National Stay At Home Week

ABC's National Stay At Home Week officially starts today!  They're using the excuse of "times are tough, stay at home to save gas!" to promote their season and series premieres.

Things to look forward to (or not):

Emmy Awards: tonight at 8pm!

Dancing with the Stars: Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday at 8pm or 9pm - starring Lance Bass, Susan Lucci, Kim Kardashian, and the seemingly requisite Disney star (thanks to Disney owning ABC), Cody Linley from Hannah Montana.  Expect the annoying Miley Cyrus to be in the audience, if she deems the show worthy enough for her presence, which she should, since her dad was on it in season four.

Grey's Anatomy: Thursday at 9pm.  The cast, save for Dr. Bailey and Christina, drive me crazy.  They're not funny, and are way too selfish to be likable.  I'll watch it, but only to have something to watch Thursday nights.

Brothers and Sisters: Sunday 9/28 at 10pm.  I don't follow this all the time, but I am curious to see how the Justin/Rebecca relationship is going to turn out, since it has gone from oblivious to each other's existence to thinking they were half-siblings to discovering they were not related to making out.  But I'm basically just interested in that because Justin is so darn cute.

And for the grand finale:

DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES: Sunday 9/28 at 9pm!  I'm so excited for this one.  The cast has gone five years into the future, and it'll be interesting to see what the writers/producers have decided to do with the characters.  It's also nice to have a little mystery as to what has happened in between the season four finale and season five premiere.  Why aren't Susan and Mike together?  Who is the new guy she's with?  How did Gabby undergo her drastic change from model to mom?  And I'm glad they kept Dana Delaney around.  It's always good to have another redhead!

The only thing that could make this week even better would be if Lost were premiering too, but alas, we must wait for 2009 for its fifth season.

Things That Make Me Feel Better When I'm Irritated or Down

Work started out well today, but got a little frustrating towards the end.  But there's nothing like James McAvoy's "Scottish vacuum of charm" or John Krasinki's "Car Story" to make me cheer up.  Why can't I always have a Scottish person around to keep me perky?

In other news: Happy Birthday Hermione Granger!  She's 29 today.

And yes, I know I'm a dork since I know how old she is.  But JK Rowling told us that she was born in 1979!

"Do you want my email address so we can talk about Harry Potter?"

Calling all Harry Potter fans!

If I haven't shared this video with you already, you simply MUST watch it.  This girl is hilarious.  This video is one of my favorites, along with the "I Eat MuggleCast Fangirls for Breakfast," which is funny if you are familiar with the HP fandom, particularly when it comes to MuggleNet/MuggleCast fans.

Miley Cyrus

I admit it.  I used to be a Miley Cyrus fan.  I watched "Hannah Montana" when it first came out and own her first two CDs.

But she crossed the line for her sixteenth birthday party.

The Powers That Be SHUT DOWN DISNEYLAND for the entire day for her birthday party!  And that really ticks me off.

Sure, there were like 250 special fans chosen that got to come.  But think of all the families that had planned vacations to the original Disney theme park for that day.  What are they supposed to do?  What if that was the one day that they were able to spend at the park?  Oh sorry, one little 16 year old is more important than thousands of kids who are trying to live the dream.

And really, this is probably more Disney's fault than Miley's, but I think her ego is probably growing too big anyway.  She acted immature in her YouTube video response to Selena Gomez and Demi Lovato's video.  Yes, she is only sixteen, but she needs to remember that she's in the spotlight with so many people scrutinizing her, waiting for her to mess up.  She chose this life (or at least agreed to it) and should accept the fact that she can't act like a normal teenager while in the Hollywood spotlight without having to face major consequences.

90210

9-02 is here.

Not that I was one of the original "Beverly Hills, 90210" fans.  I was much too young, being only 3 years old when it premiered.  However, SoapNet's reruns of the teen soap are so addicting.  I started watching them earlier this year thanks to my roommate Katie's introduction of them to me.  Then, I started watching the first few seasons online (BH 90210 seasons 1-4 on CBS.com, so totally legit) when I wanted my daily fix, but SoapNet didn't air the show on the weekends.

So tonight is the series premiere of the new "90210."  It stars Darcy from Degrassi (Shenae Grimes), Becky from Full House (Lori Loughlin), and this other guy (Rob Estes) who was in another Aaron Spelling production, "Melrose Place," whose first season is also addictively online at CBS.

So am I excited?  Yes and no.  The good points:

1) The updated, modern theme song.  I love the old one (it's my ringtone, haha), but this one takes out the 90s vibe, and makes it 2008 cool.

2) The return of Jennie Garth and Shannen Doherty.  Kelly Taylor is my favorite character on the old show, so I'm super excited to see what's going on with the character now.  Did she and Dylan finally ride off into the sunset?  And even though Brenda is incredibly annoying (and apparently so bitchy that she got written off the show after the fourth season), the more original cast members, the better.

3) The inclusion of Erin Silver and potentially Hannah Zuckerman-Vasquez.  Again, these two were from the original, but they were only babies back then.  It's awesome that Kelly and David's half-sister is a main cast member and Andrea's daughter might be on it.

The bad points:

1) New cast.  The promos reiterate that this is a whole new 90210 for a new generation.  But I'm almost like one of those kids from the 90s who grew up with the original.  They're the characters that I care about and the storylines that I like.

2) Plots that are relevant today.  Which is a good thing for the show, but I read in an interview in Entertainment Weekly with Jennie and Shannen that there are definitely some things in the pilot that never would have happened in the original show.  I guess that that's part of the reason that I like it.  And the cheesiness of a 90s teen soap.

So while I don't know if I'll become a fan of the new 90210 (especially since it just seems like a SoCal version of "Gossip Girl"), it's exciting that the zip code is back.  Though it would've been even cooler if it had debuted 9-02-10, two years from today.