When the fall 2005 season came, the show "jumped the shark" as in he stopped helping people, and the guests were getting me way too angry. I had to get myself to stop watching it when the season ended in May 2006.
The last time I wrote about Dr. Phil was in Dec. 2018. I wrote about some episodes I saw in 2014:
https://badcb.blogspot.com/2018/12/dr-phil-woman-cracked-28-yr-old-murder.html
This will be the last blogpost about Dr. Phil for a long time. I never watched the show from 2015-2019 except for the one below called "Insta-famous to Insta-lonely."
When I watched Octomom Nadya Suleman and Amber Portwood, I felt neutral. However, the "Insta-famous" one kind of got me angry. You guys can skip this whole part and go to the "my week" part.
Aug. 1, 2019 Octomom Nadya Suleman: It's summer time, and there aren't a lot of TV shows to watch so I'm writing about TV. I saw this episode of Dr. Phil called "Octuplets Debate." I stopped watching Dr. Phil in 2006 after 3 seasons. The fall 2005-2006 was really bad where I was getting too angry at the show.
This episode was published on YouTube on Dec. 31, 2013. I watched this in 2014. I find Suleman very interesting of how she lives and raises 14 kids. If you don't like Suleman or Dr. Phil, you can totally skip this:
There are 6 kids, 3 of them with disabilities.
Dr. Phil: 3 of them disabled, and get federal assistance.
Joann Killeen is the spokesperson for Nadya and she was on the show: We can't change her choices. How do you help the 8 babies?
Suleman works after she finishes school and will get a $40,000 a yr job.
Joann: She really believed she thought she would get 1 kid out of IVF. She's surprised there were 8 kids.
Her church is helping her.
Nadya's mom Angela: I'm really tired taking care of 6 kids. We live in my 3 bedroom and 2 bathrooms home.
They show how crowded it is.
Dr. Phil lists requirements to be a daycare provider or foster parent.
Dr. Phil: Instead of judging her, we need to help her. She is not psychologically stable.
Joann: She went by what the doctor told her. The doctor tells her you put two at a time, but only she got pregnant with 1 baby.
Dr. Phil: We found the IVF clinic, and it's poor. The only one successful is Nadya.
Dr. Laurie Zoloth: It's unethical to broadcast births.
Dr. Sara is a bioethicist from University of Kentucky.
Dr. Richard is a fertility specialist.
Dr. Phil: Wouldn't that be unhealthy for a mom to carry that many children?
Joann: Her doctor told her she will get 1 or 2 children from 6 embryos. That's happened to her before. She's Christian, and wasn't going to have selective reduction (abortion).
Dr. Phil: It's the doctor's duty to say: You're unemployed, have 6 kids already, I'm not going to put any more embryos.
Dr. Jim Sears from the talk show The Doctors: 30,000 diapers a year.
Jon and Kate +8: Kate Gosselin has twins and sextuplets. They had twins want a 3rd kid, but got 6.
Kate: I love my family, but they're so loud.
Kate: The first year, it was very difficult. It almost killed me. I had a husband to help me. A team of 50 people a week to help. It was a strict schedule of feeding. 15 min. for me to sit and eat lunch. We thought 2 or 3 kids from artificial insemination. Maybe 4. But 6 came.
Kate: I worry for Nadya's mental health. A lot of people help you, because they love babies, but they became toddlers and then it's too much.
Sept. 24, 2012 episode: This is the ep where Nadya comes on the show.
Nadya: I didn't plan to have 8 babies. I wanted one more.
She's on What's your Price? dating website. She did a porn video.
Nadya: I do not regret 1 thing in my life.
I don't know who said this on the show: If you are not liked, the reality is you're not marketable.
Nadya: I will never have another kid.
Dr. Phil: It's been 3 yrs since we last talked.
Nadya: I swallowed and ate my words. I said I would never take my clothes off, but I did a self-pleasure video. There are no disability in the 8 kids.
The audience applauds.
Nadya: I stripped once.
Dr. Phil: You came here to tell people who you are and your family?
Nadya: I'm doing the best I can. I do anything for my kids.
Dr. Phil: You had a lot of energy. Do you do drugs?
Nadya: No, never smoked, did drugs, or drink.
Nadya: If I had a 9-5 job, I wouldn't see my kids and wouldn't make enough money. With all my jobs, they can live.
Dr. Phil: Have you thought of moving away from California?
Nadya: No, I have friends and family, and I would be leaving them.
Aug. 3, 2019 The Octuplet Mom's Harsh Reality: This was published on YouTube on Dec. 31, 2013. This ep was in 2009.
Dr. Kamrava.
Kelly was reconnected by gynecologist. She had 3rd round of fertility shots. She had symptoms and hard to breathe. She went to the hospital and learned she was pregnant.
Kelly: He didn't seem to care about my concerns.
The hospital doctor and nurses called Kamrava, and he wouldn't return calls. It's late at night.
She had 2 boys and a girl. 21 weeks in she went into labor. 1 baby Isaac was born. 2 weeks later, the other babies are born. The babies were premature and underweight.
When Kamrava was in public, Kelly came to tell her story.
Nancy Grace: These morons put (death threats) on voicemail, so we can prosecute them.
Jann Killeen is media spokesperson for Nadya: Pro-bono. She works for Nadya for free.
Nadya's friend "Maria" to protect her identity.
Maria: We were teens and we didn't talk about kids. We had 2 friends who had kids, and she played with the kids. She's an only child and tells friends "You're lucky to have siblings." She never wanted to be the centre of attention. She didn't get plastic surgery and doesn't want to look like Angelina Jolie. I got pregnant, and my nose swelled. So with Jennifer Lopez.
Mom Angela Suleman: My retirement check goes to the kids every month. I resent her (Nadya).
Robin: 26, 000 foster kids and 400 social workers to manage that.
"Instafamous to Insta-lonely": I saw 30 min. of this Dr. Phil ep on Feb. 21, 2019. It was because it was about social media so I that's why I watched it. I haven't watched Dr. Phil since some episodes in 2014.
Ava is in her late teens, early 20s. She was not good looking, but now she is, and is totally stuck up. Life revolves around Instagram.
Christian is on Instagram for 12-19 yrs old. He's gay and into fashion. He grew up on it and follows trends. He doesn't know his identity. He is likable. He even reminds me of my co-worker Ar at my first restaurant job. Ar is Filipino though.
Dr. Phil interviews a woman who is on Instagram and writes, directs, and produces her own video content like a comedy sketch. She tells about there is a lot of work and her experience working.
Ava then says this which has nothing to do with what the woman said about making videos.
Ava: Well has your boyfriend ever stole food from a homeless person before? Because mine has.
My opinion: This show got me angry. The guests usually do. Here is Ava who is stupid and didn't learn anything. I don't know what she said about that homeless guy is true, or if she made it up.
What gets me angry:
Person A asks Person B a question, and Person B doesn't answer it at all and talks about something else entirely:
I saw Inside Amy Schumer because Amy was interviewing a stripper, and I'm interested in that topic.
Schumer asked a question, and then the woman/ stripper talks about how she was stuck in an elevator with a girl she didn't like.
Schumer: You didn't answer my question at all.
Stripper: Yeah, but I wanted to tell you about being stuck in an elevator.
My example:
Person A: Do you garden?
Person B: I like oatmeal.
Lindsay Lohan on the Ellen DeGeneres show: I saw her on Aug. 29, 2014. The original air date was Mar. 2014. Lohan was talking about her docuseries Lindsay on OWN. The interview was like a therapy session.
Aug. 5, 2019 Amber Portwood: She was from 16 and Pregnant and Teen Mom. She was on Dr. Phil on Dec. 20, 2013 and I watched it for her.
She attempted to commit suicide in 2011 because she "didn't care." If she went to bed, and didn't wake up, that's okay.
Dr. Phil: What about your daughter?
Amber: At the time, I thought she was better off without me.
She was in rehab and started doing more drugs and was worse. There was patch that she ate, and it wouldn't show up on the drug test. It was fentanyl patches. She was on Vicodin.
She was clean for 2 yrs. She decided to go to prison instead of rehab. She went to court high. The night before she went to court, she took a lot of pills. She asked to go to prison, and it came down to either death or prison for 5 yrs.
She created this organization called Never Too Late to help people. I checked out the site:
http://www.nevertoolate.me/
She got her GED. She dealt with her anger by thinking of the consequences.
Vivid asked her to do a sex tape 3 yrs ago, but she said no.
Twitter comments were: "Thank you for sharing your story."
"Keep it up."
Dr. Phil: Life is not cured, it's managed.
In 2010, Amber hit Gary on camera on the TV show Teen Mom. She was arrested for domestic violence. She was released on $5000 bail. She was on parole and failed the drug test.
She served 17 months of the 5 yr sentence.
Amber: My parents worked a lot. My dad was an alcoholic. Gary and I were in a 2 and a half year relationship and then I go pregnant.
She did drugs as a teen. Then after she was on the show, she got money and fame.
Amber: I was high all the time when we were filming.
In Feb. 2012, she went to jail.
Amber: Back then I was all about money, partying, and men. I didn't want to be a mom.
She doesn't watch herself on TV: I feel embarrassed. I feel terrible for hitting Gary. 3 days before we were to film, he told me he cheated on me. I miss the way we used to be.
Sept. 1, 2019 Do you have old Justin Berry emails?: I used to be on twop.com and I copied and pasted a lot of smart and well- written comments about him when he was on Oprah in 2006.
Do you still have those emails in your inbox? Type in his name and there maybe something in your inbox. You can then reply back and send it to me.
I want to read those, because those were good comments.
Sept. 2, 2019 Get a Grip: How to Take Control of the Things that are Controlling You: I finished reading this book by Douglas Weiss, Phd. My dad bought the book. It came out in 2006. The tips:
-talk to a counselor, pastor, or friend, family member
-find someone to be accountable to, like if you say are going to exercise twice a week, your accountability partner has to check on you. You make a schedule like once a week, your friend calls you to ask if you did it.
https://www.drdougweiss.com/product/get-a-grip-book/
My week:
Sun. Sept. 1, 2019 Central Edmonton Alliance Church: I went there for the first time last week. I decided to go there again.
Pros:
1. It was close by.
2. There was like 30 min. of a live performance of Christian music.
Cons:
1. It was kind of long. It was 45 min. of a sermon. I was there from 10:30am- 12pm. At 12pm, it didn't seem to be ending.
2. It was all Christianity. At the Centre of Spiritual Living, it had more religions.
My opinion: I won't be go to this church again.
Old boss: I was working at the 1st restaurant job, and my old boss B came in. He left to work at another place in downtown. He was at the other place for 8 yrs.
Mon. Sept. 2, 2019 Brittany Carmichael: I was listening to her on those Facebook videos. I "liked" it and shared it.
"If you want more from life, you don't need to do more, you need to appreciate more."
https://www.facebook.com/theworldbybrit/
My opinion: I have been appreciating more. I was writing about those TV and movie reviews that I watched. I am appreciating what I already saw.
Rainbow Snow: It opened for a few months in 2019. It now closed down in West Edmonton mall. It sold ice cream.
Chesapeake Shores: There are 3 more weeks before the new TV show pilots come out. I went on my Telus on Demand and was able to watch this show. I was watching the 2nd season because that's the only one available:
"A young woman returns to her hometown to help save her sister's failing inn, where she contends with memories and faces from her past."
My opinion: I find this show to be just average. It's about a family living in a small town like Gilmore Girls and Heartland.
I like other shows like This is Us, A Million Little Things, and God Friended Me because it's more realistic where people deal with serious issues. It's more like PG-13.
As for Chesapeake Shores, Gilmore Girls and Heartland, it's family-friendly and rated G.
Call Centre #1 flashback: I wrote about this before and I will write about it again:
Tracy: How often do you watch dramas in a week?
Woman: None, because they're all about people killing each other.
Well here are the dramas I listed above that are not about people killing each other.
The Murders: This show came out in Mar. 2019. It's on Telus on Demand so I watched the pilot today.
"A rookie Homicide detective's negligence in a fellow officer's death has her searching for redemption in her investigations."
My opinion: The pilot was good. It's a Canadian show and there are 8 episodes. The Telus on Demand says the videos will be available for some years to watch.
I have written about this before. This is how you get a Canadian show to succeed:
1. Put it in mid-season, spring, or summer time.
2. Don't make too many episodes like 13 or less episodes a season.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8311576/?ref_=rvi_tt
City Centre mall: This long weekend, I made a few trips to this mall.
Zenari's: This place closed down temporarily.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/edmonton-lunch-hot-spot-zenari-s-closing-for-revamp-1.5191120
Tues. Sept. 3, 2019 "Beating their own drum": Today I found this article by Debra Yeo in the Star Metro:
City Centre mall: This long weekend, I made a few trips to this mall.
Zenari's: This place closed down temporarily.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/edmonton-lunch-hot-spot-zenari-s-closing-for-revamp-1.5191120
Tues. Sept. 3, 2019 "Beating their own drum": Today I found this article by Debra Yeo in the Star Metro:
Wed. Sept. 4, 2019 "Walmart to stop selling handgun ammunition": Today I found this article by Anne D'Innocenzio in the Star Metro:
NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart says it will stop selling handgun and short-barrel rifle ammunition, while requesting that customers not openly carry firearms in its stores, even where state laws allow it.
My opinion: That's good news that Walmart is helping prevent gun violence by making it harder for people to buy bullets. I remember watching Bowling for Columbine and there is a video of Chris Rock:
Rock: We don't need gun control. We need bullet control.
Meditation course: I saw this ad in the Star Metro. It's too far away for me, but you may be interested in it:
Meditation course: I saw this ad in the Star Metro. It's too far away for me, but you may be interested in it:
12520-135 Avenue
Edmonton, Alberta
T5L 3X3
Email: edmonton@willpowerinstitute.com
Phone: 780-451-9535
Edmonton, Alberta
T5L 3X3
Email: edmonton@willpowerinstitute.com
Phone: 780-451-9535
Orientation: Monday, September 9, 2019, from 7-9 PM
Class Begins: Tuesday, September 10, 2019, from 7-9 PM
This Fall, develop a thorough understanding of the practice of meditation and learn how to consistently build mind power by registering for the Willpower Institute’s free Meditation Course.
The Master Teacher, Luangphor Viriyang Sirintharo, has committed two decades of his life to writing the books that provide an in-depth explanation of the process of meditation. The Master Teacher has dedicated his life to sharing his extensive knowledge and practical experience which spans more than 80 years in order to promote world peace through meditation. Luangphor has personally experienced the profound happiness that arises from meditation and has made it his life’s mission to share this wisdom with the rest of the world. He is acutely aware that in order to achieve world peace, we must, first, obtain inner peace.
The meditation course is open to anyone with an interest in furthering their understanding of meditation and the theory behind the practice.
https://www.willpowerinstitute.com/event-items/edmonton-meditation-course-orientation/
Thurs. Sept. 5, 2019 Teen boy goes blind after eating junk food: I heard about this yesterday from my mom. Today I see on Yahoo:
There’s a reason your mom spent years reminding you to eat your vegetables. A teenage boy, who subsisted on Pringles, French fries, processed pork and white bread for years, went blind due to his extremely poor diet, according to a case study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
Thurs. Sept. 5, 2019 Teen boy goes blind after eating junk food: I heard about this yesterday from my mom. Today I see on Yahoo:
There’s a reason your mom spent years reminding you to eat your vegetables. A teenage boy, who subsisted on Pringles, French fries, processed pork and white bread for years, went blind due to his extremely poor diet, according to a case study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
A year later, the teen returned to the doctor’s office with hearing loss and vision problems, but doctors couldn’t pinpoint the exact cause. His vision problems got progressively worse. By 17 years old, he was suffering from blindness.
Researchers at The University of Bristol believe the teen’s junk food diet led to nutritional optic neuropathy — a condition caused by a lack of nutrients, which impairs the normal functioning of nerve fibers and leads to optic nerve dysfunction.
yesterday
A buddy of mine just started to lose his vision due to diabetes. Consuming mass amounts of unhealthy foods and not taking care of yourself can lead to such circumstances, I don't understand how these parents think it is OK for this teen to eat this
unhealthy.
unhealthy.
yesterday
2 days ago
Parents are going to be telling their children this story for years in hopes of getting them to eat healthy.
My opinion: This is sad, and I hope we all eat more healthy.
Self Improvement Book Club of Edmonton: I went there from 6:30pm-8:10pm at Remedy Café on Whyte Ave. There were 20 people there. I met all of them and it was a fun and positive experience. There were people of different race, careers, ages and we all were there for the "Social Meet and Greet."
Someone mentioned the book The Go- Giver which I read this year. We will be reading The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey. I read that book for college in 2005.
https://thegogiver.com/
Weather: There were a few good days where I can sit outside and read.
Self Improvement Book Club of Edmonton: I went there from 6:30pm-8:10pm at Remedy Café on Whyte Ave. There were 20 people there. I met all of them and it was a fun and positive experience. There were people of different race, careers, ages and we all were there for the "Social Meet and Greet."
Someone mentioned the book The Go- Giver which I read this year. We will be reading The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey. I read that book for college in 2005.
https://thegogiver.com/
Weather: There were a few good days where I can sit outside and read.
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