I proved to myself and the world that I am not a writer for One Tree Hill last night. They didn't unroll more about the second adoption storyline. Well, they did in a way but not in the way I had thought (or, maybe, hoped). The episode did feature the storyline, in general, in great detail. I should explain!

Brooke, the character who foster-slash-sponsored a baby last season, has been having a rough season. She was attacked, her business was robbed and she eventually signed... more

I talked about the adoption storyline in the show One Tree Hill last season. Brooke's character sponsored a baby who needed heart surgery. I feared some big dramatic storyline in which she unethically adopted the baby but they didn't take it that route. Then the season ended and I thought that was the last of the adoption storyline.

Not so! Seems as though the writers of One Tree Hill have realized the surge in adoption talk on the internet and in the news... more

A friend of mine alerted me to something said by the star of Brooke Knows Best on VH1, Brooke Hogan. Apparently, for an upcoming episode, Brooke is contemplating going back to school which would involve leaving her music career or, at the very least, putting it on hold. The previews for this episode are hitting on this particular sentence.

Giving up my music is like giving away a newborn baby.

Let me assure you, Brooke Hogan, it's not... more

I could have spit nails at the television. I will admit to not catching the whole episode because I kind of forgot that it was on. But I caught over half of the premiere of the "new" 90210. As a young girl, I watched the original Beverly Hills, 90210 every week into my teens (when I ditched the last season or so for Dawson's Creek, of course). I didn't have much hope for the new show. Spin-offs are, in my opinion, never as good as the original. And it seemed that revisiting an idea just eight years later (that's right, it finished in 2000, people) seems to be a... more

I couldn't sleep on Saturday night. I was nervous for the following morning as I was singing a song in church. (It didn't go well. No, I don't want to talk about it.) As insomnia usually goes, I was flipping through the channels. Well, folks, Steel Magnolias was on and, let me tell you, it's an old favorite of mine. However, I hadn't watched in years and years. Not since my mid-college days when we would sit and sob over the movie. I hadn't watched it since becoming pregnant with the Munchkin, relinquishing her for adoption, getting married and having two children... more

I've written twice about the hosting-slash-fostering situation on the Monday evening drama One Tree Hill. Well, last week was the season finale and, in true television fashion, things had to be wrapped up before they left us hanging in other regards over the summer months. Of course, one of those things that was wrapped up in a neat little package and tied with an unrealistic bow... more

Every now and then I forget that I'm an intelligent woman who can read books. By forgetting this, I get sucked into the horrible world of made-for-television movies on Lifetime. Oh, what a waste of a Sunday afternoon! Thanks to a tip from a friend, I wasted two hours watching a movie about stolen embryos. But that's not the worst of it. I continued watching the next movie. And, oh, was it special.

The Last Trimester, as you may have guessed since I'm writing on this blog, was about adoption.... more

I started off this two part series last Thursday with a discussion on things I did like about the movie. I needed to start out with the positives for a few reasons. I'm a generally positive person so it's just in my nature to start off with good things. And, on a totally negative note, there were less positives for me to discuss and so I thought they deserved the limelight of first nod.

Truth be told, while I didn't hate the movie, there were many, many... more

I posted last week about my misgivings regarding my favorite show, One Tree Hill, and a new adoption storyline. I just got to watch this week's episode last night. (It's normally on Monday nights but, well, if you have children then you understand the need for Digital Video Recorders.) I had actually managed to forget (or block, perhaps) the possible adoption storyline. However, it didn't take long to surface in this week's episode.

Just a few minutes into the show,... more

That's right. I watched the movie. Even though I said I wouldn't. Even though I knew it was probably not in the best interest of my mascara. Even though I felt like I was dissenting against the sisterhood of birth mothers worldwide. But, last Friday, I rented it. I watched it. Alone. (Not the best choice, by the way.) And I didn't hate the movie. Again with the dissenting.

There were things I liked and things that didn't sit so well. This week I will be covering thirteen things that I liked in the movie. You know what next week will bring! Oh, and before... more