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It comes to my attention that I actually never finished that 30 Day Meme of Television. So ... maybe I'll start over and make a bit more of an effort, and also, apparently there's a 30 Day Meme for Music too? I like music, and I like talking about music - let's do that.
30 Days of TV: Day One: A Show that Should Never Have Been Cancelled
The answer: Arrested Development. I'm not even kidding about this. For many other shows that I (have) love(d) and adore(d), their time had come: Veronica Mars and Alias spring to mind. But Arrested Development was just ... amazing. It was smart -- too smart for television at its time, really. Preceeding The Office UK by a year, right? (and even so, British humor is waaay smarter than American humor. Don't be offended, it's totally true)
The characters were phenomenal. Michael Bluth, the good one, trying to hold the Bluth family together while his father's in prison for embezzlement (or so it seems). GOB, Michael's older brother, who wants the respect associated with being the eldest son but doesn't want to do the work; Lindsay, the charitable twin sister who doesn't always understand what she's fighting for ("What's the fundraiser for, Lindsay?" "The wetlands." "To do what with them?" "Dry them!" "To save them.") Buster, the weird one, who ends up being forced into Army and loses a hand. Lucille, the matriarch who is a cold-hearted bitch. ("I love all my children equally!" [earlier that day:] "I don't care for GOB.") George, who may have committed some light treason. George Michael, the poor Michael Cera who falls in love with his cousin, Maeby, who ends up running scams and tricking people and becoming a head of a movie studio at 15. The jokes that build and build and keep coming back better and better, and through everything the family goes through, in the end, they still love each other. Except Lucille, really.
I just -- so much love for this little show. I can't understand why people don't think it's a funny show. I have tried to get everyone I know to watch this. Emily and I have a standing date: when the movie gets released, I'm either flying out to San Francisco or we're meeting in the middle of the country and we're watching the movie on opening night.
Should not have been cancelled. Period.
30 Days of Music: Day One: My Favorite Song
The answer: Uh ... dudes, it probably changes, literally? every week. (I'm sorry - I've kinda got sucked in to The Rachel Zoe Project.
I mean, what constitutes a 'favorite' song? I have lots of favorite songs. I have favorite songs for favorite moods (which, apparently, I'll get to in a few days). I have favorite songs by favorite artists. There are songs that I have to listen through to the end on the radio. There are songs I'll find myself humming. There are many different lyrics I'd love to tattoo on my body (if I felt that they [the meanings and the emotions associated therewith] were permanent enough to warrant such an action).
I mean, is it "I Am the Walrus," which I recited back in Freshman English? No ... Does it count if I've ever changed the station on it? Because that would kick a lot of my so-called favorites off the list.
In the end (for brevity's sake), I think I'm going to go with my gut and answer that my favorite song -- OF ALL TIME -- is Just a Girl by No Doubt. Tragic Kingdom is still one of my favorite albums, and one of the first albums I ever bought as a kid. As with many girls, "Just a Girl" resonated with me - not being able to drive late at night, not knowing where I stood, don't let me have any rights, OOOOHHHHHH I'VE HAD IT UP TO HERE
And let me tell you, one of the most overwhelming moments I've ever lived is being in the audience of a No Doubt show where the entire female portion of the audience (which was the majority) was screaming the chorus. I was choked up a bit and still screaming at the top of my lungs.
oh I'm just a girl -- lucky me.
2: A show you wish more people were watching || Your least favorite song
3: Your favorite new TV show (aired this season) || A song that makes you happy
4: Your favorite show ever || A song that makes you sad
5: A show you hate || A song that reminds you of someone
6: Favorite episode of your favorite TV show || A song that reminds you of somewhere
7: Least favorite episode of your favorite TV show || A song that reminds you of a certain event
8: A show everyone should watch || A song that you know all the words to
9: Best scene ever || A song that you can dance to
10: A show you thought you wouldn't like but ended up loving || A song that makes you fall asleep
11: A show that disappointed you || A song from your favorite band
12: An episode you've watched more than five times || A song from a band you hate
13: Favorite childhood show || A song that is a guilty pleasure
14: Favorite male character || A song that no one would expect you to love
15: Favorite female character || A song that describes you
16: Your guilty pleasure show || A song that you used to love but now you hate
17: Favorite mini series || A song that you hear often on the radio
18: Favorite title sequence || A song that you wish you hearad on the radio
19: Best TV show cast || A song from your favorite album
20: Favorite kiss || A song that you listen to when you're angry
21: Favorite ship || A song that you listen to when you're happy
22: Favorite series finale || A song that you listen to when you're sad
23: Most annoying character || A song that you want to play at your wedding
24: Best quote || A song that you want to play at your funeral
25: A show that you plan on watching (old or new) || A song that makes you laugh
26: OMG WTF? season finale || A song that you can play on an instrument
27: Best pilot episode || A song that you wish you could play
28: First TV show obsession || A song that makes you feel guilty
29: Current TV show obsession || A song from your childhood
30: Saddest character death || Your favorite song at this time last year
Oh, so that pie in the face fundraiser where I was in last place? ME AND MY STUPID BIG MOUTH. I'm now in FIRST PLACE. THE HELL.
And finally, here's something that happened today:
I was taking over LOD at work and was working with a couple of customers in Footwear. Brad knew I was LOD, and, in essence, he wanted to help me resume my LODly duties. But he said it in this way:
Brad: Do you need me to get you off?
Me: [IMMEDIATELY STARTS LAUGHING] Oh dude, my mind is WAAAY too dirty for you to use that phrase on me.
30 Days of TV: Day One: A Show that Should Never Have Been Cancelled
The answer: Arrested Development. I'm not even kidding about this. For many other shows that I (have) love(d) and adore(d), their time had come: Veronica Mars and Alias spring to mind. But Arrested Development was just ... amazing. It was smart -- too smart for television at its time, really. Preceeding The Office UK by a year, right? (and even so, British humor is waaay smarter than American humor. Don't be offended, it's totally true)
The characters were phenomenal. Michael Bluth, the good one, trying to hold the Bluth family together while his father's in prison for embezzlement (or so it seems). GOB, Michael's older brother, who wants the respect associated with being the eldest son but doesn't want to do the work; Lindsay, the charitable twin sister who doesn't always understand what she's fighting for ("What's the fundraiser for, Lindsay?" "The wetlands." "To do what with them?" "Dry them!" "To save them.") Buster, the weird one, who ends up being forced into Army and loses a hand. Lucille, the matriarch who is a cold-hearted bitch. ("I love all my children equally!" [earlier that day:] "I don't care for GOB.") George, who may have committed some light treason. George Michael, the poor Michael Cera who falls in love with his cousin, Maeby, who ends up running scams and tricking people and becoming a head of a movie studio at 15. The jokes that build and build and keep coming back better and better, and through everything the family goes through, in the end, they still love each other. Except Lucille, really.
I just -- so much love for this little show. I can't understand why people don't think it's a funny show. I have tried to get everyone I know to watch this. Emily and I have a standing date: when the movie gets released, I'm either flying out to San Francisco or we're meeting in the middle of the country and we're watching the movie on opening night.
Should not have been cancelled. Period.
30 Days of Music: Day One: My Favorite Song
The answer: Uh ... dudes, it probably changes, literally? every week. (I'm sorry - I've kinda got sucked in to The Rachel Zoe Project.
I mean, what constitutes a 'favorite' song? I have lots of favorite songs. I have favorite songs for favorite moods (which, apparently, I'll get to in a few days). I have favorite songs by favorite artists. There are songs that I have to listen through to the end on the radio. There are songs I'll find myself humming. There are many different lyrics I'd love to tattoo on my body (if I felt that they [the meanings and the emotions associated therewith] were permanent enough to warrant such an action).
I mean, is it "I Am the Walrus," which I recited back in Freshman English? No ... Does it count if I've ever changed the station on it? Because that would kick a lot of my so-called favorites off the list.
In the end (for brevity's sake), I think I'm going to go with my gut and answer that my favorite song -- OF ALL TIME -- is Just a Girl by No Doubt. Tragic Kingdom is still one of my favorite albums, and one of the first albums I ever bought as a kid. As with many girls, "Just a Girl" resonated with me - not being able to drive late at night, not knowing where I stood, don't let me have any rights, OOOOHHHHHH I'VE HAD IT UP TO HERE
And let me tell you, one of the most overwhelming moments I've ever lived is being in the audience of a No Doubt show where the entire female portion of the audience (which was the majority) was screaming the chorus. I was choked up a bit and still screaming at the top of my lungs.
oh I'm just a girl -- lucky me.
2: A show you wish more people were watching || Your least favorite song
3: Your favorite new TV show (aired this season) || A song that makes you happy
4: Your favorite show ever || A song that makes you sad
5: A show you hate || A song that reminds you of someone
6: Favorite episode of your favorite TV show || A song that reminds you of somewhere
7: Least favorite episode of your favorite TV show || A song that reminds you of a certain event
8: A show everyone should watch || A song that you know all the words to
9: Best scene ever || A song that you can dance to
10: A show you thought you wouldn't like but ended up loving || A song that makes you fall asleep
11: A show that disappointed you || A song from your favorite band
12: An episode you've watched more than five times || A song from a band you hate
13: Favorite childhood show || A song that is a guilty pleasure
14: Favorite male character || A song that no one would expect you to love
15: Favorite female character || A song that describes you
16: Your guilty pleasure show || A song that you used to love but now you hate
17: Favorite mini series || A song that you hear often on the radio
18: Favorite title sequence || A song that you wish you hearad on the radio
19: Best TV show cast || A song from your favorite album
20: Favorite kiss || A song that you listen to when you're angry
21: Favorite ship || A song that you listen to when you're happy
22: Favorite series finale || A song that you listen to when you're sad
23: Most annoying character || A song that you want to play at your wedding
24: Best quote || A song that you want to play at your funeral
25: A show that you plan on watching (old or new) || A song that makes you laugh
26: OMG WTF? season finale || A song that you can play on an instrument
27: Best pilot episode || A song that you wish you could play
28: First TV show obsession || A song that makes you feel guilty
29: Current TV show obsession || A song from your childhood
30: Saddest character death || Your favorite song at this time last year
Oh, so that pie in the face fundraiser where I was in last place? ME AND MY STUPID BIG MOUTH. I'm now in FIRST PLACE. THE HELL.
And finally, here's something that happened today:
I was taking over LOD at work and was working with a couple of customers in Footwear. Brad knew I was LOD, and, in essence, he wanted to help me resume my LODly duties. But he said it in this way:
Brad: Do you need me to get you off?
Me: [IMMEDIATELY STARTS LAUGHING] Oh dude, my mind is WAAAY too dirty for you to use that phrase on me.