What is this, Horseville? 'Cause I'm surrounded by naysayers. Wordplay!

Ah, a fresh new TV season. There were two success stories from last year for me: The Vampire Diaries and Community. TVD has already returned in top form and I have nothing but ridiculously high expectations for Community, which comes back on Thursday (IS IT THURSDAY YET?). I hate that they are in the same time slot. Networks should base their schedules around my needs.

I checked out two new offerings last night: The Event and Hawaii Five-0 and both were pretty good.

The Event pilot was a pretty good introduction. It teased without being completely vague and confusing. I was a little concerned because a lot of reviews complained about all the time jumping, but I was able to follow along no problem. And I'm really not that observant of a tv watcher a lot of the time. I'm intrigued and will continue to watch until it disappoints (see: FlashForward) or I'm completely committed to the abusive relationship (see: LOST).

Hawaii Five-0 I only checked out because of Lost alum, Daniel Dae Kim. I don't know how wish a decision this was, because whenever he was on screen all I could think about was "Where's Sun?". But at the same time I can make the world of Hawaii Five-0 into an AU of Lost where Jin, Sun, and baby Ji-Yeon are living in Hawai'i running a souvenir shop and using new names, having escaped her psycho father. Sun and Ji-Yeon just never appear on screen. HAPPY ENDING.

It was doubly confusing because I had no idea James Marsters was going to be in the pilot and whenever HE was on screen all I could think was "Spike is ENGLISH, not Irish, stupid show. Also, vampires can't be out in the daylight."

Random, but it made me smile whenever they said hoale because it reminded me of the Hawaiian friends I had in college. Hawai'i was a pretty well represented state at my school for some bizarre reason (which was in Wisconsin it should be noted). It wasn't used in a derogatory way, just to note that the rest of us were mainlanders.

ANYWAY, it's perfectly good little cop show, and Grace Park kicked butt. Thought they are treading a very thin line in regards to the huge amount of fan service she provided. None of the guys had to strip down to their skivvies. I'm just saying.

My Girlfriend is a Gumiho continues to be my most favorite thing ever. But I'm watching it streaming now (because I can't help myself) so I have no caps or gifs for you :(

In non-entertainmnet business I feel like everything mechanical in my life is falling apart. I finally took my car in for new tires only to have them call me and say that my rear brake pads need to be replaced. AWESOME.

Also, my bathroom faucet started to leak and my freezer decided that it just doesn't feel like FREEZING things anymore. Luckily, both those matters fall to my landlord so I don't have to pay for them. Except for all the water I'm currently wasting. But, he's also going to replace the outlet in the living room which is what I'm actually the most excited about. The electrical in this place sucks and probably hasn't been replaced in several decades. I'm just hoping for an outlet that doesn't require me to tape plugs to it else they fall out. Fancy.

ETA: AHHAHAHAHA, just got off the phone with the mechanic. Turns out my right-rear control arm is jammed and they can't align my tires properly. I need a new one! IT'S $300 DOLLARS!

... I very nearly threw my phone against the wall since they'd already called me earlier today with the bonus!news about my brake pads. BUT! My new best friend mechanic guy Nolan talked to his boss and even though I'm out of warranty, because I always get my service done there they aren't going to charge me! MY DAY HAS BEEN MADE.