me: hmmm, what should I give up for Lent* this year?
my friends:
"how about stop being so $@#$%# late every time we come over! you're never ready on time, GOD!!!"
"stop answering the door in your towel when we come over to go out at the time YOU told us to be there and be ready!"
"stop taking naps before we go out and sleeping through what should have been our night out!"
"stop playing on your laptop when you're on the phone"
"stop playing on itunes when you're on the phone"
"pay attention to me"
"stop over-obligating and saying yes to everyone"
"stop buying everyone rounds of drinks all the time".
"don't touch your credit card when your drunk"
"answer your f-ing phone!"
"stop being so hilarious and awesome"
these suggestions are all fine and good my loving friends, but no interest in changing the charm that is Bazensk.
when I first thought of what to give up for Lent* this year, I ran down my usual suggestion list: give up alcohol? nah. going out on the weeknights? lame. eating out? perish the thought. tivo? are you on drugs!
then after seeing Al Gore at dinner the week of the Oscars, it all became clear. I'm going to help save the planet! one little Bazensk step at a time! Global Warming is no doubt an extremely serious issue that we all need to be taking more seriously, and it's sad to know how many things we can to do take action and how easy it is, yet we're still not doing it. And I'm guilty as charged. My roommate and I read a list of things we things we can start doing to stop harming the environment, and decided to start acting a little more earth-friendly :)
(on a side note, I was giddier seeing Al Gore at dinner than seeing super sexy Olivier Martinez in the same restaurant that night. Don't get me wrong, Olivier is ridiculously delicious - no worries Gael, you're still my #1 Latin Luvah - but Gore gave me a bigger flutter. I'm so glad Inconvenient Truth won, holla!!)
so for Lent* I am not giving up eating out or alchohol, tv or running late, being mean to my mom or my infamous naps my friends hate so much. nope! instead Marisa & I are giving up our daily activities and habits that are bad for the environment. if you want to check out more info, click here: http://www.climatecrisis.net/takeaction
hmm, maybe for Lent I should also try to stop getting parking tickets every week.
Psshh, imPOSSible.
* i hereby proclaim that i am not in fact Catholic, but loosely adhere to Lent only because i went to Catholic school and faked my way through mass and all sacramental events. sign of the cross and all. MAJOR poser.
Friday, February 23, 2007
Going Green for God???
LOST...killing me softly.
Dude. WORST EPISODE EVER. EVERRR!!!!
No joke. Worse than the filler ones from Season 2. Worse than any Charlie flashback episode. And worse than any episode sans Sawyer’s chest. They really blew it this time:
Exhibit A – Bai Ling on LOST. Am I the only one asking wtf?
Exhibit B – most pointless flashback in history. Even Rose, Bernard, and Claire’s flashbacks have meant more to the show! This was a complete waste of time and no one cares what the hell Jack’s tattoo means.
Exhibit C – the sappy ending. I am the most mushy, gushy cheeseball on the planet, and even I had to control my gag reflexes last night.
Exhibit D – for the love of god, question the others!! Why in the HELL did Sawyer and Kate not question Karl more?! Instead of having love spats, they should have gotten as MUCH info about the Others as possible. Totally absurd.
Exhibit E – too many love stories. We have enough. Don’t need to tack on Jack and Juliet (kill her off for the love of god!) or Alex and Karl. They’re kids, who cares. More sex scenes of the original cast please.
Exhibit F – Kate and Sawyer didn’t do it. WTF!! They’ve already done it once, what are they waiting for?! They had tons of time, and the mood was set. Karl even left them alone. The recipe for hot jungle lovin’ was spoon fed to them! The producers are idiots. Realistically, these LOSTies would be humping like bunnies. Give the people what they want to see! (see also Exhibit E).
Exhibit G – NO MORE NEW CHARACTERS!! How many times do I have to reiterate this!! I thought we were on a roll with Danny’s murder, but no. now they have to bring on Tranny Isabelle. We have enough people! New character time cuts down shirtless Sawyer time! And that simply will not do. Get it together!
I now know why Isabelle freaked me out so much now. She's Christina from Mommy Dearest!! That’s why I shuddered! Iron hangers cause the same reaction. Regardless, grown up Christina is terrifying. And so is her hair.
Some new information I found interesting was that Ethan was a surgeon. Hmmmm. What surgeons do you know that are that creepy and terrorizing? I dunno, maybe it’s just me. He didn’t seem so much surgeon-y as he did kidnap-y and murder-y.
This episode of LOST was a let down no matter how you slice it. Whether or not it came on the heels of the most awesome Desi Time Traveling episode. It sucked a big one.
If I were smart, I’d give up LOST for Lent.
I miss Libby.
Sunday, February 11, 2007
Bazensk Sunday Sampler! Grammy Edition
In lieu of the Grammy’s this evening, I’m posting my first official Sunday Sampler. I didn’t even know the Grammy’s was on tonight. I only found out cuz my guy friend tried to have a one night stand with a San Diegan last night, and they couldn’t get a hotel room because all hotels were booked for the Grammy’s. Hotels for one-night stands?! Horny drunk peeps are getting fancy.
Although I hardly doubt any of these artists would ever be featured at the Grammy’s (a crying shame!), I hope you enjoy my jams…
some of my favorite tracks of 2006
Thursday, February 8, 2007
LOST is back! kinda...
welcome back LOST. and I use the term “welcome” loosely.
so, I am a huge fan of LOST. and by huge fan, I mean I ONCE was a hardcore fan, but they are on probation until they get their shit together or have more shirtless and/or sex scenes with Sawyer. whichever comes first. so until one of the foremetioned things occurs, I am on trial at the moment.
I am known in some circles as the LOST Nazi and am part of a weekly LOST group that gets together to watch, wittily comment, occasionally yell, and salivate over Sawyer weekly. my buddy Dan writes the awesome weekly LOST article for TMZ.com. so check it out: http://www.tmz.com/2007/02/08/lost-diary-not-in-portland/
ok so this huge, ridiculous, anger inducing LOST gap has me forgetting a lot. like I forgot how much I hate Juliet, how much I miss Locke and Sayid (AMAZING cast members that aren't getting enough air time these days), and dare I even say it…I forget the f-ing numbers.
as for last night’s episode, I still can't stand Juliet despite her backstory and the producers' attempt at getting our sympathy for her. the only thing I feel sorry for is her heinous pre-Island hairstyle. I will blame the Florida humidity for that one.
now is it just me, or is Ben (who I now affectionately call Benry since I can't completely let go of the genius name Henry Gale) not as scary when he’s a half naked white blob on the surgical table? I am really uncomfortable seeing him shirtless. I kind of need that to not happen again.
LOST had better get back in my good graces with these next 2 episodes, or they're losing their most loyal viewer forever! ok, as soon as I typed that it was a lie. I'll still watch it of course, but in furious anger. they have a lot of work to do winning me back, damnit! and LOST better do WAY better than that episode to reconcile with viewers. I was terribly disappointed.
After seeing the one-hour LOST wrap-up prior to the new episode, it leaves me longing for the simple pre-hatch/tailies/new-Others'-island days when all they had was gripping character development, black smoke, the monster, a confident bad-ass Locke and those gut wrenching slow-motion-to-sad-music endings. got me everytime. ahhhh, the good old days.
but if they just keep inserting shirtless Sawyer, we’ll call it even.
