I wasn't at all satisfied with the way Alias ended, and wasn't particularly happy about the reappearance of Anna Espinosa. Not a happy Vanessa over here.

Sorry I've been gone for a while, my life has been one massive party this year. I completed my real estate internship so now I can handle clients on my own (scary. It's an evil world it is), and I'm also in a relationship with a charming figure of a man.

I'm really excited about Smith for fall. The premise is really good, and I'm a Ray Liotta fan.

I went shopping yesterday in my lunch hour as I am scheduled to be at some la-dee-dah boring dinner my boss is throwing tonight. And to my surprise, I'm in a dress shop and I see a Santa walking down the street outside.

So I left the shop and followed "Santa" (because I'm weird like that ... but I wasn't stalking him, honest) a little bit down the street and saw him go into a candyshop. Turns out that Moira's Candy has got in their Christmas Chocolate a month too late and are going madcrazy advertising it. I bought 10 special Christmas candy baskets and I must say, it was very nice.

My advice to you all, if you ever land in Austin, check out Moira's Candy for all your Christmas confectionary needs.

I saw Rent today and really liked it. (Full disclosure: I've never seen the stage version.) I understand that the movie features the original Broadway cast, but does anyone know if there were any exceptions to that -- if any of the original Broadway cast members were not in the movie, and if not, why? I'm just curious. Either way, they all impressed the hell outta me. And some of the songs were just gorgeous.

My friend Susie has started cancer treatments