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Time To Disconnected The Cable, Pt. 2

Published on May 20, 2009 in El Mundo. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , .

So the primetime lineups for next year are finally out, and I am pissed.  I understand that shows can’t live on forever, but it seems that the majority of the shows that were caneled were canceled not because of their quality but because of their cost while other shows that sucked were kept on.

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I’m very upset and disappointed that Samantha Who?, Kath & Kim, In The Motherhood, Pushing Daisies, and The Unusuals were canceled while ABC decided to keept Scrubs alive on life support (no pun intended), Better Off Ted was saved (

that show is painful, I wanted to love her but Portia del Rossi just didn’t deliver for me), and there are like, seventeen different incarnations of CSI and Law and Order still on.  Is this a joke?

Samantha Who? was one of the best shows on television.  It was witty, well-written, and a pleasure to watch.  The characters were loveable and relateable and Christina Applegate was a fantastic lead.  ABC flat-out said that it was canceled because it was too expensive and that they didn’t want it to come to this.

Kath & Kim was another hilarious show, but it seemed to be pretty polarizing.  A lot of people compared it to the Aussie version which probably ultimately caused its demise.  Although they were the same show, each version had a different style of humor and it was innapropriate to compare them both.

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In The Motherhood was a diamon in the ruff – Megan Mullally and Cheryl Hines were entertaining and hilarious, but I felt like Jessica St. Claire seemed contrived and unrealistic.  That being said, the whole premise of the series was fresh and original and it was otherwise very well-done.  This one will be missed.

I really liked The Unusuals, too, but not until I actually watched an episode.  The promos for the show made it look really freaky and “out there” (almost Sci-Fi) but it was a lot more…normal that it was advertised.  I thought, based on the promos, that it was some stupid scifi show, but I liked it a lot when I actually watched an episode.

Now, all of that being said, there are many shows that I am glad to see returning: Grey’s Anatomy, Lost, Ugly Betty (although I am upset to see this moved to Fridays), The Biggest Loser, The Office, and Parks and Recreation.

Dear Old Navy,

Published on March 20, 2009 in Livin' La Vida Loca. 0 Comments Tags: , , .

I must say I am very disappointed.

Why does it take you so long to ship my online orders?  I love getting your amazing online-only coupons delivered straight to my inbox, but I am frustrated with your shipping process.  Whenever I order stuff from sites like Amazon or Musician’s Friend, they always arrive on my doorstep within five business days.  Musician’s Friend is particularly amazing because all of my orders are shipped within one business day.

But you?  Not so much.

I used a 30% off coupon that you sent me on Sunday night.  It is now Friday night.  Have my clothes arrived yet?  No.  Was I expecting them to?  Not really.  But have they even shipped yet?  No!  They aren’t even en route, which means that I won’t be getting them until Thursday at the earliest.  This is not pleasing!

Please work on this.  It is making me very angry.

Regards,

Danny

OH MY GOD.

Published on June 7, 2008 in themadness. 0 Comments Tags: , , .

I just broke my blog. Like majorly.

I got an email the other day saying that I was using too much disk space (in other words, I had uploaded too many files). I went into FTP to try and delete some of them, and in the process I deleted all of my files by accident. Shitfuckhelldamn.

My databases are alright, but everything else (including all of my image uploads) is toast. Shoot me.

There Are Worse Things I Could Do

Published on April 28, 2008 in School. 5 Comments Tags: , , , .

At least when I come home after a long day and need to binge, I binge on Special K. I could be inhaling dangerous amounts of chocolate or ice cream or pizza (yummy!), but I choose instead to binge on low-fat, -calorie, -sodium, and -sugar cereal that has vitamin C and iron. That’s an acceptable compromise, right?

But what, you may ask, is the reason for binging? I can’t stand school anymore. It’s gotten to the point where it’s all so pointless and ridiculous. And the drama teacher who shall remain nameless even though you all already know her name is pushing me over the edge. Making me do idiotic, pointless improv ‘games’ that are ‘fun’. And then when I resist, said drama teacher is even more of an evil biyotch than normal. And telling me things like I’m not a very good actor? PUHLEEEEESE. It’s on.

Ugh. I am now regretting eating all that Special K. I wish I had an eating disorder, but I can’t stomach trying to induce vomiting (no pun intended. sorry.). That was in poor taste (taste…food…eating disorder…damn. I’m really not doing this on purpose). My bad.

And to top it all off, here’s how my most recent attempt at making cookies resulted:

Is it Friday yet?

Rantilicious

Published on February 4, 2008 in School. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , .

School is becoming physically hard to handle. I really cannot stand it anymore. Government isn’t really even a class, in my opinion. I don’t really learn anything about government, actually. Mr. O’Brien discusses topics that are way over my head and that I will probably never understand, and then he tells the whole class how dumb we are and how we aren’t good readers and explains how we need to read headings/subheadings/questions at the end/etc. Sorry, dude, but I just read the freaking essay. Call me a radical, but I’d prefer to just read the thing and be done with it. I’m not gonna understand it, anyway, so why waste my time reading it the “new way”?

Chemistry is also over my head. Ms. Krishnamurthy seems to like me, but I have no idea whatsoever about what she is talking about. We have a huge test tomorrow and I still have no idea how to predict the product(s) of an equation. I can’t balance equations at all, and writing equations takes me forever. I’m screwed.

Algebra really frustrates me. I try so hard and I understand everything that we talk about, but I cannot get a good grade in that class no matter how hard I try. Ms. Mayer is a pretty good teacher, and I do all of my homework, but I always perform poorly on her tests and quizzes, and my grade suffers. It makes me even madder that I try so hard and do all of my work and the annoying freshman who does none of his homework and sleeps through the class still gets and “A”.

Drama class is just…drama. I’m sick of Blasko and her unprofessional attitude, I hate these two dumb songs, and I’m not looking forward to Florida all because she makes me so mad. I am holding out for next year when I’ll be totally free of all obligations to the Long Reach Drama Dept. No classes, I won’t get scoffed at for not auditioning, and no more Blasko.

English class is starting to grow on me. It’s still impossible and stuff, but I don’t mind it as much. I do all my work, but I still can’t get an “A”. I’m going to try harder this semester, I’ve decided. Miss Dungey liked the song that I associated with Norah. It was nice to know that I can at least do something right.

And on top of all of this school drama, THERE’S A CAN OF GODDAMN SOURKRAUT SITTING IN MY KITCHEN THAT SMELLS SO DAMN HORRIBLE THAT I FEEL LIKE I’M GOING TO THROW UP.  IT’S BEEN SITTING OUT FOR A DAY AND NOBODY WILL LET ME THROW IT AWAY.

Shoot me now.

Mr. Mom

Published on January 3, 2008 in Livin' La Vida Loca. 0 Comments Tags: , , .

It seems that my life has become the epitome of that movie. Ever since my parents went back to work full-time, I’ve had to pick up the majority of their responsibilities and daily duties so that they are free to “bring home the bacon” and not have to worry about coming home to a disaster of a house.

My dad has been working full-time ever since I can remember, but my mom didn’t go back to work as the editor of a widely successful parenting magazine and a startup lifestyle magazine full-time until the end of freshman year. It wasn’t too much of a hassle to do all of her daytime chores during the summer because, with the exception of rehearsals, I had almost nothing else that I had to be doing. I had enough spare time to do all of her stuff and more, so everything worked out fine.

Ever since school has started, however, it’s been kind of a different story. I have so much work to do during the day that I come home physically and emotionally exhausted, and on top of all of that frustration and exhaustion I have homework to do, studying, rehearsals, practices, etc. Take all of that and add on caring for two sisters, making meals, keeping the peace, and cleaning, and you’ve got another whole story. I feel like Christmas was the first period of “me time” that I’ve had since August, and although I enjoyed it, I’m still left feeling drained.

My grades in school don’t seem to be bearing the consequences yet; I have “B”’s in Algebra (expected), Government (again, expected), and English (yeah…I expected this one, too), and a “C” in Chemistry. The Chem. grade is a 79%, so I’m hoping that I can raise that up in the next two weeks before grades are due, but other than that I’m mostly pleased with my grades. Drama class makes me want to shoot myself, but that’s for different reasons. (I’m not taking it next year. I can’t wait!)

It’s not that I don’t like doing all of this stuff or I’m too lazy to help out, it’s just that I can see that it’s starting to take its toll on me. I treasure the hour that I have alone before my sister gets home from school, because I don’t have any other quiet time. I feel like I’m working two full-time jobs…I’m spread too thin.

And if you need any more evidence that I’m turning into a housewife, I just felt so frustrated and stressed out that I baked a cake as a stress reliever. It takes a real man to admit to that!

My Life

Published on November 7, 2007 in Livin' La Vida Loca. 0 Comments Tags: , , .

School, rehearsal, homework, eat, sleep, repeat.  I need a weekend.

Waste of Time

Published on October 18, 2007 in School. 1 Comment Tags: , , , , , , , , .

I’m so frustrated with school right now not because there’s too much work or anything, but because nothing is going on at all. Absolutely nothing at all, in some classes.

Government – The one class that I am truly enjoying. It’s really interesting, and I like how we make a lot of real-world connections with the stuff that we’re learning. Mr. O’Brien is a pretty cool teacher, and he knows how to be interesting. I’m looking forward to the rest of the year in Government. For an AP class, it’s not too bad, either.

Chemistry – Apparently, Ms. Krishnamurthy missed the MLA seminar and the be-an-interesting-teacher seminar. Although she is a really nice person, she’s kind of dull when she teaches…and it probably doesn’t help that she’s teaching about things that are dull (“Once there was a guy who left a rock in his closet and forgot about it…”). Vicki, Amanda, and our list of Murthy-isms is what gets me through that class.

Independent Research – I like this class, too. I enjoy that it’s a non-conventional type of class and that we can pretty much do our projects however we like them….even if it includes Facebooking and IM’ing for half of the class. :] Fun aside, I really like my project and Mrs. McAllister is pretty alright. Not my favorite teacher, but she’s nice and she is very helpful.

Algebra – Lordy, lordy. I’ll Ms. Mayer’s quote about herself to sum up my feelings about this class: “When people see me coming to their doors, they run away and close the curtains!”. Yeah. She’s actually a pretty good teacher, she can just get somewhat crass and she’s terribly blunt. Her tests are also pretty hard….which explains my 78% in her class. Oops.

Spanish – I just want to scream in this class. In almost two months, I’ve learned three words: incendio, humo, and herido. Although they are terribly nice words, I’m doubtful that the midterm will ask us to write a sentence about an injured person dying of smoke-inhalation and that’ll be the end of that. In Chancellor’s class, we would have done three units by now, much less three words! We also would have learned a lot more in context and had deeper understandings of the vocabulary and grammar. This year? Not so much! We don’t do anything in that class because everyone always gets Mrs. McCown off-topic. I’ll drop down to Spanish III regular if it means that I can actually learn! We’ve already watched more movies than you can count on one hand and we’ve already done too many things out of that damn textbook.

Drama – I hate this class…it’s so much worse that last year. Blasko is making us do the stupidest assignments and giving us no time to do them. EARTH TO MARLA! I DON’T WANT TO WRITE ABOUT MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCES, NOR DO I WANT TO WRITE A FOUR-PAGE MONOLOGUE, MEMORIZE, AND PERFORM IT IN TWO WEEKS!

English – By far my most hated class. Dungey treats it like she’s teaching college students in an AP course, but…um…I don’t know how to say this, she’s NOT. She’s teaching G/T sophomore English. She gives too much work that’s too impossible and then grades it too toughly. It’s impossible to pass that class.

In the words of Kathy Griffin, “EVERYBODY CAN SUCK IT!“. I’m sick of school already. I’m not even going to talk about that pointless, headache-inducing Renaissance thing.

Printer Paper

Published on August 28, 2007 in Uncategorized. 0 Comments Tags: , .

I hate when my printer runs out of paper…I need to print this monologue out for Drama tomorrow and I have no paper! Darn!