If you wait too long you'll be too late I'm not telling you something new...

I am crestfallen.

I just read that Eli Stone is being canceled. This just further solidifies my desire to not watch t.v., a habit I inadvertantly broke a few years ago (which I'm glad I've done), though things like the networks continually canceling the shows I actually like did not exactly hurt, either. But this just sucks.

I feel a little better now, due to a rather good swim practice this evening (I went home with a pleasantly-raised body temperature--particularly cool to feel in my arm--which probably means I didn't warm down enough, I guess, but was nice). That, and I believe I saw a homeless person buying groceries at the grocery store today, presumably with the money he collected (I always hope the money people get goes to productive things, though this is possibly my first actual validation that it does happen). It made me feel better.

Though I'm still bummed about Eli's days being numbered....


Get down, beep beep, gotta get up outta your seat
On and on, the beat goes, on and on

Some boys take a beautiful girl, and hide her away from the rest of the world

So tonight, I'm catching up on this week's Eli Stone, and enjoying seeing Katie Holmes again after missing her as Rachel Dawes in The Dark Knight, when low-and-behold I realized something (rather early in the episode as well): the location that Ms. Holmes sings "Hit Me With a Hot Note and Watch Me Bounce" is where the video for Fiona Apple's "Paper Bag" takes place. (This location is also the club Eli takes Katie Holmes's character Grace to dinner later in the episode.)

Which of course, only a semi-mild Fiona fan (and above) probably noted, particularly since Paper Bag wasn't exactly anywhere near as popular as say Criminal and its video.

But, in any case, it was good to see Katie Holmes again as well, and I'm still enjoying Eli Stone... even though they seem to have dropped George Michael for season 2 (but thankfully, they did mentioned Duke Ellington as the source of 'Bounce').


That's all they really want...
Is some fun...
When the working day is done
Oh girls, they wanna have fun

You know it's alright, it's ok, I'll live to see another day

Today, I am bemoaning my missing the second season premier of Eli Stone on Tuesday, as well as attempting to dodge coverage of last night's (equally scripted?) U.S. Presidential debate. And while trying to distract myself from the former (and wait for the episode to download from iTunes), I stumbled across this story: Disco tune "Stayin' Alive" could save your life.

The article talks about how the rhythm of the Bee Gees' song from Saturday Night Fever nearly matches the recommended rhythm for CPR (Stayin' Alive is 103 beats per minute; the American Heart Association recommends CPR at 100 beats per minute). It just made me smile....

But now, I will let iTunes download the new Eli Stone episode in peace. Hasta...


Whether you're a brother or whether you're a mother
You're stayin' alive, stayin' alive
Feel the city breakin' and everybody shakin'
And you're stayin' alive, stayin' alive