I Can See The Guiding Light

If you read my last post, you're probably wondering how my eye doc appointment went on Friday. Or maybe you don't give a rat's ass - either way, I'm happy to report that all is well and my TV-watching ability is returning to normal. Allergies plus too much time on the computer at work equals eye strain. Gee, I guess I need to follow orders and not work as hard. In any event, my eyes have stopped hurting enough for me to watch the Rangers lose tonight in OT to the Sabres. DAMNIT. And that's after we blew a two goal lead.

Also in my last post, I mentioned how the cheerleader from Heroes was in the soap opera Guiding Light when she was a kid, although I haven't seen it listed in any of her bios. Gee, I wonder why!? Guiding Light is the least respected soap on television and yet, I still watch. Cheerleader chick was amazing as young Lizzie Spaulding, even taking on a cancer storyline.

Now, if you watched Best Week Ever on VH1 this week, you may have seen a brief clip of Guiding Light. The show recently partnered up with Marvel Comics to create a Guiding Light comic book, which showcases the character of Harley. Last week GL did a live action show to coincide with the comic book's release. To say it was embarrassing was an understatement. It was UNWATCHABLE. Here's a pic of Superhero Harley:

On the regular show, Harley is a cop who always screws up cases because of her dumb judgement calls. On the other hand, Superhero Harley can make toasters spark. Blah blah. If you ask me, Marvel should've went with the obvious superhero on the show, Reva, played by the wonderful Kim Zimmer. Now, I know you don't care about a dumb soap opera, but if this character isn't a superhero, I don't know who is. Let's do a brief rundown shall we? Keep in mind I'm going by memory only, so I'm sure there's plenty of things that I'm missing.

Reva Shayne
-Has slept with an endless number of men and has never had an STD
-Drove car off of a bridge and lived
-Wound up on an island, with amnesia. Married a prince and was almost killed by prince's brother. She managed to escape
-Wound up on an amish compound, with amnesia, and become town's medical "healer" (or something like that)
-Wound up back in Springfield. Gained memory back and realized her husband made a clone of her. Clone locked her up in an underground jail
-Escaped jail and befriended clone. Watched clone OD on rapid aging juice
-Had ability to time travel by jumping through an oil painting
-Arrested by Nazis and Confederate army while in time travel. Escaped and made it back to present time
-Became psychic but then lost the power, which is too bad because she could've predicted her own breast cancer
-After almost dying and seeing the infamous "white light", miraculously woke up cancer free

Now that sounds like someone with superpowers huh? Alright, I shall follow orders and leave the computer for now. Happy Watching.