Jaylen and Dash were on Katie Couric last night and it was a lovely little segment. You can view the video at dashmihok.com.

Had a good Halloween even though the weather was super gross because it was cold and rainy. Aidan and Alex each ended up with like 5 pounds of candy. No, I’m not joking. They weighed it.

Been reading a lot lately. Finished Wicked Lovely on Monday, Dead and Gone Tuesday and Ink Exchange yesterday. I LOVED Ink Exchange so much. It’s very dark, but in the end, everyone ended up where they needed to be. A lot the reviews I read weren’t very positive, but I don’t understand why. It might be a story about faeries, but the themes are that of pain, suffering, addiction, loss, need, survival and trying to reclaim yourself. It’s sad and awful, but having lived through a lot of things in the book and coming out the other side broken but still alive and breathing really struck a chord in me. Maybe the people who reviewed it negatively don’t have any frame of reference and therefore just didn’t understand. No idea. Anyhoodle, on to some of the characters… I’m in love with the character of Niall and I hope to see much more of him in the next book. I never cared for Irial, but I understand why he did what he did from start to finish. As for Leslie, I feel for her and understand the awful pain she feels and why she so desperately wants to reclaim herself and make it all stop even though the way she can make it stop could ultimately destroy her. I didn’t really like the characters of Aislinn and Keenan in this one though. They seem different than in the 1st book. Aislinn grated on my nerves until the end of the book and I just hated Keenan in this one. He was a total ass, which kind of sucks because I actually grew to like him in the 1st book. Seth is still a great character, but just not in this one for long. The one character I really miss in this one is Donia. She was my favorite in the 1st book and I’m really hoping she returns in the next one.

TV Talk:

Jane Lynch gets more and more fabulous with each passing Glee episode. Is it wrong that I thought Rachel and Noah/Puck were kinda hot together and that his hotness factor was raised a few more bars by singing Sweet Caroline even though he’s a sleaze just trying to get into her pants? Yes, I thought it was wrong. Don’t care though. Totally H-O-T.

White Collar is so going to be my new favorite show of the season. It’s a nice little mix of drama, light comedy and action and Matt Bomer is perfectly charming as the lead. I loved him in Tru Calling, adored every minute he was in Chuck and thought he was really good in Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning, so yayness for a weekly fix of charm and prettiness. Now if Lee Pace would get another show, I’d be in TV heaven.

I’ve been enjoying Eastwick, though it’s not something I must watch on a weekly basis. I typically watch/listen to it on Hulu while at work.

I’ve also been watching/listening to Flash Forward at work because I just can’t get into it. It’s not bad or anything, it’s just not something I can tear my eyes away from. I can’t figure out exactly what it is that doesn’t do it for me, but it’s just missing something.

I hope they end OTH after this season. It’s just time. I am hoping that Clay and Quinn will end up together, but we’ll see. Also, it’s time for them to let Brooke be happy damn it! Just let her get married and get pregnant already. Good grief! Also, they should bring Sam back or at least mention her once in while. Oh and the Millie on diet pills storyline? Stop it now because I’ve seen that one waaaay too many times.

Watched the first few eps of Fringe S1 and liked it a lot. It’s not something I’d need to see on a weekly basis, but I think I’ll finish out S1 and then download recent S2 eps.

Is Sons of Anarchy good? I adore Charlie Hunnam, but it doesn’t really look like something I’d like.

As most of you know, my dad passed away a couple of weeks ago. We weren’t close and I hadn’t seen him in 10 years so being there at the very end was kind of odd, but I’m so glad I went to see him and had a chance to talk with him briefly. We didn’t get to say all the things we wanted to say, but we said enough and there was peace for both of us. I still haven’t cried over it, but I will one day.

I turned 34 earlier this week. It was an OK birthday other than Aidan being sick and us not getting to cook dinner and stuff like we’d planned. I didn’t want a germy birthday dinner and certainly didn’t want to catch the bug he had. We’ll probably bake a cake or something this weekend, just so we can celebrate properly.

As I’ve plugged several times already, dashmihok.com and sophiabushphotos.com are now online if anyone wants to affiliate. I’ve got spots open for family, top and regular affies. Just email me through either of the sites and I’ll be happy to add you.

Aidan and I dropped dominic-monaghan.org due to lack of time. We didn’t want to let it go, but there was just entirely too much to do to get it to where it needed to be. We might open another one under a different domain one day with a smaller gallery or something. Or not. Who knows.

I’m in love with Glee and more specifically Lea Michele. The show is super fun and super pretty and all, but I don’t know if I’d be as into it if it weren’t for her. She just kind of brings the whole thing together and makes it all work. At least for me anyway. I also totally love Jane Lynch as Sue. She’s just absolutely perfect in her role.

Supernatural is rocking this season. I have a feeling they will break my heart by the end of the season though.

Tried to watch Vampire Diaries and boy does it blow. I still think Paul Wesley is super cute, but he doesn’t really embody Stefan just as Ian doesn’t embody Damon and Nina totally doesn’t embody Elena. Truthfully, hardly any of the characters look like they were described in the book (see descriptions here) which bothers me. Maybe if the actors or scripts were better, I might like it more. As it stands though, I had to give it up.

One Tree Hill isn’t very good this year, but I love Sophia so I will continue watching. Plus, they’ve had some really great tunes and Bethany looks amazing. I also like Shantel in her role, but she does happy and fun better than she does sad and hurt. The storylines are just so lame and some of the dialogue is just so forced. There is just no question that the show should have ended last season. I hope that they let it go in peace after this season because otherwise it’s just going to be unwatchable. I know some of the actors won’t have much of a career after it ends because they don’t have much talent, but they should have made a nice little nest egg for themselves by now and they could live comfortably for a while even if they don’t get much work.

Gossip Girl is kinda meh as a whole, but I LOVE Chuck to pieces. He seems just as smarmy as always, but less smarmy at the same time and much better dressed. I do miss S1 clothes on Chuck though. They were the best. Why do they keep putting Blair in shoes that don’t match her outfits in any way whatsoever? It’s weird and makes her look like she has no fashion sense even though she totally does. OK, I know it’s the stylists on the show that dress the cast, but still. And don’t get me started on that hideous outfit they had Serena in a few weeks ago. You know which one I’m talking about. Ugh times infinity. I wish they’d cut Vanessa’s hair again because trying to go for the messy Serena hair on her just doesn’t work at all. Also, why do they continue to make her annoying?

The True Blood finale was a let down. It took me weeks to finally watch it and then I felt like it was an hour wasted. I so wish they would have combined books 2 and 3 for Season 2 because they could have done it pretty easily and then that dreadful Maryann storyline would have ended long ago like it should have since she was barely present in the book and didn’t even have a name. Yeah.

I hope Dollhouse survives. I would hate to be without my weekly Joss and Enver fix. I’m so bummed that I can’t watch tonight because our stupid cable box is dead and I won’t have a replacement one until sometime next week.

Still practicing Russian, but I’m still not very good. I can say a few things fully and properly, but it’s getting really hard now. I keep getting the “I” and “You” and male and female forms of things mixed up, as well as the word order. I can’t even pronounce anything on the disc I started yesterday which makes me a little unhappy and somewhat frustrated. I think part of it has to do with my Southern accent. I just can’t wrap my mouth and vocal chords around certain words no matter how hard I try. I’ll have to take the discs back to library soon too which kind of sucks. They have a whole language section though, so I could try Farsi, Italian, French, German, Chinese and the list goes on. I might give a few others a whirl to see which one(s) I like best because learning Russian has definitely been fun and a good exercise for my brain and that’s exactly what I needed.

I think I’ll end here since my lunch break is now over. I’ll try to start tweeting again soon too. Just haven’t been in the mood lately.

And Dollhouse? I’m so loving the show, but oh my with the heartbreak. OK, so I know not everyone is diggin’ the show as much as I am, but whatever. Mellie/November and Sierra were killing me tonight, especially Sierra. Poor girls. Victor rules! I’ve liked him from the get go, but the past couple of weeks, he’s just been flat out awesome. I don’t recall having seen the actor in anything before, but he’s quite talented and I’m very much enjoying seeing what he brings to the show each week. I’m totally shipping Victor and Sierra now too. You know who I’m starting to like? Topher. He still creeps me out, but I’m finding him to be more funny and nerdy than uber creepy like I did before. I can’t wait for Paul to find out more. Next week can’t get here soon enough.

Pocket Edward is so much fun!

Matt Dallas and Jaimie Alexander hotness!

I watched the first episode of The Tudors last night and thought it sucked. Does it get better or should I just go ahead and cross it off my list? It’s hard to believe I used to adore JRM so. He’s so creepy looking now and his acting abilities seem to have dwindled a bit too. It’s either the alcohol (and drugs?) or maybe he was trying to find his footing in the first episode(s) or something and he gets better. I also didn’t find Henry Cavill to be terribly great in the acting department either, but he is insanely pretty, so he gets extra brownie points for looks.

Started watching McLeod’s Daughters again a few days ago. I fast forwarded through most of Season 6 because it was sucky, but I’m enjoying Season 7 thus far. Hopefully it’ll continue to be good throughout the remainder of the season.

Lost continues to blow my mind. It’s so freaking good, but oh my how the time frames are confusing my poor brain.

Chuck is consistently funny as hell each week. I know it’s not everyone’s cup of tea, but it always has Aidan and I howling. We were all but rolling on the floor last night at some of the stuff that happened, like when Chuck goes to save the day, but trips and gets his foot caught in a window and breaks it while managing to create a diversion for Sarah and Casey. Priceless! I’m still waiting for Sarah and Chuck to have some hot sex at least once. They both love each other and can’t be together, but that doesn’t mean that they can’t get it on. Sure, it would probably be funny sex rather than super hot sex and it would make for awkward moments later down the road, but that would also make for more funny.

I’m still loving Dollhouse and so far ep 2 has been my favorite. For one, it had a whole lot of Matt Keeslar in it and anything with Matt in it is a good thing. He’s so dreamy even when he’s playing a creepy and super crazy killer. It’s had the strongest Echo story so far in terms of her adapting to her surroundings and doing what needed to be done to save herself since that wasn’t something that was programmed into her. Episode 3 had a bit of that too with her thinking for herself and pushing death in the face of the diva singer who only thought she wanted to die. Episode 4 wasn’t a strong episode all around, but I still found it to be enjoyable because of the other moving parts in the story. Sierra, Echo and Victor becoming a group is intriguing. This can’t end well for them since they aren’t supposed to develop friendships, but I think it’s interesting. I am intrigued as to why they keep sending Victor to Paul when he won’t stop his search for the Dollhouse. I am intrigued by Alpha (clearly alive) and how he’s doing what he’s doing on the outside. Does he have help? Why is Echo so important? Were they friends? Relatives? In love? Me wants to know!

In movie news…
We went to see Watchmen on Saturday and all in all I really loved it. I have not read the graphic novel yet, but I will do so very soon. I was super excited about the film and wanted to hold off on reading it because I didn’t want to compare the two in my head as I watched the film and inevitably not be able to fully enjoy the film. That being said, here are some of my likes and dislikes and yes, there are some spoilers…

Great opening sequence. It was so pretty and so well done and the music was perfectly perfect. Definitely one of my favorites of the past few years.

Rorschach! OK, my Rorschach like is really more Rorschach love. Jackie Earle Haley was freaking brilliant in this role. Definitely mine and Aidan’s favorite character of the entire film. He was brutal and sly and smart and just plain freaking awesome. I can’t imagine anyone being more perfect in the role. I even loved his creepy deep scratchy voice. I did not love his demise though. That made me sad.

Carla Gugino was gorgeous! Her pin up look was to die for pretty.

How is it possible that the awesomeness that is JDM filled the shoes of such a horrid character so well? Because he’s a fan-freaking-tastic actor! Next to Jackie Earle Haley’s performance, JDM’s was definitely a stand out. A horrifyingly scary and brutal stand out, but a stand out. He was up there in Otis Firefly territory and it’s hard to be in Otis territory because it’s pretty hard to be such a horrible person yet have a side to you that makes the viewers still somehow like you in some way.

Billy Crudup pre-Dr. Manhattan transformation was so cute and sweet. I almost cried when he was stuck in the room and exploded. It was sad.

Waaaaaay too much glowy blue penis post transformation. Cover that thing up, Dr. Manhattan! I know he doesn’t care if he’s covered or not because he really has no need for clothing or anything like that, but I didn’t need to see that much penis flopping around all throughout the film. I like men and everything, but penises are not pretty things, especially when they are just hanging there and flopping around when they walk. Glowing blue penises are even worse because they kind of scream “Hey! Look at me! I’m big and glowy and blue!” and you can’t not look at it.

Matthew Goode’s hair or shall I say wig. WTF? MG is actually a pretty hot guy with his normal hair, but with that weird blonde wig and the clothes that accompanied it, he looked like a big flaming homo rather than a kick ass superhero. Even in his costume he looked like a big ol’ queen because of that hair. Truly not a pretty site. I would have to tell my awesome gay boyfriends to stop and take a look in the mirror if any of them ever tried to go out into public looking like that.

Malin Akerman is super pretty, but she didn’t do much in the way of emoting and that would have come in super handy during her emotional scenes and her truly awkward make out scene and sex scene with Patrick Wilson. Speaking of the sex scene, it was kind of painful to watch. They both looked so uncomfortable with each other and it went on way too long and it wasn’t hot.

All in all, I was very happy with the film as a whole and would definitely like to see it again.