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When I started seeing the previews for “More to Love,” which is basically just “The Bachelor” with fat girls, I was super excited, especially about the sort of mean title of the show. At least they didn’t call it “The Fat-chelor” which would have been awful. My first issue with the show is that the weight of the girls doesn’t seem right. Some girls said they weighed the same or less than me at the same height and they look HUGE compared to me. Maybe I wear my weight better or something but yikes. Or maybe I’m delusional. Either way, something seems off. My second issue is that the guy voted off the fattest girls in the first cut. Like, I get it, but if those girls didn’t have self esteem issues, they sure as shit do now. And each girl talks like they are so happy with themselves and their bodies but then the next second they start crying because they hate themselves and eat their feelings. Okay, nobody actually *said* that last part, but it’s true. Maybe a few of them seemed actually o...

I was just at the Wright State bookstore and as I was checking out, the lady at the cash register said “take a free stick of gum” so I did. Who doesn’t like free things? I don’t remember what the gum was called because I threw out the wrapper, but it was sour, then turned sweet like bubble gum. HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE? Does this mean that the whole meal in a stick of gum concept made popular by Willy Wonka is in our future? I hope so.

On Saturday, Ryan, Rachel, their mom and I went to see Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. First, a brief comment on the audience. I understand that the books are largely viewed as children’s books, but the books really grow with the characters and by the time the sixth book comes around, the students are fourteen and the general tone is pretty dark and depressing… cause that’s what fourteen-year-olds are like. They are. It’s true. My problem, then, is not with the books or the movie, but with the parents who allow their VERY young children (like under the age of eight, as young as around two or three) to come to the movie theatre for the seven o’clock showing and sit through two and a half hours of gruesome and scary scenes. Let’s be honest – if I was really young and saw this movie, it would probably scar me for life (much like the movie It – that is terrifying and you know it). In fact, when the inferi come out of the water I jumped, as did most of the audience including the rea...

I know that I haven’t posted anything in awhile, but it’s hard to keep up a blog when you actually have other things to do. Right now I’m interning full-time in the archives at Wright State, after which I will graduate with my MA!! Exciting!! Things are good. Except that Michael Jackson died. There have been so many different views about him stated in the last day or so, the worst of which are that he was a child molester and people are glad that he’s dead. I don’t understand. I mean, I get that he may have done some unspeakably awful things – but he *was* acquitted. So was O.J., but still. And to wash away all of the amazing contributions he made to music and dance is shocking and appalling to me. I think that he was amazing, even to the end. Perhaps his final tour may not have been so amazing, but we will never know. He had an extraordinary amount of talent and he was a force to be reckoned with throughout his entire life. I will miss Michael Jackson, if for no other reason than anyo...

This new show starts tonight called Harper’s Island, where apparently they’re going to kill off one person every week – which sounds pretty cool. I think I have a good chance of liking it because I don’t really like horror movies but I like serial killer stuff. Should be interesting. Other than that there hasn’t been much on of interest – LOST of course, but besides that there’s just American Idol (which is just terrible) and Top Model (which is lame because none of the girls are that pretty). Family Guy is still there, but there aren’t really any shows besides LOST that I’m super excited about. Movie-wise, there’s been better stuff. The Prestige was seriously one of the best movies I’ve seen in a long time, and Doubt was absolutely fantastic. I also saw my first Bond movie: Casino Royale, and I loved it. Journey to the Center of the Earth wasn’t even that bad. Crazy, I know. And Slumdog Millionaire! I didn’t expect much, but I’ve seen it twice and it is super good.

This year, I was a bad Oscars viewer as I had seen NONE of the movies nominated, except The Dark Knight, and that doesn’t really count anyway. Still, just like every year, I made my predictions based on buzz about the movies, other awards they won, and how much I wanted to see them. Turns out, I know what I’m talking about a lot more when I have no idea what I’m talking about. I successfully predicted: - best picture (slumdog millionaire) - best actor (sean penn) - best actress (kate winslet) - best supporting actress (penelope cruz) - best supporting actor (heath ledger) - best director (slumdog millionaire) - best adapted screenplay (slumdog millionaire) - best makeup (benjamin button) - best original score (slumdog millionaire) - best sound editing (the dark knight) - best animated film (wall-e) that’s pretty good. so out of 24 major awards, I successfully predicted 11, and I got all the awards anyone cares about, so I am totally awesome. Woo!!!!

I like finding new music, because finding something I really like doesn’t happen very often. So here’s what I’ve been listening to a lot lately: - Jason Mraz. First of all, I like his last name, so he already gets points for that. I like that remedy song he did a few years ago, but he recently came out with “I’m Yours” and it is seriously my favorite song right now. It is happy and catchy and I really enjoy his voice. I downloaded the rest of his album and I’m listening to it right now – lots of brass and fun happy music – I also like “Coyotes” and a few others. He performed on SNL a week or so ago and he was amazingly good, and usually people are terrible on SNL. I mean seriously, TV on the Radio? Where are the people who actually like that music? Because it sucks. - Lady Gaga. I have to admit, I hated the hell out of that stupid “Just Dance” song for awhile. But, like all good pop music, it gets in your head like a freaking virus and it worms it’s way through your brain until you sta...