Entries Tagged as ‘TV’

November 14, 2009

Miss California proves pageant contestants are still dumb

What is it about ladies who compete in beauty pageants?  Can’t you be pretty and smart, too?

November 14, 2009

Stephenie Meyer does not reveal black magic page-turning secret on Oprah

All right, settle down, Twilight fans! According to the internet, you’re all going crazy over Stephenie Meyer’s appearance on Oprah today.
Will she or won’t she was the big question on the lips of rabid fans dying for a fifth book. Although Oprah promised the answer to that question (“coming up”), it never got covered – [...]

October 8, 2009

… We’ll be riiiight back

Remember 1988?  Here’s a trip down Memory Lane…

In the meantime, I am churning out well over 2000 words a day and don’t have time for my word count/creativity exercises here.  A valid excuse!  But once I get my time management issues sorted out… I’ll be riiiight back.

September 27, 2009

Did Somebody Say Muffins?

Speaking of infomercials, remember The Magic Bullet?  My roommate and I used to watch this and pretend it was our favourite television show:

These people must throw a pretty wild party!  Like, eight people had to stay over – and some of their guests look pretty rough.  Berman, for example.  And how about [...]

September 26, 2009

I’m Not Here To Make Friends

Everyone knows that when you run across the same joke twice in two of your favourite media (er… do we say media or medias?  Eep!) it’s a sign that the Universe wants you to blog about it.
If there’s two things I love in this world it’s Videogum and This American Life (okay, also television and everyone – four things).  [...]

September 21, 2009

Infotaining!

People always ask me, “Jessica, how on earth do you manage to write, work/look for work, go to school, work out and still have time to watch Nurse Jackie?”* And I tell them, “Simple – I use Time Management Skillz(tm)!”
(*Nobody asks me this.)
My patented technique is easy and fun to learn! It keeps those irritating [...]