June 11, 2010 by Miss

Glee Season 1 has come to an end. When I first started watching this show, I never in a million years thought I’d become so attached. From the start, the show intrigued me because well, I’m a chorus nerd. We’re talking outfits, dancing, the works. See?

Yes, that is glitter all over our tops. You don’t even want to know the places I found glitter after a performance. Think about when you’ve visited a strip club, same thing. I’ll credit this picture to my sophomore or junior year in high school. That silver top hat? Yeah, we used them for a song. Awful, I know. Anyways, not the point. The point is, I loved those years.

So loving Glee is understandable. I totally get that a lot of people don’t like it, don’t get it and thats totally ok. Those people probably really like the Bachelor.

Moving on, what I took from watching this show was the music. I enjoyed the story line for what it was, silly at times, close to home at others. It was fun, it was easy to follow and that’s that.

Here’s a bit of what I *loved* about Glee. I can’t wait for next season.

Defying Gravity from Wicked – I didn’t enjoy it as much when they battled it out as I did when iTunes released the Lea Michelle Solo version.

Smile - I like this version MORE than Lily Allen’s. That says something.

My Life Would Suck Without You – Mr. Schu running to Emma. That’s a throw your hands in the air moment for sure.

Favorite Mash-ups

Don’t Stand So Close to Me/Young Girl

Borderline/Open Your Heart - I love them together.

Favorite Ensemble Songs

Don’t Stop Believin’ - From the first episode. This song made me fall hard for this show.

Somebody To Love – The first 20 seconds of this song EMBRACE what choir is. Amazing harmonies.

Like a Prayer – The Madonna episode rocked, no lie. But they were a group, friends, in this one.

Bad Romance – How can you NOT love this??

I loved every bit of the finale, especially when they sung Don’t Stop Believin’ as a group.

This show is just fun. They cover some good songs, some bad songs, and some amazing songs. You just can’t knock something that makes you smile and honestly, we can all use a smile lately.

So fellow Gleeks… favorite moment of Season 1? Favorite song?

June 7, 2010 by Miss

I’ve heard a lot of people say that they’ve stopped going to the movies. Some because they think movies suck these days but most because it’s too expensive. I totally agree. When a popcorn, drink, and a box of candy cost more than your ticket, we have problems. When buying that for more than one person costs more than dinner at Applebees, we have major problems. I don’t mind the ticket prices half as much as the cost of concessions. I find it hard to believe that they need to inflate the price of popcorn to 6 bucks for a bucket to stay afloat.

So far this year, I’ve seen 12 movies. I absolutely love going to the movies. To cut down on costs, I try to eat before, smuggle in my own food (yeah, ghetto but I really don’t care), and go to the earliest movie possible which is also usually the cheapest. Unless it’s in 3D. Then you still pay 11 bucks. Thanks for teaching me that, Shrek in 3D. The most expensive movie I’ve seen this year was Alice In Wonderland in IMAX 3D which was 16 bucks. Nic and Kel took me to see that for my birthday. 2 of those movies I didn’t have to pay for; one because I earned a free movie being a member of the theaters movie club and the other because the theater had problems with the projector the first time I tried to see it so I got a refund and a free ticket. One movie, Date Night, I went to see with Ant when he was here because we both love the movies so we went to one the last night he was in California.

I’d have to say that Alice, Death at a Funeral, Date Night, and Sex and the City 2 have been my favorites I’ve seen this year. I’m highly looking forward to Eclipse, Toy Story 3, and Part 1 of the last Harry Potter movie.

Anything you’re looking forward to that you just can’t wait to see on DVD?

June 4, 2010 by Miss

Current Obsession: Greg Laswell

January 5, 2010 by Miss

Sorry y’all but I had to do it.

While some of you may have been listening to Madonna, this is what I had in my Walkman. Earbuds? Hell no. Headphones bitches.

Please tell me you watched it all. Please. The cat is RAPPING. That is fucking bad ass. (And you’ll never realize how awesome you were in the 80’s until you are quoting those rap lyrics, by memory, with Heather on twitter.) Paula was ahead of her time. Also? I love her hair up in that high half pony tail. And I may or may not be rocking her bangs. Today.

Ahem.

Paula had it going on. Don’t lie to yourselves. In 1988, she was totally 80’s hot.

November 24, 2009 by Miss

In case you didn’t know already, I’m a choir nerd. I grew up with music and I learned to love singing very quickly. Almost every year I was attending school, give or take a few, I was singing. In high school, I was in a performing choir. I loved the stage and I loved the feelings that music provided me. While I still love music and am working hard to pass that on to my son (it’s working), I miss the way performing feels, the rush it provides.

Now I just try and get it where I can.

In comes Mary Poppins.

This production is playing at the Ahmanson in downtown LA until February and if you get the chance to go, I highly recommend it. It is so visual and alive. The singing is fantastic and the sets are simple yet they help convey the story very well. If you enjoy musical theater, you will love this production.

They do an entire song with tap shoes on. COME ON PEOPLE. Tap shoes. How can you pass that up? You can’t. So go see this.

I need to get to the theater more often. Lucky for me I found someone who loves it just as much and is conveniently located in the heart of the theater scene. I can’t wait to visit Broadway (WICKED!! One day…) and to share my passion with someone I love.

Tonight I got to share it with my mom. If you follow me on Twitter, you know that she was recently in the hospital. She’s doing much, MUCH better and I’m so happy that we got to go see Mary Poppins together. I can’t thank those of you who sent prayers and positive thoughts our way this past weekend. It means so much.

March 25, 2008 by Miss

Since I am seriously busy AND lacking in creativity, here are some funnies for you.

I dont see the problem…

Fuck that.

I only wish I was that cool.

How did no one think of this sooner?

So wrong… but so, so funny.

I fuckin’ knew it.

And I thought we only had to worry about the flying stingrays…

That is SO true.

About damn time…

By far the best….

Fucking Douchebags

Thank you! Be sure to tip your waitress!