I know I know...

....it's been a while since my last post. I've had some crazy weeks at both of my jobs, started a writing class, and have hardly had a second to breathe. When those seconds have come, i've basically plopped myself on the couch and/or tried to maintain some snippet of a social life. Good news though...it seems for this week I won't be working my per diem job (which may suck a little money-wise) but it means i'll have plenty of time to work out, watch the mountains of TV on my TiVo and write. To tide you over until i get the next post up here's a sneak peak found through EW who found it on you tube of the cast of gLee doing the "Time Warp" from The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Head on over to EW for more or search 'em on youtube! The CD is available on itunes/in stores tomorrow and the episode will be on October 26th at 8pm EST! Don't Miss It!

"Thank You, Grilled Cheesus"

from gLee's facebook page 

Religion. It's a tricky subject to talk about...It can bring love, it can bring war, it can inspire. It does many different things to and for many different people. To the many characters on Glee, it meant all sorts of things tonight. And it was most definitely, quite the tone change from last week's anesthesia induced fluffy and fun Britney Spears hallucinations. Tone change, none the less, it was very welcome to have songs that really contributed to and developed the plot....And i really hope you brought your tissues when you watched because I clearly needed them. 

Tonight's episode began when Finn found his faith in a "grilled cheesus" sandwich. He felt connected with God as he found an image to represent his presence in the world. Although the title of the episode was "Grilled Cheesus," the main force bringing religion, spirituality, and faith to the forefront happened when Kurt's world was rocked by his father Burt's heart attack induced coma.  :( Not only did this crisis affect Kurt and his lack of faith, but all the glee-clubbers and their ways of coping and helping their friend in his time of need. Mercedes, Quinn and Rachel (?) all appear to be active in their respective faiths and in times of crisis, this is what they, as many, turn to. Whereas these characters look to God for guidance and love, Kurt is a firm believer that "God is kinda like Santa Claus for adults." He'd rather rely on scientific methods, such as acupuncture, rather than prayer. Finn's religious journey with his "cheesus" went from not believing, to believing, to realizing that we're all kind of just "floating around in space." I liked how Ryan Murphy and Co. used Puck to show Finn that religion isn't just something you use to get what you want. Also, Thank god it appears Burt Hummel will be ok after this setback. Tonight's episode brought a lot of opinions up, and showed the importance of being open minded when sticky subjects such as these come up. It really made you think and overall, i think that was it's purpose. So, Mission Accomplished, Ryan and Co. 

Here's some of my additional thoughts on what went down at McKinley tonight: 

- The softer side of Sue gets an A+ 

- Kurt and Burt = best. 

- Hello Academy of Television Arts and Sciences? Your repeat nomination for supporting actor in a musical/comedy at the Emmys 2011 is Chris Colfer. 

-"I want to hold your hand" --- Did anyone else's heart break during this performance? It was perfect. and the little kid who played Mini Kurt....I swear he must be related. Zap2it has got some scoop on the little one over at their site. 

- Corey sound phenomenal on the "Losing my Religion" track. 

- Yay! Mercedes and Puck solos! and Kurt for that matter...it's about time!

- Rachel's dramatic faces/crying while singing are starting to get to me. 

- Heather Morris, keep Brittany's one liners coming. They're gems. 

- More group performances please with sugar on top. I really enjoyed "One of us" but it was so short and I need some more group action. 

Quips of the night

-"I think you kinda owe it to him, you did screw him in the leg department" -- Finn re: why "Cheesus" should get the football team to win for Artie

- "I'm a total Jew for Jesus. He's my number 1 Heb. What i dont like is seeing people using J$ to cramp  everyone else's style. It seems to me like true spirituality or whatever you want to call is about enjoying the life you're given. I see God every time I make out with a new chick." -- Puck 

- "Brittany, Jugs the Clown; let's go" -- Sue

- "What up, Grilled Cheesus. I need to ask you something. I didn't go to Sunday school, so I don't know if God works the same as a genie and I only have three wishes" -- Finn 

- "Mercedes, you had me at fabulous hat." --Kurt

- "The big questions are really big for a reason. They're hard but you know what? Absolutely, everybody struggles with them" - Emma  

So that's it for the my glee recap of the week! What did you guys think? Did you like "grilled cheesus?" 

Is Chris Colfer not amazing? What was your favorite performance?

Next week on Glee, we've got some duets headed our way. Watch with Kristen posted a link to a sneak preview of some of the songs we'll hear! and they've also got some video and articles with scoop from Ryan Murphy on the rest of the season and a video of the cast talking about 'NSYNC (ah!). Be sure to check it out. 

side note: At least I've been kind of consistent in writing these! It seems Tuesday nights/Wednesday afternoons are when I have some time to get some blogging done so we'll see how much I can keep this up. Let me know how you're liking it! 

it's brittany/britney, b*tch!

found at twitter.com/britneyspears

If you know anything about me, you know that Britney Spears is one of my most favorite things/people/pop culture icons ever. Needless to say, i was a little bit more than excited when I found out that Ms. Britney Jean would be the center of and cameo in an episode of Glee, also one of my most favorite things/shows ever.

The collision was bound to be epic.

And epic it was in terms of performances, dancing, and overall Brittany/Britney awesomeness ....but in terms of story line there wasn't too much there. I know glee isn't really known for it's story lines (with the exception of Finn/Kurt/Burt) but I have to say I like it better when the songs performed help further the plot and really speak to what the character's are feeling. Ryan Murphy and co did a great job of this with the Madonna centric episode last season. Last night, this wasn't the case. However, i guess the anesthesia induced hallucinations were a clever little plot device to enable the glee club to be Brit-nified and introduce Carl (John Stamos), Emma's new love interest.

Now with all that being said, I really did love the episode. The video recreations were spot on, the songs chosen were awesome, and it was a really fun time! Heather Morris was freaking FANTASTIC tonight. She is definitely going to be a superstar after last night's episode. Ms. Brittany S. Pearce had some great one liners (as always), and while she may not have the best voice or biggest range, i think i could watch her dance all day. She is SO talented.

I also really enjoyed Artie's version of "Stronger" as it did enhance his storyline a bit. I will say though I was a tad disappointed that the infamous chair scene of that music video wasn't done by Brittany. 

  

Here's some of my additional thoughts on the episode:

- Does anyone else only think of *NSYNC when they hear "Sailing?" All i see is Justin's curly hair and the boys flying in the rafters everytime that song is on! (Aw memories of a teenage me!)

- Where was Kurt's  (Chris Colfer) Britney solo? Wasn't he the one pushing for her all episode? And we didn't get so much as a line sung out of him? Lame.

- Also where is Quinn and Puck? and Mercedes for that matter? I miss them.

- Mr. Shue should calm down on the creepiness a bit. Although Matt Morrisson is a great performer, watching his character dance around with the kids was way uncomfortable. He was also a bit annoying with the whole Emma and Carl situation.

- Jacob also got way beyond creepy in this episode and pretty much tried to ruin the performance of "Toxic."

- Rachel is a beyotch!

- Anyone else hate the jocks on this show? It's like they're from the 50s and are prejudice against everything. They're such jerks!

- Love the shout out to the infamous "David after Dentist" youtube video!

- Do you think every episode is going to end with a Rachel solo? I love Lea Michele to death but I sure hope not!

- We need more BRITNEY!

- Anyone else think that whole speech to Finn by Rachel in front of the WHOLE glee club was a bit awkward? Anyone?

 Quips of the night: (be warned...there are MANY!)

“No like seriously you can totally drill me whenever…” I love Santana re: 'the hottest dentist she's ever seen

“Please don’t pull all my teeth, when I smile I’ll look like an adult baby but with boobs”--Brittany

“Also I’m more talented than you” – Brittany to Rachel

“Ok, listen. My dad’s a doctor and not a tooth doctor, a real one. He like went to college or something which means I have a killer health care plan that pretty much pays for everything so get up in my grill cuz Brit and I want to get our anesthesia on” -- Santana

“I think that guy just broke up with his girlfriend over there just so he could stare at you” – Finn

“It looks like a Jewish cloud” -- Brittany re: Jacob's hair

“Well Rachel, congratulations! Normally you dress like the fantasy of a perverted Japanese business man with a very dark specific fetish but I actually dig this look…yay” -- Santana

“You’re all dressed up. You look like a cast member of Kids Incorporated” – Emma re: Will

“It’s a Britney Spears sex riot” -- Sue

“I mean seriously you wear more vests than the cast of blossom” -- Sue

“It’s like a inkblot test, that butt sweat stain, stare into it William, and you will see the light of all that is good, go out of the world” --Sue (so gross but hilarious)

For some other great recaps and reviews of glee check out:

@tvmcgee's recap at HitFix, 

@jbomb11's redux at E! Onlineand 

@gmmrtv's take  GLEE: Brittany/Britney The Best episode of Glee ever?

Next week on glee we're heading back to furthering the story line (yay!) with what looks sure to be a tearjerker. I'm breaking out my tissues for "Grilled Cheesus!" and I promise I'll try to get this up in better time next week!

Let's get our anesthesia on

I know, I know it's another gLee post but I am SO SO SO excited for this episode! Seriously it's going to be phenomenal! Here's a sneak peak I found on Yahoo! of our girls Santana and Brittany doing "Me Against the Music"

‘Glee’ Does Britney’s ‘Me Against the Music’ @ Yahoo! Video

According to Yahoo!, we can also look forward to performances of "Stronger" (one of my faves), "I'm a slave for you", "Toxic", "Oops" and "Baby One more Time"! If you search the internet you can find audio of the songs on youtube!! Woot! I CAN'T WAIT! Can you?!?!??!

Just Smile

Photo seen at Vulture

How do you not smile when watching this show? gLee is like the perfect little pick me up for those days when you are down. 

The second season of Fox's hit show premiered last night and if you didn't get a chance to catch it I suggest you drop what you're doing and head on over to Fox.com or hulu right now and get on it! 

The premiere episode started with Jacob's updates on the glee-clubbers' "gay summer" in a hilarious video blog! Highly entertaining and always awesome, he did not disappoint! We got some updates on the characters and some input into the creator's thoughts about the criticism aimed at the show in an intelligent and amusing way! I for one, think Ryan Murphy should consider actually developing Jacob's blog about the glee-clubbers in the same way he is writing Sue Sylvester's biography because I have no doubt that it would be well received by the show's fans!

We also met some new folks at McKinley High tonight including Sunshine, the lil munchkin with the big pipes; Sam, the new quarterback who sings in the shower, and Coach Beiste, a nemesis with heart for the fabulously evil Sue Sylvester. 

Having attended the comic con panel, and read all there is to read about gLee over the summer, I knew these characters were coming and I was not very excited. Especially for the addition of Rachel's nemesis, Sunshine (Charice). I, like Rachel, worried about what it would do to the group dynamic. However, the moment this tiny little girl's mouth opened, i was hooked. Damn, that girl can sing! Her voice is PHENOMEONAL....no wonder Oprah says she's the next big thing! I also loved Coach Beiste (Dot Jones); she's got some hilarious one liners and is a perfect antagonist for Sue!  Sam (Chord Overstreet) seems to be a good addition as well and has a great voice but didn't show us too much to fall in love with just yet!

There were so many things to love about last night's episode so here's a quick list of some of my favorites:

- Mike and Tina. Hello Mike's abs! and Let's talk about hooking up at asian camp.... are you serious? that's amazing.

- The WHOLE bathroom scene with Rachel and Sunshine.... "Oh you don't speak English! You like me sing...you sway in background" hahah I was sad they didn't show that whole song!

- Rachel's overall nuttiness and Lea Michele's overall amazingness! Girl is so talented and I hated Rachel all episode for it until the end!

- The awkward rapping 

- Finn auditioning for the Cheerios. 

- Coach Beiste. She's hard and sensitive at the same time and a great addition to the cast. Sue took it a bit too far, and I think everyone felt a bit bad for her!

- Best performance/song of the night ---- "Listen" by Sunshine. The girl gave me chills. 

- Finn and Rachel's scene at the end. 

Although I enjoyed the awkward rapping as it was hilarious and fun, I think I could do with some more singing and less hip hop songs throughout the rest of the season. I also wish there was a lil more Kurt going around in the opener. He didn't get an emmy nomination for nothing. A little more Mercedes would be nice too.  I'm also wondering is Sunshine really going to Vocal Adrenaline? Having read bloggers and mags all summer, I had no idea! 

 As for my Quips of the night:

"you're all coffee and no omelette" -- Beiste 

"that doesn't make any sense" - Sue 

"Stop the Violence" - Brittany re: Santana/Quinn's fight

"Dude your mouth is huge? How many tennis balls can you fit in there?" - Puck

"I don't know i've never had any balls in my mouth...have you?" - Sam


Next week is what we've all (well i've) been waiting for!! It's Britney/Brittany!!


Two of my favorite things ever together in one hour! I say YES please!! Check the preview below!


   


So what do you think? Did you guys love it? Hate it? What was your favorite performance? and are you as excited as I am for next week's Britney episode!?!?!

Baby, I was born to run...

Here it is! The amazing Emmy Opening Number of "Born to Run" with Jimmy, some of the gleeks, Joel McHale, Tina Fey, Nina Dobrev, Jon Hamm, and Betty White! Enjoy the goodness over and over again.

new gLee promo

I'm still planning on doing a little something to round up all the emmy action from this past weekend but I just had to post this. Things have been a bit crazy with the start of the new school year but I promise i'll get back on track soon :)

For now, here's the new promo clip I just found at Give Me My Remote for Season 2 of gLee



Enjoy! and Don't forget the new season starts September 21st at 8 on FOX!

i LOVE those gLee kids.

Here is a super cute behind the scenes video of the gLee cast fooling around on the set of their photo shoot for the upcoming season. I found it on the Zap2it website.



Doesn't September 21st just seem way too far away? Don't forget to catch the season premiere the day on Fox at 8 pm.

COMIC CON 2010!

the best time of the year is upon us.....the Disney world for geeks like me and beyond...COMIC CON!

I've made it to LA and having been catching up on rest, scouring the Internet and twitter for comic con goodies/events, and walking around Burbank all day. EARLY, early tomorrow morning we will be making the trek down to San Diego.

Listed below are the panels I'm hoping to hit up. I'll be taking some notes at each and hopefully lots of pictures that I'll be able to post up on the blog.

THURSDAY 7/22:

1-2pm HASBRO GI Joe -- SO excited to see Jerry's work!

330-430 Entertainment Weekly: The Visionaries (Joss Whedon and JJ Abrams) -- I think I've died and gone to geek heaven with this one. Oh did i mention Doc Jensen is moderating this one!

445-545pm Our Heroes Have More Fun: the Anti-Heroes of Showtime -- Includes stars from Weeds, Californication and Dexter

6-7pm Dexter

FRIDAY 7/23:

3-345pm The Joss Whedon Experience -- this one speaks for itself :)

4-5pm Entertainment Weekly presents Women Who Kick Ass: A New Generation of Heroines -- includes speakers Elizabeth Mitchell (Lost, V), Jena Malone (Sucker Punch), Anna Torv (Fringe), and Ellen Wong and Mary Elizabeth Winstead (Scott Pilgrim vs. The World)

515-615pm True Blood

630-730pm TV Guide Magazine: The 2010 Hot List -- various actors, actresses, writers and directors from today's hottest sci-fi/supernatural shows

SATURDAY 7/24:

1115-1215pm The Event - sadly I won't be able to make this as I'll be in line for the big HALL H event but it's moderated by one of my faves Kristin Dos Santos of E! Online

1145-115pm Warner Bros: Green Lantern, Sucker Punch, and HARRY POTTER and the Deathly Hallows -- if you know me at all then you know Harry Potter trumps all (besides buffy, lol)

315-415pm Fringe

415-5pm The Vampire Diaries

6-7pm Marvel Studios: Thor and Captain America

SUNDAY 7/25:

130-230pm gLee -- i can't WAIT to see what goodies from season 2 are coming!! and lots of my favorite cast members will be there!

245-345pm X: Sons of Anarchy and It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

4-5pm Buffy the Musical -- just a screening of the best episode of Season 6

Here's hoping this schedule really works out!! AND that i get to hit up some autograph signings!! I'm crossing my fingers for one with the cast of gLee!

For more complete coverage from some of my favorite websites, visit:

Watch with Kristin

Entertainment Weekly

Give Me My Remote

the LXD

technically it's not on tv but it is a fabulous new web series on hulu.com that you should definitely be checking out. I saw the LXD perform at the gLee live show memorial day weekend at radio city. They were simply fantastic and i could not take my eyes off of them. If you love dance or even remotely like it, you will love this web series. Trust me, you should check it out.

For the television lovers, the LXD features Harry Shum, Jr. of gLee and is directed by John M. Chu (Step Up 2, and 3d)

here's the link to their page. new episodes will be added every wednesday.

http://www.hulu.com/the-lxd

lxd.com

and for your viewing pleasure here is the first episode...

the only reason i want april to come so fast