Word of the Day

So I think it has been a while since I posted on the last Jersey Shore episode. Oddly enough, out of all of the trash TV I watch, Jersey Shore is one of the shows that AJ and I can enjoy together. He came home the other night while I was watching the newest episode, and actually wanted me to start it over at the beginning so he could watch! Now if only he could get on board with Real Housewives...

Anyway,there have been quite a few funny things on the last few eps. I loved that the girls typed up a letter to give to Sammi (to inform her that Ronnie is cheating on her), and the way Ronnie deduced that there was no way Snooki could have written the letter was because the word "wisely" was used. He said she didnt use big words like that. And on that same note, Snooki did say that the word of the day was "sympathetic" because it was a big word. Now, I am no wordsmith or scholar by any means...but even I dont classify sympathetic as a "big" word. And is Sammi just the clingiest girlfriend EVER? Ugh she annoys me!

So I am a week behind on Secret Life, but last week I LOVED that Molly Ringwald made a 16 Candles comment on the show. They were talking about how everyone forgot Amy's birthday, and she said, "Everyone forgot my 16th birthday and it stuck with me the rest of my life!" LOVE IT!

I found a new fat show to watch (because I seriously just like watching obese people for some weird reason). "Too Fat for 15" is the name of the show, on TLC I think. It is a real life Fat Camp, but seriously, one of the girls is really big and it is sad. It is a good filler until Biggest Loser starts again (in just a little less than a month! Holler!!!!)

We watched a good movie this last weekend. It was a LITTLE odd, but not enough to bother me. Scott Pilgrim vs. The World (with Michael Cera). Pretty entertaining. We also went to an improv comedy with some friends, and I decided it would be so freaking funny if I signed up to take an improv class. Really, I mean...how hilarious would that be if I had to TRY really hard to be funny? And by hilarity, I realize that it would only be funny to me. I seriously want to sign up.

I have to touch a little bit on the disappointing Emmys that were Sunday night. How does LOST not win best drama? Over Mad Men (quite possibly one of the most popular boring shows EVER!!!)???? LOST needed to win SOMETHING! HELLO? When has there EVER been a TV phenomenon like Lost? Never!

OK, enough on that. I was happy that the 2 actors from Breaking Bad won (even though Locke or Ben Linus didnt win). Breaking Bad is a good show, with good acting (my professional opinion of course). Of course Modern Family deserved it too. Love that show.

On a more pressing annoyance at the Emmy's: Betty White. She is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO played out right now, and I am OVER it. Fine, put her on a funny SNL skit, and we all laugh and reminisce on The Golden Girls (great show). But she seriously loses her "freshness" (if you can call it that) when she is EVERYWHERE. I am over you, Rose. And where/why did she come back all of a sudden anyway?

It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year!

Yes, the Fall TV Premiere Line-up has been posted on Eonline. Yay! And here it is: LINEUP.

SO, what am I most excited about?

RETURNING SHOWS that yall know I love:
Its Always Sunny
Gossip Girl
90210 (this season is supposed to get good again!)
How I Met Your Mother
Biggest Loser
Modern Family
Cougartown
The Office
Community
30 Rock
Friday Night Lights (DirecTV first).

OMG...so excited for those.

NEW SHOWS that I want to watch:
Hellcats (more teenage drama on The CW)
The Event (maybe a LOST replacement??--on a much lower level. HIGH POTENTIAL FOR LAMENESS THOUGH)
Running Wilde (Tues on FOX---with Will Arnett and created by same guy who did Arrested Development)
Better With You (Wed on ABC--minor funny-potential so I am giving it a chance)
My Generation (ABC, on the fence about this one. follows HS Seniors year 2000 then follows up 10 years later to see where their lives took them. Cool idea, but could be sucky)
Outsourced (definitely a must-see that we are all looking forward to from NBC---MUST WATCH THIS!)

You're welcome.

Tuesday PM

AJ just reminded me that I hadnt blogged in a while! Geez! I need to learn how to re-adjust to working full time while managing my TV shows!

SO last week I tuned in to the new show Melissa and Joey (remember? The new Who's The Boss?). Dont waste your time. It was lame. And no matter what Joey says, he is going bald. It looked like they sort of "sprayed" stubby hair on the top-front of his head to make it look like there was hair there, but NO. He isnt fooling anyone.

I know it was last week, but the Scary Bunny Suit worn by Gary on Teen Mom has to be brought up here (Shauna! You know what I am talking about!). It was freaking weird, scary, hilarious, sad, gross. I laughed SOOO hard when Amber said (to her baby) "Easter bunny's sweatin'!" and "Say, you're lazy Easter Bunny!"
And I cant be the only one that sort of felt like Farrah got what she deserved after being scammed from selling her car on craigslist to an unknown buyer.

Fave quote from last week's Project Runway: "I'm not like a cat with 7 life!" (said by Cassanova, and, yes, I meant to type 'life') When is he ever going to go home?!

Has anyone seen The Switch movie yet? I want to go.I also am really having to hold myself back from going to see that exorcism movie! They pull me in every time!!!!

Just a Few Things

Yeah, right. I had to catch up on a TON of tv from last week. What a sacrifice! :)

Project Runway: Geez these people are way two-faced with each other and are already getting catty! The one girl who keeps winning is getting WAY cocky, too. But I think we all agree that it was PAST Cassanova's time to get sent home. Thank goodness. He had the worst taste.

LAST WEEK'S Teen Mom: I loved the scene where Gary proposed to Amber on the beach...and she just continues to be verbally abusive in that moment. She is pissed because he didnt say "Will you marry me?" but said "Do you want to marry me?" or something like that. She is so gross.

I havent watched this week's Teen Mom because my DVR betrayed me and recorded it, but then wouldnt play anything after the first 3 seconds. I am recording it again at 8PM tonight.

Pretty Little Liars: What exactly was meant by "summer finale?" Please tell me that doesnt mean that it was indeed renewed to start in the Fall. Then again, if One Tree Hill continues to live on past Peyton and Lucas, then I guess anything can happen. Anyway, the most entertaining part of this week's episode was when one of the girls was wearing a shirt that I had tried on at Forever 21 earlier this week...which once again reminded me that I am probably too old to be shopping in there in the first place.

Secret Life: WE DO NOT CARE ABOUT THE ADULTS. Please stop having awkward scenes between Ricky's foster dad and Ben's dad, and Adrienne's dad. Focus on the teen pregnancy pact going on at that high school!!

HUGE: Chloe is a real butt for not telling anyone that the one fat dude is her brother. And it was hilarious when Haley Hasselhoff got dumped by her camp counselor boyfriend. How old is he supposed to be anyway?

Top Chef: Bye bye Alex. We all did not like you. You are weird and your family will probably be on Wife Swap one day.

Flipping Out: I want free lunch at Casa whatever too! And Jeff must really like his brother and his sister in law to be willing to keep her sister working for him. That girl is ANNOYING and so ditzy. Seriously, is she really that dumb-acting? I just feel like it HAS to be an act.

Intervention: OMG where is Ken Seeley???!!! We havent seen him all season as the inteventionist, and last night, they had a new GIRL interventionsist!!! Ken!!! I hope you didnt have a relapse! (He really was a drug addict before he did interventions on other people)

GOOD...no GREAT TV NEWS BELOW!!!!!!

Friday Night Lights will be starting (from season 1!!!!) on ABC Family in September. HOLLER!!!! You have to watch!

CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM makes it to network tv! I am not sure what channel (it is channel 39 where I am). But if you have never had the chance to watch it you should!

And, lastly... Thintervention is a new show starting on Bravo in September featuring none other than my fave WORKOUT show celeb (literally, the show Workout that I miss so much!) Jackie Warner! She helps 8 chubby people lose weight. And she is looking built as ever!

Sorry!

I feel so bad for neglecting the blog this past week. I aim for 2-3 posts per week and hope to be able to keep on that schedule when I start my new job TOMORROW!! What, What! It is always exciting to start a new job. I am still trying to decide what to wear on my first day, just like the first day of school. I mean, there is no possible WAY I can wear something that ISNT new, is there? I dont think so.

We have been totally busy this week. You may have seen us on various tours and touristy spots throughout Boston, including the Duck Boat Tour, The Charles River Tour, A Boston Harbor Whale Watching Cruise, the Commons, The Freedom Trail, Bunker Hill, Walden Pond, Quincy Market, and of course Mike's Pastry. (how awesome is it that all of that is right here at my fingertips!?)
*** in laws were here so that is why we were touring around doing everything in the city. I am now an expert at handicapped accessibility throughout the city, so if you need advice, see me.

I had absolutely NO TIME for TV this week (what a shame!) but am slowly catching up (relief!).

Summer TV is drawing to a close and new Fall shows should be starting soon! Yay!!!!

Right now I am focusing on catching up on Mad Men. BORING! But it has to be done. Earlier I was watching Kourtney and Khloe Take Miami and I just freaking hate Scott so much. What a d-bag. She just needs to break up with him COMPLETELY and forever.

OOH! I almost forgot Jersey Shore. Again, remind me why they brought Angelina back? How funny was it when Snooky came out ready to go to the club, with her hair poofed to high-heaven and looking disgusting, and Vinny said she looked good. SO HILARIOUS. I thought the opposite. They are great at coming up with little pnemonics though, like GTL. This week it was MVP which has double meaning: Most Valuable Player (obviously) and Mike, Vinny, and Pauly. Seriously, they are pretty entertaining to watch, and you know you love it.

I snuck and watched The Real Housewives of DC...and of course want to keep watching! I dont like how all of these ladies just want to meet the President though (that is SO 2008!), but I sort of like how that British lady is just so frank about everything...although her deep voice is gross. The skinny lady sort of has a deep voice too, right? Weird.

Also still perdiodically watching RH-NJ and jsut cant get over Danielle and her thug lifestyle that she tries to make look chic. I am confused as to how/why Teresa keeps spending money though when we do know that her husband did file for bankruptcy and they lost some of their homes to foreclosure.

FLIPPING OUT!!! Yay it came back and Jeff and Jenny are as good as ever. I feel bad for him that he and his old best friend arent friends anymore, but it did seem like he was totally doing business and not including Jeff. That sucks.

The Real World New Orleans= BORING. As have been the last several seasons of The Real World.

Oh...back to touring around in Beantown (which I now know the official explanation of why it is called that). We went on a whale watching cruise that was AMAZING. You should come to Boston just for that. We saw sooooo many whales and they were right at our boat. I will post a pic, but just know, that doesnt even do it justice. It was awesome.

Vacay Part II

This vacation will be divided into 3 parts: The South (which was discussed in my last post), Maine (which will have pics in this post), and In-Laws Touring Boston (after their trip is over in a few days).

We just got back in from our 2 day trip to Maine. We did everything Maine has to experience, which, according to the internet consists of Lobster, Beaches, Lighthouses, and Shopping. Maine (and also New Hampshire) is beautiful and very green in the summertime. AJ got plenty of marvelling in, while I gained patience and a suntan while he did so.

Here are the pics. Excuse the same clothes in EVERY pic because we took these all in one day. Also, in the one pic, there are all of these rock piles in an area near the beach, and it was FREAKY! Blair Witch!!!

When They Say It's Humid, They Mean It

I guess I sort of forgot what real humidity is. After living outside of the South for many years now, I just really dont ever remember how miserable and damp it really is down there! But even though the temperature is miserable, we just got back from a nice trip down there, and we were so glad that my new job start date cooperated!

AJ golfed 5 days in a row, I had a Sonic Route 44 Diet Dr. Pepper (with crushed ice) 6 days in a row, I had 4 total Hawaiian Shaved Ices (you cannot find those ANYWHERE else in the country, I swear! I have looked!), several ChickfilA trips, Hardees breakfast multiple times (because nothing compares to their loaded omelet biscuits!), helping Nat set up her classroom, playing with Duchess, and of course the beach and WaterWorld and sprinkler in the backyard with Brooklyn! We had lots of fun and are looking forward to our next trip!






"This isnt Saved By The Bell. We arent Zack and Kelly." (My fave quote from Jersey Shore this week, said by Ronnie about Sammy.)

Project Runway has some okay designers this season, but also some really bad ones that just need to be eliminated right away. And why is it 1 1/2 hours this season anyway? And no more Models of the Runway afterwards, thank goodness!

Pretty Little Liars season 1 is almost at a close, and still nothing has happened. The plot hasnt advanced since the first episode, has it? And now that one friend went and destroyed (and/or buried something) on A's memorial? Why would she do that? After this week's episode, I was really ready to say I was done with the show...but I guess I sort of need to just finish this season out to see if they leave us with any great cliffhangers.

How gross is it that the one dude on The Real World peed on the other guys toothbrush? Gross. But calling the police and pressing charges over it? LAME! I hate that dude anyway (the one who is a hair dresser, acts and dresses trendy, but swears he isnt gay). I do think Knight is hilarious though, but also annoying.

We went and saw The Other Guys this week too, and it was totally worth going to. Pretty hilarious, especially the first half. It starts out really great, and gets a little slow, but totally worth going for a good laugh. Marky Mark did a good job playing off of Will Farrell, which surprised me.

If you happen to still be watching or thinking of watching Persons UnKnown, save your time. It is seriously one of the worst shows ever. Need a replacement show? Money Hungry on VH1 could be a good one...extremely overweight people (worthy of Biggest Loser) trying to lose weight and win money. I am not sure of all of the rules, but I always am up for a good weight loss competition!

Creekers, Punks, and Outcasts

I am just sitting down to watch the latest episode of If You Really Knew Me, and it is just too hilarious. This week features a high school in the backwoods of West Virginia. At this school, I would be categorized as a "punk."

Basically, there are 3 groups at this school, as explained by students at the school at the beginning of the episode:
The Creekers--who are surprisingly the COOL kids who are only recognized by either living on the creek, or by wearing only camoflauge clothing
The Punks--who are the kids who "wear trendy clothes"
The Outcasts--everyone else.

I dont know about you, but living at the creek and wearing camo at all times doesnt sound cool to me. Oh, and the homecoming queen killed a deer and wore its antlers as a crown.

JERSEY SHORE: Of course I watched! Why did they bring Angelina back? That sort of makes me mad because she left the first Jersey Shore like after 2 days. It just isnt the same when they arent in Jersey, I have to admit. I just hope Miami lets them fulfill "GTL" on a daily basis.

Just Plain Bad

We went to see the movie Salt yesterday. I had seriously heard it was good from several random facebook friends, and also read some reviews that said it was worth seeing. Well, it was NOT. It was so bad, about halfway through, we just resorted to making fun of everything that Angelina Jolie said and did. And no where in the world can a feeble-looking, barely 100 pound lady beat up 4 CIA agents at the same time by just using the wall to jump off of (her signature move). So lame.

OK so on Secret Life, Adrienne still maybe thought she wanted to be with Ricky, but then decided after they kissed that she was over him? And Amy doesnt care? Yeah, right. Amy is also quitting the french horn because she said she is no good. Hilarious! Where can this show go? It just revolves around teen pregnancy, unlike DeGrassi which covers the whole realm of teen issues and is awesome. Please stop using Tom in scenes. No one cares about his storyline, nor views him as a real character anyway, and it is just awkward.

Huge has got to be almost over too. Only so many things can happen at fat camp! I dont like how every activity going on only includes this "popular" (?) group of campers and it seems the rest of the campers arent doing anything. And I havent seen them work out in FOREVER! Hello? If I send my kid to fat camp, they had better come back looking they were on Biggest Loser!

My Boys started again this week! I love this show, one reason being that it takes place in Chicago and they are all Cubs fans!!! But this season her brother (Jim Gaffigan) isnt on the show, and he has been one of the funniest parts of the show. Still worth watching on TBS. Is Lauren Conrad still dating that one guy on the show? I think so...

Speaking of LC. I had wondered a few weeks ago what happened to Jason her old boyfriend, and found out he was going to be on Celebrity Rehab. Awesome. The thing about Celebrity Rehab is they put people who arent even celebrities on there so it annoys me. I want some real rehabbers, like LiLo and Robert Downey Jr. and Mel Gibson! Dr. Drew would tell them whats up! Speaking of rehabbing it up, Intervention was lame this week, featuring a crack head who used to be on Soul Train in the 70s. She still thought she was famous, too. She hadnt worked since that era.

Rubicon is a new show on AMC that is also now available on Demand if you missed it. It could very well be a new replacement for 24...but I am not completely ready to stand behind that statement 100%.

Does anyone else just really hate watching Farrah on Teen Mom? She is so bratty and spoiled I cant even stand it. And that one girl continues to be abusive to Gary, and he needs to stand up for himself and LEAVE! She has psychiatric issues.

Sunday

I forgot to remind everyone to watch the new season of Project Runway that just started this week! However, ever since it has been on Lifetime, it just isnt the same. Also, I feel like maybe most of the good designers have already "made it" OR have already bee on Project Runway. I mean, there were a ton of TERRIBLE designs on this first episode, werent there? The most memorable part was me realizing that my bangs are just like Heidi Klums! Awesome!

Hmmm...oh yeah. Boston Med. Let's talk OB-Gyn residents (who I personally know several that are totally normal)...these ones they feature on the show are totally cry babies! All they do is talk about how busy they are, and how miserable it is to be an OB resident. And on top of that, they go ON AND ON about how being an OB resident has ruined every relationship they have ever had, and blah blah blah. Have they ever heard of self-fulfilling prophesy, maybe? It was no surprise that at the very end of this week's episode, that one girl's boyfriend broke up with her. Right before they moved in together! Zing!

OHHH, and I saw a preview for the Melissa (Joan Hart) and Joey (Lawrence) show on ABC Family, and it is basically a re-do of "Who's The Boss." It is like the same show. Which probably means it is going to be either totally awesome, or completely terrible.

I dont think I have mentioned The Real World much, but I naturally am watching this season (New Orleans). I really like Knight, but let's be serious...he would never really date Jimmye. She is gross, right? And Mackenzie thinks it is completely appropriate and normal to black out each time she drinks. Perfect. But the other hair dresser dude is totally weird and probably closet gay. He doth protest too much??? He is a weirdo anyway. Who blow dries their pants ( when they arent even wet?!)??

Chad Ocho Cinco...if you are listening, get rid of Rubi. She is gross. I love that he took his dates to Dave and Busters!!!!