Alias, was one of the most popular shows on the abc network. The show lasted for a short 5 seasons. It was abruptly cancelled when it was learned that Jennifer Garner (Sydney Bristow) became pregnant and wanted to become a stay at home mom.
I was first attracted to the show when I was just flipping through the channels and I saw an intense fighting scene. From that point on I was drawn in. The plot line was always very detailed and the story line was very complex. The bad thing about this show was if you missed one episode you might be lost for the entire season.
My favorite story line of Alias was the relationship between Vaughn and Sydney. The first time that the two saw each other there was a spark between them, unfortunately Sydney had a just lost her fiancée and was not in the mental state for a relationship. Plus with Vaughn being her handler in the first 2 seasons and a relationship between the two is forbidden.
It is during the last end of the second season that the two finally connected. Unfortunately at the end of the second season Sydney is abducted and wakes up two years later unable to remember anything. While Sydney was lost Vaughn got married to a women named Lauren.
During the entire third season there was always the built up tension and love that Sydney and Vaughn had for each other. The happiest moment during the entire series for me was when Vaughn learned that Lauren was working for the “bad guys” and ultimately killed her.
For the next two short seasons it was Vaughn and Sydney. They were barley apart during any of the shows and always seemed to have each other’s backs. They even had a baby together in the fifth season. I was very disappointed when the show ended just because I wanted to see where their relationship would have gone.
Alias was not all about Sydney and Vaughn but their relationship one of the most exciting aspects of the show for me.

On October 13, 2007 Omaha held the Midwest Gerbil Show at the Carlisle Hotel in Omaha. It was an event to see, over 50 gerbils came to participate in the show. Hover and Michele Rush ran the show. This is the first time that Omaha has taken on the duty of running the show. Most of the participants were from around the state but some people flew in from around the country just to participate in these “Gerbil Olympics”
Most of the events included paper towel gnawing, quickest arm climber and shirt pocket friendliness. All of the owners of the little animals were very happy that the Gerbil Olympics came about because showing animals should be more then just about dogs and cats. Along with the 50 gerbils there was also a hedgehog and a few other fuzzy animals scattered about the room. There even a display of four cakes that were in the shape of gerbils. One man from Omaha came just to see what the competition was like and is planning on bringing his 6 gerbils next year to compete.
I was really surprised when I found this article on the Omaha World Harold website. I had never heard of the Gerbil Olympics before, and if I had I never would have thought that is would be put in a city paper. The idea that people can get their gerbils to do things on command just really surprised me. I know form experience that my guinea pig would never do anything that I would have told her. She just would have given me the face “are you kidding me”. I was actually really excited to hear about this because I can not have a dog or a cat but I have always wanted to show an animal so now I have to opportunity to participate in an event like this.