13 posts tagged “entertainment”
What's the most memorable building you've lived in?
Submitted by Shelly.
A homeless shelter. There was a cool playground outside of it, but we only stayed for one night. Two days. It was the second time I've ever slept in a bunk bed. To be as poor as I was/am, I was snotty and I thought it looked disgusting. The food was...not yummy. I didn't eat it all, and I kinda wished people would clean the food off the floor. I remember there being a small devotional room or prayer room. I thought that was the prettiest part of the shelter. It wasn't very big, and for some reason it didn't feel crowded to me.
Maybe this question answers the most memorable place I've stayed in rather than the most memorable building I've lived in.
The answer to that would be my aunt's house, hands down. She bought it one or two years after I was born, and I practically grew up there as much as any place my mother and I lived on our own. I still love that house. My aunt loved decorating and redecorating, and her house looks exquisitely coordinated, expensively outfitted, and ridiculously comfortable. The upstairs has always been hot, and the basement has always been storage/living space. If they took out all the stored items down there, they could open up a little flat with a shared kitchen space. I don't see that happening any time soon. My grandmother has the greenest thumb ever ever. ^_^
Also, I hate dial-up and breakdowns. I'm trudging through law school, and I'm learning to avoid awkwardness in social environments. Sometimes I just can't help it.
What TV show(s) will you be watching this season? Why?
Submitted by ducnly.vox.com.
I wish I did have a TiVo or something. I'm not watching much of anything this season. My internet and my television do not like each other, so they stay in separate rooms. Of course, this also means I rarely see the light of day, but I make that sacrifice.
What's up?
I'm threatening my boyfriend with telling the internets he's horny. :-p
Aside from that, I'm doing nothing of importance. My mother's whining because she lost the lottery. I'm rockin' out to those striped whites. (Sounds like ruined laundry, but they're cool.)
What was the last game you played?
Diner Dash. In my Civil Procedure I class. I'm so terrified of what that class's final could possibly encompass because we're traveling slower than a snail tied to an anvil.
What is your favorite children's movie?
I used to have this movie memorized: every song, every line, every hesitation...
The characters were awesome, the animation was spellbinding,
I was surfing the web using Stumble, and I found this site showing actual advertisements from back in the day of the fucked up variety. Apparently, Coca-Cola had this priceless gem before it was pulled:
Source: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/08/23/earlyshow/series/survivor/main1926528.shtml
New 'Survivor' A Race Among Races
Probst Reveals Contestants And Controversial Tribe Change
NEW YORK, Aug. 23, 2006(CBS) In just a couple of weeks, the new season of "Survivor" takes 20 castaways to the Cook Islands in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.
They will be split into four tribes, but how they will do that is guaranteed to be a talking point. For the 13th installment of the series, producers have yet another controversial way to begin the game: 20 people, four tribes — each divided by race.
Jeff Probst is back as host of "Survivor: Cook islands" and spoke with The Early Show co-anchor Harry Smith about the controversial new season, which premieres Sept. 14 at 8pm ET on CBS.
Smith asked Probst whether the new way of dividing the "Survivor" contestants was a good idea for a reality show.
"Well, that's probably one of the reasons it will be interesting and controversial, maybe, as you say. I know, from where I sit, I found it to be one of the freshest ideas we've had going back to the beginning of this show in season one," said Probst.
Smith asked him if this new twist was taking the reality show too far.
"I think at first glance, when you just hear the idea, it could sound like a stunt. Especially with the way reality has gone, it wouldn't be unusual. But that's not what we're doing here. The idea for this actually came from the criticism that 'Survivor' was not ethnically diverse enough," he said. "Because, for whatever reason, we've always had a low number of minority applicants apply to the show. So we set out and said, 'Let's turn this criticism into creative for the show. I think it fits in perfectly with what 'Survivor' does — it is a social experiment. And this is adding another layer to that experiment, which is taking the show to a completely different level."
How did the new players react when they were told they would be divided by race?
"The reaction was mixed. (Contestant) Yuhl wasn't sure. Yuhl was concerned we were going to turn this into something that would show stereotypes and reinforce them," Probst said. "On the other hand, you have people like Rebecca, who said, 'I don't really care how you divide it because I know that I need a certain amount of people to be on my side to help me get through this.' Ultimately, to win this game, you're voting people out that are then on the jury that have to come back and vote for you. So, the person who wins is actually going to do the best job of merging with all different ethnicities."
Smith asked Probst if he thought the tribal divides would divide the viewing audience as well.
"I think it's very likely," he said. "In fact, our original idea was simply to have the most ethnically diverse group of people on TV. It wasn't until we got to casting and started noticing this theme of ethnic pride that you're alluding to. So, yes, I think it's very natural to assume that certain groups are going to have audience members rooting for them simply because they share ethnicity. At the end of the day, I think it will come down to what it always comes down to: who do I like?"
Probst announced the new crop of castaways and the tribes that they will be divided into:
African-American Tribe:
# Make-up artist, Rebecca Borman, 34, from Laurelton, N.Y.
# Jazz musician and recording artist Sekou Bunch, 45, of Los Angeles
# Nursing student Stephannie Favor, 35, of Columbia, S.C.
# Retail salesman Nathan Gonzalez, 26, of Los Angeles
# Sundra Oakley, 31, an actress from Los AngelesAsian-American Tribe:
# Nail salon manager Anh-Tuan "Cao Boi" Bui (pronounced Cowboy), 42, from Christianburg, Va.
# Attorney Becky Lee, 28, of Washington, D.C.
# Management consultant Yul Kwon, 31, of San Mateo, Calif.
# Real estate agent Jenny Guzon-Bae, 36, of Lake Forest, Ill.
# Fashion Director Brad Virata, 29, of Los AngelesHispanic Tribe:
# Heavy metal guitarist Billy Garcia, 36, of New York
# Professional volleyball player J.P. Calderon, 30, of Marina Del Rey, Calif.
# Police officer Cristina Coria, 35, of Los Angeles
# Waiter Oscar "Ozzy" Lusth, 25, of Venice, Calif.
# Technology risk consultant Cecilia Mansilla, 29, of Oakland, Calif.White Tribe:
# Copier salesman Adam Gentry, 28, of San Diego, Calif.
# Writer-producer Jonathan Penner, 44, of Los Angeles
# Boxer-waitress Parvati Shallow, 23, of Los Angeles
# Performer-roller girl Jessica Smith, 27, of Chico, Calif.
# Pre-med student Candice Woodcock, 23, of Fayetteville, N.C.
Some things I found interesting about the candidates for the show:
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Each minority racial category has a participant with a stereotypical
occupation. The black "jazz musician." The Asian "nail salon manager."
The Hispanic "waiter."
- I find it amusing that one of the
white participants is named "Parvati," a traditionally Asian
(specifically Asian-Indian name).
- The attempt at a level
playing field using a quota system for ethnicities in a game with a
theme revolving around "survival of the fittest." Affirmative action,
anyone? This game has the same [mis]conceptions about defining what
"fair competition and equal opportunity" for minorities should
achieve.
- Race controversy is the new "audience appeal
factor." I honestly don't see this reality show accomplishng anything but
highlighting superficialities and regurgitating harmful stereotypes
from time to time.
- Sadly, this is portraying reality
accurately because it's a microcosm of what race theory and relations
is to America: a superficial novelty of entertainment that's navigated through
thoughtlessly without recognizing the negative assumptions that went
into the framework.
HERE. FOR YOU.
WELL.
WHATcha WAITin FOOOOR?
I like the Gwen Stefani song, too, but that's not it. lol
You can try the best you can, if you try the best you can, the best you can is good enough
What was the last wedding you went to? Were you in the wedding?
I've been to only one wedding in my life, and it wasn't even carried out fully. It took place in Detroit, where my mother's side of the family was born and raised. A remote female cousin of mine was marrying another dude, and we all got gussied up. I saw one of my cousins who was born on the same date in the same year as I was. She had cancer as a child, and at that point she was completely bald. We got along splendidly together. So, they did the dramatic walk down the aisle, which I don't specifically remember. They were at the head of the church together, and the pastor/minister/priest/whatever-er presiding over the wedding said all sorts of boring shit (I was fairly young and he hadn't started screaming yet, so I tuned it out).
Finally it got to the point where the p/m/p/w asked the question that television hypes up to the extreme: would you take this man/woman to be your lawfully wedded husband/wife, to have and to hold, to love, honor, and cherish, for richer or for poorer, through sickness and health, for as long as you both shall live/until death do you part/until you two get on each other's fucking nerves and all homicidal rampages have a fatal flaw that'll land you in Sing Sing? My cousin said yes...her fiance said no.
My cousin's brothers weren't pleased with her fiance, and so they punched him out and a huge fight erupted. My family members rushed me out of the church, and that was my wedding experience.
Look at this beautiful poem. To me, it's reminiscent of Donne, if he were born in the modern era. It's called "A Valediction," by Melvin Walker LaFollette:
A crow's harsh dissyllables
Blacken the magic of this shimmering morning,
Adding insult to enchantment,
Making mud of the clean rain.I could not say goodbye. That is
for friends and rivals, and I am neither.
So I have walked the wet grass we walked in,
The rain only knows which blades you printed.The rain only knows which trees
You touched, teaching them how to be
Trees; I think that way is best,
For I am a lover of secret rain.I am a lover of all apple
Trees, even as you; look, how I taste
The sour green apple, rend its core
In a frenzy you would understandIf you were here. But you are not
Here. You are being kissed,
And kissing back, and I throw the hard apple
At the breast of a skittish squirrel.You are leaving at ten. You have left.
And last night, in the fire and thunder
I prayed for grace, that I might love
The rain only.
