Hollywood

Hello all! Happy less than two weeks until May.. Goodness Gracious where does time go? It feels like yesterday I was just on here blogging about my love for March and now we have another M month approaching us.. I can't say I have many complaints today as the Cardinals are winning, Blues are winning and the weather is PERFECT here.. 70 degrees and beautiful here in central Missouri.. I'm a little nervous that the weather is too perfect right now.. Either we are going to get killed soon with snow or extreme heat. This is the joy of living in Missouri.. You never know what weather to expect any day.. Oh well, enough about the weather.. Let's just into today's blog topic-Hollywood..

Random fact about this duck-I love, love Hollywood. I obsess over TMZ, US Weekly and E! everyday. I love to keep up with what is happening with the celbs. I know this is probably crazy but I have always enjoyed keeping up with the gossip. I've always thought it would be fun to live in the world as a famous person where everyone knew me and wanted a picture with me. I would so do one of those cheesy reality T.V. shows where a camera person follows me around except no one would want to watch my show. I don't think people would watch a tv show of a girl creeping on TMZ and trying to be in bed by 10 PM.. Basically, I am an old working person who does not live in an exciting life but one can dream right?!

Part of following Hollywood is being able to know what music, movies and tv shows they are talking in the media so I make this my excuse for watching as much tv as I do.. :) I was in the bathtub today thinking about to write in my blog (I told you all my ideas come while soaking in the bathtub) and it dawned on me, I had to use all the time I have watched tv productively and write about my favorite tv shows of the past and now.. Hopefully it will be a little trip down memory lane for people or maybe I was a weirdo and didn't watch any of the favorite tv shows of my friends.. We will see :)

The prettiest little girl on earth, my niece Adalyn, loves Elmo or Lala as she calls it. It seems that most little kids now love Elmo, Big Bird or Seasme Street or some sort. I really do not remember watching Seasme Street as a kid. I always knew what it was but I don't think my siblings or I really cared about it. I do remember obsessing over Barney when I was little. I remember wearing a silly Barney sweatshirt almost everyday to Kindergarten. I love Barney so much. I would sing all the I Love You songs and probably danced around like a crazy person. I am so thankful that my mom did NOT videotape any of my crazy kid performances. I do remember my little brother, Trevor, and I using combs as fake microphones and dancing and singing to the singalong video we had at our house. I will clarify that my little brother is only 11 months younger than me so I did NOT make him perform singalong songs with me. I also remember loving Eureka's castle. Trevor loved the bat that would hit a building and say I meant to do that.. I don't remember much other than the bat and loving the Christmas episode so much. It is truly weird what people remember about their childhood. I can't remember where to put commas in a paper but I remember loving the Christmas episode of Eureka's castle..

After I grew a little older I remember watching shows like Rugrats, Ren and Stimpy, Are You Afraid of the Dark?, Reading Rainbow, and Doug. I remember being scared to death of Are You Afraid of the Dark?.. The show would tell a story that was scary to 7 year olds and then at the end throw dust on the fire to put it out.. OMG scary stuff when you have barely learned not to pee your pants. That was a sick joke by the producers... I can see them in the meeting trying to figure out a way to legally torture kids who like Nickelodeon.. Shame on you Are You Afraid of the Dark producers for all of my sleepless nights.. I have to admit that I would probably still watch Rugrats today.. The clever little names of the characters of Tommy Pickles, Phil and Lil, Chuckie (boy does he look the part) and Angelica.. I can never think of the name Angelica without thinking of a mean, mean girl. Ren and Stimpy... All that needs to be said is what a sick, sick group of people who came up with this concept... I think lots and lots of drugs were involved and they had a little giggle when the show got picked up on a kids show.. If I remember right the show is back on air again.. They are laughing because it got picked up not once but twice.. Reading Rainbow got watched because my grandparents who watched us did not have cable.. We had to live with PBS, which was miles better than channel 25, which was the Jesus channel... However, my brothers and their friends can still quote stuff from Channel 25..  Doug was cool with Patty Mayonnaise and Skeeter. I'd probably secretly still watch this show too..


After I grew up to be a teenager I would have to admit that my show selection may have declined. I remember watching TRL religiously.. I would NEVER miss a day and couldn't wait to see who the number 1 song was.. My friend from work told me she requested Everybody by Backstreet Boys once on TRL. I am still to this day jealous. I LOVED Carson Daly.. I went to NYC a couple years ago and I was so sad that TRL was not still on so I could stand on the sidewalk below the building with a sign for the VJ. I remember watching 7th Heaven on then FoxFamily. I can't believe I really liked that show because looking back on it the family was way too perfect. That is so not real life.. I remember watching One Tree Hill, which I can't believe lasted until this year. Holy cow! I really like Sophia Bush's style.. She is so pretty and I'd probably trade looks with her :) This show is where the name Peyton originated for a girl... She wasn't my favorite character so I can't name any girl of mine Peyton... J/k but maybe.. I spent my fair amount of time watching stupid shows on MTV like Next, The Real World and every sleazy show you can think of to watch. My brothers made fun of me unmercifully for watching these shows and I would get so mad but I understand it now. We also can't forget the million seasons of America's Next Top Model.. I wouldn't watch them new but if there was a marathon watch out because I would watch the whole entire thing..


I should tell you that I studied the entire 4 years of college and didn't have time to watch tv but that would be a fib. I still watched the bad MTV shows but they progressed to Teen Mom, 16 and Pregnant and still the Real World jazz. I have to admit, I really like reality TV.. I did a few seasons of American Idol too.. I started watching Secret Life of the American Teenager in college. I wish I didn't because it is so bad but so addicting. I still watch it every Monday at 7pm.... Thankfully my sister-in-law is hopelessly addicted too so I don't feel so bad.. I went through a huge Jon and Kate plus 8 phase. I really, really liked that show.. Yes I know Kate was crazy and Jon was a manwhore and they exploited their kids but I had to watch. I don't even know why I liked the show so much as I don't love kids but I was completely hooked. My best friend bought me the first season DVD and I watched it so often.. I was lame lol. I really liked all the wedding shows on TLC- Say Yes to the Dress...... It gets me everytime still and I am married and have a wedding dress in the closet! I also really liked House. If I watched the first 5 minutes of that show I was sure to watch the entire episode. Also, I discovered The Real Housewives of Orange County. Holy hell what drama but I love it. During college I watched more movies than I did tv shows.. That must be a college thing I believe.. Don't worry tv... I found you back later :)


Today I am still as big of a tv junkie as I was before.. As mentioned earlier, I still love Secret Life of an American Teenager.. I still watch Teen Mom and 16 and Pregnant... I think these shows make me feel smart and like I have made good life choices.. I don't know how kids have kids at 16.. I am 24 and I don't even know if I can do it.. Kids having kids is not good for anyone but I will watch it if you put it on tv.. I am so bad.. I LOVE the New Girl.. If you have not watched this show, you must do it. Curt even likes it, which is saying A LOT because he hates all girl shows. I didn't watch Jersey Shore in college (I have no idea why not) but I made up for lost time after college. I am hopelessly addicted to this drama.. I think most young people are too so I feel like a better person when I read my friends Facebook status about Jersey Shore... I love The Big Bang Theory.. It makes me want to surround myself with nerdy men because it is such a fun show. I love Penny and Sheldon together.. Their acting collaboration is amazing. I laugh out loud every single episode and I love their catchy theme song by the Barenaked Ladies.. That just makes the show more awesome.. How I Met Your Mother is also legit.. Robin Sparkles is on Just Dance 3 so that is pretty legit if you can the song from the show on a dance game.. I'm over the Office.. It is not good anymore.. I sadly have moved to older folks shows of the news and Dateline.. I enjoy these shows and I used to despise it when my parents/grandparents watched thse shows.. These makes me feel so old lol.. I need to take out disability insurance (here is my plug) soon..


Last but not least, I love Wheel of Fortune.. I discovered this love in college with my roommate/best friend. We would always pick a player (Kristin first) and then we would give the left over person to Curt (he usually wasn't there so he didn't make getting the bad person) and then we would actively root for our person and against Curt's person. We did the same thing with Jeopardy.. It is not unsual still to get a text at 6:30pm from Kristin stating which person she gets.. It's things like picking players on Wheel of Fortune that seriously can help keep a friendship go forever...



Okay.. I hope you liked my very long but random blog post.. I love it when I see people and they tell me they read my blog. I had someone tell me that they actually laughed when they read it and I was shocked! As always, thanks for reading! Go Cards and remember to always root against Curt's Wheel of Fortune person. :)


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