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My parents have been watching the live feeds for Big Brother for the last few seasons, and I always made fun of them because, well, it seems weird to want to watch random people all day. A little creepy, even. Unfortunately, I am now one of the creepy people. I decided to get the live feed because they were going to bring back old houseguests, and I hoped one of them would be Evil Dick. I was right, which is awesome. Unfortunately, he's already gone. Like, one episode in. Seriously. I guess they're saying it's a family emergency - I hope we get more details. I can't imagine any family emergency being that serious. I mean, like, it's half a million dollars. Sorry to my parents, but if one of you died or something, I'm not sure I would leave the house. Like, a once in a lifetime opportunity, and what could I do - you'd be dead (sorry mom and dad). But for real, it better have been something serious because I was more exited about him being in the house than a...

I think it makes me the world's worst feminist, but I don't really enjoy reading fiction written by women. Seriously. I mean, obviously chick lit is awful if it's written by a man, so there's that kind of fiction - Sarah Mlynowski, Harriet Evans (at least her first two), Jennifer Weiner, and Sophie Kinsella - all great. But when it comes to a legal thriller or other books like that, I think (in general) the ones written by women are totally awful. They have love stories or they're overly descriptive and obnoxious. Obviously, I'm sure there are some women who write great legal thrillers and government thrillers/mysteries, but I have never come across one. Yuck. Usually I read chick lit and fun teen fiction for fun, because that's what I enjoy the most. However, lately I've been drawn to legal/government thriller/mysteries. I read Michael Connelly's The Lincoln Lawyer and absolutely loved it, as I loved the film with Matthew McConaughey - they got the...

Initially, I was not that excited about the new season of Big Brother - I tend to get bored with the show about halfway through because I inevitably hate about 70% of the people and to be honest, it's on WAY too often and I never had time for it. However, I no longer have cable, and I don't watch any television that isn't on Netflix's instant queue - so it seems like perfect timing for Big Brother ! This season, they're bringing back probably six houseguests who have been on the show before, and I have mixed feelings about it. While I would LOVE to see Will back in the house, and definitely Evil Dick, I think bringing people back onto reality shows is usually a rotten idea. Like on Survivor - Boston Rob ran the table on that show this past season, and the others let him. Sure, they got rid of Russell (sad), but they still let a former player screw them all over and out of a million dollars. Former houseguests have an advantage and it isn't fair. Maybe they sho...

This show is great, because I love dancing. The problem is, I'm not a huge fan of contemporary dance, or at least the contemporary dance that gets featured on the show. It's way too much like boring dance recitals from my high school and I find it boring. Isn't it possible to have contemporary dance to some upbeat music? It's like the winter olympics with figure skating. They always do the fun and fast song with the short program but the long program is always something slow and crazy boring. Like that one guy's JFK thing - who was that? Somebody Wyle or something. Anyway, it's all about contemporary, and I guess it's awesome or whatever, but then they add all the broadway dancing in there and it's like what the hell? It's not that much fun to watch and it isn't that impressive to watch when it's only two people - and the hip hop routines and just getting worse and worse, thanks to stupid Tabitha and Napoleon, who are totally hit or miss. I m...

I have always said that season 4 of LOST is, hands down, the worst season ever. However, I might be wrong. I bought the entire series on blu-ray (which is awesome), and I started watching the episodes from the beginning. I waited a fair amount of time after the show had ended because I was upset about the stupid ending and I didn't want that to taint my experience. Yes, I am a total geek. Anyway, I'm currently watching season 4, the weird episode when Jack has appendicitis (stupid). And yes, some of the storylines are weird and the freighter people are obnoxious (just Charlotte, really), but overall it's a good season. The acting is great even though the writing sucks, and Jin gets some great scenes - especially when he talks to Charlotte in Korean - that scene was awesome. Anyway, it's really not that bad. I think watching the episodes week to week is a huge mistake. I know that's why I really hated season six of the show - I never had any idea what was going on a...

To be completely honest, I was not overly excited about Super 8 because the previews made it look like another one of those movies where you never see the monster until the end and it's a huge disappointment. Plus, there are children actors, and that usually spells disaster and overacting. Happily, this was not like that. I mean, it was, but in a really great way. Spielberg plus J.J. Abrams equals awesome. I don't want to give away anything if you haven't seen it, but it's basically about a group of kids who are working on a monster movie and see a train derailed and then alien destruction happens. What was great about it, though, wasn't even the plot. The cinematography was really great but subtle and the acting was extraordinarily good, especially the kids. The director of the monster movie was awesome and the lead kid was also great. My favorite, though, was the blonde kid with the braces who liked blowing stuff up. The script was surprisingly funny for a monste...

I went out for drinks tonight with people from work - I don't usually like to socialize with people I work with because, in general, I don't like people and I fear that my face doesn't mask my dislike. But I figured since we work out of our homes, it's not like I see these people ever, so it would be relatively fun. And it totally was. Granted, I was only there for a few hours, but it was fun. Three rum and cokes later and I came home. Do you ever wonder how you come across to other people? I generally assume I'm awesome, but it's completely possible I am just as annoying as I find most people. That would suck. But then again, I don't put a lot of thought into it, so if they think I'm obnoxious, it doesn't really matter. I also hate that once you hit about 25, you can't tell how old other people are anymore. In high school and college if you assume that everyone is your age, you're almost always right. Once you hit 25, though, it's imposs...