Dear Hulu,

Who knew how great you would be? I sure didn't. In fact, when I first heard about you, I thought that Todd was speaking baby talk, and that you really couldn't be as fabulous as he claimed you were (not to mention the fact that I couldn't find you because I thought you were spelled wholoo). I am so happy to say that he was right.

As the years have gone by, my love for you has grown directly proportionate to how many shows you've gained the rights to exhibit with short commercial breaks. I don't know what my need for an addiction would be placed on without your endless tracks of television.

Thank you for telling me what shows I would like based on what I watch. Thank you for putting the most popular shows on your front page. But most of all, thank you for adding ABC shows to your ranks (don't worry, we'll get The CW one of these days...).

I don't know how (except the fact that I go to your page more than once a day), but you've made me who I am. You have changed my world forever, and I never want to go back to those long ago days when I had to watch a show when it was first aired (or more recently when it was blurry because I was watching them on a Chinese website). Oh bless you Hulu, because now I don't have to be subject to air! Now I am subject only to nets.

Hulu, you are the reason that Al invented the internet. You are its crowning achievement.

Thank you Hulu, thank you.

Second Life

This is my 50th post, how exciting is that? Some of you may have read a different 50th post but now you see it's not there. The obvious answer to this dilemma is that you went back in time, from before I wrote the post: SURPRISE ATTACK!! I know that's what happened to me, if only it had warped me to before I ever saw Legends of the Fall...

Anyway, I was inspired by a comment that Lindsay (Dick, to those unfortunate enough to not know who I'm talking about) made earlier this evening. We were talking about Chuck and how the character Bryce Larkin technically died on that show, but she said, "he didn't really die, he just went into protective services and is now Neil Caffrey who solves crime with the FBI" (okay so those aren't her exact words, but who has the time to memorize exactly what people say (Colton)). So, I thought it would be interesting to take a journey with some of my favorite TV actors through their characters. Here we go:

Mark-Paul Gosselaar

Most of us know him as lovable and oh so charming Zack Morris. He was definitely my first TV crush. Well, apparently when you grow up with privilege (I mean he probably had the first cell phone ever made) what you really turn out to be is a gritty police officer in New York. I really can't understand why someone who got Kelly Kapowski (who is now, btw, married to the FBI agent that Neil Caffrey works with... coincidence?) in high school and made every teenage girl's heart swoon would then grow out his hair and become disgusting, but if you've got something to prove...

David Boreanaz

This one is easy because of course a soulful vampire would want to solve crimes. In fact, I believe Angel tried to help stop other vampires from killing people. And now Special Agent Seeley Booth (sounds like an alias to me) works exclusively with skeletal remains. I think it's because he doesn't want to be tempted by the blood residing in normal cadavers.

Neil Patrick Harris

Barney Stinson's misogynistic ways can clearly be traced back to the fact that he was a doctor by 14. If I grew up with so much power I definitely would be legen... wait for it, wait for it, I hope you're not lactose intolerant because the next word is... dary.

Lauren Graham

She started out as a quirky commitment-phobe with mother issues and now she's a quirky commitment-phobe with daddy issues. I think she's definitely branching out.

Courteney Cox

Well, apparently after Chandler and her moved to the country with their baby(s?) they decided that it just wasn't going to work out because now she's obviously divorced and living the dangerous life of a cougar (if you don't know what that means then you are too far behind in pop culture to even understand this post). Poor Monica, all she ever wanted was someone to love her.

Rainn Wilson

This Tim Alan loving alien turned out all right. He now sells paper and is loving Steve Carell instead. I think it's an improvement, personally. (This one is a stretch because technically I'm referencing a movie...)

And my favorite person right now:

Joshua Jackson

This boy has had a hard life, first he had to learn how to do the Flying V to save the hockey game, and then he had to love Joey Potter. But finally he's grown up and now investigates The Pattern with his nutty professor father and love-of-his-life Olivia. I'm proud of that boy.

This message was sponsored by our good friends over at IMDB.com. If you have any other journeys that have inspired you please feel free to share them with us.