If you're not familiar with the table flip, you're probably not from New Jersey.

More "Housewives!"

There's going to be a DC season of Real Housewives.



Dear Bravo, thanks for continually feeding my addiction. Now, just release more seasons on DVD so I can buy them.


Also, NY vs NJ.

Lipstick has a way of leaving more than just a mark on my sheets.

1. I get all of my information from Facebook. When Prop 8 was upheld, I wasn't informed via newspaper or television; I went on Facebook and saw everyone's "Fuck California" statuses and then checked CNN.com. I'm not sure if that's necessarily a good thing, but we're in an age where Facebook and Twitter are being used for more than just keeping in touch with people (even the Cutler Majestic Theatre has a Twitter/FBook for advertising purposes). I guess as long as I'm getting news, the way I'm getting it doesn't matter. Right?

2. Molly's lending me her "Practicing to Take the GRE General Test" book and I started reading it. I'm still not 100% sure if I want to go to grad school, but I should be prepared, just in case. I need to talk to more people about it; the ASB advisor has been giving me advice and has been a lot of help, and I need to make a final decision. I'm probably going to freak out about this like I did with the SATs, and like I do with just about everything else. I kind of liked taking the SATs. I don't know why. And yes, I know how weird that makes me.

3. Even though I have a huge stack of books to read (which just doubled because I went to the library and checked out books to use for thesis research), I'm buying Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex, by Mary Roach, and The Year of Living Biblically: One Man’s Humble Quest to Follow the Bible As Literally As Possible, by A.J. Jacobs. We had to read one of Mary Roach's books in the Death Class I took in the fall (Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers) and I loved Roach's writing style; informative and witty, always interesting. And something (Jessa, I think) told me about someone who tried living exactly how the Bible dictates, just to prove how ridiculous it is to try to do so, so I'm excited for that one. I was raised Catholic, but one of the biggest problems I have with the Catholic church is how much people pick and choose what to take from the bible. Specifically in terms of condemning homosexuality.

4. I took a bunch of online quizzes and found that I: am Piggy from Lord of the Flies, am a Pomeranian, am Elmo, should live in Paris, should have majored in computer science (ew), am Carrie Bradshaw, am a mix of Monica Geller and Rachel Green, and a bunch of other things I can't remember right now. Great use of time.

5. Forty days until the Hey Monday concert and Blink 182/Fall Out Boy/Panic at the Disco a little less than 2 months after that (tickets haven't gone on sale yet, but we're going, I think).

6. I've taken a break from Game Show Network to watch the first season of MTM.

Go on, grab your hat and fetch your camera. Go on, film the world before it happens.

1. New obsession: Game Show Network. Jessika came over on Friday and we watched 7 or so hours of GSN, with two random hours of Food Network in between. Word games and Family Feud are the best shows because you can yell answers at the TV.

2. Dollhouse is getting better, like I knew it would. SO MANY people were quick to make judgment during/after the pilot, forgetting that Whedon sometimes takes a little while to sink into a story. The first few episodes of Buffy weren't amazing. Whedon himself said the show wouldn't start picking up until a few episodes in; I'm on the fourth or so episode and the story is definitely getting better.

3. The Real Chance girls on Charm School are annoying and I'm glad one of them went home. The Rock of Love Bus girls are bitchy, sure, but at least they don't scream.

4. Target is having a TV on DVD sale and I picked up S1 of I Love Lucy and S1 and S2 of Mary Tyler Moore.

5. Saw a Harry Potter preview last night. Freaked out. Still trying to reread the books; almost done with Chamber of Secrets.

6. Also saw a preview for My Sister's Keeper. Still wicked angry that Cameron Diaz is playing Sara. Ugh.

Update

Real Housewives of NJ: love it. Hysterical. I love that three of them are related because for some reason, that makes it very Jersey-esque for me. Daisy of Love: also love it.

Finishing up Season 2 of Dawson's Creek and Season 1 of Six Feet Under. I finished S1 of Ellen and S9 of Friends (just because), have slowly been catching up on Dollhouse, and am waiting for the DVR to record the last of Real Housewives of NY.


Last week I fell asleep in a window. Two days ago I fell asleep on the roof.

Two quarters and a heart down.

I'm trying to figure out how many seasons of television I watched this semester. Let's take a look.

1 season of Arrested Development (I don't remember which...I think S2?)
S1 of Dawson's Creek
3 seasons of Friends (I know we got through 5, 6, and 8, but in total it probably came closer to 4 seasons because we watch it so often)
S1 of Gossip Girl
S1 of Life
S1 of Lost
S2 of Lost (finished last night...yess...that's what she said)
S1 of My So-Called Life
S1 of The OC
S1 of The Office
S1 of Tru Calling (and almost all of S2. I have 2 or 3 episodes left)
S4 of Will and Grace

And then The Real World: Brooklyn, Rock of Love Bus, the last season of Real Housewives of Orange County, and the first season of Real Housewives of Atlanta. I Love Money 2 is almost over, and I think Real Housewives of NY might be as well, plus I got through a little more than half of the first season of 30 Rock.

That's respectable, right? I've only read six books, not counting books for class, but whatever.

More Dawson

"I wish I was back in high school."-Allison (sarcastically)
"I wish I lived on a creek."-Me

"Why does he keep wearing that necklace?"-Allison
"Cuz he's a fag."-Me


Savage Garden was just used as background music.

The music is also kind of ridiculous. The lyrics always go with the actions.

Ah, reality television. I love you.

1. The Cougar

This show has the best elimination process I have seen on reality TV thusfar. I haven't seen Ru Paul's Drag Race, and apparently that had good eliminations, but my former favorite was "You will not be the next Pussycat Doll. Please hang up your boa." The Cougar is a dating show with a 40 year old woman, Stacey, and male contestants in their mid to late 20s. During eliminations, Stacey calls each guy up and tells him to kiss her. If she lets him kiss her on the lips, he's allowed to stay. But if she turns her cheek to him, he leaves.

It makes me laugh every time.


2. I Love Money 2

Quote of the week comes from this week's episode. Keep in mind, they're in Mexico.

Saaphyri: Look! Dolphins!
Prancer: I think those are manta rays.
Saaphyri: Oh, like penguins?



3. Real Housewives of NYC


Bravo TV Video - Bethenny-isms

New reality show love.

We just watched The Cougar and I absolutely love it. It's hysterical. I'll write more about it tomorrow, but I'm so glad we caught the second half of it.

Randoms.

1. I kind of miss the 02360. "Homes" are now the 02114 (Bean) and 02694 (Mashpee). Oh two six nine four? What? No. Too hard to memorize. The dorms in LA are located (I think) in 90068. THAT DOESN'T START WITH A ZERO. The only place I lived that doesn't start with a zero was the Netherlands, which is different because it's a whole other coding system. Plus, I just refer to that home as "the castle." I don't know how I feel about things that start with nine.

2. I have to give two presentations on Monday. Which means I'm going to be nervous the whole damn day.

3. Out of curiosity, I counted things on my bookshelves. Ninety three movies on DVD, sixty three seasons of television on DVD, fifty two movies on VHS. I gave up trying to count books. That's a lie. I just didn't want to count anymore.

4. I email/Facebook too much.

5. How do you get to know someone without seeming creepy?

A wee bit o celebration.

Cartoon Bethenny has big thighs.

New York


1. I love when Bethenny starts talking like Jill. I need a Jewy friend.
2. The camera work annoyed me. If Jill is talking, don't get a reaction shot of Bethanny. Go for the two shot. Come on, guys.
3. Bethenny mentioned the Snuggie.


The countess is getting a divorce! Oh no!


Orange County
Someone threatened Vikki. Haha.


New Jersey
...New Jersey.

California, here we come.

I woke up with the themesong in my head, so I started rewatching the series. I always forget how much I love this show until I start it from the beginning. Even though the first season was the best and the others are on the dramatic side, I still love it. I've spent the day in bed with food and my computer, watching the show. I don't feel like being productive. It's been one of those days. So I'm having a comfort food/tv show day.

Who are you?
Whoever you want me to be.

More reality TV.

From here:

Season 23 of The Real World on MTV is now having casting calls throughout America after kicking it off in Philly, Austin, & Minneapolis the last weekend of February.

Real World 23 will film later in 2009 after the currently filming Real World Cancun, the 22nd season, wraps by the summer.

The types of people between 18 and 24 years old most sought after for Real World number 23:

• Physically challenged or handicapped
• Obese or struggling with weight issues
• Going through the immigrant-to-citizenship process themselves or an immediate family member
• Was adopted via the foster-care system
• Grieving over the loss of a spouse or significant other
• Deeply passionate about a cause or social issue

And from here:

Jon Murray of Bunim-Murray Productions told The Hollywood Reporter that the 22nd season of the The Real World has already started in Cancun Mexico.

This has no direct relation to The Real Cancun movie although filmed by same Bunim-Murray production company back in 2003 and incidentally lost approximately $2,000,000 at the box office.

The Real World Cancun “house” will be the ME Cancun Resort located at Boulevard Kukulkan, km. 12.

The Real World Cancun cast will work with the spring break company StudentCity.com to serve as guides for visiting college students.

StudentCity.com is based out of the Boston area and I myself worked directly with the Executive Vice President Jacqui Lewis in Cancun back in 2001.

In 2001 I saw that StudentCity and MTV were forming a collaboration for Spring Break events and shortly after I started the MM Agency for the Real World cast members.

I am sure Jacqui will be working with the Real World Cancun cast members and have them ready to deal with the drama once college Spring Break hits in March and the high schoolers in April.

Real World co-creator Jonathan Murray even told The Hollywood Reporter, “They’re going to help give people a safe and fun vacation. They also might have to bail somebody out of a Mexican jail, stuff like that.”

Looks like The Brooklyn Real World was only a short respite back to the olden days of the show and the Cancun season will usher back the Las Vegas drinking and hookup drama era.

I probably should have posted those in the opposite order, but you get the idea. MTV used to be more about music, as well as opening people's minds and attempting to educate their target audience (okay, it also had spring break specials, but the advertisements celebrating queerness in the 1990s and things like Choose or Lose, I think, helped to counter spring break specials), and now it's become ridiculous. The Real World used to showcase "different" kinds of people (queers, mostly...that's all I seem to focus on anymore) in order for people to learn about them, but the Cancun season seems wicked trashy. Maybe they're going to try to get back to what it was with S23, but...I don't know.

ANOTHER shot at love.

From MTVrealityworld.com:

After two shots with Tila Tequila and one double shot with the Ikki Twins MTV has decided to bring back it’s hit bisexual dating show, A Shot At Love, for a fourth season.

According to the casting page, MTV is “scouring the country once more in search of the most eligible, alluring, outrageous and adventurous men and women” to see if they “have what it takes to hold the key to our brand new bachlorette’s heart.”

Wait a minute…. brand new bachlorette? I would’ve put money on Rikki coming back for a second season without her twin sister Vikki.

I guess we’ll have to wait and see. In the meantime, if you want to try out for the show you can go to http://shotatlovecasting.com/ or http://www.gotcast.com/casting-calls/MTVs-A-Shot-at-Love-4/53666

What's the twist this time? In S1, the contestants didn't know Tila was bisexual at first. In S3, they didn't know that there were twins until after the first elimination. Who are they going to get to be the "brand new bachlorette?" A Playboy Bunny? A celebrity? Unless they come up with an amazing new girl (...maybe a guy instead? FRATERNAL TWINS, one female, one male, both bisexual? Celebrity twins? Triplets? Oh, the possibilities are endless), the shock value of the show is going to disappear. Just one more reality dating show that will bring MTV another step closer to VH1's trash factor. But I will probably still watch it.

Oh, RuPaul.

Daily News (New York)
January 12, 2009 Monday
SPORTS FINAL EDITION
RUPAUL TAKES A HEAD SHOT AT TYRA

BYLINE: BY CRISTINA KINON

SECTION: TELEVISION; Pg. 75

LENGTH: 407 words

LOS ANGELES - Famed drag queen RuPaul is returning to television with a new reality competition show for Logo.

"RuPaul's Drag Race," a competition to find the best drag queen, premieres Feb. 2 on Logo, a network aiming to reach gays and lesbians.

Make no mistake, RuPaul told TV writers here, the show is not inspired by Tyra Bank's "America's Next Top Model."

"She learned everything from me," RuPaul said. "I let her borrow all my used wigs."

Ouch.

Hahahaha.

I'm trying to decide if I want to use "RuPaul's Drag Race" or "A Double Shot at Love" for my final Queer Film and Video paper. I'm analyzing a reality show because I plan on using the paper as a starting point for my thesis (plus I'm using The L Word for the final paper for Long Live TV), but I'm not sure which show would be better to do a historical reception and textual analysis for. Thoughts/suggestions? EDIT: Nevermind, new idea.

Series finale of The L Word

Disappointing, but I knew it wasn't going to solve anything. Chaiken had already said that we wouldn't find out who the murderer was. Personally, I'm betting it was a suicide. But we'll never know.

I was really hoping that Carmen would come back for the final episode with more than just a quick video cameo because I still don't think that Shane's story has finished.

This made me laugh and this made me cringe. I'm going to watch the rest of the interrogation tapes but ugh. Disappointment, Showtime. Disappointment.

ANTM cycle 12, episode 1

Tyra is crazy.

Plus size girl is gorgeous.

Oh my god. Conspiracy theory girl? HAHA. Watching Molly's reactions to this girl is great. "This girl kind of scares me. I hate her."

Me: That girl looks like a doll. She looks like a scary doll.
Girl on TV: They say I look like a scary doll.

I rule.

Oof. They need more tripods. Stop with the handhelds. I hate shaky camera.

I wonder how many camera people they have on set at once. And what they do with the giant Tyra pictures that are in the house once the cycle ends.

Love the VS commercial with Heidi Klum. "They say no one is perfect. HA."

Also, they're casting Cycle 13 in Providence this weekend. The short cycle.
No, really. You have to be under 5'7".
http://www.cwtv.com/thecw/topmodel-cycle13-Casting

Theme song.

And I said, Romeo take me somewhere we can be alone

I HAVE TO STOP LISTENING TO THIS SONG.

I finished S1 of Lost and went back to S1 of Tru Calling. Then my computer charger died (that was my fourth charger! I don't know what I'm doing wrong. Is there a wrong way to plug it in or something?) so I couldn't watch anything on my computer and also couldn't get the disc out. Since my battery only lasts ten minutes, I had to settle for watching things on the DVR.

Allison and I watched the latest episode of I Love Money 2, which was hysterical ("That was whack! That was whack! And THAT was double whack!"), an episode of The Real Housewives of New York, and then I watched this week's episode of The L Word. Sunday is the series finale. I'm not happy with how the season is going but don't want the series to end, either. This morning I watched the pilot of Gossip Girl. I love the books. I have all of them (except one that Becca borrowed), have read them all, etc. And I'm not good at separating books from films/TV shows. (I leave Harry Potter movies going "That was wrong. Pretty. But wrong. Wrong wrong wrong.") So there are a lot of character details that are completely different from the books and they're sort of bothering me.

Do the people in Tru Calling realize that Tru saves them? Like in Buffy, her classmates recognized how weird Sunnydale was and then gave her that umbrella thing as a thank you gift.
EDIT: Next episode answered my question.

AHH BRIAN KRAKOW!