SEX AND THE CITY

Last weekend, for some reason, I decided to watch some On Demand TV. I don't know if any of you have this with your cable provider, but for me, it's a cool feature that allows you to watch a show, like Deadwood, or Sex and the City, or The Chappelle Show, if you missed it, or want to see it again.

Even though I saw it when it first aired, I turned on the first half of the last season, starting with the infamous Post-It episode. Watching the show rekindled my love for it. In fact, I think I may like it more then I did the first time. Why is that ya think? I tried to analyze why it seems to be having such a different affect on me and I think it's because of my age. I'm slowly approaching the age these girls were when we first started. Well, everyone but Samantha. It's all resonating better with me now.

The show, sometimes completely unbelievable, was just so damn good, and current, and funny. I wish I was blogging about shows when this one was on because I just love it. If you don't have On Demand or whatever your cable provider calls it, Neflix or go rent the DVDs. This show cracks me up. And really, how bad can a show be if you get to see this...

AMAZING RACE TIME!!!

Nothing gives me more pleasure then telling everyone about the upcoming Amazing Race gang. It's been a few short months since the wild and crazy Hippies won season 9, but it's already time for season 10!!! It premiers at the new and improved time, Sunday at 8pm September 17th. The first episode is 90 minutes, but after that, it'll be a perfect night. Too bad Grey's moved to Thursday, oh and Desperate Housewives sucks. Here's a look at the new teams!! Eeek, I'm so excited!

Our first team is Vipul and Arti. They're best friends and the first Indian-American team to run The Race. That in itself makes me want to root for them. They both speak several languages, one of which I'm sure will come in handy, but will they make it that far? I'm not sure, she'll probably push him around way too much and he'll get all bent out of shape because of her dainty "I can't do that" attitude. I don't know what tells me that, but I feel it in my bones.

Tyler and James. Did I call this one or what? They're going to be the flirty "frat boy" types. I hate them already. Although in their little profile on the website it says they went through "rehab". Oh, bad boys, maybe I do like them. Not a fan of the long spiky hair though. I can see them making it just because of their speed, most young, guy best friend teams make it far.

Yay! A gay couple. I love it. Tom and Terry. Of course this means that one of them is queeny and will be yelling at the other one because they can't run or something stupid like that. Let's hope they break the stereotype and not be afraid of bugs and be really athletic. Yeah.

Peter and Sarah are just friends. I was going to make fun of her for how short she is, then I read that she has an artificial leg. It's not fun to make fun of people with one leg. Okay, that's not true, it is fun to make fun of them. But I won't. Out loud. These two are both Iron Man competitors which, as we know, will only take you so far. Just because they run Iron Mans, Man's, Men, whatever, doesn't mean they'll be great with foreign countries.

Bilal and Sa'eed are what I believe, the first Islamic team. Of course, their little bio doesn't say that. This is odd since it said it with the first Indian-American team. The producers are racist. Why not bring it up about this team. I have to admit though, I don't have the greatest prediction for this team. One of them is "quiet and passive" which in no way is good for The Race.

I'm concerned for Rob and Kimberly's relationship. Although it was rocky, they decided to move in together. Now they're using The Race to see if that was a good decision. Let's think about that. No. It's not. I can't trust anyone with hair like that anyway. (his)

Speaking of hair. Wow. This couple met while they were both working at McDonald's. I. Am. Not. Making. This. Up. They're married with kids and although David's traveled because of the Army, she hasn't been anywhere. At least nowhere exciting. I'm holding out hope they're not like Lake and Michelle from last season, him ordering her around and being a d*ck, but alas, I'm thinking that may be their fate.

Lyn and Karlyn are best friends since childhood. They don't have extensive traveling between them, so I'm sure they'll have some culture shock and will most likely be eliminated quickly. I have hope they may be like the NFL wives from a few seasons back, who were awesome, but I say they'll be gone by the 3rd pit stop. Wait, first.

Believe it or not, Duke and Lauren are father and daughter. She's gay. No really, she's gay. In fact, when Duke first found out about it, they were estranged for a few years. With a name like Duke, are you actually surprised at that? I bet he's not going to be complaining about her being a lesbian as she climbs the wall and wins them a million bucks.

Cheerleaders Kellie and Jamie. I hate cheerleaders. Especially when they believe that their cheerleading experience will help them win a race around the world. Sure, their peppy attitude will probably help, but most likely it'll backfire. I can see them now, wondering if Grant's buried in Grant's tomb.

I love the diversity of this season's cast. Erwin and Goodwin are brothers. Hot Asian brothers. I like them already. Erwin is Harvard-educated and both have extensive traveling. This is the team to beat people, mark my words. The only thing that could possibly happen is they could get over confident and screw something really simple up. Like getting on the right plane, or taking the right path. This is the team I'll be rooting for until they say something that makes me think they're a**holes.

My eyes hurt. Their hair is WAY too blonde. Oh, and they're Miss America pageant contestants. I hate them too. I'm sure them and Tyler and James will have a connection. Oh, and if there's a competition that involves balancing books on their head and the swimsuit competition, I'm sure they'll do great. I hope they bring plenty of Vaseline for those super bright smiles.

FLAVOR OF LOVE

This show is so unbelievably ridiculous, I couldn't even come up with a funny title for it. I tried to be a strong feminist woman, boycott this show that obviously exploits and demoralizes women, but that was until I heard about the "incident" in the first episode. This "incident" probably brought a whole "load" of people to the show. And when I say "load"...

For those of you who don't know, and really, why should you, Flavor of Love is a show, much like the Bachelor, that puts one bachelor up against 15 or so women, vying to date him. The only difference is the bachelor isn't some hunky ex-football player. Oh no. And these women aren't the cream of the crop, beauty queen, teachers or whatever. This is none other then Public Enemy's Flavor Flav. If you haven't seen him lately, or if you don't remember him, he's ugly. I'm not talking about the ugly that some people may find attractive, I'm talking about the ugly only a mother can love. Mothers and gold digging sluts. I'm not trying to be mean, but look at him, truly.

All of these women have decided that they want to make some money and get on TV and for some reason Survivor, The Amazing Race, Real World, Next, Room Raiders, Date My Mom, Meet My Folks, The Bachelor, Beauty and the Geek, Average Joe, and Big Brother had all been cast. Because really, are they there for Flavor Flav? Are they really? Have you seen him?

The girls are at the house and Flav comes to meet them. Of course he's excited, he has all of these girls, okay some of them are a bit attractive, wanting to spend time with him, and kiss him. I swear, I lost my lunch a few times. You know the show's good though when within the first five minutes there's a cat fight. Yes, some girl chose a bed in the mansion, and when she walked away, another girl took it. Oh no she di'int! A good cat fight always has these elements, hair pulling, name calling, and one girl in a headlock at some point. And this one was good. Had all the elements, and some flowers were used to hit someone. Most of the time, when a fight breaks out on a show, you have people rush to stop it. Not this one. In fact, they let it go until they went and got Flav so he could break it up. And I ask you again, have you see him?

Then there was the naming ceremony. How nice. With names like "Toastee" for the girl who was drunk within the first half an hour, to "Like Dat" because I guess Flav likes that. Get it? Get it?! I can honestly say there is no one I like on this show. Not until the second episode that is. But before we talk about the second episode, let's talk about the "incident".

The "incident" took place just after the first elimination. In fact, Flav was toasting all of the remaining women. Suddenly, one of the women, "Somethin'" ran upstairs. You can make her out in the background going up the steps. Flav then tells us that he started to smell something, or should I say, "Somethin'". As they made their way up the steps, they spotted IT. Yes, IT. Apparently "Somethin'" had a little "accident". I'm using quotes a lot here. In fear of making you lose your lunch like I did, let's put it this way, she didn't quite make it to the bathroom in time. Oh, and I don't mean she peed on herself. Because really, peeing on oneself, where not recommended, is certainly preferred to what she did. Do you get it? I hope so, because I'm not going into detail. So Flav rushed to find "Somethin'", finding her in the bathroom. In fact, she was blowin' that up as well. I think she was just happy to be chosen. Kinda like Bobby Brown told me (and a few thousand of my friends) last month at his concert at The Greek, "I'm so happy I should sh*t". Well, "Somethin'" was feelin' the same way.

After the "incident", Flav actually had some respect for "Somethin'". Not because she sh*t in her pants, but because she admitted to it. Girl had a camera crew following her around, of course she would admit it, what else could she doo doo? Ha! He said he was trying to get over it. I don't know, even if I saw the love of my life take a crap on some steps, I might need a few days to get over that.

So we're well into the second episode, and one girl who I never thought I would like, but kinda do, Flav gave her the name, "Buckwild". Actually, that's not accurate. She had that name. No, her mother didn't give it to her, although that would have been awesome. "Hello, my name's Buckwild, no "e" at the end." She's the blackest white girl I've ever seen. She calls herself "ghetto", but I'm not really sure which ghetto she means. Maybe the ghetto in Sherman Oaks. That place can be rough. She and two other girls win the three on one date with Flav.

It looks like they're in the marina, riding in Gondolas, or as Flav lik sto call them, Gondoliers. I wonder what he calls the guys who steer those Gondoliers. "Like Dat" and "Buckwild" are chosen, along with a pretty girl Flav calls "Tiger" because she claims she trains them. Trains them as in riding on their backs naked for money I'm sure she means. In the Gondola, the women have a great time. Actually, it does look nice, minus Flav being there. "Tiger", the one girl he has the best connection with, because she says she's there to just get to know him, and not all crazy about him like these women who haven't even met him, pulls back when he tries to kiss her. So, we've learned two things about our dear "Tiger". She has taste, and maybe she's not in it to be with Flav. Oh dear lord. Could a woman actually be on this show because she wanted to be on television? The horror!

There's too much craziness on this show to give it a full recap. Giving the highlights I think is enough. I can't believe I'm watching it, but alas, it's season passed on my Tivo. So yes, this show really does show you the bottom of the barrel when it comes to women trying to get on a reality show, but really, they are grown women and I know I wouldn't do it. Kinda like watching a train wreck or a car crash, something about the burning light that makes me want to stay. Plus it's fun to laugh at dumb people.