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Tuesday, November 30, 2004
I screamed at Oprah today. Wait, check that, I mean I screamed DURING Oprah today. I SCREAMED because she bought this woman A HOUSE during another "Wildest Dreams" episode. A HO-USE!!!! (okay that was spose to be my Oprah yelling impression but it doesn't work quite as well when it's written down). But anyway, there was this single mom who had three kids and then took in SIX more of her brother's kids. The ten of them lived in a tiny two bedroom apartment, while the mom worked extra shifts at Starbucks to pay for rent, food, etc. So Oprah surprised them with a shopping spree at Toys R Us and I have to admit, I was ready to call Oprah on her usual "I'll do one thing nice and expect it to be enough" routine that she does. But Oprah truly made a difference this time. She bought the family a brand, new HOUSE! I let out an embarrassingly high-pitched scream of disbelief! Like it was SO amazing to see! (I swear I heard a few "shut up down there" stomps from my neighbours upstairs). I mean, the first "wildest dream" on today's show was already good - this guy got a part on Will and Grace (which btw, had SUCH a funny thanksgiving episode last week that I completely forgot to blog about). But buying the house for the single mom was just amazing. She really deserved it and I'm glad Oprah actually did something that helped the family's struggle as opposed to just giving them a haircut or whatever she normally does. A HO-USE!!! =O (I'm totally trying to think of what I'd ask for... Can one of you please write to Oprah about me? I'll tell you some sad stories from my life and you can write it up to sound super depressing!) Sunday, November 28, 2004
I don't wanna say "I told you so" but c'mon, did I not predict poor Mrs. Huber's demise tonight on Desperate Housewives? (Although I'm sorry Azadeh, you probably could've done without the "yeah!" and "haha! I knew it!" gestures I made while watching the show with you...) As for Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, I'm beginning to think that the family members are getting a little too smart-alecky for their own good. Case in point: The "oh so sorrowful" sister on tonight's episode. "Well..." she says sadly, a frown firmly in place, "I've always wanted to go to fashion school but..." - she pauses to collect her fake tears - "We can't afford it..." Smart smart. I wonder what the producers of the show will do for your surprise?! Psssh. I did NOT buy her sad story. She knew EXACTLY what she was doing! But I do admit, the little brother was really really cute! I'm glad he got his baseball-themed room! He totally deserved it! Note to self/things to add to my list of diseases that will get me on TV: "Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI) - a genetic disorder characterized by bones that break easily" Tuesday, November 23, 2004
Breaking news: Mischa Barton hints at leaving The OC! Read about it HERE. To this I say: Good riddance and goodbye! Is it just me or is Mischa's ego getting a little too big for Orange County? Plus her storyline is getting just a tad boring - longing looks at Ryan/sad face/drink/longing looks at Ryan/sad face/drink... Monday, November 22, 2004
Phew! After carefully reading over THIS spoiler page and THIS fansite for the better part of an hour, I am quite confident in believing that the person who is going to die on Desperate Housewives is NOT one of the 5 main women. That's right... I said the FIVE women (not the four), which means Edie is safe... at least for the time being (And deserving so! I mean, how funny was she last night? And we finally got to learn more about her, like her real-estate job, interests, etc.) My guess is that wacky Mrs. Huber will be getting the wack-off. She's also the one who wrote the note. Follow me here: The husband found Edie's stationary and realized that it matched the stationary of the note right? Well... isn't Edie staying at Mrs. Huber's place since her own house burned down?! So she probably has been using stationary from Mrs. Huber's house.... Ahhh.... Yes, I know. I'm THAT good. Methinks a career as a private eye could work for me... Friday, November 19, 2004
Seriously guys, I have a compulsion to call people whenever I watch a great program on TV so that I can talk to someone about it! I mean, HOW GOOD was What Not to Wear tonight?! If you changed the aspiring actor guy's name to Tim and gave him a bit more hair, he'd be like me! I'm glad Stacy and Clinton didn't try putting him in suits and stuff. Rather, they gave him a "modern retro" look and no, that's not an oxymoron. A moron is someone who thinks his argyle sweater is ugly, forgetting that he was the one who picked it out himself at the store. Silly guy... but great show! And then I watched 20/20... I swear, for the Destiny's Child interview and NOT for the story about the guy who was once a twin girl and then took testosterone to become a man... yeah... Imagine having a twin sister and then that sister becoming a brother! *shiver* And then I looked at what I had completed for my huge paper due Tuesday... and realized that I was staring at a blank page... Thursday, November 18, 2004
Annnnd The OC is good again.... Aside from Seth's incessant yapping (which I guess is 'spose to be funny but comes off rather annoying), I found the episode to be the perfect mix of fun and drama that we've come to expect from the show. I'm a big fan of self-referencing (see Tim's love of Dawson Creek) and so, the scene with Summer watching "The Valley" and telling people not to disturb her b/w 8 and 9 on Thursday nights was particularly funny! I'm also digging the new characters because let's face it, they lasted an entire episode and none of them went all "Oliver" on us... yet (Plus they're pretty, especially the bar girl, who was on a pre-maturely cancelled show on FOX called "Skin" last year fyi). The other girl was named Lindsay and uncoincidentely looked a bit like Lindsay Lohan eh? Minus the greasy hair, sluttiness and foreign exchange ex-boyfriend... Alright so listen, I realized that people keep referring to Julie as Julie Cooper. But she divorced Jimmy Cooper and married Caleb Nichol. So shouldn't she be Julie NICHOL? Hmmm... that just doesn't have quite the ring to it... As for the next episode, why do we have to wait two weeks for it?! Damn you FOX if you're postponing The OC for yet another "lost" episode of The Simple Life! Addendum: Benjamin McKenzie is turning into Seth Cohen... or rather, Adam Brody! Did you see Ben on Leno tonight? He did the exact same witty, sarcastic, self-depreciating, muttering cynical comments other his breath thing that Adam Brody does! And he added in the exaggerated hand gestures and smug look thing too! I swear... the Seth Cohen influence is rubbing off on Benny... Addendum: Read Entertainment Weekly's OC review HERE. It says everything I meant to say but forgot to say/didn't feel like writing Wednesday, November 17, 2004
Dear Jenna, About last night... I had a lot of fun. But uh, I think... I mean... I hope you like these two diamond earrings. Tim. ;) heh heh I've become so infatuated with TV shows that I have now taken to calling my friends during commercials to make sure they reacted the same way that I did to the previously played scene. Take, for example, One Tree Hill tonight. When Hailey stood up Nathan, leaving him all by himself with the romantic coach ride he had planned for her... I let out a huge "awwwww!" (an extra "w" tacked on for effect). "I bet Karla and Azadeh just said 'awwww' really loud too," I thought to myself. But somehow, because I needed to be sure, I felt the sudden urge to call them up and ask them if they had, indeed, let out an "awwww." Then when Peyton got all upset and started taking her cocaine bottle out, I was totally panicking and practically screaming "Please don't let this be a Kelly Martin 90210 repeat!" I was pretty sure Karla would know what I meant and that she would laugh... but again, I sorta wanted to hear her tell me that over the phone. And in the end, when Brooke and Lucas had the sappy friendship moment, I could hear Karla and Az saying "Ohh, they're gonna hook up again!" in the wink wink nudge nudge manner we're all too familiar with... but I was only picturing them saying that and not actually hearing it from them. It was an uncomfortable feeling... Finally, they sadly did not show previews for One Tree Hill next week but they DID show what appeared to be a gay crush revealed on Jack and Bobby tomorrow! Whoa. I was all ready to call Azadeh to discuss this... but then looked at the clock and realized that it was past midnight and the poor girl probably would not appreciate an "OMG! There's a gross gay love triangle thing on TV tomorrow!!" call from me. And so I hung up. Tuesday, November 16, 2004
CDs and ME Update: The new Destiny's Child CD is not really what you'd expect... There are no "girl-power" anthems a la Survivor, nor are there any fast songs apart from Lose My Breath and (sorta) Soldier. The rest of the album is very mellow... Apparently they were going for the "classic, timeless" songs rather than poppy, flavour of the week songs. While I commend them for that, they should've picked bigger hits to put on the CD... BUTTTT... the Green Day CD, "American Idiot" is really really good! It DID live up to the hype, the best songs being the title track and "Boulevard of Broken Dreams," which has been spinning in my CD player the past two days non-stop. Since I'm on a buying CDs kick, I might as well list some of the other discs I'm intending to purchase this month: (basically all Idol-related... shut up) Are you ready? You're mouse is gonna get a lot of work from checking out the links (BLUE font = links), so put down that homework, focus on Tim's blog and start reading! Nov. 23rd - Ruben Studdard's gospel album (Yes he's still around! Listen to the clips on his WEBSITE and tell me you're not inspired!) - Fantasia Barrino - Free Yourself (I totally think she's got soul y'know? Go to her WEBSITE and listen to the clips too... one of the songs totally sounds like an Usher rip-off, which is to say, I loved it!) - Kalan Porter - 219 Days (Ryan Malcolm who? Let's just say Kalan called my friend Emily and she got to talk to him for half an hour... for an interview... but still...) - Gwen Stefani - Love Angel Music Baby (Gwen Stefani is so cool! Like she's such a cool and unique individual y'know? I dunno what you're waiting for but I'm buying her CD! hehe) - I am NOT buying gay Clay's Christmas CD... but did you know that George Huff from American Idol 3 put out a Holiday CD? Again, go check out the clips because he has like the *perfect* voice for Christmas dontcha think? Nov. 30th - broke from buying 4 CDs the week before... - Kelly Clarkson - Breakaway (Watch Kelly's new video HERE. The song is called "Since You've Been Gone" and is supposed to signal Kelly's new "rock" direction... although the guy who wrote the song is Max Martin, also known as "guy who wrote all of Britney's first CD..." Hmmm...) I'm also gonna hit up the used CD stores to pick up Jesse McCartney's debut CD (because I really like the song "Beautiful Soul!") and to find Tyler Hilton's debut CD (because I really like One Tree Hill) Now that you've read my CD picks of the month, go to MUCHMUSIC and check out my ex-Canadian Idol, Devon Soltendieck's CD picks. haha... remember? I used to think he was really cool and then... well... I don't really wanna get into it. It's complicated. heehee (Damn, he was in Montreal and I didn't even get a chance to stalk... I mean... talk to him...) Yeah! More Britney news for ya! heehee Did anyone watch MadTV on Saturday night? They did a spoof of Brit's new video "My Prerogative," calling it instead, "My Predicament." Listen carefully to the words - they're really funny! Dload it HERE. PS> I've also updated the Destiny's Child post to include a link that shows Michelle's unfortunate fall during their BET performance last night. Is it just me or is Beyonce scary? Like how much do you wanna bet she beat up Michelle after the fall? haha I hate Harold Abbott. He is so mean! Why is he always harping on Bright?! The rest of Everwood tonight was its usual slow-paced yet incredibly effective self. I kept thinking that Elijah should totally be watching this show (Are you reading this Elijah?! haha) because he could probably relate to Ephram's goals of getting into Julliard. The ending was especially profound because James Earl Jones turning off the music and just telling Ephram to play sorta mirrored the music and silence felt by Andy's patient... I dunno how to explain it, but when I was watching it I did the whole "Whooo" and "Ahhh" thing because I was so impressed at how the writers tied the whole episode together... Monday, November 15, 2004
And another VJ leaves the stable... It's official. VJ George Stroumboulopoulos is leaving MuchMusic (Yes I cut and paste his name... as if I knew how to spell it!). The recent departures of Amanda and George and the recent disapperance of Rick (I haven't seen him in AGES!) means viewers are now stuck with a bunch of giggling high school kids who are more stoked about being on TV(!!!) then they are about hosting a music television program. And I'm not talking about Much Take-Over either... The "giggling high school kids" are the new VJs. Read about Georgy's departure HERE. Destiny's Child are back! I can't wait to listen to their new CD! 
I felt soooo bad for Michelle today cuz her shoe broke and she like FELL flat on the stage during DC's performance on 106 and Park! But she "soldier-ed" on and completed the rest of the dance/performance! I'm so excited that Destiny's Child are back and this time I hoping for MORE Kelly and Michelle and less Beyonce if you know what I mean... (And here's hoping that Beyonce doesn't give Michelle a lashing for falling! Yikes!) Anyway, check out more of Destiny's Child HERE I'm SO getting their CD tomorrow! (That's one CD out of like many many CDs I wanna get in November...) Sunday, November 14, 2004
"Me and Mariah, go back like babies on pacifiers!" Remember ODB? He rapped on Mariah Carey's "Fantasy remix" and also had a few hits of his own including "Baby I Got Your Money" with Kelis. Well if you haven't heard, he died suddenly last night aftering collapsing in the studio... yikes eh? So I guess this rules out a Wu-Tang reunion? (Only Amos and Nimah got that joke when I tried it at church today...) Anyway, read about this untimely death HERE Thursday, November 11, 2004
In other news... Jack was totally wearing MY pink and gray argyle sweater on Will and Grace tonight! I'm not sure if I'm spose to be thrilled that a gay guy was wearing the same sweater vest... But it does make me feel good about my fashion sense and my sense of timing. I totally called the argyle thing like at the beginning of summer! O.C.? More like O.Zzzzzzzzz.... I seriously could NOT keep myself awake during The OC tonight! And don't blame my lack of sleep because I was drinking a coffee WHILE watching the show! I dunno if the writers are losing their touch or trying to hard to have the one-liners, but there was barely anything interesting about tonight's episode (save for Summer's awesome new curly hairdo and her argyle sweater). I was so restless I almost switched channels to... MusiquePlus... twice. Mon dieu! Maybe it's because "hunky gardener boy" only conjures up images of what's his name on Desperate Housewives or because "Mischa Barton" only conjures up images of regurgitated food down the toilet... but I did NOT buy the whole Marissa-loves-the-yardboy storyline. They had absolutely NO chemistry! Ryan on the other hand, now has chemistry three times a week thanks to his "advanced" schedule. As if we're 'spose to believe that Chino breeds geniuses... I DID, however, like Zach, the new guy. He's like the only normal character there. And by normal, I mean an actor who just reads his lines exactly the way they are and doesn't try too hard to improv or be funny. And he looks normal too y'know? Not too curly, not too short, not too skinny... I like this non-threatening character stuff. Enough with the *drama* y'know? Your thoughts? Wednesday, November 10, 2004
I know it's a little out-dated, but I thought I'd post something I wrote for the paper a month ago. Unfortunately, it didn't get printed... sniff, sniff... I open up the new issue of GQ and right in the middle of the magazine, in between pages of ads for Marc Jacobs and Lacoste, is a donation form for "Aid the Children" - an anti-poverty agency. Does anyone else see an irony in this seemingly innocent benevolent act? You'd think that a magazine encouraging donations to aid the poor wouldn't be stressing the importance of buying a $150 shirt on the page immediately after y'know? But sadly, that's the whole "GQ" (by way of Hollywood) mentality - which is: It's okay to spend hundreds of dollars on unnecessarily expensive products for yourself, as long as you toss a penny every now and then to a random "charity case" or two. Britney Spears' mother recently had to post a message on her website to defend Britney's no-show at her own "Britney Spears Foundation" camp. Blah blah blah, Britney's "knee injury," blah blah blah. Britney's supposed knee injury is healed. Have you not seen the photos of her "frolicking" around the beach, or well, walking? The thing is, a lot of people like Britney Spears believe they're patron saints by donating money to a "good cause" or sponsoring a charitable event But I bet Britney doesn't really know what her camp even does. Or who attends the camp. Or where the money goes to. She doesn't pay attention to her camp because, frankly, isn't it enough that she gives them money? Well... no. And don't even get me started on the whole American "Rock the Vote!" movement (It's more US Weekly than US-A, if you ask me). By the number of celebs jumping on this campaign I swear it's the new kabbalah. Ashlee Simpson was recently photographed wearing a "Vote or Die" t-shirt, as was Lindsay Lohan and Mariah Carey. It's awesome for these pop cultural "role models" to be encouraging kids to vote, but I'll bet that most of them don't even know what they're voting for. Lindsay Lohan engaged in political conversation? Right... And with Mariah making millions of dollars and busy perfecting her "I'm of bi-racial heritage" tan, I don't think she's too concerned with public administration or the war on terrorism - which is unfortunate for her, because Mariah knows a thing or two about bombing... Now don't get me wrong; there are a lot of celebrities out there who are genuinely interested in and concerned for, the welfare of those less fortunate. And these individuals should be commended for using their visibility to promote worthy causes and for fostering a united spirit of compassion. Yet when “banding together” becomes a “band-wagon,” there's more than a slight cause for concern. Sure it’s easy to be enticed by a purring Paris Hilton to donate money to PETA. But it's also easy to get confused when Paris is prancing down the catwalk in mink the next week. And getting Madonna to talk up the moral values of religion is like letting Snoop Dogg takeover the D.A.R.E. program. It just isn't right. Jessica Simpson was recently hired to be the spokesperson for a foundation that provides re-constructive mouth surgery to kids. Asking Jessica Simpson to endorse something is like… well… pointless really. This girl can't tell tuna from chicken and we expect her to educate us about developments in medical sciences? Something smells fishy here. And it's not the tuna. Tuesday, November 09, 2004
To all the sickos (all 107 of you!) who have come to my site looking for "Tara Reid's wardrobe malfunction"... you peaked my curiousity, so I went to go investigate and found this: 
If you want to see the un-censored version (and you know you do), click HERE Sad. I used to totally love Tara Reid... and now she's joined Pam and Paris in the ranks of trashy blonds. It's a travesty really. Sunday, November 07, 2004
I realized that I've been writing Desparate Housewives in this blog, instead of DespErate Housewives, which is how it's correctly spelled. As an English minor, you'd think I'd be embarrassed of my poor spelling, except that somehow, by spelling "desperate" wrong, I've managed to attract all the other people who typed in a search for the show and spelled it wrong too! Anyway, tonight's episode was really good because we got to see Gabrielle (Eva Longoria) in a bra and panties get-up. But then it got bad because we had to see Bree (Marcia Cross) in a bra and panties get-up. As for Bree's husband... who else besides me thinks that his secret is that he's gay? And who else thinks that Zach's secret is that he caused his mom to lose a baby? But in the meantime... did you SEE the previews for the next episode? I hate Carlos' mom! I don't want her to find out about her daughter-in-law's affair! Boo! That's no fun! And Lynette taking A.D.D pills?! I once worked for the Learning Disabilities Association in York Region and I have to express my outrage (okay well maybe not outrage, but displeasure) that they are making A.D.D into a joke! Attention deficit disorder is... wait, sorry... what was I talking about again? Oh look, you can hear a bird outside my window! I'm so glad that bird is... when's dinner? I'm hungry. You know what? I heard that... wait, I forgot... So yeah, A.D.D. is NO laughing matter! Saturday, November 06, 2004
Eww. I don't wanna know what kind of people are coming to this site. In the past week alone, I've had people come here after searching for "slutty, horny housewives" and "Tara Reid's boobs." Don't ask. Friday, November 05, 2004
Holy Emmanuelle Vaugier! Everyone's favourite teen-drama guest star is back - this time on North Shore (Yes... I watched North Shore... I thought I'd give it another chance now that it's right after The OC on FOX) Speaking of The OC... OC how I missed thee. Tonight's season premiere started off slow but by the end - with Theresa's fake losing the baby story and Seth and Ryan returning home - I was all into it again. I chuckled at the skinny dig at Marissa/Mischa; I got all sad when Theresa cried in her mother's arms; I got warm and fuzzy when Seth hugged Kirsten; and... get this... I actually felt sorry for Julie Cooper when Marissa screamed at her. I mean, I know we've seen that "Do you wanna know what's wrong? AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!" scene like ten thousand times in previews this summer, but still, it didn't make any more sense seeing it in the actual episode. All it made me think was a) Huh? and b) Julie Cooper looks good in her darker hair dye colour and does not deserved to be yelled at like that by her trampy, drinks Sex on the Beach on the beach daughter! And I'd never thought I'd say this, but The OC is stealing ideas from another show! The hot latino gardener thing is SO Miguel on "Desperate Housewives" y'know? Psssh! Okay, the OC obssession is beginning again... crap. My roommate walked in halfway through the episode and wanted to know what was happening. The only thing I could think of to say was "SHHHHH!" (oops, sorry Peter!) As for North Shore... I've decided that it's trying TOO hard to be like The OC... only sluttier (North Shore? More like North HOR!). I mean, in tonight's episode alone, they: 1. Had Hailey from The OC (Amanda Rrrrrighetti!) 2. Had Switchfoot's "Dare You to Move" playing in the background (Just like in The OC previews) 3. Also used the word "blow" in a sentence (Just like it was used by Julie Cooper on The OC tonight) 4. Referenced Newport Beach as one of the character's hometown 5. Celebrated Christmakah okay fine... they didn't have the Christmakah thing. But they had a lot of similarities to The OC... which only means that I'll have to keep watching North Shore. Wednesday, November 03, 2004
Note to self: Must get Old Spice Red Zone deodorant! (Apparently it helps you win football games and attract the ladies) And you can't tell me you didn't let out a huge "YEAH!!" tonight when Clark threw the winning championship game touchdown on Smallville... what? You didn't hoot and holler? That was just me? Ok never mind... Note to Smallville writers: What's with the puzzling ending two weeks in a row?! First the mysterious woman in the car last week and now Lex getting all freaky again on us? (Is he keeping like a storage room of past villains? Is he secretly lusting after Lana?) Hmmm.... Next week's preview: Hellooooo Erika Durance! (Did you SEE the preview? Lana, Chloe and Lois were dressed in black leather dominatrix gear and they were ripping apart Clark's shirt! What show IS this?!) *drooool* 
I bought the OC Season 1 DVD set exactly a week ago... And now my roommate and I are officially obsessed with watching it instead of studying... When my Honours Accounting roommate starts asking me "What happens to Oliver and Marissa?!" you know something weird is happening... Season 2 countdown: 1 more day! (But for now, a slight pictoral recap...)  I think Summer/Rachel Bilson will eclipse Marissa/Mischa as this year's OC "IT" girl... because let's face it, Mischa is so diva-ed out y'know?  Tuesday, November 02, 2004
Okay finnnne... I like Ashlee Simpson again! I mean, check out this pic of her right after her "incident" on SNL last weekend! Awwww.... I'm sorry Ashlee, acid reflux IS a good excuse... I mean.. explanation!  Okay, so I've just spent two hours NOT in class, but rather sitting in front of my computer catching up on One Tree Hill episodes from the past couple weeks... I know, I know, shut up. So anyway, Tyler Hilton (who Chrishelme introduced me to like a year ago) is now guest-starring on One Tree Hill! (good foresight Chrishelme!) He's playing Peyton's possible love interest which on One Tree Hill really just means they'll have tons of sex and then either a) get married or b) join Nikki and Jake in the "where are they now?" guest star category. Watching Tyler on OTH sparked my interest in him again so I did some surfing around to find out more about him. It's weird but if you took a typical boy band singer look and mixed it with a typical soap opera star look and added a hint of California surfer look, you'd get Tyler Hilton. But in the end, I came to the conclusion that he is EXACTLY LIKE JOHN MAYER. Get this - they're both singer-songwriters who compose pleasant middle of the road pop/rock on their guitars, they've both got that American-boy good looking thing going on, they're both 6 foot 4, they both went to Berklee and most importantly, they both dated Jennifer Love Hewitt! (not jealous, not jealous). Tyler has the same raspy vocal sound that John does too, which is to say, they have great melodic songs but you can't really understand what they're saying. In other OTH news... I went to a used CD store this past weekend and bought Gavin Degraw's CD. Gavin, of course, sings "I Don't Wanna Be," the theme song to One Tree Hill. In case you were wondering, his CD is really good - it's like poppy but has this alternative twang to it. And in case you were also wondering, he doesn't look like John Mayer. Monday, November 01, 2004
Did anyone see Eminem on SNL this weekend? He was TOTALLY "singing to a backing track" if y'know what I mean? |
