When I first heard that there was going to be an Iron Chef: Giada vs. Raytard, I was very excited. I couldn't wait to see Raytard get humiliated. And I cannot take credit for coming up with Rachael Raytard - I saw it on another website. To tell you the truth, I respect the fact that Rachael went from selling candy at Macy's (or whatever it was that she did) to becoming her own empire. Me, I barely make any money and have no notoriety whatsoever. That's not the reason I don't like her. I'm just one of those people who's annoyed by overly cheerful, in-your-face people. Plus, she has the most annoying laugh and is always cracking up at her own dumb jokes. I also hate the cutesy names she gives to her dishes, "I'm making JAMBASTA - that's my Jambalaya PASTA!" I also hate her use of the term EVOO - especially since she ALWAYS says "that's extra virgin olive oil" after it. Then why say EVOO?! That being said, Rachael Ray is more successful and richer than I'll probably ever be - so I guess I have no right to say anything about her.
Giada also has her own semi-annoying qualities - the forced smile to the camera, the forced smile while she's chopping, the overly Italian pronunciations of certain words. Then again, she was born in Italy so she has every right to say "spaGITi" instead of "spuhgetti." In any event, her show, Everyday Italian, is my favorite on the Food Network and I find her recipes very easy to follow and yuuuummmmy. And that's yummy and not yummo, ala Raytard.
Anyway, getting back to Iron Chef. When I first heard about it, I thought that Giada would wipe the floor with Rachael. BUT, I then found out that they'd be teamed up with the other Iron Chefs. Rachael got Mario Batalli and Giada got Bobby Flay. DAMNIT! I knew right then and there that Giada was in trouble. To make a really long story short, Giada and Flay got their asses kicked by Batalli and Raytard. I was not surprised, but disappointed nonetheless. Another thing that surprised me was how annoyed Giada seemed during the competition. I guess the prospect of losing to Yummo Raytard was too much to bear. Oh well. Maybe next year they'll leave those Iron Chefs out of it - I smell a rematch!!!
Sunday, November 19, 2006
Sunday, November 05, 2006
I Can See The Guiding Light
If you read my last post, you're probably wondering how my eye doc appointment went on Friday. Or maybe you don't give a rat's ass - either way, I'm happy to report that all is well and my TV-watching ability is returning to normal. Allergies plus too much time on the computer at work equals eye strain. Gee, I guess I need to follow orders and not work as hard. In any event, my eyes have stopped hurting enough for me to watch the Rangers lose tonight in OT to the Sabres. DAMNIT. And that's after we blew a two goal lead.
Also in my last post, I mentioned how the cheerleader from Heroes was in the soap opera Guiding Light when she was a kid, although I haven't seen it listed in any of her bios. Gee, I wonder why!? Guiding Light is the least respected soap on television and yet, I still watch. Cheerleader chick was amazing as young Lizzie Spaulding, even taking on a cancer storyline.
Now, if you watched Best Week Ever on VH1 this week, you may have seen a brief clip of Guiding Light. The show recently partnered up with Marvel Comics to create a Guiding Light comic book, which showcases the character of Harley. Last week GL did a live action show to coincide with the comic book's release. To say it was embarrassing was an understatement. It was UNWATCHABLE. Here's a pic of Superhero Harley:
On the regular show, Harley is a cop who always screws up cases because of her dumb judgement calls. On the other hand, Superhero Harley can make toasters spark. Blah blah. If you ask me, Marvel should've went with the obvious superhero on the show, Reva, played by the wonderful Kim Zimmer. Now, I know you don't care about a dumb soap opera, but if this character isn't a superhero, I don't know who is. Let's do a brief rundown shall we? Keep in mind I'm going by memory only, so I'm sure there's plenty of things that I'm missing.
Reva Shayne
-Has slept with an endless number of men and has never had an STD
-Drove car off of a bridge and lived
-Wound up on an island, with amnesia. Married a prince and was almost killed by prince's brother. She managed to escape
-Wound up on an amish compound, with amnesia, and become town's medical "healer" (or something like that)
-Wound up back in Springfield. Gained memory back and realized her husband made a clone of her. Clone locked her up in an underground jail
-Escaped jail and befriended clone. Watched clone OD on rapid aging juice
-Had ability to time travel by jumping through an oil painting
-Arrested by Nazis and Confederate army while in time travel. Escaped and made it back to present time
-Became psychic but then lost the power, which is too bad because she could've predicted her own breast cancer
-After almost dying and seeing the infamous "white light", miraculously woke up cancer free
Now that sounds like someone with superpowers huh? Alright, I shall follow orders and leave the computer for now. Happy Watching.
Also in my last post, I mentioned how the cheerleader from Heroes was in the soap opera Guiding Light when she was a kid, although I haven't seen it listed in any of her bios. Gee, I wonder why!? Guiding Light is the least respected soap on television and yet, I still watch. Cheerleader chick was amazing as young Lizzie Spaulding, even taking on a cancer storyline.
Now, if you watched Best Week Ever on VH1 this week, you may have seen a brief clip of Guiding Light. The show recently partnered up with Marvel Comics to create a Guiding Light comic book, which showcases the character of Harley. Last week GL did a live action show to coincide with the comic book's release. To say it was embarrassing was an understatement. It was UNWATCHABLE. Here's a pic of Superhero Harley:
On the regular show, Harley is a cop who always screws up cases because of her dumb judgement calls. On the other hand, Superhero Harley can make toasters spark. Blah blah. If you ask me, Marvel should've went with the obvious superhero on the show, Reva, played by the wonderful Kim Zimmer. Now, I know you don't care about a dumb soap opera, but if this character isn't a superhero, I don't know who is. Let's do a brief rundown shall we? Keep in mind I'm going by memory only, so I'm sure there's plenty of things that I'm missing.
Reva Shayne
-Has slept with an endless number of men and has never had an STD
-Drove car off of a bridge and lived
-Wound up on an island, with amnesia. Married a prince and was almost killed by prince's brother. She managed to escape
-Wound up on an amish compound, with amnesia, and become town's medical "healer" (or something like that)
-Wound up back in Springfield. Gained memory back and realized her husband made a clone of her. Clone locked her up in an underground jail
-Escaped jail and befriended clone. Watched clone OD on rapid aging juice
-Had ability to time travel by jumping through an oil painting
-Arrested by Nazis and Confederate army while in time travel. Escaped and made it back to present time
-Became psychic but then lost the power, which is too bad because she could've predicted her own breast cancer
-After almost dying and seeing the infamous "white light", miraculously woke up cancer free
Now that sounds like someone with superpowers huh? Alright, I shall follow orders and leave the computer for now. Happy Watching.
Thursday, November 02, 2006
These Eyes Cannot Watch TV
For about two weeks I've been having eye issues and it has seriously cut into my TV time. Hopefully, the mystery will be solved tomorrow morning after an all-important trip to the optho. Before I move on, please let me bitch and moan for a minute about how hard it is to get a doctor's appointment in NYC.
Here's a brief re-enactment of my attempts to get an appointment:
Dr. 1
Me: Hi, I'd like to make an appointment. I'm having pain behind my eye and my vision is blurry.
Office: We can give you an appointment on 11/25.
WHAT?!?!? Are you kidding me?!?!!?
Dr. 2
Me: Hi, I'm having really bad pain behind my eye. I think I might have an infection.
Office: The soonest we can get you in is on 11/14.
OK, 2 weeks - we're getting better. I think I should've mentioned swelling and puss. Mental note for the future.
Finally, after three more phone calls, I found someone that could see me tomorrow. Hopefully, he's not a crazy hack doc who'll gouge my eyeballs out. Alas, despite slightly blurred vision and eye pain, I did manage to make a few observations this week. Lets see if we're in agreement.
MONDAY
Heroes: To me, this is THE most overrated show on TV. At first, I was pretty excited about it. It looked cool and the chick who plays the cheerleader used to be on my soap opera. No, not a Korean one - Guiding Light, the longest running show in TV history and the most hated soap opera in America. More on that in another post. The only characters from Heroes that are somewhat interesting are Peter P (mostly cuz he's cute) and Japanese Hiro. Now, I say Japanese Hiro because futuristic, English-speaking dork Hiro is LAME. If I could be a "hero," I'd be telekinetic and control EVERYTHING. As far as this week's show, there's no point in discussing the "plot" because it was completely boring and a waste of typing effort.
NY Rangers vs. LA Kings: Yes, I've been a die-hard Rangers fan since I inhabited the womb. All I have to say is, we totally sucked and lost 4-1. I do not understand why our D suddenly looks like a tag-team of Tom Poti bastard children.
TUESDAY
One word - HOUSE!!! The absolute best show on television with the best leading man. Hugh Laurie=HOT. Dr. House=genius, sarcastic, obnoxious=HOT HOT HOT. Not only do you have great writing and acting, but you get truly disgusting guts shots and peculiar medical mysteries. It's perfect. This week, Dr. House discovers his married patients are actually half-brother and sister. EWWWWWWW!!! Then House gets arrested for narcotics possession - come on, I know lots of docs who pop the vic while they're examining me. Give the guy a break! Obviously, I cannot wait until next week. If you haven't seen this show, you must check it out.
WEDNESDAY
Wed. is usually a slow TV night for me because it's the night of my Italian class. I mean, Non guardo la televisione perche io faccio una classe di italiano il mercoledi. Anyway, I think that's right. BUT...I have started watching Top Chef. What can I say, I like a reality show where the people actually DO something. Also, I really like to cook. Quickfire Challenge this week was creating an original icecream flavor. Hmmm...what would mine be? I'm thinking it might involve my latest obsession, Nutella. If you haven't had it, you are REALLY missing out. The absolute worst flavor created was avocado bacon icecream. That's right - AVOCADO BACON. Needless to say, the kids who were taste testing were spitting it on the ground and scraping their tongues with the spoon. OUCH. Elimination Challenge was to create a new dish for TGI Fridays. To make a long story short, over half the dishes the chefs created were total crap and a grilled cheese won. You can't go wrong with cheese.
Also on Wed night, NY Rangers vs "Quack-Quack" Ducks: I must admit, I mostly listened to this game because my eyes kept tearing up. No, not because I miss the glory days of 94, but because of my eyes, remember? Anyway, I'm quite happy to report that we pulled out a pretty important overtime victory.
THURSDAY
I just got home a little while ago and am watching the start of the Rangers vs Sharks as I type this. Now, I briefly rooted for the Sharks when Adam Graves, my FAVORITE player of all time, was on the team. I also liked Todd Harvey. I don't want to make any predictions....ok screw that..the Rangers are gonna kick ass!!! What do you know? Matt Cullen scores a SICK breakaway goal with seconds left in the first period!! GO RANGERS!!!
It's 1am and the Rangers just devoured the Sharks 3-1 after an awesome empty net goal by Shanny. Although, as has happened many times, I found myself screaming at the TV because my boys could not clear the puck in the final minute of the game. Why, oh why must you put us through this torture? Still, it was a pretty convincing win and I can't wait to see them play the Devs on 11/14! Now, it's time for the Golden Girls, and then Zzzzz.
Here's a brief re-enactment of my attempts to get an appointment:
Dr. 1
Me: Hi, I'd like to make an appointment. I'm having pain behind my eye and my vision is blurry.
Office: We can give you an appointment on 11/25.
WHAT?!?!? Are you kidding me?!?!!?
Dr. 2
Me: Hi, I'm having really bad pain behind my eye. I think I might have an infection.
Office: The soonest we can get you in is on 11/14.
OK, 2 weeks - we're getting better. I think I should've mentioned swelling and puss. Mental note for the future.
Finally, after three more phone calls, I found someone that could see me tomorrow. Hopefully, he's not a crazy hack doc who'll gouge my eyeballs out. Alas, despite slightly blurred vision and eye pain, I did manage to make a few observations this week. Lets see if we're in agreement.
MONDAY
Heroes: To me, this is THE most overrated show on TV. At first, I was pretty excited about it. It looked cool and the chick who plays the cheerleader used to be on my soap opera. No, not a Korean one - Guiding Light, the longest running show in TV history and the most hated soap opera in America. More on that in another post. The only characters from Heroes that are somewhat interesting are Peter P (mostly cuz he's cute) and Japanese Hiro. Now, I say Japanese Hiro because futuristic, English-speaking dork Hiro is LAME. If I could be a "hero," I'd be telekinetic and control EVERYTHING. As far as this week's show, there's no point in discussing the "plot" because it was completely boring and a waste of typing effort.
NY Rangers vs. LA Kings: Yes, I've been a die-hard Rangers fan since I inhabited the womb. All I have to say is, we totally sucked and lost 4-1. I do not understand why our D suddenly looks like a tag-team of Tom Poti bastard children.
TUESDAY
One word - HOUSE!!! The absolute best show on television with the best leading man. Hugh Laurie=HOT. Dr. House=genius, sarcastic, obnoxious=HOT HOT HOT. Not only do you have great writing and acting, but you get truly disgusting guts shots and peculiar medical mysteries. It's perfect. This week, Dr. House discovers his married patients are actually half-brother and sister. EWWWWWWW!!! Then House gets arrested for narcotics possession - come on, I know lots of docs who pop the vic while they're examining me. Give the guy a break! Obviously, I cannot wait until next week. If you haven't seen this show, you must check it out.
WEDNESDAY
Wed. is usually a slow TV night for me because it's the night of my Italian class. I mean, Non guardo la televisione perche io faccio una classe di italiano il mercoledi. Anyway, I think that's right. BUT...I have started watching Top Chef. What can I say, I like a reality show where the people actually DO something. Also, I really like to cook. Quickfire Challenge this week was creating an original icecream flavor. Hmmm...what would mine be? I'm thinking it might involve my latest obsession, Nutella. If you haven't had it, you are REALLY missing out. The absolute worst flavor created was avocado bacon icecream. That's right - AVOCADO BACON. Needless to say, the kids who were taste testing were spitting it on the ground and scraping their tongues with the spoon. OUCH. Elimination Challenge was to create a new dish for TGI Fridays. To make a long story short, over half the dishes the chefs created were total crap and a grilled cheese won. You can't go wrong with cheese.
Also on Wed night, NY Rangers vs "Quack-Quack" Ducks: I must admit, I mostly listened to this game because my eyes kept tearing up. No, not because I miss the glory days of 94, but because of my eyes, remember? Anyway, I'm quite happy to report that we pulled out a pretty important overtime victory.
THURSDAY
I just got home a little while ago and am watching the start of the Rangers vs Sharks as I type this. Now, I briefly rooted for the Sharks when Adam Graves, my FAVORITE player of all time, was on the team. I also liked Todd Harvey. I don't want to make any predictions....ok screw that..the Rangers are gonna kick ass!!! What do you know? Matt Cullen scores a SICK breakaway goal with seconds left in the first period!! GO RANGERS!!!
It's 1am and the Rangers just devoured the Sharks 3-1 after an awesome empty net goal by Shanny. Although, as has happened many times, I found myself screaming at the TV because my boys could not clear the puck in the final minute of the game. Why, oh why must you put us through this torture? Still, it was a pretty convincing win and I can't wait to see them play the Devs on 11/14! Now, it's time for the Golden Girls, and then Zzzzz.
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