looks/ vamp joke/ adoption

Dec. 6 Commercial: I just want to say I really like the commercial for the Charm jewelery store. There is this young guy wearing a black polo shirt and he is holding up this engagement ring and practicing his proposal by saying "Michelle." He's cute. lol.

Looks: I was watching The City with my sister.

Me: That guy is too movie star handsome. It's like he's too good- looking.
S: I know what you mean. Yeah, well Jon Hamm (Mad Men) is movie star handsome.

In my opinion, JH actually looks like a real guy. I think I have a problem with The City guy because there is skepticism to "Is this a real reality show or actors?" I remember reading an interview with Garrett Hedlund (Four Brothers). He said: "People have turned me down for roles and have told me I was too good- looking for some of them, but that's okay." lol.

GH is good looking, but he can still pass off as a guy who can walk down a street. I think the problem is that The City guy looks like he went through hair, makeup, and wardrobe before getting filmed so that's why he and the show came off as fake. Though he may really just be that good-looking.

Dexter: Bravo is now airing the second season of Dexter. I saw the first 9 eps on dvd, but it's good to see this show now. You can watch it on Bravo at 8pm on Fridays or 11pm on Saturdays. It's a good show, go watch it. That's good. I'm sure my friend Leslie will be thinking: "Good, now Tracy will stop emailing me about me lending the dvds to her."

Well I only asked her about it 3 times. Once in July for her bday so I could go to her place. She had plans though. Once in August for my bday. There's a third time somewhere, but I'm not sure.

News: I read in the Journal about this woman who was a prostitute, and then she wrote a book about it. She says she misses the life of being a prostitute. The feeling of going into a hotel and having a purpose in her job. I know there is a book series called Secret Diary of a Call Girl. It was turned into a TV series starring the singer Billie Piper. She had the songs "Because We Want To" and "Girlfriend." Then after 2 albums, she then turned to acting and is way more successful with the above show and Doctor Who. Coincidentally, Call Girl was also on Bravo.

Analyze: I was watching The Vampire Diaries awhile back and the character Caroline decides to go into broadcast journalism. Her mom says: "You don't even read the paper." I'll admit when I was in high school, I didn't read the paper a lot. Now, I read 24 and Metro like everyday. I also have to read the A- Section of the Edmonton Journal. When I was in college, I did read the paper. I didn't read the free newspapers, but I did always need to see the front page because it's the most important news. It's important to know what's going on in the world.

Vegas: I was watching Lie to Me and they're in Vegas. I always wanted to go there to party. I never really got into the show Las Vegas about people working in the casino. It was an alright show. CSI is set there, but I don't really watch it. I don't watch TV shows for the locations, I watch it for the characters and storyline. It's weird. When I was watching LtM, I realized that why I would go there? I don't like going to casinos. You can go there to shop.

Kingsway: I went to downtown today. It's better than staying at home and going stir-crazy. I went to see Justin, but it was his day off. I then went to Kingsway mall. All the renovations are done for the holidays. Well Gymboree is still being made. Stores have moved. The food court has the Thai Express, Shumka (Ukranian food), and this Korean food place. There is even a Pook kiosk. There is a Pook store at City Centre. Push Mobile closed down and is replaced by Earthwear that sells coats for kids. There are hats and gloves too. I also noticed if you buy gift boxes at Garage and Urban Planet, the money goes to children's charities. That's good.

Stacy Champagne: This is a book series written by Joan Lowery Nixon and her daughter Kathleen Brush. I have weird flashbacks that come out of nowhere. This book series came into my mind because I remember reading one of the books back in gr.10. It's mystery series. I don't remember much, but a happy ending with her boyfriend there. The 3 book series is set in a hotel where Stacy solves murder mysteries there. I researched it and Stacy is called on by her family to come back and help run the hotel. I thought it was kind of interesting that a word can be a last name like champagne.

Dec. 7 Job search: I emailed 2 production companies today. A production company emailed me back and rejected me. She apologized for getting back to me way later since I emailed her in Sept. I looked at Job Classified newspaper today. My co-worker Lisa at the Soup place told me to. I hadn't picked up a copy in a long time. I went through it and applied to flightcentre.ca. I think I applied in person, and they directed me to the website, but I didn't go.

It was back in summer 2008 if I remember correctly. I was looking through Job Classifieds, and there were ads to go to school to become a paralegal, or a medical administrative assistant. I wouldn't go to school to become an administrative assistant because I don't want to spend more money on college. I also want to study things I'm actually interested in like writing. If I'm not really interested in it, then I'm not going to do well. Then it would be a waste of money.This is a sign that I must not really want to be an administrative assistant if I don't want to go to school for it.

Saying: I was reading 24 and in the psychic section, someone wrote a letter. I'm going to paraphrase the saying: "Don't spend your whole life dreaming and not making your dreams come true."

The person who wrote in got the advice from Psychic Miki that: "I would suggest you start with a short film and get to grabbing some grants from the national film board etc. This will help you get attention and move on to the next level. If you don't make some changes you will stay where you're at and kick yourself for having done so. You have the creativity so now put it to work."I didn't write to her, but this is some good motivation.

Vamp joke: Today on Conan O' Brien, they did the sketch again with the vampire assistant Cody (Eric Callero).

Conan: Hey Cody, did you pick up my dry cleaning?
Cod looks away.
Con: What's wrong?
Cod looks the other way.
Con: Well I did hire Wolf Boy.
Wolf Boy enters and howls.
Con: Last weekend, the #1 movie wasn't New Moon. It was The Blind Side about how a young man overcomes obstacles to become a football player.This black guy wearing a football uniform stands by them.

Cod makes this scream.
Con: What's that?
Cod: That's the sound of my heart breaking. I thought I was your only one, I don't want to live anymore!
Cod runs out into the sunlight and bursts into flames.

Andy Richter: Hey, I thought it was raining outside.
Con: So after the 10th time, this is when the sketch loses it's credibility for you? Let's show where Cody is.
Cut to Cody standing right out the door and he's wearing a long brown coat. He's holding a cup of coffee and a cigarette.
Con continues to tell who's on the show, and they cut back to Cod, Wolf Boy, and the football player. lol.

Adoption: I was reading 16 and Pregnant on twop.com and it lead me to this article where they interviewed the girl Ebony who was on the show. Then I found another article about this woman who's 19 and she found giving the baby up for adoption to be really easy. She was carrying her ex-boyfriend's baby and she was 26 weeks along.

She never thought of abortion either. She was living pay check to pay check. She tells a friend, and she said she knows a couple who wants to expand their family (they had 17-yr old son.) It's on www.babble.com.