Flippy - I Rant, You Read
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
terribly early in the morning
Okay, So Jennifer Grey Won, But What About My Teeth?
It was such a fleeting satisfaction, watching Jennifer Grey win DWTS. And, with a ruptured disk yet - I could almost feel her pain. She must’ve been doped up something good to be able to dance like that, although you could see the stress on her face. I’m glad Kyle & Lacey came in second, too. A big “middle finger” to the white trash classless person from AK. Ack, is right.
I tried to go to bed, but couldn’t sleep, so I got something to eat. I thought there was some hard crunchy stuff in my food, which was weird. Yeah, uh, that was part of a molar. Considering I don’t have money or insurance, this may end up being a big problem. In the last six months, I’ve broken three teeth. The first two broke because my bite meets and I think all the years of wearing a groove into the middle of my two front bottom teeth finally did them in. They look really crappy if you look closely, but it’s merely cosmetic and not overly noticeable. However, my molar has a filling in it (well, what’s left of a filling), and it cracked off part of it down to the gum line. I fear pain and infection from it. Geez, not only do I still need to figure out how to get to the pain mgt doctor for everything else, now I need a dentist. Great. Happy holidays. This year can’t end too soon.
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
evening
DWTS - Travesty or Age & Talent Over Clomping?
Okay, so I need a blog entry for today, plus I need a way to not see any spoilers from Dancing with the Stars, which puts me right here. As you can tell by my title, I think it’s disgusting that Bristol is still in this thing (oh, Brandy, you were cheated big time) and I’m hoping for a Jennifer Grey win for all of us oldish folks. I do like Kyle Massey and I wouldn’t have a fit if he won. He’s improved immensely, he’s fun to watch, and he seems like a nice kid. However, it’s always so nice to watch Jennifer’s incredible dancing week after week after week. I know that she’s had some dance training, but it isn’t nearly as much as people think. Also, she’s 50, has had multiple injuries, and has fought her way through them. Jennifer Grey for the win!
Now, I’m hungry. See you after the show, which seems to have been shot rather early today. There must be some huge punishment for those in the studio to not leak results.
While avoiding spoilers, I cleaned up my blogroll. Wow, it’s amazing how many big blogs are dead, dead, dead.
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
the wee hours
Tea Party Ruins Dancing with the Stars - News at 11
Wasn’t it enough that a bunch of unqualified Tea Party politicans were elected to public office a couple of weeks ago? Now they have to ruin television, too? There is NO way that Bristol Palin should even be on Dancing with the Stars, much less in the finals over Brandy. First of all, how are you a “star” just for having unsafe sex as a teenager? I mean, really. So, there’s that. Plus, she’s a lousy dancer. In the beginning, I wasn’t overly fond of Brandy & Maks, but as the weeks went by, I began to really like Brandy. She’s a good dancer, she’s worked hard, and she deserves to be in the finals. I felt so badly for her when she heard the results. They really need to change the rules to make sure the judges have more say in who wins. Yes, I realize that it’s partly a popularity contest, but dancing should have SOME meaning. Bristol dances like a frickin’ robot, without any emotion. I feel badly for Mark, but I feel like the rest of the dancers seem to, that Mark & Bristol don’t deserve to be in the finals.
On the heels of the DWTS ridiculousness of Bristol being in the finals, you need to read what Sarah Palin has to say, in her new book coming out in 5 days, about delusional American Idol contestants. And, if people can’t put Bristol into Sarah’s AI examples as “victims of the cult of self-esteem”, they’re blind. Check it out - http://palingates.blogspot.com
Saturday, June 06, 2009
the wee hours
Our birds live in an analog world
Our birds watch PBS daily, but they watch it off an antenna. On June 12, our tvs are going digital and our birds are getting the family dvd player, I guess. I just applied for converter coupons today, as we’ve really had other things on our minds - our coupons won’t be mailed until June 12, so it looks like we’ll be experimenting with the dvd player in the bird room. Gee, I hope the birds like “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”, “Sports Night”, and various Xmas cartoons until we get them a converter. If you’ve procrastinated and haven’t ordered a $40 digital converter coupon or two, go to https://www.dtv2009.gov/ and order them now. The converter boxes are supposed to be $40 - $70.
Update 6/13/08: We got our converter box coupons in the mail already, and we’ve found a place that sells them for a penny less than the amount that the coupon covers, so the birds will be watching their PBS shows again very soon. The birds are very happy - I was happy to get a brief respite from “Dragon Tales, Dragon Tales, stupid effin’ dragon tales, let’s eat them all up, yum!” Some of those lyrics may not be absolutely accurate, but perhaps they were just burned into my skull incorrectly. The birds and I will both be happy for them to get their Sesame Street shows back.
Friday, February 20, 2009
terribly early in the morning
American Idol (I need to blog more, darnit!)
Ugh, I cannot STAND Danny Gokey. It’s sad that his wife died, but that doesn’t make him a better singer. The good thing is, it’ll be three weeks until we have to hear him sing again…and see a picture of his wife. I’m sure she would hate being used as a pity “back story/backstory/back-story (no one seems to agree on how to spell it)” on American Idol - I know that I would.
I have more to write, but it’s late, late, late. Or early, early, early, depending on how you look at it. I want to write about the Tatiana crazy, the blind guy’s terrible hair, the disappointment in Rose Flack not making it, the icky Bikini Girl, the disappointment in Jackie Tohn’s performance (I thought she was going to be good), crazy gay boy Nathaniel, crazy Normund/Nick, etc. There’s so much. Are you watching? Who do you like? Hate? (please hate Danny with me, please?) Do you see Adam Lambert, if he performs like he can, blowing away everyone?
