uninspiring

Celebrity Apprentice SUCKS. It's so not interesting and it's really a shame that Trump has let his show get to this state. I used to legitimately like this show and now I'm just so uninspired watching these celebrities haphazardly complete these projects. It's lovely that they are raising money for charities (this past week they contributed a portion of the winnings the the Fund for Public Schools) but it's like they are not even really TRYING! Nobody cares! Everyone pretends to care, but nobody actually cares! So sad and disappointing...

yikes

I'm pretty sure I am the 18 millionth person to write about this but - I can't believe Heath Ledger is dead! Celebrities doing drugs and celebrities dying from doing drugs is always in the news, but... Heath Ledger?! And only 28! Unbelievable.

I know they have been split up for quite some time now, but poor Michelle Williams and little Matilda.

the modern woman

I just watched three straight episodes of Cashmere Mafia, a new series on abc about a group of 4 best friends living in New York City, each fabulously ambitious and sexy in her own right. I love it. It's not the best show ever, but it calls to me, I love the characters and I love the setting. Each of them has a little part of them that I wish I was. Brilliant. I will indeed be continuing to record and watch this show and enjoying every minute of it!

alaska's not as cold as green bay

If someone had told me back in September that a) the Giants would make the playoffs and b) that they would beat the Packers to win the NFC Championship and a trip to the Super Bowl, I would have laughed and laughed and laughed, and then stopped to catch my breath... and laughed some more. When they were in the Super Bowl 7 years ago, I couldn't even watch because they didn't really even show up to play and it was embarrassing. This time, all I want is for them to put up a good fight. Well, it's not ALL I want - I want them to beat the damn Patriots and win the freakin' Super Bowl. But, if they at least put up a good fight, like, they did in Week 16, I will be ecstatic.

In other news, I am spending my day off from work... working, but also catching up on tv. Last night was the season finale of Amazing Race, and so today I watched the final three teams race around Alaska gutting fish, catching crabs, climbing glaciers and spending a lot more time in taxi cabs than I thought normal. But in any case, TK and Rachel finish on top, with Ron & Chris in second and Nick & Don in third... quite a nail biter until almost the very last minute and another race comes to an end. What is it about this show that it never gets old?

omg

The Giants are going to the SUPER BOWL!!! I can't even believe it - how the heck are the Giants in the Super Bowl?!

dance wars

Tonight I decided to devote my evening to Dance Wars: Bruno vs. Carrie Ann. LOVE IT! It's hosted by Drew Lachey, the winner from one of the Dancing with the Stars seasons and stars my two favorite judges from that show - what's not to love? Well, let me back up a moment. The premiere episode at 2 hours long and consisted of open auditions in various cities was a bit of a snoozer and I ended up giving up about a third of the way through it. Skip to episode two: The selected contestants sing and dance in various groups, Bruno and Carrie Ann select their teams and it's a whole lotta fun! Starting next week people will get to call in and vote. The whole thing is very American Idol-esque and quite entertaining! Speaking of, American Idol starts tonight and is currently recording on my dvr. woohoo!

the mob

Tonight I became addicted to some game show hosted by Bob Saget called 1 vs. 100 where a contestant competes against a "mob" of 100 people (technically 102 since one of the mob is actually triplets) and methodically knocks out members of the mob in a quest for $1M. Yes, I am spending my friday night watching bad network tv - do you have something to say about that? In any case, I must say I'm quite a fan. Now I'm watching Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde - which I own on DVD but is currently on TBS so who can resist.

Who said I don't know how to have fun on a friday night?

damn you dvr

I have spent the past few days incredibly drugged up on Nyquil and Dayquil - boy, I never realized how potent that stuff was! And so tv watching has been difficult since my head's been in a fog, but tonight I watched last night's Project Runway and it was prom week! Clients were a bunch of high school girls needing dresses for prom and how mad am I that apparently it ran a minute or two over this week because my dvr cut it off literally RIGHT before Heidi announced who was out. Agh! I mean, that's just rude. And so I had to go and research it on my own - turns out Kevin got the auf wiedersehen even though Christian had the crazy girl who tried to take over his project and made him design a tacky dress.

...9:30's not too early for bed is it? Because I just took my Nyquil for the evening and will likely be knocked out in the next 5 minutes!

candy shop

I am tragically behind in tv, but finally tonight just watched Project Runway from a week ago, where the task was to raid the Hershey Store in Times Square, and then make an outfit out of it, and oh what fun it was to see the candy wrapper dresses! There were some crowd pleasers for sure, and Rami's winning outfit was well deserved:


I adore Rami as a designer. I hope he goes all the way!

i wonder

How has the Britney Spears drama gotten so out of hand that Dr. Phil is now involved?

I just watched Roger Clemens defend himself on 60 Minutes. Boy, Roger sure is angry! And from what I can tell, he's bigger and tougher than Brian McNamee and I certainly wouldn't want to be Brian in that fight...

one down...

Giants finally made it past the first round of the playoffs, woohoo! Next up - Dallas. I am trying to get all my tv watching sorted out, but with the NFL playoffs taking up most of my weekends and work taking up most of my weekdays, it's been a challenge. We are down to only 3 or 4 teams on Amazing Race, Project Runway started up again after what seemed to be a hiatus of several weeks, and new seasons of good stuff are coming soon:

American Idol: 2-night 4-hour premiere on January 15th and 16th, 8PM.
Lost: Moving to Thursday nights! January 31st, 8PM.
Prison Break: January 14th on Fox.
The Apprentice: This should actually get categorized as something brand new because Trump is doing the worst thing possible and doing the show this season as a celebrity edition - Gene Simmons, Stephen Baldwin, OMAROSA... seriously?!

Also, brand new on the radar:
Cashmere Mafia: Starts tonight on ABC at 10PM, I'll be recording it so that I can see if it's worth watching.
Lipstick Jungle: February 7th on NBC. I'll be checking this one out too, simply because I'm intrigued by the name of the show alone.
Dance War: Bruno vs. Carrie Ann: Starring the judges from Dancing with the Stars, starts tomorrow night at 8PM.

Lots of tv that I will try my very best to stay on top of!