laughter is good for the soul

I love to pass on shows and movies that I find hilarious. And I want you all to feel free to send me in the funny, slapstick comedy direction too.

I put a high, high premium on television that can
actually make you laugh SO hard that you cry...

Have you all tuned into Summer Heights High? It's on HBO...that's pretty much all I know at this point. Could be made in Australia? Hmm...not pos on that one.

Funny, funny, funny.


Was writing Christmas cards while watching but now and stuck on this show!!!

Anyhow, I am trying to finish up the Christmas Gift List before the weekend! Yipppee!!! Always have more people on the list than I thought when I first set out to shop...but I am doing fine as we round the corner into the h o m e s t r e t c h---- 7 shopping days left. Oh yeah.

Command decision: I am going to make the Gingerbread House with my brother's kiddies when we go to Ft Bragg. I haven't told them yet but I KNOW it'll be more fun with the kids!! And I will get pics then---

Let the good times roll!

xoxo, Lulu

i love technology, volume 279

OK--do all my blogging friends have TiVo or a DVR? Absolutely essential. I mean, there is no way that you can see all the amazing things that are happening on tv without it. Again..the threshold of what I can't live without has been raised. Just like my blackberry, OnStar, my iPod ADT and the list goes on....

Anywho, I was at a sales/marketing training this past week and the very, very famous man speaking to us said a lot of powerful things in the 8+ hours I was there...but one particular thing stood out and I'll paraphrase that "self-made millionaires all worked very hard when they were new....and poor people watch TV all the time".

Such a good point. The competition isn't sitting around watching a lot of TV. Hmmmm...

So I sat their and smugly thought that I had the TV situation on lock down...all my shows are recorded..(sometimes two at a time!) and then I can watch them after hours..between 9p and midnight. And truly...there are only a few to record. Gossip Girl, Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, Dr 90210, Lipstick Jungle, Law and Order:SVU, Dirty Sexy Money, The Office and Entourage of course..

Oh snap.

That is more than I thought. And I am dangerously close to the edge of being a "TV person". (umm, over the edge already?)

And they are all like completely silly shows too. Hmmm...I think that relaxing and putting the brain in neutral is a good thing for stress relief every so often, but perhaps this is too much?

Is 'TV person' only a bunny hop away from 'couch potato'...

Oh lordy...too heavy to contemplate this late at night. I will take a stab at the DVR list in the morning...

Night night sweet people!

xo,
Lulu

country music!!!!

The CMAs are on and I'm loving every minute!!!!

Carrie Underwood is hosting with Brad Paisley anddddd......she is looking so pretty!

The CMAs always makes for a GREAT concert--way better than any other award show in my opinion. Love these people!!!

xo,
Lulu

Who are you? And what have you done with little Jenny Humphrey?

Remember this??? Remember these days!? When LJH (I love a good name abrevation) was just vying for one of the coveted spots on The Steps? Frolicking around sweating Serena, and annoying Blair? Those were the days. 

Move over Jenny 1.0...

So she has always had a little bit of that teenage angst thing going on, but little Jenny really took a turn for the NO GOOD tonight. She was angry, bitchy, and all eyelinery with her bad self. Just when Rufus thought he had his little one back on track...she had to go find her inner beanie wearer, and flip the script.  [And honestly, I wanted to scream at Jenny's absolute refusal to acknowledge her eye makeup to lip gloss ratio was like 30:1. IT WAS KILLING ME. Gloss those bad boys up PUHHLEEAZZZEEE]

 Oh. Hey. Jenny 2.0.

Other thoughts:

-Nate. You need to stop before you even start. DON'T GO THERE. Dealing with Jenny will only capitalize on your already insaneo life.

-Serena. I reallllllly appreciate your motorcycle jacket over hot dress thing. Nice moves. Too bad artist/camper guy has that awkward 10th grader mustache, huh?

-Blair and Chuck. Way to be soooo Blair and Chuck this episode. You two keep me young. I liked Chuck getting all deep and existential at the end there. You both are super hot and I love everything you represent: inhumane acts toward each other, all in the name of keeping yourselves occupied. And no seriously, why is Chuck so appealing? I think its his creepy whisper voice...

-Dan. You are starting to get on my nerves. Stop acting shocked at your involvement in all these Upper East Siders lives. You are part of it now. Oh, and way to ALMOST ruin Blair and Chuck. Oh you and your littleness.
-Vanessa. I honestly think the GG writers are trying to make you the most annoying character in the history of all that is man. I'm BEGGING you to BEG them to write you some better, less whiny material. I do like the whole Urban Outfitters thing you do though. 

Obviously tonight's episode inspired the snark in me. I just feel like GG needs to LOCK IT UP!! These were my initial thoughts...what were yours?

hoping-you-still-like-me-even-though-I-just-laid-the-smackdown-on-GG,

Charlie

Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders

If you take ANY advice from us here at TOTS headquarters it should be the following:  We IMPLORE you to watch Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders on CMT. This show is awesome. Amazing. 30 minutes (who does 30 min shows anymore?!) to completely indulge and appreciate all that is professional cheerleading.

Does it make me feel like with enough yoga maybe I could even do their famous kick split thing? Yes. (SIKE! They are just really legit at marketing "the dream.") Does DCC make me want to die because I have an inability to work out with my hair down, unlike these gorgeous beings? UGH, yes. Does the show make me want RUN not walk, to the nearest tanning and nail salons? HECK YES. Inquire on the possibility of making the gym my personal residence? Totally. Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders make me want to me a better woman.

Jordan C. (second in from the right) and I are BFF, she just doesn't know it yet.

Oh you know, just bustin' some moves...

The judges, Judy and Kelli. Their faces here are a perfect representation of their personalities. Judy says bitchy stuff with a sweet face, and Kelli says bitchy stuff....with a bitchy face. Kelli:"With your nails, and your hair....and your style of dance...if I didn't know any better I'd think you were....a stripper." Judy: "Mmmhmm. A stripper, yes." AHHHH I LOVE IT.

        [all photos courtesy of CMT.com]

Saturday nights 9:30 pm. I've just given you the greatest bit of knowledge you'll ever receive, trust. 

xo, 

Charlie

Another reason I love Sunday

One of the best things about Sundays
Part 1 of a continuing series:



entourage.

I realllly look forward to this crazy show.

When my husband was in Afghanistan last year, I mailed him many, many, many DVDs to watch in almost every package I sent him. Always looking for classic movies, Mel Brooks movies or Bourne Identity type of genre---and my resources occasionally ran dry. Whose wouldn't? He was gone over a year!! Anywho-so, I was mailing him more and more random network shows, old movies, NFL highlights--it was a real mixed bag. BUT--I also randomly sent him the first two seasons of entourage and he was hooked. He came home with those DVDs and got me and Charlie hooked too. It's crude at times (hello, HBO) but it's still a cool show. Having no OTHER insight into what Hollywood might be like--I take this show as almost documentary style.

Plus it's just 26 minutes from start to finish. Perfect ending to the weekend!!

xoxo,
Lulu