My Take on the Globes that are Golden... (PART II)

Drum roll please... time for awards recap!

Let's chat TV first.
Although I usually pride myself on the wide array of shows I take in, I found myself while making my predictions, far more informed in the comedy genre. For a majority of drama, I ended up being persuaded by the buzz I gathered from my various sources :-)


For best drama series, I had my money (figuratively, of course) on . I mean, a period drama with Jackie O. style, skinny ties, and Jon Hamm? Yes, Please. Although I don't follow it, it is one on my "I-can't-believe-I'm watching" list. Unfortunately, although a well-hyped show with impeccable fabulous-lness it lost to Excuse me, what?? Who are you? Well, it does apparently boast Steve Buscemi. I doubt his performance can top the rifle-touting, childhood bullied, lip stick-wearing crazy face he portrayed in Billy Madison, but I assume HBO has some differing audience targets.

As you can guess from my previous expression of affection for Jon Hamm, I was rooting for him over the snarky, wrinkly faced Buscemi for Best Actor, Drama. FAIL. Buscemi in for the win.

Thanks to what I've been readin' up on (yay magazine reading at work), I was ready to hear Julianna Marguiles' name read for choice drama actress for "The Good Wife," but I wasn't upset at all to see the always entertaining Katey Segal take the globe for "Sons of Anarchy." I mean, this girl has been working it since the days of "Married with Children" when she chomped on gum rocking leopard tights and heels. It was a big deal then, not like now when every 12 year old who walks out Charlotte Russe dons the aforementioned ensemble.

No huge upsets in the comedy category I'd say, although I did have my heart set on some of the... non-winners.
In the big category it was gonna be hard to disappoint me since I LOVVEEEE , , and like WOAH. When the latter won though, it was a lot of fun to the see the entire cast and crew engulf the stage... including little Lauren Potter who plays "Becky." A.dorable.

Breaking it down, Best Actor and Actress trophies went to "The Big Bang Theory's" Jim Parsons and "The Big C's" Laura Linney, respectively. Just a sidenote that MUST be stated...Uh. Tina Fey, my love, you are GENIUS. You should win everything. EVER. end sidenote.

"Glee" kept a dominating grabbing BOTH supporting role honors in Chris Colfer and Jane Lynch. One of my favorite moments of the night? Colfer's genuine surprise and honor in receiving the award. It's a must see.
Not a must see? Lea Michelle bawling 90% of the night... ugh. Please groan with me at her at the :50 mark. YOU DIDN'T WIN! Stop the antics for camera time... go home, put on your footie pajamas, your headgear, and sing some Streisand.

Now onto the BIG SCREEN:
As expected, there were a few names that we heard bounce off of envelopes multiple times. took the big prize in drama, and also boasted a Best Director win in David Fincher. The much-talked about missed out on Best Drama, but Natalie Portman grabbed Best Actress. Her dress was a lil awkward for me, but not as much as her acceptance speech laugh.
The impeccable Colin Firth took the top drama actor for and I must say, well deserved. I never really understood the big deal with the Firth-hype until seeing this movie, but he gave a stellar performance! And if the movie at first glance doesn't seem like your cup of tea (tehe) get over your strickly-shallow-Sandler-movie-seeing-self and CHECK OUT THIS FLICK! Historically accurate for ya "reality" lovers, yet knee-slapping funny moments as well. DO IT. Peer pressure.

Best Picture Comedy went to ... which after watching it, I'm trying to figure out what makes it a comedy, but whatev, it was good. Awkward at times, but good. Also from "TKAA," the timeless Annette Benning took "comedy-eqsue" actress, and the zany Paul Giamatti won over the Globe voters in . Again, what is that? Where did it come from? Whatevs, congrats crazy man.

"rounded" things out winning the supporting titles in Christian Bale and Melissa Leo. I've yet to catch "The Fighter," but I heard both of those performances were pretty fabulous, especially post-newsie Bale. I'm a fan of him in any way, shape, or form... so this is at the top of my list.

Oh... and top animated film was ... duh, right? I mean, watching this movie this summer was like reliving AND waving goodbye to my childhood at the same time while pathetically crying my EYES out! It was similar to a funeral... it provided closure, while it was something you didn't wanna see go... EVER! For reals, don't laugh... the next time I was at my parent's houses I grabbed some of my toys, brought them back to my place and my friend, Paul and I had a playdate and watched Disney movies. It was stellar.

That's the 2011 Globe highlights my friends. Any commentary? Surprises? Upsets?

Be looking out for the big game... THE OSCARS coming soon!!

My Take on the Globes that are Golden... (PART I)

If you are as pop-culture provoked and fashionably infused as I am, I'm sure you were glued to the TV as tightly as your kindergarten fingers were to that hideous macaroni-project.



But if you were doing anything else... (really? I mean, what else would you be doing?) then this recap blog is a must read to keep you up on the coffee shop gossip and water cooler chat.

As we pounce into awards season, there has been a lot of hubbub about newly released films i.e.

Black Swan

and The King's Speech.

But I found myself almost forgetting hard-hitters from earlier in the year like Inception and Shutter Island... two flicks of which I was quite a fan.


With that said, I was pretty excited to see how the night would shape up for my some of my faves. BUT, before that... HELLO! Red Carpet! I mean, c'mon... usually more drama occurs there than the soon-to-opened envelopes.


Let's just take a second to relive a few of my top frocks...

Who needs Tony, my dear. Single looks GOOD on you.


Hello Madame Catherine... must you always be so elegant?

I loved this green, one shoulder number... to think the voice of awkward Meg Griffin comes from this hottie.

Oh, and Modern Family's Julie Bowen...I'm always a fan of a lil chic cascading.


Let's hear it for the boy! Mmmm... Noah... I mean, Ryan Gosling :-)


Now for the fashion offenders...


I know Helena has this whole "quirky" thing going on... but... REALLY? I think Ke$ha may have looked more appropriate for the event.


Speaking of Ke$ha, she may have even shown up less wasted than host, Ricky Gervais.


In essence, I could have maybe liked this on another day, but just returning from New Year's Eve in NYC, she kinda looked like they used her to brush the streets after the celebration.

Oh January... Looks like you are trying to advocate for the Red Cross...or maybe trying to make yodeling overalls sexy. Either way... you look a hot mess.

Ok... now I know Anna ended up on both best and worst lists, but I must say... I didn't necessarily love the "snake-mid-shedding" look.


And Michelle. Sweetie... are you 5 or trying to nail the role of Jan Brady?

Never been a big fan of Miss JLH. I understand she may have just come from a fancy dinner, but why did you mimic your dress after the napkin decor?



There is your fashion recap... I'll be back with my quips on the winners and losers of the evening!

Any opinions on the red carpet garb?

Golden Globes Highlights and more!

I plan to write-up my thoughts, highlights, and quips from Sunday's Golden Globes very soon, but to quench your pop culture thirst, E!'s wrapup should hold you over!

You see this week, in addition to 8-9 hr work days and Hello, Dolly rehearsal for Cedarville University, I am helping with auditions for "ELLIV!" What is ELLIV you ask, well it's CU's big annual award show. It's kind of awesome. Kind of a big deal. To learn more, check out my posts from last April or check out my youtube channel.

TRUE LIFE: How to change a vacuum belt.

You think you know, but you have no idea.

Yah. It was that dramatic. But fantastic nonetheless.

So here's the deal, since I've been in my own place (just passed the year mark, woot!) the vacuum I had well... sucked... but not in the way in which it was intended. Several months later, I acquired another vacuum that was also less than stellar in the sucking department. Long story short, I had 2 vacuums, neither of which were very effective.

Today my housemate Amber, our friend Kim, and I were introducing a new piece of furniture into our living room and decided to scrub the carpets and work a little bit of our inner "Trading Spaces" power and rearrange/redecorate. But before we did all that, it was imperative we get the carpets super swept-clean.

So we decided to investigate...


We discovered a broken belt...


We ran down to the Cedarville Hardware shop and got advice from a comical, middle aged man who seemed to enjoy making fun of us for our lack of vacuum expertise. We got a new belt and went home hoping to find a way to fix it.

It's a little daunting...
Kim and I started prying open and tearing apart the thing. A youtube search of "how to replace hoover vacuum belt" was helpful. Joe, a Home Depot-esque man (in his adorable little apron and all) was quite the assistance to us.


After prying and pulling and tugging and PRAYING we weren't breaking things... WE GOT IT ON!
And it worked SOOOOO well! We were giddy and cheering... for about 20 seconds... until...


it sucked so well, it sucked in my keys and lanyard from like 6 inches away!


it was immensely comical...


After removal, we were ready for round 2. Of course, we made sure all keys were at a safe distance away.


Then we had fabulously clean carpets. Happily Ever After?
Well, we ended up having a few little pieces left over from our electronic surgery. We hope they aren't vital to anything :-)

What is 1/11/11 other than = 0.008264?

I mean, was it REALLY that bigga deal?

Well, if you are one of the 7.6 BILLION people commenting about it on Facebook, in Tweet-world and everywhere in between... yes, yes it was. Because of all of your keen observations, the rest of the world couldn't avoid talk of it if they tried.

In honor of this ONE-derful faux holiday, Jackie, a woman that I work with that is so truthfully a 5-year-old trapped in a middle-aged woman's body, sprouted with exasperation "It's 1/1/11! We have to make a wish at 11:11!"

Being one fond of making wishes at special time marks (12:34, 1:11, 4:56, etc AND 6:25... my birthday), I was game for encouraging her childlike spirit and giving into her gleeful chortle. On top of that, it would give me a reason to stop working for a good 10 minutes "in preparation" for the wish making ceremony.



Ben joined us and we wished REALLLLL hard..... (Get your "1's" up!)


And I wished that... pshhhh! I can't tell you my wish, I have been told such logorrhea will keep wishes from coming to fruition.

But if it comes true, I'll definitely let ya know! Let's hope it happens by 11/11/11!

ANY OTHER WISH-MAKERS OUT THERE?

6 bucks?! The girl does it again!

Ok, so if you read my previous post, you saw that yesterday the Lord showed great fashion favor on me and I was able to get a cute dance shirt and a pair of stellar sneaks for $6 bucks!

WELL- without even TRYING I experienced some delicious deja vu tonight as I went out searching for replacement dress boots (again... after the DC terrain took their life).

So, as I prompted before... WHAT DOES $6 LOOK LIKE?


Yah, it can look LIKE THAT! Shirt and boots!

Good day.

What can you get for 6 bucks?

Well, if you are as awesome as me you can get a sweet gold tank for dancin' in and some KILLER gold kicks!! Yes... I paid 3 bucks for each today.



You see, I hit the mall after church with my friend, Chelsea to return some things. (I was not in the market for anything but black boots since my current leather stilettos crapped out on me... thanks pavement during nighttime stroll in D.C.) So among other places, peeked in Charlotte Russe and didn't see anything close to what I needed, but I could not refrain from checking the "Last Pair 50% off rack."

(I used to work at Charlotte, and you learn to constantly keep an eye on what will be progressing to that heavenly location.)

A few pairs of non-attractive shoes my eyes glazed over... and then... mmmm. I saw the shoes about a month ago and thought, "how hot would those be to dance in?" But at $25 bucks, and after recently buying 2 pairs of sneaks for dancing it was unnecessary. BUT- at half off (13-ish) and then having a $10 off any purchase coupon... $3 made it a DUH decision and they were mine :-)


Then during a stroll through JCPenney, a $2.97 loose, fun dance top caught my attention. (Maybe it was a gold day for me or something). Anyway- I never pass on shirts I can dance in if they are under $5 so it was mine as well.


6 bucks never looked so good :-)

The Juice is LOOSE!

How did y’all spend your Saturday night? I ventured out of my quaint, little village of Cedarville with my friend Charmaine to head to Coshocton, Ohio to see an OCW match.

What is OCW you ask? And why would I be there?

Well, OCW is Ohio Championship Wrestling and I was there because it was my brother’s debut match. And by my brother, I mean Juice Jennings, the blue ribbon rocker.

Ever since… ever… my brother, Anthony has LOVED wrestling. He grew up following WWF like it was his job. And when I say that, I mean like, we ALWAYS watched it, were constantly heading to Time Warner to get a box so we could watch Pay-Per-View events, and even went to several live events. In our Easter baskets, we loved our candy and all, but our favorite thing was seeing WWF tickets. True Story.

Anyway, starting in 4^th grade he competed in wrestling at school up to his senior year when he was a state qualifier. In addition to that, in high school, my brother and a bunch of his friends started “ETW” Extreme Trampoline Wrestling and put on crazy events that hit backyards all over Stark County. It was crazy… but awesome.

Ok, back to the present. So Charmaine and I travel 2.5 hrs down some crazy, pitch-black-afraid-we’re-in-a-horror-movie back highways to reach this place in seemingly, the middle of nowhere.

When we got there, Char and I were trying to feel it out. Of course, having watched wrestling my entire life, I had an idea of what may be to come. Char on the other hand… haha…. Had quite an experience coming.

Enjoy the following videos.. you'll feel like you're there... minus the stench of sweat and delivered pizza.

Please direct your attention to the cheesy announcer.

Char's first glance at this world...

Then, who doesn't wish they had a grandfather with a dual-grey-braided-beard that adorned an ensemble of hot pink fringe shorts with "YOUR HERO" written on his bee-hind? Oh yah, that then suffered an extreme wedgie. I mean... I'm telling ya- classic entertainment, my weekend.

Then came JUICE!!

He blew into the ring making his debut and he pretty much tore up his scrawny, yet pregnant looking opponent.

Yah, I bet you wish your brother was as cool as mine.