TV ruminations

I think about so many things, on a daily basis, but when I get on here and start to write, it all sort of drifts away, and all I can think of is the silly thing I thought about posting on facebook, as follows:

I considered skipping Desperate Housewives this season, but then I got on Hulu and saw the first five minutes of the season premiere and realized that I LOVE Eva Longoria Parker as Gabby.  I cannot miss her, and I really don't quite know why.  I think it may be because she is Latina.  And because of her profile (the balance of her eyes, nose and chin, because even if I can't analyze them, I recognize these things), and the sound of her voice.  And her character is likeable, even if rather shallow.  And I like her, even though I'm not a girly girl, I really like Gabby.  Wierd.

And then I remembered where I'd seen Mae Whitman before.  I just looked her up on my favorite website, IMDB.com, to confirm.  She was on Arrested Devlopment as George-Michael's grilfriend, Ann Viel, in the two seasons following the first.  I thought of her because there was an episode where she was throwing rotten fruit at the home of Marc Cherry, and because I've been watching Parenthood too.  Yes, I watch these shows, and no, I'm not proud of it.

And of course Mae Whitman made me think of Portia de Rossi, and a character named Rob Loblaw (try saying it ten times fast), and this is an example of how the human mind works, especially the human mind that has spent the past five years watching mass quantities of tv.  Is internet television a blessing or a curse?  You tell me.  I have, in fact, become very good at saying Rob Loblaw ten times  fast, but only because of diligent practice.