It's all been done

Why do all teen shows think they are original?

And I watch MANY teen shows, so I should know.

All the shows that have no twist, that are just about teens in general (90210, Gossip Girl, the OC, One Tree Hill, Degrassi, Dawson's Creek, My So-Called Life, etc) are really going nowhere in the world of cutting edge entertainment.

We, the audience, have seen everything. You can't surprise us. For the past 20 years or so, teen shows have thrived. Many have shared storylines. Even if you combine these so-called "intense" storylines, it will not be mind-blowingly surprising.

Therefore, when 90210 says it's gonna be different, it's gonna be hot, sexy, provocative, I somewhat disagree. I am sure it will be the first two things, but the last one? Provocative doesn't even exist anymore. I have seen characters in teen shows commit suicide, blow up a school, have sex, come out of the closet, cheat on their boy/girlfriends, have car accidents, wear skanky clothes to school, smoke weed, snort cocaine, take ecstasy, take barbituates, steal drugs, drink, give oral sex, get stalked, deal with racism, become anorexic, have affairs with their teachers, stab someone, get pregnant, have an abortion, get raped, have abusive family, have abusive boyfriends, get discriminated for religion, become a rock star, have cancer, become paralyzed, deal with bipolar disorder, expose themself to a video camera, then have it spread across the school, street race, go to prison, be in gangs, punch each other, post sexy photos on the internet, become a stripper, start a band, almost become a prostitute, become engaged, and more.

And this was only on ONE SHOW (degrassi of course).


I. Have. Literally. Seen. Everything.

Everything.


Do you not get this? There are no more subjects to cover!

I am surprised Degrassi lasted this long only repeating a FEW storylines! How did they come up with so many!?

So, 90210, don't tell me you will be shocking. Don't tell me there will be stuff I've never seen before. Unless you are showing porn or something, you really can't surprise me on what you will show on national television.


This is not to say, of course, that I won't watch 90210.
Shenae Grimes is gonna be on it...and she's my favorite character from Degrassi. So I will definitely tune in so I can yawn.


As for Gossip Girl: why do people think this is a super provocative show? Teens having sex has happened in other shows before. MANY shows before. Why is this so new?


That is all.

The Master of Sales

I went shopping today with Alex, and I spent a total of $37. You may say, "ok, no biggie, you probably got two shirts or something." But no, I am the Master of Sales, and I stretched every dollar.

At the beginning of the summer I saw these cute halters at Anne Taylor for about $40. I didn't get them then because I was NOT going to pay $40 for a cotton jersey halter with no special embellishments or anything.
Then, yesterday, I remembered that halter I looked at a couple months ago and thought "I bet it's on sale now!" And I checked the website and it was on sale for $15 on the website. I need some sleeveless shirts asap for summer, so I didn't want to order it online. I went to the mall and bought it and now I am the proud owner of a navy blue with white polka dot halter for $15.

We sauntered over to Old Navy and there was a $2.99 sale, which was just screaming my name. I got three striped tank tops (a purple/violet, a navy/teal and a black/white), two short sleeve boat necks (one navy/teal, one violet/purple), and two pairs of XXL boys' boxers (both black, one with multi colored stripes, one with multi colored skulls). My tally there was about $23.

Oh, and Alex scored a free Dark Knight "WHY SO SERIOUS?" shirt (made with an american apparel tee, too!) from her city job, so that was just a bonus.

So that comes to one free Dark Knight tee, two short sleeved tees, three tanks, one halter, and two pairs of boxers for around $38. That averages to about $4 an item.


Beat that.

Doesn't this book look great?

Is it just me, or is it very strange to have a commercial for a book?

Today I saw a commercial selling James Patterson's "SAIL".
At first it was confusing because I thought "they can't be selling a book, that's too weird!" How can you represent a book through visuals and audio when it is an object filled with written words? Is it strange only to me?

Sure I broke the law...but it wasn't here...

I have a question.

You know how certain jobs require you to take drug tests?
You know how marijuana stays in your system for a while?

Well...

What if you got a job in January, then went to Amsterdam at the end of January. Then, in Amsterdam, where smoking pot is legal, you, well, smoked pot. Then you came back, took a drug test, and failed (due to the lurking marijuana in your system). Would you be fired from you job? Because you weren't breaking the law...

Or maybe the job description says you couldn't do drugs while employed there...then in that case, I guess you were breaking the rules. But if you were halfway across the globe where smoking pot is legal, I don't understand why you should be penalized.


I dunno.

Oh, children

At the post office today there was this little girl (I'd guess 3 yrs old), and she was with her mom. She wanted to go sit on a bench that was close to the front of the line, and her mom said she could, but she(the mom) would have to wait in line while her daughter sat there. The girl was upset her mommy couldn't go up there and be by her while she sat, so she started whining, which escalated to balling. She was soon crying, telling her mommy she didn't want to go over "there" alone, because "that man over there is scaring me!"

Good thing she didn't specify which man.

Some man came in with his two sons while I was closer to the front of the line, and one of the sons, who I'd guess is five or so, went up to the trash can and pushed in the lid, sticking his head partially inside. Then he said "Ew, that smells."
I basically couldn't stop laughing, and the people around me in line were staring at me. I laughed even harder when the kid's dad said "Well yes, that is a garbage can."

I smell bread.

Ugh, I was making an english muffin sandwich today and the smell of the stuff was disgusting. The bread I mean. Bread has a gross smell.



Oh no, does this mean I'm gonna die?http://www.marsinvestigations.net/culturalreferences/1159/mash







PS: If this is what a muffin is to the English, what is a regular muffin? A muffy?Muffer? Muffleton?



PPS: I know I never posted those pictures of those sweet watches and alarm clock. I'll get to it.

Gwen Stefani and Pink Floyd aren't the same.

It's time to come up with some more genre-describing words. "Rock" "Alternative" and "Pop" are WAY too generic to describe music. According to my iTunes...

the following albums are "Rock":

• Gwen Stefani "The Sweet Escape"
• Aerosmith "Nine Lives"
• Alanis Morissette "Jagged Little Pill"
• The Beatles "Anthology"
• Beck "Sea Change"
• Dave Matthews Band "Crash"
• Fall Out Boy "Infinity on High"
• Jet "Shine On"

These are "pop":

• Alanis Morrisette "So-Called Chaos"
• Ashlee Simpson "Autobiography"
• The Beatles "Anthology" (a diff. disc)
• Elton John "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"
• Jack Johnson "In Between Dreams"
• KC and the Sunshine Band "Best of..."
• Madeleine Peyroux "Careless Love"
• Paul Simon "There goes Rhymin' Simon"
• Van Morrison "Best of..."

These are "Alternative":

• Beck "Guero"
• Hellogoodbye "Zombies! Aliens! Vampires! Dinosaurs!"
• The Killers "Sams Town"
• OK GO "Oh No"
• Snow Patrol "Eyes Open"
• White Stripes "Get Behind Me Satan"
• All-American Rejects "Move Along"
• Jem "Finally Woken"

Even Jazz seems confusing...look at these songs that are considered "jazz":

• "Rehab" by Amy Winehouse
• "Autumn in New York" by Billie Holiday (which I agree...this is what I think of as jazz)
• "Julia Ann Johnson" by H. Ledbetter
• "freefall" by Spyro Gyra

Since when is Van Morrison in the same category as Ashlee Simpson?
It's time people came to creatin' more words, because I think you'd agree that the artists on these lists don't sound anything like eachother.

I feel like in the last five years, the only new words we've come up with to describe a new genre of music is "emo"...well what about MIA? That should be like...hipster hip-hop...like urban outfitters hip hop. Let's come up with some new words, people!

So that's how they're doing it.

I didn't know it was so easy!