tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15178522967513891572024-03-08T09:43:59.265-07:00Ejamiland"I imagine a future for us where we're in our home. We're in our bed. And we're lying there with our child between the two of us. And you take my hand, and you look into my eyes, and you tell me everything that I've ever wanted to hear...which is that no part of you regrets loving me.
I also imagine not having to wait three months for new Ejami scenes, but what do I know?"Carpe Diem Babyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16327022862702237568noreply@blogger.comBlogger270125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1517852296751389157.post-54744987935933924252009-03-16T00:06:00.003-06:002009-03-16T00:16:08.790-06:00Reviewing March 11th and 13th, 2009<b>Last Wednesday</b><br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2009/mar09/03.11.2009/days03.11.2009.00005.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />“What have you done now, Mom?!”<br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2009/mar09/03.11.2009/days03.11.2009.00016.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />Is it wrong that I like Bo a lot more now that he has these ludicrous visions?<br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2009/mar09/03.11.2009/days03.11.2009.00025.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />I have no interest in Luloe, but man, is that some nice lipgloss on Chloe. I wonder what brand it is.<br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2009/mar09/03.11.2009/days03.11.2009.00032.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />“I don’t know, son…are you incompetent enough to join the Salem PD?”<br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2009/mar09/03.11.2009/days03.11.2009.00040.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />No, Dr. Baker! You can’t go! What about your fans? You can’t leave us! DAMN YOU, DAYS!<br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2009/mar09/03.11.2009/days03.11.2009.00055.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />This is a really nice look for Sami here, especially her hair. She should wear it like that more often.<br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2009/mar09/03.11.2009/days03.11.2009.00061.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />See? Sydney, hereafter known as Elvira because I hate that name, takes after Evil EJ. She clearly knows what’s up.<br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2009/mar09/03.11.2009/days03.11.2009.00075.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />I think I see part of the Salem PD’s problem here. They’re still using Apple IIGSs from 1990.<br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2009/mar09/03.11.2009/days03.11.2009.00108.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />Yeah, that’s how I feel about this idiotic plot too. And the 1986 Jordache Spring Collection called, Nicole. It wants its shirt back.<br /><br />Grade:<br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2009/mar09/03.11.2009/days03.11.2009.00091.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2009/mar09/03.11.2009/days03.11.2009.00081.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />Who am I to argue with these two? F.<br /><br /><b>Thursday</b><br /><br /><img src="http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/7082/nup1313090067.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />Anyone who thought I’d actually watch an episode with Ejole not sexy time in it doesn’t know me very well. So I thought it’d take the space that review would normally occupy and plug one of my favorite television shows that’s on the bubble for renewal at the moment, Chuck on NBC. Why do I watch this action dramedy? Simple. Chuck and Sarah. Now they aren’t really together.<br /><br /><img src="http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/4948/chuckcast8032.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />But they’re trying. It’s just tough when the guy is a nerd who’s had a top secret database accidentally downloaded into his brain and the girl is the CIA agent assigned to protect him. Were they to formally be a couple, Sarah would be reassigned elsewhere.<br /><br /><img src="http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/2002/nup1311130282.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />However, that doesn’t mean they can’t pretend to be boyfriend and girlfriend for their cover. And Chuck gave Sarah his mom’s charm bracelet which she wears, so you know they both want to be together. They just have to find a way to make it work.<br /><br /><img src="http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/934/nup1330950239.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />They even have tons of photos even if they are ones that the CIA faked for them. So if you’re not already watching, please check out Chuck on NBC on Mondays at 8 pm EST, 7 CST. The show isn’t Lost or Heroes, so you can just jump in and enjoy, but if you want to get caught up on previous episodes, you can at <a href="http://www.nbc.com/Chuck/" target="_blank">http://www.nbc.com/Chuck/</a> or <a href="http://www.hulu.com/chuck" target="_blank">http://www.hulu.com/chuck</a><br /><br /><img src="http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/7312/nup1125920298.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />And if that’s not enough, did I mention that Adam Baldwin looks really hot in a wet tux?<br /><br /><b>Friday</b><br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2009/mar09/03.13.2009/days03.13.2009.00030.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />Oh, good, Stephanie gets Philip coffee. Sheesh, perhaps Melanie wasn’t wrong after all, at least as far as Salem is concerned. That is a very pretty dress Stephanie is wearing, however.<br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2009/mar09/03.13.2009/days03.13.2009.00033.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/-XUOhjW2AXM&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/-XUOhjW2AXM&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />“Clap on! Clap off! Clap on, clap off! The Clapper!”<br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2009/mar09/03.13.2009/days03.13.2009.00035.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2007/mar07/03.15.2007/days03.15.2007.00052.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />“Yet again you disappoint me, Diet Evil EJ. Here’s a hint. You are <i>the man</i>. You ensure that you don’t run out of formula for my daughter or in event that you do, you go out and get it yourself, you pathetic AFI reject.”<br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2009/mar09/03.13.2009/days03.13.2009.00039.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />They had not sexy time with the baby in the room?!! Might as well just put Elvira in therapy right now.<br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2009/mar09/03.13.2009/days03.13.2009.00055.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />Oh, this is just too easy. Insert your own joke here, kiddos.<br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2009/mar09/03.13.2009/days03.13.2009.00079.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />I have to say, I really did like Diet Evil EJ’s bait and switch here with the alternative fuels project. Of course EJ doesn’t give a crap about the environment; that’s why I was annoyed when they had him be pro-green on Earth Day. Thank you for fixing that, unknown writer person.<br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2009/mar09/03.13.2009/days03.13.2009.00086.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />Great, Phinie is apparently the new Lumi for slobbering noises while kissing.<br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2009/mar09/03.13.2009/days03.13.2009.00093.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2007/jun07/06.18.2007/days06.18.2007.00036.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />If there was ever any doubt that they are trying to make EJ look older for Nicole, here’s your proof.<br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2009/mar09/03.13.2009/days03.13.2009.00099.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />“I <i>know</i>! It’s like I’m a completely different person with this haircut!”<br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2009/mar09/03.13.2009/days03.13.2009.00111.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />Is anyone else amused by the fact that EJ seems to be the only one on this soap who takes commitment seriously?<br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2009/mar09/03.13.2009/days03.13.2009.00113.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2009/mar09/03.13.2009/days03.13.2009.00114.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />Action Diet Evil EJ with side arm grip! Terrified Melanie sold separately.<br /><br />Grade: D. Lame, but siding with the oil companies and screwing Melanie over is exactly the kind of ruthless business acumen I want EJ to have. Now just to fix the rest of him.Carpe Diem Babyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16327022862702237568noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1517852296751389157.post-21608688660367864182009-03-11T00:43:00.003-06:002009-03-11T00:53:26.338-06:00Tuesday, March 10th, 2009<b>Yesterday</b><br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2009/mar09/03.09.2009/days03.09.2009.00002.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />Nicole, stop with the helmet hair, seriously.<br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2009/mar09/03.09.2009/days03.09.2009.00008.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />“On the phone, you said there was a woman, and you let her hold my baby.” If only there was some way you could take "your" baby with you!<br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2009/mar09/03.09.2009/days03.09.2009.00010.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />You know, Days, I was pleasantly surprised by this part of the show. I mean, you smartly went with a worm instead of a virus, you had this extra in a nice blue shirt play the tech guy, and you actually bothered to explain it all even though I’m pretty sure I’m the only one who gives a crap. So I feel bad to point out that you still got part of this completely wrong. I’m willing to handwave the lack of backups for the sake of the plot, but a supposedly multinational corporation like Titan having only one database on two servers is the IT equivalent of Wal-Mart having one store and two trucks for the entire United States. A+ for effort, though.<br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2009/mar09/03.09.2009/days03.09.2009.00026.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />“Listen, I want you to get in touch with our friend in St. Louis, all right? Tell him to make sure that they destroy any trace of any kind of ties that I might have had with that idiot that took care of our illustrious mayor permanently. And I'll expect some results in a week or you'll be added to the list. I can't believe the incompetence.” You mean the plan might not have been to whack the mayor on your front steps? Nice retcon, unknown writer person.<br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2009/mar09/03.09.2009/days03.09.2009.00047.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />Okay, so in this episode, we have EJ calling Nicole sweetheart, Sami calling Grace sweetheart, and Roman calling Sami sweetheart. Is this supposed to be some weird Ejami shoutout or something? If not, it’s really, really annoying.<br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2009/mar09/03.09.2009/days03.09.2009.00042.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><img style="width: 266px; height: 202px;" src="http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n148/seenos/blofeld.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />“No, Mr. Kiriakis, I expect you to die!”<br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2007/jan07/01.19.2007/days01.19.2007.00090.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2007/mar07/03.07.2007/days03.07.2007.00063.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />But seriously, this is why you <i>never</i> want to be romantically involved with EJ unless your name is Sami Brady. Diet or Regular Evil, EJ is a selfish, possessive bastard. He <i>owns</i> you, and as such, will treat you like an expensive piece of furniture or a valued pet rather than a person. Hence, the creepy petting of Nicole’s hair here or roughly pulling Mexico Chick closer to him back in January 2007. However, when he’s with his Samantha, he’s different. While EJ is obsessive about Sami, he also <i>worships</i> her. She is his ideal woman, and as such, his pure adoration of her provides a natural check against his sociopathic tendencies and turns his possessiveness into genuine gallantry. She is his tainted princess, and he is her black knight. Sure, he’ll play with Sami’s hair, but he’d never harm her. No other woman has that same iron clad guarantee with EJ.<br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2009/mar09/03.09.2009/days03.09.2009.00053.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />“Your family should know who you really are, EJ.” Yes, Philip, Sami should accept EJ for who he really is. We were just talking about that.<br />“I'm a DiMera, and you're out of your league.” So very true.<br />“You know, you and your father have gotten away with a hell of a lot over the years. But this time you've crossed the line. Industrial espionage is a federal crime. So is corporate sabotage. We're talking 30 years minimum. You think you can handle prison, pretty boy?” Diet Evil EJ? I say someone shivs him in the lunch line.<br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2009/mar09/03.09.2009/days03.09.2009.00060.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />“That's my girl.” Not really.<br />“And it's a good thing that you don't have to live with her, huh?” Dude, I like Sami’s new townhouse. So much better than the apartment set.<br />“Yeah. Because mommy will die before she lets that happen.” Woo-hoo!<br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2009/mar09/03.09.2009/days03.09.2009.00049.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />“You know, mommy loves you so much, and I'm so sorry that I have to go. But I promise you you're gonna meet your big brother Will soon and Allie and Johnny, and we're gonna be together. We're gonna be a family.” *cough* EJ *cough*<br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2009/mar09/03.09.2009/days03.09.2009.00090.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />“Don't trust EJ. Okay?” It’s November 2006 all over again!<br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2009/mar09/03.09.2009/days03.09.2009.00023.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />“Sweetheart.” STOP THAT!<br />“So, uh, do I ever get to know why Philip was so upset?”<br />“Nothing important.”<br />“Of course it's important. Everything you do is important to me. Don't you know that by now?” Ejole graduated from the same lack of communication school that Lumi did.<br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2009/mar09/03.09.2009/days03.09.2009.00082.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />“And he risked his life for me like four times that he'll even admit to. And the killer was torturing him to try to find out where I was, and Rafe didn't tell him anything. When he finally showed up there, Rafe was practically dying.”<br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2007/may07/05.28.2007/days05.28.2007.00069.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/vVt3mKsj5Es&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/vVt3mKsj5Es&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2009/mar09/03.09.2009/days03.09.2009.00098.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />“I'm gonna kill EJ DiMera.” Evil EJ wholeheartedly approves of either and/or both Diet Evil EJ and Zombie Dallas EJ dying, Philip. No dismantling Robo EJ, however. Ernie needs him.<br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2009/mar09/03.09.2009/days03.09.2009.00101.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />“It’s a good day to be a DiMera.” Isn’t it always?<br />“I don't know anything specific, but it seems fairly obvious that this whole witness protection program has just completed wreaked havoc with her life.” Along with my Ejami, dammit!<br />“Aside from the fact that we share a son together, I'm not gonna let Samantha’s problems interfere with any of my happiness. I won't allow it.” Oh, shut up, Diet Evil EJ. Fortunately the plot will take care of that for us.<br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2009/mar09/03.09.2009/days03.09.2009.00107.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />Is it just me or does Sydney’s nursery look like a bedroom you’d see on an episode of Murder, She Wrote?<br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2009/mar09/03.09.2009/days03.09.2009.00109.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />“And somehow... I'm gonna find a way to take care of both my girls.” Nicole, let it go. You need another dozen to even tie Octomom.<br /><br />Grade: Well, the only real highlight was Diet Evil EJ demonstrating his wrongness, but I’ll be nice since you tried so hard with the worm, Days. C.<br /><br /><br /><b>Today</b><br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2009/mar09/03.10.2009/days03.10.2009.00024.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />“I haven’t seen you in so long.” Dude, it hasn’t even been 24 hours! Damn, woman. Tone down the desperation. Seriously, go visit Johnny, and by Johnny I mean EJ, if you’re lonely.<br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2009/mar09/03.10.2009/days03.10.2009.00050.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />“How could the FBI fire you?” Gee, I dunno, maybe because he’s a horrible agent who put you and your children in danger and ultimately failed at his mission?<br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2009/mar09/03.10.2009/days03.10.2009.00052.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />“If they find out about Grace, they could press charges against you.” And we wouldn’t want that, would we? Sheesh. I swear, Days, you don’t really need to have every single paring be insta-luv. Some people really do keep things casual, you know.<br />“If you don’t live here, I’ll never see you again.” So very true, but so unintentionally breaking the fourth wall.<br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2009/mar09/03.10.2009/days03.10.2009.00004.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2009/mar09/03.10.2009/days03.10.2009.00018.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2009/mar09/03.10.2009/days03.10.2009.00023.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2009/mar09/03.10.2009/days03.10.2009.00034.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2009/mar09/03.10.2009/days03.10.2009.00058.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />You know an episode is boring when the most remarkable thing about it is that there apparently was a 5 for 1 leather sale at Salem’s Burlington Coat Factory.<br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2009/mar09/03.10.2009/days03.10.2009.00073.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />Honestly, I would think Sami calling on your behalf would actually count against you in most job seeking situations.<br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2009/mar09/03.10.2009/days03.10.2009.00078.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />“I’ll figure it out.” EJ would have a plan. I’m just saying.<br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2009/mar09/03.10.2009/days03.10.2009.00093.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />“If we combine our abilities, as a united front we could take Sami away from EJ and-wait, wait a minute, no, we couldn’t.”<br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2009/mar09/03.10.2009/days03.10.2009.00094.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />So what was funnier about Lumi here? How Lucas idiotically brought up Sami’s fake miscarriage or how as they were about to really start fighting, Sami ran away?<br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2009/mar09/03.10.2009/days03.10.2009.00106.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />If Rafe takes Chuck’s spot, you are dead to me, Salem PD. <i>Dead to me</i>.<br /><br />Grade: D. Safe and Lumi? My lack of interest knows no bounds.Carpe Diem Babyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16327022862702237568noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1517852296751389157.post-27514262442634334642009-03-08T22:31:00.002-06:002009-03-08T22:36:01.723-06:00Ejami Saint Patrick's Day Solidarity Banner<img src="http://img511.imageshack.us/img511/1951/irish.png" alt="Posted Image" /><br /><br />Show your Ejami Irish spirit with this banner. As usual, feel free to use it wherever you'd like.Carpe Diem Babyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16327022862702237568noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1517852296751389157.post-53593809652602642362009-03-08T22:27:00.001-06:002009-03-08T22:29:57.644-06:00Ejami on Hulu!<object width="512" height="296"><param name="movie" value="http://www.hulu.com/embed/Ccv61a154Q6dO4vANia5VA"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.hulu.com/embed/Ccv61a154Q6dO4vANia5VA" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowFullScreen="true" width="512" height="296"></embed></object><br /><br />EJ and Sami at the townhouse on March 4th, 2009. I also heard a rumor about there being someone called Rafe there, but he should be out crimefighting with his fellow Ninja Turtles.Carpe Diem Babyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16327022862702237568noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1517852296751389157.post-26779120254509795032009-03-08T22:25:00.002-06:002009-03-08T22:26:33.242-06:00Ejamily on Hulu!<object width="512" height="296"><param name="movie" value="http://www.hulu.com/embed/1L1warZK3y8F6-lizKqWTA"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.hulu.com/embed/1L1warZK3y8F6-lizKqWTA" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="512" height="296"></embed></object><br /><br />Everyone except the newest addition in the townhouse on March 2nd, 2009.Carpe Diem Babyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16327022862702237568noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1517852296751389157.post-18492722904238749672009-03-08T20:56:00.005-06:002009-03-08T21:16:53.240-06:00Saddle up, Space Cowboys and girls<img src="http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/3086/spacetrain.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br /><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://widgets.nbc.com/o/4727a250e66f9723/49b4879dbc22f212/4727a250e66f9723/4c7366b2/-cpid/1ef978a5abb31820" id="W4727a250e66f972349b4879dbc22f212" width="384" height="283"><param name="movie" value="http://widgets.nbc.com/o/4727a250e66f9723/49b4879dbc22f212/4727a250e66f9723/4c7366b2/-cpid/1ef978a5abb31820"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><param name="allowNetworking" value="all"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></object><br /><br />Ah, <i>Spring</i>. When young Carpe’s mind turns to new hot guys, new handbags at Louis Vuitton, and new slight possibilities of her soap not sucking. So put on your spacesuit, hand the conductor your ticket, and try not to drool at Jimmy too much as we take the Space Train to the universe that is Days of our Lives.<br /><br /><b>Some Wednesday? I dunno, it’s been a while</b><br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2009/feb09/02.18.2009/days02.18.2009.00001.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><img style="width: 188px; height: 170px;" src="http://nubmuffin.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/can_explosion-300x272.png" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />“Because I trust you implicitly” and “You see, Melanie, you are completely disposable.” Hey, I remember this guy. There’s even inappropriate touching that brings to mind slicing up her skin!<br />“I'm an extremely patient man” and “I admire your tenacity, Melanie.” Or do I? Patience and complements…hmmm…nope. Not him. So close, but truly the devil is in the details, eh? So let’s see…too dark to be Good or Gray EJ yet not smart enough to be Evil EJ. And my boy doesn’t think he’s coaching the Knicks either. So I dub thee Diet Evil EJ. Now more like real Evil EJ, and available wherever almost right but not quite imitations of your favorite soap leading man are shown.<br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2009/feb09/02.18.2009/days02.18.2009.00017.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />“How’s my favorite girl?” Be afraid, Ali. Be very afraid!<br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2009/feb09/02.18.2009/days02.18.2009.00023.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />I’m still annoyed at you James, but the veneers look nice and will help your career.<br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2009/feb09/02.18.2009/days02.18.2009.00066.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />“That's our sick, twisted family, dear boy.” Heh heh heh. You’re not half bad, Diet Evil EJ.<br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2009/feb09/02.18.2009/days02.18.2009.00081.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />See, this is what happens when only 20 people live in your village. I’m supposed to believe Philip doesn’t have anything better to do.<br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2009/feb09/02.18.2009/days02.18.2009.00090.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />Stuck in a crappy love triangle? Want to be comforted by a random old person? Call 1-800-THIS-SUCKS.<br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2009/feb09/02.18.2009/days02.18.2009.00108.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />Hey, Lucas and I are on the same page here! That’s how I feel about your “story” too.<br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2009/feb09/02.18.2009/days02.18.2009.00120.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />Seriously the hair is totally a -2 to EJ’s hotness.<br /><br /><b>Day after whatever that was</b><br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2009/feb09/02.19.2009/days02.19.2009.00023.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />“Really? What do you propose we do, huh? Duel? Fine! Dance off, right here, right now!”<br /><br /><object width="480" height="295"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/McaVdf1miKM&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/McaVdf1miKM&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="295"></embed></object><br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2009/feb09/02.19.2009/days02.19.2009.00044.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />“Of course you lost, princess. Your father never forced you to take ballet in order to improve your agility and gross motor skills, did he?”<br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2009/feb09/02.19.2009/days02.19.2009.00046.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />“When this clears...you're going to understand that it was the way you treated - or I should say 'mistreated' - Miss Layton that caused this. You insulted her. And then you fired her. And now you expect her to do business with you. That is arrogant.” Hey, this is like when Evil EJ came to Willow’s defense when Nick was bothering her! You mean to tell me someone’s actually done their homework and remembers EJ’s chivalry?!! Damn. An actual writer. Nice work. Now who are you, and what the hell took you so long?<br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2009/feb09/02.19.2009/days02.19.2009.00104.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />I’m sorry your whole brother relationship with EJ was trashed, Tony, but personally, it’s worth it to hear “I am the chosen son. He trusts my judgment. If he didn't, he wouldn't have put me in this position” and “I am the golden child” come out of EJ’s mouth. We’ve been saying it for some time, so it’s gratifying to have the show finally validate what was obvious yet never stated explicitly.<br /><br /><b>And the next</b><br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2009/feb09/02.20.2009/days02.20.2009.00020.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />Ah, my favorite sociopath father and brainwashed son pair.<br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2009/feb09/02.20.2009/days02.20.2009.00042.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />“You know something, father?”<br />“Hmm?”<br />“You should be more careful. All of that faith and trust you have in me-well, I might get overconfident.”<br />“You are.” Indeed. But that’s the previous writing more than anything. Glad to see you supporting EJ, Stefano.<br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2009/feb09/02.20.2009/days02.20.2009.00045.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />“Father, she's about as greedy as they come.”<br /><br /><img src="http://www.orbitcast.com/archives/jim-cramer.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />“Bulls make money, bears make money, pigs get slaughtered!”<br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2009/feb09/02.20.2009/days02.20.2009.00096.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />“It's something altogether different, Elvis. It's a metaphor, if you will, like an American cliché. It is like the young girl who is a cheerleader in high school. See? So, in order to make the football captain jealous, she dates the valedictorian.” I see what you’re saying, Stefano, but I gave up on Heroes after this last arc.<br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2009/feb09/02.20.2009/days02.20.2009.00062.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />“Oh, I feel so cheap.”<br />“Mm. You think this is funny, huh?” Well, it’s not his A material, but I admit I laughed. Sheesh, I might actually have a joke for the next funny montage? I think I need to lie down.<br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2009/feb09/02.20.2009/days02.20.2009.00061.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />“I made it very, very clear to her that if she crosses us, there's no happy ending for her.” Damn right.<br />“I did. I threatened an orphan, a girl young enough to be your granddaughter. I thought that you would be quite proud of me.”<br />“Well, you know something, don't worry about it because it will be good for her. It will make her feel like a grown-up.” Now that’s what I’m talking about. That’s Stefano and Elvis DiMera. Good work, unknown writer person.<br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2009/feb09/02.20.2009/days02.20.2009.00110.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />Maybe it’s just me, but the whole DiMera vs. Brady feud thing kinda loses its luster when you realize the whole thing could have been won by “accidentally” spilling some cyanide into the food here years ago.<br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2009/feb09/02.20.2009/days02.20.2009.00111.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />“I do not see what the hell you are so angry about.”<br />“Are you really that dense, hmm?” Bwa!<br />“In love, as well as business, it is not a good idea to deal with somebody who holds the trump card, huh? And it is no good for your relationship for Nicole to think that she has the upper hand.” What does it say about Ejole when a sociopath offers the best advice?<br />“Let me just make one thing very clear. I'm marrying Nicole because I love Nicole. I'm not doing it because I don't trust her.” Like I said, Diet Evil EJ. Evil EJ does not love Nicole. Now, I don’t think Diet Evil EJ really does either, but he wants to, and that’s disgusting.<br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2009/feb09/02.20.2009/days02.20.2009.00120.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Y2iv_E-Fn9E&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Y2iv_E-Fn9E&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><i>I fell into a burning ring of fire<br />I went down, down, down<br />And the flames went higher<br />And it burns, burns, burns<br />The ring of fire</i><br /><br /><b>Next</b><br /><br /><img src="http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/2745/days200902230290001.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />Hey, Days, um, your audience is largely female. We wanna see <i>guys</i> fight. And I don’t Strawberry Shortcake is going to be too happy when she gets home and sees that Melanie is living in her house.<br /><br /><img src="http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/2120/days200902230780001.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />Chloe, you knew this could happen when you let Lucas use your flat iron unsupervised.<br /><br /><img src="http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/9229/days200902231080001.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />“You know what I love about men? They push you around and make sure you do what they want when they want it, or you're gonna be in big trouble. But then once you do it, they get all protective over you, like they're not so bad, after all. It's like leaving an extra $20 on the nightstand. You know what I mean?” No, I don’t, Show. Quit implying all guys are johns.<br />“I don't feel sorry for myself. I can't afford to. It's a man's world out there. I get that. My father taught that to me young and often. I accept it. Doesn't mean I have to like it.” Days, again, <i>soaps are for women</i>.<br />“Touché.” No, Diet Evil EJ, not touché! See, this is what I’m talking about. It’s not that I think EJ should be infallible, that he can’t concede a point to Melanie–it’s that I don’t think some silly analogy between prostitution and women’s struggles throughout history would do it. Lame.<br /><br /><img src="http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/2474/days200902231520001.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />“No one can love you as much as I do, Sydney, no one. That's why I'm doing this for you and for your daddy.”<br />You know, I really think Nicole’s cheese might have slipped off its cracker. It’s never a good sign when you’re buying what you’re selling.<br /><br /><img src="http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/4815/days200902231550001.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />“Tell you something, young lady. I'm gonna put you away in a tower. You're never gonna see any boys.” Ah, now that’s an Evil EJ line.<br /><br /><b>Next</b><br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/C8-FpZDUy1U&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/C8-FpZDUy1U&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><img src="http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/9716/days200902240070001.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />“What the fudge are you doing?!!”<br /><br /><img src="http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/3644/days200902240390002.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />“I was just looking to pawn off Sami’s baby as my own.”<br /><br /><img src="http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/9066/days200902240390001.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />“It’s totally distracting!”<br /><br /><img src="http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/9555/days200902240420001.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />“But I was just trying to hide my miscarriage, EJ!”<br /><br /><img src="http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/5274/days200902240380001.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />“Than why the heck are you walking right through all da-da-da like this with Brady in the background? I’m trying to get through this stupid plot, you idiot! Are you an interloper or not?”<br /><br /><b>Next</b><br /><br /><img src="http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/6766/days200902241580001.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />Here I thought there was nothing worse than EJ being volcanically out of character, but that hat has proven me wrong. Not much to say for this episode besides that EJ calling Nicole sweetheart over and over does take the ring out of it. Le sigh. Perhaps he can call Sami baby doll or some such now?<br /><br /><b>Next</b><br /><br /><img src="http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/8651/days200902250610001.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />*snore*<br /><br /><img src="http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/9721/days200902251010001.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />Now that’s more like it. He idiotically may not want to, but Diet Evil EJ loves Sami.<br /><br /><img src="http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/3376/days200902251220001.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />And Sami loves him, less than 100% evil and intelligence aside.<br /><br /><img src="http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/3633/days200902251830001.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />Nicole, you’ve only decided to go after a man who loves your archnemesis, steal their secret daughter, and pass her off as your own. Gee, how could this possibly go wrong?<br /><br /><b>Next</b><br /><br /><img src="http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/6784/days200902260550001.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />“‘An ethical threat’? What-okay, what is an ethical threat? I don't even know what that is.” Bad moral influence, methinks. And if that was a joke attempt, try harder. Anyway, this was well written, but since it’s Diet Evil EJ being a tool about Nicole, not much to add here.<br /><br /><img src="http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/6239/days200902260600001.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />I see bad hair now apparently runs in the family.<br /><br /><img src="http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/3289/days200902260900001.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />“Every single night, okay, when I put Johnny to bed, I would show him a picture of you.” Awwww.<br />“Samantha, Johnny is never going to forget about you. The kid loves you with all his heart. You mean the world to your children. They adore you, as well they should.” And by them, you mean you.<br /><br /><b>Next</b><br /><br /><img src="http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/3663/days200902270150001.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />Man, I don’t watch in order to protest the writing for a few months, and look at what happens. Jenkins? Where’s Chuck?<br /><br /><img src="http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/2749/days200902271750001.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />“WHAT HAS MOM DONE NOW?!!” Ah, it <i>never</i> gets old.<br /><br /><b>Monday</b><br /><br /><img src="http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/815/days200903021040001.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />“Magic? Oh, okay. That's fine. I'm a big fan of magic.” Ejami is magic!<br />“Samantha, I don't need to get Johnny out of the house to spend time with Sydney. And let's, just to be clear - I'm not saying you're suggesting it - Johnny is never gonna be shunted aside for any reason.” Except when the plot demands it like this whole secret baby thing.<br />“He missed his mother. When you were away, there was a certain sadness in his eyes.” And in yours.<br />“I know that coming home and seeing the kids has made you very emotional, but you also seem sad.” Oh, Diet Evil EJ reads Sami more like regular Evil EJ!<br /><br /><img src="http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/2598/days200903021550001.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />4/5 Ejamily.<br /><br /><img src="http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/7113/days200903021560001.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />“I cannot believe how late it is. It is so past their bedtime.”<br />“Johnny and I are pretty used to staying up and watching the late-night talk shows, aren't we, big fella?” Now that’s how you unobtrusively plug Jimmy Fallon, Days. Nice.<br /><br /><b>Tuesday</b><br /><br /><img src="http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/545/days200903021770001.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />“Maybe I shouldn't marry Nicole. I have an idea. What if I made her worst nightmare come true...and married you?”<br />“Right. That's what I want more than anything, especially since it worked so well the last time.” Yeah, it did. Check the ratings.<br />“You're the father of my children.” 3 out of 4! And if you had been around back then, it would be 4 for 4.<br />“Oh, really? Did I miss something?” More like do you catch anything, Diet Evil EJ?<br />“Samantha, when you were away, did something happen to you, something I don't know about?” Insert uncontrollable rage here.<br />“I know that. I mean, if you saw her doing something to hurt him, I'm sure you would stop her, but you don't see it.” I cannot imagine a scenario where it would be to Nicole’s advantage to hurt Johnny.<br />“Just like you can't see the truth about your father.” What part of brainwashed to be a living weapon is so hard to understand?<br />“Oh, let's just say I'm a little bit more wiser to him than I was.” Yeah, right. That’s how this mental stuff works. Just when you think you’ve searched the apartment, you find out there’s more floors to the building.<br />“But you think it's okay for Johnny to live there in that house.”<br />“That house? Samantha, it's a house, okay?” It’s a mansion!<br />“Samantha, you don't need to worry about me.” Evil EJ? No. You? Yeah, she better.<br />“Because a part of me will always love you.” A part that’s 100%.<br /><br /><img src="http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/7287/days200903031200001.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />“Oh, I'll take what I can get. I thought you flat-out hated me.” And this kiddies, is why nearly everything since June 30th of last year was complete garbage. Take an unneeded break of several months just to have this convo again? How many times have we been here? Twenty?<br />“No, I don't hate you, but the fact that I care about you has never made me blind to the fact that you're a DiMera and always will be” and “EJ, you can't put your guard down around them. You have to protect Johnny. You can't let him turn out like one of them.” Hey, unknown writer person, I really love all the work you’ve done these past three weeks, and how you’re making lemonade out of these lemons, but this is exactly my problem with how Ejami is written. Sami can’t have it both ways, and the show would be better off letting that go. Straddling that line is how this crap plot started in the first place.<br /><br /><img src="http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/8005/days200903031220001.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />“I think I know where that part is. I think it's the part of me that resisted my father when he was trying to turn me into, you know, ‘a DiMera.’” Sigh. First of all, clearly that didn’t work Mr. “I’m 30 yet still live with and work for my daddy”, secondly, heaven forbid Sami accept you as you truly are.<br />“All right, that small part of you that I like is back.” Forget that. Embrace the evil.<br />“Now, they have you and me in their corner, but whatever they do is up to them.” Unlike others who have been brainwashed, EJ isn’t interested in doing the same to his children. He has a big heart.<br />“EJ, it's like I'm seeing a side of you that I never got the chance to meet.” No, no, NO! Would you like me to draw you a flowchart?<br />“Well, you didn't really allow me to show it to you, Samantha.” BS. Seriously, Days. This was all very nice, but I’ve seen all of it before over and over and <i>over</i>. The carousel is getting old.<br /><br /><b>Wednesday</b><br /><br /><img src="http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/5166/days200903040680001.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />“See, that would be really hard to stomach, especially considering that you're here and your new fiancée and your new baby are, where are they, again?” It’s times like this that I miss Evil EJ the most.<br /><br /><img src="http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/3517/days200903040800001.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />“Hey, kids, you wanna get woken up right after you’ve just fallen asleep and play with a total stranger?”<br /><br /><img src="http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/5193/days200903040460001.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><img style="width: 204px; height: 300px;" src="http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/6575/casinopatrick.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />Sorry, Bo, but I already have a favorite TV psychic.<br /><br /><img src="http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/4333/days200903041030001.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />“If I had a kid like Johnny with a mother like you, I certainly wouldn't be so concerned with pleasing my daddy.”<br />“It's not like that.”<br />“It's what you said.”<br />“Yeah, well, I'm allowed to say things like that.” Ugh. Seriously. Conditioned since near birth? Hello? I mean, damn, no, this isn’t okay. EJ is not normal and cannot be normal. How dare you two bash him for it. Stefano would have cut his losses and drowned both of you before you were four.<br /><br /><img src="http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/1845/days200903041420001.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />“You seem a little bit touchy about Sami, especially for someone who's moved on. You see, I was there the night that you called to tell her that. Although she couldn't leave the house because someone was trying to kill her and she couldn't see her kids, you felt the need to keep her in the loop, fill her in on your latest romantic conquest.” That was the abominable writing, not EJ.<br />“Well, I certainly don't owe you an explanation, but I'll give you one. Samantha and I share a son. Now, that means that I'm always going to be somewhat protective of her.”<br />“Protective or possessive?” Ah, naïve little Rafe. With EJ, they’re the same thing.<br />“I think you should go now.” And here’s your proof.<br /><br /><img src="http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/6782/days200903041830001.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />Evil EJ tends to be amused when other men kiss his woman as he’s secure in his ownership of her. Diet Evil EJ? Not so much apparently.<br /><br /><b>Thursday</b><br /><br /><img src="http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/5544/days200903050540001.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />“He crossed a line, Roman. Both personally and professionally, he crossed a line.”<br />“No, actually, EJ. That would be you.” It is what he does.<br />“Okay, in simple terms-”<br />“Oh, yeah, no, thanks. Be sure to dumb it down for me.” Again, it’s what he does.<br />“In simple terms, I don't think it's appropriate for you to be having some kind of a relationship with your bodyguard.” Neither do I. He’s better than Lucas, but that’s not saying much.<br />“You want me to calm down? How would you feel if you found out someone was spying on you?” It’s what he does!<br />“This is not the point. My point is I'm trying to protect you.” Damn right.<br />“And secondly, Rafe is a hell of a lot better man than any of the guys that I have been with in the last couple years that I thought I was so madly in love with. But it's too late to change history now, isn't it?”<br />“You want to say that again?” Way to insult Lucas and EJ, show.<br />“Samantha, your well-being affects our son, so I'm sorry, but I have a vested interest in whoever you're hooking up with.”<br />"Hooking up with"? Could you be any less tasteful?” IT IS WHAT HE DOES!<br />“Rafe risked his life for me. He almost got killed in the process. He was stabbed. Do you know that?”<br />“I don't care.” No kidding. You are in the double digits for saving Sami’s life.<br /><br /><img src="http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/7291/days200903051810001.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />“The sooner he gets back to Washington, the better.” Diet Evil EJ, your attempt to stop Rafe is to <i>file a complaint against his professionalism</i>. This is why you’re <i>Diet</i> Evil EJ.<br /><br /><b>Friday</b><br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2009/mar09/03.06.2009/days03.06.2009.00008.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />Aw. She’s so cute! I still don’t like Sydney’s or Grace’s names, however. Whatever happened to naming girls after Metallica songs?<br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2009/mar09/03.06.2009/days03.06.2009.00028.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />“Have you kept a copy of that contract? I suggest you go and look for it if you can't find it. Because there's a section in there that deals with the returning of the cash advance” and “I can assure you that, um, pouting is not a particularly effective negotiating technique.” Hah. I have to say, Diet Evil EJ, while I’d prefer for you to break the law, bending it like this is pretty entertaining.<br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2009/mar09/03.06.2009/days03.06.2009.00087.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />I didn’t watch any of this because, seriously, I really, <i>really</i> don’t care. We all know who’s currently paired with whom and who is going to be coupled next. From Ejole to Safe. Zzzzzzz.<br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2009/mar09/03.06.2009/days03.06.2009.00106.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />“They're probably just sitting there swapping recipes, you know, or comparing prenups. They are being mature and selfless,” Ahaha! It’s okay, Stefano, I laughed too. And you’re allowed to laugh at your own jokes when they’re good.<br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2009/mar09/03.06.2009/days03.06.2009.00118.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />“Father. Is there something that you're not telling me?” And <i>this</i> is why I love the Stefano and EJ dynamic so much. On the one hand, Stefano knows EJ’s extremely competent. On the other, Stefano also understands what exactly he had to do to EJ to make him that way…which means not being honest with him about things like having Nicole followed. It’s fascinating.<br /><br /><b>Grade</b><br /><br /><img src="http://ferdielicious.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/katrina_darrell_bikini_girl_audition.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />“Overall, B+. Not perfect, as Diet Evil EJ and the plot need some work, but infinitely better writing than what we had been getting until recently. So what do you think?”<br /><br /><img style="width: 521px; height: 260px;" src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2007/02/02/business/02idol.600.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />“I gotta say, dawg, it was weak. I didn’t feel it. I mean, Kara didn’t even bother to show up for this way too long recap of yours, yo.”<br />“It wasn’t your best. You had a lot of episodes to go through, and your voice seemed to get lost in all of it. You’re a good reviewer, and I know you worked really hard on this, but it just wasn’t your best. Not your best.”<br />“Dreadful. Absolutely dreadful. You’re gone for who knows how long, and this is what you come up with? Barely any analysis and ripping off Late Night with Jimmy Fallon? Please. And I was going to give you credit for not plugging The Mentalist yet again, but you couldn’t help yourself, could you? Your loathsome crush on Patrick is clearly interfering with your devotion to Ejami. Simply awful.”Carpe Diem Babyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16327022862702237568noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1517852296751389157.post-55981431978232020002009-02-09T00:34:00.010-07:002009-02-09T01:06:49.375-07:00Note to James ScottSo I read your little interview in the Valentine's Day issue of SOD, and my reaction is pretty much summed up by the following-just imagine "Ejole" in the place of "light":<br /><br /><object width="480" height="295"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/CRF9mfKgknY&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/CRF9mfKgknY&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="295"></embed></object><br /><br />I understand it's part of your job to plug your current couple, and it's fine that you prefer EJ with Nicole, but there was no need to publicly trash Ejami and us Ejami fans. Without us, you would currently not be portraying EJ, you ungrateful egotistical twit. So while I'm still an Ejami fan, I'm no longer a James Scott one.Carpe Diem Babyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16327022862702237568noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1517852296751389157.post-7771828030976572052009-02-09T00:26:00.003-07:002009-02-09T00:33:56.723-07:00Spin the Wheel of CluelessnessSo we made the <a href="http://www.soapoperadigest.com/newsletter/signup/">Soap Opera Digest's Insider</a> email mailing once again:<br /><br /><img src="http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/7596/croppedcluejk3.jpg" border="0" width="177" height="238" /><br /><br />The original (the text was removed, but these are the images and background):<br /><br /><img src="http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/3248/housere6.jpg" border="0" width="504" height="360" /><br /><br />The blurb that goes along with it is "Finally, the Ejami fans from the Sony Board fans sent the board game Clue, with the message, 'Ejami fans all over the world, with their unwavering enthusiasm, support their spellbinding supercouple! They have played their own special version of Clue to see what kind of results they will find. The solutions: EJ in the abandoned house, with his DiMera legacy, steals Sami's heart and Samantha, in the abandoned house, with her Brady spirit, captures EJ's soul!'" I see that SOD edited the text that I wrote and didn't mention the part about TPTB buying a clue, but hey, why bother when it ain't going to happen, eh?<br /><br />Anyway, as usual, I didn't do any actual work, and all the thanks should go to UHcougar for ordering the board games and sending them in.Carpe Diem Babyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16327022862702237568noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1517852296751389157.post-38758818561817388372009-01-10T23:19:00.001-07:002009-01-10T23:22:02.408-07:00Because Dino Asked So NicelyIt's Evil EJ shooting Zombie Dallas EJ!<br /><br />The long version:<br /><br /><img src="http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/9943/ejejlongpu1.png" alt="Posted Image" /><br /><br />The short version:<br /><br /><img src="http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/9865/ejejshortxh1.png" alt="Posted Image" /><br /><br />As usual, feel free to use my banners wherever you'd like.Carpe Diem Babyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16327022862702237568noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1517852296751389157.post-49932949603760406172009-01-04T22:40:00.002-07:002009-01-04T22:47:42.582-07:00Carpe Reviews Random CrapSo where was I?<br /><br /><img src="http://img356.imageshack.us/img356/8339/leveragebt5.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />Last time on <a href="http://www.tnt.tv/series/leverage/" target="_blank">Leverage</a>, the team had been running a two week scam on a corrupt judge in a small town when Nate and Sophie were taken hostage in a bank right before the jig was supposed to be up. In response, Hardison, Parker, and Eliot made moves to rescue them before Nate called them off, instructing them that these weren’t usual bank robbers. The game now included helping this father and son team-oh, wait, that’s on cable.<br /><br /><img src="http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/2448/patrick2is9.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />Last time on <a href="http://www.cbs.com/primetime/the_mentalist/" target="_blank">The Mentalist</a>, Patrick Jane and his magical hair discovered who was responsible for two cyanide poisonings at a university through his usual blatant deception and magician trickery. We also learned that he was institutionalized for a nervous breakdown after his wife and daughter were brutally slain by the serial killer Red John, and that his-no, that’s not right either. I need a guy and a girl.<br /><br /><img src="http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/4274/chuckandblairvb3.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />Last time on <a href="http://www.cwtv.com/shows/gossip-girl" target="_blank">Gossip Girl</a>, Chuck’s dad Bart had just passed away due to fatal injuries sustained in a limo crash. Obviously poor Chuck despaired at the news that the man he had both loved and loathed for so many years was gone, and Blair stood by his side, refusing to let the man that she loved suffer alone. As she confronted him at his limo, Blair finally let Chuck know that-dammit. I need a guy and a girl on a show with horrible writing.<br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2008/oct08/10.27.2008/days10.27.2008.00063.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />Last time on <a href="http://www.daysofourlives.com/" target="_blank">Days of our Lives</a>, Zombie Dallas EJ was stumbling around at room temperature while Fifteen Year Old Sami was walled off with Rafe the Lucas Clone in a Bobby and Britney plot from <a href="http://www.cbs.com/daytime/the_young_and_the_restless/" target="_blank">The Young and the Restless</a> circa 2005. In addition, Nicole had broken the laws of physics in order to be in every scene at all times with nuBrady characterized as the Austin to her Carrie Reed. And I was actively avoiding watching because as a general rule, I do not engage in self-torture. You can’t unsee something, so I try to swerve around out of character scenes and situations as much as possible. However, I did catch a few things around Christmas:<br /><br /><b>Monday, December 22nd, 2008</b><br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2008/dec08/12.22.2008/days12.22.2008.00095.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />“Word is that Nicole Walker is carrying your child and has moved into the DiMera mansion.” Not exactly.<br />“That's right.” No, that’s what you think. Silly zombie. Brains are for kids!<br />“My advice - throw the bitch out on her ass.” Hear, hear, Victor!<br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2008/dec08/12.22.2008/days12.22.2008.00111.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />“Don't ever speak that way about Nicole again. You hear me?” Oh, I think you’ll be saying much worse things about her soon enough.<br />“Nicole is poison.” That’s insulting to poison.<br />“She will turn your life into a nightmare.” Actually I think that’s Dena and the writing staff.<br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2008/dec08/12.22.2008/days12.22.2008.00113.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />“Who are you to tell me what she's gonna do with my life? Your marriage to her was completely disastrous. You're old enough to be her grandfather. You didn't love her. She doesn't love you.” Not everyone marries for love, Zombie Dallas EJ.<br />“Your naiveté is astounding.” Which is why no one is buying this. EJ is many, many things but never utterly dense. The hair gel is strangling his neural net.<br />“Nicole and I are deeply in love.” Yeah, right.<br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2008/dec08/12.22.2008/days12.22.2008.00114.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />“Nicole doesn't love anyone but herself. And if you think she's changed, you're a bigger fool than I thought you were.” Yeah, he is. It’s <i>sad</i>.<br />“So, let me just get this straight-you're the person who believed that a woman 80 years your junior was in love with you, but me-I'm the fool, right?” Man, zombies can’t add either apparently.<br />“I knew Nicole wasn't in love with me. We had an arrangement. We both got exactly what we wanted till Nicole screwed it up. There's only one thing that Nicole likes more than herself, and that's money. Now, deep down, you know that. And sooner or later, you're gonna have to face it.” Preferably during a sweep month, eh?<br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2008/dec08/12.22.2008/days12.22.2008.00132.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />“Fine. Don't take my advice. Just don't come whimpering to me months from now when, heartbroken and bankrupt, your relationship with Nicole blows up in your face, because I can assure you, it will. It's just a matter of time.” Which is part of the problem here. You don’t want to telegraph your entire plot for your audience months ahead of time. Why should we watch the current scenes when they don’t mean anything, especially when EJ is completely unrecognizable?<br /><br /><b>Wednesday, December 24th, 2008</b><br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2008/dec08/12.24.2008/days12.24.2008.00001.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />Yeah, chicks really want to watch other chicks sleep. Is it any wonder the ratings are down?<br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2008/dec08/12.24.2008/days12.24.2008.00002.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />Oh, hey, it’s Dream Not Evil EJ! Nice jeans.<br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2008/dec08/12.24.2008/days12.24.2008.00004.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />How do we know this is a dream? Evil EJ would have inserted a joke here.<br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2008/dec08/12.24.2008/days12.24.2008.00005.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2008/dec08/12.24.2008/days12.24.2008.00007.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />He’s also not a volcanic hothead.<br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2008/dec08/12.24.2008/days12.24.2008.00006.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />Oh, <i>shut up</i>, Carrie.<br /><br /><img src="file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/ANNEMA%7E1/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot.jpg" alt="" /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2008/dec08/12.24.2008/days12.24.2008.00010.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><img src="http://img2.timeinc.net/ew/dynamic/imgs/080702/dark-knight-joker_l.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />Yes, this is a “nightmare,” but even so, this is not Evil EJ. First off, he should have said something funny. Inappropriate moments are when he breaks out his best material, like when he was about to kill John. Moreover, Evil EJ runs cold, not hot. When pressed, he crystallizes into deadly calm. He’s the icy chill down your spine, the sense of dread in the air, not generic yelling. Bottom line, TPTB, less Two Face, more Joker next time.<br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2008/dec08/12.24.2008/days12.24.2008.00025.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2008/dec08/12.24.2008/days12.24.2008.00028.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />And once again Days is behind the curve. Who isn’t psychic on television right now? You have Patrick on The Mentalist, Alison on Medium, Pamela on Supernatural, Melinda on Ghost Whisperer, Sookie on True Blood…<br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2008/dec08/12.24.2008/days12.24.2008.00093.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />I know having a kid with autism is extremely difficult, but damn, you two are awful parents.<br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2008/dec08/12.24.2008/days12.24.2008.00117.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />Oh, you gotta love soaps. Remember only a few months ago when Stefano and Marlena were trying to kill each other? Ah, good times, good times.<br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2008/dec08/12.24.2008/days12.24.2008.00171.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />“It’s okay, Theo. This plot scares me too.”<br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2008/dec08/12.24.2008/days12.24.2008.00287.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2008/dec08/12.24.2008/days12.24.2008.00288.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />Yup, Luloe is screwed. The Horton Christmas tree is written in stone…except where Johnny and Ali are concerned. Heh, us Ejami fans can get out of any writing box, can’t we?<br /><br /><b>Thursday, December 25th, 2008</b><br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2008/dec08/12.25.2008/days12.25.2008.00030.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />There are a million things wrong with this scene.<br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2008/dec08/12.25.2008/days12.25.2008.00035.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />“Santa?” Santa? Santa?!! Are you <i>kidding</i> me?! Damn, I hope Days got a half-way decent dialogue writer for Christmas.<br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2008/dec08/12.25.2008/days12.25.2008.00037.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />Ah, Rafe, I had such hope for you…such dreams…all <i>shattered</i>.<br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2008/dec08/12.25.2008/days12.25.2008.00115.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2008/dec08/12.25.2008/days12.25.2008.00116.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />This is the equivalent of the local serial killer enjoying your kids’ Christmas recital.<br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2008/dec08/12.25.2008/days12.25.2008.00152.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />Show, Zombies can’t read.<br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2008/dec08/12.25.2008/days12.25.2008.00153.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />Damn it, Nicole, it’s knit one, purl two.<br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2008/dec08/12.25.2008/days12.25.2008.00181.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />And zombies can’t dress either. Half off sale at men’s Express, eh?<br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2008/dec08/12.25.2008/days12.25.2008.00182.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />You know Days is bad when you’re not entirely dismayed to see Lucas. And Ali looks so cute.<br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2008/dec08/12.25.2008/days12.25.2008.00185.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2006/jun06/06.16.2006/days06.16.2006.00015.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />Ugh, the hair. Still way too much product, and that cut is horrific. I prefer short and spiky, but if you want to do the longer look with EJ, you have to change the part and shave some volume off the sides.<br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2008/dec08/12.25.2008/days12.25.2008.00191.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />Sami looks so pretty in captivity.<br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2008/dec08/12.25.2008/days12.25.2008.00204.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />“How is this even possible?” Well, there’s this snappy doodad called a webcam that hooks up to your fancy laptop there and transmits voice and audio over the global network that is the Internet. Welcome to 2001.<br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2008/dec08/12.25.2008/days12.25.2008.00243.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2006/oct06/10.18.2006/days10.18.2006.00173.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />OH NOES! Poor wittle Nicole…blech. Dena, you can try all you want, but there is no way I am going to sympathize with Nicole, much less emphasize with her. You’ve turned her into Carrie, and I’ve always hated Carrie.<br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2008/dec08/12.25.2008/days12.25.2008.00244.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />Sheesh, pregnant women sure are emotional. It’s not like your kids are going anywhere.<br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2008/dec08/12.25.2008/days12.25.2008.00254.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2008/dec08/12.25.2008/days12.25.2008.00255.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />How long was this? One line? Man, good thing I recorded this. My Ejami history wouldn’t be complete without EJ complaining to Sami about Roman talking to her too much.<br /><br /><b>Friday, December 26th, 2008</b><br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2008/dec08/12.26.2008/days12.26.2008.00006.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />Yup, it’s nuLumi. He’ll be yelling about his shoes soon. Just you wait.<br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2008/dec08/12.26.2008/days12.26.2008.00013.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />The Killer, may I entice you to shoot Rafe instead of Sami? I have some tasty Christmas cookies with some blood red frosting I think you’d enjoy.<br /><br /><img src="file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/ANNEMA%7E1/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot-1.jpg" alt="" /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2008/dec08/12.26.2008/days12.26.2008.00033.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2007/jun07/06.18.2007/days06.18.2007.00241.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />Okay, I see what Days was going for here, but seriously, what works for a long sleeved t-shirt does not necessarily translate into a sweater. Ugh.<br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2008/dec08/12.26.2008/days12.26.2008.00028.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />Yeah, that’s exactly what the show needs, fantasy time spent on Carrie and her shady doctor.<br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2008/dec08/12.26.2008/days12.26.2008.00070.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2007/jun07/06.18.2007/days06.18.2007.00114.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />See, it even has similar electric orange piping! Such an insult to the original top here.<br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2008/dec08/12.26.2008/days12.26.2008.00093.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />“EJ, I’d attempt to give you some decent advice here, but since I’m off the show so soon anyhow, why should I pretend to care?”<br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2008/dec08/12.26.2008/days12.26.2008.00098.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2006/aug06/08.16.2006/days08.16.2006.00038.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />After watching you in action, nuBrady, I hereby dub thee Austin. Now go find Carrie, and go somewhere far, far away from Ejami. Or hook up with Chloe, I’m flexible.<br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2008/dec08/12.26.2008/days12.26.2008.00101.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />Gotta be careful with those rollover minutes, Carrie.<br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2008/dec08/12.26.2008/days12.26.2008.00118.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />When I grow up I want to be as beautiful as Sami.<br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2008/dec08/12.26.2008/days12.26.2008.00136.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />Maybe it’s just me, but I really don’t think this is an appropriate place to watch your old porn vids.<br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2008/dec08/12.26.2008/days12.26.2008.00146.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />“I’m starting to think EJ will always have feelings for Sami.” Gee, you think? This is like when Hope used to wish that Shelle would get back together. Obvious weak sop to the rooting couple.<br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2008/dec08/12.26.2008/days12.26.2008.00147.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />Yet another sign this is Zombie Dallas EJ. Even Evil EJ would not make Mary wear this ill-fitting and totally not cute work uniform.<br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2008/dec08/12.26.2008/days12.26.2008.00148.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />“What, are we just quitting naps?” No, we’re quitting this damn limp dialogue that’s what we’re quitting. Those rumors about it improving were clearly false.<br />“He misses his mother. That's the problem.” As do you. If only the plot would show it.<br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2008/dec08/12.26.2008/days12.26.2008.00167.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />Meanwhile, on <a href="http://abc.go.com/daytime/generalhospital/index.html" target="_blank">General Hospital</a>, Jason “Stone Cold” Morgan searches for-oh wait.<br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2008/dec08/12.26.2008/days12.26.2008.00168.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />Seriously, The Killer, can we keep you? I admit you’re a sad excuse for a sniper, but you seem decent with your handgun, and I’ve found your 15 seconds of screentime more interesting than the rest of the show. What can I say? I like the violence.<br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2008/dec08/12.26.2008/days12.26.2008.00170.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2008/dec08/12.26.2008/days12.26.2008.00173.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />Johnny is <i>adorables</i>.<br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2008/dec08/12.26.2008/days12.26.2008.00148.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2007/jun07/06.18.2007/days06.18.2007.00114.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />“STOP COPYING ME!!!”<br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2008/dec08/12.26.2008/days12.26.2008.00169.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />“It can get pretty lonely in this big, old house, can't it?” With the girlfriend you purportedly love living with you who is supposedly carrying your baby? Red flag!<br />“But guess what. In the next month or two, you are going to have your very own brother or sister to play with.” Just not the one you think.<br />“How does that sound? Pretty cool?” Very cool.<br />“You know what else you have to look forward to? This little boy or girl is going to have his very own, or her own, mummy. Someone who's very loving. Very loving and very caring and who's crazy about you, you little lady-killer. She's gonna be a part of our family.” *evil cackle* Ah, you <i>slay</i> me, Zombie Dallas EJ.<br />“Well, I suppose she already is a part of our family.” If you have to think about it, she never will be.<br /><br /><b>Monday, January 5th, 2009</b><br /><br /><img src="http://img357.imageshack.us/img357/6948/smallpatrickoc6.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />Hey, Patrick, can you use your mad mentalist skills and send me into the future for a few minutes?<br /><br /><img src="http://img357.imageshack.us/img357/4592/conantv5.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />The future, Carpe?<br /><br />Yes, all the way to tomorrow, and its one slightly not pointless scene.<br /><br /><img src="http://img355.imageshack.us/img355/263/samisleepingfz4.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />Now that I’ve been outfitted with my flying car and silver jumpsuit, let me take a moment to say that while I much prefer Sami to Carrie, the only person I actually want to watch sleep is Evil EJ.<br /><br /><img src="http://img355.imageshack.us/img355/5197/samiawakeyt2.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />“Whenever I close my eyes, all I can think about is EJ-trying to talk to me, walking away from me…” Show and don’t tell? More like “we’re too incompetent to actually film any of this, so let’s just have some exposition.” Think about how powerful that imagery could have been in a dream sequence, even a very short one. Ah, this Ejami break is so purposeless.<br /><br />Grade: Back in the present, the verdict is self-evident. F, of course. What’s worse here, the abysmal dialogue, the unbalanced screentime, the ludicrous scene choices, or the out of character actions? You make the call! Moreover the sheer lack of surprise is astounding.<br /><br /><a style="left: 0px ! important; top: 15px ! important;" title="Click here to block this object with Adblock Plus" class="abp-objtab-09128159147835457 visible ontop" href="http://www.youtube.com/v/MYtjpIwamos&hl=en&fs=1"></a><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/MYtjpIwamos&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/MYtjpIwamos&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />There’s foreshadowing, and there’s paint by numbers. This plot is a grocery list at this point. EJ “involved” with Nicole, check. Nicole lying to him, check. Only a matter of time before this all collapses, check. Show dragging it out forever anyway, check. What I wouldn’t give for something unexpected to happen.<br /><br />Seriously, don’t waste your time. You’d get more out of a <a href="http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/music/la-fi-zune1-2009jan01,0,764730.story" target="_blank">broken Zune</a> at this point. Instead watch some good television (I’d recommend the above three programs if you need suggestions) with actual writers who care about their characters and keep an eye on the spoilers so when Days decides to start not sucking again, you can jump right back in. That’s my plan. But why listen to me when you can listen to Michael Logan of <a href="http://www.tvguide.com/" target="_blank">TV Guide</a>, who lists the entire show in The Worst in Soaps 2008 in the January 5-11 2009 issue?<br /><br /><img src="http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/9438/daysdissug1.png" alt="" border="0" />Carpe Diem Babyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16327022862702237568noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1517852296751389157.post-65509815136556239472009-01-04T04:47:00.002-07:002009-01-04T05:00:37.409-07:00Support Ejami PetitionYou can sign it at <a href="http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/supportejami">http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/supportejami</a><br /><br />Now I admit I've never heard of one these things actually working, even slightly, but hey, it's not like it can hurt either.Carpe Diem Babyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16327022862702237568noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1517852296751389157.post-55863158935919572242009-01-04T04:45:00.001-07:002009-01-04T05:00:30.262-07:00Save Ejami Avatar and BannerOf course I have a Save Ejami avi and banner combo. Feel free to use either wherever you'd like.<br /><br /><img src="http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/979/saveejamiavisr0.png" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br /><img src="http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/8075/saveejamibannerag5.png" alt="" border="0" />Carpe Diem Babyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16327022862702237568noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1517852296751389157.post-31884414880101681972009-01-04T04:44:00.003-07:002009-01-04T04:58:50.681-07:00New and Improved! It's the Save Ejami Blog!I decided to do some early spring cleaning and consolidate my old Save Sami and Save EJ blogs into a <a href="http://saveejami.blogspot.com/">Save Ejami</a> one. You can find it at <a href="http://saveejami.blogspot.com/">http://saveejami.blogspot.com/</a> or in my other blog section or affiliates list in the sidebar. It's a compliation of TPTB and advertiser contact information that we can use to shower them with Ejami love.<br /><br />If you'd like to link me, I'd be more than happy to return the favor both here and at <a href="http://saveejami.blogspot.com/">Save Ejami</a>. The snazzy link button is below, and feel free to resize it or whatever for your needs. I really don't care what it looks like, heh.<br /><br /><a href="http://saveejami.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><img alt="image" src="http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/9913/saveejamilinkbuttonsu2.png" border="0" /></a><br /><br />And please let me know if you have any ideas that should be over there or if you know I need to update some of the information. And yeah, we shouldn't have to do this for a soap rooting couple, but unfortunately they're on <span style="font-style: italic;">Days</span>. We constantly have to remind them who they should be writing for.Carpe Diem Babyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16327022862702237568noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1517852296751389157.post-44784362299070530242009-01-04T04:41:00.000-07:002009-01-04T04:41:38.203-07:00Evil Ejami Family Solidarity Banner and AvisYes, Evil Crazy EJ and Samantha were kind enough to color a drawing celebrating the birth of the new Ejami baby girl! They also nicely let me convert it into a banner and two avatars.<br /><br />Solidarity Banner:<br /><br /><img src="http://img352.imageshack.us/img352/5852/babygirlbannerpk8.png" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />Avi of the whole family:<br /><br /><img src="http://img352.imageshack.us/img352/2087/babygirlavi1on4.png" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />Avi of EJ, Sami, and baby girl:<br /><br /><img src="http://img352.imageshack.us/img352/4171/babygirlavi2hd5.png" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />Feel free to use these wherever you'd like.Carpe Diem Babyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16327022862702237568noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1517852296751389157.post-38314852841895437712009-01-04T04:28:00.002-07:002009-01-04T04:36:10.643-07:00Spring and Evil Ejami Family PostcardsYeah, I know, I know, all we do is show TPTB our Ejami love, and the return on our investment tends to be quite lacking most of the time. But that's all the more reason to step it up a notch in 2009 with new postcards.<br /><br />Spring into Ejami:<br /><br /><img src="http://img360.imageshack.us/img360/9718/newspringpostcardjx6.png" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />The Evil Ejami Family as expertly drawn by Evil Crazy EJ and his Samantha:<br /><br /><img src="http://img355.imageshack.us/img355/8233/evilejamilyjk1.png" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />Feel free to send these wherever you'd like.Carpe Diem Babyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16327022862702237568noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1517852296751389157.post-62165948419112178562009-01-02T00:24:00.007-07:002009-01-02T03:56:48.499-07:00Happy Ejami 2009!It's a new year, and thus, a new layout! Let me know what you think in the chat box, or if you catch me online, you can chat with me using the Windows Live Messenger over on the side.<br /><br />You can also look for me on <a href="http://boards.sonypictures.com/soaps/forumdisplay.php?f=7">Sony's official Days of our Lives message board</a> in the Ejami thread. If I'm not here, odds are I'm over there, heh.Carpe Diem Babyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16327022862702237568noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1517852296751389157.post-40859300500056640702009-01-01T19:33:00.001-07:002009-01-01T19:36:05.953-07:00Just the Christmas I've Been Waiting For<i>Ready for the final ghost, Evil EJ smiles as he waits.</i><br /><br />Evil EJ (twisting the knife): “Cutting it a little close, aren’t we?”<br /><br />Carpe (frantic): “It’s not technically Christmas yet!”<br /><br />Evil EJ (smugly): “Better hurry.”<br /><br /><i>Evil EJ turns his head as a dark figure moves out from a nearby alley towards him.</i><br /><br /><img src="http://img367.imageshack.us/img367/1249/grimreaperxd7.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />Carpe (narrating): “The Phantom slowly, gravely, silently approached, and in the very air through which this Spirit moved it seemed to scatter gloom and mystery. It was shrouded in a deep gray garment, which concealed its head, its face, its form, and left nothing of it visible, save two outstretched hands holding a gleaming scythe. But for this, it would have been difficult to detach its figure from the sudden night that had fallen and separate it from the darkness by which it was surrounded.”<br /><br />Evil EJ (unimpressed): “Not exactly a practical man, are you?”<br /><br /><i>The Ghost of Christmas Future says nothing.</i><br /><br />Evil EJ (yawning): “Oh, yes, how foreboding. Let’s get on with it then, eh?”<br /><br /><i>The Ghost of Christmas Future again says nothing. He then swings his scythe and uses his Ghost of Christmas Future powers to send both of them into the future. They arrive in a snowy graveyard, and the Phantom points to two persons meeting some distance away.</i><br /><br /><img src="http://img122.imageshack.us/img122/5259/graveyardwt2.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />Carpe (narrating): “Oh, cold, cold, rigid, dreadful death, set up thine altar here, and dress it with such terrors as thou hast at thy command: for this is thy dominion!”<br /><br />Future Sami (crying as she looks at the grave): “Oh, no, Will, no!”<br /><br />Future Lucas (volcanic): “This is all your fault, Sami! He died from flesh eating bacteria! He would have been fine if he hadn’t had that sore throat he got from yelling at you!”<br /><br />Future Sami (sobbing): “My baby, no, oh no!”<br /><br /><i>Evil EJ looks at the Ghost of Christmas Future.</i><br /><br />Evil EJ (offhandedly): “As saddened as I am at Samantha’s pain at the loss of her child, you do realize that this is actually an incentive for me, don’t you? I’d finally be able to get my PlayStation 3 back from that ungrateful brat. He never even invited me over to play Resistance on it.”<br /><br /><img src="http://regmedia.co.uk/2007/03/23/ps3_front_main.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmCICWhHaY4" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmCICWhHaY4</a><br /><br /><i>The Ghost of Christmas Future says nothing after it successfully stops itself from snickering.</i><br /><br />Carpe (quietly): “The Phantom moved forward into another part of the cemetery. Evil EJ joined it, and, wondering why and whither he had gone, accompanied it until they reached an iron gate. He paused to look round before entering. The Spirit stood among the ignored graves, and pointed down to one. Evil EJ advanced towards it. The Phantom was exactly as it had been, but he saw new meaning in its solemn shape.”<br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9JOs983AN0" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9JOs983AN0</a><br /><br /><i>Like a touch from hell<br />I feel how hot that it can get if you get caught<br />Like a strike from Heaven that turns that key<br />That brings you straight down to your knees<br /><br />Like a touch from hell<br />I feel how hot that it can get if I get caught<br />Like a strike from Heaven to reprieve<br />That brings you straight down to your knees</i><br /><br />Carpe (with emphasis): “Immovable as ever, the Ghost still pointed downward to the grave.”<br /><br />Evil EJ (rolling his eyes): “I wonder whose grave this could be.”<br /><br />Carpe (somberly): “And Evil EJ read upon the stone of the neglected grave his own name, Elvis DiMera, with the inscription that he died alone.”<br /><br />Evil EJ (grinning): “Just the funeral I’ve been waiting for.”<br /><br /><i>The Ghost of Christmas Future and Evil EJ stare at each other for nearly a full minute until Evil EJ walks towards the headstone and casually leans on it.</i><br /><br />Evil EJ (smirking and raising an eyebrow): “If <i>only</i>.”<br /><br /><i>The Ghost of Christmas Future says nothing for several moments until it sighs loudly. Beaten, it removes its hood and reveals its actor, Gray EJ.</i><br /><br />Gray EJ (sighing again): “I knew this wasn’t going to work.”<br /><br />Evil EJ (listing): “Between Samantha, the twins, the new baby on the way, Father, Evil Crazy EJ and his Samantha, you, Prince Valiant, Dora the Goodness Explorer, Johnny 5 and his son, and the Ghoul That Wouldn’t Die, I’m lucky if I get a few moments alone to myself, much less have time to truly rest.”<br /><br />Gray EJ (dejected): “True, but I practiced for weeks.”<br /><br /><i>Evil EJ walks over to Gray EJ and puts a comforting hand on his shoulder.</i><br /><br />Evil EJ (encouragingly): “And it paid off. Come now, Gray EJ. You’re the only one who could have played this part. I was almost frightened there for a few moments.”<br /><br />Gray EJ (asking): “But isn’t the whole point of this story that Scrooge is supposed to undergo a redemptive arc? That by the end he truly is a better man?”<br /><br />Evil EJ (encouragingly): “Because I learned that my nefarious deeds were leading me to my eternal damnation? Not this time. You know as well as I do, fencesitter, that fictional characters can never truly die. This is a reckoning that will never come to me nor any of us. We exist as we are forever.”<br /><br />Carpe (elaborating): “Moreover, I write to entertain, not to educate. Since Evil EJ is the hero of this tale, wrong is right, and his untoward acts are to be enjoyed and celebrated. Go read the original if you want a traditional moral to the story.”<br /><br />Evil EJ (vindicated): “You heard the woman.”<br /><br />Gray EJ (sighing): “I suppose. And I bet you have some people to kill now, don’t you?”<br /><br />Evil EJ (anticipating): “Yes, that does sound delicious, doesn’t it?”<br /><br />Gray EJ (shifting in place): “Well, I’m going to go change then. This cloak thing is terribly itchy.”<br /><br />Evil EJ (nodding): “Yes, I’ll see you at the cast party afterwards.”<br /><br />Gray EJ (smiling): “Okay, have fun.”<br /><br />Evil EJ (darkly): “I always do.”<br /><br /><div id="post_message_4650339"><i>Gray EJ swings his scythe and uses his Ghost of Christmas Future powers to send Evil EJ back to early Christmas morning.</i><br /><br />Evil EJ (sarcastically as he gets out of bed): “It’s Christmas Day-I haven’t missed it! I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future! The Spirits of all Three shall strive within me. Oh, Jacob Marley! Heaven and the Christmas Time be praised for this!”<br /><br />Carpe (quickly): “Running to the window, he opened it, and put out his head. No fog, no mist; clear, bright, jovial, and stirring. Cold, piping for the blood to dance to, golden sunlight, heavenly sky, sweet fresh air, merry bells. Oh, glorious! Glorious!”<br /><br />Evil EJ (snidely): “I am as happy as an angel. A Merry Christmas to everybody! A Happy New Year to all the world!<br /><br /><i>Evil EJ sees a newcomer to town walking towards the DiMansion.</i><br /><br />Evil EJ (nicely as he looks down): “Feliz Navidad, Señor. Hoy es un día maravilloso, no?”<br /><br />Rafe (annoyed): “Speak English, you British fop.”<br /><br /><i>Evil EJ’s countenance darkens.</i><br /><br />Evil EJ (less nicely): “Well, Ninja Turtle, your intelligence on current FBI matters was on point. I trust everything was in order for your payment.”<br /><br />Rafe (more annoyed): “Yes, and I just came over here to tell you that I’m never doing that again no matter how much I need the money. I’m not your errand boy.”<br /><br /><i>Rafe starts to move away.</i><br /><br />Evil EJ (calling down to him): “Your choice. But you forgot your tip.”<br /><br /><i>Rafe turns around and looks up only to see a black American Express Credit Card fly towards him. He stumbles backwards as the card lodges in his jugular vein and falls to the ground, cracking his skull open on the icy pavement.</i><br /><br />Evil EJ (eyes blazing): “No one touches Samantha but me.”<br /><br />Carpe (smirking): “Having dispatched yet another unworthy rival, Evil EJ dressed himself all in his best, and at last got out into the streets. The people were by this time pouring forth, as he had seen them with the Ghosts of Christmas Presents and, walking with his hands behind him, Evil EJ regarded every one with a delighted smile.”<br /><br /><i>As Evil EJ determinedly walks down the street, he runs into Robo EJ pushing Baby Ernie in a stroller.</i><br /><br />ROBO EJ (suddenly remembering he has lines): “EVIL EJ? CAN HAVE CHRISTMAS MON-”<br /><br />Evil EJ (already anticipating the situation): “Here’s your check, you walking aluminum can.”<br /><br />ROBO EJ (happily): “OH THANK YOU! ROBO EJ KNEW EVIL EJ NICE PERSON!”<br /><br />Evil EJ (bending down and adjusting Ernie’s blanket): “And be more careful with young Ernie, will you? You don’t want him to get sick.”<br /><br />ROBO EJ (grateful for the help): “YES, EVIL EJ! ROBO EJ LOVE SON ERNIE! ROBO EJ DO BETTER!”<br /><br /><i>Evil EJ continues to walk down the street only to see Brady coming towards him.</i><br /><br />Brady (waving): “Hello, cousin! Have you recon-”<br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twQ7r5jIG60" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twQ7r5jIG60</a><br /><br /><i>Evil EJ watches as an icicle from one of the overhangs above falls and impales Brady in the chest. Pleased, he walks over to Brady.</i><br /><br />Evil EJ (cheerfully): “Here, let me help you with that.”<br /><br />Brady (in shock): “No, don’t! Don’t pull it ou-”<br /><br /><i>Blood gushes everywhere and Brady collapses as Evil EJ removes the icicle.</i><br /><br />Evil EJ (considering): “Oh, well, yes, that wasn’t a very good idea, was it? Of course, that wasn’t very good writing either, but that’s Grey’s for you. Izzie and Denny the Stalking Ghost, please.”<br /><br />Evil EJ (smiling): “Nothing personal, but you do know how frosty distant family relations can be, cousin.”<br /><br /><i>Two for two, Evil EJ steps over Brady’s soon to be dead body and hurries to the Horton cabin. Inside, Sami and the twins are ready and waiting for him. Sami is dressed in a red Christmas dress and with matching coat in while the twins are in black and red snowsuits.</i><br /><br />Sami (hugging him as she opens the door): “Oh, EJ!”<br /><br />Evil EJ (peeking inside): “Is everyone ready to go?”<br /><br />Sami (prepared): “Yes, we’re all set, and Will’s already so fed up with everything that he’s on his way back to Carrie and Austin’s in Switzerland.”<br /><br />Evil EJ (pleased): “Excellent. Where’s Lucas?”<br /><br />Sami (explaining): “He went to go get some hot chocolate from Starbucks before he went to work, but-wait, there he is.”<br /><br /><i>Sami and Evil EJ turn their heads to see Lucas coming towards them.</i><br /><br />Evil EJ (turning around): “Merry Christmas, Lucas. May I have a word with you before we go to work this morning?”<br /><br />Lucas (casually): “Sure, that’s fine with me.”<br /><br />Evil EJ (to Sami): “Would you mind?”<br /><br />Sami (smiling): “Of course not.”<br /><br /><i>Sami shuts the door, and both Lucas and Evil EJ take a few steps out into the middle of the street. Lucas then looks at Evil EJ.</i><br /><br />Lucas (sipping his drink): “What’s up?”<br /><br />Evil EJ (plainly): “Well first, I actually want to say that you’ve been an outstanding assistant to me lately.”<br /><br />Evil EJ (sincerely): “But more than that, I really appreciate how you’ve handled this whole situation between Samantha and myself. I’ve been thinking a lot about it, and since it is the start of a new year soon, it is long over due for me to forgive you for everything that’s happened between us…and for me to genuinely mean it this time. Especially for you shooting me in the back at my wedding to Samantha.”<br /><br />Lucas (nodding): “I appreciate that. I was only looking out for Sami, and I’m glad that you’re finally starting to warm up to me.”<br /><br />Evil EJ (smiling): “You’re a good man, Lucas. Friends?”<br /><br /><i>Lucas looks at Evil EJ’s outstretched right hand.</i><br /><br />Lucas (taking it): “Friends.”<br /><br /><i>A shot is heard as the two men shake hands, and, feeling a sharp pain in his chest, Lucas stares at Evil EJ in horror. Having fired at Lucas with his gun in his left hand, Evil EJ takes a step back and smirks.</i><br /><br />Evil EJ (absolute zero): “Good. Because friends are all about returning favors.”<br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2007/aug07/08.03.2007/days08.03.2007.00060.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OevVKRyGZu4" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OevVKRyGZu4</a><br /><br />Lucas (falling to the ground): “You DiMera bas-”<br /><br />Evil EJ (interrupting him): “What a beautiful day to bury the past, eh, sunshine?”<br /><br /><i>Thoroughly pleased, Evil EJ enjoys every moment of Lucas’ death spasms, slowly reholstering his weapon as he watches Lucas die bleeding on the frozen ground before him. He admires his work for several moments afterwards before Sami opens the door behind him.</i><br /><br />Sami (looking at the corpse): “Now we’ll never have to worry about him bothering us again. Nicely done.”<br /><br />Evil EJ (sighing happily): “You always know just what to say, darling.”<br /><br /><i>Ejami turns around and moves to gather their children. Sami picks up Johnny while Evil EJ holds Ali, and all four of them leave the cabin.</i><br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2008/jul08/07.31.2008/days07.31.2008.00034.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2008/jul08/07.31.2008/days07.31.2008.00032.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />Sami (asking as they walk): “So it’s back to the mansion?”<br /><br />Evil EJ (slyly): “Maybe…or I could give you your Christmas present.”<br /><br />Sami (lighting up as she guesses): “You didn’t.”<br /><br />Evil EJ (proudly): “I most certainly did.”<br /><br />Sami (excited): “Oh, we have to go to the refuribished abandoned house then. But don’t you have to work today, EJ?”<br /><br /><i>Evil EJ grins at his beloved.</i><br /><br />Evil EJ (warmly): “Of course not, my dear. It’s Christmas. Why else have minions? They have to work, not me.”<br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2bLNkCqpuY" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2bLNkCqpuY</a><br /><br /><i>Around and around and back home again<br />To a place where we know we are loved</i><br /><br />Evil EJ (beaming at Sami): “Unlike that insane idiot on that pretentious program, I don’t need a slideshow to remind me to appreciate you and our children, darling.”<br /><br />Carpe (narrating): “And it was always said of Evil EJ that he knew how to keep Christmas well, if any man alive possessed the knowledge. May that be truly said of us, and all of us! And so, God bless us, everyone!”<br /><br />Ejami (jointly): “Merry Christmas, and Happy Holidays, Ejami fans!”<br /><br />Evil EJ (warmly): “Enjoy the festivities, and don’t do anything I wouldn’t do.”<br /><br />Carpe (stating the obvious): “Naughty and not nice then.”<br /><br />Sami (smiling at Evil EJ): “Of course.”<br /><br />Evil EJ (grinning back): “You wouldn’t have it any other way, sweetheart.”<br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2007/dec07/12.20.2007/days12.20.2007.00239.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></div>Carpe Diem Babyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16327022862702237568noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1517852296751389157.post-89296199887995779432009-01-01T19:07:00.002-07:002009-01-01T19:11:56.078-07:00You're My Best Friend<img src="file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/ANNEMA%7E1/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot-1.jpg" alt="" /><img src="http://img383.imageshack.us/img383/6080/breckenridgechristmaswl5.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br /><i>Having taken his best shot, Evil EJ takes off his combat gear, puts away his extra equipment, and sits down on his bed, patiently waiting for the next ghost.</i><br /><br /><span class="highlight">Carpe</span> (knowingly): “Ready?”<br /><br />Evil EJ (in on it): “How could I <i>not</i> be?”<br /><br />Happy Voice (excited): “Merry Christmas, Evil EJ!”<br /><br /><i>Surprised, Evil EJ turns his head to see a figure appear behind him. Laughing, Evil Crazy EJ walks around the bed and sits down next to Evil EJ while holding his Samantha doll.</i><br /><br />Evil EJ (warmly): “Heh. Merry Christmas to you two as well.”<br /><br /><i>Evil Crazy EJ grins back at Evil EJ.</i><br /><br />Evil Crazy EJ (sagely): “We surprised you!”<br /><br />Evil EJ (raising an eyebrow): “Yes, you did. I wasn’t expecting you to show up on the opposite side of the bed, particularly when the script specified that you would show up in front of me.”<br /><br />Samantha: “…”<br /><br />Evil Crazy EJ (nodding to his doll): “Darling, you were right-this was much more dramatic.”<br /><br />Evil Crazy EJ (announcing): “We are the Ghosts of Christmas Presents!”<br /><br />Evil EJ (correcting): “<i>Present</i>. Ghosts of Christmas Present.”<br /><br />Evil Crazy EJ (disagreeing): “No, Christmas presents.”<br /><br />Evil EJ (kindly): “We have discussed this before, Evil Crazy EJ. You and your wife are pretending to be the spirits of this moment, right now, which is the present time period.”<br /><br />Evil Crazy EJ (trying to be nice): “Samantha thinks that is all well and good, Evil EJ, but we are giving you presents so we are the Ghosts of Christmas Presents.”<br /><br />Samantha: “…”<br /><br />Evil Crazy EJ (agreeing with his wife): “Yes, sweetheart, The Oho Man gave Scrooge lots of presents!”<br /><br />Evil EJ (explaining): “Those were part of the feast for the celebration of Christmas, not his presents.”<br /><br /><i>Evil Crazy EJ looks at his Samantha and nods before speaking again.</i><br /><br />Evil Crazy EJ (apologetically): “Samantha and I have discussed this issue at length, and we are both very sorry that we have to tell you this, Evil EJ, but you are wrong. We have watched the Muppet Christmas Carol movie more times than you have so we know what we are talking about.”<br /><br />Evil EJ (letting it go): “Fine. On a more agreeable note, may I say Samantha looks absolutely stunning?”<br /><br /><img src="http://img383.imageshack.us/img383/2066/5grjymjlbjz17ajjc0.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br /><i>Dressed in a matching suit, Evil Crazy EJ beams at his Samantha outfitted in a lovely silver Christmas formal evening gown.</i><br /><br />Evil Crazy EJ (proudly): “Yes, you may! Samantha did not want to wear what The Oho Man does in the movie. She says there is no reason to wear an advent wreath on your head unless it is Saint Lucia’s Day, and she does not want to wear an icky bathrobe from K-Mart like him and you do either.”<br /><br />Evil EJ (slightly annoyed): “I’ll have both of you know that not only is that robe surprisingly comfortable, I saved over thirty dollars on it.”<br /><br />Evil Crazy EJ (ignoring him): “Now is time for presents!”<br /><br /><img src="http://www.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/2194547/2/istockphoto_2194547_pile_of_presents.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br /><i>A small pile of presents appears on the bed next to Evil EJ.</i><br /><br />Evil EJ (going with it): “I must admit, this paper is exquisite.”<br /><br />Evil Crazy EJ (smiling): “Samantha is an expert gift wrapper.”<br /><br />Evil EJ (opening his first present): “An online subscription to <u>The Wall Street Journal</u>. Thank you.”<br /><br />Evil Crazy EJ (pleased): “You’re welcome!”<br /><br />Evil EJ (thinking): “Considering that I normally read the print version, this wouldn’t be a subtle reminder about that Barbie computer game Samantha wants for Christmas, would it?”<br /><br /><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51creqFNJ0L._SS400_.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />Evil Crazy EJ (insulted): “Samantha would do no such thing, Evil EJ!” <br /><br />Samantha: “…”<br /><br />Evil Crazy EJ (stroking her hair): “Yes, you know better than to hint-it is number one on your Christmas list for Santa!”<br /><br /><i>Evil Crazy EJ gestures to two handbound volumes that have appeared next to him on the bed.</i><br /><br />Evil EJ (eyeing the number of pages): “Hmmm, Santa has quite the reading material ahead of him. Would you mind telling me what you want the most from him this year?”<br /><br /><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51KmrQxJIVL._SL500_AA280_.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />Evil Crazy EJ (sighing happily): “Elmo’s Farm starring popular Sesame Street characters Elmo, Cookie Monster, and Ernie! Perfect for pretending to drive the tractor and play with the happy farm animals! Samantha wants to have a farm petting zoo!”<br /><br />Evil EJ (making a mental note): “That sounds very peaceful.”<br /><br />Evil EJ (now opening his second present): “How wonderful. You can never have too many firearms.”<br /><br />Evil Crazy EJ (happy): “Yes, we know you like guns!”<br /><br /><i>Evil EJ lifts the handgun in his right hand and looks at it carefully.</i><br /><br />Evil EJ (hiding a smirk): “And this one is a beauty…expert craftsmanship…you know, I would swear it is almost exactly like the P47 Klobb that I keep hidden underneath the first aid kit in the east wing laundry room.”<br /><br /><i>Evil Crazy EJ looks at his Samantha doll.</i><br /><br />Evil Crazy EJ (lying): “You must be mistaken, Evil EJ. We bought this for you.”<br /><br />Evil EJ (pretending to believe him): “You did? Where?”<br /><br />Evil Crazy EJ (trying to throw him off): “Samantha thinks that is a very a silly question, Evil EJ. Of course we went to a gun store.”<br /><br />Evil EJ (tilting his head): “Which one?”<br /><br /><i>Unsure of what to say next, Evil Crazy EJ consults his Samantha doll.</i><br /><br />Evil Crazy EJ (making their best guess): “Target.”<br /><br />Evil EJ (grinning): “Oh, well then. Clearly I am in error. I shall have to find that section of the store the next time we’re there.”<br /><br />Evil Crazy EJ (relieved): “Yes, you should!”<br /><br /><i>Evil EJ puts the gun down on the side of the bed.</i><br /><br />Evil EJ (opening his last gift): “Ah, a homemade coupon book with three coupons. The first one says that it is redeemable for some famous artwork.”<br /><br />Evil Crazy EJ (handing Evil EJ a piece of construction paper): “And we happen to have it right here!”<br /><br /><img src="http://img367.imageshack.us/img367/1393/christmasdrawingte0.png" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br /><i>Genuinely moved, Evil EJ stares down at the drawing for several moments and then smiles at Evil Crazy EJ.</i><br /><br />Evil EJ (sincerely): “Thank you. This means a lot to me.”<br /><br />Evil Crazy EJ (smiling at his wife): “We knew you would like it, Evil EJ!”<br /><br />Evil EJ (reading his second coupon): “This coupon says it is good for one hour of psychic television.”<br /><br />Evil EJ (puzzled): “May I inquire as to how this is different from when the three of us usually watch <i>The Mentalist</i>?”<br /><br /><img src="http://img385.imageshack.us/img385/8779/smallsimonss2.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86_u1ZkRrbU" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86_u1ZkRrbU</a><br /><br />Evil Crazy EJ (explaining): “We will make you snacks and bring you a tasty beverage to enjoy. And Samantha promises to not talk about how Patrick is a golden angel during the reveal of the murderer causing Evil EJ to miss the end of the show.”<br /><br />Evil EJ (casually): “Well, I would prefer her theories about his magical hair to be kept to the time I am fast forwarding the commercials.”<br /><br />Evil EJ (reading his last coupon): “This coupon says I have to pass a test.”<br /><br />Evil Crazy EJ (nodding): “Yes, this is the message part of the story! Can you help the less fortunate?”<br /><br /><img src="http://sites.target.com/images/company/our_company/our_stores/content/our_stores_header.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />Evil EJ (squinting): “I see that fine print on this stipulates something about a shopping spree?”<br /><br />Evil Crazy EJ (answering): “Yes, you get to take us to Target and buy Samantha as many new outfits as she wants!”<br /><br /><i>Evil EJ looks at Evil Crazy EJ’s Samantha doll.</i><br /><br />Evil EJ (dryly): “How generous of me.”<br /><br /><i>Suddenly Evil Crazy EJ leans over so he and his Samantha can hug Evil EJ.</i><br /><br />Evil Crazy EJ (ecstatic): “Yes, we thought so! We knew you could do it! Samantha and I believed in you! You are a very smart person, Evil EJ!”<br /><br /><i>Amused at their reasoning, Evil EJ hugs them back for several moments before he pulls away.</i><br /><br />Evil Crazy EJ (getting up): “Samantha and I are very happy you enjoyed your presents, Evil EJ! Now it’s time for the food!”<br /><br /><i>Evil Crazy EJ and his Samantha move towards the dining room, and Evil EJ moves to follow them.</i><br /><br /><span class="highlight">Carpe</span> (narrating): “The room had undergone a surprising transformation. The walls and ceiling were so hung with living green, that it looked a perfect grove; from every part of which bright gleaming berries glistened. The crisp leaves of holly, mistletoe, and ivy reflected back the light, as if so many little mirrors had been scattered there; and such a mighty blaze went roaring up the chimney as that dull petrifaction of a hearth had never known in Evil EJ’s time.”<br /><br /><img src="http://img355.imageshack.us/img355/2561/whitecastletv3.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br /><i>Evil EJ eyes all the candy, cookies, baked goods, chips, and junk food arrayed on the table.</i><br /><br />Evil Crazy EJ (announcing): “Samantha and I used our Ghosts of Christmas Presents powers to make all this food!”<br /><br />Evil EJ (considering the spread): “None of this is even remotely healthy, is it?”<br /><br />Evil Crazy EJ (appalled): “Oh, no, Evil EJ. We made sure this was all food you would actually want to eat.”<br /><br />Evil EJ (not touching any of it): “I see.”<br /><br /><i>Evil Crazy EJ glances down at his Samantha and grins.</i><br /><br />Evil Crazy EJ (announcing): “Yes, Samantha! It is Christmas morning! Now we get to go outside and sing with the idiotic townspeople!”<br /><br /><i>With amazing quickness, Evil Crazy EJ and his Samantha bolt outside, and Evil EJ is forced to sprint in order to keep up.</i><br /><br /><span class="highlight">Carpe</span> (narrating): “In the city streets on Christmas morning, the people made a rough, but brisk and not unpleasant kind of music.”<br /><br /><i>Evil Crazy EJ and his Samantha smile broadly as they sing, and Evil EJ is unable to suppress one of his own as they lead him down the street.</i><br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfK_K0_YxCM" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfK_K0_YxCM</a><br /><br /><i>It’s all the ways that we show love<br />That feel like Christmas<br /><br />A part of childhood we’ll always remember<br />It is the summer of the soul in December<br />Yes, when you do your best for love<br />It feels like Christmas<br /><br />It is the season of the heart<br />A special time of caring<br />The ways of love made clear<br /><br />It is the season of the spirit<br />The message if we hear it<br />Is make it last all year</i><br /><br /><span class="highlight">Carpe</span> (narrating): “And perhaps it was the pleasure the good Spirits had in showing off this power of theirs, or else it was their own kind, generous, hearty nature, that led Evil EJ straight to the Horton cabin.”<br /><br />Evil EJ (snidely): “I pity the town’s cartographer.”<br /><br /><span class="highlight">Carpe</span> (irritated): “Do you want to waste time or do you want to get this over with?”<br /><br /><i>Evil Crazy EJ, his Samantha, and Evil EJ stop in front of the Horton cabin’s front window and peer inside where Lucas and Sami are standing in the middle of the living room. Lucas is holding a ceramic mug.</i><br /><br />Lucas (too loudly): “This is the worst hot chocolate ever.”<br /><br />Sami (hissing): “Lucas, be quiet! You’ll wake Johnny and Ali.”<br /><br /><img src="file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/ANNEMA%7E1/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot-2.jpg" alt="" /><img src="file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/ANNEMA%7E1/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot-3.jpg" alt="" /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2007/apr07/04.03.2007/days04.03.2007.00237.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />Tiny Will (entering the room): “What has mom done now?”<br /><br />Lucas (shaking his head): “Only waste all the milk on something that takes like burnt toast.”<br /><br />Sami (making a face): “You see? This is why we’re not together anymore. It’s not that bad.”<br /><br />Tiny Will (rolling his eyes): “Yeah, right. Come on, mom-you always screw up.”<br /><br />Lucas (agreeing): “Admit it, Sami. You do always manage to make a mess of things.”<br /><br />Sami (irritated): “You don’t like it, make your own!”<br /><br /><i>Sami moves over towards the door as Evil EJ stiffens and pulls away from the window.</i><br /><br />Evil EJ (seething): “How touching.”<br /><br />Evil Crazy EJ (missing Evil EJ’s inflection): “No, Evil EJ! The neighbor lady needs your help! She does not want to be with Lucas and stupid Will-she is not happy. She wants to be with you and play with your kids and wait for your new baby!”<br /><br />Evil EJ (moving over to lean on the door): “All true, but I believe this is the part of the story where through Tiny Tim’s health problems and the Cratchit’s poor financial situation, Scrooge is shown the error of his ways along with the true meaning of Christmas.”<br /><br /><i>Hearing this, Evil Crazy EJ frowns and consults his Samantha. After several moments, he looks up.</i><br /><br />Evil Crazy EJ (shaking his head): “Samantha does not think that is right, Evil EJ. She thinks you are supposed to kill Lucas.”<br /><br />Evil EJ (eyes lighting up): “Your wife is a very wise woman. I certainly wouldn’t want to disappoint her.”<br /><br />Evil Crazy EJ (vindicated): “Samantha knew you wouldn’t!”<br /><br /><i>Evil EJ straightens his scarf and knocks on the cabin door as Evil Crazy EJ and his Samantha run off.</i><br /><br />Evil Crazy EJ (carefully carrying his wife): “Ehehehe…yes, Samantha, this is the part where we go hide!” <br /><br /><i>Sami’s eyes widen as she opens the door for Evil EJ.</i><br /><br />Evil EJ (taking her hand): “Hello, darling. How are you? How’s the baby?”<br /><br />Sami (glad that he’s there): “We’re both fine. Annoyed, but fine.”<br /><br />Evil EJ (moving closer to her): “Good.”<br /><br /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2007/apr07/04.06.2007/days04.06.2007.00076.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><img src="http://chit-chat-haven.com/days2007/apr07/04.06.2007/days04.06.2007.00034.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br /><i>Ejami kisses for several minutes.</i><br /><br />Sami (opening her eyes): “EJ?”<br /><br />Evil EJ (stroking her hair): “Yes, Samantha?”<br /><br />Sami (giggling slightly): “We can’t do this here.”<br /><br />Evil EJ (raising his eyebrow): “Then let’s go inside.”<br /><br />Sami (giggling slightly): “No, I mean, it’s not that I don’t want to, but we do have the plot to consider.”<br /><br />Evil EJ (frowning): “Do we?”<br /><br />Sami (also not pleased): “Yes, we do. I mean, if you want this to be over faster so we can be together.”<br /><br />Lucas (poking at the fire): “Fine. Go ahead, make out with him. It’s not like you didn’t do that all throughout our marriage.”<br /><br />Evil EJ (looking over at Lucas): “Has that waste of flesh been like this the entire time?”<br /><br />Sami (sighing): “Yes, unfortunately. I think he’s worried about his idiot Chloe.”<br /><br />Evil EJ (rolling his eyes): “I can’t imagine why.”<br /><br /><i>Evil EJ stares at Sami for several moments before reluctantly moving away.</i><br /><br />Evil EJ (leaning in one more time to kiss Sami on the cheek): “But you’re right. I’ll be back later, sweetheart.”<br /><br />Sami (dismayed as she closes the door): “You’re not going to hurt Lucas first?”<br /><br />Evil EJ (winking): “Patience.”<br /><br /><i>With great effort, Evil EJ moves away from the Horton cabin and crosses his arms as he stands in the street.</i><br /><br />Evil EJ (impatiently): “Well?"<br /><br /><i>Only silence greets him.</i><br /><br />Evil EJ (looking upward): “I am currently not with my beloved Samantha in order for this infuriating story to move forward. Evil Crazy EJ and his Samantha should be here to take me back to the DiMansion.”<br /><br /><span class="highlight">Carpe</span> (not wanting to admit it): “They’re not cooperating.”<br /><br /><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51im2WaHCYL._SL500_AA280_.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />Evil EJ (sneering): “What do you mean they’re not cooperating? You’re the omnipotent author, you incompetent hack.”<br /><br /><span class="highlight">Carpe</span> (defensively): “You’re only one they always listen to, and they say they’d rather not have to stop playing Disney Princess: Enchanted Journey on the computer just to show up for two lines.”<br /><br />Evil EJ (thoughtfully): “They do love that program. Evil Crazy EJ has spent hours designing new outfits with his Samantha.”<br /><br /><span class="highlight">Carpe</span> (scrambling): “We’re almost done, so I’ll just have the last ghost meet you here for the next part. Hang on.”<br /><br />Evil EJ (under his breath): “One more chapter.”Carpe Diem Babyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16327022862702237568noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1517852296751389157.post-90409177575698427232009-01-01T19:05:00.000-07:002009-01-01T19:06:45.769-07:00Spin The Wheel of Death<img src="http://www.peterhe.com/pcgameimage/Wheel_of_Fortune_2/screenshot1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br /><i>Evil EJ spins his <span class="highlight">wheel</span> of torture.</i><br /><br />Gray EJ (watching): "I'm pulling for amputation. If anyone deserves it, it's Nicole."<br /><br />Evil Crazy EJ (excitedly): "Samantha wants to suffocate her underneath a mountain of stuffed animals!"<br /><br />Evil EJ (patiently): "Let's see what chance has in mind, eh?"<br /><br /><i>The <span class="highlight">wheel</span> stops turning, and Evil EJ lights up at its selection.</i><br /><br />Evil EJ (pleasantly): "Finally, an excuse to go shopping."<br /><br />Gray EJ (watching): "Full body immolation?! That's your first choice-you rigged this!"<br /><br /><i>Evil EJ smirks.</i><br /><br />Evil EJ (darkly): "Of course I did. A man makes his own fate."Carpe Diem Babyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16327022862702237568noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1517852296751389157.post-84435318480088229942009-01-01T18:40:00.000-07:002009-01-01T19:05:13.421-07:00Paging Chuck Bass<img src="http://img511.imageshack.us/img511/3567/theweekinpicturesdecembxr4.jpg" alt="" /><br /><br />Okay, so it'd be more fitting if it were black, but at least it's not from K-Mart like his last robe.Carpe Diem Babyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16327022862702237568noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1517852296751389157.post-3497740826132711262009-01-01T18:34:00.002-07:002009-01-01T18:39:10.047-07:00Ali Sweeney on Hulu!<object width="512" height="296"><param name="movie" value="http://www.hulu.com/embed/juj7zBVOl8tb5-1HoxzVBA"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.hulu.com/embed/juj7zBVOl8tb5-1HoxzVBA" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowFullScreen="true" width="512" height="296"></embed></object><br /><br />It's the Days insider talking to Ali Sweeney. Oh, and Galen Gering.Carpe Diem Babyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16327022862702237568noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1517852296751389157.post-64579759449683011342008-12-16T22:56:00.003-07:002008-12-16T23:17:32.805-07:00Long Live The Dark SideSo we made the <a href="http://www.soapoperadigest.com/newsletter/signup/">Soap Opera Digest's Insider</a> email mailing again:<br /><br /><img src="http://img296.imageshack.us/img296/1153/imfamouszn6.jpg" width="398" border="0" height="280" /><br /><br />The original:<br /><br /><img src="http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/4986/cabincj6.png" width="504" border="0" height="360" /><br /><br />that I designed for our pro-Evil Ejami postcard campaign.<br /><br />The blurb that goes along with it is "Naughty fans mailed in 'be evil with me' cards for Sami and EJ. That entertains me." Seriously? "Naughty" fans? Try <span style="font-style: italic;">smart</span> ones. Don't patronize me, SOD. It's 2008. People are ready to love evil couples. Just ask <a href="http://www.blairandchuck.com/">Chuck and Blair</a> on <a href="http://cwtv.com/shows/gossip-girl">Gossip Girl</a>.<br /><br />Anyway, as usual, I didn't do any actual work, and all the thanks should go to UHcougar for ordering them and everyone who sent them in.Carpe Diem Babyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16327022862702237568noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1517852296751389157.post-48835218613944917232008-12-16T22:48:00.002-07:002008-12-16T22:52:27.027-07:00Ejami Christmas Solidarity Banner<img src="http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/9886/christmasbannercu9.png" alt="" border="0" /><br /><br />Miss Ejami this Christmas season? Feel free to use my banner wherever you'd like.Carpe Diem Babyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16327022862702237568noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1517852296751389157.post-65058342069556840492008-12-15T01:21:00.003-07:002008-12-15T01:29:23.816-07:00Ejamiland Snubbed<a href="http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/index.cfm?newsid=107326">The internet's 11 worst blogs revealed.</a><br /><br />Next year, kiddies. <span style="font-style: italic;">Next year</span>.Carpe Diem Babyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16327022862702237568noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1517852296751389157.post-3660829262978175402008-12-15T01:12:00.001-07:002008-12-15T01:15:28.719-07:00What I'd Like For ChristmasA mysterious stranger kidnaps Sami from the safehouse, and when she's forced into his car, she sees Johnny and Ali in the backseat. She then turns to the man besides her in the driver's seat and calls out his name as he removes his ski mask. EJ grins at her indignation as he starts the vehicle and winks as he says, "I thought we'd take a family vacation, sweetheart. I hear Florida is quite nice this time of year."Carpe Diem Babyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16327022862702237568noreply@blogger.com0