Endings to end all endings...Parenthood/Scandal Season Finales

Well, I am sadly mistaken. THIS week was the season finale of Scandal. And a great season finale it was! They ended it just at the right spot, but I'm beginning to wonder if this will be an ongoing trend, end it with one of Oliva's associates getting into legal trouble. I just can't believe the season's over.
I'm still not sure if the president is going to come back. I don't know if he's gonna make it. I sure hope so, the VP is CRAZY! I always wonder if I think that she doesn't deserve the presidency because she's not fit to be president or because she's a woman. I know that we've come so far but somehow, deep down inside, even with my feminist opinions, I still wonder if America would benefit from a woman president. Is that horrible? I guess America hasn't really benefited from male ones either so there goes that. I feel like I'm inching towards Rob Parker so let's leave that one alone and move on.
I kind of have a feeling this will be the one problem Olivia can't fix. This is too deep, too many factors. And Harrison had a great point. It took them 2 years to find Quinn. And she was considered irrelevant until that whole thing happened. Imagine how long it would take for anyone to find a former spy. She's probably already in another country. Does anyone else feel like this show has changed television? There is definitely a new standard and I just can't wait until it comes back.

Another show has come to a season end, that's right folks, Parenthood is officially done for this season and I am officially sad. This season was another great one, and the ending was just spectacular. First, I have to say that if I was a crier, this would definitely be the episode I would be balling my eyes out, beginning to end. It was such a great display of how strong this family bond is, and it really showed that although this family isn't perfect, there is a bond and connection that everyone has, even those not blood related. What more can anybody ask for? I'm really glad that they decided to let Christina stay on the show. If she would have died, Idk how that family would have recovered. As much as I'm for the drama, I think that we still all need hope that she's going to pull through this. I'm not sure if I think she'll beat it yet though. I don't want to get my hopes up just yet.
 I really respect Amber on a new level because of her bravery to let a bad thing go. I think that decision was definitely the best for her, I mean she was doing so well and she was really getting her life together. She found a job she enjoys, has her own place, own independence, and sad to say, but Ryan was bringing her down. Someone said this and it's true, if he's hitting furniture and machinery, soon it's gonna be you. So you did the right thing. To be the devil's advocate though, like was it the best decision for him? What if this was the last straw for him and pushes him over the edge? But then, is that Amber's responsibility to manage a grown man's well being? I could wrestle in my mind with this all day, so let's just move on.
I have to be honest, I wasn't exactly feelin' Sarah and her boss, I just thought that was a BAD idea. But now that things have changed, I think it might be the smartest decision she's made in a long time. I really did want her and the hot teacher to work, I promise. But we all knew deep down inside it  just couldn't be. I think her boss is exactly what he needs. He's mature, he has his life together (for the most part), he owns his own business. She needs a man man, and I think he just might be that for her. I'm very interested to see where that goes.

Well I'm sure this will be it for awhile. I don't really have anything else to write about now lol. Until the next time, maybe the next show, I'll see you when I see you.

Scandal/Nashville/Parenthood Review?... Why Not?

Well, Scandal Season 2 has officially come to an end, and I have to be honest, I was less than impressed by this season. The ending was great, those last two episodes really brought it home, but this season was shall we say sub par, compared to last season. I don't really wanna discuss the whole season though, I kinda just wanna talk about the bombshell that ended the season.

Well. Uh, I guess we can start with the shooting. I think it sucks that the Press girl had to die, but it's just another casualty of good TV, I guess. Of course, it all makes sense though. I mean how else will they explain why Olivia gets her job at the white house back, right? I mean, that was clever I guess. Annnyyyywho. Anyone else think its kind of predictable that they had the vice president become the president, but it was like a clever  predictable. Like, everyone knows that Olivia and Fitz need to be together or life won't make sense, and if everyone remembers correctly, last season Fitz was ready to give up his presidency to be with Olivia, and she told him not to, so now he doesn't have to. I wonder how long before they get together. Like I said, its clever though because Olivia kinda moved on, if that's what you want to call it, and Mellie has been devoted to him during this time so it's like, maybe they will stay together, but mark my words, Olivia and Fitz will end up together. Mark. My. Words.

Ok so, moving on. So Nashville is officially done with it's first season also. I am a bit sad about that. This turned out to be a great show, surprisingly. I can't wait to see how it unfolds, should be quite, quite interesting. Looks like Juliette is getting married and Rayna has a bit of a sugar honey (you finish it) storm on her hands. I'll talk more later, cause I forgot what happened in the last episode.

Well, Parenthood has officially ended for the season also, and I am ready to ball my eyes out. I just wish this show took like a month off so we wouldn't get sick of it and then come right back. I miss it too much when it's gone. What else am I supposed to fill my Tuesday nights with? Unemployed? (which is actually a good show, I wasn't joking.) But it's not Parenthood. Well, looks like Sarah and the teacher are donzo, for now anyway. It's really sad but the whole world knew it was coming. They would never work. Eventually the hot teacher would start hating his life because he gave it up to be with Sarah and then it would be downhill after that. At least this is much quicker. And Amber and her hot veteran are getting pretty serious, huh? Big Shocker: he has a drug problem, well kinda sorta. They showed him popping pills, which is basically saying that he self medicates or whatever it's called. But there's a huge surprise, the guy who saw his friends die needs help to cope, who would've thought? Okay, I think I'm jumping off the sinister ship, or on, Idk. Anyway, this season wasn't the best but still, amazeballs.

Wait, I just realized, next week Christina almost dies. This isn't the end! Woah, load off my shoulders. Can't wait for that one!

Uhm... I kinda feel like real housewives this season, both Atlanta and Beverly Hills, aren't really worth talking about. At least not yet anyway, it's the beginning so we're still meeting new people, deciding whether we like them or not, which is leaning towards not for Ms. Kenya. But other than that, both are pretty low key at the moment.

Welp this concludes my post, not too long, pretty proud of myself right now. I'm gonna try and really post a video next time, It's so much easier to understand me when you can see my enthusiasm. Yeah, bye. 

I'mmm Baaack! (I think)

Well, I am back and open for business, at least I think so. I didn't exactly take a hiatus, okay I took a hiatus. It's been a hard couple of months for me, one thing after the other but things are beginning to settle, well kinda sorta at least.

So I'm sure you are probably wondering what happened. I was doing so good and then nothing, right? Well I lost my job in August, started school in September and this semester is kicking my butt, to say the least. Now, you're probably wondering what that has to do with anything, how did losing my job stop me from my civic duty. Well, everything would have been fine and dandy but I wrote my post while at work doing nothing. When I didn't have any free time anymore, I started slacking, like really bad. So much has happened, so many great shows have began this season Idk if there's even a point to continuing. I'm sure we can always pick up where we left off but what's the use? I still have to think about this one, I have a feeling there's a looonnnggg road ahead of me.

For now, I'll just give you my recommendations for this season, even though it's probably too late to jump on some of these bandwagons (unless you have days to spare watching hours of tv, in that case knock yourself out.)

I've really gotten into Nashville, a great show about a country star with a young wannabe tryna take her place. I must be honest, Connie Britton will always be Mrs. Taylor to me but she plays this part well. It has great undertones and a great cast. Hayden Pennetiere (probably didn't spell that right) is great as Juliette, a mean spirited newcomer whose kinda a whore and quite disrespectful, and it seems that they gave a lot of new faces a job opportunity, it's an overall good cast.

MTV has a great new show called Underemployed, which chronicles the lives of college graduates struggling to get a job. I think the greatest part of this show is it's reality, I know the broke life and I know what it's like to take the first job you can get because those bills aren't gonna pay themselves, so personally I make this a must watch every week.

During our time apart, Parenthood came back and I won't go into my obsession again, I'm sure we had this convo already. This season is going great, as usual. I think I'll wait until my video post to reveal some spoilers, but I'm just going to say, so far it's been wonderfully sad.

Oh yeah, Real Housewives of Atlanta and Beverly Hills have come back. I think since my last post both Rhonj and Rhony have come and gone, definitely have to double check on that one. So far both have been quite interesting and unusual, a lot of unexpected events and each is only like 3 or 4 episodes in. I think I'll save my more in depth opinions for my video post.

Well that's all for now, I believe. I will definitely be coming soon with my sassy opinions and honest feedback. Until then Au Revoir!

Uhhh...

Well I could start this off with a dumb excuse but I'm not going to. I have neglected my relationship with my blog and I wouldn't be surprised if it never forgives me. But there's too much to talk about to dwell on how unproductive I've been. 

I have come up with a crazy idea since writing blog post has become such a bother. I am going to start vlog post talking about my love, TV. It's much easier to run my mouth than to type out what I'm thinking so my first post should be coming soon, stay tuned...

Until Then, Arrivederci

Another Post That Has Absolutely Nothing To Do With TV, But Oh Well

Well tonight will DEFINITELY be a night to remember for the rest of my life. I had the absolute pleasure of going to an Ingrid Michaelson concert in Red Bank and honestly, I wish I could pop up at every single one of her shows. She was AWESOME!!! But I’m gonna start from the beginning so just hold on.

First of all, parking was a nightmare, but that was kinda expected cause she’s flippin amazing, and when someone’s that great well a lot of people are gonna notice. So I was forgiving for that. We found a parking spot not too far, oh yeah I went with my sisters, which I doubt I’ll do again, but that’s a story for another day. So we get inside and we were maybe a half hour early because I was just sure that the place would be packed and we’ll be struggling to get to our seats, but we get inside and it’s like empty. There was like 10 people there, and of course people were in the lobby and bathrooms and everywhere else, but they certainly weren’t in their seats. Well once it got closer to starting time the place just decided to flood with people. It was like I was the only one that didn’t get the memo of how uncool it is to be a little early, just in case. I also didn’t get the memo that the warning of no photography and big bags was basically a joke. Everyone had their phones and huge bags and nobody said anything, no major search party, so I’m like forget that I’m getting my camera too. I ran to my car to get my purse and of course I get back and it’s already started. Greg Laswell, who by the way is Ingrid’s husband (yeah I know, I didn’t know either. We’ll talk about that later), has already graced the stage. I don’t know his music but I do know his remake of Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, which I am a fan of, unlike the woman on the plane (insider, you’re not gonna get it). He truly inspired me to be better. I used to write and it just seemed like too much work, but he told a story of how he wrote a song to his dad and you know what happened right? I was like that’s what I need to do. Ten minutes into the concert and I was ready to change my life. I already started thinking of lyrics, I so wish I was lying. He was just great. I spotify’d him before tonight and I liked his stuff and I understood from the 2 songs I listened to why he was her opening act, but his recorded work doesn’t do him justice. He truly takes the song to another level because he’s so intimate and so committed. It almost felt like a private recording session, like he was creating new materpieces. So Ingrid comes out to sing a song with him and he just casually drops a bomb that their married. I didn’t know she was married. I saw a video of a Valentine’s Day concert and she had a ring on her left hand but then she was asked if she had a Valentine and she was like yes so nonchalantly, so I figured she couldn’t married. Well I was wrong, what else is new? But back to Greg, yeah we’re on first name basis now, he was great, I really enjoyed him. Then the intro to Fire started and I was officially in Heaven, well not really because I’m still alive but you get what I’m saying. 

The whole time I just kept thinking like someone must have heard me say all the songs I wanted to hear, written it down and passed it along to her. Other than ESP, that’s the only explanation I can come up with to explain how her show was so perfectly tailored for me. Songs that I knew for sure she wasn’t gonna do but still kept my fingers crossed cause maybe she would just do a bunch of old songs for the heck of it, which she ended up doing anyway, somehow magically ended up mingled into her set. It was just epic. I wish I could go back and apologize to the lady sitting next to me, I must have bumped into her from getting so into the songs at least 3 times. I tried sooo hard to contain myself, I promise, but a super fan can only do so much. I was inches away from standing up and doing the overhead clap to just about every song. I just have to laugh about it now, I’m sure the people were finding me pretty entertaining, especially the bored boyfriends who just came so they could get laid later. I was so into it, I was ready to run on stage and take the mike, just have a full on jam session. Good thing I have self-control. And who knew she was such a rockstar? Her performances were seriously hardcore, the way they came alive was just unbelievable. Just putting this one out there, I think I’m in love with her drummer. I have this thing I can’t really explain but yeah, I know what I feel so you don’t have to understand. 

Anyway, I'm so very, very glad I went, this was an amazing experience that I’ll take with me for the rest of my life. As long as she keeps coming to Jersey, I’m gonna keep going to her shows. If not, I’ll just keep having concerts in my living room, where I can dance around in my undies and overhead clap to my soul’s desire.

So You Think You Can Dance

Sooo I am officially angry at So You Think You Can Dance, which I will now be referring to as SYTYCD (spelling that whole name out is tiresome). I don’t like when judges only keep certain people because they like them for whatever reason. I get it that you’ll always have your favorites but this is someone’s career on the line, this may be someone’s only shot. I just feel like this new judging idea SUCKS and the judges already know who they want to go home when they find out who’s in the bottom. They don’t even give them a chance to redeem themselves. There’s no way Brandon was worst than Dareian, no way. Every style Brandon does, he excels at, even though he’s a stepper. Dareian hasn’t had a good performance since the show started. Then Amber, who had one of the best performances this week, goes home? Like, really? Really? I’m just, I can’t. Honestly, I love this show but I don’t know if I’ll be tuning in next week. I’m not sure yet. It’s not just the unfairness, it’s the rushed feeling all episode long since they have to get so much into one show and the lack of actual all-around talent, I mean talent as in being able to do a style other than your own, the weirdness and confusion from the dances, I think this may be my least favorite season. And if things continue down this road, I just might have to let this show go. I never thought I would have to say that. Well, the show is going on a 2 week hiatus after this week, so hopefully I’ll be over it by then. 

So I guess I’ll just keep this one short because honestly I don’t know what to talk about. This week starts my fitness plan to workout daily and my 30 days of style challenge. I’m going to start actually putting effort into what I wear and start posting my outfits daily onto my tumblr daily. This is what happens when you’re bored at work, you come up with these stupid ideas. No turning back now. It starts Wednesday and last until the 30^th, so it should be interesting. Until then, it’s been real.

Directv Drama

Well my last post was like what, the 3^rd? That’s ridiculous! I guess I can be like every other writer and blame it on writer’s block. I’m not sure what happened to me, I just don’t know what to write about anymore. But that has all changed. 

So if you are a fellow DirecTv subscriber than you’re probably reading this in anger also. As I'm sure everyone is already well aware, DirecTV and Viacom are having a little beef and the casualty is all my favorite channels. I’m talking MTV, BET, Vh1 (y’all know I love my VH1), Comedy Central, TV Land, Nickelodeon, Teen Nick, the list goes on. Okay so I'm just going to be honest to you guys because I don’t want it to affect our relationship, but the last couple channels I don’t really care about. I'm mostly upset about MTV and VH1, and BET a little bit. For a rumor that may have lasted only one night before they came to an agreement, this is lasting quite a long time. I've already missed Hollywood Exes, Love and Hip Hop ATL (I will not claim watching this show anywhere else so this has to stay between me and you), Awkward, Real World, I mean the list goes on and on. My sister and I were having a discussion about this yesterday and while I agree to blame both Directv and Viacom, I think that more blame should be put on Directv. It just doesn’t make sense that Viacom would only want more money from Directv, why wouldn’t Verizon Fios, Comcast, Dish, and all the other TV companies be forced to drop these channels also? I do see Viacom asking for more and Directv being the only company that didn’t want to pay up. To be 100% honest, I don’t care whose to blame, I just want my channels back. I told my mom, we have no problem taking our business elsewhere. 

Well, I’ve been trying to catch up on everything but haven’t finished an episode of anything yet. I started watching So You Think You Can Dance but got halfway through and needed to get to bed, watched like 10 minutes of Miss Advised (which is actually a really cute show) and then didn’t finish that one either. One show I did finish though, Bad Girls Club. I never thought I would say this about this show but this is just too much fighting. I'm like Can’t We All Just Get Along?! These girls are, if nothing else, hilarious. I just can’t get over Erica and that cranberry juice. That was tooooo funny! Just how she explained getting the red cup and after she takes her nap, I was just like wow. I gotta give it to Mehgan though ( that is such an ugly way to spell that) she’s a fighter, man. But the only thing is her mouth is reckless. She goes too far and says too much. And then the one girl with the fried and died blonde hair that’s in desperate need of protein, hot oil, and every other kind of treatment to bring that thing back to life. I'm just like, girl get your life. You know you wrong to let your hair get that bad, that’s just embarrassing. Then the other girl, Julie, whose obviously living in Lala Land. That’s the only definition I can come up with to explain why her nose is so high up in the air. The way she talks about people, you would think she was Kate Middleton or something. I will say though, I feel for Rima, although I do think she’s running for the Worst Mother of the Year award. I don’t have kids so I don’t know what it’s like to be a mother, but I know that you can't cry about leaving your child when you left them for Bad Girls Club.  Like, that’s not a legitimate excuse. There is nothing that Bad Girls Club can offer you that will help you to be a better mother. But, at least she’s pretending to act like being without him is killing her. I’ll give her that one. Season after season, this show just keeps getting worse, just keeps letting me down. 

 Well I'm sure I’ll have plenty more to post about next week because Viacom and Directv are gonna get it together and come to an agreement (I’m speaking it into existence). For now, this is all I’ve got.

Until the next time, maybe the next show, I’ll see you when I see you.

A Bit of a Catch Up

It’s been over a week since I last posted. That’s a long time!  I have no excuse, all I can say is I will work hard to make sure it never happens again… Hopefully that gets me off the hook for awhile right?

Ok so, I went against all my moral beliefs and decided to watch a few episodes of Dance Moms. I get why people see this show as addicting, I can dig it. What I don’t understand is how Lifetime can condone this type of behavior. This is legal child abuse at its finest or worst if you ask me. But you know what’s the craziest part of all this, I don’t blame Abby. I’m not even angry with her. I blame the moms. The fact they can live with themselves after putting their children through this kind of mistreatment is just appalling. Every week it’s an argument of how Maddie gets special treatment, but they still continue to bring their kids back week after week. No grown woman should be that fame hungry to purposely put their child in that kind of situation. I don’t even know what to say about this show anymore, or really want to say anything else, so let’s just move on. 

Well, I’m super dee duper late so I’m just going to do a review of the past two weeks on Real Housewives of New Jersey. What else is new, but I was right…again. Teresa went running back to the arms of her family after her friends betrayed her, or in the eyes of the rest of America, told her the truth. She says she wants to mend those broken relationships but anyone with half a brain knows she just doesn’t have anyone else to turn to since she doesn’t have Jacqueline and Caroline to depend on. It is kind of sad that it took this to make her realize she needs her family, but at least she got there. It’s like when someone has a drinking problem and they almost die drunk driving, so they decide that maybe they do need help. That’s the situation here. Teresa realized she should probably get back in good terms with her family, since it’s her family and everything. Last week Melissa hosted a party for the premiere of her new single on Ryan Seacrest radio show, which is a pretty big deal. At the party, Teresa and Jacqueline’s friendship finally ended. It’s situations like this that make me dislike reality TV. It’s heartbreaking to see a friendship end like that, and every time that episode airs, they have to relive that. I know this is what they signed up for but still, I do have a heart and this just might have broken it. Key word: just might. I only feed into this stuff a little bit nowadays. Even I, a devoted reality TV fan and lover, is beginning to see it’s ugliness. 

Last night I caught up on Real Housewives of New York and every episode proves me more and more right about Ramona, and the real reason she doesn’t care for Heather. She is intimidated, yeah I said it. She hates the idea that another woman on the show is successful and has a happy family. In her mind, that was her corner on the show and now, she’s got competition. Even on last night’s episode, when Carole announced her show was being picked up, Ramona feels the need to share that her wine will be sold in Target. Coincidence? I think not. They were together the whole day, why did she pick that time to share. Another thing that still strange about Ramona and Heather’s relationship is  that they are so alike, they should be best friends. I think Heather is the nicer version, but the similarities are there in plain sight. But I respect their feelings, I kinda get it. It’s that whole opposites attract, alike repel theory. Personally I say Go Heather for not inviting her, that took real guts to stand her ground like that. And to say Ramona deserves to be left home is an understatement; Ramona needs a wake up call. Do I think this will be it? Nope. You can’t be mean and expect everyone to still want you around. Doesn’t quite work like that. 

So I’ve really gotten into that new show on VH1 Hollywood Exes. You probably thought I was gonna say Love and Hip Hop ATL, didn’t you? Yeah, guess again. This show is about 5 women who were in high profile relationships and are now ex-wives to superstars. There is Andrea Kelly, who is R. Kelly’s ex wife, Jessica, who was married to Jose Consecos (I have a feeling I spelled that wrong), Sheree, who was married to Will Smith, Nicole Murphy, who was married to Eddie Murphy, and Mayte, who was married to Prince. All have children from these famous relationships except Mayte. Andrea is the biggest surprise, I must admit because I didn’t even know R. Kelly was married, let alone for like 10 years and had 3 kids. I understand the theory behind keeping their relationship out of the media but it takes a strong woman to live that kind of life. To constantly have to prove that you’re not just a groupie, you’re actually someone’s wife, I don’t think I could do it. Not too much bitter ex syndrome on this show, everyone seems like they’re trying to move forward with their life and do bigger and better things. Sheree is remarried to a former NFL player/ Pastor, Nicole Murphy is engaged to Michael Strahan, and Jessica is twice divorced, which has opened the door for her relationship with Jose to kind of rekindle, finger crossed it doesn’t. Mayte is single and no longer speaks to Prince, which is pretty sad. I couldn’t imagine marrying someone and then if it doesn’t work out you don’t even keep in contact. She hired a matchmaker, who was more of a criticizer if you ask me. She had all these strange ideas and thoughts about Mayte’s home, most of which were outrageous. Mayte is doing the right thing, she’s going to give her one chance to set her up and see how it goes, which is a great idea. She just really seems like she needs some happiness in her life. One thing I can say about Andrea, she is always crying. Maybe because I usually lack emotion, I'm just a little annoyed by it. It doesn’t consume the show so I can still watch. 

That’s it for now. Seriously it took me like a week to get this done, I just kept getting stuck. I just don’t be knowing what to say no more. But I got past it and I'm back in my groove, I think. 

Well until next time, au revoir me amores.

Not At All About TV...And That's Okay

Welp, I know this is a TV blog but something happened last week that I just need to share. I work as a cashier/receptionist for Liberty Toyota in Burlington, NJ (if you’re nearby you should stop in) and part of my job is ringing out customers. After they have had service done on their car and I always accept their payment and as I give them their paperwork I try to tell every customer “Have a good day,” as they leave. One day last week, a customer replied to my farewell with a slight and subtle “Make it a great day.”

Talk about a aha moment. 

Honestly at first I must admit that I didn't exactly catch what he said. But when it actually hit me and cane to my realization, when I thought about that, I was blown away. How much different would my day, my life be if I made a decision everyday to make it a great one. To make a conscious effort to not let the little things affect your day or bring you down, to rise above the chaos and nonsense ( *cough my coworkers cough*) and live each day doing whatever it takes to make you happy. Imagine what kind of world it would be if everyone did that.

A week later and I still can’t let that one go, every time I think about it, I'm blown away. The old saying goes, we must be the change we see in the world, so this is promising to do my part in making this change in the world. Man, there’s nothing like a great aha moment, it can really alter your entire life, if you let it.  

I know if you don't think this is as great as I think it is, then you probably think this is super lame, but I just thought this was pretty cool. Back to your regular scheduled programming. 

I Love Girls (the show)

I feel like I haven’t posted in forever, it’s been one thing after the other lately. I'm not exactly sure why but I’ve been super tired lately. Oversleeping all the time, barely able to keep my eyes open at work, snappy towards everybody, and don’t ask me to do something, I just don’t have the energy. Seriously, I'm on my second cup of coffee and usually I can get to at least 3 before I feel the need to get a cup. I'm thinking of getting it checked out because I'm not staying up any later or wearing myself down more than usual  so I think I should try and find a reason why. It doesn’t help that I'm a bit of a hypochondriac either. But we’re not here to talk about my sleeping habits, or lack thereof, so moving on. 

I was able to watch the season finale of my new favorite show Girls and it was a great ending to a great show. Jessa deciding to have a surprise wedding was classic and hilarious. Do I think it’s legit, I’m not sure yet, but I know that she made a good choice. To think the biggest whore of the group is the first to get married, actually when I think about it doesn’t surprise me at all. Life always kinda happens like that. I think it’s exactly what she needs to mellow her out, she needed this to begin to take things seriously. After tonight’s episode, I’m kinda beginning to get nervous that Marnie is going to slowly but surely turn into a major slore to make up for lost time. I'm curious to find out what happened to the guy from the art showing earlier in the season, I thought for sure that was going to go somewhere. That’s one of the things I love about this show, is extremely unpredictable. I usually can expect certain things to happen an episode or two ahead, but not with this show. Just like the wedding, I did not see Adam falling for Hannah at all. Up until it happened, I did not see it happening. And sad to say but Hannah had everything that happened coming to her. I do kind of think she led Adam on, she set him up. I never in a million years thought I would say this but I kind of relate to Adam in a weird and completely unusual way. I know what it’s like to hold back from getting attached and then when you finally do, you regret it more than anything. Sometimes, people make you think it’s okay to fall because they can incline that they’ve already fallen, when they were only after the thrill of the chase. I definitely just had an epiphany right there, I have a love/hate relationship with those. I'm excited for next season, there’s gonna be a lot of exciting changes, should be interesting. 

I also watched RHONJ and I have a strong sense, stronger than before, that it’s the beginning of the end. I feel like, one by one, the ladies are gonna start dropping out the shows. I can’t help but pity Teresa and worry about her sanity. Sometimes it can really seem like she’s losing her mind, she is constantly contradicting herself and finding herself in situations where she’s arguing with those closest to her. Honestly, I think Joe has a lot to do with why everyone is isolating themselves from her. It’s unfortunate that this is what it has come down to. I'm really scared for what’s next. This week’s episode was like 15 minutes of normal episode activity and 45 minutes of a very intense conversation between Teresa and Jacqueline, followed by Caroline joining the conversation. I will definitely be tuning in next week; Teresa begins to reconstruct the relationships in her family, should be interesting to see if they’re receptive to her. 

Well, I guess that’s it for this week. This will most likely be the last post for this week, I am going on vacation and I am sooooo excited!!! This is beyond much needed, I was ready to go to the doctor and have this prescribed, so serious right now. Until the next time, maybe the next show, I’ll see you when I see you. 

Well, I Finally Watched...

So I feel like I should warn you that this post is probably gonna be a long one because I finally watched the season premiere of Real Housewives of New York and I’ve got a lot to say, there’s been quite a few changes. The obvious change is the addition of 3 new housewives and they bring a lot of interesting things to the mix. They are definitely stirring the pot, even after one episode. Aviva is the ex wife of Sonya’s best friend whom Sonya has allegedly been more than friends with on more than one occasion. Also, another twist is that Luann has had relations with him also, so this is quite the love triangle. Fortunately for Aviva, she has moved on and has remarried so she won’t be the bitter ex. I have to admit I watched like half of this week’s episode and I don’t want to go too deep into this because I haven’t watched the whole episode but she seems to really love her husband. She even said something along the lines of if he was gone she wouldn’t be able to go on and he’s her everything. I found that to be quite surprising, she didn’t strike me as the type to fall into that trap, but I guess its all too common nowadays. Another new housewife, Heather, is a fashion designer and has worked for Sean John, Jennifer Lopez, House of Dereon, her resume is pretty impressive. She owns a shapewear line that also contains lingerie, which she decided to wear to a party at Sonja’s. Yes, she wore a lingerie slip to a party. She had a jacket thing over it but still, I thought it was a little tacky. Of course, it was a big hit with Ramona, the queen of class. I have a feeling what I’ll have to say about her this season will not be flattering at all, but I am trying to stay away from bashing so we’ll see. The crazy thing about Heather and Ramona is that they are almost the same person. Like they have a lot of not so nice things to say about each other but it’s almost like a pot calling kettle situation. I can understand why they don’t care for each other, their larger than life personality can be a bit too much for one room, and honestly I think Ramona is afraid that there might be someone who is just as, if not more successful than her. She’s supposed to be the working/career mom and someone has come in and is doing it better. I'm excited to see how this plays out, because anybody who watches knows Ramona is not the type to fight fair or nicely, so this should be very, very interesting. The third new housewife, Carole, is an author who was married to Robert Kennedy’s cousin I believe. She is also a Princess by marriage, or something like that, I don’t know she was kinda confusing me. She is a widow, so she feels the need to complain about trying to live life as a widow, which I normally could sympathize with, except her husband was a prince. He left her with a fortune and a great life, so I’m sorry but I don’t wanna hear it. And it’s not like she complains about being alone or the grief of losing the love of her life, she complains about having people come up to her and compliment her about her book or the rules of dating for a widow. All I can do is just hope this isn’t a trend for all season. Well, Ramona and Luann are fighting for the title of queen of condescending remarks. There are unresolved issues from last season and supposedly Ramona threatened to blackmail Luann with information about her kids. I’m sure there’s more to the story, at least I hope so because that’s pretty low, even for Ramona. I just can’t wait to get home and finish this week’s episode, it was getting really good and then I had to go to work. 

So I have to talk about this week’s Girls episode. I must admit I am very disappointed in Hannah. She’s is becoming that girl I hate, that girl who was everybody’s best friend until she got into a relationship. I just never expected this from her, she always seemed so much smarter than this. I guess in the end, we’re all that girl if we’re not careful. It ended with Marnie and Hannah getting into a huge fight and Marnie stating that she doesn’t want to live with Hannah anymore. I have to admit, in the beginning of the show I was empathetic to Hannah because she was kinda the lost friend and plus she was being cut off from her parents so you almost pitied her. Now, all I see is a brat who needs a wakeup call. I mean, her parents were supporting her for 2 years after she got out of school and she hasn’t had the best words for them and now Marnie is supporting her until she gets a job and this is how she thanks her. She constantly wants to tear down those she needs the most. Unfortunately I can be guilty of the same thing, so this was definitely an eye opening topic. Next week should be interesting; it’s the season finale so I can’t wait to see the direction they want to take the show. 

So, I did warn you guys that this post was going to run a little longer than usual. There’s one more show I need to talk about, that’s Tough Love. If I haven’t told you guys before, I will most likely be auditioning for this show next season because my love life is pretty much in the dumpster, so of course I watch a show about women who are just as bad if not worse-off than me. And, I'm not going to make this a pity party about how sucky things are going in that department so let’s move on to the show. This season has brought quite a few fascinating characters, someone has already been kicked off. This episode just might have been the most drama-filled, with Steve bringing back all the girls exes, except Despina who is the infamous maneater, so no one wanted to come. I’m not gonna lie it was pretty tough to see all the girls break down when their exes first arrived, and I wasn’t expecting so many of the girls to fall back into their old patterns. I was shocked by Stephanie’s ex, he was tatted and pierced everywhere and kinda a douche. She just seemed to pretty to fall for someone like that, and to hear that they were on and off for almost 10 years, I wasn’t expecting that. It was obvious that he had this unexplainable hold over her, and he was one of those I don’t want you but I don’t want anyone else to either types. Another surprise was Shalina’s ex, who was an apparent case of camera balls. I felt so bad for Shalina, I can only imagine how embarrassed she must have been. I thought it was odd that Steve didn’t say anything to her during group, she ran away, instead of handling the situation, which isn’t gonna solve anything. I really like Aubrey for her though, especially after seeing her ex, he seems like exactly what she needs. Danielle, I don’t know how I feel about that dilemma. All one can do is hope that she makes the right decision. Elisabeth, Elisabeth Elisabeth Elisabeth. She’s come along way, but man does she have a way to go. Her ex just seems like an a-hole and basically said that she can’t support herself. And unfortunately, I kinda think she agrees with him. I just wanna hug her and say, you’re stronger than you think, girl. Next week all the girls go back home with their matches, so I’m like extra excited, next Sunday night can’t get here soon enough. 

Well, that concludes my research paper for this week. If you haven’t fallen asleep yet, then please comment, I would love some feedback. Do you agree, do you think I've gone too far, I wanna hear it. Until next time, a bientot.

No Real Housewives Today Guys

I know you guys are gonna strangle me but I actually missed Real Housewives of New York City, again. I had every intention to watch today but we got a new TV set up in the family room, and although its uber-cool, it’s one of those 3D tvs (I’m gonna try and refrain from gloating), nobody knows how to work it. I consider myself pretty tech-savvy, I figured out how to set up my old boss’ Wii, WiFi, and HDTV all by my lonesome. And I didn’t open an instruction manual once. I know, that’s pretty impressive, and that’s just the beginning, it seemed like every week at least I was fixing something, but I going on a tangent so back To RHONY. I’m gonna try to watch both episodes online when I get a chance, not sure how I’m gonna do that since I broke the screen to my computer. Yeah, I know you’re gasping in disbelief too. I don’t know how it happened, and frankly every time I think about it I start getting itchy (don’t judge me) so I'm gonna move on. Just know that I don’t exactly have a computer right now, but for you guys I’m gonna find a way. See I’m getting better, I'm already more committed. 

So instead of seeing RHONY fabulousness, I got a little bit of a workout on and I watched The Beyonce Experience, which I am in love with. I have always been a fan of Beyonce and a great concert but this takes the cake. I have seen it before and also have been looking for it for like 5 years (I’m not joking), but now that I've actually got it at home, I am obsessed. I can honestly say with confidence that I’ll know the whole DVD choreography by the end of the month, and it’s a 2.5 hour long DVD. Hey, what can I say, I’m committed? I feel like I get heat for saying this, well it could be caused by the frequency of how often I say it, but I think Beyonce is the best performer…ever (don’t shoot me). Now, hear me out. Nobody can tell me with a straight face that they can sit through a Beyonce show and not be entertained, at all. I feel like the only word to describe her is mesmerizing. She is inspiring and motivational, and I’m sorry but in my opinion she’s better than Michael Jackson. Whenever I say that, I feel like I have to prepare for a right hook or I’m gonna get jumped in a corner or something, his fans are passionate and that’s putting it nicely. But enough about how amazing Beyonce is, moving on. 

So real quick (it never is) I want to talk about the new TV I got, which I am also in love with. It has got to be the coolest thing in the house for sure! It’s 3D, which I just found out last night means that it can make anything 3D, yes anything including all my reality TV shows, which I’m not sure why it would be cool in 3D but I still want to see it. It also can connect to WiFi and has all the same features as a regular PC but in HD, or 3D if you want. I must admit, you haven’t lived until you’ve watched your favorite Youtube videos on a big (I don’t know how big it is, I just know it’s big) flatscreen TV. I watched like 10 of those S*** (insert a random ethnicity) Say videos, and I’m not sure it I was tired or just amazed but every single one was like 10 times funnier. Hey, it was pretty cool. There’s also a FitnessTV app, which has random workout programs like one specifically for your abs, a 10 minute Cardio program, etc. I have been trying to get back into the gym for the past couple months and I was beginning to get nervous that I might actually have to pay for a gym membership. God is good, cause that was probably not going to happen, let’s be honest I would have probably just stayed unhealthy. So, I'm going to be committed to a healthier lifestyle also, not just this blog. Now I have no excuse, it’s seriously just a trip downstairs. 

Well, that’s it for today. I would love to know what everyone’s opinion on the best performers ever, do you agree, do you think I’m crazy? I would love some feedback. Leave your comments below, I don’t have anything else to do with my time so let’s get the conversation started.

No Catchy Title Today (sorry)...

So, as promised, I am going to reluctantly do a post about the Basketball Wives reunion. I was beginning to reconsider this decision because of a few factors. Firstly, I know this show is drama at its finest, but honestly, I just don’t know how much more of this kinda drama I can take. The cattiness and fighting is fun and funny when its stays at that point, but when things become physical, when 40+ year old women begin running across tables to attack someone, that’s my cue to go. I just can’t support that type of behavior, no matter how entertaining it is. I just keep thinking I ain’t got time for this, I'm too grown (in my ratchet girl voice). I can’t encourage this behavior from anyone, especially a 40 something year old who has a daughter in college. But much to my chagrin, I tuned in anyway and I have to say I was quite surprised. Everyone acted quite calmly and maturely, which was a pleasant shock. At first I was all for it, but then I became a little bored, which caused me to have an inner revelation. I realized I was addicted to the drama and needed it to truly enjoy television. I quickly became over the phony tears every 5 seconds and admissions of the foolery they caught themselves in this season. I wasn’t sure how much I believed it and honestly didn’t care, I wanted to see some low blows and running across stage in anger. When I thought about it, I was a little disappointed in myself. I mean, why would I want to encourage this, even if it’s only internally. What does that say about me, as a person? Not much. And so I decided that if they were serious about having a more positive outlook from now on, I would support it, bored or not. I wouldn’t mind going over the reunion bit by bit, but I don’t even see the point. If you watched, great, if you didn’t, I can seriously say you didn’t miss anything. There wasn’t anything interesting that needs to be mentioned or highlighted. So I think its best that we move on.

I actually caught So You Think You Can Dance this week, which I was very proud of. For whatever reason, every week something happens and I end up missing it, along with it not being recorded, so this was the first time since the season premiere that I caught the entire episode, so as you can probably guess I was super-dee duper excited. This week, auditions were held in Atlanta and I must admit Atlanta was on fire! There wasn’t a single comedy audition, every performance they displayed that day was a great one, and don’t get me wrong there were definitely some moments where I was cracking up, but the display of talent this week was truly remarkable. And I must admit Debbie Allen is hilarious. Her commentary throughout every performance was just the funniest thing ever; she had me dying the whole time. This was the episode to watch and if this is an indication of what is to come up, I can’t wait for the top 12. Some of my favorites were Audrey Case, the girl who could squeak with her neck, she was phenomenal. Also Tim Conkel, the karate and Selena Gomez obsessed hip-hopper who only had a week of ballet lessons and his pirouette was pretty great. Another pleasant surprise was Damon and Deon, the friends who stole their dance from two twins off Youtube and came back to make things right. I have to say they did, but I didn’t understand why only one made it through. There was an equal amount of talent and both could hold their own during choreographer. Well, I'm happy for the one who did. But what I found interesting was that they mentioned how their dance was from the twins and the producers somehow forgot to air that line. That was very, very interesting and it makes me question the integrity of the show. I feel like I'm just trying to be dramatic and act like I care, knowing deep down I'm not gonna stop watching. It’s like when a mom hears her son was stealing and she’s like well I'm sure there was a good reason. I'm sure there’s an explanation for why they left that part out… I could talk for days about this show, but ill spare you.

Well, I'm going to try to catch up on last week’s Real Housewives of New York, I still haven’t gotten a chance to catch that one and watch this week’s new episode which airs on Thursday. Until then, Au Revoir!

I've Missed You Guys!

Well, I’m back! And my, oh my how I’ve missed this thing. It’s been nearly 2 years since I’ve posted anything and I truly can’t believe it. To say my life has changed would be the understatement of the century; I suppose transformed is a much better word for it. I am two years smarter and more experienced, which means I’ve learned from the mistakes of my last few posts. I have reread my blog over and over again and struggle to not cringe in embarrassment; I can’t believe I actually wrote those. All the spelling errors and improper grammar, I couldn’t imagine someone who just graduated high school actually thought that was okay. But fortunately, I’m not here to talk about how ditzy I was at 19, I’m here to talk about TV, so let’s get this thing going.

Let’s start with the MTV Movie Awards, which came on Sunday night. I’ve taken a non-bashing vow so I’m going to try to be polite as I can. Let’s just say the adjective I would attach to this show was “sub-par.” It just seemed to be full of non-sense categories and awkward speeches, especially any speech involving Kristen Stewart. Sometimes I feel bad for her because of how unusual she is, it just seems like she lacks a personality all-around, in her appearances, in her acting roles, everywhere. I’m still amazed at how successful she has become. I’m not sure if they got a little bit lazy in the planning process for this year but this show lacked a sense of professionalism. There was no excitement, no je ne se quoi quality to this show. I knew it was below standards when no one fought to have it saved on the DVR after it was finished. My sister asked if we should just delete it and there was a unanimous “yes,” from everyone in the room. I’m the type of person that will keep an awards show on the DVR just to watch the musical performances over and over again. I still remember when Rihanna opened the AMA’s a couple years ago, I watched it so often I knew the choreography by heart (I wish I was joking). But not this year, Fun was overrated, Wiz Khalifa was blah and honestly, I don’t remember any other performances, which is kinda sad. Even the nominee entry scenes were strange. The whole thing, I just didn’t get it.

Another big deal tonight was Real Housewives of New Jersey, which I’m beginning to be over. I feel like I have a loyalty to this show because I’m a fellow Jersey girl but I’m not so sure how much more I can take. I almost forgot to watch this week, probably wouldn’t have if it wasn’t preset to record every week on my DVR. I just think there’s no need for the hysterics every week, and Teresa’s feud with her brother and Melissa is getting really old, really fast. Last season it was heartbreaking, but now it’s just becoming tiresome. I have to admit I never saw this coming but maybe this show has outrun its course. I think no matter what this show will always have loyal fans but I can’t say that I will be one of them. We’ll just have to wait and see where the show takes us in the next few episodes. I do know one thing, I see a tornado in the near future, and that’s one storm I can’t miss.

I wanna talk briefly about a show that I can officially add to my weekly addiction list, this new show on HBO called Girls. I don’t want to go too in depth because I don’t want this to become a research paper, but this is a great show! I wouldn’t say this if I didn’t believe it but I think this could be the next Sex and the City, maybe even better. The story lines remind me of why I so desperately want to live in New York City, if only for a few months. There’s a liveliness that’s infectious and unmatched, which is apparent in this show. It seems so real, so relatable. If you’re out of high school and trying to sort your way through life, there’s a character in this show you can connect with. I think I’m every character, depending on the kind of day I’m having. I do have to say though, this is definitely an HBO show. There’s no limit to how far this show will go to prove its point, I am 21 and I was a tad disturbed by some of the content in this show, but then again, what else is new? I am hardly the normal 21 year old, I’m what they like to call 21 going on 60, and unfortunately they are correct. My only suggestion, watch for yourself, you may think this is sugar-coated; I wouldn’t be surprised one bit. So much for talking briefly, right?

Tomorrow I get to talk about the season premiere of Real Housewives of New York, which is still my favorite, and the Basketball wives, which I’ve already got at least a paragraph to discuss at the top of my head. Until then, Tata!