Time for a Pop Culture post

It's been awhile since I posted about random TV/Movie stuff, so I'll do a quick one on my latest tv viewing. First off though, I did get to go see the new Elizabeth: The Golden Age, which I really enjoyed. I loved the first Elizabeth and knew going into this one that it wouldn't be as good as the first, but it was still darn entertaining. Plus, Clive Owen my boyfriend is in it so I was happy. I just love everything Cate Blanchett does. I can't wait to see the Bob Dylan bio film she's in. Hopefully, I can steal away one night to see it when Shawn watches Inara. Hopefully, Shawn and I will be able to get a babysitter one night so we can go see Into the Wild. We're dying to see it. I love the soundtrack Eddie Vedder did for it. Inara and I actually listen to it when I'm rocking her to sleep on occasion. By the way, the other CDs I listen to when trying to get her to quiet down are the first Jack Johnson and JJ's soundtrack to Curious George. For those with little ones, I highly recommend the soundtrack. My Own Two Hands is a great song with a lesson for kids as is the 3 Rs which is all about reduce, reuse, recycle. Back to tv viewing.

I've continued my TV watching addiction, which works perfect for my late night feedings w/ baby girl. My DVR is on overtime actually with all the shows we watch. I've got to do something to keep me awake when I'm feeding at 2am. The biggest joke of a show goes to Viva Laughlin. I was curious so I watched the premiere. My suspicion was confirmed: it's pretty crappy. The whole concept of characters randomly breaking into song is too silly for me. I enjoy musicals but this show doesn't qualify in my opinion.

I love Desperate Housewives and Brothers & Sisters this season for they have been my weekly cry. Watching Felicity Huffman's character dealing with cancer has hit close to home and makes me think of my Nana and Laurie Taylor, Nina's mom who is going through treatment right now. Cancer is evil, evil, evil! However, to brighten my day, I love seeing Nathan Fillion on DH. He's so darn cute! As for B&S, the story line about the brother coming back from Iraq has been so sad. I love Sally Fields. She may be over the top with her acting but the woman gets me tearing up every time.

Heroes has been good but unfortunately every week when we sit down to watch Inara decides to start pitching a fit. Guess she's not a Heroes fan. So we always have to pause it several times and try to get baby girl to quiet down. This kind of distracts from the suspense but we must deal with it.

Chuck is one of my new favorite shows. I love Chuck and his best friend Morgan reminds me too much of our friend Brian Sachs. I highly recommend everyone to check out this show. It's worth the hour.

My other favorite show is Reaper. Sock is hands down one of the best characters on tv. This show is so silly, over the top entertaining, totally my kind of show. I love all the humor in it. Plus, I'm starting to get a crush on the main character Sam. He's too cute.

I started watching Pushing Daisies but missed half of the last ep because Shawn was installing the new receiver so it didn't record the whole show. I like the quirkiness of PD. It does remind me of the movie Amelie, which is the way Jason had described it to me. I also love Kristen Chenowith, one of my fave Broadway stars. She has the cutest voice.

CSI has been creepy as usual this season, but I have to admit I've fallen behind on a couple eps, so I'll probably watch that and Without a Trace during late feedings tonight and tomorrow. I've been catching up on Real Time with Bill Maher the last 3 nights. Gotta have a little political humor and serious debate on my tv platter.

I was loving Tim Gunn's Guide to Style and the two eps of Say Yes to the Dress, a show filmed at Kleinfeld's the largest wedding dress store in the US, but I'm bummed that there haven't been any new eps lately. Hope this means they aren't cancelled already. I'll be really sad. I have to have some good fashion shows to watch while waiting for the new season of Project Runway to start.

Soon I'm going to start watching Deadwood which I borrowed from my dad. I've heard so much about this show, so I figured why not watching it while feeding baby. In case you didn't know, there is crap on TV at 3am. What did people, especially breastfeeding moms, do before DVRs?