bummed

that was my feeling when i realized monday morning that the much-awaited premiere of 24 season 6 was sunday night and i missed it.

you see, i've been a very religious viewer of 24 since it premiered 5 years ago and i haven't missed an episode. for a long time, 24 and alias were two of my favorite show. anyhow, it really bummed me (and i had that "unloyal" feeling) that i failed to watch the premiere last sunday. and to think that i wasn't busy at all since i just stayed at home sunday after the gruelling whole day planning conference saturday!

imagine, i was able to watch "you're the one that i want" or something. it's a reality show in search of the new john travolta and olivia newton-john for the broadway musical "grease" that's opening in broadway this fall. this is hardly original (looking for the lead in a musical) since when i was in london last august, i got hooked on bbc's "how do you solve a problem like maria?" which was a reality show in search of maria, the lead role in west end's "the sound of music," which i was able to watch (not the one in london) but the one in greenbelt last november when i was in manila.

that (the show searching for grease stars) was at 8 pm. then at 9, it was desperate housewives, new episode. then at 10, brothers and sisters, new episodes as well. rob lowe (saw him in sacramento during arnold schwarzenegger's inaugural) i think is going to become a series regular as the junior senator from california. jason lewis, samantha jones' last boyfriend on sex and the city is also guest starring.

back to 24. i'm babbling. thank god for technology and some good people. i taped the part 2 of the premiere, yes another 2 hours, which was set for monday night, because i chose to watch the golden globes. there was no use in me watching the part 2 when i didn't get to see the first 2 hours.

so now, it's almost 2 am on wednesday and i just finished watching the first four hours of 24, which incidentally, are being packaged in a dvd mini-set, and will be sold starting tomorrow. no need to buy for me since i've seen it. and now i'm ready for the next 20 hours.

24 really rocks my world. just give jack bauer the emmy, dammit! episode 4 was very powerful for me, especially in that scene after he (spoilers!) shot curtis, who has been his co-worker at ctu for the longest time. new characters galore. jack's son in will and grace is here, sporting long hair. not that long, but well, not short. peter macnicol's here, too. it's just too bad for him that i will always remember him as that kookie lawyer in ally mcbeal that whether he acts to death as the president's ally here, i just don't buy it. oh well. i last saw him on this show called "numbers".