Long Hiatus...New Beginning

I know I probably have no more readers out there. However, I am gonna start up for the summer, and revamp for the fall. I watch a few shows that are airing this summer, so this will be easier than I what I was trying to do. I tried to recap all the shows I watch, and well for anyone who knows me personally I watch A LOT of TV. So here's the deal, I will highlight some shows every week, because they are fav shows. I will highlight other shows if there was a good episode, and if you request a show I will do my best to highlight that one as well.

So for the summer...I watch...drum roll please...Army Wives, So You Think You Can Dance, The Bachelorette, Charm School with Ricki Lake, and Daisy of Love. I watch Jon and Kate Plus 8 when I can catch the reruns since it is on when The Bachelorette is and right now I do not have my DVR.

So my views on the shows thus far, and I promise you updates at least once a week! Probably more...let's be serious. I am currently unemployed, so I sit at the computer looking for jobs all day and sending out resumes. I need a break from time to time, and writing an update of my fav shows will probably be a good break.

So here goes...skip through and read the shows you like...

Army Wives
Army Wives is in it's third season on Lifetime, and I absolutely love this show. I dated a soldier back in the day and this is the life I could have lead had things worked out. So while I cannot fully understand being an Army wife, I was an Army girlfriend. However, Sunday was the second episode of the season, and I am not a big fan yet of this season.

The things I like are just too damn predictable so I'm not fully into it. Like Betty's (the bar), I was a big fan of the bar when it was the Hump Bar. Now I know that that Hump Bar needed changing after what happened there, but the bar lost character. I personally enjoy going to bars like the Hump Bar rather than Betty's. Betty's is more like an eatery and such. I mean hell it even has a cappachino machine. So now we bring in the new chick, that for the life of me I cannot remember her name, and I did not take notes because I was not expecting to be updating. It was a decision I just made today. The new chick from what I can tell is not an Army wife, however the are leading her in like she is gonna be more of a regular. I guess Betty wasn't an Army wife either, but I don't know. This new chick though it was obvious as soon as Roxy knocked out the guy that tried to steal her purse that she was gonna help Roxy save the bar some way some how.

I am glad that Frank is okay, that would have left too many open ends if he would have died. We saw I believe it was last season about the wife of a soldier killed that his wife had maybe 30 days to move out. If Frank would have died, Denise would have had to leave and we would have so many questions. Not too sure if Frank is going to keep Denise around, apparently the first thing he asks her when he comes in the door is, "Is it true?" referring to the rumor of her sleeping with a patient. Which we all know she did. I have laughed I was looking for Army Wives spoilers, which I couldn't find unfortunately; and I found so many people commenting on Denise's affair. The funny part was that they were not commenting on her cheating on a soldier deployed, or commenting about how Frank treated Denise, they were commenting oh what it would be like to have sex with a man without any legs. For those not up to speed, Denise had sex with a soldier patients who had lost his legs.

I think there is great potential for this storyline, just not too sure where it is going. Before Frank left, him and Denise were separated. Most people while separated think that sleeping with other people is okay. Frank did not understand that Denise was changing, she was becoming a strong woman. Unfortunately for Denise, it took all of her experiences to realize that at the end of the day she really loves Frank. So I am excited to see where this goes, but worried that it will not live up to its potential.

So we also are living the struggles of Claudia Joy in this episode. Michael left for Brussels and his NATO job, while Claudia Joy stayed behind with Emmalin. On a side note, what where the writer's thinking with that name, does not fit a rebel teenager. I am shocked that no one in this whole Holden's moving to Brussels storyline, Amanda is burried in Fort Marshall. I'm suprised they want to leave Amanda behind. It's been a year or so since her death. I know I am not a mother, but I'm not too sure I could not only move, but out of the country while my daughter is burried at Fort Marshall. I am looking forward to where this storyline is going too, there is no way they are taking the Holden's out of the picture, no way in hell.

I feel bad for Roland he seems to be struggling with being an Army husband. I love this storyline, because people forget that there are women in the military and there are men out there who give up their lives to be an Army husband. He just seems to really be struggling and Joan is deploying soon. From the rumors I hear, she is being deployed because the actress playing Joan, Wendy Davis, had an inappropriate relationship with a married soldier while they were on base doing a promo. Apparently, the real Army wives are not too happy with her, and to make them happy they are giving her time off while deployed. However, as we see with Frank even though he is deployed we see him.

Another reason I love the Roland/Joan storyline is, that this is something that is happening more and more often. Woman are giving birth to their children and being deployed. They are missing the precious moments of first steps and words. I know they sign up to be a soldier, it is just sad. Especially in this time of war we are in, we have been at war for years. It is nice to see it, so that people know what is really happening.

So all in all Army Wives has had a verrrrrry slow start. While I am looking forward to storylines, I just hope they play them out right, and a little bit faster. I don't want to have to can a show in the summer, there is nothing really on TV in the summer.

So You Think You Can Dance
All I can say about the Top 20 week 1, is WOW!! SYTYCD is stepping it up. Year after year, we see that in the Top 2o they pick dancers from every genre, and because of that there are always some weaker dancers who make it to the Top 20. Weak in comparison to the competition in the Top 20. Seriously, this first week it was amazing dance after amazing dance. The bottom three were not surprises really at all. I guessed who would go home and I am one for one. However, I am not too sure that I can make that happen again. I have to admit I have not watched SYTYCD since Season 1. I picked it up I believe in Season 2 or 3. This is the first time I can remember that this early in the game, it is truly going to depend on their dances week by week. Before there were dancers who skirted by on their popularity, while some of the other weaker dancers left. I am truly looking forward to this season and how amazing it can be. This week I will break it down more than I am now, right now I am just giving my quick thoughts. I also want to say for anyone out there who doesn't know me well, I have no training in dancing. So I will be commenting completely on performance, not really technique. In the past season, I have picked up some stuff, I can tell you when someone has good or bad lines, and some techniques are obvious. I took one dance class in my life, and that was in college. I took a social and ballroom dancing class. However, that by no means gives me any true knowledge.

I just want to highlight some of my favorite dances of the night though...I enjoyed Phillip and Jeanine's hip hop to start off the night. Caitlin and Jason's Bollywood was amazing! I mean they had some pretty big shoes to fill. This is only the second Bollywood number in the show's history, and last season it was the number one and two who danced it, and it was amazing. Jeanette and Brandon's Foxtrot was beautiful, Brandon's strength in some of the lifts were just amazing. I also enjoyed Melissa and Ade's Contemporary. Actually I could go on and on and on. And the Samba to end the night with Kayla and Max was so good. I will talk more about the contestants and the dances this week! I will be taking notes and making comments. This will get better and better and by fall it will be the place to be for updates, comments and recaps of your (well my) favorite shows.

The Bachelorette
I do not even know where to begin with this one. So I am going to start even before this season explain myself and then go from there. Here's the story, I like spoilers and typically fight the urge but I search for them. Last season on the Bachelor, I searched for spoilers. I at this time found RealitySteve.com and my whole Bachelor/Bachelorette watching changed. Now before you go to RealitySteve, he is not a spoiler site. He gives his funny recaps of the show, as well as some other reality shows. He stumbles onto information and if he sees fit he reveals it. In my opinion he is very credible, he was right on last season with the Melissa/Molly switch that was going to happen. Now I have to admit before I found RealitySteve on the net, I was frustrated with the show because let's be serious it was not providing relationships it was just drama. However, I still believed that at least some of it was real. Now I am not too sure if there is anything real on the show. I believe that the people are real, because they are not robots, but I believe a lot of it is scripted. So now I watch for entertainment value not reality. It to me is more like that movie Lifetime aired Dating Ryan Banks. The movie was based on a dating show. And to me the dating show is just that just another scripted sitcom.

I was pissed last season with the whole finale, After the Final Rose thing. Like super pissed, not because I thought that Melissa and Jason were in love, but because even scripted that is HORRIBLE to do. When it's a 100% scripted show, you read the script as does everyone else and they know everything. Well, while I do feel there are scripts to this "reality" I still believe that not everyone gets in on it. So in the end they really are hurting people's feelings. So it's like a really bad episode of Punk'd. So this season I am watching differently, and I don't know how I did not see it coming.

There are guys I like on the show, but I question if that is really their personalities. This week with Ed leaving, come on give me a break. As RealitySteve said today in his article, it was great foreshadowing. I recommend you read RealitySteve, but here is my warning; you will watch the show different, and today he did put spoilers in there. He happened upon information and there is stuff in there. I am not going to write it in here, because I have not made decision on whether or not I will add spoilers in my stuff. I may at some point in the fall, and do posts that are just spoilers that I have found, that way you can read that post or not. So if you want to know what is happening with the show this season check out his blog.

All I can say about this week's elimination was like DUH! Jillian didn't even need a cocktail party, she knew Mark had to go. There was no shock there, I mean obviously she had doubts about him, that why last week he went on the two-on-one. He just edged out Mikey because, Mikey was too cliche. I am looking forward to just watching this drama unfold.

Oh yea last night in the previews they made it sound like one of the men in the final 3 had some performance issues in the bedroom during the fantasy suite dates. However, my thought is that for what I believe the first time in show's history someone turns down the fantasy suite. Jillian made some comment about wishing she had the time to really know, and crying (shocking I know, that's all she seems to do). So that is my guess.

Charm School and Daisy of Love
Do not judge me for watching these, they are like watching a train wreck. I know full well it would better not to watch, but I can't help it. I laugh at it, and find entertainment in it. I just watched last night's Charm School and that is just a hot mess. They were hammering screws, and then the drama about who is leaving. I mean seriously I wish I could do these tasks to win $250,000. The sad part is one I would never go on a dating show for Flavor Flav, Bret Michaels or Real and Chance who wanted to date New York who wanted to date Flavor Flav; and two I have more class in my pinky finger than these women, or at least the way they ask.

Or they are smarter than me, because they are now making thousands of dollars to do appearances. The dating shows I think are drama filled...and the softer side of me think that Charm School has its good in it. Just this week Ashley talked about how much of a bitch she was on Rock of Love, and Marcia is truly trying to kick alcohol. Sadly, I think she is just learning that she is an alcoholic and it may not be as easy as she thinks.

I never say Bay Bay Bay on her show, I just saw her starting with Charm School. She is becoming my favorite. Although, I really do think she has her shit together, and that Charm School may not really be helping her much. My hopes for winning are Bay Bay Bay or Marcia.

Daisy of Love was just funny, Fox was dumb as hell. I'm glad he is gone, him talking made me feel like I was losing brain cells. And who the hell gives all of their friends and girlfriend the number to the mansion you are staying at while trying to date another girl. I mean even if you didn't give it to your girlfriend, all your friends have it, and they know you have a girlfriend. I mean seriously, but again this is probably scripted drama. Or maybe it is just drama that happens because these people are just train wrecks who create drama.

Okay that's this week in my summer tv watching. I will comment on Jon and Kate Plus 8 either in a separate post or in my next recap. I do not have the energy to go into that. That in itself is a long post. So happy tv watching...Check in next time for my views and recaps as the TV Proxy, I watch TV so you don't have to.