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Beginning of the End: Favorite LOST Stuff

February 2, 2010 by Amy 5 Comments

Tonight’s the big night…the beginning of the end of LOST. Man, I’m going to miss this show. So here we go, some of my favorite things. T-shirts:

Sawyer!

The numbers! I hope we find out what they mean!

Java Station! HA!

All of Sawyer’s nicknames

And now some favorite scenes. I don’t really pretend to understand everything that is going on. Numbers, smoke monsters, hieroglyphics…they keep me watching but funny and sweet? I understand these well.

I love Hurley! Funny Hurley Moments:

Great Sawyer Quotes:

And all the kissy face time. Their #4 is actually my #1. Team Jate!

The Bachelor: Week 1

January 4, 2010 by Amy 6 Comments

Maybe I’m the crazy one for blogging about this but…

Oh my. Oh my. Oh my. How do you even begin to blog about this episode?

The CRAZEE came out on the Bachelor tonight.

With a few spoilers in my pocket, I heard that this was going to be a different season. And with Jake as the upstanding, gentleman that he made himself out to be, I for some reason though this was to be a tame, almost boring season.

Oh my.

No sirree.

I was ANYTHING but bored tonight.

In fact, that had to be the most entertaining Bachelor premiere yet.

The antics that these girls came up with to get his attention were way beyond any other season. A handmade spinner…a double-sided coin…a peacock feather…dirt from Texas. It was endless. It quickly turned into a game show all about who could do the stupidest thing to get Jake’s attention to the point it was easier to remember the girls that DIDN’T do something.

I made a list as we went through the introductions at the limo. I usually pick my favorites very early on. It’s easy to spot normal in a limo full of crazy but here were my picks from the limo convos ONLY.

Ali – the yellow dress with the peacock feather
Tenley – the divorcee
Kimberly – NBA dancer who we saw say goodbye to her family
Elizabeth -the nanny
Ashley – the teacher with the spinner

While I don’t necessarily approve of their antics I think they seemed like the most sincere, normal and genuine people there. Considering the pool of women I’m not sure how much that says but if I had 5 impression roses at that point, that’s who I would hand them to.

The crazy REALLY came out during the party though. Oh my. I have to my honest here and say that while I realize the chances of real love being found on the show is slim to none, I do watch with hopes high that something will work out. Trista and Ryan! Ed and Jillian! Jason and Molly! The party was so hard to watch and take seriously though. I ended up laughing my way through it. And really, that’s not all bad.

“I’m a puma in the bedroom”

“I’ll die if I don’t get the first impression rose”

“This is my pretend ring”

“I want to be your co-pilot”

“I would love to be the passenger in your plane”

“You can land your plane on my landing strip any time”

The funny didn’t stop.

But apparently Jake didn’t see my short list. And apparently he didn’t really spend enough time with Michelle. Or Rosaline for that matter.

After the full night, I think I added Ella the mom and maybe the flight attendant to my short list and Ali and Tenley are my favorites from my original list. I know Tenley came on strong and seemed on the verge of crazy but I think she’s ok.

Oh, Bachelor. You keep me watching.

Who are your favorites from Week 1?

My Not-Quite Minute on TV

November 11, 2009 by Amy 4 Comments

I’m so determined to post this tonight. This is the 3rd night I’ve tried to post it. Monday was my big debut for One Tree Hill. I was pleasantly surprised to say the least the amount of scenes that made it into the episode that I was in. I think Scott counted 7. BUT that still doesn’t amount too much. I put together a video of all the clips where I could see me and the whole thing is only 49 seconds. So yeah, I didn’t even get a minute on there. But hey, for an extra, that’s not too shabby.

I was SUPER DUPER excited (read: screamed like an idiot) when I got in a great shot with Stephen Colletti, who you might remember from The Hills as well, at the bar. So I’m not going to force you to watch the show if you don’t already. I put together a video and also grabbed all the screencaps I could find.

The pics:

May I just say here that I wore my 3” heels for HOURS and then we filmed this towards the end of the second day and I have my flip flops on!!! 49 seconds. And I have flip flops on.

I was talking to a person here. I barely knew her and we weren’t actually talking. We had to pantomime the entire conversation. So all the background noise you hear in this scene is added in later.

The caption should be “DER”. What IS that face??

OK back to my cool pantomiming.

Also for the dancing…we had to dance without music. Thank goodness they just showed a little bit of swaying! This is one of the first scenes we filmed and definitely most awkward.

This picture kinda makes me want to puke but whatevs. I’m talking to my friends Kim and Jami. It was fun! Actually, no, pantomiming after 24 hours is kinda NOT fun.

Still pantomiming way in the back. We had a “conversation” that the bar was getting boring and we decided to hit up another bar. This is the scene I was actually wearing my heels and had to get foam put on the bottom because I was too loud.

See the full set of screencaps here

The video (there is no sound):

So yay! My face is in OTH forevah!

Modern Family – Watch It! Because Mom Said So

November 9, 2009 by Amy 5 Comments

Yes, I’m blogging about TV again. You’d think that’s all I do. ahem.

Mom and Dad have a few shows they watch including a few that I don’t but it is a RARITY that Mom insists I watch something (probably because I’m already watching it). I was shocked SHOCKED when she said I should catch Modern Family. It stars the dad from Married with Children and boy howdy was that on the “bad list” when I was a kid. And I whispered in a restaurant, “Doesn’t that have a gay couple in it?” We’re NOT homophobic but Mom has always been ultra-conservative in her TV viewing (I was never allowed to watch The Smurfs, people) and I was just SHOCKED she would still be recommending the show. “But it’s REALLY funny,” she insisted almost laughing at something she must have remembered.

I looked it up online this weekend and it’s only a 22 minute show without commercials and they’re only 7 episodes in. It was easy to get caught up this weekend. Y’all. That show is HILARIOUS. FUNNY. SMART. REAL. SARCASTIC. FUNNY. HILARIOUS. Honestly, I would put the funny factor of their “Coal Digger” episode up against most episodes of The Office. This show instead of being based in the office is based in 3 diverse homes that really ARE dealing with modern issues and then some very age-old relational issues.

Sometimes the dad reminds me of my dad. Sometimes the kids remind me of my kids. Sometimes I connect with the mom, sometimes with the new parents. Sometimes I remember acting like the teenage girl. It’s really great to be able to identify with so many characters. Or at least recognize them from someone else in your life.

Some great quotes:

Mitchell: I’m like Costco. I’m big, I’m fancy and I dare you to not like me.

Phil: Claire likes to say "You can be part of the problem, or part of the solution." But I happen to believe you can be both

Mitchell: Just the emerald city at the end of my yellow brick road
Cameron: Wow you did it
Mitchell: What?
Cameron: You made figure skating sound even gayer.

Gloria: Who’s side are you on?
Jay: She’s my daughter, you’re my wife. Let’s remember what’s important, there’s a football game on today

Jay: No, see this is exactly why we sweep things under the rug. So, people don’t get hurt.
Phil: Well, yeah, until you sweep too much under the rug. Then you have a lumpy rug… creates a tripping hazard…and open yourself up to lawsuits. Boy, you can go a really long time without blinking

Claire [on her mother]: You know how growing up we all have that voice inside our head that tells us we’re not good enough? Well, mine was outside my head driving me to school

Jay: 90 percent of being a dad is just showing up

Phil [about Desiree]: Am I attracted to her? Yes. Would I ever act on it? No, no way. Not while my wife is still alive

Here are a few great clips:

Now go get caught up and set your DVRs!!! And I promise not to go create a fan site!!

Vampire Diaries Episode 7 Review

October 30, 2009 by Amy 6 Comments

I keep talking/chatting about Vampire Diaries after last night’s episode and I think I’m just going to have to ramble here for a bit to get it all out.

First off, if you remember at the beginning of the season, I was very hesitant about this series. Real vampires? Eh. Not my thing. But after last night’s episode, I would put this series in my Top 3 show right now. Maybe 2 if I would be really honest with myself. Here are just a few reasons I love it:

The filming is just gorgeous. It has such a rich, dark beautiful quality to it that I just love to turn the lights out and enjoy the view itself.
The people are beautiful. Seriously, all of them. Damon is my favorite though. But Bonnie and Matt are my other favorite to uh, appreciate.
It’s dramatic. I can’t get through the commercials fast enough to see what happens.
It’s got great music. The first few eps were a bit questionable but the last few eps have done well.
There are love triangles. Yes, more than one.
There’s a good vs. evil theme to it. And sometimes you see the good being evil and there is a glimpse of good in the evil.

Read my thoughts on last night’s episode after the jump

The Office Wedding

October 8, 2009 by Amy 5 Comments

*spoiler*

It is times like these when I miss Twitter the most.

That episode of The Office was pure T gold. One of the best episodes EVER.

Dwight’s 9 3/4″ line.

Kevin’s I got 6 numbers, I just need one more.

Kevin’s I’d be proud to be your boyfriend.

Or Jim’s I was waiting on my wife.

And I know that doesn’t even scratch the surface.

But the moment I figured out that they were going to do this for the wedding march, you would have thought it was the Super Bowl and my team had won. It was like my Internet world, TV world and romantic world all collided into one of the best TV moments ever.

I cried the rest of the episode.

Seriously.

And I realize that’s probably all kinds of sad but to quote Kevin, it was EPIC.

Let’s Talk About Fall TV So Far

September 30, 2009 by Amy 6 Comments

As mentioned before one of the things I’m missing about Twitter and Facebook is interaction about TV. I started my break before most shows premiered and I have no clue how people are reacting to this season. I feel a little lost. But I’ll take a few minutes to gab about what I think.

Gossip Girl

I feel like this season has been solid GG so far. Blair’s attention-getting actions were very odd. It was also odd to see JoAnna Garcia with Nate after watching her in a full season of Privileged. Maybe it’s just lingering affects from that but I’m not 100% sold on that character. I do like Carter and hope he sticks around. I’m loving Blair and Chuck together. I do like this whole college thing. I feel like it fits them better at this point yet it still feels like GG.

Greek

Greek started really slow for me the first two episodes. I had to struggle through to even watch the second episode at all. The last two have been back up to par and let me say that Cappie is by far the star of that show. Without him, the episodes lag! Here a few quotes I grabbed from this week:

A sororiety girl. I can’t remember her name and I’m too lazy to look it up. The senator’s daughter: See they were blown off for another mixer so they stayed in for mud masks and a TV series about old people having old people sex.
Casey: They’re watching Private Practice?

Evan and Cappie looking at flyers for Evan a job.
Cappie: Oh here’s one. Sperm donor. Someone with your pedigree could earn three times what I have…would..as much as I would.

Ashley: Maybe they were hot back in the 80s.
Casey: No that is ugly in any decade.

One Tree Hill

This is a huge year for OTH. Another 14 mo jump, 2 lost major character and 4 additions and it was a recipe for disaster. But after the third episode this week, I feel really good about it. I’m really loving Clay and even Alex. They need to step it up with Quinn or she will be the biggest bore I’ve seen on there yet. Nathan and Haley have been fantastic this season, especially the last episode. As for Brooke, I much rather have Brooke with an attitude than Brooke in love. But I do still like her with Julian and I’m glad to hear that storyline will be shaken a bit. Drama!

Melrose Place

TVBytheNumbers.com has called this as a cancellation. I won’t be surprised. I skipped through a lot of last night’s episode. It’s rough. Really rough. I don’t care much about the characters, the acting especially on Ashlee Simpson-Wentz’s part is horrid and the who-murdered-Sydney story-line is already old. There are a few good parts though. I think Jonah and Riley are solid, especially Riley. She’s one of the only real characters with solid acting. And I hate to say this, but I’m actually enjoying Lauren’s hooker line. It’s not right but I think the acting is superb and I think she’s showing genuine conflict about it and unfortunately there are women who find themselves in just that plight. However, with Ella Simms as the star of this show, it’s empty, vain and annoying and it will be the downfall of this show. It’s hard to support a show where you don’t even like the main character. Heather Locklear finally signed on and I’m interested to see if she saves the show. If you’re a fan, make sure to check out Melrose Place Blog (sorry for the review, Ruthie, but I’ll still plug the site for you!)

Lie To Me

I didn’t mean to watch it this season but I needed to pass some time Monday night. It was a solid episode for the show. If you enjoyed the first season, definitely check it out.

Grey’s Anatomy

I posted about this show briefly last week but wow, Grey’s was back with full force. It will be interesting to see where they take it from here. I’m wondering how you improve on what we just saw. I’m thoroughly enjoying Alex and Izzie and Derek and Meredith married.

The Office

As always The Office manages to make me laugh with quotes like this:

“I say my greatest talent is being the best man, woman or child to have ever run this branch ever.”

“I’d have to talk to my mother and my guy at H&R Block.”

I’m excited for Jim and Pam and can’t wait for this week.

Glee

I’ve dropped Glee. Eh.

Vampire Diaries

I am totally and completely smitten with Vampire Diaries. And it is totally and completely due to Ian Somerhalder as Damon. It was a little weak out of the gate but the last episode was great and I literally have been counting down to Thursday this week. I could do without all the vampirism and biting (I know, then what’s the point, eh?) but I love the characters and the stories have been decent. If they do this right, it could be huge. Make sure to check out Vampire Diaries Online.

Dollhouse

TVBytheNumbers.com also shows this as a possible cancellation and I wouldn’t be surprised since we almost didn’t get this season. But it’s a shame. It’s a good show and I really enjoyed the premiere last week.

And in closing…have I mentioned I’m excited for the Friday Night Lights premiere in 4 weeks?? All you people have PLENTY of time to catch up on 1-3. Do eeeet!

An Extra Special Experience

September 25, 2009 by Amy 3 Comments

Wow, I don’t even know where to start on the last two days. I would start at the beginning and barrel through with each and every detail but for one, that would be a small book and two, I can’t give away spoilers for the show. So you don’t get all the juicy details now. But I’ll do what I can to talk about the process itself.

Call time was Wednesday morning at 7:30. We had to park in some grassy (MUDDY) area and then were taken in vans to a club location called TRIC they regularly film at. Earlier this year when Heather and I went that is where we watched filming. It was a little surreal being on the other side of the street!

So when you first get there you go in a big white tent. It just has tables and chairs and then a large buffet style breakfast. Great food! We filled out tax forms and Wardrobe came to pick out our outfits. We waited there until they took us to a holding area in the bottom floor of the TRIC building. It was simply a concrete floor room with plastic chairs and a small snack table. The crew’s catering was also set up in there but we weren’t allowed to go in that area. We were escorted back to the white tent during lunch, which didn’t happen until very late in the day…3:30 on Wednesday!

Most of the day is spent either waiting in the holding room or filming. Mostly waiting in that room. There were 175 extras on Wed and I think 80 or so on Thursday. Only a few times did we all film at once. Usually they were doing a shot from a specific angle and they would randomly number people off to go in smaller groups. Remaining people would do the background of the other angles.

So what did we actually do during filming? Basically we were props. Just bodies to fill in a space. Our main job was to either talk or pretend like we were talking with one another. The crazy part was when we had to pantomime our conversations. Not even a whisper. The MOST awkward part was having to dance and clap without music. They would start it so we could get the beat and then we all had to hope we stayed together. If I don’t come out looking like a complete idiot, my job as an extra is complete.

So will I be on TV? I don’t know. Many people I talked to said they had done it and they were just off-screen in the shot or their scene got cut. However, I think over the two days we did about15- 20 scenes and I was placed (or placed myself) in a few decent spots. In one scene in particular, I was chosen (randomly as far as I can tell) to walk directly behind Julian across the camera by myself. As long as that scene doesn’t get cut and they are not too close in on his face, I *should* make at least 1/2 a second on TV. LOL

Would I do this again? Well, as of Wednesday night, I was on the verge of not even going back Thursday night. We were on set from 7:30am and were not released until 9pm. It is a LONG process. And while the hardest thing we did was clap, it is just exhausting waiting, waiting, waiting. And standing for an hour at a time, multiple times a day is not really that fun. Not to mention trudging through a few inches of mud to end your day didn’t help. However, on Thursday I met some friends and pantomiming with people you have had an actual conversation with outside of filming is so much easier and the scenes were better and the weather was better and I don’t know, somewhere on Thursday I think I caught the bug. I would definitely go back.

Just talk about the stars already! OK, well, not to burst anyone’s bubble, but I didn’t talk to any of them. Or get my picture with them. They specifically said you couldn’t and with so many people on set, it was impossible for them to interact much. BUT I did see Brooke ( who was directing ), Nathan, Clay, Quinn, Miranda, Haley, Dan, Rachel, Julian, Chase and Mike Grubbs from Wakey!Wakey! and I have to mention Mark was there!

Some other random observations:

The entire process is the definition of organized chaos. People FLY around that room making things happen and weaving in and out of people. Every person is doing a different job yet somehow they all work together to make it happen.
I was amazed at the number of people that had never even watched the show. So many of them were just doing it because they needed money, were a struggling/beginning actor or simply because they were bored.
All the actors look 20 lbs, not 10lbs, skinnier in person and not as tall. Except for Dan, Rachel and Julian. They really are tall. I mean, seriously the girl that plays Miranda (trying not to mention actor names, sorry) is like 2″ skinny. Paper thin. And Rachel is even more hot in person than on screen. Wow, she has some serious legs.
TRIC is not laid out anyway like you think. Or at least I thought. Or maybe I hadn’t really thought about how it was laid out. I was just surprised when we went up there.
They had it FREEZING on set at the beginning of the day because they can’t run the air while they are filming for sound purposes.
You can’t make ANY sound while there is dialogue. They had to put foam on the bottom of your heels so there would be no sound while you walked. One time they came over and said “Ok, who’s having the problem with their shoes?” And it had just been a little bit of sand two of us had walked over. Another time, they asked people to quit shaking your glass that had fake, plastic ice cubes in them. It’s crazy what the mics pick up.
The characters have stand ins most of the time. The main characters come in last minute and leave just as soon as they wrap the scene.
It KILLED me that we couldn’t take pictures on set. So many beautiful people and gorgeous lighting. It was all I could do not to whip out my camera.

I do have a few pictures to share so you’re not completely without a visual.

For those not familiar that is the building where TRIC is.

This is a picture that was taken by Mark yesterday. I was sitting on the other side of the bar directly behind the guy with the tape measure. You can’t see me at all but at least you get an idea of what the room looked like.

Also, here are some pics of me so you know what to look for and you know what outfit they picked. I have to give props to Scott for buying this shirt all by himself last year for my birthday. In the pic on the right, I’m in the holding room in TRIC.

This is a pic inside the tent. Not great but you can kind of get a feel for it. The buffet is right in the middle there.

Ok, this is the only pic of the cast I got. We were walking back from lunch I believe. That is Haley in the purple hat!

So that’s it, except for the juicy spoilers, of course. I have no idea when the episode will air. At minimum it is 7 weeks away and depending on breaks, it may be in January.

In the meantime, go watch a few eps of OTH and really pay attention to the extras! It’s amazing to rewatch and see all that goes in to just one scene!