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I haven’t posted a Saturday Night Live clip in a while and when I saw these I had to share them.
Roomies – featuring Taylor Swift
A Ladies Guide to Party Planning – featuring January Jones (from Mad Men)
Check out the SNL site for more hilarious clips.
Well, I’ve done it. I’m now a part of SwagBucks. I figured I might as well get the occasional gift card from all of the web searches I normally do. It takes 45 swagbucks to get a $5 Amazon giftcard. With 1-2 swagbucks a day I should earn one gift card each month and that is without even trying. I like free stuff so it’s a good deal. If I wanted to I could use my swagbucks to get video games, dvds, books, or even a Napolean Dynamite baseball cap. They have a lot of items to choose from.
I’m sure some people have turned it into an art form of earning swagbucks with swagcodes and referrels. I’m not going to bother with all of that but if you want to signup for SwagBucks then do so by clicking on the banner in this post. (There is also a button on my sidebar.) I’ll get swagbucks for referring you but only if you use the links on my page. :)
The Dream Merchant by Isabel Hoving is about a twelve year old boy named Joshua Cope who is recruited by Gippart International as a salesman (or rather salesboy). Gippart specializes in selling merchandise to people in the dream world, also referred to as umaya. They don’t usually enlist twelve year olds but they feel that Josh has a special gift and they need him for an urgent umaya mission; to find the legendary people known as the Tembe.
This book has two modes: I can’t-wait-to-read-what-happens-next and I will die-if-I-have-to-read-one-more-sentence. It goes back and forth every couple of chapters during the first half of the book. Then all of a sudden the writing gains consistency and the book shines. Chapter sixteen is by far my favorite part and the fact that Hoving was capable of writing it shows a lot of potential. Unfortunately, it relapses just in time to detract from the ending.
As a whole the book isn’t very good but it has a lot of charming aspects. Racial diversity is included throughout the entire book. I feel that Hoving put a lot of thought into developing each character and their cultural ties. I also found it to be unpredictable. Just when I thought I knew where the story was headed it went in another direction. It was a nice change. Then there is Zizi, a little green love-bird, who belongs to Josh and joins him on his quest. At first I thought the idea was a bit dumb but I grew to love Zizi and her adorableness.
Ultimately, I have to give The Dream Merchant only 3 out of 5 stars. There are a few really wonderful parts that I will remember for a long time, if not indefinitely, but I’m never going to read it again. It was such a pain to get past the dull parts. Although, if Isabel Hoving were to write another fantasy book, I would read it. She has the ability to write an amazing piece of fantasy literature and hopefully she will someday.
After watching Coffee Prince I had to have the music! Luckily it was easy to find. A Korean drama blogger collected the songs (even the ones not on the official soundtrack) and has them available for download on her site. Thank you so much, dramabeans! :D
It’s amazing how a song can affect the mood of a scene. If only everybody put as much thought into it as the staff of Coffee Prince. Their music is pure perfection. I feel like giving them a big hug!
What do you do when you’ve seen the latest episodes of your favorite series and there just isn’t anything else to watch on tv? You watch series from other countries! Yes, I have started watching Asian dramas. I found a nifty site for downloading them. It’s called Silent Regrets. (What’s up with that name? O_o) I tend to like the Korean dramas best.
I’m almost done watching Coffee Prince. I love it! ^_^ It’s about a girl, Eun Chan, who dresses very masculine. She meets a rich guy, Han Kyul, that thinks she is a boy. He then hires her to pretend to be his gay lover to scare off a bunch of matchmaking dates that his grandmother setup. Over time they both start having romantic feelings for one another. This becomes a problem because he still thinks that she is a guy. He struggles with his “gay” feelings and she is afraid she’ll lose him forever if she tells the truth. The characters are great and the acting is top notch! Five stars! :D
I watched the pilots of Gary Unmarried, Worst Week, and The Mentalist. Now I’m convinced that there is hope for the fall television lineup. ;)
Gary Unmarried was better than I expected, which isn’t saying much because I expected to hate it. Jay Mohr tends to bother me but he was amazingly likeable in this new sitcom. He plays a recently divorced father of two that owns a painting business. Honestly, most of the jokes weren’t funny. Like when his daughter Louise is excited to tell him that she has a new picture of Al Gore to hang on her wall (mmmk) or when his son makes some remark about being afraid of girls (nothing new there). What it all comes down to is that Jay Mohr makes the show. Without his character’s witty remarks it would be a waste of time. Unfortunately, it’s just not enough to keep me coming back. (3 stars)
If you can’t stand to watch shows that have the character go through embarrassing moment after embarrassing moment, Worst Week is not for you. It’s about a guy who is trying to make a good impression on his pregnant fiance’s family but is failing miserably. It had some extremely funny moments as well as some extremely horrifying (and sometimes still funny) moments. I skipped one scene because it was too much for me. The characters are a breath of fresh air especially the main character, Sam Briggs, played by Kyle Bornheimer. He doesn’t get discouraged or whine about how everything is going wrong. He just handles the situations as they come up and takes every opportunity to try and prove his worth to his future in-laws. Overall, this show was very funny and I do plan to watch the next episode, I just don’t know if I can handle Sam’s constant humiliation. (4 stars)
The Mentalist was great. Patrick Jane, played by Simon Baker, is a detective that uses his amazing observational skills and sly intellect to solve crimes. Before he became a detective he made money by pretending to be psychic but a tragic event put an end to that lifestyle. I loved this show and can’t wait for the second episode. If you like CSI or Crossing Jordan you’ll like The Mentalist. And yes, it is definitely a rip off of Psych but guess what… I don’t care for Psych and I love The Mentalist so good job CBS! *cheers* (5 stars)
I’ve been wanting to share this sketch since I saw it last Saturday on SNL. I haven’t laughed that hard in a long time. Here it is, Of Mice and Men.
The week before, Andy Samberg did a Cathy impression that was hilarious. If you’ve ever read the comic you know that he got it dead on. She is actually that retarded. I really wanted to share that clip as well but I couldn’t find it anywhere. :(
My dog, a 15 lb. Westie, escaped out the back door the other day when I wasn’t looking. My sister’s dog heard her and barked but we didn’t know why and didn’t bother to check it out. About thirty minutes later I called the dogs to get leashed up for a potty outing but she didn’t come. My sister and I looked all over the house and realized that the back screen door wasn’t latched. So, we went outside and started walking around the neighborhood calling her name. A few minutes later she ran up to us and was so excited about the reunion. That’s when I saw the poop. She had been going around the neighborhood rubbing in all the poop she could find; dog poop, deer poop, bird poop, and who knows what else. She had the time of her life. I was disgusted and amused at the same time. She was just so happy… until she received a good scrub in the tub.
I gave Do Not Disturb another chance, I really did. I watched the second episode. I was optimistic and in return I was sorely disappointed. This show is a complete flub. Rhonda (Niecy Nash) runs around trying to keep playboy Neal (Jerry O’Connell) inline. Meanwhile the rest of the cast does their own little mischievous things. That isn’t the reason it sucks though. The reason is that the writing is poorly done. It’s rushed and has no uniqueness to it.
In the second episode Larry and Molly fight over who gets to direct the bell boy to the rich female hotel guests in exchange for a cut of his tips. Basically being the bell boy’s pimps. Now how is it even possible to make a great plot like that into a boring piece of crap? I don’t know but they accomplished it! One thing I noticed was that instead of trusting the audience to catch onto their transformation into pimpdom someone outright calls Larry a pimp. Subtlety is everything in a skit like that. *shakes head*
I was shocked to find out that the writer of Do Not Disturb actually worked on one of my favorite shows, Arrested Development. A comedic masterpiece such as that can’t possibly have any connection with this soon-to-be cancelled sitcom. Alas, my world is shattered. *gets over it*
I love TV. You could even say that I “heart” TV. Yes, it’s shocking I know but that is how much I love it.
Now that fall has arrived I’m excited for the return of some of my favorite shows. The Office is number one on my list. A little further down is Grey’s Anatomy, The New Adventures of Old Christine, Survivor, and Desperate Housewives. Rawr, I can’t wait! ^_^
There are also a few new shows coming out that I’d like to see. The Mentalist is one of them. It seems like a better version of Psych. You can’t blame them for taking a good idea and turning it into an awesome one. ;)
Then there is The Ex List. A woman, played by Elizabeth Reaser, finds out from a psychic that she has already met and left the man that will be her ideal future husband. So she has to track down every guy she has ever had a relationship with and reevaluate her decision. It sounds like another great drama/comedy along the lines of Desperate Housewives and Grey’s Anatomy. Btw, Elizabeth Reaser also plays Ava (aka Rebecca Pope) in Grey’s Anatomy. She is a phenomenal actress.
The new show that I’m most interested in is Kath and Kim. Who wouldn’t love a show starring Molly Shannon? Not only did they get an amazing cast but the previews have compared it to The Office. Don’t worry, I’m not a fool. I know that my beloved TV lies about many things. I won’t let myself get too attached to the promise of hilarity.
I have already watched the pilot episodes of three new shows: Do Not Disturb, Privileged, and The Rachel Zoe Project. Sadly I was not impressed by any of them.
Do Not Disturb is about a hotel and its wacky employees. I am so annoyed that they put Jerry O’Connell in the role of hunky manager that sleeps with any woman he wants. First of all, who decided that Jerry O’Connell is attractive enough to play that type of character? Maybe I need to put my glasses on because he looks like a plain ol’ average guy to me. Secondly, he also played the same sex-addicted commitment-phobic bachelor type in his last sitcom Carpoolers. Come on Jerry; try to branch out a little. Then there was the whole plot of Niecy Nash’s character sneaking around the hotel to have sex with one of her employees. Every time Jerry and Niecy were on screen I felt like I was watching a commercial, I just wanted it to be over so that I could get back to the real show. Now for the positive, all of the other characters were amusing and had funny things going on. My recommendation to the writers of Do Not Disturb is to kill off Jerry O’Connell’s character immediately, preferably in the most painful way possible, and give Niecy Nash a plot worth showing up for. Then of course keep up the good work with the other characters. (2.5 stars)
Privileged was a cute show. The main character is smart and quirky, overall a pleasure to watch. The basic plot is that a rich businesswoman hires the main character, an Ivy League graduate, to tutor her granddaughters so that they can get into Duke University. Of course the granddaughters give her a hard time and resist any attempts to teach them. As I said before, it’s a cute show, but not something I’m willing to tune into week after week. It seems to me that they won’t be able to come up with enough content to do more than one season, possibly two if they stretch it out. I guess she could get the girls into Duke then become the grandmother’s assistant or move onto another super rich family to receive torture. *shrugs* I can only see it going downhill as time goes by. Maybe they never expected the show to last more than one season anyway. They have to meet their quota somehow. ;) (3.5 stars)
The Rachel Zoe Project was the worst. I can’t stand to watch it. In the first episode Rachel hires a new assistant, Brad, and leaves him with her other assistant, Taylor, to be trained. Instead of teaching him the ropes, Taylor just expects him to know what to do and then gets all pissed off when he doesn’t do it. Not only that but she gives him the silent treatment several times. She is just so disrespectful and what makes it even worse is that he is such a sweet and friendly guy. I suppose every show needs a villain and this one certainly has the wickedest of them all. *rolls eyes* (0.5 stars because Brad was a delight)
Maybe I should have titled this post, “I <3 Good TV.” :P