Just Stick to the Hit Music Man!

Some people should just not say a lot of words in public. Kanye West is great at making hit music. But, this makes him look racist and is sort of confusing. Shut up and sing!

“I’m a pop enigma. I live and breathe every element in life. I rock a bespoke suit and I go to Harold’s for fried chicken. It’s all these things at once, because, as a tastemaker, I find the best of everything. There’s certain things that black people are the best at and certain things that white people are the best at. Whatever we as black people are the best at, I’m a go get that. Like, on Christmas I don’t want any food that tastes white. And when I go to purchase a house, I don’t want my credit to look black."

- Kanye West tells the new issue of Spin

American Idol Hype Daily Count

DECEMBER 20, 2007: 3

Did This Happen To Everyone Else?

Or, just in Georgia? I get that it is less than a week from Christmas and people are on vacation or too busy to watch TV so, a lot of shows are reruns this week, and probably next week too. But, what was the deal with CBS showing that they were running new episodes of NCIS, Criminal Minds and CSI: NY and running reruns under the descriptions of new episodes. I Tivo'ed all three of those shows and, sure enough, when I hit the Info button on my remote, the description of the shows were for new episodes. NCIS was supposed to be "Tribes" but was a rerun under that title and new episode description. Criminal Minds was supposed to be the new episode titled "3rd Life" but was a rerun under that new title and description. And, CSI: NY was supposed to be the new episode titled "Happily Never After" but, was also a rerun under that new title and description. WTF? Why can't CBS get its act together?

I think that possibly 70% of the shows I watch are on CBS but, I have more problems viewing those shows because CBS seems to screw the pooch a lot. It is very frustrating when you can't watch what you want to watch because the network can't get their shit straight! Ugh!

How Many More Episodes...Update

Here is the most recent episode update from Michael Ausiello on his Ausiello Report at TVguide.com as of 12/18/2007:

30 Rock: Ten episodes will be produced. Nine episodes have aired, so there is one left.

Aliens in America: Seventeen episodes will be produced. Ten episodes have aired, so there are seven left.

Back to You: Nine episodes will be produced. Seven episodes have aired, so there are two left.

The Big Bang Theory: Eight episodes were produced. Eight episodes have aired, so there are zero left.

Bionic Woman: Eight episodes will be produced. Eight episodes have aired, so there is zero left.

Bones: Twelve episodes will be produced. Nine episodes have aired, so there are three left.

Boston Legal: Fourteen episodes will be produced. Ten episodes have aired, so there are four left.

Brothers & Sisters: Twelve episodes will be produced. Nine episodes have aired, so there are three left.

Carpoolers: Thirteen episodes will be produced. Six episodes have aired, so there are seven left.

Cavemen: Thirteen episodes will be produced. Six episodes have aired, so there are seven left.

Chuck: Thirteen episodes will be produced. Eleven episodes have aired, so there are two left.

Criminal Minds: Roughly twelve episodes will be produced. Eleven episodes have aired, so there is roughly one left.

CSI: Eleven episodes will be produced. Ten episodes have aired, so there is one left.

CSI: NY: Fourteen episodes will be produced. Eleven episodes have aired, so there are three left.

Desperate Housewives: Ten episodes will be produced. Nine episodes have aired, so there is one left.

Dirty Sexy Money: Thirteen episodes will be produced. Ten episodes have aired, so there are three left.

ER: Thirteen episodes will be produced. Nine episodes have aired, so there are four left.

Friday Night Lights: Fifteen episodes will be produced. Nine episodes have aired, so there are six left.

Gossip Girl: Thirteen episodes will be produced. Ten episodes have aired, so there are three left.

Greek: Eight new episodes will be produced. None have aired yet, so there are eight left.

Grey's Anatomy: Eleven episodes will be produced. Ten episodes have aired, so there is one left.

Heroes: Eleven episodes will be produced. Eleven episodes have aired, so there is zero left.

House: Twelve episodes will be produced. Nine episodes have aired, so there are three left.

How I Met Your Mother: Eleven episodes will be produced. Eleven episodes have aired, so there are zero left.

Jericho: Seven episodes will be produced. None have aired yet, so there are seven episodes left.

Las Vegas: Nineteen episodes will be produced. Eleven have aired, so there are eight left.

Law & Order: SVU: Fourteen episodes will be produced. Ten episodes have aired, so there are four left.

Life is Wild: Twelve episodes will be produced. Nine episodes have aired, so there are three left.

Lost: Eight episodes will be produced. None have aired yet, so there are eight episodes left.

Medium: Nine episodes will be produced. None have aired yet, so there are nine episodes left.

Men in Trees: Nineteen episodes will be produced. Eight episodes have aired, so there are 11 left.

My Name is Earl: Thirteen episodes will be produced (that includes two one-hour eps, which count double). Twelve episodes have aired, so there is one left.

The New Adventures of Old Christine: Eight episodes have been produced. No episodes have aired, so there are eight left.

Numbers: Twelve episodes will be produced. Ten have aired, so there is two left.

The Office: Twelve half-hour episodes will be produced. Twelve half-hour episodes have aired, so there are zero half-hour episodes left.

One Tree Hill: Twelve episodes will be produced. None have aired yet, so there are twelve episodes left.

Prison Break: Thirteen episodes will be produced. Eight episodes have aired, so there are five left. (On hiatus 'til Jan. 14)

Private Practice: Nine episodes will be produced. Nine episodes have aired, so there are zero left.

Pushing Daisies: Nine episodes will be produced. Nine episodes have aired, so there are zero left.

Reaper: Twelve episodes will be produced. Ten episodes have aired, so there are two left.

Samantha Who?: Twelve episodes will be produced. Nine episodes have aired, so there are three left.

Scrubs: Eleven episodes will be produced. Six episodes have aired, so there are five left.

Shark: Twelve episodes will be produced. Eleven episodes have aired, so there is one left.

The Shield: All 13 season-seven episodes will be completed. None have aired (the final season gets underway in '08), so there are 13 left.

Smallville: Fifteen episodes will be produced. Nine episodes have aired, so there are six left.

Supernatural: Ten to 12 episodes will be produced. Seven episodes have aired, so there are two to four left.

Ugly Betty: Thirteen episodes will be produced. Ten episodes have aired, so there are three left.

Without a Trace: Twelve episodes will be produced. Ten episodes have aired, so there are two left.

A Show I Like...

I like the show Journeyman on NBC. I can't remember if I have mentioned it before. But, it is a good show. A tad like USA's Dead Zone. Even the main characters of those 2 shows bare a remarkable resemblance to one another. But, different enough that I don't feel like I am watching NBC's stab at USA's original.

Anyway, Monday night's episode of Journeyman was great. I did not see that coming. Well, I suppose I might have considered a possibility similar to it. But, it was well played.

So, I have heard rumors that Journeyman may not make it after tonight's mid-season finale. I would be somewhat disappointed. But, at the same time, if it does get cancelled, that just means that there is one less show for me to watch.

That being said, I hope it makes it! I enjoy the stories and the writers keep me captivated!

I HATE The Freaking Winter...

For those of you who love it, I am sorry to be a Debbie Downer but, I HATE this time of year. Not the Holiday season. The crappy, cold season itself. I am now on my 3rd cold in exactly 1 month and 2 weeks. Technically, I am on my second cold since my first illness was not a cold but Bronchitis and Bacterial Sinusitis. But, the point is, I have not been healthy for 1 month and 2 weeks. After my Bronchitis and Bacterial sinusitis, I had one day where I really thought I was going to be over my yearly illness in under 1 month. Then, the next day, a regular old, run-of-the-mill cold started. And, I wasn't fully over that one when, BAM, yesterday, another cold started! I am over this freaking season! Have been since I can remember. I have never been through one winter where I wasn't sick through most of it and, I can't remember the last Christmas that I wasn't nursing a cold or Bronchitis. Excuse me for what I am about to write but, FUCK! I just want to be healthy. I don't want to cough anymore. I don't want a sporadically runny or stuffy nose. I don't want to be clearing my throat every FUCKING 15 seconds! Ugh! I HATE THE FUCKING WINTER!

Well, Look At Her Role Model...

What else did people expect? Britney Spears' 16 year old sister, Jamie Lynn, is 3 months pregnant! She is the star of Nickelodeon's Zoey 101. A kids' show on a kids' network! Way to go!

I am really trying not to be too judgemental but, I remember where my head was when I was 16 and I was way too immature to raise a child. I simply can't imagine being a mother at 16 and, struggle to imagine any other 16 year old girls being someone's mother. Sorry! Call me a judgemental twat! She is too young and her family doesn't invoke a lot of confidence! But, to each his or her own! I wish her well and hope that she can be a better role model and mother to her child than her sister has been to her kids and any of the few fans she has left out there.

American Idol Hype Daily Count

DECEMBER 19, 2007: 5




BTW...I made it through yesterday, all day, without hearing or reading about American Idol. Unless you include seeing it on my Tivo search when I was looking to see if America's Most Wanted will be on next week. But, since that wasn't media, I didn't include it in my count. Should I have?

The Awesomely Awesomeness Has Happened!

I told you yesterday that Kevin Federline's lawyer, Mark Vincent Kaplan, was heading into court today to ask the Commissioner to delay giving Britney any of her custody rights back until she sits down for her deposition. TMZ.com caught Britney running around the same day she was said to have taken a sick day from her deposition. Kaplan subpoenaed the evidence from TMZ to present to the Commissioner but, according to TMZ, the Commissioner indicated that he trusts what TMZ reports.

So, according to TMZ, Britney is to give her deposition sometime in the first week of January. There was a scheduled hearing set for January 23rd but, because Kaplan will need time to review Britney's depo, if she bothers to give one this time around, the Commissioner rescheduled that hearing for February 19th.

Do they have your attention this time Britney?

This Is One of My Pet Peeves...

All that can be asked of you when you are driving, with regard to speed, is that you go the speed limit. If you don't feel comfortable going over the speed limit, that is fine. Some of us are sort of dare devils and some of us have lead for feet. There is nothing wrong with being a law abiding citizen.

The problem starts when you don't go at least the speed limit. So, a good rule of thumb is to take a quick look in your rear view mirror and see if there is a large line of traffic behind you. Now, look forward...as you should be anyway. If you don't see anyone in front of you, or, the people in front of you are far away from you, and you have given your rear view mirror a quick glance and you see that there is a train of cars behind you, you are the problem. You are probably going below the lawful speed limit and, you are likely going way below what people tend to drive on that road.

So, if you can't bring yourself to speed a little...and, we may even only be talking 5 miles per hour over the posted speed limit...than, at least get your car up to the speed limit because you are successfully pissing off every single person behind you. We have no right to ask you to speed. We do, however, have every right in the world to ask you to drive the lawful 45 miles an hour that was posted on that speed limit sign you just turtled past. And if you don't obey that speed limit, don't be shocked my the amount of times people behind you honk their horn at you or flip you the bird!

Not Quite

Again, another case where you can't really make out what I am trying to show you here. So, allow me to translate:

This is a picture of a Ford F250 with a license plate # of 3Fity.

I got a kick out of it and thought you might as well!

Rob Me!

Why didn't they just write "Rob Me!" on it?

So, after adding the picture, I see now that you really can' entirely make out what is sort of off about this truck. On the door, next to the handle, is written "Don't lock this door". Yup! Hence the reason for the title of this post!

Should I Just Plug My Ears?

It is 2:04 PM and I haven't heard, read or seen anything about American Idol yet today! Could it be? Might it happen? Will I make it through my first day since that freaking show first hit the airwaves, without hearing, or seeing anything about it? No way! I say, only if I shut my eyes and plug my ears. But, we'll see. Even on the days when I don't post a Hype Count, I have heard or read something about it. But, I either forget to post a Hype Count for those days or it is a weekend and, I tend to take those days to give you all a break!

So, we'll see. Perhaps by midnight tonight, I will have seen my first day pass without having to hear or read about that stupid show, someone on that stupid show, someone who used to be on that stupid show, or someone yet to be on that stupid show!

Wish me luck! This could turn out to be a monumental day for me! And for TV, Radio and the Print media!

Population Growth...

Sheesh! I have lived in my city for almost 7 years and, it has grown by leaps and bounds in those 7 years. If I remember correctly, last I heard it was between 5,000 and 10,000 people per year in the past 7 years. And, it shows in my little 8 mile commute to work. I live in a subdivision off of a pretty major highway in my city. Now, realistically, the county should have widened that road somewhere between 10 and 15 (if not more) years ago. As a result of not thinking ahead, traffic is really congested and they have been working on widening that road, too little too late, for the past year (give or take some). When I first moved to my city, it would take me 12 or 13 minutes to get to work, and the same amount of time to get home. Because of the widening of that road, it took me that same amount of time to get off at my exit ramp. I sat on that exit ramp and waited to make my turn onto that highway for 12 minutes today during my lunch break. Fantastic! I can not wait until they get done with the widening!

In One Week...

Can you believe Christmas is only one week away? Remember when we were kids, how long it took for Christmas to arrive? It seemed like it took forever. But, because we are all so busy all of the time, life seems to fly by now. I actually feel like I don't really get to enjoy the beauty of everything Christmas anymore. I pine for those days when every Christmas light brought such a warm feeling to my heart. Now, it seems like I can't stop my thoughts from racing, long enough, to really feel the spirit of Christmas.

Time to slow down! How do I do that?