Guam Stamp

Once again, I'm procrastinating during Christmas.

It's already Dec. 19th, and I've just sent out my
Christmas cards. I don't really mind sending them
out this late ... to people in the US ... its just
the international ones that I feel bad about.

I usually put multiple .41 cent stamps on my
international mail ~ and additional cents ~ but
today,I needed to buy "real" international stamps
at the post office. When the person behind the
counter rangup the stamps, I noticed the words
"Hagatna Bay Guam USA" and thought that was odd
~ until she handed me the stamps!!



OMG ~ I felt somewhat "homesick" ~ how could I have not known
that this stamp existed!?!?!

The Color Purple

I've just seen The Color Purple and its AMAZING!

I kinda wanted to see Fantasia as Celie, but Jeanette Bayardelle was fantastic!

Michelle Williams from Destiny's Child was incredible as Shug Avery. One of my favorite songs was Push Da Button ~

Loved the second act with Celie and Nettie "together" in Africa. Fabulous sets and lighting.

I enjoyed the scenes that included Sofia, Harpo, and the church ladies ~

Miss this play??

HELL NO!!!!!!!

Golden Globes Nominations

My Thoughts On The Nominations:

Well ... since I haven't seen MOST of these movies,
or TV Shows ... I might as well choose the ones that
I've watched and hoping for a win ~

Television COMEDY - Pushing Daisies (told ya it'll be nominated)

Comedy Actress - America Ferrera

Comedy Actor - Lee Pace

Actress Mini Series - Debra Messing

Supporting Actress - Katherine Heigl

Drama Actor - Jonathan Rhys Meyers

Drama Actress - Sally Field

Television DRAMA - Greys Anatomy

Best Animated Film - Bee Movie

Screenplay - Juno

Foreign Film - The Kite Runner

Musical/Comedy - Across The Universe

Drama - Atonement

Drama Actor - George Clooney

Drama Actress - Keira Knightley

Comedy Actor - Johnny Depp

Comedy Actress - Helena Bonham Carter

The Biggest Loser

Yes!

The Black Team Survives!

I'm rooting for Bill to win!

Ellen's 12 Days Of Giveaways

Its that time of the year again!!

A Charlie Brown Christmas

I just love the holidays! One thing that I look forward to is the TV Specials ~ My absolute favorite is "A Charlie Brown Christmas"

Lucy Van Pelt: I know how you feel about all this Christmas business, getting depressed and all that. It happens to me every year. I never get what I really want. I always get a lot of stupid toys or a bicycle or clothes or something like that.

Charlie Brown: What is it you want?

Lucy Van Pelt: Real estate.

Why They Fight

I've passed by several WGA picketers around NBC and Universal, I wish I could honk my horn .... but impossible since I'm riding the bus.

Bank Of The Universe

I've just finished reading "The Secret" and feel very
inspired to think positive thoughts about getting some
money.

I really, really, really, want THE HOUSE, I just don't
want to RENT anymore.

$5 million (YES) is all I ask ~ by the end of the year!

TBL: Week Four

Yay for the Black Team!!

Okay...so they didn't all make it back in 5 min and 25sec.,
But they finished...and they did the challenge.

I'm also happy the team had high numbers in the weight in.
50 lbs!! I feel sorry that the Blue team lost, and that
they had a higher percentage of weight loss VS the Red team.
But the Red team did win the challenge. It would have been
sad if the Red team had to boot out another person again.

Anyways, a team has to lose, and someone has to go. I'm
just glad that this show is about losing weight and being
healthy.

I Must:

I must learn to love the fool in me - the one who feels too much, talks too much, takes too many chances, wins sometimes and loses often, lacks self-control, loves and hates, hurts and gets hurt, promises and breaks promises, laughs and cries. It alone protects me against that utterly self-controlled, masterful tyrant whom I also harbor and who would rob me human aliveness, humility, and dignity but for my fool.

- Theodore I. Rubin, MD

from the October issue of "O" Magazine

Desperate Housewives Season Premiere

Shame on you Marc Cherry!!

I don't know how that line about "degree from a med school in Philippines"
(or something like that) came about ~ either MC wrote it in, or if someone
from the writers room pitched it ~ SHAME SHAME SHAME ON ALL OF THEM!!

Susan (Teri Hatcher) could have said a fictional place to get the same
kind of punchline ~ I can't believe anyone in the writers room thought
it was ok to air this!! Did Teri Hatcher think it was fine as well?!?!

I wonder if Alec Mapa (Vern) was in this episode and read the script he
would have said "OH, HELL NO" ~ SERIOUSLY ~ I THINK THE WRITER
(MARC CHERRY & COMP.) SHOULD APOLOGIZE!

Other than that ~ the episode was fine. I was sad for Lynette ~ couldn't
care less for the new housewife ~ I hope she leaves at the end of the
season just like the "other one" who I cannot remember her name.

FALL TV SEASON: Monday

HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER - It was an "alright" episode. The funny scenes were with Enrique Iglesias

THE BIG BANG THEORY - "so so" PILOT, I'm not too sure yet how I feel about the characters. I guess "Beauty and the Geeks" title couldn't be used for the show.

HEROES - Tonights episode wasn't too exciting, it kinda went slow. I hope the brother and sister characters help the show (and not hurt it like LOST did with new characters). Anyways, I'm glad that Claire has a "hero friend", cant wait to see how this storyline develops. I was surprised that Nathan was alive, was kinda paranoid that Peter might not be back...but the last scene of the show was my favorite of the night.

JOURNEYMAN - Okay, when I saw previews of this show, the first thing I thought of was "Quantum Leap" ~ I love fantasy/scifi ~ I didn't question the Time Warp/Time Travel of the movie "The Lake House" ~ but this show didn't really give any explanations or logic of how this guy time travels. Atleast with "Quantum Leap" we knew about the experiment and his need to travel in time. I hope the next episodes, explains all of this. OH BOY!

I have yet to see CHUCK and the season premiere of TWO AND A HALF MEN. Will post comments tonight after watching the recording.

S.Y.T.Y.C.D. Marathon

I was channel surfing last night and saw SYTYCD on MTV ~ Then this morning
I woke up and turned on the TV to see the marathon still going on!!

It was fun watching the show again ... didn't know if I wanted to
be a couch potato and watch the dancers. I was only into Hok and
Dominic and their partners ~ I flipped from channel to channel
calculating when my favorite routines were on ~ I really wanted to
catch ONE REPUBLIC perform "Apologize" also ... but I missed it!!

Winning Lottery Store

Every SAT and SUN morning ~ after the lottery draw ~
I check the CA Lottery Website to see if I've bought the
winning ticket.

I always check to see if the store I go to is listed
as the place where the winning ticket was sold.

THIS MORNING ~ MY STORE WAS LISTED!!! ~ THE STORE THAT I
ALWAYS GO TO !!!! MY HEART WAS BEATING FAST ... I HAVEN'T
EVEN LOOKED AT MY TICKETS ... THE POSSIBILITY .... MY HAND
WAS SHAKING AS I PULLED OUT MY TICKETS AND LOOKED AT THE
MEGA NUMBERS ---> NO FREAKEN MATCH!!!!! NOTHING!!! I DID
NOT WIN THE $60 MILLION MEGA MILLIONS ~

What if the person before me won?
What if the person after me won?
What if I just bought an extra number?

The guys at the counter are really nice ~ always telling
me "good luck" and I would reply back "good luck to you too".

OMG ~ THEY WERE LUCKY!!

AND NOW I HAVE TO FIND A NEW STORE!!

The Biggest Loser

I've NEVER seen a single episode of this show, but there wasn't
anything on tonight, and those commercials about "and guess who
is back" (Jillian) kinda made me curious.

I'm rooting for the BLACK team, just because they were
the ones that weren't pick. And part of the "twist" of
having a third team.

I want to have Jillian's toned arms!!

SABRA WINS!

I don't know if its because she was partners with
Dominic ~ but I'm glad that Sabra won!!

Tonights finale was great ~ the "favorite performances" were also mine:

1. Jaime & Hok - the hummingbird routine
2. Dominic & Sabra - the hip hop routine
3. Sara & Pasha - the west coast swing routine
4. Sara & Jesus - the "wade" triplets of bellville routine

I was also really happy that Nigel announced that there will also be
alternate dancers: Hok, Jesus, Anya, and Shauna ~

Overall, great season!! Deserving winner!!

The 4 Dancers

I thought that all of the dancers were great ~ I kinda liked the
guys performance vs the girls ~ the group Broadway was fun to
watch ~ but in the end ... SABRA was the best ~ I enjoyed her dance
with Danny vs the dance she had with Neil ~

Elimination of Pasha & Lauren

I think both of these dancers are great ~ but someone had
to be eliminated today ~ I just can't believe we had to
wait for a couple of days~

Anyways...I predict that Sabra will take the title!

The 6 Dancers

I think Sabra and Neil had the best performances of the night!

Sabra will definitely win~

Elimination of Dominic and Sara

Dominic is gone!!

Now I really want Sabra to win!!