Monday, Monday

This might have been the most boring Monday in the history of all Mondays. Is there some sort of unwritten rule that the Monday after Easter is the deadest retail day of the year? I spent most of my shift today trying my best not to nod off at the counter out of sheer boredom. At least during the week, if we have no customers, there's usually some things to do. Not today. So, I spent most of the day clock watching. I bore much too easily sometimes. Next time, I'll be sure to do an entry to at least pass some of the time.

Anyway, I won't go into depth about the "baseball" I saw Friday and Saturday. Friday was awful, and the game lasted over three hours (thereby seriously curtailing my karaoke time). Saturday, on the other hand, lasted a crisp two hours and 20 minutes and ended in a Pirates victory, thanks to the pitching of dreamy Zach Duke. Mental note: Find out if he's single.

And yes, you did read the previous paragraph correctly. In addition to all of the other weird and geeky things I enjoy, I love karaoke. The small part of me that is a ham just loves getting up in front of a bar full of people and singing (if you can call it that). I was in a Journey mood on Friday and belted out Separate Ways, Worlds Apart, my fave Journey tune, along with my old stand-by, Copacabana. I'm sure that my respect level has dropped thanks to my little revelation, but I gotta be me.

Well, I guess I should return to the real reason I do this blog and impart some news and views to my faithful readers.

So, regarding the possible crisis regarding Amy Sherman-Palladino and her husband leaving Gilmore Girls, it's looking like no news is good news. Of course, that almost wasn't the case last week when it looked like it was all-but-official that they were going to leave the show they'd made famous these past six seasons. Then word came that a contract extension for two more seasons was in the works. But that turned out to be what Team Palladino wants from the good folks at Warner Bros. So, with the season wrapped, and less than five episodes to go this season, there's still no news on whether or not the Palladinos will return to GG for a seventh season. Oh yeah, get your butts over to last Friday's Ausiello Report for the full skinny regarding this mess.

I'm of two minds on this whole thing. On the one hand, I've been less than pleased with the direction of this season (and parts of last season), making me wonder if the Palladinos have indeed either lost their touch or have lost touch with what made GG so great and unique. On the other hand, it's hard to imagine GG without them. There's no doubt GG will be back for a seventh season on the all-new, all-different CW Network, but it might be a different show if Team Palladino isn't at the helm.

All of you West Wing fans out there know what it's like when the person who creates a show either leaves or is removed, as was the case with Aaron Sorkin. No matter how good or how talented the people who follow are, the show just isn't going to be the same. I fear the same thing will happen to Gilmore Girls. Yet, as some of the uneven plots this year have shown (especially the unnecessary introduction of Luke's daughter), maybe a little shake up at the top wouldn't be the worst thing.

I'm not going to speculate on what is going to happen, because, honestly, I think it's 50/50 if the Palladinos stay or go. Like everyone else, I'm just going to have to wait and see. In the mean time, there's the little matter of the rest of the season to play out. What will happen with Luke and Lorelai? Will Logan and Rory work out their differences? Will Richard and Emily actually move to Stars Hollow? Answers to these questions and more will be revealed starting tomorrow night. Be back here Wednesday, for my review and all the latest news.

In the mean time, check back tomorrow for my review of the first new Justice League Unlimited episode in a month.

Until then, later kids!

~Sara