Me Gustan Mucho

Si, I speak Español. Try to contain your awe.

I only bring out the spanish when something gets me really happy. Wanna know what it is?

These.

Never before have I been so excited about... tables. I mean, just look at these simple stream-lined beauties!

Talk about your OOMPH! Now I just need to rob a bank and drive on over to my closest retailer, and I'll be all set!

30 Rock 4.09 Recap

It's been awhile... I've been lazy... but it's all worth it, because here comes a nice juicy recap of a hilarious episode! (And 3 more to come after this one!)

30 Rock, Season 4, episode 9, "Klaus and Greta"

Jenna "dates" James Franco. Jack leaves a drunk voicemail. Liz outs her cousin. Happy 30 Rock New Year, everyone!

Realer than Liz leaving Cerie drunken messages:

- "Does chewing on a sponge trick your brain's hunger center? Yes!" You learn something new every day. Plus 3

- "Make sure his manager doesn't screw her."

"Too late! Oh wait, which way did you mean that?" I love you, Jenna. Plus 2.

- The protests to the switch-screen after TJ says he thinks he got Angie pregnant... perfection. Plus 5.

- Liz is "a frequent leaver of drunk messages" Plus 4 for the callback to "Episode 210" and her night of drunken co-op board calls.

- "I've lemoned this situation with Nancy!" Yay, new 30 Rock word!

Lemon (v.): to mess up irrevocably. Plus 5.

- James Franco kinda weirds me out. At first this was going to be a minus, but I realized he's supposed to weird me out. So plus 2.

- Liz's cousin is hot. Plus 4, because we ladies (ok, we teens. I guess he's kind of young for most viewers) haven't had such eye candy on 30 Rock since Jon Hamm left.

- "Nope, that's a serial killer, just get a cab." Living in NY allows people to say that so matter-of-fact-ly. Plus 1.

- Jonathan vs. Kenneth. I sense some very comedic potential in this possible rivalry. Plus 2.

- Kenneth vs. Computer. An even more epic rivalry. Plus 4.

- Poor Jenna. She is just a walking tragedy, isn't she? No points, just pity.

- Liz has a cardigan with "fuzzy buttons" that she's "afraid to wear." Which makes sense because I'm afraid to see it. BOOM! Roasted. Plus 2.

- "Sir, I don't mean to swear, but I am irritated right now." Kenneth, I love you. Plus 3.

- I'm not a fan of Nancy, but I am a fan of how lovesick Jack is. So sweet! Plus 6.

- Someone needs to make some more official rules for the "Today Show Drinking Game." It sounds fun! Plus 4.

- I swear to God, right before Liz asked Jenna "Why are you wearing a man's shirt and no pants?" I thought, "Why is Jenna wearing a Liz-like shirt?" She does wear a lot of plaid... plus 2.

- Kenneth is seen drinking a juice box. Plus 1.

- The code spells Klaus!! Did not see that one coming. Seriously, good twist! Plus 3.

- "You should buy a leather jacket!" The enthusiasm with which Kenneth says this sentence is overwhelming and perfectly Kenneth. Plus 2.

- "You're being such a non-pillow right now!" = my new favorite insult. Plus 3.

- When Jack's on the call, Kenneth takes Cerie's hand, a la the same way he did with Jonathan earlier on. Cerie doesn't take her hand away right away! Is anyone else a Cenneth/Kerie shipper? They'd be so cute together... plus 3.

- Oh Liz Lemon. You never fail to amaze me with your ridiculousness. Question: Is having a three-way with a celebrity and a pillow an all-time low or all-time high? Either way, plus 5.

Total: 66

Faker than Jenna and James's relationship:

- That Blossom reference went right over my head so minus 1.

- On New Years Jonathan met his birth parents... I kind of want to feel bad because Jack doesn't care about poor Jonathan... but I don't really care either. Minus 2.

- Kumiko reminds me of my Wii nemesis, Fumiko. Have you ever played tennis against her? That Mii is a b*tch. Minus 1.

- Liz's hot cousin only served to remind me that all hot guys are gay... minus 3.

- Did Kenneth really step through that coat hanger? That must've been fake... right? Minus 2.

- "And it gets even better. I just had a burrito." Surprisingly, I didn't find this random TJ quip funny. It wasn't ridiculous enough. Minus 2.

- "Having ice-cold diarrhea from drinking Jamba Juice..." Ew. Just... ew. And how? Minus 4.

- Super-religious Kenneth has seen or read The Da Vinci Code? Minus 6.

- I understand that Liz is protective of her cousin, but why is she trying to bore him to death with "making nachos and seeing who can fall asleep the earliest?" Minus 5.

- Of course I looked up to see if Kenneth was right when he said typing in "Nancy's Secrets" into Google gives you "a store that sells wig extensions." He wasn't. These guys noticed also. Minus 6.

- Kenneth deleted the message. He has a backbone? Minus 1.

- Tracy's odd "Is every woman someone's daughter?"realization just didn't work for me. Minus 3.

- Liz's mom-esque speech to Randy reminds me... what happened to the whole adoption plot line? That was dropped like Ugly Betty. (That's both a dig at UB's plot holes and it's recent cancellation. Which I'm sad about, but I couldn't resist the joke.) Minus 5.

Total: 41

This was, no contest, a very real, very funny episode of 30 Rock. The next recap should be up in a day or two!

It's back!

My day just got about 10%* better. Wanna know why?

THE PUPPYCAM IS BACK!

Yes, rejoice fellow cute-baby-animal lovers, we can once more soak in the cuteness of Shiba Inu puppies... live! They're so little and fat right now.

*Normally it would be more, but I'm especially hard to please today. What is the point of english essays?!

A Glee Realization

Just watched the Glee finale "Sectionals" (or was it a mid-season finale?) on Hulu. While watching the "My Life Would Suck without You" number, I realized something. Actually, at first I just thought the choreography was really mismatched. But THEN I realized that they were doing a medley of all the dances they've done that season! There was hairography from "Hair," some wheelchair bouncing from "Proud Mary," and even some stuff from the non-teacher-approved "Push It."

Don't believe me? Have a look for yourself:

Was this completely obvious and I was totally clueless? Or is this a revelation for you too?

So Cute

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I'm kind of in love with this playroom, found here.

For my future children.

... or myself.

Yea, just for me.

Deal of the Day!

So this week was a double-30 Rock-- yippee! Unfortunately, I'm kind of overwhelmed with schoolwork, so the recaps wont be out until this weekend. I know, I know, try to contain your tears.

To tide you over, here's my latest home decor steal, straight from one of my favorite home decor haunts, Crate and Barrel! They're having MAJOR sales right now, and not just on holiday stuff! Check out this pillow I got, for... drumroll.... $10!

Isn't is gooorgeous? It's not just stripes, it's flaps of felt. It looks so much better in person. Right now it's plopped on a hideous section of a couch that's acting as an armchair... and has a gaping hole in the cushion. So the pro/con (depending on the way you look at it) of this pillow is it makes me want a new armchair! Maybe something purple... or blue...

Anyways, grab this pillow for yourself here and check back here in a few days for not one but two 30 Rock recaps!

The One Thing No One Else Has

If you read this blog, you know I have many pet peeves. Here's one, courtesy of the played-waaay-too-often promo for some movie or TV show or something. If you want, skip to the :16 mark.

"We can give her the one thing nobody else [ever] has; we can love her." [I swear they say "ever" on the TV version, which is slightly different].

Really? No one else has love? Seriously? Nobody else in the entire town, continent, or world has love. I just can't even fathom how many hard-core death metal albums the writers had to listen to to come up with this depressing statement.

And shouldn't it be "We can give her the one thing nobody else has: love"? The original way isn't technically wrong, it just sounds... sloppy. C'mon, writers. I know you're depressed about maybe having graduated Cum Laude from Harvard or something, and now you having a job writing for some crappy CW show, but have just an ounce of forethought. The commercial is on every single commercial break on The CW, and you couldn't wrestle out any somewhat meaningful and/or sensical dialogue to entice viewers?

C'mon.

Get it together.

PS: Am I the only one who thinks the mom looks the same age as the daughter?

Chilling

Me right now:

- Glass of iced tea

- Salt and Cracked Pepper chips (my new obsession)

- Entertainment Weekly

- Friends rerun

Could life get any better?

Wait, don't answer that.

What are you doing, readers?

30 Rock 4.08 Recap

30 Rock, Season 4, episode 8: "Secret Santa"

Jack breaks out his Boston accent... and his high school crush. Liz's hair scares me... and so does her "singing." Pete continues his long journey that will ultimately end in insanity. The writers make up a religion.

'Twas a fine 30 Rock, indeed. Role the recap!

Realer than Liz Lemon gifting someone "Cheese of the Month":

- Nipple slip+ jigsaw puzzle= acceptable gift. Only in Jenna's world... plus 2.

- Requiring execs to get Youface pages to humble-ize them during this economic frenzy. Sounds like something PR would try. Plus 1.

- Apparently all of Liz's high school boyfriends are now gay... this was going to be fake-- because really, how many boyfriends could LL have in high school?-- but if her gay ex's are also the ex's who attended clown college... plus 4.

- "Bath salts in a coffee mug" is LL's go-to gift. Probably because that's what she would want herself. Plus 3.

- The way Jack says to Cerie, "Would you get us some pens?" Brilliant. Plus 5.

- Off-topic, but I'm in love with Cerie's sweater-dress from Topshop. Plus 4.

- I googled Larry Wilcox, and... well, plus 3 and look for yourself:

- LL is disgusted when she types in You-face instead of Youface and gets some weird site... and yet she keeps looking for a good 5 seconds. Plus 3, because everyone keeps looking at gross stuff out of curiosity.

- Frank's hat says "PG-25." Plus 5.

- Plus 2 for this exchange I missed during my first two viewings:

Kenneth: A picture of President Obama for the Muslims.

Tracy: I'm going to let that one slide.

- "Oh Meatball of Verduke, you bring me such peace/pizza/meatball." Sounds legit. Plus 2.

- "New guy is as good at singing as Tracy Jordan is at everything." Plus 2 for the quote and plus 1 for Tracy also calling Danny "New Guy" (see the 3rd "faker").

- "I'm sorry, are you being sarcastic? Canadians have a hard time recognizing it because we don't have a big Jewish population." Plus 4.

- I love Danny singing. I love Danny in general. More of him, please! Plus 6.

- Plus 5 for the best explanation of why Catholics don't eat meat on Fridays ever.

- Status: Weirdsies. Plus 2.

- "Can't I just enjoy this while it lasts?" "Hey. That's what I said when that hotdog vendor passed out, but you made me get help." Plus 4 for that exchange that made me LOL and plus 2 for the subtle suggestion that Jack and Liz hang out together.

- Danny "got" sarcasm pretty quickly! Plus 1.

- Only in 30 Rock world would calling in a bomb threat to Penn station be a great Christmas present. Plus 4.

Total: 65

Faker than Danny's bad singing:

- Pete's midlife crisis involves skinny jeans. Minus 3 just for the image that puts in my head.

- Wait... Cerie is writing stuff down for Liz... what is Cerie's job, anyway? Minus 2 for never explaining it.

- "New Guy," as Pete calls him, hasn't been on TGS the past two weeks. You'd think the writers would welcome this new blood, which would allow them to do a sketch or two not devoted to Jenna playing a blonde bimbo or Tracy playing a crazy black man-- or Oprah. Minus 6.

- The whole Kenneth-is-Godzilla thing when he steps on the mini Christmas scene. Minus 4 because it was too cliché (although I did enjoy the random Asian guy).

- Am I the only one who thinks Secret Santa is kind of fun? Yes? Ok, never mind.

- When presented with Jack's high school play poster, LL ponders, "I thought you had stage fright." So did we. Hmm.... minus 4 for never explaining that.

- Not only does Tracy realize that Verdukianism isn't a real holiday on his own, but he also comes up with an idea to try and reveal its fakeness? Wait, since when did Tracy become smart? Minus 10.

- I wanted to see Tracy play Josh Groban. Minus 1.

- I really don't like Nancy. Or her accent. Minus 14.

- "Gentle flossing performed by a blonde virgin." Ew. I know it's supposed to be funny, but why would anyone want someone other than a dentist with gloves to floss their teeth? Minus 4.

- Trying to decide if Jenna's Christmas story was real or not... either way, minus 2 because it was getting a bit too pathetic/sad and not funny enough.

- I hope Nancy's sons are late into their teens; she keeps leaving them alone in NYC! Minus 2.

Total: 52

Overall, a solidly real-- and hilarious-- episode. The next new episode airs January 14th-- can't wait!

A New Feature!

I've decided to add a new feature on my blog! Seeing as now it's kind of... well... featureless. It's based on the amazing Daily Intel's Gossip Girl recaps (see here for the latest). Because those recaps were seriously the only reason I stayed with Gossip Girl for so long... so I thought I'd bring some love to my fellow TV fans! But what show will I be featuring?

30 ROCK!

It took me a while to decide on a show, but I chose 30 Rock for many reasons:

1. I won't mind watching each episode a few times

2. The characters are very specific and unique, making the reality index easy to score

3. It's only 30 minutes and has tons of one-liners, hence my attention span (and writing span) will stay intact.

Are you game? I can't wait! My first recap will be of the last episode that aired before this darn holiday break! It'll probably be up soon because I'm so darn excited!