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Comments through September 5, 2003
(This is how you read a spoiler - lick some salt, suck a lime,
read the spoiler - and you thought it only worked with tequila.)
For the past
couple weeks I’ve been operating in a blue funk. I think it’s the let
down from the excitement I lived with over the General Hospital Fan
Event. Adjusting to regular life without the buzz of anticipation
juggling my insides has been tough. Katrina and I were talking about our
lack of adrenaline drive and how it seems to be manifesting itself in a
loss of motivation to clean house. We sympathized with each other and
began to compare messiness. Katrina said her house had to be messier than
mine and I said no way. And so, The Messy House Contest was born. With
the magic of digital cameras guiding our steps, we snapped shots of the
most disgraceful areas in our homes and e-mailed them to each other.
Somewhere during the afternoon, Carolyn decided she wanted to participate
and she also e-mailed photos. I’ll have you know it was neck and neck
between Katrina and I but she won by a garage. I could bring up the
sticky issue of whether garages should be considered part of the house and
does it matter if the garage is attached or not, but I won’t because the
kick in the pants I felt from admitting my mess and embracing it gave me
the stimulus to begin cleaning and straightening. Carolyn was the loser,
which actually makes her the winner, since she hasn’t fallen into the
morass of lethargy. My long winded point being that it’s time for me to
start counting blessings and looking forward to new adventures, such as
working towards a few interviews and the Fan Event for 2004 and as always,
watching GH. Have I mentioned yet how much I enjoy my little GH vacation
each day?
I cried
some more this week. Not since Robin broke up with Jason, Lucky died,
Jason gave up Michael, Luke’s tears at Laura’s madness in her torn wedding
dress, and Alexis’ hysterical tirade at Kristina’s funeral, have I felt so
tearful. As each person showed up at Emily’s bedside to say goodbye, my
emotions welled up. And then, guess what? She didn’t die! Cool deal for
Emily that she experienced a wake and was alive to appreciate it. How
often do you think that happens? Of course, she didn’t cross over into
the bright light because in the room next to hers Nickolas slept with his
hand on the magic wall. That would be the magic wall in Miracle Hospital
on the show called General Penthouse. (I think
Sherry of Sherry's Jubilee coined the new
title.)
Prince Nik sleeps near the magic
wall,
which is built over the magic spring,
which flows under General Hospital,
which Helena drinks out of to stay young and spry.
Call me a
loony tune for romance but the dream that Emily and Nickolas shared was
wonderful. Though I want to say for the record that my sympathy goes to
the ripped-off Zem fans. Like Jason and Liz, Emily and Zander had build
up, build up, build up and then, when pay off seemed imminent, a triangle
was forced upon us. I can go for the hot Nickolas/Emily/Zander triangle,
soaps would be boring without ‘em, but I wish TPTB would realize that
romantic pay off = fan satisfaction and investment. Now, while Emily
bravely wears her I-love-Zander face, the feelings are forever tainted by
her secret longing for Prince Nik. Zem fans should have been granted at
least a few weeks of happiness between Zander and Emily. Stepping down
from my soapbox now.
Nik whispers lovingly, “The good
news is you’re not dyin’.
The bad news is we have to keep dressing up and meeting like this.”
I loved
Emily’s wedding gown, even though it was really a nightgown. Only it was
a nightgown with falsies because she suddenly had a bosom as she lay
weakly in her sick bed.
Loved the romance. Loved the gown.
Wish I had the bosoms.
“The first
one who admits that he saw that…has to go deal with it.” Edward remarked
regarding Dillon’s rendition of “That’s Amore” for Emily and Zander’s
gondola ride. They may be dysfunctional, but they’re not stupid as the
whole Q clan fell to planning Emily and Zander’s reception to be held when
Emily recovers, completely ignoring the boat ride paddling past them.
 
I’ve warned you over and over about
allowing gondola rides in hospital corridors.
Edward can
have the cupcake for a great moment this week when he welcomed Zander into
the family. Go, Eddy! You definitely have your finer moments. Also,
high on the list was the scene in which Emily asked Jason and A.J. to
acknowledge each other.
She’s come a
long way, baby! Remember when Gia first appeared in P.C.? Her intro to
P.C. involved attempted blackmail of Emily. Now, she’s with the IN
crowd. Friends with Emily, Liz, Lucky, Zander and even former fiancé Nik,
she’s an open character. I want her to find her real hair again and a
storyline.
At the risk
of bringing down the wrath of opposing factions, I am going to discuss
Courtney and Liz in the same paragraph. In a touching scene in the
hospital chapel, Jason prayed and Liz sat down next to him as they shared
their grief over Emily. The best part of Jason and Liz was their
friendship and the way they talked over their problems. Well, mostly Liz
talked, Jason listened and occasionally interjected a comment or feeling.
Anyway, I enjoyed seeing a hint of that connection again this week. Not
much understanding filled me as drug crazed Courtney and then psycho,
insecure Ric reacted with unreasonable, irrational jealousy. It’s
friendship, it’s comfort – it’s not passion on the pews.
Courtney and Ric need to get over themselves. Even though I feel
sympathy for Courtney, it’s still hard to watch her become unreasonable,
angry, and rationally challenged.
 
Remember the days when Jason and Liz
talked?
Remember when Jason laughed a few times?
And wasn’t
that an ugly face that Courtney wore for Liz and then Jason?
My favorite part of the Courtney
unreasonably accuses Liz
of trying to steal her man and orders her out the penthouse
was Jason’s complete lack of control over the situation.
Offering us a
scary new perspective, Sonny and Carly have become counselors for Jason
and Courtney. It’s not the blind leading the blind, more like the
relationship challenged leading the emotionally impaired (referring to
Courtney’s current fondness for numbing her feelings with drugs).
Drug etiquette.
When taking drugs, one must hold the cup with two hands.
Any time
Sonny and Alcazar appear in the same scene, it’s a good day. These two
players possess a powerful presence that makes me sit up in anticipation.
Go shop for a new color shirt
Scotty,
cause Lorenzo and Sonny are way out of your league.
Lest we
forget who wears the golden bad guy stars, both Alcazar and Sonny showed
their meany side this week. Alcazar ground it into Courtney, “You would
still be pregnant if you hadn’t ignored my crewman’s order and jumped into
the water. I’m not going to apologize for holding you as collateral,
that’s a function of my business. You chose to risk your child’s life and
you lost it. You brought this pain on yourself.” Sonny practiced
ruthless with Ric. “Are you thinking about the future, Ric? The wire
around your throat? How long it’s going to take? One year, three years?
Or maybe I’ll change my mind and make it happen next week. Are you having
trouble sleeping, Ric? You trying to avoid going out at night alone?
Smart move taking precautions, trying to broker a truce, trying to feed me
Alcazar. Ain’t going to work. I made you a promise little brother. I’m
gonna keep it.”
 
Would you want to meet either of
them in a dark alley?
I just heard about a million women thinking, “Duh, yeah. I don’t
care where I meet them.”
Picture me
singing and dancing. I know how to redeem Riiiccccc. Oh, IIIII know how
to redeem Riiccccc. But I’m not tellin’. Yet.
Snap! It was
a small but distinct sound on Friday as Sonny’s mind took an irrational
turn. Seeing his son on the ultrasound was way too big for Mr. Corinthos
to handle. My compliments to Maurice Benard on his ability to play a
scene within a scene. Carly fell more in love with her baby seeing him
alive on the ultrasound screen while Sonny supported Carly but showed us
his immediate withdrawal and inability to handle the reality of his son.
Sonny confessed to Jason, “I know it doesn’t make any sense but it all
started when I saw him on the monitor. It would destroy Carly if she lost
this baby. But he’s my son. And I just can’t stop thinkin’ that he’s
never going to be born.” Last time the snap sounded Sonny began skipping
down the breakdown path. Alcazar will have a hand in making Sonny crazy
as he Lily returns to haunt Sonny. Sonny’s in for a rough couple months
until the baby is born.
 
Sonny seemed afraid to look at his
child.
So Jason, Sonny’s right hand man, had to look for him.
Please don’t
write evil e-mails to me for wishing bad upon an infant but it would make
a good story twist if Carly and Sonny’s baby were born with some type of
handicap, for instance deafness. I would love to see GH deal with an
issue (Emily’s breast cancer doesn’t count because it was barely addressed
and it’s been years since Stone died of AIDS). Sonny could run around
feeling guilty, blaming himself for cursing his own child while Carly
steps up to the plate to show us how life works with a deaf child. We can
all learn sign language.
Do I even
need to address the ridiculousness of Lucky, Cop-in-Training, “working” a
case in which he is personally, passionately invested? If his whole
attitude while he searches for evidence is “Get Stefan” instead of “learn
the truth” or, here’s a good one, “innocent-until-proven-guilty” then he
needs to be directing traffic. Oh, good one, Kathy. If he was assigned
traffic duty, then he could witness Liz’s body meets car meets pavement
scene. Mac needs to lock Lucky in a small room and force him to watch
back-to-back episodes of Dragnet so he can practice his cop face.
Oh pulleeeease, don’t issue Lucky a
gun!
Didn’t you
want warn or save Elizabeth? Get off the street! Many angry and/or
impaired people are driving about in expensive cars. Since the kidnapping
story’s over leaving Carly and Courtney free to run around town without
guards and Emily has awoken with a whole new attitude and a healthy body,
an invigorating Hit and Run Mystery is just what we need.
  
Bad
Sad Mad
SPLAT!
I am totally
into a story in which Mr. Stefan Arrogant-Cassadine owes Sonny and Jason.
A spoiler says that Nickolas will be working with Jason. Let’s go!
Cassadine’s, Corinthos’ and Morgan’s in a storyline sounds good to me.
I truly don’t
like Stefan’s thick black rim glasses with the tinted lenses. Not my
favorite fashion statement, they make him look evil.
Why is this handsome, compelling man
wearing 50’s style glasses?
He could be a serial killer.
Please call
me when the real Alexis shows up. ‘Cause meek and bullied isn’t workin’
for me. Every time Alexis talks to Stefan I want to be in the scene
fighting for her, holding her up until she finds her backbone and can
throw Stefan’s manipulations back in his face.
Did many of
you catch SoapNet’s Soap Talk debut on ABC last week? It was a fun way to
promote ABC soaps but I had to laugh at the gasp big reveal spoilers. I
laughed rather smugly because I already knew each and every one of them.
I so love the ‘net! What I didn’t love was the introduction of General
Hospital’s next supercouple, Jax (Ingo) and Samantha (Kelly Monaco).
Excuse me? Supercoupledom is decided by fans, not ABC marketing execs.
So promote all you want ABC, but don’t think just because you call them a
supercouple, they are. You tried the shove-‘em-down-our-throat-promotions
with Courtney and Jason and it’s taken me two years to warm up towards
Courtney. Striking also, is Kelly Monaco’s resemblance to Brenda –
petite, dark haired, feisty. Must they be sooooo obvious?
The
passionate liaison between Vanessa Marcil and ABC Soaps In Depth bears
mentioning this week. Great actor, interesting person, but now she’s a
prime time player and ex-Brenda. Poor left behind ABC Soaps
In Depth is pining after her so badly that they’re still making reference
to her in each edition and last week gave her a cover and a six page write
up on her new show LAS VEGAS. Get a clue guys, it’s a heartless world in
Soapland and your baby has grown up and moved on. Try to let her go
gracefully and focus on the hundreds of other ABC soap actors needing a
photo op and write up. They’re who I expect to read about when I shell
out my $2.99. OK, stepping down and putting away my soapbox again.
In my usual
madcap way on Saturday, I pushed myself away from the computer and dashed
downstairs to find my two children in electronics heaven. In the living
room, my daughter lounged on the sofa singing along with her headset
watching Sponge Bob do his underwater thing while my son lay on the floor
flipping radio stations on the stereo. Informing my son that it was time
to get a haircut he said OK and then in a leisurely 15-year-old manner
picked up his cell phone and grabbed my CD player and headset to take with
him. How and when did we become so electronics dependent? Computers, DVD
players, VCR’s, home entertainment systems, video games, PDA’s and cell
phones reign. And even though both my children are involved in sports, I
don’t think they possess any concept of life without electronic gadgets at
every turn. Now this is not a commentary bemoaning the good ol' simpler
days. Pullease! Like I’d give up my computer, my VCR that tapes GH every
day, CD player, or cell phone. It’s more of a notation of how far our
society has traveled and how happy I am to live in America where all these
fun gadgets are readily available. It’s a brave new world Little
Toaster.
Pack a
picnic, go for a swim, swat some flies and get ready! Ready for what, you
ask? Why, autumn, of course! My favorite time of year. Thanks for
reading.
http://www.internetbumperstickers.com
As always, my thanks to Terry who works
so hard on her screen caps site.
http://groups.msn.com/GHWorld3/shoebox.msnw
Like every other American, I will
remember forever
where I was and what I was doing
September 11, 2001.
I wish you peace and comfort on
September 11, 2003.
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