Echo In The Bone (spoilers!)

Ok y'all ... wtf?!?!?

Did Diana Gabaldon go on a walkabout for the last 10 chapters of EitB and someone else wrote it?!?

The below mini-rant contains spoilers. If you haven't read/finished the book, DON'T LOOK!

Claire and Jamie Fraser have a massive all-encompassing love, right? Their love transcends time, right? It's the whole basis for these friggin' books, that they're "blood of my blood, flesh of my flesh." So someone PLEASE explain to me why Claire sleeps with John Grey?!?

I think Diana's in love with John Grey, seriously. I personally don't care for the character - I read the books in part for the sex and, to be completely 100% honest, I don't really want to read about homosexual sex. Sorry. Nothing against the character really, he just doesn't appeal to me for that, and because he's so damn prim and proper.

I'm just so disappointed that she has Claire have sex with John. I mean, I can understand having them marry to save her from being arrested by the English, but then they have a drunken night of hot monkey sex? Not. He's gay. She's made quite the point of that. Why on earth would he want to sleep with the widow of the man he's been in love with for thirty odd years? I don't buy the reasoning of he just wanted to be closer to Jamie. It's still the wrong hole, sorry, no.

Does anyone else think that the end of the book felt extremely rushed in some plot lines and not rushed enough in others? I wanted to hear what was going on with Roger - what happened when he went through? Did he make it through? I assumed he did because he didn't come home, but - what's going on! Aaagh! Obviously he's going to try to make his way to the Ridge, because that's where he thinks Rob Cameron is taking Jemmy, but would he first go to Lallybroch to try to find Jamie, since he knew they went to Scotland?

And she has Claire find out that Jamie's dead, then marry John, have sex with John, think about killing herself, and find Jamie again, all in a whirlwind of like 2 chapters. Granted, they're long chapters, but... I could have done without that plot line at all. Just avoid that crap and have Claire and Jamie wait in Philadelphia and Roger shows up there and they all look for Jemmy, etc. The sex with John is unnecessary and, obviously, upset me and many other readers. (Not to mention that Claire is a physician and she knows that in that time period STD's would be rampant, especially among homosexual men, and yet she sleeps with one unprotected anyway. Right.)

The final scene with Jamie is John telling him that he had "carnal knowledge" of his wife and Jamie's noncommittal response. And that's it. Whuh? Talk about a crappy ending. Would Jamie not care? Hardly. He's taken bullets and bayonets for this woman, he's killed men who raped her - he's not going to just shrug off a man admitting to having sex with her.

Has the Outlander series jumped the shark? I pray not. It's my favorite series of all time and I'm so disappointed right now in the turn it's taken. Unfortunately I'll have to wait a couple of years to find out what happens next.

Stories of my Boys

First, a shout out to Baby Duncan for sleeping through the night last night! Woohoo, go Baby Duncan! What a great little guy :) They say that most babies sleep through the night at 4 months old, and he'll be 4 months old on Thursday, so I guess in our case it was true.

Poor Ian had a rough day yesterday. We went to Grandpa & Nana's to pick up some of their furniture that they're giving away.

When we got home, Jon backed into the driveway so that we could unload the truck bed. Ian had slept the entire way home, and I opened the back door to say hi to him before helping Jon. He must not have remembered that, because after we'd unloaded the furniture, I took Duncan inside and Jon went to get Ian. Poor Ian was crying hysterically - he woke up and didn't see us, and he thought we'd left him. Poor little guy!

Needless to say, Ian got lots of hugs and some ice cream for dinner.

Regarding this health care bill that they just passed, it's not very comforting to hear members of our legislative body shouting "baby killer" at each other while the House is in session. Seriously? These are our elected officials? We're all going to hell.

Nip/Tuck Series Finale (Spoilers)

I finally got around to watching the N/T series finale that I had DVR'ed.

Was anyone else depressed or bored by that ending?

I mean, these are characters who have spent 6 odd years doing everything they possibly can to screw their lives up and make themselves miserable. Suddenly, out of nowhere, they all seem to have found their ka and are moving towards it. Matt decides he wants to be with Ava, who's back after years away, and him and her and poor baby Jenna wander off into the sunset together. Kimber is mysteriously dead-but-not-dead. Sean's wife and children are conveniently sent away. Sean goes to Romania to start working with disadvantaged children. And Christian goes back to hound dogging.

It just seems like they all got exactly what they wanted, all of a sudden. Like Liz being pregnant and suddenly being made partner. Really? After all that time?

It didn't work for me. Personally, I think the show jumped the shark when they moved to LA. Miami was MUCH more interesting. The whole storyline about Sean being on TV was lame. And the crap about Julia being a lesbian (but oh NO she wasn't, because now she's marrying a guy, right, sure). And Christian getting it on with Kimber's MOM before the funeral? Ok, that one I believe, knowing the character.

What a disappointing series finale. Sigh.

Really?

Was it really necessary to have Ted Allen talking about the "best darn pickle" he ever ate? You couldn't let him talk about a hamburger or something, Food Network? You know he's gay, don't you? C'mon now, let the man have some dignity.

ANTM

ANTM cycle 13 premiered last night. I'm still friggin' watching this show. What's wrong with me?!?

Tyra seemed a little more sedate than usual last night, except for the part where she made Mr. Jay lie down on the floor and she humped him like a stripper, demanding his sperm. Why do I watch this crap?!?

Ok so Angelea - ugh. Her nose ruins her face. Her attitude sucks as well.

Genevieve - pre-makeover, I didn't think she had the goods to compete. Post-makeover, she looked a lot better. I still don't like her attitude, though. It's all good to act tough, but if you're competing to become a model, it's not very conducive.

The girl with all of the piercings who didn't make it and cried piteously - seriously, what did you expect? Most modeling clients are not going to want someone with holes in her face. I get it hon, I really do - I pierced my tongue once. But even without studs, there's still holes that would have to be airbrushed, which = more money for postwork. Clients don't want that. You're in the wrong line of business.

Ahh ANTM, you are my favorite trainwreck.

On another note, I saw this on a resume today: "I am a detail, oriented person." Really?

Holy crap!

Corey Haim died. Bummer, dude!

What is up with this - it's the celebrities in their late 20's (Heath Ledger) and 30's (Corey, Brittany Murphy, Boner) dying instead of the young pups. When is someone from the Twilight movie or 90210 going to die?

I blame McDonald's. Those of us in our 30's were raised to think fast food is ok, so we eat more of it. Our parents didn't know any better. The kids in their teens and 20's, their parents learned the damage that bad eating can do, so they grew up eating right and exercising. Great for them, bad for us!

Ok, well maybe drugs have something to do with it too.

Duncan's First Post

Wassssuuuuuuup!!

I are Duncan Robert! Holla, bitches!!!

So's I was born in Novembers and I'm not so old yet. But I am the boss! No, don't try to tell me nothin' - I won't have it!

I say no, and I say no again, and I say good day! Stick that in your binky and suck it!

Aw, I's just kiddin'. I'm way cute, lookie:




Aw. I look just like my brother! That's good cuz he gets all the ladies. I have a girlfriend, her name is Miley. She so pretty! We're gonna get married when we're really old, like twenty.

So I rule da house and I run my mommy and daddy ragged. They just started putting me in my crib at night, which sucks ass becuz I want to be held all the time! Whassup with dat?!? So I wait til like 2 and then I cry and it's hilarious.

And I has a minion:




If I cry, he runs and gets me my binky. And he is helpful and tells Mommy, "Da baby's crying!" Is nice. He tries to feed me my bottle too but Mommy won't let him. He's a good minion.