Karebear Central

Okay, my first complaint is TLC should not have changed the names listing for Jon and Kate Plus 8 on Monday. My DVR wasn’t going to tape it! But, I caught it so its okay. Can you imagine that many kids on an airplane? I wonder if the other passengers got Bose headphones, you know, the ones that reduce the outside noise? This show is one of my favorites to watch. After each time we watch, my husband turns to me and asks if I really do want kids. My answer is still the same, no matter how much crying or teasing or yelling, eventually I do want them. Just not 8 at one time! I look forward to Monday’s episode to see how well the kids ski!

I hate to admit it, but I actually kind of like this new game show on Fox.  I thought it was going to be so stupid.  Well, it is stupid, but its addicting.  You want to see if the person answers the questions truthfully and how much they want to explain.  I can see marriages and relationships ruined over this show. 

Here is the gist: Person is asked 50 questions prior to the night of the show.  On the night of the show, 21 are picked.  The person answers them truthfully (to win the money) in front of their friends, family, coworkers, studio audience and the world.  For example, one of the questions usually is “Have you ever stolen something from your job?”  This one of the more normal questions that almost anyone is going to say yes to.  Its not uncommon for someone to take a pen from work and count that as stealing.  Its not like they are stealing some new pocket watches.  The questions that are hard are the ones you have to interpret what they are really asking and how you really feel about it.

Its weird what people will do for money.  I do not think I would do it because they seem to exploit your weaknesses.  I do not have anything to hide, but I also do not want the whole world to know that.  The show does offer some good questions to ask of your family and friends. 

Have you heard the song “Crazy B****” by Buckcherry?  I personally love the song because its fun to listen to.  I saw Buckcherry in concert with Bush and Days of the New about 7 years ago.  The funny thing is this is before I knew my husband and he went to the same concert.  I wonder if we saw each other there!  Anyway, the funny thing is you what the next single that Buckcherry released was?  “Sorry.”  Coincidence?  I don’t know, but I find it amusing!

And this is not by choice.  Marcus Theaters are not airing Sweeny Todd.  Why?  Why? Why?  How can they deprive me of my Johnny?  I need a viewing of Johnny ever couple of days to make the world right :)   All I know is that there was some discrepancies in money or something between the production company and the theater.  So basically all us Johnny Depp fans get screwed!

I have to admit I watched a few episodes of this show about the bi-sexual Internet star–Tila Tequilla.  Last night, she picked the person she was in love with–the guy.  I would have chosen him too.  I mean other than the fact that I am totally straight, but I think Dani, the fire-person, she was just way to cocky.  I do believe she cared about Tila, but I think Bobby (the guy) was a better fit.  Do I see the relationship actually working out?  Well its an MTV relationship and we all know the outcomes of all the other couples.  So I am going to go with a no!

I hate to admit it, but I am a reality geek.  I was so excited to find out that Newport Harbor was coming back with four episodes.  I wasn’t as excited when I actually saw the first episode.  I am really disappointed in Chrissy.  She was such a sweet girl last year and since she went to college, she became not so nice.  She is still with Clay, but yet she makes out in front of her and Clay’s friends with another guy?  Where is telling the truth ?  Maybe its because I am 26, but I do not understand it.  Maybe its cuz I see how she likes Clay and how much Clay likes her, but its just the timing.  I don’t know.   But it makes me not want to watch anymore. 

I do not usually like Xmas songs nor movies.  But one I always watched when I was younger, was Smokey Mountain Christmas.  It is a movie with Dolly Parton and Lee Majors.  It’s a real cheesy movie, with songs and a very unbelievable storyline, but it makes me really realize that Xmas is coming.  If you have kids, this is a cute little movie.  Its the second time I’ve seen it advertised on ABCFamily channel. 

At work to break up some of the tension we have been feeling since we have been working a lot, my team has started playing Trivia Pursuit Pop Culture Edition.  One of the question’s yesterday was “Who played Romeo and Juliet in Baz Lehrman’s 1996(?) movie?”  The group that the question was for answered Leonardo Dicapro and some girl.  The girl was Claire Danes, which they said they didn’t know.  I explained from My So Called Life.  And they didn’t know that show either! 

My So Called Life was an awesome show when I was younger.  It introduced Claire Danes and Jared Leto a.k.a Jordan Catalano.  I hated this show was canceled after one season.  But you know it ended on a great note, so maybe its a good thing the show didn’t last forever.  The only thing I really hate is that we never get to meet Tito.  He’s mentioned in almost every episode, but never shown. 

  I love this show enough that I that asked for the box set for Xmas.  Teenage angst, gotta love! 

I hate when there are marathons of shows on television. Its like its a trick to get me sit around all day and watch a show when it keeps going and going and going.  This time, on TLC, the show is Jon & Kate plus 8.   They have one set of twins (6 yrs old) and one set of sextuplets (3 years old).  The Jon (dad) works full-time and Kate (mom) is a stay at home mom.  The show follows their lives which seems hectic at times.  The thing I love is that Kate tries to make it as normal for possible for her kids.  They go to amusement parks, parades, farms, etc.  Even though she knows what a hassle it can be-logistically, emotionally, time constraints, they still manage to be a normal family. 

One thing I do find weird, as does Jon (the dad), the mom takes a picture of her children and their first poop.  I guess when she says its a memory, it is, but who are you going to show these pictures to?  Their first dates? He he. I wonder how expensive it is going to be when they start going to college and getting married.  But that is probably to far off for them to even think about now. 

I admire that for 10 people, Kate tries to keep the shopping bill down to $150.00 and gets it done during the kids nap-time.  Oh, and the fact that they buy a half cow for meat that will probably last them a year.  She wants her kids to eat healthy, so she is not going to go for the cheapest stuff.  She goes for the nutritional value and still keeps it under $150.00 by clipping coupons and getting rain-checks. 

If you haven’t seen this show, its actually pretty interesting.  Its given me some ideas on parenting.  It makes my husband not want kids (the sextuplets cry a lot!).  Its interesting to see these kids growing up on television. 

I am a self-proclaimed Johnny Depp fan.  He is the one man I would do almost anything for. I know I try to see every movie that contains Johnny.  Actually its more than movies, I try to find things like trying to visit the official Sweeney Todd movie site.  From what I have read, this is one of those great revenge movies. 

So it got me thinking of other great revenge scenes from movies past.   Does “My name is Inigo Montoya (don’t know how to spell the name), you killed my father, prepare to die” sound familiar to anyone?  If you don’t know, my husband would be very, very disappointed in you.  According to him, its in one of the best movies ever made “The Princess Bride.”  The scene I am talking about is when Inigo finally finds the six fingered man who killed his father.  The six fingered man scarred Ingio for life, with one slash on each cheek. 

The entire movie, he keeps saying this to random people trying to find the killer to exact revenge.  He does at the castle and a sword fight ensues.  Ingio gets a knife in his stomach and is stabbed with the sword in both shoulders.  But then, he gets the upper hand in the fight.  He attacks the six fingered man, stabbed him in the stomach and both shoulders.  He also slashes both cheeks, just as the six fingered man did to him.  The six fingered man says to Ingio that he will give him whatever he wants and before the six fingered man dies, Ingio says ”I want my father back you son of a b*****!” 

Sweeney Todd’s premise is built on revenge.  As in the Princess Bride, it is do onto others.  Sweeney is unjustly sent to prison so when he gets out he sets out for revenge on all the injustices that have befallen him.  It sounds like a great movie.  I mean who can play crazy better than Johnny? 

To find out more about the movie, visit Sweeny Todd at Myspace.