carolineg

Thank you all for the well wishes! People are truly being careless! Most are not vaxed in Vegas and walk around like they are. I am very sensitive to taking precautions because my husband got Covid very seriously and my 40 year old former co worker (at a different workplace-part of the reason I left) passed away due to it. I am in good health overall so it's pretty rare to get it again, but things happen like this. My boss was selfish, but she put it down to political reasons for not getting the vaccine and, while it is a well known luxury company, they still don't have set rules on this particular issue. I assume they are coming and they are fully paying for my leave and health, but I am sure a lot of companies are the same. We are NOT essential workers, but things have opened so I rolled with the punches and lost. I thought it was impossible to get it with the vax but I guess not. I will say, outside of my boss, I do deal with a LOT of people in a day.

Thank you! I am okay, and have always worn a mask at work, but things happen. Vegas has like no rules right now. And I am just irritated I can get it again with vaccination but I guess it's possible with this variant.

I am fully vaccinated and tested positive for covid yesterday. I work on the Las Vegas strip and my boss had it (she refused the vaccine) and now I have it. And it's my second time having covid.

Her and Robin are so cute, but so are her and Lois. I can't choose. Adorable besties too.

I haven't notice a voice change. He's always had that gruff voice, but he's practically filled that grandpa role and is doing weird things in the background. Him and Deidre did that in the past as well. It's just distracting. He def used to be more natural. Idk, he looks like he's enjoying himself so whatever I guess lol, but I want to take away his caffeine or redbull because it's alot.

Yeah I definitely wouldn't call her slutty at all. And I agree. She's a young girl in her 20's exploring her sexuality. I didn't think she was overtly hitting on Eli and if Theo is her ex that makes sense too.

I never thought RC/Skye really gelled with GH but I did like Jax/Skye and thought Luke/Skye were fine. It got weird when she was a Q then wasn't then hooked up with Ned. But the character has legs for sure. As the most die hard Brenda fan, I had completely forgot about her money issues too. This clip is so adorable. I love Robin/Brenda so much. Such a great friendship

Puerto Rico was the best by far. I like some of the stuff in Montauk with Jason and Robin. The Jax/Brenda Malibu house was amazing though. OOf. Again, I am not even sure if Ingo can vote. I have no evidence he is even a citizen. Full disclosure, I met him once in a non fan setting and he was super nice. I can separate Jax outside of Ingo as a person, but I can understand if others don't. It's a hard topic.

Ingo has definitely lost his accent pretty much. When you hear how thick it was in 1996 it's crazy to notice the change. I actually think MB as Mike is better than him as Sonny these days. At least some of MB's charisma shines. Sonny has become such a dour character I think it's an okay change. I feel like GH looks like a million bucks compared to Days, but when you think of the fabulous location shoots they used to do it is sad.

I see a lot of underlying issues with Chanel but I definitely wouldn't call her slutty. Maybe confused and acting out, but I don't see her as overtly going around town trying to get laid lol.

It's a pairing they should have gone back to. I liked it. I did feel it got suddenly rushed once VM signed back on. She was not ever tied to Sonny so that's a plus on her part. Jax would legit drop anyone for Brenda, but after 2003 I am unsure why they didn't go back to it. They had good chemistry. I wouldn't be against them going back to it to this day.

Alcazar knew the entire time. But Skye stumbled upon it somehow. I think she went to Europe to find the truth. I can't remember the exact circumstances. And then Skye hid it from Jax/Brenda then helped Alcazar kidnap Brenda again and that's why Jax/Skye broke up. I mean obviously he was going to break up with her regardless, but that was the official reason. Then Skye went off the rails with her drinking.

I disagree lol. Eli is the one who decides to be naked all the time when he knowingly has a house guest. Chanel was just reacting normally to a naked hot guy. She wasn't hitting on him IMO. Chanel seems vaguely like a partier, but she doesn't really seem slutty to me. She seems like she might just be a gold digger, but that's sorta how Allie was introduced as well.

But it was a shady for awhile lol. Jax burned the test results so I think Skye found out first that she wasn't sick and it dragged on. It just wasn't my favorite story at all.

I believe it was solely to usher her off the show. I think the show had hope Vanessa would at the last minute re-sign so it could have gone either way. It could have been an interesting story, but I disliked it. First, I think Veronica was miscast. Jennifer Hetrick was fine and vaguely looked like Vanessa, but I wish they would have went with someone Hispanic to at least explain Brenda's ethnic looks. Second, I didn't love the idea of bringing Brenda's mom back at all. So much of the Brenda character was her growing up without a mom and being unloved. And all of a sudden she's back and has a genetic illness? I probably honestly would have had Brenda go out "fake dying" in violence directed toward Sonny/Jason. The show still played that beat strongly with Sonny leaving her and her ending up dead anyway, but I think it would have been much more poignant if Sonny leaving her didn't help at all. And it would have made more sense in 2002 why she stayed away if there was a mob threat. Her leaving because she was "sick" didn't feel right. Jax would have done anything for her and it was also really crappy on her part to do that to him.

Honestly, maybe. It did feel like we were supposed to root for Chanel and I do. I just think there is so much more to Allie/Trip with the rape, the baby, and now her willingly sleeping with him. Even without a love scene it feels like this romance isn't even scratching the surface of all the issues.

It's weird the disparity in love scenes. John/Marlena are full on making out and I feel worried for them. EJ/Sami are in bed together. I honestly don't have much interest in the pairing, but it needed more. I am certainly not wanting people to risk their health for entertainment, but it's a case where if they can't show anything due to health risks maybe they should have waited on the actual sex or put more depth into Allie having sex the first time post-rape.

It was an adorable set. They should bring it back for someone like TJ/Molly or Kristina. Or even Sasha or Brook. I am still pissed Willow got the gatehouse. That's rightfully Brooklyn's lol.

Does anyone else find it weird Tripp/Allie didn't get a love scene? Not that I am begging for that or anything, but if you want to push a couple at least try to make them sexy. Or is it a Covid thing?

Since I am more of a 90's girl, TG was always a little OTT cheesy. He obviously got worse, but MB and TG are consistently rewarded for doing the bare minimum so they have no reason to change their style. I will say I never thought TG didn't know his lines, which seems to be a constant problem for MB. TG just likes to chew the entire set scenery.

Ha ha! But it became their most successful ad of all time because duh Brenda! Brenda's modeling career is always funny to me. I know they went out of their way to say she was a cosmetic model only in the beginning, but her becoming the face of Cartullo? She's 5'2 lol. She's certainly gorgeous enough, but I am not sure it was a lifetime career and one she repeatedly says she hates, but has continued to do it for approximately 25 years. Robin lived there. Then Nik, then Nik/Gia. I can't remember who else lived there, but I know you are right. Zander? Anyway, they used it again in 2002-2003. As of now, I believe Skye owns it. ETA-Soapcentral's bio of Zander tells me it was him living in the cottage with Emily.

The use of "whore" as a term for women he was sleeping with threw me off. Honestly, it's so noticeable when you go back and watch old clips. I didn't think MB was that bad until I realized how badly he's changed his acting style. It makes it worse when you know he's capable of good work.

It has been so long and this is mostly from memory, but she bought the cottage on her own I think? Her financial trouble came after. I remember the scene where she found out she had lost her money occurred in the cottage and I feel like she bought the place a few months before her breakdown. I think Robin becoming her roommate might have been partly financial though. Brenda was acting erratic after Sonny left her, but her breakdown happened in Dec.1997 and she was pretty much fine by early Feb 1998. She found out she was broke in Jan. 1998 I think. I am 99% sure most of Jax/Brenda from 1998 is still on you tube.

Brenda would consistently called it "My Mother's Disease". People on the internet at the time shortened it to MMD. Even in 2002 that poor disease had no name. I sorta forgot it happened. A lot of 1998 is spent on Brenda getting Jax back and sometimes it was not very exciting. It seemed like a lot to pile on the poor girl at the time, but it was just a silly plot point. I didn't really take it that seriously because she had multiple people that would easily bail her out like the Q's, Ned, and Jax. I liked Brenda trying to figure it out for herself and making her own decisions, but that's about it. I thought it was cute when her and Robin went to NYC to try to get Brenda a modeling job. It was nice the show acknowledged her mental breakdown in public had consequences and she had to do those car commercials as a genie lol. Also, I forgot about Brenda's fear of flying. I guess she got over that? Lol. All in all, 1998 is just not my favorite Brenda year. The Jax/Brenda stuff was good once it got going, but the entire year just seemed like a waste of Vanessa extending her contract. Her best stuff was when MB briefly came back and they had scenes. 1997-1998 after Sonny left her. She lost her modeling job after the breakdown and a shady business manager took her money I believe? It was something like that. So she had to go out and find a job and she also restarted L&B. She ended up modeling for Genie Motors in a genie outfit but then it was successful and she booked more jobs and she had money again by the time she 'died'

It does seem very stupid for no one to figure it out lol. Nothing about Jarly screams passion. And both Jason and Carly have entered into marriages of convenience before. But maybe people are just like they finally realized they are obsessed with each other and are getting married? It's pretty silly.