Ellen DeGeneres quit American Idol

I just read today that Ellen DeGeneres quit American Idol, after having just been brought on as a judge last year. A lot of people may see this as a negative thing, but I much prefer Ellen not on that show. To me, when she signed onto it last year, I thought she sold out in a way. I'm so glad she's been successful with her talk show, especially after everything she's been through, but I never wanted to see her be made over and branded, and forced to censor herself. I felt that's what American Idol did to her, and why she herself said to the producers that it was a bad fit. You could see it all over her face when you watched her on the show. She looked uncomfortable. I have loved Ellen for years and years. When I used to get home from high school I would turn on the lifetime channel and catch reruns of her old show "Ellen (these friends of mine)". It's still one of the funniest shows I've ever seen. She's the reason, whenever I go to Disney World down in Florida, I visit EPCOT center first to go to the Universe of Energy attraction("Ellen's Energy Adventure" starring her and Bill Nye the Science Guy). For a public speaking presentation I made senior year of high school, I used her stand up routine "The Beginning" as my example of great comedy, and why people need to laugh more. I could quote her material until I'm blue in the face. She's funny without trying hard, or having to resort to being dirty and swearing constantly. I guess what I'm trying to say is I'm one of her original fans, not just someone who hopped on the train of liking her now that her name is up there with Oprah and she's doing commercials for American Express and CoverGirl. I feel she's one of the real, genuine, caring people who just so happen to also be deemed a "celebrity." She's humble, she's kind, and she's someone I would easily be friends with if I knew her in person. Leaving American Idol was a good decision, because she's always been too good for that show. Don't get me wrong, I have watched several seasons of American Idol and I'm not saying the show is awful, but Ellen is on a different level. She's just herself, and she doesn't give a shit what people think. I have a lot of faith that even Hollywood can't ruin her.

This is from 2000. Part of her comedy routine for HBO entitled "The Beginning"


And for a prime example of how Ellen's a wonderful person.

Not all of us who drink are poets, some of us drink because we're not poets

That's actually a quote from Arthur, which some may know is my favorite movie of all time. That has nothing to do with this entry, but it came to mind as I was mindlessly playing Meerca Chase at 4:30am.

Meerca Chase is a game on Neopets. That's the point of this entry. :) I had just showered and remembered upon getting out that I gave the job I'm supposed to have an interview with soon my more professional email address, which I haven't checked in almost a week. In a freak panic, I pulled my laptop back out and checked my email, breathed a sigh of relief there weren't 3 missed emails from them, and then somehow... ended up on Neopets. Apparently I had put it in my bookmarks on my Macbook Pro which I only use once in a blue moon, right now being because I'm at my grandma's and she finally got the internet (woot!).

So I have this thing with Neopets. It's a love-hate relationship. Once a year I become really addicted to the site for about a month, then I forget all about it for the rest of the year. The cycle will then repeat the following year when (like now) I'm reminded of it and how much I love some of their stupid flash games (faerie bubbles!). A few years ago I managed to accumulate enough neopoints to put together the map that lets you zap your pets into different colors, and I went crazy on the games trying to get all these trophies.

I'll see you all in a month.

Reel Big Fish

Reel Big Fish has been one of those bands I fell in love with in college. The first time I heard them was in the car with Heather, Eric and Ed and the song was "Where Have You Been". The song fit my mood perfectly that day when it came on. Their songs seem to have a habit of doing that, like right now this song fits pretty well. This is your song, congratulations.

Degrassi

I've loved this show for... 10 years now. Since it started basically, and tonights movie special (which I watched before it actually aired on teennick.com tonight) was horribly disappointing. I'm going to assume no one who reads this has any intentions of ever watching it, but if you do this could be considered a spoiler so go away.

Now that that's been said... SPINNER AND EMMA GET FUCKING MARRIED IN THE MOVIE. WHAT THE HELL. HE WAS DATING JANE FOR THE LAST 2 SEASONS, WHAT THE FRIGGIN CRAP. This seemed like a condensed version of the movie "What Happens in Vegas". I mean, Emma and Sean dancing at a wedding in season 2 or 3 (I forget which), cute. Emma and Spinner having a a shotgun wedding and them trying to turn the wedding into a romantic moment? NOT CUTE. Don't get me wrong, I think Jane's character is much better off for not marrying Spinner (one of my least favorite characters since the beginning), but EMMA? Come on, it's like the shows directors called every person from the first few seasons to come back to film this movie and have someone marry Spinner and Miriam McDonald was the only one desperate enough to agree. Those two characters have no history, and no chemistry. The whole thing looked forced and awkward. I know Shenae Grimes moved to California to go film 90210, but God, give her a call to make a quick cameo as Darcy, because even THAT would have made better sense, he at least dated her previously. Hell, why not Paige? Good grief. Who the hell decided this was a good plot decision? I'd like to punch them in the face. I know this show likes to "go there" as they put it, and they've had a lot of out there plots, but this is legitimately the only one I've ever seen and thought "are the writers even trying anymore? or just trying to see what they can get away with?"

Anyone who knows me knows I love South Park. They had an episode a few seasons ago in which they depicted the writers of Family Guy to be nothing more than manatees pushing phrases and words on balls around in a tank to form an episodes script. Perhaps Degrassi borrowed this method from Family Guy, because I can't figure out any other way they could have come up with something this fucking retarded.

End rant. I have a wedding to attend in 8 hours. AND IT'S NOT SPINNER AND EMMA'S.