A round up of Stuff

The last time I blogged it was March. Now it's April. Where is the time going?! Before you know it, it'll be crimbo again - although it has been a bit confusing what with the snow and it being officially British summer time and all. Let's get this global warming show on the road people.

A lot of things have happened since the last time I blogged, so it's time for a quick round up:

• The BBC discovered that penguins can fly.


• Virgin and Google joined forces, to become...yep, Virgle (nice). And in a joint effort, gave us the opportunity to become a 'Virgle Pioneer' and set up home on Mars.


• The second episode of the Apprentice was on. But unfortunately I didn't get to watch it because Grand Designs was on at the same time, and a certain person, whom we shall call 'StickBoy', wanted to watch it. I'm not bitter.


• A Glass and a Half Full of Happiness has brought us the next Cadbury's TV ad full of airport truck fun. Oh to be an airport truck...
  
  
  
  If I have to have Queen's 'Don't Stop Me Now' permanently stuck in my head, so do you.


• The tube strike was on. Then it was off. Leaving us all disappointed that we couldn't 'work from home' in our PJs with Trisha and Jeremy Kyle on in the background to remind us that it's really not that bad having a job.


• Channel 4's Vanity Lair is now over. Genius reality TV: put a bunch of 'beautiful people' in a house and get them to vote on who's most attractive. Ten gripping weeks of 'I'm more beautiful', 'No I'M more beautiful'. I only caught one episode, but I think it was the best one. The housemates decided to strip themselves of all make up and hair products to show just how beautiful they really are. In one contestant's words, 'to push themselves to the max of attractiveness'. Hahaha, like I said, genius.


• And of course loads of other important stuff too.

The Apprentice

The new season of The Apprentice started last night. A with it brought the two most annoying people IN THE WORLD (yes, even more annoying than Car Giant Man and Kerry Katona - combined. urgh.)

I'm talking about Nicholas de Lacy-Brown and Raef Bjayou. They've obviously been cast in the show to provide some 'good TV' - there really can't be any other reason. They're both pompous, arrogant, whiny mummy's boys, in desperate need of a haircut. Look:


Nicholas de Lacy-Brown


Raef Bjayou

Thankfully, Nicholas was fired last night - hooray! I really don't think I could stand watching two floppy-haired ponces every week.

I'm not just being mean, they really are a joke. Nicholas for example, was born Nicholas Brown. But he decided to add the 'de Lacy' bit because 'he felt it sounded more sophisticated'. He also listed one of his interests as 'reading in the bath surrounded by candles'. Wouldn't just 'reading' have been enough? It's The Apprentice not a lonely hearts ad.

And as for Raef. He used to be an estate agent. Enough said.

Find out more at www.bbc.co.uk/apprentice. For a run down of yesterday's episode, read Tre's Column (good old Tre, he's back!)

Scrubs - Guy Love

Last year I started getting into Scrubs - for no other reason other than it's repeated on practically every channel throughout the day.

And it's for precious moments like these that I love it:

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Here's why you should avoid entering reality TV talent contests. Don't let this happen to you:

Can you measure passion?

I've been watching Masterchef of late - and I love it. I love cooking (and eating) and Masterchef is a great way to encourage people to try out new things and experiment.



There's a couple of things that the contestants are tested on: cooking skills, knowledge of foods, pressure in the pro kitchen (yep, cooking really is a sport now) ... and ... er, passion.

PASSION?!

How can you measure passion??? Well, you can't. Masterchef bosses, what are you doing?! Cooking is fun and so many people are passionate about it - but let's not ruin in by testing people on their passion! Surely the passion test is just another name for 'blagging test' or 'acting ability'?

Pah!

Sex and the City: The Movie

Whoop. It's here. Sex and the City: The Movie is being released later this year. Hooray!



I'm really looking forward to seeing it - although I have no doubt that it will miserably fail many a city gals high expectations. Sitcom movies never really work out do they? Sometimes you just have to let a good thing lie. Like The Matrix - one was enough. Did we really need Saved by the Bell the College Years? And as for Speed 2, YOU CAN'T JUST REPLACE THE BUS WITH A BOAT AND EXPECT US TO THINK IT'S A DIFFERENT MOVIE!!!

Sequels...well, they just don't work. Although there are the odd exceptions to the rule. Like Shrek 2. Quite possibly better than the first? Anyway I'm just glad that Friends hasn't turned into a movie, and that there are no plans to ever do so. I mean, to be honest it should probably have ended around series 7 or 8 - maybe even earlier. Don't get me wrong, it was still funny up until the end. But there's just something not right about a bunch of thirty somethings still acting like twenty year olds. Plus, Joey lost his mojo around series 6 and just morphed into a somewhat sleazy, slightly retarded man by the end. And then there was the whole Joey spin-off series - nooo!!

Thank god for Frasier. Otherwise we'd have lost all faith in spin-offs.

So anyway, I love Sex and the City. I have the box set in it's pretty pink and black shoe box. It got me through my last year of uni. We have a bond. But like all good things, I think they should have let it come to it's end. I mean how old are they all now? 50? *gasp* surely not! Well Samantha definitely must be! Do we really want to see a bunch of has beens teeter around the city in their Manolo Blahniks, eating salad and complaining about men even though their entire lives revolve around them anyway?

YES. We do.

Ah let's face it. Carrie and Big will get married. There's going to be tears. We're going to love it and start 'doing lunch' with our 'girlfriends' in London town more often. I can't wait!!

Sometimes it really is too hard to let a good thing lie.