Archive for January, 2010

Simon’s & My Last Season of Idol

Posted in Life on January 21st, 2010 by Emilie Gatewood – 1 Comment

Well, if Simon’s not hanging in there, then neither am I.

What is American Idol without Simon Cowell?  Nothing.  Can we really take this week’s guest judge or Randy or Kara’s opinions seriously?  We all only care to hear the rude but true, or very kind things Simon will say to those auditioning.  We love to see his facial expressions at the contestants that we can’t quite tell if they’re being serious or (hopefully) just acting for their 15 seconds.

So thank you for all the laughs, but after this season I’ll be ready with my floaties as Simon jumps ship.  What a shame too, Ryan was just starting to grow on me.

Little Known Movie Facts

Posted in Movies on January 20th, 2010 by Emilie Gatewood – Comments Off

Wall-E was a hoarder

Tombstone stars everyone but Clint Eastwood

Thank You for Smoking will make you want to start

Prime is my new favorite movie

Henry Poole is Here‘s original script had Jesus on a piece of toast

The Book of Eli is actually a movie

P.S. couldn’t decide on an ending, so they decided to be weird

and

Annie Hall reminds you that you should never watch another movie starred/directed/written by Woody

Mystery Guitar Man

Posted in Life on January 19th, 2010 by Emilie Gatewood – Comments Off

Stumbled onto this guys videos.  Great imagination, implementation and sunglasses.

youtube.com/user/MysteryGuitarMan

enjoy.

My Sister’s Keeper Killer

Posted in Movies on January 13th, 2010 by Emilie Gatewood – Comments Off

Well, looks like Little Miss Sunshine just didn’t want to live a miserable life without one of her kidneys.

Now here was a movie that falls under the ‘Depressing’ category.  Talk about needing a box of Kleenex’s next to you for this one.  This movie explores the hardships that come with cancer in the family.  It’s sad all the way through, but I did find myself laughing a few times.  The acting was good, the sick girl really does look sick, and Alec was the perfect casting job.  If you’re in search of a sad movie, this one’ll do the trick.

Saltines

Posted in Life on January 6th, 2010 by Emilie Gatewood – 2 Comments

It’s 5:30 at IGA: the lines are long, I’m bumping into grandma’s carts all over the place, even the express line is stretched to the entrance. This time I remember to buy the item that has been forgotton and therefore stuck on my grocery list for weeks, Saltines; I quickly grab a box, blindly reaching around the stocker. I put my gloves on after sacking my own groceries into my own bag, I throw my hood on to block the freezing snow and wind from reaching my face. It’s cold out there and I’m forced to make this trip almost daily because I have to carry all my groceries home. (But I’m really only exaggerating, I live a block from the store!)
I get home, stomp most of the snow from the bottom of my boots and proceed to the second floor and unload my bag. I made it! I love that going out, even just a block away, is an adventure, and now I’m home, safe and warm.
Now that dinner’s finished, cleaned and hours ago, I want a snack to go with my new favourite show, Conveyor Belt of Love (see previous post), and make my move for the Saltines. I grab a sleeve and go back to the couch. Strange, this first cracker tastes different. What’s that, the second one is tasteless as well. A horrible thought enters my mind….I jump up to check the pantry. OHNO! I really did buy unsalted tops Saltines.
I can’t believe it, I mean why is that even an option?!

Conveyor Belt of Love

Posted in Life on January 5th, 2010 by Emilie Gatewood – Comments Off

ABC has my full attention every Monday night from 10-11 this season. I’m a sucker for dating shows, usually getting sucked in by all the jokes I can make about these sad, beautiful people…but this show is different, they were making all the jokes for me, all I had to do was laugh. The premise of the show is so simple I don’t even have to explain, the title does it all (they really are literally on a conveyor belt and all we have to do is judge these guys based on about 2 sentences and their appearance). The girls and guys chosen for this particular episode were hilarious and the people in editing seemed to help by sharing all the uncomfortable reactions and hurtful (yet honest) comments.
Will this show help in any way with the morality of the next generation, of course not…but was this time-waster fun, absolutely.