VMAs

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just finished watching the VMAs.

I enjoyed Madonna's...speech about MJ. I was always more of a Prince fan, never doubted for 1 second that Jackson was a freak & possibly a pedophile, but the man made some decent music and he could dance his skinny vitiligoed ass off!

I liked the Michael Jackson tribute at the beginning with all of the dancers doing the dances from his videos. I liked when Janet came out & performed part of "Scream" (My favorite MJ song EVER.)

Russell Brand was a little disappointing this year? Maybe it's because I once again feel like I have a steel rod stuck up my back and in spite of the ice packs & the heating pad I just HURT SO BAD so I zapped through most of the shit.

Lady Gaga's performance was very odd. I mean, I've seen the video for "Paparazzi" but who would have thunk that she'd start "bleeding" on stage and act like she was killed? Kudos for singing live though. The girl's got pipes. I hear it's hard to sing while lying down and she did it and still sounded great. I don't know why she changed 3 (or was it 4?) times, but whatevs.

Kanye "I'm an insane publicity whore" West has once again shown that he's the BIGGEST DOUCHE in the world by interrupting Taylor Swift's acceptance speech for Best Female Video.

What is wrong with him?????? Seriously, he needs medication because he's fucking retarded. Luckily Beyonce was classy enough to let Taylor finish her speech when B won for Video of the Year.

Is it just me, or do the artists seem to get more and more...foolish with their VMA performances? Back in the day, Prince wore assless pants. (I really didn't need to see how hairy your ass is, Prince.) Britney came out with a snake one year. Beyonce dangled from the ceiling one year. Now Pink is doing circus tricks & Gaga is symbolicating (got that word from Wilson on House, MD) suicide or murder on stage.

Does someone have to get hurt or die before they stop trying to top the stunts from previous years and just sing the damned song? If you can sing, you really don't need all this extra crap.

What else?

I don't remember.

I'm really in a shitty mood. Pain has a way of doing that to me.

*sigh*

6/1/09

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very summer, I say that I'm going to get rid of ALL the crap that we don't need anymore.

We started yesterday with Evan's room. He was thrilled. ;-) He has clothes that he hasn't worn since 2nd grade or something. But rather than throw them away, he rips them up and makes costumes for himself (Ninja or whatever). So we started throwing away size 12 shirts, LOL. He wasn't happy.

I know I should have bundled up all the clothes that are too small for him but still good enough to give away, but *sigh* I don't know if I have the energy to do that. Plus I have to wash them first.

Yes, I still have clothes I haven't worn since HS, but who cares? My sofa patterned suit jacket might come back in style. And my neon green Chuck Taylor knockoffs too...

Whatever.

30 minutes a day until I have more room to buy more shit and fill up all the black holes (closets that are never opened) in the house again.

This song, Lookin Boy has been going through my head all weekend.

No idea why.

Probably from the So You Think you can Dance auditions. And before I forget, have you seen "Jesse James is a dead man" on Spike TV? Watch it. I don't know why he's trying to kill himself, but it will be entertaining until he does...



We were supposed to go to his school for the free lunch program they have every summer. We haven't gone since he was in kindergarten & went there before we went to the pool. But, of course, I couldn't get to sleep until 9ish this morning.

Last thing I knew, The Boy was still awake too.

Thanks to Daddy Papersurfer, we've both become addicted to Spymaster.

Anyway, I've forgotten what I was saying. I woke up about an hour ago and cleared out all the songs from my iTunes that I haven't played since 2007 or before (yes, I had some shit I haven't played since 2005...)

Now I need to take a nap.

And wait for The Boy to wake up so we can do another 30 minutes on his room.

:-)
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Now playing: Adam Ant - Goody Two Shoes
via FoxyTunes

OH! Did you see what Sacha Baron Cohen did to Eminem last night at the VMAs? LMFAO! I started seeing something about it on Twitter. Found a few videos that hadn't yet been taken down due to copyright, you might be able to find one that hasn't too, if you hurry. LOL.

That's all.

Television Show Roundup - 2/14/09

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ollowing are reviews of some of the new shows I've watched the past few days. (Click to enlarge photos)

The Girls of Hedsor Hall

Basically they took The Bad Girls Club and moved it to England. The only difference is that there are some "unfortunate looking" women there to try to teach the idiot girls how to be ladies, pearl necklaces and former rehabber & Miss USA 2006 Tara Conner.

Don't waste your time.

T.I.'s Road to Redemption

In case you didn't know, T.I. is a rapper (very successful rapper, BTW) who was arrested last year because he's a felon and he had a whole lot of weapons on him/in his car. So he had the choice between 30 years in prison or completing 1000 hours of community service in one year & getting 366 days in prison.

He chose to do the community service, LOL.

I really didn't know anything about T.I. except he is one fine ass muthashutyomouth. In the first episode we found out why he had all those weapons. It definitely put a different spin on the story for me.

So now, in addition to his community service, he's decided to intervene in the lives of 7 at risk teens and try to stop them from going down the wrong path. He takes one "Hustler" and puts him in jail while he goes to get lunch & drive around (HA! LMFAO) and then he takes the same dude to a morgue so that he can see the other option to a life of crime (it's either jail or death, ya know).

We see T.I.'s 6 children & his baby momma. We see his mother and his friends.

It was very interesting and great to see T.I. doing something positive for young men like himself, who grew up feeling like hustling was the only way that they could help take care of their families.

This is a definite Must Watch even if it's just to see T.I.'s pretty face. It's not going to make me a fan of his music, but I will hope that he doesn't get raped in prison.... :-)

Dollhouse
Starring Eliza Dushku. It's good to see her back on a TV series. I always liked her in Buffy and I have watched Tru Calling since it's been in syndication.

Anyway, the show is about Echo (Dushku) who apparently does something bad and her only option is to serve some "agency" for 5 years after which she gets her life back with a clean slate.

The Dollhouse is an agency that fulfills people's needs or desires. The first time we see Echo, she's racing some dude on a motorcycle and she loses (on purpose?). Then they go dancing at a club and before her carriage turns into a pumpkin (I swear to God I said to Evan "I guess her carriage is about to turn into a pumpkin now" and then the Dude said the same thing, LOL.) she goes back to the dollhouse for her "treatment".

The treatment wipes out all of her memories. She's basically a living doll until some man's daughter gets kidnapped and she is given the personality of a hostage negotiator? Whatever, a Kidnap Recovery Agent. I just made that up. I don't know what they call her.

I liked the show. Apparently it got worse ratings than Terminator, but I hope it stays on for a while. It's kind of like Alias with Echo taking on different personas as needed, except she doesn't remember what she did.

If Terminator can last for a season (or is it 2 now?) then Dollhouse should be able to make it too. What other competition is there on Friday nights? Watch it!

Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory

If you used to watch Rob & Big on MTV, you'll want to watch this too. After Big Black had his baby and moved on, Rob decided to open a Fantasy Factory.

It's basically a big warehouse tricked out with skateboard ramps & rails, a big pit of foam squares to land in, and basketball hoops all over the place. It's so big that he can drive & park his T-rex around in it.


There really is no explanation or summary for this show. You just have to watch it. Rob Dyrdek is a big kid in a semi-grown man's body. He's crazy in a good/funny way and you never know what he'll do next. Love it. I just miss Big. :-(