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Sims 3 Showtime, Expansion Pack Coming In March 2012

2012-01-06T13:58:00.001-05:00

I like thousands of other Sims fans get giddy with excitement whenever we hear about the upcoming release of new expansion packs for our beloved games.

Sadly when it comes to this installment of the franchise- Sims 3, nearly every expansion pack has been a huge disappointing pitty party whenever we install the new expansions and have a gander at what each one has to offer....which is not much.

The very last expasion pack, which was Sims 3 Pets, was so horrendously dissapoinnting that I have not played the game since the release.

It is sad that it takes a new expansion pack to rekindle my love affair with this game.

I am not so sure my love affair will last that long when it comes to Showtime though.

This new expansion pack that is set for shelves this March 2012, just may be the ticket to getting me back into the game, and jazzed up again. This one is titled Sims 3 Showtime, and I feel like this one is more like an update to Ambitions, or a newer version of the original Sims Superstars.

With the not so unique vibe being present, I had to spy across the web for information on what this new expansion pack really would offer. Hopefully it was not just a re-make of what fans have already seen, unfortunatley EA is legendary for delivering the same crap, with an amped up look. Or not so amped up?

My Take:

So the game is pretty similar to the whole theme we saw in the original Sims 1- Superstars. However, with that being a reality, Showtime features an all new and interesting aspect to gameplay.

You have the option to travel to other Sims towns... thats right---- real life friends--- once in their town you can preform gigs, or just go on a tour.

I have to say this has to be one of the more attractive features about the new game...but what worries me is this:

Say I allow a friend of mine to visit my town, and they meet their actual character that I have created?

Yep, I am one of those players who create Sims based off of real life people. Like Facebook, I wonder if this new feature could actually ruin lives, or embarass the hell out of people.

At any rate, I feel that with this new 'visit your real life friends towns' feature, the game could be killer cool, or reallybad deoending on the situation.

Word to the wise, just don't be friends with your crush, and allow him into your town. God forbid you are married to him in your Sim Town. Haha.

I however pray that EA did not focus entirely on bringing us this new feature, and not adding much else besides that.

What I like though, is that EA seemed to have listened to my non-stop pleas to make the game more like Animal Crossing, where you could visit friends towns... they brought my lifelong want into a reality, and I am excited to see how it all works.

Americas Next Top Model All Stars- Episode 4 Recap

2012-01-03T14:43:00.002-05:00

Now do not get me wrong, I love Angelea, she's sparky, spunky, and interesting, but in my humble opinion she definitely did not deserve last nights best photo of the week moment. Nor did I think the runner up... uhm...(was it Dominique?) deserved that spot either; especially...over Allison, whom delieved a gorgeous cameleon of a photograph. Everything about Allison in photographs excites me, from her doe eyes and dolly disposition, she's a true photogenic star. Now in person though, she is quite the polar opposite.

At any rate, last nights picks angered me so much that I had to cut to the chase from the get go.

During this weeks challenge the girls all had a few minutes to remember lines for a very popular TV show, CSI. The winner who recites their lines best will win a role on the show. The problem with the challenge however is that a lot of the words the girls must remember are long medical terms.

Here is where I think Angelea was shafted, as she seemed to me, to be the one to deliver the lines more flawlessly. Her on screen presence however is not as vibrant as Bre's and I think that may have been a possible influence as to why Bre took home the acting role, and not Angelea.

At any rate, this weeks photo-shoot sucks all around, and even though I feel Allison took the best shot, the entire 'point' of it all made no sense to me. I miss the creativity the photo-shoots used to include. I mean remember Allison as an owl in the woods? Or when we were all shocked with the grace and beauty of that mermaid shoot where that awkwardly tall girl (whatserface) won best shot?

All Stars has yet to deliver any clothing/shoots that have been really interesting to me as far as creativity goes.

I was hoping with this season, that Tyra would have each girl combat her worst photo-shoot from the past! It would have made more sense to me, so far the only one subjected to her worst fears was Joker smile face Bianca, with the 'stilts' photo-shoot.

I would have liked to see moments from the past, brought out in the present, in the actual photo-shoots, such as the models in diapers to represent Lisa's embarrassing moment, or blond evil women fighting to represent that mean one (who now looks like Cameron Diaz to me).

At any rate, I guess I just miss the past seasons creativity in shoots, and I hope that this will occur as the show goes on. We are still very early in to the cycle, so anything could happen, but right now it just seems like everything we loved about our All Stars has been striped. The mean girl is now the shy quiet one? The red head beauty Kayla is as boring as ever, and Allison's only camera time seems to be when she is on stage at the very end of the show, or during a shoot being praised.

Anyhow, with that being said the show ends with someone being kicked off... only she was so stiff and boring I do not recall her name. Sad.

Americas Next Top Model All Stars- Episode 5 Recap

2012-01-03T14:28:00.000-05:00

Last night we were graced with episode 5 of Americas Next Top Model All Stars, and finally the show has delivered an interesting photo-shoot. I was truly getting bored with the lackluster themes.

Before getting into that though, let us cover the drama that has unfolded within the house.

We start off with some sort of argument regarding private telephone calls, and phone time use. Shannon set up some 20 minute rule, so that way everyone who needs to call home, gets their share of the phone. It seemed like a fine plan to me, but Bianca ends up confronting her about it. Instead of gunning for herself, Shannon buckles under pressure, and tells Bianca she can have her phone time. Tears swell, she looks like an idiot, and Lisa jumps in.

Lisa and Bianca end up yapping back and forth, but truly it was one of the shows most lackluster drama filled scenes.

Next we fast forward on to the episode challenge. This week the girls will be doing a catwalk wearing the Kardashians clothing line. The runway is a simple walkway, with a carousel to finish it off. The girls must walk the runway, and then gracefully make their way onto the spinning carnival ride. Take one cycle around on it while posing, and then exit.

Mind you, they must master this in heels.

Nothing stuck out as off or bad, except the judges found Bianca to have no energy at all, as if she was bothered to even be there. I did not get that impression, but apparently the arguing with Lisa and Shannon earlier got to her, making her look bored and slightly angry while doling the walk.

Lisa and Shannon win this weeks challenge and are awarded a head to toe outfit from the Kardashians collection.

Shortly after being somewhat scolded by Miss Jay, Bianca breaks down in a hissy fit about how she once again feels she is the best, and yadda- yadda- yadda. Point a finger, and blame the other girls, and that was that.

Back at the house the tension is still high for Bianca, and she mentions wanting to go home. Bre, her sister comforts her by telling her to come and play, seeing that all of the girls were downstairs talking badly about her. Bianca buckles up, and that scene is a wrap.

Next we have the photo-shoot, which is one of the funnest ones this cycle has done thus far.

All of the girls will be dressed up in a different period in Michael Jackson's lifetime. The fun part though is that his sister Latoya joins the cast to meet everyone.

Lisa stuck out as my favorite model during the shoot, with fun dance moves and sky high energy.

Unfortunately the judges later on think otherwise.

Nobody in particular stuck out as looking bad or doing a bad job. Allison had the most interesting costume though, which made her look more like a clown doll, than Michael, but nonetheless, her photo, as always was my favorite. Allison wore a costume from when Michael was a young boy, where the other girls were placed in costume more recognized from the 80's and early 90's.

On to the chopping block

The best photo of the week went to... the country girl. Sadly I still do not like her 'in person appearance', so I cannot recall her name. For the sake of the article, I had to google it. Laura. yeah.

In the bottom 2 we have Lisa and Angelea. Poor Angelea, I thought she did an awesome job on the set, and I thought Lisa had the funnest energy. I swear sometimes I think they pick their least favorites worst photos.

Regardless though, of the photo chosen, this weeks chop would be handed over to LaToya Jackson. I had a hunch LaToya would send no one home, and my hunch was right. LaToya mentions that her brother was about love, and therefore she would be sending no one home.

This week, everyone is safe...as Angelea would say, thank you Michael, or LaToya, or Jesus!

Top 8 Things I Hate About My HTC HD7 Windows Phone

2012-01-03T12:36:00.000-05:00

I have had my HTC HD7 Windows phone for close to a year now, and over the course of that time I have created a list of the top 8 things that I hate about the HTC HD7.

If you are thinking about getting one, keep these this list in mind.

1. Volume Level-

I can have my phone at the highest volume setting, and still it is hard to hear it if it rings in my purse.

I miss 50% of all of my calls due to the volume. That's not the only rant I have about the volume though; you see, on the phone itself there is a touchscreen where a button pops up randomly to set the phone to vibrate mode. If you have your phone in your bag, it can cause the phone to shift around, and the phone will somehow magically set itself to vibrate mode, in turn again causing you to miss a call due to not being able to hear it.

However, it does not stop there.

At the highest volume setting, if there is any noise whatsoever in the room where you picked up your call, you will have a hard time hearing the person on the other line. You can forget about ever answering the phone in an area where there is even a small amount of noise.

2. Camera

When they built this one, they did it all wrong. The cameras eye sticks out apparently too far, and mine ended up getting scratched so severely that I cannot even use it. The cameras eye should not stick out of the back the way it does, it should have been built sunk in, so that way no dirt, debris, or scratches could have occurred. This one however is poorly designed.

When the camera did work, before getting scratched beyond use, it sucked anyway. The touchscreen on the camera mode was awkward to use, and it was easy to drop the phone due to their layout of what buttons you needed to press.

3. APP Store

I really do not even need to go into full details on this one. The APP store they have included, aka the marketplace is horrible. It is down and not even able to load nearly 75% of the time whenever I try to look or browse on it.

When it does allow me to get into it, it will randomly freeze up, and if I want to go back to the screen I was on previously while reading about a certain APP, it will take me back to page 1, just causing frustrations to the point where I do not even care to continue to browse or shop.

4. Battery Life

I have to leave this pile of garbage on it's charger all day long while in the office. It will fully charge, and be dead just 10 hours later and that is when it was not even in use. The battery just drains all on its own accord.

5. Ringtones

You cannot make any of your own, everything must be purchased, and even if you are a Tmobile customer, and you had purchased ringtones for a previous phone, they are gone. You will have to call to make a complaint to get credited for your past purchases.

6. Internet

It's slow, it drops signal, and browsing is a nightmare on it. I do not even bother going on, even though I pay for data.

7. Texting

Horrible.

The touch keys are too close to one another, which constantly results in errors, and longer amounts of time wasted fixing typos. I hate texting now. I used to love it on my old phone.

8. Random Black Screen

For no reason at all, there are times when this phone will literally just go black and reboot itself; it could be while trying to make a call, trying to text, or on call. It's frustrating, because you have to wait for it to re-boot.

Over 200 Resident Houses Clicked & Still No Holiday Cheer! Come On Cityville!?!?!?

2011-12-16T14:18:00.000-05:00

I was beginning to think that my Cityville game was bugged for the past few days considering the fact that the newest Elf Quest requires you to gather Holiday Cheer?

What the heck is Holiday Cheer?

Sadly I cannot post a photo as to what it is, seeing that I have not gathered a single one in the game yet. However supposedly, when you click on Cityville resident homes, you will at times gather it.

But When?

Well Cityville players, prepare to be angry. as the odds are not in your favor. With each click on a resident home, you only have a 5% chance of actually aquiring Holiday Cheer.

I am 200 clicks in so far on homes, how many times have you clicked before actually getting one?

If Amazon Would Just Pay Their Reviewers, They Could Kick

2011-05-03T12:22:00.000-04:00

Ass!!!

I write on Associated Content, I am an Epinions pioneer (long gone now though), I write on Bukisa, here on my blog, I stumbleUpon at times, BrightHub is a hoot but requires too much time, and HubPages is in the terlit as far as I am concerned.

With all of the new changes google has put most writing community's through, it is impossible for me to figure out which venue to stick with, and I have pretty much given up on all of them, including my all time favorite AC, nor YCN! or something of that nature.

At any rate, it dawned on me in the past, at how quickly I would throw all of my sites to the curb if Amazon provided some sort of incentive to those sharing reviews, I mean COME ON! People are posting reviews for free, and that's just ... in a writers opinion, a waste of your time. Anything you provide, to help a company sell products should have been followed up by some sort of incentive, and honestly I do not know how many times I have purchased items off of amazon just based solely off of consumer reviews, so AMAZON hear me out, quit being greedy fucks, and start providing incentives to consumers who pay you, and those who review for free (idiots).

Even if they offered money towards future purchases, or something of that nature, this site very well could knock every other content site out of the park.

Sims 3: Generations- Coming Soon!!!

2011-04-27T10:52:00.000-04:00

Fans of the Sims 3 PC game can all celebrate the fact that last months rumors about a new expansion pack called Sims 3: Generations, is in fact no longer a rumor, but a hard fact!

This particular expansion pack seems to focus more on children and teens, which is something the Sims 3 sort of overlooked, not just in this particular Sim game, but every game prior to that. Even the Sims 2 did not
focus too much on children and teens. They were sort of just there, fun to look at, but not very fun to interact with or even bother with until they became old enough to go to college.

Now major events occur and follow your Sims around throughout their life. Children can have imaginary friends, teens can pull pranks and throw parties.

Fear not though, adult Sims are not ignored, as they too will have some new and refreshing game play for you to toy with, such as having a midlife crisis.

After peeking at the released Generations game trailer, I was pretty excited to see an array of new things that will be added to the base game once this expansion pack is released. Eye spy a new baby stroller, which will allow our Sim parents to take walks with their baby, a new tree house fort, a sand box where Sim children can build castles, or destroy them. There seems to be a larger an grander elaborate set up for weddings, house parties, and even graduations. New themed outfits for children including old (not so missed) characters such as the princess and the dinosaur. A yard slip and slide is also spotted in the video as well.

Teens will be able to throw eggs at homes and plant stink bombs.

All in all things look interesting and fun in Generations. This is probably going to be one of the stranger expansion packs as it is different from anything else we have seen come from The Sims franchise. Personally though, I really miss weather.

The Sims 3: Generations is set for release on May 31st, 2011.

Recap of Season Premiere of Audrina on VH1

2011-04-27T10:36:00.000-04:00

I do not watch commercials anymore, in this day and age the magical fast forward and record button was introduced to us VIA Tivo, and other recordable TV boxes. I had no idea that VH1 was airing a reality show based off of one of my Laguna Beach/ The Hills stars, and when I decided to channel surf I discovered to my luck that the season premiere to a new reality show, called Audrina would be airing that same night! Man TV stations need to come up with new means of advertising, because commercials are only seen by...well... I have no idea?

I was wondering how VH1 got hold of her, as MTV was the airing station of The Hills, where we last saw Audrina.

Instead of drama brought on by peers, this reality show focuses in on Audrina's actual family, which is interesting. We meet her mom, dad, and sibling's, and fans of The Hills may recall her tattooed sister as well. The neat thing about this reality show is that we get a more in depth inside look at what really goes on in Audrina's life.

The season premiere starts off with a glimpse at her doing a bathing suit shoot. Audrina looks fantastic as usual, but I did not really get the point of it, sex sells though, and I guess it was a good start to sucking in some male viewers who didn't follow the previous shows she has been in.

Anyhow, after the shoot, a whole lot of nothing of importance goes on. Audrina announces she wants to move out of her home, which was burglarized, and her argument with her parents is that she does not feel safe living there anymore. For some weird reason though, her mom does not like the idea of her moving. The show must go on though, and Audrina and her brother Marky go out looking at some real estate.

We get an inside look at the homes she is viewing, and it is more like MTV Cribs, featuring Audrina house hunting though.

Next we pull up to the household of Mr. & Mrs. Patridge. They are all seated for dinner and Audrina announces that she is attending a fashion show and wants her mom to come along. Her sister however is pissed and says, 'I wanna go, Mom is old!'

Really nice... really, really nice. Uhg. I liked her in old reality shows when she showed her face seldomly on The Hills, but I have a feeling by the sneak peeks into the season of Audrina, that I'll dislike her more and more. I guess what it boils down to, is that some just don't stop to realize that they have 1 mom, and only 1 mom. That's just my take though, in this case, it is what it is, but it sure is ugly.

The show ends rather quickly only giving a taste of what is to come, so far though it does not look all that worthy as of yet, for there to even be a consideration of a season 2.

Audrina on VH1, Season Premiere Recap

2011-04-18T12:54:00.000-04:00

I do not watch commercials anymore, in this day and age the magical fast forward and record button was introduced to us VIA Tivo, and other recordable TV boxes. I had no idea that VH1 was airing a reality show based off of one of my Laguna Beach/ The Hills stars, and when I decided to channel surf I discovered to my luck that the season premiere to a new reality show, called Audrina would be airing that same night! Man TV stations need to come up with new means of advertising, because commercials are only seen by...well... I have no idea?

I was wondering how VH1 got hold of her, as MTV was the airing station of The Hills, where we last saw Audrina.

Instead of drama brought on by peers, this reality show focuses in on Audrina's actual family, which is interesting. We meet her mom, dad, and sibling's, and fans of The Hills may recall her tattooed sister as well. The neat thing about this reality show is that we get a more in depth inside look at what really goes on in Audrina's life.

The season premiere starts off with a glimpse at her doing a bathing suit shoot. Audrina looks fantastic as usual, but I did not really get the point of it, sex sells though, and I guess it was a good start to sucking in some male viewers who didn't follow the previous shows she has been in.

Anyhow, after the shoot, a whole lot of nothing of importance goes on. Audrina announces she wants to move out of her home, which was burglarized, and her argument with her parents is that she does not feel safe living there anymore. For some weird reason though, her mom does not like the idea of her moving. The show must go on though, and Audrina and her brother Marky go out looking at some real estate.

We get an inside look at the homes she is viewing, and it is more like MTV Cribs, featuring Audrina house hunting though.

Next we pull up to the household of Mr. & Mrs. Patridge. They are all seated for dinner and Audrina announces that she is attending a fashion show and wants her mom to come along. Her sister however is pissed and says, 'I wanna go, Mom is old!'

Really nice... really, really nice. Uhg. I liked her in old reality shows when she showed her face seldomly on The Hills, but I have a feeling by the sneak peeks into the season of Audrina, that I'll dislike her more and more. I guess what it boils down to, is that some just don't stop to realize that they have 1 mom, and only 1 mom. That's just my take though, in this case, it is what it is, but it sure is ugly.

The show ends rather quickly only giving a taste of what is to come, so far though it does not look all that worthy as of yet, for there to even be a consideration of a season 2.

Sims 3: Generations, No Longer a Rumor!!! Releasing May 31st 2011!!!

2011-04-12T11:12:00.000-04:00

After peeking at the released Generations game trailer, I was pretty excited to see an array of new things that will be added to the base game once this expansion pack is released. Eye spy a new baby stroller, which will allow our Sim parents to take walks with their baby, a new tree house fort, a sand box where Sim children can build castles, or destroy them. There seems to be a larger an grander elaborate set up for weddings, house parties, and even graduations. New themed outfits for children including old (not so missed) characters such as the princess and the dinosaur. A yard slip and slide is also spotted in the video as well.

Teens will be able to throw eggs at homes and plant stink bombs.

All in all things look interesting and fun in Generations. This is probably going to be one of the stranger expansion packs as it is different from anything else we have seen come from The Sims franchise. Personally though, I really miss weather.

The Sims 3: Generations is set for release on May 31st, 2011.

Jersey Shore, Season 3 Finale Recap!!! Sam & Ron Spit For Good?

2011-03-31T15:28:00.000-04:00

We left off in the Shore last week with Ron discovering from Arvin that he had in fact lip locked with Sam. Viewers were left anticipating the final blowout between the 2, unfortunately MTV made us wait for the finale

show down on the season finale, which took place last night.

The episode starts off right where we left off, Ron storms out of the duck phone room and starts the cuss fest with Sam.

Sam decides to call Arvin for herself in the midst of this battle. Mike is on Ron's side like a mosquito pumping his head with rage, while Sam tries to get Arvin to lie and say they never made out. Arvin is not having it, and I believed him, because why would he lie.

Ron is sick of hearing her yapping at Arvin on how they never kissed, and he yanks the phone from Sam and slams it down.

Sam runs away and somehow this fight ends up not being as bad as it could be, which is odd, either that it was edited severely, because the next skit shows the group having dinner together, and everyone seems just fine. This is why I am led to believe that this scene was edited, and happened before the fight.

At any rate all is kosher, or so it seems on the surface. The two talk it out, and Ron discovers that Sam did lie, that she did kiss Arvin, but it was way before she even knew Ron. He should just leave it alone, and not even care because it was so many years ago, he can't let it go though, as she did lie, and did in fact call him up to meet her at the club a few episodes ago. However he says that its fine, you know this is just the beginning to another explosive fight that will likely take place later on.

Anyhow, the group has an invite to a BBQ and they are allowed to bring 2 guests each.

We got to watch last weeks episode when we saw a new side of Vinny, who is usually the only down to earth guy in the Jersey house; transform into a real gigantic annoying obnoxious jerk. I guess like the Sitch, fame has gotten to his ugly little head.

He ends up steering his beady eyes over to Lisa, one of Deena's guests at the BBQ, and clearly he wants to have sex with her. Deena on the other hand should really learn to filter out her friends, because if Lisa was a good friend she would have just stayed away from Vinny, but instead, later on in the house, she asks Deena why Vinny is calling her a c*%k block. Basically Deena was protecting Snooks from getting hurt, and did not want Snooki mad at her if Vinny and Lisa were to hook up. Good call Deena. Snooki has feelings for Vinny, and like a good friend, she did not want to see Snooki hurt.

Lisa however continues to try and be near him, regardless of what Deena says.

Vinny on the other hand grows malicious and begins to taunt her throughout the remainder of the show, and goes as far as calling her Angelina.

Meanwhile Sammi is squawking in Ron's ear about how she dislikes Mike, and how she cannot be with someone who is friends with the likes of him. More psychotic control issues; Ron though is not having it, he tells her in a nutshell, 'too bad', Mike is his friend.

Oh sucka punch, he walks away.

Clearly though Ron puts Mike up to apologizing to Sam as he finds her the following morning and politely airs his apology and attempts to mend his meddling, and even though Mike can be a jerk at times, this season he actually seemed like the most level headed cast member. Yes, he likes drama, but honestly most of the drama he got swirled up into was never his actual doing, for instance, when he ratted to Snooki on where her stuffed animal was, and got dubbed the Snitchuation, he was in bed and had no clue a prank was going on.

With the Sam Ron drama, he was always pretty much on Ron's side, as he, and the others grew tired of Sam's antics.

Anyhow, fast forward to the final night, where they are all out in a club having a good time. Roger asks JWOW to be his official girlfriend, and the rest of the crew act like the new relationship status is an engagement announcement. A little overdone, but nonetheless, we cannot focus on JWOW or anyone else for too long, because as viewers come to realize, the majority of this show, even since the beginning has been focused on the toxic Ram (Ron/Sam) relationship.

Ron is nowhere to be seen, as we focus on Sammy yapping and laughing with a group of juice heads. Ron is near the bar and is onlooking. I had to ask myself, how would she act if that was Ron over there with a bunch of sexy girls, laughing and yapping, having a good time? She would go psycho, yet here she is, doing just that to Ron, while he looks on, growing more angry in the eyes.

Sam notices he is not there, and tries to wave him to come over to them.

He ignores her, and she walks over to him asking to come hang out. He states those are your friends, and I am with mine.

Uh oh!!!

Meanwhile, Snooki is already home, making a grilled cheese sandwich for a guy she brought home from the club. It's creepy, because this guy has the same voice as Vinny, her crush. They end up smooching.

Anyhow, Deena, Ron, Sam, Mike, Pauly, Vinny and JWOW end up leaving the club afterward and the beginning of the next fight starts.

Sam is drunk, probably more drunk than I'd seen her this entire season. She begins to mosquito question him on how he could leave his girlfriend alone. I'm confused now, I thought they were broken up?

He airs his anger out, and walks quickly ahead of her, leaving her behind like the tool she has been all season. Sam is clearly sad by this, and confused about why this fight is even happening.

The two end up having a blowout of a fight that ends up in the toilet, possibly some hidden meaning about the relationship finally going down the 'sh*&&er'.

The rest of the crew listen on.

The fight does not last long, but apparently it was bad enough for our poor muscle head Ron to walk away crying. Mike consoles him.

The final morning, during breakfast Sam and Ron step outside to have yet another conversation. Sam attempts to mend the issue, but clearly there is nothing even left to mend. Sam asks Ron if they are still going to be together, he says he needs his space. She asks 'Single?' he rises up, gives her one last look, and says 'yeah!'

The crowd cheers, Sam is left yet again looking like a fool.

The crew packs their belongings, and focuses primarily on the exit of Sam. Afterward Ron is right behind her, and you are saying to yourself, 'please Ron, do not call her name... do not!!!'

Thankfully he doesn't.

The seasons is wrapped up, and we will see what happens in season 4 when the cast heads to Italy.

Order Your Apple IPad from Apple Stores Online This Holiday Season & Get a Free Laser Engraving!!!

2010-12-01T14:05:00.000-05:00

-My article also on associated content-

I have been against Apple products for years now, and never really cared much for the hype, however this year while figuring out what I wanted for Christmas, I settled on an e-reader. Initially I wanted a Kindle, but

due to the fact that I love having the best of the best, I found myself spotting article after article by users claiming that their iPad was simply stunning and beautiful...oh and in color when used as an e-reader. The fact that I could also download a Amazon Kindle App on to the iPad sold me even more.

I was just going to tell my other half to buy me the lowest priced on at Target now that the stores are carrying them. However after researching my must have holiday gift this year, I figured it would be even better to just order it directly from Apple.

My reason?

Apple is selling their iPads this season for the same price you can find them in local stores. Granted if you are impatient and want it right away, you could just buy it at the store. However with weeks still left till Christmas, why not order it from the site for the same price, and a few additional neat additions that will come with it as well?

You see if you buy the iPad at a store this year, you will miss out on their online special, which will include free shipping, and free laser engravement.

You get 2 lines of personalization on the iPads outer shell to write whatever you want on it. A greeting, your name, a funny message, or a favorite quote. The engraving is entirely up to you, and is a neat addition to the norm.

Now most have been saying that engraving the iPad would lower its resale value if you were to perhaps sell it in the future. This may be true, but if you plan on keeping yours, like I plan on doing, then the free engraving is going to be a neat addition to my iPad.

Top free engraving with free shipping, and the price remaining the same as in store local department stores iPads, you can't beat it.

Nintendo's 3D Nintendo DS, News

2010-04-05T13:25:00.000-04:00

So early today I decided to check out Wired.com to see what types of new gadgets were in the news. I had already heard about Nintendo DSi XL, and frankly found the entire concept to be a major rip-off and let down for those of us who recently picked up the DSi around Christmas time.

Naturally kids are going to want the larger screen that the XL has to offer, but seeing that you will only get a lousy trade in rate on your DSi for a DSi XL trade in, it's a total rip.

A bit disappointment in Nintendo lately, but today I hear the news that they are going to be releasing yet another DS hand-held. Just as I thought I had heard enough about Nintendo, and their damn DS handhelds, this one particular one struck my interest.
This one was going to feature 3D technology, and the catch is, you won't have to wear glasses in order to get the 3D effects.
Immediately I began to wonder how that would work, but then thought about the way Nintendo may actually be interpreting 3D. I imagine that the picture on the screen won't 'jump' out out you, as you'd need glasses. Instead I imagined they would work the 3D into a long distance type of view, giving games depth.
Then I found this video on YouTube that pretty much displays exactly how I think the new 3D Nintendo DS will look. Click here to view.

All in all, it looks pretty gnarly even though the screen is so small. I do hope that they decide to work this sort of nifty looking 3D game play into a new Nintendo Wii console. It seems they have been paying way too much attention to their handhelds, while the console itself goes ignored.

At any rate, I'm really excited to hear what types of things Nintendo will have in store for us this summer at E3. Supposedly the 3D Nintendo DS will be revealed, and those who are interested will get a closer look at what this new hand-held will offer.

Americas Next Top Model, Cycle 14, Recap of Episode 4

2010-04-05T12:45:00.000-04:00

This week on America's Next Top Model, Cycle 14, episode 4 I learned that I hated Anslee more and more, and was truly hoping that she would be sent home this week. The girl is under the impression that because she popped out a kid at 19 years old, she is so much wiser, grown up, and more mature than the other girls in the house. This frame of though just sickens me. Having a kid at 14, 18, 20, or 30 makes you no wiser than a woman without a child.

Her logic is just off and her attitude matches that of a 12 year old spoiled child, not to mention the fact that her presence is becoming more and more annoying.

This week, the girls are taken to some miniature theater where they will preform theatrical acting by using only their modeling skills. For instance, Anslee had to pretend she was cleaning a car, while being paranoid. No voice acting is allowed, and there are no props. They have nothing but their bodies to use to portray the particular scene asked for.

I was not really impressed, but it gave a big clue on what the girls challenge was going to be.

As it turns out, they will all be competing in a commercial for CoverGirl using only their body language. A commercial would play, and words would be spoken by a prompter, but the girls had no lines to recite. All they had to do was model on the camera while attempting to use their body, and facial expressions to match the words being read.

None of them did all that wonderfully, but the girl who impressed the judge the most was Tatianna. Tatianna is becoming a weekly favorite of mine.

Her prize for winning the challenge is a spread in CoverGirl, and a feature on the website.

Meanwhile Anslee once again shows her true blue mean girl colors by giving Alasia a gigantic foul and rude attitude over thawed out vegetables. Alasia is not pleased with the tone, so calls her out on it. As usual Anslee begins to talk down to her like she is a child, which is bull. Alasia attacks her back by asking her if this is how she treats her daughter. Anslee then has some sort of mid-life crisis roid rage, and turns bright red; looks like she is going to cry, and frankly I had, had just about enough of her face for one night. I fast forwarded past her BS. You got what you asked for, you want to talk down to someone, expect them to talk back. Such is life. Grow up and learn how to talk to other people in a respectable, non-Rambo tone.

Anyway, at that point I was hoping she would just fail the upcoming photo shoot; which by the way, was the funnest shoot I have seen since the show began airing.

Before getting into that though, Brenda gets a visit from a stylist to fix her horrid Chucky hair. I was hoping they would darken her locks and add a weave, because I seriously think they made Brenda look terrible. As if it could not get any worse, the stylist keeps her color, and shaves off the sides. Now what you are left with is a red head girl, with a mullet, a really ugly Joe Dirt mullet. I felt bad for her, and I agree, they just made the competition 100 times harder for her, because she looks terrible, and lost her fun sex appeal that she had when she first walked into the competition.

Anyhow, with the huge popularity that vampires have taken on since Twilight, it was no wonder they decided to throw in some blood sucking fun in this weeks photo shoot.

The girls are all dressed in wardrobe, and given white out contacts, which obstructs their view, rendering them blind. If they got anything from the challenges, they'd realize the white out eyes were done to see who was paying attention, and who wasn't. They had nothing to work with but their expressions, and body. Without being able to see what they were doing though, I knew this shoot was going to be interesting.

Their scenes will be shot in a blood filled bathtub, with a male vampire who will also be used as a model for the shoot.

I enjoyed watching Tatianna the most, as she jumped right into character, and I would have never guessed that she pulled off such a fun and energetic shoot while being blinded.

Alasia was my next weekly favorite. In her wardrobe, and razor sharp teeth she gave off a fun, flirty, sexy look while on set.

Everyone else sort of faded in the background for me. Nothing special. Brenda who struggled last week, started to funk up at the very beginning of her shoot, but pulled it together and delivered beautiful poses.

The bottom 2 were pretty obvious. Anslee flunked by failing to make a connection, and Simone just looked confused and rigid. I had a feeling that the girl going home would be Simone though.

When the elimination takes place, Alasia wins best photo of the week for 2 weeks in a row, and our bottom 2 are Simone and Anslee.

Please be Anslee. Please be Anslee. Please send her home.

Unfortunately they sent Simone packing for failing to impress the judges over the past few weeks. Anslee is safe for another week. It appears that next week though she's going to give up completely according to the sneak peek on next weeks episode.

Life As Liz, Episode 6 Recap (ABCs Of Friendship)

2010-03-08T09:46:00.000-05:00

Episode title:
The ABCs of Friendship

I used to be like Garfield. I hated Monday's as a kid, and the hatred for Monday's stood with me from childhood to adulthood. Monday's have been, and likely always will be the dreaded reminder that you have another 4 days ahead of you till Friday.

Monday nights however have gotten a little sweeter thanks to the hit MTV reality show, Life As Liz.

This show has taken America by storm, fans cannot get enough of it, and the half hour show is one that I wish was an hour long.

We stand at episode 6 right now, titled, The ABCs of Friendship.

In this episode we learn that it is Liz's birthday, however the entire birthday celebration sort of gets put on the back burner due to the fact that the ABC party for high school kids is in order. If you're wondering ABC stands for 'Anything But Clothes'.

Liz gets an invite and initially was not going to go to the party. Once her lovable dorky friend Sully finds out she got an invite he tries to get her to take him along with her to the party. Liz shoots him down though and tells him she is not going.

We now fast forward a little bit where Sully is in his kitchen with his nerd herd making a peanut butter and jelly sandwich tower. He and his friends are trying to come up with a costume idea for Sully to wear. The plan is for Sully to head over to Liz's and beg her to go to the ABC party with him.

Initially you believe that Sully wants to go because he thinks he is going to see naked girls. However the reality is that Sully has a little bit of a crush on Liz.

Outside of his home, Liz parks her car and calls Sully to attempt to hang out. He shoots her down in an awkward way, and Liz drives off confused. Sully shot her down though, because he needed to come up with a plan as to what he is going to wear, and how he is going to get Liz to go to the party.

While continuing his peanut better and jelly tower he has an epiphany. As a viewer it's obvious as to what he was going to wear, and if you are a fan of Family Guy you'd know what Sully had in store before he even attempts it.

Next we fast forward to Liz making a phone call. It's obvious she is trying to call Bryson. While making the call though Bryson does not realize that Liz is right in the parking lot watching him. She gets to witness him check his phone, and hit ignore.

Defeated in her attempts to hang out with friends Liz heads home. Shortly afterward a knock at the door, and Liz is greeted by Sully in a giant banana costume singing the Family Guy, peanut butter and jelly song.

He begs her to go to the party with him. Just when you think she is about to say no, she asks Sully what she would wear, and Sully is one step ahead of her. He hands her a small package type object. I could not tell what the heck it was, but that was part of the surprise.

Now we fast forward to the actual ABC party. Liz is grapes! She has on a purple spandex jumpsuit, with a bunch of purple balloons attached to the jumpsuit.

As quickly as Liz arrives to the party she is confronted by Corey. While the confrontation goes on, Taylor breaks it up and tells Corey to leave Liz alone. Corey looking like the ugly over tanned drag queen she is, tells Taylor to choose between her or Liz. I was shocked by this, because it reminded me of the childish antics that went on when I was in...oh...the 1st grade.

Taylor tells Corey she will miss her, and Corey walks away all flustered and angry. Haha! Taylor then tells Liz to come and dance with her.

The party goes on, and the night comes to an end. While at the front door, Sully is attempting to tell Liz how he feels about her, but instead freezes up and gets all awkward. They say goodnight, and Liz goes inside. Here her mother tells her that someone is out back waiting for her.

Surprise, surprise. It's Bryson putting golf balls in her back yard. He awkwardly tells her that he thinks it is over. Liz thinks he means their friendship, but clearly he meant his relationship with his girlfriend. It was basically a wimpy way to tell Liz that he dumped his chick for her. He should have just come flat out and told her how he felt, but like a high school boy, he kept his feelings to himself. Gez!

While the awkwardness is at a sky high level, Sully walks through the back door, and sees that Bryson and Liz are together. He obviously was going to tell Liz he liked her, but instead covered his tracks by pretending he forgot his bag.

It was cute really. He made a fun grand entrance, and a graceful exit. It was too funny.

Anyhow, we are left off with Liz and Bryson hitting golf balls out of her back yard. Next weeks sneak peek shows us that Liz is going to attempt to ask Bryson to the prom!

How to Wean Yourself Off of Social Networking Sites Such as Facebook

2010-03-08T09:44:00.000-05:00

About a year ago I wandered on over to Facebook.com, I was referred to the site by a friend who told me that it was cooler than Myspace. Being a Myspace fan myself I wanted to check into it.

At first the site was confusing and offered me nothing. I didn't understand the profile page, and hated the lack of customizations that I could get from Myspace. However in 2 months time I noticed that people I knew from long, long ago were requesting my friendship. I even had a girl who used to hate me add me as a friend. I had people who were more popular than me suddenly wanting me to be in their inner circle, and I realize now, that the addiction took hold of me due to the fact that I finally felt like I fit in.

I realized I had a problem with Facebook when I found myself sitting in front of my PC just staring blankly at the screen waiting for someone, anyone to either update their status, add a picture, or comment on my status updates, or pictures.

I laughed when others posted too much information or posted pictures of their ugly children on a constant. Mostly though I felt this weird sense of pride, as if I were better than everyone else. Sort of a 'look what happened to the prom queen', she's so fat now! I felt better about myself. Facebook made me feel better about myself. I for once, felt better than the prom queen, and now the prom queen wanted to be my BFF.

I realized though, that this world in Facebook stood there, and only there. As many people as I made connections with, or caught up with 10 years later, the connection never stepped beyond the virtual world.

After realizing my addiction was deep and likely unhealthy I had to be real with myself. Would I really hang out with the prom queen? No. Would I really hang out with the girl I was friends with in 4th grade? No to that too.

Then I asked myself, does any of this really matter? I'm a grown adult, with a life, a real relationship, and all in all I'm happy. Yet here in the virtual land of Facebook, I longed for this popularity and this feeling of fitting in with people I once never fit in with. I began sharing too much information, and over thinking my next status update. This ritual was nothing more than me wasting valuable time staring at a screen.

That is my first tip as far as this addiction goes. As yourself these questions, and if you can answer them honestly you've succeeded in realizing you have a problem. If you are reading this article, than you've already come to the realization that you have a problem.

So how do we fix the problem?

It is hard, like any addiction. I know a lot of folks would say that Facebook is not an addiction or a drug, however I compare it to just that. Facebook and similar social networking sites keep people coming back for more. Like a typical addict you cannot go a day without it. Facebook was just that for me. My addiction, my drug, my virtual reality and I knew I had to get away.

Weaning myself off of Facebook came in steps.

I knew like cigarettes, I could not go cold turkey, so instead I set up rules for myself; strict rules that I had to follow.

I only allowed myself to sign on once a day during the work week in the morning. I set a 1 hour time limit per day. Weekends were Facebook free.

Following this rule was not as difficult as I thought it would be, but I did find myself longing to log in at night when I got home and had nothing to do, or if I was bored.

-The next thing I did once I got accustom to my 1 hour per day time limit was to stop playing Facebook games that had a strong hold on me. I was signing in to Facebook a lot in order to play Cafe World, Farmville, Mafia Wars, PetVille, and FishVille.

I told myself, who cares if my virtual farm dies, or my fishville fish go belly up. Does it really matter? No!

Removing Facebook games from my life helped a lot, because now instead of needing to spend an hour on Facebook, I could cut my time down to a half hour a day.

Once the games were gone, and my time limit now set to a lower limit, I realized that Facebook was a real time killer, and was ashamed that I had spent so many hours on it in the past.

Soon the prom queens updates and pictures of her ugly kid were no longer relevant. The girl who I was friends with in 4th grade is pregnant... so? How irrelevant is this to my life? Nothing that went on, on Facebook was really relevant to my life.

When I realized that I decided to do a clean up of my friend list. The less information for me to divulge in, the less time I'd spend on the site.

I decided to delete everyone who I had not seen in over 3 years. If someone is vacant from your life for over 3 years, there is a good reason as to why. So being friends with them on a social networking site is just wasteful. I went through my list of 228, and removed everyone who was irrelevant to me.

In the end I came out with only 19 people who were relevant to my life. They included my family, close friends, and family friends. Everyone else just doesn't matter. When you are able to realize that, you will see that Facebook itself is pretty irrelevant and unnecessary to your life.

Soon I found I only needed to log on perhaps once or twice a week to talk with cousins, friends, and siblings.

Facebook no longer was an addiction, because I already knew what was going on in their lives, as I see them and spend time with them in the real world.

Do I miss my virtual Facebook world? Do I miss updates and ugly baby pictures from the prom queen? Not at all. In fact, I feel free from my virtual responsibilities. It's quite refreshing, you should try it.

10 Best Alien Movies

2010-03-08T09:36:00.000-05:00

Aliens have been popular ever since ancient times, we have historical paintings with what only appears to be UFOs in them, ancient toys that resemble UFOs and thousands and thousand's of people claiming to have seen UFOs, and in some more severe cases, people who claim to have been abducted.

With as much hype surrounding aliens, it only makes sense to have a never ending library of movies that feature aliens, abductions, and UFOs. Some movies display a more wicked nature of aliens, while others take on a cute, and sometimes comical look at aliens.

Here in no particular order I have compiled a list of the top 10 alien movies.

E.T

Who doesn't love E.T?

Instead of being scary evil beings from outer space, E.T shows a different side of aliens. They are cute, and capable of showing love. The hit children's movie from the 1980's has been, and likely always will be one of the top 10 alien movies.

The plot is a simple plot, yet a beautiful one all the same. When an alien is accidentally left behind on earth, a young boy named Elliot finds him. Elliot and his family struggle to help E.T get back home before he is taken away or dies. E.T by far is one of the most heart warming alien movies made to date.

Mac and Me

Mac and Me is not quite as well known as E.T, but this children's movie is similar to E.T due to the fact that aliens are represented as loving beings, who mean to bring no harm to humans.

The plot is similar to E.T as well, but the aliens take on a much more gangly and cuddly creature like appearance. In this movie a young handicap boy struggles to help Mac and his family get back into space after they manage to escape NASA agents. It's not easy, especially considering the fact that the agents are on their tails every step of the way.

Mac and Me has been given horrendous ratings, but if you watch the movie with children (or if you watched it while you were a child), I think many of you can agree with me when I say that Mac and Me is a very adorable and warm alien movie. Naturally it is meant for children.

Aliens

Naturally Aliens must be included. Far from Mac and Me, Aliens is what all humans fear . These aliens are not cute and cuddly, nor do they need to phone home, these aliens are wicked, they are out for blood, and they are terrifying. Aliens originally featured in 1986, and is still considered one of the most scary alien movies ever made.

Earth Girls Are Easy

Earth Girls Are Easy is without a doubt one of the funniest alien movies made. This old 80's relic features Jim Carrey before he was popular.

Earth Girls Are Easy is a fun flick that shows us that aliens can fall in love with humans. When 3 fur covered aliens land their spaceship in a young woman's swimming pool, they learn that they need to take on a human form n order to fit in with society. The young woman who finds them helps them to act and be more human in order to save them from being exposed before they are able to fix their ship.

Mars Attacks

Mars Attacks hit theaters in 1996, and is by far one of the most vile, yet hilariously fun alien movies made to date. In this hit alien movie, aliens rain down from space with full force attempts on taking over the world. At first they come in peace, but quickly they make their mark by blasting humans with their space guns. Pretty soon it's all out war, humans vs alien style!

The War of the Worlds

Originally War of the Worlds took notice due to a radio show that broadcast on Halloween in 1938. In the show the host let out a fake broadcast about aliens that led actual listener's to believe that the world was being taken over by aliens, which led to tons of controversy, and angry listeners. Before then though, War of the Worlds was a book created by H.G. Wells.

War of the Worlds is great movie in which aliens come to take over the world. Tom Cruise plays the lead in this one, and does a rather good job. It makes it to this list only because it is based off of the work of H.G. Wells.

Predator

Predator was made in 1987, and this alien movie is by far one of my favorites due to the fact that it sprung up real hardcore fear, as I had nightmares about traveling through swamp lands where a big creepy alien would sniff me out, and use its radar eyes to find me, then of course kill me with its ferocious hunting skills. Right now there is a remake being done with a 2010 release.

The Fourth Kind

This alien movie is one of the hottest movies dealing with aliens and alien abductions right now. The hype and popularity of this movie is primarily due to the fact that it is based off of actual interviews with people who claim to have been abducted by aliens in Nome, Alaska.

The movie is said to be true, and the main characters and their interviews are all supposedly real. This movie is said to be very upsetting and or terrifying to many viewers who have seen it.

Close Encounters of a Third Kind

Close Encounters of a Third Kind hit the box office in 1977, and focuses on scientists communicating with aliens through really neat sounds and colors. The movie has a very memorable sound effect that the aliens used to communicate with humans. You can still find many people today humming the incredibly addicting tune.

My Stepmother Is An Alien

This 1988 flick features a really cute plot where an alien is sent to earth on a secret mission. While on earth she meets a human man whom she eventually falls in love with (Dan Aykroyd). The mans daughter however is on to her, and eventually the alien stepmother is exposed.

Although My Stepmother Is An Alien is not one of the greatest alien movies out there, it definitely deserves a slot here on the list, as it still manages to be a children's favorite.

Myth or Fact? Setting Up Tivo HD is Difficult

2010-01-06T13:14:00.001-05:00

First and foremost, you want to get the most out of your Tivo HD. So if you are truly thinking about buying this DVR, you are definitely going to want to have a home network. By connecting your Tivo HD to your home network you have access to Amazon videos on demand, and if you are a Netflix customer, you will have access to your instant streaming movies.

With Tivo HD hooked to your network you will have a slew of other goodies such as access to your photobucket photos, and a gob of other really cool features.

Likely you have a home network, but not all have a spare HDMI cable. If you want the quality of your Tivo HD to deliver the best picture possible you are going to want to hook your Tivo HD DVR to your HDTV using HDMI cables. Unfortunately HDMI cables do not come with the standard Tivo HD box, so you will have to purchase this cable separately. I highly recommend Monster HDMI cables.

You can pretty much chuck the color coded AV cables that come with the system. Or you can save them... whatever your choice.

Now in order for Tivo HD to fully function, you unfortunately are going to need Cable Cards. Fear not folks, the whole Cable Card ordeal is not as horrible as it sounds. Unfortunately Cablevision has yet to allow their customers to install these cards themselves. I think it's highway robbery, but if you want Tivo HD, you're going to have to call your Cable company and tell them you need Cable Cards for Tivo HD. Ask for the single Multimedia card though. That way they can only charge you for one card, and not 2 cable cards.

Before Cable comes to your home you want to set up the DVR to your HDTV.

Doing this is simple and requires little work. You will need to unplug your cable box, and plug your cable line into the slot marked Cable on the back of the DVR.

Once you do that, plug in the Tivo HD to a wall socket, and plug your HDMI cable into the back of Tivo, and into an available HD slot on your HDTV.

Tivo should turn on. You now just follow the on screen messages. Next you will need an Ethernet cable (you have to buy it, it does not come with Tivo HD) to plug into your router. You have the option to hook up using a phone line, but trust me, hooking your DVR up to your network bring many more features to your DVR.

I simply followed the on screen prompts, and once I was done, all I had to do was wait for the Cable guy to get to my house to plug in the Cable Card.

After about 20 minutes of having the cable guy in our home, Tivo HD was up and running remarkably. We do not have any issues with the picture clarity, and we are glad to have gotten rid of the dreaded Cablevision Scientific DVR box.

Tivo HD may sound difficult to set up, and it is annoying that you have to pay your cable company to have someone come in and stick a card into your Tivo's slot, but the DVR is well worth it, and you'll be thankful you switched.

The Sims 3 High-End Loft Stuff Pack Coming in February!!!

2010-01-06T12:36:00.001-05:00

With the Sims 3 store, I assumed that stuff packs would become a thing of the ancient Sims 2 past. I figured whenever EA were to release new stuff for the game that they would simply make the new items available in the Sims 3 Store, yet low and behold today I stumbled upon the news that a stuff pack was due to be released, and it's an actual title that you can buy in real stores.

I was not able to find word on whether or not the stuff pack would be available in the Sims Store, but odds are it will be.

Anyhow, what is this new pack all about?

First it is not an expansion pack, so don't get all excited. If you are new to the Sims franchise I could see how you could get confused. Pioneers of the original games should already know what a stuff pack is, but for those who are new, do note that this stuff pack is nothing more than a bunch of...well...stuff!

Old stuff packs belonging to The Sims 2 were primarily $20.00 worth of disappointment's. Hopefully The Sims 3 does not follow that same disappointing pattern.

The new High-End Stuff pack will be a collection of high-end goodies to fill your Sims homes with. New upscale furniture, clothing, and electronics are expected to flood out of this pack.

The first stuff pack in the Sims 3 is expected to hit shelves on February 2nd, 2010.

As a special gift to fans of the game, you will find 3 items that were used in the original game, and the Sims 2 game. They include the heart shaped vibrating bed, the electric guitar, and the aquarium.

Unfortunately we have yet to see our beloved pool table, and piano which would have been 10 times more appreciated.

Although I'm not too thrilled about the release of a stuff pack, I'm glad to see it being done, even though I find it unnecessary considering the fact that we have a Sims Store. Now what I would like is some news from EA on the second expansion pack. Even a hint would satisfy my curiosity!

Review of Lush, Vanilla in the Mist Soap

2010-01-06T11:56:00.003-05:00

-My post also on AC

I've not ordered from Lush.com in quite some time. I refuse to buy anything from them online anymore because I find shipment prices to be absurd. I have patience, I love Lush, but I can surely wait for them to open up a store locally on Long Island.

My most recent Lush goodie bag came directly from a Lush store, brought back from NYC by my mother, who sacked me up quite a hefty supply of Lush products. In the sack of bathing delights was a sliver of soap labeled as Vanilla in the Mist.

Vanilla in the Mist is somewhat new to Lush, and a soap I had never tried before, so I was eager to hop into a bath and give this soap a try.

Appearance:

My cut of Vanilla in the Mist was a decent cut which included nice chunks of vanilla scented bark piece. The soap at the top had what looked like fine mist of cinnamon spice. The soap itself has a creamy french vanilla coloring to it, which is really soft.

Scent:

Vanilla in the Mist smells comforting, warm, and oh so delicious the second it is unwrapped from its wrap. It's a creamy mix of what smells like french vanilla and a small spice of cinnamon. I loved the scent, and hoped that it was one that would stick with me like Lush's Karma soap does.

My Use:

In the bath, Vanilla in the Mist goes on in a milky cream type manner. It's not soft and moisturizing like I was expecting (Sultana of Soap), instead it was runny, milky and did not do a wonderful job at working up a lather; no matter how hard I scrubbed the soap onto myself.

The scent fizzled down as well. The delicious warm french vanilla latte scent it first gave off was weakened the moment the bar of soap touched water. It was quite disappointing.

Overall:

Vanilla in the Mist was a fizzle. It smelled fantastic initially, but once it hit water the scent diminished significantly. The creamy vanilla scent also does not stick to the skin or moisturize. All in all it was a nice gift, but not a soap I'd buy myself.

Frank the Entertainer, a Basement Affair, Season Premiere Recap

2010-01-06T11:47:00.003-05:00

So last night VH1 finally answered my call to a show I have been wanting for quite some time now. Ages ago I wrote an article begging VH1 to give fans Frank the Entertainer his own reality show.

I didn't really care what kind of show it was, a love show, or a just 'follow Frank around' show. I did however want the show to take place in his parents home, in his basement. Low and behold, such a show now exists. Woo-Hoo!!!

The show is a love game show, like I Love New York, Flavor of Love, Etc...

The season premiere aired last night, and the catch was quite interesting and fun. Instead of giving Frank a big ol' mansion. His 15 ladies are all crammed into his parents house. No large lavish pool, or grand entry, or lovely sprawling couches, nothing more than a simple home.

The fun catch though is that Franks mom and dad will be home during the entire show. Things should definitely be interesting and chaotic.

The 15 women are all introduced to Frank, and one by one the family gets to know each of the women. While some impress Momma Entertainer, others disgust her. In the very first episode you watch as she bumps heads with one of Franks potential lovers.

No connections are really made during the very first hour long episode. Basically all of the women meet him, meet his parents, and they each take a family portrait photo with Frank and his family. The idea is to see who fits best with him and his family in the photo. Whomever wins the entire show will have the family photo added to the family album.

A cute idea, but odd nonetheless.

On the first night, Frank sends home 2 women, one who was just really weird, and likely only on the show for publicity, and another who was a little mousy, but cute. Sadly Frank sent her home, and she was likely the realest chick on the show.

Overall nothing really enticing or steamy occurred on the first airing, however the shows season highlights at the end of the first running displayed a much steamier, raunchier, and wicked side to both the contestants, and his mom! Haha.

It should be a good folks, so be sure to tune in to VH1 every week for new episodes.

Awesome Retro Gift Ideas for 80's Kids

2009-12-16T13:09:00.006-05:00

So this sweet gem is a little something old, mixed with a little something new. When I was 10 years old I had the original pink boom box. It looked a hell of a lot like the one available, but mine was full blown retro.

This one though is still really cool, and would make for an awesome gift for an 80's kid!

Have a fan of the Beetles? Don't know what to get them this holiday? Well check out the Yellow Bus Lunchbox Tin!

Back in the late 80's early 90's the ice cream man had to stop selling these because they were banned. Some garb about these candy delights being an early influencer! Please! Check em out!

Now these shoes were all the rage back in the 80's. I think every kid in town had a pair of these. In those days though we didn't have awesome neon colors. Converse was basic black or red, like these.

Oh and hello... what 80's kid didn't have a lava lamp!? Odds are though that 80's kid packed away their lava lamp, broke it, or opened it up to feel the lava! It's been nearly 30 years, I'm sure that 80's kid could use a new lava lamp! Groovy!

Can't forget about Sno Cones man! These icy treats were pretty much only obtainable at carnivals... or if you were a lucky 80's kid, you had that awesome snoopy snow cone machine. Although it's no Snoopy machine, this retro sno cone ice maker should delight you just as much.

Do you know an 80's kid with a sweet tooth? If you answered yes, than this one of a kind 1980's candy gift basket is sure to have them drooling!

Now this one, Im sure a lot of you know what it is, yet you have not seen one since your got a boo-boo at granny's house close to 30 years ago. Yep, it's a freakin ice pack bag!

Anyone remember these? Back in the 80's you were not cool unless you had a pair of these!

Or hey, why not bring back some ultra childhood memories? I bet it's been forever since you saw one of these:
Or these:

Other gifts you cannot go wrong with:
Yes! Smurfs!!!
Remember these stupid things?

Mood Rings!

1980's Time Wasting Good Times:

Ouija Fun

Just a fun little Ouija Necklace

Or how about a modernized pink witchboard?

Pee Wee is sure to bring a smile to any 80's kid!
Uhm hello you can't forget ALF!

Viewmaster!!!! Seriously these things were the best. Poor kids didn't go on vacation... we went where ever Viewmaster took us!

Punky!

Small Wonder! C'mon you have to remember the robot girl. Becky!

The City, Season 2 Finale Recap

2009-12-16T13:05:00.003-05:00

Last night fans of The Hills, and The City sat down to watch the season finales. Although I love The Hills, this season just didn't do it for me. The plot of the show seemed staged, what went down seemed staged, and the authenticity of the show has vanished.

The City however has managed to keep me interested week after week, and season 2 was no exception.

In the season finale of The City, we watch as Whitney attempts to present her clothing line to potential buyers of her collection.

Kelly (her boss) recommends that she do her presentation without Roxy there. When Whitney tells Roxy that Kelly said she did not want Roxy there, Roxy marches her rear end into Kelly's office to discuss why she thinks she should not be there with Whitney.

Kelly gives her opinion, which made sense, however Roxy thinks she is more than qualified to go. Kelly tells her she is done with it, and that Whitney is a big girl, and if she wants you there, she can take you.

Moving on to the Olivia and Erin drama.

Erin still clearly hates Olivia's guts, and the whole ordeal is just getting draining, and making Erin look like a jealous idiot.

We begin with one of the employees from Elle, who works with Olivia at times to pull looks at stores. The girl is putting together clothes, when Erin walks in. She asks Erin what happened to the looks that her and Olivia had pulled. Erin says that what Olivia pulled didn't work, and that she had to go and pick the outfits herself.

The girl seems miffed, and asks Erin if Olivia knows that she did that. Erin's says she does not care, or something vague and snotty along that line.

Apparently the clothes were to be used on a TV segment.

Joe, was the one who was going to be on air for the shoot. He however knows nothing about the clothes, or where they came from. He asks Olivia about them, but she does not know because Erin did not use any of her clothes, and that everything on the set was pulled by Erin.

Joe is furious, and honestly the clothes Erin picked were horrendous. The moo-moo blue dress Erin!? Really?!

Joe asks Olivia to find Erin, but she is nowhere to be found until after the horrible live TV sit down.

Erin eventually begins telling Joe that its Olivia's fault for not finding out about the clothes, that she had 3 hours to figure it out, and instead she sat on her butt. Erin insists that Olivia needs to be fired over the whole thing. In reality, Erin is the one who should have been fired. If she picked the looks, she should have informed Joe. Instead she chose to vanish, putting her own bosses reputation on the line.

The girls and Joe have a meet in his office, and Erin says she cannot work with Olivia and Olivia cannot work with Erin. Joe is left not knowing what to do. Erin leaves the office like a baby, while Olivia sits there listening to what Joe has to say.

Nothing is really accomplished, and we are left not knowing what goes on.

Anyhow, back to Whitney and Roxy.

Whitney obviously decided to bring Roxy along for some help during her meet with potential buyers of her clothing collection. While setting up, she gets a call from Kelly that she will not be able to make it, so she will have to present the line herself.

Whitney is nervous, but I think it was a good thing that Kelly pulled the crutches out from under Whitney's arms. Ever since Roxy got into town, we got to see a much more insecure Whitney, which is weird. Normally she is in control of every aspect of her life, but since Roxy got to town, Whitney seems more and more like a little push over.

During the meeting, the clients did not really like much of anything Whitney presented to them. They did however offer insightful feedback for Whitney to improve her line.

One of the clients asked Whitney if she had her piece in black. Whitney says that no one wears black in LA, so she did not have it in black. Roxy jumps in and says, 'I wear black in LA'.

I mean seriously, that should have been a red flag for Whitney. Whitney raises her eyebrow, but does not do anything about it, or confront Roxy afterward. It was clear that Roxy wanted to get noticed, which is annoying considering that the meeting was Whitney's, and not hers.

Anyhow, we leave off with Whitney meeting with Kelly to go over the future of her clothing line. Kelly says she will back her up 100%, and go down with her if it fails.

All in all I was disappointed in this seasons finale. Last season ended off perfectly, with no need for a second season. This season however ends off on one of those, to be continued...notes. No one knows whats going on with Whitney, or Olivia.

Hopefully if there is a season 3, it will answer some questions

The Hills Season 6 Finale Recap

2009-12-16T13:00:00.002-05:00

-My post also on AC

Last night America got one last 30 minute airing of The Hills, season 6. Although season 6 seemed rather short, it followed a pretty obvious plot.

Without going over that entire plot, I'm going to focus today on the final airing.

We learn that Kristen has to leave her lovely beach house...or I should say house that MTV rented for her? It's never really mentioned where she will go from here, which was annoying. Knowing where she was heading would have been nice.

Anyhow, Justin comes over and they sit outside in beach chairs and discuss where they will go from here. Justin obviously wants to continue to see her, while Kristen plays the same bad girl... I'm so not into relationship's card.

I laughed a little, because it looked like Justin was going to cry. He plops on his shades, and tells her to figure things out. I pretty much loved the rejection, because it's all Justin has ever given to Audrina.

Anyhow, over to Spencer and Heidi.

Spencer finds a pregnancy test in the garbage, and confronts Heidi about it later on in the show. All is well though, because she is not pregnant, and Spencer is finally on board with doing the things his wife wants to do. For the first time ever I really, really loved a scene Spencer was in. It just made him seem more mature, grown up, and manly. A sensitive side of Spencer....and hate him all you want. He can be a sweetheart, and that scene showed that side that Heidi obviously has seen all these years, that MTV edited out.

Now fast forward to the entire engagement party (if thats what it was), that was being thrown for Brody's friend Sleazy T, aka Taylor.

Brody is at the event, dressed in casual wear, (yeah, I was confused by that?) and Jayde is with him. The two apparently reconciled and are back together.

Jayde however gets the idea in her head that it is time that her and Brody take their relationship to the next level. Now keep in mind, the two just broke up, and then hooked back up...why she wants to solidify something that's so unraveled is beyond me.

It aggravates Brody, and later on you see him talking with his pals about leaving Jayde, because her pressuring him into an engagement/marriage didn't fly over with him all too well. He then mentions that he still has feeling for Kristen.

Wow, I wonder how LC felt after watching this!?

Now we will skip on over to Audrina and Lo.

Audrina mentions that she set up a little meeting with Justin to talk. To me it seemed like a pathetic move, but low and behold the meeting happens.

They meet up on some bridge where Justin is staring out at the ocean look like a melancholy James Dean.

Audrina walks up to him, and quickly the entire scene turns into an emotional little train wreck. Audrina clearly still loves him, but Justin plays the whole 'we were never together' card, to make it seem like he never cared about her, and that she was delusional for thinking they were a 'thing'.

However if we fast forward a few episodes, you clearly see this modern day Don Juan reeling Audrina in on his imaginary fishing pole with the fantastic line 'No one will ever be as good as Audrina Patridge' spiel. He knew the line would work, and Audrina promised she would not see Derek anymore.

It's pretty clear Justin knows exactly how to win girls over. He uses a soft voice, with a deep soul-full tone.

Audrina eventually ends up calling him selfish, self centered, and wishes that he could fall in love one day, so maybe he would feel something.

She walks away, and wishes him well.

The final scene we get is Justin walking into Kristen's place while she is packing her things. They go outside to talk, and Justin feeds her his Don Juan lines, and she eats them up. The two leave off apparently in some sort of relationship.

There we have it folks. The grand finale in The Hills.

Pivotal moments include:

1. Spencer is on board for having a baby with Heidi

2. Brody thinks he is going to leave Jayde for good (again)

3. Brody may still have feelings for Kristen

4. Justin and Audrina are done... for now?

5. Kristen and Justin are now a couple

A Fix For: HTTP Port (80), HTTPS Port (443) and FTP (21)

2009-12-16T12:37:00.001-05:00

A Fix For: HTTP Port (80), HTTPS Port (443) and FTP (21)

My guide also on AC

So after spending nearly 5 grueling hours trying to figure out how to get online, I finally solved it. However here is what happened, and your story is probably similar.

I was browsing the Internet like I always do, and suddenly I keep getting anti-virus pop ups from some Antispyware Pro. Turned out this annoying non-stop pop up was a virus that consistently would pop up fake virus warnings.

Thankfully I was smart enough to know that all of the pop ups were fake.

I ran my anti-virus Malwarebytes, and got rid of the virus. That was the easy part.

I went to sign on to the Internet, and dang it. I get this annoying message that tells me that Internet Explorer Cannot Display the Webpage.

After running a diagnose I got this infamous little speech; a speech in which I had no clue what it meant.

It goes as follows:

Check The Firewall settings for the HTTP port (80), HTTPS port (443) and FTP (21)

I couldn't even get on to the net to google help on how to fix it. So I started messing around with some of my Internet settings until finally I figured it out.

A quick and easy fix took me hours to figure out, so I wanted to spare those of you who are dealing with this issue the headache.

Go to your Internet browser. Look at the right hand corner of your screen for a little fellow that says TOOLS.

If you for some reason cannot find it, just go to your control panel, and click INTERNET OPTIONS.

After clicking Internet Options, find the tab that says CONNECTIONS.

Click on this tab, and look to the very bottom, a small tab will read LAN SETTINGS. Click it. A new box will appear, check and make sure you UN-CHECK all of the boxes. If one of them is checked it could be causing the connectivity issue.

So that is basically it. Un-Check all of the boxes in your LAN SETTINGS tab.

Run your Internet explorer, and it should now work fine.

The Hills Season 6, Episode 8: Can't Always Get What You Want Recap

2009-12-16T12:10:00.003-05:00

My post also on AC

November 17th 2009 launched a horrendous expansion pack of The Sims 3. After pulling my hair out with those glitches, I decided to un-win to the most recent episode of the Hills. That would be episode 8, of season 6, even though MTV will label it episode 18 of season 5? Whatever.

Anyhow...

Last nights episode was relatively just as boring as last weeks episode.

To fill you in on the good points let us get to Kristen and Jade.

Jade sent Kristen a text message to meet up with her so they can talk things through. Brody thinks it is a bad idea, but Kristen decides to go anyway.

The girls meet, and to be honest I was on 'Team Kristen' a few weeks prior, but after the girls had a sit down to talk matters through, Kristen goes into the conversation like a raging know it all. Jade is not having it, and she holds her own while Kristen acts like a moron. The height of this whole meet up was Kristen calling Jade a bitch, and Jade telling Kristen to go back to where she came from.

Fin.

Moving on to Heidi. She is still in baby mode, and her master plan is to stop taking the pill without telling Spencer. Yeah, one bright idea after another huh?

Seriously the Heidi Spencer drama is just getting old, and drawn out, and its not even interesting to watch anymore.

Fin.

Moving on to Audrina. A whole lot of nothing happens in her world on this weeks episode. She meets up with Heidi to give her a quick recap of the dinner the two had on last weeks episode. Audrina pretends she is over him, and blah, blah, we heard it all before. It's clear that Audrina is still hung up on a freak that does not even care about her.

Fin.

Who else, who else?

You're probably still wondering if anything ever came of the drama about Heidi's sister and the drinking problem. Yeah, I am still wondering too. That is sort of left in the air, and nothing was mentioned about her. The drama unfolded, and now MTV is likely hoping we forgot about it. Yawn

Fin.

Stephanie was not even in this episode, and if she was her lines were so uneventful I don;t even recall them.

Fin.

We left of with Kristen listening to a voice mail from Justin. I once again could not hear what the heck he said, even though I could have sworn Audrina's name was mentioned in the message.

At any rate, Kristen and the bar girl apparently live together, or Stacie is paid to sit on Kristen's couch every night and morning, because its where the two always meet and chat.

Anyhow, Kristen decides to go to Vegas to get away from all of the boy drama, and this is where we left off.

Sneak peeks of next weeks episode show that Kristen is in Vegas and she has a guest. Justin came along too. How convenient.

MTV: The City, Season 2, Episode 8: Forget About Boys Recap

2009-12-16T11:51:00.002-05:00

-My post also on AC

The City starring Whitney Port has actually been a hell of a lot more entertaining that this season of The Hills, and frankly I cannot wait to see what goes on in the working girls world every week.

I used to hate Olivia Palermo, but lately I have found her to be softer, and sweeter than I initially thought. Although she has some rough edges, she's quite charismatic, and beautiful.

At any rate, before getting into Olivia's drama, let us take a look at Whitney's.

This week we learn that her friend Sam has set her up on a blind date. Although she is reluctant to go, she decides to go through with it. Roxy also has a date tonight with a guy she's really starting to like.

Whitney's blind date went horribly wrong. If you ever saw the old 80's movie Can't Buy Me Love, starring Patrick Dempsey then you can envision what Whitney's blind date looked like. Only pump him full of snob.

Anyhow, the date basically went all wrong, with him asking her to 'Join Forces' when it came to paying the bill. Where I am from, they call it 'Going Dutch', but usually a guy will never ever ask a girl to go Dutch with him. Not a normal guy anyway.

Roxy on the other hand had a very good date with her interest, and all seemed to go well. So much so that she wanted Whitney to meet him, so they scheduled a little meet up at some local bur, or club.

Meanwhile, back to Olivia. She is on some sort of shoot, where clearly she still will not get over her hate towards Olivia. Whenever Olivia enters a room, or speaks, or even moves, she is rolling her eyes and acting like Olivia is a waste of air, and not even worthy of being in her presence.

Olivia however impresses Joe with all of her help while on the set, and thanks her afterward. He also invites her to a small little cocktail party afterward. Naturally Erin will be attending as well.

So we fast forward to this little event, and Olivia has her graceful game face on. She presents herself in a classy, professional manner, while Erin sits across from her rolling her eyes, acting bored, and presenting herself in a childish manner. Perhaps this was just how MTV edited it, but honestly, I doubt it.

Anyhow, after most of the clients leave the table, Olivia is sitting there and is asked about her preference in music, where basically she is being mocked. After she politely excuses herself, Erin naturally has something to say in a negative nature.

Yawn-

Back to Whitney and Roxy.

The two are getting ready to meet with the guy that Roxy is somewhat involved with. They go out to the club where they were all supposed to meet, and through the door walks Roxy's date, who brought an entourage of women. He gives Roxy the cold shoulder, talks crap about her to the women he came with, and then tries to go up to Roxy to act like they are cool.

Scum move! Dumb move...but whatever.

Back at People's Revolution the following morning Roxy and Whitney are loudly gabbing about the events that went down the night before at the club. Kelly, their boss overhears them, as well as the entire staff close by.

Kelly calls Whitney into her office, and lays it on her about doing her work, and not having chit chat gossip sessions with her little friend. Clearly Kelly is smart and sees Roxy as a bad friend, if Whitney is really serious about launching her clothing line.

We leave off with Whitney eyeballing Roxy. Perhaps her thoughts are where they should be; focusing on her career. Hopefully! I don't think Whitney can afford another bad career move, as she has seemed to disappoint Kelly time and time again ever since Roxy came to town.

Next weeks sneak peek episode looks pretty neat though. It seemed like Kelly was about to duke it out with Roxy, while Olivia confronts her nemesis.

Myth or Fact? Setting Up Tivo HD is Difficult. Find Out Now...

2009-12-16T11:46:00.003-05:00

Rumor: Tmobile To Carry Nokia N900?

2009-12-16T11:28:00.002-05:00

-My post also on AC

I as well as thousands of others have patiently followed the news on the Nokia n900. I've jumped for joy with every newly released YouTube video, and I have followed Goggle religiously waiting for new words to be spoken about whether or not TMobile will be picking up the Nokia n900.

Fans of the n900 are buzzing on forums daily in hopes that Tmobile will hear their prayers and deliver the most wanted phone (since the iPhone) before Christmas.

As of right now the Nokia n900 does not have any carriers, and those who purchased the phone early had to pay a pretty hefty price (how does nearly $600 sound?). The hope is that Tmobile will be picking up the n900 for $199.99 that will lessen the price for those who sign up with a contract.

Although buzz around the Internet is all based on rumors, day by day it seems more and more likely that TMobile will in fact soon be carrying the n900.

After pecking around Google and finding more and more rumors regarding who will be carrying the Nokia phone, I decided to just call TMobile for myself. I'm already a customer of TMobile, but after the whole Sidekick data loss, I no longer wanted my Sidekick.

I asked the rep if she knew when they would be getting the n900 in. She laughed and told me I was not the first person to call and ask her about the n900.

Well duh right? I think it's on everyones 'must have' list this holiday. Tmobile would sell tons of these phones if they were to release them before Christmas, and the Holidays.

At any rate, she did not know if they would be carrying them or not. Sigh.

It makes perfect sense for TMobile to carry the phone though. With their 3G network, the n900 would work flawlessly...or as flawlessly as the network allows in your area. Ugh!

The main reason I want TMobile to pick up the N900 is that it would drastically reduce the price. As of now, at nearly $600 when bought alone, and unlocked... the price tag is way too high to even consider. At least it is for me.

MTV Jersey Shore Rocks!!!

2009-12-16T11:17:00.002-05:00

-My post also published on AC

All over Facebook my friends keep updating their statuses in regards to something they had seen on Jersey Shore.

I had heard about the reality show, but when it released it just didn't seem like a show I'd be interested in. However due to their non-stop recommendations and 'inside jokes' on the show, I had to be in the in. I wanted to see what this show was all about, so I Tivo'ed the first 2 episodes that I had missed.

The season premier sucked me right in with it's raunchy characters, fun explosive drama, and narcissist behaviors brought on by our Jersey Shore roomies.

Basically the show is just that. MTV gives a beautiful beach front home to 8 Guido's. No need to get offended, the cast members on the show call themselves Guido's and Guida's. They claim it's a lifestyle.

The basics of the show are simple. Throw 4 guys, and 4 girls into a home, have them shack up together all summer long, and pretty much tape their lives as it happens. In order to stay in the house though, each of them must do shifts of work.

It sounds boring, but the interesting mix of personalities is pretty damn hilarious.

One by one as the first few scenes of the show began I got introduced to each of the roommates. None of them stuck out as interesting, good looking, or even remotely entertaining. However the more I watched the show, the more they grew on me.

I loved Snookie for her sexy, yet clueless personality. She's a firecracker and likely we will see a ton of drama unfold in regards to Snookie. Her very first night at the house she was grinding up on the 4 guys, and made a complete fool of herself in the hot tub. The other girls did not take too well to her at first because of her 'dirty girl' ways.

As they get to know her though, she grows on them.

Next we have Mike, who in my opinion is the most charismatic fellow on the show. He's got abs that seem to run down his stomach for miles, and a fun and likable personality. Unfortunately Mike is a bit of a player. When he first gets into the house he takes on a liking to Sammi (another house mate). However Sammi may be ahead of his player game.

The two though make a quick connection, and on the very first night they are walking around holding hands like an old fart married couple. Too much, too quickly if you ask me. At any rate, the blossoming romance was cute. I liked it, I thought it would work.

For me though, she was a bit boring, but Mike took an immediate liking to her.

Up on the chopping block next is Ronnie.

Ronnie is probably the beefiest in the house. He had a total '12 Pack (VH1 people!)' vibe when I first laid eye on him. He was hot, pleasant on the eyes, but I've seen enough of the giant juice heads on VH1, so his character was really no different. Heck even the hair was the same.

He also has a liking toward Sammi, but initially it seems like he wants to hook up with Sammi; no strings, nothing serious.

Sammi and Mike end up making out at a night club in episode 2. No less than a few moments later Mike catches her making out with Ronnie.

It was a full 100 degree turn that I personally did not see coming. I thought Sammi and Mike would really keep the romance hot and heavy once the first kiss was initiated at the club. I don't know what the hell happened, or what MTV edited out, but for Sammi to seem so into Mike, and then stick her tongue down Ronnie's throat...obviously she saw something that she did not like that night in regards to Mike? Then again who knows? Maybe shes just a Guido player?

As of now Sammi and Ronnie quickly become a new hook up/couple/object/something? Yeah, that'll last!

It's clear Sammi has an agenda, and that agenda is to make Mike jealous.

Up next we have Jennie, who calls herself J-WOW. Nothing really stuck out as interesting with her at first. She seemed to stick to the background due to the fact that she has a boyfriend back at home. However get J-WOW all liquored up and her naughty side quickly surfaces! Tee-hee!

After J-WOW we have Angelina. At first she seemed to be the most put together chick on the show. She was relatively quite and friendly...and then...out of nowhere she manages to transform into the biggest drama fueled chick in the house. Angelina has a boyfriend back home, but she has a naughty side too. Angelina to me was so day and night. Unfortunately she does not last very long in the house.

Next we have Pauly. At first he seemed to be one of the quieter guys in the house, but as the show goes on we see that Pauly has an explosive side to him, which is just great for good sleazy reality TV.

He and J-WOW end up kissing, which sealed the official 'J-WOW is a cheater' deal. Yes, J-WOW has a boyfriend, and she likes to pretend that when she does naughty things, she forgets what she did and blames it on the alcohol. Ri-ight!

Last but not least is Vinny.

Vinny is probably the most quiet guy in the house, or at least it is edited that way. Vinny however seems to be smarter than the other guys. He did not initially come into the house looking to make it with one of the female roommates.

Why does this make Vinny smart? Because he gets to ignore the explosive drama that goes on between the men and women who are hooking up on the house, and just have fun with random women he meets over the summer.

While the other cast mates hook up, break up, and fight... Vinny sort of sits back, relaxes and enjoys himself. Smart move!

All in all, the show should be interesting, drama fueled, with tons of hair gel, cussing, slapping, fighting, dissing, kissing and foul behavior. I think I will stay tuned!

Give Us a Season 2 of Bite Me, With Dr. Mike

2009-11-28T23:38:00.004-05:00

This past June I came across one of the most charismatic fellows I have ever seen on the Travel channel. Seriously, this guy had the charisma of Steve Erwin, and the energy of a bright and beautiful child.

His name?

Dr. Mike; and this June he had me captivated with his very first episode of, Bite Me, With Dr. Mike.

You see, what made him so spectacular, was that his adventures were fun, they didn't focus on Bizzare Foods or funny joke cracking guys trying to stuff burritos down their throats in under 2 hours.

Dr. Mike went 'down under', he took his viewers along with him on his travel adventures, and he was not afraid to get dirty...or even play host to worms! He gave us an up close and personal look at creatures, and countries many of us will never get the opportunity to visit.

Dr. Mike brought us tall around the globe, and taught us about some of the smaller creatures that usually go unnoticed, or unrecognized, while teaching us some safety measures to use if we ever were to visit some of the locations he ventured to.

Bite Me, With Dr. Mike was fun, adventurous, and energetic. He could seriously travel down into a sewer and I would still find it fascinating!

Unfortunately I was not able to find any information on whether or not the Travel Channel would be giving him a season 2! I mean seriously how could they not? No show, and I mean no show, can come close to the personality and adventures that Dr. Mike's show brought to us.

So please give us a season 2 of Bite Me, With Dr. Mike! This was one of Travel Channels only shows that actually focused on 'travel', and adventure and lands many of us have never seen. We want more! The fans want more!

Sims 3 World Adventures, My Sim is Invisible, and Stuck on Vacation - How to Fix It

2009-11-28T23:36:00.001-05:00

My Post also seen on Associated content-

Those of you who went out and bought the expansion pack The Sims 3 World Adventures on its release date were presented with a heap of problems, bugs, and annoying glitches. From disappearing towns, vanishing Sims, and the dreaded error code 16 while attempting to save.

The issue I was presented with goes as follows:

My lovely Laura Sim decided to take her very first vacation to China. Everything went well without an issue. She completed missions, went diving in hidden cave pools, and even found some relics to bring back home with her to Sunset Valley.

Her vacation ended in 3 short days, and eventually she was sent packing. She made it home without any problems, and I even was able to place her relics inside of her home for decoration.

Then I went to save. I got the dreaded error code 16 while trying to save. I tried and tried again, with the same problem. I eventually got frustrated and quit the game without saving.

When I went to re-load the game. I noticed immediately that in the menu box there were no photos of my Sunset Valley town. They were gone. The blank file was still called Sunset Valley, so I clicked it.

When the game loaded I ended up in China, only my Sim had vanished, so all I was able to do was scroll around and look at China.

I didn't know how to fix it. I had nothing to do, my Sim was gone, and Sunset Valley? Hah, I had no access to it.

2 days later EA released a patch to fix the error code 16 problem.

I thought the patch would fix it. I figured my Sim would be back, and so would Sunset Valley.

When I loaded the game though, the same problem was still there. I was stuck in China, Laura had vanished, and Sunset Valley still was not showing up as a playable option.

I decided to take matters into my own hands, and it worked!

In China, I chose the edit town feature. I built a small house, and then went into my family inventory where Laura was. I chose her, and moved her into the home I just built in China.

Once she was in the home, I went into her inventory, dug out her cellphone, and would you believe it!? The option to 'Go Home' was presented on her caller list.

I chose Go Home, and immediately Laura was sent back to Sunset Valley. However she no longer lived in the original home she had in Sunset Valley. Her mind was still set on China, where she had a home. I decided to move her into an empty lot in Sunset Valley, where the game has worked without issue---so far.

So basically that is all you have to do.

If you are stuck on vacation, and your Sim, or Sims vanished, just edit the town, and move them into a house, or empty lot. From there, use the cell phone and chose the 'go home' option.

It will take you back to your hometown. From there you will have to set them up in a new house, as they will no longer recognize their original home, in their original hometown as their home.

Thank God for the fix! I thought I lost everything. I just feel sorry for all of the gamers who un-installed the game and lost everything

Americas Next Top Model, Cycle 13 Winner Is...

2009-11-28T23:34:00.001-05:00

Nicole!!! You Go Girl!!!

That's right, for the first time in America's Next Top Model history the judges finally picked the girl I wanted to see win...but besides that, Nicole made history by being th first 'short winner on America's Next Top Model'.

Cycle 13 was the first cycle in the shows history to give girls who were less than average, as far as height goes in the modeling industry.
America's Next Top Model, Cycle 13; And the Winner Is..

For those of you who missed the episode, here is a quick little recap.

Our two remaining contestants Nicole an Laura were immediately launched into the season finale by being given their lines for a commercial for CoverGirl. The next day the two took turns trying their best to memorize their lines, while delivering a friendly CoverGirl commercial, while remembering to model at the same time.

Laura beat her dyslexia by remaining calm, cool and collected, even when she forgot a few lines.

Nicole looked stunning with her red fro straightened, while she too delivered remarkable lines for her commercial. Jay mentioned that she came off on camera a bit snobby, but I failed to recognize it. I guess if I hadn't liked her through the duration of the show, I would have seen it too.

After the commercial the girls were taken to their final photo shoot. This is the photo that would be used as a cover for Seventeen Magazine.

Both girls seemed to delight Nigel, whom was the photographer on the shoot.

The following day the girls will go ad to head during a cat walk. This is the final showdown before the official winner is chosen. A nice little twist with this seasons cat walk though was that girls who got booted off weeks prior would also be walking in the show, so the nice addition of previous contestants was neat; all except for the blond girl... (I forgot her name already because she was seriously that bland, boring, and sickly looking).

When asked which girl she thought should win, her reply was; 'Besides myself; Laura'.

Yuck! They sent you home for a reason, yawn-fest anyone? Does anyone even remember her name? I know I don't.

Anyhow, the cat walk begins, and I have to say for the first time ever I was not impressed at all with either of them. Maybe it was the energy of the show that was lacking, but this was the first cat walk on ANTM that didn't have me in awe.

Both girls seemed to clobber down the runway, and seemed bow-legged, and at this point I did not have a clue who would win. They both seemed so neck and neck, and the judges always seemed to lean towards liking Laura more.

After the show ended, the winner was announced. Laura didn't make the cut.

Our awkward lovable red head Nicole took the win, and I was very happy for her. I wanted her to win. For me personally, Nicole was the girl fans could relate to most. She is not snobby, and she is comfortable in her own skin. What makes her so likable is the fact that everyone has a friend like her; the warm awkward friend, with the Daria like personality. They are alluring in their own special, mysterious, unique and beautiful way.

I guess this is a decent make-up for last seasons dreadful ending. I still think Allison should have taken the win. I guess Tyra knew that too, and that was why they picked the awkward girl this season. Because the awkward girl rocks! Hello!

The City, Season 2- Episode 7 Recap

2009-11-13T13:01:00.003-05:00

This week on The City, Season 2, Episode 7 we watch as Roxy nearly nails a permanent nail into Whitney's career coffin.

We start off with the girls in a meeting being told by their boss Kelly. While one of the other workers is giving a verbal explanation of what's going to be happening, Roxy whispers to someone to ask for a pen. Kelly is furious by this and calls her out on it.

Next Kelly talks about an upcoming event that will be taking place in Miami. Kelly tells Whitney that she wants her to come along to Miami for the event, and mentions her clothing line. The girl sitting next to Kelly seems less than enthusiastic, while Whitney beams at the opportunity.

Kelly sees that Roxy looks bummed out that Whitney is going, and she is not. Kelly tells Roxy that she too can join in for the event, and that it will be good training for her. Roxy and Whitney smile like giddy schoolgirls.

Kelly lets them all know though that they are there to work, and not to party and to not put anything on the room charge because she is not paying the bill.

Next we watch as the girls arrive to their hotel room, which is a beautiful room with a killer view of Miami Beach. Immediately we see that Whitney wants to do things the way they are supposed to be done, while Roxy insists they go lay on the beach.

Whitney tells her they are there to work, and that they should eat something outside of the room, so that way the room is not charged. Roxy pouts.

Next we fast forward to Olivia whom is also scheduled to fly down to Miami to cover the events for Elle and bring back any and all information she can about what is in, fashion, and whatever else she does? Naturally she is paired with Erin who completely hates her existence.

Erin is snide to Olivia on the plane, and mentions the numerous trade shows and asks her if she is going to any of them. Olivia tells her no, and that she is covering everything she has on her list. Basically it was Erin's silent way of telling Olivia to go to the trade shows, without telling her. It honestly was obvious, but Olivia did not catch on, and Erin was not about to force her to go.

Skip ahead to Whitney and Roxy at a night club in Miami. The camera oddly displays some weird sweaty guy bobbing his head like a moron too quickly to the music playing. Turns out Whitney knew this character, so the extra footage was necessary...I guess?

Roxy immediately steals the attention of this guy, while Whitney excuses herself to go to the bathroom. The sweaty drunk guy puts some lame moves on Roxy, and she bites them up like bait and asks him if he wants to go somewhere else. Ew.

Whitney comes out of the bathroom to discover that Roxy left.

We also learn that Roxy never came back to the hotel room, because the two meet up the following day at the big event and have a micro verbal spat. It was a bunch of, where were you? I called you, you never answered. Followed by lies told by Roxy.

It seemed like the beginning of the end of their friendship. Thank God.

Just as the argument is going on Kelly comes up to both of them and interrupts them. She tells them that there is a million things that need to get done, and that they should not be just standing around wasting time, in a much meaner way of course. Haha!

Whitney looks furious with Roxy, and Roxy still has that 'whatever, I think I'm a star' demeanor.

Thankfully the event went well, and Kelly seems happy with how it turned out.

Back at the office Whitney and Roxy are sitting near one another when Kelly walks in to basically tell them that what they did at the event was unacceptable, embarrassing, and if it happens again they can get another job.

Idiotic Roxy mutters to Whitney, 'She didn't have one nice thing to say!'

Kelly overhears her and begins to yell at them once again. Kelly once again lets Whitney know that perhaps being friends at work, and outside of work is probably not a good idea for her career. She tells it to both of them, but we all know that statement was meant for Whit.

Whitney sits there with her head down.

Roxy has to again have the final word, as she whispers under her breath, 'Somebody's got PMS.'

Back to Olivia.

After the events are done, we watch as Olivia and Erin sit down with their boss Joe, and a few others to report exactly what they saw at these events.

Erin tells him that everything went smoothly, and perfectly.

Joe moves on to Olivia to ask her what she saw at the events, and what she has to report back to him. Olivia lets him know about the modern futuristic look, and that one pieces seemed to be really in for the season. Joe then asks her about the trade shows.

Olivia is stumped because she was not aware she was supposed to go. Erin jumps in to tell Joe that she asked her if she was going to them, and she kept saying no. Olivia tells Joe that she never told her she 'had' to go to them. Erin basically tries to embarrass Olivia in front of Joe, and the other clients that were there. After the others leave, Joe has a quick meet with both girls.

He takes Olivia's side this round once again, and tells Erin he does not like the bickering, and that the two should be working together to make work on both of them easier. That Erin should have told Olivia to go to the trade shows.

Olivia smiles like she just won an Olympic gold medal, and says that she would love help from Erin.

We all know Olivia is full of it. Haha, but it was still fun to watch her smile like she really meant it.

We pretty much end it there.

MTV's sneak peek into next weeks episode shows Whitney mentioning a blind date, and it seems that her and Roxy are on good terms. I figured Whitney would have kicked her out by now, but I guess not.

We also see Erin once again complaining to Joe about Olivia, on how she should not have to hold Olivia's hand, because no one held hers when she started working. Erin is just holding that grudge when Olivia told her off. Erin deserved it though, because when she first was introduced to Olivia by Joe, Erin came off as a real crass and nasty person, who thought she owned the place.

Once again I'm still with Team Olivia this week.

The Hills, Season 6, Episode 7 Recap: On To The Next

2009-11-13T12:58:00.001-05:00

On to the Next
-My post also on AC

So fans of The Hills, if you caught last nights season 6, episode 7 (On To The Next), than kudos. The lame little bar kitty, kitty, meow, meow, meow face off between Kristen and Jayde is probably as good as it is going to get as far as drama goes.

For those of you who missed it, fear not. I'm back for another weekly recap.

Let's start with Spencer and Heidi.

Heidi once again is yammering on about how she wants to have a baby with Spencer. Spencer compares the dogs he got for her birthday to babies, and bing, bang, badda, boo. The baby issue is still up in the air. Heidi wants to get busy immediately, while Spencer wants to wait.

Later on Spencer decides to go see a doctor in order to get his man parts snipped. After he finds out the procedure is irreversible, he leaves and tells Heidi about it later on. She huffs, puffs, walks away and likely will get her baby rather quickly after this episode. If she's not already knocked up that is.

Skip to Kristen.

Kristen and Brody are out having dinner. Kristen seems keen on the whole Brody and Kristin sittin' in a tree, k-i-s-s-i-n-g game. She knows though that he and Jayde are on a break, and she tells him that she is afraid to be in a relationship with him because she thinks he will hurt her and get back with Jayde.

While sitting cozily at a club with one another, Jayde walks in and catches Brody with his arm around Kristen. Jayde's posse tells her that she needs to go up to them and confront them. She takes their advice and walks over to both Brody and Kristen wearing her fight face and asks Brody 'What the F*&@ he is doing!'

I'm not sure how it all happened, but before we know it the camera is going batty, and we see that Kristen is trying to act tough by spatting obscenities at Jayde, and Jayde is doing the same thing. I wish that no one held them back, I would have liked to of seen who would have taken who. I'm pretty sure Kristen wouldn't of had a chance in hell against Jayde.

After the showdown with Jayde, Brody tells Kristen that he and Jayde are over, and he will never ever get back with her again.

On to Audrina.

Audrina meets with Lo and tells her that she is meeting with Justin for dinner. Audrina seems to think that he and her are back on good terms. She tells Lo without officially telling her that she is basically obsessed with him. Obviously she is and God only knows why.

Anyhow, she meets up with Justin where the dinner did not go quite as planned.

Justin is his usual dirt-bag self and pretty much goes on about how he thinks her meeting up with his best friend Derek was some sort of pay back for all the things he had done to her in the past.

The entire conversation seemed like nothing more than a power control issue to get Audrina to feel bad for doing him wrong. Please, the girl righteously deserves a lifetime amount of 'free passes' to do whatever she wants, with whomever she wants. Justin can go out and be a sleaze, and she's supposed to sit back and just accept that. Whatever.

Justin adds more salt and lemon juice to the wound by telling Audrina that Kristen did something to him (like what, MTV offered you more money to play with her?). Basically he is trying to get Audrina to believe he is smitten with Kristen.

Audrina gets up, leaves him there alone and walks out before dinner even starts. Good! Hopefully this will be her last walk of shame.

Next weeks episode looks pretty boring. Basically from the previews MTV gave us, it seems that Brody is going to get back with Jayde. It also shows us Kristen airing her voice-mail she got from Justin to the bar girl Stacie while sitting on a couch. Unfortunately after rewinding the part with Justin's voice-mail about 10 times, I was not able to decipher what he was saying, which was frustrating.

Ghost Adventures Live, and the Robert Bess Controversy. Did He Throw The Meter?

2009-11-11T13:07:00.004-05:00

My post also on AC.

I had to Tivo Ghost Adventure Live the other night. Although I think Zak is hot, and Aaron and Nick to be adorable, I could not sit through 7 hours of investigation.

Since the Live event aired, I have been catching parts of the event in 2 hour intervals, and finally finished the entire thing last night.

One scene in particular bothered me though, and this one scene has been the center of controversy ever since it aired live on TV.

Robert Bess a third party investigator came in with his Parabot. Basically this thing is a huge dangerous contained lightning machine. Sadly I couldn't really get the gist of what it did, because everyone kept talking at the same time, so I only got a brief understanding of Roberts invention.

Basically it attracts spirits.

Following?

Now nothing against the Ghost Adventures team, again they are without a doubt my favorite team of investigators to watch. They are all easy on the eyes, and all have personalities that are easily likable.

When Robert Bess came in though with his parabot, I was excited to see how it would work. After a blunder and equipment failure, the parabot was finally up and running. It had an annoying click, click noise like one of those lightning balls you can buy in stores like Spencer's.

Anyhow, quickly the energy in the room is high, but I can't feel energy through the TV, so I have to just take their word for it. I have no problem swallowing that and I trust the Ghost Adventure crew, but something about Robert Bess just did not rub me the right way, nor did anything that happened with him seem credible.

Bess seemed to get attacked and pushed into a door, when the camera was not near him. That easily could have been staged.

Another incident where Zak hears a scream moan type noise, clearly was Bess, (I could tell by the voice), however when Zak asked, he does not take credit for making the noise.

The worst thing to unfold with Robert though was when an EMF meter gets thrown from his hand. Thanks to Tivo though, after reviewing the footage, over, and over again it seemed to me like he did a quick snap of the wrist, and flung the meter himself. I mean honestly, you do not even have to have a good eye to catch the flick of the wrist action.

At any rate, this footage is found on numerous YouTube videos, so you can have a look and decide for yourself. For me personally, it looks like he threw it.

Reasons Why Buying a Tivo HD is Better Than Cablevisions HD DVR

2009-11-11T12:06:00.003-05:00

Cablevision DVR vs. Tivo HD

I'm a DVR pioneer. The very moment I found out about this fantastic technology for my TV viewing pleasures, I was one of the first on board to ordering my TIVO DVR. Although I was new to the entire concept, and setting up my TIVO was a royal pain in the rear, I honestly could not have been happier. Having the ability to record all of my favorite shows, having the ability to fast forward, rewind, and pause live TV; I mean seriously, it does not get any more kosher than that.

Then one fine day I talked myself into buying an HDTV. Sweet delicious HDTV, with a full blow your eyes away 1080p. And why not? I spend most of my free time watching TV anyway, so why not fully amp up my viewing pleasures with an HDTV!?

After hooking up my new eye orgasm of a television, I realized that there was one problem, one very huge problem. My old school TIVO gave off some really horrible picture clarity. I bought the HDTV for the clarity, and with TIVO hooked up to it, things were not kosher at all, not even by a long shot.

I desperately wanted to get myself a TIVO HD DVR, but at the asking price that came to nearly the same jaw dropping price as the HDTV, I said 'heck no', and headed down to Cablevision to upgrade my digital cable box, to a digital HD DVR box.

After hooking it all up, immediately I hated the browsing menus, and the confusing recording options. However I got used to it, but after a year of owning Cablevisions box, I have jotted down all of the reasons why you should just spend the extra loot on a TIVO HD DVR, and why I will be adding one to my Christmas wish list this year.

1. If you set up your Cablevision DVR box to record your favorite show, sometimes it decides it does not want to. While you think that all of your Ghost Adventure episodes are being recorded, you come home to find that the box decided it did not want to record it, even though you set it up to do so.

2. For some bizarre reason my Cablevision box refuses to even acknowledge that FOX 5 is a channel. If you try to record something on this channel, expect to come home, hit play on your FOX 5 show, only to discover a pure black nothingness of a show.

3. My Cablevision DVR has been returned to Cablevision 4 times in just one year.

The first time they gave me a new DVR, which stopped working just a week after owning it.

The second box died a month later.

The third time Cablevision decided that it must have been something I was doing wrong, so they sent over a team of third party morons who set up the new box in the same manner I had set up previous boxes. The downside to this was a delicious service fee.

This box stopped working a few months later. The cycle is a non-stop pain in the butt. I had to demand the 4th box be brand new, and not a refurbished box, like all of the previous models were they had given me.

4. The channel guide menu only allows you to see ahead 1 week. With TIVO you could see what was playing for an entire month before it was even on, saving you time having to weed through the guide.

5. The Cablevision DVR will sometimes have a hiccup. These hiccups occur around once a month, where you will come home expecting to watch some TV, only to find that your Cable box is in BOOT mode. You have to wait a few long minutes for the box to fully load up. If the box had a hiccup, expect to have to add very single program you had on your record list, back onto the DVR again. Fun!

6. The pause button on the Cablevision DVR decides sometimes it does not want to let you pause it. This in turn ends up becoming a frustrating button mashing, smashing good time.

7. The audio sometimes decides to just blip out. This is not an issue with my TV, as I have heard from others that their Cable DVR box does the same exact thing. The fix, is to shut off the cable box, and to turn it back on. Reason? Unknown.

8. Don't even get me started on Cablevisions horrible guide browsing. Browsing through the guide menu is a slow and painful quest. On Tivo, you hit guide and it immediately takes you to a well organized list of whats on for the week/month. Browsing on Tivo is quick, and not once have I ever experienced slow times. Cables HD DVR is slow, only saves up to a weeks worth of viewing content, and browsing thorough it is slow and annoying.

In conclusion a Cablevison DVR is much cheaper, but it will function like a dollar store battery. You get what you pay for.

A Tivo HD in my opinion is the way to go. Tivo runs flawlessly, and you can guarantee that what you tell it to record, it will record!

Chance and Hot Wings, The Aftermath of Real Chance of Love 2! Are They Still Together?

2009-11-04T12:28:00.003-05:00

OK VH1 hear me out, I adore your love reality shows, as ridiculous as 'finding love by hooking up with a batch of girls' is, I still continue to watch your reality shows...but seriously if you want to keep a fan base when it comes to the reality madness, at least force your stars to 'pretend to be together'; at least for a little bit after the final show.

I knew Chance should have chosen Mammacita, the two of them hit it off so well, and she seemed to really love him. I guess the rolling tears and the love sob story given off by Hot Wings during the final ceremony sold Chance, so he picked her, while Mammacita stood in the background looking clueless. Damn girl, you should have tried harder!!!

No matter though, because even after picking Hot Wings, the relationship between Hot Wings and Chance died dead just as soon as the cameras shut off. How original?!

The sad thing however is that both guys consistently pointed out that they were looking for a real girl to kick it with, a real relationship, and real love. Phooey!

Hot wings shed real tears, all to be exploited for ratings.

No matter though, because Hot Wings shared a delightful interview on VH1 Blog to give us her side of the story, which was not much, considering all contact from Chance ended the moment the cameras shut down.

However Hot Wings has never been one to bite her tongue, she shared with fans a few details that were edited out of the show, which will probably surprise a few of you, so for the full dirt report, check out Hot Wings interview! Click here to be taken to interview.

We Want To See Becky Buckwild and Frank The Entertainer On VH1, On Their Own Show

2009-11-04T12:25:00.001-05:00

never really leaned towards liking the villain's. Frank was the bully on I Love Money 2, but originally came to reality fame thanks to I Love New York, I Love Money, and probably a few other VH1 reality shows that I cannot even recall.

Becky Buckwild scooped up her fame to reality shame thanks to Flavor of Love, and Charm School, where we saw a more humble and innocent side of Becky.

Throw this dirty playing pair into a beautiful mansion together, and watch the flames ignite as they work and fail together.

Becky and Frank got really close in I Love Money 2, and Becky seemed to be moving around like the little Entertainment pawn she was. Yep, Frank charmed her, he had her under his thumb.

After the show came to an end though, the rumor mill began circulating that these 2 were a sort of couple, but no one was surely for sure? There were even twitter fighting going on between the two. I didn't bother to follow it.

At any rate, even if the relationship is real or fake, what a frigging cash cow the two are together. Frank is nuts, Becky is nuts, and together VH1 could easily break rating history.

People love to love Frank, and love to hate him (gosh, even having his parent on the show would be killer for ratings), the same tune rings for Becky. One minute she is a humble angelic beautiful person, and the next minute, the lighting hits her face at a bad angle and her evil colors shine through..thus making us hate her again.

Hate them, or love them though, Frank The Entertainer, and Becky Buckwild would make for one hell of an awesome show and VH1 should make note of that.

These 2 are reality star pioneers, and fans want to see them again, we are not quite done loving, and hating the duo. Give us more!

If you can remember that lame reality saga with the Brady Bunch guy, and that chick from America's Next Top Model, Adrienne, then you will see the direction I'm headed at.

That Brady stuff was boring compared to the stuff Becky and Frank could come up with. VH1 hear us!

Hey VH1 We Want a Reunion Show for Real Chance of Love 2

2009-11-04T12:19:00.002-05:00

Hey darlings, I bet you are just as mad as I am.

Let me guess, you followed every single stinkin episode of Real Chance of Love 2, only to discover...uhm... nothing about the reunion show!

VH1 seems to think it is OK to just throw us out an interview or two on their blog with the shows winners, and that is that! Well, I am not having that. I want a reunion show. I want all the spit, slaps, and cussing I can handle, and I want to laugh as the women go head to head with their verbal insults on each other, and on the guys.

Apparently I am not the only angry fan of the show, there is a petition going on right now to have people sign in hopes that VH1 will pay attention and give us what we have been demanding, a reunion show!

We want all the updates, we want to see who got fat, who got thin, who looks uglier, and who looks hotter than they originally did on the show.

I personally think it's pretty messed up of VH1, we also have never been given any updates on Meghan Hauserman, and whether or not she will ever be given a new show. Personally I hope they start her off from scratch with a brand new show.

At any rate, you can sign the twititon for a reunion show, by clicking here.

Last years reunion:

Fun Fart Terms - A Mini Dictionary of Fart Types, and What They Mean

2009-11-04T11:42:00.003-05:00

I wrote this one ages ago, and felt like sharing:

The Bottom Line Pffft, ffffff, sssssffffpppppffft,,,,,rrrrraaaannnnnnttttt,,,fffft, pppphhhhhffffttt. Whoa.

Okay so today I felt like talking about the funniest subject in the world. (At least according to my immature standards) FARTS! I mean come on, even in my 80's I'm still going to chuckle at the little green gas. Even the word makes me giggle. It's probably the only joke a person can do, that never grows old; or boring.

So here are my terms. Feel free to add some in my comments section. As I'm sure this list will grow.

Drive By-

This is a form of gas so foggy, smelly, and nasty that even you can't bare the stench of it. Usually these types of farts occur in a shopping center. Your only hope is to quickly run by as many people you can and get out of there, so no eyes look upon you as the person who let loose. You manage to get away from the fart... but oh gee, looks like it followed you. Time to make your way to the next isle- this is where you hear other shoppers going 'phhhew, whats that awful smell'-'mommy my eyes hurt'. -Theres no escaping this fart. It's almost as if it's attached itself to your pants.

Squeegies-

You're on a first date. You're stomach is tied in knots, and theres been this bubble of gas stuck in between your butt checks for almost 2 minutes. The gas bubble is getting stronger, it has friends backing it up as well. Before you know it, out pops a firecracker of a fart followed by waves of other farts that forced the first one out. That's what you get for trying to hold it in.

Run doos-

These little fellars make themselves present while you're running. Usually with each step you place your foot on the ground, another one plops out. -Better hope no one is behind you.

Gone with the wind-

These are probably one of my favorites. They occur on windy days. They're most fun when you're in a city with mobs of people behind you. You yourself don't get the benefits of smelling your good deeds, but everyone 15 feet behind you does. The wind up and swooped that one right into their noses. You smile, and continue walking.

Bat outta Hells-

These farts occur out of nowhere. Even you're shocked. You didn't even get a moment to preform the squeegie. This fart is usually loud and forceful. Everyone around you knows you did it, and theres no denying it. You can either go with the respectful 'excuse me', or laugh.
I usually go with the second.

Gigglegoos-

Someone says something funny- naturally you laugh. But would you listen to that. Your bung thought it was funny too. pfft pfft pppppfffff-

Road Traps-

These bad boys occur in the car. Usually 24 hours after eating taco bell. They also tend to pop up when someone else is in the car with you. These farts probably benefit you the most, because you can easily roll up the windows and let everyone else enjoy the fragrances.

Sonic Booms-

These come like a bat outta hell, as well. Only people can hear them in the next room when you let one of these bad boys rip. These types of farts can be dangerous. Usually after you pass a Sonic Boom, you say- I think I just ripped me a new -------. Sonic Booms can also be semi painful.

PoppsieDaisy-

These farts are usually warm. Perhaps too warm. They weeze out with some rumbling noises. These farts usually stink bad. After expelling a Poopsie daisy it would be a good idea to go to the bathroom. Otherwise you may shart.

Shart-

Farts followed by ----, sometimes result in accidents in your pants. Very, very embarrassing.

IncrediFart-

This is a fart that usually happens in the morning, while your lying in bed alone. No one is ever around to hear it, which angers you later on. Who is going to believe that your fart lasted almost 2 minutes long? It's like a treasure that your body only will share with you.

Lightweights-

These farts are somewhat incredible. After passing a lightweight, you yourself feel as if you lost a few pounds. Your pants fit better, and you just feel better. I think you can also call this fart a Healthy Fart. -The diet fart.

Vanishing fart-

These are disappointing. It usually makes no sound at all. So automatically you think it's going to stink.
-Your friend is sitting right next to you. -You keep on a straight face, and try not to laugh, because you want them to get stuck smellin' it. But a few seconds go by, you burst out laughing. Your friend looks at you like you're a moron. You think- oh any minute now, it'll be crawling right up their nose, all in their face.... only it never does. The fart vanished, and no traces were left behind. Dang*- aka 'the clean fart'

Stale Fart-

These occur at night. Under the covers. You're too lazy too wiff the blankets around, to let the smelly thing out from under the covers. An hour goes by, and you notice the fart is escaping from the covers. Only its got this rotten old smell to it. Thats a stale fart.

Uninvited Farts-

This fart is probably the most annoying. The only one you don't want to occur. They happen to pop out and say hello during extremely important events, such as business meetings, weddings and funerals. You even took gas-X a few hours before to stop such an occurrence. Only this fart is filled with vengeance. It's loud, its foul, and it's usually always done in front of some stuck up yuppie with something to say about it.

SumthinMustBeWrong-

The something must be wrong farts pop out about every 15 minutes. But they don't stop. They keep on coming, and coming, all day long! With each one that you pass the smell is worse than the last.
By the time noon occurs they're so hot and steamy that you 'know' something is wrong. You're amazed that you haven't sharted yet.
By the time bedtime arrives, you're so sick of yourself that you feel like punching your stomach, and telling the farts to stop! They're now smelling so bad that they are waking you up in your sleep. Your partner has already decided to go sleep in the living room because of your stench. If these farts still occur in the morning, you start thinking that you need to get your colon cleaned.

Breakfast Break-

Breakfast break farts are pretty funny. They tend to smell exactly like your breakfast, that you ate an hour ago. Bacon and eggs. - These are great when you pass them in a small office, and someone walks in and says 'mmm was someone just eating bacon and eggs in here?- God I'm so hungry now!' ----Yeah he wants tah eat my fart for breakfast! Yes!
You get much satisfaction from these farts, especially if it happens to be your boss, wanting to munch down on your fart.

VocalPoofs-

Vocal poofs are fun farts. They come out almost singing. They're probably the ones that will grab the most laughs in a crowded room. They go from a low note, to a high note, then back down; followed by a small chorus of wheezing. What a hoot!

Echoing Wails-

These little buggers are probably the most embarrassing. They tend to only occur when you have to use one of them public bathrooms. Usually the bathroom is filled with people. You try to be silent. You even wait for most of them to leave before doing your doo. But doodies got some buddies. Doesn't he always. They're not shy either. They come spraying out in bucket loads. The farts though aren't that loud. But the echo sure is.
Before you know it, you've got some little punk kid laughing his rear end off in the next stall over. Stupid kid though, went and passed himself a few gigglegoos. Take that! You wait till you hear no one else in the bathroom. Its now safe to show your face.
So you thought. Usually theres someone still washing their hands. They don't dare make eye contact with you. You pig, you!

DangerBop-

This fart comes from someone else. Usually a co worker, or a student sitting next to you in class. You know them, but your not sure if you should laugh at them, or just pretend you didn't hear it. Each choice has either a positive or negative outcome. You're not sure which though.

Powdered Fart-

These gases come from extreme girly girls. The weak farts. A girl rushes by you, and suddenly you smell a mixture of fart with baby powder. They're probably worse than the poopsiedaisys, because 25 year old women shouldn't be powdering their bums. They also smell extremely un-natural. Aka Sissy fart.

CupNShare-

These types of rarities only happen when your feeling extremely thoughtful. You feel a fart about to push its way out into the world. But you want to hold onto it for just a little longer. You cup your hands around your bum, and catch the little newborn. The next ritual you perform quickly is the ScoopNSwoop.-
Yup- now quickly before the fart gets away, you swoop it on over to someone standing nearby. How thoughtful of you to share.

I'm sure there are tons more. But here is just a little list I compiled, and felt like sharing. ;) Pffffftttt.

Sims 3 Painting Glitch

2009-10-25T16:04:00.003-04:00

More bizzare Sims 3 glitches.

Take a look at Laura, she went to town square to brush up on her painting skills, and all of a sudden she began to do this odd form of possessed painting. While she looked over to the sde, her arm magically sailed off in an awkward position and began painting.

The City, Season 2 Episode 4 Recap

2009-10-23T12:36:00.003-04:00

My article also on AC

This weeks episode of The City (season 2, episode 4) the episode took us into the dating world of Whitney. The whole entire episode was a bit odd, and fast played, but nonetheless a good episode.

Whitney's pal invites her along to some Lifeguard party, honestly I was not paying attention to what the event was, but while they are there they run into a few good looking (well they thought they were good looking, I thought they looked like deformed Ken dolls) fellows.

Whitney's pal invites the guys along to a BBQ, they accept the invite, and small chitter chatter goes on between Whitney and her friend about how cute the guys are.

Meanwhile Roxy is feeling snubbed, and chats about it at a local hot spot with a date. He tells Roxy to be nice, because its pretty clear that Roxy does not mesh well with Whitney's friends.

Olivia is still getting the cold shoulder from Erin (a fellow employee at Elle). It's honestly no wonder though, because if you recall from the very first episode, Olivia was in total bitch mode when Erin nicely critiqued her work. At any rate, it's really old news, and Erin is taking the whole 'I hate you' bit a little too far.

Me thinks Erin is jealous of Olivia, and it becomes quite clear later on at a small cocktail party for Elle.

Last week Olivia impressed her boss, while Erin yawned and had no choice but to suck it up...although numerous eye rolls were included. You could just see the resentment on Erin's face though, it was pretty hilarious.

Regardless though, Erin was as professional as one would expect, and Olivia walked on in as if she owned the place. Erin was not having it, and I don't blame her.

Anyhow, at the cocktail event, Olivia impresses everyone, is friendly, courteous, and seems to know everyone in the room already. Erin watches on with an evil eye, plotting, hating, and clearly disgusted by the entire thing. Erin excuses herself early on from the party in a rude manner.

Now at this point you can see the jealousy, but you think as a viewer that Erin will just suck it up, and her and Olivia will become the best of friends, and laugh about their raunchy start later on. Only...this never happens. More details later on.

Fast forward to a scene that takes place back at People's Revolution. Whitney and Roxy are sitting at their desks having casual conversation about the guy Whitney met, and likes. Roxy tells her to go for him, but Whitney is not sure she should because her friend might have a thing for him. Whitney for some reason...AGAIN....takes Roxy's advice, which is really making her look like a weak individual. Roxy got her into trouble just last week with the boss, so why Whitney would take anything Roxy says into consideration is beyond me?

The boss Kelly walks in and tells Whitney to stay late, and Roxy lets Kelly know that Whitney has a BBQ, and that she would stay late instead so Whitney could go meet a boy.

Whitney seems bothered by Roxy's jumping in that way. Not too bothered though because the next scene is the BBQ.

Back to Whitney and the BBQ.

The scene is short lived, and it becomes clear that Whitney is digging on one of the guys that were invited the previous day to the BBQ.

The next scene takes us to Whitney and this man having dinner together and walking out with arms wrapped around each others backs. A little too touchy touchy for someone you just meet Whit! Gez! At any rate, its obvious her friend will have an issue with this later on? Its anyone's guess though.

Anyhow, back to Olivia and the Erin battle.

Erin walks into Elle while Olivia is sitting down doing work. Erin smiles, but its obvious its got ill intentions behind it.

Erin asks Olivia how she liked the cocktail party, and Olivia is mild mannered and states she had a lovely time. Erin then asks her if she got to meet any of the designers. Olivia nicely tells her that she pretty much knew all of the designers there already.

Uh-oh-Oh-no!

Erin seems jealous by this, and her claws come out. She yaps on about how Olivia should have been working and not socializing. How she shouldn't have an attitude with her all of the time, and how she is there to help her, not fight with her.

I smell B.S.

Olivia gets up from her seat without saying a word, and exits the room. The exact same thing I'd have done. But alas, what comes around goes around. Olivia was the first to show disrespect, but then again, Erin acted as if she owned the place and had it out for her the moment she met her, passing judgments without even meeting her...Erin just happened to bump into a challenge, let's see which of these women can handle things gracefully.

So far I'm on team Olivia

Recap! The Hills, Season 6- Episode 3: Strike One

2009-10-14T09:59:00.002-04:00

Last night we were graced with the presence of episode 3 on season 6 of The Hills. Titled Strike One.

In this episode we meet up with Stacie and Kristen (I like thousands of others are still wondering how these two became friends), they are shopping at some porn/sex toy shop for a birthday gift for Brody.

Now when we hear that it is Brody's birthday, as fans, we begin to wonder if Lauren Conrad will be attending her friend's birthday. Well folks, she's a no show.

Anyhow...

While shopping Kristen pokes some mild 'mean girl' attitude in her conversation regarding Jade, Brody's girlfriend. We learn that Kristen dated Brody way back in the day. Who knew!?

The next scene moves on to her and Justin at the beach, where Kristen invites Justin to go along with her. He accepts the invitation, and we are led to believe the two are together, dating, and all of that fake fun stuff. God they must have to pay her a wad of cash to hang out with that hairy chested beast.

Anyhow, back into Audrina's world. She is having lunch with Justin's best friend Derek! Yay! Derek seems nice, and seems like he could really treat her well. Sadly, we all know Audrina is not the brightest star in the sky, and that Derek is just the rebound guy to make Justin jealous. Yawn!!!!

Skipping ahead, we see Spencer and his old man friend shooting some golf in Spencer's back yard, when little Enzo *the annoying kid next door* takes it upon himself to join in. Spencer as usual is a douche-bag to the kid.

The Spencer/Heidi scenes are getting really lame. Zzzzzz....

Back to Kristen. She just arrives to Brody's surprise birthday party where she does her rounds of meeting and greeting some of the others at the party.

Brody shows up, yadda, yadda, and all of a sudden his mom comes into the picture, and while Kristen is giving Mrs. Brody a big ol hug, the conversation switches to how 'Brody would be so lucky to date Kristen.... or something along that line. At any rate, Jade is standing right there when his mom passes the comment. Ouch! I guess his mom does not like Jade very much...if at all. It was mean, but frankly no one knows what goes on when the cameras are not there.

Lo and Stephanie meet up with Kristen where they pry for information on Kristen and Justin. They ask her if she is dating him, and Kristen conforms that she is in fact dating him. Yay, gossip for Audrina!

Anyhow, the next blow to Jade comes pretty quickly, compliments of Kristen while Brody was opening his gifts from her.

It was not a front, Kristen really got Brody a sex whip and a dog collar complete with a leash.

She blurts out a comment in regards to the whip, and how its Jades, and how she has Brody whipped. Jade did not find the comment to be funny.

Before we know it Kristen is inviting everyone over to her place for an after party. Jade is pissed, and I can't blame her. She worked really hard at pulling together the party for Brody, and when he wants to just take off and go to an after party thrown by Kristen, she is fuming.

Jade walks away, Brody calls her a bitch in front of everyone. He throws more salt on the wound by telling her 'good, walk away, nobody wants you here anyway'.

Wow, smooth. Nice way to talk to your girlfriend. Ugh, I used to like him too. I thought he was a gentleman, but low and behold, those true 'spoiled little rich boy' colors came shining through.

Anyhow, Kristen is stood up by Justin, as he never arrives to the party. Brody continually asks where her man is, and she just shrugs.

Brody of course attends the after party, and Jade stays home. How convenient!

Brody and Kristen have a short stupid little conversation about love going bad. Yawn. You just called your girlfriend a bitch for throwing you a party and wanting to have a nice dinner with you- sweetie.

The comment seems to be more geared at Kristen than Jade, almost as if Brody is living down memory lane or something. Its too easy to see, and you don't even have to be a good observer to realize ow ridiculously staged it was.

Next we fast forward to Kristen and Stacie. Stacie is cozy on Kristen's couch (or they are living together, I've yet to figure it out) sipping on some sort of morning martini!? Kristen stumbles downstairs, where she yaps on about Justin not showing up to the party, and not answering her texts. She does not really care though, and it's pretty clear.

At any rate, she says 'Strike One', thus the title of the episode.

The Hills, Season 6, Episode 2

2009-10-12T11:53:00.002-04:00

This weeks episode of The Hills is a little late coming from me, but the episode was good enough for me to recall every dirty little detail from start to finish, so for those of you who have not seen the episode, this one is for you... and for those who watched it and just want to complain or add a comment about it. The box is down below! Haha!

Anyhow, if you managed to catch episode 1, you likely noted how meticulously staged every single scene was. Well unfortunately episode 2 was pretty much the same drill. Perfectly staged drama.

We start off with Kristen, who just came in to town, conveniently sitting down with Stacie. Anyone remember her as last seasons Speidi villain? Yeah, shes the girl who Spencer was spending some 'secret time' with. Or staged time, what have you.

Anyhow, Kristen mentions to Stacie the drama that unfolded last week when she and Audrina bumped heads over Kristen saying 'Hi' to Justin. Yawn... normally I would not take Kristen's side, but in that instance, I was on her side. Audrina and Stephanie blew the whole situation way out of proportion. Bad idea, because it made Justin seem all the more untouchable... and all the more yum-o-licious to Kristen. People always want what others tell them they cannot have. Tee-hee!

At any rate, we learn that Kristen wants to clear the air with Audrina.

Next we move on to what appears to be Lauren's old job, hanging clothing on racks. In the scene we have Audrina and her sister. Audrina stops mid work to let her know that she got a text message from Kristen asking her to meet her for lunch. Audrina tells her sister she is not meeting her, and that Lauren warned her that Kristen is a man eater! Yay! Our very first Lauren name dropping scene!

Next we see Stephanie meeting with Spencer and Heidi at the new Speidi Castle. Stephanie loves the house, but mentions that its not baby proof. Yup boys and girls, Heidi has babies on the mind, which is pure insanity. The Speidi scenes this year are a little more low key, and Spencer is less of a douche than usual, but still, very much a douche.

While he is a little more 'tamely mannered' he has adopted some new wardrobe malfunction. I guess instead of focusing on his drab messy attitude, the audience is now focusing on his appearance. Last week he graced the premier wearing a hoe-down cowboy getup, and this week he wore some ridiculous charm necklace with large opals, gems, and charms. I mean really? Who is paying him to wear this crap?

Anyhow, I would go more into detail on their scenes during the episode, but frankly they were boring.

To make a long boring story short, Heidi and Spencer meet the neighbors, and Heidi takes it upon herself to invite the little kid they have living with them, over to her house to play the Wii. Spencer gets mad, Spencer acts rude... and walks the kid home.

The moral of the scene? Heidi wants a baby, and Spencer is anti-kid. Following?

Likely the season will end with the announcement of a Speidi Baby, and some stupid Speidi Baby spin-off show. Sadly it will fail as far as ratings go. The married couple bit is just boring.

Anyhow, back to Audrina and Kristen.

Audrina does a no show for the arranged lunch with Kristen. Instead Lo shows up, which I'm sure just pissed off LC the moment she caught the episode on TV. The Lauren/Kristen drama makes the Lauren/Speidi drama look like a nice walk in a puppy filled field.

At any rate, here we have Lo and Kristen sitting together for some form of lunch. Lo never eats anything, but listens intently while Kristen spats out how she feels about Audrinas behavior.

Lo looks at her with her too easy to read beautiful bright blue eyes. You can pretty much read what she is thinking, without her saying it out loud.

Yes Lo is listening and being polite, with a near two-face sort of vibe, but only to bring back some gossip to Audrina later on. Which naturally she does.

Oddly though when the girls, Audrina, Lo, and Stephanie are all together later on, Lo and Stephanie think that Audrina should apologize. This is strange considering Stephanie was pretty much the fuel to the entire fire that went down a week prior.

Audrina catches on to the vibe, gives them both a weird look, and refuses to apologize to Kristen.

Stephanie then invites Lo and Audrina to come along with her to an opening of a new club. They have prior arrangements though to meet with/watch a band that will be playing.

Anyhow, while Lo and Audrina are watching the band, Stephanie is out at the club. The camera cuts to a cozy crew containing last seasons regulars. Brody and his posse, and his 'ready for a fight' girlfriend Jade. If you recall, Jade was the pissed off girlfriend last season. She wanted to beat down Audrina for schmoozing with Brody. Righteously so!

Conveniently Kristen walks in to the same club. You are not sure whether or not her and Justin arrived together or not, but it appears that way.

Brody makes fun of him for his wardrobe, and pretty boy hair cut and shave. Yes folks, Justin Bobby shaved for this scene! I'm sure Kristen would have it no other way.

Anyhow, in the background you can hear Jade telling one of her pals that she hates Kristen. I don't recall the two having any past history, but regardless Jade hates her, which means something will eventually 'go down'. Likely a lame puss wuss yelling-fest.

Justin and Kristen make off to the dance floor, where the two share this ridiculously old fart 'lets pretend we are in love' slow dance. Shortly afterward, the two are in some empty booth room, making out. Tongue to nasty tongue.

Stephanie catches the action. It's only a matter of time till the news gets back to Audrina.

The next morning Stephanie is itching to tell Audrina what she saw. They meet for lunch where Stephanie quickly tells Audrina the news of the make out party she witnessed Justin and Kristen having. I felt so bad, because you could see that Audrinas heart had just fell to the floor, like a fish out of a fishbowl, flopping around, and gasping for air. Poor girl. Regardless of the staged scenes, Audrina is pathetically and hopelessly in love with Justin still. God only knows why, the guy... like her sister said...is a douche bag.

Likely MTV promised him a raise. You pretty much catch on to that later on when the scene cuts to him and Kristen riding on his motorcycle to some restaurant.

At the restaurant Justin mentions Audrina... which clearly means he loves her too, but is too stupid to figure things out before she moves on.

We learn that Kristen and Justin just want to be in it for a good time. Basically he wants to screw, and she does not seem to mind. We also take note of Kristen's wall eye a few times during this full blown staged scene. She does a good job at hiding it though, by looking to the floor or to the side quite often.

All in all, the whole make out party seemed to be Kristen's way of getting back at Audrina for ditching her lunch invite.

Season Premiere Recap of the City, Season 2: Sleeping with the Frenemy

2009-10-12T11:51:00.001-04:00

Season Premiere Recap of the City, Season 2: Sleeping with the Frenemy also posted on AC. My original work.

Last night was an MTV orgasm. Not only did viewers get to sit down for a half hour of drama on season 6 of The Hills, but we were also given the first slice of The City, season 2.

We learn during the narration segment at the very beginning that Whitney has began working for Kelly again at People's Revolution, but still remains in the city. Her Aussie caveman boyfriend is also gone. Thank God!

Anyhow, an old high-school friend named Roxy is in The City as well, hoping that People's Revolution will hire her as well. During her interview with Kelly, Roxy comes off as a cold, crass, bitchy individual who has nothing good to say about anyone. She is clear when she tells Kelly she does not like girls. Kelly immediately notices Roxy's inner diva, and asks her how she likes Whitney.

At first Roxy has good things to say, but her Poison Ivy vibe quickly comes out when she mentions being shocked that Whitney works in fashion. When Kelly asks her why, she goes on to tell her how bland and dull she was in high-school, always wearing colors like yellow.

To me Kelly has played this protective role when it comes to Whitney. I actually really like the relationship the two have. Kelly plays the role of her boss, the role of her mentor, and she even has this warm caring motherly side about her that only shines through for Whitney.

After the interview, Roxy meets up with Whitney, where she weasel's her way in to letting Whitney crash at her place.

Olivia is off about to get hired by Elle. She is told by her boss that he wants her to meet his publicist Erin, whom is excellent at her job. He raves and raves about Erin, and shortly Olivia is introduced to her. Erin seems a little turned off by Olivia.

Olivia obviously senses the bad vibes, so she politely excuses herself. After she leaves, Erin yammers on about how Olivia has an attitude, and how she thinks that Olivia thinks she knows more than she really does. Erin obviously watched season 1 of The City, and had passed judgments long before even meeting Olivia.

Erin though is pretty good at spotting a crude individual, because Olivia's true colors shine through like a star.

While at work, Olivia is sitting at her desk erasing something off of a piece of paper when Erin walks in. They say hello, and all seems fine.

Erin then asks Olivia and one of the interns to complete a very mind numbingly simple task. Seriously a monkey could have done the job.

She tells her to pick out a beach scene outfit for under $25.00, and an office setting outfit for under $75.00. Erin also requests that she picks the outfits up in different sizes.

Basically the job is to compare the low priced clothing to expensive ones. Kind of what you see in all those gossip magazines. The fun little section where they pick a superstar, and give cheap suggestions on mimicking the look.

Anyway, I could have completed the job with my eyes closed at TJMAXX, or Marshall's. Instead Olivia arrives later on with the intern. With drab outfits, and only in a size 8.

FAIL!

Seriously, either get it together, or just quit...

Instead of fixing the issues, Olivia naturally has to play up her role of the socialite diva by talking back to Erin, and telling her that if she does not like it to go and do it herself!

Way to get your co-workers on your good side. I mean hello Olivia, you are the new girl!

Olivia walks out, and I seriously thought she would have been fired for that stint.

Anyhow, back at home Whitney is showing Roxy around her apartment. She shows her the roof, which apparently is also part of her apartment. It's like the mega 'got it all' apartment in the city. Roxy likes it, and instead of thanking her, and being a good couch crasher, she suggests throwing a party.

I mean right there the red flag should have gone up. This girl just waltz's in like she owns the place, and she is already comfortable enough to suggest wrecking it by throwing a party?

Anyhow, back to People's Revolution.

Whitney is sitting down with Kelly and they are discussing issues outside of work. Roxy's name comes up, and Kelly is shocked when Whitney tells her that Roxy is crashing at her place. Without being a fire starter, Kelly does not mention what Roxy said. Instead she subtly drops a hint that Whitney should watch out for the friends she makes.

The line was seriously perfect for what happens next.

Whitney takes a cab home, and the scene cuts to her getting out of the cab. The music is obviously enhanced to give off the vibe that it is so loud you can hear it all the way outside.

Whitney walks in to her apartment and her eyes are glowing with shock, and likely disappointment. Without her knowledge Roxy has taken it upon herself to throw a party. Classy!

Whitney is clearly upset, but lets Roxy know that she got the job at People's Revolution. Naturally Roxy sees it as a reason to party!!! What a better reason!?

The party ends quickly when the cops arrive due to the noise.

So what has the very first episode offered? A new diva named Roxy, and an old diva named Olivia, who has stepped up her role as the mega bitch, to an all new heightened level.

Whitney is sort of the innocent victim as it seems. A baby bunny thrown into a small cage with wild, out of control, selfish hungry wolves.

The Hills Season 6, 'It's on Bitch', Season Premiere Recap

2009-10-12T11:48:00.001-04:00

Last night the world was graced with the presence of yet another drama fueled season of The Hills. We pretty much left off at season 5 with the Speidi wedding, that LC actually broke down and attended.

Of course for one last smack in the LC face before she left, her old high-school nemesis was invited along to the wedding as well. Ms. Kristen Cavallari!

It became quite clear that MTV played a role in this whole set up, considering Heidi and Kristen have not spoken in... oh gee... possibly never?

So MTV likely played a huge role in Kristen's arrival. How nice right? How fitting! Let Kristen come in and pick up Laurens show. I think its a lame slap in LC's face, but regardless, MTV knew that in order to keep this show going they had to stick with their old characters, and they had to invite some more fire into the mix. Speidi is getting old anyway, so new drama is surely a match for success.

So Kristen is back, and she is forced to mingle and mix with the old characters of the show. She barely knows any of them, but slides right on in, just like a good little MTV reality robot.

We picked up in last seasons final episode that Kristen was going to stir the pot when it came to Justin and Audrina.

Anyway, let me take you back to the very first episode of season 6, titled, It's On Bitch.

We are brought to a mixer thrown by Heidi and Spencer; or at least that is what it looks like. We learn a few things about Kristen that we pretty much already knew thanks to Laguna Beach. We also learn that Audrina is unusually jealous of Kristen even though she didn't do diddly squat to her...yet.

So the tension is in the air. It's there, but somewhat unnecessary. It makes one think the cast just got their script and notice that Kristen is back. Likely they are pissed at MTV, but hey, they have to take it out on someone, so why not the girl they hired to narrate? It makes sense.

Anyway, before we know it the drama is escalated thanks to a neat little bitch off thrown by Stephanie Pratt.

Stephanie notices that Kristen has just arrived. Perfect timing considering they are all gossiping about her just seconds before her arrival.

Kristen is in good spirits. She makes round greeting everyone (it was supposed to be Heidi and Spencer's party, but really it looked more like Kristen's, Welcome to the Show' party), being polite, being just a regular person, when suddenly she makes one big no-no. Kristen goes over to say hello to Justin, who needs to shave his face Bobby.

Immediately Audrina is feeling angry/jealous. Stephanie then introduces herself in a cold, un-friendly manner. She begins accusing Kristen of ... hmh... I honestly couldn't even tell you. She just gives Kristen crap for really no reason. Stephanie basically wants to warn her to stay away from Justin. Audrina and Stephanie are what appears to be new BFF's.

The way Stephanie went about things though reminded me of the time when she gave Lauren crap about not being friends with Heidi anymore. Steph has more bark than bite, because the moment Kristen starts getting loud and obnoxious, Stephanie just sits there.

Audrina soon walks up, and the yelling, and spatting occurs between the two. For a very short millisecond it even looks like Audrina goes in for a very weak attempt at a choke out on Kristen. The camera guy, how could he miss something so spectacular. Man if it was an attempt at some sort of choke out, it was weak! Fail!

At any rate this scene is where the title of the show comes from. 'It's On Bitch', is basically all Kristen says after the tiff is over and done with.

Anyhow, with that aside, Heidi and Spencer are house shopping, and Heidi non-stop yabbers on about a nursery, and a child proof house, and all this baby stuff. It's obvious she either wants one, or already had a Spence Jr. seed implanted.

Although their clothing is the last thing I usually bring up, I just had to mention the cowboy retarded outfit Spencer had on while house shopping. I just hope there wasn't a Realtor present, because he looked like a goddamn moron. Why Heidi even let him out of the house looking like that is beyond me. The only reasonable reason for such duds would be learning that he came from a rodeo, and was practicing riding bulls.

Spencer goes ahead and does his usual Spencer move, and decides to just pick the house he likes without confiding in his wife first. He puts a deposit down on a house that Heidi clearly does not like too much. She called it too modern, or a porn house. Too bad though huh!? Spencer went ahead and put down the deposit, the house is hers and his, whether she likes it or not. Typical of Spencer.

Meanwhile Lo and Stephanie are discussing Kristen for a short period of time, and Lo passes a lame comment about how she does not want to get on Kristen's bad side. As if Kristen is some sort of mega diva anyone should give a damn about. At any rate the comment is dropped to make it look like Kristen is more than what she really is.

Next we see that Kristen is meeting up with Justin in some hub, pub, sports bar type atmosphere. Nothing really pivotal happens here, but the second meeting takes place at a more private dinner setting.

Kristen lets Justin know that she knows Audrina loves him. He apparently likes hearing this, but flirts away with Kristen anyway to obviously get to Audrina. Why he'd be so pathetic is beyond me, but its clear the whole scene is staged. Kristen looks like she is bored with his presence, but it does not stop her from going for the ratings MTV so wanted.

She makes a comment about her bed, and before you know it Justin passes some sort of 'breaking it in' comment.

We leave off pretty much there. The ratings I'm sure were some sort of all time The Hills record, however the sad way it seemed so staged made it a little boring. Regardless though, its still worth watching for the drama.

I also wanted to note that Audrina looked way hotter with her darker locks. I hope she goes back to her original mysterious dark roots. Oh and... I also hope she finds love elsewhere than with Justin. The guy is so scuzz.

The City, Season 2 Recap. Premiere Episode: Sleeping With the Frenemy

2009-09-30T11:22:00.002-04:00

My recap originally published on AC. -MelanieDee

Last night was an MTV orgasm. Not only did viewers get to sit down for a half hour of drama on season 6 of The Hills, but we were also given the first slice of The City, season 2.

We learn during the narration segment at the very beginning that Whitney has began working for Kelly again at People's Revolution, but still remains in the city. Her Aussie caveman boyfriend is also gone. Thank God!

Anyhow, an old high-school friend named Roxy is in The City as well, hoping that People's Revolution will hire her as well. During her interview with Kelly, Roxy comes off as a cold, crass, bitchy individual who has nothing good to say about anyone. She is clear when she tells Kelly she does not like girls. Kelly immediately notices Roxy's inner diva, and asks her how she likes Whitney.

At first Roxy has good things to say, but her Poison Ivy vibe quickly comes out when she mentions being shocked that Whitney works in fashion. When Kelly asks her why, she goes on to tell her how bland and dull she was in high-school, always wearing colors like yellow.

To me Kelly has played this protective role when it comes to Whitney. I actually really like the relationship the two have. Kelly plays the role of her boss, the role of her mentor, and she even has this warm caring motherly side about her that only shines through for Whitney.

After the interview, Roxy meets up with Whitney, where she weasel's her way in to letting Whitney crash at her place.

Olivia is off about to get hired by Elle. She is told by her boss that he wants her to meet his publicist Erin, whom is excellent at her job. He raves and raves about Erin, and shortly Olivia is introduced to her. Erin seems a little turned off by Olivia.

Olivia obviously senses the bad vibes, so she politely excuses herself. After she leaves, Erin yammers on about how Olivia has an attitude, and how she thinks that Olivia thinks she knows more than she really does. Erin obviously watched season 1 of The City, and had passed judgments long before even meeting Olivia.

Erin though is pretty good at spotting a crude individual, because Olivia's true colors shine through like a star.

While at work, Olivia is sitting at her desk erasing something off of a piece of paper when Erin walks in. They say hello, and all seems fine.

Erin then asks Olivia and one of the interns to complete a very mind numbingly simple task. Seriously a monkey could have done the job.

She tells her to pick out a beach scene outfit for under $25.00, and an office setting outfit for under $75.00. Erin also requests that she picks the outfits up in different sizes.

Basically the job is to compare the low priced clothing to expensive ones. Kind of what you see in all those gossip magazines. The fun little section where they pick a superstar, and give cheap suggestions on mimicking the look.

Anyway, I could have completed the job with my eyes closed at TJMAXX, or Marshall's. Instead Olivia arrives later on with the intern. With drab outfits, and only in a size 8.

FAIL!

Seriously, either get it together, or just quit...

Instead of fixing the issues, Olivia naturally has to play up her role of the socialite diva by talking back to Erin, and telling her that if she does not like it to go and do it herself!

Way to get your co-workers on your good side. I mean hello Olivia, you are the new girl!

Olivia walks out, and I seriously thought she would have been fired for that stint.

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Anyhow, back at home Whitney is showing Roxy around her apartment. She shows her the roof, which apparently is also part of her apartment. It's like the mega 'got it all' apartment in the city. Roxy likes it, and instead of thanking her, and being a good couch crasher, she suggests throwing a party.

I mean right there the red flag should have gone up. This girl just waltz's in like she owns the place, and she is already comfortable enough to suggest wrecking it by throwing a party?

Anyhow, back to People's Revolution.

Whitney is sitting down with Kelly and they are discussing issues outside of work. Roxy's name comes up, and Kelly is shocked when Whitney tells her that Roxy is crashing at her place. Without being a fire starter, Kelly does not mention what Roxy said. Instead she subtly drops a hint that Whitney should watch out for the friends she makes.

The line was seriously perfect for what happens next.

Whitney takes a cab home, and the scene cuts to her getting out of the cab. The music is obviously enhanced to give off the vibe that it is so loud you can hear it all the way outside.

Whitney walks in to her apartment and her eyes are glowing with shock, and likely disappointment. Without her knowledge Roxy has taken it upon herself to throw a party. Classy!

Whitney is clearly upset, but lets Roxy know that she got the job at People's Revolution. Naturally Roxy sees it as a reason to party!!! What a better reason!?

The party ends quickly when the cops arrive due to the noise.

So what has the very first episode offered? A new diva named Roxy, and an old diva named Olivia, who has stepped up her role as the mega bitch, to an all new heightened level.

Whitney is sort of the innocent victim as it seems. A baby bunny thrown into a small cage with wild, out of control, selfish hungry wolves.

The Hills, Season 6 Premiere Recap: It's On Bitch

2009-09-30T10:39:00.002-04:00

Breaking Bad Season 3 Coming This March 2010!!!

2009-09-21T12:01:00.003-04:00

Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy!

TV has gotten really, really lame this year. The only thing that seems to be even remotely entertaining is VH1's reality shows. However that all changed when one of the reality contestants turned out to be a murderer/suicide case. Not 1, but 2 reality shows were cut because of it.

Now we are left with squabble, garbage, rubbish, reruns.

However this fall things are looking up for other TV Stations. Ugly Betty will be coming back for another season, and Breaking Bad one of my all time favorite 'rooting for the bad guys' shows is headed back to AMC this March of 2010.

Unfortunately there is no official air date, but at least we know to watch out for our March line up on AMC.

We left off with a plane exploding over Walt's house. It's going to be exciting to see how things pan out after that, so stay tuned, March will be here before you know it, and the answers fans have all been waiting for will hopefully come through in the season premiere!

Brad Pitt Gets His Gerbil on The New Show, The Lifestyles of the Rich and Shameless: Rodent, That Is

2009-09-16T15:52:00.003-04:00

Brad PittNow I really like Brad, and I think Angelina is sizzling hot. However when I hear rumors buzzing around the net on some of my top favorite celebs, I take it with a grain of salt. You can't always believe what you hear when it comes to celeb news anyway.

However one rumor thats been buzzing around all week is that Brad Pitt spent $90,000 building and designing a rodent house for his kids pet gerbils.

The actual price was said to be somewhere around $82,000...but alas 82 or 92, thats still horrid, considering most people are lucky to afford an actual home, for their actual human selves.

I know the power couple has done some fantastic things, with donating to charities and so forth, however when you hear crap like $90,000 rodent motels, you have to wonder about them. Both of them.

I'm sure the kids would have been just as happy with their pet Gerbils had they lived in small gerbil houses like normal kids have.

I'm just hoping that it's a twist, and that Brad found Gerbils in his $90,000 car... or something like that. Or I'm hoping the whole thing is just a bluff.

Hey Brad, I'll let you pet me if you build me a $90,000 house for a human. I won't even bite, I swear.

-The title of course is a gag-

The Hills Season 6 Coming This Fall

2009-09-16T14:06:00.001-04:00

Can you feel it Laguna fans, can you feel it Hills lovers? MTV has been airing reruns of The Hills all month long, back to back and side to side, the reruns can only mean one thing! That The Hills season 6 debut will begin very soon!!!

Unfortunately there is not yet an official air date, but fans know its set for this fall, and it will be airing on our tubes before we know it!

This season however will not allow us to peek into Lauren Conrad's life, however fans are hoping she will do some scene drops. I mean hell, she's friends with a few of the characters left on the show, and I'm sure Speidi will make sure to name drop her initials once in awhile. All hope is not lost.

Season 6 is going to be following Kristen around....remember her? She was LC's number one enemy back in the Laguna days, so I'm sure MTV hiring her enemy to fill her shoes was a slap in the face for Conrad.

Now I'm not sure if the show will be narrated by Kristen, but I'm pretty confident in saying that likely it is how it will pan out. I'm still however left wondering why they didn't scoop up Audrina for the narration job.

At any rate season 6 is said to be packed filled with drama, tear drops, and lots of designer duds, so keep your eyes and ears open for the season premieres official launch date.

VH1's Megan Wants a Millionaire: Postponed & I Love Money 3: May Not Air at All

2009-08-25T13:35:00.001-04:00

The rumors have been swirling that Ryan Jenkins was the winner of Megan Wants a Millionaire, and that is why the show has been 'postponed'.

Those of you whom were getting ready for this falls I Love Money 3 may also note that they may as well skip on Tivo'ing it. Likely it will be canceled as well, seeing that Jenkins was a contestant on the show, and it is rumored that he won.

I have a hunch, along with the rest of those who were fans of the show that postponed is a nice way of saying canceled. VH1 is likely hoping we will forget all about the show, and just move on. Although is a terrible thing that happened, a lot of fans of the shows have expressed just how livid they are in forums, and on blogs throughout the net.

It's quite possible that Ryan in fact won, and now VH1 has canceled it due to the fact that it would be bad press for themselves. I mean who the hell wants to watch a slime bag killer win $250,000?

I just feel so terrible for the family and friends of that beautiful, beautiful woman that he murdered in cold blood. His self inflicted suicide was not even justice for what he really deserved.

At any rate, the show Megan wants a Millionaire is postponed, and I Love Money 3 may not air at all.

So, Uhm, Like... Lauren Conrad's Book... My Pre-Review of L.A. Candy

2009-08-25T13:29:00.002-04:00

Two weeks ago I wrapped up reading the final book in the Twilight series. I wanted to cry, I was so deliciously addicted. I love reading, and knew that I needed something new to indulge in. Sadly I knew nothing would please me quite like the vampire saga did. While browsing, my boyfriend, of all people, handed me a hardcover book with Lauren Conrad's face plastered on the cover:L.A. Candy.

Although I did not think I could dumb down my brain after reading Twilight, I went ahead and bought the book.

I found the book to start of really bland. We meet Jane and her roommate Scarlett who recently moved to Los Angeles for school.

It took me a few chapters to realize that Jane was actually some sort of alter ego of Lauren herself. Jane works as an intern for an event planner, while Scarlett...err Scarlett goes to school.

Nearly immediately the girls are spotted at some bar scene, where a man named Trevor offers them a reality show. He hands them his card, and wallah, the girls become reality stars.

They were not the only ones who were in this show though. Trevor hired 2 other girls as well, Gaby and Madison. It becomes quickly clear that reality is sometimes not 'reality' in reality TV. Jane and Scarlett have to pretend they are friends with these random girls. Jane falls into it, and tries to be friends with them, Scarlett on the other hand is not having it.

Anyhow, as the book rambles on, we see love unfold, lies told, and realities hidden. It's basically an everyday episode of The Hills, or Laguna Beach, only with a much more wicked and vengeful twist, which we meet at the end.

Now although I found the ending of the book to be deliciously fitting, and pretty damn good, the majority of the book consisted of a lot of annoying content that just seemed to fluff out the actual point to make the book thicker.

Then we had the issue of her characters. The books chapters would jump from Jane's point of view, to Scarlett's, to Madison's, to some Gossip reporter, to Trevor. It made it hard to make a real connection with any of the characters.

Jane was supposed to be the main character, at least it's what it was attempting, but honestly with all the jumping around, it made it impossible to care about what happened to her, or any of the other characters for that matter.

Overall though, I must say the book was suiting to Conrad's lifestyle. It was a quick read, and had an ending I was not expecting at all, which is pretty damn neat, especially considering how bad I thought it would all end. I thought I'd end up slamming the book against a wall when I finished, but I was pleasantly surprised for the big bang at the end.

L.A. Candy is book 1 in a series, however I think the book ended just where it needed to end, and there is honestly no need for any type of follow up.

Craving At The Moment: 1980's Bonkers Candy

2009-08-19T15:07:00.005-04:00

They bring back everything, they can remodel Strawberry Shortcake, make Popples look like shit, and I'm pretty sure the toy tycoons are scheming up ways to resurrect Nosey Bears.

But hello...

WHERE THE HELL ARE MY BONKERS!

The retro candy was discontinued. I heard that they remade it, but it was not the same candy, nor the same company.

I am craving my delicious watermelon bonkers for years now, and have yet to find anyone selling these yummers.

Seriously, I would eat it if it were 10 years old, JUST GIVE ME BACK MY BONKERS!

I found this nifty petition online- a hope for enough attention to bring back the marvelous, perfectly delicious retro candy, so sign it!!!

Megan Wants a Millionaire, Episode 2 Recap

2009-08-12T11:04:00.003-04:00

I did not even bother to write up a premiere recap to Megan Wants a Millionaire, because frankly it was as boring as it could get. An introduction to some millionaires, some that appear to be insane, some that I think are into guys and not girls, and some that are questionable as far as their 'money' goes.

At any rate, because I liked Megan's witty devious charm in all of the previous reality shows she has been in, I sucked it up, and continued on to episode 2 which aired earlier this week.

In this episode Megan lets her millionaire suitors know that Valentine's Day is her favorite holiday. It's suiting considering it's a show about love, and money. What a perfect holiday to mix in both.

So the guys are presented with a table of a bunch of arts and craft like objects. Megan lets them all know she likes possessions, but she also likes things that come from the heart.

Most of the men ignore the craft table, and instead decide to go all out and buy their own things for her.

Al decides to present to Megan an $8,000 check to a spa. Al however needed to make up for his weird episode last week when he barked at her, and made her spill her drink all over herself. I guess he figured she would be happy with 8k, and all would be forgotten. Turns out his motives were right on the money. Al is redeemed. It only cost 8 grand!

Mr. Mike has a friend who is a designer bring over a fashionable dress for her. Once again she is thrilled.

Another of the contestants decides to use the craft table, and design a bikini for her. Although he did not go all out like the other men, his gift is from the heart.

Shawn who has the blazing pop out eyes, decides to serve naked sushi. Basically he lays himself out on a table, and allows Megan to eat sushi off of his body. He however, is not naked, and he manages to put his tight boxer briefs on inside out.

Garth the sloppy, greasy looking plumber decides to lip sing her a song he had been working on for 2 years. It's some sex mode song, I could not really grasp the lyrics. It did however have a pretty decent beat to it, which I hate admitting. At any rate though, Garth is mad when Megan does not pick him as one of the top 3 gift givers. He claimed he made this song for her (which er... yeah right), and gets offended when he thinks she does not like it.

He decides to storm up to her room later on, where he confronts her for not liking his song. She claims she never said she did not like it, she said that the song was about sex, and was a little too much. Instead of taking things as they are, Garth decides to sing the song again, in slow motion. Ugh.

Garth gets a vibe that she is not feeling him, so decides he is going to leave. Megan confronts him, and he decides to stay.

Anyhow, the 3 men who won the gift giving contest are Mr. Mike, Shawn, and Al. The prize is a ski date with Megan.

After winning the 3 men are told by the narrator of the show that they have the option to purchase gifts on a menu for Megan, or they have the option to go and do their own thing for her. The gifts on the menu include ski themed presents such as Tiffany snow themes jewelery, a jacket, and so on.

Al and Shawn agree to buy everything on the menu for Megan, that they will split the money down the middle, and the gifts would be for both of them. Mr. Mike decides he wants to do his own thing for her.

Al pays with cash, but when Shawn takes out his credit card to pay, he is declined. Al decides to pay for everything, and tells Shawn he can pay him back when he gets the card error situated.

Shawn however never pays him back, in fact, he tries avoiding Al like a plague.

At the ski resort, Al tells Megan how Shawn stiffed him out of the money.

Naturally Megan confronts Shawn about his lack of funds, and Shawn explains it was an error due to the fact that he was traveling, the bank put his money on hold.

At any rate, later on during the elimination ceremony Megan sends home Garth and Shawn. She was going to eliminate the guy who I think is gay (Joe), because she says he is not stepping it up, and that she thinks there is more of a friend connection instead of a romantic one.

Joe begs to stay, and says he will step it up. Megan asks how, and Joe goes in for one of the most wide mouthed rancid kisses I have ever seen in my life. Seriously, it looked like he was about to swallow her face.

Megan apparently feels pity for the weasel, and lets him stay.

Till next week...

Coke Rewards Officially Sucks Now...

2009-07-31T15:12:00.003-04:00

I work behind a desk, behind a computer for nearly 300 days out of the year. Everyday on my way in to work, I would stop off at a local 711, pick up a cup of coffee, and a bottle of Coca-Cola.

Normally I would just stop in for the coffee, but due to the fact that I had time to kill on my lunch break I figured I would start slowly accumulating points on www.mycokerewards.com.

Back in 2006 when I first started collecting the reward points, I hoped to one day have enough to earn the big ticket items, like consoles, HDTVs, computers, and a slew of other really enticing rewards, like vacations, hotel stays, and much more.

The rewards were very appealing, so much so that I began buying strictly coke products just to add 3 measly points to my account every day. I knew it would probably take 3 years to get anything worth wild, but hey, I am a patient person. I can wait it out.

However I noticed something grossly disturbing taking place in 2007. Coke began removing these spectacular rewards in place of 'prizes'. That's right, instead of accumulating points for a guaranteed reward, they now wanted you to donate your points into a raffle.

It sucked, because I knew I had a better chance of getting struck by lightning than winning a $5,000 dream home entertainment system.

It was not so bad yet though, because back in 2008 there were still a few items that I thought were worthy of continuing my saving up in points. I figured they removed some of the bigger items because people likely cashed in for them... and now they would restock the inventory with a slew of newer, bigger, better things.... only the newer, bigger, better things never came.

Long gone were the days of hoping to acquire enough points for a sweet HDTV, or a sweet 3 day vacation. Long gone were those days.

In 2009 all of those rewards that caused people to continue to add up their points were gone. Replaced by insulting pitiful poor excuses for rewards.

Let us take a look at an example.

The highest point items ask for 2,000 points. They include $50 gift cards to Nike, and a 1 day vehicle rental from AVIS.

It seems to me that as soon as Coke sniffed out too many people gaining points towards their HDTV goals, they removed all of the good stuff, and replaced them with insulting rewards.

Now I don't give a damn about you people who come across this and call me a whiny baby... seriously, go troll in some other forum or blog- I could give a damn what you think of me.

This is written for all of you, who like me, saved your stinkin coke points for YEARS, only to realize that all of the reasons you began saving those points in the first place, are now gone.

Let us take a close look at how this all works out.

2,000 points for a $50.00 Nike Gift Card
1 bottle of coke= 3 points.

Bottle of cokes one needs to drink in order to acquire 2,000 points = 666.6666666 (yikes!)

Price on 666 bottles of coke at around $1.59 per bottle = $1,058.94 give or take a few cents. So price to value... equals = SUCKERS!!!!

Now lets not even talk about horrendous navigating the site is. They improved the site, but it took them years....still though it is slow loading, and horrendous on the eyes.

However you won't navigate too much, especially after you see the rewards, and the ridiculous amount of points needed for these rewards.

Coca-Cola... seriously, give us back our decent rewards, and keep the point ratio to value of products fair!

At coke reward rates, you are better off just buying the items, instead of paying triple, or more their value.

A 1 Day Avis Car rental using coke reward points will in the long run cost you $1000+

A 1 Week Car Rental From Avis starts at around $220 a week.

Wow!!! But alas friends, you at least can say you got to drink 666 bottles of coke to get that one day rental! Hah! I'm laughing so hard, I left skid marks in my pants.

Paul Mitchell Super Strong Shampoo: A Review

2009-07-31T10:15:00.002-04:00

I recently picked up Paul Mitchell's Super Strong Shampoo because my friend kept insisting that all of Paul Mitchell's hair care products worked wonders for her hair. I couldn't argue, because frankly she has really healthy, shiny hair.

However I tend to skip on high priced shampoo's and conditioners, and Paul Mitchell shampoos range from $8.98 to $30.00.

With summer weather taking its toll on my hair though; leaving it brittle, dry, and knotty, I went ahead and picked up the Super Strong Shampoo, and the conditioner.

The shampoo comes in a very small bottle. You can buy a larger size, but seeing that I was new to the brand, I bought the smaller 10 ounce bottle for $8.98 as a trial. An expensive trial, but it was better than spending $25.00 on a larger bottle. I figured if it worked wonders I would buy the larger bottle next time.

The shampoo itself is rather thick, and in the shower it lathers like a dream. I had never felt shampoo lather the way Paul Mitchell, Super Strong Shampoo did. It felt more like foam than it did anything else, and after rinsing out it left my hair feeling moisturized, sleek, and soft. Usually shampoo leaves my thick wavy hair feeling parched, so I was impressed with how moisturized it left my hair.

It has a nice scent, but the scent has been done before. It's a fresh clean scent with a mild tinge of musk. Nice, but like I said, I have smelled this scent before.

Results were phenomenal after stepping out of the shower. My hair was knot free, smooth and felt silky. However as my hair air dried I noticed that it was left fluffy, and with far too much body. I already have very thick wavy hair, so any extra body just sucks.

I do believe though that those who are looking for added extra body will love this shampoo, but if you already have thick hair, you may want to steer clear of this one.

The Winner of Daisy of Love Is.....

2009-07-28T11:14:00.003-04:00

So, last night was fueled with VH1 reality show finales. We watched Risky win Charm School with Ricki Lake, and we watched as Daisy made her final decision on who she would chose to be her rock-star (lover).

The finale basically displayed dinner dates with the guys.

Left are the 3 finalists, 12 Pack, London and Flex. The show started with the men getting all get cozy in their new Hawaiian suite. The guys give London a hard time, but nothing really too dramatic.

Shortly afterward they are delivered individual letters all for them, written by Daisy. She tells Flex she thinks that her has anger issues, she tells 12 Pack that she is not sure how she feels, and she tells London (who apparently did not graduate 2nd grade English class) she worries about him taking off again.

Afterward they are all taken to dinner where they meet up with Daisy. Before getting intimate and one on one with the remaining guys though she is escorted to learn a Hawaiian dance with belly dancers. The guys drool, I puke in my mouth a little...and the show goes on.

Daisy begins speaking with London first, and Flex naturally interrupts the speech with his hate focused on London.

After London gets his turn sort of speaking, 12 Pack is up next. He fears speaking with Daisy about how he feels in front of the other guys. Its obvious Mr. Muscle is insecure, but he eventually gets around to telling her he loves her. Flex however interrupts yet again, with all the things he loves about Daisy. At this point, as a viewer I couldn't help but feel sorry for him. At the same rate though I was praying he would lose, because I think she's pretty repulsive.

The following day, the guys are all driven to the airport, where an elimination is going to take place. I honestly thought she would send London home, but instead she says goodbye to 12 Pack. I must say I was pretty floored, I thought for sure that 12 Pack and Flex would be the final 2 contestants. Alas, I was wrong. Daisy for some odd reason likes London, and with all of the ridiculous scripting that went on during the season, I was not too shocked. I was at this point wondering if she knew London prior to this show. She only hung out with London but once or twice, and he bounced for more than half of the season... then he comes back, and she is suddenly in love with him. Sorry, I just ain't buying that crap my friend.

Anyhow, after the airport incident, Daisy and Flex fly away in a chopper to view Maui from above. London is taken away back to the resort in a limo.

Apparently Flex's one on one date was taking place, and London would get to go on a date with her tomorrow, or later that night. At this point we are not sure because we are not clued in.

After the chopper ride, they go to dinner, and back to her place to cap the night off with some lovin. I do believe they had sex, but don't want to think about it too much because I may heave.

Anyhow, the following day Flex rolls in with a big grin on his face, and London is taken on his date. London gets the crap end of the stick, because his date consists of horseback riding. Yay!

London's date also seemed much, much shorter, and there was no night cap for him that night because eliminations would be taking place. Yeah he got jipped.

It didn't matter though, because in the end, Daisy ends up picking London as her rock-star. Yep, I must say for once I was happy with the end result. I knew Flex was the better guy for her, but frankly I believe he is the better guy for someone else; as in he can do way the hell better than the silicone queen.

So we watch as some weird mating ritual happens where London and Daisy are kissing one another in a way that looked like they had both done this before. It was also really awkward and gross, like 2 ugly birds pecking at one another's faces. I wouldn't doubt if they were a couple prior to this show.

Regardless though, this seems like a nice way to end a really lame show. I am sure VH1 is already writing a season 2.

Charm School With Ricky Lake... The Winner Is....

2009-07-28T10:42:00.004-04:00

Last night I finally got to sit down in front of the tube, and watch my Tivo recorded, final episode of Charm School With Ricki Lake.

Without even getting to the very end, I sort of had a huge hunch on who would take how the prize. My assumptions were right.

During this episode, Ricky reunites the remaining 3 with loved ones. Riskys mom, Marcia's Mom, and last but surely not least is Ashley's boyfriend, and her adorable son.

One by one, the reunited families go into one on one counseling sessions with Ricki Lake, and the psychiatrist woman. I forgot her name because frankly she bores me. At any rate, at the session with Risky and her mother we learn what happened to Risky, but without actual full detail. It is quite clear something very, very horrible happened to her when she was a child, and her stepfather is the culprit.

Ashley is up next, and her session is not quite as teary eyed as Risky's, but we definitely get to take a peek in at why she is the way she is, and frankly it made me love her all the more.

Marcia is up at bat next, and she is told to tell her mother about her drinking problem. Marcia however refuses to tell her mother that her stepfather was the reason for her drinking problem. Marcia refuses to tell her mother this, because she does not want her mom to feel guilty about it. I have to give mad props to her for not wanting to hurt her mother, and not wanting her mother to feel guilty. Why the shrink chick wanted her to do so was beyond me. Remember one of your lessons moron? Make love, not war. Gosh, stupid woman should take some of her own advice. Besides, why force her to strain her relationship with her mom? Seriously.

Anyhow, not to long after this whole ordeal, the girls lounge around, nothing exciting happens, and finally we make it to the near end, where the girls give their speeches. These final speeches make or break them at Charm School, as always.

Risky had me bawling, and we find out her secret. Her brother is in jail for bringing violence to the man who molested her (the stepfather).

Ashley had a wonderful speech, as did Marcia, but any fool could tell who would be winning this season, and righteously so, it was Risky, so I must say congratulations to Risky, you beautiful, beautiful woman.

Yearbook Yourself Is Back!!!

2009-07-21T20:17:00.003-04:00

OH, EM GEE Everyone, Yearbook yourself is back in action!!! Im too excited to even write much more about it, because I am ansty to see what has been added! For those of you whom never heard of it, check it out. Click here.

Turn yourself into an 80' icon! A yearbook icon that is!

Paris Hiltons My New BFF, Recap Season 2; Paris Says Goodbye To David!

2009-07-15T09:42:00.003-04:00

As if we did not see this coming!

Anyhow, the episode starts off with everyone in the mansion as usual. The buzz around the house is still focused on David. Everyone seems dead set on getting him out of the house.

Today's challenge is focused on the paparazzi. Paris has all of the contestants dressed in very tight, and very short leather skirts. The guys are not void of the dresses either. Instead they are given Scottish looking skirts to wear.

Without knowing what the challenge is, the contestants are to ride around in flashy high end cars. Their mission is to get out of the car, while paparazzi are swarming. Their job- to keep their private areas out of the cameras view while getting out of the car. As stated, they are unaware of this task, however anyone who knows Paris Hilton well enough, knows she has had her fair share of embarrassing mishaps.

Amanda seems to 'get' that this is a challenge and is smart enough to cross her legs while getting out of the car while cameras are snapping around her left and right.

Afterward, they all go to lunch with Paris where they share a little bit about themselves, and Paris shares a little bit of herself with them. She begins to cry when she mentions having her photo snapped when she was getting out of a car. She recalls the day like it was yesterday. She stated she had on green underwear and someone photoshopped someone elses vagina into the area, and that it was NOT her private part. She was disgusted by it, and teared up over the incident, because as she stated -it hurts.

At any rate, it was nice seeing a real side of Paris, although later on during the night I believe I caught a side of her world that made me second guess her, and those she rolls with.

The contestants are all brought to a night club where they will party with Paris. Everyone seems to be having a good time, ass kissing Paris...except for David. He is trying to make buddy buddy with Paris boyfriend Dough.

Later on however, if you pay close attention you can see that Dough is laughing really hard over something, and I have a hunch that, that something was David. It was a mocking look, and it disgusted me. I don't know who he thinks he is, but seriously, he has no neck, is very ugly, and has a greasy face. He is better than no one, so if he was laughing at David, it's actually okay, because his karma is stuck with him for life. That fool was hit with an ugly stick at birth. There is no fixing that.

Later on when David is eliminated, Paris also throws some comments out about David, which was uncalled for. He never did anything to her, for her to talk crap like that. Likely her, and her hit with the ugly stick boyfriend, were talking so much crap about him the night before.

So much for being so real, and so nice. What did he ever do? Nothing. If she is going to call him a tool, likely she views everyone competing in this 'game' a tool. I mean she calls them 'kids'. They are all her tools.

Charm School With Ricki Lake: Brittanya Sent Packing!!! Recap Episode

2009-07-15T09:36:00.003-04:00

-Post also seen on my Associated Content Account

God dang-it! Last night Ricki Lake sent home one of her hottest students; Brittanya!!!

Anyhow, we learned last week that the girls would be shipped off to New Orleans to help restore the community that hurricane Katrina lashed through.

Before getting down to work though, Ricki sets the girls loose in town during the Mardi Gras. Some of the girls party like they are rock stars, while others remain low key. Marcia in particular was having a difficult time being a part of the party scene due to the fact that she cannot drink.

Just when I thought Marcia was about to break down, and join the party by drinking, she proved that she was in fact ready to take her drinking problem on, head on, by avoiding it all together. She cut the night short for herself, went home and got an early nights sleep. Marcia is smart, and knew that the following day there would be a lot of work to do.

Ashley however parties it up, and swallows down shot after shot. Britannya is also partying with her, but it appears that she is not as drunk as Ashley. Risky stays close by, enjoys the party scene, but stays pretty sober, while keeping a close eye on her competition.

Ashley, Brittanya and Risky all head home at around 3am. No less than 3 and a half hours later they are all awoken to begin their days work.

Ashely however is still tipsy from the night before...or I should say few hours before. Ashley however pulls it together, and really impressed me with how far she went during the course of the day.

The challenge begins at a school, where the girls are put to work on beautifying the school grounds for the children.

The day does not end there though. After this hard work, the girls are told that whomever they think worked the hardest, can go back to the house, and relax. Everyone votes that Marcia worked the hardest, due to the fact that she worked through her lunch break.

Marcia gets to go home and relax, while Ashley, Brittanya, and Risky are moved to another location. There job at this location is to help prepare meals for the homeless.

As with the school work, after this job is done, the girls once again are to vote on whom they think worked the hardest. This person will get to go home, while the remaining 2 girls continue on and work into the night.

Everyone agrees that Brittanya worked the hardest, so she is free from the remaining nights duty.

The camera cuts to Marcia and Brittanya sitting back at the house. Brittanya is munching down on some food, and Marcia begins to antagonize her by calling her a follower, and then mentioning how wonderful a mom Ashley is to her son. Although she did not say it, Marcia was suggesting that Brittanya is a bad mom, which is just messed up. I was shocked to see Marcia pushing Brittanya's buttons this way.

The following day Marcia decides to tell everyone that Brittanya has not changed, and that she wanted to fight her the night before. Marcia seriously planted an evil seed that was not true. She definitely failed to mention how she herself led Brittanya to an aggressive stance.

However sitting across a table and telling someone to shut up, is far from 'fighting'. Marcia led her on, and when she got the rude reaction she was looking for, she made it larger than it was. Brittanya was not going to fight her! I was pretty impressed with how she held it together, because frankly I would have jumped across the table and had Marcia eating gravel.

Anyhow, Ashley and Risky continue on to help unload a truck for their final task. I'm really not sure what this job was, or how it was helpful to the community because there was a lack of detail on what exactly the point of them being there was.

During expulsion Ricki sends home Brittanya due to the fact that she felt she was only there for the money, so she could pay her lawyer fees and stay out of jail.

Daisy of Love- Daisy Sends Home Sinister- Recap Episode

2009-07-13T14:37:00.003-04:00

(My content is originally published on Associated Content)

Last night they finally aired the newest Daisy of Love episode on VH1. For some reason the season has gotten too jumpy, with my Cable box refusing to record episodes, and the fact that VH1 keeps showing re-runs while having fans of the show waiting 2 weeks for new episodes.

At any rate we are finally all caught up. This week Daisy has to send 2 guys home, and bring only 2 of them to the finales.

Last week ChiChi was sent home, leaving behind 12 Pack, Sinister, Flex, and the re-introduced again London.

This weeks episode starts off with the guys once again giving London a hard time about leaving, then getting another chance to re-renter the show.

After this quick ball busting lameness, we watch as Daisy is out back chatting with the remaining men, having a good time, laughing, smiling, yadda, yadda, blah.

London wants to pull Daisy to the side though to have a talk with her. Sinister however is not having it, and tries getting cozy on Daisy while London attempts to have some alone time. Sinister however always gets tossed to the side by Daisy, and he seriously looks like a poor pathetic third wheel on the show. I honestly feel bad for him, because Daisy has done this to him time and time again.

Does anyone remember in the beginning episodes when Sinister won a challenge to hang with Daisy alone in the VIP room? I know I remember it. The bitch actually forgot he was up in the VIP room waiting, while she partied it up with the other men. As Michelle Tanner would say, 'How rude!'

Daisy makes her way over to the grass with London, while Sinister and the other men look on. They talk briefly, and begin making out. Sinister gets up, and walks over to the micro make-out session to interrupt the kiss-fest. He hands daisy some picked flowers.

Daisy takes them, and then turns all her attention back on to London. She tells London he has a lot to make up for, and asks him to eat one of the flowers that Sinister picked.

Sinister gets pissed due to the fact that 1. Daisy ignored his advances, 2. He lost his ring while picking some flowers, and 3. Daisy asks London to eat his flowers.

Sinister goes on yet another pathetic tough guy rampage. I think it is funny though, because he has such a strange outer worldly trot like walk whenever he gets mad.

He goes inside grabs a guitar, brings it outside and smashes it by the pool, while London and Daisy look on. Sinister throws the guitar into the pool, and huffs back inside, where he proceeds to push 12 Pack off of a kitchen counter while still huffing.

The whole scene was rather ridiculous, and made him look corny. I don't even like using the word corny, but he definitely came off as corny.

Anyhow, the saga does not end with this, because this week Daisy calls a bunch of the exes from the remaining mens past.

Everyone has an ex show up to share some dirt, except for London who has a friend come instead. You will remember this girl as a cast off from Paris Hilton's first season of Paris Hilton's My New BFF. The exes jobs are to share some dirt on the guys.

We learn that Flex's ex may still be in love with him, London was seeing someone back home, 12 Pack is perfect, and Sinister is aggressive.

A psychic is also brought into play to share with Daisy which of the guys would be best for her. Everyone gets rave reviews from the psychic except for Sinister. His review is mixed.

She was supposed to eliminate 2 guys, but she decided to keep Flex and bring him along to the finale as well.

Paris Hiltons My New BFF, Season 2: Have My Back, Recap

2009-07-08T10:47:00.003-04:00

This week on Paris Hilton's My New BFF, Paris decides to show up at the mansion to hand out American Girl Dolls to her remaining contestants. The dolls however have some sort of ridiculous microphone hooked up inside of them, which gives Paris control over what the dolls say to the contestants.

It's a little funny listening to these demanding mouthy dolls, but listening to the dolls is not the only task the contestants have.

Paris lets them know that they will be going to a store to pick out outfits for the dolls, for a doll fashion show.

Basically their job is to clothe the dolls, and show them off to Paris. The one who dresses their doll best, will win a pass from getting eliminated. The one who does the worst, will automatically be up for discussion.

Paris had another agenda when she stepped into the mansion. She came dressed in what she considered a hideous outfit. Her plan was to see who lied to her and told her she looked good. I must have no fashion sense whatsoever, because I thought she looked pretty cute, minus the weird sunglasses.

At any rate, her pet for the week was to report back to her later on, to let her know who lied to her when everyone said she looked cute.

It was a stupid superficial request, Desi kept with her word stating she thought Paris looked cute, while the others agreed her outfit was not that great.

Anyhow, all of the contestants are taken to some doll shop, where they pick outfits for their dolls. After choosing outfits, they have their doll runway fashion show for Paris, and guest star Lil Kim.

David and Amanda impress her the most with their doll outfit choices. Stefanie however lost the competition with her green bathing suit choice, so naturally Stefanie is put up for discussion.

Shortly after the competition, Amanda and David have some stupid fight over a joke that Amanda's doll made her pull. You see Paris speaks through the doll using some voice thing, and the contestants do as the doll requests. Amanda was to remove all the laces from David's shoes, and tie them together.

She does as requested, and not long after that a giant piss fight erupts, which end up making them all look stupid. Amanda begins telling fictitious over dramatic tales on how David put his hands on her, when the reality is, the bitch was just looking to get him removed from the house. Hell, if I were him I would of thrown her down the stairs if she dared take a pile of my clothes and try to throw them in a pool. She's of eaten concrete.

I was hoping Paris would cut the chord on Amanda, but unfortunately Desi ends up getting sent home, due to her thinking that Paris' outfit was hot.

Good Lord. Can we get any more superficial?
Desi is expelled for her poor choice in fashion. Ugh, whatever!

More Sims 3 Ideas

2009-07-06T15:00:00.004-04:00

I have mentioned this before, and I will mention it again. The coolest thing I think Maxis could ever do would be to reward their fans.

I play Animal Crossing on Nintendo DS, and did you know that once in awhile, Nintendo will actually mail my character a gift every once in awhile that is delivered to my in game mailbox!?

With an Internet connection, and the Sims 3 game, this is a technology that Maxis should pick right up on, and quickly before their most recent game grows moldy.

Besides rewards, I have a few other ideas that I would like to see become a reality.

1. Wild Animals

Seriously, we have bugs and butterflies, and fish in the waters around Sunset Valley. But where are the chipmunks, squirrels, and bears. Why not throw in a pesky mosquito which could make my Sims sick if bit?

What about birds fluttering around, landing in trees, or some crows perched up on the creepy tree in my graveyard? Little details like this would really make my town all the more realistic; and frankly I would love it!

Wild horses that can be tamed would also be phenomenal!

It is the 'lack of detail' as of now that has managed to pull me away from the game so quickly.

2. Boat Rides!

C'mon, seriously!? You throw an awesome lighthouse on some far away island, and you make it so I cannot get there. Ugh. Allow us to purchase and customize boats in order to dock on the shore. Rich Sims can have docks for their boats which will cause them to have to pay rent, and those who are not as rich could pay another Sims to carry them along to the island.

Maybe toss in a cute ferry boat that goes back and forth to the island at set times.

I'm hoping the news of the newest expansion pack will deliver such a feature! Sims 3: Destination Adventure

3. Mystical Creatures!

The coolest thing about The Sims 2 were the odd creatures that were presented to us. Witches, Big Foot, Wolves, Vampires, etc.

I would like to see Bigfoot in the mountains randomly while playing. Vampires would be cool too. I would like witches and vampires back, as well as sea creatures like Nessie, Mermaids, or weird water serpents.

4. Let My Sim Swim Already

It has been a request ever sine the original Sims game! For the love of God, let our Sims swim in lakes and oceans. I don't understand why there is, or ever was a barrier. We've got all this big open blue... and we can only fish in it? Gag me.

5. Weather With A Chance Of Meatballs

Okay so maybe it's not cool to rain meatballs, but seriously folks, can we get some weather up in here!?

6. Sports Activities

I want a skateboard for my kids, roller blades, skis for the water, skis for mountains, a volley net for the beach, a beach ball that actually does more than sit still looking pretty. I want jet skis, pool rafts, a pool table, croquet, hopscotch for kids, a kiddie pool, horseshoe game, a baseball field where children and adults can create teams, or just play with a small group of friends.

I'd like to see more activities added to this game. We are starved, and so limited with what the game came with!

I can go on, and on...so I will.

Kick ball would be fun, as well as horseback riding, mining for gold, metal detecting for treasures.

7. Mystical Career/Objects

A tarot card reading shop, where a Sim can pay money, and events will occur depending on the reading. I want an Ouija board game, a deck of tarot card, a crystal ball, a frigging mystical career!!!

8. A Train That Can Actually Be Used For Transportation

That's right. I want a train that actually takes me places.

9. A Pirate Theme/Career

We have a lot of water in the game, and no pirates! I want a pirate ship. I want a pirate career; I want to look for buried treasure. I want to Sail the Simmy Seas.

10. I want a SimThemePark!!!

How neat would it be to have a theme park where my Sims could go to ride on some rides, play some games, and win things? It would be neat if I could actually go in and direct them to the fun, however with the way things are set up now, it will only look cool on the outside, and you are clueless as to what goes on, on the inside! Ah.... that definitely needs to be changed!

11. Death Career

Let my darker sims work their way up to a grim reaper type career. Where they are given a list of those who are due to die, and you as the gamer have the choice to come collect their souls or not.

For the record, I still want a funeral home added to the game as well! A church that functions as a church would be cool too. I'm NOT even religious, but I would like to see it added to my game! Maxis, likely they are too worried about lawsuits! Ugh.

Sims 3 Expansion Pack News

2009-07-06T14:45:00.002-04:00

So the rumor buzzing around the Internet that the very first Sims 3 expansion pack will be titled The Sims 3: Destination Adventure!

As of now the news is only a rumor, but there are sources saying that this will most likely be the name of the first expansion pack for the game. Some foreign sites already have it listed for a November release.

Due to the news of the expansion pack, many are imagining what the new expansion pack will offer their games!? I myself am wondering. With a title like Destination Adventure, I have to of course take into consideration the most obvious: vacations for my Sims.

I wonder though, will the vacations be added on new lots on the games town, or will it be a load screen town that they can travel to? Will it be a separate town like the one buyers could download?

Will it offer new features such as hair, objects, and things that Sims can actually interact with?

A lot of fans, and those who are less than thrilled with the Sims 3, think that it will likely be similar to Bon Voyage.

Personally I will be disappointed if the first expansion pack does not include weather. The biggest want fans of the original Sims 1 game, was weather. We finally got the delivery in an expansion pack in The Sims 2, only to discover a lack of changing seasons on the newest Sims 3 game.

Personally it has been a month since the game came out, and less than 3 weeks later I have already grown tired and bored of the game. Although the game is a lot funner, and more polished, it does not appeal to me as much as the Sims 2 did due to the lack of things to do, and the lack of custom content.

Till the expansion packs flood us up, and more custom content is released, I probably won't be entirely happy. However I do think that weather in the game is a must.

Hopefully this next expansion pack brings us weather.

The first rumored expansion pack was said to focus on jobs. I guess the original rumor has been laid to rest due to the announcement of the first expansion pack.

Daisy of Love Recap: Bye, Bye Chi-Chi!!!

2009-07-01T14:08:00.005-04:00

So tonight Daisy decided to send home one of the biggest butt kissers the show had to offer. He was a great butt kisser though, and his little chipmunk face was simply addicting.

Daisy however viewed him as more of a friend than a potential love interest. Ouch! I guess though she kept him through the show long enough to get her ego stroked every time she had a bad hair day...which er... seemed to occur everyday.

At any rate, before getting into the whole elimination ceremony, let us rewind back to the beginning.

The men all awake to discover that they will be taking separate dates with Daisy.

Flex and ChiChi go to some vacant sand pit, dirt alley, or valley, what have you. Their goal is to drive Daisy around in this dune buggy.

Flex impresses Daisy with his fast dare devil driving skills, and ChiChi takes things slow, and calmly. Daisy was disappointed with his lack of daredevil skills, and decided Flex impressed her the most.

Anyhow, after the two drive Daisy around, she then takes the wheel, and drives like a drunken retarded pirate. The end result was bimbette flipping the vehicle. Smooth move exlax. If I were Chichi I'd fake a back injury and sue the bitch. Heck I'd do the same thing if I were Flex too. I think by the time he gets out of that slum, he will have a few battle scars he may want to fix up with some cosmetic surgery.

The next date is once again in the mansion, and the two remaining guys are 12 Pack and Sinister.

Before hand however Sinister decides to move all of his gear out of his boy Chi Chi's room, which was a pathetic move if you ask me. It's bro's before cheap hoe's, but not in Sinister's case, he has convinced himself he loves this girl... or he's a semi convincing actor...either way it's lame.

Anyway, after their dinner Daisy once again decides to invite 12 Pack up to her room, leaving Sinister behind to look like a side kicked moron.

He once again has a piss fit about it.

Chi Chi learns the news and decides to camp outside of the bedroom till she comes out. He decides against it though and goes back to his room.

The next morning 12 Pack aka Dave, decides to share some details with the camera, and the way it seemed, he bagged the bush.

Anyway, let us fast forward to the bullcrap event that takes place. As we all sort of seen coming, that peewee Herman looking fellow comes back to see if he can get a second chance with Daisy. We saw this coming though, due to the obvious editing that went on throughout the show.

She gives him another chance, and he is added to the remaining contestants.

Chi Chi is sent packing leaving behind the old, but new guy, Sinister, 12 Pack, and Flex.

So we should have been down to 3 this week, but we are back up to 4. Sigh. Another episode longer than it needs to be....or maybe she will chuck out 2 next week, or they will expel themselves. Tee-hee!

At any rate, next weeks episode looks rather juicy, as some of the contestants exes will be making an appearance. It also appears that someone dated a throw away from first season of Paris Hilton is My New BFF! Good Lord! Me thinks she was Sinister's ex? But who knows?

Ghost Adventures, Magnolia Lane Plantation Recap

2009-06-30T11:39:00.003-04:00

Voodoo, Hoodoo, Voodoo, Hoodoo.

Frankly I have got to give the trio mad props on the Magnolia Lane episode of Ghost Adventures. I sure as hell would not of performed a voodoo ritual before being locked down in this haunted location, where Voodoo was said to have taken place back in the slave days.

The plantation was the home of thousands of slaves who worked out in the cotton fields, many died from disease, and I'm sure many died under other circumstances.

At any rate, the place is said to be riddled with disembodied voices, tapping's and so on.

A typical haunt, only throw the word voodoo and hoodoo in there, and it freaks me out!

Not the Ghost Adventure crew! They decide it is a good idea to entice the spirits by preforming a ritual on the plantation before getting locked in.

The trio is split up this time. Aaron and Zak are locked in Cabin 1, while Nick is locked in alone in the plantations on site hospital.

Before even making it to their lock down cabin, they expeirnce one of the cabins lights flickering on and off on its own. It was strange, but in my opinion could be bad electric. It did however happen a lot, which was interesting considering the voodoo ritual took place shortly before.

In the hospital building, nothing really happens to Nick, but Aaron and Zak catch quite a few interesting voices, chantings, and screams which all sound pretty frigging convincing.

Zak manages to catch the attention of a spirit, or spirits- after daring the spirit to do voodoo on him!

Good Lord, this guy is crazy! At any rate, not long after that, he begins to hear screaming, and ritualistic chanting going on in the very room he is sitting in.

Frankly it scared the crap out of me, but not quite as much as the odd drum beat music that they caught in another room while no one was in it.

All in all the Magnolia Lane Plantation episode was pretty startling, and very scary. An episode I highly recommend you don't miss.

Secret Life Of The American Teenager, Season 3 Premiere

2009-06-29T21:03:00.003-04:00

Gosh someone gag me. I absolutely think that The Secret Life of The American Teenager is the most piss poor false look at teen pregnancy, not to mention the acting sucks. However, someone needs to gag me, because I have been oddly hooked to the show since the very first season. I know, it's shameful.

I find though that I end up yelling and screaming at the TV every time it is on, and I lost count on how many times the word 'sex' was used in every episode. I think we are up to a count in the thousands by now though. Like Seventh Heaven, the show is fake, there is no other way to put it. Not a single character is believable.

The worst fake character by far though goes to the little Christian virgin named Grace.

She is the season premieres main focus, and I'm sure you are wondering why?

Little Gracie got all hot and bothered, and let her ex cheating ex boyfriend, now boyfriend pop her little virgin cherry! Whoopsie!

Instead of it being a big secret naturally the world has to know, including mom, big bro bro, and half the frigging school. Yes, loosing your virginity in the world of 'THE SECRET Life' includes a public announcement. Someone gag me. Also, can someone tell me who has a secret, because everything is pretty public in this flick?

In my day if a teen had sex, only her BFF knew about it. There was no public blog or forum on the subject. Not to mention the fact that the word 'sex' alone was like an omen. Yah just never spoke of it, especially to mom and pops. Maybe in a parents dream would their teens share such information. Most of them are unlikely to even 'go there'.

Anyhow, Grace gets her virginity swiped away by Jagged chin Jack, and mommy and big bro bro just head home from the airport of seeing daddy off to some... uhm... wherever.

Anyhow, before they even arrive back home Grace loses her virginity, Jack announces it to her mother, and we discover that Grace's dads plane went down and he was dead.

Here is where we have a big fat fake factor. God only knows how the pop was confirmed dead so quickly, and God only knows why they would be home so quickly after discovering such news? Strange things happen in secret life though folks, strange things indeed.

Frankly if I watched a plane go down my mom or dad was on, I sure as hell wouldn't be home 10 minutes later to pass along the 411. I'd wait around for someone to at least let me know if they were dead, and if finding the body ever came about. But no, not in the secret life. No no. Grace learns right after freeing herself of her virginity that her dad dropped dead. Nice way to impact the Christian girl who normally followed the rules... mess her all up and shit. Why not have her slit her wrists next? Yes, at least that'd be realistic.

The ice cream on top of the popped cherry though has got to be when Graces brother announces that Grace killed their dad. Yup ladies and gents, they want the girl to believe that her vagina killed her father. Can we please get some new writers? I know the scene was not meant to be funny, but I was laughing my ass off at this point. Poor little Christian girl, her vagina killed her daddy.

Anyway, this is the main drama we got going on in the premier. Graces murdering vagina aside, let us focus on Amy.

She has her baby, yadda yadda, Ben is jealous of the baby's daddy, and Amy gets mad. I'm summing this up best I can without boring you, because in all honesty their drama scenes were pretty low key and lame compared to the killing vagina.

Let us move on to Amy's mamasita. Turns out they wrote in Molly Ringwald's pregnancy into the script. Well done, it is the realest thing we will see all season most likely.

The fun though is that the father of the baby may not be George's. It ma very well be her new boyfriend/bosses that she's apparently been sleeping with. They have George's character written in as being fixed! Uh oh! George cant be the father...but we all now how that's going to go don't we folks?

Yep, George's operation likely was not a success, thus dubbing him the babies real daddy. Yawn.

Anyhow, episode 2 is on tonight, so stay tuned for more fun fakeness, and plane crashing vagina's.

King Of Pop Has Passed Away. RIP Michael Jackson

2009-06-25T19:26:00.001-04:00

Today was an upsetting day for me, I woke up to discover one of my 70's sweethearts had passed away; Farrah Fawcett.

Then at around 6pm, I got a horrible text message stating that MJ was dead. I did not need to second guess who MJ was, I knew MJ meant Michael Jackson.

In a hurry I rushed to my computer to google this information. I couldn't believe it, it couldn't be true. Not my childhood heart throb!!!

Yet sure enough, in big bold lettering, I discovered that my 80's heart throb was in fact dead; it was no rumor at all.

TMZ reports that Michael was rushed to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. He is said to have passed from a cardiac arrest, at the age of 50.

Let us bow our heads in a moment of silence to remember our King Of Pop. This legend will never be forgotten.

Source: http://www.tmz.com/2009/06/25/michael-jackson-dies-death-dead-cardiac-arrest/

Is The Sims 3 Growing Boring Already?

2009-06-22T14:39:00.002-04:00

-My article also seen on AC. It is approximately 20 days since The Sims 3 hit shelves, and fans of the game lined up to snag a copy before they sold out.

I was one of the fortunate ones who pre-ordered the game at Gamestop, and got my game in hand on the day of the release. The rumor is, that there are still people waiting for their pre-releases, which is just ridiculous.

At any rate, it's been 20 days, and I must say the first week of gaming was a heck of a lot of fun. I learned the new controls, got an understanding on how to roam, build, and run the lives of my Sims.

20 days later though, and I must say I'm getting kind of bored. The reason for this is the lack of objects, and things for my Sims to do in the community. I can only collect bugs, fish, and rocks in the same places day after day, till finally it loses its charm.

Same goes for the building of things. With a limited amount of trees, shrubs, and flowers, my environment looks all relatively the same except for a few color and fabric changes.

Yes my Sims have the option to fill their inventory with a guitar, a book, a baseball, or a football for outside community activities, but seriously that's all I have to work with. The game still does not allow us to swim in lakes or oceans which is just stupid, and weather changes makes my sun shiny world lack change.

Although I enjoy gaining a skill point by looking through a telescope, or by reading a book, cooking, or working out, once my skills are maxed what is left?

I understand the new game is packed with all sorts of new things. My Sims are smarter. That's great, but what the heck can these smart Sims do besides roam around making simmish conversations with other Sims and improving skills.

20 days in, and already my game is beginning to feel like a repetitive routine. I wanted more. I admit we got more as far as graphics, a live town, and improved Sims AI intelligence, but besides that, it feels like we have been limited everywhere else.

The Sims, besides being a game, was also considered one of the best games as far as building and customizing goes. Right now though, it feels like all of that has been taken away and we are left with ugly hair, skin, clothing, and a huge lack in accessories and makeup. Don't even get me started on the bland selection of objects and furniture.

As of now, I will leave the game as is, and pick it back up again once they release an expansion pack. This is huge considering I was once a giant fan of The Sims. Normally I'd play my game daily without ever growing sick and tired of it. I think a lot of that had to do with customized downloads. As of now EA has such a tiny selection, and there are no free object downloads as of yet for the game, besides user made homes and color assorted clothing (no new meshes).

All I know, from my standpoint, is that EA better hurry up on the expansion pack, because gamers are likely to skip out on it all together if things don't start coming fast, and looking well.

Ways to earn Store Sim Points would also be nice.

One thing that I think EA should really work on would be to treat The Sims 3 the same way that Nintendo treats the Animal Crossing game. I feel that EA should have special holiday events in town that occur freely like they did in Animal Crossing. EA could also send packages to our Sims once in awhile, packages that contain special items, or clothing. These things should freely upload into my Sims mailbox; an Internet connection of course would be required.

I will be very angry if EA releases a crap holiday pack, when something like this should have been built in to occur naturally. It is annoying having to add holiday lights to homes, or picking the light up holiday trees to add to yards, when things like this could happen on their own without the need to buy and decorate the town.

Seasons should be matched up to actual seasons we have here in the real world. On Animal Crossing, if the game was set up to wifi, if it was raining in my real life town, it would also rain in my game. Sweet specials like this are crucial is The Sims plans to survive for a round 4.

Such simplistic and charming additions like this would thrill gamers beyond belief and it would have them coming back to the game daily to check out special events.

I have a hunch all of this potential will go ignored.

At any rate, a lot really needs to be added to the game in order for it to hold my interest, and I am sure many, many others feel the same way. Hear us EA, we are getting bored, deliver the goods.

What Was She Thinking? Daisy of Love Recap. Big Rig Sent Home!!!

2009-06-22T10:47:00.004-04:00

I have to say I'm kind of glad Daisy eliminated Big Rig, because now it means there is a chance for him and I to get it on. Okay maybe not; but seriously Big Rig was why I tuned in, with his hot eyes, sexy toned body, and killer instincts. Yum yum. Mommy like.

At any rate, you folks are probably here for the recap, so here we go.

This weeks episode throws us into a cook off. The remaining men are all assigned a course to serve Daisy. They have a little help with some caterers, and are off to the kitchen to hopefully impress Daisy with their cooking skills.

12 Pack is assigned to make red velvet cake, Sinister is in charge of making lasagna, ChiChi makes french onion soup, Big Rig makes some sort of quishe, and Flex makes chicken cordon bleu.

After cooking is done, we see ChiChi arranging some flower petals around a table to make it a little more romantic.

Next all of the guys wait patiently at the dinner table for Daisy to arrive. We watch as she manages to shovel the food down past her overblown silicone lips. After trying all of the food made by the men, she lets them all know that the cook off was a challenge, but she cannot pick an official winner because all of the dishes came out deliciously.

The winner of the challenge was supposed to get a date with Daisy, but now that there is no winner Daisy changes it up and asks the men to pick the guy who they think is the most compatible with her, and to also pick the guy who is the least compatible. The rule of course is that they cannot pick themselves.

First up we have ChiChi, who naturally votes for his BFF Sinister. ChiChi also states that Big Rig is the least compatible seeing that he is from a different world than Daisy.

Sinister is up next, and he states that the least compatible is Big Rig as well, and the most compatible is Flex.

ChiChi who is super sensitive storms off. He was expecting his BFF to vote for him as the most compatible, as he did for Sinister. Sort of a whole you scratch my back, I'll scratch yours deal.

Next we see ChiChi hiding in the bathroom where he is either crying, or sniffing lines. We never really get to see what's going on in the bathroom. By the sound of it though it seems that ChiChi is crying.

Sinister tries to comfort him, but the whole scene ends up looking really pitiful.

ChiCh returns to the dinner where the question Daisy asked gets passed to the other men. As it turns out most of them voted for Flex when it came to being the most compatible for Daisy.

The two least compatibles due to vote were ChiChi and Big Rig.

So the result of this whole voting, Flex wins a one on one date with Daisy. Big Rig and ChiChi also get a date seeing that they are the least compatible according to the other men.

Before the night ends though, we switch over to a scene where Sinister is outside with Daisy, ChiChi and 12 Pack. Sinister is screeching away some note while playing his guitar.

Some sort of editing takes place, and we see Daisy walking away with 12 Pack, leaving Sinister behind in the dark.

Sinister freaks out and has himself a wimp fit. He goes inside and lets some of the other guys know that the two walked off alone together to have some sort of make out session, and that 12 Pack took the entire bottle of vodka up into Daisy's room.

He huffs and he puffs, and he goes up to Daisy's room and bangs at the door. He comes bearing a tin cup, and asks for some vodka. Daisy is giving him her usual ugly confused look, which by the way makes her look really fugly.
Before leaving though Sinister slams on the door, not once, not twice, but three times. It was really pathetic looking. Naturally one would assume she would send him packing for displaying such violent rage. At that point for sure, I thought she would be sending him home.

Sinister's rage does not stop there, he goes downstairs where he begins throwing bottles and banging on the walls. Uhm, okay?

The commotion going on leads Daisy to talking with 12 Pack, making out with him a little bit, and then coming downstairs to see what the commotion is all about.

Back outside Daisy meets up with everyone, and Sinister goes on one of his little baby rages again about how he wishes Daisy would pull him aside like she does with 12Pack.

Daisy begins whining like a child about how stressed she is, waa, waa, waa.... and storms off.

Sinister follows her, and I just had to note the really gay way he runs. Haha. He meets up with her before she gets into the house to apologize.

Fast forward to the next morning. Flex and Daisy are ready to leave to go on their date. VH1 must be low on funds, because so far there have not been any cool or fun date places. Everything has been mostly set up in the house. Flex's date takes place out back by the pool where the two have bow and arrow practice.

They end up making out, and talking for a bit.

Nothing really special or note worthy takes place, besides the passing of tongues and convo. Ugh, I nearly puked in my mouth just thinking about it. Flex is too hot to catch whatever lip swelling disease Daisy has.

Anyhow, the next date is with ChiChi and Big Rig. I didn't really pay attention to much during their boring dinner date. Big Rig distracted me with his hotness.

The dinner date is pretty uneventful though. ChiChi and Big Rig have a small tiff, and ChiChi tries to instigate by saying Big Rig is violent. -Whatever-

Next up is eliminations. It's edited to look like Daisy is going to break up the Bromance going on between Sinister and ChiChi. I truly thought Sinister would be sent home, but instead she throws us a curve ball and sends home one of the hottest pieces in the house. Big Rig.

Phew...thank God. I was glad, because now he can get his own show. Haha.

-Rumor has it though that he is dating Marcia from Rock of Love Bus, and Charm School With Ricki Lake? Who knows though?