Friday, February 1, 2008
Douche Bag
Some Douche Bag was driving up my butt hole on a busy highway where I was already going 75. I couldn't go any faster because there was a line of cars in front of me. He tried to pass me in the slow lane and had to get back behind me when he couldn't get any further due to the guy in the car next to me. So, he proceeded to be up my butt until I had to shift lanes for my exit. He finally got past me, only to be behind the car I was behind. Got real far there, didn't ya?
You would think that this guy was driving some expensive, my dick is the biggest dick in the world and I have the money to show it, kind of car. The coup de grace was when I saw that he was driving a Mitsubishi Lancer which he purchased at a Porsche dealership (according to the plate border). Just because you bought it at a Porsche dealership doesn't make it a Porsche, dude!
You would think that this guy was driving some expensive, my dick is the biggest dick in the world and I have the money to show it, kind of car. The coup de grace was when I saw that he was driving a Mitsubishi Lancer which he purchased at a Porsche dealership (according to the plate border). Just because you bought it at a Porsche dealership doesn't make it a Porsche, dude!
39 Days...And Counting...
There is a house in my subdivision who still hasn't taken down their Christmas lights. But, nevermind the fact that they haven't yet taken them down. I guess something could have happened recently that has their minds preoccupied. But, they still have them lit every night. That is when you go from possibly being preoccupied to just freakin' lazy.
And, they aren't just lights. They are their entire gambit of Outdoor Christmas Decorations. Ribbons and bows, wreathes and actual Christmas tree shaped lights that they stuck in the ground along their sidewalk up to the front of their house.
Yup! Lazy.
If you haven't gotten around to taking everything down, at least remove the stuff that stands out, even in daylight. Strands of lights are less noticeable in the daytime than red and green ribbons. And, don't light them up at night.
And, they aren't just lights. They are their entire gambit of Outdoor Christmas Decorations. Ribbons and bows, wreathes and actual Christmas tree shaped lights that they stuck in the ground along their sidewalk up to the front of their house.
Yup! Lazy.
If you haven't gotten around to taking everything down, at least remove the stuff that stands out, even in daylight. Strands of lights are less noticeable in the daytime than red and green ribbons. And, don't light them up at night.
How Many Are Left?
Here is the most up to date numbers of how many episodes of our favorite shows are left to air, courtesy of Michael Ausiello in his Ausiello Report on TVguide.com:
30 Rock: Ten episodes have been produced. Ten episodes have aired, so there are zero left.
Aliens in America: Seventeen episodes have been produced. Ten episodes have aired, so there are seven left.
Back to You: Nine episodes have been produced. Seven episodes have aired, so there are two left.
The Big Bang Theory: Eight episodes have been produced. Eight episodes have aired, so there are zero left.
Bionic Woman: Eight episodes have been produced. Eight episodes have aired, so there are zero left.
Bones: Twelve episodes have been produced. Nine episodes have aired, so there are three left.
Boston Legal: Fourteen episodes have been produced. Twelve episodes have aired, so there are two left.
Brothers & Sisters: Twelve episodes have been produced. Ten episodes have aired, so there are two left.
Carpoolers: Thirteen episodes have been produced. Nine episodes have aired, so there are four left.
Cavemen: Thirteen episodes have been produced. Six episodes have aired, so there are seven left.
Chuck: Thirteen episodes have been produced. Thirteen episodes have aired, so there are zero left.
Criminal Minds: Thirteen episodes have been produced. Thirteen episodes have aired, so there are zero left.
CSI: Eleven episodes have been produced. Eleven episodes have aired, so there are zero left.
CSI: Miami: Thirteen episodes have been produced. Thirteen episodes have aired, so there are zero left.
CSI: NY: Fourteen episodes have been produced. Thirteen episodes have aired, so there is one left.
Desperate Housewives: Ten episodes have been produced. Ten episodes have aired, so there are zero left.
Dirty Sexy Money: Thirteen episodes have been produced. Ten episodes have aired, so there are three left.
ER: Thirteen episodes have been produced. Thirteen episodes have aired, so there are zero left.
Everybody Hates Chris: Twenty-two episodes were produced. Ten episodes have aired, so there are 12 left.
Friday Night Lights: Fifteen episodes have been produced. Twelve episodes have aired, so there are three left.
The Game: Fifteen episodes have been produced. Ten episodes have aired, so there are five left.
Girlfriends: Thirteen episodes have been produced. Ten episodes have aired, so there are three left.
Gossip Girl: Thirteen episodes have been produced. Thirteen episodes have aired, so there are zero left.
Greek: Eight episodes have been produced. None have aired yet, so there are eight left.
Grey's Anatomy: Eleven episodes have been produced. Eleven episodes have aired, so there are zero left.
Heroes: Eleven episodes have been produced. Eleven episodes have aired, so there are zero left.
House: Twelve episodes have been produced. Ten episodes have aired, so there are two left.
How I Met Your Mother: Eleven episodes have been produced. Eleven episodes have aired, so there are zero left.
Jericho: Seven episodes have been produced. None have aired yet, so there are seven episodes left.
Kyle XY: Ten episodes have been produced. Three episodes have aired, so there are seven left.
Las Vegas: Nineteen episodes have been produced. Fifteen have aired, so there are four left.
Law & Order: SVU: Fourteen episodes have been produced. Fourteen episodes have aired, so there are zero left.
Life is Wild: Twelve episodes have been produced. Eleven episodes have aired, so there is one left.
Lost: Eight episodes have been produced. None have aired yet, so there are eight episodes left.
Medium: Nine episodes have been produced. Two episodes have aired, so there are seven left.
Men in Trees: Nineteen episodes have been produced. Eight episodes have aired, so there are 11 left.
Moonlight: Twelve episodes have been produced. Twelve episodes have aired, so there are zero left.
My Name is Earl: Thirteen episodes have been produced (that includes two one-hour eps, which count double). Thirteen episodes have aired, so there are zero left.
NCIS: Eleven episodes have been produced. Eleven episodes have aired, so there are zero left.
The New Adventures of Old Christine: Eight episodes have been produced. No episodes have aired, so there are eight left.
Nip/Tuck: Fourteen episodes have been produced. Ten episodes have aired, so there are four left.
Numbers: Twelve episodes have been produced. Twelve have aired, so there are zero left.
October Road: Twelve episodes have been produced. Eight episodes have aired, so there are four left.
The Office: Twelve half-hour episodes have been produced. Twelve half-hour episodes have aired, so there are zero half-hour episodes left.
One Tree Hill: Twelve episodes have been produced. Five episodes have aired, so there are seven left.
Prison Break: Thirteen episodes have been produced. Ten episodes have aired, so there are three left.
Private Practice: Nine episodes have been produced. Nine episodes have aired, so there are zero left.
Pushing Daisies: Nine episodes have been produced. Nine episodes have aired, so there are zero left.
Reaper: Thirteen episodes have been produced. Ten episodes have aired, so there are three left.
Samantha Who?: Twelve episodes have been produced. Nine episodes have aired, so there are three left.
Scrubs: Eleven episodes have been produced. Six episodes have aired, so there are five left.
Shark: Twelve episodes have been produced. Twelve episodes have aired, so there are zero left.
The Shield: All 13 season-seven episodes have been produced. None have aired (the final season gets underway in '08), so there are 13 left.
Smallville: Fifteen episodes have been produced. Nine episodes have aired, so there are six left.
Supernatural: Twelve episodes have been produced. Eight episodes have aired, so there are four left.
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles: Nine episodes have been produced. Three episodes have aired, so there are six left.
Ugly Betty: Thirteen episodes have been produced. Thirteen episodes have aired, so there are zero left.
The Unit: Eleven episodes have been produced. Eleven episodes have aired, so there are zero left.
Without a Trace: Twelve episodes have been produced. Twelve episodes have aired, so there are zero left.
30 Rock: Ten episodes have been produced. Ten episodes have aired, so there are zero left.
Aliens in America: Seventeen episodes have been produced. Ten episodes have aired, so there are seven left.
Back to You: Nine episodes have been produced. Seven episodes have aired, so there are two left.
The Big Bang Theory: Eight episodes have been produced. Eight episodes have aired, so there are zero left.
Bionic Woman: Eight episodes have been produced. Eight episodes have aired, so there are zero left.
Bones: Twelve episodes have been produced. Nine episodes have aired, so there are three left.
Boston Legal: Fourteen episodes have been produced. Twelve episodes have aired, so there are two left.
Brothers & Sisters: Twelve episodes have been produced. Ten episodes have aired, so there are two left.
Carpoolers: Thirteen episodes have been produced. Nine episodes have aired, so there are four left.
Cavemen: Thirteen episodes have been produced. Six episodes have aired, so there are seven left.
Chuck: Thirteen episodes have been produced. Thirteen episodes have aired, so there are zero left.
Criminal Minds: Thirteen episodes have been produced. Thirteen episodes have aired, so there are zero left.
CSI: Eleven episodes have been produced. Eleven episodes have aired, so there are zero left.
CSI: Miami: Thirteen episodes have been produced. Thirteen episodes have aired, so there are zero left.
CSI: NY: Fourteen episodes have been produced. Thirteen episodes have aired, so there is one left.
Desperate Housewives: Ten episodes have been produced. Ten episodes have aired, so there are zero left.
Dirty Sexy Money: Thirteen episodes have been produced. Ten episodes have aired, so there are three left.
ER: Thirteen episodes have been produced. Thirteen episodes have aired, so there are zero left.
Everybody Hates Chris: Twenty-two episodes were produced. Ten episodes have aired, so there are 12 left.
Friday Night Lights: Fifteen episodes have been produced. Twelve episodes have aired, so there are three left.
The Game: Fifteen episodes have been produced. Ten episodes have aired, so there are five left.
Girlfriends: Thirteen episodes have been produced. Ten episodes have aired, so there are three left.
Gossip Girl: Thirteen episodes have been produced. Thirteen episodes have aired, so there are zero left.
Greek: Eight episodes have been produced. None have aired yet, so there are eight left.
Grey's Anatomy: Eleven episodes have been produced. Eleven episodes have aired, so there are zero left.
Heroes: Eleven episodes have been produced. Eleven episodes have aired, so there are zero left.
House: Twelve episodes have been produced. Ten episodes have aired, so there are two left.
How I Met Your Mother: Eleven episodes have been produced. Eleven episodes have aired, so there are zero left.
Jericho: Seven episodes have been produced. None have aired yet, so there are seven episodes left.
Kyle XY: Ten episodes have been produced. Three episodes have aired, so there are seven left.
Las Vegas: Nineteen episodes have been produced. Fifteen have aired, so there are four left.
Law & Order: SVU: Fourteen episodes have been produced. Fourteen episodes have aired, so there are zero left.
Life is Wild: Twelve episodes have been produced. Eleven episodes have aired, so there is one left.
Lost: Eight episodes have been produced. None have aired yet, so there are eight episodes left.
Medium: Nine episodes have been produced. Two episodes have aired, so there are seven left.
Men in Trees: Nineteen episodes have been produced. Eight episodes have aired, so there are 11 left.
Moonlight: Twelve episodes have been produced. Twelve episodes have aired, so there are zero left.
My Name is Earl: Thirteen episodes have been produced (that includes two one-hour eps, which count double). Thirteen episodes have aired, so there are zero left.
NCIS: Eleven episodes have been produced. Eleven episodes have aired, so there are zero left.
The New Adventures of Old Christine: Eight episodes have been produced. No episodes have aired, so there are eight left.
Nip/Tuck: Fourteen episodes have been produced. Ten episodes have aired, so there are four left.
Numbers: Twelve episodes have been produced. Twelve have aired, so there are zero left.
October Road: Twelve episodes have been produced. Eight episodes have aired, so there are four left.
The Office: Twelve half-hour episodes have been produced. Twelve half-hour episodes have aired, so there are zero half-hour episodes left.
One Tree Hill: Twelve episodes have been produced. Five episodes have aired, so there are seven left.
Prison Break: Thirteen episodes have been produced. Ten episodes have aired, so there are three left.
Private Practice: Nine episodes have been produced. Nine episodes have aired, so there are zero left.
Pushing Daisies: Nine episodes have been produced. Nine episodes have aired, so there are zero left.
Reaper: Thirteen episodes have been produced. Ten episodes have aired, so there are three left.
Samantha Who?: Twelve episodes have been produced. Nine episodes have aired, so there are three left.
Scrubs: Eleven episodes have been produced. Six episodes have aired, so there are five left.
Shark: Twelve episodes have been produced. Twelve episodes have aired, so there are zero left.
The Shield: All 13 season-seven episodes have been produced. None have aired (the final season gets underway in '08), so there are 13 left.
Smallville: Fifteen episodes have been produced. Nine episodes have aired, so there are six left.
Supernatural: Twelve episodes have been produced. Eight episodes have aired, so there are four left.
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles: Nine episodes have been produced. Three episodes have aired, so there are six left.
Ugly Betty: Thirteen episodes have been produced. Thirteen episodes have aired, so there are zero left.
The Unit: Eleven episodes have been produced. Eleven episodes have aired, so there are zero left.
Without a Trace: Twelve episodes have been produced. Twelve episodes have aired, so there are zero left.
Overkill Much?
On my way home from work yesterday, I started flipping through my XM presets on my car radio and 3 out of 6 of those presets were playing "Love Stoned" by Justin Timberlake.
VOMIT!
Thursday, January 31, 2008
An Underlying Theme...What Gives?
I just started Third Degree by Greg Iles...my new favorite author. But, I have found one thing that I don't like about his writing. Every woman is a harlot who either cheats on her husband and/or has an affair with a married man. In all 3 of his books that I have read, the main character finds herself fighting with her inner harlot. In the first one, "Blood Memory", the hero of the story was pregnant with a married man's child and fought her desires for him throughout the entire story.
In the second book, "True Evil", the main character carried an unending grief over the death of a man whom she loved and whom loved her. He was married though and, while he never cheated on his wife with her, they made their love known to one another just before his death.
And, now in "Third Degree", the main character is struggling after she finds herself pregnant with another man's baby. Both of them are married to someone else.
Why is Greg Iles so obsessed with married men and their mistresses? Why do all the main characters have some illicit relationship with a married man? In 2 of the 3 cases, the woman beats herself up about it while the man has this quiet heroic quality. Why does it seem like she is always a little more guilty of this transgression than the man. And, why is the wife always some evil, high-gloss, uncaring bitch who seems to deserve her husband's roving libido?
Don't get me wrong. I really love Greg Iles' work but, I feel he could give the misunderstood tragic harlot role a break.
In the second book, "True Evil", the main character carried an unending grief over the death of a man whom she loved and whom loved her. He was married though and, while he never cheated on his wife with her, they made their love known to one another just before his death.
And, now in "Third Degree", the main character is struggling after she finds herself pregnant with another man's baby. Both of them are married to someone else.
Why is Greg Iles so obsessed with married men and their mistresses? Why do all the main characters have some illicit relationship with a married man? In 2 of the 3 cases, the woman beats herself up about it while the man has this quiet heroic quality. Why does it seem like she is always a little more guilty of this transgression than the man. And, why is the wife always some evil, high-gloss, uncaring bitch who seems to deserve her husband's roving libido?
Don't get me wrong. I really love Greg Iles' work but, I feel he could give the misunderstood tragic harlot role a break.
Going! Going! Gone?
So, you know that show I hate? You know...American Idol. The one that people are reportedly so in love with? The most watched show on TV? Really, when that is reported each week by Ryan Seacrest, he should say, "since we are just about the only fresh episode of anything on TV right now due to the strike".
Check it out. On Tuesday the 30th, the "Most Watched Show on TV" saw an audience of 25.33 million people. It is actually dropping in viewership by 5% week-to-week. And, since 2007, it has dropped 20% of its viewers! How about that?
Furthermore, it was up against Wife Swap who saw 5.79 million viewers and was up 190 thousand from the previous week.
I have to ask, if we had regular scheduled programming because no strike existed, how would American Idol survive against shows like NCIS and Bones? Of course, since American Idol is on Fox, Bones would have been booted to another hour or another day but, I still think that Bones would beat the crap out of American Idol's ratings if given a chance!
I wonder, how many more weeks of this show there are left? If it continues to see a 5% drop in viewership week-to-week, can it sustain enough audience to keep it on the air before its finale?
Just asking!
Check it out. On Tuesday the 30th, the "Most Watched Show on TV" saw an audience of 25.33 million people. It is actually dropping in viewership by 5% week-to-week. And, since 2007, it has dropped 20% of its viewers! How about that?
Furthermore, it was up against Wife Swap who saw 5.79 million viewers and was up 190 thousand from the previous week.
I have to ask, if we had regular scheduled programming because no strike existed, how would American Idol survive against shows like NCIS and Bones? Of course, since American Idol is on Fox, Bones would have been booted to another hour or another day but, I still think that Bones would beat the crap out of American Idol's ratings if given a chance!
I wonder, how many more weeks of this show there are left? If it continues to see a 5% drop in viewership week-to-week, can it sustain enough audience to keep it on the air before its finale?
Just asking!
Can She Redeem Herself?
In the past, I have been really hard on Britney Spears. Now that she is under at least 72 hours of psychiatric control I am struggling with whether it is even ok to comment on it. If she is truly bipolar, my heart goes out to her. I hope that she gets the help that she needs. Everyone that cares for her...and I mean truly cares for her because they have nothing to gain but the happiness of seeing her healthy...is offering all that they can do to help her. But, if in the end, she decides to spit in their faces and denies them anymore help after the required 72 hours, she has no one to blame but herself.
My question is: Do you think that Britney can ever make a career comeback if she can get her mind straight through psychiatric help? Or, has she so disgraced herself that no one will ever be able to see her talent again?
My question is: Do you think that Britney can ever make a career comeback if she can get her mind straight through psychiatric help? Or, has she so disgraced herself that no one will ever be able to see her talent again?
Another Book Bites The Dust...
I finished Greg Iles' True Evil last night. Another spectacular read. It started off just a little bit slow but, proved exciting and another "can't put it down". Greg Iles makes me sad, mad and happy and, even to his last words in the book, he invokes feelings of both glee and despair. He has made a fan out of me with his ability to create an emotional roller coaster with words.
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Holy Wind, Batman...
I fear wind. Have a tree fall on your house during a freak micro burst and see how much you love it from then on.
About 5 or 6 years ago, on Mother's Day morning, the hubby and I were sleeping soundly when the wind picked up in what we have dubbed "our Vortex" in our backyard. It lasted about 5 to 10 seconds but, that was all it took to knock a huge oak tree from our backyard onto our house. Fortunately, as witnessed by our then next door neighbor who had been playing with his kids outside in his backyard when he saw the tree get knocked onto our house from the wind, a branch bent upon initial impact with our house and knocked the tree off to the side of our house only making 2 rather small holes in our house. One was something between the size of a baseball and football on our roof and the other hole was about the size of tennis ball on the side, if memory serves. The majority of our damage was to the fence between us and our neighbors and our gate to our portion of the fence.
So, let me just make this abundantly clear: If it weren't for that branch bending and knocking the tree away from our house, it might very well have landed on our house, possibly separating mine and my hubby's head from our bodies and I wouldn't be here telling you all about it today.
The wind last night gave me flashbacks of that morning and the extremely rude way in which we were awakened. The sound of a tree falling on one's house is a sound that you will never forget.
The reason that we call our backyard a Vortex is because, we tend to get massive winds back there. The wind seems to double in intensity between my house, my two next door neighbors and one more neighbor 2 houses down. I don't know why it gets so bad between our 4 houses. It just does and we have all talked about it a lot. So, I guess you could call us the Vortex 4.
Finally, just a little funny note here. After that huge crack-bang-thud, I got out of bed and went to the window to see what the heck all the racket was about. I peered through my blinds and said, "A tree just fell on our house." Hubby then asked me, "Which tree?" To which my only response was, "The big one!"
About 5 or 6 years ago, on Mother's Day morning, the hubby and I were sleeping soundly when the wind picked up in what we have dubbed "our Vortex" in our backyard. It lasted about 5 to 10 seconds but, that was all it took to knock a huge oak tree from our backyard onto our house. Fortunately, as witnessed by our then next door neighbor who had been playing with his kids outside in his backyard when he saw the tree get knocked onto our house from the wind, a branch bent upon initial impact with our house and knocked the tree off to the side of our house only making 2 rather small holes in our house. One was something between the size of a baseball and football on our roof and the other hole was about the size of tennis ball on the side, if memory serves. The majority of our damage was to the fence between us and our neighbors and our gate to our portion of the fence.
So, let me just make this abundantly clear: If it weren't for that branch bending and knocking the tree away from our house, it might very well have landed on our house, possibly separating mine and my hubby's head from our bodies and I wouldn't be here telling you all about it today.
The wind last night gave me flashbacks of that morning and the extremely rude way in which we were awakened. The sound of a tree falling on one's house is a sound that you will never forget.
The reason that we call our backyard a Vortex is because, we tend to get massive winds back there. The wind seems to double in intensity between my house, my two next door neighbors and one more neighbor 2 houses down. I don't know why it gets so bad between our 4 houses. It just does and we have all talked about it a lot. So, I guess you could call us the Vortex 4.
Finally, just a little funny note here. After that huge crack-bang-thud, I got out of bed and went to the window to see what the heck all the racket was about. I peered through my blinds and said, "A tree just fell on our house." Hubby then asked me, "Which tree?" To which my only response was, "The big one!"
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
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