Drop Dead Diva is back! Yay!

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Yay, one of my favorite shows is back on! The season 2
premiere of Drop Dead Diva was on Lifetime last night, of course without having TV right now I had to rely on TV Shack and after a rough start (bad feed) I got to watch it just a few minutes ago. I have to admit that I forgot a lot of what happened at the end of last season. That is a major problem when networks wait so long between seasons. In any case, thanks to TV Shack I can watch all of the episodes of Season 1 whenever I want to catch up and now that Season 2 is up and running I have no fear of having to wait forever for the next episode to be posted. They are right on it over at the TV Shack I have to say. 

  Now back to the show. I love this show, if you haven't watched it give it a chance. It stars Brooke Elliott as a woman, whose character starts the beginning of the show  as a thin, blond, sweet, airhead of a model (played by Brooke D'Orsay), whose soul is placed into a plus size, intelligent, brunette lawyer named Jane. I know it's confusing, but I would liken it to a female "Heaven Can Wait" crossed with "Dead Like Me". The first season deals mainly with Deb (the blonde) getting used to being in Jane's (the brunette) body. She experiences what it is like to being ignored, to not have people fawning all over her, and in some cases  being despised because of how she now looks. Complicating matters is her fiance is now working at the same law firm. You can feel the chemistry and connection between the two, but yet the physical is not there yet.  The beginning of the season was heartbreaking to see poor Deb/Jane wanting so badly to comfort Grayson (her fiance) but not being able to because she is not allowed to tell him that she is really Deb. Only her best friend Stacey and guardian angel Fred know who she really is. I would be remiss if I didn't add that it is also great to see Margaret Cho back on a weekly show as Terri, Jane's secretary. We've missed you!

  This season looks to be off to a great start. Deb is still getting used to Jane's body but Jane seems to have secrets that pop up at the worst time. Oh yeah, in case you don't watch....Deb has none of Jane's memories, except that she seems to know things, smart things that make her head hurt. This show is great fun, but it also has a great heart. I am also so happy to see Jane's guardian angel Fred back! Yay! 

  So if you haven't ever watched this show, give it a try. It's on Lifetime on Sunday Nights. If you missed Sunday's episode you can check it out here:
http://tvshack.net/tv/Drop_Dead_Diva/season_2/episode_1/a:1083042/
  And if you want to watch the first season, you will find all 13 episodes of the first season on TV Shack. Enjoy!

 Jane (Brooke Elliott) and Deb (Brooke D'Orsay)

 

I'm Baaaaack!

Well, I know it's been 2 years since I've posted anything, so much has happened that I could write 10 blogs about it, but I am not....so here I am to tell you what's happening NOW!

Sad to say that two things happened that will make this blog a little harder to write but no where near impossible. First off, my Direct TV has been shut off. *sad face* I am on disability and couldn't pay for it anymore so down it went and my favorite pastime was in serious danger. However, the good news is that these days many of our favorite shows are now posted online. Some are easy to find, like GLEE! (Thank you FOX!) and some are a little more difficult (BOO CBS!). I have found many programs on www.hulu.com and on http://tvshack.net/.
So between those two and Fancast, which I haven't really had to use yet, I can still watch most of my favorite programs. I am saving Fancast for True Blood, which is an HBO show and Fancast is an HBO site. Some of these programs you have to wait a few days to a week for, and a couple of shows are on the same or next day. GLEE is available on fox.com and hulu, usually the next day. Makes me so happy! The Real Housewives franchise usually takes a couple of days and the most recent episodes are on TV Shack. The City can also be found on TV Shack within a day or two. Same with The View! And if you are a Soap Opera fan, those are on there, usually on the same day. :0

My other sad news is that my beautiful 42 inch Flat Screen TV has blown something, I have sound and no picture. Seems that according to the TV guy I talked to on the phone, from the Geek Squad, said that it will cost between $250-$500+ to fix....well for that price I'll buy a new one, an LCD this time instead of the Plasma TV I opted for originally. Big regrets there. So depending on what the exact part is that went out, which it will cost me a $150 visit just to find out, will determine what I have to pay. Well I don't think I'm going to go there. Especially since the technician thinks it's the higher priced problem. So anyway, at first I ended up watching a 19" TV which I haven't had as a main TV in like 30 years! Then, thankfully, my friend had an older TV that she used to have in her bedroom and that one is more like a 30"-32". The color isn't pure, runs a little on the green side...but it is definitely watchable and I appreciate it so much! So lately me and the fam have been watching DVD's, thankfully I re-watched True Blood season 1, just in time to get True Blood season 2, that I had pre-ordered months ago. Now my son is addicted to True Blood. :-) I love DVD's of TV shows! DVD movies are cool, but they are over too soon, but DVD TV series are the best and last a long time!

So this week will be pretty exciting with a couple of finales that I have been waiting for, like GLEE and The Real Housewives of New York City, as well as the season premiere of Drop Dead Diva, which is a new show that I LOVED last year! Not sure how long it will take for it to show up on either Hulu or TV shack, but I will be looking for it! Also, if you are looking for CBS shows, it is tough...they usually only release clips. However, if you are a big fan of some CBS shows, my personal favorite is Criminal Minds, you can watch most of them on TV Shack. I was so happy that my son turned me on to that site, I was going to cry if I didn't get my last glimpse of Dr. Spencer Reid for the season! So check it out. Also, a little hint when watching shows on computer. Let the show load a bit before you start watching so that you can get the full show without a bunch of starting and stopping, which face it is hella annoying. Also you can watch it full screen but many times that can be a problem on some computers. All in all it's great though if you are like me who would die without my TV....or my computer. LoL

Tune in tomorrow....cuz I'm back!!!!!