The 20 Something Society

Everyone has those certain TV shows and movies that, when you start watching them a wave of nostalgia crashes over you.  It feels sooo nice and automatically makes you smile, but then there is a tinge of sadness.

I do a lot of work from home, and as I start my morning with a mug of coffee settling in on the couch with my laptop, I go ahead and settle on what I’m going to have on the TV.  Lately Klaus and I have been going through all the seasons of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.  This was one of my favorite shows back in the day and I still love it.  We’ve been rocking out to the theme song by Nerf Herder.  Today we started season 3.  When I opened the case I was greeted by two very lovely side by side portraits of Buffy with her love interest on the show, Angel.  It was like opening a locket she may have worn.

What shows and movies hit you with nostalgia?

So…I LOVE American Horror Story.  The husband watches it, but he doesn’t really love it.  Season one he watched a few episodes and dropped out, so I had to watch it by myself.  This season has held his attention thus far though, he is still watching with me.  Though at the end of tonights episode I look over at him and his mouth is open and he is shaking his head looking like “What the heck did we just watch?”.

Recently we were made aware that Dr.Quinto makes his home furnishings from human body parts.  Like this charming mint bowl made from a human skull.

or this lampshade made from human skin.

Is it wrong that the first thing that popped into my mind when this was revealed was the Blind Melon song ‘Skinned’?

Skinned

This is their new commercial to kick off baby week.  First of all who wants to watch baby week?  No.  I find this commercial to be disgusting.  But not as bad as the Axe commercial.

Am I the only person who gags when this commercial comes on?

Its coming….the end.  How’d you like that “This is the End” commercial?  I’m pretty sad.  Here are some nuggets of goodness found on the interwebs.  Thats right…compilation vids!

Source for Claire version.
Source for Sawyer version – the BEYST.

My second favorite episode of The Biggest Loser was this week.  MAKEOVERS!  So my three faves this season are Sam, Koli, and Sunshine.  The Samoans get me every season.  The makeovers are so exciting!  They get to see themselves for the first time in clothes that actually fit their new bodies – not baggy saggy workout clothes!  And weren’t Sam and Stephanie soooooo cute!  They should make babies now.

I hope you guys saw them on the update last night looking all cute and living together in the real world.

TV Land put together a list of the 100 greatest tv quotes.  I find it pretty interesting to read through things like this myself.  These are the ones I have repeated most in my life.

#82 — “You eeeediot!” (Ren, “Ren & Stimpy”)

Rated R

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77 — “I’m Rick James, bitch!” (Dave Chappelle as Rick James, “Chappelle’s Show”)

#67 — “Up your nose with a rubber hose” (Vinnie Barbarino, “Welcome Back, Kotter”)

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#47 — “How YOU doin’?” (Joey Tribbiani, “Friends”)

#44 — “Two thumbs up” (Siskel & Ebert, “Siskel & Ebert”)

 
#36 — “Well, isn’t that special?” (Dana Carvey as the Church Lady, “Saturday Night Live”)

 
#33 — “Homey don’t play that!” (Homey the Clown, “In Living Color”)

#32 — “No soup for you!” (The Soup Nazi, “Seinfeld”)

#31 — “It keeps going and going and going …” (Energizer Batteries ad)

#16 — “Yada, yada, yada” (“Seinfeld”)

#8 — “Whatchoo talkin’ ’bout, Willis?” (Arnold Drummond, “Diff’rent Strokes”)

I would really like to check out Howard Schatzs book In Character: Actors Acting.  He gives actors situations and captures their reactions on film.  

Amy Poehler: Left: You are sneaking a peek, in the middle of the night, at your sweet new boyfriend’s computer … and discovering e-mails to and from his three current “other” girlfriends. ~ Center: You are a Park Avenue matron, paying your husband a surprise visit at his office and discovering him on the couch in flagrante delicto with his secretary. ~ Right: You are a disoriented homeless woman being arrested for loitering.

Hugh Laurie:Left: You are a dedicated father who, with your wife, has just sat down to dinner with your 15-year-old daughter, who is defiantly announcing that she’s pregnant. ~ Center: You are a fashion designer on the morning of your big runway show, realizing that nothing in the collection is ready or fabulous.  ~ Right: You are a blustering, pompous member of the British Parliament, giving a speech that is being broadcast on the BBC, and you’re thrilled at the sound of your own voice.

Jeff Goldblum:Left: You’re the surly 14-year-old son of a single mother, steeling yourself as she awkwardly, haltingly begins a belated and unnecessary “birds and bees” talk.  ~ Center: You’re at your daughter’s college graduation, and the pretty classmate of hers that you’ve been secretly ogling has just said, “Mr. Lefkowitz, you can’t be 58—you’re too cool!”  ~ Right: You’re the valedictorian of your high-school class, having just been introduced to give the speech of your young life—and your mind has gone completely blank.

Minimalist TV posters by Albert Exergian here.

The Dexter poster is my favorite.

I have never seen the show Prison Break, but I like his poster for it.

I am just now looking at the pictures of Heidi Montag after her ten plastic surgeries in one day.  They just make me feel really bad.  This young woman is a year younger than me (!) and has already had all of these plastic surgeries?  Why do women let themselves believe that there are so many things wrong with them?  It is our eccentricities and differences that make us beautiful.  

Sure this girl may have gotten on your nerves, but she was physically beautiful.  She didn’t need any surgeries at all much less ten.  

I think all she really needed was a hug and some therapy geeze.