For me this is the best award show ever. Some years great others not so. Tonight's opening on the record carpet is Fergie from Black eyed peas. She is lip synching her new song with lots of hotties dancing around her.
After the song the intro to Sway with Ludicris. A few years back Luda shutdown the main street with a whole song and dance routine. Oh God John Norris is back again but he is with Shakira. She is in a black dress and representing Columbia. John Norris is really killing the interview. Wow this interview became boring and long. And now to Kurt the Load Loder. I hate him more than John Norris. He is interviewing some freak band and their gimmick is having a live monkey. They are not doing even anything remotely funny with the monkey. Ask someone to touch it. And how old is Loder?? 78?
Back from commercial live to with John Norris and T.I.. TI is just having fun or so he says. Bad interview. Next to Wyclef John and now they are with the nerdy guy Gideon on top of a building waiting for chemical romance to play. A person in the crowd when asked said it was the best place to be in the world..In the world..Wow. A boring interview with 30 seconds to mars.
I am back. I had to go take care of a few bombs that were planted by one of my staff that blew up around 7:15..Anyway I am back and Chemical romance who are a puppet band are up on top of the GE building singing a song. MTV spends so much time and money getting people in the air..One year you are going to see a 142 year old Madonna on the moon performing an opening number. Sad part about this band is that they think they are Queen or the who and they are doing a rock opera..Not sure what the message is though. Maybe its just "We suck"??This band is almost as bad as the Ramones... And that whole song was brought to you by Chevy.
Back out to the awards with Paris. She is such a great interview..She said nothing and posed. Now to Beyonce.. Always looks good. Has a hard time talking most of the time but who cares. Back with the Load. With the killers asking some mundane questions. Quick say nothing do nothing vid. John with Christina. She is dressed as an old woman again from the 40's. She is really getting boring. Back to sway and his big rasta hat and hair.
This show is really starting to lack creativity. Like they have Jackass there but they are not allowed to really do anything. Ditty is there and now has a spokesman who is speaking for him. They just promoted their next album. Now Sucha with Fergie.. She mase her first album change and now she is walking in with Snoop. Not much said. Sway backstage showing all the equipment in the back room. Shout out to my laptop and server, a quick ho to my voicemail yo yo yo..Back up to the geek on the roof Gideon who says nothing but lets go see the show. It looks as if you could push Loder over with a stick. Why do they trot this guy out.
And now the 2006 VMA Opening..Its on the roof again with Jay Zee.. Now to Justin Timberlake doing some dance moves and a new song. Does like a intro and then shouts out and is joined by someone who looks like a preacher...Not sure who he is. Might be Big Boi..Nice but not too great. ..They cut to Jlo in the audience and she has an old lady doo rag on her head and she has dressed herself 5o years older. Now to Jack Black who is our host for the night
Enter Jack Black. He is backstage and in walks Justin in a towel. ..Jack Black on stage and he is in a space suit which catches on fire...But I missed everything else since someone stopped by with no notice. Back to Jack on stage and I do not see where this is going. He introduced Montel Williams...and now into the Rocanour with Lou Reed. They sang a song well not really sang kind of moaned and barked. They did this for all of 30 seconds. Now he is introducing lil Kim who comes out in an orange suit and with two would be cops who take off the suit to reveal another outfit and she came out to say thanks for thinking me while I was in jail. She is introducing best male Vid
Kanye gold Digger
Nick Leachay
James Blunt
TI
Busta
Winner is James Blunt.. Some music came on while he was talking that was not supposed to.
Back live with Jack Best Hip Hop Vid.. Outkast and Ciarra. Ciarra has changed her image. Last year young looking, this year older
Some Latin Group
Three Six Mafia
Common
Black Eyed Pees
Kanye West
Should go to common..Winner is Black Eyed Peas. Kanye never wins anything and he has produced most of these acts. Shout out to the website.. and a shout to one love yall.
Next up the Rock to introduce Shakira Shakira...with the Wy man.. A little ballywood start with outfits and garb. Shakira is barefooted and singing hit a bad spot. It was an ok performance..Best of the night so far. Jackass and they do a dumb stunt that is so fake with a naked midget...Rocantour is back playing some shitty music.
Back with 50 and LL Cool J saying hi to NYC,, Best female video
Nelly Furtado
Christine
Shakira
Kelly Clarkson
Madonna
Winner should be Shakira and the winner is Kelly Clarkson...Wow
Lil John next shouting to the crowd and asked them to make noise for Pharel and Luda..The song is lipped by both.. Luda needs to get a better song or he is going to be the next Ricky Martin. Best part of the act was the floor must be real slippery since two girls bit it and fell down.. Wait up from the floor comes the pussy cat dolls..Wow that was bad..Sarah Silverman backstage getting make up and she is talking about who is back stage. She was saying that Lance Bass was hitting her and then someone says he is gay. So I like Sarah but is MTV like embracing gays or letting them know they are no longer welcome on MTV.
Back with Lil Wayne and man he is little.. Back to the Rancontours and they should really rename themselves the rankinsucks.. Jack Black back and Kyle from Tenacious D is on stage and its just dumb.
Jessica on stage for best dance video
Sean Paul
Madonna
Shakira
Pussy Cat Dolls
Nelly Furtado
Winner should be Shakira or Madonna..Winner is Pussey Cat Dolls..So lame..They thanked God and their family at Innerscope.. They almost forgot Snoop and when they cut to him and he looked pissed. Some bitches being cut tonight.
Back to Jack Black introducing....Chris Brown to introduce the dudes that did the internet dance thing on treadmills. Perhaps the best performance of the night so far. Original and creative.
Some dude from a band to introduce Jackass again. The guy lets a lobster grab his tongue. It is just so lame. Jack introduces Paris who walks out like a Queen. She introduces the Rejects. I think they are singing. It is hard to tell since there is such a large wall of sound drowning them out. It was an ok performance not bad not super great but good.
Nick Leshay and Nicole Ritchie... She looks like a corpse.. Award for Best Pop Vid
Madonna
Nelly Furtado
Pink
Shakira
Christina
Pink stupid girls. She is dressed in a black drss with her done up in the front and shaved in the back. She came up and acted like a stupid girl.
Back to suckontoes on stage which is the house band for the night. Snoop up next with a beer or gin and juice. Said he wanted to smoke...Best Rap Vid
Young Joc
50 cent
Busta
Chamillionaire
TI
Should go to 50 for window shopper..Winner is Chamillinaire for riding dirty..Embraced by ICE T.. Giving thanks to the man in sky, mtv the man on the tube and others. Kind of shout out against racial profiling but it appears the segment on the news he said was cut....Guess they want that to keep existing.
Sirens going off and here is Beyonce.. She is in an overcoat and dancing with girls behind her in a cage. I know those coats are coming off. Police coming and grabbing her and keeping her down. The girl can sing. Breaking into a dance routine like Janet. Perhaps a nod to Rythem nation. Coat away. Now its her in black leather panties and leather corset. I have to contact MTV and do away with the fake real stuff. Case in point. Some shows like news programs began cutting to the crew giving direction to the TV staff. MTV is trying to the same thing but it is scripted and sounds fake. If you want to do that then just do it but don't script it.
Back to Sarah Silverman...Everyone wants to be famous. Don't get the message...Are they condoning smoking pot..
Diddy out to introduce TI. Then they all these kids come up from under the stage and doing backup..not that great...Next intro by the chic from aaahhh who cares Amy Lee and Jarod??? Now MTV is playing up group sex?? Best Group Vid
All American Rejects
Pamic at the Disco
Gnarls Barkley
Red Hot Chile Peps
Fall out boy
Should be fall out boy and winner is AAR and they are giddy with surprise. Our bands are becoming very 80ish again with funky outfits and eyeliner. What is going on. Back to the stage band the Rankinshitsucks.
Neyo and Rhianna..She is smoking. Ringtone of the year... Winner is Fort Minor...Wow they must be so proud..Poor dude had to come down from the balcony and he is thanking the world.. He is from Lincoln Park..He gets the award for thanking the most people. Fall out Boy to introduce Panic at the Disco..They are performing from Las Vegas. Wait maybe they are from
Vegas..Who knows. The sing live with a strange Moulon Rouge type production. Funny part about MTV is that they block out the word slut but talk about sleeping with a group sex party.
Fergie out to do best new artist video. No she is bringing out some little chick who does a shit job of dancing and must have won some kind of contest.
Avenged Seven Fold
Angels
James Blunt
Panic at the Disco
Chris Brown
Rhianna
Gonna be Rhianna,,Winner is Avenge Seven Fold...
For the first time ever I am getting bored watching this award show. It makes me feel sad for the young kids today....
Back to the house band and they have been singing all night,,,
Special Brittany and Kevin Fedderline...
Best R and B Vid
Beyonce
Mary J
Jaime Fox what a hack
Mariah
Chris Brown
Either chris or mary...Winner is Beyonce
Out comes Kanye...What is he going to do?? Here to present Vid Vanguard to Hype Williams Nice intro to him....A bunch of his vids came up and some other stuff but Hype is the man... He thanks God and the crew. MTV, his Mama and his daughter...
Sarah Silverman is out now. And she is talking to Paris. I just dont get it.
The energy and creativity is gone from the MTV music awards. I remember the old days of off the cuff comments, live and wild acts etc. It is just too package right now. MTV is going to shutdown soon if it does not rethink its goals
Christina out to sing and once again she is dressed as an old woman from the 30's. The song sucks but there is not doubt that the girl can sing since she is doing it live. The song has no soul...Where are the anthems from youth???
Down to the last 10 mins of the show... Lou Reed and Pink.. Best rock Vid..Pink started to sing something.
30 Seconds to Mars
AFI
Green Day
Panic at the Disco
Red Hot Peppers
Should be green day..winner is AFI??? Never heard of them..There they are in their pink ants and makeup and hair made up so much. I think the fab 5 dressed them. Back to the house band andthe Bill from ZZ top.
BEP out to give the best HIP HOP Fusion Vid but they went to a lame thing with Jack Black and Kyle....and they sung a song and doing something and now Jackass on stage...
Viewers Choice is going to Fall out Boys.. And of course they won..The show is running long by 15 mins..Overall this year on a scale of 1 to 10 I give a 3.
Wait Queen L is coming out at the end. She is talking about over population and she introduces Al Gore..What is he going to say. Have to say he is a little funny. He is talking about global warming. He is saying our planet is in trouble. He is telling peeps that they need to act and act now to make sure we do not kill this earth.
Back from break and the house bands is playing video killed the radio star...Vid of the year by Jlo.. I do not get her outfit. I think she may be part of the Jeff clan from Utah.
Panic at the Disco
Shakira
Christine Ag
Madonna
RHCP
Should be Shakira..Winner is Panic at the Disco..Glad to see a girl act won.
Best part about the show is Six got up again..He does it every year...He hopped up and he always claims he will and he has done it every year since I do not know when except for last year and he did it again. You have to love it. He was accepting the award for best vid. ..
Last act Axle Rose coming out...Boyz got dreads and no voice. Introducing the Killers for the last act..
It was just blah
Thursday, August 31, 2006
Sunday, August 27, 2006
2006 Emmys
Well it is Emmy time again and tonight it is coming from the Kodak theatre in CA. Temps at the place are in excess of 100. The red carpet is winding down and Ryan Seacrest is doing it for E and NBC has Odell and Billy?? E has the better coverage this year. Puple is the color of the dresses for the ladies. NBC gets the guests first and E second. They are calling all of the celebs in for the start of the show. We are about 7 mins from the start.
Which brings us to the start of the show. Nancy O'dell always looks good. Cut to Conan on a plane, the waitress asks him if he is nervous and he says no what could go wrong. He is now on the lost island. He builds a hair dryer out of wood. He goes down the hatch to get to the emmys and ends up on the set of the office. Then he is on the phone with 24 and now with House. Then onto South Park. Did a shot at Tom Cruise. Onto a news show that is catching sex predators. Went a little too long and did not elicit a lot of laughter. But it is conan
Live with Conan on stage..Doing his routine. Shot at Mel Gibson. A joke about the gift baskets was ok. Audience shot of Murphy Brown..She looked old. Conan is breaking into a song. The routine was fantastic and funny. One of the best ever and it saved the opening.
Pat Dempsey and Ellen Pompeo to give the first award for Actors in a comedy series. Cheryl Hines for Curb, Megan Mallay for Will and Grace, a chic from weeds, Alice Willard Desperate,and Jamie Presley for earl.. Winner should be Cheryl. Goes to Megan for Will and Grace. She is crying and so emotional..But the music comes up and closes out the thanks. Onto Louis Dreyfus and Sean Hayes from Will and Grace...Outstanding actor is Drama. Alan Alda west wing, Imperiolio for Sopranos, Greg Itzin 24, Oliver Platt Huff, and William Shatner..Alan Alda...much deserved.
Back live at 8:24 Little stunt with Bob Newhart. Next up Martin and Charlie Sheen..Something got screwed up because they walked out during the middle of it. Charlie thanking his dad...Best supporting actors in a drama...They did them so fast I could not type down the nominees. Blythe Danner won for something. For Huff?? What show was that... No one even knows what it is....Music came up and started to drown her out. Who will be the first to sing to it tonight..Jamie Presley and Earl dude Jason. Outstanding Actor in Comedy... Supporting..Once again too fast.. Should go to Cryer or Piven... Winner is.....Piven won for Entourage. His speach short funny and then he cried. A tribute to Dick Clark coming up which means he must be dying
Back from break at 835. Conan doing another bit about getting off the stage faster. Next two up....CSI dudes dont know thier names and 24 dude. The allstate guy.. Supporting actress in a mini... So far I have not seen one of them...Alfre she should win for other stuff... Emmy goes to Kelly McDonald..Not sure who she is... A fine irish girl with the accent and all. Real quick,,,
Conan again talking about spanish listeners.. Then he announces that he is wasting time..Cut to Bob Newhart..Hiedi Klum, Tanbor and john... Outstanding variety..Colbert report, Daily show, Conan obrian, and letterman... Real time with bill Mar...Should be daily or conan ..Winner is daily show...Jenn love hewitt and Ron Livingston.. She looked really good... Guest appearances....Leslie dude from Will and Cloris leachmen.. They are presenting best directing for comedy..Comeback, Curb, Entourage, again, my name is earl and weeeds..Should be curb or entourage..winner is my name is earl....Next up writing for comedy...Arrested Dev, Entourage, Extras, My name is Earl, The office,,Should be Extras...Went to my name is earl....huh,,,The show is not that great. Guy gave a funny speach...He thanked people for no thanks... Funny acceptance so far and I do not know his name..
Simon Cowels came out to boos..To do a tribute to Dick Clark..They showed clips etc..Someone just called me (shout out to you JD)...Back to the blog..Best something it is going way too fast now...I think I am bailing on this blog until something good happens
Which brings us to the start of the show. Nancy O'dell always looks good. Cut to Conan on a plane, the waitress asks him if he is nervous and he says no what could go wrong. He is now on the lost island. He builds a hair dryer out of wood. He goes down the hatch to get to the emmys and ends up on the set of the office. Then he is on the phone with 24 and now with House. Then onto South Park. Did a shot at Tom Cruise. Onto a news show that is catching sex predators. Went a little too long and did not elicit a lot of laughter. But it is conan
Live with Conan on stage..Doing his routine. Shot at Mel Gibson. A joke about the gift baskets was ok. Audience shot of Murphy Brown..She looked old. Conan is breaking into a song. The routine was fantastic and funny. One of the best ever and it saved the opening.
Pat Dempsey and Ellen Pompeo to give the first award for Actors in a comedy series. Cheryl Hines for Curb, Megan Mallay for Will and Grace, a chic from weeds, Alice Willard Desperate,and Jamie Presley for earl.. Winner should be Cheryl. Goes to Megan for Will and Grace. She is crying and so emotional..But the music comes up and closes out the thanks. Onto Louis Dreyfus and Sean Hayes from Will and Grace...Outstanding actor is Drama. Alan Alda west wing, Imperiolio for Sopranos, Greg Itzin 24, Oliver Platt Huff, and William Shatner..Alan Alda...much deserved.
Back live at 8:24 Little stunt with Bob Newhart. Next up Martin and Charlie Sheen..Something got screwed up because they walked out during the middle of it. Charlie thanking his dad...Best supporting actors in a drama...They did them so fast I could not type down the nominees. Blythe Danner won for something. For Huff?? What show was that... No one even knows what it is....Music came up and started to drown her out. Who will be the first to sing to it tonight..Jamie Presley and Earl dude Jason. Outstanding Actor in Comedy... Supporting..Once again too fast.. Should go to Cryer or Piven... Winner is.....Piven won for Entourage. His speach short funny and then he cried. A tribute to Dick Clark coming up which means he must be dying
Back from break at 835. Conan doing another bit about getting off the stage faster. Next two up....CSI dudes dont know thier names and 24 dude. The allstate guy.. Supporting actress in a mini... So far I have not seen one of them...Alfre she should win for other stuff... Emmy goes to Kelly McDonald..Not sure who she is... A fine irish girl with the accent and all. Real quick,,,
Conan again talking about spanish listeners.. Then he announces that he is wasting time..Cut to Bob Newhart..Hiedi Klum, Tanbor and john... Outstanding variety..Colbert report, Daily show, Conan obrian, and letterman... Real time with bill Mar...Should be daily or conan ..Winner is daily show...Jenn love hewitt and Ron Livingston.. She looked really good... Guest appearances....Leslie dude from Will and Cloris leachmen.. They are presenting best directing for comedy..Comeback, Curb, Entourage, again, my name is earl and weeeds..Should be curb or entourage..winner is my name is earl....Next up writing for comedy...Arrested Dev, Entourage, Extras, My name is Earl, The office,,Should be Extras...Went to my name is earl....huh,,,The show is not that great. Guy gave a funny speach...He thanked people for no thanks... Funny acceptance so far and I do not know his name..
Simon Cowels came out to boos..To do a tribute to Dick Clark..They showed clips etc..Someone just called me (shout out to you JD)...Back to the blog..Best something it is going way too fast now...I think I am bailing on this blog until something good happens
Saturday, August 26, 2006
Friday, August 25, 2006
A Dog's Life
"Okay, I think I have this down to a science now..Go out to the green spot and take a pee. Come back and hop into the front seat of the car. Go get coffee. Pretend like I am protecting the car. Act surprised when he gets back in. Drive to park. Hop out and go for a walk. Drop a couple of gifts so I feel relaxed for the day, you know drop the kids off at the lake so to speak. Hop back in car. Eat breakfast grab a drink. Hang while he gets ready to leave....Watch door close, flip off cats and watch the world pass by the window. Nap when tired, explore when curious, don't piss off the cats after the flip off incidence. Act surprised when he comes home. Go for walk. Eat dinner. Watch TV. Go to bed, grab spot under cover, lick a leg or two to make him feel like I love him, grab a good night's sleep and do it all again until tomorrow. He won't let me take the car out by myself but it ain't that bad of a life
Nothing Going On Blog
Well it is Friday night and not much is going on. I am just like blah. A few people called but I did not feel like talking too much. I just kind of hung out in the nice breeze tonight since it is not that bad out. Suzie hung with me a bit as well. I took a few pics of the view. 
Saturday, August 19, 2006
Pictures of Suzy Q
Suzy checking out the action on the floor
Stoic Suzy contemplating the meaning of a Dog's Life
Suzy letting the cat know that all is quiet in the streets.
Monday, August 14, 2006
Hell's Kitchen Season Finale
Tonight is the season finale of Hell's Kitchen. The start of the show was the recap showing how we are down to Heather from NYC and Virgina from CA. In all the opening clips they show the good and the bad of each. Both of our finalists tonight are cry babies. They each cried a total of 5 times on the clips.. The show then added a twist and in walks Heather's parents..She cries..Virgina had her mother and her husband. She did not cry and actually slapped her husband in the face when he tried to kiss her. In that moment the show revealed itself. Virginia will win and she will be divorced in one years time. How do I know this.. Well during the interview with the media that Chef Ramsey set up, one of the questions that was asked of her was now that you are newly married if you win what will you and your husband do.. Virginia's response shows how cold she is and will be...She said she will hire him... Even if that were the case in any good relationship you do not make a life altering statement like that out loud in public. That shows that you are selfish. In her mind she is only person that counts in that relationship.
Back from break..He cuts the place in half and now they have to come up with a plan as to how they are going to decorate their half of the restaurant. They have 36 hours to make the room their own. One wants old and the other wants a young atmosphere. Two very different ideas are forming. They have been given their sous chefs and now are creating the menu. Now the ladies are back with Ramsey. He is going to tell them something very big and he is telling them to pack their bags and they are going off somewhere cut to commercial.
Back from commercial Heather is crying again since they are going to Vegas. Chef Ramsey has them in a limo and he is pumping them with words of praise. In Vegas now they are facing a challenge. They are now in Hank's in Vegas. One is making sea bass and one is chicken. Now 20 customers vote. They tally the votes and the votes are tied. It comes down to one man and now we cut to commercial.
Back from commercial and last customer and the winner is.....The chicken won by one vote. Virginia has won again. I love the fact that they are always wearing their coats all the time. Now the chef gave them tickets to London to his place. Now with all the flight restrictions I wonder if they will be able to use them. Back at the restaurant and as anticipated there are problems like they have every year. To create stress for each of them. . Cut to 330 am and they are just getting to bed. Now the girls are awake and waiting. At 648 am their staff arrives and it is the other castoffs and we cut to commercial.
During this commercial break one of the worst commercials ever made came on. Dunkin Donuts...Swimming soccer, oboe, ballet,,,and karate...I want to gouge my ears and eyes out when I see and hear that spot.
The old staff comes in and they are bugging out. The phone rings and he orders them all to the kitchen. Virginia gets first choice...Keith, Heather...Rachel..Virgina....Tom..Did not see that. Heather..Sarah...Virginia takes Jiacomo and leaves Garret to be picked last and he goes to Heather. Virginia tells them all that she picked them because they are weak. Bad move..Heather is trying uplift.....
Two commercial breaks ago I made a 5 buck bet that Virginia is going to win with the son of a woman that I work with. He just called because he is now nervous about losing. The game is a afoot Brian... The first hour is up and we are back doing a recap of the last hour. Keith is demanding to be paid. Could their be sabotage??? Could Virginia lose....
Back from the intro and here we go. Virginia said she will give them each a G. Money talks. Lots of smack talking in the kitchen but a problem for Heather with the table. She resolves it quickly. Virginia's turn for bad news. Her water wall is a big hole and it will not work..Drama..Cut to commercial.
Back from commercial...The are going over the menus for each. Heather is showing her food to the chef..Hates some loves some..Same with Virgina... The menus have been tweaked..Ramsey is saying they are very opposite. Time to review the place to eat..Showing too much of her. It is all about her, pictures of her, her writing, he face.....Virgina's place was finished... Chef Ramsey likes her place better. The gloves are off and the battle begins
Brian has posted a comment showing how very scared he is right now. He is talking strong but saying nothing. He is scared and that is expected. He is going to be 5 bucks in the hole....
Back from commercial at 923. The doors are open..Heather is strong on her first order and Virginia a little weak...Chef lets them know that the owner is going to be ordering from both. Appy's are going fast in red and not in blue. Heather is in the lead but one plate was returned. Virginia is going slow but watching quality. Tom is just a dick saying he does need someone to fire him up but he is 43 with no job and no drive. Virginia is moving now and people are loving the appy's. Pretty much they are neck in neck...Just the drama playing out. Virginia really picked a team with a bad attitude. It looks like Virginia is down and out.
Back from break and Ramsey looks at the cut and tells him he is a baby which he is. Tom just sucks. He deserves to be out of a job. Virginia is making up time and they say she is doing good. Her entrees are out but plates are coming back and now Virginia is out of food. Heather is getting her desserts out. But quality sucks... and now attitudes are starting to show in her kitchen. If Virginia was smart she should have paid off Heather's staff. The service is finished and now it is up to the public and the chef. Chef tells them both did a great job. In walks in the owner of the red rock in Vegas. He has sampled both and he is giving insight. Virginia took a bad staff and made it work. Her dishes were complex. Heather took good chefs and made it simple. If this were the olympics Virginia's dishes would be rated more difficult. The chef is reflecting and the clips leave you with the mind thought that it going to be close. H and V are called to meet with the chef. He is pumping up both again..... Making them really feel good about themselves. They are faced with the two doors. They are in front of the doors..Chef tells them to open the door....Heather is crying again.... Cut to commercial break....Who will step out.
Back from the break....one two three...out steps....Out steps Heather...I am out five bucks..Virginia's staff sold her out and once again she is crying but perhaps well deserved. We leave Hell's kitchen with a sense of accomplishment and salvation...Until next year.
To Brian I will give your mom the money tomorrow but remember this....do not spend it on ebay
Back from break..He cuts the place in half and now they have to come up with a plan as to how they are going to decorate their half of the restaurant. They have 36 hours to make the room their own. One wants old and the other wants a young atmosphere. Two very different ideas are forming. They have been given their sous chefs and now are creating the menu. Now the ladies are back with Ramsey. He is going to tell them something very big and he is telling them to pack their bags and they are going off somewhere cut to commercial.
Back from commercial Heather is crying again since they are going to Vegas. Chef Ramsey has them in a limo and he is pumping them with words of praise. In Vegas now they are facing a challenge. They are now in Hank's in Vegas. One is making sea bass and one is chicken. Now 20 customers vote. They tally the votes and the votes are tied. It comes down to one man and now we cut to commercial.
Back from commercial and last customer and the winner is.....The chicken won by one vote. Virginia has won again. I love the fact that they are always wearing their coats all the time. Now the chef gave them tickets to London to his place. Now with all the flight restrictions I wonder if they will be able to use them. Back at the restaurant and as anticipated there are problems like they have every year. To create stress for each of them. . Cut to 330 am and they are just getting to bed. Now the girls are awake and waiting. At 648 am their staff arrives and it is the other castoffs and we cut to commercial.
During this commercial break one of the worst commercials ever made came on. Dunkin Donuts...Swimming soccer, oboe, ballet,,,and karate...I want to gouge my ears and eyes out when I see and hear that spot.
The old staff comes in and they are bugging out. The phone rings and he orders them all to the kitchen. Virginia gets first choice...Keith, Heather...Rachel..Virgina....Tom..Did not see that. Heather..Sarah...Virginia takes Jiacomo and leaves Garret to be picked last and he goes to Heather. Virginia tells them all that she picked them because they are weak. Bad move..Heather is trying uplift.....
Two commercial breaks ago I made a 5 buck bet that Virginia is going to win with the son of a woman that I work with. He just called because he is now nervous about losing. The game is a afoot Brian... The first hour is up and we are back doing a recap of the last hour. Keith is demanding to be paid. Could their be sabotage??? Could Virginia lose....
Back from the intro and here we go. Virginia said she will give them each a G. Money talks. Lots of smack talking in the kitchen but a problem for Heather with the table. She resolves it quickly. Virginia's turn for bad news. Her water wall is a big hole and it will not work..Drama..Cut to commercial.
Back from commercial...The are going over the menus for each. Heather is showing her food to the chef..Hates some loves some..Same with Virgina... The menus have been tweaked..Ramsey is saying they are very opposite. Time to review the place to eat..Showing too much of her. It is all about her, pictures of her, her writing, he face.....Virgina's place was finished... Chef Ramsey likes her place better. The gloves are off and the battle begins
Brian has posted a comment showing how very scared he is right now. He is talking strong but saying nothing. He is scared and that is expected. He is going to be 5 bucks in the hole....
Back from commercial at 923. The doors are open..Heather is strong on her first order and Virginia a little weak...Chef lets them know that the owner is going to be ordering from both. Appy's are going fast in red and not in blue. Heather is in the lead but one plate was returned. Virginia is going slow but watching quality. Tom is just a dick saying he does need someone to fire him up but he is 43 with no job and no drive. Virginia is moving now and people are loving the appy's. Pretty much they are neck in neck...Just the drama playing out. Virginia really picked a team with a bad attitude. It looks like Virginia is down and out.
Back from break and Ramsey looks at the cut and tells him he is a baby which he is. Tom just sucks. He deserves to be out of a job. Virginia is making up time and they say she is doing good. Her entrees are out but plates are coming back and now Virginia is out of food. Heather is getting her desserts out. But quality sucks... and now attitudes are starting to show in her kitchen. If Virginia was smart she should have paid off Heather's staff. The service is finished and now it is up to the public and the chef. Chef tells them both did a great job. In walks in the owner of the red rock in Vegas. He has sampled both and he is giving insight. Virginia took a bad staff and made it work. Her dishes were complex. Heather took good chefs and made it simple. If this were the olympics Virginia's dishes would be rated more difficult. The chef is reflecting and the clips leave you with the mind thought that it going to be close. H and V are called to meet with the chef. He is pumping up both again..... Making them really feel good about themselves. They are faced with the two doors. They are in front of the doors..Chef tells them to open the door....Heather is crying again.... Cut to commercial break....Who will step out.
Back from the break....one two three...out steps....Out steps Heather...I am out five bucks..Virginia's staff sold her out and once again she is crying but perhaps well deserved. We leave Hell's kitchen with a sense of accomplishment and salvation...Until next year.
To Brian I will give your mom the money tomorrow but remember this....do not spend it on ebay
Wednesday, August 02, 2006
Police Incident and My Aunt
I went to the mailbox today to retrieve my mail as I do every few days. Today's trip to the box became more than a leisurely trip for mail. It became know as the Union Street incident.
When I got to my mailbox, I like others reach into the box and grab my mail... However today I reached in with the help of the authorities and with a graphite stick.
As I looked into my box I noticed two rather large envelopes. I noticed however, they did not have a return address. Events such as the unibomber and various anthrax attacks after 911, I certainly did not want to tempt fate. Do I try to open them myself using a stick? Will that prevent me from tripping the bomb wire or prevent the anthrax spores from getting into my blood system.. With all this uncertainty, that is when I called the authorities.
They arrived moments later and I debriefed the officer on the situation. We decided to go in and open the letters. The street was cleared of passerbys and the letters were opened. When the envelope was exposed we found many thick clippings of the Daily Record. Thoughts running through my head at the time were varied. Do I have a stalker, has someone kidnapped a member of my family and are they sending me headlines with the date and polaroids showing a loved one tied up. Furthest from my mind was the actual.
The cop opened up the clippings and there were numerous articles about a recent drug raid in Morris County that netted 54 traffickers. It was then becoming clear. Earlier in the week, I had conversations with family members about the drug raid since I coached some of the kids in hockey years before. I asked them to save the papers. My aunt must have sent them to me..But why did she put no return address?? She always has in the past. Did she not care if they were lost?? Did she no longer have respect for the postal service and its protocol?? These are questions that I need to ask her.
Just then my thought process wa then broken by the voice of the officer. "Do you know who would be sending you these clippings about a drug trade with no return address. The letters were sent from Morris County. My thoughts then turned to the kind of police questioning. Did the officer think I am involved? Does he think that they are trying to tip me off, let me know why I have not heard from them. Do I explain to him that I used to coach the kingpin and his staff?? I looked him straight in the eyes and said "Officer, I have no idea"...He looked at me, and got back into his car.
I walked from the mail run shaken, but not broken. I now have many questions for my aunt
When I got to my mailbox, I like others reach into the box and grab my mail... However today I reached in with the help of the authorities and with a graphite stick.
As I looked into my box I noticed two rather large envelopes. I noticed however, they did not have a return address. Events such as the unibomber and various anthrax attacks after 911, I certainly did not want to tempt fate. Do I try to open them myself using a stick? Will that prevent me from tripping the bomb wire or prevent the anthrax spores from getting into my blood system.. With all this uncertainty, that is when I called the authorities.
They arrived moments later and I debriefed the officer on the situation. We decided to go in and open the letters. The street was cleared of passerbys and the letters were opened. When the envelope was exposed we found many thick clippings of the Daily Record. Thoughts running through my head at the time were varied. Do I have a stalker, has someone kidnapped a member of my family and are they sending me headlines with the date and polaroids showing a loved one tied up. Furthest from my mind was the actual.
The cop opened up the clippings and there were numerous articles about a recent drug raid in Morris County that netted 54 traffickers. It was then becoming clear. Earlier in the week, I had conversations with family members about the drug raid since I coached some of the kids in hockey years before. I asked them to save the papers. My aunt must have sent them to me..But why did she put no return address?? She always has in the past. Did she not care if they were lost?? Did she no longer have respect for the postal service and its protocol?? These are questions that I need to ask her.
Just then my thought process wa then broken by the voice of the officer. "Do you know who would be sending you these clippings about a drug trade with no return address. The letters were sent from Morris County. My thoughts then turned to the kind of police questioning. Did the officer think I am involved? Does he think that they are trying to tip me off, let me know why I have not heard from them. Do I explain to him that I used to coach the kingpin and his staff?? I looked him straight in the eyes and said "Officer, I have no idea"...He looked at me, and got back into his car.
I walked from the mail run shaken, but not broken. I now have many questions for my aunt
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