Originally posted on 14 October 2007.
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Thinking about 'Grey's Anatomy' a while back, which was occasioned by a blog post and a reply, got me thinking about the shows that I really miss and want to see and watch. One is 'Ugly Betty." I read somewhere that this season, they will have one episode that is a musical (yipee!), and that Mark's character will get a boyfriend. This boyfriend is supposedly not Mark's type. He's chubby and not exactly fashionable, but Mark will be drawn to him. This should be good to see. :-) But before I actually start watching this season of 'Ugly Betty,' I should finish the first season. Due to the unfortunate fact that my 'Complete Season 1' of 'Ugly Betty' was only up to episode 17 and no matter how many times I brought it back to exchange it with some new copy, I still got the same (in)'Complete Season 1,' I unhappily missed a lot from the last season.
The other show is 'Heroes.' Haven't seen a single episode since the new season began airing, and I really don't have any idea what's been going on. I try to avoid the recaps and the forums, because, well, I want to be surprised when I finally get to see the new episodes. (I really don't mind being spoiled in most cases; in fact, I prefer it. But this time around, surprisingly, I want to be surprised.) I miss Hiro and Nathan and Nikki/Jessica and Mr. Bennet and, ok, ok, even Mohinder and his rather superfluous voiceovers (hehe). I also miss Peter Petrelli. So, in the meantime, to address my missing Peter Petrelli, I view this vid at least once a day:
I know he doesn't have superpowers here, but methinks Peter Petrelli with tattoos and a guitar and acting like a thug is good enough at the moment. At least, until I get to see the show again. Interesting that I end up with only Peter Petrelli to get my 'Heroes' fix. Oh, well, some things can't be helped. :-) Then again, I also really like Fergie, despite her rather extremely high-waisted pants in this vid. Hehe.
Other shows I'm looking forward to are 'Bionic Woman' (I suppose I would have been more excited about this, if Burke weren't there, but I do hope he wouldn't have to stay all throughout the season) and 'Cashmere Mafia,' a 'Sex and the City' kind of show, I was told, but with a different set of women, which begins airing in November. A friend of mine also told me to start watching 'Weeds' and 'Brothers and Sisters' and 'Gossip Girl.' Sigh. So many shows, so little time. Or more accurately, so many shows that I can't watch as they air, because we don't have cable. Then again, even if we had cable, I don't think the cable channels here would have aired them the same time they come out in the US anyway. I guess I'll just have to catch up when I go home in December. All I can say is thanks to all those venues (ahem) in the Phils that allow me to see all these shows.
So what am I watching these days? Not much tv actually, but it pleases me to say that one channel here is airing cycle 8 of 'America's Next Top Model.' As in every cycle, the wannabe top models are looking fierce, there is always drama (and bitchiness) happening in the house, and Tyra is, well, looking every inch like the Tyra I've come to know and love (and hate) in this show. It's just so hard to describe her. :-) So that makes my Thursday night. The rest of the time, I'm working. Bwahahaha.
Enjoy your Sunday, all!
P.S. If any one's got episodes of 'Ugly Betty' and 'Heroes' and you have a way of lending them to me, I will be forever grateful and will be your friend forever. :-)
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31 October 2007
30 October 2007
So Over
Originally posted on my Friendster blog on 17 November 2006.
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so i found out some things have changed on the philippine idol front, and a friend has said they're all for the good. the airing of the shows has moved from a sat-sun to a sun-mon night schedule. the voting period has been cut down to two hours from what used to be a 24-hour event. there are also guest judges who are said to be tougher and more critical than the resident judges. and thanks to all these changes, jeli mateo and ken dingle have now been eliminated, to which, yay, but then again, not! i'm just so over philippine idol by now it doesn't matter anymore (and as i say this, all my friends nod and say, 'about f&@%ing time too!').
i guess it can be likened to being in a relationship that has been so bad for a long time that even if things have started getting better, you find yourself not caring, because, really, you've moved on. it's like you wake up one morning, and you think, 'it just can't go on anymore.' and so you break if off. and while you think that maybe you have been harsh and cruel in your decision, because things, after all, are getting better, you know that no matter the good now, it just can't outweigh the bad before, so, really, it's the right thing to do. then you close your eyes. then you breathe. in the case of philippine idol, that would be your ears flapping to thank you for finally stopping the additional damage you've been inflicting on them.
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so i found out some things have changed on the philippine idol front, and a friend has said they're all for the good. the airing of the shows has moved from a sat-sun to a sun-mon night schedule. the voting period has been cut down to two hours from what used to be a 24-hour event. there are also guest judges who are said to be tougher and more critical than the resident judges. and thanks to all these changes, jeli mateo and ken dingle have now been eliminated, to which, yay, but then again, not! i'm just so over philippine idol by now it doesn't matter anymore (and as i say this, all my friends nod and say, 'about f&@%ing time too!').
i guess it can be likened to being in a relationship that has been so bad for a long time that even if things have started getting better, you find yourself not caring, because, really, you've moved on. it's like you wake up one morning, and you think, 'it just can't go on anymore.' and so you break if off. and while you think that maybe you have been harsh and cruel in your decision, because things, after all, are getting better, you know that no matter the good now, it just can't outweigh the bad before, so, really, it's the right thing to do. then you close your eyes. then you breathe. in the case of philippine idol, that would be your ears flapping to thank you for finally stopping the additional damage you've been inflicting on them.
Oh Joy, Oh Jade
Originally posted on my Friendster blog on 29 October 2006.
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i've started watching america's next top model season, ooops, i mean cycle, 6 again. i stopped watching it at some point because i just couldn't take how bad some of the contestants looked. yes, real bad. as in, fugly kind of bad. i know it's mean to say that and all, but i can't help it. i mean, i'm just telling the truth. and besides what's the point of watching tv, reality tv specifically, if you can't be snarky, right? anyway, now that the number of contestants has been trimmed down, i realized there are actually some girls who are pretty and photograph well, which i think i didn't see before, because there was so much, well, unpleasant distraction. but i didn't really start watching again because of these girls. it was because of one of the fuglies remaining on the show, jade, who turns out to be, surprise, surprise, a master of words. every time she showcases her linguistic prowess, she just gives me such joy.
last week, she coined the word 'cut-throatiness' to refer to the cut-throat business that is modeling. then, she composed a poem and said she wanted to share it with the viewers. it went this way: 'heaven and hell, earth power wind force, make me listen, and my strength will be my source.' profound, huh? and it rhymes. (does it also remind you of a certain singing group?) this week, when they, the contestants, were tasked to sell themselves to the judges, she described her body as 'proportionable.' in closing, she also said, 'i'm blah, blah, blah, what you see is what you get. don't judge the book by its cover.' yes, she said that. exactly like that. i have to say jade makes the english language very exciting indeed. oh, and she refers to herself as the undiscovered supermodel. hahaha. thank god for jade. she makes me so happy in these dire times.
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i've started watching america's next top model season, ooops, i mean cycle, 6 again. i stopped watching it at some point because i just couldn't take how bad some of the contestants looked. yes, real bad. as in, fugly kind of bad. i know it's mean to say that and all, but i can't help it. i mean, i'm just telling the truth. and besides what's the point of watching tv, reality tv specifically, if you can't be snarky, right? anyway, now that the number of contestants has been trimmed down, i realized there are actually some girls who are pretty and photograph well, which i think i didn't see before, because there was so much, well, unpleasant distraction. but i didn't really start watching again because of these girls. it was because of one of the fuglies remaining on the show, jade, who turns out to be, surprise, surprise, a master of words. every time she showcases her linguistic prowess, she just gives me such joy.
last week, she coined the word 'cut-throatiness' to refer to the cut-throat business that is modeling. then, she composed a poem and said she wanted to share it with the viewers. it went this way: 'heaven and hell, earth power wind force, make me listen, and my strength will be my source.' profound, huh? and it rhymes. (does it also remind you of a certain singing group?) this week, when they, the contestants, were tasked to sell themselves to the judges, she described her body as 'proportionable.' in closing, she also said, 'i'm blah, blah, blah, what you see is what you get. don't judge the book by its cover.' yes, she said that. exactly like that. i have to say jade makes the english language very exciting indeed. oh, and she refers to herself as the undiscovered supermodel. hahaha. thank god for jade. she makes me so happy in these dire times.
WTF
Originally posted on my Friendster blog on October 25, 2006.
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wtf is going on with philippine idol? this is the second non-elimination week, and it just doesn't seem right. i mean, the first time was understandable with milenyo and all, but this time, i just don't think i can buy the technical problem whathaveyou reason they came up with. i think the real reason has to do with better contestants getting voted off week after week, and they're trying to do damage control, since i suppose, another one of the better contestants would have gotten the boot this week too. oh well. whatever. i didn't really think that how much money a contestant has will factor so much in this competition, because it never seemed to be an issue in the other countries that have the idol franchise, but i guess it's different in the philippines. it's kind of sad, really, that the good singers are getting booted out simply because they don't have family and friends who can afford to call or text a gazillion times or buy boxes upon boxes of those philippine idol phone cards (or whatever that new voting thing they're having is called).
then again, the show's demographics is not really clear. since it's hard to tell who's watching, where they're coming from, and how huge a group they make, it's hard to judge and make generalizations about the voting results. it may be the case that those who watch the show don't really vote--unless they're related to the contestants in one way or another. as a case in point, i watch the show, but i'm hardly the type who'd vote. (and given where i am and that i see the show days later, i can't anyway.) it's also possible that since the show is on channel 5, it doesn't really get the kind of promotion and viewership that competing shows in other, more established networks get. maybe, not many people outside of the contestants' circles, e.g., family, friends, colleagues, kapitbahay, watch the show, which, i guess, means that even if these people do vote, their votes won't make much of a difference in light of the heavy voting some contestants are getting.
often, i ask myself why i even bother watching philippine idol. i mean, i just saw jeli mateo's performance of 'paglisan' and it was such a god awful mess. (it was especially hard for me to listen because 'paglisan' happens to be one of my most favorite songs ever, and i really like the rawness and vulnerability with which cookie chua sang it.) let me put this in perspective, i'm not exactly the type of person who can make judgments about singing ability, quality of voice, etc (i myself couldn't sing if my life depended on it--though i try, haha), but i knew, in this case, her rendition was really horrible. i mean, she was all over the place and didn't seem to know what to do with the song. i also didn't like how she kept closing her eyes and gesticulating with her free hand. it was probably her way of showing emotion, but to me, it was just awkward. it was the picture of someone trying very hard to reach the notes and failing miserably.
and i can't even begin to talk about ken dingle's version of 'ligaya.' somebody shoot this guy already and put him (and me) out of his (my) misery.
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wtf is going on with philippine idol? this is the second non-elimination week, and it just doesn't seem right. i mean, the first time was understandable with milenyo and all, but this time, i just don't think i can buy the technical problem whathaveyou reason they came up with. i think the real reason has to do with better contestants getting voted off week after week, and they're trying to do damage control, since i suppose, another one of the better contestants would have gotten the boot this week too. oh well. whatever. i didn't really think that how much money a contestant has will factor so much in this competition, because it never seemed to be an issue in the other countries that have the idol franchise, but i guess it's different in the philippines. it's kind of sad, really, that the good singers are getting booted out simply because they don't have family and friends who can afford to call or text a gazillion times or buy boxes upon boxes of those philippine idol phone cards (or whatever that new voting thing they're having is called).
then again, the show's demographics is not really clear. since it's hard to tell who's watching, where they're coming from, and how huge a group they make, it's hard to judge and make generalizations about the voting results. it may be the case that those who watch the show don't really vote--unless they're related to the contestants in one way or another. as a case in point, i watch the show, but i'm hardly the type who'd vote. (and given where i am and that i see the show days later, i can't anyway.) it's also possible that since the show is on channel 5, it doesn't really get the kind of promotion and viewership that competing shows in other, more established networks get. maybe, not many people outside of the contestants' circles, e.g., family, friends, colleagues, kapitbahay, watch the show, which, i guess, means that even if these people do vote, their votes won't make much of a difference in light of the heavy voting some contestants are getting.
often, i ask myself why i even bother watching philippine idol. i mean, i just saw jeli mateo's performance of 'paglisan' and it was such a god awful mess. (it was especially hard for me to listen because 'paglisan' happens to be one of my most favorite songs ever, and i really like the rawness and vulnerability with which cookie chua sang it.) let me put this in perspective, i'm not exactly the type of person who can make judgments about singing ability, quality of voice, etc (i myself couldn't sing if my life depended on it--though i try, haha), but i knew, in this case, her rendition was really horrible. i mean, she was all over the place and didn't seem to know what to do with the song. i also didn't like how she kept closing her eyes and gesticulating with her free hand. it was probably her way of showing emotion, but to me, it was just awkward. it was the picture of someone trying very hard to reach the notes and failing miserably.
and i can't even begin to talk about ken dingle's version of 'ligaya.' somebody shoot this guy already and put him (and me) out of his (my) misery.
Reunion Show
This is my very first blog ever. Posted it 20 August 2006 on my Friendster blog.
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i just saw the reunion show of the project runway season 2 cast. god, the show was hilarious. i was laughing the whole time and wishing the show wouldn't end (this despite a really terrible headache and some eye-twitching on the side). i didn't know the season 2 designers were so funny, funnier even than the season 1 designers, until i saw the show. all the while, i thought they were rather grim and hardcore, based on the episodes i saw, which, for some reason, always had santino ranting and talking back to the judges. also, in the episodes i saw, the designs were rather lame compared to the season 1 creations. i realized i didn't see the episodes where the designers were having fun and the designs were actually awesome (i have to say kara saun, jay, and austin still rule, though!).
i didn't see all the episodes, because when season 2 started airing here in singapore, i left for the philippines to do my field work--yes, school always gets in the way. hehe. at that time, season 2 was actually airing in the philippines, on discovery travel and living, i think; however, i was never really home to see the show. when i got back here, the season was almost at its end--thus, the reunion show. it's a real bummer not to have seen so many episodes, but at least, i'll get to see the last two shows. and of course, olympus fashion week. yay! by the way, season 3 has started airing, too, and this time, i'm updated. all i can say is thank god for youtube.
coming back to the reunion show, i really loved the montage where the designers, santino and nick especially, were singing ala broadway. they were singing about daniel f, who i think at that time just got eliminated, and the possibility of his returning for season 3. (daniel f could be quite creepy. when he was asked if he would return for season 3, he said he just might, then he said, 'i love you, heidi.' heidi, i think, tried very hard to keep a straight face. that was just weird.) aside from that musical montage, santino's spiel/tim gunn impersonation 'what happened to andrae?' was just brilliant. santino basically created this story about tim gunn and andrae having some kind of affair, and it was just crazy, especially when footage of tim gunn asking after andrae was shown as santino was narrating the so-called affair. there was also footage of daniel v bending over with laughter and chloe laughing so hard she had tears in her eyes while this was going on.
but the best really was andrae's montage. i had always thought he was rather volatile and overly expressive. for example, in one of the episodes i saw, zulema asked for a walk-off, which, well, evoked a lot of different emotions from the designers, but the expression on andrae's face was priceless: his mouth opened real wide, and his eyes went wild, and it was like that for a long time he looked just a little bit insane. in the reunion show, they showed a montage of andrae with all these crazy expressions on his face. apparently, the camera captured each and every one of them. hehe. then there was the clip of his meltdown at the runway that lasted for about 10 minutes. i read somewhere he had a meltdown, but i didn't know it lasted that long. the judges obviously didn't know how to react to him and, i think, they weren't sure if it was for real. heidi actually pointed that out; she said that since andrae was from los angeles, they weren't sure whether it was real or he was just acting. i don't have any opinion on that. all i know is the last thing he said (very tearfully) sort of touched me: 'i know it's just clothes, but it's also my life.' god, i love andrae. he's just so funny.
i'm really excited to see the final show. originally, i was unhappy with santino being part of the final 3 (i had wanted nick), but after seeing the reunion show, i thought it's just right that he's part of the finale, because he makes good tv. thing is i never really liked santino's designs. they're too out there for me. but i'm not really a fashion person, so what do i know, right? oh well. anyway, i'm looking forward to seeing chloe's and daniel v's collection.
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i just saw the reunion show of the project runway season 2 cast. god, the show was hilarious. i was laughing the whole time and wishing the show wouldn't end (this despite a really terrible headache and some eye-twitching on the side). i didn't know the season 2 designers were so funny, funnier even than the season 1 designers, until i saw the show. all the while, i thought they were rather grim and hardcore, based on the episodes i saw, which, for some reason, always had santino ranting and talking back to the judges. also, in the episodes i saw, the designs were rather lame compared to the season 1 creations. i realized i didn't see the episodes where the designers were having fun and the designs were actually awesome (i have to say kara saun, jay, and austin still rule, though!).
i didn't see all the episodes, because when season 2 started airing here in singapore, i left for the philippines to do my field work--yes, school always gets in the way. hehe. at that time, season 2 was actually airing in the philippines, on discovery travel and living, i think; however, i was never really home to see the show. when i got back here, the season was almost at its end--thus, the reunion show. it's a real bummer not to have seen so many episodes, but at least, i'll get to see the last two shows. and of course, olympus fashion week. yay! by the way, season 3 has started airing, too, and this time, i'm updated. all i can say is thank god for youtube.
coming back to the reunion show, i really loved the montage where the designers, santino and nick especially, were singing ala broadway. they were singing about daniel f, who i think at that time just got eliminated, and the possibility of his returning for season 3. (daniel f could be quite creepy. when he was asked if he would return for season 3, he said he just might, then he said, 'i love you, heidi.' heidi, i think, tried very hard to keep a straight face. that was just weird.) aside from that musical montage, santino's spiel/tim gunn impersonation 'what happened to andrae?' was just brilliant. santino basically created this story about tim gunn and andrae having some kind of affair, and it was just crazy, especially when footage of tim gunn asking after andrae was shown as santino was narrating the so-called affair. there was also footage of daniel v bending over with laughter and chloe laughing so hard she had tears in her eyes while this was going on.
but the best really was andrae's montage. i had always thought he was rather volatile and overly expressive. for example, in one of the episodes i saw, zulema asked for a walk-off, which, well, evoked a lot of different emotions from the designers, but the expression on andrae's face was priceless: his mouth opened real wide, and his eyes went wild, and it was like that for a long time he looked just a little bit insane. in the reunion show, they showed a montage of andrae with all these crazy expressions on his face. apparently, the camera captured each and every one of them. hehe. then there was the clip of his meltdown at the runway that lasted for about 10 minutes. i read somewhere he had a meltdown, but i didn't know it lasted that long. the judges obviously didn't know how to react to him and, i think, they weren't sure if it was for real. heidi actually pointed that out; she said that since andrae was from los angeles, they weren't sure whether it was real or he was just acting. i don't have any opinion on that. all i know is the last thing he said (very tearfully) sort of touched me: 'i know it's just clothes, but it's also my life.' god, i love andrae. he's just so funny.
i'm really excited to see the final show. originally, i was unhappy with santino being part of the final 3 (i had wanted nick), but after seeing the reunion show, i thought it's just right that he's part of the finale, because he makes good tv. thing is i never really liked santino's designs. they're too out there for me. but i'm not really a fashion person, so what do i know, right? oh well. anyway, i'm looking forward to seeing chloe's and daniel v's collection.
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