Julia!

Oh Dear Lord.

Julia! I'm so, so, so, so, so, so sorry.

But I am really glad that Camille is finally being needed again, and their house too! They are totally not going to sell it.

Oh man but seriously the scene where Joel and Julia tell the kids --- It reminds me of when I was seven or eight and my mom talked to me on my bed about how she and my dad were getting divorced, and I just cried and cried, and she told me that it would be better because there wouldn't be all the fighting. But I cried and said I would rather have them stay together and be fighting. She told me I would see though, that it would be better this way, and actually I eventually did.

Other great part of this episode - When Apartment Guy tells Sarah that she's not in over her head, she's just out of her comfort zone, and it's different. SUCH TRUTH. It's the way I feel in my life right now: ending old jobs, starting new jobs, acting in better films. Sometimes I wonder if I can actually do it. Can I really be a professional organizer, making decent money and having flexibility for auditions and films? And more importantly, can I really be a real actress one day, getting paid for it and enjoying my job and its challenges and the people I meet? Or is too much? Is the whole dream too big? Well, I don't think so. I think I'm just very often out of my comfort zone, but that's the only way we grow, right? And the only way we get to someplace new.

Amber wasn't on today and I feel like there were others missing as well, but I don't care. It was a really good episode. I love these writers. I love the actors. I only hope that one day I can rise to that level.

Oh, abortion.

Omigosh Amber and her dad! This one made me cry for personal reasons, but still, so crazy how such a devastating thing like an engagement being broken can lead to resolve in other areas.

I also really liked the scene between Adam and Crosby where Adam confronts him about not wanting to invite someone that's different. And I like that he didn't right away talk about the Asperger's thing because I do really think that concept applies to more situations than if someone has a diagnosed disorder.

Is Zeek ever going to confront Camille? I'm impressed by his approach with her, but I'm starting to be like, Okay man, be a man, you know? Tell her what's up, and let's resolve some things.

Does anyone else think that Dr. Pelikan looks like Mr. Rogers?

And did anyone else think at first that Amber's dad was Sarah's apartment lover?

Missed Tyson Ritter tonight but only cause I was looking up some things on Parenthood IMDB (i.e. how to spell Dr. Pelikan and to see if he actually is Mr. Rogers), and I saw his name and was like, Oh yeah he wasn't on tonight!

I like the Drew / Amy / Natalie story. I'm not even sure who I'm rooting for anymore, but it makes me go, Oh college. And Oh abortion. (J/k. I know I shouldn't make a joke about abortion, but did people forget that happened because that's sort of a big deal and I wonder if some philosophical talk about it will come up.) 

Joel and Julia, I'm not even going to give them a paragraph, just this one sentence to say, Joel leave, we don't want you anyway, go be perfect somewhere else.

I am in love with Tyson Ritter.

I've pretty much loved every Ashes of Rome scene since they got on the show and especially all of the lead singer's lines and his attitude, he's been cracking me up for a while now.

This episode took it all though. I was like, Dude where did this guy come from? Why is he not only a good singer but a great actor? And he's hilarious? What is going on.

So I looked him up, and did you know he's the lead singer of The All American Rejects? Omigosh I used to love that band. So I looked up the Swing Swing music video (wow, it's been a while), and I'm like, Omigosh it's him!

I like him better on Parenthood though. He's all older and worn looking. And the way he moves in with Crosby. "Crosby, Mrs. Crosby, Spawn of Crosby," AHHH ha ha ha. Love it. (Course this is probably just me being in love with the Parenthood writers, but still.) And his song for Jasmine! "Jasmine all the Time." What? I'm so glad he played it because I almost thought he wasn't going to. And I'm so glad Jasmine talked to him about her dancing career, I almost forgot she ever even had one, that was great.

I wonder what happened to the guy that was trying to get in on Amber.

And Max.. poor kid! That can happen to any kid you know, I feel like most kids go through a season where people don't like them and they think they're weird. It's so sad though every time, in real life and on shows. I hope he makes a new friend. Screw the wheelchair boy (ha ha, j/k, he seems nice normally).

Julia and Joel are just painful to watch - Joel what is wrong with you and when did you become so innocent?

And how's Camille doing? I guess I don't care.

Oh and we didn't see Drew either. Did Amy become a college drop out just to beat out the slut girl, because that doesn't seem like the wisest of decisions in a long-term way.

And Sarah and Hank and the apartment guy.. I don't know about you three, maybe you should all just live polygamously together, I don't even care anymore.

Dear Ed, you're a good actor, I'm not saying you're a bad person in real life, but please stop ruining my favorite show.

This episode was way too short. I seriously felt like there was still half left when all of a sudden the credits came up, like wha??

Love the Max / Hank stuff.

Love the girl drama with Drew, and it was really cool how Amy used the word "forgive" in her apology, you don't hear that as much these days.

Julia and Joel and Ed omigoodnessgracious. I like Crosby though. When Adam asks him to look out for her, and he's like, "I accept." AHH ha ha. He gets more and more awesome every episode.

Omigosh where was Amber? Amber was not on this episode I just realized. Maybe she's visiting Haddie. Ha! -->joke

I met a bunch of people tonight that are at least as obsessed with Parenthood as I am, and one of them at one point was like, "And where's Haddie?" THANK YOU. I was like, "Well I found out, she's at college," and they're all nodding their heads, and I'm like, Wow they really are as into these people as me, but then the one girl goes, "Oh you mean like in real life?" Yes. I guess I forgot she's in college on the show too.

What else.. Joel needs to fess up to his inappropriate relationship with Pete (sp?) so he can quit playing the angel in the relationship. Then maybe they can actually get to some truth.

Loved Adam's pep talk to Julia, and she is such a good actress I can't take it! (I used to say that if you're thinking about someone being a good actor, then they're really not that good because you're more caught up in their acting ability than in the story, and I still think that's true, but whatever. Julia can't help it her story's lame right now, so I'm thinking about her acting, and it's good, especially considering her story sucks.)

I'm really glad I went to this party tonight so I could think about the fact that I may have missed the latest Parenthood episode. It was just not on for so many weeks that I forgot about it a little. Course I'm going to bed later than I had planned now and no time to read my CS Lewis book - I got his space trilogy series for Christmas, and I'm still at the beginning, and I really want to know why they need that guy in space for their experiment, but I guess I'm going to have to wait.