WHY?

So, you know how I love the will they or won't they drama? You know when I hate it?

I hate it when it's season 5 of Greek and Casey and Cappie continue to just be stupid and not get together.

And I hate that it's ALL STUPID EVAN'S FAULT.

Also Rebecca made out with Ashleigh's boyfriend cause she's a big whore.

Rusty's storyline was boring, but it always is, especially now that Jordan and him are officially in will they.

I'm going to miss Max, he was a cool character.

But the season looks promising.

What to expect in the coming season...

So, I've been trying to piece together something resembling a schedule of what and when I'm going to do my shows this year. So far this is what I've come up with:

Monday Live:

8 PM: One Tree Hill

9 PM: Gossip Girl

10 PM: Castle

Midnight Repeat (If HW done and I'm awake for it): Greek

Tuesday online: Heroes (Maybe, if it doesn't suck), How I Met Your Mother, The Big Bang Theory, Greek on nights when I don't catch midnight, Dancing With The Stars

Tuesday Live:

8PM: 90210

9 PM: Dancing With The Stars

10 PM: The Good Wife (New show, don't know how I'll like it, but Julianna Marguelis, so yeah)

Wednesday Online: V (Again, if it doesn't suck, but Alan Thudyck, so it probably won't)

Wednesday Live:

8 PM: America's Next Top Model

9 PM: Glee

10 PM: Top Chef

Thursday Online: Mercy, Cougar Town, Eastwick

Thursday Live:

8 PM: The Vampire Diaries (Again, contingent on Suckatude, haha PUN!)

9 PM: Fringe

10 PM: Project Runway

Friday Online: Community, The Office, 30 Rock, Flash Forward (Unless Vampire Diaries is bad and not in a funny addictive way, then that guys live status)

Friday Live (Unless out being social):

8 PM: Smallville

9 PM: Dollhouse

Weekend and Monday Online: Ugly Betty, Southland, The Beautiful Life.

Sunday:

9 PM: Desperate Housewives

10 PM: Brothers and Sisters

So I'm going to try to stick to some format of that. Obviously there will be shifts based on my schedule and school work, not liking new shows, shows going downhill and early cancelations etc.

Badass Bad Guys

Some awesome stills of the Volturri from New Moon on IMDB this week. I'm still slightly bummed that my ultimate dream of an Interview With a Vampire reunion would occur (Antonio, Cruise and Pitt as Caius, Marcus and Aro, and Kirsten Dunst as Jane) they look pretty bad ass. Check them out:

They look pretty scary, especially Dakota Fanning. Shivers. And because I'm me, well, there's also this one:

MMMMMMMM...Nothing all that new, but good God, look at him!

Pea in The Pod

The thing that I love of about early episodes of Project Runway is the crazies. The "artists" who think that for some reason avante guarde fashion is going to get Heidi Klum, Michael Kors and Nina Garcia all worked fired up. Like this weeks, where crazy androgynous Asian designer Malvin gave us this for the "Make Rebecca Romijn a Maternity outfit" challenge.

It's supposed to be an egg or something. I don't know, I didn't get it. Neither did the judges. Malvin was "auf'ed."

The winning look however was Shirin's and truly adorable, plus it actually looks like something Rebecca Romijn would wear.

I'm looking forward to what else is coming this season.

It's rated ARRRR...

IMDB reports here that Steven Spielberg is considering adapting Pirate Latitudes the final novel Michael Crichton wrote before he lost his battle to cancer last year.

I love pirates

I love Spielberg

I love Crichton

I think we have a winner.

I really feel like Spielberg and Crichton are a match made in Pop Culture heaven. Both are masters of the fluffy and yet not so fluffy entertainment. They both have unsuspected depth. Oh right and the last time they teamed up we got this:

That is one of my favorite scenes in movie history.

Boys Against The Girls

Last night on Top Chef the chefs had to do the first "team" challenge of the season. It was a battle of the sexes. They had to cater a bachelor and bachelorette party, and their dish had to pair with a shot.

It was a really interesting challenge and cool to see how things paired off with the shots. I got frustrated when Ashley, who is a lesbian, got up on her high horse about how she refused to take part in the institution of marriage and blah blah blah...whatever, dude, you're a chef, weddings are a big part of the food industry. Funny that the other lesbian and the gay man had no problem with the challenge.

Brian won and Eve was eliminated.

I'm not sure about this season. The chefs seem a lot more whiny than they have been in the past. But I like the brothers, Billy and Mike, and I really like Preeti. So maybe as the group gets smaller the season will grow on me.

Please No!

IMDB often reports things wrong. I just have to remember that.

WHY GOD WHY?

Megan Fox is in talks to play Catwoman in the newest Batman. I could throw up.

Although if this keeps her too busy to be the new Buffy (a horror beyond horrors) then I would be OK with it. But otherwise, ugh.

Catwoman can't just scamper around being hot. Although, well, that's a huge part of the character. There has to be an intelligence and class behind her. Maybe in real life Megan Fox has those things but they don't come across when she's on screen.

Plus Fox is way too pretty for the Nolan Bat-verse

Dorm Decor

I love that in college it's the only time that it's appropriate to just hand random posters on your wall and cal lit "decorating." I got some really cool new ones this year, and here's the most cohesive scan I could get of my favorite one.

Look how cool! I mean I often feel like the ONLY person who love HIMYM as much as I do, add to that the badass face Segel is making and how hot Cobie Smolders looks, I just had to get it.

So sick of the suck...and yet...

OK, so does any one else just want to scream if they see one more damn vampire story?

And this is coming from me, I love the vampire stuff. I'm all about Buffy, and Twilight, and True Blood, and Anne Rice.

I was completely horrified when The CW started advertising The Vampire Diaries, even if it does star Nina Dolohov from Degrassi. (Mia=love) And I watched a few TV spots and sighed thinking, well, she does make a really nice Diet Bella.

Anyway, I was definitely not going to watch the show. No way. I've had my fill of vamps, with New Moon coming out, and season two of True Blood, and everything.

Then I read an EW writeup, which mentioned that the show was executive produced and the pilot written by Kevin Williamson.

It's over.

This means that the show will be smart, witty, relevant to young people, and OH, WRITTEN BY KEVIN WILLIAMSON. Williamson, best know for his screen triology Scream, and oh right a little show about four kids and a river and sex and friendship or something.

So now I have to watch it.

Damnit!

Wish List: Gossip Girl Season 3

I just got through watching GG season 2 on DVD, and there are a few things that I'm just dying to see happen in season 3:

1. Jenny, Eric, Jonathan and Co ROCKING at Constance/St. Jude. Seriously, they've set up this trio to absolutely rule in a way the older kids didn't get to during their upperclass years in HS. Jenny is queen, and Eric remains my favorite underused GG character.

2. Blair/Chuck relationship drama. The will they or won't they drama is over, and beautiful though it was, I can't wait to see what happens with these two as Manhattan's number 1 couple. I'm guessing lots and lots of evil.

3. NATE AND SERENA But I think you guys knew that

4. Dan/Georgina hookup. Come on, you want it too. It's so perverse and wrong and PERFECT! It can be like Blair and Chuck Part II. But without all of the pastels.

5. Less Vanessa, more Eric.

6. Lily, Rufus, Eleanor and Cyrus having a more pronounced presence on the show. The way Kirsten, Sandy and Julie used to on The OC.

7. IT GIRL CHARACTERS! Seriously, Jenny as Queen is ripe for some Jenny v Tinsley action.

8. Uh, Nate, personality? Maybe? No? Yes? Also dancing. PLEASE PLEASE have him dance!

9. More Carter...sure he's just Diet Chuck, but there is so much that can be done with the character, he could become a more permanent presence a la Georgina.

10. BLAIR, BLAIR and more BLAIR!

What about you all? Anything you specifically want to see this season on GG?

New City, New Designers, New Network, Same old Catchphrases

The new season on Project Runway started....

So, obviously, it's going to take a few weeks for the designers to distinguish themselves. But so far, I really like "Meth Addict Guy" and "Guy who won by making that beautiful ruffly dress."

But come on, there's really only one reason the early episodes are even worth watching is for TIM TIM TIM!

I think he said "Make it Work," like seventeen times. It was wonderful.

Also, I don't like that it's in LA. West Coast fashion has never been my thing.

Life is A Show

Degrassi Goes Hollywood was amazing.

I have no words. Oh except these: Mewesical Highschool????? STROKE OF BRILLIANCE. Also Michael Seater as a horrible version of himself. I laughed for quite a while.

The B story of Ellie and Craig was well orchestrated and Ellie's denial about her father's PTS was poignant and well played (did we expect less of Stacey Farber)

I have to applaud whoever wrote it for really making you root for Manny, who lets face it, since about season 5 has been impossible to care about, and for bringing Paige back to her roots.

The way that Mia, Peter, Sav and Danny worked into the story (one collective and very funny sidekick) was great. Emma was fun for once and I didn't hate Kelly. (AMAZING!) There was even a Shenae Grimes reference and plenty of Hills bashing. Good work gang!

A tour de force performance by the man himself Jason Mewes is a lovely cherry on top.

Summer Reading: Julie and Julia

OK, so I've been meaning to pick up this book all summer. Really. But then the great Tamora Pierce quest happened. Anyway, I finally got around to it.

I love reading memoirs. Especially fun, pithy funny ones who's plots wouldn't be dissimilar to a chick flick. Hell, this one is so like that it has now been made into a chick flick, written and directed by the Queen of Chick Flicks Norah Ephron, but I digress.

Julie and Julia is a truly adorable book. Julie Powell is tantalizingly neurotic, and straddles the line between annoying and endearing perfectly. There are plenty of times when you roll your eyes at her, but you get the feeling that she's rolling her own eyes too.

For those of you who live under rocks, Julie and Julia chronicles Julie Powell's quest to cook every recipe in Julia Child's Mastering The Art of French Cooking. It's also about sex. A lot about sex actually. But anyway...

I did feel myself getting fatter just reading about some of meals Julie made out of the book. I've never been much of a cook, I'm a baker, I make a mean yellow buttermilk cupcake, but cooking also seemed way to precarious for me. My brother and my mom are great cooks, they can whip up anything and it comes out delicious. I got the feeling that Julie was this kind of cook before her "project," so it was less of a stretch for her.

I liked the book. Didn't love it. But with the endless abyss of school only reading coming to me in just a week (EEK!) I'm not being picky. I definitely still want to see the movie. Definitely.

In Praise Of: The Philadelphia Story

There are some movies that I could watch a million times and never ever get sick of them.

The Philadelphia Story is absolutely one of those movies. It's a great great old movie back in the days when it was perfectly alright for great movies to be called movies and not "films." Katherine Hepburn in stunning as Tracy Samantha Lords Haven (only divorced debutantes have such names!) and Cary Grant and Jimmy Stewart (back before he was James) are perfect as her suitors.

Also you've got to love any movie where for a good hour of its two hour running time everyone as a drink in one hand and a cigarette in the other.

There's also a musical version called High Society starring Grace Kelly, Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby with songs by Cole Porter. It is also fantastic and has one of my favorite Porter songs, "What A Swell Party This Is." But well, it still can't touch the original.

A Series of Impressions

So, for this week's True Blood, I don't have a coherent review, or summary, just random impressions

1. Jason Stackhouse = BAMF, he was the man in this episode. I hope he continues to be the man. Also, when he hugged Bill it was hilarious.

2. Jessica is a virgin forever! I SO CALLED IT! Also Hoyt is adorable.

3. Blah blah blah, Sookie and Bill blah blah blah

4. Eric is HAWT!!! So is Godric, in that Cullen kinda way.

5. I half expected Marianne to tell Tara and Eggs to "Try the Priest."

6. Poor Jacob...I mean Sam.

Anyway, decode if you can.

Cause down the shore everything's alright

Hey all! So I'm heading down to the Jersey Shore for the week (coming up for work during the days, pooh) but I'll be spending my nights down there, which means updates will slow (be slower than usual) but God, I'm psyched for this week!

There's nowhere in the world like the shore!

That's Bayhead! That's where I'll be! Have a good week! <3

RIP John Hughes

So something's happening this summer. Today writer/director John Hughes passed away.

Hughes wrote the Teen Comedy classics of the 80s, Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, Pretty in Pink, Weird Science and my personal favorite Ferris Bueller's Day Off.

Ferris is one of the funniest movies ever made. John Hughes had a distinct voice as a writer, that definitely came through in that movie above all of his others. I could probably quote it for a whole day if I wanted to, but I won't. I'll just list some of my favorites.

"The secret to faking out the parents is the clammy hands. It's a good non specific symptom. Some people think a good phony fever is the way to go, but if you get a nervous mother you could end up in a doctor's office, that's worse than school. What you do is fake a stomach cramp and when you're bent over moaning and wailing you lick your palms. It's a little childish and stupid but then again so is high school."

"Isms in my opinion are not good. A person should not believe in an ism, he should believe in himself. I quote John Lennon, I don't believe in Beatles I just believe in me. Good point, he was the walrus, I could be the Walrus, I'd still have to bum rides off of people."

"There's someone you should talk to." "If you say Ferris Bueller, you lose a testicle." "Oh so you know him?"

"You're not dying, you just can't think of anything good to do."

"Oh, I'm sorry. I can't come to the door right now. I'm afraid that in my weakened condition, I could take a nasty spill down the stairs and subject myself to further school absences. You can reach my parents at their places of business. Thank you for stopping by. I appreciate your concern for my well-being. Have a nice day!"

Do you all have any favorite moments from John Hughes's movies!

The once and future...huh?

So I've been watching the new NBC series Merlin, which is meant to be a Camelot origin story (I know, brilliantly orginal idea...NOT) There are quite a few reasons I started watching.

1. Love all things Camelot and Arthur related
2. Love most things fantasy related
3. Love origin stories
4. ANTHONY HEAD AS UTHER PENDRAGON
5. Giant CGI Dragon in every episode
6. ANTHONY HEAD AS UTHER PENDRAGON
7. Promise of cutey mc cute cute boys as Arthur, Lancelot, Gawaine and other knights of the round table.
8. ANTHONY HEAD AS UTHER PENDRAGON

I really like watching the show, and me and my mom and my dad watch it together every Sunday night, it's very bondy bondy. But I have some problems with it.

1. In this version, Merlin is in fact younger than Arthur...not so much working with that.
2. Arthur has always known he was the prince and future king of Camelot.
3. Guinivere is Morgana's (who I assume is to become Morgan Le Fay) servant, and black (Please note, not a race issue, but Guinivere is supposed to be WELSH, and BLONDE or possibly a REDHEAD, if you're stretching it) and has a crush on Merlin
4. Avalon is a place where weird evil fairies live. Except, well, that's NOT WHAT AVALON IS!
5. Arthur is kind of a dick
6. The dragon is still really freaking cool.
7. Mordred's origins have not been explain at all, but he was in it two episodes ago
8. I forgot that Uther is supposed to be a huge a-hole and get very sad when he is. I want him to be less Uther and more Giles with a crown.

Anyway, what do you all (*cough* Jen *cough*) think about Camelot getting the Smallville treatment?

All the time and all the money

This week's Entourage was a great episode!

Ari's storyline, that is Andrew's affair with Taylor Towsend...I mean Lizzie Grant...coming to fruition was probably my favorite. Mostly because anything that bring the Gold family into play always makes it great. Also it featured David Schwimmer. I love and miss Friends every day.

Vince whined about having tons of free time and lots of money but no one to hang out with.

Turtle and Jamie went shopping so he would have clothes to wear when he went back to school, and Jamie agreed to do a spot on Five Towns as Drama's love interest.

E continued his relationship with Ashley, who really really bugs me, and decided to close The Murphy Group. I know this is so that the show can continue next season and everything (the decision being made that this will not in fact be the end for the boys!)

But my main observation with the way this season is going is Jamie's involvment in the stories. In an interview the show's creators once stated that "No woman would ever be a part of the 'family' of this show. It just doesn't fit the dynamic." Two seasons late, Jamie is most definitely a part of the "family." She's been featured more than any of the other girlfriends, and that includes, Sloan, Emily, Mandy and even Amanda, spends her time not just with Turtle but with the guys.

That being said, Ashley must be destroyed and Sloan must return.

Handmaid of the Horned God

I watched this week's True Blood this morning before work...It was a really good episode.

First of all, we found out what Marianne is, sort of. She's come kind of ancient immortal heathen goddess who feeds off of lust and other evil emotions in humans. Or something. Anyway, she killed Daphne, and what she wants to do is cut out Sam's heart and eat it or something? Anyway, that cements the her interest in Tara is just to screw with Sam theory.

Sookie and Hugo were locked in the Fellowship of The Sun basement and it turns out that Hugo is the traitor of the Dallas vamps. Bill and Marie began sorting out their issues and we saw yet another flashback, to their time together, when Marie finally released him from her control as his maker. It was interesting because once again we were given a multifaceted look at a character. Marie seems to truly love Bill, in her way. In the same line, while it seemed in the past that Eric's interest in Sookie was a combination of curiosity and vindictive jealousy, this episode showed that he seems to have some true feeling toward her.

When Hugo revealed Sookie's identity to Steve, it had repricussions for Jason. Mainly that Sarah shot him. We don't know what's going to happen now.

Also, Tara is starting to figure out that there's something not right with Marianne, mostly because Arlene is also starting to freak out, and she now knows it's not all in her head.

Plus Jessica and Hoyt lost their virginities. But doesn't Jessica stay a virgin forever, cuz she was one when she became a vampire? Maybe not. Anyway, I love their subplot, I think it's such an adorable little distraction from the real story. You know, like Jenny and Erik stuff on GG.

And then in the last few shots we saw Godric. He looked extremely Cullen-esque. Kinda a bummer, I wanted to see a big hulking Buffy/Angel style vamp there.