And with two sentences

I am now more in love with Jen Johnson than I am with James Rhine. Hard to believe considering my love for James.




"I obviously don't respect either of you as people in the real world, but at this point I have no choice but to vote for one of you."

"Well, I was wondering who was that childish when it happened...but now I see it was America."




Because of James, I watched this year. I always found this show to be kind of blah and couldn't get into a season until season 6 (and I love James so I have to assume it was because of him). Then I watched season 7 because he was on again. I stopped watching it when he was evicted and I didn't miss it.



But I started watching it this year. I think I was intrigued by the Big Brother After Dark aspect and getting some of that house vibe without reading ceaseless ramblings from board posters to get one tidbit of information. Then I was getting kind of angry that I got sucked into it this year with all the threats of death by sodomy and the whining and the spitting and the calling a bikini model fat and how frushhhhhhstraating everything was...
but because of Jen I feel like the Donato family season wasn't a total waste of time.

And with that, I have gained three additional television-free hours per week. (We're not counting the 21!!!! hours of BBAD because I gave that up last Thursday when bunny Zach was sent to the jury house.)

Scripted Reality

If you know a "reality" show is fixed from the beginning, do you continue to watch it? I know I do. I watch it hoping I was wrong. I watch it hoping for some dramatic ending. I watch it because I just know that CBS can't be that obvious about fixing a game. They can tell me as many times as they want that it wasn't fixed but I will never believe them. This article mentions exactly when one of the competitors lost the competition... at least twice. It also mentions the total coldness of his loving daughter. What a heartless cunt (if there is ever a person this word needs to be used to describe, it's this person). Here are a few examples:

{snip}

12:25 - I am absolutely convinced that I saw Dick let go of the key. From the look on Daniele's face she saw it too but Big Brother doesn't call it and the competition continues.

{snip}

1:56 - I see it again! Dick clearly let go of the key. There was a close up of it on feed one. Again Big Brother does nothing about it. It doesn't get any more obvious than that.

{snip}

2:00 - Daniele goes over to her Dad to encourage him and tells him "You're doing so good, I could never have done this!" Dick tells her "I'm done." She says "Don't give up, you're doing so good." Dick starts to cry. Then Daniele starts to cry. She turns and walks away. She knows it's over. She walks into the house, doesn't want to be there anymore. She watches her Dad through the window.

{snip}

She tells her Dad that the hoses that were wetting them down were not turned on to the same force of water. She says "mine was like a two, a drip. Zach's was like a six, it really blasted him." She tells Dick the hose guy kept grinning at her. Of course the feeds cut. Can't have more of Big Brother's influence being shown to the live feed viewers.

If anybody could make me feel badly for this obscene excuse for a human being, it's his daughter. He kept looking at her, pleading for her to tell him it was okay to step down and she wouldn't.

His hours-long verbal abuse, requested once again by his darling daughter, directed this time at Zach, were humiliating. Calling him "panty muncher", making fun of his teeth (because his father is a dentist), making obscene comments about his ex-girlfriend, implying he's a racist... But I'm not sure who he humiliated the worst, himself, Zach or Zach's family and friends... or the viewers. I kept wanting to fast forward through my three-hour recording of Big Brother After Dark, most of which was him taunting Zach with spit dripping down his chin and Zach just standing there, but I couldn't. I felt terribly that nobody was there for Zach. Nobody was there to tell Dick how disgusting he is. So I watched it. I watched it somehow feeling like I was supporting Zach.

I said a few posts back that I almost want to start rooting for the Donatos. How stupid were the other houseguests to not get rid of them when they could? Zach not using that veto was almost the last straw. Then they opened their mouths and I was reminded why it is impossible, as a compassionate human being, to root for them.

I so want the jurors, the poor evictees who have to choose between the two most disgusting people to ever appear on "reality" television, to tell them how horrible they are. I want the Donatos to walk out of there knowing that they will never gain respect from any of those people. I want one of them to tell them how I feel about them. Please, Dustin, Jen, Zach, please salvage something from the weeks I spent watching in horror as you all let these people slip through.

I fear though that the only satisfaction I can get out of this season of Big Brother is just knowing that money will not make their lives better and the hope that it causes a greater divide in their relationship.

I hope Nick watched more of the live feeds and realizes what a wretched, hateful, despicable, cold-hearted bitch he poured himself all over and he runs away as fast as he can.

I want to tell you that I will never watch this show again but it brought me James Rhine so it can't be all bad all the time. I just fear that next year we'll have fourteen people going, "Are you America's Player?"..."I bet he's America's Player." and a bunch of Evel "You think you're a rebel?" Dick wannabes pouring tea on people's heads and threatening death by ass rape.

For the heck of it, my list in order of likability:
Jen *floaty hearts*
Jameka
Zach
Mike (based on the probability that he would have likely stood up to Dick)
Dustin
Kail
Joe (?)
Carol (?)
Jessica
Amber
Nick (though he'll jump up to the top if he dumps Daniele on live television)
Dick
Eric
Daniele

It is driving me insane

That this:

is showing up as a red x up there.

I don't usually watch music videos but:

Milo.

And also? I'd like to watch this:



And in Big Brother news, Zach Zach Zach. Oh Zach. He had the PERFECT opportunity to get rid of Daniele. Evel "You think you're a rebel?" Dick won HOH and nominated Eric and Jameka. Zach won POV. He didn't use it. Hello? Take Jameka/Eric off. Dick HAS to put up Daniele. Zach and Jameka/Eric vote her out. ugh. *rolls eyes* But I was not sad to see Eric or Jess go. Though I would have liked to see how he would play his own game. So yeah. As much as I don't think Dick deserves to win, I think all the rest of them deserve him to win. ugh. Though from the little bit of BBAD I watched, I saw that Zach did win HoH again and Daniele was whining so I'll have to read up on the happenings. Maybe he got smarter?

I'm getting prepared for the fall television season.

I am so ready for this to come back on my television... October 5th:




For the love of Peter Petrelli, I am ready for this... September 24th:

oh Milo... it was the future disfiguration that did it.

and I'm ready for this because Hello? who doesn't get all "go ahead bite me" over hot vampires?... September 28th:

I'm SURE there are more but that's all my brain has room for today.

I may seem shallow (no really?) and all but come on, Friday Night Lights and Heroes are really good shows and I have high hopes for Moonlight with a Ghost Whisperer lead-in.

I can't figure out a scenario in which Daniele doesn't walk out of this with $500,000. Please convince me that it can be somebody else. ANYBODY else. Yes, I hate her that much. Although. It would be quite a pleasure for me to see her win if it's her and Eric in the F2. Okay, anybody EXCEPT "AmERICa's Player". That is the only F2 combo that I'd want her to win. I am afraid though, that I have to root for the Donatos at this point. I think they are vile excuses for humans but nobody else (except Zach) that's left has a brain. I feel like I've been ass raped until all the life ran out of me by Evel "You're a rebel? You think you're a rebel? You're not a rebel you're fucking psychotic!" Dick. (Quote courtesy of Veronica Sawyer - Heathers) Now? I almost want a D&D F2 with a Dick win. The problem with a Dick win is that, if this show makes it another year, we will have a slew of Dick wannabes on the show.
We need a Zach win. I wouldn't terribly mind a Jameka win. AmERICa screwed this one up too. Because once "America's Player" is kicked out of the house, he will have successfully mindfucked everybody else into eliminating everybody that deserves the win. Oh wait. That person was voted out last week (and possibly the weeks of the second and third evictions - I hardly knew thee). It's soooo frusshhhhhhhhtrating. I haaaaaate everyyyyybody in that howwwwwwwwwwse. (Except Zach.) It's just so tedious to watch. Especially when the outcome has been scripted from day one and it became VERY obvious several weeks ago.

I miss Jen. :( Obviously they do too. They never stop talking about her. Never. These people need her. We need her in that house. Last night they were talking about her beard and her tail. Remember when Eric talked about her tail in front of everybody and she lifted up her shirt and asked where it was... and nobody could see it or figure out what that tiny little weasly man was referring to? Yeah.

I’d like to stop watching it like so many other people have done. Especially knowing that Dick will never get what he deserves for treating people the way that he has. Namely Jen, of course but he has treated everybody horribly at one point or another. And knowing that one of these people that isn’t Zach will walk out of this a “winner”. I would rather anybody, except Nick, who has left this house to win over anybody (except Zach) that is left in it. Even Kail, with her negative perception of homosexuals, she never treated Dustin badly. And the way they (producers) are portraying Amber is insensitive and just downright cruel. I’m not saying she’s a peach either. I’m just saying they make me feel bad for her. I hope she does get eliminated this week to regain some perspective and get to talk to two decent human beings for a week before somebody else comes in there to make sure sequester isn’t any fun anymore. Just like the house isn’t any fun anymore. Just like the show isn’t fun to watch anymore.

ah. The SF Gate has an article about CBS and it's Kid Nation and Big Brother. The dude says that everybody looks like an idiot when they're in a house for three months being filmed 24/7. I kind of said something of the sort too. I don't know if I'd look like an "idiot", I'd like to think not, but I doubt I'd come off as everybody's favorite houseguest. Do you think you'd look like an idiot?

(I keep adding more...)

So okay. I'm really going to miss watching So You Think You Can Dance. I don't remember if I feel this bummed about it every year or not.

I've been saying through the season that I want Sabra to win. I've always thought Danny is the best but I just felt like she should win. That is, until last night. I will be bummed with the voters again if he doesn't take this season. He blew everybody away last night. The first season I wanted Blake to win because he was the best. The second season I wanted Travis to win (when it came down to him and Benji) , I thought Allison was the best but Natalie was my favorite. I just love these contemporary dancers. I was telling Jen that I like to be touched by dance. If they make me feel something, I love it. Danny's dancing is so beautiful. I don't ever remember thinking that before. He's amazing to watch. It touches me the way that beautiful music does. It's art. Blake always made me feel like he was putting everything into his dance. That touched me. It was the same way for me watching Natalie doing her solos last year. So. If there was ever a season that a girl should have won, it was the second season. This is all in my opinion, of course.
My reasons for not being able to bring myself to say that Danny is better than Blake are for that reason. When I watch Danny dance, it moves me to tears at times but not for the same reasons. Danny makes me cry because he's beautiful. Blake and Natalie (and Allison) make me cry because they wrench my heart. But Danny is the only one thus far that has made me verbally pledge my undying fandom. I would pay to see him dance by himself for hours.

I'm going to put some of my favorite dances in this post. I can't watch the youtubeys at this moment but I'll try to remember to check them later.

Danny and Anya "Apologize"


Kameron and Lacey "Dancing"


Danny and Neil


Danny "We Are The Champions"


Neil solo


Kameron solo


Blake "Body Language"

(it's mind numbing to me that he didn't win based on this alone)

Hok and Jaimie


Neil and Sabra


Blake and Destini


Season 3 top 10 "The Moment I Said It" Imogen Heap


I'm so bummed that I can't find a link for last year's group number to Imogen Heap's "Hide and Seek" because that? was awesome.

Season 2 top 10 "Ramalama (Bang Bang)" Roisin Murphy


Allison and Ivan "Sexy Love"


And by all means, please visit blakemcgrath.com.

gah. There are many more, I'm sure. And I think I have more to say but I can't think of anything right now. Words are forming correctly for me lately.

This year's Big Brother contestants are horrible. They all suck so much as people that I am forced to root for a narcissistic bikini model who cries over bad pictures. I was feeling bad for Eric because he was thrown the role of "America's Player" and made to cast ignorant votes (from probably the same people who voted for Jordin) that were/are based on CBS's editted bullshit. But you know what? He could have thought up lies to reason why he placed those votes instead of letting others take blame for them (Nick, Jen, Daniele). And? He's vile. And? He wanted Nick out because they had the same gameplan? Really? Eric. Please. Big difference between Nick flirting with girls and you flirting with girls. Dick is a misogynistic pig who spits way too much in a confined area where people walk around in bare feet and threatens to ass rape people until they bleed to death because they didn't want him rubbing butter off of their hot bikini-clad body. Dani is not happy unless she's bashing other people and she CLEARLY sees herself as so far above everybody else ~which, granted, probably isn't so difficult with this bunch of people. But how freakin cute is she in a bunny suit?!!! (Plus I'm totally convinced the Donatos are plants so I don't want to see them there anymore.) Jameka and Jessica don't bother me too much (aside from the constant and obnoxious mmmhmmming from Jameka) but they don't give me enough reason to care about them or think they're smart enough to stay. Zach is awkward and creepy but I wouldn't mind him staying until F2 because he's such the underdog. I almost like Dustin most of the time but he irks. Amber is... Amber Amber Amber. *sigh* I do feel bad for her because she's clearly mentally challenged (like for real) and has no business being there. She's ignorant to everything (asking Jameka if "God" offends Eric because he's Jewish, asking Jameka what words like adulterous, defy, celibate, and humiliate mean) outside of her own, obviously very sheltered, world. She's a recovering addict who clearly has no idea what kind of backlash she is in for when she leaves this house and I honestly have fear that she won't handle it well. IF, and that's a mighty big "if", Kail is still there tonight I'd like to see her, Jen and Zach team up and take the rest out. And I don't even like them. But whatever. I think my ultimate F2/win at this moment, because that's likely to change several times, would be Jen and Daniele or preferably Zach with Jen winning. I could never stay interested in a season until the sixth and this year reminds me why... because I really don't like most people that are cast on reality shows and this show is kinda boring unless you're a psych student. I'm not sure why I still watch it. No clue.

For Jen:


this is a gorgeous picture of him:

ha!

Look! It's Hok.
awwww..

Poor Jaimie. I feel like she got robbed. I love Hok but she was paired with him forever and he's not much of a partner-dancing kind of dancer. Then she gets Dom so I'm sure voters were noticing they didn't have the same kind of chemistry that Dom had with Sabra. And the choreography sucked. I would have LOVED to see her dance with Danny. Imagine all that gorgeous. *sigh*

More on Big Brother.
I would just like to note that I love Jen. She cracks me up. "I don't feel bad about people eating slop. I suck at that... the feeling bad thing. I definitely feel something but I don't know if it's bad." Ha!
It's mystifying to me that the same America that loved Janelle hates Jen. How backwards can we get? *remembers who the President is* *remembers who won American Idol this year* Oh yeah. Nevermind. Jen tries. You can tell she does but she's just kind of oblivious. Maybe watching BBAD or the feeds or just reading about them will help people see the light. Maybe? But people who just watch the show on CBS won't do that. And I'll be irritated that most of us are suckers to editing. CBS loves Dick and Daniele and they want us to hate Jen. Watching BBAD, it's difficult to hate any of them.
I hope America doesn't vote for her to be the target of all Eric's "pranks" because her nonreaction won't make for very good television. Mustard all over her shirt. Her reaction? "that's funny" The chick doesn't let things get to her. How can you not love her for the way Dick's threats and attacks just rolled off her back? Awesome.
And the making the bathing suits from the unitard? JENius.


Nick and Daniele? bore the crap out of me. And they really think people care. They're playing each other big time. Or at least I hope they are. I'm pretty sure I would like her to leave asap. If for no other reason than this:

and this:

I'm also pretty sure I need him to shave his mustache. Mohawk Thursday. A mohawk with that mustache? yikesy. I'm okay with punk rockers having mohawks. I'm not so sure about the Nicks of the world. Mohawk just doesn't seem to fit him. But? Even in all his cheesiness and violentness and bad-mustachedness, he's still the prettiest thing on my television this summer. I like him because I'm shallow. *shrug*


I can't decide if I like anybody else in the house. I like Dick sometimes but sometimes he reminds you that he really is a dick. For real.

Oh! Jessica. I like Jessica. She tries to have fun.
I might like Eric. I have to try to get beyond the "America's Player" lame pranks to decide for sure.

Hell's Kitchen is boring this summer. hmmm... I think it was last summer too.
My ittle birdy, Hok, is gone from So You Think You Can Dance.

I wanted to put this somewhere to see how well I do but I didn't want to change my PTTE list at RTVW. I suck at those but I don't change them. heh.
Will go:
Sara
Kameron
Lauren
Dominic
Jaimie
Pasha
Lacey
Neil
Danny
Sabra

so last night I had a (oh my!) sex dream about Nick Starcevic. I should stop watching reality shows. Doesn't help that I turn Big Brother After Dark on at midnight and fall asleep watching it.

Of course, it also doesn't help that he looks the way he does.


omg. I just noticed those little heart things on that bottom picture. I did.not. put them there. lol

So You Think You Can Dance is really a fun show. I have been entertained by it for three summers in a row. I was reading a bit on TWoP (it's difficult for me to read everything there since everybody has something to say about everything and most of it is a bunch of nothing) and saw that they compared Lauren to Jordin. I found that very fitting. I just hope Lauren doesn't win because that would be major upsets from two of my favorite reality television shows in the same year. My heart couldn't take it, I fear.

I really miss Rock Star. Like, really a lot. I know there would have never been another Lukas or Ryan (Good Lord How I Do Love Them ~ it's kind of overwhelming sometimes) for me but as with American Idol and never being another Bucky or Chris, I still love the show. For me, Rock Star is way better than American Idol. It's such a shame they didn't carry it through. I'm not giving up though. I'll keep sending emails.

I've been watching Big Brother After Dark every night. Don't ask me why. It's really annoying to see so much of these people on your television. Thank God Rock Star didn't have that because I wouldn't have slept at.all. from July to the middle of September.

Friday Night Lights first season on DVD - Release date August 28th. Price $29.95.




*counts pennies*

My sister called me Monday night at 10:03 and said, “Turn on channel 25.” I turned to my husband and said, “Turn on channel 25.” She waited for me to tell him and said, “Chris Benoit is dead.” My mouth dropped open and I said, “What? Chris Benoit?” Then I saw the tribute on channel 25. WWE had canceled all matches that were scheduled for that night to “remember” Chris Benoit. The show had started at 8:00. I had already missed two hours of it but I asked my husband to record the rest. I was stunned and saddened.

I haven’t been a loyal watcher of professional wrestling for quite a few years but I would occasionally turn it on and kind of scoff at the storylines or drool over some hot guy in tights. I think I was about nine when I started watching wrestling. It was whenever that whole Hulkamania thing started. Over the twenty or so years that I watched loyally, I had several favorite wrestlers but a few always remained untouched at the top of my list. Those few were/are Bret Hart (“The Best There Is, The Best There Was, and The Best There Ever Will Be” – truth), Chris Benoit, and Eddie Guerrero. I’ve liked several others, obviously, through the years but when asked who my favorite wrestlers were/are, I could/can always start off with those three. I didn’t always love the characters but I always respected, admired and enjoyed the wrestlers.

Respect.

Triple H said that’s the word that came to his mind when asked to describe Chris Benoit. It seemed to fit. How could you not respect arguably one of the greatest wrestlers to ever step into the ring? He seemed to give respect and show respect as much as he received and demanded it. Good word, Triple H.

Respect.

Edge said Chris was one of the few people backstage he could always go to when he needed to talk. He said there were only a few and now two of them are gone. Perhaps one of the other ones was Eddie. I don’t know. That’s just a guess. Let me sidetrack to Eddie for a minute.

Eddie Guerrero spent a good part of his career not getting the respect he so greatly deserved. The other parts were spent on addiction to alcohol and pain killers... for the most part. Eddie’s career path was starting to finally take an upswing. He was getting great storylines and big matches. He was traveling and performing more and more. He was gaining more and more respect. His rehabilitation was effective. He hadn’t abused drugs for four years. On November 13, 2005, his nephew Chavo found him unconscious in his hotel room and the first person he called was Chris Benoit, Eddie’s best friend. Chavo tried to revive Eddie to no avail. Eddie Guerrero was pronounced dead by the paramedics. Apparently, all the years of drug abuse weakened his blood vessels and his heart complications went undetected. He was 38 years old.

It was said that Eddie was slated to win the World Heavyweight Championship match that they were to tape that night. No wrestlers were forced to perform that night but several matches still took place. Chavo chose to wrestle that night and ended his match with a Frog Splash, his uncle’s signature finishing move.

In April 2006, Eddie was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame by Chavo, Rey Mysterio and Chris Benoit.

In March 2007, Sports Illustrated posted an article on their website regarding their investigation on steroid and HGH use by professional athletes. Eddie was named in this article.
R.I.P Eddie (October 9, 1967 – November 13, 2005)

Respect.

It’s hard for me to know that I shouldn’t use that word for Chris Benoit anymore. How do you respect somebody who savagely kills his wife and his seven year old son and then hangs himself? But how do you not respect somebody who brought excitement, intensity, and determination to the ring every time and commanded and gave respect to every person he met everywhere he went all the time? How do you lose respect for Chris Benoit? I’m reading that everywhere today. How terrible his actions were. How you can’t kill your family and yourself and still be respected. I get that. I do. I realize what he did was terrible and unforgivable and whatever. I just can’t help looking at pictures of him and watching tape of his matches and not using that word. Respect.

When I met Chris Benoit, it was the first time I ever went to an event such as it was alone. Nobody could go with me and I didn’t care. I had to meet him. I had to. As nervous as I was to stand there alone, I was more nervous to come face to face with somebody I had daydreams about and respected so much. I was in awe of him and amazed by him. He was signing autographs outside an auto parts store. I don’t know why and I can’t clearly remember exactly when. It was somewhere between 1996 and 1997 and it was hot and pouring down rain. I bought him a stuffed puppy (I don’t remember what the significance of it was. He told stories about his Rottweiler knocking his tooth out later but this wasn’t a stuffed Rottweiler. It was gray and white. *shrug*) and forgot my camera (now that I’m thinking about it, I’m pretty sure I ran into the drug store and bought a disposable one. Hmmm..) and I stood there in the rain and just watched him signing autographs and shaking people’s hands. Some guy from the auto parts store was shooting free t-shirts (Mark Martin t-shirts) out of some kind of popping device and came over to hand me one. I talked to him for a few minutes, telling him why I was there, why I would stand in the pouring down rain all alone for a handshake from a professional wrestler. “Because he’s one of my favorite wrestlers and I want to meet him.” Simple. When I finally got up to the table, it had stopped raining long ago and I’m sure I looked a mess, Chris looked up at me and smiled, “What’s your name?” I smiled back. Unheard of. Usually when I meet famous people, I can’t speak or do anything but hang my mouth open or giggle. “Hi. Gloria. Here. I bought this for you.” And I handed him the stuffed puppy. He looked up at me and blinked. “You did?” He stood up from his chair and leaned across the table and hugged me. That was the first time he stood up since I watched him sit down an hour or so earlier. He sat back down and put the puppy on the table to his left and smiled at it. “Gloria,” he said and signed his picture. I asked him to sign an extra one for a friend and he did (he asked me how to spell Diane). He shook my hand and I said, “Thank you so much.” He looked me in the eyes and said, “thank you.” I stayed there until he left. I sat in my car and watched him. I know, it was stalkerish or whatever but I wasn’t ready to stop watching him. There weren’t many people behind me in line so I didn’t have to sit there too long. I watched his assistant or whoever she was (it wasn’t Nancy, I know that) gather up the extra pictures and putting them in a box. Then she started to take the pens and such from the table and he reached over and took the puppy and carried into the limo.

See. So I can’t not remember that. I’m reading all these things about how terrible he is and how inhumane murder-suicide is. I know. I mean. He brutally killed his wife and his son (his 7 year old son!) and committed suicide and I started to write this entry and wanted to talk about how I have been disillusioned and disheartened yet again by somebody I respect tremendously and admire greatly...
but now all I can think about is him smiling at that stuffed puppy.

R.I.P. Chris (May 21, 1967 – June 25, 2007)

Benoit family found dead

R.I.P. Chris

Hey Hok! Nice... ummm... car...
... yeah. "car"

So. SYTYCD is underway and I was thinking back on my favorite dancers of seasons past. The only one I remember from Season 1 is Blake McGrath. Can I just tell you how much I loved this guy? He's incredible... and apparently not hurting for work. I guess I remember Nick but I remember him because I remember liking Blake more.




Gah.

My season 2 favorites were Travis, Ivan, Allison and Natalie (Trivallie). Apparently I like the lyrical dances. They grab my insides and twist them all around. I still think it's a crime that Heidi and Donyelle outlasted Natalie and Allison. And? that Benji beat out Travis for the win. *rolls eyes*

I want to have a favorite this year based on more than just hottness but I don't yet. Well, I guess my love for Hok is based on more than just his looks. I have a soft spot for him that's been there for a couple years. Glad to finally see him there. I'm not sure how long he'll last though and I'm not sure I could handle him doing a lyrical number. My soft spot for Ivan exploded into some kind of maternal adoration when he did his lyrical number with Allison. awwww. I love Ivan.

ahhhhhhhhh. I loved Allison's last dance. With Travis just standing there. ohmigawd *heartwrench*

hmmm... I wonder how we're going to record all of our shows while we're gone. I think you can only record like 20 hours worth of stuff. yikes. We'll have to go through the guide and pick and choose.
Hell's Kitchen
SYTYCD
Pirate Master
RW/RR
Traveler
General Hospital (that'd be like 7 hours right there... hmmm)

What am I missing? There's got to be tons more.

Here Jen (said she didn't think Ace was my type).

ummm... yeah.

So anyway... I love those Real World/Road Rules challenges.

On a happier note though...
I watched the Dancing with the Stars finale last night. I totally called the final four in order. Awesome. I loved watching Apolo and Juliane. I adore Joey Fatone (he's on Howard today) and it was nice to see Kym dance more than she could last year with Jerry Springer. I am in total awe of and total lust with Maksim. I admire Ian's determination and will and I always love to watch Cheryl. It turned out to be a not so bad season with a fairy tale ending... and lots of mmmMaksim.

American Idol Season 6 Finale (Finally)

Here we go. I’m not even sure why I’m watching this. My eyes hurt so much from all the eye rolling this season.

Ryan tells Simon he already looks bored. And he does. And it just makes me love him more.

Blake and Jordin singing “I Saw Her Standing There”. Hey! This song says “She was just 17…” And guess.how.old.Jordin.is. *rolls eyes*

Gwen singing “Four in the Morning” via satellite. Did they play the track and show her singing live? Because she didn’t look like she was singing what we were hearing. She was moving her mouth weird. But I liked the song.

Kelly Clarkson singing live on the Idol stage for the first time since she won. “Never Again” Awesome. Wow! She’s so good. Hot boots.

Oy. The Golden Idol Awards. *rolls eyes* The only thing I will say about them is Cake was robbed of the Best Buddies award. Jonathan and Kenneth were fun though.

Top six guys. FI-NAL-LY! There’s my little Cuddlepuppy. *ovaries* It’s crazy how much I just want to hug him when he’s on the screen. Such a good hugger. Smokey Robinson comes out and spoils my moment. He sounds good though. Looks like they hired the Dancing With The Stars camera men for the finale. Dude, I don’t care what the audience is doing. *rolls eyes* Show me my Chris.

Blake, Doug E Fresh and Barry B. That? was awesome. It woke up a tired season (a few months too late). It’s amazing to me what he can do with his mouth. umm (“what he can do with is mouth” is echoing in my head)… mmmmm Cake.

Golden Idol yadda yadda *rolls eyes*

Top *rolls eyes* six girls. *yawn* I talked to my husband through all of this.
Gladys Knight was great.

Tony Bennett. I fast forwarded through this. Sue me.

Melinda with the people she used to sing backup for. BB and CC something. She sounds better than they do. Hubby paused the show after this and went to marinade steaks for tomorrow night's (tonight’s) dinner and I heard him singing this song (something about lights, right?) in the kitchen. So cute.

Ford commercial (“Time After Time”) looks like behind the scenes stuff. So cute that they all got along so well.

Jordin *rolls eyes* and Blake get new Mustangs. Blake is adorable.

Carrie Underwood “I’ll Stand By You”. Awesome. She’s gorgeous.

Clive Davis. *rolls eyes* Carrie sold six million records.

African Children’s Choir. OhmyGod how I love these kids. *holds onto ovaries*

Sanjaya with Joe Perry “You Really Got Me”. Awesome! Laugh at him all you want, people. Your kids will be waiting in line to buy his record and crying every time he’s on television. Flashback of me watching the Osmonds: *sob* I *sob* love Donny *sob*. SHUT.UP. I told you I was like three years old.

Green Day “Working Class Hero”. Now I remember why I’m watching this. Soooooo good. Remind me why I hated them for a couple years a little while back.

Taylor Hicks “Heaven Knows”. Okay. I was over him by I think about this time last year. He’s alright but whatever.

Ruben and Jordin “You’re All I Need To Get By”. *rolls eyes* Ruben sounds good. Sounds like the sound people turned down Screechin’s microphone. *yawn*

Bette Midler “Wind Beneath My Wings”. *rolls eyes* Yikesy. Sue me.

Tribute to Sgt. Pepper. Kelly Clarkson and Joe Perry. "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" Awesome. Kelly introduces Taylor. "A Day In The Life" Pretty damn good. Taylor introduces Carrie. "She's Leaving Home" Awesome. Top six girls again singing backup (or something) for Carrie. *rolls eyes* Ruben with the top 12. “With A Little Help From My Friends”. Sligh is back on form it seems. Hey baby? It’s like 10 weeks too late.

Hmmm… glad we set the DVR to record the news.

Blake and Jordin on stage waiting for the results. 74 million votes. Blake kisses Jordin’s hand. Classy. Jordin looks smug and expectant. *rolls eyes* And the winner is… Jordin. *rolls eyes and sees back of head*

Jordin screeches her way through “This Is My Now”. *rolls eyes* She’s fake-crying again too. *rolls eyes* What a horrible song. Cuddlepuppy shows her respect and leads the others in doing the same. This chick has absolutely nothing to offer the music industry. That's a shame.

mmmm Cake


Rankings:
1. Cuddlepuppy in a white suit
2. Green Day
3. Kelly Clarkson
4. Blake and Doug E Fresh
5. African Childrens Choir
6. Sanjaya and Joe
7. Carrie Underwood

P.S. Dear Constantine, get a life. Thanks.
My husband thinks he's funny. Every time that skeevy weirdo showed up on the screen, hubby would say, "Look! There's your boyfriend." And then he'd rewind it and pause.

Final Idol Performance Show
ummm... Chris Richardson is gorgeous and adorable, Blake is awesome and Jordin is screechy and that song sucked.
Chris Daughtry should be having his feet licked by everybody that has anything to do with this show. He's incredible. He looked lickable. I might lick his feet. I doubt it.

ON THE LOT!!!!

woo hoo! Go Randy! He is so funny. I loved it in the beginning when they said that only one would win and they held the camera on him for a few seconds. Yeah baby. Playing with his mustache when Carrie Fisher was babbling. Kissing the story he pulled out from under his chair.

oooh. Andrew Hunt. He's one to watch.

Yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Randy made it to the next round. I wish we could have seen his pitch.

This looks like a really fun show. Props to evilMBP again.


A picture of Randy and Ryan just because it cracks me up:

I am having a really busy day. I just ventured over to RTVW and saw something that perked me up and made me forget what I was supposed to be doing. So then I checked my email and there it was. The alert.
NBC is leaving the Lights on. I just got done flying around my office like a madwoman and now I am back to my normal, cool and composed self. I have a lot of thoughts about this (Really Glowie? You do?) but I am superbusy so I will have to do that later.

yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyy

5/9/07 Resultzzzzz show

I'm sorry. I just don't care. I keep wanting to and trying to but I don't. I don't even care enough to try to explain why I don't care. So I'll refer you to this. She explained it perfectly.

Bye bye LaKisha. Best of luck to you. Go see that daughter of yours. Oh yeah. She has a daughter ~ who hasn't been mentioned since the auditions.

Just bring on the finale already. If they insist on giving us so much filler, at least fill us with something good (mmmm Cake). If we would have seen more personality oozing out all over the place and making me want to kiss puppies and shit rainbows, like this, I might have had interest in more than Cuddlepuppy's arms and Blake's beatboxing. The behind the scenes footage is so fun to watch. If Chris wasn't eliminated last week forcing me to find out if he really is as nice as he seemed (and wanting pictures of those arms), I might not know that he is funny, sweet, compassionate, and way more talented than we got to see on the show. I have to find you a picture of him holding Phil's daughter. Somebody somewhere said, "hold on to your ovaries, ladies." Thankfully, I listened to her before I looked. yeeesh. We haven't seen a whole lot of any of that this year on the show. It's all hidden on americanidol.com. Seriously? Who goes there? Besides I'd rather see it on my 57" television than on my computer screen. Show us that these people have personalities. I hope they remember that next year. Don't get me wrong. I don't care who is in prison or whose wife used to be a stripper. But. I'd like to know something about them. And please please please no more close ups of 17 year old pageant girl Amazonians trying to put on fake tears for the camera every time somebody else that she doesn't care enough about to muster up any real tears for gets sent home. Throw me a bone. Even a little one to chew on every once in a while. Don't give me a little one in January and then deprive me until May. By that time I don't even want one anymore.

And just for the pimpage, take a look at this. Yeah. Bet you didn't know that.



Okay, here goes... But really. You have to listen to the girl that said we better hold onto our ovaries because that's some wise advice. Are you ready? Courtesy of chrisrichardsonpics.com:

Seriously? Yep. Seriously. I mean Come!On!

I want to pop out a kid just so he can hold it for photos. yeeeeeeesh.

Save a horse

"I Ran" arm porn

Blake and Chris arm porn all in one tiny little photo (that I stole from somewhere and I forget where ~ sorry!) from one of the bazillion Cake fansites

NPR interview with Peter Berg.

The chances seem to be getting better for a second season of Friday Night Lights. They're talking about putting it on Friday night though and I'm fearful of that. I would hate to see such a brilliant show suffer a long and painful death because of a bad time slot. Don't dim my lights, NBC. *raises fist*

5/9/07 "Top" Four Performances

Bee Gee week!

(I hope this is the right one. Can't see it on the work computer.)

I was a bit bummed about the "talent" left to perform this week. Because I think Chris would have knocked this shit straight out of the park. ah well.

Melinda “Love You Inside and Out” – I really really liked this. The judges didn't. *rolls eyes*
Blake “You Should Be Dancing” – hmmm. His falsetto is very weak and not very good. You know who would have pulled this off? You know who I’m going to say, right? *sigh* I do love Blake though and I hate the attempted vote manipulation. Yes, it happens every year. I know. That doesn't mean I have to like it. Thankfully though, he has a bunch of fans and the Chris Rich fans want to keep him in.
Lakisha “Stayin Alive” – yikesy.
Jordin “To Love Somebody” - dammit. She was supposed to suck tonight.
Melinda “How Can You Mend a Broken Heart” – I thought her first one was loads better. I said, “If they say this was better than the first, I’ll scream." Then Randy said it. Yes, I screamed.
Blake “This is Where I Came In” – loved it. I am so in love with him for picking an obscure BeeGees song. I would buy this song (and I probably will).
Lakisha “Run To Me” – The reason I usually do these when I watch it (especially this year) is because I forget forgettable performances. Sorry Lakisha.
Jordin “A Woman in Love” – I liked it. I didn’t want to. I wanted her to suck tonight but even I can’t say she did.

Barry Gibb embraced the fact that Blake wanted to change things up a bit. I hope Jon Bon Jovi was watching. *heart* Barry Gibb

*yawn*

1. Blake “This is Where I Came In” (obscurity merits bonus points from Glowie)
2. Melinda “Love You Inside and Out”
3. Jordin “A Woman in Love”
4. Jordin “To Love Somebody”
5. Blake “You Should Be Dancing”
6. Lakisha “Run To Me” (only because I remember hating it less than the next two)
7. Melinda “How Can You Mend a Broken Heart”
8. Lakisha “Stayin Alive”

Why Chris Richardson should have won American Idol.


such nice hands


Blake's tattoos are hot.

my head would fit perfectly between his hands in this one:

Such a good hugger.

And my favorite:

*SWOON* Look at that face! And those arms! And those legs! And those hands! so fucking hot.

I mean COME.ON. people. What more do you want?

Of course, I'm kidding. Sort of. I do like his style and I think he's a good singer. But you can't get more freaking marketable than this guy.

here's a little interview courtesy of mtv

5/2/07 Results Show

Two left us last night. Which two? The two I voted for on Tuesday night. When Phil was singing his song on Tuesday, "I'm going down in a blaze of glory," I said, "yes, you are, sweetheart." He was so good. His exit was classy. Best.sing.out.song.ever. Oh well. And my sweet sweet gorgeous Chris. He.is.so.good.looking. He was good last night too. I loved watching Blake and Chris up there with Ryan talking about their friendship and going on the tour together. And when they were standing by their seats, Chris kept telling Blake to sit down. You could see that Blake was going to cry either way. So sweet. When Chris was singing out, they panned over to Jordin and she kept looking at the camera thinking, I'm supposed to be crying. I should be crying or at least caring like Melinda and Lakisha. I do not like that girl. If she wins, this will be the first year I didn't like the winner at all.

No "shocking" upsets for us this year. The one year it would have been really welcome. And here's the good thing about the final four: Blake's the only one there that won't be splitting votes with anybody. Go Blake!

Chris, call me, cuddlepuppy! I want a Chris hug.

Here's a fun fact. I don't remember #s 9 - 12. #7 was Sanjaya. #8 was Haley. After that, I draw a blank. I'm going to read back through my blog to see who left when. I remember other contestants (Let's see... I remember, Brandon, Stephanie, Sabrina, Antonella, sweet hot Nick who ear fucked me with "Fever", I even remember that Leslie girl that scatted) but I don't remember who left when.
'nother fun fact. I remember liking performances from different people during different weeks but the only ones that I can actually remember are "Time of the Season" and "You Give Love a Bad Name". Both from Blake, tyvm.

5/1/07 "Top" Six Performance Show

Jon Bon Jovi is beautiful.

Phil “Blaze of Glory” – I thought he was great. Loved this song on him. “Steve Perry”? huh??

Jordin “Living on a Prayer” – awful. Everything about it was bad.

Lakisha “This Ain’t a Love Song” – Loved it! I’d have kissed her too.

Blake “You Give Love a Bad Name” – He looks so good with black hair. I was practically jumping out of my seat! That? was awesome. Yayyyyyyy!!!!! Blake is back! *jumps up and down*

Chris “Wanted Dead or Alive” – ummm. I love Chris Daughtry. I’m not sure if you all know that or not. I was willing to pretend I forgot he did this song during cuddleclonepuppy’s performance. But then he went and reminded us all. So… I liked it but *sigh*. I love cuddlepuppy though. I *actually* think he did really well. Just not Chris Daughtry well. I'd have rather not been forced to compare.

Melinda “Have a Nice Day” – “Tina Turner”? Sure, we could use a Tina Turner like performer. But hi. Melinda ain’t it. The performance? Interesting. She looked comfortable but weird. At least Lakisha didn't pretend to be a "rocker". Better than Jordin though.

My "top" six rankings:
BLAKE (by a fucking landslide)
Lakisha
Chris
Phil
Melinda (I hate putting her down here)
Jordin

Milo Ventimiglia is really hot with a giant scar on his face.






Though I thought he was pretty hot last week too (without the scar but with some scruff). So it can't just be because of the scar. Maybe I just don't like clean cut boys. We watched Rocky Balboa recently too. I wasn't necessarily finding him hot in that one. Attractive? sure but not hot. I'm guessing it's because he was all clean and wearing suits and stuff. My husband asked me if I wanted him to cut a big gash in his face. I told him I would like that very much. mmm dark and dangerous and mysterious and oh so sexy.

We stopped watching 24 when Heroes started up. I'm so glad we did (no not just because of Peter Petrelli's scar) because after the first few episodes of 24, I was bored. I'm not a gigantic Heroes superfan but I do find it really interesting and well written. Plus I am an Ali Larter fan so even if a great story and giant face scar weren't enough to keep me tuned in, her gorgeousness would. Anyway, one or two seasons of 24 was enough for me.

But instead of cancelling a tired show, Fox decided to cancel Drive after four episodes. Shame. Add that to the ever-increasing list of shows that suck me in and then get dumped. (Six Degrees, Reunion, Smith, Heist, Kidnapped ~not that I was overly impressed with the show. I watched it because I'm a Sisto fan~ ... what else? I know there are many more.)

Oh! Speaking of Jeremy Sisto, he of the swoony voice, I was happy to see him on Numb3rs. I hope that turns out to be a co-starring role and not just a guest starring role. I should look into that.

Lost might be losing me too. I still watch it of course, but I don't have to glue myself to it and turn all the lights out like I used to. I thought they were supposedly getting back on track. *shrug* Whatever, I'll keep watching it. I've invested enough time in it to care what the heck is going on. Plus, on my regular shallow note, there's always Josh Holloway.

Do I watch too much television? Absolutely. It's fun though. There's always somebody to make a girl all swoony and fluttery. I'm not sure how I'd handle it if everything suddenly ends up five years in the future and all the guys have sexy scars on their faces.

Some news from Kristin at E! online that could potentially make me quite happy. It's looking good for a second season of Friday Night Lights. No official word until May 14, of course.

4/25/07 Top Six Results Show
Idol Gives Back Special

Shocking results? Is Melinda going home? No. Is Jordin going home? No. So… are we going to be shocked?

I like Ellen. She always makes me laugh.

Earth, Wind and Fire? Still great. Loved their medley.

Randy in New Orleans. He has a nice narrating voice.

I’m glad to see them pull some good out of this season.

Quincy Jones. “Time To Care” - the first time I said “wow” all season. That was for Phil. Not cray about the song.

Oooh! It’s Will. Dammit. What’s his real name?

David Schwimmer.

Awwww. Sanjaya in the audience.

Ben Stiller. Ha. That was funny.

I’m a sucker for Simon and Ryan in Africa. It touches me. They were making this joke about Simon wearing the same shirt the whole time and that they were probably only there for ten minutes. I don’t care how long they were there. Because they were there and to me and my weak and unstable emotions, it’s touching.

Hmmm. Does Simon have stage fright?

Eww. I’m not sre who this woman is. Oh. It’s a Desperate Houswives lady. She’s icky looking. Terri Hatcher.

Forrest Whitaker.

Melinda is safe. I’m no shocked yet.

Oh look at that, Paula went out of her way to go to the Boys and Girls Club in Hollywood. Simon and Ryan went to Africa, honey.

Back to Ellen.

Il Divo. I love these guys. Not a whole lot, mind you, since I always forget I like them. But this? I’ll buy from itunes. Yes, I will. Remind me okay? So much easier for me to appreciate when they’re singing in English.

Dr. Phil quotes Abe Lincoln. “you’ll never stand taller than when you stoop to help a child” Nice.

Hugh Laurie. Mmmmm. The accent.

Jack Black!!!! Ooh and Seal.

Blake is safe. I’m a little surprised about that but not really. I think he has great in him so I’m glad.

Carrie Underwood. Gorgeous. Stunning. Loved her rendition of “I’ll Stand By You”. Gorgeous video.

Ellen talking about Sanjaya’s hair.

Rascal Flatts. Always a pleasure. Except for that one video that woke me up once in the middle of the night crying.

Myspace Tom. Hey he’s really cute. I didn’t realize that.

Paula narrating about Kentucky.

Ford commercial. Phil looks good in a cowboy hat. Chris looks good with a dog.
Loved the “Stayin Alive” hickey! I want to rewatch it so I can figure out who all was there.

Phil is safe. Not shocking.

Ryan and Simon in Africa again. Gah. Heartbreaking.

Ellen is donating $100k. If everybody with her kind of money would do that…

Josh Grobin with the African Children’s Choir. When those kids sung by themselves the first time, I lost it and I didn’t recover through the whole song. That was beautiful. I’ll buy that from itunes too.

Chris Daughtry has been to four funerals. I only mention that because… well, because I love Chris Daughtry.

Kelly Clarkson with Jeff Beck. She’s chubby and brunette again. Gorgeous as ever. Wow she’s incredible. I want that dress. Find me that dress.

Simon on the Simpsons. That was hilarious! Marge trying to get her fingers right. Lisa acting drunk. Hah.

Lakisha is safe. I’m a little surprised about that too. But unless it’s Jordin going home, I can’t be shocked.

Duet. Celine and Elvis. That was cheesy and weird but I absolutely loved it.
Ryan told some little girl he would explain that to her. I hope he does it on air because I need some explaining too.

Madonna. She is beautiful.
*runs to check coat pockets for forgotten money*

Annie Lennox. Mmmmmmmmmmm.

Will’s real name? Eric McCormack. That was bugging me.

Okay I am shocked. Nobody’s going home. But they’re sending two home next week. Jeez.

There’s Bono finally. He’s a beautiful man. Inside and out.

Final Six with “American Prayer”. Anddddddddd… my DVR cut off. *rolls eyes*

on a more exciting note for me.

Maksim is so hot. Maksim and Edyta. That's why I watch Dancing with the Stars. MMMMMMMaksim.

4/24/07 Top Six Performance Show

Simon and Ryan in Africa. God, it makes me cry.

Chris “Change The World” - I liked it a lot. The guitarist was great. Chris looked great. Very sincere.

Melinda “There Will Come A Day” - loved it. It was gorgeous. She absolutely knows what she’s singing and that is so so important. “vocal master class”

Blake “Imagine” - one of my favorite songs. Pianist is great. He looks really good. I only wish he sounded as good. The dead eyes were a little distracting because he sounds like he means it. Hello? Toby? Simon is kind of dead on tonight, eh?

Lakisha “I Believe” - icky. She sounds terrible. Like she has to clear her throat or something.

Phil “The Change” - He’s clearly the best of the guys, isn’t he? That was fantastic.

Jordin “You’ll Never Walk Alone” - loved her message before the performance. Hmmmm. I wasn’t as thrilled as everybody else seemed to be.

I was kind of expecting more from this show tonight.

eh. It's hard to rank these people.

Melinda
Phil
Jordin
Chris
Blake
Lakisha

?? I guess ??

4/18/07 Results Show

Okay. I'm not commenting anymore on the eye roll. I think it got taken WAY out of context. I don't think Chris did anything wrong and I think the only thing Simon did wrong was question his singing style since he sings the same way all the time.

Bucky in the audience!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I will admit to loving the group number.
And Fergie. Thought my DH thought she had too many clothes on.
And the Ford commercial. Love those cheesy things.
And I will admit to thinking Chris is really really attractive.

Idol Gives Back. Should be a good night. oh. A good two nights.

oh and the whole making Melinda choose the bottom and top three? old. Ridiculous as usual. Good for Melinda. Ryan had no idea what to do when she sat down on the stage. I offically appreciate her. Maybe she went to see a personality coach?

Bottom three is my predicted bottom three.

Shrek the Third? Antonio Banderas. Voted seven times and he liked all seven. awww.

Martina McBride. I think she did a great job with the contestants and she seems to really care. Loved her before. Love her more now. Daughter is adorable.


I'll miss sweet sunshiny Sanjaya. I would really love to see him succeed.

So I turned my computer off last night before Sanjaya's singout. I was appalled by the complete lack of respect the audience showed this kid. I would have probably shed some tears anyway but when they all cheered, I lost a little bit of whatever good feelings I have left for humans. I mean, wow.

"Let's give 'em something to talk about other than hair." I love Sanjaya.

And Chris? seems to be a REALLY good hugger. I want a Chris hug.

4/17/07 Top Seven (?) Performance Show

Haven't started watching yet. Hockey. It's 9:15. Usually by now I'm getting antsy. Wanting to watch the contestants do their thing. It's country week and I am just sitting here knowing that I'm going to be totally underwhelmed.

I just got back from the store. I met my sister at Target and we each bought a copy of Bucky's CD. I would have bought her a copy too if she asked me to burn it. Need to get those sales up. I was happy she said she wanted to buy it. yay. There are no Buckys this season. And there certainly aren't any Chrisses ~how the heck do you spell plural Chris?~ or Carries or Bos (who are all, admittedly, probably better than my sweet Buckylove). Love the CD though. Good stuff.

Penguins are losing, btw. It's two to one in a MUST WIN game. Four minuts left to go. Can I just say that I love Sidney Crosby? I'm not really into hockey like I was way back when. (When? The late 80s and early 90s, I guess.) This kid is amazing. On the ice and off the ice. Amazing.

Martina McBride. Mmmmm. “Have to believe what you’re singing.” Preach it, Martina. Absolutely.

Phil “Where The Blacktop Ends” - I thought this was really good. Great song choice. Looks good in the all black too. I’m already thinking I underestimated them tonight. I can’t imagine anybody being better than that (for me). It should definitely save him. *rolls eyes at Simon*
Jordin “Broken Wing” - She looks gorgeous. That was great. Great. I’ve been hoping she could do something like this and earn the praise she gets. I’m still not a fan. She loses something with me. I don’t know where or what it is but it’s something important that I don‘t get.
Sanjaya “Something To Talk About” - oh the hair. Oh honey. *sigh* He’d have Simon sing “Shiny Happy People” to show his true personality. Heh. I like him. Say what you will. I don’t think this was the perfect song choice for him but I do get why he picked it.
Simon was too harsh. It was in no way as bad as “anything we see at the beginning” during the auditions. The kid CAN sing.
Lakisha “Jesus Take The Wheel” - Does she have a lisp? Gold boots? Carrie Underwood? Yeah. I’m not loving it. She should be singing this like Lakisha instead of trying to sing it straight out. She definitely has a voice though. Just not for anything I’d listen to. Yep. I agree with Randy too. Judges were right on with this one.
Chris “Mayberry” - the dude playing the violin isn’t real good, is he? Sounds like somebody sat on a cat. Okay. That? Was karaoke. Still liked it. Didn’t love it. But the musicians and the background singers are not doing him any favors. He didn’t connect. I agree with that. He’s likable though. Ew. Simon rolled his eyes when he gave the shout-out to VA Tech. Dude is from Virginia. Of course he’s going to have emotion there.
Melinda “Trouble Is A Woman” - I’m impressed. Yes, I already knew she could sing. But there were like a lot of words to remember in that song. Personality all over the place. Nice. Real nice. LOVE that Simon asked her to lose the surprise when he complimented her. Mmhmm. Yep. I’ll be the first to eat my words if she does win. I won’t vote for her and I won’t buy anything she sells, but… yep.
Blake “When The Stars Go Blue” - Tim MmmmcGraw. Hmmm. I’m not really loving this. There were a couple really wow good notes but they didn’t help his total disconnect from the song. Dead eyes tonight. “Right song”? huh? No. No, it wasn’t.

“Have to believe what you’re singing.” I wish these people would have listened to her.
I love that nobody wore cowboy hats or chaps.
If I were voting tonight, I’d vote for Phil.

Rankings:

Melinda
Phil (I’d buy a Phil does country album. Yes, I would. If he does go that route, he might just be the only one I‘ll support post-Idol.)
Jordin (if we were doing voice alone, I’d put her up top)
Chris
Blake
Lakisha
Sanjaya

I remember watching the first episode of Friday Night Lights with a little bit of doubt that I would continue watching the show. My husband liked it. I appreciated the acting (and Tim Riggins) but I just couldn’t see where they could possibly go with it. I guess I have my husband to thank for my total appreciation of the brilliance I watched unfold for seven months. It’s so funny to be a part of this “cult” following that developed throughout the season. Not funny ha ha but funny hmmm. I feel privileged. Like I got to be a part of something that not many people were involved in. But that’s the sorrow of it too. That a show this good doesn’t have the ratings it would need to have a without-a-doubt second season. NBC has ordered six new episodes. That is wonderful. That is fantastic. But what happens if nobody watches those six episodes either? It’s strange to sit here and try to tell people that they could learn something about life from a television show. That is what I’m telling you though. Just watching the characters develop was fascinating. Every scene from every episode was gorgeous to watch. There were laughs and there were tears. Lots and lots of tears. Sometimes the tears would come from the total amazement and awe of the beautiful delivery of a line or the beautiful camera work. When the Panthers played a game, I sat on the edge of my seat like the Steelers were playing. I feel so invested in these characters. I want to know what happens with Coach Taylor and his family. I want to know what happens with Timmy and Bo. I want to know what happens with Julie and Matt. And Smash and Waverly. And Lyla.

(I’ll edit more in later. I have to do some work.)



Fun Fact: “Devil Town” was written by a guy named Daniel Johnston (Bright Eyes did a brilliant cover. We heard the Bright Eyes version in “State”) a singer/songwriter who has a cult-like following in Austin, TX. There’s a documentary called “The Devil and Daniel Johnston”. He was diagnosed with bi-polar disorder and believed the devil was out to get him.

I was living in a devil town
Didn't know it was a devil town
Oh Lord, it really brings me down
About the devil town
And all my friends were vampires
Didn't know they were vampires
Turns out I was a vampire myself
In the devil town
I was living in a devil town
Didn't know it was a devil town
Oh Lord, it really brings me down
About the devil town

Thanks to Velva for this article about Friday Night Lights. Love me some Katims:

"The network has been more supportive of this show than of any other show I've worked on," he says. "The passion we feel from the fans, we feel from the network. And it's to the level where I don't think you can fabricate it.
"If I had to bet, I'd bet we come back next fall, and that's when our fate will really be determined. It's going to be a question of getting traction early in year two that will determine whether we keep going."

4/10/07 Top However Many Performance Show... Eight?

Jennifer Lopez "unstoppable force". Really? Dammit she's gorgeous. I always want to say she isn't but I can't.

Melinda "Sway" - She did this well enough I suppose but I don't like the song. It's overdone or something. And that note at the end? Give it a rest, girl. "Cabaret". yep.
LOL. "He really wanted to say something bad and I'm glad he got the chance." heh.
Maybe she does have a personality. bah. Who cares?

Lakisha "Conga" - Not her best vocal performance but it is my favorite performance of hers since I don't know when. I'm still bored with her though. And I don't think this was her "comfort zone".

Chris "Smooth" - sexy. Liked it. Didn't love it.

Haley "Turn The Beat Around" - Blake with the beatboxing. awww. At least she recognizes her assets. I would think having somebody on this show that is this bad would be embarrassing for them.

Phil "Maria Maria" - liked it all except for those two ouchy screechies.

Jordin "Rhythm Is Gonna Get You" - not hating it. not loving it. not caring.

Blake "I Need To Know" - good song choice. At one spot during the performance where we had a right side profile view, he looked out into the crowd (at Paula?) and pointed and smile. HOTT. He looked realllll good there. Loved it. Nice. Love Blake.

Sanjaya "Besame Mucho" - ahhhhhhhhhhhh. He sounded GREAT during rehearsal with Jennifer. He's looking good. He's sounding amazing. He's eyefucking the camera. Love it. Awesome that he sung it in Spanish. Second best of the night for me. Honestly and truly. Just love this kid.

Rankem':
Blake
Sanjaya
Chris
Jordin
Lakisha
Phil
Melinda
Haley

How cute is this?

Thanks to emy in Fishercat's Love list thread (via VFTW).

Friday Night Lights wins Peabody Award. Congratulations to the cast and crew on a much deserved award! They should be throwing lots of Emmys their way too.

Chicago Tribune interview with Taylor Kitsch
This part had me laughing.

“Especially at the beginning, the stakes were so high, ‘We’ve got to get this thing going and get people on board.’ And you’re watching these other actors, watching them bring their game up, and you’re like, ‘I don’t know if I can match these guys right now.’ I’ve caught myself just watching Kyle, just watching other actors, just being a fan. ‘Wow, you’re good today. I’ve got to go back and study some more. A lot more.’ [laughs] [Someone walking by says ‘I’m going to watch ‘The Covenant’ tonight.’] “You haven’t seen it? Just go in with low standards, all right? I apologize. No, I’m kidding. You know what, when I said, being in a box and all that, that movie is the epicenter of that stuff. They didn’t allow us to do anything. And they had us in these shorts, they’re like glorified G-strings. It’s just gross.”

uh yeah. The little swim shorts? Not gross. Best part of the movie, actually. He is so cute.





Awesome TV Guide interview with Kyle Chandler and Connie Britton. This interview made me love them so much more. As if I don't love them enough already.

Randy's submission for On The Lot:
http://films.thelot.com/films/3083

4/3/07 Top Nine Performanzzzzzz

I can't even fake excitement.

What a horribly boring season this is. I feel so bad for Gina, Blake and Chris because I like them. But this show this season? yikes. If they don't want Sanjaya to win, they totally deserve it if he does. He makes it interesting. He's sweet. Most importantly, he's moldable. And little girls like him.

What the heck are Randy and Paula wearing?

Tony Bennett... 50 years. 106 albums.

Blake "Mack The Knife" - He's sounding fine but I don't love it. Not his fault.

Phil "Night and Day" - Tony says he's a real good singer. Nice. His voice is sounding great. Good song choice. Not sure why the judges thought it was so bad. Awww. He said he was focusing on his wife. Awww.

Melinda "I Got Rhythm" - I don't buy the false modesty anymore. The compliments shouldn't be that shocking at this point. She sounded fanfreakintastic though. No denying that.

Still bored.

Chris "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" - Baby's looking all kinds of good tonight. *shallow* That was a great song choice. He did well. Not boring. Thank you, clonepuppy.

Jordin "On A Clear Day" - don't like it. Sounds whiny and weird. Praise from the judges.

Gina "Smile" - beautiful song. beautiful girl. nicely done. fuck off, Simon.

Sanjaya "Cheek to Cheek" - sooooooo adorable dancing with Paula. Did he sound great? no. Was he boring? no. There is such potential in his voice, I hate when they bag on him. Mold him. Can't beat it, mold it.

Hayley "boobs" - oh that's not the name of the song? "Ain't Misbehavin'" blech. I like her less and less every week. I'm very bitter that she is there at all. She just totally sucks. Love the total non-pimpage. Why is she there? How?

Lakisha "Stormy Weather" - Tony wants her to sing it the way it's written. zzzzzzzzzzz... Did she? Sorry. I fell asleep. Seriously though? Hated it.

Mandisa came in 9th... just sayin.

Rankingzzzzzzzz:

Melinda
Chris
Gina
Phil
Blake
Sanjaya
Jordin
Lakisha
Hayley

Let's see if it changes after the second viewing when I watch with the hubby.

FYI.

There is a BIG difference between Ryan Star and "Ryan Starr". I'm sick of getting email alerts that have nothing to do with the real Ryan.

The talk:


We will all fall:


I Dare You: