So, whoever decided to put the Golden Globes (my favorite awards show) and the season premiere of 24 on the same night was clearly out of their mind. I mean, I know that the Globes are on NBC and 24 is on Fox, but come on! I feel like things like this just shouldn't happen. So, after the football game (JETS!!!!) I watched the first hour of the Golden Globes, and then flipped to watching 24 with my Mom at 9 pm. 24 is two hours long so I will be missing most of the Globes. Aside, from flipping back during commercials that is. However, I do plan to dissect the winners in the categories that I care about. So, here we go.
Best Actress in a TV Series: Comedy or Musical. WINNER: Toni Collette, The United States of Tara. Although I really really wanted Lea Michele to win for Glee, because as everyone should know by now, I am Glee obsessed, I was happy for Toni Collette. Though I have never watched The United States of Tara, anyone who can play four roles as one person gets a nod from me. It's like Sybil, but more humorous, in a way.
Best Actress in a TV Series: Drama. WINNER: Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife. Okay, I totally wanted Anna Paquin to win this one for True Blood, because I've been a True Blood fan since the beginning and an Anna Paquin fan since before TB even existed. However, I remember Julianna Margulies from back in the good old ER days, and when she gave George Clooney a kiss on his cheek (ER throwback anyone?!?!) as she went up to accept her award, I was reminded of how awesome she is.
Best Actor in a TV Series: Comedy or Musical. WINNER: Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock. Matt Morrison for Glee got robbed. I'd like to go one year without someone from 30 Rock winning. Except Tina Fey, she's great.
Best TV Series: Drama. WINNER: Mad Men. Okay, so I've never watched Mad Men, and I'm sure it's great. I mean I hear good things about it and all, but I really wanted True Blood to win. It's such a well-liked and creative show with some great actors. I hope something I want to win tonight does.
Best Supporting Actress: TV. WINNER: Chloe Sevigny, Big Love. Okay, now this I'm mad about. Given I've never watched Big Love, but seriously HOW DID JANE LYNCH NOT WIN?! She's Sue Sylvester! Talk about great acting and an awesome character on Glee! Jane should have totally won. Now, I just have to hold out hope that Glee can win Best TV Comedy tonight!
Best TV Series: Comedy or Musical. WINNER: Glee!!!!!! After refreshing the page where I was getting my GG updates, I saw that Glee won! Finally! A great show and cast gets recognized! If Glee didn't win this one, I may have written a letter to the Hollywood Foreign Press in protest.
Well, since Glee won and I'm happy, I'm just going to end this now. Let me know what you all thought about the Globes!
Sunday, January 17, 2010
Thursday, January 14, 2010
The Best Things in Entertainment of 2009
Since everyone knows I'm kind of a TV/movie buff (working 4 years at Blockbuster will do that to you), I decided to do a little homage to all of my favorite things in entertainment of 2009. Enjoy!
1. GLEE. Let me tell you about the greatest TV show to hit the small screen in 2009. The show premiered its first episode during May of 2009 just to give viewers a little teaser of what to come. I have to admit, I didn't watch the pilot episode in May, I only watched it in September after my roommate Chantelle got me hooked on the show after its second episode. Great cast, great music, great plot line, great humor. So many people I know watch Glee, and me and my sorority sisters even have Glee parties where we all sit down and watch together. We sing along too...we are proud Gleeks!
2. LOST. I know, a lot of people don't know what the hell is going on and are confused by the whole time travel thing, but aside from that, if you understand what's going on (most people who have seen all the seasons can tell you that you can't start in the middle of the series to achieve this) the show is amazing. The effects, the acting, the dialogue, not to mention the insane amount of historical, political, philosophical, literary, musical, and cinematic references that make the show as in-depth as it is. Although you may have to mute the TV during the commercials to explain to each other what is going on, Lost still gives the same great entertainment and intellectual thought that it did when the series first began.
3. TAYLOR SWIFT'S FEARLESS TOUR. In July, I was lucky enough to go to a Taylor Swift concert with some of my sorority sisters. Let me tell you that when I say, one of the best concerts EVER, I mean one of the best concerts EVER! Not only is she talented musically and vocally, but she is also so humble and genuinely grateful for all of the success that she has had. If I could hang out with one celebrity it would definitely be Taylor Swift. Oh, and her encore with a "Should've Said No"/"What Goes Around" mash-up, probably one of the most awesome things ever.
There are so many more, but I've been trying to post this for like three days, so I'm just gonna go with what I have. =)
1. GLEE. Let me tell you about the greatest TV show to hit the small screen in 2009. The show premiered its first episode during May of 2009 just to give viewers a little teaser of what to come. I have to admit, I didn't watch the pilot episode in May, I only watched it in September after my roommate Chantelle got me hooked on the show after its second episode. Great cast, great music, great plot line, great humor. So many people I know watch Glee, and me and my sorority sisters even have Glee parties where we all sit down and watch together. We sing along too...we are proud Gleeks!
2. LOST. I know, a lot of people don't know what the hell is going on and are confused by the whole time travel thing, but aside from that, if you understand what's going on (most people who have seen all the seasons can tell you that you can't start in the middle of the series to achieve this) the show is amazing. The effects, the acting, the dialogue, not to mention the insane amount of historical, political, philosophical, literary, musical, and cinematic references that make the show as in-depth as it is. Although you may have to mute the TV during the commercials to explain to each other what is going on, Lost still gives the same great entertainment and intellectual thought that it did when the series first began.
3. TAYLOR SWIFT'S FEARLESS TOUR. In July, I was lucky enough to go to a Taylor Swift concert with some of my sorority sisters. Let me tell you that when I say, one of the best concerts EVER, I mean one of the best concerts EVER! Not only is she talented musically and vocally, but she is also so humble and genuinely grateful for all of the success that she has had. If I could hang out with one celebrity it would definitely be Taylor Swift. Oh, and her encore with a "Should've Said No"/"What Goes Around" mash-up, probably one of the most awesome things ever.
There are so many more, but I've been trying to post this for like three days, so I'm just gonna go with what I have. =)
Saturday, January 9, 2010
Highlights of the Winter...Thus Far
After meeting up with one of my sisters Lauren (whose blog Dreams Take Flight is absolutely amazing by the way!) I decided to delve back into the world of blogging. I started a blog back in September but I never really did anything with it, so I decided to start fresh and create something new. So, as a celebration of this blog, I want to highlight a few of the best moments from this winter season (only 2 more weeks eek!) thus far.
In early December, my sorority had its winter semi-formal/crush party, this year's theme was a masquerade. We all wore masks and dressed up in fun dresses, had dinner, and then danced to some fun tunes. Here is myself and my date, Bobby, and one of my sisters Jennylee and her date, Slavin.
The day after our masquerade semi-formal, I went to the Army/Navy Game in Philadelphia with two of my sisters Lauren and Joella, in addition to our friend Jelani and Lauren's boyfriend, Brian, who goes to West Point. It was so cold the whole time! I had on three pairs of pants, five shirts, three pairs of socks, and two pairs of gloves, in addition to massive amounts of outerwear.
We even got to see the Cadets from West Point and the Mids from the Naval Academy march onto the field. They marched on at 11:47 am, just as precisely as they were supposed to! The Army Cadets were so organized and precise when they marched on. Lauren's boyfriend even got his name announced because he is a Company Commander!
In continuing with the trend of a crazy-busy weekend, the Sunday following the Army/Navy Game, me and five of my sorority sisters went to a Switchfoot concert in D.C. Although the tire to Samm's car did blow out of the Baltimore-Washington Parkway, we managed to get to the concert right as Switchfoot went on. It was perfect!
The Blizzard of 2009 (where we got over two feet of snow!) hit the following weekend, just as I had finished my last final. On Saturday, during the height of the storm, me and a few of my sisters decided to venture out and attempt to sled. It didn't really work out. It ended up being us sinking in the snow up to our thighs. It was a good time though.
The day after Christmas, I went with my best friend Danielle and her family to their house in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Though it was still pretty cold (though not as cold as it was up north), it was still awesome to go down to the beach, especially at night when the Garden City Pier was deserted. Danielle and I had a little impromptu photo shoot on the pier...something we could only do because there wasn't anyone to laugh at us.
The next day we went back to the beach during the daytime. We found so many cool things that had washed up on shore. We were especially fond of the starfish we found...they were affectionately called "new best friends."
The beach was so gorgeous when there was little human traffic to disturb it. It was calming and peaceful, just as it should be.
The last day of my South Carolina trip, we went into downtown Charleston, which is about an hour and a half from Myrtle Beach. I absolutely love Charleston. It has so much southern charm and decadence and has some of the nicest people around!
I came back from South Carolina on New Years Eve day around 4:30 in the morning. After sleeping for several hours, I spent the rest of NYE with my friends from school. It was definitely a great way to ring in 2010!
As January began, I began working again, and doing orientations at school. I loved doing orientations with all my OPA loves again. I found out that I got a 4.0 this semester and was so happy that all my hard work had finally paid off! And as an added bonus I got to spend some time with some of my amazing sisters whom I had not seen in a couple weeks!
Who knows what the rest of 2010 will bring, but for right now, life is good. And I'm happy with that.
In early December, my sorority had its winter semi-formal/crush party, this year's theme was a masquerade. We all wore masks and dressed up in fun dresses, had dinner, and then danced to some fun tunes. Here is myself and my date, Bobby, and one of my sisters Jennylee and her date, Slavin.
The day after our masquerade semi-formal, I went to the Army/Navy Game in Philadelphia with two of my sisters Lauren and Joella, in addition to our friend Jelani and Lauren's boyfriend, Brian, who goes to West Point. It was so cold the whole time! I had on three pairs of pants, five shirts, three pairs of socks, and two pairs of gloves, in addition to massive amounts of outerwear.
We even got to see the Cadets from West Point and the Mids from the Naval Academy march onto the field. They marched on at 11:47 am, just as precisely as they were supposed to! The Army Cadets were so organized and precise when they marched on. Lauren's boyfriend even got his name announced because he is a Company Commander!
In continuing with the trend of a crazy-busy weekend, the Sunday following the Army/Navy Game, me and five of my sorority sisters went to a Switchfoot concert in D.C. Although the tire to Samm's car did blow out of the Baltimore-Washington Parkway, we managed to get to the concert right as Switchfoot went on. It was perfect!
The Blizzard of 2009 (where we got over two feet of snow!) hit the following weekend, just as I had finished my last final. On Saturday, during the height of the storm, me and a few of my sisters decided to venture out and attempt to sled. It didn't really work out. It ended up being us sinking in the snow up to our thighs. It was a good time though.
The day after Christmas, I went with my best friend Danielle and her family to their house in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Though it was still pretty cold (though not as cold as it was up north), it was still awesome to go down to the beach, especially at night when the Garden City Pier was deserted. Danielle and I had a little impromptu photo shoot on the pier...something we could only do because there wasn't anyone to laugh at us.
The next day we went back to the beach during the daytime. We found so many cool things that had washed up on shore. We were especially fond of the starfish we found...they were affectionately called "new best friends."
The beach was so gorgeous when there was little human traffic to disturb it. It was calming and peaceful, just as it should be.
The last day of my South Carolina trip, we went into downtown Charleston, which is about an hour and a half from Myrtle Beach. I absolutely love Charleston. It has so much southern charm and decadence and has some of the nicest people around!
I came back from South Carolina on New Years Eve day around 4:30 in the morning. After sleeping for several hours, I spent the rest of NYE with my friends from school. It was definitely a great way to ring in 2010!
As January began, I began working again, and doing orientations at school. I loved doing orientations with all my OPA loves again. I found out that I got a 4.0 this semester and was so happy that all my hard work had finally paid off! And as an added bonus I got to spend some time with some of my amazing sisters whom I had not seen in a couple weeks!
Who knows what the rest of 2010 will bring, but for right now, life is good. And I'm happy with that.
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