October is in just a few days and I'm preparing for a busy month of blogging. In October, I'm participating in 2 events: NaBloWriMo (National Blog Writing Month) and Carly Marie's Capture Your Grief Project.
NaBloWriMo is just about writing a new blog post everyday in the month of October. Capture Your Grief is about taking a photo everyday to show your journey through infant and pregnancy loss. I could take the easy way out and combine the two projects, but posting a photo isn't really writing, so I've decided to do both simultaneously Hence, why I'll be busy.
NaBloWriMo will be done and completed completely, unlike Capture Your Grief. I'm going to do as many as I can but some are just too difficult to get through. I'm also hoping this will help distract me from the worst holiday of the year: Halloween.
September 28, 2012
September 27, 2012
Shoes.
I never was a shoe girl. Shoes are a necessary part of life and I see zero point in spending a gazillion dollars on shoes. But I seem to be in minority on this. It seems like all the women around me are in love with shoes, need more shoes, must have ZOMG more shoes.
Just say NO to painful, expensive shoes!
Just say NO to painful, expensive shoes!
September 24, 2012
This is a big month!
The Voice has already started. They are still in the blind auditions. As always, Cristina dresses like a slut and I would like for Adam Levine to come to my house and do my dishes. There's a lot fo great talent on the show this season and I can't wait for the battle rounds to start!
Go On and The New Normal are both new shows on NBC's Tuesday Night. I tried them out and will not be tuning back in.
Parenthood started 2 weeks ago and I just cannot get enough of this show. I love the relationships between the characters and the dynamic. There was a big bomb dropped at the end of the last episode. Christina was diagnosed with breast cancer. It was such a heart wrenching scene and I'm sure the writers are going to do this beautifully.
Glee is being DVR'd until the end of the season. I'm sure it's kicking ass.
Up All Night, The Office, and Parks and Rec began last week. All 3 shows started off with a bang and will keep me coming back this week! I love them all!
Now for this week.... Tonight kicks off the week with the season premieres of How I Met Your Mother and the new show, Partners. I'll give Partners a change. We'll see. HIMYM, on the other hand, will just be DVR'd for now. I'm not ready for the new season yet. Castle also begins tonight and for that I am very excited!
Tomorrow night brings us the premiere of Private Practice. It's the last season and while I believe the show lost it's prime a few season's ago, I'm too invested now to give up on them.
Wednesday night are 2 new shows I'm interested in: Guys With Kids, and Neighbors. Guys With Kids is from Jimmy Fallon. Has to be funny, right? Returning shows are Law and Order: SVU and MODERN FAMIILY!!!!
Thursday night, ah Thursday night. My favorite night of the week. Thursday night is my Starbucks night and with only one more work day in the week to worry about, I unwind with some of my delicious Thursday night. This Thursday all the big players (and new ones) start. Grey's Anatomy and Scandal return. New shows to look into are Last Resort and Elementary. Up All Night, The Office, and Parks and Rec are also on Thursday nights. My DVR gets a work out on Thursday.
Friday night. Oh how I long for the days when Friday night had great TV. In stead, there's nothing on. It's a good thing I have several hours from Thursday night DVR'd. Friday night is when I catch up on all the shows from earlier in the week.
That's the last big push of shows for now. A few more will trickle in.
Revenge and 666 Park Ave on Sept. 30
Chicago Fire and Nashville on Oct. 10
Community on Oct. 19
Happy Endings on Oct. 23
Biggest Loser starts in January.
Now - Where's the remote?
September 23, 2012
Live blogging the Emmy's!
4:59 PST
It's Emmy time. I'm ready to go with my smoothie and apple candle.
5:04
Opening sequence in the bathroom was cute. I love when celebs make cameo appearances.
5:09
Jimmy Kimmel was funny as always. I think his humor and one-liners are not easily predicted.
5:11
I loved the montage of comedy shows. There's a lot of funny shows!
Amy Poehler and Louis CK present award for Supporting Actor in Comedy Series.
Amy is beautiful and funny as always.
My pick was Eric Stonwstreet.
And the Emmy goes to.... Eric Stonestreet!
I'm one for one!
5:19
Jim Parsons and Zooey Daschanel present award for Writing in a Comedy Series.
And the Emmy goes to.... Louis CK! Love him!
5:23
John Cryer and Kat Dennings present award for Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series.
My pick was Sofia Vergara.
And the Emmy goes to... Julie Bowan! She is hysterical and so deserving!
5:31
Matthew Perry announces winners for guest actress and actor in a comedy.
Guest Actress winner is Kathy Bates!
Guest Actor winner is Jimmy Fallon!
5:32
Kathy Bates and Jimmy Fallen present award for Best Comedy Director.
And the Emmy goes to Steve Levitan for Modern Family!
5:37
Mindy Kaling and Melissa McCarthy present award for Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series.
My pick was Alec Baldwin.
And the Emmy goes to John Cryer. Who? Oh yeah - your show was funny 6 years ago.
5:44
Steven Colbert presents award for Outstanding Actress in a Comedy.
My pick was Amy Poehler.
And the Emmy goes to Julia Louis Dreyfus. I can't say I'm not bummed.
5:47
Amy Poehler is pure genius. The stunt with switching acceptance speeches was brilliant - much like last year when all the actresses went up on stage. Both were the mastermind of Amy.
5:49
Time for the Reality shows montage! As much as I wish I wouldn't get sucked in by reality TV, I can't help myself.
5:51
James VanDerBeek and Damon Wayans Jr. present award for Reality Competition Program.
My pick was Top Chef.
And the Emmy goes to The Amazing Race. I've never watched this show.
5:57
Ugh - A Big Bang Theory clip. Sorry friends, I'm not a fan. I get the jokes, but I don't think they're funny.
5:58
Seth MacFarlane (botched and) presented the award for Outstanding Reality Host.
My pick was Betty White.
And the Emmy goes to Tom Bergeron. You know, I used to be fan of this show but lately it's just so boring. And that's coming from a dancer.
6:02
Drama montage!
6:04
Claire Danes (I've loved her since My So-Called Life. Anyone?) presents award for Supporting Actor in a Drama.
My pick was Aaron Paul.
And the Emmy goes to Aaron Paul!
YAY!
6:13
Tracy Morgan is the funniest. His sparkle suit that didn't fit looked so funny!
6:15
Connie Britton and Hayden Panettire present award for Writing in a Drama Series.
And the Emmy goes to Homeland.
Connie and Hayden go on to present award for Supporting Actress in a Drama.
My pick was Maggie Smith.
And the Emmy goes to Maggie Smith!
Another of my picks! I was just disappointed that she wasn't there. Booo!
6:22
Tracy Morgan is carried off stage.
6:23
John Carlo Esposito announces award for Guest Actor and Actress in a Drama Series.
Guest Actor was Jeremy Davies.
Guest Actress was Martha Plimpton.
Jeremy Davies and Martha Plimpton present award for Drama Director.
And the Emmy goes to Tim Van Patten for Boardwalk Empire.
6:26
In Memoriam.... for Jimmy Kimmel.
6:28
Julianna Margulies presents award for Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series.
My pick was Michael C. Hall.
And the Emmy goes to Damian Lewis. I don't really know him or the show, Homeland, but I'm just glad John Hamm didn't win. I only like him in comedy.
6:36
Tina Fey and John Hamm present the award for Lead Actress in a Drama Series.
My pick was Kathy Bates.
And the Emmy goes to Claire Danes! I think she's amazing and even though she wasn't my pick, I think she's deserving and she looked beautiful!
6:41
Variety montage! Now I'm talkin'!
6:42
Jane Levy and Aziz Ansari present award for Variety Special Writing.
And the Emmy goes to Louis CK! Rocking it Louis!
6:50
Ricky Gervais presents award for Outstanding Directing a Variety Special.
And the Emmy goes to Glenn Weiss for directing the Tony's.
6:54
Ricky Gervais presents award for Outstanding Variety Series.
My pick is The Daily Show.
And the Emmy goes to The Daily Show. Yay!! Love John Stewart!
7:04
Miniseries or Movie montage! I can never get into a miniseries.
7:05
Steve Buscemi presents award for Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie.
My pick was Jessica Lange.
And the Emmy goes to Jessica Lange! I don't like American Horror Story but I do love Jessica Lange!
7:12
Ellen DeGeneres and Bruce Rosenbloom (Chairman and CEO of the Academy of Arts and Sciences) make PSA about live streaming and some other things nobody cares about.
7:14
Kerry Washington presents award for Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie.
My pick was Ed Harris.
And the Emmy goes to Tom Berenger.
7:18
Tribute to Andy Griffith by Opie... I mean Ron Howard.
7:19
In Memoriam.... Davy Jones, Richard Dawson, Sherman Hemsley, Phyllis Diller, Michael Clarke Duncan, Heavy D, Don Cornelius, Andy Rooney, Steve Jobs, Whitney Houston, Patrice O'Neal, Donna Summer, Kathryn Joosten, Mike Wallace, Ernest Borgnine, Harry Morgan, Dick Clark, among many others.
7:27
Lucy Liu and Keefer Sutherland present award for Outstanding Writing in a Miniseries or Movie.
And the Emmy goes to Danny Strong for Game Change.
Lucy and Keefer go on to present award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie.
My pick was Julianne Moore.
And the Emmy goes to Julianne Moore! I just love her! She's such a sweetheart.
"I feel so validated because Sarah Palin gave me a big thumbs down!" Go Julianne!!
7:36
Ginnifer Goodwin and Emily VanCamp present award for Miniseries or Movie Director.
And the Emmy goes to Jay Roach for Game Change.
Ginnifer and Emily go on to present award for Actor in a Miniseries or Movie.
My pick was Woody Harrelson.
And the Emmy goes to Kevin Costner. He's still acting?
7:45
Andre Braugher presents Outstanding Miniseries or Movie.
My pick was American Horror Story.
And the Emmy goes to Game Change. I should have gone with my gut but I went with what was popular.
7:47
Last 2 awards!!
7:48
Julianne Moore presents award for Outstanding Drama Series.
My pick was Mad Men.
And the Emmy goes to Homeland!
7:55
Michael J. Fox get s standing ovation. He presents the award for Outstanding Comedy Series.
My pick was, of course, Modern Family.
And the Emmy goes to Modern Family!!
Final thoughts: I thought everyone looked fantastic. I loved that Julianne Moore and Claire Danes rocked it (and stood out) in yellow. I thought there were a lot of undeserved winners. John Cryer - no one watched Two and a Half Men since Charlie Sheen left. Julia Louis Dreyfus - she's still on TV? Kevin Costner - no comment needed.
7 out of my 18 picks won! Now I'm hungry. Time for dinner!
It's Emmy time. I'm ready to go with my smoothie and apple candle.
5:04
Opening sequence in the bathroom was cute. I love when celebs make cameo appearances.
5:09
Jimmy Kimmel was funny as always. I think his humor and one-liners are not easily predicted.
5:11
I loved the montage of comedy shows. There's a lot of funny shows!
Amy Poehler and Louis CK present award for Supporting Actor in Comedy Series.
Amy is beautiful and funny as always.
My pick was Eric Stonwstreet.
And the Emmy goes to.... Eric Stonestreet!
I'm one for one!
5:19
Jim Parsons and Zooey Daschanel present award for Writing in a Comedy Series.
And the Emmy goes to.... Louis CK! Love him!
5:23
John Cryer and Kat Dennings present award for Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series.
My pick was Sofia Vergara.
And the Emmy goes to... Julie Bowan! She is hysterical and so deserving!
5:31
Matthew Perry announces winners for guest actress and actor in a comedy.
Guest Actress winner is Kathy Bates!
Guest Actor winner is Jimmy Fallon!
5:32
Kathy Bates and Jimmy Fallen present award for Best Comedy Director.
And the Emmy goes to Steve Levitan for Modern Family!
5:37
Mindy Kaling and Melissa McCarthy present award for Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series.
My pick was Alec Baldwin.
And the Emmy goes to John Cryer. Who? Oh yeah - your show was funny 6 years ago.
5:44
Steven Colbert presents award for Outstanding Actress in a Comedy.
My pick was Amy Poehler.
And the Emmy goes to Julia Louis Dreyfus. I can't say I'm not bummed.
5:47
Amy Poehler is pure genius. The stunt with switching acceptance speeches was brilliant - much like last year when all the actresses went up on stage. Both were the mastermind of Amy.
5:49
Time for the Reality shows montage! As much as I wish I wouldn't get sucked in by reality TV, I can't help myself.
5:51
James VanDerBeek and Damon Wayans Jr. present award for Reality Competition Program.
My pick was Top Chef.
And the Emmy goes to The Amazing Race. I've never watched this show.
5:57
Ugh - A Big Bang Theory clip. Sorry friends, I'm not a fan. I get the jokes, but I don't think they're funny.
5:58
Seth MacFarlane (botched and) presented the award for Outstanding Reality Host.
My pick was Betty White.
And the Emmy goes to Tom Bergeron. You know, I used to be fan of this show but lately it's just so boring. And that's coming from a dancer.
6:02
Drama montage!
6:04
Claire Danes (I've loved her since My So-Called Life. Anyone?) presents award for Supporting Actor in a Drama.
My pick was Aaron Paul.
And the Emmy goes to Aaron Paul!
YAY!
6:13
Tracy Morgan is the funniest. His sparkle suit that didn't fit looked so funny!
6:15
Connie Britton and Hayden Panettire present award for Writing in a Drama Series.
And the Emmy goes to Homeland.
Connie and Hayden go on to present award for Supporting Actress in a Drama.
My pick was Maggie Smith.
And the Emmy goes to Maggie Smith!
Another of my picks! I was just disappointed that she wasn't there. Booo!
6:22
Tracy Morgan is carried off stage.
6:23
John Carlo Esposito announces award for Guest Actor and Actress in a Drama Series.
Guest Actor was Jeremy Davies.
Guest Actress was Martha Plimpton.
Jeremy Davies and Martha Plimpton present award for Drama Director.
And the Emmy goes to Tim Van Patten for Boardwalk Empire.
6:26
In Memoriam.... for Jimmy Kimmel.
6:28
Julianna Margulies presents award for Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series.
My pick was Michael C. Hall.
And the Emmy goes to Damian Lewis. I don't really know him or the show, Homeland, but I'm just glad John Hamm didn't win. I only like him in comedy.
6:36
Tina Fey and John Hamm present the award for Lead Actress in a Drama Series.
My pick was Kathy Bates.
And the Emmy goes to Claire Danes! I think she's amazing and even though she wasn't my pick, I think she's deserving and she looked beautiful!
6:41
Variety montage! Now I'm talkin'!
6:42
Jane Levy and Aziz Ansari present award for Variety Special Writing.
And the Emmy goes to Louis CK! Rocking it Louis!
6:50
Ricky Gervais presents award for Outstanding Directing a Variety Special.
And the Emmy goes to Glenn Weiss for directing the Tony's.
6:54
Ricky Gervais presents award for Outstanding Variety Series.
My pick is The Daily Show.
And the Emmy goes to The Daily Show. Yay!! Love John Stewart!
7:04
Miniseries or Movie montage! I can never get into a miniseries.
7:05
Steve Buscemi presents award for Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie.
My pick was Jessica Lange.
And the Emmy goes to Jessica Lange! I don't like American Horror Story but I do love Jessica Lange!
7:12
Ellen DeGeneres and Bruce Rosenbloom (Chairman and CEO of the Academy of Arts and Sciences) make PSA about live streaming and some other things nobody cares about.
7:14
Kerry Washington presents award for Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie.
My pick was Ed Harris.
And the Emmy goes to Tom Berenger.
7:18
Tribute to Andy Griffith by Opie... I mean Ron Howard.
7:19
In Memoriam.... Davy Jones, Richard Dawson, Sherman Hemsley, Phyllis Diller, Michael Clarke Duncan, Heavy D, Don Cornelius, Andy Rooney, Steve Jobs, Whitney Houston, Patrice O'Neal, Donna Summer, Kathryn Joosten, Mike Wallace, Ernest Borgnine, Harry Morgan, Dick Clark, among many others.
7:27
Lucy Liu and Keefer Sutherland present award for Outstanding Writing in a Miniseries or Movie.
And the Emmy goes to Danny Strong for Game Change.
Lucy and Keefer go on to present award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie.
My pick was Julianne Moore.
And the Emmy goes to Julianne Moore! I just love her! She's such a sweetheart.
"I feel so validated because Sarah Palin gave me a big thumbs down!" Go Julianne!!
7:36
Ginnifer Goodwin and Emily VanCamp present award for Miniseries or Movie Director.
And the Emmy goes to Jay Roach for Game Change.
Ginnifer and Emily go on to present award for Actor in a Miniseries or Movie.
My pick was Woody Harrelson.
And the Emmy goes to Kevin Costner. He's still acting?
7:45
Andre Braugher presents Outstanding Miniseries or Movie.
My pick was American Horror Story.
And the Emmy goes to Game Change. I should have gone with my gut but I went with what was popular.
7:47
Last 2 awards!!
7:48
Julianne Moore presents award for Outstanding Drama Series.
My pick was Mad Men.
And the Emmy goes to Homeland!
7:55
Michael J. Fox get s standing ovation. He presents the award for Outstanding Comedy Series.
My pick was, of course, Modern Family.
And the Emmy goes to Modern Family!!
Final thoughts: I thought everyone looked fantastic. I loved that Julianne Moore and Claire Danes rocked it (and stood out) in yellow. I thought there were a lot of undeserved winners. John Cryer - no one watched Two and a Half Men since Charlie Sheen left. Julia Louis Dreyfus - she's still on TV? Kevin Costner - no comment needed.
7 out of my 18 picks won! Now I'm hungry. Time for dinner!
And the Emmy goes to....
Tonight the 64th Primetime Emmy's airs and I couldn't be more excited. I love TV and love to watch all my favorites on awards shows. Inspired by my friend Alex, I've decided to name my pics for winners. I haven't seen her pics yet but it will be interesting to see who wins. So here we go...
Outstanding Comedy Series.... It's a tough call for me between 30 Rock and Modern Family but in the end I have to go with Modern Family.
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Lead Actress in a Comedy Series.... Another tough choice. This time between Amy Poehler and Tina Fey, but I'm going to have to go with Amy Poehler for Parks and Rec.
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Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series.... Hard to choose between Julie Bowen and Sofia Vergara, but I'm picking Sofia Vergara for Modern Family.
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Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series.... 4 out of 6 of the nominees are from Modern Family but Eric Stonestreet is the best.
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Lead Actress in a Drama Series.... Kathy Bates for Harry's Law. I'm still sad that show was cancelled.
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Lead Actor in a Drama Series.... Michael C. Hall for Dexter
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Supporting Actress in Drama Series.... Maggie Smith for Downton Abbey
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Supporting Actor in Drama Series.... Aaron Paul for Breaking Bad
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Outstanding Miniseries or Movie.... American Horror Story
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Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie.... Julianne Moore for Game Change
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Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie.... Woody Harrelson for Game Change
| My Pick |
Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie.... Jessica Lange for American Horror Story
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Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie.... Ed Harris for Game Change
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Variety Series.... The Daily Show
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Reality Competition Program.... Top Chef
| My Pick |
Reality Competition Host.... Betty White
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So there you have it. The awards are live in 40 minutes so we will soon see! Also check out my live blog of my reactions to the show.
I can do this.
I have been neglecting this blog for a long time. I've just been in such a funk lately and haven't really written much of anything. I've decided not to put so much pressure on myself to write something meaningful and ground-breaking. I'm just going to write for me. If no one likes it, so be it, but if you like it then you're welcome. I'm going to go forward and blog about whatever I want to. Look forward to lots of randomness. I'm going to blog about what I read, what I watch, what happens to me, things that annoy me, things that make me happy, and, if you're really lucky, really super personal and deep subjects. One step at a time right?
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