Get Busy, Woman

I haven't blogged in a long time. This isn't for lack of things to discuss, but rather because I got my unemployed a** a job! That's right, I teach the youth of America. For those of you that really know me you'll understand that our future generation is going to be a media obsessed sarcastic lot. Oops. Hey, at least they'll have good taste in music (please dismiss my Sean Paul reference in the title of this post haha)!

I'm genuinely going to try to blog more often, but I thought I'd let you know what's been keeping me busy (other than wee small children who occasionally forget how to spell their names even though they're 7).


1. I'm assuming most of you remember that my friend Amy & I started a site for the critically acclaimed show Friday Night Lights. Well, Amy and I have been so pleased with how www.fridaynightlightsfan.com has taken off, and our good friend Denise suggested we start a podcast to compliment the site. As our Twitter followers (check us out: @FNL_Fan) began to sky rocket we thought that this actually made sense. We have thus far recorded 7 episodes (find them on iTunes here: Friday Night Lights Fan Podcast). I have been overwhelmed by how welcoming people have been, and how much they enjoy hearing Amy and I blab about the best show on TV!


2. I've been reading like an effing maniac. Most recently: Chelsea Handler's My Horizontal Life which is an absolute hoot, but not for the morally astute as it describes in great detail Ms. Handler's naughty and amazingly perpetual one night stands. I also recommend David Gilmour's memoir The Film Club which lovingly describes a father-son relationship that Mr. Gilmour refers to as a "gorgeous time" in which he and his son begin a film club as a result of him being unemployed and his son recently dropping out of high school. It's a gem and a must-read. Dan Brown's latest book The Lost Symbol is so far a piece of crap. I have zero interest in Freemasonry, and wish there was more art involved in this novel. Robert Langdon has lost his edge, and so has Mr. Brown.


3. A few weekends ago I had the chance to meet some of the cast from Friday Night Lights because they were filming in Boston of all places! It was perhaps one of the luckiest and best timed things that has ever happened to me. I got to watch, extra, and take photos with Connie Britton and Aimee Teegarden. To read my entire recap and see photos click here.

4. Last night I went to a concert at Boston's lovely House of Blues. The show was opened by a brotherly duo from Australia called The Kin. They were great, but The Watson Twins were scene stealers as a sultry sisterly duo. I got to meet them afterward and we discussed how much they loved working with Jenny Lewis. Then the headliner: Mr. Joshua Radin. What a delight he is. I just want to go on a pub crawl with him in my favorite waffle shirt and then have him write a silly song about how sauced we are. He is a storyteller in every sense of the word, and shared with the entire audience what all of his songs are about prior to performing them. He is definitely going to be on my repeat offender list for concerts (other artists who I've HAD to see multiple times: Coldplay, Regina Spektor, Snow Patrol).

5. Last but not least, these kids have been hogging a lot of my time and attention. I felt the need to re-read New Moon prior to seeing the movie on Friday (and again on Sunday...don't judge)...and my Tivo is currently loaded with every promotional interview "the trio" did in the past week. I've been Team Jacob since the first time I read the books just over a year ago...I can't help it, I think it's the teacher in me. Jacob Black is the kid you'd want dating your daughter. Go ahead, nod in agreement.