What’s New?

I haven’t posted on my blog since September 29, 2008.
Today is December 16, 2008. It’s been almost three months since my last blog post. So, what’s new?

Politics

1. We have a new president, President-elect Barack Obama. I am so relieved that Americans made the right choice for president and we are all ready to have our very first Hawaiian president.
2. Senator Hillary Clinton has been tapped to be our next Secretary of Sate, which I think is wonderful. I’m still a little ticked that Barack didn’t choose her for his running-mate.
3. Proposition 8 passed, by the slimmest of margins, in California. Thanks to the Church of Latter-day Saints and their tens of millions of dollars that were poured into California from Utah. The California Supreme Court will be taking a look at the proposition and its constitutionality very soon, though.

Entertainment

1. Britney Spears released her real comeback album “Circus,” which was the #1 album in its first week of release, beating out Kanye West and Beyoncé. Her first single “Womanizer” becomes #1, and her newest single “Circus” is on its way to the top. And I can’t stop listening to her album.
2. Rosie O’Donnell’s variety show on NBC totally flopped. I watched the first five minutes and I completely understand why. I don’t think we’ll be seeing much of her again…
3. Kathy Griffin’s comedy album “For Your Consideration,” made just to be considered for a Grammy, has been nominated for a Grammy award for Best Comedy Album! Yesssss.

My Life

1. Just finished my first semester in college. One of the best experiences of my life, and the classes were a breeze — except for my stupid communications class where my extremely liberal professor tried to push his beliefs on us. I don’t think they were just coincidences that we watched several videos on war, religion, and sex.
2. I volunteered at a local polling place on election day. Met some wonderful people. Who knew people were still so friendly here in Orange?
3. I was hit by the “Twilight” bug after watching the movie. I’ve been reading the saga and it’s pretty amazing.

Hopefully this won’t be the last blog post this month. haha.

I HATE Cash4Gold Commericals

Has anyone NOT seen these stupid commericals that run at random times during the day? I watch the morning news, it runs. I watch Ellen, it runs. I watch Jay Leno, it runs. I watch the Olympics, it runs. What gives? These things are ridiculous! And isn’t “Cash4Gold” a scam anyway? Why would anyone in their right mind give away their scrap gold without getting it appraised first?

There are so many things that just don’t make sense to me at all. First, their “secure” envelope that you mail your jewelry in is just some paper and a small plastic bag. How is that secure? Shouldn’t it be bullet-proof or something? Second, how much will you be getting for your gold? They say they’ll give you cash and blah blah blah. But in reality, how much do you REALLY get? Five bucks for your old class ring that cost you $500? And third, the poeple in the commercials need acting lessons or something. They’re just so dumb.

Oh, and my favorite line from the commercial:

I sent in my diamond wedding band from my first marriage and got money the very next day.

Last Night’s “D-List” Finale

Last night I watched the season finale of Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List and it almost made me cry. It was really tough for me to watch this episode only because of the different states that those brave soldiers were in. It was really tough for Kathy to be there, too; in one scene Kathy is out of sight of the recovering soldiers and she just breaks down and cries (at which point I almost cried because when I see someone cry it makes me want to cry). But what I really enjoyed about last night’s episode was that Kathy wanted to make the soldiers laugh, and lift their spirits up a little bit. Also, I saw how strong those soldiers were, not to mention how incredibly strong their families were. Though some soldiers were going through a really tough time of their life, I was surprised at how positive they were and how happy most of them were. It kind of made me think about all of the men and women fighting for our country, and how amazing these soldiers are.

I can’t wait until next season!

Next “Harry Potter” Film Release Pushed Back

“Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” release has been pushed back from November 21, 2008 to July 17, 2009. Warner Brothers studio is blaming the delay to the writer’s stirke which occurred earlier this year. I think that this is actually good for the movie, becuase the much-anticipated movie “Twilight” is also going to be released this fall, and may overshadow “Half-Blood Prince.” Maybe that’s the same reason why Warner Bros. decided to push the release date to next summer. Now this just makes me look forward to next summer’s release, which will probably dominate the summer movie season.

“Dark Knight” Sequel Poster Revealed?

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Could this possibly be the poster to “The Dark Knight” sequel, “The Dark Knight Returns?”