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Video Post!
I am so lame. I made a video review. This is the first video I've ever made. I'm thinking about maybe doing a weekly thing, but I'm not sure what I would talk about. (There are only so many electronic cigarette things I can try.) I suppose I could elaborate more on the drama or tv reviews. Would you guys be interested in seeing more videos from me?
*This review is a result of a feedback campaign by PremiumCigarette.com The recipients were asked to give their honest opinion about the product they received. Good reviews were not incentivized and poor reviews will not be censored for their opinion of the product. *
Too much snow!
As I said the other day, we got almost two feet of snow over the weekend. We're expected to get at least another foot tomorrow. Then, I think, we're forcasted for more snow next Monday. Is this a sign of the apocalypse? Should I start shopping for online life insurance right now? This much snow can't possibly be a good thing. For anyone.
TV review: Demons
Luke Rutherford (Christian Cook) is the last of the Van Helsing men. According to Rupert Galvin (Philip Glenister), it is now his job to hunt down demons known as "half lives" and smite them. With help from Galvin, Mina Harker (Zoe Tapper), and his best friend Ruby (Holliday Grainger), he faces vampires, harpies, demons, and more.
The show started off slow, which isn't promising considering how little time the writers have to get the story out and wrap it up. There were a few really good episodes in there. I think "Smitten" was my favorite. However, the writers spent a lot of time building up to something spectacular for Luke, only to end it without giving it to us. Instead, they give us a bit of a cliff-hanger. Unfortunately, it has been confirmed that there will not be a second season so we will never get the resolution to the climax. That would be why I can't really recommend it to anyone. It just doesn't go anywhere.
On the good side, both Christian Cook and Holliday Grainger gave some good performances. I hope to see more excellent work from them in the future.
Ack! Snow!
There was a huge snowstorm Friday night into Saturday. In my area, we got somewhere around 18 inches of the stuff. I hate the snow, especially shoveling. Who needs weight loss pills when you're trying to dig your car out of a 2 foot snowbank? I really need to move somewhere with less....winter. Someplace warm and completely snowless. Well, there can be a little bit of snow, but not a lot.
Favorite Friday
I'm rather depressed today. There was an annoying mistake made on my husband's paycheck last year and neither of us noticed it. I wish there was some sort of multivitamin that would make depression go away when life kicks you in the ass. We'll have to be very creative in figuring out how to fix this. Well, in the meantime, here is Gackt. He always makes me feel a little better.
No more tummy please!
For the most part, I am happy with my body. I would like to figure out a way to get stomach fat loss. It's sad, but I've never lost my 'baby pooch' from when I was pregnant. Yeah...it's been almost 8 years. Supposedly, you can't target areas to lose fat. You have to just keep working your entire body until the fat pockets go away. Blargh. That will take forever!
Hobbies
I like trying out new hobbies. Learning can be a lot of fun. I've made soap; I've done some voice acting; I've even done a little bit of cosplaying. (I really need to work my sewing skills some more!) I wish I was better at drawing though. Maybe I could design furniture or something. That might be interesting. Then again, it might be way more work than it's worth...
Grammy Awards
The Grammy Awards aired last night on CBS. I normally don't watch award shows, but my husband is a Lady Gaga fan and he wanted to see if she would win anything. Luckily for me, Green Day performed so that made up for having to sit through the lengthiness of an award show. (Seriously - fewer commercial breaks and just shut the hell up.)
I found most of the performances to be rather dull. Mainly because, for some reason, whoever was in charge of mixing the songs decided that the lead vocals weren't nearly as important as the background vocals or the horn sections. I spent half of Beyonce's performance going "What is she singing? I can't hear a word she's saying!" The other half was "Huh. Is she singing an Alanis song?" Green Day's performance had the potential to be amazing, but, yet again, the mixer screwed everything up. Isn't this the reason they have rehearsals?
On the awards side, I was stunned that a country music band (Zac Brown Band) won Best New Artist. They were up against some tough competition. I guess this shows that this particular award was given out on merit instead of popularity. Otherwise one of the pop girls would have been a shoo-in. I was also a little surprised that "Single Ladies" won Song of the Year. It's not really a great song. Sure, it's catchy and it gets stuck in your head, but that doesn't make it great. Ah, well, award show...popularity contest and all that.
So, as usual, I was an unimpressed with the Grammy Awards as I have ever been. Will I watch next year? I don't know. I guess we'll see what rocks the music world this year. Maybe next year will be more interesting.