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Ladies and gentlemen, it's that time of the year again...finale season! I only watch four shows regularly, and thus far, it's been a mixed bag. (SPOILERS BELOW)

LOST
After a mediocre third season and me getting ready to give up, the LOST writers went nuts with their two-hour season finale. The plan to attack the Others went surprisingly well and it looks like there is life after the island thanks to a flash-forward to the future. Jack's an alcoholic addicted to pain killers? How the hell did that happen? I was skeptical when I heard the show was renewed for a final three seasons, fortunately though, it looks like they may be able to return to season one glory.

Heroes
Seriously, I really want to like this show. Any show or movie where people have kick-ass superpowers, I'm down for. Unfortunately for this show, the writing has been mediocre and the acting awful. I've been willing to excuse it because there have been badass uses of superpowers thus far. In the last few episodes, however, the action has lulled for what appeared to be the ultimate battle between Sylar and Peter Petrelli. What do we get in the season finale? Nothing. No badass fight scenes, only more bad acting and Sylar being "killed" (no corpse, no death) and some ridiculous time travel back to ancient Japan? Lame.

The Office
Jim and Pam. Finally.

24
The current incarnation of the series is getting old. Characters and dialogue are tired ("You're going to have to trust me!"), and I still don't understand why everyone is always fighting Jack Bauer's decision-making. For the love of God, he's saved the world six times, let him do his thing. I'm hoping that a change of location and new cast around Kiefer Sutherland will breathe new life into the show.

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The Hold Steady played Sokol Underground last Sunday. Go see this band if they're anywhere close, just incredible. Most people at the show were giving the band rave reviews out loud, and while some of it may have been the PBR talking, as one of the few sober people at the show, I can attest to their excellence. Craig Finn's happiness infected the crowd, Tad Kubler melted faces with well-placed, delicious guitar solos and Franz Nicolay rocked out with his waxed mustache.

Memorial Day weekend coming up, and as a salaried employee, I'm enjoying my first of two paid holidays this summer.

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You know what's awesome? Being back in Omaha, where there are more Taco Bells within 3 miles of my house than in the entire city of Lincoln.

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Finals wrapped up last Wednesday, and less than 12 hours later, I was laying on a beach with Lena in southern California. A perfect ending to the semester. While in L.A. Lena and I also were able to check out a Fall Out Boy show at a 200-capacity hole-in-the-wall club which was, needless to say, awesome. And thanks to James Stevenson's hospitality and tour guiding, I was able to drag Lena around to a number of L.A./Hollywood locations for the standard tourist sightseeing.

Upon returning from L.A., I headed out to North Carolina for a visit to the TIAA-CREF campus with a few fellow J.D. Edwards students. Immediately after North Carolina, I met up with Lena in Chicago for a Cubs game and other miscellaneous Windy City activities.

I'm now back in Omaha for the foreseeable future, and until work starts next Monday, I plan on being a complete and total pile.

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