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It's about that time of year when I need to start searching for and watching Oscar contenders. So far, there's been buzz, but I haven't been paying attention to it - nominations aren't out until January, but I needed to start compiling a list. Here's what I have so far: - Gravity. This is the film with Sandra Bullock and George Clooney and they're lost in space, literally. When I saw previews I thought it just looked like Open Water  in space, which does NOT interest me at all. But alas, that's usually how it goes with at least half of the nominations. They are usually movies nobody really wants to watch, but they are probably fantastic. - 12 Years a Slave. This is one that I'm sure is amazing, but I don't know. I want to read the book first, but I imagine it will be depressing and I don't really like movies that bum you out from start to finish. Like whatever that one was a few years ago about the tsunami with Naomi Watts. I still haven't se...

By all accounts, I should love Glee . I love music, especially choir and show choir and acapella music, and I was actually in show choir in high school. I love musicals and get really excited when there's an episode of TV when the characters sing (i.e. Buffy and Grey's). But I don't like Glee.  In fact, I kind of hate it. I was super excited when it first came out because I thought this would be the perfect show for me, and for the first maybe three or four episodes, it was. And I have probably watched most of the episodes - I think I missed at least half of a season because all of a sudden there were a ton of new characters like Marlee and Unique and I still don't really know where they came from. And yes, I cried like a baby when they did the Finn tribute last week, but if tomorrow the show was canceled, I wouldn't  care. Because it's not realistic. They are always dressed in rididculous costumes you would NEVER be able to get or wear in a normal high school, ...