Last night I met up with Darion and Kirsten for a dinner and TV night extravaganza that we’d been planning for a few days now … because of a couple of delays had to reschedule but finally got our act together yesterday. We originally planned on dining at Houston’s in Century City but because they wouldn’t seat us because I was wearing a hat (a very cool hat, not a ball cap, not a knit cap) we told them to eff off and we went over to enjoy a delicious meal at Rock Sugar. I’m so over pretentious places with their stupid dress codes … especially restaurants in the mall! I like the sushi at Houston’s but their bullshit rules are pretty insufferable … I doubt I’ll ever eat there again. Rock Sugar, on the other hand, is always a good time, great atmosphere and fab food. We had a great time there last night.

After dinner, we made our way to Darion’s to watch the premiere episode of the new Joss Whedon TV series Dollhouse which stars Buffy/Angel alum Eliza Dushku as the mysterious Echo:

My quick, knee-jerk review of the series is that Dollhouse is Joss‘s version of Alias. Echo is an “active” (among many) who has been stripped of her personality gets imprinted with various other personalities in order for her to take on missions (called engagements) for wealthy clients. The series taps into the notion that Echo and the other actives can be anyone at all … except for their real selves. The series also stars Tahmoh Penikett who plays Helo in the new Battlestar Gallactica as well as Amy Acker, who played Fred on Angel. The inclusion of these two actors really makes the show more appealing to me overall. I’m most intrigued by Amy‘s character … she works for the organization that runs the Dollhouse and you deffo get the feeling that there is much more to her character make up (especially when you see what she looks like). The premiere episode is a bit complicated as they try to explain a lot in a short time. There isn’t a lot of POW! excitement to start but I felt the ep ended on a very thrilling note. There are so many clues and little things thrown into the ep that I am really dying to see more. I really hope this series will do well on FOX when it premieres on Feb. 13. A Friday night time slot is difficult to make successful (just ask Lipstick Jungle) but since Dollhouse will be paired with Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, I think it’ll have a better chance at survival. There is so much potential in this series. Granted, I’ve only been able to watch one ep, Joss is an amazing storyteller and the writing it just superb. I will deffo be watching Dollhouse from day one … I only hope a lot more folks will be joining me by tuning in to FOX in the coming Friday nights.

Tonight I’m meeting up with my friend David who I haven’t seen in eons … it’ll be nice to catch him up on what’s been going on with me. Another 80+ day here in SoCal … fun in the sun, y’all!!