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oncetherewasaway	Sep 20 2008, 01:27 PM
McEditor Posts: 1,625 Group: .Grey Girls. Member #23 Joined: October 25, 2006	COMPANY BLOGS Grey Matter Debora Cahn on "Brave New World"... Original Airdate: 10-16-08 To the dermatologists of the world: We love you. We really do. We think you do fine work. Important, difficult work. Life saving work. We all love you here at Grey’s Anatomy, and we’re a little concerned that you might not take tonight’s episode in the spirit it was intended. Light-hearted! No lack of respect! We kid, and we kid from love! I thought it was all going to be fine, and then I heard, one by one, that every Grey’s writer had made an appointment with their dermatologist this week, BEFORE the episode aired. Everybody wanted everything checked before we pissed off every dermatologist in the land. When one writer did it, I thought it was cute, and a little paranoid. But when the emails started pouring in… “Going to be 10 minutes late this morning, have appt with my dermatologist,” well, then I started getting worried. We love you, dermatologists. Please don’t hurt us. See, it’s Cristina that thinks surgery is harder. Not us. CRISTINA. When the writers of “The Shield” portray junkies calling police officers “f-ing pigs,” it’s not the writers who think they’re f-ing pigs, it’s just the junkies. Right? Cristina. Yang. Don’t hate us. A word about diaries. When you find your mother’s diary, don’t read it. DON’T READ IT. I tell you this from experience. I found my mother’s diary. Not really a diary, a suitcase full of stuff she wrote for a writing class, but one of the assignments was to keep a journal, and my sister said DON’T READ IT and I read it, and I’m telling you. DO NOT READ THE DIARY. If they thought you should know, they’d have told you. And so I say to Meredith: Good on you for not reading it for a whole episode. And I say to Cristina: Lay off. She doesn’t want to read it, don’t tell her to read it. And I say to Derek: When you find the mother’s diary in the back of the closet under a pile of magazines, LEAVE IT UNDER THE PILE OF MAGAZINES. But even more importantly, I say this to the diary keepers of the world: What the hell are you thinking? You really think nobody’s gonna find that thing? You really think that the box in the back of the closet is a secure location? That an old sweater and a pair of long underwear’ll throw everyone off the trail? You’re dead, and your poor child/spouse/best friend is tasked with going through your stuff, and they see the box with the sweater and the long underwear, and they think, I’m not going to touch that pair of long underwear, it’s clearly a box of old winter clothing, let’s just close it up again and bring it right over to Goodwill. No, people. Anyone who hasn’t had a lobotomy is going to move the long underwear aside, and find the diary, and read it. And let me tell you, that little tiny lock can be picked with a bobby pin. If you feel you must put your feelings on paper, destroy those pages once a year. If you feel you must have a way to reconnect with your younger self, run the bonfire once a decade. And when you find yourself visiting an oncologist or cardiologist with some regularity, take it as a sign to THROW OUT THE DIARIES. Ellis Grey. What were you thinking? I know, you wish I were talking more about the episode. And the characters. Problem is, I’m in the middle of writing episode 511, and my head is totally in the middle of the season, so if I started talking about the characters, I’d inevitably wander into what’s going on with them in the middle of the season, and that’s the kind of thing that REALLY pisses Shonda off. So I’m gonna stop. Sorry. That’s it. Dermatologists and diaries. October 16, 2008 in Debora Cahn http://www.greyswriters.com/2008/10/debora-cahn-on.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------- The Emerald City Bar Cheers to George! CONGRATULATIONS to none other than Dr. George O’Malley, now a full-fledged resident!! That’s right folks, Georgie passed his intern exam (finally)!! Whoo-hooo!! Just about everybody rolled through the bar tonight to buy George a drink. And, let me tell you, my man was pretty drunk by the time he left. Let’s just hope George doesn’t go home tonight and do something crazy… You know, the last time I saw O’Malley this drunk, well, we all know what happened then... Speaking of Izzie… It sounded like she got the best non-apology ever from Alex tonight. By the way, I bought her a shot after she called Alex a “tool.” Classic! I mean, evil spawn was acting pretty tool-ish. Everybody else was giving George high-fives and body shots and where was Alex?? Well, he was all sad and depressed and moping up at the bar – “life sucks,” “Izzie stole my surgery,” “crazy Ava’s gone,” “my cat has cancer,” wah wah!! Anyhoo, Alex FINALLY told Izzie he was sorry for acting like a jerk. Now, he didn’t say those words, exactly, but, he sorta mumbled some roundabout ‘sorry you’re the only one I can be mean to’ speech. It was all very Alex and, well, at least it was a start. Hey, it was good enough for Izzie. She actually sat with him for a while, eventually getting Alex to laugh and – shocker – have a little fun! Good times, all around. Now, can somebody please tell me if George and Lexie had a falling out or something? I thought they were friends. Best friends. Well, your best friend doesn’t sit on the opposite side of the bar when you pass your intern exam. And that’s exactly what Lexie did tonight. All night. She didn’t stay for very long, and – you know what – I don’t even think she said good-bye to George. Actually… I don’t even think George noticed. Uh-oh… Derek made a special – albeit brief – surprise appearance tonight, too. It didn’t look like he was expecting to see Meredith having so much fun with her friends. Yeah, it seems like Derek didn’t want to interrupt or intrude, so he left… Meredith finished her drink and followed her man soon after… Alright – the bar’s a mess right now. Intern Steve and company came in and went a little crazy, dousing O’Malley with silly string and beer. Needless to say, there’s a lot to clean up. Interns. Yay for George no longer being one of them… CHEERS TO GEORGE! -Joe the Bartender October 16, 2008 http://www.emeraldcitybar.com/2008/10/cheers-to-georg.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------- The Nurse’s Station ... Debbie Does Seattle Grace Nurse Debbie On "Brave New World"... WHERE IS THE DERMATOLOGY SIGN????? They have gone too far this time... I saw the dynamic trio hanging around there today and wherever they go, there’s trouble. Really. I hope that they stay away from Derm. That’s my happy place. That’s where Chris, the masseuse, masseuse’s me every Friday from 10 to 11. I feel violated. My happy place has been tainted. Going back to the sign, I can’t prove it, but I KNOW they snagged it. It’ll take THREE WEEKS to get a new sign. In the meantime, how will people find Dermatology???? I guess I can make a homemade one but the original sign was so cute. So colorful. My job? Not easy. Speaking of “easy.” I walked in on one too many conversations today about “The Motherland” and “South of the Border.” For a minute, I thought the Chief was treating us all to a vacation. Which is why I asked him. Which is why he looked at me like I had been raiding the “special cabinet” filled with special-ness. I mean, I was right. About Dr. Hahn and Torres. They are an item. It’s cute. Torres was butter fingers all day. I heard they’re going on a date tonight, which explains why Torres was so nervous and jittery and dropping things everywhere. I think Bailey didn’t see it as cute as most of us. There were times today when Bailey had a look on her face where I’m sure she wished she could go back in time and tell Callie not to talk to her about anything Hahn/sex related. I’m hoping for them though. Especially Callie. She deserves to be loved. Really loved. I hope that Hahn is gentle and patient. Callie seems strong and she is but also somewhat fragile…Just a little delicate. I don’t know what another bad relationship will do to her… Okay, really? Alex and Izzie have to stop with the nonsense. What are we, in grade school? She actually threatened to “shoot his ass off!” “What a waste of a nice ass” was my first thought, but my second thought was “THIS IS A HOSPITAL.” I know we’re number twelve (I hear a rumor that we MAY move up to number eleven by the end of the month!) but this is a respectable place. A place of healing. Not violence. It was kind of funny to see Izzie so upset. She’s been a little out of it lately. Here but not here, so I’m glad she showed some signs of life today, albeit crazy violent signs of life. But really? They just need to kiss and make up. That tension if you ask me, is sexual tension. I would know. It’s how I usually end up in bed with someone. But seriously, they’re acting like children on the playground. They may as well throw rocks at each other. Speaking of throwing rocks, would George PLEASE realize that Lexie has eyes for him? I’m so sick of her sniffing and staring and sniffing O’Malley some more. He’s passed his intern exam so NOW PLEASE I hope that he focuses on something else. Or rather, SOMEONE else. It’s sad already. Everyone knows how she feels and I’m tired of betting on when O’Malley will finally realize the girl is infatuated with him. I’m thinking soon. I feel it in my bones. Okay, I’m sorry?? Do I hear, yet again, Meredith complaining about Derek? So the man wants a little more space. SO WHAT! So I’m sorry, he cooks for you and wants to talk and make your house a home for the both of you? I’m not going to go there again. I’ve said in almost EVERY blog that Meredith Grey is very lucky to have Derek Shepherd so I won’t go there again. But I will say this: It’s time to grow up. Let him love you. He means you no harm. I get that Meredith needs space. What woman doesn’t? I get that her mother’s journal and things are somewhat sacred. I so get that. But, Derek is there for her. Just her. And all the stuff she’s been carrying around for years…that load can be lighter if she just opens up. If she just trusts. If she just leaps. Don’t get me wrong, Derek moving in? A huge leap. I give her credit for it. But there is no point in moving in your boyfriend, if you’re going to treat him like a guest. Well, we’ll see what tomorrow brings for them. I think, it’ll be fine. Won’t it? October 16, 2008 http://www.seattlegracegossip.com/2008/10/nurse-debbie-on.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------- The Intern Formerly Known as Steve ----------------------------------------------------------------------- GREY'S ANATOMY - Derm Clinic: The Series If I was a doctor at Seattle Grace, I would totally want to work in the dermatology clinic. The derm clinic residents get to wear nice pastel scrubs, daily hand massages and back rubs, facials, and presumably all the aloe vera lotion they could possibly need. It’s mellow up there, and everyone’s blandly attractive and easy going. It’s nirvana. Dermvana, even. (Sorry) Anyway, although Dr. Cristina Yang is fascinated by the strange, otherworldly derm clinic, she ultimately decides that she would rather fight for surgeries, make life or death decisions, and work with a bunch of people who are all sleeping with each other. Me? I’d take the derm clinic. Every morning I could slip into my scrubs, turn on some quiet Peruvian folk music, and sip a chai tea while somebody massages my pressure points. Ahhh… that would be nice. Derm Clinic would be a totally boring TV show, though, so it’s a good thing Grey’s Anatomy focuses its attention on the Good Stuff. This season has had plenty of Good Stuff so far; I’m really enjoying every character’s storyline and think each episode has been really well written. Some thoughts about this week’s episode, “Brave New World,” organized in perky bullet points for your ease of reading. We’re looking out for you here at Live from L.A. * Chief’s crackdown – So far Chief’s strict crackdown on residents’ cherry picking their assignments seems to be working. “There are no specialists at Seattle Grace.” Poor Chief’s under a lot of pressure this season, you gotta feel for him. * George the resident – George passed his exam and is finally a resident! Finally. He should go into pediatrics, he was good with the freaked out kid this episode. * Callie and Hahn – I think they have a nice chemistry, and their date was sweet. Bailey’s coded advice to Callie about uh, goin’ downtown was priceless. * Karev: owned – Izzie beat Alex at his own game this week, and he had a little hissy fit about the whole thing. His non-apology to her was the best he could manage. OK, now there is a guy who needs some therapy or an anger management class or one of those squeezy stress balls that you get at the office. -DC October 17, 2008 http://forums.abc.go.com/livefromla?entry=690 Edited by oncetherewasaway, Oct 20 2008, 11:33 AM.


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