April 2008
Good news all around...
Britney Spears Returns to HIMYM: In the event you are a fan of Britney Spears, the troubled pop star will be returning to CBS’ How I Met Your Mother for the May 12th episode. Lori Loughlin Heads to 90210: The CW’s upcoming remake of Beverly Hills, 90210, one of the more anticipated new series next season, has cast its first adult role: Lori Loughlin. The former Full House and...
Confession: I, too, am not wiiiiiild about Gossip... →
Take yourself personally. Your persistent low... →
Some actual good advice courtesy of Jezebel…
This just in: Spencer Pratt's a giant asshole. →
Also related: The Tyra Banks Show has the highest ratings ever Tuesday.
Reports: Fallon to succeed Conan on 'Late Night' →
If I watched latenight TV, I’d be pissed about this…
Why we're friends, part XVIXCIIVI
me: are you in town this weekend?
Lisa: yes and i think we should go to central park and practice kickball
thoughts?
me: oh my gosh, I Was going to suggest brunch but that is much better!
Lisa: haha!
me: loves it!
Lisa: well sat we can do brunch, and sun we can do kickball!!
me: that works!
Lisa: awesome
me: (do you have a ball?)
No One Watches That Show, It's Too Popular →
Is it bad that I want Ryan Seacrest to win this?
New Category to Be Presented at the Primetime Emmy Awards: The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Board of Governors has voted to create a new award category for Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program. The category will make its debut at the 60th Primetime Emmy Awards on ABC, Sunday, Sept. 21.
I think my dad isn't speaking to me.
My Dad (loudly, so my mom can hear): At what age do the prosecutors stop trying people for murder?
Me: Oh, 67. (My dad is 66 untill November.)
My Dad: Oh, really, that's really interesting, I have to run...
Me: You're 66.
SILENCE.
Presidential Candidates on RAW?!? →
Awesome.
Because, really, who doesn't have a favorite... →
The best article I’ve ever read about Jessica Simpson…
Aside from the realities of price and space, the... →
This is just depressing.
There's an upper west side location of my new... →
East Village Yacht Club prepares to (re)open →
Yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I was there. It was one of the hardest moments of... →
In all seriousness, I did get a concerned “Is your gmail working??” (sup Lise?) text and it was pretty frustrating there for a bit.
Elevator Courtesy: This is kind of awesome. →
And by kind of awesome, I mean REALLY. Side note: One morning I was in an elevator at work and the door was maybe a foot from shut (the world’s. slowest. door.) and this kid walked up -maybe 15- dunno what he was doing in there, but anyhow, he looked as the door shut and once it got down to about 6 inches, stuck his leg in and joined us in the elevator. And as he did this, despite it...
Don't we all?
Kristin: i need your brilliance
Wedding food, part deux
Ashley: i'm excited about this wedding
Ashley: i love an open bar and free food
Muge: i want some of those potato cheese things
Ashley: right??
Ashley: those were phenomenal
Ashley: still they haunt us
Sarah Chalke back on HIMYM?! YAY! →
WII FIT COMES OUT ON MAY 21ST!!!!!!! →
I shall purchase for myself as a “happy 31st anniversary mom and dad” present!
I'm not going to lie, the last line of this made... →
I might boycott PRW on Lifetime.
Wedding Food
me: I didn't get to try those. :o(
ashley: i feel for you
me: me too. I really do. it's rough being me.
ashley: it is if you didn't get to have those little wads of heaven in your mouth
Yet another baby bump... →
Poor Jessica. Thanks for the tip, KXL!
The wedding is over.
And I’m POOPED.
They’ve been showing coverage of the Iraq war… it looks like...
– My grandmother, watching C-SPAN. My tongue is bloody from so much biting.
Culture Shock
Me: I'll have a Miller Lite [for my cousin] on Tom's tab and can I close mine out? Last name is Lemon.
Bartender: Sure... Uh, the tab is only $6 and we have a $10 minimum.
Me: [shocked] Umm.. ok, put the Miller Lite on my tab.
Bartender: $8.50 is close enough.
Me: {incredulous] The beer was $2.50?!!?
I've been living in New York too long.
Fact checking after the fact.
baugher:NYT Reporter who shall remain nameless: Really? The MacAir emails were legitimate? That seemed too over the top to be believable. baugher: Yes, and they were published despite the strong reluctance of one party to the conversation to have any ongoing association with the other party to that conversation. NYT Reporter who shall remain nameless: Would you have published it without...
But to be an aspiring professional pop musician –... →
An excellent blog post on why the author hates David Archuleta of American Idol. My reasons for hating him are not as complex.
Holy crap I need to switch to DIRECTV right now... →
October?!?! And seriously? If they’re bringing it back after football season, PUT IT ON SUNDAY NIGHTS.
NBC Announces fall, winter, and summer 09... →
There’s lots of good news here, but we have to wait until Winter 09 to find out what happens to Coach Taylor and the rest of the Panthers. :o(
After countless generations of embarrassing... →
The backless bra. Anyone else curious?
Lesson for the day: It's important to have...
Aaron: what's the smallest city you could live in
Me: ummm...
Me: let me check if austin has a sephora
How about, "Houston, it doesn't totally suck!" ? →
Oy. My poor home town.
Remember how I want to move to LA? →
Yeaaaaaaaaaah. Not looking so bad now. Not at all. Who’s in?
Yayayayayayayyayayayayayayayayayyyyyyyyy
Kyle Chandler, star of NBC’s Friday Night Lights, confirmed the drama will return to NBC for a third season in an interview for NPR’s Fresh Air program, reports B&C. Chandler said an agreement was reached regarding costs so the show can continue and he said production will resume in Austin this June. NBC has not made a statement about the series.
Guess which one excites me the most...
Eight ABC original series make their debut this summer: May 19: The Bachelorette at 9p May 26: The Mole at 10p June 24: Wipeout at 8p and I Survived a Japanese Game Show at 9p June 26: ABC News’ Hopkins at 10p June 27: Dance Machine at 8p July 20: High School Musical: Summer Session at 8p July 21: Wanna Bet at 9p