Fame,
I love this - Amanda sent it to me. He has over 20 million views in 3 weeks, and he is on Ellen Wednesday. How freaking talented is he? Please note the demographics of the audience behind him… cute.
She must love him, because he was on earlier - Ellen 5-15
Spam,
I know you agree with me that this season of AI is kind of boring. I didn’t even watch last night’s Idol Gives Back show! So, click here and relive the 20 best performances of AI’s past. Which one is your fav?
Here are mine:
I love Allison and this performance was great.
This is the only performance I downloaded after the show. I still love listening to it!!
This was the first season I started watching AI and out of all the seasons I have watched since, this is the only performance I can truly remember.
Cheers to AI’s of the past to keep us entertained (because Lord knows this season is not holding our attention),
love, famous
Hi Famous!
I’m so glad you visited this weekend. Our spin team was awesome! I really really really need to visit The Cities this summer. Maybe Jayson and I can do a weekend trip - baseball, shopping, visiting…
I still really need to get some house pictures up, but at least you got to stop by and see it in person! Since I don’t have house pictures, here are some other things I’d like to share - things I like right now.
See you soon!
LOVE ME,
and the fact that I asked for a new camera for Christmas, got it, and haven’t uploaded any pictures that I’ve taken with it, therefore leading me to randomness on the internet instead of uploading,
SPAM
Seriously, Famous.
This is the most boring episode ever! At least Crystal Bowersox can sing. Yes, another mellow song like everyone else, but at least she belted a few notes. And I know she can sing, but its easy for her to look good when everyone is songing ho-hum sleepy songs. I’m so disappointed.
I would listen to a few of these people if they were current artists, but they are not competitors. And Lily’s earrings looked like lint balls from my dryer.
LOVE ME,
And my droopy eyes because 8 girls just sang me to sleep,
SPAM
P.S. I used ’songing’ on purpose. That’s for my sister!
Fame,
I only caught the Oscars from about 8:45 on. My favorite three things from that time forward are…
LOVE ME,
and my never ending search for the dance bit video… it’s really driving me crazy. Seriously, no one used their cell phone to record their TV while this part was airing? People do that all the time, and it normally bugs the sh** out of me. I’m willing to make an exception at the moment.
SPAM
Famous!
Today I wanted to talk about the guys on AI. Last week I gave my females’ opinion, but because they switched it up - you get girl talk again.
Jayson’s the judge, and he didn’t even know it. He actually watched again last night, and when he went into the laundry room he requested I turn it up so he could keep listening. He’s hooked a bit… whether he admits it or not. Unbeknownst to him, I took note of his comments. Here we go.
“If she gets kicked off, I’m not watching anymore.” Didi is obviously one of his faves.
“They’re on crack.” He did not approve of Michelle’s performance. Kara thought it was her best ever, and even Simon liked it.
“She’s got a little John Mayer in her. I like her, but I can’t watch her.” This is about Lily’s facial expressions. Some time ago Jayson had mentioned to me that when John Mayer sings, he looks like he’s trying to wriggle out of his skin.
Another Lily moment, “Feather’s in her hair?” Ellen commented that you hear people say, “You’ve got it,” Ellen doesn’t know what ‘it’ is, but Lily’s got it. “Feathers in her hair?”
“She’s got a fat girl’s voice, just when she talks.” This was during Katelyn’s little video package. I don’t get it, but I laughed out loud when he said it.
“Are there any rockers on this show?”
“So many boring songs.” I actually agree.
My opinion - Thank you, Paige and Siobhan, for picking up the mood. And thank you Siobhan for hitting that wonderful high note that I had to rewind so Jayson could see it. He was fixing something in the bathroom and really wanted me to be impressed, but I was more impressed with you at this moment. He noticed.
I won’t repeat what he has to say about Kara. He is definitely not fond of her, even if he agrees with her. But most of the time he agrees with Simon, especially when Simon looks at Kara and says, “I have no idea what you just said.”
And finally, “He has 7 words in his vocabulary,” referring to Randy. At this point Jayson may have caught on to what I was doing, because he looked at me and said, “Go ahead. You can write that down.”
MY FAVES:
Didi, Lily, Katelyn, and yes… Siobhan that funny, odd, little thing.
Lee, Andrew, Alex (even with his awkward cowboy mullet), and Michael.
Hope you have a wonderful weekend. What do you have planned? I’m excited you are coming in April for the spin-a-thon thing. How’s the house stuff coming along?
LOVE ME,
And my very own personal, live-in, AI judge who got the downstairs bathtub to drain while I was swooning over Siobhan’s big note,
SPAMANDA
Famous,
First, Jayson keeps saying that Simon is his hero. I love it. At least he’s watching AI with me!
Secondly, there are still too many girls to choose faves and try to guess who is going to get booted off. But my favorite judge’s line of the night came from Randy, and I think it was to Katelyn. He said, “I think you can go places and do stuff.” Haha, what a wonderful, in-depth, professional, and motivating comment.
Thirdly, in no particular order, here are the female contestants that I enjoyed (keeping in mind I have no musical profession or technical experience, so my opinion is just as important as Ellen’s).
Katelyn, Lilly, and Didi - all sang well and didn’t butcher or change up the original song too much. Katelyn did the best, but of course the judges didn’t love her as much as I did.
Haeley, Lacey, and Siobhan - all took a great classic song and did something a little strange with it, and as weird as they may have sounded, I really enjoyed it. Even if Haeley can’t hit the high notes and screams a little - she’s 16 and nothing about her style is predictable!
I’m excited for the male contestants tonight! I missed the week of Hollywood performances, so everyone of them tonight is a surprise to me.
Finally, last night I went on a short round-about rant about how inconsistent the judges advice is sometimes, but my rant was easily summed up by Kara (my friend, not the judge): “Don’t be predictable, but be yourself.”
HOW CAN THEY BE THEMSELVES IF YOU DON’T WANT THEM TO BE PREDICTABLE? And, not to mention, they are OK with some people being themselves (dreadlock girl). That’s all. If they keep it up, I’m going to be pretty annoyed. Not that my opinion matters to anyone but myself. But, it’s very important to me. And today, I’m the judge.
LOVE ME,
and my opinion, and my Simon-man-crushing bf,
SPAM
Spam,
First, cute tunic! You could always wear it as a dress on casual Fridays.
(I can’t embed this video, so just click here to see what I mean.)
I know your DVR is pretty busy, but there is one more show I think you should add to your recordings. Life Unexpected. It started two weeks ago and I decided to record it after I read some good reviews. I just watched the first two episodes this past weekend and it is really good! You’ll fall in love with all the characters after the first episode. I promise. Even the fiance that you think you should hate because Cate should be with Baze is even lovable.
Cheers to another new show that more people need to watch so it isn’t canceled halfway through the first season,
love, famous
Spam,
That is great! I have to admit, I haven’t watched a full episode of the Jersey Shore. But I think I may have to catch it during a marathon weekend. Or I’ll watch it online. I did see Snookie on the Leno show one night. Ben and I were asking each other, “Who is this chick?!” And, “Can she say guido on tv?” Well, I guess it’s cool to be a guido or guidette, right? Here I am as a guidette…
Do guidettes only wear pink flip-flops?
Cheers to the Bumpit (which Snookie says she does NOT wear, but it allows all us other ladies to pretend we are from Jersey and know how to tease our hair that high),
love, famous
And Guidettes.
Famous,
Please tell me you watch Jersey Shore! Or at least one or two episodes! I know it’s probably over-hyped right now, especially since they agreed on the $$ for the second season. But, yes, I’m falling in line with the herd of fans because I adore the cast. My name is Spamanda, and I’m a Jersey watcher! I wasn’t going to bring it up, but here is what happened.
It started by periodically catching a few minutes here or there, probably while Real Housewives of Orange County was at commercial breaks. And then, I couldn’t stop. So really, I probably saw about 65 - 75% of the season, and watching the reunion show made me wish I had the entire season on DVD to watch right now.
Occasionally at night, Jayson and I will listen to a pod cast. Usually it’s a wrestling review, or the Sports Guy reviewing something sport-sy but throwing in some pop-culture references. Well, my options a couple of nights ago were something Sports Guy that had to do with sports, or something Sports Guy reviewing Jersey Shore, or wrestling. At first I chose wrestling because Jayson watched JS for about 2 minutes and decided he was not interested. Too much “mad weird” and “mad crazy” for him. He let me choose the JS review anyway! Yesss. I stayed up until midnight to listen to the entire thing. So if you are interested, I highly recommend this review: Sports Guy review of Jersey Shore (The BS report 1/26).
Here is a short list of how I feel about the cast, and whether or not I would invite them to my party:
Angelina - Who the hell is Angelina? Oh, that’s right. She chose to leave after like one episode or something, so I never even saw an episode with her in it. I’d invite you because I’m nice, but if you bail after like 10 minutes because you have something more important to do, I won’t invite you anymore. Moving on.
J-WOWW - I think they were hoping she would be a little more drama. She has a boyfriend at home, and this is probably where they expected more drama - faithful or not? She was pretty tame throughout the show (her breasts are not), but she hung out (literally) and had a good time. So really until she back-handed punchy-thinged Mike in one of the later episodes, she didn’t do much except dance and have a good time. Definitely will be the first one to have a sex-tape get out to the media. She’s probably a good friend. I guess she can come to my party.
Mike “The Situation” - The actual word ’situation’ should no longer be allowed in everyday conversational language. In the dictionary, it should just have his name as the definition. This word came up in a pretty serious conversation at work the other day, and I had to giggle. I can’t hear it and not think of Mike. The poor guy just wanted to get laid all summer, and brought plenty of girls back to the house, but not sure if anything ever really happened. Maybe with Snooki. Other than being a total smart-ass who is sometimes a little full of himself, he keeps it real. He is absolutely invited to my party.
Sammi “Sweetheart” - Absolutely not. Sammi “Sucky heart.” This girl really sucks. She’s an instigator who then thinks she’s the victim of what she instigated. Just stop you fun-sucker. I’m surprised someone didn’t slap you this season. What party? Hell no.
Nicole “Snooki” - I honestly didn’t know until just now that Nicole is her real name. The entire cast called her every version of Snooki - Snook’ems, Snickers, Snicks, Snooks. And LISTEN UP Sammi, I think Snooki is the real sweetheart. How can you not love this adorable, fun-loving, good-time having, looking for love kinda Guidette? She’s invited to my party anytime. But, her 80’s hair clips are not.
DJ Pauly D - He’s the loyal cutie pie. The true wing man who doesn’t really talk shit and always stands by his bros. He usually takes one for the team, an ugly one, so that the other team member can get the hotter one. Plus, I’m pretty sure he’s keeping some hair gel company in business. He’s also invited to my party anytime.
Ronnie - This little power house is kind of a cutie too, but a sucker for his drama mama, Sammi. WTF, Ronnie. You can do better. On the reunion show, everyone decided you were the best dancer. Not sure if there is a best dancer in the group, but at least it’s entertaining. But seriously, kick the chick to the curb and then you can come to my party. Oh, and don’t punch anyone, son.
Vinny - The true mama’s boy. He may actually be the most sane one in the group. Just hanging out, having a good time, lovin’ his family and friends. And what a way to spend the summer when you are 21! Please come to my party and bring your mom, or a date.
So there it is. Gym. Tan. Laundry.
LOVE ME,
GTL, baby. One shot son. I’m gonna go stalk some juice head’s whole life.
SPAMANDA
P.S. I Jersey Shored myself here: I would never wear pink flip-flops with this outfit, but it was the best shoe choice of the two.
