All My Children 12/27/10

"Uffff!"

Christmas Eve has fallen upon our cozy Pine Valley. With it, we have seen both Marissa and Scott change physically, dramatically. Both are more attractive, in my opinion, but I am not sure how I yet feel about the new Marissa:  I don't buy her act yet, but then again, I don't have to cringe now when I see her. She no longer plays giant to JR, nor is her ready toothy grin missed. No heartache there. I like Annie with JR, but now that there's a new Marissa in town, I just may like the custody-battling duo back together again.
     So Cara and Griffin popped into Crystal's Restaurant for the Martin Family Christmas Eve party...with tomales and the fixin's, no doubt! I found it a bit odd they brought food supplies (except for shortening, cumin, chili powder, and a couple other items, of course) to a restaurant. Okay, I get the idea of family traditions, but I think they should have called ahead with this idea as Crystal did not look thrilled. Oh, and did we all notice Amanda's glance at Jake when Griffin proclaimed Cara as the best tamale creator? Heh heh heh, that dame!
     Angie outed Brock and Natalia's obvious relationship in front of Jesse, and neither parent had any qualms with the pair hooking it up against the midnight oil. And did anyone else notice blind Angie making eye contact with Jesse? I hear she's getting some time off from "All My Children" soon and I say, "well deserved". This story bores me now.
     Madison took a tumble in the park: Nooooooooo! I applaud the actress for the slippery ice fall. It looked very realistic. However, I was annoyed that #1 Greenlee found her and #2 Madison is somehow...unconscious??? She cried out, "My baby!" and blacked out? It wasn't that big a stumble. This did not make me very happy. I like the Madison-is-carrying-Ryan's-baby storyline.
     And to Kendall:  well, the posthumous present from Zach turned out to be a journal he wrote while they were abroad on the high seas earlier in the year...this is plausible, except he had written a note to her on the first page of the journal stating that he wanted her to read his thoughts and feelings during their time away from Pine Valley. Because I like to keep things realistic, I wondered to myself if he always keeps the first page of his journals blank, or if he had started the journal with this message, already knowing he'd give this to Kendall? Anyway, it was a creative present, but I must admit that when she opened the gift, I first thought it was a book of poetry he had written...either way, I can see we are in for some juicy written Zach-bits.
     That's all for today, folkssssss!