My birthday is tomorrow!!!

I prolly won't be on tomorrow, although you never know.

A friend is taking me to Atlantic City, can't wait to hit those nickle slots

Sorry if I haven't talked to you lately, since this new site layout popped up I've spent a record-low amount of time. My queue is packed and the only activity I've done is make sure it doesn't spill over past seven days and try to keep my currently-airing shows somewhat up-to-date, although some have fallen to the wayside.

I wrote a blog about what I thought about the new tv.com, but it got lost in the update. In short, I don't like this site at all. I don't have to decide to leave or not, I practiclly already have.

Dave

I wrote a very true, heartfelt blog filled with some strong feelings I have towards this site that I felt I should say but I'm taking it down after further consideration. It's really not for everyone to read I relized, only my favorite people here. If you wish to read it and were friends here, please PM me and we'll talk.

EDIT: Ah, the awkwardness comes in. People are asking me if they can read the blog, people who aren't my "favorite people". I don't deserve to breathe the same air as Einstien. Now requests will be granted for this tonight, I need to sleep.

Dave

I had a great time in South Carolina and Florida, but unfortunatly I spent a little too long in the FL ocean with just a little too little sunscreen and the last few days back have been very painful.

It's mainly in my shoulders, with less on my nose, knees and chest. The pain and stiffness seems to be going away, but the color isn't. I feel like such an idiot, I put on a tiny amount and basiclly said "sunburn, shumnburn! It won't happen to me". It really sucks when some common sense could have prevented this, something I pride myself on having.

If I could go back now, I'd cover myself in 100 gallons of the stuff.

Okay movie review time! 6th movie of my unintentional series, today's movie is a 2005 tv movie called Amber Frey: Witness for the Prosecution! Kind of an obscure choice, but haven't all of these movies been? It's by far the most controversial, serious movie I've reviewed. I watched today on Lifetime Movie Network (LMN for those in the know) and was impressed. We all remember the Scott Peterson/Laci Peterson/Amber Frey saga as it played out in the media a few years back

I was very intersted as this story played out, did this seemingly normal man kill his beautiful wife and their unborn child? The movie was very well done and it was respectful of all the people it portrayed. I learned alot more about the scandal then I knew, and I am convinced he did kill her. The actress Janel Moloney, who some of you may know as Donna Moss from The West Wing, portrayed Amber, in stunning brillance I thought. Her physical appearence is very close to Amber's, which may have been partial reason for the casting. The man who played Scott (Nathan Anderson) looked very similar to Scott. Unforutnatly, his acting was sub-par, he kept the character believable but didn't make it very three-dementional. All together, the film was a riviting account of just what happened in this love-triangle and it handled it with the dignity and respect that is deserved for this kind of telling and I recommend it to anyone who recalls what happened.

It was based on Amber's book of the same title, something I'm going to hunt around bookstores for.

Somehow, Scott still sits on death row today, appealing his sentence for execution. That's America for ya, folks.

Okay, to change tunes somewhat awkwardly here, Olympic time!

I watched from opening ceremonies to closing and I was riveted. The opening ceremonies were amazing, by the way. The games were very enjoyable, especially following Michael Phelps and Usain Bolt.

As you can see, one's a little more humble than the other, but both athletes amazed me and everybody. From swimming to cycling to sports I've never watched before in my life, the Olympics shocked and awed me and kept me glued to my set. NBC did a good job presenting it, I don't think this is the forum to discuss China's controversy, it's about the games and putting our problems aside for two weeks.

Until next time,

David

Hi Y'all! (don't worry, my southern twang starts and stops with "Y'all")

I'm going on vacation! But before I can tell you about that I have a little movie review for you...

When I sat down to watch Fab Five: The Texas Cheerleader Scandal on Lifetime I didn't intend on making it a movie review (starting to see a pattern?). Today's movie is the first made-for-the-idiot-box movie I've reviewed. I have been pretty excited for this movie for a while, mainly because one of my favorite (my favorite?) actress Tatum O'Neal has a major role in it

but also because it's based on an interesting true story. As you may remember, the "Fab Five" were five high school Texas cheerleaders who took over their school through vicious and basically teen-gone-bad behaviour that makes a Lifetime movie a Lifetime movie. The lead girl's mom was the principal, the teachers complained and then the girl got special treatment. This all went on until the new cheerleading coach took a stand and took it to the local media. The girls drank on campus, disrespected teachers royally, fought and so on. The movie was very entertaining and enjoyable. It didn't hold any of those qualities that make people (including myself) roll their eyes when they hear "Lifetime movie". Unfortunately, the movie isn't rerunning in the next seven days according to Comcast but the grid doesn't go farther then a few days so keep your eye out on Lifetime or Lifetime Movie Network (yes, that's a real network!) if your interested. Check out the interview with the real coach from the scandal (she brought the Fab Five down) in an interview here.

Okay, vacation time!

I'm going on vacation, first to South Carolina from Thursday until Wednesday and from that Wednesday until the 23rd in Miami, Florida. I'm really happy to be going, especially Fl since I love it there (ocean! finally, ocean!) and I have alot of old friends down there. I just know i'm going to have a fantastic time, maybe get a nice tan

In Tv.com news:

I can't decide whether I should declare myself MIA or not, I know I'll be able to get to a computer at least once every seven days but I'm not sure if I shouldn't bother with it. I mean, I have never declared myself MIA before. I'm also concerned if I find myself with some downtime that I would actually LIKE to get back to the old queue. I'd love to hear your opinions.

I recently scored the editorships for Suzanne Somers (Three's Company) and Joshua Morrow (Young and the Restless). Also, it's getting difficult to be editor for The Wendy Williams Show, I can't find a list of the new episodes anywhere and the show doesn't air in my area (it's syndicated). If it airs in your area (NY, LA, Dallas or Detroit) and you would like to submit episodes or tell me who the guests are, it would be much appriciated. Until then, I'm stuck.

Hope everyone had a great weekend!

Dave

nnI can't really think of a better title for today's blog, so I'm going with the fact that I hit the milestone of being bumped up to level 58 today, which I'm sure I'll be sitting on well through this decade. It get's so difficult around these levels to upgrade, lord knows how Mary does it....

But the REAL reason I'm blogging is to do another movie review, my fourth installment. When I sat down to watch Desperately Seeking Susanfor the first time, it didn't occur to me that I would turn it into a movie review. This is probably best, because instead of thinking about the review, I just relaxed and watched the film. Now this is the oldest (and most popular) film i've reviewed so far and chances are you've watched the 1985 film. I never got around to it, but after reading Madonna's Brother (a.k.a. Christopher Ciccone)'s tell all Life with My Sister Madonna and his account of the film, I was intrigued.

Also, it was free for rent on Encore, On Demand on Comcast .

Desperately Seeking Susan was a wild roller coaster of a film, a light joy that I wouldn't mind watching again in the near future. I was hoping Madonna wouldn't butcher this, she gets such a hard time for her acting I was hoping she would prove me wrong and she did. It's true what everyone says, she played herself in the movie but she played it well. A screwball comedy, DSS was a film that will continue to be enjoyable long after the 80s hairdos and clothes are considered eligible for the museum.

The Plot: A bored housewife named Roberta Glass (Rosanna Arquette) is following a romantic love-story, a couple (Susan (Madonna) and Jim (Robert Joy) who reconnect from their travels by putting out ads in the local newspaper ("Desperately Seeking Susan" is the boyfriend's calling card). Roberta goes to their meeting location in the paper to spy on the newspaper-couple and buys Susan's jacket she sells. Roberta then bumps her head, gets amnesia (don't they all?) and is mistaken for Susan through the jacket. Roberta forgets her husband (Gary Glass, played by Mark Blum) and leads on this life as Susan. Things get complicated when there's alot of mix-ups and some stolen jewelry Roberta has of Susan's that she doesn't know are very valuable.

I'm not much for the "screwball comedy" but this was a very enjoyable, breezy film with an undertone commentary of what happens when the housewife has no life.

My Call: I'd love to see it again, it was well done and it never had a boring moment. I'd give it an 8.5.

Have a good weekend, I hope you liked the movie review!

David