC, the day after the episodes air? Best show ever, I’m so sad it’s going to be over.

It’s been raining this week. Rebecca and I have been going out whenever there is a break in the rain, short jaunts to the store and the library. We got caught in it Tuesday, though, when I had three bags of groceries in one hand and a big bag of books and DVDs from the library in the other. We were waiting at the stop in front of Safeway when it started to rain, soft, then harder, and was just starting to pour when the bus came. We got off the bus and the rain was lighter, but it was sort of not that great, walking down our steep hill to home with water gushing down the sidewalk and my arms full of wet things. I don’t have any decent rainy weather clothes or shoes, I was actually wearing sandals out in the rain. I have two pairs of nice shoes that are comfortable and good for walking, and they could certainly survive a little water, but I didn’t want to wear them in the heavy rain we’ve had this week, so I wore my sandals with nylon straps. Cold feet, maybe, but the shoes (and my feet) dried quickly.

Now I’m going crazy, though. Ed is off three days a week and I often go out alone for a couple of hours one of the days. Being home with Rebecca all the time, well, it’s my choice and I wouldn’t have it any other way, but it’s not always easy and I really cherish a couple of hours alone outside the house a few times a month. The last week has been trying, with the rain keeping us in and some, uh, hormonal challenges making me grouchy, so I’m torn about going out in the crappy weather or staying home feeling insane. Heh.

Today I watched about half of the second season of Carnivale. I liked it a lot, I’m sorry there weren’t more seasons. I watched it on my computer with headphones on and did my best to ignore my family (I’m awful, I know). I got a lot of work done on my scarf. Even unblocked, it’s awesome. I should be able to finish it tomorrow, but I have no idea where I’m going to block it, it’s so long and the cats are so… terrible. I might go in my bedroom and barricade the door and listen to my iPod and pretend I’m alone for a couple of hours.

Omg, I just watched the latest episode of “The Dollhouse” and when Whiskey/Saunders told Boyd, “I wish we had more time,” it was so Fred saying goodbye to Wesley! I could cry just remembering that horrible episode when Fred died! I’m pretty sure Summer Glau had a River moment in one of her episodes, saying something about killing someone with her mind? Funny Joss moments. I’m so ticked Dollhouse is cancelled.

I just watched Dexter, omg! How stunning and fabulous! There’s a video of Michael Hall and John Lithgow talking about it all that’s pretty cool. I love that a show that’s four seasons old can still be so shocking.

I haven’t seen Wicked, although I’d like to, very much. I have the soundtrack, though, and I really do love the song “Defying Gravity.” And I think I love it most when Kurt (Glee!) sings it, definitely more than Rachel’s version and possibly even a little more than Idina Menzel’s, which is probably some kind of blasphemy.

Even though he tanked it for his father, he kicked Rachel’s ass.

*snort*

Today Rebecca and I went to the library, since we didn’t yesterday. We discovered that the policy for DVD rentals has changed, now you can check out ten per card instead of five. I’m not sure if this is a good thing or a bad thing. We got some books. We always have a ton of books out from the library. I got the latest Outlander book. I didn’t even like the last one or two of them that much, but I think once you’ve started this series, it’s hard not to keep on with it, just on the excitement of the first book or two. Of course, there’s a huge waiting list for it, I’ll have to read it quickly since I won’t be able to renew. I just need to finish The Magicians first.

I read this review of last night’s episode of Glee. First of all, I adore Glee. I just do. Whatever. Second, the term “crip drag” is awesome and I completely agree, it’s pretty lame. I’m not here to write about all that’s wrong with Glee and the media and tv and society in general. I wasn’t that impressed with the wheelchair storyline last night, but I have to admit I liked the side story of Sue and her sister. Sue is so evil and they so rarely show her behaving even a little bit human, I just love it when they do. Like the episode where she fell in love and dressed up in a Zoot Suit for a dance contest? So sad! Well last night, I loved how she looked so pretty when she smiled at her sister. Because Jane Lynch does not play Sue as a pretty woman. It was such a startling difference, seeing her smile like that.

I’m between yarn projects. I really love crocheting blankets right now, but I’m out of blanket yarn. I’m half-heartedly working on a pair of socks and even more lamely working on some potholders I don’t need. Everyone is getting potholders for Christmas.