Got an email from Oceanic Air. Here is a random snippet from the season premiere!!!!
LOCKE
You're lighter. I can relay you down and bring you back up just as easy. Shaft may be narrower down there, too.
KATE
You left out the part where you just wanna see if I'm gonna be eaten by something.
Wednesday, August 31
Katrina
There is nothing funny about Katrina. Or racism. But put the two together, and the results are somewhat interesting.
Seth Cohen's Band
So last night I went to The Viper Room to see Big Japan, Adam Brody's band. Let me back up...
I went to the beach to play volleyball, threw out my back, and then went to The Viper Room to see Big Japan, Adam Brody's band.
I got to The (famous) Viper Room (where River Phoenix died) around 8:30. A shitty band called Ghosts on the Radio played for too long (about 20 minutes). Their set included a shitty cover of Creep. It wasn't only shitty because the band is shitty, but the guitarist decided to stop playing (he kept playing with his wires, so maybe something went wrong), the drummer was playing the bass, so it was just the whiney singer and a bass. Yeah. It sounded greeeeaaat.
The next band, called OSLO, was - quite frankly - awesome! They sounded like a mix between Interpol and Snow Patrol. They were very charismatic. Very loud. They had that "wall-of-sound" sound. I really liked them and will keep tabs on them.
Then I realized my back freakin' hurt. I could barely stand (even today, I'm having some trouble). So I decided I really didn't want to see Big Japan that bad. Hell, I had already spotted Rachel Bilson (cute).
So I went home.
I went to the beach to play volleyball, threw out my back, and then went to The Viper Room to see Big Japan, Adam Brody's band.
I got to The (famous) Viper Room (where River Phoenix died) around 8:30. A shitty band called Ghosts on the Radio played for too long (about 20 minutes). Their set included a shitty cover of Creep. It wasn't only shitty because the band is shitty, but the guitarist decided to stop playing (he kept playing with his wires, so maybe something went wrong), the drummer was playing the bass, so it was just the whiney singer and a bass. Yeah. It sounded greeeeaaat.
The next band, called OSLO, was - quite frankly - awesome! They sounded like a mix between Interpol and Snow Patrol. They were very charismatic. Very loud. They had that "wall-of-sound" sound. I really liked them and will keep tabs on them.
Then I realized my back freakin' hurt. I could barely stand (even today, I'm having some trouble). So I decided I really didn't want to see Big Japan that bad. Hell, I had already spotted Rachel Bilson (cute).
So I went home.
Clearly Smarter Than She Looks
Actress Jenny McCarthy's book about how to succeed in marriage will survive her divorce. McCarthy had just sold "Marriage Laughs" to Dutton for $1 million when she filed for divorce
"Jenny was deliriously in love with her husband and her book, which is hilarious, was going to be a (part of a) series about marriage," the source said. "Jenny was going to be the spokeswoman for a generation of young, sassy, married women. But just as the contract was being signed, Jenny filed for divorce."
--I see... pretend you are deliriously in love.... get your contract signed... and then run off with the money. Good job, Jenny!
"Jenny was deliriously in love with her husband and her book, which is hilarious, was going to be a (part of a) series about marriage," the source said. "Jenny was going to be the spokeswoman for a generation of young, sassy, married women. But just as the contract was being signed, Jenny filed for divorce."
--I see... pretend you are deliriously in love.... get your contract signed... and then run off with the money. Good job, Jenny!
My Fair Brady
VH1's latest reality show lets viewers into the not-so-private lives of Christopher "Peter Brady" Knight and his model girlfriend, Adrianne Curry. (wait... weren't we already let in on their not-so-private lives during Surreal Life?)
The couple is featured in "My Fair Brady," a takeoff on the name that made Knight famous in the 1970s as member of TV's "The Brady Bunch" clan. "My Fair Brady" kicks off Sept. 11 on the cable music network.
Knight's TV mom, Florence Henderson, will make a guest appearance as he grapples with whether to marry his "America's Next Top Model" girlfriend, who is 25 years his junior.
--grapples?
The couple is featured in "My Fair Brady," a takeoff on the name that made Knight famous in the 1970s as member of TV's "The Brady Bunch" clan. "My Fair Brady" kicks off Sept. 11 on the cable music network.
Knight's TV mom, Florence Henderson, will make a guest appearance as he grapples with whether to marry his "America's Next Top Model" girlfriend, who is 25 years his junior.
--grapples?
I Think I Have An Answer
From Salon.com (apologies to Dan for getting political today)
Is Hurricane Katrina the new 9/11?
The death toll almost certainly won't approach 9/11 numbers, but the insurance industry says the financial losses could come close. Americans in Kansas and California aren't feeling the same sort of "we could be next" vulnerability they did on that Tuesday morning four years ago -- and this isn't the first hurricane to strike the homeland -- but there's at least some sense that the county is sharing the pain of a national tragedy again. The editorial writers at the New York Times see the pictures from Louisiana and can't help thinking of "the time after 9/11, when the rest of the nation made it clear that our city was their city, and that everyone was part of the battle to restore it."
A little less poetically, Aaron Brooks, the quarterback of the displaced New Orleans Saints, says: "It's not a 9/11 deal, but it has the feeling of it."
That's certainly what they're hoping over at the White House. The attacks of 9/11 were very, very good for George W. Bush. His job approval ratings were sliding amid the sour economy in the weeks before the attacks, but Americans rallied around their president in the days and months afterward. Bush was able to use 9/11 to sell a war and hide the effect of his tax cuts, and he rode the often-invoked memories of 9/11 to reelection in November.
So Bush heads back to Washington today -- and soon, to the scene of the disaster in Louisiana -- but for what? What can Bush do for the people of New Orleans that isn't being done already? What can he do that he couldn't do in Crawford? Scott McClellan didn't have much of an answer yesterday. Throughout the president's vacation -- as American soldiers were killed and the political progress faltered in Iraq -- the White House insisted that Bush had all the powers of the modern presidency in his command down in Crawford. So why does Bush have to go back to Washington now? Isn't it just symbolic, like standing on that fire truck and shouting in a bullhorn after 9/11?
"No, I think -- no, I disagree," McClellan said yesterday. "Like I said, this is one of the most devastating storms in our nation's history, and the president, after receiving a further update this morning, made the decision that he wanted to get back to D.C. and oversee the response efforts from there." Pressed on what Bush could do in Washington that he couldn't do in Crawford, McClellan said: "We'll talk to you all later. We've got to go. Thank you."
Is Hurricane Katrina the new 9/11?
The death toll almost certainly won't approach 9/11 numbers, but the insurance industry says the financial losses could come close. Americans in Kansas and California aren't feeling the same sort of "we could be next" vulnerability they did on that Tuesday morning four years ago -- and this isn't the first hurricane to strike the homeland -- but there's at least some sense that the county is sharing the pain of a national tragedy again. The editorial writers at the New York Times see the pictures from Louisiana and can't help thinking of "the time after 9/11, when the rest of the nation made it clear that our city was their city, and that everyone was part of the battle to restore it."
A little less poetically, Aaron Brooks, the quarterback of the displaced New Orleans Saints, says: "It's not a 9/11 deal, but it has the feeling of it."
That's certainly what they're hoping over at the White House. The attacks of 9/11 were very, very good for George W. Bush. His job approval ratings were sliding amid the sour economy in the weeks before the attacks, but Americans rallied around their president in the days and months afterward. Bush was able to use 9/11 to sell a war and hide the effect of his tax cuts, and he rode the often-invoked memories of 9/11 to reelection in November.
So Bush heads back to Washington today -- and soon, to the scene of the disaster in Louisiana -- but for what? What can Bush do for the people of New Orleans that isn't being done already? What can he do that he couldn't do in Crawford? Scott McClellan didn't have much of an answer yesterday. Throughout the president's vacation -- as American soldiers were killed and the political progress faltered in Iraq -- the White House insisted that Bush had all the powers of the modern presidency in his command down in Crawford. So why does Bush have to go back to Washington now? Isn't it just symbolic, like standing on that fire truck and shouting in a bullhorn after 9/11?
"No, I think -- no, I disagree," McClellan said yesterday. "Like I said, this is one of the most devastating storms in our nation's history, and the president, after receiving a further update this morning, made the decision that he wanted to get back to D.C. and oversee the response efforts from there." Pressed on what Bush could do in Washington that he couldn't do in Crawford, McClellan said: "We'll talk to you all later. We've got to go. Thank you."
I Am So Pissed
Can anyone explain why the refineries and levees were not more protected and secured? Can anyone explain why they stuck 30,000 people into a Superdome, knowing the city could very well fill up with water and they would have nowhere to go? No utilities, food or water? Little, if any security? Now they plan on busing these DomePeople to Houston to live in yet another Dome?
Can anyone explain why the hell our president is STILL on vacation?
Can anyone explain why the hell our president is STILL on vacation?
Tuesday, August 30
Zombies Attack American Idol Auditions
Seriously. This is the funniest shit I've seen all day. Check out the gallieries.
FYI
Gas is, like, $9 a gallon now.
I just got a promotion.
I'm going to treat myself to a Civic Hybrid in December.
I just got a promotion.
I'm going to treat myself to a Civic Hybrid in December.
Clip & Keep
Fall Reality Show Line-Up
* Wife Swap [ABC, Sept. 12, Mondays at 8]
* The Biggest Loser 2: Sept. 13, [NBC, Tuesdays at 8]
* Survivor Guatemala: [CBS, Sept. 15, Thursdays at 8]
* Starting Over season three: [syndicated, check local listings]
* Dancing with the Stars: Dance-off: [ABC, Tuesday, Sept. 20, 8:30 p.m.; results Thursday, Sept. 22, 9 p.m.]
* Big Brother 6 finale: [CBS, Sept. 20, 9 p.m.]
* The Apprentice: Martha Stewart: [NBC, Sept. 21, Wednesdays at 8]
* Top Model: [UPN, Sept. 21, Wednesdays at 8, repeated Tuesdays at 8]
* The Apprentice 4: [NBC, Sept. 22, NBC, Thursdays at 9]
* Supernanny [ABC, Sept. 23, Fridays at 8]
* Extreme Makeover: Home Edition [ABC, Sept. 25, Sundays at 8]
* The Amazing Race 8: [CBS, Sept. 27, Tuesdays at 9]
* Project Runway 2 [Bravo, Dec. 7]
* Wife Swap [ABC, Sept. 12, Mondays at 8]
* The Biggest Loser 2: Sept. 13, [NBC, Tuesdays at 8]
* Survivor Guatemala: [CBS, Sept. 15, Thursdays at 8]
* Starting Over season three: [syndicated, check local listings]
* Dancing with the Stars: Dance-off: [ABC, Tuesday, Sept. 20, 8:30 p.m.; results Thursday, Sept. 22, 9 p.m.]
* Big Brother 6 finale: [CBS, Sept. 20, 9 p.m.]
* The Apprentice: Martha Stewart: [NBC, Sept. 21, Wednesdays at 8]
* Top Model: [UPN, Sept. 21, Wednesdays at 8, repeated Tuesdays at 8]
* The Apprentice 4: [NBC, Sept. 22, NBC, Thursdays at 9]
* Supernanny [ABC, Sept. 23, Fridays at 8]
* Extreme Makeover: Home Edition [ABC, Sept. 25, Sundays at 8]
* The Amazing Race 8: [CBS, Sept. 27, Tuesdays at 9]
* Project Runway 2 [Bravo, Dec. 7]
Monster Development
Charlize Theron is joining the cast of Arrested Development for five episodes this season! She's gonna be hooking up with Jason Bateman. When is Justine Bateman going to play his girlfriend?
Monday, August 29
A Snippet O' Lost
From Watch With Kristin:
Lost with Wilson? I'm still in Hawaii digging up dirt on Lost (I know, poor me), so sit tight for another Lost-apalooza column, because oh, oh, oh, do I have scoop to share! For now, a teeny tease to tide you over--Damon Lindelof on new cast member Michelle Rodriguez: "We know she was sitting in the tail section of the plane, so we know that there was at least one other survivor of the crash who's been out there leading this sort of Tom Hanks-ian castaway existence by herself."
"Will she befriend a volleyball?" I asked. Damon countered: "Maybe. Volleyball's obvious. Should I say [raises one devious brow]...badminton birdie? That's the way we roll on Lost! [Laughs.] But I think people are really compelled to see what's been going on with her for the last 45 days. She's had her whole own second show going on, we just weren't watching it. So, when she joins the cast, she has two backstories: (1) everything that happened pre-crash, and (2) everything that happened between the crash and when we meet her. We're gonna tell that story in one awesome concept episode. I'm not gonna tell you when, but we haven't talked about it with anyone before you, so that'll be pretty kick-ass."
Lost with Wilson? I'm still in Hawaii digging up dirt on Lost (I know, poor me), so sit tight for another Lost-apalooza column, because oh, oh, oh, do I have scoop to share! For now, a teeny tease to tide you over--Damon Lindelof on new cast member Michelle Rodriguez: "We know she was sitting in the tail section of the plane, so we know that there was at least one other survivor of the crash who's been out there leading this sort of Tom Hanks-ian castaway existence by herself."
"Will she befriend a volleyball?" I asked. Damon countered: "Maybe. Volleyball's obvious. Should I say [raises one devious brow]...badminton birdie? That's the way we roll on Lost! [Laughs.] But I think people are really compelled to see what's been going on with her for the last 45 days. She's had her whole own second show going on, we just weren't watching it. So, when she joins the cast, she has two backstories: (1) everything that happened pre-crash, and (2) everything that happened between the crash and when we meet her. We're gonna tell that story in one awesome concept episode. I'm not gonna tell you when, but we haven't talked about it with anyone before you, so that'll be pretty kick-ass."
The Miami Herald knows how to open a story...
"Cindy Sheehan will get her wish to meet with President Bush the day winged donkeys perform an air show in the skies above the South Lawn. In other words, never."
I'm not even kidding, this is a headline from IMDB.com
"Longoria Voted Sexiest TV Star Of All Time Desperate Housewives Actress Eva Longoria Has Beaten Off Competition From Jennifer Aniston To Be Voted The Sexiest TV Beauty Of All Time."
Brilliant journalism over at IMDB.com over at IMDB. brilliant journalism.
Brilliant journalism over at IMDB.com over at IMDB. brilliant journalism.
Yet another U2 opener
Dashboard Confessional is joining the tour. Yikes! I like them and all, but I want Snow Patrol or The Arcade Fire.
Red Eye
This movie is a good little thriller. I am told that Rachel McAdams is the next Julia Roberts. Um, okay. I'm going to start telling people that Cillian Murphy is the next... well, I don't know really. But he's good. And handsomer than Rachel McAdams.
Cable News
I swear I was watching coverage of The Apocalypse last night, but - quite frankly - it didn't turn out so bad. One thing is for sure: I would not want to be in that Superdome of Death and Destruction. My God, the roof was falling off!
The Comeback
I'm sorry I keep saying the same thing about this show, but it fucking cracks me up! I couldn't handle Valerie Cherish causing Paulie G to vomit all over her, and then him causing her to vomit all over him. And then it segued into Valerie doing a suprisingly good "street" version of "I Will Survive."
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