So last night I got sucked-in to watching more reality junk on television. I caught the finale of Temptation Island 3. OK, that show was boring and whack. I only watched the very first episode, which made me gag, and then caught the last episode last night. Dumb. No need for an explanation. Then I caught the first episode of the new Real World/Road Rules Challenge... The Gauntlet. Man, they don't have some of the more dramatically-driven people this season (amaya - rw; ellen - rr; gisela - rr . . . among others), so I don't know how this is gonna all work out. There isn't even anything remotely interesting like the Melissa-Julie Conflict from Battle of the Sexes. All we have is Matt's zealous Christianity so far. But at least we got Coral & Veronica up in the mix to add some spice. Irulan looks like she might know how to play the "bitch" factor up a few notches, too. So we shall see, my friends. Let's see how MTV manipulates the poor lives of these reality show alums this go-around. They've already got some of the ladies comparing boob sizes.
In the meantime, I'm sleepy. Oh duh, I have work to do. Almost forgot... *rolls eyes*
SUNDAY was a very BUSY day. After waking up with a mild hang-over (i lived to tell about my KaRuNkEd-NeSs saturday night...) after like 3 hrs. of sleep, I got up and met Helen at College Park. From there we went to --- PhiLLy! The City of Brotherly Love! We drove into the city and went to Rittenhouse Square. We attempted to do some shopping, but for some reason a good amount of stores were closed Sundays. WTH?! Helen got decent buys. I only ended up with 2 shirts from H&M and another shirt from Banana. *EH* And I have to exchange the shirts I got from H&M cause after trying them on when I got home last night, I figured out just how much I didn't like the way they fit. LOL. It was a blower. We spent a good amount of time in the city... actually about 3 hours. It sucked. I am SO not going shopping there again. The highlight was probably when we went to Blue Mercury. They had a good selection of the Bumble & Bumble hair products line, which is awesome. Too bad I have no hair to really need anything. After a ripped-off Chinese lunch, we left for King of Prussia...which we should've done long before we did!
We got to KOP and went to Bloomie's first. I found a coat... It's a fall/winter coat, and it's basically a different twist on the traditional pea coat. It's very cool, and I think I got it for a decent price ---esp. for a DKNY coat. That made my experience all the more worthwhile. When we crossed-over to the other mall (KOP is two malls connected to one another) we went to Nieman's. I wanted to get something small, but not a scarf or anything. I ended up going with a new wallet ---well, card-holder is more like it. I like the simplicity of a card-holder rather than a bulging wallet. I left Nieman's with a new Ferragammo wallet, which made me a HAPPY CAMPER! *SmiLe* Helen did ok, too. She ended up with a bunch of camisoles from Hollister, and then a puffy vest from Express. She almost went home with a $600+ clutch from Louis Vuitton, but we nixed that idea after a while. AHAHA...! Ahhh, shopping with Helen is a trip. It's artistic even. I ended up getting what I needed... A new fall/winter coat. YaHoO!
We rushed through traffic to get back to CP and stopped at Primo's place to watch ALIAS. Woah... that show is SOMEthing else. I've got to keep up with this one this season. *WhEw*
The belatedness continues... My friends, John and Nikki Gomez, have just given birth (well, actually nikki just gave birth... lol!) to Darrien Jericho! Coby now has a BROTHER! *WaHoO* Congratz to them!!
OK, last night was the all-new season premiere of MUST-SEE TV on NBC. It kicked-off with Friends. It was a decent follow-up to the cliffhanger they hurled at us at the end of last season. It wasn't TOO funny, but it was funny enough. Mainly, Monica brought-on most of the laughs. She was just too funny with her hair situations...LOL! But yes, Monica and Chandler were hilarious as always. Ross was funny, too... Joey and Rachel - eh... Well, it was funny when Rachel was looking around the room for Joey after Chandler/Monica secretly pulled him to the other room. AHAHA! Phoebe was aight. The confrontation between her and Precious was pretty ha-ha. All in all, I give it a B+. Will and Grace was next. I've never been into this show. But the times that I have seen it, I think Karen and Jack always steal the show. Now THOSE two are flat-out hilarious. Rosario has been getting funnier and funnier, too... This episode Grace was pretty funny at times, but Will was just way too uptight. I dunno, I didn't pay too much attention to the show. But again, Jack and Karen stole it. It should be called "Karen & Jack" or something. LOL. I give it a B. Next was the premiere of Coupling. I wasn't too sure of this, but it ended up being VERY funny; very likable. I especially like Lindsay Price's character. She sorta plays the "dumb-blonde" type, even though she's not really blonde. It's the British-take on Friends, and that's totally clear. But I think they'll be able to work it so that it becomes something incessantly "American." Coupling gets an A-. Last was ER. I told myself that I was NOT going to get into this show, but I did. I got SUCKED-in as usual. Too much stuff going on. But Jing-mei is gettin' jealous of the new med-school intern, who happens to also be Asian: a Punjabi girl, raised in Britain. I wonder if she's the girl who starred in Bend It Like Beckham?! Hmmm... Anyway, no details... but it was a great episode. ER gets an A. Not to mention, there was a new show that premiered on the WB the other night about two half-brothers who can play some mad ball. I forgot the name of it, but it seems pretty cool. It's very WB-ish, and it co-stars Moira Kelly!! I'm gonna have to keep tabs on this one. There's so many good shows coming on this season. Perhaps it'll help me STAY HOME and SAVE MONEY instead of always being out. AHAHAHA! We can only hope. REMINDER: Alias comes back this Sunday!
On the way in this morning, I got side-tracked. There was all this trife-ass traffic going on, so I had to take a detour through NE into a part of SE and back into NE then into NW. *WhEw* I truly haven't seen all parts of DC, and DC ends up not feeling so small after getting lost a little. I actually went into a part of NE (capitol hill) that looked nice, and was up-and-coming. There were shops, offices, and people milling about like it was a nice place to hang-out or live. Even when I drove through that part of SE, I was amazed! When you hear "SE," you automatically think gangs, violence, and drugs. But not here. I swear, the only people I saw milling about were WHITE folks. YES. There are white people in SE, ladies and gentlemen. And it was a part of SE that actually looked "shi-shi." LEMME FIND OUT! I guess you learn something new on random days. AHAHAHA!
Speaking of "Bertha," have you ever played that game, "Big Bertha?" It's actually a kid's game that you'll find somewhere like, ummm, Chuck E. Cheese or something. Big Bertha is like this big face with the mouth open, and you have to throw in as many balls into the mouth as you can. It's sorta like Skee Ball, but not as hard. It's actually a very dumb game, but it's amusing to see the kids get all excited about it. But anyway. I remember going to Chuck E. Cheese with some of my friends --- YES, during my high school and college days I ADMIT IT!! --- and we'd totally play Big Bertha just for the tickets. We'd like take the balls and literally slip them into the mouth. I mean, we wouldn't have to actually throw it since we could physically reach the mouth-opening with no problem. OK, that was pretty random. LOL.
Back to the subject at hand here... Yes, I hate when people win something but act like total asses about it. It's like, "HELLO! YOU JUST FREAKIN' WON SOMETHING!" I never win stuff... Hardly. I mean, being chosen to lead something, or to take-charge of an event or yada-yada is nothing compared to actually winning something. I remember working at GAP and they'd do these dumb random "lottery" things...like if you make a certain amount of sales you'd put your name in a box and then they'd randomly draw "winners." I'd always get something dumb like a CD case or a hat. I never got anything remotely COOL. But even still, I didn't act like a mean ass about it. I'd be lividly ecstatic just because. ARGGGHHH! SO if ever you win something, BE more EN-freakin'-THUSIASTIC about it, or don't accept that shit... OK?!
Oh, I caught the tail end of The Bachelor last night... OK, so is this how they're gonna do it now?! Like whoever gets outright dissed on The Bachelorette will become the next bachelor, and vice-versa?! Dude, that new bachelor is a freakin' DORK! And all of the women were like, "OMG, he's SO cute!" Ummm, MY ASS! Oh, and the winner... the winner of the "I'M-A-LOSER-ON-THE-BACHELOR" AWARD goes to that one girl who didn't get picked and cried her butt off in front of the camera. OK, I forgot her name, but she was all chokin' on her tears and could barely talk. And she went on and on about, "I don't know how he could do this... I mean, he broke my heart on national television...! *sob*sob*sob*" OK, let me just break this down real quick: FIRST OF ALL - each one of those girls knew WHAT they were getting themselves into. They've seen the other shows! And if some of them thought that they were just THE BOMB that night, then they were highly mistaken. I saw those bird-noses and somewhat-receding hairlines on some of them broads! EEEw! SECONDLY - how the hell are you gonna sit there and cry about the bachelor "breaking your heart?!" YOU JUST MET THE GUY. Ummm, he just met you THAT NIGHT and he had to spread out his time between 25 other women. He only could choose 15, so GET OVER IT!! I swear, Cry Baby was all about, "OMG, he broke my heart on NATIONAL TELEVISION!" And in return, she made herself look like an ass on national television. Part of me thought that she was being fake, and trying hard to be the next bachelorette. Yeah, only after a face lift...
I know I'm mean, but I have to be real about this situation. I have to hold it down... I saw the looks of disappointment on their faces. Some of them dropped their smiles after he gave out the 5th rose! This show is pathetically SAD. These women go on here actually looking to this ONE guy as their hope for a future family life. Let's get real. You don't go on a nationally syndicated TV show to "compete" for ONE man's affection against 24 other women. I even heard someone say that she felt he was the one for her just after LOOKING at him. And her ass didn't get picked. In fact, it may have been Cry Baby who said it. I would NOT be surprised. So yeah... Kudos to those girls who left with their heads still up. But to those who were devastated by the whole "travesty" of being NOT CHOSEN by Ronald McDonald Hairstyle --- please get over it. Have a drink and a one-night stand or SOMEthing! Seriously. The crying was pathetic. But how much you wanna bet that crying biznitch will be the first in line to try Joe Millionaire. Lawd, have mercy on us all...
The other ish was with Dave. Dave was SO busted last night. He's been playin' some major STANK with those people at Paradise Hotel. Did he not think he'd get figured out? So like he goes in there playing this big thing about forming an alliance with Keith and Tara, yet on his one-on-one with Holly he tells her that SHE AND SCOTT are his #2s?! Ummm...HELLO, Dave?! It was funny how Scott/Holly/Tara/Keith (and to an extent, Charla) confronted him about it. And what did he do? He freaked-out! He totally FREAKED THE *BLEEP* OUT. Emmm... thought you could handle it, Dave! And NOW Keith has the power. Keith has the power to bump off either DAVE/CHARLA or SCOTT/HOLLY. Personally, I'd like to see Charla and Scott stay in the game just because I think that Holly is lame, and Dave is a total backstabber... BUT it can't work that way. OH WELL. Man, the show's finale is next Wednesday. Why they gotta make me wait?!
Pay-day is this week. Too bad it's all going to bills AGAIN. Watdaferk, I am a happy camper... STILL. I so should look into picking up a second job. For the time being, anyway... *sigh*
Don't you hate it when you wake-up right before your alarm goes off? I literally woke-up like 23 seconds before my alarm went off. No wait, it was more like 10 seconds. My alarm went off at 5:15AM, and I got up at like 5:14:50AM... or something like that. I was blown. You know that every minute/second of sleep counts! I guess that meant I was pretty much rested?! Yeah, that explains the incessant yawning here at my cubicle. Too bad I gave up sleeping under my desk for Lent. Oh wait... that was over long ago... Ideas...?!
So schools are closed once again. Well, most of them are. PG County schools are actually going in 2 hours late this morning, except for a few including Friendly High School. Now how the hell is Friendly, oh and Potomac, going to not have school...but Oxon Hill DOES have school?! Is it because OHHS is on a hill?! LOL. Our neighboring schools (and rivals at that) don't have class today - probably due to rain and power issues. And you all thought that OHHS was ghetto. Compare it to our other area schools and you'll realize that OHHS is pretty shi-shi. AHAHAHAAH. OK, now I'm babbling. I left those Oxon Hill memories behind a LONG freakin' time ago. Oh, and how embarrassing that next month is our 10 year high school reunion. I thought that day would never come, but now look! It's here... *eh* ...and I do NOT plan on attending. Sorry, Clippers, but I'm not interested. SO STOP SENDING ME NOTICES IN THE MAIL! ShEeSh!
I'm in need of food. That banana just didn't cut it. Yogurt, anyone?! *WiNk*
But I have to question this... I mean, what are the lengths that we, as a society, will go through in order to protect someone's reputation and/or identity?! This kind of thing happens all the time (i'm assuming) among the affluent, or among people with power. It's sad that it has to be so. In a world where we try to live our lives by "keepin' it real," we still face the politics of "saving face." But what will hurt a person more?! Will it hurt a person to have to owe-up to his/her mistakes and/or shortcomings?! Afterall, we're human beings with the ability to change our lives and plow-on towards things that are better. OR...would it hurt people more to find out, later on, about another person's true life's mistakes?! I may have confused you there, reader, but oh well. I guess what I'm trying to say is that I think it's pretty messed-up how people of power, or people of affluence, would go through such lengths just to clear someone else's name. I think it's pretty pathetic that people resort to lying, stealing, cheating, and other kinds of whack-ass behavior just to up-hold another person's integrity.
As a society, what drives us? Is it greed, money, and power? Or is it the ability to accept life for what it is, and to do our best to better ourselves and our personal situations through hard-work and perseverance? I guess for some, this is a hard call to make. But it's a true facet of politics that happens in any place at any time; no one is spared of this. Even little civic organizations, church councils, non-profit associations, and even religious groups are not spared of the bug of politics. Believe it or not, it's out there - and it wears an ugly mask. It's a real eye-opener to realize the truth of an issue such as this. It just goes to show how flawed the seemingly flawless actually are. This is your life, people. Work it out.
This weekend I'm looking forward to a lot of stuff going on. I have a friend's housewarming to attend in the early evening... afterwards, I'm planning to go to AIR with a bunch of homies. Hopefully, the weather will be good. Then Sunday, I'm scheduled to go to Philly with an ol' college buddy. She wants to go shopping there, so I figured that I'd keep her company... ahahahah. So I'm looking forward to that. This past weekend sucked ass, and I wish that no one would ever have to experience what I experienced in these past few days. Being left powerless is not cool, and it does a number to your mental state. Right now, I'm reelin' at the fact that the A|C is pumpin', the internet is up and running, and I can actually take a shower with the lights on. Some of these luxuries, my friends, we often take for granted... *wink*
Oh just an observation... don't you hate it when people try too hard to be something they're not?! I don't want to get into this conversation cause I've blogged about this many times before. But really now... I can't stand when people try to act like they're something their not. I live to see situations where people who do are slapped in the face with a reality check. I'm pretty sure that someone is gonna get one of those in the very near future... Emm, just don't let that shit come from me forreal.
