As previously stated, I don't like commitment, for a variety of different reasons. So I haven't been on the blog much. Or at all. Lauren summed up our Colbert trip nicely...although I should say Stephen tossed me a wriststrong bracelet...so my life is complete.
This list however, is far from done, so I'll tell you about 4 goals that I completed over the summer.
#42: Spend an entire sunday reading books
My mom bought me a Kindle for Christmas (fact: I have an awesome mother, who might just be sick of finding books every place in my house). It has quickly become my constant companion, mainly because it can carry all my books so I don't have to. So for an entire Sunday I turned off my phone, kept the TV off and left my laptop up stairs and just read. I finished 3 novels, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime about an autistic boy who finds a dead dog and his quest to find out who killed Wellington, Shanghai Girls which was about the lives of competitive Shanghai sister Pearl and May as they and they immigrate to America to be with their husbands and Falling Out of Fashion which was like The Devil Wears Prada...only better. I really missed reading the way I used to. TV and movies, they tell you what to see. A book can say "they lived in a three story pink house with white shutters" maybe when you see it, there's a wrap around porch and a big willow tree in the front with a wooden swing and a gazebo with roses and vines climbing up the sides. You get to see it how you want to, film tells you what to think and what to see but in books, you can make it your own.
#47 Buy red ho shoes
I was at Macy's where shoes were 65% off, which meant I was stocking up because I am a fierce bargain hunter. I found this pair of Carlos Santana red peep toe stilettos. After much internal debate and trying on what seems like 1000 pairs of shoes, I bought 5 different pairs, including the precious Santanas for an unheard of $17. Total spent $100, total saved $275, like I said, I don't pay full price. I may like nice things, but only when they're on sale. Clint Eastwood was not a fan, but my money, my rules. So two nights later I went on a fabulous dinner date with the best girls in the world and wore my black dress with the red heels. They looked great, we all looked great and I got a ton of compliments. Surprisingly no one told me I looked like a streetwalker, clearly, I'm moving up in the world.
#67 Read a Trashy Romance Novel
I'm gonna toss this out there, I haven't a problem with sex. People do it, whatever, but I like to keep my life private. I'm super private, and I have always wanted to read a super trashy romance novel. You know, the ones where if you opened to any given page you'd be met with some account of a sexual encounter. I wouldn't do it though because everybody would totally know when they saw the cover what I was reading! This is another reason I like the Kindle: nobody knows what I'm reading and a lot of books are free. A lot of Christian and Trashy Romance novels are free. For some reason, Amazon likes opposites in their free romance department. So I read the book Slow Hands it was about a girl who bids on a guy at a charity bachelor auction and they fall in love and have oodles of sex. So I read it, and it wasn't half terrible. On a side note, I wouldn't suggest setting your Kindle to auto download new free books, because you'll end up with some really weird stuff.
#68 Hold an administrative position in a club or activity.
I am the News Director at ICTV, the youngest one ever. Not only because I'm a sophomore, but because I'm a young sophomore. I think I'll like the position, but sometimes I forget that I have to make big decisions and everybody wants an in. Examples: Nick and me in the radio room.
Me: Do you want to anchor
Nick: Don't I have to audition
Me: Do what you want, I don't care that much.
Nick: Erin, you're the NEWS DIRECTOR you make these DECISIONS you're kinda a big deal.
I mean, I'll miss being out in the community and being on air, but this is a big stepping stone and I think even if I don't like being behind the scenes, it's only a year. At the end of the day it comes down to this. I like power in my career and I like being on air...so eventually I'll find a job where I can do both. Until then I couldn't be happier as the News Director at ICTV
Friday, August 20, 2010
Sunday, February 21, 2010
#54: See a Taping of the Colbert Report
I'll make a better post for this, hopefully with Erin, at some point, but because we've gotten behind on the blog, here's a post for now about accomplishing my #54 goal: Go See a Taping of the Colbert Report
So Erin and I went to see The Colbert Report on Wednesday, January 13, 2010. It was amazing. Here’s some stuff that happened.
Before the show, there was a Q&A:
First question was some weird political thing about de facto segregation and he looked really confused but tried to give an answer but then he just gave up and was like "Wait, did they not separate the blacks and the whites in here today?"
Second question: "Chuck, fuck, or marry: Bill O'Reilly, Keith Olbermann, Glen Beck."
Stephen: "Well, first off, they're all insane. Hmm... Marry Papa Bear, because he has his family values. I'd do... uh..."
Someone in audience: "Go for the crier"
Stephen: "The crier? You like a man who cries? *creepy voice* Why don't we go back to my apartment and I'll get all emotional for you."
Third question: WHAT HAS TWO THUMBS AND ASKED STEPHEN ABOUT THE LORD OF THE RINGS? THIS GIRL \o/
Me: "Who do you think should play Bilbo Baggins in the Hobbit movies?"
Stephen: "Ah, now we're getting to the topics that are important to me!" And he like, grinned when he said it and it was adorable. "I like uh... who's the one who had sex against the bookshelves?"
Me: "James McAvoy?"
Stephen: "Yes. You know, those bookshelves, my wife and I have those in our house. My wife and I saw the movie and we really liked them, so we had ones like those designed for our house. And we were trying to figure out how wide the lip, the shelf needed to be... and we made it a bit wider. [to me] Who do you think should play Bilbo?"
Me: "I like James McAvoy for it too."
Stephen: "Yeah, I thought he was good as Mr. Tumnus in the Narnia movie." Some girl was like “woo!” for that and he was like "I hope you're cheering for CS Lewis and not the movies." and she said both, and he goes "Okay, marry, fuck kill: James McAvoy, CS Lewis, Bilbo Baggins" XD XD But then filming had to start so we didn't hear her answer.
By the way, he called me "young lady." For some reason that makes me laugh so hard. He like, didn't address anyone else, just said "you," but he was like "Yes, young lady" and I was like "oh god."
And then he kept messing up during the filming. They stopped filming a lot more than for The Daily Show, I guess because since Stephen is playing a character, he can’t crack up as much (though I noticed his one character break made it onto the episode, but that’s probably because he laughed like 4 times on that line.
After the first mess-up: "Well, that's our show. I will now read you this entire book. [reading Game Change] 'What will Barack think?' she asked, unbuttoning her blouse..."
After the second mess-up: "As you may have noticed, I am apparently drunk today."
He messed up during the “angry Pope part” and said: "We'll, we've had a good run, Jay Leno will finish out the show" *audience boos* "What, you don't like that? ... Conan will finish out the show?" *audience cheers* "Oh, I see we're taking sides now" Then he was like “Okay, let’s take it from angry Pope. Angry Pope angry Pope…” XD
At the end: "I don't know if I'm getting a cold or what, but I promise, when you leave here, you'll forget I'm such a fuckup."
He pulled out the Hulk toy during filming breaks and went "RARRR" with it.
In the sports segment, he started after the theme even though he messed up farther on because "This audience shouldn't miss out on the opportunity to hear me sing twice."
"I actually have never made a mistake before. Just by being here, you are all collector's items. Have yourselves notarized."
It was awesome. HERE is the episode we went to see.
So Erin and I went to see The Colbert Report on Wednesday, January 13, 2010. It was amazing. Here’s some stuff that happened.
Before the show, there was a Q&A:
First question was some weird political thing about de facto segregation and he looked really confused but tried to give an answer but then he just gave up and was like "Wait, did they not separate the blacks and the whites in here today?"
Second question: "Chuck, fuck, or marry: Bill O'Reilly, Keith Olbermann, Glen Beck."
Stephen: "Well, first off, they're all insane. Hmm... Marry Papa Bear, because he has his family values. I'd do... uh..."
Someone in audience: "Go for the crier"
Stephen: "The crier? You like a man who cries? *creepy voice* Why don't we go back to my apartment and I'll get all emotional for you."
Third question: WHAT HAS TWO THUMBS AND ASKED STEPHEN ABOUT THE LORD OF THE RINGS? THIS GIRL \o/
Me: "Who do you think should play Bilbo Baggins in the Hobbit movies?"
Stephen: "Ah, now we're getting to the topics that are important to me!" And he like, grinned when he said it and it was adorable. "I like uh... who's the one who had sex against the bookshelves?"
Me: "James McAvoy?"
Stephen: "Yes. You know, those bookshelves, my wife and I have those in our house. My wife and I saw the movie and we really liked them, so we had ones like those designed for our house. And we were trying to figure out how wide the lip, the shelf needed to be... and we made it a bit wider. [to me] Who do you think should play Bilbo?"
Me: "I like James McAvoy for it too."
Stephen: "Yeah, I thought he was good as Mr. Tumnus in the Narnia movie." Some girl was like “woo!” for that and he was like "I hope you're cheering for CS Lewis and not the movies." and she said both, and he goes "Okay, marry, fuck kill: James McAvoy, CS Lewis, Bilbo Baggins" XD XD But then filming had to start so we didn't hear her answer.
By the way, he called me "young lady." For some reason that makes me laugh so hard. He like, didn't address anyone else, just said "you," but he was like "Yes, young lady" and I was like "oh god."
And then he kept messing up during the filming. They stopped filming a lot more than for The Daily Show, I guess because since Stephen is playing a character, he can’t crack up as much (though I noticed his one character break made it onto the episode, but that’s probably because he laughed like 4 times on that line.
After the first mess-up: "Well, that's our show. I will now read you this entire book. [reading Game Change] 'What will Barack think?' she asked, unbuttoning her blouse..."
After the second mess-up: "As you may have noticed, I am apparently drunk today."
He messed up during the “angry Pope part” and said: "We'll, we've had a good run, Jay Leno will finish out the show" *audience boos* "What, you don't like that? ... Conan will finish out the show?" *audience cheers* "Oh, I see we're taking sides now" Then he was like “Okay, let’s take it from angry Pope. Angry Pope angry Pope…” XD
At the end: "I don't know if I'm getting a cold or what, but I promise, when you leave here, you'll forget I'm such a fuckup."
He pulled out the Hulk toy during filming breaks and went "RARRR" with it.
In the sports segment, he started after the theme even though he messed up farther on because "This audience shouldn't miss out on the opportunity to hear me sing twice."
"I actually have never made a mistake before. Just by being here, you are all collector's items. Have yourselves notarized."
It was awesome. HERE is the episode we went to see.
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