premiere week round up

So, yay for premiere week and new television episodes to watch.

I don't watch Monday night television--I can't even tell you what is on Mondays, but Tuesday brought House M.D. and Law and Order: Special Victims Unit.

House: I started watching House over the summer on USA, I really don't know the whole show's continuity, but the show is intriguing. Plus, I have total a total hollywood crush on Robert Sean Leonard. [Seriously was so stoked when House came out because RSL was on it, but I think it conflicted with Gilmore Girls the first season or some other WB show, so I didn't watch it]. I don't know how I feel about the show--I enjoy the relationship between House & Wilson, but I'm totally grossed out by medical stuff. I'm really looking forward to Kal Penn being on the show, so I guess I'll have to wait for that.

SVU: SVU has been one of my favorite shows for a long time. Tuesday's episode was okay. Last season ended in a BIG way though, that I was disappointed in how the new season opened. Munch cracks me up. And I love Benson & Stabler, who was that new guy though? Oh my hot, when Stabler was flirting with whatever Cynthia Nixon's character name was, SWOON. I wasn't really all that impressed with Cynthia Nixon (then again, I rarely am), and the storyline wasn't very SVU-like. Hopefully, next week's will be better--wait, I just remembered the preview for next weeks and it really doesn't look all that great, at least next week actually involves sometime SVU related.

Wednesday night brought Gossip Girl and Dirty Sexy Money both which are oh so scandalous and exciting.

Gossip Girl: So it premiered last week, but seriously, oh. my. god. Gossip Girl is my new favorite show ever! I love it! It's so scandalous! And the boys are so pretty. Nate & Chuck are oh la la. Besides the aesthetics of the show, it's just drama-rama. I love the kids, I don't get the storyline between Serena's mom and Dan's dad. My favorite character is Chuck--what is up with his scarf, I mean, seriously. I think I like Chuck & Blair as instigators. I love the show, I watch it on The CW, and then watch it again under unsavory means... plus The CW is airing it again on Sundays at 8.

Dirty Sexy Money: I was on the fence about watching DSM until I read an article in the October issue of Vogue which just cemented my decision to check it out. I really liked Peter Krause in Sports Night (which I consistently tell people is my favorite show) and the few episodes of Six Feet Under I've watched, so he was really the selling point for the show, especially since I didn't know Samaire Armstrong (totally girlcrush worthy) was in it. This show is crazy! And oooh scandalous. And I love the contrast between Nick and the Darlings. My favorite Darling is Jeremy. IMDB has the show listed for only 6 episodes, I really hope ABC doesn't cancel the show because it is so good.

Thursday's only television viewing was The Office.

The Office: I only started watching The Office weekly mid-last season and only because of Ed Helms (he was seriously one of my favorite correspondents on The Daily Show) So, I was so OMG excited at the end of season 3 with "it's a date" but I was seriously disappointed with the opening of season 4. I don't know if the show's a must-watch anymore. I mean, yay Jam--but did anyone else think Jim was totally uncomfortable in some of those moments? And... I don't know. I just wasn't impressed or enthralled.

That's all my TV watching because I don't know what comes on Fridays either.

Basically Tuesday and Wednesdays are my TV nights.

Quick rant: I hate television network websites. They're so full of ads and streaming video and other nonsense that they take forever to load. I think the only network channel website that didn't make my head want to explode was Fox--maybe because I guessed correctly at the show's url and didn't have to click from fox.com? But gosh, loading nbc.com and abc.com were nightmares! Oh well.

That's all!

august roundup!

Wow, August just flew by didn't it? I spent most of my August obsessing over Torchwood (which begins on BBC America on September 8th--check it out. John Barrowman and Gareth David-Lloyd are too beautiful for words) and listening to Fall Out Boy.

I also visited Atlanta's World of Coca-Cola which was pretty much too cool for words. I love memorabilia and I love Coke! Right now I'm pretty much only drinking Diet Coke though or Coke Zero because soda pop really is just empty calories for the normal kind.

Beyond the beginning of fall semester, there hasn't been anything worthy of blogging about.

I did buy the cutest coat ever from Old Navy.




















And I really want this flask from Urban Outfitters.


















Oh, I also saw Superbad which was pretty fucking hilarious on all accounts and Becoming Jane which was maddeningly boring despite the dishiness of James McAvoy. And I finally saw Nancy Drew which was surprisingly really awesome!

Becoming Jane did prompt me however to be more interested in Jane Austen's work. PBS is airing her books next year [Masterpiece Theatre: The Complete Works of Jane Austen] which is really exciting because I am really bad at reading and prefer to watch stories unfold. I am attempting to read Mansfield Park, but pretty much I'm stuck on page 49. Austen's work is SO confusing because everybody is like Miss Bertram and I'm like which Miss Bertram is this? And who's Mrs. Grant? OMG, I'm so confused! However, this is progress for me because I gave up on Pride and Prejudice after page 20. Austen's writing style is quite tedious and I don't know how people actually read her works.

I also bought a really swank purse this past month, but I can't find it on Target.com, so I can't show you pictures because I'm too lazy to take any of my own.

Also, mostly, the September issues of magazines have been on a whole satisfactory. I'm terribly disappointed in GQ, but I blame the big emphasis of politics on that--seriously, GQ what was up with that?! But everything else has been tops. I really love the new Brooks Brothers campaign. Heidi Klum is just beautiful in the Town & Country piece too. I haven't really looked at W yet because it finally arrived in my mailbox today, but what I had previously seen of the piece on Gwenyth Paltrow, I'm definitely intrigued by what else the magazine has to offer. And Marie Claire's piece on Ashely Olsen is to die! Loves it.

I think that's all.

A bit of a calendar:
September 3rd/4th: Yelle's album Pop-Up comes out!
September 6th: Tim Gunn's Guide to Style, 10pm!
November 1st: Victoria Beckham's That Extra Half Inch released in the US
November 14th: Project Runway returns!!!

Obviously, nothing cool is happening in October.

TWO MORE THINGS:
Britney Spears's new song is INCREDIBLE! I seriously love it.

And everything should read this interview with Tim Gunn because he is the coolest man in the world.

nobody taught me how to fall in love

I read Dinosaur Comics (T-Rex is the best) and Ryan mentioned this site called the 365 Days Project and I found the most amazing song on it called Nobody Taught Me which is from a 1961 Barbie album.

Check the post out! The song is posted on that page, but I've also uploaded it to mediafire here.

It's very cliché, but it's terribly lovely and sweet.

can you believe it?

Who cares about Paris Hilton or Immigration bills not being passed when there's this news!



Spice Girls Reunion Tour!

You can register to be in the pool to get tickets here. The closest they're playing to me is NYC, but I still registered, I mean it's the Spice Girls! Not like I'd be chosen anyhow!

my super sweet sixteen

My polisci professor showed us this in class this past week.



The sad thing is that this is so true. My Super Sweet Sixteen is ridiculously addictive. I am watching one right now and this girl has an awful lisp/accent and she totally has like one fat friend who isn't allowed to talk much, it's funny and she's totally mean to her. [It's like really sad because I would totally be the fat friend, so I guess I should feel sorry for the chubby girl, but I don't.] Yet, I just can't make myself change the channel. It's not like there's anything else I could be doing... That girl got a Lexus for her 15th birthday (this episode is actually the girl's 15th birthday). What does a 15 year old need a Lexus for? It's not even the car she wanted--she wanted it on the day of her party. This show cracks me up. Her party's ruined now.

I always enjoy the car scenes because it's never the car the kid wanted. It's hilarious. Those poor kids (eyeroll). Ew, this girl really should adjust her tiara, she looks stupid.

Okay, that's my spiel about My Super Sweet Sixteen. Hey, if it's good enough for Anderson Cooper to watch, then it is good enough for me. Besides, nothing says entertainment than teenagers throwing tantrums over not getting the right car and spending all of Daddy's money. Like, I just don't get it. Why do we watch this crap? And even worse, why did I just go "Oh no you didn't" when my cable decided to have an emergency testing moment? LAME.

I really need to find something else to watch...

secret society girl

Last month while in Barnes & Noble I had seen a book called Secret Society Girl, the cover was very prep and it was subtitled as "An Ivy League Novel". I promptly swooned and wished I had the ten dollars to buy it. Next pay day, I bought it and was most pleased with the book!

Secret Society Girl is about a college junior named Amy who is invited to be one of the first female members of a secret society called the Rose & Grave. Amy attends Eli University (fictionalized Yale) and Rose & Grave is very reminiscent of Skull & Bones. I love secret societies! The book is an easy read and very cute. The book details Amy's acceptance into Rose & Grave and also some drama with her previous life and her future life as a "Digger" (member of Rose & Grave). Diana Peterfreund filled the book with lots of pop culture references which is always a great source of amusement!

If you're ever looking for a quick cute read and happen to like secret societies like I do, I would most definitely recommend this book--it's very tops. The next installment, Under the Rose, comes out on June 26th and I can't wait! I really look forward to where Amy's life is going to go.

Buy Secret Society Girl // Read Diana Peterfreund's blog

librarything.com

I own 177 books. I did not count them all, however, I did catalog them on LibraryThing.com. Why? Why not! Actually, I was just ridiculously bored and I really did need to do something about my book shelves.

You can catalog 200 books for free or buy a membership (either $10 for a year or $25 for life) to enter as many as you like. However, there is actually nothing from stopping you from making another account after your first one is full, granted you own and have the time to catalog over 200 books.

You can also post reviews of your books and find members who share the same books and tag your books. It's pretty easy to use. I used ISBNs for a lot of my books because when typing the titles the paperback editions would show up. Also, I own some Barnes & Noble editions and it is absolutely important to specify that and well LibraryThing uses Amazon.com to find books, so ISBNs were easiest to use for me since I'm picky. But if you are not particular about the edition you admit to owning, you can just type the title--you don't even have to type the entire title. I also had to use Library of Congress call numbers for a few of my old books and some books, I just had to wing it on. So, yeah, LibraryThing.com is a very good cure for boredom. It's easy to use and well, who doesn't like joining web communities? Haha.

So, if you are bored and have a lot of time on your hands and a lot of books, you may want to try out LibaryThing.com

By the by, my catalog can be found here, if you are inclined to look.