I just thought I'd share the great news with you all!

As we all know, the 1.9 update was a failure. It broke lip-sync for NPCs, and for some unfathomable reason, the player was rendered unable to blink. It also broke the console commands favoured by screenshot artists. I myself only ditched 1.8 because essential mods like the USKP began to require 1.9.

A week or two ago, an SKSE-based mod was released, called "mfg Console" which fixes the console commands related to changing facial expressions, and, when clicking on a reference in-game, displays its name à-la Oblivion. Now v1.1 has been released, which returns to the player the fabled ability to blink!

For those who want to check out this mod, here is the Nexus link: http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/44596//?

I suppose me being too optimistic to think this will lead to an actual fix to the lip sync bug it self?

It's a step in the right direction, at least for those who actually have this "player doesn't blink" issue.