LaToya Jackson. I don’t know what worries me more… the vacant stare, the plastic breasts, the gawdy yellow brooch, or the fact that her brother is a child molester.  

 Nick Cannon and Mariah Carey . It’s not that I don’t love a good bizarre quickie celebrity wedding every now and then. I mean, how fun were Pam Anderson & Rick Salomon? And Pam Anderson and Kid Rock? Oh, and we can’t forget Renee “Puffy Coke Whore” Zellweger and Kenny Chesney. (Um, Renee? Getting the courts to annul your marriage by calling it “fraud” doesn’t fool anyone. We still think you’re a squinty idiot). I think what scares me about MC & NC 4eva! is the fact that Nick Cannon looks FREAKISH when he smiles. And he has a back tattoo. Double whammy. Also, anyone remember “Glitter”?

“Mad Money” comes out on DVD Tuesday. Enough said.

Happy Saturday!

-Jennie

I fell asleep last night as soon as “Lost” was over… and woke up at 6am with all my clothes on, the lights on, and a commercial for “The Magic Bullet” playing on TV.  If you haven’t seen the infomercial for this wondrous kitchen appliance, you are totally missing out. It’s like a Super Infomercial…It has characters, plot developments, and sassy hosts that engage in witty repartee. This morning was probably the 56th time I’ve seen it, and every time I find something new to enjoy. I think my new dream in life is to make infomercials. And my second new dream is to create an Academy Awards equivalent for infomercials. And my third new dream to win “Best Infomercial”. And my forth dream is probably to end racism. But I digress. Anyway, I’ve had a couple people tell me that the Magic Bullet is actually a giant piece of crap. But that’s OK. At least they still have a kick-ass infomercial.

So Thursday night TV. I’ll give a quick breakdown of my initial reactions (and then I have a 20 page and a 10 page paper due Tuesday…so I should probably get started on those? I’m Ron Burgendy?) I loved Scrubs. I thought it was a solid episode, despite a few continuity problems (um… Kelso left the hospital like 3 weeks ago, Bill Lawrence. What the frak?). The sets were awesome, the acting (especially by John C. McGinley) was great, and the actual plot was the right balance of silly and serious (At its finest, “Scrubs” can mix silly and serious like no other show on television). I admit to getting a little choked up with that last shot of the “maiden” having her happily ever after and Cox telling Jordan, “Let’s just say… that’s the way I’m telling it”. The music that accompanied that scene was also great. And as for JD and Elliot? Well, if this was the series finale I’d be disappointed, but seeing as how the show’s moving to ABC next year (and thank God, because I’m not sure I could bear to watch NBC shit on it anymore), I’m reserving judgement.

Oh, “The Office”. What shall I do with you? I don’t think I laughed once before the first commercial break, and I remember my roommate and I wondering when “The Office” became “The Office: We Hate Jim and Pam”. Thankfully, the second part of the episode was better…not good enough to make it one of my favorites, but there were some great moments, like when Creed declared “Pumpkin’s out!” (I seriously love Creed), Jim and Pam kissed (I swooned a little, I’ll admit it), and when Dwight and Angela were alone in the office together. In fact, I think my favorite parts of this episode were the subtle, quiet scenes between Dwight and Angela. One of the things I miss most about the “Dwangela” romance is that we got to see a whole different side of Dwight K. Shrute: a more sensitive, emotional, heart-felt side of our favorite Assistant to theRegional Manager. While I wouldn’t trade Dwight’s “work” personality for a million Shrute Bucks (or 10 million Stanley Nickles), I miss seeing Dwight smile as Angela opens her Valentine’s Day gift (“And my animal deserves a lot of loving”) or when he told Angela at Phyllis’s wedding that she looked “as lovely as the Queen of England” (or later in the episode when they slow danced outside the reception hall). However delightfully quirky these two might be, there’s no doubt in my mind that Dwight and Angela go together like Angelina Jolie and the Third World. I hope this week was foreshadowing of a reunion for these two… I mean, come on- when Dwight sneezed and Angela said “bless you”, I’m pretty sure that was the writer’s way of telling us they’re meant to be.

And as for “Lost”… well I can’t quite wrap my brain around what happened just yet. Maybe Jill will want to talk about this episode. I’m off to write my papers… and to try to move the island. Thank for the advice, Jack’s not-quite-so-dead daddy:)

Also, a new Battlestar Galactica tonight! Big decisions ahead for Roslin and Starbuck!

-Jennie

When I was either setting up this blog or the email address I had to type in the code at least three times.

Also, I would like to take this time to reveal something to you.

Jennie….

…is a cylon.

(The Last Cylon to be exact.)

-all has been revealed…i beat sci-fi to it!

-Jill

Well not really, but probably pretty close.

Its funny that Jennie mentioned feeling guilty for skipping class that she is taking pass/fail.

Guess what I did today? …

Well usually I would feel a little guilty but I got something out of it. In my dream I was at a restaurant and I had to pick up an apron that was on the floor. So I thought I would make an apron for my class project!!

I know that this really has nothing to do with anything we should be talking about except I think my dream continued on with my involvement in solving a mystery surrounding the people in a British stage version of High School Musical.

Also, I woke up at 11. I turned on the TV and Gilmore Girls was on.

Sebastian Bach+Gilmore Girls= Genius.

• Why are Proactive commercials always so loud? Seriously… no matter what channel they’re on, they’re always 10 times louder than the show and the other commercials.
• I’m waiting for my 11:15am class to start, and even though I’m taking it Pass/Fail, I feel guilty if I skip a class. However, I think the main reason I go is so I can sit and do the Sudoku puzzle in the Daily Collegian each morning. I am seriously obsessed. I usually don’t even read the rest of the paper. If you need a Sudoku fix, http://www.websudoku.com/ is a great website.
• Nick Cannon and Mariah Carey got married. To each other. Out of all the weird celebrity news I’ve heard lately, this disturbes me the most. I have no idea why it seems SO WRONG… perhaps it’s because Nick Cannon looks freakish when he smiles.
• If you’re looking for a good movie, try out the documentary “This Film Is Not Yet Rated”. I saw it the other day for the second time, and it’s a really great look at the hypocrisy of the MPAA (the group that gives out movie ratings)
• Only 78 more days until “X-Files: I Want To Believe” hits theaters!! I’m probably more excited about this movie than graduating from college. And I’m ok with that.
• There’s a new “30 Rock”, “Scrubs”, “The Office”, and “Lost” tonight! I’m so excited. I wonder who will leaving “The Office” to star in their own spin-off? My money’s on Andy. He could probably carry his own show… plus, I’m really pulling for a Dwangela reunion.

“Andy and Angela seem very happy… I hope nothing horrible ever happens to them” –Dwight

-Jennie

Ok, so I know it may not be cool to be a “geek” in our society, but since I don’t own a North Face or Ugg boots (with the fur!) or have a messy bun, I suppose ”cool” is something that eludes me for the time being (Actually, I’m pretty sure I haven’t been “cool” since I wore stretchy pants every day in 5th grade). But I’m all right with that. I embrace the fact that I watched Star Trek when I was younger (and perhaps every now and then on Spike?), that I love Battlestar Galactica and The X-Files, and that I think it would be SO AMAZING to go to Comic Con in San Diego this summer. But unfortunately, there’s a stigma against geeks in this world. You know, we don’t all go around wearing elf ears… I mean, I keep mine in my pocket.  

So, I’m a nerd. But it’s ok. I kind of like it.

-Jennie

This is our old HP name game that sort of fizzled out around December.

Check out the witty ( its a stretch, i know) comments with each name.

I wanted to say something where I could use the term “to boot” because I am watching Friends. I was thinking of Joey’s comment about a moo point. (“Its like a cow’s opinion. It just doesn’t matter…It’s moo.”)

Because you know, moot and boot rhyme.

The Official 2007-2008 Triple J Harry Potter Name Game:
1. Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore (dead)
2. Dobby (a free elf) (dead)
3. Yaxley (dead)
4. Yeti
5. Ivor Dillonsby (a Deathly Hallows addition)
6. Dennis Creevey (oldest son now?)
7. Colin Creevey (dead- “He was tiny in death”)
8. Cedric Diggory (dead)
9. Dedalus Diggle (alliteration)
10. Draco Malfoy (ice heart. stone cold bastard. uggo?)
11. Mad-Eye Moody (dead)
12. Molly Weasley (Not my daughter YOT bitch)
13. Walden Macnair (dead)
14. Mary Elizabeth Cattermole (also a Deathly Hallows addition)
15. Cho Chang (Should be dead)
16. Charity Burbage (dead)
17. Bathilda Bagshot (dead)
18. Bill Weasley (Why would you ever name your daughter Victoire?)
19. Wilhemina Grubbly-Plank (smokes a pipe?)
20. Ginny Potter (not Weasley anymore)(tricky tricky)
21. Percy Weasley (not a complete “git” apparently)
22. Wilkie Twycross (what an unfortunate name)
23. Ted Remus Lupin (orphan child RIP Lupin and Tonks)
24. Lucius Malfoy (Grandpa to Scorpius) (yuck)
25. Michael Corner (dumped by Ginny)
26. Cadmus Peverell (original owner of the resurrection stone)
27. Penelope Clearwater (has kissed Percy. nasty.)
28. Cornelius Fudge (useless?)
29. Fred Weasley (dead…too much sorry for another W but I had to put it)
30. Weird Sisters (crowd surfing with Flitwick #2)
31. Severus Snape (he was good…but still greasy)
32. Sirius Black (would never really call Harry ‘James’- dead)
33. Betram Aubrey (rhymes with Dobby)
34. Albus Severus Potter (named after the bravest man Harry ever knew:)
35. Percival Dumbledore (Alby’s Daddy)
36. Dilys Derwent (right this time)
37. Dirk Cresswell (dead)
38. Caractacus Burke (Voldy’s ex-boss)
39. Blaise Zabini (he was black?)
40. Zacharias Smith (kind of a jerk)
41. Salazar Slytherin (alliteration)
42. Seamus Finnigan (Hogwarts’ resident GANGSTA)
43. Filius Flitwick (short but mighty. plus, he squeaks when excited.)
44. Fleur Delacour (I was gonna put Weasley but I couldn’t put another W)
45. Davy Gudgeon (oops again )
46. Gregory Goyle (can’t speak properly)
47. Grawp (crush on Hermione?)
48. Peter Pettigrew (here come the PPs!)
49. Pansy Parkinson (a “hard-faced cow”. married to Draco?)
50. Parvati Patil (best looking girl of their year?)
51. Padma Patil (NOT IN GRYFFINDOR)
52. Poppy Pomfrey (in love with Filch)
53. Piers Polkiss (friend of Duds)
54. Pomona Sprout (did Neville replace her?)
55. Sir Bagman (Ludo’s daddy)
56. Bellatrix Lestrange (yot bitch)
57. Lily Evans (are ginny and lily twinsies?)
58. Ernie Macmillan (secret lovers with hannah abbott)
59. Minerva McGonagall (spicy firecracker)
60. Marietta Edgecombe (SNEAK)
61. Euan Abercrombie (and fitch?)
62. Arabella Figg (s’up figgy?)
63. Falco Aesalon (too many F’s im scrapping the bottom of the barrel)
64. Amos Diggory (THAT’S MA BOY!!)
65. Dudley Dursley (now has a speech impediment?)
66. Dragomir Gorgovich (i got nothing)
67. Gellert Grindelwald (“For the Greater Good” dead and loved by Dumby)
68. Godric Gryffindor (another alliteration)
69. Gertie Kettle (im doing this in MASS)
70. Kendra Dumbledore (“At last he knew what Dumbledore would have seen…”)
71. Dolores Umbridge (toad)
72. Urquhart Rackharrow(U??????? AHHHHH) \
73. Rowena Ravenclaw (lost her diadem)
74. Remus Lupin (RIP) (dead)
75. Rita Skeeter (tried to make out with harry in the hp4 movie)
76. Sibyll Trelawney (cooking sherry)
77. Ted Tonks (dead)
78. Tilly Toke (dead)
79. Tarantallegra (DANCE!)
80. Amelia Bones (corporeal patronus)
81. Barry Ryan (in honor of the epi of the office…ryan make sit big!)
82. R.A.B. (dead)
83. Bartemius Crouch (dead)
84. Caradoc Dearborn (dead)
85. Dean Thomas (hooking up with luna?)
86. Tom Marvolo Riddle (dead…finally)
87. Ron Weasley (its now or never, mate!)
88. Wingardium Leviosa (levioooosahhhhhhh)
89. Luna Lovegood (aka Loony Lovegood)
90. Lord Voldemort (dead)
91. Viktor Krum (physical being)
92. Kingsley Shacklebolt (I’m not black…but he is)
93. Stanley Shunpike (i forget what happens to him and i am too lazy to check)
94. Stubby Boardman (sirius black?)
95. Barnabas Cuffe (I got nothing)
96. Connolly (my last name :):) he was on the Irish Quidditch Team!!!)
97. Yvonne (Petunia’s friend. jill, YOT bitch.)
98. Eddie Carmichael (umm…ravenclaw)
99. Catriona McCormack (um…meow? cat get it? she plays quidditch)
100. Mundungus Fletcher (Dung! Happy 100th!)
101. Florean Fortescue (dead)
102. Fat Friar (ghost…so…dead)
103. Fenrir Greyback (dead? can we confirm this?)
104. Gladys Gudgeon (Lockhart’s lover)
105. Gabrielle Delacour (born in 1986? i wonder if she is on facebook?)
106. Doris Purkiss (stubby boardman’s secret lover)
107. Phineas Nigellus (annoying portrait jumper)
108. Neville Longbottom (that’s Prof. to you…and married Hannah Abbott?!?!)
109. Ludo Bagman (cheated George and Fred…oh Fred. RIP.)
110. Belvina Black (Great Aunt of Sirius)
111. Bat-Bogey Hex (that is what Ginny is good at..not stupefy in the movie!)
112. Hermione Granger (Weasley? I feel like she wouldn’t change her name
113. Griselda Marchbanks (not the Malfoys’ BFFL)
114. Morsmordre ( Hey I’m Barty Crouch jr. from the movie and my tongue sticks
out a lot)
115. Elphias Doge (Friend of Dumbledore…not THAT kind of friend)
116. Dementor (ice heart)
117. Reducto (re-DUC-toh)
118. Ollivander (Terrible, but great.)
119. Rubeus Hagrid (how he was conceived by a giantess and a dwarf man we will
never know)
120. Homenum revelio (in deathly hallows…i have to reread that again…but
can i? i dont know…i dont stoop so low?)
121. Riddikulus (riddikulus!!)
122. Susan Bones (hufflepuff…they get all the rest)
123. Boggart (riddikulus again)
124. Troll (In the dungeon! Thought you ought to know….)
125. Lavender Brown (snogger of Ron)
126. Bezoar (stone) —you can use the S if you want, but on hp lexicon, it
says that is not techinally a stone
127. Resurrection Stone (I will open at the close…)
128. Stewart Ackerley (ummm…Ravenclaw)
129. Alohomora (hermoine hearts this spell)
130. Accio (Accio HAGRID!)
131. Otto Bagman (Ludo’s Bro)
132. Broomstick (?) ( <— way to be a slacker jill)
133. Katie Bell (A fine Chaser. Also likes opal necklaces)
134. Broderick Bode (dead)
135. Bubotuber (this reminds of the the scrubs patient mr. bober)
136. Red Cap (ummm….)
137. Cormac McLaggen (sore loser)
138. Meteolojinx Recanto (in deathly hallows)
139. Rosalind Antigone Bungs (a possible RAB)
140. Bloody Baron (dead…because he is a ghost)
141. babbling beverage (see you guys soon! :):):))
142. Barberus Bragge (introduced the snitch!)
143. Billy Stubbs (Riddle’s orphan buddy)
144. Skele-Gro (ouch)
145. Goblet of Fire (, Harry Potter and the)
146. Frank Longbottom (Neville’s daddy)
147. Legilimens (let me see your eyes…or whatever that creepy snape quote
was…)
148. Shrinking Solution (that’s what she said)
149. Sally-Anne Perks (mysteriously disappeared/maybe dead?)
150. Patronus (what would yours be? i hope mine would be a ZEBRA!)
151. Stamford Jorkins (your face is a zebra)
152. James Potter (He was their friend!)
153. Priori Incantatem (Remember when JK messed this up in the 4th book?)
154. Ivanova (most likely a witch, since her surname has a feminine ending in a
part of the world where surnames are modified by gender)
155. Andromeda Tonks (Tonks’s mommy)

-Jill (again!)