Tomorrow is today don't let it slip away- Josiah Leming

Monday, January 18, 2010

BIG TIME RUSH!

Even though I'm in college, I find the new Nickelodeon show Big Time Rush throughly entertaining. Scott Fellows, the same genius behind Ned's Declassified is also the creator of this show. I pretty much love this show. Never since Drake & Josh has a show produced by Nick been this entertaining. I can't say if this show is better than Drake and Josh or not yet because I've only seen the hour long special and the new episode which aired tonight. Everyone in my family sits down to watch it (a younger boy, a father and mother, and two teenage girls) and it entertains us all. The show is laugh out loud funny and all of the characters are just over the top enough but not unbelievable. Personally, I find all four of the show's leads attractive but that's not the reason my little brother or father watches it. Being only a half hour (umm I think Nick should try to make it an hour just because it's that great) there isn't much room to fit everything in, but they do. The dialog is amazing and there are just enough surprises that it keeps you interested. It is by far more believable then Ned's Declassified but just as hilarious.
The show is about 4 hockey players from Minnesota that are signed as a boy band. They are four normal guys that end up living in LA trying to make it in the world of music. I've read that on top of the show, the band will actually tour and sell CDs (I plan on seeing the tour if I have the money and buying the CD :D). Kind of like Nick's version of the Jonas Brothers only better. The theme song "Big Time Rush" is very catchy and always stuck in my head and I'd rather it be that song then many others. It took Nick two years to find the four boys and it was time well spent. I can't wait for the new episode on Friday!

Thursday, January 14, 2010

One thing that makes me really mad...

I really hate it when people insult thing they know nothing about. Another thing that I hate is when people claim they are fans of things they know nothing about. You really can't hate a TV show until you've watched it or how do you know that you hate it? Same thing applies to everything. How can you hate Thai food if you've never had it? You can't know. It also annoys me when when people think they are fans of something they don't have a clue about. Like someone who would claim they are a fan of the Plain White T's and the only song they know is "Hey There Delilah". At one point, the only song by them I knew was "Hey There Delilah" and at that point I would never had said they were one of my favorite bands. Now I know a lot of their songs so know I will claim that I am a fan. I would say I like the song not the band or that I think I really could like that band. When I was watching Just My Luck I kept saying I wish McFly was a real band because I could really love a band like that. Turns out they were real and know that I'm an expert on McFly I claim I'm a huge fan. ANyways, what set me off was this guy on facebook. McFly's Danny Jones is competing in a reality show where they turn popstars into opera stars and he kept saying how horrible of a singer Danny was and that people only liked him because he was pretty (which is true). At first, I didn't have much of an issue with it. I think Danny has a wonderful voice, not really one perfect for opera but very nice overall. He's one of the two lead singers for my favorite band, I would hope I like him. What made me mad was today he posted something about how he listened to some of Danny's other stuff and that he was actually good. That meant he was saying Danny was a horrible singer without ever hearing him sing anything but some opera. I've seen the clips of him singing opera on youtube and he's just goofing off in a recording studio not really trying or anything. He was judging a singer without hearing him in his element. That kind of thing annoys me. I never said I disliked the Jonas Brothers until I heard them sing. I had to hear them first. My sister and I coined the term "official critic". To us that means you can't have a real opinion on something until you have a clue about it. Well, at least he's changed his mind. I have no problem with people disagreeing with me, it's just when they don't know why they disagree with me (or why they agree) that bothers me. It's like writing an essay that tries to prove it's point "just because" or "that's what my friends say" or worse, "based on my stereotype I'm supposed to hate this so I do". Ugh...

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

After Jeff Gordon retires....

Not really sure what I am going to do. It may not be for awhile, Mark Martin is 50 and he's still racing so why can't Gordon do the same thing? Here's the dilemma: I picked Jeff Gordon to be my favorite driver the first race I watched. Then, I didn't even know that he was one of the all-stars and very possibly the second most popular driver. I just liked his name and paint scheme. The first race I ever watched was the one that Dale Earnhardt died. I wasn't watching when that happen (I didn't watch all of the race) but that's a pretty bad first race. RIP Earnhardt, I would have really loved to root against you. The other driver I liked in that race was Ricky Craven (he's not in the series anymore). Well, I've been a Jeff Gordon fan since then. There were some hard times, the hardest time was when Kasey Kahne (my second favorite) was doing amazing and Gordon wasn't. I have a terrible crush on Kasey but so does every other girl that watches NASCAR. Well, I stuck with him, Kasey never became my favorite. However, when Jeff retires I'm still not sure Kasey will become my fav.
As of right now, I like Jeff then Kasey, then Jimmie Johnson, Joey Logano (not sure how much longer it will be until Joey passes Jimmie), then Denny Hamlin, and next Kevin Harvick. I'm not sure that Kasey is a good enough driver to become my favorite. He sure is the hottest driver and he's good enough to win and make the chase sometimes but he's not as good as Gordon and I'm pretty used to my driver winning. So, then Jimmie right? No, as much as I love Jimmie I have rooted against him winning championships before. I had a really hard time this year. Jimmie had already won three championships in a row (only done once before in NASVAR history) and I knew if he won again he would make history but even I was getting a little bored with it. It wasn't until Gordon was mathematically eliminated that I rooted for Jimmie. He crashed in one race when Jeff still had a shot and I was happy about it. It's hard to admit but after I new he was okay I was happy that Jimmie had some bad luck. So that leaves Joey Logano to become my favorite. This could happen, it's too early to tell though. He may not be as good as everyone thinks he is. If he isn't then I'll probably switch to Jimmie or Kasey. Maybe, by the time Jeff retires Jimmie will be on the same level as everyone else so I won't have to secretly root against him. Maybe Kasey will qualify for the chase more often and win more races. He's in a Ford now, maybe that will make a difference. Somehow I have a feeling that it's all up to Joey, if he's as good as Gordon is right now (not expecting back to back championship but just at least one win every season and good enough to be expected in the chase) then he will be my favorite. So, I guess time will just tell.

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Flair

I'm super addicted to the facebook app Flair and I really want to make some new ones. The "make flair" app has been down for days and it's really frustrating me. I think I'm actually addicted, I wonder if this is some form of withdraw? Whenever I'm on my computer, I keep checking every five minutes to see if it's back up and I keep on complaining about it and telling everyone which ones I'm going to make when the app is finally up. What makes it even worse is that they have this stupid squirrel game thing instead. You can win 500 flair credits if you win (and they select you at random from the winners) but the thing is I have like 463 credits so I'm really not all that concerned about getting more. All you have to do to get a lot of credits is wait until a holiday and send it to everyone you know that will not be super angry at you for sending them useless flair. I also send ones that I know my friends will like (or Team Edward ones to my Team Jacob friends :D). You also get credits for the flair you make (well I'm guessing you do). I can not send a single flair and my flair credits go up. My guess is that's because people add the flair I make. I've already searched all the pages I want and since there are no new ones I see no reason to search them again. I hope they get this fixed soon because I want to have an entire flair board dedicated to Percy Jackson flair by the time the movie comes out and I don't have enough to fill up an entire bored yet... If they don't fix this soon then I'm going to go crazy. I tried using SuperFlair instead but the flair there is not nearly as good and they don't have as many. Plus, I already have 46something flair credits on regular flair so it would be tough to begin all over again. Ugh... That bored isn't as organized either. I was looking for Paranormal State flair and it showed me Paranormal Activity flair and Ohio State(yuck) flair and flair in the shape of states and Ghost Hunters flair... I love Ghost Hunters but I wasn't looking for that flair then. If I type in Luke Castellan I get ever character that has ever been names Luke and only a few of them have any relation to what I was looking for. So I can't go to that one but I don't know what I'm going to do if Flair never fixes itself. I know it will, I hope...

Monday, January 11, 2010

Top 10 Movies I Want to See in 2010

These are the top 10 movies I'm looking forward too in 2010. Towards the end of 2010 I will list the 10 movies I saw that were released that year that I liked best. Hopefully I get it right!

1. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Trader: I read these books a long time ago and I still remember them. I really liked the first two movies so why wouldn't I like this one? Well, there is one reason, the absence of both Peter Pevensie and William Moseley. When I read the books, I was devastated when I read Peter and Susan where no longer allowed in Narnia. Peter was and will forever be my favorite character in the series (except of Aslan of course). Also, I have a major crush on William Moseley (when I read the book I was too young to have a crush on Peter) and will miss seeing him on the screen.

2. Iron Man 2: I didn't see the first movie in the theatres and had no desire too at all. The commercials just didn't appeal to me. I do like the X-Men series and the older Batman ones so I wasn't anti-superhero just disinterested. When Dad brought it home and but it on I wasn't expecting something horrible or amazing. I ended up loving it. If the second one is as good as the first one (I'm not one of those people who condemn movies because they are sequels), which the commercials look promising, I will really like this one too. The Spiderman movies just kept getting worse and worse by the movie. I really hope this franchise will not do the same but so far I give it a thumbs up.

3. Ironclad: I'll admit upfront, the main reason I looked into this movie is because of William Moseley. But, I also really liked James Purefoy in the movie A Knight's Tale. I also like history and this movie takes place in a very important part of history. Plus, a movie like this has promise of lots of action and some action movies are my favorites (crossing my fingers that the 2011 list will include a Bourne 4).

4. The Last Airbender: This one has a long story attached to it and despite how much I talk about Slumdog Millionaire, Dev Patel's part in this movie is one of the more minor reasons I want to see this movie. The first reason is that, for some reason, the show Avatar: the Last Airbender became some kind of private joke between my sister, brother, and I. I never found the show bad, and I thought the idea was actually interesting. Maybe I was fascinated by the idea of a cartoon with a strong story line. Anyways, I've seen the show once or twice in my life. When I saw that it was going to be made into a movie I was really excited for a couple of reasons but crushed by one thing. Having M. Night Shyamalan and Jackson Rathbone involved were almost enough in my mind but maybe not enough to overcome the fact that Jessie McCartney was playing a major character... I have always strongly disliked Jessie McCartney with a passion (well his music) and associated him with the likes of Aaron Carter and Backstreet Boys. However, when someone I really didn't like was replaced with someone I really like I was sold. I saw the commercial for the movie and it looks really cool.

5. Lovely Bones: This one is almost a 2009 movie (it was released in 2009 but not for a widespread release). I've never read the book, I'll but that one up front. I'm really into the paranormal so the story line was right up my ally. Also, I really like Peter Jackson as a director and I thought Saoirse Ronan was amazing in Atonement. However the movie has a little added bonus, on top of all that Jake Abel is in the movie. I saw Jake Abel in an episode of Supernatural. He was playing the third Winchester brother which is kind of a big deal. I knew that either I would love the guy who played him or hate him and there would be no in-between... I thought he did it perfectly and he looks like he could be Jared and Jensen's (the two stars of the show) kid if that was possible. By the way, that means he is super hot.

6. Nightmare on Elm Street: Normally, I would never look into a horror movie let alone a remake. But then I saw the cast. It's like all of my favorite things combined in one cast, Supernatural, Smallville, Twilight, and Terminator. I have a major crush on both Thomas Dekker and Kyle Gallner but that is just the icing on the cake. Kyle Gallner's character on Smallville (Bart Allen/ Impulse) has been in three episode but the majority of the fans love him me included. He is one of my favorite characters on the show. Plus, he did amazing in The Haunting in Connecticut. Also, Kate Cassidy kicked butt as Ruby on Supernatural. She is by far the best Ruby ever. I love Emmett and any sort of Twilight connection in a movie makes me like it more. Thomas Dekker is one of the hottest men to ever walk the earth and I really like him as John Connor. I'm not really sure I could have picked a better cast.

7. Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightening Thief: To be honest, I read the first book because I knew Jake Abel was going to play Luke Castellan. I read the rest of the series because I loved it. I'm really hoping this movie takes off as big as the Twilight and Harry Potter movies. The cast looks pretty decent and the trailers look really cool. As long as they don't stray too far from the book I'll be happy. I'm not sure what would have to happen for me to dislike this movie. I have the release date programmed in the calender on my cell phone. I mean, the last time I was this excited for a movie in was New Moon which wasn't that long ago I know but I'd put the excitement on the same level. If the movies is half as fun as the books it will be amazing. I'm so ready to like this movie it would really have to stink for me not to like it. I'm really hoping they do all five books. I really want to see who would get cast as Nico and Thalia amongst others.

8. Remember Me: Two words: Robert Pattinson. Why else would anyone want to see this movie? Actually, there are movies that he is in I have zero interest in but this one looks like it could be really good. I like romance movies and this list needs at least one so why not one staring a major hottie (gosh, I feel like a lot of my movies are on here because of some hot actor... I need a life). Anyways, I think it looks sweet but not sugary sweet. A lot of romance movies are too over the top for me or are really predictable to the point where you know the story by the commercial. This one looks like it could be really cool and maybe not follow the very typical story line that most romance movies follow.

9. Secretariat: I really love horses and I've know Secretariat's name as long as I've known my own. The only other racehorse I love more than him is the Black Stallion and he's not real. I like almost all movies where horses play a big part in (even those animal planet ones). As long as the horse plays a big part, the script is not cheesy, and they did their research on horses then I'm sold. However, if the horse has nothing to do with the movie or they have a western saddle on the horse during a race then I will laugh at the movie. I can't really say much yet because there isn't that much information about this one yet. All I knew is that I was really excited when I saw they were making a movie about Secretariat.

10. The Twilight Saga: Eclipse : There is a 100% chance I will love this movie. I read the book about two years ago. I loved it then and I still do now. The first two movies were really good so I don't think this one will be an exception. So far there has been only one picture posted so I can't go on and on about how awesome it looks yet but I will be looking for a trailer weekly and when I see one I'm sure I will squeal like I'm thirteen again. This is probably the movie I'm looking most forward too and will be on the list of the ten best movies of 2010 at the end of 2010. I can't really say the same thing about the rest of these movies but Percy Jackson has a really good chance of making the list. I may even drive up to Michigan so I can see this one with my friend (the only thing which would keep me from seeing it a midnight on the opening day).

Sunday, January 10, 2010

Things Slumdog Millionaire taught me

I watched Slumdog Millionaire yesterday. I love that movie. It was the first time my Dad ever saw it and he seemed indifferent but he's about as romantic as a ham sandwich and as culturally aware as one too. After watching that movie I wanted to go to the slums and volunteer there and he's freaked out by the idea. He keep saying things like "There's people down the street that need help." I'm sure that's true but I think India is where I'm called. Also, someone told me that missionary work is blooming own there. That only increased my want to help them and my belief that I should. If I ever get the money for something like that I'm going to do it.

So I realized that Slumdog Millionaire taught me a lot of important stuff and some not so important stuff. This is what the non-important stuff was:

1. Benjamin Franklin is on the $100.00 bill
2. A lot of people don't know who the third musketeer (I've read the book twice and it surprised me how many people don't know)
3. When you have to take your shoes off in a public place put them in your purse.
4. Keep your purse in your lap when sitting down somewhere.
5. You are not a stalker if you really care about the girl (Edward and Jamal :D)
6. People in India have celebrity worship also!

Some of the more important stuff, some I already knew but the movie still teaches it:

1. Never give up
2. Never give up on somebody
3. People can be raised in the same situation and turn out different based on how they handle things
4. Nothing is ever hopeless unless you make it that way
5. Sometimes it's just meant to be
6. I finally found which global crisis I want to get involved in
7. Love conquers all

Thursday, January 7, 2010

Sports

Watching the BCS game right now. I really like sports for the most part. I fit many stereotypes of the creative-English-right brain-Christian-Conservative-small town girl. I like cross stitching and usually enjoyed the books I was assigned in high school. I love horses, listen to alt and indie music, am desperately in love with Edward Cullen and Mr. Darcy, and so forth. It usually takes someone a day or two to figure out that I love NASCAR. I'm probably the biggest NASCAR fan in my family. I'm Jeff Gordon's biggest fan and was actually happy that Jimmie Johnson won 4 championships in a row. I'm also a hge fan of Joey Logano and Kasey Kahne.
I like football but my Dad is a huge Detroit Lions fan and their games were always on... Needless to say I'm NOT a Lions fan, I mean they were 0-16 last year! This year was an improvement they actually one two games. I'm a Colts fan, well not so much a fan of the Colts as I am Peyton Manning. I was a Green Bay fan until Brett Farve left, now I'm a Vikings fan. I'm a fan of players not so much the teams. So I like Peyton Manning, Eli Manning, and Brett Farve. So, for now, I'm a Colts, Giants, and Vikings fan. When Tate Forcier gets drafted into the NFL then whichever team he plays for will be my favorite. He's University of Michigan's quarterback right now. A true freshman and if he had an actual team then he would be a lot better. Sometimes I wonder how those receivers don't catch the ball.
Anyways, I am a Detroit Red Wings and a Detroit Tigers fan. For college football, I love University of Michigan and Penn State! Don't care for basketball much or golf. Not sure golf is even a sport. I do like the PBR. Who wouldn't like a sport full of whole bunch of twenty-something cowboys?
I think the whole fan of a person and not a team thing came from NASCAR because there is only one driver. I am well aware that the pit crew and builders are just as important but still... it's different than a football team. Plus, football players change teams as much as I change my clothes. They aren't real teams anymore so I don't think anyone could blame me.
I don't really care who wins the BCS game because I'm not a fan of either team. I'm pulling for Texas maybe because their quaterback got hurt so they are the underdog and it would make a cool story. I have friends who are friends of both so...