Holiday Gift Guide 2010: GLEE Christmas

This album is SO GOOD!!!!

It will make you smile and will make your heart happy. It will also make you want to sing along! I think this would be a great stocking stuffer or secret santa gift.

The songs of the season you love sung by the Glee Club.

Good times, great singing.

Enjoy!

What would Emma Pillsbury Wear?

I just found the best blog EVER (or really, I have to give credit here to my good friend Ali from high school). She posted this on her facebook page and as I was skimming down my news feed my eyes stopped in their tracks at this post.

What would Emma Pillsbury wear?

http://wwepw.blogspot.com/

Here are a few of the words that came to mind when I clicked on this link (if you are a frequent reader this should come as no surprise):

Joy! Dream! Wahoooo! Sweet! Amazing! Jubilation! GLEEEEEEE!

It really and truly was fireworks like that. This blog is genius. Pure genius.

Here is a little excerpt from the blog...

"When Emma Pillsbury appeared on Glee, I sat up and took notice. Who was this cardigan-clad darling with a penchant for plastic gloves and antiseptic wipes? That jewelry! Those shoes! In an instant, I was hooked on all things Emma. Join me as I scour the internet for her (and ultimately my) dream wardrobe."

Go on... visit the website now... you know you want to!

LOST: The End.

** This post contains spoilers.**

**If you have not yet watched, don't read!**

The End.

I can't believe it. What a show.

First off, I would like to start by saying that I LOVED this show. I am proud to say that I have been watching since October 2004. DAY 1: The Crash. From the beginning I was hooked and I stayed right on board till the very end.

What did you think of the finale?

Here are my thoughts: It was fantastic. I've been thinking about it for days. I watched it again last night. The whole 2.5 hours. Brilliant. I absolutely loved how they brought everyone back together. What a special feeling I had the last 10 minutes of the show. Shivers running through my body. Tears running down my face. Yes, a lot of my questions did not get answered, but really-- what would be the fun in that? I think if they did answer all our questions we would only end up disappointed. Part of the fun of the show has been analyzing and discussing anyways, it's always been about your interpretation! Although the last image we see is the destroyed plane with absolutely NO survivors, leading us to believe that everyone died instantly from the very beginning, I like to believe differently. In my mind they really did live through everything we saw on the island, they did meet the "others", have experiences with the Dharma Innitative, traveled through time, yada yada yada... and each character in their own time did die and move into a purgatory-like place "a sideways world", where they eventually found each other and were ready to move on into heaven. Heavy stuff for sure, but fascinating nonetheless. Brilliant.

Again, I love how they brought all the old characters back. Charlie, Boone, Shannon! LOVED that moment when we heard Shannon's voice. My heart burst with joy for Syid! I was crossing my fingers we would see her again and they didn't let me down. I loved every "awakening" and the memories and scenes that came flooding back with each moment. Sun and Jin, Clare and Charlie, Saywer and Juliet. Each reunion brought tears to my eyes and happiness to my heart. And lastly, I was incredibly touched by Jack's heroism, his willingness to risk his life to finally save the island, literally and gloriously ending exactly where he began. BRILLIANT.

Did they answers all my questions? Of course not.

Was I disappointed in that? Maybe.

In the end, does it matter?

Not at all. There were holes, definitely, but whatever. It's about the journey after all and what a terrific journey it was.

Thank you, LOST for a great 6 years. I will miss you!

Ellen: So You Think You Can Dance!

Clearly, I've been watching Ellen everyday to see if I've won on the 12 Days of Giveaways OR the Ellen/Oprah 12 Day Give-O-Way. Well, I haven't been a winner yet, unfortunately, but I'm not giving up hope either. I've never won anything in my entire life but who's to say this isn't going to be the one time I do win? HUH?! Right. I thought so.

Aaaanyways, today Ellen played this awesome video of her dancing with the cast of So You Think You Can Dance. I love it! Makes me want to learn the dance and join in the fun! Here's the clip:

Ellen's on the cover of O!

Just finished reading the December issue of O magazine! This is only the second time ever that Oprah has had another person on the cover with her (the other time being Michelle Obama... LOVE her.) And, there isn't just one cover- there's 3! Ellen has been talking and talking about the O magazine on her show and so I just had to show my support and buy one. I did enjoyed reading it, might even buy it more often. I got a lot of great gift ideas and there were even some cute dresses they recommended for the holidays. Looking through the magazine just TOTALLY put in me in the Christmas spirit! ALSO I am going to participate in the 12-Day Holiday Give-O-Way. If I'm lucky, I could win all 46 gift items in the magazine. Wowzers. And if I'm really lucky I could win tickets to the Oprah Winfrey Show in Chicago and the Ellen DeGeneres Show in LA., with round trip airline tickets and a two-night hotel stay. DREAM!!!! I am absolutely doing this contest. Cross your fingers for me everyone!!

LOVE: dakota fanning

So as some of you know, I am a ginormous Ellen fan. I try and watch the show EVERYday. Well yesterday Dakota Fanning was a guest and, oh man, she is all grown up now! She's 15 and it seems like she's turning into quite a lady. I've always really liked Dakota Fanning, I mean how can you not? She's a great actress, super cute, and really down to earth (unlike some of those other child actresses out there. Lindsay Lohan? Gross.). In I Am Sam I just fell in love with her and I've been following her ever since. Her latest film is the new twilight series movie New Moon, which I am SO EXCITED to see! She plays Jane, one of the villains, and it will be interesting to watch her as one of the "bad guys", a different kind of role than she usually plays. I found an old youtube video of her on Ellen from a few years back. She is so hysterical and adorable, you can't help but love her!! She is an amazing actress and I can't wait to see what kind of film she'll do next and what roles she will play in the future.

Here's a clip from when she was 9... it's super funny!

ELLEN.

Don't you love Ellen? I do. I just recently discovered the Ellen Degeneres show because as a full-time student and a part-time nanny I don't work most days until after 11:30. SO, while I should be doing homework and reading, I instead watch Ellen. Before I became a devoted Ellen fan, I used to watch Regis and Kelly. This is only because I am a HUGE Today Show fan, on NBC- channel 7 (LOVE the whole gang), and Reg and Kelly are also on channel 7. I can't even believe I was wasting my time with that mumbo jumbo when Ellen was on channel 5! I feel so lucky to have hit the wrong channel one morning. Changed my life! The Ellen Show is an excellent way to start your morning. She makes me laugh like no one else and I just love her dancing. CLASSIC. Pair Ellen with a cup of coffee and some greek yogurt and raspberries and you're gonna have a GREAT day. Guaranteed.

Here's a clip from a couple of days ago. Love this one:

Pam and Jim get hitched!!

YAY for The Office wedding!! I was just doing a little catch-up on missed TV and watched the hour long Office episode where Jim and Pam finally tie the knot. EXCELLENT!!! Everybody loves these two and I do too. Of course they were supposed to be together from episode one. I still remember the days of flirting by the receptionist desk. Pam oblivious (in mind, not heart of course) and Jim just soaking up every second he could. And finally, it happened! They are as cute as ever together in this episode. Just love. And I cannnot even describe how hard I was laughing at both Andy's pre-wedding dance party and the Dunder-Mifflin dance-off down the aisle. I was choking I was laughing so hard. Erin?! Oscar?! STANLEY?!!!! HILARIOUS!!! This is for sure an episode I will watch again and again. One for the books. Priceless.

GLEE.

So there's a lot of hype about this new show Glee on FOX, but it's all perfectly acceptable because I have been watching it every week and it truly is all it's hyped up to be. It's HILARIOUS. The show is essentially about "The Glee Club", a singing group with a bunch of "lima losers", if you will. They basically sing and dance and are ultimately trying to win some high school competition. This show is fabulous. And the characters are laugh-out-loud, pee-in-your pants kind of funny. I love them all but my favorite, by far, is Kurt. He is the best. At our apartment we are constantly rewinding all parts involving Kurt because he is HYSterical. Did you see the single ladies episode last week? OMG. His sashay's were incredible. I DIED laughing! I also can't help but love Emma, the guidance counselor, because her outfits are SO j.crew and SO delightful. She is always wearing cardigans too and that just makes me smile. If you don't watch Glee yet, you should. It's highly entertaining and totally worth your while. You can watch all episodes for free on FOX.com, just click on the link to watch full episodes and select Glee. You'll be singing along and dancing in your apartment/house in no time. And who doesn't love to do that?!!!

I have to end this post with the Glee promo. Because it's amazing:

good for you, Ben Linus.

I just found out via the Bonnie Hunt Show that Michael Emerson (aka Benjamin Linus) won an Emmy for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama. GO LOST! This guy pretty much acts the same way in real life as he does on the show: VERY awkward. He had the same slowness to his voice and the same eye-bulging moments as Ben does when interviewing with Bonnie... there were some parts of the interview that reminded me so much of Ben that I actually shuddered with fear. But surprisingly, in the end, he won me over with his goofiness. Kudos to him for winning! Love that show!!!

my so called life.

My love for this show is so HUGE. I cannot even spread my arms out wide enough to express how much I love this show. So last year for Christmas my mom gave me the box set of the complete series (shown to the left). I love how my mom gave me this gift, because we used to watch it together when it was on TV back in the day. (I just looked up when this show aired and it was back in 1994. That was 15 YEARS AGO. I was a mere child at the age of 10. Could this be right? I think it's true!) I remember being in elementary school and not being able to watch 90210 and Married with Children like everyone else in my class, but I was allowed to watch My So Called Life because I believe my mom thought it was quality (and how right she was).

Now it is hard for me to pinpoint one exact thing that I love about this show, because I love everything about it. But one thing I think I love most is Claire Daines and her character Angela. I think she is one of the best actresses EVER. And I think this show is some of her best work EVER. I love how she narrates the beginning of each episode and the end (and sometimes here and there in the middle). Everything she says about life in high school is just SO true. When she cries, I cry. When she laughs, I laugh. When she loves Jordan Catalano, I love Jordan Catalano.

All the characters are just so classic. They're all just struggling to figure out who they really are and it's just so fascinating to watch. Whoever wrote this show was a real genius and whoever took it off the air was a real dunce. It's one of the best shows ever and I am proud to own the series so I can watch it whenever I need to get my fix. If you've never seen it, come over and I'll watch it with you. The quotes are excellent and they will never, ever get old... in my humble opinion.

Here are some of my favorite Angela Chase quotes:

"People are always saying you should be yourself, like yourself is this definite thing, like a toaster. Like you know what it is even. But every so often I'll have, like, a moment, where just being myself in my life right where I am is, like, enough."

"There are so many different ways to be connected to people. There are the people you feel this unspoken connection to, even though there's not even a word for it. There's the people who you've known forever who know you in this way that other people can't because they've seen you change. They've let you change."

"It just seems like, you agree to have a certain personality or something. For no reason. Just to make things easier for everyone. But when you think about it, I mean, how do you know it's even you?"

"If Jordan Catalano is nearby, my whole body knows it. Like one of those dogs that point. I'll keep talking and stuff, but my mind won't even know what I'm saying. I keep wondering if there's a term for this."

"It's good to get really dressed up once in a while. And admit the truth: that when you really look closely? People are so strange and so complicated that they're actually... beautiful. Possibly even me."

"Love is when you look into someone's eyes and suddenly you go all the way inside, to their soul, and you both know instantly. I always imagined I'd fall in love nursing a blind soldier who was wounded in battle. Or maybe while rescuing someone in the middle of a blizzard, seconds before the avalanche hits. I thought at least by the age of 15 I'd have a love life, but I don't even have a like life."

"Sometimes someone says something really small and it just fits into this empty place in your heart."

AND for the best scene EVER that will leave you cheering and grinning from ear to ear, check this out: