23 February 2010
No. 15: FREE PANCAKES
Today is National Pancake Day at IHOP. So, go eat a short stack and donate to local children's hospitals. We're heading over to Fay-town (yeah, that's the closest one) this afternoon, so we thought we'd share our insider info. ; )
17 February 2010
Well, everyone else is doing it...
...and since we probably care even more than a lot of people, we put TONS of thought into this.
So, without further ado, one of those "lame" YouTube slideshow videos (with music!) of our ideal Hunger Games cast:
***the video is cut off for some reason, so just click on it to watch the video on YouTube's site***
EXPLANATIONS:
Finnick--Zac Efron: Yes, we know Finnick isn't in the first book. But doesn't Zac just seem perfect? Lol.
Cato--Sebastian Stan: Also known as Carter Baizen and "that weirdo guy from The Covenant." Doesn't he just looook the part? And he's also extra-creepy. :)
Glimmer--Brittany Snow or Hayden Panettiere: Really, how hard is it for Hollywood to find a gorgeous blonde? :P
Thresh--Stanislav Ianevski: He just seems perfect. That's all there is to it. Watch Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire if you don't believe us.
Prim--Elle Fanning: 1) She's not Dakota. 2) She's adorable. 3) We liked her in Benjamin Button.
Cinna--Hugh Dancy: This is not a comment on Hugh...just his acting and cuteness. :)
Gale--Adam Gregory: Don't know much about him, other than the fact that he's super-cute and not soft-looking. :)
Effie--Amy Poehler: She's so funny and cute and awesome.
Haymitch--Hugh Laurie: We love him. And, he would just do a wonderful job here--he's a superb actor. (PS--It's not the end of the world if Haymitch isn't fatty-fat-mcfattykins, and he IS supposed to be about 40.)
Peeta--Alex Pettyfer: "Why," you ask? We shouldn't have to answer that. This is the one we really won't budge on.
Katniss--Lucy Hale: We thought she really looked the part...don't know much about her as an actress, though.
Acknowledgements:
Special thanks to Sarah for assisting us with her valuable input (that is, agreeing with our choices. :P). Also, to all those other people who made similar videos--we checked a bunch out for inspiration. :)
So, without further ado, one of those "lame" YouTube slideshow videos (with music!) of our ideal Hunger Games cast:
***the video is cut off for some reason, so just click on it to watch the video on YouTube's site***
EXPLANATIONS:
Finnick--Zac Efron: Yes, we know Finnick isn't in the first book. But doesn't Zac just seem perfect? Lol.
Cato--Sebastian Stan: Also known as Carter Baizen and "that weirdo guy from The Covenant." Doesn't he just looook the part? And he's also extra-creepy. :)
Glimmer--Brittany Snow or Hayden Panettiere: Really, how hard is it for Hollywood to find a gorgeous blonde? :P
Thresh--Stanislav Ianevski: He just seems perfect. That's all there is to it. Watch Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire if you don't believe us.
Prim--Elle Fanning: 1) She's not Dakota. 2) She's adorable. 3) We liked her in Benjamin Button.
Cinna--Hugh Dancy: This is not a comment on Hugh...just his acting and cuteness. :)
Gale--Adam Gregory: Don't know much about him, other than the fact that he's super-cute and not soft-looking. :)
Effie--Amy Poehler: She's so funny and cute and awesome.
Haymitch--Hugh Laurie: We love him. And, he would just do a wonderful job here--he's a superb actor. (PS--It's not the end of the world if Haymitch isn't fatty-fat-mcfattykins, and he IS supposed to be about 40.)
Peeta--Alex Pettyfer: "Why," you ask? We shouldn't have to answer that. This is the one we really won't budge on.
Katniss--Lucy Hale: We thought she really looked the part...don't know much about her as an actress, though.
Acknowledgements:
Special thanks to Sarah for assisting us with her valuable input (that is, agreeing with our choices. :P). Also, to all those other people who made similar videos--we checked a bunch out for inspiration. :)
AHHHHAHHHHHHAHHHHH!
*hysterical squeeing*
OFFICIAL....OFFICIAL!!!
the title of the final book in The Hunger Games Trilogy is....
MOCKINGJAY!
[the exclamation point is all me.]
We're excited. Can you tell? :D
OFFICIAL....OFFICIAL!!!
the title of the final book in The Hunger Games Trilogy is....
MOCKINGJAY!
[the exclamation point is all me.]
We're excited. Can you tell? :D
I asked the one and only David Levithan (VP Editorial Director, Scholastic) if he could share some top-secret things with me. The answer?
I am not, under any circumstances, allowed to divulge the contents of the third Hunger Games book. Nada. Nothing. Not a peep. I can, however, share with you five things that will not be appearing in the new book:
I am not, under any circumstances, allowed to divulge the contents of the third Hunger Games book. Nada. Nothing. Not a peep. I can, however, share with you five things that will not be appearing in the new book:
- Panem is not shaken up when District 9 is nominated for a best picture Oscar.
- At no point does President Snow utter the line, “This is Snowmageddon, baby.”
- Despite internet rumors to the contrary, it is not revealed that Cinna has been secretly designing outfits for a Capitol operative known as “Lady GaGa.”
- All rumors of a crossover appearance by Geronimo Stilton are false.
- In a tough editorial call, we decided not to have Katniss win the Hunger Games…only to be interrupted by Kanye West.
16 February 2010
02 February 2010
No. 13: The LOST Adventure, Part 1
This will be Hayley updating live as she watches the season 6 premiere of the best television show ever.
WARNING::::SPOILER ALERT::::::IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN UP THRU THE SSN6 PREMIERE (and care at all for Lost), DO NOT READ!!!!!!
WARNING::::SPOILER ALERT::::::IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN UP THRU THE SSN6 PREMIERE (and care at all for Lost), DO NOT READ!!!!!!
- 7:52pm - Only 8 minutes to go! I'm here in the dorm with Emily and Sarah, watching the recap and anxiously awaiting 8:00!
- 8:00pm - "Previously, on Lost..." You gotta be kidding me. Let's get this show on the road!
- 8:02pm - Jack looks confused.... Omg! It's the dead flight attendant! This is vaguely familiar...
- 8:05pm - HOW DID DESMOND GET ON THIS PLANE?????
- 8:06pm - The Island is Atlantis now...?
- 8:13pm - How is Jack in two places at once?? What is going on?? (Not that this is a new question...)
- 8:14pm - (back on the plane) Yeah, we're confused.
- 8:24pm - Haha, John Locke, you crazy old liar... "Why would I pull your leg?" ("...because mine don't work and I'm jealous!")
- 8:27pm - Yeah, Ben, somebody just lied to you. Pahaha
- 8:36pm - CHARLIECHARLIECHARLIECHARLIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Sarah's take: It's kinda hard to breathe after you drown. That's how he died, right? An underwater welding accident?)
- 8:48pm - The man in black...is the smoke monster...is John Locke!
- 9:10pm - I guess we've found the OTHER Others....
- 9:22pm - Anti-climactic much? (Emily: It's a key! The Key to the Island!)
- 9:23pm - "Jack Shephard." "Present!" "Sayid Jarrah." "Dying!"
- 9:32pm - Sarah: Nice butt shot...
- 9:35pm - Well then. Uncool turn of events. Juliet, sure, but Sayid? :(
- 9:48pm - Where's your home? Hell? "Look at that face." (ABC 40/29 News team...stop trying to make that connection. You can't.)
- 9:59pm - Yaysauce! (Emily: Just as long as he's not John Locke...)
- 10:00pm - *sigh* One Week.
*A note to end on: Pretty sure there are two timelines happening here, after two hours of intense confusion. So yes.
01 February 2010
No. 11: Grammys 2010....aka, CMAs 2.0....aka, A Year Without Coldplay
May I begin by saying: how many different categories can one awards show have? It's like they've orchestrated it so that everyone can win something. For example, what's the difference between "Record of the Year" and "Song of the Year"? Cuz a song won for both of those....... Right?
So, a brief rundown, with commentary. (NOTE: This will not include everything. If I don't have an opinion, I won't include it. :D)
Taylor Swift & Beyonce ruled this year.
Tay-Tay: Album of the Year, Country Album, Female Country Vocal Performance (White Horse), Country Song (White Horse)
*I do like Taylor Swift. And I do think White Horse is a good song. However, (Ginger's opinion here), Kanye West was one of the best things that ever happened to her. Honestly. She's enjoyed a somewhat-unreasonable level of popularity since The Incident. You Belong With Me is definitely my go-to elliptical-machine-kick-butt-workout song, but I'm not so sure she deserved to sweep the Grammys. Check out this embarrassing live performance in Sydney. Just food for thought.
Queen B: Song of the Year (Single Ladies), Female Pop Vocal Performance (Halo), Female R&B Vocal Performance (Single Ladies), Traditional R&B Vocal Performance (At Last), R&B Song (Singe Ladies), Contemporary R&B Album (I Am...Sasha Fierce)
*Not the biggest Beyonce fan.... Also, I think it's funny that "Single Ladies" is already pretty much a joke...and it still won Grammys. What does that tell us?
In other news, what is the distinction of "vocal performance"? Really, I'm dying to know.
In the category of ROCK...
Green Day got Album, Kings of Leon got Song & "performance by a duo or group with vocals," Jeff Beck got "instrumental performance." (PS--Kings of Leon also got "Record of the Year"...that elusive distinction.)
Bruce Springsteen (solo rock vocal performance) is considered rock...?
AC/DC (hard rock performance) is still in action...? As in, they're all still alive?
Also, I don't know who Judas Priest is. Heard the name, not the music. But then again, it's "metal" which isn't rock. It just isn't.
Lady Gaga got a few Grammys...in addition to her "most unsurprising outrageous costume" award.
In the DANCE category, she(?) cleaned up, since there are only two awards, and unless you consider the Black Eyed Peas dance music (which we apparently don't, even though it is), Gaga's really the only dance artist around.
I'm not sure what TRADITIONAL, ALTERNATIVE, and WORLD have in common, but they're all combined into one category, under which there are strange titles. The "Album" options include: Alternative Music, Americana, Bluegrass, Traditional Blues, Contemporary Folk, Hawaiian Music, Native American Music, Zydeco or Cajun Music, Reggae, Traditional World Music, Contemporary World Music, New Age. Three things: 1--why is there only an album option for these genres? do they not have any good songs? 2--And why are all these genres smushed together, when many are actually kind of popular? 3--Why is the labelling inconsistent (i.e., why do some awards have "music" explicitly in the title and others do not)?
VISUAL MEDIA
I'll address score awards here, which is ironic because movie score....is instrumental, so audial, not visual. But whatever.
Slumdog Millionaire and Michael Giacchino (Up) and West Side Story. I LOVE the first two, and am not familiar with this latter version of the classic musical that received 2010 awards. But anyway, A.R. Rahman and Michael Giacchino are both awesome, as is, at least, the original West Side Story. :) *Ginger singing* Ma-riiii-a! Ma-riii-a!
GOSPEL
That's not really an accurate term. And Rock/Rap are the same category. I remain in the dark.
OTHER
I love how there's an "other" category. I just do. It's strange, considering all the other accommodations made. Though full of very "other" type awards, so I guess it makes sense. Stephen Colbert won "Comedy Album." Fitting, I suppose. Was that category created for Weird Al?
In conclusion:
Whoever decided on the score awards has good taste in music.
I should probably listen to Kings of Leon.
Taylor Swift is a country singer. With pop appeal. I'm impressed, and Imma let her finish, but I still think Beyonce had the best country album of all time.
Coldplay needs to come out with a new album.
So, a brief rundown, with commentary. (NOTE: This will not include everything. If I don't have an opinion, I won't include it. :D)
Taylor Swift & Beyonce ruled this year.
Tay-Tay: Album of the Year, Country Album, Female Country Vocal Performance (White Horse), Country Song (White Horse)
*I do like Taylor Swift. And I do think White Horse is a good song. However, (Ginger's opinion here), Kanye West was one of the best things that ever happened to her. Honestly. She's enjoyed a somewhat-unreasonable level of popularity since The Incident. You Belong With Me is definitely my go-to elliptical-machine-kick-butt-workout song, but I'm not so sure she deserved to sweep the Grammys. Check out this embarrassing live performance in Sydney. Just food for thought.
Queen B: Song of the Year (Single Ladies), Female Pop Vocal Performance (Halo), Female R&B Vocal Performance (Single Ladies), Traditional R&B Vocal Performance (At Last), R&B Song (Singe Ladies), Contemporary R&B Album (I Am...Sasha Fierce)
*Not the biggest Beyonce fan.... Also, I think it's funny that "Single Ladies" is already pretty much a joke...and it still won Grammys. What does that tell us?
In other news, what is the distinction of "vocal performance"? Really, I'm dying to know.
In the category of ROCK...
Green Day got Album, Kings of Leon got Song & "performance by a duo or group with vocals," Jeff Beck got "instrumental performance." (PS--Kings of Leon also got "Record of the Year"...that elusive distinction.)
Bruce Springsteen (solo rock vocal performance) is considered rock...?
AC/DC (hard rock performance) is still in action...? As in, they're all still alive?
Also, I don't know who Judas Priest is. Heard the name, not the music. But then again, it's "metal" which isn't rock. It just isn't.
Lady Gaga got a few Grammys...in addition to her "most unsurprising outrageous costume" award.
In the DANCE category, she(?) cleaned up, since there are only two awards, and unless you consider the Black Eyed Peas dance music (which we apparently don't, even though it is), Gaga's really the only dance artist around.
I'm not sure what TRADITIONAL, ALTERNATIVE, and WORLD have in common, but they're all combined into one category, under which there are strange titles. The "Album" options include: Alternative Music, Americana, Bluegrass, Traditional Blues, Contemporary Folk, Hawaiian Music, Native American Music, Zydeco or Cajun Music, Reggae, Traditional World Music, Contemporary World Music, New Age. Three things: 1--why is there only an album option for these genres? do they not have any good songs? 2--And why are all these genres smushed together, when many are actually kind of popular? 3--Why is the labelling inconsistent (i.e., why do some awards have "music" explicitly in the title and others do not)?
VISUAL MEDIA
I'll address score awards here, which is ironic because movie score....is instrumental, so audial, not visual. But whatever.
Slumdog Millionaire and Michael Giacchino (Up) and West Side Story. I LOVE the first two, and am not familiar with this latter version of the classic musical that received 2010 awards. But anyway, A.R. Rahman and Michael Giacchino are both awesome, as is, at least, the original West Side Story. :) *Ginger singing* Ma-riiii-a! Ma-riii-a!
GOSPEL
That's not really an accurate term. And Rock/Rap are the same category. I remain in the dark.
OTHER
I love how there's an "other" category. I just do. It's strange, considering all the other accommodations made. Though full of very "other" type awards, so I guess it makes sense. Stephen Colbert won "Comedy Album." Fitting, I suppose. Was that category created for Weird Al?
In conclusion:
Whoever decided on the score awards has good taste in music.
I should probably listen to Kings of Leon.
Taylor Swift is a country singer. With pop appeal. I'm impressed, and Imma let her finish, but I still think Beyonce had the best country album of all time.
Coldplay needs to come out with a new album.
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