Year: 2009

Idol Time Suck

So, American Idol has taken a little bit of a different approach this season.   Rather than their usual process of elimination to the determine the top twelve, they had viewers vote for the top three from each semi-finalist group (top girl, top boy, and next highest vote-getter) and automatically put those people in their top twelve.   America chose the… Read more →

Bad Bride

I’ve been feeling bad about myself lately.   As I watch Jodi and Neal dive into Wedding Planning (!!!!) all the crazy memories of my own betrothal have come flooding back.   I’ve realized that as hard as [Scott and] I worked to plan our wedding, I totally dropped the ball in terms of properly documenting it. A crazy thing happens… Read more →

Pedagogy

Having nothing to do with it’s actual meaning, ever since I first learned the word in Mr. Dewey’s 5th Grade Class, I have always connoted “Pedagogy” with some sort of weird sickness.   To this day, anytime I see something made up of small and large dots my brain goes to Pedagogy – no matter how beautiful that something is.   Take… Read more →

Stay Classy, San Diego

Anne Hathaway is just plain classy.   On the Red Carpet, when Tim Gunn or Ryan Seacrest (or some other blond dude wearing too much makeup) asked her what of her Oscar outfit she actually owned, she demured with a giggle – replying that the answer was “too intimate.”   I mean…there’s no way I would have been stopped from talking… Read more →