Slacker

Sorry I've been such a slacker over the past month. The holidays were wonderful but did not provide me with much TV news. One surprising holiday treat was the show The Sing Off. I watched the finale of the show live because a group from Huntsville (a neighboring town) was in the finale and SPOILER ALERT

actually won! (The above picture is not of the winning group. This was my second favorite group The Backbeats. Very good!) So I went back and watched the full season On Demand. This show was infinitely better than American Idol/America's Got Talent/DWTS/you get the picture. The only reality talent competition show that done better is SYTYCD. Every (well almost every) group on The Sing Off was extremely talented and just a joy to watch. I think Nick Lachay was a stellar host and all of the judges exepct for former Pussy Cat Doll lead singer Nicole Scherzinger were knowledgeable and entertaining. A++ Sing Off. I look forward to watching you again next year.

In other news, Modern Family started back a few weeks ago and has been as funny as ever. I love this show so much. It is probably the most happy and relaxed 30 min of my week (maybe I should admit that. It's a little pathetic.). The Golden Globes succeeded in making me never want to watch them again (see last post). I though Ricky Gervais was great though. He's a comedian, he makes fun of people, get over it. Also, the boy and I started watching Twin Peaks. The pilot was super creepy but engaging. I'll keep you all posted on how that goes.

Any who, happy weekend everyone and I promise I'll be better about posting!

Oh yeah, WAR EAGLE!

Golden Globe Nominations....WTF

I'm usually a really big fan of the Golden Globes because they have categories for Comedy/Musical movies and they combine TV and movies into one wonderful night of fun! The nominations for the 2010 season were announced this morning and I have to say, I am very disappointed. I'll hold off on whining about the movie portion (I have many complaints. Alice in Wonderland? Really?) and focus on the good and the bad of the TV noms.

Best Drama: I don't have many complaints here. I love Mad Men and have watched a little bit of Dexter and really enjoyed it. Also, I've heard amazing things about Boardwalk Empire and would watch it if I had HBO. I plan on catching it when it comes out on Blu-Ray. One surprise though is The Walking Dead. There were only 6 episodes of the show this season and while I've heard good things, I don't think it's in the same league as the other nominations and it was only a half season. Come on HFPA.

Best Comedy: I'm pretty satisfied with this list (Modern Family will win) except for the Community snub. The first season of Community was snubbed at the Emmys this year and now the second season is not starting off the awards season well. I really don't understand why this show doesn't get the recognition it deserves. It is far and away the best of the NBC Thursday night comedies. It is smart and fresh and speaks to my generation in a fun, lighthearted way. I'm still rooting for you, Community, you'll kick butt at the Emmys! On another note, I'm kind of glad The Office was not nominated. I love The Office but this season has not be award worthy and I'm glad it didn't get a nomination just because it's popular (Glee).

Best Actress in a Drama: I'm so happy for Elizabeth Moss (Peggy of Mad Men)! She deserves every bit of acclaim for her wonderful work in season 4. I'm also happy she's in the lead actress category. You go girl!

Best Actor in a Comedy: Mathew Morrison (Mr. Schu Glee). Ugh. He hasn't even been a big part of this season! I feel like Chris Colfer was more the lead actor in Glee this season. Whatever. I think others are more deserving of this nomination.

Supporting actor/actress: Yay for Sofia Vergara and Eric Stonestreet (Modern Family) for getting noms! I wish every actor on MF show had been nominated because they all deserve it but I'm happy for the ones who were nominated and will be pulling for them to beat the Glee kids!


To check out a full list of the nominations go here. Make sure you check out the weirdness of the movie categories. There are some real shockers.

On a side note. I spent all day in my PJ's watching movies and Law and Order: SVU. I love Christmas Break!

Office Christmas

Tonight is The Office Christmas episode they've been hyping for a while.

I have high hopes for this episode due to little gems such as this but I'm weary of Holly's return, especially after the disaster ex-girlfriends episode earlier this year.

In other news:
Glee Christmas was actually really good! Probably because Kurt was only in it for one scene :)
I'm super PUMPED for claymation Community tonight!
Survivor is heating up with only two more episode left. I have no idea who will win!
Biggest Loser finale on Tuesday. Team Fredo!
There are boys from Huntsville on Sing Off and they are fabulous!

Insta-blog!

I'm starting a new segment called insta-blog where I'll post about a show right after watching it if something completely ridiculous happens during the show. Unfortunately, my internet was acting up last night but I wrote this post right after watching last night's Survivor and I'm just getting to post it now.

INSTA-BLOG: Survivor
So...my prediction for the winner/final three of this season's Survivor has been completely destroyed. After Brenda was kicked off two weeks ago I remained hopeful that Sash and Purple Kelly could hold their own and make it to the finale. But no, a shocking turn of events left we angry and glad I didn't bet any money on my final three.

Tonight's episode started out normal enough. The young girls were crying about the rain, Benry (yes, this is someone's name. yes, he is a boy) was being particularly annoying, Jane was a beast (she didn't do anything this week to prove this but I'm still blow away by her last display of strength and awesomeness). So when the contestants made their way to the reward challenge I enjoyed watching the teams try to carry 8 foot tall dummies through several obstacles. At the end of the challenge NaOnka announce she would be quitting Survivor. Then purple Kelly finally piped up and announce this would be her last day too.

What? Are you kidding me? Ugh! adlfkjewiofuiodufiouriu! These were the feelings I had after hearing this news. NaOnka's decision to quit the show was not that surprising and I was actually kind of happy about it. She is 45 kinds of crazy and I can't believe anyone would let her near their children (she is a P.E. teacher). She is one of the most selfish and wishy-washy people I've ever seen on reality TV, and that's saying a lot. To give you an example of her selfishness I'll tell you what happened RIGHT after she announced she was quitting. Her team won the reward challenge, which was watching a movie while eating junk food (pretty lame reward if you ask me. Also, the contestants didn't have blankets and were covering up with napkins and pillows during the movie). The winning team also had the option for one person to forgo the reward in exchange for a new tarp and more rice (the old tarp and food were destroyed last week in a camp fire) and NaOnka refused to sit out of the reward! Are you kidding me? You're going HOME later that day and you are going to sit by and watch another member of the winning team give up her spot. Unbelievable. Anyway, I'm glad NaOnka is out of the picture.

Now to purple Kelly. Home girl probably only has 10 min of airtime up until this episode and she quits out of the blue with only 8 people left in the competition. I am frustrated with how lame she ended up being after I thought she was just quite and well liked enough to become the sole survivor.

The most annoying part of this whole mess is that NaOnka and purple Kelly get to be a part of the jury. I guess the producers want to keep them because they add drama and also because they want to have a big enough jury for the final vote but it's frustrating. They should be sent home. It will be interesting to see what goes on at Ponderosa for the next 10 days. I'm pretty sure Marty and Brenda are going to give NaOnka a pretty hard time.

Anyway, I'm tired and frustrated and never making picks for anything ever again! I'll get back to the rest of my list soon. Happy last day of classes!

(I can't believe Dan is still in the game.)

Ugh, Glee

Dear followers (all two of you), I am sorry for my lack of blogging lately. I have a lot to talk about so I'm going to make a list to make sure I don't leave anything out!

1. Firefly (finished watching the series on blu-ray and watched serenity
2. Community
3. A new series I've been watching (I'll let your imaginations run wide with this for a while)
4. Arrested Development
5. Crappy TV
6. Another favorite moments post

Let's get started on this post and hope that I am able to fulfill the promises I have made to you over the next week or two.

First of all I would like to give a shout out to my Auburn family and say 

WAR EAGLE! 

It was an Iron Bowl for the ages and I'm so glad I was there to enjoy it in person. 

I've been putting off talking about Glee for a while because I have such mixed feelings when I think about/watch this show. I LOVE LOVE LOVED the first half of the first season. The story was touching, the music was great and relevant to the story, and Jane Lynch is hilarious. If you know me, you know that I love musical theater and I am very saddened by the fact that I cannot carry a tune and will never sing on Broadway. So naturally, Glee + Alex was a recipe for success (too cheesy? yes!). My feeling towards Glee slowly began to shift during the second half of the first season and have continued in a sour direction throughout this current season.

I still really enjoy the music and dancing and I've loved John Stamos and the Britney Spears episode. Britney S. Pears can DANCE. Unfortunately, the awful/scattered story lines and this seasons focus on Kurt (my least favorite actor, who ruins a character I probably would have otherwise liked) are making it difficult for me to sit through entire episodes of the show. Now, just because Glee had put me in a bad mood (isn't that the opposite of what the word glee means) I'm going to provide you with a list of some of Glee's more ridiculous moments. Enjoy?

1. Does Ryan Murphy really think a high school would even consider putting on Rocky Horror Picture Show. Even with rewrites to make it less racy (because changing the lyrics from "I'm just a sweet transvestite
From Transexual, Transylvania" to "I'm just a sweet transvestite From sin...sational Transylvania" really makes everything okay).
2. The mother/daughter duo of Poker Face. Really? Because that's a song I would really love to sing to my long lost mother as our last song we get to sing together.
3. The grilled cheesus episode. Some parts of this episode, including the grilled cheesus, were funny but for the most part this episode rubbed me the wrong way. I didn't like how the reasons people were rejecting religion was because they felt entitled and thought God didn't love them because He didn't immediately answer their prayers.
4. Carol Burnett. Don't get me wrong, I love Carol Burnett and I'm very upset with the writers of Glee for not using her better. She is a legend and fantastic and you people brought her in and gave her crappy Sue imitation dialog and a stupid song. Boo on you.
5. There are many more but I'm tired of having to relive these moments. Blah.

Anyway, one more week of school and a week of finals and I'M DONE (until January).
Happy Monday everyone!

"Don't call me Shirley"- R.I.P Leslie Neilsen

Survivor

I started watching Survivor 3 seasons ago when my middle school principle and family friend Debbie was a contestant. She did a great job and made it to the final 6.

I love the strategizing and breakdowns and just how crazy people get when they are living in the jungle for 39 days. I haven't watch any seasons since but I've picked it back up again and the boyfriend and I have been watching the current season Survivor:Nicaragua. I really have not been enjoying this season for the following reasons:

1. I thought young vs. old was a good concept but really didn't work in practice.
2. The old tribe was incredible annoying (Marty, Jimmy T, Dan)
3. NaOnka. While she does provide entertainment, she is an idiot.
4. Sash and Brenda's control. They are smart cookies but really don't like either of them and I don't understand why everyone is following them. I think they would be pretty easy to overturn. 

Survivor:Nicaragua came through for me this week though! The Sash/Brenda team blindsided Marty and the show editing actually managed to not give it away like they've done every other episode this season. With Marty out of the picture I have much more hope for the rest of this season. I'm going to go ahead and make my pick for this season's top 3 and winner. My top three are Sash, Brenda, and purple Kelly. And the winner is.....

Purple Kelly! Home girl has probably only had 10 min of air time and I think she's really nice to everyone and doing a great job a flying under the radar. If she makes it to the finale she'll get all of the votes and win.

Happy football watchin!

One a side note, I finally watched Toy Story 3 last night and it was AMAZING. I thought it was the best of the 3. I laughed, I cried, I ate it up.

Hello November

November is finally here! October was a crazy month and I'm ready for things to slow down. Here are a couple of November happening I'm looking forward to:

Thanksgiving

The Iron Bowl to end all Iron Bowls (it's going to be epic)

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (this too will be epic)

Anyway, enough about November. Last weekend and this week have been kind of slow on the TV watching front. The election ruined my Tuesday night programming and four projects due this week ruined the rest of my TV nights. So I've decided to share with you a few of my favorite moments from some my favorite TV shows. I plan on doing this from time to time so please enjoy!

First up, SNL always provides me with some memorable moment but one of my favorites came from an Andy Sandberg digital short. It was unexpected (I'm not huge fan of Andy Sandberg) and I love all things Olympics. Take a look!

Another favorite came from the early years of the Office. It is the episode where Michael burns his foot in the George Foreman grill. That act in and of itself is hilarious but couple that with Dwight getting a concussion and befriending Pam and you've got great TV!

One of my favorite shows growing up was Boy Meets World and there is one episode that every time I think about I laugh so hard I cry. Unfortunately, I cannot find any clips of this particular episode on the internet so you'll just have to trust me on this one(here are some highlights). For fans of the show, it was the sneak attack episode where Eric hides in various places throughout the episode in an attempt to spy on Jack. My personal favorite hiding spot was the couch. I wish they would make a Boy Meets World movie or start showing it again in syndication on ABC family. I miss it and it's so much better than My Wife and Kids.

Well, I hope you enjoy reliving these memorable TV moments or experiencing them for the first time.

Happy November everyone!