snow!

It's snowing! A lot! There is a crazy amount of snow coming down right now and I was too much of a wuss to brave the snow this morning, so I am working from home today. I tried to take a picture of what it looks like out my window with all the snow coming down and my little civic covered in a huge pile of snow, but you couldn't really actually tell it was snowing in the picture so it wasn't so much fun. I AM working but wanted to report that on the Today Show they are in Miami right now where it is 85 degrees... I want to be in Miami!!!

top 24

This week begins the part of American Idol where it's on about nine times a week (okay, three) for a total of approximately 23 hours (okay, five.) Point is, its a LOT. Which makes it super hard to keep up, but I'm trying! I'm currently watching last night's top 12 guys perform while my DVR is currently recording the top 12 girls performing. Simultaneously, Big Brother is also on about three times a week. Whew, talk about exhausting!

So far none of these guys are all that interesting to me - and some I don't even ever remember seeing before! How the heck did they end up in the top 24? Have I been paying that little attention so far this season?

love stinks

Big Brother is so fantastic! Alex and Amanda, the co-HoH are pretty much at war with each other because Amanda likes Parker, who's coupled with Jen, who's dating Ryan, who's coupled with Allison, who is pretending to be a lesbian with Sheila, who is coupled with Adam. And on and on it goes. Nobody actually seems to be soulmates with the person they were paired up with...yet. So entertaining!

Tonight is the finale of Dance Wars: Bruno vs. Carrie Ann, and while I've enjoyed this little mini reality series, it was starting to get JUST a tad bit stale, so it's good to see it wrap up - tonight we find out who wins - Team Bruno or Team Carrie Ann. But for the record, I DO love the singing and dancing competitions!

Part of this way too long finale included finding out who the contestants on the next season of Dancing with the Stars will be:
- Marlee Matline (?)
- Penn Jillette from the Penn and Teller duo.
- Marissa Jaret Winokur from Hairspray.
- Adam Carolla from The Man Show.
- Kristi Yamaguchi - yay! I love her!
- Christian de la Fuente (?) - a Latin star actor of some sorts
- Monica Seles the tennis player
- Mario the R&B singer
- Steve Guttenberg the actor - he's been in a crapload of stuff, but is it weird that I remember him best from Three Men and a Baby?
- Jason Taylor from the Miami Dolphins?! I would like to know how they convinced him to participate in this...
- Shannon Elizabeth, actress (the American Pie chick)
- Priscilla Presley - wow, that's actually pretty neat!

Update: So for those of you following along at home, after lots of fun little performances from both teams, including premiere singles from each group, the winner of Dance Wars is Team Bruno - NOT who I was rooting for, but oh wells.

'til death do you part

If you are not watching Big Brother this season, you MUST START NOW! It's only two episodes in, so you are not that far behind and can easily catch up. They've done something different with the show this season and it's fabulous! The contestants are paired up into couples and are competing in the house as those couples. That means they earn Head of Household as couples, and get nominated and evicted as couples!! It's absurdly entertaining - there is a real life couple that are secretly dating in real life, but nobody in the house knows and they DON'T get paired up with each other, so they are technically competing AGAINST each other. There was also a real life ex-couple who had just broken up after a 12 year relationship, unknowingly ended up on the show together and DID get paired up together - but they were the first couple eliminated. Which, for the record, I don't agree with, since there is a cranky old mom paired up with someone she doesn't like and they, especially she, are so MEAN to each other, it's just annoying.

In any case, I hope you are watching! If not, you should be!

rehab

I have been half watching the Grammy Awards tonight and at this particular moment Amy Winehouse is performing. Now I am not trying to be mean here, but I was surprised to see her - I thought she was in (no pun intended) rehab and too doped up to be out in public. But aside from the fact that she is done up kind of crazy looking, she looks perfectly sober and undrugged. Okay, well maybe not COMPLETELY coherent, but enough to perform in some cabaret setting that isn't technically part of the Grammy Awards, but was on the Grammy Awards. Go figure.

...Okay, now her performance is over and she just won Record of the Year. NOW she looks drunk and incoherent and incredibly confused. She just beat out the likes of Beyonce and JT for this award... wow.

Btw, new season of Big Brother starts on Tuesday at 9PM - set your DVRs, it sure to be fabulous!

18-1

I'm back from the BEST. TRIP. EVER! Well, I've been back for a few days now but I'm only finally now just becoming coherent and functioning like a normal human being again. But I still do not have words to describe the most amazing trip experience ever - witnessing the Giants beat the Patriots to WIN THE SUPER BOWL!!! Going to Phoenix was crazy enough, but I never EVER thought I'd actually go to the game. We hung out by the stadium, drank and soaked up the atmosphere. Less than two hours before kickoff, I ended up getting a ticket and I was off to the Super Bowl!!! It was an amazing game and an amazing time. I do not even have words for how incredible it was to not only be at the Super Bowl, but to watch my NY Giants in the Super Bowl, and to watch my NY Giants take down the New England Patriots and ruin their perfect season. The Giants are Super Bowl Champs!! And I got to watch it live! Un-freakin-believable. Oh, and check it out - I got to meet Brian Cashman in the parking lot before the game!
There were lots of celebrity sightings - Rob Schneider, Clyde Drexler, and a small handful of Victoria's Secret models too! It was such a crazy atmosphere and an unbelivably good time. And WHAT A GAME. Giants 17, Patriots 14. LOVE IT!!

Monday night we hung out in Phoenix and went to the Suns game. I'm not an NBA fan but we had seats about 12 rows back from the court right behind the Suns bench, and it was pretty damn cool! Dan Majerle was there making crazy baskets from half court, and then Steve Kerr showed up at halftime and sat two rows in front of us.

Tuesday it was time to head home and another day spent on a plane. I missed the ticker tape parade they had for the Giants back in NY because I was traveling, which was a little disappointing since the parade went RIGHT by the building I work in and I would've had a front row seat! But alas, I was at the Super Bowl, and that beats a parade any day :)

NY GIANTS SUPER BOWL CHAMPS!!!

Phoenix-bound!

I'm going to Phoenix! I'm not actually going to the Super Bowl, but in the spirit of continuing my crazy ideas and supporting the Giants (who I STILL can't believe made it to the freakin' Super Bowl!) I am going to hang out in the host city. Kind of nuts that I decided to do this, but I just couldn't resist.

I was work last night until 9:30pm, went to dinner with the people I was working that late with, and then went BACK to work around 11:30 to pick up my laptop, which I need since my Phoenix trip is stretching through Tuesday. Finally got home around 12:30am, passed out, am super exhausted, and now have some busy days ahead of me. Today I need to round up my 3 oz. travel toiletries and pack, have pre-Chinese New Year Dinner with my family, and then catch a 6AM flight out of LGA tomorrow morning. EEK. Lots to do!

I'll report back when I return from Phoenix. In the meantime, GO GIANTS!!