I'm back!

Did you miss me? Damn right you did. More on that later but I wanted to bring you this interesting little tidbit of news. Let's hope Chris Daughtry comes to his senses and makes the same decision (I'm sorry.. that's so mean. I don't know his wife and I'm sure she's a nice gal... but a girl can dream). Oh PS - Speaking of American Idol.. they put a baldie through to the Top 24 and my little beat boxer made it as well. Hey C. Howe - the Jack Osbourne lookalike is from Greenville, SC! Now you have a claim to fame for your adopted hometown and now, I can watch.

Let it Snow?

I’m anticipating a snow day tomorrow, and if that is true, you won’t be seeing much of me until maybe Thursday. I plan on staying at J.’s house tonight (he lives closer to my work) but if it’s snowing like a bitch when I get up there is not a snowball’s chance in hell that I will come in (no pun intended). They don’t know where I’m staying plus, I have to get down a pretty steep hill and some windy turns to get from J.’s to work and I don’t have a really good feeling about that. I was going to just drive home tonight but he went to the store and got stuff so we wouldn’t have to leave the house for the next few days. I think this was his way of celebrating Valentine’s Day and doing something nice for me, since he “doesn’t believe” in it. I bought a book and plenty of movies to his house to entertain myself with tomorrow. Hell, I might even clean his room if I get that bored!

Anyway, here are some news and/or interesting tidbits I’ve heard about today:

There is going to be a death on Grey’s Anatomy and apparently it’s someone BIG. Someone you would never think they would kill. Meredith would be too obvious since she’s already languishing in the bottom of the ocean (would it be the ocean? I don’t know, but you get the point) so I’m very curious. It can’t be Burke as I don’t think they would have gone to such trouble to rehab him if they were just planning on killing him. They say it’s big, but I really hope it’s no one major. Although it could explain the Denny Duquette appearance that seems to be coming up. Maybe he and Izzie will reunite in Heaven..

Speaking of Heaven, Happy Birthday goes out to my grandfather, Ray Konderwich! Granted, he’s not really getting older, but I’m sure he’d appreciate the shout out.

This week marks the “Business School” episode of The Office that is being directed by Joss Whedon. Will it be reminiscent of his work on Buffy? Well, Dwight spends most of the episode tussling with a bat. Speaking of Dwight, Rainn Wilson will be hosting SNL on February 24th. I’m not sure who the musical guest is as of yet, but I’ll see what I can find out. If not, he could probably entertain the audience with a medley of songs on his recorder!

In American Idol news, Kellie Pickler’s father has been arrested for assault on a female companion with a steak knife. Oh Clyde, don’t let a steak knife send you back to the pokey!!! Also, tomorrow night the Top 24 will be announced, and I will finally be allowed to watch and/or DVR Idol again. I think it might conflict with America’s Next Top Model. Whatever is a girl to do!?

Speaking of crimes, bandits (do we even use the word bandits anymore) broke into the Hollywood Hills mansion of Faith Hill and Tim McGraw. Apparently they didn’t get anything but a small amount of money. What a waste of a robbery!!!

A dog that is part owned by Bill Cosby won the Terrier Group at the Westminster Dog Show. It will now compete for Best in Show. The dog is a Dandie Dinmont named Harry, after Prince Harry. It’s kind of cute and apparently a very winning show dog!

Since I may not be able to blog on Valentine’s Day, click here for a list of the most romantic movies set in New York. I was going to bring my laptop to J.’s but I wasn’t sure if his roomie had a wireless connection so I figured it’d be one less thing for me to pack, as it seems I’ve packed everything but the kitchen sink as it is. What sucks about that is I can’t take the Pop Culture Aptitude Test on VH1.com. If I did well on it, I could be part of the internet team on the World Series of Pop Culture!! Oh well… maybe next year… again!

Hope you all manage to get out of the snow unscathed. Have safe trips to anywhere you need to go (or just don't go anywhere at all!) Hope everyone has a Happy Valentine’s Day, whether you "believe" in the holiday or not! (Oh yeah.. if you go to kiss your sweetheart, make sure you have good aim... us chicks hate it when you miss)!!!

Was this really necessary?

I don't know what the O's ever did to God to piss him off, but I pray they fix it, and SOON!

Did you miss me?

Yep, I did it. I called in sick on Friday. It couldn’t have felt better. I told them my eye was swollen shut. This way I didn’t have to do the fake “sick” voice which I’m not really all that good at. I will more than likely call in again on Wednesday, as it’s supposed to snow all day and I’m not risking my life to get here. I’m packing a bag for J’s under the anticipation that I could be camped out there until Friday. I might have to bring an extra bag for food and movies, unless I get motivated to clean his cesspool of a room. It could get that bad.

So anyway, Friday was nice. I downloaded songs to my Ipod, watched Rumor Has It (glad I waited for it to come out on DVD) and went to the gym. That night at bowling I had a good feeling. My first game was only 160. Not quite the vibe I had been hoping for. My next game was 221 and I lost the jackpot by 2 pins. Final game was 211, and I lost the jackpot by one pin. For total I bowled a 592, as did my other two teammates. The odds of that happening are pretty slim and that meant we all split the final jackpot. So, I made $3 on the night. Unreal! J. had called earlier in the day and told me that he wanted to booze it up a bit that night, so he bought beer to my house and we played pool and talked. It was a fun night, but I got a little tipsier than I had thought, and had to get up to avoid bed spins around 2 am. Luckily, I got over that and fell asleep (well, passed out) pretty quickly.

Saturday was kind of a wasted day. I caught myself up on Grey’s Anatomy (GREAT shows lately) and The Office. I was extremely peeved that Pam left the wedding with Roy, even though he has been looking much better since that pesky DWI he got after Pam dumped him. I guess if it was that easy to get Pam and Jim together it wouldn’t be much of a show, right? At least that’s what I’m trying to tell myself. Anyway, that night I dragged Justin to a burlesque show by The Lipstick Lovelies at the Lark Tavern. (If you live anywhere from NYC to Albany and you haven’t caught their show, you really should. It’s great!) A few friends I used to dance with are in the show and I thought he might find it entertaining. He actually enjoyed it! Granted, there were half naked girls, but he even found the songs and dances to be funny, so that was pretty cool. We had dinner there with my friend Sue and her husband, who’s a hoot and a half to say the least. It was a really great night and we were home and in bed by 11:30 as J. had to work the next day.

Sunday morning I rolled out of J.’s bed with all these aspirations for the day. Then he got out of work early and we went to breakfast. I got nothing done on Sunday, but it was worth it. I ate like a cow this week so I can’t see my weigh in going really well tonight, but sometimes you have those weeks! Anyway, we went to Friendly’s for breakfast and then lounged around for most of the morning/afternoon. He watched the Pro Bowlers Tour with me and I tried to explain scoring, lane conditions and the like to him, but he wasn’t understanding. We switched to Mythbusters before the second game. I guess it’s something that’s so second nature to me that I don’t really know how to explain it to someone. Later on that night my sister, our friends Kate and Brian and my friend Melissa (she used to work with me) all met at Bombers Burrito Bar to cheer on our friend Justin in the Adult Spelling Bee. I definitely should have entered! There were some tough words, but I think I would have done pretty well. Apparently they have one in the fall too, so maybe I’ll enter then. He came in 10th out of 32 competitors so congratulations go out to him. Also, if you get the Times Union, look for him in Friday’s edition! It was a valiant effort and entertaining to watch.

Now here we are… it’s Monday. My alarm didn’t go off again this morning and I’m still unsure why. I know I didn’t sleep through it because it gets louder the longer it’s on and I’m a pretty light sleeper. I guess I need to be woken up to a buzzer, but I really hate it. It’s so… dramatic! So I missed the gym again today. I guess a three day hiatus might have been just what I needed, as I’ve been getting a tad bored. My sister keeps insisting she’s going to give me a weight routine but she hasn’t had time. I could do it myself I guess, but I don’t really know what I’m doing! I did not watch the Grammys so I can’t wax poetic about the heinous outfits on the carpet, and I still haven’t gotten around to blogging about Top Design. Maybe later on this week. Time to do some work. I went to lunch with a co-worker today and got a little hosed on the bill, so I’m still silently fuming about that. I know she didn’t do it on purpose, and it’s my fault for not saying anything, but still. The nice thing was, I saw a girl at the restaurant that I haven’t seen in quite some time. We were pretty good friends when I went to Columbia Greene so it was really cool to see her, even though we didn’t have a chance to talk at all as I had to get back to work. Anyway, like I said.. back to work!

Is this a sign?

My ipod is on shuffle... Manic Monday just came on.

Here's one way to get everyone off that astronaut story

Something shady is going on here, don't you agree?

I have a new obsession

And if you're anything like me, I think you will too..

My alarm didn't go off this morning..

I don’t know why. It was set like it’s been set for the past week, but the only reason I woke up was because I heard my sister banging pots (or at least that’s what it sounded like) a little before 7 this morning. I guess I needed the extra sleep, but I had everything planned to go to the gym, as I didn’t go Wednesday and had no plans to go on Friday. I really hate when my schedule is fucked with. Speaking of banging, I’ve been feeling much like banging my head against a wall this week, as it’s been insanely not busy at work (I know what you were thinking, dirty birds). I think I’m going to come in tomorrow and then “go home sick.” I can’t take it. Not on a Friday. More on that to come.

At the movies last night I saw the trailer for a new Katherine Heigl movie, “Knocked Up.” Heigl plays an entertainment reporter who gets knocked up by a one night stand, played by “The Forty Year Old Virgin” and “Freaks and Geeks” actor, Seth Rogen. It looks like the story is basically how they get to know each other and deal with the fact that they’re having a baby. I’m looking forward to it coming out. It comes from the same group of people who made The Forty Year Old Virgin and while I still haven’t totally embraced the funny of that movie, this one looks like it could be a winner and make a movie star out of Heigl.

While watching, “Because I Said So,” it occurred to me that I don’t like Diane Keaton as an actress. The only movie I ever liked her in was “The First Wives Club” and that’s only because she had Bette Midler and Goldie Hawn to play off of. Her character was so annoying and irritating and I don’t know who dressed her in the movie, but her clothes were heinous. I don’t think there was ever a scene where she wasn’t wearing a huge, wide belt (above her natural waist). Also, the fact that she looks better in her underwear than I do really put a bad taste in my mouth. SPOILERS AHEAD: It’s not that the movie was bad, it just wasn’t that good. I really like Mandy Moore and I really liked her character, but I don’t think she made any realistic choices. I mean, if you’re miserable with one guy and jubilant with the other, don’t stick with the one that makes you cry! It’s not like you’ll be single and unhappy since you’ve got the other one just waiting for you to come to your senses! Also.. at the end, Diane Keaton married Stephen Collins (the Rev. on Seventh Heaven), who is also the father of her daughter’s boyfriend. What kind of mother does that!? I mean… they’re now stepbrother and sister!!! The whole movie you talked about your daughter’s happiness, and then you marry his dad!? No!!! Would they be able to get married now since their parents are married? I mean, technically they’re not blood related, but I just found that to be really strange and I was not pleased with that ending! But hey, the popcorn was good. There’s always an upside. Plus, Chrissy and I figured out that our next date with be “Music and Lyrics” starring Hugh Grant and Drew Barrymore. What can I say? Cheesy, but funny. Tre even said she’d probably see it and she LOATHES Hugh Grant. That’s got to be a good sign!

As I’m sure you can see, another boring day awaits. I watched both episodes of Top Design last night so I’ll let you in on what I think of that later on. It’s no Project Runway but what it lacks in substance, it makes up for in pissy gay hissy fits. What more could a girl ask for?

I gave it a shot

Last night at dinner, J. got a salad (as usual, I refused mine). As he was eating his, I told him to give me a small piece of lettuce with dressing on it (ranch) just so I could see what I was missing. The answer to that question is NOTHING. No matter what you put on it, it still tastes like crunchy water. Maybe with ranch dressing, chicken, bacon bits and other tasty goodness to mask the lettuce, it'd be ok. But I doubt it.

Funny how things change...

As I mentioned earlier, I had lunch with my friend Tim this afternoon. We had such a great time chatting about things that had been going on in our lives, and about all the people who have changed, for better or worse. I was quite surprised when I saw him, as he is now about half of his former self! It’s probably been two and a half years (give or take) since I’ve seen him and he’s shed well over 100 pounds. Knowing how hard it is to do (especially the amount he took off) I commended him all lunch hour! Apparently he is/was doing some sort of weight loss plan down in Florida that is reminiscent of LA Weight Loss or Weight Watchers. Also, as a pseudo celebrity in those parts (he’s a DJ on a local morning show) he’s been tapped as their spokesperson and has commercials running during his morning show. Even while he’s up here he’s making money off those commercials! I took a picture of us before he left so I’ll try to post that in the near future. Anyway, it was a great time and it was good to see him and catch up!

As usual, today is not flying by fast enough. I’m considering taking a sick day but I think it would look shady if I took Friday off. Plus, my sister is taking it off too and doesn’t it defeat the purpose if you can’t be home by yourself? It’s not like I have anything special to do, but I have nothing going on at work either. Call me crazy, but I’d rather watch Deliverance than sit at work trying to think of ways to fake work. I’m sure I won’t have the balls to do it, but it sounds like a good idea.

In TV news: TLC is coming out with a modeling show called “The Petra Nemocova Project.” It seems like it will be the anti-America’s Next Top Model and more “realistic” to the way the modeling world works. I admit it, I’m intrigued. Are you surprised?

CBS has tapped Mark Paul Gosselaar to play a public defender in an office run by Janeane Garafalo for an upcoming pilot. How soon do you think it’ll be before Screech cameos as one of Zach’s cases? Could be sooner rather than later if he keeps up his Celebrity Fit Club escapades!

Here’s a clip from tomorrow night’s brand new episode of The Office.

In another stellar cameo, Stan Lee will appear in the February 19th episode of Heroes as a bus driver who has an encounter with Hiro. How does Hiro get all the sci-fi geek guest stars!?

If you live in a relatively metro area and want to see the Oscar nominees for best picture, click here.

I don’t know if any of you saw the Snickers commercial where two guys kissed as they tried to eat from different ends of the Snickers. In order to squash the homo undertones, they then proceeded to rip out their chest hair. I’m sorry, I laughed my ass off at this commercial and I can’t believe it’s that big a deal that they’re never running it again. I did happen to see it at my ultra religious cousin’s house on Superbowl Sunday. I don’t think I need to say that it went over like a fart in church. A really loud, offensively smelly fart during the Priest’s homily.

Hump the Day Away

It’s hump day. That usually makes me happy, I admit. However, I may have made a small oversight in some paperwork for work, and I’m not sure how that’s going to suss itself out. I’m sure it’ll turn out fine, but there’s this impending dread looming around me. I’ll keep you posted.
On a good note, I get to have lunch with my friend Tim today. I’ve known Tim since high school when he wrote in my yearbook “when we getting naked?” I keep pushing the date back, but I think he still holds out hope, which doesn’t hurt a girl’s self esteem! He’s a DJ on a country station down in Florida, and just happened to be home this week. Unfortunately, this is the only time we could find to get together. I came in a half hour early so we’d have a little extra time to catch up. I think we’ll just walk next door to the Albany Pump Station to get lunch. It’s close and will give us even more time to chat. I think this will really turn my day around, and who doesn’t love an extended lunch?

Tonight me, my sister, my cousin Chrissy and my friend Lynn are all going to see “Because I Said So.” What can I say? I like Mandy Moore and sometimes nothing makes a girl feel better than a chick flick…. and having popcorn for dinner. I’ll give you my review tomorrow. It hasn’t received great reviews, but it was 2nd at the box office this weekend so I’ll give it a shot.

OOH.. great news.. my mistake isn’t a mistake after all. This day is already looking up!

Last night was pretty mellow. J. had said he was going to make me dinner, but when I got to the house, nothing was cooking. That kind of put me in a cranky mood because it was so cold out and I really didn’t want to have to go outside again. He took me to this cute Italian restaurant, which I’m sure wreaked havoc with my Weight Watchers! I ordered chicken fettucini with garlic and oil (instead of fettucini alfredo), which was really great. However, the order was SOOO huge that I barely could eat any of it. Now J. has something to eat when he gets home from work today. I also had two slices of bread with butter (mmm.. real butter) and a little bit of his fried mozzarella. All things considered, I could have done worse and since I worked out yesterday I’m not going to beat myself up over it. I’ll have a grilled chicken sandwich for lunch with Tim and popcorn for dinner at the movies.. Will there be butter on it? Oh hell yes.. but not as much as usual. I won’t eat anything for the rest of the night so I think it’ll work itself out. That’s what your extra points are for, right? He wanted to catch a movie after that, but there really wasn’t anything out that we would both see (we’re not good at movie compromise) or that we’d make the early show for. God knows staying up for the late show on a school night is not our forte! Instead we went home and watched A Bronx Tale. I made it through an hour (but I’ve already seen it) and he probably made it slightly more than that before we shut the TV off. We’re like old people sometimes.. except they can stay up way later than we can!

No crazy diaper wearing astronauts to speak of, so it must be a slow news day. I’ll try to log back on later with some gossip to brighten your day. If I don’t get a chance… hump ‘em if you got ‘em and this is your one week Valentine's Day warning!!!! J. "doesn't believe" in Valentine's Day and if I were single, I'd agree. But I'm not... I got him a card but I'm not expecting anything... So basically it'll be like the last mmm... 30 years!!!

To quote Buckcherry

Crazy Bitch

What a night!

If you haven’t gotten into Heroes yet, you must do so. Last night was an awesome episode, as was last week (I finally watched it before last night’s episode). I’m disappointed that my sister couldn’t get into it, because I want to talk about it with someone! Things are coming out that I never expected and I heard there’ll be one hell of a cliff hanger to end the first season. Believe it or not, I don’t get into shows so much that it irks me to miss an episode. It pained me to have to wait a week to watch this show. That says something.

Speaking of great TV, Jennifer Esposito will join the cast of Rescue Me for the season premiere. She will play a volunteer firefighter that has a history with Tommy Gavin, and may also turn into a love interest for the season. If I remember correctly, Tommy was basically facing a fiery death with Sheila (who I’m pretty sure got out of the burning beach house before he did) at the end of last season. Does this mean Sheila went back in to get him and died? I hope not, because a Sheila/Jennifer Esposito catfight would be an incredible bit of television, don’t you agree? That bitch is crazy (in a good way of course)! What I’m saying is, it looks like Tommy will still be alive and kicking next season, although with this show you can be dead and still remain a pretty central character.

If you love The Office as much as I do (what was I saying about not really getting into TV shows?), check out this link. It’s a 10 minute video clip of the greatest scenes from the show. It was a little lengthy, but had some really great moments on it. I don’t think I watched the show that much in the first season so it looks like I better bust out my Season One DVD and refresh my memory!

Could it be true? Are the 80’s really back? God, I hope so!

Former O’s pitcher Steve Barber died on Sunday from complications of pneumonia at the age of 67. Barber was the Orioles first 20 game winner and was named to two All-Star teams during his time there. He was also a member of the O’s Hall of Fame.

I lost 2 more pounds, but I think mom is still ahead of me which I’ll never understand. I’m at the gym at least four days a week, sweating my ass off. Speaking of which, my cousin wants me to go to this Afro Latin Dance class with her. They offer it at my gym, but only on Mondays at 5 pm. They offer it at her gym Saturday mornings at 8 and Thursday nights at 6:30 and it’ll cost me $10. I don’t know if I want to spend $10 on it right now, is that sad? Plus, there’s usually a cute boy in my bed on Saturday mornings and I’m not sure I want to get out of a nice, warm bed that early! Anyway, I’ll let you know what I decide. I will do it eventually. If I can find someone to go with me, I might try it on the 22nd. I don’t have dance class that night so I can more than likely make it to the class at 6:30. To celebrate our weight losses, mom and I housed a Four Brothers pizza. It was insanely good and also insanely expensive! $18.50 for a large pepperoni and extra cheese pizza. That seems a little much to me, but I didn’t pay for it. Just ate the shit out of it. It was like heaven.. Then I watched Heroes and The Hills before I hit the hay. That’s a lot of H’s! Anyway, time to work… hopefully more to come later.

I cared about (and am happy with) the outcome of the Superbowl!

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know the Colts won the Superbowl and Peyton Manning finally scored that elusive ring. After the kick-off I was a little concerned, but the Colts stepped it up, made it a game and then ran away with the title. I adore Tony Dungy but I think it was hysterical how they kept making such a big deal that he was the first African-American Coach to win the Superbowl. Not because it’s not an accomplishment, but because no matter which team won that Coach would be the first African American Coach to win the Superbowl. Catch my drift? Anyhoo… congratulations to the Indianapolis Colts! I didn’t catch much of Prince’s half-time show, but you know girlfriend was pissed that his “coif” got wet! I’ve heard mixed feelings about his performance but all in all, it seemed OK.

Great news - Tim Gunn insists he will be back for Season 4 of Project Runway. No, that was not a tornado, but the collective sighs of relief from the fashion world.

When I got into work today I learned our motherboard had been blown out over the weekend, so I had a feeling it wasn’t going to be a very good day. Seems everyone is on edge. Personally, I can’t wait to get the hell out of here, but that doesn’t really make it different from any other day now does it? It’s weigh in night, and after that I plan to watch last week’s Heroes to prepare for this week’s Heroes. I found out my friend Tim is in town, so I had anticipated meeting him out for a drink or two, but we’re going to do lunch on Wednesday instead. I really want to see him, but it’ll be nice to have a free night also.

J. and I went to see Smokin’ Aces on Friday night. Halfway through the movie he gave me this devilish grin and I knew he had figured out the plot. He does this all the time and it’s so irritating… in a good way of course, but still. Anyway, the movie wasn’t spectacular. There was a lot going on and lots of violence, but it wasn’t awful either. Certainly wasn’t a vanity piece for Jeremy Piven. He looked like death warmed over about 100 times. Not a bad way to spend a couple hours though, that’s for sure.

Saturday I cooked breakfast (pancakes and sausage) and J. and I basically hung out until I decided to go to the gym. He had to run home as he forgot his steel toed boots for work, so it worked out pretty well. Later on that night we went cosmic bowling with some buddies of mine from my softball team and my cousins. We had such a great time. It’s kind of hard for my sister and I to bowl for fun, as you still don’t want to bowl bad, but it really was entertaining and fun. I think we’re going to try to do it again next month and I was thinking of taking the girls when they come into town in late March. It was $10 for 2 hours and that was plenty! We hung out at the bar for a while afterwards, ate some garlic popcorn (which we all tasted the next day) and then hightailed it to bed as J. had to work at 6 am the next morning. I woke up famished, but had to wait until we went to brunch at Meadowgreens to celebrate my father’s 55th birthday. The brunch was great, I just wished that it had more breakfast foods. The only “br” part of the brunch were scrambled eggs, potatoes and French toast sticks. We then went back to my parents house to give him his present, a REALLY nice push cart for golfing. After that I agreed to go to Albany with my mother. She just wanted to go to Macy’s and I had nothing to do before the Superbowl so I figured, why not? I ended up getting three shirts that I can wear now and then two more that I bought to take to Ireland with me (or at least that’s how I justified the purchase). It’s nice to go shopping when the clothes actually look decent on you. While I may have only lost 10 pounds, you can see it in the way my clothes fit that I’m losing inches. Unfortunately, I didn’t measure myself before I started so I’ll never really know what I’ve lost. Still, it felt pretty damn good to not sit in the dressing room, depressed that nothing fit! After I got back I went to my cousin’s for their annual Superbowl party. I was having a great time, but I didn’t think I’d be home tonight so I needed to do some laundry and other such things, so I left just before half-time. After the win, I tried to go to sleep, but I did not sleep well at all. I was up way before my alarm for the gym went off this morning and that is never a good thing. I hope I can make it through Heroes tonight!

Not much else to tell… it’s been kind of quiet lately.. My advice is to simply stay inside and bundle up. It’s pretty fricking freezing in these parts! Have a great Monday night!

How could I forget?

I know Brian Urlacher is way more my type, but how can you not want these guys to win a Superbowl ring? GO COLTS!!!!!!!!!! (photo courtesy of FOX Sports)

Who's watching the Daytona 500??

Well... I am.. at least for the first five minutes or so....

The groundhog speaks....

Punxatawney Phil did not see his shadow today, signifying an early spring. Considering we had a late winter, I guess that’s a great thing! In all honesty, I don’t recall the groundhog ever NOT seeing his shadow so this is kind of a landmark thing for me. With all the TV lights I don’t know how the groundhog ever couldn’t see his shadow, but today was that day. Way to go Phil!

Lots of entertainment news to get to. I’m hoping my day perks up so I’ll try to get a shitload in now, just in case this is my last opportunity.

Patrick Dempsey (McDreamy) and his wife welcomed a set of twin boys on Thursday. The boys are named Sullivan and Darby. Irish much?

Don Vito Margera (Bam’s uncle) will stand trial on felony charges of groping three girls at an MTV promotional appearance. Two of the girls are 12 years old, and the other 14. Apparently they came up to him for autographs and a picture, and ended up getting the bad touch. Don Vito could get probation or face up to 6 years in prison. Speaking of which, I saw the MTV show “Bam’s Unholy Union” the other night. As most of his shows are, it’s entertaining, but that’s only because he’s not my kid. In a future episode he trashes his bride’s wedding dress. That would be cause to cancel the wedding for me!

Project Runway is staying at Parsons and producers are “confident” that Tim Gunn will return.

Speaking of Bravo, Top Design was Bravo’s highest rated debut and the Top Chef finale beat ABC’s “Primetime” in the ratings.

Last Comic Standing is replacing host Anthony Clark with Bill Bellamy. They have also recruited new talent scouts: Former contestants Alonzo Bodden, Kathleen Madigan and Ant. I liked all three of them, even though Ant can be tremendously over the top. Speaking of him, drama is aplenty on the set of Celebrity Fit Club. Apparently Screech has been sequestered for being a douchebag to everyone, but mainly for threatening former Idol contestant Kimberly Locke. It’s too late in production to replace him so he’s being kept away from the other contestants until the end.

Been real tired this week. Passed out before 10 last night and didn’t get to watch any of my shows. That’s what DVR is for!! Anyway, big plans this weekend, kind of. J. and I are going cosmic bowling with my sister, cousin and some of our summer softball friends. I think it’ll be fun! Don’t know yet what I’m doing for Superbowl. Sunday is my Dad’s 55th birthday (Happy Birthday Dad) so we’re going to brunch for him and then giving him his present. I think I”ll be a tad strapped for cash and don’t want to be tantalized by pizza and wing buffets, so I might just watch the game from the privacy of my own home. Only time will tell on that one. Anyway, time to get to work. I got in at 8 am today which means I’ve wasted two hours already. Can’t wait to get out of here at 4:30. Hope that snow we’re supposed to get really is only a dusting because I don’t feel like driving to Catskill if it isn’t. Have a great weekend and perhaps you’ll get more insight from me later!

PS - Happy Birthday Rob!!!

GOOD Baseball News

The O's have signed both Brian Roberts and Nick Markakis to a one year deal. Roberts signed for 4.2 million (exactly in between what he wanted, and what the O's wanted to give) but the details of the Markakis signing are not common knowledge. Just because they signed one year deals does not mean there isn't room for extensions, just that they'll worry about that during the season or next off-season. Really, we all know what this is: An excuse for me to post a picture of my two favorite boys (compliments of orioles.com). How many days till Spring Training!? I don't think I can wait. Oh yeah.. Orioles Fanfest has been rescheduled for April 1st and additional tickets went on sale today. Lots of stuff going on and if I weren't leaving for Ireland the following weekend, I'd probably try to make it down! I bet it'd be almost as good as Photo Day and when I find out when that is you can bet my ticket will be booked (ok, well, I wouldn't bet on it, but I REALLY want to go again).

This should be my last post today. It's been a quiet day. Like, I saw a tumbleweed roll past my desk kind of quiet. Looking forward to getting out of here and having a good night, as I hope you all do. I'll be back in the AM, hopefully not too early as that means I'm still experiencing pangs of boredom. Don't forget: new episodes of The Office and Grey's Anatomy tonight. Whoopie!!!!

I'm bored

and have nothing of substance to blog about. This is not a good situation.

I was right when I thought the bridezilla video I posted yesterday was a fake.

Happy 25th Anniversary to David Letterman!

Apparently Boston is the city you want to be in if terrorists try to attack, as other cities thought nothing of the "devices" used in the Adult Swim marketing campaign. Better to be safe than sorry!?

It's February...

who's still sticking to their New Year's Resolutions!?

In a shocking upset (note the sarcasm), Ilan Hall was named the winner of Top Chef. Honestly, I fell asleep around ten of 10, and woke up again at 10:45, so I saw very little of the show. It’ll be on Bravo constantly this weekend (and I DVR’d it) so I know I’ll get to see it. What I did see was the judges fawning over Marcel’s dishes, so Ilan must have really gone balls to the wall on this one. I was in and out for the rest of the show and happened to be out when they announced the winner. Obviously, I wasn’t able to stay awake to watch Top Design, but that is also ready and waiting on my DVR. In other words, I’ll keep you posted.

In what can only be construed as great news, Tim Gunn has decided to step down from Parson and work as Creative Officer at Liz Claiborne, effective March 5, 2007. If you read the press release, it states that Liz Claiborne is very supportive of Tim’s work on Project Runway and his new Bravo show, therefore it looks like it will only be a matter of time before Mr. Gunn signs his Project Runway contract. Also, the show could start sooner if they decided on a venue other than Parson’s as they may not have to wait for the school year to end. I’m sure more information will be forthcoming in the next couple of weeks. Congratulations Tim!!! (Thanks to Bravotv.com for the pic)

I’m probably the last to jump on this bandwagon, but I watched the show “Bones” last night, and was completely sucked in! I loved it! I have always had an interest in forensics and crime, yet I have never gotten into any of the shows that showcase these topics. Plus, it’s normally on when America’s Next Top Model is on so you can see my dilemma. Anyway, not only does it star David Boreanaz (who had a great run on another show I didn’t start watching until it was in reruns, Buffy the Vampire Slayer), but the storyline kept me intrigued, yet unsure of what was to come for the entire episode. I might have to see what I can do to get into it a little more, as there were backstories/relationships that I didn’t know anything about. If J. weren’t so tired I think he might have slapped me upside the head, as I asked TONS of questions. My point is, I highly recommend Bones.

To round out my TV news (it is Thursday after all) Ed Helms (Andy Bernard) has been promoted to a regular on The Office. Rashida Jones (Karen Fillipelli) is still recurring. What does this say about the Pam-Jim-Karen triangle? Well, you all know what I’m hoping, but apparently Karen will confront Pam on the subject on tonight’s episode. If you’re looking, here are some previews of tonight’s episode.

Once again, I cooked last night. I’ve realized I can get J. to do just about anything if there’s food involved. Case in point: He worked at 3 am yesterday and had to work at 3 am again today. If that were me, would I feel like driving a half hour farther from work on little to no sleep? No, I wouldn’t. However, when I mentioned that I was making dinner and he wouldn’t have to buy anything, he was at my house in 45 minutes. Makes me wish I’d learned how to cook earlier in my life, as a man’s heart really may be through his stomach! Anyway, I made these Crusty Ham and Cheese sandwiches, which were quite good. So much so, that I have one for dinner tonight! I think they were a little on the small side for J., but luckily fatigue pulled through before he realized he was still hungry. I also made these Frozen Peanut Butter Bites. They taste so good and you get a lot for only one point. Even my sister liked them, which is usually not the case when it comes to Weight Watchers type of food.

My friend Justin has been bugging me regarding an Adult Spelling Bee at Bombers Burrito Bar on February 11th. Justin and I were in spelling bee against each other in fifth grade. We both got beat by the most annoying (and ridiculously smart) third grader. At least we weren’t the oldest kids in the spelling bee cause I doubt I’d ever live that down. Anyway, I misspelled curriculum on my first shot and I don’t think I’ve ever recovered (nor will I ever misspell it again). He wants me to compete, but I told him I’d go there to support and cheer him on. My sister also thinks I should enter but I don’t know. I’m a relatively good speller but it’s kind of like how I would be on reality TV: I just don’t want to be the first one booted. I have another week or so to decide, but I think I’ll stick with being the cheering section. I did just find out that it was a $300 first prize. So yeah, I might enter.