Buffy the Vampire Slayer: A Healing Show

You know those days, weeks, months where just every thing is going wrong and you want to escape for at least a little while and not worry about whatever is happening in your life. I have had, in my opinion, way too many of these days and feel like I have become an expert on what I like to call "Healing Shows". These shows somehow just make everything seem a little better and help with my healing process, until I am whole again or at least whole enough to pull myself back together. The main show that I go to when I'm having a hard time is Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Actually that is what I'm watching now.

I love this show, because for the last couple of years, whenever something has happened that affected me in such an adverse way it just brightens my day. The characters are real and flawed and above all it values FRIENDSHIP and not LOVE.  I think sometimes everyone needs to be reminded that friendship is one of the most important things in life.  Friendship falls by the wayside too much when love comes into the picture. With Buffy, friendship and love are treated equally for the most part.  Friendship sometimes even takes a backseat to love and this is probably one of the things I like best about this show.  Plain and simple I love this show and just watching it makes me smile.

This goes especially true for certain episodes, in particular Once More With Feeling. After some really low points in my life I've watched this episode and feel much better about everything that has happened. The episode just makes me very happy, even though it really isn't that happy at all.

Here's hoping the healing goes quickly, this time.

The Moving Company moved Nick out...

So I was wrong, but I'm very happy that I was (I won't that often, so this just shows how close I feel to all of you). Nick left Big Brother!!!!! Now don't get me wrong I like Nick, but he thought he was running everything and it was a game move not a "let's get Rachel's sister out move". The way this season has been going there will be plenty of shots to take at Elissa. She doesn't seem to be good at competitions and for whatever reason America keeps voting for her to be the MVP. I don't think she is the best game player this season, and I think the only reason she is able to make moves is because of the MVP power.  I don't like this, I think MVP should be an add-on to whatever moves the player is already making, not as the crutch for the player's game.  I think Elissa's entire game hinges on her winning MVP. You really shouldn't bank on getting a power from America, especially if you are a woman on Big Brother.  Traditionally woman game players are not well received by America, therefore at some point in time, Elissa won't be voted MVP during her time in the house, this is my prediction.

On to the Moving Company. My original thought was that this season would be a repeat of Big Brother season 12, Rachel's first season, with a secret dominate male alliance running the game.  The Moving Company, well that alliance was shot when they brought Jeremy in my opinion and it was formed pretty close to night one. Jeremy is only looking out for  Jeremy (and maybe Kaitlyn), he thought that the Moving Company were grunts, only there to do his dirty work. Bad idea Jeremy, very bad idea. The Moving Company was a good idea in theory but it's a "5 minute alliance" and I feel like those very seldom work out for you. Especially if you can't keep everything on the down low, which is a key element that these guys were missing. Also being on the same page. The Moving Company was split down the middle of as to who voted Nick out, with Howard an Jeremy voting for Elissa and Spencer and McCrae voting for Nick. The guys have never been on the same side for a vote, which isn't a good sign for an alliance. Better luck with your next alliance guys.

So I feel like I should touch on the derogatory comments being made by the house guests, and some people's reactions to them. I do not condone the comments being made, but I also don't think some one should get kicked out of the house for these comments. Signing a petition to get a 22 student out of the house is just not a good idea in my mind, Aaryn will learn soon enough that those words have consequences, don't think she won't.  Big Brother  live feeds, to my knowledge, show people as they are and let America make the judgments, so make your judgement and don't vote for that person to be MVP, but don't try to get them out of the house. Let that person be stupid and make those mistakes, but don't try to get them off a show for being stupid. Especially when you already know  the house does not like them and most likely they won't get that far.

Let me know what you think. Till next time.       

Elissa's good but poorly timed move

So again on Big Brother Elissa won MVP, I don't understand this, but I take comfort in the fact that there are players who in a couple of weeks will be shining much brighter than her. So enjoy MVP while it lasts Elissa cause it won't be long, one way or the other.  Now this week she used MVP power (3rd Nominee) much better than last week and it had the potential to be a big move, if the Nominee would have stayed Jeremy. With Nick on the block he has the votes of his alliance (the Moving Company: Jeremy, Howard, McCrae, and Spencer) most likely the vote of GinaMarie, and Jeremy will bring in the vote of Kaitlyn. Elissa has Andy, Candice, maybe Amanda and Judd, with Jessie floating out in no man's land. But that still leaves the vote 5-6 with Elissa going home. Sorry Elissa, this week you should have played like Rachel and gone after the girls.  You might have been able to get Kaitlyn out, especially after Jeremy decided to try and intimidate his alliance into keeping his girlfriend. Elissa I give you props for making the move,but I really don't think it will work out for you in the end. Sorry, but if you do stay I hope your game gets better, because you give away so much information every time you talk to Nick.

Till next time.

Big Brother: the Dating Game and Alliance Naming

ALLIANCE NAMING

Big Brother is the only show I watch where contestants consistently want to name their alliance. Why!?! Why do you want to name your alliance? Do you sit around and talk about Brigades, Legions of Doom, Quack Packs? Do you think that people don't know what you're talking about? Like Quack Pack is such a common term used in everyday conversation.  I just don't understand the urge to name the alliances. People on Survivor don't do it, so why do you feel the need to. Does it make you feel like you're making a name for yourself? Because it makes you blend in with Big Brother  history not stand out. You might be better off not naming the alliance,but letting the media do it for you, it might mean you made a bigger impact than the previous alliances.

DATING GAME

This season seems to be the season of "let's hook-up".  I don't like this. Note to David if you want to spend the summer hooking up with people on TV try out for the Real World. Big Brother gives you an amazing opportunity and you took that away from someone who really wanted it. Good job, David, good job. In the 2nd episode, which I'm watching right now, really the only thing the girls seem worried about is who the want to hook up with during the summer. I hope there's more to these girls than that or it's going to be season 12 all over again. They even have a Rachel look alike (in the form of her sister Elisa) in the house to be hated on.  Girls please get your heads in the game and come together and stop trying to hook up with the boys, leave that for outside the house. 

Can't wait to find out who will go far and who will fall, but let's just hope it's a season of good game play and not hooking up.