19 posts tagged “antm”

Hulu, cable, DVR, TiVo... How do you watch your favorite television shows?

We have a DVR now, free for 6 months through Verizon, and I find that it works well for letting me watch all my favorite shows. My favorites tend to be: Law & Order, The Colbert Report & The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Jon & Kate Plus 8 and last but not least... I'm still watching ANTM even though I said I likely wouldn't this year.

Which new television show are you excited to watch this fall? Which ones do you plan on skipping?
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I'm excited for Heroes - and I was excited for America's Next Top Model - but not anymore. They're quickly weeding out the riff-raff and tonight is the makeover night so it may all turn around. The drama is too much sometimes, I just want to tune it out.

Tonight is the season premiere of America's Next Top Model. My sister doesn't seem very interested in it this cycle, and I don't really blame her. The last few cycles have progressively gotten worse in regards to leaving what the show was originally about and becoming sponsor whores. It used to be a show meant to teach about modeling (all the ups and downs and truths - remember first cycle when four girls shared a two bed one room Paris apartment? That would never happen now) - now it's just seems to be about what they can pose with and what kind of spats they can start in the house. Plus, the whole let's-all-scream-whenever-someone-comes-into-the-room-or-we're-given-a-task thing is getting really irritating.

With all that said, I'll still likely watch the 2 hour premiere tonight - simply because there isn't a lot of other things on TV and I'm pretty much bed ridden when I get home.

What T.V. series are you looking forward to starting back up in the fall?

I'm looking forward to Heroes, though I'm not sure if I can watch it while it's still showing - if that makes any sense. I just cant stand the number of commercials and we don't have TiVo so I think we might just wait until it comes out on DVD. Or perhaps we'll just join the 21st century and get a DVR of some sort...

The other one I'm looking forward to is America's Next Top Model - one of my only reality TV vices. My sister & I watch this every cycle (they have two a year) and I doubt we'll stop now.

If you had to participate in any reality show, which one would it be?

Considering it's one of the only ones I watch - either America's Next Top Model or Super Nanny. It would be cool to be a model (not for life, but for six weeks) but it would be even better to be a Nanny :) I don't like misbehaved children but I like to see them reformed.

I'm sad to realize that I haven't answered the QotD or participated in one VoxHunt for ages. They just don't interest me anymore which is really the sad part. That used to be my favorite part! I find that I'm getting lazier and lazier with my blogging. I don't blog as much, they're boring and scatter-brained and I haven't even begun to post about Scotland. I find I go through these phases - I just hope I get out of this one quick.

The season finale of America's Next Top Model was good! I was so happy with it - the last few cycles I haven't been agreeing with the winner much so it was a nice change. I really like Anya (even though I liked Whitney more) and I wonder a bit if they chose Whitney because she was plus sized - just like I think they chose Jasline because she was Hispanic. Either way I'm happy :)

Next Wednesday I'm going to go get my hair done. I have no idea what I'm going to do and this morning I thought I had an idea, but then I asked around and now I'm not sure. I have healthy, fine, naturally blonde hair. I'm sick of it always being flat & limp as a noodle so I thought I'd do what I've never done before - get a perm. I wasn't thinking sausage curls or anything - more of a wave. One top of my flat hair though I'm also sick of the color - which I've mentioned in a previous post - so I'm thinking of dying it. I've heard that doing both is not a good idea though - and either way I'd have to wait at least two weeks after perming it before dyeing it. So do I perm it or dye it? If I dye it I don't want to go to a salon because I've had great results with having Jane do it in the past and that would ensure consistency when I want to touch-up the color. If I perm it then I don't get the discount that's offered by the salon I'm going to which is free cut with color. In essence: I have no idea what I'm doing but I have to decide by Tuesday.

Well, I didn't take a nap last night before my sister came over - mainly because I was working on getting the pictures from the Scotland trip off of my laptop and onto Flickr. You can see them now - however I warn that I haven't "edited" them so there are a lot of apparent repeats due to exposure tests.

America's Next Top Model was good! I was so glad that Whitney - the plus size model in the competition - has not only survived again, but she also wasn't in the bottom two as I suspected she would be. With the remaining three chosen - and one of them being a plus size model - I really wonder what kind of runway show they're going to do. It may not even matter of course, if Whitney is cut before, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed. If anything, I just hope that this gives the next plus size contestant more confidence that you can make it far in the competition if you just keep trying. Whitney said it best in her interview reel - the last plus size contestants all gave up eventually and it had very little to do with their ability to be a model. I'll be happy if Anya wins though, because I'm not a big fan of Fatima. Its surprising that I say that now because when I first began watching I hated Anya because of her accent - I fear that's going to hold her back when they do their Cover Girl commercials next week.

Tonight I've made no plans and I'm just going to relax! I'm going to go home, get some stuff together for my lunch tomorrow because I'm determined to try and bring a Bento box, take a quick bath as I'm hairy like a beast, and then hit the hay early...

I'm sad to see the newest cut go on ANTM, as she was one of my favorites.

I've realized I really don't like Fatima. One second she's sweet and genuine, then the next she's rude and condescending. Its frustrating because I like that she's realizing it's a competition and she's not perfect (unlike Dominique - who I would be ecstatic to see go) but I hate that she has to criticize everyone all the time. Its as though she doesn't realize her lack of social-politeness filter is a bad thing and then she's shocked when the other girls retaliate with anger. What? You don't like me saying your butt is bigger? Why? What's wrong with that?

I was also disappointed to see Jaslene - every time I see her I groan. Why do they keep bringing her back? Perhaps if they drugged her so her inherent drag queen look melted from her eyebrows and she didn't talk, I could see why she'd be a winner of ANTM. But with a working voice box and without the drugs, I'm still baffled. I'm not the biggest supporter of Lauren but when Jaslene was critiquing her runway performance by starting with, "Do you even want to be here?" - I was furious. Lauren's walk is terrible - I'll be the first to say - but it's obvious she simply needs to work on it and build some confidence, not be told she looks like she needs and wants to go home. If I never see Jaslene again it'll be too soon.

Question to everyone: When did screaming become a normal response? They see their apartment and scream, they see a new host and scream, they see gifts and scream. This isn't a concert! STOP YOUR !#$% screaming!!!

7 QotDs and I don't want to answer any of them, what does that say about me? What does that say about the QotDs? I wonder why sometimes they change every day - other times it's only about once a week?

I'm considering just asking for payment on the dolls I have offers on, even though I was going to wait until this Friday. I think the prices are fair and I haven't been getting much more response since I placed the current offer dollar amount on the thread. I have however stopped getting low offers that are just laughable - which is good. Besides, I think it might take awhile for people to have their money to me and I'd like to ship on Saturday so this might be for the best.

Our cable has been acting up a lot. It all started when last Tuesday our cable (TV & internet - and ergo phone because we use Vonage) went out. That afternoon we saw someone walking around looking at the cable lines. We called up Time Warner and they sent someone out the next day and confirmed there was some kind of issue with our lines in regards to our new upstairs neighbor. Apparently, Verizon is in the happen of cutting previous cable lines when they provide service - classy - and they cut our line thinking it was our new neighbors. Ever since then we've been missing channels (we have no premium channels, but basic ones like TBS, TNT & Cartoon Network (NNNNOOOOO!!!!!) have been unavailable) and the cable keeps cutting in and out. I'm frustrated because tonight is ANTM and that means my sister and I are getting together and she doesn't have cable right now so if we can't watch it at my apartment we're out of luck :( I've called Time Warner and they're completely booked for today and so they can't even come out - even if I could take the time off. Which sucks. I'm just going to hope that, for tonight, it's just simply coming and going instead of just being gone.

In other news, I'm laboriously getting through The Other Boleyn Girl. Having taken a break has helped, however I'm still only on page 294 of 661. I've brought it to work today because I'm just trying to read it (I can't stand not finishing a book) and I don't need to get lost in it. My sister is probably going to be done with The Time Traveler's Wife tonight which means we're going to start reading The Thirteenth Tale together. After that I'm going to move onto Rebel Angels - but until all of that I'm working on The Other Boleyn Girl. I have high hopes for this month because if I'm able to finish The Other Boleyn Girl, The Thirteenth Tale, Rebel Angels and then also the 3rd book in the Gemma Doyle series I'll have read six books this month and that'll put me two closer to filling the gap I made in February. Wish me luck!

Be honest: How many hour of television do you watch each week?

Honestly? Not that much. I watch - in snippets as I get dressed - about a half hour of the news in the morning. At night I'll watch maybe an hour, two - if it's a slow night. We make a point of watching Terminator: The Sarah Conner Chronicles on Mondays right now and as of February 20th my sister and I will be watching America's Next Top Model again. But other than that? Not much.

That may all change though, what with the Writer's Strike coming to a close. Then Heroes, The Big Bang Theory, Family Guy, and American Dad will be back. Also, as W. B. Mook and I were discussing, Battlestar Galactica is returning in March, w00t!!!