Hey guys, I'm taking a break from wrapping the presents so I can get the column out to you this week.. show's getting pretty darn good.  Got the company Christmas party tonight, so I gotta get this out now before it's Saturday and I haven't realized.  Hope everyone's ready-let's dig right in.

GRAVES-- SHUIS.  I swear, I don't know why I have rooted for them as long as I have.  Were they always this boring?  Make love, cuddle, utter words of love.. wash, rinse, repeat.  Their love scenes aren't even as steamy as they used to be.  I am SO sick of hearing "My darn father", "Who is Mrs. Wheeler".. blah blah blech.  This couple used to have caliente, heat, sparks.. now they're like porridge in The Bears House.  Unfortunately-- this couple is no longer *juuuuust right*.  Pass the ice, my drink's getting warm.

GRAVES-- Martin and Katherine.  For the umpteenth week in a row-- how freakin' boring are they?  It seems to fit that their kids would fall in love.  I've had more fun laying wallpaper.  I'll give Martin a little bit of kudos for at least attempting to stay away from Antonio's memorial service.  That man has *no* right to be there.  PERIOD.  He abandoned his kids.  Everyone knows it, nobody disputes it.  Well-- except for Paloma.  (stupid wench)  Katherine better get some kind of a storyline soon.. because too many storylines have been pushed off in order to give her time on-screen, and we have had *nothing* to work with.  Buh-oring.

GRAVES-- Paloma.  If this stupid trick doesn't shut her trap, I'm gonna take the freakin' red-eye to Harmony and sew her mouth shut.  She needs to just SHUT UP!  I am so sick of the way she treats Pilar.. she has no respect for her mother.  No matter what happened to her, so freakin' what!!  Her mother sent her away to stay with an aunt because her husband abandoned their family.  You didn't look like you were crying in Mexico when you were shakin' your groove thang at the club.  What's the Spanish word for TRASH??  Does anyone know-- cuz whatever it is-- that applies to Paloma.  If I spoke to my mother for a second the way I did.. my mother would rearrange my teeth.  And bringing Martin to the memorial service just to torture her mother was complete bullshiznit.