october 31

only this show does this to me. i am not an addict. so shut up.

AT&T Cable is at the top of my shit list. I don't know the details, but, according to Action Sports Cable Network, Paul Allen's new baby, AT&T reneged on an agreement to carry the Blazer season opener tonight. So ASCN went to the local NBC affiliate, KGW, and got them to broadcast the game.

This means NO WEST WING TONIGHT.

Polly informed me of this news via phone call early in the afternoon. She is just as rabid about this show as I am, because she, like me, is a news junkie and former PR whore and gossipy drama queen. And this means at 9 PM on Wednesday nights we like to pretend we're at the center of the inner circle of the political and the powerful. I'm sure Polly would tell you it's because of the superior quality of the script writing and the talented performers. She's lying. She's living vicariously, just like me.

After I confirmed the sad news I immediately ran to MIGHTYBIGTV and tattled. Only I blamed KGW because I didn't know about the AT&T story. Polly promptly informed me of my pathetic geekiness. [postscript : Daaaaaang. Deborah, the moderator at TWW forum for MBTV slapped me down for that. They're so mean over there. Of course, I'm kidding. MBTV is known for harsh forum policies but, in the end, it makes for more a more enlightened community. I just wish their servers weren't so damned slow and error-prone so it wouldn't take an hour to check to see if someone has already started a pre-empt thread.)

The only thing worse is that they're broadcasting West Wing tomorrow night at 7 PM. I have a doctor's appointment at 4:45 PM. Since this slot is at the end of the day I'm at the mercy of every other patient who shows up late tomorrow and screws up the schedule. I hope I get home by 7.

Which reminds me, I have to shave tonight. How sad is it that I'm more concerned about shaving for a gynecological exam than for sex?

Can I just tell you how good it feels to be all worked up about bullshit like this?

We had about five sets of trick-or-treaters tonight. Fewer than usual. This means we have many, many individually wrapped chocolate candies. The only thing better than being a kid and going out in your costume on Halloween and getting a ton of loot is staying home in your sweatshirt and leggings and eating the Halloween candy that you didn't have to run around the neighborhood in the rain and beg for. With red wine.

- october 31