Premiere of the Greek Recap

It only makes sense.  I talk about Greek all the time and I'm in love with the Gossip Girl recaps by Chris Rovzar and Jessica Pressler.  This had to be the next step.  But as I mentioned previously, Greek is on at the same time as Gossip Girl so keeping up with both blogs might be tricky.  Despite the issues, here is the first attempt at my Greekap (cute?).  

Since I haven't done any yet, I'm thinking the format I'll try out this week is separation by character.  We'll see.

Additionally, I'm assuming that no one who reads this blog will have watched this episode yet or plans on it ever.  If you plan on watching it, don't read this yet, because it's gonna be spoilerific.

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Casey- The sorority sister and center of the show.  Just love her so much.  She completely hated her time in DC, but tried to cover it up, because she was embarrassed about being their Elle Woods (her words, not mine.  although i probably would have used them too).  She is still with Kostos and they are still precious.  In the beginning, when she was still acting all weird, because of the whole lying about loving her summer thing, she decided to rent an apartment and move out of the ZBZ house. But that sucks!  She says she needs to focus,

so she doesn't want to be too involved with the sorority anymore.  Ashleigh is crushed, but fortunately, she wrangles Casey up in the get back at Frannie's IKI house scheme and Casey decides to move back.

I'd also like to point out, that there is no way Casey could have scored that model apartment a week before the semester started.  The landlady (realtor?) claimed the model apartment was the only thing left, but she NEVER would have rented it out.

Frannie-  Now I don't plan on recapping Frannie plots every week, but at this point, it's crucial.  She rented some cute house on Greek Row for IKI, which Casey and Ashleigh pronounce as icky.  Ha.  But some slutty 70 year old Tri Pi owns the house, so it's all awk.  And she can't even afford the rent.  Evan has to pay for it.  Frannie is also playing super dirty, by trying to meet rushes before initiation.  And enticing them with Omega Chis.  She claims they will get affiliated once rush is over, so they can have the cake and eat it too.  God I hate her so much.

Rebecca-  And I thought I was going to hate Rebecca too.  She clung to Frannie's side the whole time and dirty rushed the new freshman.  But after she pulled Ashleigh and Casey into a bathroom stall, it turns out that she is going covert ops in IKI and is totally still a ZBZ.  She is rectified and I like her again. But in the previews, she kissed Cappie and that just won't do.

Cappie-  Didn't do much this week.  He said hi to Casey and looked sad when he heard she was still with Max.  Although he did say "get back together with Max," which is weird, since I remember no break up.  Wishful thinking?  He mostly just Kappa Taud. But it was great when they hijacked the Omega Chi bus and stole Jesse McCartney.

Jesse McCartney-  I don't remember his character name, since he didn't get the huge introduction I expected.  4.1 GPA, high school valedictorian, big time footballer, 

likes beer.  Seems to have the whole package. He probably will stay supposedly perfect until the end of time.  He seemed to like either fraternity, but didn't ooze personality yet.  We'll see.

Rusty-  Decided he couldn't live at Kappa Tau after they laughed at the fact that he takes classes.  Also, a possum almost killed him.  So he and Dale moved into the apartment that Casey rented, after she moved back into ZBZ. Wahoo!  It all worked out.  That also means that we won't have to lose any Dale time.

The rest of the characters were a little underwhelming (now I'm thinking of that line from 10 Things I Hate About You, you know what I'm talking about?). Calvin had some sweet, earnest moments, but he also seemed a little down on Omega Chi, which was bizarre.  He was also really good to Rusty.  Best friend ever!  Besides Ashleigh. Dale had some good lines, but no major storyline, other than his being afraid of a pale Canadian roommate.  Who wouldn't be though. Evan also had no major story. Ashleigh did, what with her Frannie scheming with Casey and Rebecca and a cute bit about camouflage booty shorts, but I figured I covered enough of that by covering Casey, Rebecca, and Frannie.

There was a sad lack of some of the smaller characters that I always liked.  The show got rid of Rebecca's favorite pledge sister, Mandi, when the actress got a role on 90210.20.  I miss her.  Rebecca needs a friend.  And the crazy drunk sister, Betsy, who was always on South of Nowhere and was on HIMYM once, was also nowhere to be seen.  Nor was Gonzo, aka Dave Franco, aka brother of James, maybe because he is working on becoming famous.  I also miss him.  

Okay, so overall, very good episode.  Sweet plot twists, pop culture references, and Cappie.  Keep it up ABCFam!

Buzz

Today my pal L-Fo (Lindsay Forman duhhh) gave me a brilliant idea.  She suggested that every week, I do a little recap of that week's Greek episode, like the Daily Intel does Gossip Girl.  It felt pretty genius to me, so I'm totally gonna take up that suggestion.

But first, I need to do a little Gossip Girling.  Monday nights are killing me.  How I Met Your Mother, Gossip Girl, AND Greek???  Actually just about everything I love.  Besides Diet Coke and Wawa.  I love Diet Coke and Wawa.  I figure I'll watch them online after the fact, like everyone else, but it's inevitable that I'm gonna fall behind.  This sucks big ones (quoting my mom).  Hopefully Gossip Girl won't ditch me and I can stay caught up on every new artsy type that Serena falls for.  And the new bad girl phases of Blair.

Monday, March 30th

The day that I have been waiting for for so long is finally here!  Any guesses?  Any at all? Okay, I can't hold it in any longer.  Third season of Greek starts tonight!!!!!  I CAN'T WAIT.  ABC Fam is having a marathon all day beforehand, but I have been marathoning all year and now all I want is this new episode.  Introducing Jesse McCartney, awkwarding Rusty, renewing Cappie's eternal love for Casey.  It's gonna be amaaazing. Now, I know that most people don't watch Greek, but since I'm obviously obsessed, I have to share my joy with anyone who will listen (read?).

Also, I want to point out that I finally got my first comment from someone that I don't know.  SCORE!

Pick an option

I am in my room and am desperate to watch something that is actually on tv at this moment.  So first I went to HBO and looked through them all.  Since they just keep playing the same things over, the only thing that looked interesting was the SATC movie. Option 1.  Then I turned to ABC Family and it was dumb stuff and I said no way Josefina. Up next, TBS (very funny), where I came across My Big Fat Greek Wedding, costarring a fave Carrie boyfriend, John Corbett (Aiden).  Option 2.  But when a commercial break came, I went to Disney Channel and Wizards of Waverly Place was on!  And I seriously love that show.  Option 3.  

Whilst writing this, I think I settled on the Greek makeover and love story movie.  Sound good?  I can go for Disney during commercials.

Young Lily

Thank you ew.com, for providing me with the much awaited first look at the GG spin-off, starring my beloved Brittany Snow.  Just look at how darn cute she is.  I loved her as the precious, dancing good girl on American Dreams, who eventually got all into activism and dated Milo's character.  I loved her as the lame-o in John Tucker Must Die who was so into Penn Badgley (who will now be her boyfriend's son/daughter's ex).  I loved her as Amber von Tussle in Hairspray, even though she got to peck Zac.  She looks great here, all preppy and headbanded, with 80s icon, Andrew McCarthy.  Don't even get me started on him.  I could go on forever.  Let's just say, I have high hopes for this show. Even though I have never loved Krysten Ritter.

These are a Few of My Favorite Things

Sing along!

It's what I would like to put as my favorite things on Facebook, but I want my info to appear clever and uncluttered, so I am saving it for my blogiverse.

Dumb movies on Netflix and iced tea from Wawa.

Knowing the name of P-Hilton's chihuahua (not Perez).

Ranch dressing topping my buffalo wings,

These are a few of my favorite things.

I have two sisters, I love them like crazy.

On Skins once Chris dressed up like he was ol' Miss Daisy.

I love Jason Mraz and I melt when he sings.

These are a few of my favorite things.

If there's Paul Blart, or The Decemberists

I'lI start to burn with rage

Because I like Seth Rogen and Tay Taylor Swift,

I know that I'm not my age.

The Grandfather

The Grandfather sounds like a sensible name for an episode of Gossip Girl.  It's simple and sort of classy.  I mean, grandfather is a normal word.  I have said things like "oh, my grandfather loved old Hess trucks" or "my grandfather chewed way more than was necessary,"  but I would never use the word grandfather as a name.  "Hey, Grandfather, what's up?"  Sounds weird.  I would call him something along the lines of Poppop or Grandpa or Zayde or anything other than grandfather.  It just sounds bizarre.  

Nate, however, thinks it's totally normal to call his gramps Grandfather.  I think the show's writers think it sounds more upper crust if Nate calls him by a formal title.  It's like how his family calls him Nathaniel.  Yeah, it's total crap.  I don't know families like the Vanderbilts, but I can't imagine that anyone in this year would call their grandfather Grandfather.  Save that for ol' Cornelius Vanderbilt.  

Sister

Twice, I have written essays for my little sister instead of writing blog entries.  She always tells me that I can post them online after her professors get them, but it just seems a little risky, since these are totally googleable.  Seriously though, why am I doing my sister's homework?  It isn't hard stuff.  Last time I wrote about Stride gum and this time I wrote about The Office, which I have recently become obsessed with.  About time. I think I sort of just like writing about stuff like this.  It's fun and stupid.  It's not like she is making me discuss political theory from 1940s Great Britain.  That I would not do. That my father would do.  Ah, what a corruptable family.

Strange Fears

When I was in fourth grade, I could never sleep at night because I always had one of two nightmares.  I was either hiding in a tree while a gloved witch looked for me below or I was falling from a tall tower into a rosebush and getting my eyes torn out by thorns. Gross, I know.  Now you get why I couldn't sleep.

These dreams weren't just manifestations of my overactive imagination.  I used my imagination to dream up new ways to act out Titanic, Spice World, Anastasia, and Grease.  No, these were my dreams remembering the two scariest movies I had ever seen, The Witches and Faerie Tale Theatre's Rapunzel.  Those movies introduced me to the two scariest women I had ever encountered, Anjelica Huston and Shelley Duvall. Both actresses reiterated their statuses as the scariest women ever in, respectively, Ever After and The Shining, but I have a feeling that Anjelica Huston plays the role of terrifying witch in a lot of things.  Later on, I saw the newer, amped up The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe and I met Tilda Swinton, who played the White Witch.  She was also in this crazy, technological movie, Teknolust and hey guess what, I was scared of her.

This year at the Oscars, Tilda and Anjelica were asked to present the award for Best Actress.  And I got scared.  I literally could not look at the screen.  The only thing that would have made it worse were if the Duvall monster showed up.  It was actually so hard to believe that oldish Brad could ever have fallen in love with the terrifying Tilda. 

A few years ago, my baby sister watched The Witches and told me that it was a really cute movie.  But it stands out in the mind as the most horrifying film of all time, and I have seen Silence of the Lambs. For the rest of my life, I will be terrified of three kids movies and three actresses that starred in them.  

Manamana

Watch this commercial.  I was obsessed with it in high school.  And I just rewatched it and I totally know why I was obsessed with it.  Maybe I'll start again.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXwOIPt9ZQM

The Many Faces of Facebook

I first joined Facebook my senior year of high school, around October of 2005.  Liz Skale invited me to join, because at that point, you could not join high school Facebook unless another member asked you to join.  Oh yes, I said high school Facebook.  You could only be friends with people who were in high school networks. But I didn't need to worry, because I didn't really know anyone on Facebook anyway.  I mainly just chilled at Myspace.

And then things changed.

High school and college Facebook merged, allowing me to be friends with college people, as well as the 10 high school people I knew.  It also starting allowing us to upload and share pictures.  Whoa, it's like magic!  And then more of my friends started joining.  So in turn, Myspace became lame for anyone not in a band and I deleted it.

And then you could be in a work network and join Facebook.

And then you could be anybody and join Facebook.

And then everyone had parents on Facebook, who used it to share pictures with their cousins and siblings and to find their high school friends from 34 years previously. My god.

Earlier this year, people freaked out because Marky Mark (Zuckerberg) changed Facebook to the new Facebook.  But after some getting used to, we all made peace with the fact that our profile info was no longer the first thing you see.

But then he had to switch it up all over again!  And I don't like this whole Twitter deal. It's confusing and weird-looking.  I try not to complain when he changes little things on Facebook (with the exception of all of those apps, like What is Your Porn Name), but this time I am complaining. I won't join any groups or change my status (or whatever it is now) to whine about it, but I will complain here, because I miss my old Facebook.  Not the way it was when I still had no friends on it.  Not even the way it was this past November.  Just the way it was last week.  When I still understood it.

Rant over.

I Will Not Write About Greek Again

Ughhh but I so badly want to write about Greek again.  Bite my tongue.  Well, since I'm typing, bite my fingers.  Can't discuss any of the videos I just watched or any of the spoilers I am trying to avoid.  Okay, Gossip Girl instead.

I just watched the long awaited new episode of GG.  I loved it actually.  But what I love more are those Daily Intel posts on nymag.com, so I am waaaaiting until 9 am for that to show up.  But I have class at 9:25, so I can't actually read it until after class.

Spoiler alert:

But half the fun of Gossip Girl is reading what Chris and Jessica thought of the episode. Like uh, what is with Chuck's weirdo storyline?  Nate got cuter, but why does his character even exist?  Blair should have been fiercer when it came to attacking Rose from Related (hot for student teacher).  Serena had her first encounter with a boy who wasn't attracted to her.  I'm surprised she didn't try to set him up with her brother when he said he was gay.  She is all wannabe supportive and all and she knows so few gay people.  

I loved Nelly Yuki in the fat suit.  And Penelope wearing a maid's costume next to Dorota.  I'm still confused as to why only one Constance Billard student can go to Yale. Two went from my year at Cherry Thrill East.  And why can't they get accepted regular admission if they are denied early?  And why are the admissions people so fickle about accepting students?  They can't just keep changing their minds every other day.   It's rude.

I'll write more after I read what dear Chris and Jessica have to say.

Adios!

My Night Amongst the Stars

The title is a lie.  I totally didn't hang out with the stars, but I did hang out with these crazy worthy name droppers, the editors of Seventeen Magazine.  Big Sister took me out with her bosses on Friday night (I know, totally anti-Shabs), and introduced me to all of her bosses.  Pretty cool, I know.  So they provided me with the low-down on all my favorite celebs, having all been on many a red carpet, movie set, or in their own office conducting interviews.

So obviously I first asked about Gossip Girl.  Serena, or Blake Lively as I was snootily corrected (duh, I know, but character names are more fun to use) is apparently really nice, in a very Hollywood way.  And uh yeah, I didn't know what that meant, because not really in with a Hollywood crowd.  But The Name Dropper informs me that it means she is really nice, great at interviews, but acts like she believes she should act.  Instead of acting like herself, she acts like Blake Lively, the actress from Gossip Girl  and Pants.

Next up, my best friend, Selena Gomez, from my mom's favorite show, Lizards of Waverly Place.  Yeah.  Totally cute, they all think she's beautiful.  But a product of Disney.  Acts only how Disney would want her to and answers her questions in the pre-programmed way that don't give anything real away.  Apparently Miley is way more legit.

Zac Efron is flamboyant

Robert Pattinson is a moron

Alexis Bledel is a Rudebin (sucks, in Fink terms)

America Ferrera is nice, but starved

Kostos is hot

Chase Crawford touched Molly's friend

So I can't remember what else, but if I get to live the glamorous life at some point, I'm all about sharing more.  Feel free to be appalled about any of them.

Yo, Kostos

I just watched Grey's Anatomy from Thursday.  I know that I have complained about this season and last season Grey's but I obviously still watch it, because how else will I know what fatal illness Izzie has (p.s. now I know)?  Well, in walks a family of three siblings. Totally precious, being one of three.  Well, the younger sister was on two of my shows. Like my ultimate shows.  She played Ted's screw up sister on How I Met Your Mother and the bartender who was obsessed with Rusty's fake ID on Greek (two more weeks!!).  So yeah, she was the younger sister.  The older sister was a stranger, who looked vaguely familiar, but I don't care that much.  And the brother, ah the brother.  My dearest, darling Kostos.  He is just taking over my life. I love that he is taking over my life, because although I'm weirdly not attracted to him, not unattracted, just not attracted, I really love him.  All that's left for him is to venture into Juddland and he will be everywhere that I love.  Well, he could also hit up Camp Ramah b'Poconos or the Nederlander or Taste of Thai, but for now, he is all set.  Say hi to Clark Duke and Patrick Dempsey for me! 

Things I Bought Over Spring Break

This is only so far, since I still have two days left of break and I'm going to spend them in Manhattan and the BK.

Oh also, other than gas and food, mainly Wawa.

New Kelly Clarkson CD

The Final Performance of Rent on DVD

Dogma Special Edition

The dvd of Rebecca on sale at Barnes and Noble

First season of How I Met Your Mother

First season of Scrubs

The Sure Thing/Valley Girl  double feature

Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist, totally special featured up

The Witches of Eastwick because I've never seen it, Michelle Pfeiffer is pretty, and Jack Nicholson is too cool to understand

Ferris Bueller: Bueller Bueller Edition, because I only ever had the vhs and it was getting ridiculous.  Actually I may have the dvd and that could have been a bad purchase.

Neon blue sunglasses that I'm totally excited about!

Why am I telling you this?  Mainly so I can show off my wide variety of movie tastes, because I'm always bragging about my random preferences.  And Rebecca is completely different than Valley Girl.  Booyah playa.

Hooking Up

The other day, my number 1 commentar, AGF, sent me a link to an article about how hooking up is in and dating is out.  Because I have actually been living for the past decade or so, I can see that it's actually weirdly true.  

I have already wrote an entry about kissing, but not about real-life kissing.  Like, hey, let's just hook up until I decide whether or not I like you.  When I was little, I always thought that when

you were a teen

ager, you were supposed to go on a date, and decide at the end of the date whether or not to kiss the guy.  Well, buh bye to that concept, because in this day and age, it starts with the kiss, and after you make out a few times, you decide wheth

er or not you like this person and want to hang out fo realz.  

Last night I was talking to MBF (male best friend), and he was telling me about this girl that he has been hooking up with.  Apparantly down the road at some point, it might become a legit thing.  I just think that if a teen movie (besides Superbad) ever tried to portray hooking up with randos as a normal thing, everyone there would be construed as mondo-ho. But seriously, no ho-dom required.  

Actually, I just watched Nick and Norah for the fourth time, and it basically subscribes to the mentality I just described, making it a totally modern love story.  Score one for them!  Boy and girl kiss, boy and girl hang out, boy and girl get hot and heavy, boy and girl start dating,  Very nice.

Dating is for the going steady and getting pinned generation, a la Bye Bye Birdie.  This generation is physically active and pretty impatient, so let them slut-out!

The Blog

I have been doing this really embarrassing thing lately, where I take things that I write here and then I mention them in public.  It's bad, because then I have to say oh yeah, it's on my blog, you should totally read my blog.  Because although I want people to read it, it's horrifyingly Barney Stinson to talk about your blog in public.  

When I talk about The Blog, I make sure to put on this slightly sarcastic, self-mocking tone, so that people know that I understand the implications of writing a blog.  It's not like I'm giving people life advice.  Just advice on what movies to see and what to watch on Wednesday nights.  I am not Barney Stinson.  I do not pretend that I am 80 and try to seduce girls my age (20).  Now I have to go dry my new hair cut.

Kostos is the Mostos

Ever since Kostos first appeared as the dorkwad stud on Greek, I have seen him everywhere I turn (every channel I turn to really.  It's not like I bump into him at the gym, like I do Mike Lohan Jr).  He was on Swingtown.  And um, he was in Pants 2.  I can't think of anything else, but I'm sure there were more.  

Anyway, I just read on EW.com that Ashlee Simpson, new hair, new face, newly thinned after pregnancy body, is joining the cast of new Melrose Place, which includes Michael Rady, who after my multiple sightings, I have found out is Kostos' real name.  I'm still going to call him Kostos.  

This new job for Kostos means that he and Casey have got to be kaput.  I have never used the term kaput.  I think I will return to over.  This new job for Kostos means that he and Casey have got to be over.  I liked them together, but we all know it's about the Case/Cap love.  I shall miss you Max.  Now go impregnate Ashlee Simpson.

P.S. If you imdb search Michael Rady, the first thing that pops up is character: Michael Brady.

We Love Judd and his self-deprecating humor

Not Judd Nelson, not Ashley Judd.  Actually, I do love Judd Nelson, who plays Bender in The Breakfast Club (from now on to be known as the bc), but I am not writing about him, because I haven't seen him in anything other than one episode of Will & Grace since the bc.  I'm obvs talking about Apatow.  The hairy hunk who produced such wonders as Freaks and Geeks, Undeclared, The 40-year Old Virgin (sisters, shut up), Knocked Up, and sort of, my ultimate, Superbad.  

One of Judd's next big projects, after The Year One, is Judd's Sandler flick.  Which might be a huge deal for either end of the project.  In one episode of Undeclared (Netflix it ASAP), Adam Sandler came to their school to do a comedy show and Seth Rogen declared that they had to make him part of their group because he is "the funniest man alive."  The entire episode revolved around how fab Sandler is.  

Where did I read that Sandler is the type of person that you would sleep with because he is famous, even though he isn't attractive?

Whatever, Judd, Seth, and the whole crew somehow managed to secure Sandler for their next big project.  Actually, not somehow.  In this era, all the comedy that does well is by Judd.  Apatowian has actually become an adjective in some circles.  Maybe I'll start using it.  But anyway, it's gotta be great for AdSand's career to join forces with the unstoppable Freaks & Geeks family.  

But the train doesn't stop their.  Who remember Seth Rogen's monologue in Knocked Up, where he talks about how Munich is so sicknasty sweet because Eric Bana makes to make Jews look cool.  I guess Eric Bana was flattered, because he's there right alongside Adam Sandler, Jonah Hill, Seth Rogen, and Leslie Mann to rock it.  You go guys.  All there with your idols and fans.

But I heard that the whole Eric Bana monologue was improv, so I guess that Bana really has to thank Seth.

I like writing about this, but you might not like reading about it, so up next, I am going to write about something other than movies and tv.  Give me ideas, because my mind is drawing a blank.

Love you!

First Grade First Grade

For my kindergarten graduation, we sang a song called "First Grade First Grade," sung to the tune of "New York New York."  "Start spreading the news.  We're leaving today.  We're gonna be a part of it.  First grade first grade."  It was beautiful.  And then I got to first grade.  New school, new kids, new biker chick teacher in leather pants.  It was great.  I was one of the only kids in the class who knew how to read, so I showed off and read chapter books, like Sweet Valley Kids and Baby Sitter's Little Sister and the American Girl Doll books.  Felt like the smartest kid in the world.  

My biker chick teacher made us write in journals every day, so we could improve our writing skills.  I was already a pro with a paper and pencil, so I was able to branch out and write about actual events, instead of writing things like "I have a mom and a dad." I was able to go all out, writing things like "My mom and mom-mom took me to see Too Wong Foo this weekend."  I was in the phase of telling my mom every little detail of my life at that point, so I told her what I put in my journal and she FLIPPED OUT. Apparently mothers aren't supposed to take their 5, 6, and 8 year olds to see PG13 movies about drag queens.  She was beyond embarrassed that my teacher learned about her lax parenting techniques.

On the bright side, I don't think that I understood anything that went on in the movie. I rewatched it yesterday, and I actually didn't remember a single thing in the movie.  It was as if it were brand new.  I remember after I saw it, I was shocked when Robin told me that the girls in the movie were men.  Despite the fact that the whole plot of the movie revolves around the fact that they are drag queens.  But I suppose that the term "drag queen" isn't that familiar to 6-year olds.  I think that when I grow up and have kids, I will let them watch whatever they want to.  They won't understand any of the dirty stuff until they are older anyway.  I didn't get 90% of Clueless until I was like 14 anyway.  Screw what the biker chicks think.  Freedom of parenting!  Now the matter of finding the guy to knock me up...

Another quickie

I know that I just wrote one, but I have a little time and I was excited about my ideas.  I just posted an additional movie reference on IMDb!!!  I am really excited about it, since it is my first time contributing to my all-time favorite website.  I wrote on the Too Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar page.  I made two changes actually.  There was a subtle Some Like it Hot reference that no one caught, and I edited the spelling of Bala Cynwyd in another reference.  Wahoooo!  Although I hope that I wasn't wrong about that Some Like it Hot reference.  Patrick Swayze did his hair and wore an outfit in one of the earlier scenes that made him look like Jack Lemmon's character.  I think I'm right.  I need someone to verify it for me though, or I'll feel stupid.  But for now, I sort of just feel elated to finally have made some contribution.

The Show Remembers its Title

The show that I refer to is How I Met Your Mother.  I have mentioned before how I started watching it last month and am now obsessed with it.  Because it's great.

It was really hard for me to pick a topic to discuss today.  I am really supposed to be writing about this operation in the Vietnam War in January of 1967, but this is more interesting to me.  All of the other topics I had to talk about were genius brilliance and I still plan on writing about them, so just wait for another entry.  This one can't wait, because pretty soon it won't be news to anyone.

Right now my facebook status is a link to an article on Entertainmentweekly.com that validates that the How I Met Your Mother season finale will reveal who the ellusive mother is.  I know that some people have already seen the link on my facebook.  But I am so excited.  I was so sure in the pilot episode that Robin was going to be the mother.  The show seemed to have forget the premise that Ted (Bob Sagot) was telling his kids the story of how he met their mother, in exchange for a more fun plotline, telling the story of Ted and his ridiculous friends.  While I love all of the storylines, it's seriously exciting that the show remembers its goal.

One thing I was always most impressed with by this show was its ability to remember everything they have said or done in past episodes.  Ted's accidental tramp stamp didn't go unnoticed, nor did his claim to be "vomit-free since '93," or the infamous "slap bet."  It's smart writing and I cant wait to see what they have next.

I Like Lists; Volume 2: Cancelled before I Was Done Edition

I read this Website, Television Without Pity, and a while ago, it made a list of shows that it thought were cancelled too early.  I am sure that countless websites or magazines have made this type of lists, so I figured, with another recent cancellation of a show that I like, that it's time that I make one.  Here it goes...

(warning, I accidentally get really into listing the cast members.  it gets pretty drawn out.  additionally, this is really way too long.  feel free just to skim.)

10.  Pushing Daisies- An obvious choice, but for a good reason.  It was clever, interesting, and had a killer cast.  I loved the coloring and visual effects.  And I still wish that I knew what happened with Ned's dad.  I'm still waiting for the one final episode that is set to air soon.

9.  Related-  I'm really not surprised that this one was cancelled.  It was fairly unknown, with a largely unknown cast and no overtly sexual, mysterious, or funny themes.  But it was cute.  A comedy about four sisters living in New York.  My sisters and I loved it.  But it was bound to meet its end, as it came to The WB, just as it was becoming The CW.

8.  Grosse Pointe- Most people don't remember this show.  Which is really sad, because this comedy about the making of a teen television drama, very similar to 90210 was hilarious.  It starred Big Red from Bring it On, Ross's girlfriend, Mona, from Friends, and this adorable guy, Kyle Howard, who you will recognize from whatever. He was actually on Related also.  Fortunately, my sister bought me the dvds, so I can watch it whenever.  Unfortunately, it ends without the chance to see the start of the romance.

7. Reunion-  Not the greatest show ever, but maybe on of the most attractive casts ever.  I'll explain that after I get a chance to explain the real tragedy behind the cancellation.  It was a mystery.  I have no idea how the mystery ends.  I NEED TO KNOW.  But yeah, it has the cute brother from Brothers and Sisters, the older brother, JJ, from American Dreams, sexy Sean Faris, from Sleepover and Life as We Know It, Meredith's sister, Lexi, from Grey's Anatomy, and Hailey Nichol from The O.C.  I was upset when the show started because it meant the ends of two shows (both on this list) and one character I liked, but I got attached.

6. Off Centre-  I can almost guarantee that no one other than my sisters, myself, and the cast remembers this show.  It was created by the makers of American Pie and starred Finch (Eddie Kaye Thomas) and John Cho, best known for playing Harold in Harold and Kumar.  It was hilarious.  But I guess no one watched it, so buh bye.

5. Undeclared-  Judd Apatow.  Brilliant.  College comedy.  Only 17 amazing episodes.  It was after Freaks and Geeks, but in typical Judd fashion, it retained a lot of the same cast.  Seth Rogen and Jason Segel came from Freaks and Geeks, some other of the stars came to guest star.  Jason Segel played an insane boyfriend who worked at a copy store.  His girlfriend was played by period blood girl from Superbad (also known as Carla Gallo).  She is in a lot of Judd's work.  So is the lead character, Steven Karp, played by Jay Baruchel.  Love him.  It also had Dawson's Creek's Monica Keena.  She is amazing.  And the beautiful, like beyond beautiful Charlie Hunnam.  And Rufus Wainwright's dad, Loudon Wainwright III.  Singer of "Dead Skunk in the Middle of the Road."  I almost cried when the dvd series stopped for this tv show.  Best comedic guest stars I have ever seen on a tv show.

4. Life on Mars-  This is the one that propelled me to write this absurdly long list.  I just read on EW.com that it's being cancelled.  Fortunately, it's getting a proper send off, with a real finale and everything.  I loved this show.  Because I love American history and cities.  And this took place in New York City in the 70s.  But the main character, who is apparently British, came from 2008, so he retained all of the same awareness we have.  I like the crime solvings, and the slow to come mystery of why he is in 1973.  I don't want it to end!

3. Life as We Know It-  Before it came out, people thought it would be the male equivilent of My So-Called Life.  Angsty boys moaning over their families and relationships.  The boys were hot, like really really hot, the dialogue was snappy, and it was partially written by the writers of Freaks and Geeks.  Weirdly enough, Kelly Osbourne was on it.  Some people mocked her for being fat, but her boyfriend and pretty, popular best friends didn't mind the weight.  God, Sean Faris, Chris Lowell, and the non-hot one, Jon Foster.  His brother is Ben Foster, from the hilario movie, Get Over It.  This show really shouldn't have ended.  But it totally predicted the eventual popularity of Snow Patrol.

2. Freaks and Geeks-  An obvious choice.  The obvious choice.  In an era where the only comedies worth seeing are the ones written by Judd Apatow and his gang, there is really no need to even explain.  

1. American Dreams-  Typical American family living in Philly in the 1960s.  It uses culture from the era and real American news to propel it.  It was seriously smart, and seriously entertaining, with weekly musical guest stars appearing as singers from the 60s on American Bandstand.  Brittany Snow (pre Hairspray, John Tucker, and the Lily VDW GG spin-off) starred, alongside a ton of other insanely talented actors.  The show lasted 3 seasons, which is better than the one-season runs of the rest of the list, but the show had so much more it could do.  And what's worse, the music rights from the show make it nearly impossible to put to dvd.  I bought first season after waiting two years for the pricing to drop from $100 to $45.  But I'm still waiting for those next two...

p.s. My So-Called Life was a little too angsty for me.  I'm not that upset it was cancelled.

p.p.s. sorry this was so long.

FINALLY

It's finnnnnally March, which means that my tv shows are all coming back, including GREEK.  I can't wait!!!  Gossip Girl and 90210 and How I Met Your Mother and whatever else I watch are coming back too, but I'm obviously most excited for Greek.  Will Rebecca stay with ZBZ or go with Frannie? (my guess is ZBZ, she has this weird allegiance to it)  Will Casey ever get back together with Cappie or will she stay with Kostos forever?  Will Kara McGrath watch this season or is she too good for ABCFam?  And what's the deal with the new guy, Jesse McCartney?  Kappa Tau or Omega Chi?  Apparently he is going to be Calvin's friend from high school, so he will probably go to Kappa Tau, to mix things up.  Calvin supposedly has a new love interest. Nice!  As do Rusty and Ashleigh.  Good for them.  No more Travises or Jen Ks.  Gah I love this show. March 30th, can't wait!

Difference of Opinion

My best friend told me that she didn't like my last blog entry.  She said that even though Zac looks super hot on the Rolling Stone cover, he never should have gotten that cover, and he has never again looked that hot.  She also told me that he is super gay and untalented.  She didn't mean gay offensively as she is a theater student and has no straight friends.  But she did mean the Zac comments offensively and I got mad and hung up on her.  

Both my older sister and this best friend have questioned why all of our low-culture interests are totally different.  Danit loves Twilight and that weird love story Australia while Molly likes The Real Housewives of New York City and The Hills.  And as anyone who has read this blog, or who has met me knows, I like Disney Channel and the best of the 80s.  That's the problem with guilty pleasures.  Even though I may love them, they are guilty for a reason.  Some people will hate and mock them. Fortunately, most of my guilty pleasures are pretty wide-spread, so I am able to share and discuss them with lots of people.  But I still need to anticipate the Danits who will make me angry with their Zac-bashing.  

The trick is to avoid to disputable topics and try and stick to things that you have in common.  Maybe I'm just not a debater.  With my conservative Southern friend, I try to stay away from discussing homosexuality and similar topics because we will drive one another crazy.  Save it for a time when you are ready to defend yourself and the things you care about.  I care about Disney Channel.  Pathetic as I may be.  But you need to understand that I get that it is low-culture.  I have further interests.  Swear!  So don't judge fully based off of my so-called guilty pleasures.  Love you.

The New American Heart Throb

I don't know whether or not heartthrob should be one or two words.  I think that one word looks better, but my Rolling Stone poster on my wall of Zac Efron makes it look like two words.  And since that poster with that boy is what I'm talking about, I'll follow its example.  Even though he isn't the newest heartthrob (I still like one) anymore, he is certainly one of, or maybe The biggest.  Not fattest or tallest, but most beloved/famous/beautiful/most talked about hotties in the country.  

I wonder why hottie has always been spelled with an IE.  It could easily be spelled hotty, but no one does that.  

I know that Zac is an obvious topic to discuss, for all of the famous/dreamy/publicized crap I just spewed, but I am a victim to his looks and can't stop looking at pictures or watching videos of him.  My iPod is already fillllled with all of the pictures from his EW photo shoot, from paparazzi of him at the beach, and with that shirtless shot from the trailer for Seventeen Again (in which he makes out with Leslie Mann.  Weird.).  But I decided to see Zac from the beginning, thanks to youtube and I saw the not-yet-hot, gap-toothed boy of yore.

My older sister recently visited the set for the new Fame remake and she talked to one of the stars, Kay Panabaker, who I recently saw on Grey's Anatomy.  I know that I admitted that the show is bad, but I still keep up.  Kay (may I call her that?) told my sister that Zac Efron was her first kiss, back when they were on Summerland together. Seriously, imagine kissing some awkward guy in one of his first roles and he turns out to be The New American Heart Throb (went back to two).  It was not just her first onscreen kiss.  I mean her first kiss.  His first onscreen kiss was with the girl who plays Dinky in Sydney White.  It was in The Derby Stallion, which I have no interest in seeing.  But yeah, I watched their kisses on youtube.  It was cute.  Thank god my first kiss is not searchable on youtube.

Zac is hot.  On seventeen.com (I admit, I read it.  But it's not that weird because my sister writes for it.) there is a slideshow of Zac blooming from cute(ish) kid to crazy sexy dreamboat.  Seriously.  So hot.  So so hot.  But unlike Perez, it doesn't make me like Vanessa any less.