Dawson's Creek: Most Successful Teen Cast Ever

Once upon a time there was a moment in history when Katie Holmes wasn’t known as Tom Cruise’s wife. She was Joey Potter on the WB show Dawson’s Creek, and if you’re currently age 25 or above there is a 90% chance you knew this.

If you don’t know Dawson’s Creek here’s a quick summary from IMDB: Set in a small coastal, Massachusetts town named Capeside, Dawson’s Creek tells the story of four teenagers as they struggle through adolescence. This is particularly true for 15-year-olds Dawson Leery, an introspective dreamer and Joey Potter, a precocious tomboy unaware of her beauty. Best friends since childhood, they are about to enter that confusing time in life where nothing is the way it was and nothing is as it seems.

There was a moment when I was an avid Creek watcher (yeah that’s right, I’m just calling it Creek). I pawned it off as an excuse to hang out with girls (as it was somewhat of a girl-centric show) but the reality is, I really liked it. I actually remember going out of my way to watch it on Wednesday night. But, it’s to be expected, every few years a teen show comes along and manages to stay on TV longer than 1 season and actually hooks in teens-

Before The Creek it was 90210 and Melrose Place and after The Creek it’s the OC and Gossip Girl. These shows just stick. But something weird happened with The Creek, something that wasn’t supposed to happen… Some of these kids actually stayed in the public eye. I’m not talking public eye as in “Celebrity Rehab” I mean public eye as in successful acting career.

Earlier today I watched the trailer for “My Week With Marilyn” the feature film that stars Michelle Williams, playing Marilyn Monroe. It’s a pretty solid trailer that you can watch by clicking here and it seems as though the movie is going to be released just in time to make an Oscar push. This trailer got me thinking – Is the Dawson Creek cast the most successful teen cast ever? I think so - Lets run down the post Dawson Creek career of the 4 core actors:

James Van Der Beek (Dawson Leary): Dawson… And apparently it was his creek. His career didn’t exactly take off so maybe he wasn’t the shining example to start with. Post Dawson he went on to play the lead in Varsity Blues, which was essentially a bad version of Friday Night Lights. At one point he tried to take the “Fuck you Dawson” role in “Rules of Attraction” which is a pretty trippy movie if you haven’t seen it, and he mocked himself as Dawson on more than 1 occasion (Scary Movie, Jay and Silent Bob: Strike Back, Funny or Die Video).

There is no bad mouthing a guy whose been working for the last 10 years but his resume isn’t exactly what his on-air best friend turned enemy (later in Dawson Creek) is. That man is…

Joshua Jackson (Pacey Witter): Every teen drama needs the best friend who is quirky, kind of gets under your skin, but ultimately girls want him as your boyfriend – that was Joshua Jackson. During and after the Creek he had a few memorable at the time roles in: The Skulls, Cruel Intentions, Bobby, and Shutter. But what currently separates Jackson from the crew – Fringe. Fringe is 69 episodes deep on Fox and is a cult hit which is a mix between X Files and LOST.

Katie Holmes (Joey Potter): On the Creek she was the tomboy naive next-door neighbor. Annoying as shit, but still kind of attractive. Who cares what she’s in now – she’s the reason Tom Cruise jumped on a couch forever changing our idea of Maverick. Holmes struts around like Hollywood royalty, which is kind of funny because the closest she’s come to royalty is her role in First Daughter.

Any way you cut it she’s in the tabloids all the time, she was the original Rachel Dawes in Chris Nolan’s first Batman, and she has what every actor wants – options.

Speaking of options, the one actress who has shed the most from Dawson’s Creek and is on the verge of being a viable movie star:

Michelle Williams (Jen Lindley): Williams was the oil in the ointment on the Creek. She was the new girl who “knew about life” and managed to stir things up in the nice town of Capeside.

During the Creek Williams played to her type, she was doing movies like Halloween H2O, Dick, and But I’m a Cheerleader. Then something happened… someone said: “Hey, you can act!” Williams then went on to build up an impressive resume and get nominated for 2 Academy Awards – 1 supporting for Brokeback Mountain and the 2nd for lead actress in Blue Valentine.

With the mentioned Monroe film above, she may potentially have 3 nominations under her belt – pretty impressive. If you would have asked me in 1999 who would be the most successful out of the crew, there is no way I would have bet on Williams, I probably would have took Josh Jackson.

A few honorable Creek mentions: Kerr Smith: Almost had a career. Busy Phillips: If you need an annoying slutty best friend look no further. Chad Michael Murray: He jumped right into the longest running show nobody ever watched – One Tree Hill.

Quick Recap of the original Creek cast: Tons of post Creek movies, 1 successful TV show, 1 couch jumper, and 2 Academy Award nominations. But most importantly… They’re all still actively working.

Take a step back and think about any teen drama that comes to mind and you tell me
which produced more successful actors/ actresses.

A moment of silent appreciation for Dawson’s Creek.

(For the record I didn’t want this show week in and week out for it’s entire run, but I did stick with it through their high school days. Which is another conversation at a different time: When making a high school drama don’t forget they have to graduate. It usually sucks post high school…)

10 Really Bad Movie Trailers.

Lethal Weapon 3: What the hell is this? Joe Pesci has never been more annoying and I can already tell Rene Russo isn’t doing these stunts. You know a trailer is bad when you can tell it’s a body double… right?

Who cares, by this point in the game these movies generated enough money to pay Mel Gibson’s current legal fees.

Déjà vu:

I love you Denzel so this is tough but this is an interesting trailer and it’s not really anyone’s fault – not true, it’s someone’s fault and that someone is the writer of the trailer. There is this man named Don LaFontaine who passed away in 2008, and everyone has heard him at some point in their life. LaFontaine is best known for doing the voice over in movie trailers, in fact he did over 5,000. Thing is, this trailer is cheesy because of what DL had to say, I think if they just stuck to the music they would have been okay.

Side note: DL dominated movies in the 90’s. Before him there wasn’t much of a voice over presence and now it’s not even the same. Unfortunately it’s a tad cheesy at times but I would have paid a million dollar for him to read me a story. RIP Don LaFontaine.

Double Impact: Jean Claude Van Damme in all his early fighting glory. It burns my fingers a little write this but… well… it’s like this: The trailer opens with a close up a man seemingly dancing to generate music from the spurs on his boots. Also, the trailer proceeds to go on a Van Damme pun session that should be noted in the Guinness book of World Records. Wait, is this trailer actually awesome?

By the way, this is also the LaFontaine effect.

Mission to Mars:

Stupid trailer worse movie. This had so much going for it. What makes this trailer bad -The music. If you turn your back and just listen to the audio of this trailer it sounds like a swashbuckling Pirates of the Caribbean film that somehow morphs into Darth Vader breathing… try it.

Bad Boys 2:

I loved Bad Boys part 1 and truth be told I saw part 2 in theaters. But this trailers is so completely annoying and partially smug. How is a trailer smug you ask? Easy, these guys are so self aware of what they’re doing in this movie that it’s almost insulting.

Ghost Rider:

Really? We’re supposed to buy Nicholas Cage as a Marvel character? Okay, lets just say we did by Nick Cage as a Marvel guy, this trailer is filled with cheesy 1 liners and I can’t believe Eva Mendez is in this movie.

Abduction:

This Taylor Lautner movie didn’t do so well in the theaters and this trailer didn’t really help much. It looks so ridiculous that I can’t imagine someone whom isn’t a twilight fan seeing it.

The Majestic:

What happened Jim Carrey? I’ll tell you what happened… Carrey was snubbed during awards season for The Truman Show and then Man on the Moon. He was hell bent on being dramatic so he did… The Majestic. If memory serves me correctly, he passed on Phonebooth, which starred Colin Farrell, to do this movie.

This movie bombed and this trailer didn’t help. It’s trying to be an epic period piece so bad that it’s painful. This may be the most dramatic trailer ever.

X-Men Origins: Wolverine:

Um did I just see Wolverine fighting in the Civil War? Yup! Should have kept this out of the trailer because it’s the biggest load of bullshit in the history of X-men trailers.

Bowfinger:

Eddie Murphy and Steve Martin look so out of place it’s painful. But the real problem with this trailer is the song “Bang on My Drums” by Todd Rundgren. Cool song for children’s birthday parties, bad song for movie trailers.

All the cameos in the world couldn’t save this trailer.

fuckyeahtheu

fuckyeahtheuniverse:

A time-lapse taken from the front of the International Space Station as it orbits our planet at night. This movie begins over the Pacific Ocean and continues over North and South America before entering daylight near Antarctica. Visible cities, countries and landmarks include (in order) Vancouver Island, Victoria, Vancouver, Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Los Angeles. Phoenix. Multiple cities in Texas, New Mexico and Mexico. Mexico City, the Gulf of Mexico, the Yucatan Peninsula, El Salvador, Lightning in the Pacific Ocean, Guatemala, Panama, Columbia, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, Lake Titicaca, and the Amazon. Also visible is the earths ionosphere (thin yellow line), a satellite (55sec) and the stars of our galaxy.

Tony Romo the lone man wearing "Starter" gear.

Me + 1996 + Football = Starter Gear. Aside from white kids in the 90’s living in the suburbs the only other people wearing Starter stuff were gang members repping the Raiders and oh… yeah… The Cowboys.

I think Romo is trying to bring back Starter. He sports the starter cap like it never went out of style, and wearing it, he either looks like Johnny Football, some guy so out of touch with fashion that it’s funny, or maybe he just doesn’t care. Seeing that he only dated public figures something tells me that he’s aware he’s in the public eye, not to mention he’s playing for “America’s team.”

The thing with the starter cap that he’s seemingly always wearing, is that it’s continuously really beat up and looks like it’s been worn 789 times. The obvious reason for this – Starter endorses him, but he could get around wearing the hat.

Honestly, I like the hat and think it’s awesome he’s wearing it, Tony Romo may be onto something… Fashion recycles every 20 years, right?

A moment of appreciation for the lone man wearing a starter cap…

The Sandlot - Greatest Baseball Movie Ever.

Moneyball comes out today and it got me thinking about baseball movies, which sent me to a very solid conclusion: The baseball movie is on the decline. I’m trying to recall the last good baseball movie that’s come out in the last ten years, and I’m struggling. Not only am I struggling to figure out which is a good baseball movie, but also, I’m struggling to think of any baseball movie. Here’s what I’ve come up with:

Summer Catch
Mr. 3000
Fever Pitch
Bad New Bears

I could literally only remember 4 movies and lets be honest, these movies suck… that’s how memorable the last decade has been of baseball movies (and one could argue sports movies).

What’s happened to the baseball movie? Here’s my theory –

The sport has been on a steady decline for quite some time and people just aren’t interested. It’s tainted. It doesn’t seem like kids are running around with other kids to get a pick up game together and just play. Having said that, I’m childless, living in a city, and in my 20’s, so I wouldn’t exactly know – but I don’t feel like I’m far off. Baseball has been hurt with the steroid stories and players jumping from team to team that our interest in the game isn’t what it used to be.

I also think that due to technology the veil has been lifted in regards to knowing about salary, personal lives, and personal demands. I don’t think kids look up to baseball players like the once did… Am I wrong about this?

Not sure when we will ever get the likes of Major League, The Natural, The Rookie, Rookie of the Year, or even Angels in the Outfield. I heard that Moneyball is pretty good and I suppose it has potential to slip into the list of really cool baseball movies. The title Moneyball basically sums up the sport, and since I haven’t seen it I can’t judge it quite yet.

I need to stop thinking about the depressing money aspect and Segway into the greatest baseball movie of all time, a movie that movies could learn some serious life themes from: THE SANDLOT.

If you’re in your 20’s you’ve seen this movie and we all probably remember it for different reasons. Some remember it because of baseball, some remember it because of the massive dog trying to kill the kids, some remember it because James Earl Jones was in it, and some remember it because it’s just fucking awesome. That’s where I fall.

The Sandlot is about a group of kids that regularly play baseball next to a house that holds the dog known as “The Beast.” It’s set in the mid 50’s and basically has everything you need for a kids / baseball movie. These kids eventually hit all their balls over the fence including one signed by Babe Ruth. Once the Ruth ball is gone the film swings into a “How the hell are we going to get this thing back?”

I’m contemplating how deep I want to dive into this. Part of me wants to just lay out the entire movie but the other part of me wants to try and build up the film so you want to see it (if you haven’t) without giving too much away. I need to be able to find a steady balance. I will map it out like this with a checklist; if you answer yes to any of these then you’ll like this movie –

Do you like baseball?
Do you like Kid movies?
Do you like watching movies of people trying to get out of a tricky situation?
Do you like the feeling of nostalgia?
Do you like seeing Dennis Leary in a role you wouldn’t imagine?

Yes to any… then you’ll like The Sandlot.

The movie carries a heartbeat that would hold up in any film, and has a story, which is key to any film. Unlike Major League or A League of Their Own (Awesome movies) this film manages to operate with kids and on a G / PG level. Do not take for granted how difficult that is to do.

Adventure + baseball = The Sandlot.

If you get out to see Moneyball this weekend, and like it, enjoy that feeling because it’s not going to be around for another 15 years. And if you want to amplify that feeling and encompass youthfulness once more than I suggest The Sandlot – The greatest baseball movie of all time.

Side note: Come on, look at this poster below. Who doesn’t want to see this?

RAPID NFL BOX SCORE REACTION

When the Mom comes to visit over the weekend it usually means one thing – I’m not watching much TV. Fortunately it’s early in the NFL season and I’ve yet to become completely attached to this season. I’m just mildly attached. So, as her and I were walking through the Grove in Los Angeles I quickly jumped on a computer at the Apple store. I looked to see the score of the Packers game– it was 3rd quarter and closer than I anticipated. I check the box score and saw that Cam Newton was about to throw for 400 yards again… What the hell was I missing?

Box scores are probably the greatest thing ever. Who cares if your team is winning, I want to know how everyone is doing individually. After I saw Newtons yards I text my friend and asked if he was outplaying Aaron Rodgers, my friend didn’t respond. I actually still don’t know if he was.

This is Cam Newton’s numbers: 28/46, 432 yards, 1 TD, 3 INT’s.
This is Aaron Rodgers’ numbers: 19/30, 308 yards 2 TD’s , No INT’s.

What does this tell me? It says Cam was slinging the football like a running back didn’t exist. I looked at the running back stats – turned out Cam Newton was their leading rusher – Yards and Attempts.

The Box Score tells us this dude doesn’t trust his team. He’s trying to do it all. If he wants to toss the ball 50 times a game and go for 400 yards, be my guest, but there will come a point when Wins will be more impressive. Having said that biased POV from a Packers fan, I think Cam Newton may be the real deal (2 games in to his career).

I looked through the remaining Box Scores and checked out the one thing that stuck out, which basically allowed me to determine the fate of each team. I present to you:

RAPID NFL REACTION BASED OFF OF BOX SCORES:

Jaguars (1-1): 3
Jets (2-0): 32

ONE THING THAT STUCK OUT: The Jaguars quarterback Luke McCown was 6/19 for 59 yards and 4 INTs. Apparently they benched him for Blaine Gabbert who threw for 52 yards. Maurice Jones Drew ran the ball 18 times for 88 yards.

The Jets D is very good. They’re the combination of the Ravens from 2001 and the Cowboys from the 90’s. They’re really dysfunctional, entertaining, and good. If they had a Ray Lewis type personality then they may never let anyone score a point again. But then again, this is the Jaguars, and the Jags fans are dreaming about David Gerrard right now.

Seahawks (0-2): 0
Steelers (1-1): 24

ONE THING THAT STUCK OUT: Sure, the Steelers didn’t allow 1 point. Sure, Ben Roethlisberger looks great in his 22/30 298 yard performance. Sure, the Seahawks are still thinking about the Playoffs last season when they somehow won. But the one bright star to all of this is Tarvaris Jackson! Yes, Jackson: 20/29 159 yards passing. It’s weak, yes. But the Steelers D is tough and The Seahawks have a weak offensive line.

The Seahawks may actually win a game this year with the Vikings forever back up.

Cardinals (1-1): 21
Redskins (2-2): 22

ONE THING THAT STUCK OUT: The score itself. The Redskins are 2-0 under Rex Grossman. If you forgot the Grossman predicted the Redskins would win the NFC East this year. Well, so far he’s right.

Also, Larry Fitzgerald had 133 yards, that’s over half of the passing yards from Kevin Kolb (251). He’s got to be the best receiver in the NFL.

Packers (2-0): 30
Panthers (0-2): 23

See above. But one more thing: I don’t think the Packers know who their running back is…yet. However, this isn’t a bad thing – if we’ve forgotten, they won the Superbowl with a depleted backfield last year.

Cowboys (1-1): 27
49ers (1-1): 24

ONE THING THAT STUCK OUT: No, it’s not the 345 yards from Tony Romo, nor is it how bad Frank Gore was (20 rushes, 47 yards). It’s the 3 fumbles from the Cowboys – Romo, Miles Austin, and Felix Jones. Fortunately they didn’t lose the ball… but this could be a problem down the road.

Also, Jon Kitna came in and replaced Romo, he proceeded to throw 2 INTs. I can’t explain why I like Kitna, maybe it’s some sort of pity or because he resembles KANE from the WWE, but it’s not the 90’s anymore and with Romo out, the Cowboys will always lose.

Bengals (1-1): 22
Broncos (1-1): 24

ONE THING THAT STUCK OUT: Easy – Bengals QB Andy Dalton throwing for 332 yards, 2 TD’s and no INTs saying F-U Carson Palmer.

The secondary thing that sticks out: Cedric Benson only rushing for 59 yards on 16 carries… ehhh… not looking good for the Bungles.

Texans (2-0): 23
Dolphins (0-2): 13

ONE THING THT STUCK OUT: Yo! Reggie Bush! Screw you. You’re on my fantasy football team and you’re more up and down than the stock market - 18 yards rushing and 3 yards receiving? Come on, man.

Right now the Texans have so much hope, and I like that, they’ve been on the “verge” for so long.

Raiders (1-1): 35
Bills (2-0): 38

ONE THING THAT STUCK OUT: The Raiders were winning 21-3 at halftime and they lost this game? Are the Bills for real?

Lions (2-0): 48
Chiefs (0-2): 3

ONE THING THAT STUCK OUT: Matt Cassel and his 3 INTs. I thought he’d be a little better than this after his Kenny Powers Adidas campaign in the off-season. Looks like the Lions D may be gaining some confidence.

Could the Lions actually be for real? Stafford = healthy, then maybe.

Ravens (1-1): 13
Titans (1-1): 26

ON THING THAT STUCK OUT: If Matt Hasselbeck throws for over 300 yards on the Ravens D then that’s 100% obvious proof that this defense has officially declined. They’ve been so good for so long this was only a matter of time. But on the flip side they held Chris Johnson for 53 yards. What’s happening?

Flacco looks like he was struggling (against the Titans?) I can’t really get a gauge on either of these teams but my gut says the Titans will slip and the Ravens will be above average.

Browns (1-1): 27
Colts (0-2): 19

ONE THING THAT STUCK OUT: Adam Vinatieri’s 4 field goals (39 yards, 27 yards, 52 yards, 36 yards). Peyton Manning must be going nuts.

Buccaneers (1-1): 24
Vikings (0-2): 20

ONE THING THAT STUCK OUT: Adrian Peterson had 120 yards, 2 TD’s and they still lost? Man, this could be a long year for the Vikings… and for AP.

Bears (1-1): 13
Saints (1-1): 30

ONE THING THAT STUCK OUT: Matt Forte doing double duty with 10 carries for 49 yards and 10 receptions for 117 yards. Apparently Jay Cutler has found his man. Also, the Bears had 4 fumbles (Cutler, Hester, Hurd, Tillman) - they lost 1. That’s either a shaky offense or the Saints D is pretty good.

Brees and the Saints rebounded nicely from last week… they may be very very good. Not to mention they seem to have forgot about Reggie.

Chargers (1-1): 21
Patriots (2-0): 35

ONE THING THAT STUCK OUT: The obvious is Tom Brady throwing 3 TDS, no INTs, 423 yards, and spreading the field like mayo to 7 different receivers. Brady… please don’t get injured you’re too fun to watch.

But the story here is Antonio Gates getting 1 ball thrown his way with 0 catches.

Eagles (1-1): 31
Falcons (1-1): 35

ONE THING THAT STUCK OUT: Matt “Tom Clancy” Ryan shedding the Vickness and tossing 4TD’s.

I actually caught the first half of this late game and when I heard Vick was injured I felt really bad. Watching him scramble is so exciting because of how vulnerable he is. Yesterday he looked a little forced and he was playing a possessed city, I can’t figure out why the fans were booing him. Don’t you think prison was enough?

A general overall take away from these box scores is the ridiculously high QB numbers. The new league is paving the way for records to be shattered and QB’s to run wild. If you don’t know – The NFL now protects their QB’s more than ever to “prevent injury”. But what that means is they want to keep their golden boys on the field for $$$ reasons. A perfect example is Peyton Manning. Who the F cares about the Colts if he’s not on the field? I kind of like this new rule just for excitement purposes.

Should I be scared that the box score is sometimes just as exciting as games themselves? (Words of a Fantasy Football player).

The Hacked Nude Photo And a New Game.

Fantasy football may be a thing of the past. I think it’s time to start a new fantasy league called: Celebrity Cell Phone Leaks. Points would be dispersed by various categories:

Naked Video: 50 points
Naked Photo: 30 Points
Enticing Photo: 20 Points
Embarrassing Photo: 10 points
Unappealing Photo: 10 points
Pointless Photo: 10 points
Incriminating Text Message: 10 points
Regular Text Message: 5 points
Address Book: 5 points

Of course there would be a few variables that could be taken into scoring consideration, ie – how they handled it, are they married, how it leaked etc… Also, this wouldn’t be a league for just celebrities but we could toss politicians and athletes in the mix too… Basically any public figure, we don’t discriminate in this league.

If this league were an actual thing Scarlett Johansson would just have scored 30 points and she just joined the conversation with about 30 other people in the past year. In case you don’t keep up with the leaking’s of celebrity photos then you wouldn’t know that 2 days ago Johansson’s naked body hit the web. She took two pictures of … well you can see for yourself.

According to Johansson this was a hacking on her phone and she’s been in contact with the FBI for months. I believe her. In most cases I would resort to thinking that she slipped up and nobody hacked her. To be honest I actually feel very bad for her and any other person who gets hacked. Your personal business is your personal business.

There has to be a solve to this, right? The obvious solve is to not take the pictures, and I think that’s the knee jerk reaction from the public. But that’s not the solve, it can’t be. It’s no fun. DON’T LISTEN TO THE PUBLIC, PLEASE KEEP TAKING PICTURES.

A letter to the Hackers:

Dear Hackers,

Stop ruining it for everyone. Please let these people slip up on their own and allow them to send pictures of themselves to their ex’s after a long night of drinking. The ex will then accept the picture and not think anything of it for about a week, but ultimately the ex will then send it to a friend or post it on the Internet after another night of drinking.

If you keep on hacking cell phones then people will (God forbid) stop taking pictures. Not to mention, you potentially hurt my future Fantasy Celebrity Picture game. If you want to do us a favor, be cool and hack Starbucks online system and change the prices of coffee for a day… or something like that. Stop ruining things.

Always and Forever,

Josh

What’s to make of all these pictures floating around? I’m wondering if the cell phone naked picture is going to be the new porno. I feel like the celebrity porno kind of died out, and I’m willing to bet at this current moment in time if you were to ask someone with a high profile to make a porno they would immediately deny. But, if you take pictures of them via cell phone… that’s still doable, is this going to change?

God I hope not.

Can we please just take a step back and dive deeper into this: What I think is great about leaked pictures is that the pictures we see are the pictures that are SAVED on the phone. We all know there were about 10 pictures before the saved ones that were deleted, so what we’re looking at, assuming they took the picture solo, is how they feel best. These naked pictures are essentially how they’d want to look if they were in playboy. Any time you see a leaked naked photo you have to say to yourself: “They think they look really good.”

So what’s in store for Johansson, what are the repercussions of taking a photo? Well, it changes depending on who you are:

If you’re a Sports Athlete: Tons and Tons of shit from teammates and fans, not to mention crying fans under the age of 13 (Brett Favre, Greg Oden).

If you’re a Politician: Donezo. Send out a naked anything of yourself and you aught to hope that you have any resemblance of some sort of career as this basically strips you of all credibility. If you’re lucky you’ll be able to have a show on CNN. (Anthony Weiner).

If you’re a Celebrity: Basically nothing negative can come from it UNLESS you’re in a relationship and the picture isn’t intended for your significant other. The reality of the situation is that nudity actually can make you more popular. The poster child for this is Kim Kardashian. Prior to Keeping Up With The Kardashians the only screen time Kim had was on millions of men’s computer screens. If you’re a musician and nude photo’s come out then you’re earning street cred. So, in the Johansson case, she has nothing to worry about. Johansson can say hello to the laundry list of celebrities that have done this same exact thing.

The other reason SJ is going to be okay is because seeing a celebrity nude has become such common place that I’m not too sure how much anyone really cares about this. Technology has once again paved the way for things that were one time uncommon to completely common. In my expert naked picture prediction I think that this will all blow over before you can say What is Scarlett Johansson’s next movie?

And just for shits and giggles below is a list of Public Figures that have been caught with questionable cell phone pictures… not to mention they would all be great for either a starting position or on the bench for Fantasy Celebrity Cell Phone Leaks.

Side note: Maybe Vegas should start betting on who will have pictures next. (Do it Vegas).

Brett Favre
Anthony Weiner
Ron Artest (What!? Seriously)
Paris Hilton (No duh)
Kardashian (See Hilton)
Tito Ortiz
Chris Brown (“Look at my picture or I will beat your ass”)
Christina Aguilera (figures)
Vanessa Hudgens (When she’s floating from the limelight we’ll probably see another one… coming soon.)
Brittney Spears (Does her getting out of a car flashing no underwear count? No)
Scarlett Johannson
Miley Cyrus
Jessica Alba
Selena Gomes
Demi Lovato
Blake Lively
Rihanna (See Chris Brown)
Ka$ha
Ali Larter
Busy Phillips
Tm Cruise (Just Kidding… can you imagine… eh, shit, horrible mental image)

There are too many… that’s just 0.3% to name a few….

Novak at the US OPEN This picture is the moment that Rodger Federer’s career changed. T

Novak at the US OPEN

This picture is the moment that Rodger Federer’s career changed. This was taken moments after Novak Djokovic basically blasted a forehand winner back to Fed.

The point didn’t allow Novak to win the game but rather it was like when you were a kid got flicked in the nose by another kid. It’s annoying, it hurts, and you don’t know how to react.

After Novak flicked Fed he egged on the crowd in NY. This picture is the game changer and we now realize more than ever that Fed is officially declining… a new guy is here… and he’ll flick your nose.

Anatomy of a 2.7 mile drive - Saved By The Bell

If you’re complaining about traffic in Los Angeles you might as well ask for a diet coke with your massive piece of cake because you’re on a diet. But, let me complain for a second –

Sometimes while driving in Los Angeles I feel as though we’re in season 7 of LOST. You know, it was the time travel season that was confusing even for the die-hards like myself. You’re trying to wrap your head around one thing but while that’s happening another thing starts happening which makes you question the things that happened before the first thing. Yes, that’s traffic.

In this case I was at work in Santa Monica, I was asked to drop something off to a location, which was 2.7 miles away. Initial thought: 2.7 miles isn’t bad… this should probably take 20 minutes with traffic. A moment later I knew I should maybe add on 10 minutes because 20 minutes to drop something off may be on the optimistic side… But I can do it.

I leave my office and as I do I hear someone mention the show Franklin And Bash starring Mark Paul Gosselaar and Breckin Meyer. Can’t say that I’ve ever seen it. I head to my parking structure and approach my car which currently does not have working air conditioning, nor does it have a working passenger side window (Don’t judge me, we’re not talking about the car). Its hot, very hot, but no worries – its only 2.7 miles.


Above is the Key to this whole driving equation.

1:20pm
POINT A: My starting point. To NUMBER 1: Head down 4th and Wilshire to 8th and Wilshire and take a right, 4 blocks.

It’s so hot I’m in that catatonic stare of trying to be calm and going with the flow. Maybe my calm demeanor will help flow of traffic. As I sit at a light on 6th street I start to wonder why I haven’t seen Franklin and Bash?

What was the last thing I’ve seen Mark Paul Gosselaar in? Was it the show about him being a lawyer when he had long hair? Wait… no… it was on Jimmy Kimmell when he was trying to get the Saved By the Bell cast back together. Why is there so much traffic? Dammit, I hope it’s not like this the entire way.

The single thought of MPG trying to get the cast of SBTB back together opened the floodgates to a few thoughts and questions I have pondered for a very long time. It’s time to rehash Saved By The Bell.

NUMBERS 1 to 2: On Lincoln Blvd. What was up with Miss. Bliss?

Remember that first season of Saved by the Bell when Miss Bliss was the go to teacher? Before Wikipedia I could never figure this out… were they in Junior High? Who was Zack’s best friend Mikey, who was the chick Nikki, and what was up with the janitor Milo? How did they ever justify jumping from this time period to current day Bayside High?

The worst and best part about this season is that I actually liked Miss Bliss. If my emotional state serves me correctly, I think I wanted a teacher like her - Giving leeway to the students, being their best friend, and constantly dropping knowledge like Yoda (A moment of silence for Miss Bliss).

1:25pm
I’m on Santa Monica Blvd. Between NUMBERS 2 to 3: What was up with The Max? And what was his last name?

So let me get this straight, a magician owns a restaurant named after himself? Cool. But seriously, what was up with this guy. Being older now I realize he was kind of creepy. He took an active interest in the lives of a bunch of kids and hooked them up with free food from time to time.

The guy had a restaurant that was a teenagers wet dream. It was colorful like the 90’s, had a really cool door, and seemingly always roped off the same booth for the crew. It even left space for AC slater to sit backwards on a chair… which reminds me… AC Slater and the crew!

1:31pm
Between NUMBERS 3 to 4. I hate you traffic - it’s hot. But that’s okay because I can think about: The Crew Of Characters.

Kelly Kapowski: Zack’s main squeeze, it was true love from the get go – he even had a cardboard cut out of Kelly on the volleyball team that magically came down from his ceiling.

AC Slater: The meathead that would one day host Extra. But forget the meathead stuff for now because he knew ballet, challenged Zack and called people Mama’, that person being Jessica Spano.

Jessie Spano: Long legs, one day we’d see her naked in Showgirls.

Lisa Turtle: Who was the last character ever to be on a show with the last name of a reptile. Maybe with the exception of Johnny Snake, the card swindler from the hit show - “Shuffling Vegas” (I just made up this show and character, the heat is killing me, someone please make “Shuffling Vegas”.

Screeeeech: I imagine a 1990 conversation with this guy to go a little something like this:

Me: Yo dude, in the 2000’s you’re going to be living in Kenosha Wisconsin doing stand-up talking about how much you hate Saved By the Bell. You’re going to write a tell-all book from the nothingness that’s going on backstage. OH! You’re going to have a porno too.

Him: Wait, what’s a porno?

Zack Morris: The coolest kid ever.

Mr. Belding: Sort of the Miss Bliss, even though he was on the show during the Miss Bliss era. Who cares, he brought it all together.

1:39pm
Between NUMBERS 4 to 5: The Zack Attack and the greatest Musicians that never were.

Lets just be honest, these guys killed it with “Friends Forever”. Once SBTB opened the can of worms that was “Oh, these guys can sing!?” All bets were off. I have a feeling that some exec really wanted to stress the talents of these kids, then suck their talents dry by releasing a CD, and by god they did. But lets just be clear, the only one who really seemed to have the talent was AC Slater on the drums.

On this musical note, this show also featured one of the all time cheesiest Alternate Universe moments when Zack fell asleep before band practice and imagined Zack Attack getting big –

Casey Kesem was the special guest of the show and he chronicled the rise and fall of the Zack Attack. Ego’s got the better of them but in the end… they had a reunion tour, which I imagine, generated something like 1 billion dollars.

I’m sort of really hot right now. I’m sweating, and wondering why smog and other fumes are seeping into my car. Starting to get a bit squeamish and antsy. But it’s okay because…

1:44pm
Between NUMBERS 5 to 6. What was up with the love triangles?

There was a lot of passing off of each other and minor break-ups; as a matter of fact I think the major break up was when Kelly dumped Zack. If I remember correctly cool college guy Jeff who was managing the Max (where was Max?) started to take a liking to Kelly.

Quick side note: Jeff also caused problems for Jonny Rico in Starship Troopers.

Anyway, in one of the greatest break ups that featured Slater and Jessie singing a Michael Bolton duet at the school dance, Kelly told Zack it was over as they sat on a picnic table then slow danced they’re asses off.

Anyway… let me try and break all of this inner loving greatness down.

Zack dated Kelly.
Kelly broke up with Zack for Jeff.
Kelly had a stint with AC Slater.
AC loved Spano.
Spano was that annoying girl who really only dated AC.
AC had a thing for Kelly.
Kelly strung along AC.
Screech loved Lisa.
Zack once made out with Lisa.
Lisa loved everyone but Screech.
Screech actually then loved Violette Bickerstaff. OH MY GOD, Violette, played by Tori Spelling.
Zack had a stint with Jessie.
Lisa ultimately gave Screech a shot.

Assuming everyone slept with everyone… like I do…. That means everyone slept with everyone.

We’re leaving out one very key figure here… Tori. No, not Tori Spelling, but Tori, the badass biker chick that was the biggest question mark for any show…

1:58pm.
Minimal car movement. Between NUMBERS 6 to 7. Who the hell was Tori, and where did she go?

Okay Tori, what were you doing at Bayside High? Didn’t you arrived senior year but somehow you didn’t graduate with Kelly or Jessie but we also saw Kelly and Jessie graduate. This has always confused me and I tried to put the pieces together. I would like to sit down with someone to have him or her really explain this to me because my Wikipedia answers aren’t good enough.

Where is Tori today? Do I really care? Yes and no – part of me wants this to be a question mark until I die.

2:03pm
Between NUMBERS 7 to 8. The time they were at the beach.

Remember that one time when Lisa’s Aunt got them jobs at the Malibu Sands Beach club? Their manager was Stacy Carosi, played by Leah Remini. Carosi was an east coaster and she didn’t like the “California style” that was Zack and the crew. But of course, this didn’t stop Zack - it actually fueled him.

The summer at the beach was a great departure from the standard antics at Bayside High and ended in a moment on the beach with Zack and Stacy kissing under the fireworks. Any teen shows in the future should take note of this tactic… although most have.

2:10pm
Between NUMBERS 8 to 9. I’m almost there but I wander and begin to think of – The Weed Episode.

Who can ever forget Johnny Dakota and the infamous “There’s No Hope With Dope” episode. Not me. Zack and the crew were basically pressured to smoke from a movie star who was falsely promoting a non-dope policy. In the end the crew prevails but I can’t help but think that this is crap… come on, it’s Johnny Dakota.

Also, this was the famous Brandon Tartikoff episode (RIP).

It’s good to remember this episode.

It’s been about 45 min in Los Angeles traffic and I just turned down my street - almost there. I may have set the record for longest drive ever but that’s to be expected at this point. I’ve passed about 30 different construction sites and red lights and whatever else. I know it seems hard to believe a human being can be in a car this long for such a short drive but sometimes this sort of thing happens in Los Angeles. Seriously.

As I’m speeding to my location and before I get there I flash through everything

2:13 
Between NUMBERS 9 to 10. Everything else.

So many questions and things to ponder…

- How did Screech ever fall for Zack as the Russian in the chess championships?
- Where did the full music video go from the epic “I’m so Excited Jessie Spano on speed” episode?
- Who was that one “actor” who replaced Max at The Max?
- Why didn’t AC just give away his Raider tickets when he and Jesse were fighting, rather than tear them up?
- Was there a Zack Morris at Valley High?
- I want a Buddy Band.
- I want Love Cuffs.
- Wasn’t there a toga party episode?
- I can’t believe I watched the spin off of this show.
- Did this show invent the “window to climb out of in your bedroom” trick to make all teen shows cool?
- Why did Zack have such bad coordination when dancing yet he was a musician and an athlete?
- Did the College Years have the greatest or worst opening song ever?

2:14pm
Arrived. 10 to B (My destination) I leave my car with a sweaty back, drop off what I need to drop off. It’s one of those anti climactic drop offs where you’ve been through a lot but the other person doesn’t care, and part of you is wishing someone anywhere invited you in for a drink.

30 seconds pass and I’m back in my car… Hopefully traffic isn’t as bad on my way home.

Fantasy Footbal - Personal Attachments - and The Autodrafter.

It’s Saturday August 3rd, 1:58pm and I grabbed a Sam Adams beer to sip on before I start to organize my ideal Fantasy Football roster for our Monday draft. But first – about this beer - I’m sure we’re all familiar with the commercials of Sam Adams beer and the founder sticking his face in the hopps like he’s snorkeling. Then the commercial proceeds to brag about how many awards it wins and how much they all love beer.

I’m certain those commercials have made everyone just a tad more suspicious of their first Sam Adams sip. We take the sip and suddenly a flash of that dude sticking his face in the hopps appears. The thing is, I find this beer really good, but I can’t figure out if I’ve been brain washed from that happy go lucky commercial. Anyway, I digress…

The Fantasy Football draft: I know who I want, we all know who we want entering fantasy football, we all have the moment of a dream when we think we can assemble the perfect team. And at this point someone would typically make a list of players who are sleepers or who would make your team better, but I need to take a different approach.

Every year I take people who I think will enhance my team and when the season is over I reflect and I typically I traded them. Why do I trade them if I thought my team would be better? Well, because I knew I was taking them off of total and complete hope that they’re better than I think, or because I have some personal attachment to him. Having the personal attachment is a problem. You draft off of what was, or what will never by (hype). Which, brings me to a list of players who I have to write out of my draft…

I give you:

“The Players Not To Take Because Someone Somewhere Has A Personal Attachment To Them, Including Me” list.

- Reggie Bush: Okay, so my girlfriend went to USC. Okay, so I’ve seen the Kardashian porno and Bush resembles Ray J. Okay, so every time he touched the ball in college he did something that steaming Willie Beamon may have done in Any Given Sunday. Okay, so he we sort of slighted by the Texans when they passed on him for Mario Williams and he was taken second my the Saints in 2006. Okay, so he helped New Orleans rebuild as a community and helped them win their first Super Bowl title (which was great by the way).

Personal feeling aside for what he did with Louisiana he has killed me in fantasy football. I’ve literally been trying to take Reggie Bush since 2006 in hopes that he’s Barry Sanders, but he’s not. Bush is the ultimate decoy on the field, which doesn’t help fantasy at all. Coaches fear that he’s almost as fast as Usain Bolt and they always have to keep an eye on him. But his numbers don’t lie, and he hasn’t been the biggest help to me or anyone else in fantasy land. Maybe this year will be different on the Dolphins… maybe. But as far as I’m concerned – I’ve learned from my past… no more!

- Donald Driver: In all honesty after I typed Driver I just started at my wall and contemplated banging my head into it until I passed out and forgot what I typed. If you don’t know, I’m from Wisconsin, and I love this man as a football player. Love. Man love. He’s been solid since 1999 and is the premiere catalyst to any team. If this was X-Factor, Simon Cowell would say that Driver has it, he’s that important to the Green Bay Packers.

Here’s the thing – The Pack are more loaded than Gary Busey on any given weekend. They have the ability to go to Greg Jennings, James Jones, Jordy Nelson (modern day Don Beebe) and Jermichael Finley (whose coming off a injury and is hungry for footballs). Also, the Pack are unselfish, which is why everyone should love them. If they win another Super Bowl they’re flirting with being the Midwest version of the Patriots. Seriously.

Point is - DD doesn’t get the ball like I want DD to get the ball. This past year his average receptions dropped by about 22 over the last 10 years, his yards have been the lowest since an injured 2001 season. I just can’t take you DD but I think you’re more important to the Packers than any wide receiver… easily. Not to mention you have Jerry Rice like work out regimen.

- Drew Brees: I know, I know. Drew Brees is Drew Brees. Truthfully I don’t know if one guy has done so much with a team that doesn’t have the super stars, which is a testament to Brees and the coaching staff. But I can’t ignore the fact that DB threw 22 interceptions last year, the most of his career, and they’ve lost some key people on offense. Specifically they lost Bush (see above) by the way Bush was injured last year… maybe that’s why so many INT’s were thrown?

I think that Brees is way to risky and in my opinion a tad bit Fantasy overrated. He brings the intangibles like leadership, and I would take him if motivational speeches got me 7 points per game but they don’t. I’m expecting a questionable year, and I don’t like that. I need to remind myself to stay away from this guy… he may be great… he may have helped rebuild a city… he may have looked at San Diego in the face and said “F-U” but in 2011-2012….ehhhhh.

- Frank Gore: The good is that he’s one of the best pass catch running backs in the league. He averages 4.7 yards per carry in his career. So dude can play some football, no doubt about it. But, he always seems to go high in my drafts, and I actually always try to take him. I need to remind myself of something –

He’s played just 1 full season since 06.
06’ was the lone season he’s had 300+ carries.
He fumbles like a politician – 4.3 times per season.
He’s in a new system with a head coach that has never been in the NFL. The good news about this, is that the very same head coach ran the ball 535 in 2010 and threw it 379 in a college system… so there’s hope.

I suppose it’s the fact that injuries are injuries, and Gore unfortunately is susceptible. I love you man, but I gotta let the logic take over (Unless I can get you late in the draft).

- Donovan McNabb: Remember when you were the starting QB in Philly 2 seasons ago and now you’re starting in Minnesota? What happened?

I love McNabb, I’ve always loved him but I think it’s time to just sit back and part ways. It’s as though I don’t even know who this guy is anymore. In Andy Reids system you knew what you were going to get from him, not to mention he was the respected leader of the team.

I don’t know if he’s going to Brett Favre 2010 or Brett Favre 2011 on the Vikings (trying to not throw in a penis joke… Success). I just have to pass on this guy because as much as I’ve loved what he’s done in the past… I just don’t trust him - he’s just a comfortable pick. For the record I hope he succeeds.

I can’t believe I’m going to write this next name…

- Peyton Manning: The 4 time NFL MVP. Let me clarify something. The only reason I put Manning on here is because he’s been a lock to take in the first round. If some crazy fan wanted PM and took him first, we’d question it, give him shit, but ultimately understand it.

Unfortunately the lock out wasn’t kind to Peyton as he’s fighting an injury that looks like it will keep him out of the first game of the season, and maybe more. When the season was coming to a close last year, this man who is the most mechanical in the league started to look a little shaky. He kind of reminded me of Favre in his final Green Bay years, minus the gun slinging aspect of it. But he’s definitely taking more chances, which I don’t think is a good thing.

He’s still good, as a matter of fact he’s still kind of great. But something is a little different about him… I’m not saying to avoid this guy all together, I’m just saying that not taking him in the first few rounds wouldn’t be a bad idea.

I should stop this list now because my fingers are still burning from writing about Peyton Manning. I have this feeling that I’m going to pass on him and he’s going to put up 45 touchdowns and 11 interception this season, giving an emphatic “I’m a Manning” middle finger to all the doubters. Time to finish my beer.

On to my Labor Day draft.

LABOR DAY: 10:16am.

Just finished the draft and I not only picked McNabb in the 13th round but I took Bush earlier in the 9th round. Have I learned nothing? Damn, it just felt right.

Moving on, 2 final thoughts:

1 – On paper, pre actual football, everybody’s team looks great. Everyone feels confident, myself included.

2 – The autodrafter, you son of a bitch. Not sure how it always happens but it seems to happen. When you have an autodrafter in your league I think it automatically brings the league prestige down by 10%. We had 1 autodrafter. Since we have a 10-person league we’re currently operating at 90%. The only way we can go back up is if the autodrafter attempts to make 50 trades before the season. And we still can’t get to 100% I think the highest we can go is 98%.

About the Autodrafter:

He called me early this morning, like 3:30am early, and sounded like he was on a Lindsay Lohan binge. I called him back – nothing. I tried later – straight to voicemail and said his voicemail was full. In his defense… this sounds like a good excuse. But is it really ever a good excuse to be the Tonto of a Fantasy Football draft?

Bonus Final thought:

This was the first time in my football life Brett Favre hasn’t been in the draft pool. Nobody cared or thought twice about it. How quickly we forget people when they change teams, change teams again, make one of those teams really good, take pictures of their dick, and then retire (again).

A moment of silence for Brett Favre… Now a moment of excitement for the return of fantasy football.

Jersey Shore and other "Reality" greatness.

I’m trying not to swear, especially when writing something, but in this case I just don’t know any way around it. Sometimes curse words manage to emphasize something in ways that other words cannot. And with that in mind…

I can’t fucking believe I’m watching Jersey Shore.

The last time I was watching anything on MTV was probably the Real World 734 with Coral and Mike aka The Miz aka How did this guy because WWE world champion? But alas, I’ve somehow started to watch the Jersey Shore and all of its pre planned, and over processed glory. I’ve been telling myself that it’s okay, and that it’s just one reality show, can this constitute as a guilty pleasure?

I’m going to ignore the Jersey guilty pleasure aspect because there’s more to this, the more being that not only have I gotten into Jersey Shore but I’m starting to occasionally pay attention to other reality shows. I’ve never been a reality TV guy, what happened to me?

There’s 3 parts to this: The obvious is that my girlfriend watches it and there is no escaping the man and woman viewing cross over. The next is that deep down I really appreciate these shows. When someone creates a reality show it’s hit or miss, anyone can toss a bunch of train wrecks together, give him or her alcohol, and watch the madness unfold. It takes a precise mish mash of personalities to really click. The last reason is a little more complex, which means it deserves it’s own paragraph.

I watch a lot of stuff on the web and I don’t mean shows on Hulu, I mean I watch a lot of web series’ released on youtube, college humor, blip, etc… Many of these series are free flowing, they’re 3-minute clips of shaky camera’s and obnoxious people occasionally being funny, also, I watch a lot of video blogs. So what does this all mean? It means that my common Internet watching is basically like watching a reality show, but when I see glimpses of Jersey shore with significant production value I almost appreciate it. I’ve become more tolerable to reality because it’s something I’m so used too. Good or bad, that’s the case.

Truthfully my partial reality TV resurgence didn’t start with Jersey Shore; I think it started with Lamar and Khloe on E! Seriously. Much like my initial reaction when I’m done watching the show I say “I can’t fucking believe I just watched Khloe and Lamar.” But this got me thinking about reality TV. I had to dig deep into my bag but I have compiled a list of the 10 “why can’t I quit you when I accidently turn you on” mind sucking reality shows.

This is in no specific order:

1 - Jersey Shore: Obviously this is mentioned above. But the most impressive thing about this show – It’s 1 hour long. To its credit, it’s stylized and keeps me watching like some bad car accident. Also, it broke the USA barrier and is currently in Italy.

2 - Kardashian Anything: Keeping up with, Khloe and Lamar, her porno… whatever. I can’t stand in line at Gelson’s without seeing US weekly and some airbrushed shot of this family. I bet when Bruce Jenner was in the Olympics this is exactly how he saw his life play out.

3 - The Rachel Zoe Project: This is the most pointless reality show on TV. It’s a designer trying to dress celebrities and running around with her sexually ambiguous husband – she always encounters some issue with clothing or an assistant – then figures it out. In order to watch this show you need to be a woman, live in NY, like fashion, or between the ages of 18-60… Dammit! This is a perfect show.

4 - Kendra: Huh? You mean that chick that used to sleep with Hugh Hefner and then tried to make a career of being that chick that used to sleep with High Hefner? Yes, her. She has a reality show. If you ever watch it, you retain nothing aside from knowing not picking her husband in fantasy football.

5 - The Real Housewives of Anywhere: These shows are kind of bad and definitely almost cross into Shore territory. I’m currently occasionally watching the housewives of Jersey and – wait – random tangent:

Is Jersey the official worst place to be from? What other place has ever been depicted as bad as Jersey has? If Kim Kardashian’s husband resigns with the Nets then he could have his own Jersey thing going on. This family will never stop like Chucky the doll. This state may never stop. Which brings me too…

6 - Jerseylicious: See #5 and please make me stop talking about Jersey.

7 - America’s Got Talent: Is this a reality show? If it is does this fall in with The Voice, American Idol, and the soon to be X factor? I actually like The Voice, but Talent kind of sucks at times. I feel like Nick Cannon is a shell of himself waiting to burst out of his current self on stage. I guess an excuse for him is that he did marry into the Mariah family. Either way everyone on this show is too nice, this is basically a show of 3 judges who know they want to be on a different reality show.

8 - The Bachelor(ette): I don’t ever watch these shows - or do I and just forget them because they’re almost as memorable as Halle Berry in Catwoman.

9 - The Real World Challenges: Yup, these are still on. Yup, there is still some of the same cast as from 2001. Yup, they’re all wondering how Mike the Miz is the WWE champion too.

10 - Teen Mom anything: I can’t eve believe this is a show. This isn’t a show it’s a mistake. I don’t want to watch depressing reality TV shows, I want to watch uplifting drunken cluster fucks of people sleeping with each other and accidently becoming teen moms. Wait… I got it…

How can we fix Teen Mom? Every show the teen mom should take the kid out to a club and we watch her try to pick up on people, and then change the name to: After school Pick up. Eh?

I’m sure there are plenty more out there, I know there are, but I need to get my reality compass in a better place before I start making snap judgments. On the flip side there are some great shows that I actually feel good about watching: No Reservations, inTransit, Chopped, anything-on HGtv when my girlfriend watches it. You know what, I think I may need to acquire a list of solid reality TV to work it’s way through this mess of mindless repetition that I somehow always watch.

You know when people used to say “I look at Playboy for the articles” – that’s how I feel when trying to justify reality TV. I tell myself I watch it to see what works because it interests me. How can these people hold our attention for this long, what is this show doing right?

I can’t fucking believe I watch reality TV.