I love Richard Ayoade; I'm a big fan of The IT Crowd. But I'd much rather see what more he can do as a director (thought Submarine was really great) than go see this.

Totally did. Though I drew the line at pinching those not wearing blue and yellow, as I hoped to still have some friends by days end.

I'm not going to get to watch this episode till later tonight (can't fucking wait), but I found out yesterday that Lucy Lawless is currently on top of a New Zealand oiler with members of Greenpeace. I think TMZ has audio of her doing a Xena Warrior Princess war cry up there. What a woman.

I didn't think that Tom and Anne together bothered me, and I suppose in theory it still doesn't (especially if that storyline wraps up kinda soonish), but when they woke up April with Tom's arm around Anne, it just looked so unnatural. More out of character for Anne than for Tom.

This was my favorite 30 Rock in a long, long time. Totally classic. My big laugh out loud moment was Liz's German Rolph dance. Such a nice skewering of the 'sexy dance' cliche. I'm also always a big fan of those weird Kenneth moments like the line about whether it's 'take the bald cap off' or 'put the wig back on'.

NBC seems to have some weird fear of having Parks and Rec and Community on together for too long.

I watched on Hulu, so missed the monologue, but I really enjoyed this weeks show. Some of my favorite SNL episodes these days are the ones where it's obvious the cast themselves are having a good time (sometimes the only saving grace in leu of poor writing), and I really got that vibe in this one. It even lifted the…

NPR put this on their music blog, and suggested a better title would be "How Will I Know if I'm Dancing On My Own?" I concurred. Also, its a really great mashup.

Chris Brown: The Hitmaker

Ender's Game was a really important book to me, growing up. I really liked the universe OSC created there. But I was so disappointed when I found out that Card was such a dick. And that he had a penchant for beating his characters to death with his ideology. Shame.

Well, not on his side I guess, but definitely able to seperate his work from his history. Though polanskis probably never taken to his Twitter feed to give a giant "fuck you to da haterz" either.

I truly believe that, if he had the ability to keep his mouth shut, he could have gotten the general public back on his side at some point, a la the Roman Polanski syndrome. I'm sure he's got the marketing people that could make it happen. But he continues to be so goddamn unlikeable. In addition to, you know, the…

Line of the episode for me was definitely Plimpton's reading of "and then I'll slap you again because that's how I parent." Totally sold it. Between this and Cougar Town, this was a great night of Valentine's Day television.

That's hardly a substitute for his lack of moral fiber.

I'm pretty sure it was just her backing band, which was a shame considering how good The Civil Wars were in the 60 seconds they got before her. A collaboration there probably would've brought the 'Mean' performance up as well.

I think, in the context of the speech, Adeles 'not a pop album' comment makes some sense. Around the time Rolling In The Deep premiered, it was originally marketed during Alternative radio. Then, obviously, people really responded to it and Top 40 radio had to take notice. Which in hindsight was a great idea, and sold…

When I saw MI4, there were trailers for both Clash of the Titans 2, and Man on a Ledge, and my sister told me later she didn't recognize him from trailer to trailer.

This thought struck me over the summer, and now I'm convinced I'm never going to see Arcade Fire live. Or atleast not for another 4 years, if they stick with their previous recording tendancies.