We'll be driving back to Virginia today so I won't be posting. I plan on being passed out in the back seat of the car for the first half of the trip and the other half will be spent watching DVDs. Can't wait for that. See you tomorrow for some good times.
I'd like to introduce all of you to a new guest on the site. Her name is Susan, she's a friend of mine and she has taken the time to write a short piece on one of the best reality shows of the summer. I'm not sure if she's up to making this a regular habit but I'll be happy with a few thoughts every now and then. Without further ado, Susan's thoughts on So You Think You Can Dance.
Do you remember Hok's audition from last season when he danced to Christina Aguilera's "Ain't No Other Man"? He did that little move with the striped sock and Wade Robson practically peed his pants because the audition was so fun, surprising and creative. Maybe I'm more jaded than last year or maybe I'm still in adoration with dancers from seasons past (Pasha, anyone?), but I'm a little bored with this year's premiere. Yes, there have been some amazing dancers – everyone loved the Mr. Fantastic guy in particular and yeah, that song he danced to was awesome – but, I'm feeling a bit blah about the show right now.
The problem is that the damn producers decide to spend a stupid amount of air time showing the joke dancers although we do NOT need to see "Sex" or the jump-style guy in the mask ever again. They also show people who are over 30, even though the cut-off age for the show is…guess what…30! WTF. It's ridiculous that the judges sit there and scold bad dancers that they aren't taking the competition seriously, they're an insult to the real dancers, etc. and yet the producers go ahead and show us this bullshit anyway. I want to see the good dancers! Why show the good dancers as a montage when we could just see the bad dancers in montage? Why? Why? Why? I know it's for the ratings but c'mon, people. Plus, I know everyone must hate seeing the judges' reactions every two seconds during an audition, as if we actually care what they might be thinking.
Anyway, I'm feeling so uninspired right now that I don't even have any bitchy, judgmental comments to make about any of the dancers or judges tonight. Although I will add that I hate that one judge, Dan. I think his routines are pretty lame and he never has anything useful to say anyway.
Since I'm on the vacay my television options are limited so I watch what I can. Last night I watched one of my favorites SYTYCD and afterwards was treated to a new episode of The Real World: Hollywood. If you've been reading you'll know that I dislike MTV very strongly these days. I won't say hate because I still watch some of the shows they air. Anyway, my cousin wanted to watch it and while I did stay away for the first 30 I hung out for the last 30. Those are some dumb bitches. Seriously. The Real World I grew up on was NY, LA, New Orleans, Boston, London...all the early ones.> The show has gone to shit. The very last season that I watched in it's entirety was Las Vegas. Even then I didn't want to finish the whole season but I had HAD to find out if Trishelle was pregnant with Steven's baby. That season Trishelle was the definition of a drunk slut.
Maybe all this complaining is about nothing. There was a kid on the episode this evening that was sent to rehab and the remaining kids in the house were informed that he would be returning the next week. Is this really any different than Ruthie in Hawaii? Probably not. It's always the same thing and I'm the one that's changed not the show. It is getting hard to accept that I'm getting older. My intense dislike of MTV I'm sure is just the beginning of my geezer hood. Soon I'll be complaining about all the nudity everywhere, bad language and loud music. I can see it now.
Hopefully though I'll end up like my aunt a die hard Family Guy lover. She's the cool aunt who always let you stay up late and watch the movies your mom would never let you. We talked about the finer points of Family Guy tonight after The Real World went off. She absolutely adores Stewie but loves Brian and doesn't get why everyone hates on Meg. The endless brow beating of Meg really gets her down. I said it's because Meg is useless but that wasn't a good enough answer. We went on and pointed out our favorite moments from the show. Hers was when Brian and Stewie were being potty trained and mine was when Brian was incontinent all over the place. The image of this old woman going down in the grocery store as she slips on Brian's pee always has my ass in stitches. Always. A good bodily fluid joke will always get me laughing. I also pointed out to my aunt that when people reference Family Guy to me I can never remember the episodes. They all run together and there's barely a solid idea holding each episode together. Some character always goes remember that time when, and then there's a 3 minute foray into something completely off topic and because of this I can never keep the episodes straight. I'm still a huge fan of the show though, I just can't help it.
My friend Susan is a huge SYTYCD fan and we always chat about it and on occasion when we can make it work we watch it together. She's a great writer and I've wanted her to contribute a piece for some time. I asked her if she would like to contribute a bit tonight but she's got a headache and doesn't feel well. However, we texted each other back and forth during the ENTIRE second hour of the show tonight and I feel it's my duty to share with you loyal readers our texts. Enjoy!
Susan: I think the people on Dance lie about their age because they all look super old outside of LA and NYC.
Me: I know those two ladies who were friends that just went off...they looked 30 at least.
Susan: Yeah, I love how everyone in Utah was married, aged poorly and had a bunch of kids. Sad.
Me: Crazy right? A friend of my cousins made it to the last cut of the top 20. i think she's coming on TV tomorrow night. This is what you could write to add to the blog!
Susan: You're right. Maybe I should blog about this. Hmmm. What's your cousin's friends name?
Me: It's *****. So you do you have time to blog about it tonight? It doesn't have to be long at all, 2 paragraphs, 8 sentences...whatever you want, I'd love to post it tomorrow.
Susan: I'm sorry I can't tonight. I have a big headache.
Me: Fine, I'll you pass tonight..will you be watching tomorrow?
Susan: They need to sh more good auditions in full instead of in montage. Wtf?
Me: I know I just said that to my aunt. why did we see so many people make it but not actually get to see them dance? I'm over the crappy dancers I want good ones!
Susan: Yes of course. I'm afraid to blog now because you know I can write some mean shit and then I'll feel bad.
Me: You get over it real fast trust me. I think I've already called a bunch of people bitches so I think you'll be fine.
Susan: I didn't think the chair dance was THAT bad. There's been much worse.
Me: True, how about that girl who bounced around to that Ne-yo song. SHE was bad. He didn't have to call her a bad name though.
Susan: Yeah, but I'd say stuff like she looks 35 because she got married too young and had babies when she shouldn't have.
Me: But that's funny and I adore your sense of humor. Are you talking about the stay at home mother of 4 who wanted to dance again after having her kids?
Susan: I'm talking about all of them. And where was her husband anyway?! Why did she have to audition with 4 kids? Pity vote?
Me: Perhaps...maybe she has a nanny and doesn't want people to know so the nanny was off camera...hey maybe he's at work, someone has to pay for them kids. 4 kids is money!
Susan: If you want to post by am then just string my texts together...haha.
Me: Already doing it...I didn't want to tell you in case you didn't want me to do it...I guess it's cool then.
Then she went to bed and I signed off for the night...ciao.
A disclaimer first. I'm not at home, I don't have a dvr and it's still so early in the bachelorette game that I can't remember any of the guys names. So I'm just going to give a brief description of them in the meantime. Next week when I'm back at home this will be done correctly. In the meantime...deal.
I am so confused that she gave the final rose to creepy guy. He totally skeezed me out. After her date with random brunette dude #1 he was hanging out outside of her house waiting to talk to her. Stalker! She looked skeezed out herself while he was talking and she gave him a rose...maybe it was because he came back later and apologized for stalking her. Luckily though she did kick out the virgin and the Greek guy who only wanted to talk to her about their shared Greek heritage. That my friend is not a solid foundation for a relationship...sex is. Our bachelorette did fake cry at the end of the rose ceremony which is an interesting thing to do. She said goodbye to the last bachelor she kicked to the curb and walked out of the room. It's so hard on her, she went through this before and it's just so hard. Whatever. She knows the rules.
Every week people get sent home. Every week it gets harder to send people home. This isn't rocket science. Well, maybe I just don't have a heart. Perhaps there's a lump of coal where it used to be. Deanna our bachelorette has a huge heart and just wants to find someone to share all of her love with. Crap I tell you crap. She has a brand new wardrobe, gets to live in a great house and hang out with a bunch of dudes that are pretending to worship her. Of course she's there for love. If Trista can do it, so can she. To be completely honest I don't know if I believe in the love that Trista and Ryan share. He just looked like so defeated when it came to the end as though he couldn't decide whether to stay or go. Maybe he did want to be with her forever, he did write her poetry. Trista however, she looked like she could see the dollar signs that would add up if they consummated their union. Ha. I said union.
My final thoughts...this could get interesting in the next couple of weeks but this week didn't really move me. Boys are stupid, throw rocks at them (I saw that book again today and it's still super cute). Lastly of all, I stood up for the Bachelorette today and said at least the people who participate aren't complete and total wastes of space whereas the monkeys who participate in A Shot of Love with itty bitty bi girl are. Hell froze over and I died a little after I said that but I totally meant it.
She's a bona fide idiot. Who wastes their premiere episode on pigs? Idiots that's who. Plus her one on one's with the camera were awful. I'm watching it as I'm blogging and all I'm thinking is this is crazy bad. A little bit too much skin, a little too much going on while she's driving. I've never seen anyone less involved with the actual act of driving. Even drunk sluts pay more attention to the road, and those bitches really shouldn't be driving. NUTS! I can only imagine what D. Lohan's show is going to be like next.
She's on a date, it's terrible, he's an idiot too. I'll be honest, I missed the first ten minutes so I might have missed a lot. Please, the only thing I think I missed is who her gay pal is. Is he the Ken Paves to her Jessica Simpson or is he just a random? Are her tears for real...cause if they're not it's the best acting she's ever done in her life. Dr. Christmas Jones anyone? I guess I had some preconceived opinions about this show. I just saw the clips from the upcoming season and if this is the best of what they've got this show is bound for the television shitter. I am so evil. Loves it!
At least Living Lohan had more going for it. I might not agree with how the family runs itself but I'm here to blog about the quality of the show. I should probably stay away from calling people names but Ali Lohan is looking so much older than her 14 years and not in a good way. I remember what I looked like at 14 and what my friends looked like at 14 and this is not it. I'm all for her having opinions but geesh. A long time ago I coined a term about girls like Ali Lohan. I called them LIB's which stands for Long Island Bitches. Going to school in NYC you see a LOT of them running around, especially in the summer. Ali tries to come off as just your regular old 14 year old but no, she's not...but maybe she is and I'm just out of touch with the teens. My mother would never have let me run around with that much make-up on. Hell, I wasn't allowed to wear make-up until I was 16. Wait, Ali just mentioned following in her sisters footsteps. Right, her sisters drunken boozy footsteps. Definitely something to aspire to.
I'm going to have to watch the rest of both of these shows. I'll watch Denise Richards because it's going to be amazing watching her dig herself into an even bigger hole than she's already in. I'm hoping the Lohan's keep it a little classier and don't act quite as dumb, but something tells me that's doubtful. It's so weird that I'm going to watch either one them because I completely boycotted the Kardashians. Okay, I give I watched one episode and those are some dumb hags. I said hags and I meant it. Let's just call everyone hags now. Go out today and call a stranger a hag, see what happens...don't blame me though, it's all on you.
The 4400 came on four years ago and today my Uncle informed me that it was cancelled. How could I not know this. Every summer I was glued to the set watching the returnees and the government agents assigned to keep an eye on them. I'm a sci-fi fan, something I've finally come to realize over the past 2-3 years. I didn't think anything of it but then I started to remember all of the shows I used to watch as a kid and that I watched a lot of Star Trek. I watched The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager, all of them. I have my father to thank for that. It also occurred to me that my dad is a huge geek. He got me hooked on The Twilight Zone, X-Files, Alien Nation, The Outer Limits, and basically anything and everything on the sci-fi channel. I love him for it and I like to think I'm a much more well rounded TV watcher because of it. But still, I loved The 4400 and it even had a hot piece in it...hot piece Patrick Flueger below...
I feel a little bit distressed and a bit hurt. How could I your TV obsessor not know that one of her favorite summer series was cancelled. Off the air, never coming back on, production halted forever. I thought I was on top of things and apparently I'm not. Luckily though my favorite show from last summer is coming back on the air. If you haven't had the chance to check out Burn Notice I suggest you give it a shot. The lead Jeffrey Donovan is the shit. He's not technically a super hot piece but I still love him. The second season starts in July so don't forget and give it a chance. You're sure to love it, besides Bruce Campbell is in it...enough said.
I tried, I really did try. Unfortunately I only got through about 6 minutes of HBO's soon to be Emmy and Golden Globe nominated original film Recount. I've seen the ads all over the place and I knew it was coming on and since I'm in a condo with no TV guide it was a sure thing. Maybe I was too restless to watch it or maybe because I know I can watch it on demand next week when I get back. Either way I turned it off. The promise of getting to watch Denis Leary wasn't even enough to keep me watching, and I LOVE him.
I guess I needed some action because I turned T3 on. It went to commercial and then I turned to Good Will Hunting. That bored me too and I finally settled on What Women Want. I hadn't seen it in years and all of a sudden I decided it was exactly what I wanted. It was before Mel Gibson ranted and raved and before Judy Greer was every one's favorite second banana. I even sat through the commercials...that's dedication on my part because I find commercials insulting. No one is going to make me weep over International Coffee. That's right no one.
I’m off again for another trip. This time I’m going to South Carolina with family. I will still try to blog a respectful amount, someone try and stop me from watching TV on my vacay. Please, it could never happen. I’ll be watching SYTYCD, Lost, Greek and of course The Bachelorette. Most of the finales were last week and not much else is on now until June when the summer season really starts. Perhaps I’ll just regale you with tales of my TV watching as a child. I would watch anything whenever and wherever. Geez, not much has changed. Oh wait, the Andromeda Strain mini-series is starting Monday on A&E. Like I said before, I love disaster anything, it’s sick but I love it.
There was no Lost Talk this week because I’m working on getting a forum together to discuss the finale and that’s taking some time. Getting five people all in front of their computers at the same time in two different time zones is a pain. Luckily though my mother has agreed and you will all get to know the awesomeness of the woman who spawned me. She’s afraid she won’t type fast enough and I said you two finger typed my paper in fourth grade on the atom and you’ve only improved in the last 18 years. She’ll be fine. I’m working on my friend Josh who used to watch with me every week during the second season but he’s MIA for some reason but I have a week to find him. I won’t fail you….at least I’ll try not to. My co-worker Leslie is also a fan and she said she’d be willing to give it a shot. There’s no harm in an extra body. She’s fun and can only add fun things.
I’m on the train to VA right now and I’m exhausted from staying up all night watching the Grey’s finale and Ugly Betty and everything else left on my DVR. I had to watch everything so it wouldn’t cannibalize itself when I’m gone and erase the things from the first half of my leave to make room for the second half of recordings. I still had the Jericho finale on my box and had to let it go. Sadness. Letting my hot piece Skeet go was tough but it had to be done. Tear. Let me go now and enjoy a nap. Napping is the best!
Ok, so I’ve been watching Grey’s forever and have had the feeling it’s been slipping downhill for some time. My friend Allison and I used to talk about it constantly and would call each other Thursday night after it was over to discuss. We never even bring it up in conversation anymore. I guess you could say it jumped the shark. Probably right around the time of all of the hullabaloo with Isaiah Washington. All the press for the show was about him speaking an obscenity. It was if the show had no breathing room because all anyone was thinking while they were watching was how crazy it must have been to shoot all those scenes after the fact. At least that’s all I was thinking. I just couldn’t help it.
I watched this season before the writer’s strike and was fine with it. It didn’t really move me but I was still watching. I can tell how much I like a show by how soon after it airs I watch it. I hate commercials so with the DVR I’ll start watching about 20 minutes into a show and that way I can fast forward through all the ads. If I watch a show the night it airs I’m in love with it. I didn’t realize just how much I loved Chuck until every Monday I was glued to the set watching it. I never saved that show for Tuesday; it was always watched on Monday. I started watching Grey’s on Saturday, the following Tuesday, it didn’t matter to me; I just wasn’t that into it. After the writers’ strike though I fell back in love with it…that is until the finale.
Poo on the finale. If this show lasts more than another season and they have Derek and Meredith get back together only to separate again and then make up for the next finale I will scream. I’m so sick of it. Are they going to stay together or not? Every time they break up I’m a little less invested in them when they get back together. They are turning into the most ridiculous couple. I get it they love each other but damn, stick it out through the hard times, they’re always giving up. If my parents are still together, Derek and Meredith can work it out. For the love of all that is Holy let them stay together this time and not break up again because if they do I promise you now I will boycott the show. I don’t really think they can afford to lose me. I’m a very loyal viewer. Hell, I watched Gilmore Girls all the way to the end. I didn’t punk out when the creator left and the show went downhill. I stuck it out and dealt with it ‘cause that’s the kind of girl I am.
I’m not even going to comment on Torres and Hahn making out with each other because I feel it’s like when Samantha became a lesbian on Sex and the City. Just for a fun ride and only for a few episodes. I’m all for Callie switching teams I just don’t want this to be for ratings or to spice up the show. I just hope they treat this new storyline with some respect and don’t turn it into some circus with Sloane cracking his ringmaster whip. By all means have a three way. Just do it with dignity. Haha. A dignified three-way…I’m losing it. No more crack for me today. I’ve had my limit. Let me go now and enjoy this high. Peace out.
My prayers were answered and the right David won. After boozing it up on two bottles of champs with my Gossip Girl buddy last night we watched the finale of American Idol. When I say watched I mean that very loosely. We fast forwarded through most of it and only watched what looked interesting which was not that much. We did watch George Michael, the man is a legend. I would have preferred to completely skip the Jonas Brothers but no, I had to watch about 20 seconds of them...I guess I just don't get it. It's like Hanson only cuter and with a better wardrobe stylist. Wait a sec, I doubt Hanson had a wardrobe anything, they probably had whatever was left on the floor that didn't smell like it had been worn for weeks. I am so off topic!
Anywho, it was a lot better on fast forward than it would have been watching it live. Having to sit through the songs the top 6 boys and girls sang would have been a bit too painful for me. During one of the commercial breaks the scene from Risky Business comes on and David Cook is the one in the shot and my friend a I turned to one another and said "why?!" Turns out it was a commercial for Guitar Hero and I was shocked that he was in a real commercial so soon, but also pleased that at least it wasn't Archu. I was ahead of myself because later on Archu appeared in the same ad doing the same thing and it was waaaay creepy. The kid isn't even 18 yet and watching him dance around seemed oddly (pornographic isn't the right word) lecherous maybe? I just don't want to think of him like that. I do truly believe though that in 5/6 years Archu could be really hot. Maybe he'll grow a couple of inches, keep the clear skin and talent...the kid could really go places.
The season is over and I don't have to watch this crap for another 8 months. A blissful hokey free eight months. I'm going to hope for blissful but it probably won't be. I'm sure I'll get hooked on something asinine this summer and whine about it to you. It's going to be hard to choose between two reality shows that are showing train wreck promise. There's Denise Richard's show and Dina Lohan's show. I know I'll end up watching both at least at the beginning to see how trash-tastic they are but hopefully they'll be too awful to keep watching. Although I do love bad TV. Poop, I'm screwed.
I've already checked out of American Idol. Hell, I checked out 5 weeks ago. I could totally care less about the finale this week and I don't care about either David so it's useless to watch the last two episodes. The only thing I'm going to do is watch the last 2 minutes when they announce the winner. I've got my next great reality competition show to gear up for. So You Think You Can Dance. I'm so psyched for it it's not even funny. MTV replayed the entire last season this past weekend and I watched so much of it it's crazy. I'm surprised I even got anything done.
I noticed that a certain person named SEX is in one of the previews. If you haven't watched SYTYCD before Sex is what he calls himself and he considers himself a great dancer. He's not, he's delusional and his mother isn't helping things either. She's the reason why he thinks he's good. If she just stopped lying to him I think he would realize he sucks call it a day and go home. These mothers pushing their children into doing things they're awful at...parents can be so blind. Who knows, I don't have kids maybe I'll be pushing mine into something they so obviously blow at. I hope I don't turn into one of those...that would be awful. My fingers are crossed now so I'll get back to you in about 15-20 years and tell you what happened. Maybe I'll be so deluded I won't even notice. You...you...cross your fingers for me...please, save me from my future self.
I don't know if I like the Bachelorette! Maybe it's because I don't know her very well, I hope she'll grow on me. I won't be able to watch this if she annoys me the whole season. I think the guys are a bit immature and hopefully they'll grow up in the next few weeks. I have my choices for my 3 first impression roses...Graham, Ron and Robert. Ron was kind of hot, Robert cooked for her and I picked Graham because he just seemed nice. I definitely don't care much for Sean the modified mullet man. Isn't this 2008...is this still an acceptable hairstyle anywhere in the world?
They started the show off with background on the bachelorette and it didn't really move me. Okay, okay we get it her heart was broken by a previous bachelor, stop running it into the ground. After her life story we met a bunch of her potential suitors beofre they met her. They were all pretty much topless! Does a six-pack equal hot? Is this really necessary? I'm all for gratuitous body shots but this was crazy. I believe a sense of humor scores way above a six-pack. A quick review of the guys...Jason is a single dad, he was super cute and so was his kid. There's a pro snowboarder, a few teachers, guys with random jobs and Ryan. He"s very religious and is still a virgin...that's great...for him...for her, I don't know.
Only time will tell. All I can do is stick around and wait. It will be wasted time but I waste time doing a lot less. Shame on me. I can't bring myself to watch American Gladiators so this will have to do. I tried watching the new gladiators but it's not the same as the original. I miss Nitro and Blaze. Southern fried bachelorette I guess is just more my style.
Those bitches on the Hills cursed my ass last night. I lost my voice and in a sense my whole being. I'm nothing if I can't talk. I can't think of any other explanation as to why my voice is gone. Those girls have their spies everywhere and someone spotted my piece and the girls got together and put some pins in the throat of my voodoo doll, I just know it. Hopefully my voice will come back tomorrow and I'll just go to bed early and get some rest. Desperate Housewives will just have to be watched tomorrow. Let's hope no one spoils the finale for me before I get to see it. I'll leave you now with a warning: when it comes to lauren, heidi and the rest keep your opinions to yourself 'cause those girls are the devils minions.
Back in the day when I was young and naive I thought I would always watch MTV. The idea that I would ever get too old for it seemed so crazy to me. I was sooo wrong. I'm too old for it, I find everyone on the network obnoxious and most of the shows don't even interest me. Case in point...The Hills. This is television? Watching catty bitches pretending to be real is the most heinous thing and I still don't know how these girls have captured the attention of the nation. Who gives a shit who Lauren is going out with...does anyone care that Heidi and Lauren don't get along...why does anyone bother to waste space talking about Spencer? I know, I know, I'm wasting space here talking about them.
Of all the episodes that have aired of the Hills I've only seen one. That was 30 minutes I will never get back. I remember some guy named Justin Bobby and I think it was Audrina and they were in a restaurant and he was being a blowhard. Something tells me this was just business as usual. There was some blonde girl who worked for a magazine or something, I think she's the only one with a real job. I could be wrong, I can't even be bothered to do any research on these girls. It would just be more wasted time.
Nowadays everyone wants to be famous and damn if they actually have to be talented at something to get famous. I do know that Heidi and Lauren are both in charge of fashion lines but I doubt either one of them are going to make the big leagues. Miuccia Prada and Donatella Versace they're not. I feel like kids are growing up with the idea that all they have to do is be on camera and then everything is cake from there. Everyone has a reality show and the whole country is watching. Do I have it all wrong? Am I missing something that everyone else is getting? Share your thoughts. I want to know if I'm just being a stick in the mud or for lack of a better way to say it...a bitter bitch.
In an effort to put forth the whole truth I will disclose this. I watch Kathy Griffin's reality show and I'm obsessed with My Super Sweet Sixteen and Made. There's no point in covering that up. Kathy Griffin is a genius and her show always makes me laugh. Made is a decent show and MSS16 is...I don't know how to explain that one I just can't get enough of it. BTW, there's a brand new MSS16 Monday so don't forget to watch.
PS...I took a quiz at Teen Vogue online and apparently I'm an Audrina...yay! Please, take a moment and find out which Hills girl you are. Click HERE to find out!
A bunch of stuff I watched this year was kicked to the curb and I would like to take a moment to honor them.
1. Jericho - I was obsessed last year when it came on the air. I'm a sucker for disaster movies and TV and this was right on the money. They cancelled it, brought it back and then dropped it again...boo on you CBS.
2. Big Shots - Starring Michael Vartan (alias hot piece) and a bunch of other people it was super awful but I adored it. It was cheesy, not good and a companion piece to Cashmere Mafia and Lipstick Jungle only with men.
3. Cashmere Mafia - Also cheesy but I loved it more than Lipstick Jungle. It was more of a comedy than LG and campy and totally fun and they cancelled it - bitches.
4. Miss Guided - I have no problem with this whatsoever.
5. October Road - Another show I started watching because of a hot piece. Brian Greenberg who was excellent in Prime starred in this and I got attached like usual and those suits took it off the schedule right when it was getting good.
6. New Amsterdam - What happened...I thought you were going to watch it? Now I'm going to have to wait for this piece to find another show. Damn you Salazar!
Other crap got cancelled but these were the shows that I watched from the beginning. A friend of mine said if I just didn't watch the crappy shows I wouldn't be disappointed when they got cancelled. I love crappy TV...not Springer crappy but Big shots crappy. I'm looking forward to the Fall TV season when I can get hooked on even more trash and get my heart broken all over again.
I knew it was coming. There was no way Archulets and D. Cook were going to let her make the finals. What am I talking about...there's no way the tweens were going to let her make it. The kids are driving the voting and she's not really their type. She's not compelling enough I guess. But one of their own? They're all over Archulets. Just because I voted for Syesha doesn't mean I'm totally committed to her. I just didn't want that little boy in the finale. I'm over him and if he wins it means I'm going to have to hear about him all the time. I read that his dad was banned from backstage so if he wins the whole show does that mean I'm going to be hearing about his stage dad for years to come? Actually a little bit of drama never hurt anyone.
We got to see every one's hometown visits this week and every contestant cried. D. Cook held it together the best but still, tears fell. I can only imagine how overwhelming it must seem. Archulets went back to his high school, the school he was at just a few months ago and it would be weird to see everyone cheering for you. Honestly, just how popular do you think he was? Judging by the tears not very. I'm sure he had friends and people didn't hate him but I kind of get the feeling that he wasn't the most popular student. Syesha's visit was not super exciting, she cried like crazy in her limo and I bet she did last night after the show was over too. D. Cook visited his childhood music teacher and she was touched, dare I say I was too?
Next week I will be voting for D. Cook. Even if his "originality" is not really his. It's other artists ingenuity that is passed off as his. Whatev. He's of legal age and doesn't creep me out. It's like that. Archu creeps me out with that weird smile and well just about everything he does creeps me out. So don't vote for him. Please. Vote for D. Cook he'll win and make a record and Archulets can go back to school and eventually when he's old enough put out some music of his own. Don't let the chipmunk win, don't let the chipmunk win...say it with me...don't let the chipmunk win.
I started watching House the same way I start watching most shows. I hear of a promising premise and start with the pilot. This is how I get hooked on everything. If there's an actor I know of in a show I hear is coming on it's just a bonus. Really though, regardless of what the show is about I tune in. Sometimes I wish all the time I spent watching TV I spent reading books. I'd be stupid smart right now. Instead I have lots of cancelled shows and useless facts about these cancelled shows stored in my memory instead of the plot of Crime and Punishment. It's something I've just gotten used to...back to House.
From the first episode I became a huge fan because the credits started rolling and one of my favorite Massive Attack songs was the theme. As dumb as it sounds I decided that this was the show for me and that it didn't matter if it was good or not. Someone involved with the show had some taste and I figured it started well maybe it'll end well too. Turns out I was right. House is one of my favorite shows and it's something to look forward to week after week.
This week's episode was incredible. I really feel like the writers outdid themselves. In fact, a tear even fell down my cheek at the end. I'm not known to cry so bringing a tear out of me is no easy feat. The episodes this season have definitely brought the show back to where it was in the beginning. I did love the shows where House was whittling down the docs to find his new team. I guess it's my love of reality TV and kicking people out. I try to only watch reality shows where a skill is involved but since my re found love of the Bach that rule is obviously out the window. Go online and watch this week's ep of House...stunning. It'll prepare you for the season finale next week, it looks killer. Here's a link...click HERE.
Instead of staying home and watching Idol or seeing who got kicked off Dancing With the Stars, I went to see Kanye West and friends. It was the right choice for me in the end because let's be honest, Kanye beats Archuleta every time. Every single damn time. I'd heard the show was supposed to be pretty good and that the stage was amazing but you can never really believe anything about a show until you go see yourself. It was fantastic. He was onstage by himself for over an hour jumping around and running back and forth. I was worn out watching him , I can't even imagine what it must be like to do that night after night. He barely stood still.
My friend and I missed the first opener Lupe Fiasco but doesn't he only really have one or two good songs anyway? N.E.R.D was next, I love them, Pharrell is known for producing a bunch of music but his own is so much more dynamic. It's not what you'd expect and that's what I like. Rihanna followed and I'm sold. I liked her before but now I love her. Plus she sang the song that is most loved in my heart right now. Please don't stop the music. Great song...fun to dance to and damn fun to sing along to...I dare you to listen to it and not have a good time. It makes you wish you were in a club with a bunch of friends shimmying...yes I shimmy...give it a shot, it's super fun.
Kanye followed and it was worth the wait. It's one thing to be cocky and have nothing to back it up with, but he's so talented. Most might call him an egomaniac but I don't give a shit. I believe he's fantastic at his chosen profession and as long as he's putting music out there that moves me it's fine. I might think he goes a bit too far sometimes but isn't that what we want in a star? For them to go so far out there and push the boundaries. That's what artists are supposed to do. Push. If you have a chance to catch the show by all means do. It's a good night out.
I'll admit I never watch How I Met your Mother. I don't really watch sitcoms anymore since Will & Grace went off the air. I don't do laugh tracks. The only reason I watched was because of Brit. I'm a huge fan of hers and even went to see Crossroads on my 21st birthday. Mind you a huge fan of her pre 2005. I watched her first appearance and honestly I didn't see what all the fuss was about. After watching last night's episode all the hoopla is still beyond me. Maybe if you're a train wreck and you manage to do something that's not quite train-wrecky you're a hit. People seriously...uh uh, let her go back to doing what she does best...lip-synching over her computer enhanced voice. She's stupid good at that. Don't reward her for not flashing the cooch and managing to pop some rehearsed lines out of her mouth. Reward her for her something she does well, the music. Dear lord bring back the music.
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me: are you there?
Matt: i sure am
me: yippee!
so...we both watched lost together...and i fell asleep for 2 minutes
Matt: but you rewound it so you wouldn't miss any
me: did the plot really move forward this week...or did we just learn that claire is alive and well in the cabin
true, we did rewind and i caught up
and what is up with claire/jack's dad....isn't that guy supposed to be dead?
Matt: i think claire has been drinking the koolaid
remember when jack found his empty coffin like 2 seasons ago?
me: oh wait, we did also learn that the island people have been following locke around since birth
i have no recollection of that...you've been checking out the chat rooms haven't you?
Matt: no, i remember because his coffin was on flight 815 and jack found it and it was empty, it might have even been the first season
and trust me, i don't really think about this show too much anymore, just to discuss it with you
me: okay, i apologize...i have too much info in my head about the bachelor and such
awww...you watch to chat with me...that's so sweet
Matt: ewww bachelor, besides, i've moved on to other obessions (**cough, Gossip Girl, cough**)
oh, and can i share with all your readers that I ran into Vanessa today on the LES
me: seriously, a GG sighting is a big thing...all have to do now is catch Chase somewhere
right, we're here for lost
we can get sidetracked so easily
alright, so that faux orderly who's really part of some big group...where did we see him before again?
Matt: he was stalking hurley a couple episodes ago in the mental hospital, or again it might have been last season
me: that's right...yeah, it was this season
why have they been tracking locke since birth...is he the second coming of something? what do they know that i don't?
Matt: i'm going to stick with my earlier theory, he and ben are somehow deeply connected and can either balance each other or compound each other's destructiveness
me: but how did they know to show up at locke's birth
these are questions that no one has the answers to and i should probably get to work on trying to figure something else out
Matt: but if they can time travel, they would know what locke is meant to do in the future and might show up in his past to try to stop it
me: what's with the time travel theory...are you just throwing things out there or is there something i'm missing...i'm coming off as not too smart about this show...i would like to point out that i've been watching since the beginning but apparently i don't pay attention
Matt: ben time traveled two episodes ago when he showed up in Tunsia and didn't know the year
you watch too much tv to be able to keep it all straight
me: was that time travelling...i was watching and didn't catch that...shame on me...i should stop watching the bachelor and i think i would retain a lot more information
me: another thing...back at the ship they mentioned a doctor was found on the beach with his throat slit and then a few minutes later they slit the doctor's throat and toss him overboad
Matt: they found the doctors body last week, there is a time lapse between the island and the boat
Matt: which is probably how locke will be able to move the island, and probably why the remains of the ship (the black rock) and the small plane were in such good shape, because the island has a different relationship to time than everything else
me: you're smart...that's why i talk to you...i learn things
Matt: its all just theory
me: i'm going to go on some sites and check out some lost theories so that next week i'll be on my game better
Matt: good, well i need to start wrapping it up, anything else you wanna touch on
me: i won't be naughty so no
what if we had more people on the lost talks...made it a forum
it could work right?
Matt: sounds good who else do we know who watches it as obsessively as us?
me: my friend josh does...i could try and bring my mom in...that would be kind of fun actually
Matt: sounds like a plan
me: but getting four people together in two different time zones could be hard...i'm going to give it a shot anyway
adieu friend...thx for the chat
Matt: nite
I watched the first 11 episodes of Gossip Girl back to back with a friend of mine last monday. The friend I promised I would share it with. 11 episodes! That's a hell of a lot of GG. It was totally worth it. Not only did he get to experience all of the magic and awesomeness that is GG but I also got to revisit the show. It still completely holds up and I turned a friend into a fan. I just have to turn about 10 million more people into fans to make it a hit.
He watched the rest of the episodes online and this week we had a dinner party for two to catch the new ep. We drank champagne had dinner and reveled in the show. It was a great ep but we decided that they wrapped up the whole S killed someone storyline a little too quickly. Sure, there's probably going to be bits and pieces about it that will linger but still, no waiting til the finale or holding it over until the next season premiere? All is forgiven, it was still damn entertaining.
Georgina was outed as Sara and the gang banded together to help out S. To think that this girl was so out of control two years before is crazy. That means as a freshman she was a drunk, possibly coked out teen. Now I always thought it would be tough to be a teenager in NYC with all the things that could corrupt a kid but geez. Serena seemed to have found them all. Luckily she got her act together for awhile but unfortunately slipped and fell back into her old ways. Georgina must be stopped. I guess we'll see what happens next week at the Van der Woodsen/Bass wedding. Wait, will it even happen? Maybe not after that hot smooch between the rents. We were totally rooting for them to make out and cheered when they did. Goodness we love this show. It's a crime it's so entertaining.
OMG he didn't pick the right girl....wtf, what was he thinking. Shayne is just going to break his heart. I mean seriously, do you really think that this is going to be the first bachelor to end up with the girl? None of them have found love, only lust or something even worse. I am so not okay with this. At all.
I'm still watching the show and haven't seen his proposal to Shayne yet but it's still all wrong. No matter how sincere his proposal ends up being, it's still wrong. He's in this for the long haul? He's in this for the nookie. The sweet sweet semi-almost-not quite there yet famous nookie. Dummy. I'll give him about 6 months with her before he realizes he's wrong or she breaks up with him for someone as semi famous as she is.
Okay, okay, I watched the proposal and it was sweet. She's an "actress" so her reaction could have been fake but I'm going to assume it was all real. I really want to believe it was real...tell me it was real. To think that my opinion could be changed in all of 15 minutes is embarrassing. I'm shallow and thick in the head. It just can't be helped.
There's a new season of The Bachelorette starting next week and I really don't want to watch. Something is telling me that I will no matter how hard I try to resist. It can't be all bad though, I had such a great time watching the Bach I think I just might tune in. I don't expect anyone else to, just me...and yes I will bore you with all the gory details.
I LOVE cartoons. I love love love them. It's the 6 year old in me. I started watching The Mighty B two weeks ago and I totally fell in love with it. It's inventive and cute and adorable and everything I want in a toon. The fact that Amy Poehler is behind all of this doesn't surprise me. She is super funny and thankfully so is her show.
The Mighty B (Bessie) is a whiz with the gadgets and dreams of being a superhero. In the last episode she built a robot for a science fair who's brain was made out of mac and cheese. Genius! She's a kid with a huge imagination doing crazy things. I like it so much so far and that means I have high expectations for the rest of the season. I'm sure this show will be around for a good while so go check it out. I know I'll be watching.
This time I'm not behind in watching all of the TV, I'm behind in WRITING about the TV. So I guess this is where I apologize and promise to do better. I know I'm better than this...I hope you think so too. I will not fall behind again until maybe...hmmm, I better not promise a thing. Empty promises are the pits. I will focus my energy on writing this evening and bring you up to date with all of my thoughts on just about everything. But first I will leave you with this to think over. Will Lindsay Lohan be awful stunt casting on Ugly Betty...who's leaving The Office on Thursday...and seriously...who is my bachelor going to pick tomorrow?!?
Whoa! Darcy from Jericho showed up on lost from thursday...crazy...i wonder if she shot this after Jericho ended. I keep seeing people pop up in the strangest places. Does anyone remember Herman's Head? I used to love that show and I was pleasantly surprised to find the star (William Ragsdale) show up on Medium two weeks ago. Now I know that actors work in a variety of roles but some I will always remember for their past work. Eli Stone is a good example of that. Every single lead on that show I remember from something else and will always think of them as their previous parts. Eli, Sickboy from Trainspotting...Taylor, she's the Species girl! Maggie was on Veronica Mars and Jordan is Jack Bristow from Alias. Every time they all gathered onscreen I wanted to laugh. Jack Bristow singing songs? Hell has frozen over. I know I know he was on Broadway forever before Alias was even thought of but hey, I'm young. One day my kids are going to be like, "what do you mean Lindsey Lohan used to have a problem with alcohol and her career looked like it was over? She's an Oscar winning actress on par with Hepburn!" Haha. It could happen. Seriously. No. Seriously.
In which my friend Matt and I ramble on about all things Lost. While it may not be as compelling as one might expect, I still think it's great. You might as well get used to it because I've decided I'm going to do it every week. May the Lost talk commence!
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Matt: anyways, so lost
me: yes, so lost
Matt: you'll have to lead me a little bit because it's been more than a week since the crazy episode and the one this week wasn't too insane
me: that's true...okay, so hurley is in lockdown cause he's crazy and jack went to see him
jack saw his dad in the hospital and claire saw him on the island and then claire disappeared
Matt: but left baby aaron, who may or may not be jack's half nephew because jack and claire might have the same dad
and the flash forward shows jack and kate together with baby aaron and jack doubting his ability to be a father
me: and jack freaking out over kate being so secretive only to find out that she was taking care of something for sawyer...who's still on the island and not dead
Matt: so who else is on the island and not dead
me: that's a good question...maybe rose and her husband?
wasn't she sick before?
Matt: and who are the oceanic 6: jack, kate, hurley, sun, sayid and does aaron count?
me: i think so yes
Matt: she was, and so was locke
but i think locke will end up dead by the end of the series
i think ben will kill him or have "jacob" do it
me: maybe locke's still there too...wait, remember during the first flash forward episode and jack went to a funeral?
who was that?
Matt: i think it was for michael
me: mmm...okay
Matt: ps, when it walt coming back, remember that really horrible foreshadowing of locke seeing him as older
me: are we ever going to see walt again or did the kid playing him just get too big to have on anymore?
hahah...i guess we're on the same wavelength
Matt: wow, we are spending too much time together
me: waaaay too much time
Matt: well, we know jin dies, and we can assume claire dies rather than leave aaron, so who else is left, Juliette?
oh, and i miss boone
me: you only miss him cause he's hot
really, what else did he add to the show? being locke's flunky?
not that there's anything wrong with watching something cause there's a hot guy in it...that's the reason i watch half the shows i do watch
Matt: its a perfectly good reason to miss someone, who else is hot on the show right now, jack not so much especially after the towel scene this week, and sawyer is too crazy
me: what, jack didn't look that bad in his towel did he? i thought he looked okay, maybe my standards aren't as high as yours...i do like some busted people
Matt: he just wasn't doing it for me
me: this conversation is slowly devolving...hahahaha...let's smarten it up maybe one notch
soon it's going to be an episode of hot or not starring lorenzo lamas
Matt: whatever happened to the foot sculpture with the 4 toes
that's a show?!?!?!
me: that might not have been the name of it but there was definitely a show with judges and people came on to be judged on their "hotness" one of the dumbest things that has come on television
Matt: anyways, back to lost
me: right, back to lost
Matt: so we also recently learned that ben can control the black smoke monster
me: right...and what does it do? i've always thought it sounded like a taxi meter when it prints out a receipt at the end of the ride
the smoke monster only attacked the soldiers so how does it work?
Matt: nice observation, it didn't kill anyone but it did injure some of the guys from the ship, and the helicopter pilot seems to be on the refugees side
me: i thought he went back to the ship though...did i miss the moment when he flew back?
Matt: also, kudos for the plot twist with the redhead chick being able to speak korean
me: i guess she's the one who gets sun off the island?
Matt: yeah
the helicopter pilot flew sayid and desmond (who is probably the last hot guy on the show IMHO) to the ship and then flew back, because the helicopter wasn't there later in the show when the girl from deathproof jumped off the ship with a chain around her neck
me: aha...nice memory...and that's exactly what i though when i saw her...she's the one who was strapped to the hood of the car and then she was so cruelly killed off the show 3 minutes after she appeared
Matt: actually, it might have just been later in that episode not at that moment
i know, horrible, she was in one of the craziest car chases ever and is an amazing stunt woman and gets 3 seconds of screen time
me: it is lost though, maybe she'll turn up again
so what's up with penelope's dad, what's his name...he knows about the island but can't find it
Matt: they are in a very violent phase at the moment
me: why does ben have a bunch of money
Matt: i read that ben and charles whitmore might be each others constants, which is why they can't kill each other, i think they are both searching for immortality
do you think desmond and penny will end up together again?
me: i don't know...did desmond make it off of the island?
he wouldn't be one of the oceanic 6 but maybe how the other people got off the island he did too?
Matt: i think he does but disguised as a crew person on the rescue ship since he wasn't on oceanic flight 815
me: we haven't seen them when they're first make it back to civilization but that's something i'd like to see
Matt: oh that won’t be til the very end
me: but i want to see it now!
Matt: there is a lot that i want to see now but its not going to happen
me: there's too much information to remember with this show and i always feel like i've missed something
there was something at the beginning of one of the last two episodes where someone says all the answers are in Australia
i wonder if that was a clue to something
Matt: like, what are the 12 stations, where is the power for the island coming from, where are the others hiding on the island, who is jacob, why do they want claire, how do they get to the other island, what is the black smoke and why does it eat trees, and the foot sculpture
me: and there's only two more seasons to clear all of this up
at least the episodes will be packed with info and we'll get somewhere unlike season 2
Matt: i know, anyway, i totally knew they were going to shoot ben's daughter
me: yep, i could feel it...but she's not really his daughter wasn't rousseau pregnant when she got there
Matt: or that period in season three when jack, kate and sawyer were in the zoo cages for about 14 years
me: oh yes...fish pellets
Matt: exactly, and it was great that they finally made him admit it
me: but he really wanted her to be...what an awful way to go...she's not my daughter! she means nothing to me
Matt: oh you know what else i remembered from this past weeks episode, remember last season the two idiot with the paralzying spiders who were buried alive, do you think the guy from the ship who sees dead people will find them
me: it's possible...oh rodrigo santoro...i hate that they blew his storyline...he's a hot piece of mine
Matt: um totally, and he was basically only in that episode, bad writers
me: boo...
well...shall we wrap up our lost recap?
Matt: ok, i need to go to bed soon, what else do we need to discuss
seriously, we're like the same person
me: get out of my head
and then it was over...until the next episode
I am ridiculously behind on my TV watching. I'm ashamed of myself. Instead of staying home and watching Lost on Thursday I had the nerve to go out and watch the midnight show of Iron Man. Granted I was out celebrating a friends bday before that but still. I have to get my priorities straight. TV above everything else. I am so not going to stick to that now that it's the summer. All the blockbusters are coming out and as much as i love a good TV show, I'm addicted to movies too. Actually most people know me as rabid film goer not a TV watcher but I have to hide at least one of my obsessions. I'm surprised I even have time to lead a regular life. This is getting waaay too diary-ish. Eeewww. This is not a personal blog. This is a TV one! I will get up to date very soon and regale you with my thoughts on all the stuff I've been missing out on...has anyone been watching The Riches? I haven't watched in four weeks...eek! Don't worry, I'm going to try real hard not to go out tomorrow so I can catch up. I'll see you when I see you.
YAY!!!!!
My prayers have been answered and that's strange 'cause I don't even pray. Her tears have fallen and my ears are saved. I've checked out of Idol and don't even know why I bother posting about it anymore. I literally couldn't even possibly care less who wins. It's going to be one of the guys and that's fine by me. They voted off my hot piece and my heart just hasn't been in it since.
