Friday, September 01, 2006
RING THE ALARM ... BEYONCE'S STUCK!
WELCOME TO MY KITCHEN ...
Jo and Jeff came over yesterday evening to make dinner and watch the MTV Video Awards. I welcomed them to my kitchen and like my channel 10 beauty, they proceeded to prepare a lovely kabob meal. I say "they" because all I did to help was cut the potatos and wash the lettuce. All seemed like it was set to be a classy dining experience ... table perfectly set with cloth napkins, candles and my fancy butter dish, the Garden State soundtrack playing in the background ... but as much as we tried to class up the dining experience our efforts were somewhat lost once we sat down to eat...
Jeff spent most of the meal picking up tomatos, corn and beef off the floor as he continued to drop his food with every bite. Poor Joseph had to try and balance himself while sitting on his coat after I made him feel bad with my realization that his bedazzled jeans were the culprits behind the recent dents in my chairs. And halfway through the meal, I looked at my fingers to discover that my new corn on the cob holders were staining our fingers bright red (I said they came with "ketchup included")! Despite all of this hilarity, the meal itself turned out to be "soooooooooo good!"
Soon after, Marcus arrived and we settled in with our chocolate bars to watch the awards (side note: boo on Oh Henry for making their bars smaller and flatter ... C3 just won't be the same). I will say right off that the show pretty much sucked, as evidenced by the fact that BOTH Jeff and Joseph fell asleep at different points throughout and we spent a great deal of time blogging and chatting on messenger! Nonetheless, there were still a few major highlights ...
AND THE AWARD GOES TO ...
At first, the show seemed like it was going to be quite good as Justin opened with a fantastic medley. His new song is hot and when he sang "I'm Bringing Sexy Back," we really believed him!
Perhaps the best moment of the night for me was when the camera had to pan back from the stage so that Beyonce could untangle herself from the wires that had dramatically lowered her from the ceiling just moments before (side note: I don't know if that's what really happened, but that's sure what it looked like and I am choosing to believe it regardless). This of course didn't stop her from giving a very "energetic" (A.K.A. lunatic) rendtion of her new single, "Ring the Alarm." Julie called and said we should ring the alarm that Beyonce's trying to bring the Trench Coat Mafia back. I said the performance was inspired by Inspector Gadget.
Britney and K-Fed attempted to be funny by poking fun at themselves and their bad parenting skills. But pretending to misplace your baby just isn't funny for Brit! Especially when we know we could hear about this happening to her for real, real at any time!
By far, the best singing/musical performance was by Christina, who surprisingly chose not to go for the hype factor of "Ain't No Other Man," but for a soulful ballad instead. LOVED it!
Unfortunately Madonna didn't win any of the five awards she was nominated for. But I couldn't be too upset because it's COMPLTELY understandable that they had to give the awards to Kelly Clarkson for a song/video that's been out for well over a year; and to Pink for a video that no one even watched, from an album that no one bought; and the Pussycat Dolls for ... for ... for WHAT exactly?! Oh well, it's an honour just to be nominated, right? RIGHT?
The show came to hault around 12:30 and the gang got ready to leave. Jeff decided he'd show me his new way to say good-bye, which involved shoving his fingers in my mouth. I think it's part of his Extreme Makeover: Sap Edition. One hour and another episode of Nip/Tuck later, and I was fast asleep with my hair dryer buzzing at the bottom of my bed!
In all, it was another fun evening. Dinner was great, and though the MTV Awards sucked, at the very least the show will give us something to talk about for the weekend!
Jo and Jeff came over yesterday evening to make dinner and watch the MTV Video Awards. I welcomed them to my kitchen and like my channel 10 beauty, they proceeded to prepare a lovely kabob meal. I say "they" because all I did to help was cut the potatos and wash the lettuce. All seemed like it was set to be a classy dining experience ... table perfectly set with cloth napkins, candles and my fancy butter dish, the Garden State soundtrack playing in the background ... but as much as we tried to class up the dining experience our efforts were somewhat lost once we sat down to eat...
Jeff spent most of the meal picking up tomatos, corn and beef off the floor as he continued to drop his food with every bite. Poor Joseph had to try and balance himself while sitting on his coat after I made him feel bad with my realization that his bedazzled jeans were the culprits behind the recent dents in my chairs. And halfway through the meal, I looked at my fingers to discover that my new corn on the cob holders were staining our fingers bright red (I said they came with "ketchup included")! Despite all of this hilarity, the meal itself turned out to be "soooooooooo good!"
Soon after, Marcus arrived and we settled in with our chocolate bars to watch the awards (side note: boo on Oh Henry for making their bars smaller and flatter ... C3 just won't be the same). I will say right off that the show pretty much sucked, as evidenced by the fact that BOTH Jeff and Joseph fell asleep at different points throughout and we spent a great deal of time blogging and chatting on messenger! Nonetheless, there were still a few major highlights ... AND THE AWARD GOES TO ...
At first, the show seemed like it was going to be quite good as Justin opened with a fantastic medley. His new song is hot and when he sang "I'm Bringing Sexy Back," we really believed him!Perhaps the best moment of the night for me was when the camera had to pan back from the stage so that Beyonce could untangle herself from the wires that had dramatically lowered her from the ceiling just moments before (side note: I don't know if that's what really happened, but that's sure what it looked like and I am choosing to believe it regardless). This of course didn't stop her from giving a very "energetic" (A.K.A. lunatic) rendtion of her new single, "Ring the Alarm." Julie called and said we should ring the alarm that Beyonce's trying to bring the Trench Coat Mafia back. I said the performance was inspired by Inspector Gadget.
Britney and K-Fed attempted to be funny by poking fun at themselves and their bad parenting skills. But pretending to misplace your baby just isn't funny for Brit! Especially when we know we could hear about this happening to her for real, real at any time!
By far, the best singing/musical performance was by Christina, who surprisingly chose not to go for the hype factor of "Ain't No Other Man," but for a soulful ballad instead. LOVED it!Unfortunately Madonna didn't win any of the five awards she was nominated for. But I couldn't be too upset because it's COMPLTELY understandable that they had to give the awards to Kelly Clarkson for a song/video that's been out for well over a year; and to Pink for a video that no one even watched, from an album that no one bought; and the Pussycat Dolls for ... for ... for WHAT exactly?! Oh well, it's an honour just to be nominated, right? RIGHT?
The show came to hault around 12:30 and the gang got ready to leave. Jeff decided he'd show me his new way to say good-bye, which involved shoving his fingers in my mouth. I think it's part of his Extreme Makeover: Sap Edition. One hour and another episode of Nip/Tuck later, and I was fast asleep with my hair dryer buzzing at the bottom of my bed!
In all, it was another fun evening. Dinner was great, and though the MTV Awards sucked, at the very least the show will give us something to talk about for the weekend!
:: posted by Ray of Delight, 9:39 AM
