So I had all of these poignant things to say this weekend, I was feeling blog-o-riffic if you will. Instead, I wrote nothing. I did have a weekend of moderate solitude and a moderate fitness schedule. I went to a Lebanese food festival, which was really good. And crowded. However, they had a mysterious "Lebanese donut," that in all my life and years of being Lebanese and eating and frequenting Lebanese restaurants have never before seen. I think it falls into the category of "fry it up, give it an
So, food festival. . . And, lots of reading (Saul Bellow, "The Adventures of Augie March"), and outside sitting and less talkie more walkie.
And that brings us to Wednesday. Did anyone else foolishly suffer through snippets of "The Bachelor" and the Britney Spears skank-o-riffic love fest reality show? Never fear--I did. Not too much to say about "The Bachelor" that hasn't been said before, other than that I felt CBS had somehow paid Charlie "Bachelor" O'Connell to sound like the brother on "Everybody Loves Raymond" in order to entice viewers to turn off the ABCs "3 Hour Insufferabilty Festival: The Last Rose" and turn to CBS's ELR finale. Just a wild guess. I also have a sneaking suspicion that he will not be the "best boyfriend in the world" as promised.
Now, onto the BS Skan-o TV--all it made me think was 1) Not only was Andy Warhol correct with the whole 15 minutes of fame thing but 2) Never in his wildest dreams could he have dreamt up this ditzball and her antics. Honestly, it made "Newlyweds" seem like PBS. It almost veered into the painful freakshow that is Anna Nicole Smith, but instead dovetailed nicely into Skanky American with Money TV. She is just such an idiot. It was an hour of insipid drivel, interrupted only by "current" footage of her with pre-baby bosoms that nearly popped out of her "top" and her going on and on about "love" and "trust" and then making pig faces into the camera. I was excited to see that she and her hubby were cinematographers on the show. And, that her production company is called something ridiculously lame like "FairyTime Productions." What is it with the fairy obsession? I mean, what in her life is even remotely fairy-like?
You may be thinking, "Come on Shanono, what did you expect?" I guess I thought it *might* be entertaining and annoying like "Newlyweds." But then I remembered that "Newlyweds" actually had real producers and editors. Ugh.
But you know what tonight is: ANTM Finale! I'm pulling for Naima or the girl from Oklahoma. And, tomorrow is the OC Finale! That's right, I like television. I even (shhh!) watch it sometimes. Also on tap for this weekend: Kasabian (in a freak turn of events) is playing a show in Richmond for $5. Fingers crossed that they actually show up, and actually sound exciting live. Fingers crossed. And, new Todd Soldonz "Palindromes" is also showing--anyone see it yet? Thoughts?
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