Sunday, January 16, 2011

My Globes are Also Golden: The Golden Globes Live(ish) Blog

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I'm watching MTV's remake of Skins tonight to rag on it. If you're interested in shit, check in around 11 PM EST!
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Dear Hollywood: Get a sense of humor.
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It excites me greatly that Radio 1045 now plays Fitz and the Tantrums. Yay.
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Up too early to take Corinne back to school.
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"And thank you to God for making me an atheist." Gervais. Classic.
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Damn, that orchestra has no mercy, does it?
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Who knew a movie about a website would be so good?
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Social Network will win best Drama.
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@: HAHA, good luck with the essay. Say hi to everyone for me.
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Loving the new Gwen Stefani commercials for L'Oreal, but she has way better songs than Hollaback Girl to use for ads.
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@: Please tell me you're not staying up until 4 AM to watch the Golden Globes.
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Who-hoa! Cut back to Guy Pearce!
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Oh, cute kiss from Geoffrey Rush by the way.
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Yay! Mr. Darcy won!
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Ooh, Best Actor. Rooting for Colin Firth.
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Oh, and nice shout out to table 114, Tom Hanks.
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Wow. The Comedy category is BLEAK.
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I really love Allen and Hanks together. Very funny.
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"The other is Tim Allen."
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HAHAHAHAHAHAHA. "He's totally the best actor, he totally wanted to sleep with me."
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So my sister was wrong. Touching yourself in a movie = awards. Go Black Swan.
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Yay Natalie Portman!
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Yummy. Joseph Gordon-Levitt.
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@: Um, not when one of those roles is The Tourist.
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What's with the censorship? It's terrible.
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Hooray for Paul Giamatti beating Johnny Depp and Johnny Depp.
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Halle Berry appears to have shown up in her lingerie.
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Why is Alicia Keys presenting Black Swan? Whatever. I hope it wins.
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"Will Johnny Depp beat Johnny Depp?" I hope he does. With a hairbrush.
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Glee won?! I was rooting for Big Bang.
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The joke with Jimmy Fallon was funnier than all of January Jones's SNL appearance. Oh, and put the boobs away.
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Matthew Morrison looked a little ill there. Like, "Ugh, that burrito was a bad move."
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Fake surprise speech doesn't suit you, David Fincher.
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Come on Aranofsky. It's going to be Fincher, though.
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A terrible actress for a terrible movie. How fitting.
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"These films are like my children, except my children are more Expensive and you can't remake them in 3D to bump up profits."
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Um, stop trying to be funny, Robert DeNiro. Leave the lame topical jokes to Gervais.
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HAHAHA, Angelina Jolie looks so pissed off for no reason. Like Brad Pitt cut a fart or something. Awkward.
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Tweet break for a bit. Because I don't care about DeNiro that much. Slash DeMille Lifetime awards aren't funny.
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I love Matt Damon. "I had no idea who Robert DeNiro was until about 5 years ago."
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Oh, AWESOME, an Adjustment Bureau commercial. I want to see this so badly.
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@: You should write it out. Sort of like "Shit my Dad Says," but actually funny.
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I really like Melissa Leo's dress. For once.
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"The FIGHT-tah."
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Mmmm...just keep talking, Jeremy Irons. The poor bloke's Alan Rickman.
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"Thanks to my writers...my writers. That's so crass. The truth comes out." Oh, Jim Parsons. And he thanked his nephew!
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How cute that Penny gave Sheldon his Golden Globe. Now if only he stopped knocking...
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Fingers crossed for Jim Parsons!
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Oh, hooray for Kaley Cuoco!
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I liked that shot of the Burlesque winner walking back from going pee.
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Way to star fuck for Jane Fonda. Especially in that ugly dress. And for BURLESQUE. I'm ashamed of you, HFPA.
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Although I loved how Vanessa Williams seemed bored with Lea Michelle's name. Us too, girl. Us too.
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Laura Linney? What?
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Best Actress for Comedy? Probably either Edie Falco or Tina Fey.
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Ooh, Helen Mirren. Presenting "The King's Speech." Wonderful all around, hope it wins something.
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Her dress makes up for the gagging from Robert Pattinson next to her.
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Well, at least Gervais is honest. No one cares about Foreign Films. But boy, Olivia Wilde's dress is lovely.
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I absolutely love Jane Lynch.
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"I am nothing but falsely humble."
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Whatever, Jane Lynch won anyway! Thank God.
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Um...that's not Julia Stiles, cameramen.
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"Elite is not a bad word, it's an aspiration. Honey, look around, smart girls have more fun."
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He looks terrible, but for creating West Wing, I can only love Aaron Sorkin. And the apology to Zuckerberg was classy.
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Yay for The Social Network!!
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"I would've given my right arm to write that" on 127 Hours. More awards presented by Fey and Carell, please?
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Gervais is like enamored with Tina Fey and ragging on Steve Carell. Love it.
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First Beiber, now Efron? Jesus, no more tweens at this (slightly) respectable awards show.
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Damn it, the "America's Restaurant" commercial now got "Milkshake" stuck in my head.
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@: I thought Helena Bonham Carter looked weirdest in "The King's Speech" because she didn't look crazy/like herself.
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Why are they even presenting Best TV Movie? It's going to be Claire Danes.
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I love Colin Firth trying to look interested in Pacino's speech while he makes a mental grocery list. "Tea...bread..."
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Oh lord, Al Pacino trying to speak.
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Geoffrey Rush looks like a grandpa with that hat next to Tilda Swinton, who looks like Conan O'Brien in a dress.
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@: TIIIIIIIILDAAAAAAAA.
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Whoa, Sly Stallone needs to quit with the...everything.
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And why does the commercial music sound like West Side Story?
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Why is LL Cool J sitting with Jimmy Fallon? Are they Slow Jamming the Golden Globes?
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@: HAHAHA, I think the lack of comb was planned.
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Lovely for Annette Benning to thank Julianne Moore first.
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You know, if Annette Benning was going to win, why did they put her so far away from the stage?
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"Not trying to creep anybody out, but where's Emma?"
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"I don't know if an actress can do her best work until I've slept with her. Julianne."
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Nice jab back at Gervais, RDJ. Love him.
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Whoa, little rough on the RDJ. Love him anyway. Sex on legs.
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"Were you two even born when the first Toy Story came out?"
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Three cheers for Toy Story 3, the most pleasantly predictable award ever!
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GETITOFFGETITOFFGETITOFFGETITOFFGETITOFF.
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Trent Reznor just won a Golden Globe!
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Ooh, Best Original Score time. Fingers crossed for Trent Reznor!
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Cher's song won. All I can think of is Will and Grace making fun of her. "Hoooooooooooooo!"
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...I don't like any of the songs nominated for best song.
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Ew, Jennifer Lopez's dress is ugly. From the Green Versace to the clear poncho.
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HAHAHAHAHA, Heather Mills jokes not involving missing limbs.
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Yummy, Andrew Garfield.
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@: Vampire Diaries isn't as good as the other ones, that's why. Hearts.
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Mad Men should've won over Boardwalk Empire. It's great, but not as consistenly strong.
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Buscemi, you're forgiven. "I want to thank table 114 because wow, you're fun."
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I really wish Jon Hamm had won Best Supporting Actor, as much as I like Buschemi.
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HAHA, Hugh Laurie looks so bored.
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Whoa, what's with Dexter's ginger beard?
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Hollywood Foreign Press president, no one cares. Get back to the awards.
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Eva Longoria, you're way too pretty for that dress.
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CHRIS COLFER WON!
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To honor "Red," the cameramen decided to flash to Helen Mirren's boobs. Classy.
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"It's like Pacman." Gervais's "WTF" face is priceless
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iFelicitaciones! to "Carlos," for winning, but I didn't understand a word of the speech. .
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Be honest. Does anyone actually care about the Best Miniseries or TV Movie? You know, outside of Tom Hanks for "The Pacific?"
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Just apologizing to anyone following me for all of the tweets with tags.
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Whoa! Katey Segal won for Sons of Anarchy! What a wonderful surprise!
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Um...what did Bale yell at DeNiro? Damn you censorship.
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I wish my hair was a luscious as Christian Bale's.
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@: HAHAHAHAHAHA, you know, ScarJo is available now.
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Dapper hat, there, Geoffrey Rush.
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ScarJo has an ugly dress on. That's what happens when you divorce Ryan Reynolds.
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"Just don't look at it when you touch it." That was almost Joel McHale material. If only he yelled "I'm a boat captain."
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Oh lord, Tom Cruise joke. "My lawyers helped me with the wording of that joke."
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YES! "The Tourist" joke. Gervais thinks it's stupid too.
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As much as I love Ricky Gervais, I sort of wished there was no host. The first Charlie Sheen joke was funny, though.
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HAHAHA, Carson and Fallon are cute together. It's like two frat boys in suits psyched to be there.
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WHY IS JUSTIN BEIBER AT THE GOLDEN GLOBES.

Facebook Is a Self-Esteem Killer

I, like most red-blooded college students, check Facebook once a day.

Actually, that's not true, most college students check Facebook more than once a day. But I digress.

But there's a ton of tailored ads to me on the side of the screen, and while some of them are relevant (like the ones asking me to sell my books back to Belltower, or that House or Mad Men's new seasons are on sale on Amazon.com), some of them are really irrelevant. I constantly get the ads to start gaming online, which I refuse to do after losing several friends to WoW and other games. Some of them are for online radio or giveaways or what have you.

But..."Catholic Wife Wanted"? Vhat?! "Meet Catholic men who are serious about faith, marriage and family life. Take a step of Faith you could meet him today!" ?

Okay, first of all, how about some punctuation between "faith" and "you"? I know that's grammar nazi of me (whoa, two posts in a row involving Nazis), but I'm an aspiring journalist. If I'm going to date another Catholic, he should know when a comma is necessary. If that's close minded, so be it.

Furthermore, I don't want to be someone's Catholic wife! That's sort of demeaning, if you think about it. I don't want to be characterized by just being "Catholic" and a "wife." Plus, I'm 21. I don't really want to be a wife for quite some time.

Thursday, January 13, 2011

I Have a Nazi Dog

Anyone who has seen pictures of my dog Samson (Sam, for short) has seen an adorable golden retriever, an 80-plus pound toddler running around my house playing in the snow, stealing my undies and generally being too adorable to be mad at. But just the other day we noticed this weird patch of black under his nose. It's sort of like Sam grew a little Charlie Chaplin 'stache without us noticing.

I mean, he's a blond already, and now he's growing an Adolf under that adorable wet nose of his. And he has the Sieg Heil move down pat, he's constantly putting his front paw up on our laps when he wants attention. You know, when whining, crying, barking, and stealing our socks doesn't work.

I think I have a Nazi dog.

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

The Second Time I Hated Snow

I was supposed to go to DC tonight to do a networking night. You know, to meet people. Unfortunately, snow decided to hit at the most inopportunte time.

It all started yesterday when I was at Border having lunch with Laura. I thought that would be the end of the snow, meaning it was just a really violent flurry. But then I went to sleep and BAM there was snow on the ground.

My parents were originally not going to let me go (which is sort of ridiculous, I'm 21, I could take a train, they can't really ground me). But then I wake up and they're like, "Yeah, I-95 will be clear."

Naturally as soon as I get the go ahead, they cancel it. Bummer!

Friday, January 7, 2011

My TV Doesn't Work for Good Channels

I just noticed over the last week that my television is crappier than previously thought.

So I've had this thing since I was like 13, so it's now over 7 years old. It has a VCR still built into it - not that it's a good one that works, but it's there nonetheless - and it has wavy lines all over the screen. The kind that when cable is sort of cruddy and you haven't watched the channel lately, the ones higher up on the dial, they fuzz out? That's sort of what my TV does to every channel.

But now I discover that like 3+ channels that I usually watch have no sound to them. Like, silent movie without the music. I can't watch E! (which is a problem, because that's where "The Soup" is). I can't watch TBS (which is where "Conan" is). And I can't watch USA (which is where "House" marathons and general time wasters are).

I don't know when this started, but I don't get why some channels are perfectly fine (like the never watched Nickelodeon) but these other ones aren't.

Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Winter Break Sucks

I usually love Winter Break, and I'll probably regret this post in the near future. But I'm really not feeling this one.

Sure, I got to go home for Christmas, which was great. I got to see friends, I got to ring in the new year, got to work a bit, etc. But it's really lacking in snow.

Seriously. For all the "blizzard" talk last week, we got a dust and that was about it. If it's going to be winter, I really wish it would look like it and act like it.

Like, if I can walk outside in a t-shirt to go to the gym without a jacket on, that's not winter. That's crap.

Friday, December 31, 2010

The New Year's Resolution

Everyone makes a New Year's resolution, even if it's not to make a resolution—which, by the way, is a total cop out. So rather than making the useless resolution to eat better (HAHAHA) or work out more (which I'm doing whether I resolve to or not) or lose 20 pounds.

I'm resolving to update this blog more often. This thing has been untouched since finals week. Actually, probably before finals week.

So hold me to it, I'm blogging at least 3 times a week next semester, if not more often. This can't turn into the unupdated blog of disappointment.