So a Follow Up to Yesterday’s Post

So…I had a thought today.

It’s just easier being lonely than dealing with the intricacies of dating sometimes.

Leading Me On…

So what does it mean when someone says that?

In as many days, I have been told twice that they didn’t want to lead me on.

Does that mean they are interested but being cautious or that they aren’t interested at all and that is the polite way of saying no?

I find myself in yet another situation where I really like this guy and he has said that he doesn’t want more than just being friends cuz he doesn’t want to lead me on.

It’s very frustrating. I want to be with him because he has told me how he has been hurt by former boyfriends and “friends”. I want him to know that I really do like him and that I really just want to hold him and prove to him that not all guys are out to take advantage of him. I see him on our “non-dates” and find myself wanting to reach across the couch and hold his hand or to put my hand on his shoulder in support. I’m a very touchy-feely kind of guy in general and it hurts that we haven’t even had as much as a hug.

Guess I have to continue to hear how he is being taken advantage of, meanwhile I’m sitting there wanting to prove him wrong…

Jon & Kate: Divorce is their Fate

So papers were filed in a Pennsylvania courthouse today for divorce papers for Jon and Kate Gosselin, parents to twins and sextuplets. Their lives have been chronicled on TLC for the last 5 years. Their show, Jon & Kate Plus Eight has been a very successful show for the network.

This blogger has followed this family for years and it quite saddened, but not shocked at how this all turned out. THeir marriage of 10 years ends with allegations of infidelity on Jon’s part and being caught! Kate has been speculated to be having an affiar with their TLV assigned bodyguard, but I feel that may be exaggerated. Kate really does love her kids - and so does Jon.

So what does this mean for the TV show? I’m sure they will continue thru the end of their current contract - who knows. This past weekend, TLC had commercials saying they would be doing a special showing on MOnday and that there was a major announcement to be made.  I guess this is the announcement.

Jon & Kate Plus 8 - Sextuplets Turn 5

Tonight was the season premiere of Jon & Kate Plus 8. This is also the first show since the entire debacle started with Jon and Kate and where things are with their marriage. Both of them have had allegations thrown at them of infidelity. Jon was caught by paparazzi with a young woman at a bar. Meanwhile there were allegations that Kate and the bodyguard were having an affair. It all started getting ugly.

Tonight they go on screen together (so to speak) and the questions are hard on the “couch”. This episode also highlighted the 5th birthday of the sextuplets, From the beginning of the episode, you can tell that things were different between Jon & Kate. They interviewed them individually and they were barely shot together on the interview couch. The entire episode you can feel the tension between Jon & Kate. The interviewers behind the camera asked how things were between the two of them and they both individually said they were there for the kids and thats the focus.

The thing is, kids have a funny way of noticing tension amongst their parents. The notice that mommy and daddy are fighting or that one isn’t around much as the other. It was difficult watching the episode seeing Jon & Kate go thru the motions, but the usual banter is gone, they frivolity between them is gone, things are definitely different. I have been watching Jon & Kate for years and there has always been a certain “something” between them. A good “something”. Even when they were fighting on screen you knew it was the frustration of the moment and you somehow knew it would be resolved later.

Towards the end of the interview, Kate said that parents of multiple birth babies have are more likely to divorce by up to  3x more. She went on to say that she had hoped, past tense’ that they were going to get past that, but she wasn’t sure anymore.

This is a reality show that isn’t wrought with producers telling the actors to go a particular direction to work the drama. Since day one, this show was a documentary into the lives of this family of 8. It was an open book that the gosslins have given to America for the last few years. I had tried not to get into all the crap about the affairs on Jon & Kate’s part. But could it be that they are just as human as any of us and fall to the same temptations? Was Jon capable of cheating? Did Kate?

I don’t know. What I do know is that things are definitely not the same on screen for them…

Still GLEEful in an SG-1 Kinda Way

So it has been 4 days since GLEE premiered on Fox and I have to admit to you that I’m still hooked. Days later I’m listening to the iTunes-available songs of Rehab and Don’t Stop Believin’. I’ve learned all of Finn’s harmony parts to Don’t Stop Believin’ . It’s crazy right? Why am I still soooo obsessed?

While watching the GLEE pilot episdoe, which is available for FREE on iTunes in HD by the way, I kept trying to figure out where I have seen male lead, Corey Montieth (Finn) before. A quick IMDB search answered my question.

Corey Montieth who was recruited for GLEE can actually sing. The entire cast was auditioned for their parts and they do all their own singing on the show. Who knew that this young “Lt. Colonel Mitchell” from Stargate SG-1 can actually carry a tune? That’s where I’ve seen him. He played a young Mitchell in the 200th episode of Stargate SG-1 where the team was re-imagined as younger versions of the actual SG-1 team.

For 27 years old, he can still pass for a high school senior. Lee Michele (Rachel) is 23 and plays a high school sophomore. We can only wish we could look that young. There isn’t much on Corey on the net. He used to live up in Canada but currently resides in Culver City, CA.

Corey as Lt. Colonel Mitchell on Stargate SG-1

American Idol 8 - Finale! Come on and Party, Karamu, Fiesta Forever!! We Have a New Idol!

This has been an exciting night!!! Superstars came out!! Cyndi Lauper, Queen Latifah, Black Eye Peas, Lionel Ritchie, KISS, Queen, Jason Mraz and Fergie to name a few!

We saw our Top 13 back on stage and it was nice to see Anoop and Matt as well as Jasimine and Allison. I was reminded of Megan and she still bothers me! Haha. We were treated to such a musical lineup tonight! Makes you almost forget that we’re announcing an Idol winner tonight!

The whole day I was thinking about who America voted for. I really, really think that Danny Gokey’s fans joined up with the Kris Allen camp and may have pushed him to the top. Here’s what I think. Adam is a great singer. There is NO denying it. But for everything that matters, he already has the contacts and ability to create an album and get signed on his own. Kris is from a small town in Arkansas. He deserves this break.

Oye…I hear Adam wailing, most annoyingly, into that mic again with Gene Simmons. The audience is going wild. Ugh.

We’re getting closer as we have had to wait one hour and forty-three minutes to find out who is our next Idol…

Who is it going to be???

Just minutes from the announcement we have Adam and Kris on stage singing We are the Champions…so appropriate!

So who is our Idol??? Who is it??

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!

KRIS ALLEN IS OUR NEWEST AMERICAN IDOL!!