Showing posts with label USA. Show all posts
Showing posts with label USA. Show all posts

Saturday, June 22, 2013

My CD, The Sims 3, and Tons of TV Talk!

I am super excited to announce that my five song CD "Stepping Stone" will be released on iTunes July 15th! Currently, you can listen to the songs on Soundcloud.com.

My single, which shares the same name as the full CD, "Stepping Stone" is already on iTunes for purchase as the full version and in a ringtone version. A ringtone for "What Went Wrong" will also be available on July 15th!




In anticipation of the release, I will be blogging every Monday between now and the 15th about a different song on the CD. I am very excited and I hope for the day when I hear one of my songs blasting on someone's car radio! Please help support my dream and play my music for your friends!

Now, onto the usual.

I caught up on Mad Men last night and oh boy does it look like we're in for an interesting finale. I have never seen Don Draper looked so unprepared! Every time he's had an affair in the past, he walks around like it doesn't mean anything. He transitions into each role he has during the day, flawlessly. Until now. Sally catching him has really turned the tables and I hope to see this all come out and his world fall apart in tomorrow's finale! Is that mean? By the way, did anyone else love when Pete said to Ken, "any of us would gladly trade places with you." Yeah, right. I'm sure even Pete wouldn't be singing that same song and dance if he was shot in the face. It's crazy how self righteous these characters are. I feel bad for Ken. I'd want out too! I tell you though, Sally has become my favorite character on the show. I've always enjoyed watching her character grow up and develop on the show and I'm wondering if next season is going to have an even stronger focus on her? She's an interesting character, after all, she is the product of a very screwed up father and a very evil mother. I liked how she turned down that guy. Although, I think it was mostly because she wanted to see Glenn and him fight over her. She did seem pretty happy about it! It's weird though. Why did Glenn say she was like a sister to him? They had their first date recently and kissed! It's creepy how these Brandon Walsh type statements just pop up in other shows sometimes.

Hmm, what else? I watched The Bachelorette and thought that talent show was pretty funny. I could have done without the whole Hurricane Sandy date though. That was absolutely depressing and I don't understand why anyone would bring a date on something like that! It sucks that Bryden isn't really feeling it with Des. It sucks even more though that she didn't call him last and that he didn't reject the rose. Can you imagine if he did? That would have been, in ABC preview fashion, "The biggest twist ever!" on "The most exciting season yet!". Especially since then, Zac K would've stayed and then been all sad thinking he was supposed to go home!

For my gaming portion of this blog, I played The Sims 3 some more today and my sims bought a second home. Note to fellow simmers: When you build a home on the water, it will let you place the lot wherever, so be careful that you do actually have it on a nice portion of the sand...otherwise apparently your sims will not be able to get on the lot! I had to learn the hard way and move my sims new beach house to a different lot. Although, it worked out nicely. When I did that, it automatically sold the house, gave my sims back the $69,000, and then a weird glitch caused the new lot with the house to only cost $1,900. So actually simmers, don't take my advice. Learn the hard way like me! It may benefit your sims bank account! I think this new feature however is still not working exactly right because after I bought the house, my game gave me the usual "Error Code 12". I wish I could figure out a way to stop this error from happening! I've tried everything but nothing seems to work. If only EA was designing their games better for us Mac users. Grr.

So that's it for today. I have to go feed Willow dinner and watch more episodes of Party of Five with her. I grew up on the show and now that the seasons are finally being released on DVD quickly, I'm re-watching it! I don't remember much but I do know that Bailey should be getting into a bad drunk driving accident soon with Sarah in the car and that even though Julia currently doesn't want to go to Stamford, I'm pretty sure I remember her going and having a very abusive boyfriend, Ned, who threw a TV at her! Of course, what I'm most excited about is the fact that Tim DeKay, Christopher Gorham, and Maggie Lawson all appear in the upcoming seasons! Yay USA actors! Did anyone else find it weird by the way that Claudia dated a character played by Ryder Strong and then the next season, Ben Savage came on the show as a guy with a crush on her? It was like the invasion of Boy Meets World! Shawn and Cory must've had quite a fight over her. Poor Topanga!

What did you think of Mad Men? Is Don going to finally get what's coming to him? Was that Hurricane Sandy date the most depressing date you've ever seen? Should Bryden have called it a day and took off? What is the worst Sims 3 glitch or error you've ever had? And did you watch Party of Five?

Keep your eyes (and ears) opened for my CD release on July 15th!! Thanks everyone!

Willow cleaning her ears!



Monday, June 17, 2013

Father's Day, USA (Network), and My First and Final Trip to Hawaii

I hope everyone had a great Father's Day! We had a luau for my dad! It was lots of fun and we created a new "water ride" in the pool. Float + Waterfall = Amazing Fun. We finished the day with finishing the first season of Veronica Mars and the first episode of season 2. I never would've thought a few weeks ago that my dad would CHOOSE to watch Veronica Mars ever, let alone on Father's Day!

So, I'm drawing a blank on what to talk about... I guess I had a little too much fun in the sun yesterday! My brain is fried!

What did everyone think of the new USA show Graceland? Gwith and I still need to watch last week's episode, but I was a little uncertain about the pilot. It felt a bit slow and none of the actors captivated me. I guess Jeff Eastin couldn't get lucky enough to land another Matthew Bomer. Does anyone else just get lost in Matt Bomer's amazing charisma?!? He just bounces off the screen in White Collar. I didn't really feel that with the first episode of Graceland, especially not with Vanessa Ferlitaz. I think she had one expression the entire pilot. However, I learned a long time ago to never judge a show by it's pilot. If I did that, I would rarely find a show to continue watching! The writers are finding the voice and feel of the show, the actors have yet to find the soul to their parts, and the film crew is normally experimenting. So I'm willing to give it another shot and I'm hoping it really improves.

Since I'm on the topic of USA shows, who else cannot wait for the new season of Covert Affairs?! I just finished catching up on last season and I'm so excited for Annie and Auggie. I've been routing for them since season 1. Although, I must admit, Eyal and Annie are also not a bad pairing... But my heart is still with her and Auggie. On another note though, what do you think is in the file? What kind of dirt has been dug up on the agency? The new season of Covert Affairs begins July 16th on USA.

Back to Father's Day. Because my parents have yet to decorate their backyard (or house in general), it was quite easy to go to Party City and do up the backyard in a luau theme! Of course, because it looked so great, my parents now want to decorate their backyard with year round Polynesian decor. I personally love this idea because a decorated backyard is as close to Hawaii as I'll ever get. Why, you ask? Because I'm allergic to Hawaii. That's right.

Cut to Flashback:

I am 14 years old and traveling with my sister and mom for a girls vacation to Hawaii. We get off the plane and are in the taxi to the hotel.

Me: "Wow. I love Hawaii! I could live here!"

A few hours later, my unidentified allergies begin to erupt. I take Benadryl for my impaired breathing and we get ready to go on a submarine ride.

My mom: "Going further in the water should help your allergies Justine."

Now we're on the boat taking us to the submarine and we're half way there.

Me: "Mom!! I feel like I can't breath. I'm getting worse!" I begin gasping for air.

The boat with us and every other person paying for the submarine ride has to turn around and return me to land. We arrive back at the hotel.

Lady at the front desk: "My allergies always act up around the volcanic ash."

Shit. Volcanic ash? That would get worse as we head towards the water, wouldn't it? After this discovery, I didn't leave the hotel the rest of the trip.

Jump forward to the plane ride home:

Me: "Mom, I'm still having breathing issues." I continue gasping for air.

Flight attendant: "Is there a doctor on the plane!?!?!"

Cut back to present blog:

And that folks is why I will never ever return to Hawaii again and never visit other highly volcanic areas of the world. Unless of course, I want to become a Benadryl addict, in which guess, I suppose it'd be the perfect spot. But alas, I do not.

It's a shame I can't visit there because Hawaii really was beautiful! But hopefully my parents can bring a little Hawaii to their backyard!