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[jcd1013]

I usually get emotional at series endings. I do. Years ago, I wept over "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" although I had seen maybe two eppys. They represent a change, a era of life that is now over--and I always get emotional at life changes (wow, you didn't know that, did you?). We won't even talk about the waterworks seen with the ending of X-Files. Voyager. Mad About You. Etc.

Many a tear was shed tonight... of utter joy and of utter horror. I mean, 7th Heaven? Ending not with one pregnancy, but three sets of twins, I just about gagged. And the whole flashback scenes or the dream "here's how the wedding ends" dream sequences... *shudders*

I know I have several friends in LJ who like 7th Heaven... so I'll stop now. But I am not going to miss that show. Not at all.

Everwood, however, was awesome. They so know how to handle human emotions and making them real, so even though I'm irrate at their actions, I still love the characters. Anyone heard if they've announced which shows they're keeping next year?

I have to admit that I have a weakness for TLC shows. Like "Little People, Big World" or "What Not to Wear". Or my newest favorite "Jamie Oliver Does School Lunch." I've had such a crush on The Naked Chef... I think it's the accent. And the fact that he cooks.

Started physical therapy today. I've been to these same therapists for the last 4 surgeries, so I'm kinda fond of them. They're older women and very good. My therapist was impressed with all of the progress that I've made--although, I wish I had just a bit more movement. But that's why we go to the therapist. That and the wonderful, massaging electrodes... Mmm. Sweet pain.

Nothing else to report really. I'm flying out to Milwaukee at the end of the month to look at places to live--whether I buy or not is still up in the air. But that's all the excitement in this port. :)


ETA: I was just looking though some old emails and found the link to Chris and Melissa's wedding site. It's still up. The counter on the bottom says "Four days until the big day" and there are smiling pictures of the couple on every page. I haven't seen Chris look that content for a long time. The tears in my eyes are real this time... It still sucks, you know?

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[ex-twilight639.livejournal.com]

You know.. about 7th heaven.. I liked that show. I honestly did because in some small ways, more so earlier than later, it resembled my own life. I grew up as one of seven children of a father who was a bishop and then a stake president. So some of the family life and such.. and morals were so close to home for me.. however.. while some storylines were nice to watch.. others were getting annoying.. ok I take that back... most of them were getting annoying. But the ending tonight was 1) confusing.. and 2) nauseating. I mean really.. 3 sets of twins? Oh right. and mary.. the roaming wandering lost child who does everything wrong and causes so much grief.. how realistic is it that she ended up with her ex husband, graduating AND having one of three sets of twins? Honestly! I'm usually the happy ending type and not the realist type when it comes to shows and movies. Why watch what we already know is the depressing part of life? That's no escape or entertainment... but this.. OH MY GOSH.. NAUSEA!! My husband said the same thing. EW. And all I wanted was to see uberto interupt the wedding, the only part they really didn't show one lick of even in sickening dream sequences (and might I add that eric sure didn't know his daughter (mary) in his dream sequence.. she was NEVER that dumb and ditzy sounding!) It sounded to me like it was hurriedly written and they didn't know how to tie up lose ends and make it all happy and work well. They just weren't in a point in the whole story where that worked as well, not to mention, they have been obsessing over this simon/rose thing for I don't know how long, and it ended so weird and so hurried and so ... unreal. Yeah it left me wishing I'd just made up the ending in my head rather than watched it.

And that's my take on that.

[jcd1013.livejournal.com]

I tend to watch 7th Heaven as one would passing a crash on the highway... I get sucked in as I'm flipping channels and hate myself afterwards.

I don't mind watching moral storylines. I don't (those are some of my favorite Everwood storylines). But I hated hated hated that every single freaking episode had a simplistic take on that moral issue. Smoking. Sex. Self-inflicted injury. Every week had a theme, and everything was neatly solved by the end. The dialogue--oh my gosh, the dialogue is sooo painfully written. After 10 years, that has never improved.

And believe me, I'm all for happy endings... Really, I'm a romantic sap. But things can be taken way way way too far.

[ex-twilight639.livejournal.com]

oh yeah and i forgot.. since you had surgery I'm not sure if you knew.. I changed my username with a token. This is luminescentsoul :)

[jcd1013.livejournal.com]

Yep, I had gotten the memo! :)

[ex-twilight639.livejournal.com]

ok good.. I didn't want to freak anyone out and even a few of my closest friends did exactly that after being away for a few days.

[donnazita.livejournal.com]

I thnk I've told you before, that I used to watch 7th Heaven....way, way back when all the kids were kids...even before the twins were born. It was more normal then, it seemed.

I did read about the final episode, though, and I agree that everyone having twins was just insane. And I also read that Tyler Hoechlin was not in the final show....which is sorta sad because he's been on it quite a while.

I do watch "Little People, Big World" sometimes. My mom says she's met the mom; she used to do tv (I recognize her from dif. things) and she used to live down here.
I was watching some of the mini-marathon last night and what gets me about the dad is that he seems sort of maniacal about his (dwarf) son finding a girl. They were at a San Diego convention, and he criticized his son for not sitting with the girls. But, 1. He's not quite ready for it, and he won't be, if his dad keeps pushing 2. The other guys weren't sitting with the girls and 3. The girls' and guys' tables were right beside each other. Well, I guess my point is, the dad seems to be a bit panicky. Or pushy. Or both.

I thought it was cute when the grandparents were over, feeding them three full sit-down meals and a 9:00 pm snack. lol.

[jcd1013.livejournal.com]

I don't know who Tyler Hoechlin is. They managed to pull in all of the old characters, so I don't know why he was left out.

Re: Little People--- YES! The dad is so obsessed about his 15 Year Old son finding a girl. That's a very very common theme--they've gone to a few of these conventions and everytime, the dad is pushing Zach to the girls, and freaking out that he's not dancing, or socializing or whatever. He's 15!! Very few 15 years old are really that comfortable about girls. It really bothers me, but otherwise, I like the show. I like the daughter and mom relationship a lot.

[donnazita.livejournal.com]

Maybe his dad is afraid that they'll all be paired up at these conventions, by the time that his son gets to 'choose' someone. On the other hand, the other guys his age are doing the same thing---laying back casual and talking with the girls, but not hanging with them all the time.

This all reminds me of a certain someone with whom I was discussing heights 3 years ago. I said, "I'm technically a dwarf...their cutoff is 4'10"...not that I go to conventions or anything..." and he said, "They have conventions?" and I said, "Yeah," to which he replied laughingly, "What do they do? Try to take over the world?"

That person is nameless. LOL...seriously, I won't mention his name. ;)

[mrschimpf.livejournal.com]

I actually watched the first five seasons after it went into syndication because it was on at 1pm and there was nothing else on except 7H. I thought it a very goofy show, and yet I couldn't stop watching because it was actually a little good.

Then I heard about Television Without Pity, the characters got weirder and I started to mock it ;). My loyalties can easily change from year to year, and hearing about the finale, it's something only that show could come up with, along with having a dog with opening credits status.

Everwood and VM could go either way with renewal at this point, but since Reba (produced by Fox) is getting cancelled because CW doesn't want a sixth season, they might be safe since they're both Warner shows.

Do you have a specific idea of which areas of Milwaukee you're going to search in for housing, city or suburbs? What I'm thinking is to look for something within 3-4 miles of 94 or 894 so it's a quick commute to the hospital complex, but that's just me.

[jcd1013.livejournal.com]

I told my realtor that I wanted at place within 25 minutes of the hospital. Any longer than that, and it'd make buying a home pretty pointless because I'd never see it. I like the idea of a quick commute, that's for sure.

I don't know the area. At all. I've tried to do searchs on the web and stuff--but it's hard to tell distances or neighborhoods or any of that. So I definitely appreciate your advice and am marking it down.

[mrschimpf.livejournal.com]

If that's what you're looking for, I would definitely look at West Allis since it's in the middle of everything and is a pretty good community; it's close to MCW and it's only about twenty minutes to downtown. The two major malls in the area (Mayfair and Southridge) aren't far from there at all and the prices are less expensive than if you were to look in Wauwatosa (where MCW is but a little more expensive) or Brookfield (expensive and only one freeway exit which experiences alot of traffic in the morning).

[jcd1013.livejournal.com]

And the neighborhoods in the area? Generally safe (I live in a fairly ratty area right now... it would be nice to have some nice, normal neighbors. Not that mine aren't nice, but they just seem to be a little more disturbed than normal...).

I'm emailing my realtor tonight and I'll bring up the suggestion.

Thanks again, Nate!

[mrschimpf.livejournal.com]

You're welcome Julia :). Hope I helped you out a little with the suggestion!

[jcd1013.livejournal.com]

How about New Berlin? Any opinions on that suburb?

[mrschimpf.livejournal.com]

I forgot about New Berlin...lol. I would look at there too if you can, it has several freeway exits and is a little lower-priced, though you're still looking at competition since it's Waukesha County. Something near 43, 894 or 100 would probably get within your price (and commute) range there :).

[donnazita.livejournal.com]

When I discovered TWOP, I began to read the synopses for "7th Heaven" because they were hilarious. But then I guess, nobody wanted to actually have to watch the show because they stopped the synopses.

[angel-grace.livejournal.com]

I forgot to reply way back when you posted that you were moving to Milwaukee...but YAY! I live about an hour south (in Illinois, but barely), and I actually went to college in Milwaukee. Maybe once you're out here we can get together and have an Anne of Green Gables marathon or something. :)

Anyway, I used to watch 7th Heaven once in a while, and I didn't really mind the early years too much, but then it became so mockable as to be ridiculous. No one had premarital sex, everyone got married absurdly young, and while I don't have a problem with morals and values, having them shoved down my throat in such an anvilicious manner didn't work for me. Mostly, I'm glad it's gone because it's one less show Everwood and Veronica Mars will have to compete against on the CW schedule.

[jcd1013.livejournal.com]

That would be so much fun! I'd love to meet you. Just as long as the third movie isn't in the marathon!

The early years were sweet cheese. I'll give them that (although the thought that Matt decided to become an OB/GYN because The Dog gave birth still makes me gag). But it's gotten so much worse. And as I've said, I dn't mind when my shows take a stand on a moral issue... I love the Everwood has brought up the issues of premarital sex or peer pressure. In fact, sometimes (like the whole vibrator episode or the one where Delia found the "dirty magazines") I wish they would have taken a more definite stand on the issue, instead of wishy-washy through it. But for the most part, it's about choices and making decisions--not this person did a bad thing, therefore they must be smote. And they don't fill the entire episode with MULTIPLE examples of that particular moral issue, as 7th Heaven is wont to do. But as I said, my biggest problem was with their dialogue--10 years and it was still wooden and fake.

Anvilicious isn't a real word, is it? *sigh* I was looking forward to using it in RL... It would have been impressive.

[angel-grace.livejournal.com]

I try to ignore the fact that the third movie exists. So not worthy of such a talented cast. I do own it on VHS, since I bought it before watching it, but I didn't upgrade to DVD as I did with the other two (I literally wore out my tapes).

Anyway, no, anvilicious isn't a really word, but it totally should be. :)

If Everwood gets cancelled, I think my heart will break. We need more shows like it, not less.

[behrbemine.livejournal.com]

I used to cry at TV. I remember when Max slept with Tess on 'Roswell', I could not stop bawling. I was so emotional, so caught up in these shows.

Now, I don't cry. I just feel like doing so.

I am a big fan of '7th Heaven', but I have the same problems with the finale as you have. It ended and I was stunned, going "WTF? WTF was that?" "I need to talk to you." Oh, okay. THE END.

Glad you're enjoying my 'Everwood'. I've heard it's got as good a chance as 'Veronica Mars' to be picked up for the new network. I'm busy pulling for both.

[behrbemine.livejournal.com]

Btw, I loved 'The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air'. :)