The Voice

Yeah, that show with that chick who used to compete against Britney Spears [Christina Aguilera] and the dude from Maroon 5 [Adam Lavine], the dude with the song that had to modified because children listen to the radio [Ceelo Green] and the country dude [Blake Shelton].

Gotta be honest, like it way better than American Idol. For once, I know who the judges are [for the most part] and they don't really have any time to say anything irrelevant.

Oh, and the concept is pretty cool. For those of you who don't know, the judges [the people I listed above] are facing the audience. They do not see the person singing and can only judge him/her/them based on his/her/their voice[s]. If they really like the voice, the hit the button in front of them and the chair spins around. If only one person hits the button when the song is through, the singer will be mentored by that judge.

Then here comes the tricky part... "But what if more than one judge turns around?" you may ask... And it's simple... The singer has the power at this point. He/she/them get to decide who they want to be their mentor. Of course, the judges have a little bit of time to plead his/her case. Essentially, this gives control to the artist.

Pretty phenomenal if I do say so myself. There is a draw back to this of course. All the people who perform for the judges are pre-screened. Don't know how that works but basically you don't have too many bad singers in the bunch. Of course, that can depend on your tastes in music too.

Either way, I think I'm going to try and keep up with this show. If only to see Adam Levine's facial expressions. Because they are f-ing amusing.

Breaking In

So, I just found out that I can watch tv shows on the comcast website. WTF? How did I not know this before?! Having this feature is certainly nice since my mother insisted I bring home my TV two weeks before moving out of my apartment.

Anyway... that's how I found this show. I had remember seeing some commercials but I'm a really hard person to pull into a show sometimes... Mostly because I forget when the show is on.

And I'll admit, it isn't the best show but it's still pretty good for a half hour. I've only watched 4 episodes so far and I'll probably keep going while it keeps my attention.

Essentially, it is about this hacker [Cam] who is conned convinced to join Contra Security. It is a company that tests out the security of it's customers and finds any flaws. The cast is made up of a bunch of nutters interesting people.

We have our main guy, Cam. He was attending Loyola Technical School [and had been for 7 years] before they hired Contra. This is when we Oz, the boss of Contra Security. He finds out about Cam's little "full-ride scholarship" and forces convinces Cam to join his team. Oz is quite quirky and seems to know everything about everyone. It's quite scary sometimes. He's also 10 steps ahead of your next planned step. Crazy funny to boot.

And we have the rest of the team. There is Cash, who is the ultimate fanboy and techie. His particular fandom of choice that we've seen so far is Star Wars focused. He is also the resident prankster and of course he tends to take it way to far sometimes.

There is also the lock picker and safe cracker, Melanie. She's had a troubled past with her father being sent to jail and all. And she's the love interest only girl on the squad. According to Oz, she's that mad crazy chick you should not be involved with. Of course, that doesn't stop Cam from trying to pursue her.

But this is largely deterred since she has her boyfriend, Dutch. He is kind of loud and obnoxious but actually seems to know how to woo a girl. Strange. Anyway, he somehow ends up on the team of misfits security breakers by the third episode.

And there is Josh. He isn't a major part of the show but he is the master of disguise. Definitely worth a laugh or two. He is in a kind of pseudo fight with Cam to be on top... Not that Cam is really on top anyway...

Maybe I'll keep up with this show... Or maybe not. We'll see just how bored I get next week.

Youtube

Gonna be honest, you can find a lot of amusing things on youtube that you would have never seen otherwise. Of course, getting recommendations from friends makes navigating the site much more enjoyable. Basically this is a youtube spam recommendations post. Here are some of the amusing videos I've watched these past few days:

A tip of the hat to the history buffs out there.

 

For those who who aren't easily offended by a Hitler v.s. Jesus video, offensive language or surprises.

KITTIES!

I'd want a husky just so it could say awesome things.

I'm not a big baseball fan but this is an awesome video. But I'm biased cause I'm a Phillies phan. <3

DOCTOR WHO! <3 SERIES 6!

Got a favorite youtube video? Leave a link in a comment. <3 And hopefully I can get back to real posts soon.

I know... haven't been posting...

Outside of my lack of actually watching stuff, I've had other issues. If you're interested, you can view my computer issues here at my other blog.

And I'm sorry though there is only one person really following this. I feel like I've disappointed myself more so than anyone else. I'm working on it. Maybe a post on America's Best Dance Crew or Mob Wives? Or maybe on the return of Glee this Tuesday. We'll see...

Let's Play LEGO Hanky Potter

It's been four whole days since I've posted on my watching something... Not that I haven't been watching things [Glee and... More Glee]. Right now, I've found this wonderful YouTube channel... Where you can watch Hank Green play LEGO Harry Potter [and other video games]... Or as he refers to it as LEGO Hanky Potter.

It's fantastic and amuses me much so. He's all sorts of silly and it only gets better when his wife joins the fray. I've played a bit of LEGO Harry Potter [of course, not the Wii version] and my natural instinct is to be all "YOU'RE MISSING THE SHINY THINGS BY HITTING THOSE OTHER THINGS!" But then again, that's how I am.

What makes these videos even more fantastic? They've read the books and make those comments all those who have read the books and played the game think. You here them make a comment and you all "OMG! I THOUGHT THE SAME THING!"

It got me and a friend thinking that we could do something like that... If we can get past the whole getting the game play to show up on the YouTube without putting a video camera on the screen or something. I like to think I'm pretty amusing to listen to while I play a video game. I've been told so by many people... Only other problem would be much of what I would say may have to be bleeped. I tend to swear a lot when I'm playing sometimes... 

For those who don't know who Hank Green is, he is well known as being part of the vlogbrothers youtube channel that he shares with his brother, John Green. Honestly, haven't really followed them much and all I've got so far... is that they are nerd fighters? Maybe this will explain it better.

Also, I apologize for all the caps in this post. I don't normally get this excited about anything... But it's Harry Potter related and therefore requires some caps. One day I will hopefully post my commentary for the Harry Potter movies that I've done so far.

So... Yeah, that's it.

Superbowl [commercials and everything but football]

Yes, I watch the Superbowl. It's really the one sports event that I actually watch. And even though I don't have any attachment to either team, I had to pick one. So I decided to go with the Green Bay Packers. And my instincts aren't wrong. <3

And yes, even though I am a female, I do know the basics of football. I can follow the game with ease. I just have no interest in watching after years of watching high school and college football [my own school teams who were perpetual losers].

Opening singers
Loved Lea Michele. She did a great job, as I expected she would do. She's a live performer through and through. She knows what she is doing.

Christina Aguilera... I was so distracted by her cringe-worthy version of the national anthem that I didn't realize she flubbed the words. I didn't find out till it was posted on Twitter via Perez Hilton and Michael Ausiello. Personally, I despise when people add a bunch of blah to the national anthem, which is what she did. When you do that, you turn it into something else [And 99% of the time, it's bad]. For future note, I also don't like the Whitney Houston version of the national anthem.

Half time show
Liked it but not in love with it. I could have done without Fergie's "Sweet Child o' Mine" and Usher could have actually done some singing.

Fergie basically butchered "Sweet Child o' Mine," which is sad when I think she could have done it fairly well. What the hell was with the voice? She was singing with some sort of weird accent or something. It just did not sound natural with her and even if you hadn't heard her before, you'd know something was off. She wasn't being herself with the performance.

Normally, I love Usher. I like his songs, they're catchy and get stuck in your head [in a good way]... But he really just was not needed. It was like he was there for star power alone because he sure as hell did not sing. And I get it, he's dancing a storm up and stuff... But I'd prefer they have his full vocals pre-recorded than what happened on that stage. He was just... There to look pretty, no?

And I'm seeing that a lot of people were not happy with the Black Eyed Peas' performance but I thought it was pretty good for them. Honestly, I don't expect miracles and did not expect to have great vocals from them. People should know to not to focus on that with them. The Black Eyed Peas is a whole package. The singing, the dancing, the outfits. You need to take it all into account.

Loved the outfits for sure. Such a cool super futuristic feeling to them. And I liked the whole glowing theme. It was very them. The overall theme was great and kept me entertained .

Commercials [which really means the ones I actually paid attention to]


The Force [VW]: This is currently my new favorite commercial ever. Not just this year. Not just for a superbowl ad... Best commercial EVER! It did everything a commercial is suppose to do. It was funny while making sure you knew who this commercial was for. To compare, I think of the Snicker's commercial last year with Betty White. It was a great commercial, funny with a message... A message that got lost. It took me forever to even think about what product was being sold in the commercial!

Alauntra: Got a headache from the commercial. Made me dizzy and a little nauseated.

Chrysler: I actually kind of like the one with Eminem in it... As weird as that seems to me. It's kind of touching, even if it takes forever to really find out which car company is doing the advertising.

Movies I'm excited for: Captain America

Movies I could care less about: Thor, PotC 4, Ringo

Movies I will be looking up on Wikipedia later: Super 8, Limitless

NFL: I liked the little reel of different shows. Definitely liked the Happy Days scenes. Kudos NFL.

Mercedes Benz: I just thought "Hm, I can't remember if Sean "P. Diddy" Combs has been in a commercial before but I don't think he has... Which is weird cause he's kind of a sellout..."

House: The one with the churro kid... Epic. Love Hugh Laurie [even if I forget he's British all the time].

Camero: Amusing. Love the commentary by the guys who are making up the story. Twist ending.

Sketchers: Eh... I don't know if it's cause it's Kim Kardashian but something was just off. Kind of had an amateur quality to the directing maybe.


Final Note

Just a final note, I'm super excited for Glee after the Superbowl tonight. Even though I'm incredibly pissed at iTunes for taking down the Thriller/Heads Will Roll mash up for a few days [before I was going to buy it]... And I may not buy it from them just to make a point. Either way, I'm psyched for this because... Well,  I want to see the entirety of the Thriller/Heads Will Roll scene. Honestly, I could not have thought of a better mash up than this one. It's like... Ultimate and sounds great from the bits I've heard.

The Social Network

Yes, I caved. The mom wanted to rent another movie and when browsing, we found The Social Network. I wanted to know what the heck made this movie win so many awards. It's not because the movie caused an honest need to see it with riveting trailers or anything...

And I have to admit, the movie was pretty good. It's a little hard to follow at first because we jump from past to present. The past is basically where "Mark Zuckerberg" [Jesse Eisenberg] is dumped by his then girlfriend, and ultimately causes him to create a site where girls at Harvard are ranked based on their physical appearance. He creates this site from scratch... While blogging [on livejournal which makes me laugh]... While drunk. That's pretty awesome and it's pretty awesome to watch actually... Even though it's only an actor. Anyway, the entire setting up of "Zuckerberg's" life as he creates the Facebook is the past.

The present is where "Zuckerberg" is fighting two financial battles. One is against his former [?] best friend, Eduardo and the guy who plays him, Andrew Garfield, is insanely attractive in my book. Right now, he'd be my one time celebrity pass. If you don't know what that means, you're too young to know. The second battle is against the Winklevoss twins and their business partner [not particular important], who claim that "Zuckerberg" stole their idea [the HarvardConnection which later became ConnectU].

In the past, we follow "Zuckerberg" as he becomes heavily invested in his creation, the strain of his relationship friendship and working partnership with Eduardo [who becomes involved with crazy bitch Wendy Wu Brenda Song], his blooming bromance relationship partnership with J.T. Dance Party Sean Parker [dude of original Napster] and how much he kind of sucks at normal life. Also, him and Eduardo break up go their separate ways when "Zuckerberg" and J.T. Dance Party Parker somewhat trick Eduardo into letting his shares into being diluted while everyone elses' shares remained intact.

In the present, we find "Zuckerberg" is even more invested in his project than the beginning. Even while he is being sued, he doesn't have much time to devote any of his attention to these cases. The Facebook is numero uno. Ultimately, settlements were reached for both and the one amateur junior lawyer tells "Zuckerberg" that they are settling because... Basically, "Zuckerberg"'s personality would get him no sympathy from a jury and the story is just... "Zuckerberg" would not win.

Oh and J.T. Dance Party Sean Parker was caught with some interns and some coke [and not the cola kind]. He wandered off to jail or something... We don't see anything else about him really. But again, outside of kind of turning "Zuckerberg" away from his relationship with Eduardo, he had no purpose.

Overall, while my summary here doesn't really do the movie justice, I wouldn't consider it to be completely awesomely great. The acting was superb and the storyline moving but I just... The transitioning could definitely have used some work. And some of the scenes could have used work. There is one in particular that comes to mind: "Zuckerberg" and J.T. Dance Party Parker are in a club and the music is absolutely blasting... And I get it but... We can barely hear what the characters are saying. I can't even tell if that was the entire purpose of the scene. This happens somewhere else in the movie but I can't remember when.

I'd say see it. It's worth the time in my opinion but I can't decide if it's worth buying or even renting again. Maybe one day in the upcoming snowy weeks. Cause we all know that damn groundhog is gonna see his shadow.