best. weekend. ever.

so. friday afternoon was dedicated to watching the pope's funeral, and to be honest i didn't really pay attention, because that's just how i am. it was nice, though, to witness such an event.

anyway. moving on. the fun part of the weekend actually happened starting saturday. so with the papal hoopla on the slide, we move on to other news. okay, actually, saturday morning kind of sucked. it was massively slow. moving on.
the wedding of prince charles and camilla parker-bowles, which was going to be partly covered by richard quest, was going to be in the afternoon. call me optimistic, but i just knew CNNi would find a way to get richard to talk to hala.
and talk they did.
me goofily watching CNN as richard and hala talked to each other, discussing everything from fashion to the repercussions of the union... they may never admit it, but we know they miss each other.
did anyone else notice how amused hala was by the whole thing? and her comment on the hats? the woman is wicked.

sunday: inside the middle east. halahalahala... hala don't taste the dead sea!!! she did it anyway. got to love that look that crossed her face when she did. (to see the look, click here - courtesy of Starman)
oh look. alessio vinci learning to surf. who else thought alessio was adorable in that wet suit? (aggh. i just used the word adorable to describe a CNN bureau chief)
max foster doing world business this week. oh, max. i'm usually not a fan of wide foreheads, but call me.
hala had a report-like thing differentiating Prince Charles' two weddings, which you know she just found amusing. hala, is this your attempt at jeanne moos-like reporting?
then there was a montage of the different hats seen during the royal wedding. my suspicion is that some editor wants to be on hala's good graces and made that for her amusement. because it sure amused me.
i didn't see her report during sunday, which could be entirely my fault, i don't know. all i know is that i also saw the daily show.

finally, this morning. it wasn't quite hala, but it was suzanne simons. okay, suzanne, i like you, but what is the deal with your bangs? grow them out, quickly!

so. actually i'm just gloating that richard and hala shared screentime. i love these two together. even when (or especially when?) they're exchanging snarky remarks.

the only thing missing? liz george.

here's hoping the week is as good as the weekend on CNNi.



quick edit:
a quick amendment to the post: as proof that i am losing my mind, i stated that i saw ItME on sunday. that would be erroneous: i saw it on saturday morning. so that comment on saturday being slow would be wrong. or something. i don't know. point is, inside the middle east aired on saturday morning.

oh no. if my sense of time is shot, the rest of my sanity can't be too far behind.

pardon me for that mistake.

*slowly backing away out of the room*