Just as the title says, I'm really starting to sense a trend! I've had to majorly 'eat my words' three times since I got to Norge and I'm really not liking it! I'm so used to being right all the time (shut up Jess) and this whole being wrong thing is getting annoying! I've had two more realizations about things I assumed would be stupid/a waste of time and now I've had to openly admit that I was wrong. You know what they say about assuming right? Well if this is Jess reading, she's probably loving the fact that it did indeed make an ass out of me! :P As for you kind Reader, I hope you take the time to enjoy hearing about how, yet again, I was wrong.
First of all, I've been avoiding the show 'Desperate Housewives' since it debuted in 2004. Yes I was only 13 at the time so perhaps that shows why I was so uninterested in the program but still! I held strong and evaded it for seven more years! Now as it comes to a close with its eighth season finishing up in the spring of 2012, I sit avidly watching, already on season 3 (I'll be caught up before it ends, just you watch). So how did this occur you may be wondering? Well first of all you may also be wondering why I was avoiding it so adamantly. I honestly don't have a good answer for that since I love shows with gossip, big twists, cliff hangers and amazing characters/actors. 'Desperate Housewives' has it all! If I could go back in time and tell my 13 old self to give it a try, I definitely would! Each episode is better than the last and they leave you wanting more each time! Yes some of the drama is a bit soap opera-esque (comas, car accidents, affairs GALORE) but I really do feel like it adds something. As for how I started watching this amazingly addictive show, I have to thank my dear friend Lisa! She knew how much I love 'Sex & The City' and 'One Tree Hill' so she knew how much I'd love 'Desperate Housewives' and man was she right! Thanks Lisa, I owe you a show when I get home!
Ah yoga. I tried SO HARD to not like you. I really did. Even while my friends insisted that it was fun and that LuLu Lemon was worth every penny, I resisted. While the different forms of yoga have been trending with all the age classes lately, I have put up a front. (Geez I sound like such a hipster. Even as I type this I'm thinking to myself, "Yoga and Desperate Housewives are SO mainstream." What has become of me?! Next I'll be listening to bands no one's heard of and turning vegan! NO. I will not allow it! But I digress...) Yes I have finally tried yoga and I admit it. Everyone was right. It's very fun and it's a great workout! Thank goodness for all the YouTube videos and all the different workouts that are available! Now all I need is a mat!
Well Reader, did you enjoy that little admission of falseness? I know you did because if it were me reading this in your place I would be basking in it! But that's just me! I certainly hope there won't be many more of these realizations any time soon! There's only so much wrongness I can stand! But hey, I did get a great new show and form of exercise out of it! That's looking on the bright side! Hooray for me! As always Reader, thanks for reading and thanks for thinking of me! I'm thinking of you all and missing you greatly! Remember to keep track of me and my voyages in Norge on my other blog! :) <3
Tuesday, 31 January 2012
Saturday, 14 January 2012
Eating My Words: Curse You HIMYM
For a few years now, people have been telling me to watch the much loved sitcom 'How I Met Your Mother'. It was just one of those shows that was always on TV to me and it wasn't high on my priority list. In fact, the premise of the show infuriated me! The main character is telling his kids the story of how he met their mother, to me this shouldn't take seven seasons (and it's still going). But friends and family still insisted that I give it a try. (Even my Dad and Karina caught up to the current season.) So after watching all seven seasons of 'It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia' (great show and it's still going for a couple more seasons), I put aside my feelings of disinterest and started watching. I have now caught up to the current season (season seven) and despite better judgment I am admitting defeat. The show has reeled me in. (This entry may have spoilers... Just an fyi!)
I immediately disliked the main character Ted. He's just SO annoying and dorky and the worst part is that he actually thinks he's cool. It seems to me that main characters of shows lately have become more and more annoying while the other characters rise up to the occasion and rock it. Needless to say I only kept watching HIMYM because of Neil Patrick Harris and Jason Segal. Those two are legen, wait for it, dary! Without them the show would have failed. Ted is too annoying to keep an audience's attention. Not to mention in a lot of episodes they want you to feel sorry for him but in reality you just want to laugh because he's such a dork.
As I mentioned, I have problems with the premise of the show. Ted is telling his children the story of how he met their mother. Ok, cool concept but there are a few problems. One, he tells his kids EVERYTHING. If my dad sat down and told me the tale of his conquests before my mom and what he did in his college days, I'd probably get up and leave before it even began. No teenager wants to hear their parents talk about their sex lives! That's just plain creepy. Second problem, he tells them stuff that has NOTHING to do with how he met their mother. Obviously this is just so the corporate fat cats can make more money off an already popular show by making more episodes but come on. It's not that the episodes aren't funny, it's just that I want to KNOW already! The third problem I am going to dub "the 'Lost' problem". You see dear Reader, 'Lost' (everyone's favorite/least favorite island drama series) held their viewers until the very end not because the show remained amazing until the very end and had us on the edge of our seats. No no, it kept us there because we were so desperate to know what happens at the end. HIMYM is exactly the same. I have now watched the seven seasons and I plan to continue on watching but really, I don't have a choice now! I've dedicated SO much time in finding out of Ted meets his wife and the future mother of his kids that I now NEED to keep watching. Nice move corporate fat cats, nice move.
So for those of you who are at the moment laughing at me and my conforming to the ways of HIMYM, congratulations. You were indeed right. This show really is funny and really does hook in an audience. I will no longer judge those of you who enjoy this show on a weekly basis because guess what? I'll be joining you. I am going to 'stick to my guns' about the whole "Lost problem" but hey, if it works, it works. As long as NPH and Mr. Segal are cast members and they EVENTUALLY tell us the answer, I will be watching until the end!
I immediately disliked the main character Ted. He's just SO annoying and dorky and the worst part is that he actually thinks he's cool. It seems to me that main characters of shows lately have become more and more annoying while the other characters rise up to the occasion and rock it. Needless to say I only kept watching HIMYM because of Neil Patrick Harris and Jason Segal. Those two are legen, wait for it, dary! Without them the show would have failed. Ted is too annoying to keep an audience's attention. Not to mention in a lot of episodes they want you to feel sorry for him but in reality you just want to laugh because he's such a dork.
As I mentioned, I have problems with the premise of the show. Ted is telling his children the story of how he met their mother. Ok, cool concept but there are a few problems. One, he tells his kids EVERYTHING. If my dad sat down and told me the tale of his conquests before my mom and what he did in his college days, I'd probably get up and leave before it even began. No teenager wants to hear their parents talk about their sex lives! That's just plain creepy. Second problem, he tells them stuff that has NOTHING to do with how he met their mother. Obviously this is just so the corporate fat cats can make more money off an already popular show by making more episodes but come on. It's not that the episodes aren't funny, it's just that I want to KNOW already! The third problem I am going to dub "the 'Lost' problem". You see dear Reader, 'Lost' (everyone's favorite/least favorite island drama series) held their viewers until the very end not because the show remained amazing until the very end and had us on the edge of our seats. No no, it kept us there because we were so desperate to know what happens at the end. HIMYM is exactly the same. I have now watched the seven seasons and I plan to continue on watching but really, I don't have a choice now! I've dedicated SO much time in finding out of Ted meets his wife and the future mother of his kids that I now NEED to keep watching. Nice move corporate fat cats, nice move.
So for those of you who are at the moment laughing at me and my conforming to the ways of HIMYM, congratulations. You were indeed right. This show really is funny and really does hook in an audience. I will no longer judge those of you who enjoy this show on a weekly basis because guess what? I'll be joining you. I am going to 'stick to my guns' about the whole "Lost problem" but hey, if it works, it works. As long as NPH and Mr. Segal are cast members and they EVENTUALLY tell us the answer, I will be watching until the end!
Tuesday, 10 January 2012
New Year's Resolutions
So first of all let me have it Reader! You've probably assumed by now that I've given up blogging. On the contrary, I have not given up blogging. In fact I've even created a new blog documenting my current voyage overseas. If you wish to read that particular blog, you can view it on my profile (The rants of a semi-crazed student... i Norge). As for this blog, yes it is still running and I still plan on ranting and raving. Today's entry is one that I'm surprised I haven't previously discussed. It has to do with New Year's Resolutions. I understand that these are a staple in our society but to me they seem almost pointless. I'll explain my reasons, give me a second!
Every year I get asked what my New Year's Resolutions are and ever year I usually come up with something along the lines of 'eat healthier', 'increase my GPA', 'spend more time with friends', etc. but I feel like these are only words. I have never really gotten into the whole New Year's Resolutions thing. It's not because I don't want to eat healthier, increase my GPA and or spend more time with friends! No no dear Reader! I would love to do all those things (actually I have started eating quite a bit healthier, as for the friends and GPA perhaps that should wait until I get back home)! It's just that, to me, it shouldn't be something we randomly decided just because it's the 1st of January. If you truly want to start eating healthier, why wait? Why not start today? (Today being a bad example since it's the 11th of January and most people have probably already started their New Year's Resolutions.)
Now most of you know me quite well and are probably about to ask yourselves if I'm judging you and your current resolutions. Of course not! By all means, please have resolutions and go through with them (unless it's a resolutions to become a serial killer in which case I'd have to advise against it)! I am not saying that people shouldn't have goals! Goals are what drive us to become better people! I have many goals! I just don't feel the need to state them to the world on January 1st all the while singing 'Old Long Syne' (you know the one... Should old acquaintance be forgot nah nah nah...). Although that really is a catchy song. But I digress! My favorite New Year's Resolution has to be the 'I'm going to the gym every single day'! It's always super crowded at the gym through January but slowly people start to lose interest and come February all the good machines are once again open! Hooray, finally access to the ellipticals!
Anywho Reader, I hope this quick little rant hasn't discouraged you if you have your own resolutions! Please don't think that I'm not supporting them or something like that! Again, I think it's great for everyone to have goals. I'm just saying that it shouldn't have to be New Year's Eve to decide upon these goals, why not do it on October 17th? Not as catchy I suppose...
Every year I get asked what my New Year's Resolutions are and ever year I usually come up with something along the lines of 'eat healthier', 'increase my GPA', 'spend more time with friends', etc. but I feel like these are only words. I have never really gotten into the whole New Year's Resolutions thing. It's not because I don't want to eat healthier, increase my GPA and or spend more time with friends! No no dear Reader! I would love to do all those things (actually I have started eating quite a bit healthier, as for the friends and GPA perhaps that should wait until I get back home)! It's just that, to me, it shouldn't be something we randomly decided just because it's the 1st of January. If you truly want to start eating healthier, why wait? Why not start today? (Today being a bad example since it's the 11th of January and most people have probably already started their New Year's Resolutions.)
Now most of you know me quite well and are probably about to ask yourselves if I'm judging you and your current resolutions. Of course not! By all means, please have resolutions and go through with them (unless it's a resolutions to become a serial killer in which case I'd have to advise against it)! I am not saying that people shouldn't have goals! Goals are what drive us to become better people! I have many goals! I just don't feel the need to state them to the world on January 1st all the while singing 'Old Long Syne' (you know the one... Should old acquaintance be forgot nah nah nah...). Although that really is a catchy song. But I digress! My favorite New Year's Resolution has to be the 'I'm going to the gym every single day'! It's always super crowded at the gym through January but slowly people start to lose interest and come February all the good machines are once again open! Hooray, finally access to the ellipticals!
Anywho Reader, I hope this quick little rant hasn't discouraged you if you have your own resolutions! Please don't think that I'm not supporting them or something like that! Again, I think it's great for everyone to have goals. I'm just saying that it shouldn't have to be New Year's Eve to decide upon these goals, why not do it on October 17th? Not as catchy I suppose...
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