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Hey all,

I’m back.  Thanks for all of you that kept tabs on me.

I’m living, day by day.  Some days are better than others.  Just doing my best to make me into a better me.

On the days that I don’t feel so hot, I just have to remind myself that no matter how bad I feel, there are so many people out there in the world so much worse off than me.  At least I have the opportunity to see another day and be with the people I love.  At least I have the chance to improve myself.  And no matter how bad I feel, at least I am still here.  So I’m not giving up, my time to shine will come.  thanks to you all for hanging there with me.

Drugged Water

As if we don’t have enough to worry about these days, now we’re faced with tainted drinking water!  Turns out, our water is even more polluted than we had origionally thought.  No, it’s not excrement or other bodily wastes, now it looks like drug companies have managed to spread their products into our drinks.  Pretty scary, trust me, it is!  Have you taken a good luck at the warning labels that come with the meds you pick up?  It’s a huge ass list with lots and lots of scary side effects.  Now just think…even though the amount of drugs is technically “diluted”, but it is a huge coctail of strange drugs all blended together, and it’s heading into you body.

So….what next?  Ok, the red flag is waving, the siren’s blaring, and we’re all up in arms.  Companies are going to start pointing fingers, covering their asses, and say “it’s not that bad, really”.  But what can we, as everyday people, do?  If you think bottled water is the answer, you may need to think again.  There’s a chance even this source may not be as clean as we thought.

I’ve just read this article online, really doesn’t say or help much, but it is a start.

http://www.thedailygreen.com/environmental-news/latest/pharmaceuticals-drinking-water-47031110?src=rss

And about bottled water?  How about this article?  What do you think?  I for one am not ready to start sprouting a third eye any time soon.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080311/ap_on_re_us/pharmawater_bottled_water_1

 

The Vicar of Dibley

As many of you know, I love British programming, especially British comedies.  Well Jen introduced me to The Vicar of Dibley and I’ve been hooked ever since. 

It’s about a female vicar (preacher) that gets a new assignment to be the vicar of a small but beautiful village called Dibley somewhere in England.  Now for some reason, practically every one there has a screw loose or two in the head, but not in a mean way…more like a “see a banana peel and swoosh, land on backside” type of way.  Anyways you have to see it to understand.  So she’s there and she soon becomes the heart of the village.  Although technically the show goes on from 1994-2007, there was only a total of 24 episodes, so there’s not much to watch unfortunatelly. 

The vicar is played by Dawn French of the power duo French and Saunders.  You might have heard of these duo many times before because these two producers/writers/actresses have been very prolific and successful.  Here in the United States most people would have heard of Jennifer Saunders, the creater of Absolutely Fabulous, who plays the character Edina.  F.Y.I, the actress who plays Sarah on Ab Fab is Naoko Mori, who now plays Toshiko on Torchwood.  Yes!

So anyways back to Vicar of Dibley, the show is awesome and has done exceedingly well back in England.  I have heard that FOX network here in the US has tried to make an American version of the show starring Kirstie Alley.  Based on what I was told, the pilot bombed.  Truthfully, I’m torn about this.  On one hand I’m glad they are leaving the origional alone, on the other hand, I would love to see more.  I was also told that no new episodes of VOB will be made.

So last night, while having some exceedingly delicious cheese and wine (courtesy of Viv) we watched a few episodes of VOB.  One in particular, The Handsome Stranger, was incredibly well made and funny.  And there was this one song that really tied in the story.  It’s called “It should have been me” by Yvonne Fair.  I did some searching online and found a vid of the song with the bit from the show.  Watch and enjoy, it’s terribly wicked!  Cheers!!

Torchwood S2E09

Just watched it, and I’m thinking, the writers probably had a little too much to drink when writing the episode.  It was fun, don’t get me wrong, but it was like a roller-coaster event.  Here’s what I mean.

Gwen finally gets to walk down the aisle, but of course, being Torchwood, nothing ever goes according to plans.  The night before the wedding, Gwen and her team are chasing down a shapeshifter, but Gwen gets bitten in the process.  The team takes down the alien, and everyone goes on their merry ways.  Until the next morning, when Gwen wakes up 9 months preggers.

So here’s where it starts getting a bit loony.  Gwen decided to go on with the wedding, while the team try to figure out why and how she got prenant.  At the mansion where the wedding is to take place, we get to see in the in-laws.  The fathers appear to be good guys, but the mothers are like slobbering pit bulls, taking verbal punches at each other all the time.  The entire wedding party are mystified, rumors floating around at how Gwen could be pregnant and having kept it all a secret.

Now it turns out, the alien shapeshifter has a partner, and that partner is at the wedding as well.  Seems the aliens impregnate a host, and the female alien turns up to do some slicing and dicing of said host, thereby delivering the hatched egg.  Of course, our intrepid team races off to save Gwen.  How it’s done, you just need to watch the episode.  But let’s just say, it involves the alien scalpel and a good dose of “Army of Darkness” humor.  Very funny!!

What was cool was watching Toshiko kicking ass.  Seems Toshiko is not as deficient in the love department as expected.  Looks like Tosh does get picked up on quite often, and she has the hutzpah (sp?) to deal with unwanted amorous “Bananas”.  (again watch and you will get it).  Way to go Tosh!!

All in all, quite a lot of fun.  With a lot of “what the f*c%!!”.  I think it’s because the last few episodes have been so dark and depressing dealing with Owen and his “state” that the writers wanted to bring some comedic relief back into the show.  Quite fun actually, and well needed. 

Until next week!

                                   

Project Runway Finale

So last night, Christian won.  Was that a surprise to anyone?  The kid (he’s only 21) really does have talent, even though I wonder at some of his work.  All in all, this season of PR has been very entertaining, if somewhat lackluster in the villain department. 

This season, there were some snippage and snappage, but nothing I would call a fight.  There was no Santino, no Laura, just Christian again providing some snarky comments on his fellow competitors.   He did coin the key phrase of the season “Fierce”, which I can do without ( too reminescent of Paris Hilton’s “That’s Hot” *shudder*).

The show did have it’s share of “interesting” performers.  Sweet P, the tattooed, with a biker chick exterior, yet with a Mrs. Cleaver persona.  She’s very good at releasing the waterworks.

Speaking of waterworks, I don’t think I’ve seen that much crying on any other show before.  I am of course speaking about Ricky.  What the hell is wrong with that guy?  Just about everything and anything sets the guy off.  After a while, when he was still on, we’d place bets on just how many times he was going to start bawling in each episode.   I just don’t get it.  Orange…boo hoo!!  Spandex…boo hoo!!  Boo hoo!!  Argh!!

Oh yeah, of course there was Chris and Elisa.  Oy!  Those two!  I’ve never seen that large of a Wonder Woman  in drag before.  But hey, coining Christian’s term, that’s “fierce”.  And that laugh, yowsers!  And Elisa, truthfully, which planet did she come from?  I lost on the bet on just how early she was going to be leaving.  Yet she stayed and stayed.  But she was good, in her own right.  Just not sure about spit marking though, now that was something I’ve never seen nor heard before.

As for the judges, both Micheal Kors and Nina Garcia were very lackluster this season.  I think without the infighting amongst the cast, these two judges had nothing to feed upon.  Their comments and critiques therefore were very light.  I wonder if it isn’t time for some new judges.

And of course, there’s Tim Gunn and Heidi.  These two really do symbolize Project Runway.  Tim is the father figure.  His remarks are really spot on, upon foreshadowing what the judges would be picking on prior to the runway.  Many of the contestants lasted longer than they should because they listened to Tim and altered their designs.  Tim is really the inner voice, the angel on has sitting upon one’s shoulder.  Can’t say anything bad about him, he is an all around nice guy.

Then there’s Heidi.  Now her bite hasn’t dimmed at all throughout the seasons.  She calls it like she sees them.  During the reunion episode, she said Victorya was uptight right to her face.  It is her show after all.  I caught the Victoria Secret Special where Heidi was the main angel, and wow, there’s a reason why Heidi deserves to be on the air and in the media.  Just maybe, Heidi should stay away from the mic a bit.  Leave that to her husband.

In all, this season has been fun.  I think it really was about the clothes this time.  And I think the best person did win.  It’s going to be months before the next season begins, and I hope there will be a whole lot more infighting, cause it’s fun to watch.  But at least BRAVO isn’t leaving the viewers emptyhanded.  Next week Top Chef is coming back and I know Work Out will be coming in too. 

FIERCE!

                         

Big News Day

Looks like Hilary will be giving Obama a run for his money.  Now with Ohio under her belt, and Texas’s final results only partially in, seems the once-Mrs. President still has some steam left in her.  It will be interesting to see tomorrow just how Texas’s primary turned out.

Gary Gygax, a legend in the D&D field, has passed away at age 69.  He’s one of those silent icons of history.  Even for those that game, many of us did not know who he was.  Yet his impact on our childhood can not be discounted.  In essence Gary is the spirit of our generation, and he will be sorely missed.

Chef Robert Irvine, of Dinner Impossible, has got the ax from Food Network.  Turns out he has not been entirely truthful in his resume.  If you watch the show, you’ll hear Robert saying he’s cooked for the royal family as well as for presidents.  Now it seems all this has been untrue.  So Food Network has pulled him from the show and is currently looking for a replacement host.  Have you seen the guy?  I wouldn’t want to be the one to tell him to his face that he’s been fired. 

All this and much more happened today.  Wonder what tomorrow will bring.

                 

Jars

I was watching an episode of Vicar of Dibley and there was this hilarious charades bit.   The cast is in the vicar’s living room playing charades.  One of them is standing up, in one hand she has a jar of dry pasta, in the other is a jar of mayonnaise.  The rest are sitting on the couch, with this perplexed look on their faces. 

“Have you gotten it yet?” she asks.

They all shake their heads.  One asks “are you sure this is a film?”  And another says “and it’s only one word?”

“Yes” she says impatiently.

The others ponder for a bit and finally give up.

“It’s Jars” she says excitedly.  “Jars!”

They look at each other, confused.  “What?”

“You know…Jars.  Well I’ve never seen the movie myself, but I heard it was about this huge Jars that terrorizes people.”

Buahahaha!!!  Ok, it’s funnier if you were watching. 

       

Torchwood S2E07

Ok, I’m a little behind on this one.  But I just finished watching it, and I have to say, the writers did a pretty nice spin on the concept of death.  First off, looks like Owen will be around a while longer (as I surmised) and he’s changed but not as I had expected. 

But I’ve got a few questions though:

1) Who is this tarot girl? 

2) How did Jack know there was a second glove?

3) I thought the girl and Jack deduced the item was buried and yet why  was it instead in a box stuffed in a pile of garbage?

I’m wondering, just how long can this storyline be continued?  Eventually a resolution has to take place.  I’m still placing bets on Owen staying around, but I have a feeling something or someone has to pay for this.  Will this lead up to the season finale?  It’s only episode 7, so there’s still time for this plot line to finish and another one to lead up to season’s end.

Liked the episode, a few cool twists, a short homage to the Addam’s family, and a bit of being lead by the nose.  All in all, worth the 50 min.  So now I feel the show’s going to cruise a bit before this storyline ends. 

 

P.S.  I heard that this is the new Torchwood team!!  Hawt!!                                

Reality Show Junkie

I really like the shows on BRAVO.  Yes, I watch Project Runway (insert joke here).  I think Heidi and Tim really make the show.  And last night, I found out not only is Top Chef coming back, but so is Work Out!!  Awesome!!

I much prefer to watch “reality” television over the crap that’s being aired on network television.  I don’t think I watch any shows on those channels anymore.  But I do watch other shows on other channels, just more from cable programming.

If I want humor and to laugh my ass off, I’d watch Comedy Central.  They’ve got some incredibly hilarious comedians (like the guy who does the puppets, and the large Hispanic comedian who calls himself “fluffy”).

Love Cathy Griffin, even though with each season, it becomes less “real” and more scripted.  She finds more ways to be over-the-top, and of course she’s no longer on hte D-List, hasn’t been for a while now.  I just want to see what her relationship is like with the multi-billionaire she has now for a boyfriend.

I miss Dog the Bounty Hunter.  He’s this massive tank of a person, who seems to be forever locked in “Metal Grunge”.  He’s got a tough-as-nails demeanor with this soft maiden heart.  He’d pummel you to the ground in order to arrest you, and then become your personal counselor as his team whisks you off to jail.  By the time the criminal gets to jail, he/she has a change of heart, and Dog will likely give you a Biblical quote.  And of course there’s Beth.  Sometimes I wonder who is the tougher of the two.

Of course, there’s The Girls Next Door.  Come on, it’s about three blond Playmates who have shacked up with Hugh.  Each of the girls represents an aspect of femininity that a guy looks for.  Holly, the boss, intelligent and cunning (she’s managed to snag Hugh).  Bridget, soft and nurturing.  Kendra, sporty and fun.  Not to mention all three are incredibly beautiful and ready to drop dress and panties at every opportunity. It’s just a whole lot of fun to watch.

I’m sure I’m forgetting to list other shows that I watch, but these currently jump into mind.  I think I’m a reality-show junkie.   I wonder if there’s a support group for this.

I Hate Screech

Can’t stand the guy.  Never have never will.  I can’t believe I used to watch SBTB.  It definitely was not because of him.  In case you don’t know who I’m talking about, I’m talking about Dustin Diamond, probably the biggest slimeball on this side of the Earth.  I didn’t realize what a jackass he was until I saw him in last season’s Celebrity Fit Club.  At times, I wish I could have just reached through the set and strangled him. 

Now the next season of Celebrity Fit Club is coming on, and guess what?  Dustin is back.  UGH!!!!!!!  You know he’s just using the show to regain some air time.  He’s a has-been, and because of last season, he came back on the radar.  But he played it smart.  He was the villain, the guy you wanted to hate, and he played that role well.  Everyone on the show pretty much rolled over for him, and took the show by the balls and ran with it.  Somehow he ended up promoting his “comedy tour” and sex tape.  GROSS!!!!!!!!! 

 I wonder what he’s going to pull this time?  Will he claim that he can still eat whatever he wants and still lose weight.  I wonder if Harvey is going to reeally let him have it this time.  I wonder what Dustin’s reasons will be for coming back.  But one thing I do know, I will be watching.  Damnit!!!

I love to hate him.  I Hate Screech!!