Category Archives: TV

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Reading and not Writing

Linthicum, Maryland (not Lithium, although that would be nice)

So here I am killing time until I fly out tomorrow morning. I can’t wait to get home. I have so much to do. And I get to see Dave! Yeah! I would have flown home tonight, but Dave is flying into Seattle from Oakland tomorrow morning so we figured it would be easier if we shared my town car back. So I held off flying home early. He better feel special. 🙂

I am officially addicted to reading and planning on writing Blog Lists. We have some great ones on there. Now I just need to contribute more. The problem is I find myself spending more time thinking about that and not about my blog.

My other problem is that I read everyone else’s blogs when I get on my computer, but then when I’m all done I’m too tired to write my own. My eyes and head start getting that computer ache.

My roommate sent me this crazy posting from Craig’s List and I’m starting to think maybe that’s what happened to our cat.

On an “I’m pathetic and watch too much TV” note, I saw a couple episodes of the Nashville/American Idol rip off show and I have to say, those are some talented bastards. They have a song writing tryout as well. So first they sing and then they sing their own original song. It’s been pretty cool to watch actually. A lot of them play instruments. American Idol now looks like the Mickey Mouse Club. Um….not that it wasn’t already like that.

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Back from Europe

I’M BACK!!!!

I just spent all night catching up on reading Johnny’s blog from when I left for Europe until now. I don’t know that I’ll get to Kris’ or Joey’s or Aaron’s or…oh my god…I have so much to read. But Johnny always gets my first read. He’s my blog idol.

Coming soon on my blog will be the boring details of Europe, complete with pictures.

But for now I wanted to say I watched “Far From Heaven” and loved it. It was so eerie and well done. And tonight I watched “Hot Chick” and I hate to admit that I liked it. But of course, I’m a sucker for a bad movie in a hotel room.

Alas, for now, I must get back to reading the blogs and watching my HGTV Thursday night line-up.

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Hot Tea

My most recent addiction is Hot Tea. Every chance I get I’ve been ordering pots of tea. I love it. There is something extremely comforting in a hot pot of tea. I wish I had one right now. Usually in the hotel room I put the tea bag in place of a coffee filter in the coffee maker and it makes a nice big pot of tea. Unfortunately I don’t have a coffee pot in this hotel room. Oh the simple pleasures of life we take for granted.

One of my favorite trips was when I went on the Celestial Seasonings tour in Boulder. They let us go into their peppermint tea room that is sealed off. They have to seal it or else you would be able to smell peppermint for miles around, they said. Which of course would taint all the other tea in the factory. Very cool tour.

Besides, I have a fetish for factories. It dates back to Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood. Is it just me or did Lady Elaine in Make-Believe Land seem very much like a man. She reminds me of Eddie Izzard. Hmmm…

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Movie Lists

First off, check out my MOVIE LISTS on the left. Click the links and browse the crappy movies I’ve watched this year. Then feel free to make fun of me and trash my choices. Just know that I haven’t seen any other movies except what’s listed so I may be missing some amazing ones.

Where am I these days? Oregon. Baker City. Nestled in the hills. Kind of cute. I can just see me with my kids in the future as an old mom during a road trip through here, boring them with the tales of my life. Anywho.

Getting amped to go to London and Paris next week. It hasn’t totally sunk in. I’m still thinking of it as just another trip. But here and there I have moments where I remember this is not for work and I’ll have total free time. Very cool. Would love tips on what to do or see.

I’m wacthing the Osbournes right now. In the words of Erin Hawk, I heart The Osbournes. I just have a soft spot in my heart for Ozzy and Sharon. Kelly is throwing little temper tamptrums on this episode and all I can think is how much she is going to hate these episodes when she gets older. They showed an old documentary on the family from about 8 years ago. It was really cute. The kids were still sweet and Ozzy was a bit more coherent. But the patterns he had then are still true. I loved it. I’m pathetic.

Had a great dinner in the room with Brenda and Erin after The State of the Union. Here we are eager to eat:
Room Service...life's little pleasures

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Movies and Commercials

Those Sprint PCS commercials go back and forth from being funny to just plain annoying. The monkey with a cold was cute, I admit, but a bunch of us couldn’t figure out why the guy got all the weiner dogs. What did he really ask for? It sounds like he asked for Dachsunds, but what he really said was Oxen. I finally figured it out.

These are the things that keep me up at night.

To rival Johnny’s Oscar list, I have compiled a list of all the eligible movies that I have seen this year. In doing this I discovered that I have a seen a great deal of crap. Mostly thanks to the hotel in-room movies. So I might have to separate the list into categories. We’ll see. Watch for it to come.

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Multimedia Day

“Hem: rabbit songs” is not as much like “Voices on the Verge” as I thought. It’s a little less interesting. It’s a nice background, soft sound, but not extremely noticeable.

Watched the Superbowl today with Brenda and Erin. Wish I could’ve put money down because I would have made bank. Can you believe the number of interceptions? My god! That’s gotta hurt. A little dissappointed in the commercials though. Not clever enough. We did win a Coors Light T-shirt as a door prize at the hotel bar. But I think that’s just because we were the ONLY people in the bar. Crazy.

Watched a bit of Fear Factor as well. I would love to go on this show if it weren’t for the eating and the bugs. I can handle heights, stunts, water, etc. But I could never eat silkworm or pig intestines without throwing up, or sit in a coffin filled with angry scorpions. Snakes, worms, rodents, I could handle hanging with. But bugs and spiders….eeeee…willies.

Totally unrelated thought, but man, I could really go for some Maguro right now. Maybe a little Miso soup and California roll. Mmmm….

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Commercials piss me off

Boise, Idaho is not so bad a place. That’s where I am now, but I’m not supposed to be. Long story, but what a crazy day. Heading back to Baker City, Oregon on Sunday just in time to see the Superbowl with Brenda and Erin from work. For now though, I’m just looking forward to breakfast at this great little place in downtown Boise called Goldy’s. It’s the kind of place where you want to sit at the counter and chat with the wait staff while you eat grits and sweet potato hashbrowns. Mmmm…. Even that will top the amazing BBQ we had at Goodwood the other night. God I love food.

In the spirit of Johnny Peel, I have some random thoughts I figured I’d just throw in here.

While here I’ve noticed a new commercial on TV that is driving me crazy. Aladdin Bail Bonds. They try to make it look all classy and caring. A presentable wife getting a phone call from her husband in jail, she goes to Aladdin Bail Bonds in the middle of the night, where she is greeted by a beautiful business woman who tells her, “take a deep breath, we’re here to help you.” And the silly woman does take a deep breath, on cue. Now I don’t know about the rest of you, but I watch TLC fairly religiously and I’ve seen the special about the guys who chase down people who owe on bail bonds and that whole world is anything but businesslike and classy. Who are they fooling? This is now right up there with my other favorite “bad” commercial back in college where the girl opens her freezer and the narrator says “Are you having financial problems?” I never understood why they directed it that way. It’s not like her freezer was empty and she was poor. It was an average freezer with and average amount of food. But after that commercial, my roommate and I used to say that quote every time we opened the freezer at home. Was that my old roommate Joey or was that Dawnelle? I can never remember anymore. I know Joey was the one who ate baby food and Dawnelle ate Bologna, but the rest is a blur. Oh god, that Bologna.

I’m in the middle of watching “Death to Smoochy” and so far I feel it’s been overlooked. I’m a huge Edward Norton fan, I think Catherine Keener is deadly, and Robin Williams has all my respect, so why didn’t I think to watch this sooner. We’ll see if I still like it when I finish watching it. There is a point where Edward Norton compares Captain Kangaroo to Jesus Christ which of course reminds me of my early childhood obsession with the man. Not Jesus, but the Captain. I wore that record out.

Speaking of Edward Norton, I watched “25th Hour” and really dug most of it. But he didn’t wear any eyeliner in that one. Just in “Death to Smoochy,” so if you’re looking for some fun crazy Norton, go with Smoochy. If you looking for serious, hardcore, sexy Norton, go with “25th Hour.”