Wednesday, October 17, 2012

random new fall tv reviews... 2012 edition...

hey... has anybody else checked out any of the new fall tv shows this season?  yeah??  me too...

chicago fire - great balls of fire! this show is worth watching for the shirtless firemen alone, but, surprisingly enough is a pretty decent show story-wise, as well... it kinda makes me wanna buy a house in chicago... and set it on fire... of course, i'd wanna be trapped in the house, so kelly severide (taylor kinney) could save me... i'd probs need mouth-to-mouth...

go on - this is my favorite new fall sitcom this year... matthew perry's character is recovering from the death of his wife, which makes the "com" part of sitcom that much more tricky... but the wacky characters in his support group, combined with his own egotistical spirit, make a great combo for funny...

revolution - i've only watched two episodes of this... with subsequent episodes piling up on my dvr... but i love it... and everyone's pretty, cuz that matters... i saw a funny tweet by rainn wilson that referred to it as "when models have no electricity"... that's pretty damn accurate!  i have a feeling, though, that it may go the way of past dramadventure shows such as terra nova, life on mars, and off the map... canceled after one season... fingers crossed it doesn't...

homeland - yes, i know this isn't technically new THIS season, but it IS new to me... as i just discovered it and spent many hours getting through season one and every episode of season two over the last few weeks... i'm finding this show seriously addictive... especially season 2... and of course i'm now annoyed that i have to wait to watch it week to week... sundays take a long time to get here...

there's a few other new shows (arrow, beauty and the beast, and elementary) just piling up on my dvr that i hope i have time to watch sometime soon... i'll update this review accordingly once i decide if i like them or not :)

what new shows are you watching this season?






Wednesday, October 10, 2012

random beliebers...

O.M.G.  wanna know what happened on october 9, 2012??  do you???  my daughter and her friends (pictured here) had their lives changed f.o.r.e.v.e.r. after attending......  wait for it.... wait for it....

THE JUSTIN BIEBER CONCERT (here in our town)

this photo, taken right after the lights went up... right after his last song (Baby... for those wondering... the ending lyrics of which are "I'm gone....") right after he disappeared into a small square hole in the stage... this photo, represents exactly what was happening during the ENTIRE concert...

they pretty much cried through every single song... they could barely sing they were crying so much... except for that part in Boyfriend where he talks about "chillin' by the fire while we're eatin' fondue..."  they SCREAMED that part... and looked as if they were having seizures... the good kind of seizures... you know,  the kind of seizures one has when in the same room as Justin Bieber (even a GIANT room and you're SUPER far away from him.)

point is, they will all remember this forever... they will live to tell this story to their children... and grandchildren... this story about seeing Justin Bieber live and in person...

have you ever seen/met anyone that you were so excited to meet/see that you cried??

that will happen to me the day i meet Johnny Depp... seriously... cue the tears...


Thursday, September 13, 2012

random fall fashion... that i hate... a lot...

bad floral...
recently i went school shopping with my daughter... besides the fact that i really hate shopping... especially when the mall is super crowded... we also had to deal with a couple of fall fashion options that were... not great...

more bad floral...
the most prominent U.G.L.Y. fashion trend seems to be the bad floral print... they're putting these on pants, tops, hats, scarves, gloves, and anywhere else they can stamp it... i like the sound of music as much as the next guy, but seriously, who thinks walking around looking like grandma's sofa is a great idea?  it's not...







and then there's the lace... on every damn thing... why?  lace is itchy and mostly not cute...

itchy lace...
really? these are NOT pants.




















stuff i do like:  hi-low skirts, denim jackets, and boots... always boots :)

what fashions do you hate this year?


Wednesday, September 12, 2012

random reviews... consolidation station...

so... i started this other blog awhile back called "i simply reviews" where i was reviewing reviewing reviewing something for you, but maintaining both blogs is becoming a bother... so consider this consolidation station!

i'm including links here to all of the cool stuff i reviewed over on "i simply reviews" and i will do future reviews right here on random liana... they will be random reviews... just like they were when they were simply reviews :)

thanks for stopping by!








Wednesday, August 22, 2012

random random knowledge...

question:  what is one of my most favorite things to do?

answer:  trivia night!

that's right... going with my friends to wherever we go and competing against other people in our knowledge of randomness... and probably uselessness...  except that knowing it can help us win... and we like to win... sometimes there are even prizes... like cash... or gift cards... or dashboard hula dancers... or not-actually-sarcastic sarcastic 8-balls... we have won all of these things... some of them more than once...


question:  what is simultaneously one of the most fun and yet most nerve wracking parts of the evening?

answer:  coming up with a team name.

inevitably, someone will be announcing said team name over some sort of sound system... hopefully right after the words "and the winner is..." so you want it to be clever... and relevant... and for sure not stupid... we've honed our team-naming skills over the years and we rarely use the same team name twice... lately we've taken to building a team name around something newsworthy... like the olympics... or the death of phyllis diller (that was a brilliant one, bee-tee-dubs, we even got a mention on the trivia blog... yay us!)


question:  what is my least favorite thing about trivia night?

answer:  being the one who has to compete in the dance-off.

i suck at the dance-off... if you and i are ever in a dance-off, i promise you will win... i will gladly secede to anybody else in the dance off... i don't have moves... or groovy shades... or the guts to produce any of these things in a bar full of people... so, yeah, you with the running man and the sprinkler you've been practicing in your living room?  you win.


question:  when is our next trivia night???

answer:  ?