Watching The CW

I’m so sorry I haven’t been around much, but I’m still sans my laptop and its difficult to get use of a computer to update. Hopefully, this won’t go on much longer. I guess the timing isn’t bad, since the season is pretty much over.

Speaking of the season, the CW posted their Fall Schedule, and as predicted, Read the rest of this entry »

Sorry about the lateness of this recap post for the finale of America’s Next Top Model. My laptop is refusing to turn on and is therefore being repaired. In the meantime, my computer access is somewhat limited.

So instead of my usual play-by-play recap, I’m just going to Read the rest of this entry »

This week on America’s Next Top Model the girls start out at a dance hall to learn the samba. I wanted to get up and dance right along with them. The samba looks like fun. The only one of the girls that really seemed to have any natural rhythym was Aminat. Also, Paulina Porizkova told Celia that she was old and that desperation wasn’t sexy. I find it humorous that someone is considered old at 25. In my book, girls at that age have barely finished cooking.

The challenge is Read the rest of this entry »

It’s go-see day on America’s Next Top Model . This is always fun. I do wonder how they can get to five places, with the travel, and trying on clothes and all that, in only four hours.

I have to say one of the things that makes me crazy is how the designers want these girls to all be so excessively tall and thin. I mean, I get it, that’s modeling, but in this day and age, shouldn’t we be past a lot of these silly stereotypes. I just get aggravated that designs don’t make clothes for normal people. Apparently, sales aren’t the issue here, because it seems to me that if you want to sell stuff, you should make it for the vast majority of people.

The girls seemed to make a lot of mistakes. Read the rest of this entry »

The final six chicks of America’s Next Top Model start out in Brazil this week. They are teamed up and they go right into a challenge. They have to find the favorite flower of The Girl from Ipanema (birds of paradise), and then they have to find the Girl from Ipanema (in some park). Apparently, a real person inspired the song and they met her, but she looked way too young. The winners were Natalie and Fo. Their prize in a basket of flip flops with crystals in them. I do not Read the rest of this entry »

This week on America’s Next Top Model the girls start out with the challenge to be a creative director of a photo shoot. They will be judged by Jay Manuel and Anne Shoket of Seventeen Magazine. They have to direct the hair style, make up and shoot, then they have to edit the film and pick the shot they want.

The winner was Teyona, who will be in Seventeen Magazine’s June issue and gets to pick two friends. She chooses Celia and Aminat.

The girls then get set up for a photo shoot and are joined by Ciara, who apparently Read the rest of this entry »

If you’re anything like me, you just ate way too much Easter dinner. I’m just stuffed. Which has started me thinking.

Now that the warmer weather is getting here, too, I know we all need to drop a few pounds. I’ve put one more than a few over the winter and its definitely time to pull out my exercise DVDs and get started! Of course, along with exercise, a good eating plan is essential. I’m not sure if I ever mentioned this or not, but I’m actually an Herbalife distributor and right now, many of my customers are ordering products to take off those extra pounds. Since I have to put a big order in anyway, I thought I’d throw my email address out there for anyone who is interested in getting some products shipped directly to them.

Probably, for someone just starting out, or who is looking to lose 5-10 lbs in the next month, Read the rest of this entry »

This week on America’s Next Top Model they start out with another one of those random chick battles that somehow always seem to spring up when you leave a bunch of little girls alone together. Who even knows why these things happen?

Their first lesson is with Paulina Porizkova who has them say a line in a certain way, pitifully, threateningly, arrogantly, etc. They pretty much all Read the rest of this entry »

This week on America’s Next Top Model, things are all still in a tizzy over Celia’s throwing Tahlia under the bus last week. I hate it when people can’t just mind their own business and want to cause trouble for others. Celia says she doesn’t regret what she did, but I just don’t get how she doesn’t feel like an idiot. In any case, it starts up a whole thing in the house, with everyone in everyone else’s face. Another reason why I think these little girls should have a house mother.

The girls are then tutored by Beth Stern (wife of Howard Stern, who is Read the rest of this entry »

I’m feeling pretty sick today. The doc says I have pneumonia. So my traditional recap of America’s Next Top Model is going to be a little less, um, recappy.

The ep starts out with all the girls complaining about how Sandra’s pic was not the best. Then they are visited by Toccara from Cycle 3. I really liked her. Toccara brings them some clothes as presents and then they have a sleepover while she talks to the models about personality and confidence.

Then they meet with Benny Ninja who talks to the chicks about posing and confidence. Their challenge is then to have a pose off with a live audience. Celia was the winner and she really did look great.

Next they have a photo shoot Read the rest of this entry »

This morning I was reading the blog at Buffyfest and they have something to say about Joss Whedon’s new show, Dollhouse, which airs on Friday nights at 9 pm ET on FOX. I’ve also been giving my opinion of Dollhouse over at FanaticSpace. (To make sense of all I’m saying here, you should go read both those blogs.)

Anyway, I started to post a comment at Buffyfest, but it got so long winded, I thought I’d post it here and just post the link over there, cause not everyone may care. So here is my response:

Well, as part of the starry-eyed optimists, I can only say that for me, there was no struggle. That’s not to say that there couldn’t have been. I’ve certainly had my moments when I thought, and thought, and thought Joss-related stuff through again and again.

But in the case of Dollhouse, this is how I chose to view it. First of all, I was excited cause Joss was coming back to my TV in a weekly kind of way. Second, I chose to read nothing, and I mean nothing, about what was happening beforehand. (While I did hear about, and slightly freak about, the pilot re-writes, I moved on and chose to forget about it.) So I have stayed relatively spoiler free and, therefore, upbeat about the show.

Third, I trust Joss. He has never let me down, in the end result (although I have doubted at times), and I knew that if he had his own way with this show, he would not let me down this time either. I don’t trust the networks, but I do trust Joss.

In summation, I choose to believe that Dollhouse is a great show, has always been a great show and always will be a great show. Ad infinitum.

This week on America’s Next Top Model, we start out with a little bit of introspection from the girls, as they consider what they were told in panel.

First off, they meet up with Miss J., who has they change into matching outfits, cardigan sweaters and khaki colored capris, black patent pumps and short strands of pearls. It was like they tried to give Mrs. Cleaver a modern make over. Then they walk for him and he brings out two girls from Cycle 9, Bianca and Chantal, to show them how it’s done.

Next up is a Jill Stuart fashion show where they are walking the runway carrying full shopping bags. I was actually surprised that Read the rest of this entry »

Jason Dohring, Michael Muhney

One show that seems to have a lot of people I’d like to see again was Veronica Mars, which the powers that be at the CW saw fit to cancel after only three seasons. That was one great show.

The first person I’d bring back is Veronica herself, Kristen Bell. I know we saw her for a while as Elle on Heroes, but it wasn’t enough. Not only is she adorable, she’s talented. She should have another show. I keep holding on to that one faint hope that someone might bring the show back with Veronica a little older, a little wiser and in the FBI. (I saw the videos of that pilot that were floating around a while ago.) It can still happen. OK, maybe I’m a little delusional. But still, it could happen.

I’d also like to see more of Jason Dohring (Logan), who had a part as Josef on the short-lived Moonlight last year. (Don’t even get me started about Moonlight being cancelled. No wonder I’m afraid to fall in love, I’ve been crushed so many times.) Jason is charasmatic and fun, with his boyish looks and the hint of evil in his smile. I just heard that there might be something in the works where he is a secondary character, but that’s not good enough. He should be the star.

Then there’s Sheriff Don Lamb, played by Michael Muhney. Look, I’m not just saying this cause I’m on Twitter with the guy and he often laments his lack of work. I’m saying it cause he was awesome on the show. I remember hating him cause he was such a jerk, but then loving his interaction with Veronica. (If you haven’t seen Veronica Mars, there will be a spoiler in the next sentence.) Sheriff Lamb’s sudden death was a complete and sad surprise to me, since it felt lke he was just coming into his own. But like always, when I’m falling in love, they rip my heart out.

Two more people who deserve honorable mention are Ken Marino (Vinnie Van Lowe) and Tina Majorino (Mac). Both were very able secondary characters who often stole their scenes. Ken did have a short part on Reaper last season and he was awesome. Basically, I’d tune in to watch anything that either of them would choose to star in.

I’m not saying that none of the others deserve a show, I’m just saying these are the people I’d like to see. Hopefully, someone out there in a suit will agree with me.

A couple of weeks ago I started a post about the start of the 13-week second season for Reaper. I got sidetracked and never finished it. Now I’m reading that the show has been, very quietly, cancelled.

I’m not surprised, really. One of the things I said in my original, unfinished post was that we haven’t seen this show since May of 2008, and honestly, even with the little “previously on” recap that starts off that episode, I still needed a minute to try to remember where we left everyone at the end of last season. Apparently, things happened that I didn’t even remember, like Sam’s father died? He did? I don’t recall Read the rest of this entry »

On America’s Next Top Model this week, we have the make overs. It seems like this is early to me, but this ep is always fun. The girls are always really excited at the start and then there are tears and knashing of teeth. Sadly, there are no actual breakdowns during the make overs and they had to make a little tension by pretending they were going to cut one girl’s hair when they really weren’t going to. The only one still crying afterwards was Fo, and she didn’t need to at all, cause she looked so adorable and pixie-like with short dark hair.

Since there is no Walmart in New York City, they have set up a CoverGirl Wall. The girls are put into teams and need to go find someone on the street to go back with them and be a model. They then introduce their person to the different products on the wall. The winning team was Sandra, Aminat and Celia.

Now comes the photo shoot with Nigel Barker and the point is to make sure they find the light. The theme is rock and roll, all colorful and crazy with wild hair. They actually have to hold these light sticks that look liked curling irons or something. Maybe some of them did OK, but most of them looked a little confused or bored. Fo continued to whine about her hair.

Nole Marin is Read the rest of this entry »