Ticktickticktick....

Can you hear it?

When last we saw our hero, Hiro was running his ass off trying to get away from the 18th-century samurai! At least, that's what I remember from the end of the last episode. Can't wait to see what happens now that we've saved the cheerleader. I like Hayden; she gives her character some depth in the midst of the teen angst. But I hope saving the cheerleader, saving the world includes getting rid of those damn hair extensions. And did you recognize Noah Gray-Cabey as brain-on-two-legs Franklin from "My Wife and Kids?" I can see what he's going to look like as an adult now. If he's not careful, those glossy curls are going to turn into a pimp 'do faster than you can say "Bitch better have my money."

Wow, there is just WAY too much going on on each webpage for "Heroes." But I guess that's what the kids these days.

See you after The Big Shew...

Moulin Rouge with penguins

Just finished watching the above on cable... The Husband had it down. "It's 'Moulin Rouge' with penguins."

But that's a compliment, actually. Besides the fact that there's the obvious dancing and Nicole Kidman (voicing the main character's mother), it's really a well-done mash-up musical. You'll remember the lush visuals in Moulin Rouge, the breaking-into-song that somehow didn't seem completely ridiculous within the plot, the luuuuv story... Now subtract Kidman's long legs and add fuzzy people with beaks and stumpy legs. See?

If you can resist a small, round, fuzzy bird wiggling his rump while another is rapping, "Don't push me/ 'Cause I'm close to the -- Edge," you ain't right.

Preach on, "sister"

She's probably getting more traffic than she can handle, but God bless Bethany Keeley at http://quotation-marks.blogspot.com/. My husband forwarded the Yahoo! News article to me. Finally, an answer to my oft-repeated question: "Was I the only one who was paying attention in school?" Of course you were, honey, that's why you're running a multimedia empire from this corner of the blogosphere.

Really, though, what's so hard about remembering this:

• -- Quotations are for quoting someone's words, spoken, printed, or thought out. (That last one's for the novel writers and English lit grads in the crowd. Don't try that unless you're a trained professional.)
• -- Underlining is for emphasizing something you want people to pay attention to. (Excuse me -- "something to which you want people to pay attention." Oh look -- there's a grammatically correct quote!) If you're really confused, put the emphasized word in bold typeface or in italics.

Unfortunately, Ms. Keeley's blog brings out my peevish side, and you probably don't know me well enough yet to find that charming. So I'm gonna have to end my praise-a-thon right here. "...And we're walking... and we're walking... and we're stopping." (Name the movie that quote came from, and I'll send you your very own artist trading card!)