Superman Wears Jack Bauer Pajama's

Monday night was the season finale of 24. It was pretty much amazing. 2
hours of pure awesomeness. Finally Jack avenged the deaths of Pres.
Palmer, Tony, and Michelle like he should have a long time ago. I'm sure
I wasn't the only one who was happy to see him put a bullet in the man
that was responsible for all of their deaths. Not to mention that
Robocop was completely heinous looking. The whole episode was just
great. In my opinion, I think it was the best season finale that 24 has
ever had. They left us with a huge cliffhanger at the end and I really
don't even know what to expect for next season. Except 24 action filled
episodes, but that's pretty much a given at this point. I don't know how
I'm going to make it 7 months until it starts up in January. And it's
the first time I've really had to do it. It's going to be difficult. I
may have to pull out seasons 1-4 and watch them all again, just to get
my 24 fix each month. One thing I know is it's going to be a LONG 7
months.

So I watched the first season of Lost last week. I was really surprised
at how much I liked it. I know of one reason that I like it so much and
I can tell you it in two words. Matthew Fox. He's a dream. Very hot. Not
the same Charlie back from Party of Five. Charlie was cute but Jack
Shephard is definitely cuter. I prefer the buzz cut to the long shaggy
hair. And I especially prefer the shorts, suits, and baggy jeans to the
practically painted on jeans of the early 90's. He is one of those who
has just gotten better with age.



Speaking of both 24 and Lost, someone once said to me or I read it
somewhere that Jack Bauer could get off the Lost island in 24 hours. I
found this to be hysterical and truly believable. Of course he could.
It's freaking Jack Bauer. He's amazing. Before I saw this I had actually
thought about it. I thought that when Lost is ready to end they should
do a crossover season with 24. Let Jack(Bauer), with the help of
Jack(Shephard), save everyone from that stupid island. I don't know how
they could do it but I'm sure the writers could figure something out.
It'd be great. People would be dying left and right(because that's what
happens when Jack Bauer is around)but of course, at least one of the
Jack's would survive, hopefully both. Okay, maybe it's a stupid idea but
you know that everyone would tune into that show. I know I would. My
bestest roommate Kristine, who I miss tremendously, asked me which Jack
I like better. Jack Bauer or Jack Shephard. The answer is clear. Who do
I want as my husband? Jack Shephard. Who do I want to be there to save
my life? Definitely Jack Bauer. And then of course, Dr. McDreamy would
be there to perform any emergency surgery that I needed. What a life.

My Blog Sucks

I've come to accept the fact that I don't have anything interesting to
talk about on this blog. All I have really talked about so far are things pertaining to the entertainment industry. Until something exciting
starts happening in my life, which I really don't see happening any time in
the near future, I will probably continue to only blog about stupid
things such as celebrities, tv shows, and movies. I've accepted it and
if you don't like it, I'm sorry.

New mission impossible: Shut celebs up

By Chris Hicks
Deseret Morning News

Does anyone remember when summer movies actually started in summer?
OK, they probably never waited until June 21, but for many years the summer-movie season began on Memorial Day weekend — at the end of May.
Here it is May 5, and already we have "Mission: Impossible III," a major-studio, big-budget action epic, which officially kicks off this summer's movie season.
By the time it really is summer, the season will be nearly over (discounting August, a dumping ground for leftover bad movies).
If they start coming any earlier, we won't be able to tell summer movies from Christmas movies.
Still, "M:I III" looks pretty hot.
Even though I had some problems with the two earlier "M:I" movies, I have to admit there are several aspects to this one that I find intriguing: great-looking action and stunts, Philip Seymour Hoffman as the chief villain, a new director in J.J. Abrams, who was behind the exciting TV series "Alias" (as well as "Lost").
But this new "M:I" movie does have one big hurdle that I'm not sure I can get over: Tom Cruise.
True, he's probably the biggest of the big movie stars, and he has that killer smile and great teeth, and he certainly seems game for anything on the action front.
But he's still Tom Cruise.
I've just seen too much of him over the past year or so, I guess. I know too much about him.
I want to go to "M:I III" and see agent Ethan Hunt, not Tom Cruise.
Not that zany guy jumping on Oprah's couch, the one who had a baby with his 16-years-younger girlfriend Katie Holmes (in a secret Scientology kind of way), then named the kid "Suri" (did she have a fringe on top?) and now talks about getting married somewhere down the road; late summer, early fall; when the kid goes to college (Suri, not Katie).
Hey, call me old-fashioned . . . and I'm sure some of you will (among other, perhaps unprintable, names) . . . but there are certain things, 21st century or not, that just ain't right.
I think I liked it better when we didn't know nearly so much about actors we see in the movies.
These days it's impossible to avoid celebrities' personal lives screaming at us from People magazine and its many weekly clones, and "Entertainment Tonight" and its many nightly clones.
And it's not just A-list celebs — and not even just B-, C- and D-list celebs. It now extends to the correspondents and hosts of the "E.T." shows, who treat each other like celebrities. (Z-list celebs?)
And how about all the talk shows and magazine shows and late-night shows and awards shows, and all the other avenues of exposure that compete for stars?
Cruise may be the most overexposed star of the moment, but he certainly isn't alone.
How about Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt (and, by extension, Jennifer Aniston)?
Will I ever be able to take Jolie or Pitt seriously in a movie again?
Or Gwyneth Paltrow? She really named one of her kids Apple?
Or such other overexposed "stars" as Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachy, and Charlie Sheen and Denise Richards, and Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie. . . .
Oh wait, different category; no one takes them seriously.
Maybe we should petition for a National Celebrity Shut-up Day.
Hey, if they thought it would get them some attention, they just might do it.



I couldn't agree more. National Celebrity Shut-up Day. Fabulous idea. Though I was able to look past Tom Cruise being Tom Cruise in Mission Impossible 3 last night and thoroughly enjoy myself. Great job J.J. But I truly wish the likes of TomKat and Brangelina would just GO AWAY!! And why not just make a national holiday out of it?

Addictions

It's happening again. I think I have found my addiction. For some people it's drugs, for others it's alcohol, I even know some people addicted to tanning. But for me, it's television shows on DVD.

It all started about 2 1/2 years ago. It was Christmas break during my senior year of high school. My good friend Tawny (who gets back from Hawaii in one month, YEA!!!) had recommended the show Alias to me. She told me it was a great show, that it was totally addicting, and that there was an amazingly attractive guy in it. This was the same guy that I fell in love with while watching Never Been Kissed so of course I wanted to watch it. I had also heard other people say some great things about the show. Tawny owned the first couple of seasons so since we didn't have school, I borrowed the first one and got started.

She wasn't lying when she said it was addicting. I found myself staying up til the wee hours of the morning watching this show. I had a hard time turning it off. I couldn't stand the sexual tension between Sydney and Vaughn and I had to get to Episode 13 in season 2 when they FINALLY kissed. Staying up til 3 wasn't a huge deal because I didn't have school or work the next morning. It was that summer that it really became a problem. I had a full time job from 8-5 everyday and it was hard to stay awake. Falling asleep at your desk is quite embarrassing.

I took a break from the DVD watching when I started college in the fall. But then I borrowed the seasons of Dawson's Creek from my good friend Megan and it started all over again. It wasn't rare to find me cuddled up on the Love Sac at 3 a.m. getting frustrated with Joey, hating Dawson, and wishing Pacey was my boyfriend. I knew it was bad when one night the time came for me to finally go to bed and my roommate was waking up for the day. She had a weird habit of waking up at 4 a.m. though so it's really not as bad as it seems. Speaking of Dawson's, I should really borrow the rest of the seasons so I can finish the show.

Last summer is where it really got bad. My friends found out that you could rent the first two seasons of Felicity from the library. I got so excited. You see, Felicity used to be my favorite TV show back when I was in like 8th grade. I loved that I was able to re-watch Felicity choose Ben at the end of her freshman year and that I was able to fall in love with Ben and Noel all over again. The catch was that I had to do it all in one week. That was all the time the library gave you to watch them. This wouldn't have been a problem except for once again, I had work every morning at 8. Needless to say the only way I survived was by forming another addiction, this one to Diet Coke. It's the only thing that got me through those 8 hour days. After finishing the first 3 seasons of Felicity I decided I really liked this whole TV show on DVD thing. I decided to get a movie rental pass from Blockbuster. I truly believe this is what did me in.

There were so many shows that I had always wanted to watch while they were on TV, I just didn't have time to sit down and watch them every week. I saw this as the perfect opportunity to finally watch them. I made a list of the shows I wanted to rent and watch before the end of summer. What was so great about this pass was that I could keep each DVD as long as I wanted so I wasn't forced to watch these shows in a limited amount of time. I started with The O.C. and after I finished that I decided to watch 24.

All my friends LOVED 24. They were totally addicted. I should've known that the same thing would happen to me. If any show was ever addicting, it's 24. I literally could not turn it off. Every episode just leaves you hanging and I always felt like I had to watch just one more. It was a vicious cycle with every episode and that's what was so bad. I would stay up til 4 every night and not even realize it. But boy did I feel it the next day at work! That summer I ended up watching the first 2 seasons before I had to go back to school. Come Christmas break and I was doing it again. I had to finish the first 4 seasons before season 5 started in January. I don't regret a thing. Why would I? 24 is practically the greatest show ever.

The reason for me writing this lengthy blog is that it's happening again. I'm relapsing. School is out and I still have that pass to Blockbuster. Last night I rented Grey's Anatomy and stayed up and watched 4 episodes. Once again, I had a difficult time turning it off. It's a great show. I love that I can go back and watch the great shows I didn't have time to watch the first time around. It's like the best and the worst thing that ever happened to me, all in one. This makes me sound like I'm a loser with no friends, but the truth is, I'm just a loser. My friends call me to hang out and sometimes, I'd rather just stay home and watch these shows. I usually just watch them when I get home from hanging out. That's what makes it so bad, because I don't start watching until like midnight. As bad as it is, I do plan on watching other television series this summer. I guess I just better get used to drinking Diet Coke every day at work. I'm pretty sure it's the only way I'm going to survive.