Happy Monday everyone! Here are some videos to help you procrastinate your day :)
I really only liked the Digital Shorts SNL did with the Lonely Island, but they have been trying to get their groove back without them and I appreciate these.
Dongs All Over the World
Do It In My Twin Bed
I really love how music videos are using some of my favorite movies as inspiration.
King of the Nerds is finally back on the air! (Thursdays, TBS, 10/9c) I am pretty excited, as I loved last season. Of course, nobody will ever beat the original cast, but I already have a few that I like. I went through their profiles before the show started, and the only one I didn't really click with was Kelsey.
Her constant using of Japanese reminded me of that SNL bit with Taran Killam and Vanessa Bayers, but not in the fun way.
So I wasn't completely heartbroken when she was eliminated last week.
Josh was last night's eliminated contestant. I have mixed feelings about it. Its always sad to see the nerds who are there with nerdy interests over the nerdy education go. This season's competition is heavily dominated by "nerdy" academic paths. Its a little off putting honestly. Last season was a good mix of nerd interests and academic pursuits. Overall, I'm enjoying the season so far. I actually wanted to audition for this season, but then I got scared and changed my mind. And it looks like its a good thing I did. I don't have the education for this season, that's for sure. Here are my favorites for the season, and I think one of them has a good chance of winning.
He has a mind for problem solving and numbers, and hes friendly.
But I think that makes him a huge target too.
I dig the purple hair. She also has the attractiveness thing working for her.
Shes no Celeste though (who was just along for the ride).
She has skills that make her a worthy opponent.
Very Genevieve (who should've won last season).
I think shes a strong competitor and we'll see that not only is she smart,
but she knows how to play the game.
The Gaymer. Hes very fun and has a personality that I think a lot of people are going to like.
I think he'll be able to skate through for a while based on that alone, and that's not a bad thing!
So who do you think will win this season of King of the Nerds? What do you think of the show in general? Lots of fun or a slap in the face to nerd culture?
I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas! I have been a little absent from the blog. The holiday season got to be a little overwhelming- and it isn't even over yet! In addition to New Year's, I have four birthdays to celebrate over the next few days. Today is my father-in-law and my youngest niece's, New Year's Eve is my mother-in-law's, and New Year's Day is my oldest niece's. Crazy busy time. Down below are just some snippets of my past few weeks. I'm sorry I haven't been around much, but that will be changing soon- promise! New year, new blog resolutions :)
First up, on December 6th, I became an Auntie one more time to a very handsome boy. I would love to share a million pictures of him, but I don't know how my sister would feel about that :) So now between my sisters and I, there are four girls and three boys. My parents like to joke that we can now start a softball team with the grandchildren. My sister (the one who just gave birth) also celebrated her birthday on December 11th.
Since I was late to the Advent calendar party, I did a twelve days of Christmas countdown with my kids. Above are some of the presents they received. They didn't really get that they were Advent presents, so they called them bonus presents instead. It really worked with distracting them from their actual presents.
So I won't lie, I didn't put up my Christmas tree until about six days before Christmas. I hadn't planned on that, but I had a procedure done on one of my toes that limited my mobility for a while, so that hampered my tree set-up. I felt bad for my children, but we had our mini pink Christmas tree up in our bathroom since the beginning of the month, and I put up new Christmas lights in there, so at least they had some festive details. I also added a garland to our fireplace mantle, along with the Elf of the Shelf Pop! Funko and I wrapped some sparkly garland on our mailbox outside. So it wasn't completely Grinchy here, but next year will be better.
Christmas Eve morning we took the kids to see Frozen (finally).I liked it, although it was pretty sad. And *tiny spoiler ahead if you haven't seen it* I really hate that Disney always kills the parents off in their movies. But visually it was stunning, and Olaf was my favorite.
Also on Christmas Eve, we made reindeer food to sprinkle on the lawn. Its just Grape Nuts, glitter and star confetti- but my kids enjoyed making it, and really had a blast tossing it all over the yard. I let them put it out during the day since I knew we weren't going to be home later that night. It was so sunny on Christmas Eve, so the glitter really sparkled on our lawn.
Christmas was great. A very long day, but it was good. My husband and I bought our children the Wii U Zelda edition (which was really hard to find), and that was easily their favorite present. I'm excited to try out Wii U Fit, if I can ever pry the controllers from their hands lol. I received an Asus tablet from my husband, which I love. And pretty much everyone else got me gift cards, which is okay by me! I bought my husband some new shoes for him to play Airsoft in and some 49ers PJ pants. I was pleased with myself because I didn't have to use any of his money to buy it (I'm a stay at home mom with no income of my own). I always hate buying him presents with his own money, it just feels wrong. But I sold some stuff earlier in the year and made enough to buy some gifts. He did buy himself one gift that I gave him though- it was Killzone for the PS4. We bought it in a bundle from Target- it was buy any two games, get one free. And we had bought two games for our kids' Christmas presents in the same bundle. But he was the one that told me to wrap it up and give it to him lol, so I did.
Here is Pentatonix singing my favorite Christmas song Carol of the Bells. I didn't know who they were until I started watching The Sing Off this season.
Merry Christmas everyone! I hope you all have a great and wonderful day! Here are some video snips of some of my favorite Christmas things.
Didn't I tell you you'd be seeing this again this month?
Troy and Abed's Christmas rap.
Dick in a Box!!
Schweddy Balls!
This is a little long, but A Charlie Brown Christmas is one of my most favorites. It goes from when Linus explains the meaning of Christmas, all the way to the end. I tried to find a clip of my favorite line "Hark! Then Harold Angel starts to sing," but was unsuccessful.
Other favorites include:
*How the Grinch Stole Christmas (the cartoon original, not the Jim Carey one)
*Homelessville (Justin Timberlake and Will Forte SNL sketch)
*the commerical for Norelco with Santa riding an electric razor
*the original Coca-Cola bear commerical (they started as a Christmas only thing)
*Carol of the Bells- favorite Christmas song ever! I once had a playlist dedicated to different versions of this song....but then my computer crashed and they all got lost...
And one not so favorite:
I'm sorry Kmart, but I thought this was kinda gross. Guys shaking their balls around like bells? Not cool. Would you have ladies shaking their boobs around like that? Probably not.
I have a real love/hate relationship with Saturday Night Live. Some years its hilarious; others I sit there thinking "why is this show still on the air?" This season is a rebuilding season, and it seems like instead of trying to make it great, they are using it as an excuse to suck. Thats not fair to the cast, and its not fair to us viewers. However, there have been a few gems so far in this rocky season, and that is what today's Monday Mix Up is dedicated to.
1. Boy Dance Party.
Shake your sack!
2. We Can Stop.
I like Miley's hair like this.
3. What Does My Girl Say?
Kerry Washington was a real treat as a host I thought. I love her on Scandal too :)
