Category: Media

Well it's official! Karaoke Revolution 2 is in the works … it's got added features and, more importantly, new songs (35 in all). So far there's:
+ … Baby One More Time
+ Born to be Wild
+ Cry
+ Drift Away
+ Every Breath You Take
+ Friends in Low Places
+ Genie in a Bottle
+ Heart Break Hotel
+ Here Without You

And they're still taking request for s'more songs. So if you wanna see any tracks on there, you can go request 'em. I put in for some Abba and Beatles. Those are fun to sing. I'm thinking a lil' Billy Joel or Elton John might do the trick.

Lalalalallalallalal … I'll just be here warming up my vocal cords until its release date (which I cannot yet find).

I had Netflix send me For Keeps, a movie Lorelai had mentioned. I rented it for a few reasons … mostly, it's an 80s movie (featuring Molly Ringwald no less) that I'd never seen. Anyhow, I really enjoyed it. Molly Ringwald and her boyfriend get pregnant in high school and they decide to keep their baby … and so ensues the trials and tribulations of being 17 and married and having a kid! I also find it interesting that the guy's dad is played by the same guy who plays Otto on Malcolm in the middle (sans German accent). I also thought that it was interesting that the kids in it are from Kenosha (I think that's about 2 hours from here) and they're trying to go to school in Madison (though the campus they showed looked nothing like the one downtown). Incidentally, do you have any idea how many movies are set in Wisconsin?? I'd never noticed before I lived here, but there's tons … usually poking fun at WI, but whatever. Anyhow, overall, it was a very enjoyable little movie and I would definitely recommend it … especially to anyone who likes the Pretty in Pink, Breakfast Club type movies.

A while back, Matt and I were watching TV (possibly Joe Schmo) and we saw a commercial for Dr. Scholl's Freeze Away Wart Remover … the conversation that followed went something like this:
Matt: Hmm.. .that's interesting.
Jess: Yea. What do you think they use? Liquid nitrogen?
Matt: I doubt it. Wouldn't last long enough … but you know what I am thinking?
Jess: We could have some kind of fun with that.
Matt: Exactly. But what would we freeze?

Yea, idle minds can be a dangerous thing. And to answer your question, we have not purchased this product nor have we thought of any sort of mad scientist thing to do.

When we were at Target the other day, I noticed that they've put Northern Exposure on DVD! That's cool, of course, because I love the show, but what's really really cool is the packaging. The boxed DVD set is wearing an orange parka with a little moose zipper pull. It's soooo cute. I've got very nice memories of Northern Exposure. I used to watch it between classes Monday, Wednesday, Friday during college… A&E has good stuff on.

We really enjoyed JS2 tonight (spoilers to follow)….. Continue reading “More Yakkin' About the TV”

I wasn't going to watch TV regularly this summer, but Matt has proved to be a bad influence on me. He is hooked on Joe Schmo 2. This year they've picked 2 schmos to dupe into believing they're on a reality series. The guy is totally believing it, but the girl, Ingrid, is totally suspicious. And with good right. They keep doing some really dumb things, but I think that's sort of the point. Get in her face and do unbelievable thigns and see if she believes them.

The show would probably not be nearly so funny if they didn't totally make fun of themselves. They have the girl, Ingrid, up on the screen. And she's doing her “thoughts” bit. and they have “Ingrid, thinks it's all real” on the screen below her. And as they go through the interviews and flash back to stuff that's happening in the house, they go from “Ingrid, thinks it's all real” to “Ingrid, thinks 50% of it's real” to “Ingrid, thinks 25% of it's real” to “Ingrid, we're screwed!” Hehehhe. They also are doing the “coming up later” things and they said, “And later, the most shocking elimination ceremony yet! And this time we really mean it!” Of course they were lying. They jerked us around and we're not going to see who gets eliminated until next week. They're thinking about elminating Ingrid because she's suspicious.