Jenna becomes a wrestler!
Friday, March 6, 2009
Thursday, March 5, 2009
The Real World: Pedro movie
Pedro Zamora was the first reality TV star to have a real message with impact. Unfortunately, he is the first and still part of a very small group of people who choose to use their time in the spotlight to promote awareness.
Here's an blog post on the film that will air on MTV on April 1 and some info on Pedro.
Pedro movie
I had not even heard this was in production. I am definitely going to be watching on April 1.
Here's an blog post on the film that will air on MTV on April 1 and some info on Pedro.
Pedro movie
I had not even heard this was in production. I am definitely going to be watching on April 1.
Monday, March 2, 2009
Interesting... potential fodder for the big D
As I contemplate my dissertation (no words to the page yet!), this article/interview struck me as something I should hold on to... so I will.
Carla from Top Chef interviews with YumSugar
Hosea from Top Chef interviews with YumSugar
The list here could really go on - they interview each of the contestants... good resource for down the road when I actually start writing and data collecting!
Carla from Top Chef interviews with YumSugar
Hosea from Top Chef interviews with YumSugar
The list here could really go on - they interview each of the contestants... good resource for down the road when I actually start writing and data collecting!
Friday, February 27, 2009
Top Chef finale
Yeah, Josea won, it felt good to not have smug Stefan win, but Carla was my favorite and I'm betting next week she wins the coveted "fan favorite" prize.
So, Josea wins. The big story to come out of the Top Chef finale is Casey's not so nice comments relayed to SideDish - here's what she said:
Carla was not prepared and in over her head. The show did not talk about how the first course (crab) took her half of the friggin’ cooking time that day, I was left to work the rest of HER dishes.
So,
Carla was not prepared and in over her head. The show did not talk about how the first course (crab) took her half of the friggin’ cooking time that day, I was left to work the rest of HER dishes.
She also did not have a plan. The ONLY thing she had in mind was a cheese course! I would NEVER do a cheese course. And where in the hell did french come from!? She is not even classically trained! It (the show) didn’t talk about how I worked on a sauce for 2 days and Carla forgot to put it on the plate… It didn’t show how the 2nd course (fish) was MINE. It didn’t show how she took the sous vide idea and decided to GRILL it last minute causing it to be tough… And it didn’t show how she WANTED to do the souffles which she does not even know how to make! That was HER food, because it certainly was me asking her how she wanted to do this and that while she was busy picking crab the entire time and making a souffle that didn’t rise!
I am done with TC. I did not influence her. She has NO ideas of her own, oh, except a cheese course.
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Seinfeld on Reality
I am extremely curious to see what happens with this. It could either be brilliant and a way to keep the very funny Seinfeld in the fray OR it could bring to light how he's not as relevant as he was...
THE MARRIAGE REF
THE MARRIAGE REF
Friday, April 25, 2008
Natalie, the moronster!
Here I go - my first real post on my first real blog. Really, this isn't so much as divine inspiration as much as it is a desire to put off the inevitable - final paper for my qualitative methods class.
That said I actually am finding myself curious about this season of Survivor. Last Thursday’s episode really got me going. Natalie, one of the Fans on this season's themed "Fans vs. Favorites" (for a nice recap of this season's premise, go here), has emerged as a total moronster (that is moron and monster combined - yup, a total makey-uppy!). I found her antics last night despicable. So much so that during the program I paused it (DVR is the best) and turned to my boyfriend and said "I hate her!" I don't like interrupting my Survivor viewing experience, so this was a big deal. I usually understand the angles people use to win people over; I'm more than familiar with the morally ambiguous alliances and back stabbings; what I am not as familiar with is the moronster that has unfolded in one episode before my very eyes.
Up until this point Natalie was a non-issue character. She was there, in all of her boob-y green string bikini glory, but never much of a key player. In fact, the only thing going for her that I saw was her inclusion in Parvati's all-girl alliance (that is a whole other post in and of itself!). So, let me take you, then, to the point in the game when Natalie went from a hanger-on to a legend in her own mind...
Towards the beginning of the episode we find our Survivors at the "auction" (one of the BF's favorite ongoing portions of this show). In this particular auction, Natalie doesn't appear to be faring too well. She spends a whopping $240 of her $500 on a bowl of "Bat soup" - which James has no shame and eats that nastiness right up! Protein! So, foolishly, Natalie goes for another auction item, which is worth to her another $240! When Host Probst reveals the treasure she bought, it is a bottle. At first I thought it would be another "native delicacy," but instead there was a message which told Moronster that she could send anyone she wished to Exile Island and take his/her money as they were to leave immediately. She chose Jason, well, because she hates him, wants him gone, blah, blah, blah. This is important because Jason gives her credit for a masterful plan saying that she knew he'd be able to find it and finally he can be part of an alliance.
While Jason is kicking some major arse finding the immunity idol, everyone else is plotting Jason's demise. The women have created a ironclad alliance (all the better to crumble down later!) and it seems that if Jason plays his idol then James is going to be the third member of the jury.
Ok, now that we've got some background - let's get to the moronster part. So, Jason makes it clear that he trusts Natalie and Cirie (the true brains in this operation and NOT Parvati) nudges Natalie to play that trust and make Jason think he's safe. So, here's the grotesque part - Natalie makes it like she came up with all of this on her own. Clearly if you watch this, it is Cirie that is coming up with all of these tactics. Natalie proceeds to get extremely excited about misleading Jason and "blind-siding" another character. She then takes Jason aside to say sending him to Exile Island was exactly what she intended, and then Jason pledges his allegiance to her. I just was cringing when he told her how smart she was. Ugh! And lest you think that she was just playing her cards right, we are subjected to her nonsensical speech in which she clearly takes full credit for what is about to go down – Biggie Blindside #2.
Here’s what she said:
“I think I can be pretty evil. I am in I will get you mode. I am having a lot more fun. I am getting to be more of myself, which is proving to be pretty ruthless and pretty stone cold bitch and pretty cutthroat bitch and I have a smile on my face. Sorry about that.”
Oye vey! I hated this speech. She's just awful. Not that I am a huge Jason fan, and not that I think people ever truly play with integrity, BUT, she is truly gross. This other part of the speech was particularly grotesque:
“I would love to blindside Jason, just go for his jugular, floss my teeth with his jugular.”
Seriously? Can one floss with a jugular? That’s just nasty.
So, there we have, Natalie the Moronster. Gross and evil combined with pure moron. I am hoping in the weeks to come we see our heroine Cirie rise as the Survivor mastermind that she is and she plucks these girls off one by one and flosses with all their collective jugulars!
Anyway, my first post became a rant about Natalie. My apologies, but I think it speaks to a bigger issue that I am having with this season and perhaps the subject of my next post: hyper-awareness of making yourself a celebrity in the midst of the game.
Although, as my friend Jenn was saying to me today: when did Survivor get so good?! It has been a great season, so I look forward to posting again! Feel free to leave comments and thanks for reading!
That said I actually am finding myself curious about this season of Survivor. Last Thursday’s episode really got me going. Natalie, one of the Fans on this season's themed "Fans vs. Favorites" (for a nice recap of this season's premise, go here), has emerged as a total moronster (that is moron and monster combined - yup, a total makey-uppy!). I found her antics last night despicable. So much so that during the program I paused it (DVR is the best) and turned to my boyfriend and said "I hate her!" I don't like interrupting my Survivor viewing experience, so this was a big deal. I usually understand the angles people use to win people over; I'm more than familiar with the morally ambiguous alliances and back stabbings; what I am not as familiar with is the moronster that has unfolded in one episode before my very eyes.
Up until this point Natalie was a non-issue character. She was there, in all of her boob-y green string bikini glory, but never much of a key player. In fact, the only thing going for her that I saw was her inclusion in Parvati's all-girl alliance (that is a whole other post in and of itself!). So, let me take you, then, to the point in the game when Natalie went from a hanger-on to a legend in her own mind...
Towards the beginning of the episode we find our Survivors at the "auction" (one of the BF's favorite ongoing portions of this show). In this particular auction, Natalie doesn't appear to be faring too well. She spends a whopping $240 of her $500 on a bowl of "Bat soup" - which James has no shame and eats that nastiness right up! Protein! So, foolishly, Natalie goes for another auction item, which is worth to her another $240! When Host Probst reveals the treasure she bought, it is a bottle. At first I thought it would be another "native delicacy," but instead there was a message which told Moronster that she could send anyone she wished to Exile Island and take his/her money as they were to leave immediately. She chose Jason, well, because she hates him, wants him gone, blah, blah, blah. This is important because Jason gives her credit for a masterful plan saying that she knew he'd be able to find it and finally he can be part of an alliance.
While Jason is kicking some major arse finding the immunity idol, everyone else is plotting Jason's demise. The women have created a ironclad alliance (all the better to crumble down later!) and it seems that if Jason plays his idol then James is going to be the third member of the jury.
Ok, now that we've got some background - let's get to the moronster part. So, Jason makes it clear that he trusts Natalie and Cirie (the true brains in this operation and NOT Parvati) nudges Natalie to play that trust and make Jason think he's safe. So, here's the grotesque part - Natalie makes it like she came up with all of this on her own. Clearly if you watch this, it is Cirie that is coming up with all of these tactics. Natalie proceeds to get extremely excited about misleading Jason and "blind-siding" another character. She then takes Jason aside to say sending him to Exile Island was exactly what she intended, and then Jason pledges his allegiance to her. I just was cringing when he told her how smart she was. Ugh! And lest you think that she was just playing her cards right, we are subjected to her nonsensical speech in which she clearly takes full credit for what is about to go down – Biggie Blindside #2.
Here’s what she said:
“I think I can be pretty evil. I am in I will get you mode. I am having a lot more fun. I am getting to be more of myself, which is proving to be pretty ruthless and pretty stone cold bitch and pretty cutthroat bitch and I have a smile on my face. Sorry about that.”
Oye vey! I hated this speech. She's just awful. Not that I am a huge Jason fan, and not that I think people ever truly play with integrity, BUT, she is truly gross. This other part of the speech was particularly grotesque:
“I would love to blindside Jason, just go for his jugular, floss my teeth with his jugular.”
Seriously? Can one floss with a jugular? That’s just nasty.
So, there we have, Natalie the Moronster. Gross and evil combined with pure moron. I am hoping in the weeks to come we see our heroine Cirie rise as the Survivor mastermind that she is and she plucks these girls off one by one and flosses with all their collective jugulars!
Anyway, my first post became a rant about Natalie. My apologies, but I think it speaks to a bigger issue that I am having with this season and perhaps the subject of my next post: hyper-awareness of making yourself a celebrity in the midst of the game.
Although, as my friend Jenn was saying to me today: when did Survivor get so good?! It has been a great season, so I look forward to posting again! Feel free to leave comments and thanks for reading!
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