Grammy Awards

The Grammy Awards aired last night on CBS. I normally don't watch award shows, but my husband is a Lady Gaga fan and he wanted to see if she would win anything. Luckily for me, Green Day performed so that made up for having to sit through the lengthiness of an award show. (Seriously - fewer commercial breaks and just shut the hell up.)

I found most of the performances to be rather dull. Mainly because, for some reason, whoever was in charge of mixing the songs decided that the lead vocals weren't nearly as important as the background vocals or the horn sections. I spent half of Beyonce's performance going "What is she singing? I can't hear a word she's saying!" The other half was "Huh. Is she singing an Alanis song?" Green Day's performance had the potential to be amazing, but, yet again, the mixer screwed everything up. Isn't this the reason they have rehearsals?

On the awards side, I was stunned that a country music band (Zac Brown Band) won Best New Artist. They were up against some tough competition. I guess this shows that this particular award was given out on merit instead of popularity. Otherwise one of the pop girls would have been a shoo-in. I was also a little surprised that "Single Ladies" won Song of the Year. It's not really a great song. Sure, it's catchy and it gets stuck in your head, but that doesn't make it great. Ah, well, award show...popularity contest and all that.

So, as usual, I was an unimpressed with the Grammy Awards as I have ever been. Will I watch next year? I don't know. I guess we'll see what rocks the music world this year. Maybe next year will be more interesting.

A poll and more

[poll id="48"] Unfortunately, today started out awful. While the morning news claimed there were "slick spots' on the road, what they really meant was "the entire roadway is coated with ice." So, instead of being in work on time, I spent a couple of hours at my mother's house waiting for the ice to melt. At least it's gone now. I hope that it will stay this way until I get home tonight.

TV: Cougar Town

One of the new shows that I have been watching this season is Cougar Town. To be honest, I never heard about the show until my husband recorded it for me one night. The show had me laughing my butt off right from the beginning.

Here's the premise: Jules (Courtney Cox) is a recently divorced woman with a 17-year old son. With a bit of help from her best friends - Ellie (Christa Miller) and Laurie (Busy Phillips) - she tries to put a little excitement in her life and, maybe, find a good man along the way.

At first glance, it doesn't look like it would be anything spectacular. However, the writing and the cast are absolutely perfect. None of the characters are overbearing (or at least they aren't for very long) and you always feel like you are in on the joke. I know that some people are put-off by the title. Look past the words and let the laughter commence!

Coming back to the beginning

I know there have been a lot of ads on the site lately. My problem is that I feel like I've already talked about everything that I do nowadays. I don't watch a whole lot of new shows (though there are a few I could talk about) and there aren't really any awful reality shows for me to get into. Even the music I listen to has kinda stagnated. But I suppose that things that are old to me could be new to you. So that is my vow. I will post more 'real' items and less about Wholesale Insurance or diet pills. I can do this!

A cool stroller for new parents

This is mostly aimed at those new or soon-to-be-new parents out there. Here's a pretty neat stroller that can grow with your child. It's called the Baby jogger city select stroller. You can use it with a car seat and, as your baby grows, you can adjust it to fit them. I didn't have anything like that when my daughter was little. Our stroller could use the car seat when she was an infant, but then it was a fairly regular stroller after that. I'm jealous!

Outage and Dance

Sorry about the unscheduled downtime. Our ISP switched (not by our choosing) and, somehow, messed everything up. I'm not particularly happy that the site was down for so long. I'm pondering moving The Geek Within to an outside host. (Currently, the server box for the website is in my dining room.) If I do decide to do that, I will try to make the move as painless as possible. Originally, I wanted to talk about my dance class. I take jazz every Wednesday night and, let me tell you, there is no need for a quick weight loss diet with this class. We dance hard and fast for 45 minutes each week. I've lost 3 inches off my hips just by giving up soda and taking this class. I love it!

Fat burners?

As I'm sure you've figured out by now, I'm not a big fan of diet pills. However, they intrigue me. Especially with terms like "fat burner." You can only burn fat if you're using more than you are taking in. That is why people always say 'eat less and workout.' You need to get your muscles going in order to burn up the fat stores. How is a pill going to accomplish that?

Sleeping pills?

I fully admit that there are many things in this world that I don't understand. One of them is sleeping pills. See, I love sleep. I can sleep pretty much anywhere at anytime. So, I don't understand how someone can have trouble falling asleep. I suppose there are people that aren't able to shut their brain off long enough to get the body rested. It's still way out of my experience though.