Long Time

It has been forever since I've posted, and I know my father is ready for me to write something else. I'm going to try to catch up on as much as possible tonight, so maybe I'll have something to report later.
I did watch Failure To Launch a couple of weeks ago, and I already knew I would love it because... two words... Matthew McConaughey. It really was probably the funniest of the romantic comedies. It was a lot funnier than I expected. I also saw Inside Man last week. It was really good, and had one of those Usual Suspect kind of twists. I thought it was a good date movie because men and women will both like it. Just enough action for the men, and enough intrigue for the women. So, if you aren't in the mood for a chick flick, then go see Inside Man.

Black. White.

Last night... home alone... nothing to do (couldn't play Sims because I left my notebook in Hamburg...one of my neurotic things... better left unexplained!).... I think "I'll get caught up on my shows from last week"... realize that something is wrong with my receiver and the usual shows that I record on Wednesdays (Criminal Minds and CSI: NY) aren't going to record... call directv (what fun)... eventually get it fixed, and while I'm checking to make sure all will be recording nicely, I see the commercial for Black. White. on FX... now... I also discover another show that I really like, but haven't been recording for some strange reason (Bones on Fox)...so... after all the discovering I have FIVE different shows recording just last night. I did record and watch American Idol (I know... I've completely sold out!), but I refuse to watch tonight (Ginger will update me with who got eliminated, but it makes me feel slightly less like a reality TV junky!)... that said... I watched Black. White. (another reality show) This show takes two families (one white, one black) and put enough make-up on them to completely change their race, and then they live together(in their natural color), take outings together, and generally discuss the differences in the ways they are treated because of their skin color. I had hoped that this one would be different from the rest, and for a while it was. I thought that maybe the families would approach this thing the same way I would... you know, using it as an opportunity to find out as much as you can about another culture without having to get past a racial barrier to have your questions answered. Well.. I think that only the 17 year old girl, Rose, had any kind of good intentions. The white family has Rose, the 17 year old, and the black family has Nick, a 16 year old boy. Rose's parents, Bruno and something (I can't remember her name), are probably the dumbest two people I have ever seen on television. He (Bruno) thinks that when he is "black" that people (white people) will just walk up to him and be blatently racist (ie. calling him the "n" word, and other racial slurs)... he can't seem the grasp the fact that there are a lot more subtle ways that racism occurs in our time. While I do still know that those confrontational people exist, I also know that there aren't very many of them around anymore. Bruno thinks (and I think he truly believes this) that if a person (white or black) comes up to another person (black or white) and treats them with "kindness and respect" (his words) and doesn't come in "with a chip on their shoulder" then they will be treated equally. So the underlying tone of his speech is that black people are discriminated against because of their attitude towards other people, and not because of their skin color. Completely bizarre! Now... Nick's parents (can't remember their names either) are almost as bad. I'm not sure what his mother is wanting to get out of this experience... I can't decide if the others talked her into doing this, or if she is trying to prove that she will be treated differently as a white person, but you can definitely sense some hostility from her when she is "white"... she seems VERY uncomfortable. Nick's father, on the other hand, is actively trying to find racial situations to put himself in while he is "white", and doing a pretty good job of it too. He got a job while he was "white" in a bar in a predominantly white neighborhood because he said that when people get drunk, they will relax and talk more. On the first night he found a man who was willing to share with him all the reasons why living in the community was wonderful... one of those being that the neighborhood was all white and "untouched" (he didn't have to add who those people were who weren't touching that neighborhood).. he went on to explain that the people in the community liked it that way because they felt safe and their school were really good. He said "they have seen the other communities drop because of immigration" (and he wasn't talking about illegal aliens). Overall, the show could have been, and probably still could be a wonderful look into the lives of other cultures as an insider from the outside. I'm just worried about the attitudes and motives of the people doing the actual experiment. I think that the producers thought that maybe if they did the show the way it should have been done, with people wanting to have the experience, then maybe they thought people wouldn't watch it as much, so they picked people who they thought would create sparks with each other and cause good arguments that they could show for ratings. I would LOVE to be on the show... pick me next time!!!

Okay.. here's the plug... I think it will be on Wednesday nights from now on, and I know it will be on FX... so watch it... I wanna talk about it with someone who watched the show!!

*Side note: I think Chris should win American Idol... yeah for bald men!!

I'm back!!

Okay... I still have like EVERYTHING from last week to watch, but I did get to watch a little last night. I had to play tennis four nights last week, so I had to TiVo everything, and I haven't had a chance to watch it. I will get EVERYTHING watched this week. I did watch most of the first episode of the new Amazing Race. That is a reality show that I really like. I have even planned to apply for the show for the past three seasons... I just keep chickening out. I can't imagine how sad I would be away from Price, and I can't imagine how horrible I would look running around on camera!! Yuck!! Anyway... I'll post after tonight. I do have to just keep wondering why they teased us with a possible love affair between Horatio and Delco's sister only to completely ignore that story line for weeks now. It's not fair... every night I get prepared to be grossed out, and then nothing! I have borrowed Rent from Ginger, and I have to watch it tonight or she might kill me. I have been looking forward to seeing it, so that will have to come first.

NCIS

Was anyone else upset by tonight's episode of NCIS? I mean... we have come to know and love that Gibbs will break the rules every once in a while if it means saving someone's life, but we have NEVER seen him switch evidence. Even with the comedic self-Gibbs-slap... the mood was one of shock at our house. I could not believe that he had done that, and then when he talked to his boss, and she told him to let the case go... he would normally have argued and told her no, but instead he said okay and walked off. She KNOWS something isn't right... AND he let Abbie think that she had done some kind of really cool thing with her discovery, and now she said "I'm going to be published again"... she will be published using false information. That is deceitful, and it didn't seem at all like Gibbs. On a lighter note... I thought it was wonderful that the girl who Tony was trying to go out with asked McGehee out for drinks. It was so funny! And I have to admit that I like Agent David a LOT better now than I did when she first came on the show. Anyway... last night's show was good for the most part, but Gibb's actions made me seriously doubt if the writers even knew the character that they were writing for.

Courting Alex was again cute and funny last night.

Kelly's Bellies!!!

Well.. last night was the finale of "Celebrity Fit Club", and NO I do NOT watch Flavor of Love after CFC... Kelly's Bellies won the final weigh-off... :) Constance, once again, gained two pounds. She actually left the show weighing 4 pounds more than when she started. Young MC (Bust A Move) lost the most weight with 38 pounds, and won some kind of weird necklace, but a really cool vacation to Las Vegas. Maybe Dr. Ian's diet does actually work, but I'm sure it involves ordering meals and expensive stuff like that.
YEAH!! Just about everything that I watch is new this week. I didn't know what to do the last two weeks because everything was repeating because of the Olympics. I can't get ABC, so I couldn't even watch the Olympics... it really sucked! I can't wait for the new Amazing Race, and the new show "The Unit" coming on Tuesday's after NCIS... it looks really good!

NETFLIX

Okay... this isn't actually about anything on TV or in the movies... I recently found out that Netflix is trying to penalize people like me. I have a Netflix account where we get two movies at a time. (I wanted three, but we voted on it, and Ron won). Anyway, Ron and I both have accounts, so they send one movie from my queue, and one movie from his. I watch the movie either the night I get it, or the very next night, and then I send it back and wait for over a week before I get my next one. This is slightly annoying to me, but I have learned to deal with the wait. Until this week.... Ron said that he read that Netflix has some kind of policy where renters who are unreliable have first choice about a movie/dvd... like someone who will probably keep the thing for months without sending it back gets priority over someone like me who sends back immediately. Now I know that Netflix probably wouldn't make any money if everyone returned their movies the way I do, but it just sucks that I have to wait to get a movie that I want because someone who apparently likes handing out money every month for nothing, is keeping my movie!! Okay... rant over... I'm just really curious about what happens next in the series that I'm watching, and it has been almost two weeks since I mailed it back to them. It says that it will ship today, but that I won't get it until the 21st! That's Tuesday... and that sucks!!!

Courting Alex

I REALLY needed a laugh last night. I didn't watch Courting Alex on Monday night, but I did watch is last night, and it was funny. You won't have a really big dramatic insight while watching this show, but it is really funny. If you want a break from the world, and a cute little laugh then you should definitely watch. Without counting any of that though... her boyfriend on the show is hot, and we got to see him in only a big pink towel the other night. He has awesom abs! Just one added bonus to the humor of the show. Not hardly ANYTHING new on this week or next week, but I have been seeing previews for the new Amazing Race!! I can't wait. That is just about the only reality show that I watch.