In pop culture right now!
Hating Glee: I just can’t figure this show out. Why do people love it? Are these kids really singing? Is it necessary to have every stereotypical high school kid in this glee club? I come from the age of 90210 where it was a core group of kids, all of them almost the same, with the occasional stereotype making an appearance and then vanishing. Glee would be better if the geeks were the hardcore glee club members and the cool kids and cheerleaders tried to join and got booted! Now that is a show I would watch.
The Walking Dead on AMC: This show premiered with 3 million more viewers than the Mad Men season finale and has increased its audience through this short first season (which ends next week). Rumors are starting of an October 2011 Season 2 premiere…Plus, the main character in the show is British, but plays a Sheriff from the South, and that amazes me how he can just lose his accent. Like the guy who plays Jason in True Blood…he is Australian! Crazy stuff… plus zombies are cool.
Mad Men on AMC: I was totally late in the game on Mad Men, but this show is PHENOMENAL. The cast, the clothes, the stories! Season 1 through 3 are out on DVD and I highly suggest you watch all of them. Now. Immediately. You have until late March to get through the first 3 seasons, because March looks to be the date of the Season 4 release date. Amazon is already taking pre-orders. If you can’t wait for March 2011, may I suggest watching Jon Hamm on SNL, 30 Rock, The Town and the thousand of google images if you search his name (not that I have ever done that. mhmm. I swear. Kind of.)
Etsy,com: Need a gift? Need a gift that is different than the stuff at the mall? Need a gift that is handmade? Need a gift that is inexpensive? Need custom invitations? Need one of a kind artwork? Check out etsy.com. Their searches provide an overwhelming amount of results (which I realized when searching the words boy birthday invitation), but you can narrow them down to find exactly what you need. You can even shop locally. It is a nice change of pace and a sweet way to support crafty people without hearing the words scrapbook or gift wrapping room.
Woot.com: I am obsessed with this site. One Day, One Deal. $5 shipping. Sometimes there is a Woot Off! which is an ongoing amount of deals that could last 1 hour or 3 days, and always ends with the bag of crap. Who would want a bag of crap? YOU WOULD. It is by far the hardest item to get on this site. Servers crash! Webpages freeze! Wooters scream in frustration! But the bag of crap (BOC) is the ultimate prize. The last one to arrive at our office in October (our mailroom guy, Josue, manages to get them more often than not) consisted of an iphone case, about ten 2010 desk calendars (boo), 3 lawn sprinklers, video cables of some kind, a PGA backpack and hat. Luckily, this time they left out the High School Musical alarm clocks.
NPH/Barney Stinson: Who knew that the actor of a show that I watched in 1989 about a teenage genius doctor, would become one of my favorite characters now! Not me! For all I knew, Neal Patrick Harris vanished just like Tiger Beat Magazine did… but Tiger Beat is still around (shocking, I know) and so is NPH and he is better than ever! If you have not watched How I Met Your Mother on CBS, you should. You will be out looking for your own silk pajama suit in no time.
Things that need no explanation: 30 Rock. Big Bang Theory. Steig Larsson’s Millennium Trilogy. HIMYM. Modern Family. Cougar Town (totally underrated). Chelsea Handler. NY Giants. Muse. Girl Talk. Conan on TBS.
I am sure I have left out many things, but there will be more to add come 2011!!
