Liveblogging "As The World Turns": Damn You, Pine Cones, It's All Your Fault!

Noah is trying desperately to adjust to his blindness, but as you can see from the above pic ... it's not going so well.

Join us for the hot freak-out, and refresh for updates!

2:05PM EST: Lily and Damian are discussing Christmas, etc. Sorry, but Lamian are a boring couple. I much prefer Damian with Meg. Mamian sounds better anyway. On second thought, Mamian sounds like a horror movie version of Auntie Mame.

Noah has his pine-cone killing blind freakout. For god's sake, Luke, just drag him to the water pump and make him say "wah-wah"

Ghost Brad shows up and tells Henry his zapping power is being depleted. He's realizing that the more he gets through to Katie, the harder it is for him to maintain his ghostliness ... or something.

2:15PM EST: Simon shows up to help Katie through her troubles. So why isn't he naked yet?

Noah is looking more and more like The Incredible Melting Man. Just put on a hockey mask or something. Luke is trying to persuade Noah that all is not lost, and if he takes baby steps, they can get through it together. Noah says "you want to help me, then cue up the music on my laptop". Luke excitedly agrees, and sits down next to his boyfriend as Noah ... puts headphones on and tunes Luke out.

2:25PM EST: Lily comes in and Luke asks her to take care of Noah for a while. He has to do something "mysterious" and can't talk about it. Lily walks up to Noah and puts her hand on his knee. Noah defiantly rips the buds from his ears and says "No, I don't want to play Blind Man's Boff right now, Luke!" Lily says "Noah, it's not Luke", causing Noah to go red in the face ... I'm assuming.

Luke meets with Damian, and they discuss how they can help Noah. Luke thinks the solution is for Noah to leave the house. He needs to be around people he can trust.

2:35PM EST: Lily takes Noah to smell and listen to the river when Luke shows up and takes over. It's a good thing Noah is blind or he'd see that Luke stole one of Mason's scarves (i have a vision of Luke stuffing Mason into a crawlspace at the farm, but that might be wishful thinking). Noah is upset that Lily is leaving him with Luke, but Luke insists they need to talk.

Damian comes home to Lily and they have a long talk about Luke, Noah, and the rehab center. In a hilarious scene, Damian says "sometimes real love means letting go", and right on cue, Meg enters and says "words to live by", as the soundtrack switches from "twinkly piano love song" to "crazy-ass psycho theme".

2:45PM EST: Noah says "I don't want to be mad at you. I love you. But everytime I hear your voice I think of what happened, and how I lost everything". Luke says "Noah, I don't want to say this but ... we have to split up".

Okay, I think I'm ready for Brad to cross to the other side now. The White Light! Head to the white light, Brad! PLEASE!

Luke tells Noah about the rehab center, and Noah can barely contain his excitement. Suddenly Noah is all chummy, and asks for Luke's arm to help him back to the house. Luke moves in slowly for a kiss, and Noah closes his eyes before Luke kisses him. Umm ... never mind.

Preview Time: We'll be visiting Llanview starting Wednesday while Noah recuperates