Sick Day

Are you even allowed to take sick days in grad school? It feels weird, like you need to get a note from the health center to prove to your professors you weren't making it up. On the other hand, who, in the real adult world, goes to the doctor when they have a fever? You just drink the water, take the tylenol, nap and watch lots of TV stored up on your beloved DVR...or at least that's what I do. I'm feeling much better now btw...thanks.

Anyway, stomach in check and windows open to help cool me down, I caught up on all the shows I missed last night because I went to see Tom Stoppard's "The Real Thing" at Syracuse Stage. Wednesday night's are getting tough....that 9pm slot has so many good shows and apparently Law & Order is moving there also? They're killing me.

I started off with "One Tree Hill." Do you think Bono dies a little inside every time he sees a piece of one of the greatest albums U2 every made being sold out to the teens? Do they even get the reference? Back to last night's episode. It was a dramatic episode with a dramatic storm. Cliche Hill? Dan took advantage of the black out to break into Keith's apartment. He had a brotherly flashback when he accidently smashed a picture of the pair as children. Behind the picture was a safe deposit box key, which Mayor Dan quickly took stole and then broke into the vault, only to find the ledger book Lucas stole last season. Keith got nothin' on him now...except the guy is a creep and clearly will get his in the end. I wish they would just do it already, it's such a repetitive storyline. Speaking of bad seeds, what is up with that cheerleader Rachel. Talk about mean girls and bad acting. Lucas and Brooke had a massive blowout because he used the same ending in a letter to her that he did in an unsent letter to Peyton. Peyton got a life lesson from her dying birth mother, who actually died finally ending that storyline. Haley and Nathan had a romantic evening talking about their relationship. Oh, and Karen and Keith did it in the cafe.

Yes, the storylines are weak, the characters predictable, the writing incredibly cheesy....but it is such a fun guilty pleasure. I can't help but hope "One Tree Hill" has a home on the new network The CW.

But then I needed some quality television so I cued up my favorite show "Veronica Mars." I find it hard to believe there are people who watch TV and aren't watching this show, but you can see my previous review for all the gushing about how amazing this show is. In last night's episode Wallace quickly learned that doing the right thing isn't always easy. His basketball phenom friend from Chicago who hit and ran from the wino, turned the blame on Wallace. Put Veronica Mars on the case. After a failed attempt to confront him because of his controlling uncle, V puts queen bitch Jackie to use. She steals the uncle's cell phone and Wallace's cop dad tracks down the bought off witnesses and proves his boy's innocence. That storyline moved shockingly quick. Moving at a slower pace in the Fightin Fitzpatricks. Weevil talks to Molly about her relationship with Felix and realizes St. Mary's Church, where her brother is a priest, is where the drug hand-offs have been happening. Where else do the PCH'ers and the 0'9ers mix? V agrees to videotape the confessional but even she has ethics because she refuses to bug it for audio. When Weevil confronts his motorcycle gang they turn on him, beat the crap out of him and drive his bike into the ocean. And Thumper even has some blackmail--a videophone tape of Weevil beating up Curly before he washed ashore. Lastly, a little attention was finally paid to the bus crash mystery. Daddy detective broke into the evidence room at the police station and stole the interview tapes and there seems to be a theme developing....all the rich kids dad's knew Curly and the newly elected Mayor even told his daughter not to get on the bus after the field trip. Hmmm....is Steve Guttenberg bad? I'd put money on it. We also found out that the dead journalism teacher knew jackie's dad, star baseball player with a gambling problem Terrence Cook. The episode ending with him being arrested in connection to the bus accident. Definitely a false lead Sheriff Lamb.