Fall TV Reviews

  I'm going to now attempt to review the new shows fall I'm watched. Most of these reviews are after one episode. So I'm going to be fair...they could get better (or worse).


  First Off....HAWAII 5-0...Loved it! Yes, it's another buddy cop show, one over serious cop with a partner who, quite frankly, just won't shut up. I'm loving Alex O'Loughlin, but Scott Caan isn't my favorite. I think Daniel Dae Kim and Grace Park do a nice job of rounding up the group. The only problem I have (besides Caan, who gets on my nerves...but has the best lines) is that at the end of the first episode I pretty much predicted what's going to happen at the end of the season. It was just too easy to see it coming.
  The action is good though and it's funny, serious and a good time so I'll continue to tuned in on Monday Nights until I just can't deal with Scott Caan anymore.

  NIKITA...I've said it before and I'll say it again. I loved the Nikita show that aired on USA in the 90's. Loved it! And I had high hopes for this new variation on an old idea (2 movies, 2 maybe 3 TV shows). I was not disappointed. Nikita is fast, action packed and sexy. Maggie Q pulls off a different type of Nikita, in look, style and stage of development. The only draw back is again the formula of making a hit show that everyone copies...I can see things coming. That being said, first episode ended with a twist that surprised me, which made me only come back for more.
  Nikita on Thursdays, I'll continue to watch her kick butt until the dialogue becomes too bland and I start to long for the old Nikita and Sydney Bristow.

  THE EVENT...First of all Blair Underwood is playing a Cuban...huh? They couldn't find a Cuban to play a Cuban? What about Andy Garcia (I'll watch him in anything). Well, that's not the only thing about this show that irks me. It's slow....painfully slow. It built like Heroes...only to leave us with one question "where'd the plane go?" (which was the ad campaign for the next episode...see the Heroes formula?). I don't care where the plane went because half way through the episode I was tired of the show. If I hadn't been watching it with my brother I would have turned it off about 20 mins. in. 
  It's predictable, it clumsy and it's trying to be too grand for it's own good. Flashbacks, flash forwards, time jumps of 13 months to 5 days and every single time I knew what was coming. No, I don't know what the event is, but I do know that this show just reaffirmed why I don't talk to strangers...they'll get you kidnapped or killed.
   I have no plans to watch this show again and if it turns into a huge success then great, but if it doesn't then I'm glad I didn't waste more than an hour on it.

   BLUE BLOODS...This one is a keeper...Brothers and Sister type family drama, with a little bit of dirty cop and a Free Mason Like conspiracy. GOOD GOOD GOOD...it wasn't what I thought it'd be. I was both excited, hurt and enthralled while watch this and I will tuned in again and again to see what happens to this family as they battle the system, the criminals and ultimately each other.
   Oh and by the way....where on God's green earth has Tom Sellick been hiding? No I don't think he's hot, but I have vivid memories of watch his mustache on Magnum PI as a child and I'm so happy it's back on TV.


   That's about it for the new shows...I'll review all my returning favorites after I've watched all the season premieres. Hope you all enjoy your new shows as much I enjoy mine.

Rooting for others, but not yourself.

   I'm a rooter (or cheerleader if you prefer). I'll root on my friends, I'll encourage them, I'll help them in anyway I can to make there goals come to light. To make their dreams come true, but I can't same thing when it comes to rooting for myself. I guess it's always been easier for me to sit down and pray for the people I care for then for myself. Being even the slightest bit removed from a situation makes it easier for me to see the dawn in the distance. But when I'm faced with the reality of my own situations I feel like the dawn isn't anywhere to be seen. Why is that?
   Why can I hold my friend and tell her everything will be alright or encourage someone to take a leap of faith. When I myself am huddled in a corner dreading the outcome of my own personal struggles? Not wanting to leap without seeing the ground below me. It doesn't really make sense, it doesn't really sound like something that should work. If I have the confidence and faith for my friend, then shouldn't I have it for myself? If I have the care and concern for my fellow man shouldn't I feel that same way about me?
    I can root for a team, an individual, stranger, acquaintance or friend...but I can't root for myself. I can't see the light and at times I don't want to see it. I'd never give up on them, but I barely blink before I give up on myself. It just seems that that shouldn't be the case. But for me it is and that's just makes it all the more weird.

Too Many Ideas...Too Many Thoughts

  In the last 10 minutes I've flip flopped on 3 different topics to write about. All 3 pretty much cover the same idea (kinda) but everytime my brain tries to make a concrete point some else pops into it that sounds better. So I thought I just need to place my hands on a keyboard and let go. We'll see what comes of it...hopefully it's something good.

   We'll see

It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year...

 Nope, it's not the holiday season...it's the new television season! That's right...TV is back and though the new summer shows were great and held my attention, I'm so glad to have my old favorites back on the boob tube to give me countless hours of mindless enjoyment.
 My old standbys, Brothers and Sisters, Sons of Anarchy, Fringe and Glee are being mixed up with the addition of some promising looking new shows...Nikita, Hawaii 5-0, Blue Bloods, Raising Hope and Boardwalk Empire. By the end of this week all of these shows will have premiered and I'll know who to watch and who to dump.
  I haven't been this excited about the fall season in a very long time...but now that I am, I can't wait to kick back and watch all the shows unfold in front of my eyes. I have high hopes for Nikita and Hawaii 5-0 (the two remakes) so far, Nikita has been great...hopefully Hawaii will be too!

  I'll have a review of these and maybe a movie next week!

New Phone

  I remember a few months back I was jealous because my Brother had a bible app on his android phone. I thought (to myself) that I would get an app like that as soon as I got an android of my own...well, folks I got my new phone a couple of nights ago and it wasn't until about 45 minutes ago that I realized I hadn't already downloaded a bible app (but I had downloaded a "find Starbucks" app). So I installed the bible app and have been going along on my merry way since! Back to the phone...
  I got the Samsung Vibrant (which I keep calling the Vibrate)...it's an android and it's awesome...a website I found while doing research called it the "iPhone killer" and although I LOVE it and I do not regret not holding out for an iPhone, I wouldn't go so far as to call it the Killer...not yet. The phone has a beautiful colorful touch screen, plays video, has a great camera and is just all around fantastic (and yes you can make phone calls on it too).
 Like any new gadget I am very happy to play with it and learn about all it's new tricks...but as an "old dog", it's hard for me to learn some of the new tricks! This is where/when I'd pick up the handy dandy user guide and read read read all the info I could to help me...but the user's guide is lacking big time! It only has the bare minimum of information and the rest you have to learn with patience and by pressing every button you come across. I've learned some things that way, but a sufficient and specific guide would help me greatly!
  The phone runs on the google system...so I can easily get to everything I need, my email comes directly to my phone (without having to forward it) and I can get to my blogs without an additional app. Best of all, my social sites have greatly improved. Twitter and Facebook are amazing on this thing! So amazing that I've spent so much time on Twitter, I think I've forgotten about Facebook.
 Anyway, my phone is wonderful and I'm so happy I was able to get it! The only complaint I have so far is the user guide...well and the fact that I can't just sit and play on it all day. I'll update this with a picture as soon as I charge my camera battery (I've neglected it in favor of spending all my time with my phone).
  Until Next Time...

Pet Peeves

 I have quite a list of pet peeves...and I'm going to list them below...most of them are common among most people (I can only assume), but some I'm sure are my own and I'm proud to own them. I don't think there's anything wrong with pet peeves, and I think that everyone has the freedom to express there's freely to all who will listen...so here we go...

   Ignorance, but not the ignorance of not knowing you're ignorant and just living...I'm talking about knowing there's something better or having the opportunity to learn and not doing it.


  Twisting the truth to make it sound like a bad thing or a lie just so that you can talk about someone.


  Nosey People...stay out of my business cause I'm definitely staying out of yours


  People who are rude when others are trying to be nice to them


  People who are CONSTANTLY in the way...no matter what they do, they find a way to be in the way


  Liars! a lie is a lie is a lie and no not everyone is a liar


  Grooming in public...don't brush your hair in an elevator, cut your nails at a restuarant or pick you teeth in the middle of a conversation...it's rude and gross


  Not cleaning up after yourself in a communial location (nuff said)


  People who interrupt a conversation to ask what others are talking about...knowing full well that they don't know anything about the subject of the conversation taking place, but you're so damn nosey that you HAVE to be in the business, so the conversation has to stop to answer your question then explain the subject to you....just mind your own business! (guess that can go under nosey)


  People who won't let you finish talking before they ask you another question, which would have been answered if they had let you finish your thought!


  Foolishness, don't have time for it!


  Laziness at work...I'm all for laziness, but when it comes to doing your job do the work first, then be lazy if you have time.

  Drama, if you have to live your life with drama in it stay away from me

  At this point, I'm kinda out of time...but I'm sure this will be revisited over the course of this blog's life...I'm actually surprised I've never blogged on it before. So Until Next Time...

Don't give me your remedies...

   I'm a female and as a female one of my many features is this thing called menstruation. As a female I have to deal with this "problem" every month for 4 to 6 days, during those days several things happen...but for me the most troublesome is cramps! I've been dealing with this joy since I was about 12 and I can only remember two times that I didn't have to endure cramps. The first was the very first time and the second was last year. Other than that I have them...they are painful, burdensome and make me psychically ill (not overstating, it's true). I've tried everything and nothing works. So this is a rant for all those women who have tried to give me advice, though you are well meaning...I'm now 31 and have done all and heard all so your two cents aren't anything new...


   Don't tell me to exercise, just cause it works for your daughter doesn't mean it'll work for me (I tried it, it made them worse overall)

   Don't tell me to take midol...it doesn't work. My cramps are nuclear, midol can't deal


   Don't tell me to drink tea...just makes me hot (women run warmer when menstruating)


   Don't tell me to take a hot bath...see the above


   Don't tell me that they'll ease up as I become older....I was told this in high school and being 13 years removed from that time, my cramps are worse than ever, so that person was full of it and if they meant when I'm in my 90's then well I guess I have to wait.


   Don't tell me I'm faking it...when you throw up, can't get out of bed, get woken up in the middle of the night and can't function properly at work, then you can tell me I'm faking...until then shut it.


   Don't tell me to take something...most times I do take something and that something doesn't work...I have to literally take pills, cover myself with a heating pad (for about 2 mins at a time because of the slight fever) and lay in a quiet room, with no smells and something warm and filling to eat to get the pain to leave my body...other than that I'm in pain.


    I've done all these things (and more) and I'm stuck with this. This is my precious burden from God and I have to live with it. Fine...but I'd appreciated it if people stopped giving me their advice...especially if they are already in menopause!