Hollywood, TV and Politics

Nothing like a nice plate of nachos (no meat, just cheese and chips) and a full glass of wine to get down to some serious blogging. Blog Fodder seems hard to come by these days. I just feel uninspired! Theres just not anything that interesting about working, eating and sleeping. I’m not terribly into Hollywood Gossip, Television or Politics. So it stands to perfect reason that I should challenge myself to comment on all three. (Really, I came up with that just now.)

Hollywood Gossip – I admit I am woefully behind on this one. If it doesn’t air on the radio during my twenty minute commute, I probably haven’t heard. Is it cheating if I log onto TMZ? I did read on Dads House that Miley Cirus is dating a 20 year old model, and her father is in full support of the relationship. It is a big age difference, however, I hardly think Miley is your typical 15 year old. It might be my nievete when it comes to Country Stars, but they always seem to be a lot more down to earth than the rest of Hollywood. I’m guessing Billy Ray knows his daughter a lot better than the rest of us, and I don’t see him encouraging the relationship just for some publicity. As long as she doesn’t end up Prego and ruin a great career like Jamie Lynn Spears, I’m going to continue to be a fan. I adore her show, and think she is a great role model for kids. Yes, I hated the Vanity Fair pics, but I’m going to give Miley and Billy the benefit of the doubt, and trust that some crazy “artist” at the Photo Shoot convinced them those were tasteful. Oh, and I really love that duet she and her dad to together. I haven’t figured out how to embed youtube stuff in WordPress yet (Read: at the moment I’ve had enough wine that I really don’t feel like figuring it out.) so I linked to it instead.

Television – I freely admit I probably watch less than five hours of television a week. The time most people spend watching TV, I’d rather be  dicking around on the computer.

God, this is pathetic, but I literally just ran down to the basement where The Boyfriend is watching Monday Night Football, to ask him if I there are any other shows I follow besides Gray’s Anatomy and The Office. He replied “You watch that Make Your House, Clean Your Room show”. He’s referring to Clean House. Gray’s and The Office are really the only two shows I watch religiously, and it’s just my luck that they come on at the same time every week. Thank God for DVR. If I am bored, though, I like to watch A&E’s Intervention, The Dog Whisperer, Law & Order SVU (I used to watch this more before they made Elliot into a Crazy Cop, which seems to be the center of every episode – “The week, Elliot is pushed to the Edge.” – Wait, wasn’t that last week?) How I Met Your Mother, My Name is Earl and It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. It’s Always Sunny is Boyfriends favorite show. I find it depraved, but laugh at it anyways. Also just started catching Desparate Housewives again because I love how they’ve fast forwarded five years into the future. That was a great idea by the writers.

Politics – I do not feign to be even the least big educated on this subject. Guess how many minutes I’ve spent watching The Debates? Less than ten. I hate to say this, but all that “your vote counts” stuff is wasted on me. I don’t really think any of our votes count that much, because I don’t think the President, whoever he may end up being, can really change that much about our country. Call me ignorant, that’s ok. At least I don’t spout off a bunch of bullshit about crap I really don’t know a damn thing about.

I am, however, in the Mortgage Industry. I am a full time working mom, and I truly enjoy what I do. I got into the mortgage industry at the height of the refi-boom, so this is my first experience with a down period. Values are declining, and people have to truly qualify for the homes they are buying now. It may have affected my income negatively, but I don’t see it as a negative thing. IMHO, three years ago investors decided they didn’t care if people could afford the house they bought, because if it foreclosed the house would be worth twice what they’d lended on it. I don’t have a college degree, so I certainly didn’t see this turn of events coming, but I can’t understand how these highly educated banking wizards didn’t understand that this Market was inevitable. With the pluthera of foreclosures and short sales on the Market, banks are eating it. And how banks are doing affects everything else in our economy (except maybe gas).

I’m not sure what needs to happen to drag us out of this recession. But the country has seen a recession before. What I worry about is a full fledged depression. Our banks might be FDIC insured – but what does insurance really mean if every bank goes under? Again – I don’t pretend to be truly educated about this shit. I think the majority of us know only about 2% of what effects the real issues. And I think our president knows about 50%, thats all.

Well there ya go – I successfully completed a post that encompassed Sex, Drugs and Rock’n'Roll. I mean, Hollywood, TV, and Politics. And folks, don’t fear, thats probably the first and last post you’ll ever see on my blog regarding politics.

But, it was nice to swerve from the usual for a change.