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Jun. 24th, 2011 09:50 am"America's Got Talent"
America still has more talent and weirdness than (at least this season's) Britain's Got Talent. K has informed me there's an Australia's Got Talent, so I may have to track that down.
That male pole dancer was pretty cool. As Sharon said, there was an androgyny about his act. He wore high heels, but that wasn't it. The way he moved was very feminine. As it's a feminine er.. sport.
Is it anti-feminist to appreciate how he does it and not appreciate much how the women do it? Does it take a man to turn pole dancing into an actual legitimate artform?
"Expedition: Impossible"
This is a Mark Burnett reality show, Amazing Race ripoff. But it was interesting. The teams are teams of 3. And what they're being asked to do is HARD. Hike up a sand dune, cross the desert on a camel, cross the desert without a camel.
Since it's not couples, I expect to hear less whiny shrieking. We'll see.
Nothing too shocking in how well the teams are doing thus far. Although 'underestimating the blind guy' as a theme is going to get old pretty quickly.
It will be interesting to see which teams have stamina. Because this is going to take stamina.
"House Hunters International"
Because what's summer TV without watching mindless reruns of something? K got me watching an episode, then I watched another and another. Then I got a season pass. So my Tivo is exploding a little bit.
Why are there so many rich people?! And why do they get to buy awesome houses in awesome places? (Although Indian bathrooms are scary!)
This lesbian couple worked for the London Underground (which you would expect, here in the States anyway, to be a blue collar, if unionized job, and perhaps pay reasonably, but not generously) and they were like.. yea, we get all this time off. Long weekends, etc. And we'd like to go someplace sunny. And then they're looking at places costing like 400K! Plus, their regular house had 4 bedrooms and they weren't using 2 and were using one as a 'laundry room'! They have 4 bedrooms and don't even know how to use them!! And they need another house!
How do I get a job with the London Underground? :P
Then there's the people who get monthly housing stipends from their employers. Which are 3 times my monthly takehome pay! Yea, I feel so sorry all these kitchens are too small for your rich a---.
*ahem*
But it's interesting seeing all these places in other countries. And occasionally you'll have a young couple looking to move and with a budget of like 100K or 1-2K a month. You know.. reasonable.
America still has more talent and weirdness than (at least this season's) Britain's Got Talent. K has informed me there's an Australia's Got Talent, so I may have to track that down.
That male pole dancer was pretty cool. As Sharon said, there was an androgyny about his act. He wore high heels, but that wasn't it. The way he moved was very feminine. As it's a feminine er.. sport.
Is it anti-feminist to appreciate how he does it and not appreciate much how the women do it? Does it take a man to turn pole dancing into an actual legitimate artform?
"Expedition: Impossible"
This is a Mark Burnett reality show, Amazing Race ripoff. But it was interesting. The teams are teams of 3. And what they're being asked to do is HARD. Hike up a sand dune, cross the desert on a camel, cross the desert without a camel.
Since it's not couples, I expect to hear less whiny shrieking. We'll see.
Nothing too shocking in how well the teams are doing thus far. Although 'underestimating the blind guy' as a theme is going to get old pretty quickly.
It will be interesting to see which teams have stamina. Because this is going to take stamina.
"House Hunters International"
Because what's summer TV without watching mindless reruns of something? K got me watching an episode, then I watched another and another. Then I got a season pass. So my Tivo is exploding a little bit.
Why are there so many rich people?! And why do they get to buy awesome houses in awesome places? (Although Indian bathrooms are scary!)
This lesbian couple worked for the London Underground (which you would expect, here in the States anyway, to be a blue collar, if unionized job, and perhaps pay reasonably, but not generously) and they were like.. yea, we get all this time off. Long weekends, etc. And we'd like to go someplace sunny. And then they're looking at places costing like 400K! Plus, their regular house had 4 bedrooms and they weren't using 2 and were using one as a 'laundry room'! They have 4 bedrooms and don't even know how to use them!! And they need another house!
How do I get a job with the London Underground? :P
Then there's the people who get monthly housing stipends from their employers. Which are 3 times my monthly takehome pay! Yea, I feel so sorry all these kitchens are too small for your rich a---.
*ahem*
But it's interesting seeing all these places in other countries. And occasionally you'll have a young couple looking to move and with a budget of like 100K or 1-2K a month. You know.. reasonable.