I've been in the fannish doldrums since the Sarah Connor Chronicles finale. TV, why hast you forsaken me? And yet I persevere, in search of squee. Last week's field notes:

So You Think You Can Dance Australia -- fun while it lasted. Still, I never really got excited about any of the dancers, and had no favorite among the final four. I hate to say it, but I think the U.S. and Canadian versions attract better overall performers.

Chuck -- there is a lot to love about this show, and some episodes really click for me, but this wasn't one of them. I'm sure it would've been more satisfying if I'd seen all the episodes. I'm guessing that it will be back for at least another half a season, but I secretly wouldn't mind seeing what Yvonne Strahovski and Ryan McPartlin could do in other roles with meatier dramatic material.

LOST -- I accidentally got spoiled via feedreader the morning after it aired, and have put off watching in the hopes that I'll somehow forget the spoiler. It's not working, so I'll probably watch it tonight.

Supernatural -- another show I only watch sporadically these days, and last week's episode reminded me of why: bad writing, weak acting, poor directing.

Dollhouse -- the show only works for me when there's so much Big Stuff going on that it drowns out the problematic treatment of its skeevy premise. Even then, Echo's scenes increasingly trigger my embarrassment squick when I remember that Eliza Dushku sees the series as a showcase for her acting skills. Unpopular opinions: I hated Alan Tudyk in Alpha's environmental consultant guise, and I never liked Miracle Laurie in the Mellie personality. In both cases, I primarily fault the writing but the performances augmented my dislike.

Oh well, better luck this week, maybe?

And I just got two more Dreamwidth invite codes "for the following reason: Thank you for supporting Dreamwidth!" This must be what it feels like to be a Girl Scout during cookie season with a quota to fill -- I haven't managed to give away any of my first set of invite codes yet. What's worse is that I haven't actually done anything to support Dreamwidth.

So: take my invite codes, please! Otherwise I'll be forced to set up multiple journals for myself: cat_of_crypto, crypto_on_politics, crypto_sings_gershwin -- it won't be pretty.