1. Community - I still haven't seen last year's epic paintball episode, but I'm throwing part one of this year's episode on here because it brought my Sawyer back on tv. *swoon* Josh Holloway. Now I'm missing Doc and Freckles.
2. Happy Endings - I know I already posted about this, but I'm really liking this show (when I thought I wouldn't). They are kind of burning off the episodes (hopefully that doesn't mean anything) so we get two a week. Zombie Dave and Hipster Penny made me laugh so hard!
Click here for the Happy Endings post
3. Food and Drinks - I tried out a gourmet Waffle place and had good wine this week. (These things are also previously posted about)
4. Parks and Recreation - This show has totally hit it's stride this season. How could they make me praise it more? Parker Posey! Parker played Lindsay Carlisle Shay, Leslie's (Amy Poehler) former best friend now professional nemesis. Parker and Amy were great together. It was a great way to have guest star fit into the show.
5. Jack Sparrow - I'm a Lonely Island fan who really likes about 50% of the videos. I really liked this week's digital short. Here it is in all its Michael Boltoness:
Showing posts with label Top Five. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Top Five. Show all posts
Top Five of the Week: 4/25-5/1/11
1. Dodger game - I went to my first Dodger game which was also my first time at Dodger stadium. They lost so it was anticlimactic, but still friends made it fun. I also bought a hat so I could celebrate LA (even though I live in the O.C.)
2. I Think We're Alone Now - I LOVE Netflix streaming. This past Sunday I was 3 documentaries. I Think We're Alone Now is a doc about 2 big Tiffany fans. It was interesting how close they felt to Tiffany even though they don't know her... glad she has security.
3. The Office - Not the best episode, but it was Micheal Scott's last episode. *tear*
4. The Lottery - Another documentary I watched on Netflix. It is about the charter school system in NY. I didn't know anything about the education movement and found it very interesting.
5. The Huntington Library - I hadn't been here before, but it is beautiful! I met up with a friend and we walked around for a few hours. I can't wait to go back. I'll post some pictures soon.
2. I Think We're Alone Now - I LOVE Netflix streaming. This past Sunday I was 3 documentaries. I Think We're Alone Now is a doc about 2 big Tiffany fans. It was interesting how close they felt to Tiffany even though they don't know her... glad she has security.
3. The Office - Not the best episode, but it was Micheal Scott's last episode. *tear*
4. The Lottery - Another documentary I watched on Netflix. It is about the charter school system in NY. I didn't know anything about the education movement and found it very interesting.
5. The Huntington Library - I hadn't been here before, but it is beautiful! I met up with a friend and we walked around for a few hours. I can't wait to go back. I'll post some pictures soon.
Top Five of the Week: 4/18-4/24/11
1: Community
This week's "clips" show was one of the funniest yet. As a huge lover of 80s sitcoms, I love that they do "classic" 80s sitcom episodes. I loved the Glee parody, the love of The Cape, and the "flashback" of Britt stealing Annie's chapstick. I've already watched this episode 3 times.
2: The Office
While not the best episode of the series, it won my heart with parody of Seasons of Love. Jim Halpert singing a version of Rent *swoon*
3: God of Carnage
Today I went to see God of Carnage at the Ahmanson. I really enjoyed the show. We were lucky enough to see the show with all of the cast: Jeff Daniels, Hope Davis, Marsha Gay Harden, and James Gandolfini. The premise is two couples working out a situation between their sons and the craziness that ensues. My friend, Chris, told me it's being made into a movie with Kate Winslet. I'm curious to see that version.
4. Tina Fey & Steve Martin
Tina Fey is on a promotional tour for her book, Bossypants. On Tuesday I attended an event where she was interviewed by Steve Martin about the book. How awesome to see two such great people. The questions Steve asked lead to answers that I'm sure are in the book, but it was still great. I was hoping to get Tina's autograph in the book, but the line for that was crazy long and we decided against it.
5. Pinterest
This website is such a time sucker, but it's fun. It's an easy way to share links and information amongst friends. If you're on it let me know.
This week's "clips" show was one of the funniest yet. As a huge lover of 80s sitcoms, I love that they do "classic" 80s sitcom episodes. I loved the Glee parody, the love of The Cape, and the "flashback" of Britt stealing Annie's chapstick. I've already watched this episode 3 times.
2: The Office
While not the best episode of the series, it won my heart with parody of Seasons of Love. Jim Halpert singing a version of Rent *swoon*
3: God of Carnage
Today I went to see God of Carnage at the Ahmanson. I really enjoyed the show. We were lucky enough to see the show with all of the cast: Jeff Daniels, Hope Davis, Marsha Gay Harden, and James Gandolfini. The premise is two couples working out a situation between their sons and the craziness that ensues. My friend, Chris, told me it's being made into a movie with Kate Winslet. I'm curious to see that version.
4. Tina Fey & Steve Martin
Tina Fey is on a promotional tour for her book, Bossypants. On Tuesday I attended an event where she was interviewed by Steve Martin about the book. How awesome to see two such great people. The questions Steve asked lead to answers that I'm sure are in the book, but it was still great. I was hoping to get Tina's autograph in the book, but the line for that was crazy long and we decided against it.
5. Pinterest
This website is such a time sucker, but it's fun. It's an easy way to share links and information amongst friends. If you're on it let me know.
Top 5 of the Week: 4/3-4/9/11
I think I am the world's worst blogger. It's been a month and a half since I post on here. (I'm glad I switched to the free blog) I really want to get better at it, but I always let other things get in the way. My friend Chris reminds me. I need to steal some of her motivation. Anyway, I thought I would catch up on my top 5 of the week starting with last week.
1. Doctor Who
I have been meaning to start streaming this for the last couple of years. I hear about it all the time and knew I would like it... I was right. I'm halfway through the second season. Lucky for me, Netflix has all of the seasons that have been released already available to stream.
2. My iPad
I recently got an iPad and I LOVE IT. There are already so many fun things to do with it and recently I found another one. There are some other shows I've been wanting to catch up on so I added them to my iPad. I made a deal with myself that in order to watch those shows I have to be on the elliptical. I'm hoping that it will make the time go by faster. That hasn't been true yet, but hopefully it will be.
3. The Getty Villa
I this past weekend and it was fun. It had been a few years since I had been and being there made me think I should go more often. It was a beautiful day. A good friend I hadn't seen in awhile also make it more enjoyable.
I think I will leave it at that for this post. I was pretty busy with work and finishing my personal training sessions/working out last week so I'm behind on TV and didn't get out to to much else. I also need to save my blogging energy so I can get another post up soon. ;)
Top Five of the Week: 2/14 - 2/20/11
1. Greek
I really love this show and I'm not ready for it to end in a few weeks. I really enjoyed this week's episode when the whole gang snuck into Dobbler's and hung out. It was nice to see the whole group together. It seems like that doesn't happen too much. The writers are doing a great job with this season. They are starting new story lines but you get a sense that everything will be tied up when the show is over... *sigh* DON'T END GREEK!
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| photo from ABCFamily.com |
2. The Office - Threat Level Midnight
This week The Office provided an episode that reminded me why I used to REALLY love the show and why I keep with it. The detail and throwbacks always make you feel like you are a part of the group. This week Michael Scott premiered his movie "Threat Level Midnight". Any true Office fan remembers the episode, in season 2, when the entire Scranton office met in the conference room and read through the script. That fan would also remember the romantic moment when Jim and Pam shared a grilled cheese on the roof... back when they weren't together.
It was fun to see Threat Level Midnight. I loved that they brought back old characters.
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| photo from NBC.com |
3. Adele's new album 21
I love Adele. I happened to pick up her first album, 19, after seeing it recommended online. Talk about a great album! Her new album is being release next week, but NPR has it available for streaming on their website. I finally got around to listening to it this week. I love it. I have been listening to the first single, Rolling in the Deep, for awhile now. The last song on the album, Someone Like You, is so powerful. I can't wait to get the album so I can really listen to it over and over.
4. Nerdist podcast
I'm still getting into podcasts (meaning finding more to listen to). The first one I tried was the Nerdist with Chris Hardwick, Jonah Ray, and Matt Mira. I really enjoy their conversational manner. They posted their first episode a year ago the same time I started looking for one to listen too... I think it was meant to be.
This week the guest podcast had Colin Hanks. I was listening to it at the gym trying not to laugh out loud too much. I think the people on the machines around me thought I was crazy.
5. Words with Friends
I'm not big into playing games on my phone, but Words with Friends is different. I guess it makes me feel a little more connected to people, especially when you're both playing at the same time and the answers come quickly. I'm glad the android version was released this week. I'm not great at it, but games are meant to be fun.
I love Adele. I happened to pick up her first album, 19, after seeing it recommended online. Talk about a great album! Her new album is being release next week, but NPR has it available for streaming on their website. I finally got around to listening to it this week. I love it. I have been listening to the first single, Rolling in the Deep, for awhile now. The last song on the album, Someone Like You, is so powerful. I can't wait to get the album so I can really listen to it over and over.
4. Nerdist podcast
I'm still getting into podcasts (meaning finding more to listen to). The first one I tried was the Nerdist with Chris Hardwick, Jonah Ray, and Matt Mira. I really enjoy their conversational manner. They posted their first episode a year ago the same time I started looking for one to listen too... I think it was meant to be.
This week the guest podcast had Colin Hanks. I was listening to it at the gym trying not to laugh out loud too much. I think the people on the machines around me thought I was crazy.
5. Words with Friends
I'm not big into playing games on my phone, but Words with Friends is different. I guess it makes me feel a little more connected to people, especially when you're both playing at the same time and the answers come quickly. I'm glad the android version was released this week. I'm not great at it, but games are meant to be fun.
Top Five of the Week: 2/7 - 2/13/11
I've been wanting to do a regular/weekly type of a post to get me posting on here regularly. This leads me to bring you the Top Five of the Week. The items in my top five will come from things I see, read, and do (just like my tag line says). I thought I would start with last week to get this segment up and running!
1. Disney Family Museum
I took at weekend trip up to Sacramento to visit my parents. Normally my visits are wasted away shopping (my Dad loves to hunt down a deal) or with other various time wasting activities. For this trip I suggested we hit up the Disney Family Museum in the Bay Area. Overall I enjoyed the museum. Lots of memorabilia from the family. As someone who worked at Disneyland for over 8 years and taught orientation at the parks and the studios, I'm pretty well versed in the history of the company, so not too much of it was new information. There was a really cool model of Disneyland near the end. Since we weren't allowed to take pictures inside the museum you'll have to take my word for it.
We lucked out because the day we went there was a special event: Designing a Contemporary Classic: The Art and Process of 101 Dalmatians. It was a panel with Floyd Norman, Andreas Deja, and Don Iwerks. It was pretty interesting to learn how Ub Iwerks kind of developed the idea of using a Xerox machine for animation and hear stories about working for the company when business was booming. I wish I had done some research on who was going to be on the panel because Andreas Deja was the supervising animator for Lilo (if you know me you know why I'm sad about my lack of preparation).
2. Used Book Sales
We stopped by a used book sale at a church prior heading up (over?) to the museum. It kind of set the book buying craziness for the weekend. On the plus side we didn't spend more than $2 on a book. I ended up with over 50 books and probably only spent $40+.
3. Family
It was great to see my parents. Though, I'm lame and realized that I didn't contact my brother to let him know that I was in town. What a bad sister I am. Not that he'll ever read this, but sorry Jason!
4. Vino Volo at the Sacramento Airport
Great wine bar at the airport. Great end to a great trip!
5. Broadway Nights: A Romp of Life, Love, and Musical Theatre by Seth Rudetsky
I just happened to see it on the shelf in the library and I'm glad I picked it up. I really enjoyed this fictional story of an aspiring Broadway conductor. Many times it had me laughing out loud. I'm going to write up a quick review of this and another book I read over the weekend soon.
1. Disney Family Museum
I took at weekend trip up to Sacramento to visit my parents. Normally my visits are wasted away shopping (my Dad loves to hunt down a deal) or with other various time wasting activities. For this trip I suggested we hit up the Disney Family Museum in the Bay Area. Overall I enjoyed the museum. Lots of memorabilia from the family. As someone who worked at Disneyland for over 8 years and taught orientation at the parks and the studios, I'm pretty well versed in the history of the company, so not too much of it was new information. There was a really cool model of Disneyland near the end. Since we weren't allowed to take pictures inside the museum you'll have to take my word for it.
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| The Disney Family Museum |
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| Me with Don Iwerks, Andreas Deja, and Floyd Norman |
2. Used Book Sales
We stopped by a used book sale at a church prior heading up (over?) to the museum. It kind of set the book buying craziness for the weekend. On the plus side we didn't spend more than $2 on a book. I ended up with over 50 books and probably only spent $40+.
3. Family
It was great to see my parents. Though, I'm lame and realized that I didn't contact my brother to let him know that I was in town. What a bad sister I am. Not that he'll ever read this, but sorry Jason!
4. Vino Volo at the Sacramento Airport
Great wine bar at the airport. Great end to a great trip!
5. Broadway Nights: A Romp of Life, Love, and Musical Theatre by Seth Rudetsky
I just happened to see it on the shelf in the library and I'm glad I picked it up. I really enjoyed this fictional story of an aspiring Broadway conductor. Many times it had me laughing out loud. I'm going to write up a quick review of this and another book I read over the weekend soon.
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