Surviving Glee Club: A Failure, lol.

Now, I hadn't expected Glee to be less-than-stellar this year. And I hadn't expected Survivor to fail so, so hard (especially, as I've said before, in comparison with the sheer epicness that is Big Brother). That being said - I definitely didn't expect writing my thoughts, feelings, and a brief recap each week to feel like a chore. I'm generally not a quitter, and I love to see things through to the end whenever possible.

But I just can't see this til the end.

Sure, there's only a month or something left of Survivor. And then I'll only have Glee to worry about, and they seem to only be playing an episode every second week or something.

But I just friggin' can't.

I love to rant and rave and have 3 or 4 drafts of different ideas for updates saved on my computer. There's so much to write and say and so much I want to post, and I feel like the short-lived SGC was just cluttering up my blog.

So, with my deepest apologies if anyone had actually been reading my silly little chronicles of television, I have to give it the axe.

RIP little buddy, you were a pain in the ass week in and week out for a while there.

Surviving the Nicaraguan Glee Club, Vol. 5, Part 2: A double dose of Survivor.

Procrastination is a terrible thing that is reserved mainly for school kids and students and their studying, paper-writing, and projects. I am not a student; I can't procrastinate at work, or I don't get paid. But I am a lazy, lazy individual, and sadly, this particular column has become my thing to put off, my, "I'll do it later," my "there are more pressing matters at hand than a blog about Survivor!" But, I made a commitment to see this through, and I'm already two weeks behind, and it's Monday, and Survivor's on Wednesday, and... Jeebus cripes, I've gotta get this done!

EDIT: Didn't finish til Wednesday... oops.

Now, this is where we left things...

Survivor: Nicaragua episode 6 (hit the jump for the rest!)

Surviving Glee Club Vol. 5, pt 1 - Just the Glee.

I skipped doing a Surviving Glee Club last week, because I was sour. Why? Because there was no Glee. Well, technically there was; they replayed last season's "Hairography". But there was no NEW Glee. Survivor still aired a new episode at its regularly scheduled time, but I was too sour about Glee to blog about it. Therefore, you're getting double the Survivor in this offering*. Without further adieu,

*Just kidding, I've decided to do Survivor by itself.

THE ROCKY HORROR GLEE SHOW!

That was the only picture I could find. And I searched fro 20 minutes. Fail.

Guess what! I'm not recapping! Just posting legit thoughts on various things! It shall be easier on both o us.

To say that this week's Glee was highly anticipated by musical-loving nerds the world over would be an understatment. We were downright hungry for it. With Hallowe'en so close, it was perfect. Now, if you haven't seen The Rocky Horror Picture Show, chances are you were both confused and a bit horrified by Tuesday's episode, to which I have to say, "lol". Serves you right for that rock you're living under! But in all seriousness, it's an extremely weird but very fun cult-classic from the 70s with a wicked soundtrack and an overall feeling of "odd" (it is also a play, but the movie is more accessible). The best part, obviously, is the towering hulk of man-woman that is Dr. Frank-N-Furter, in the form of the legendary Tim Curry.

The being said... Mercedes? Really? *headdesk*

Now, to be totally fair and honest - she was pretty "fierce", I suppose, is the word. She rocked it. However, it's just not the same without a guy. I somehow missed the part where Mike wasn't allowed to play Frank, I actually had to Wiki what happened there, lol.I was eating cupcakes at the time. /shame

Santana and Britt and Magenta and Columbia were PERFECT, because their characters act together on every episode very similarly to the girls in the movie/play, kind of under-the-surface (though blatant in this season) lipstick-lesbianism, mean-girlish behaviour and nymphomania, so it was awesome. Tina as the other Columbia did nothing for me (I don't particularly like Tina, to be honest) and Quinn was surprisingly awesome as the "other" Magenta. I loved it.

Kurt was a faaaaaaaaabulous RiffRaff, Sam had the look for Rocky (I don't find him attractive but I like him as a character, so it's good to see more of him *no Rocky bikini pun intended) Artie didn't have much to work with as Dr. Scott, we all knew Rachel and Finn would be Brad and Janet, and they were just fine.

NOW! - John Stamos, you are a beautiful man, it was fun to see you perform, but you can't exactly sing. And Will? Please, I hate you. I seriously can't stand him, and WHAT THE HELL, EMMA? WHAT WAS THAT??? I have to say Toucha Touch Me was FABULOUS, and totally unexpected of her, but still... ugh. I HATE the storylines with the "adults" on the show. I'm sick of them, even Emma, who I adored at first. I tried to ignore the vast majority of plot in favor of just concentrating on the Rocky Horror elements.

The Musical Numbahs:

Science Fiction/Double Feature: Santana was fabulous, the lips were perfect, and it set such a good tone for the show. LOVED IT.

Dammit, Janet: I feel like this one would be hard to mess up. So they didn't. I loved it and sang along. I loved seeing Kurt in the background, I got some serious laughs.

Hot Patootie: John Stamos maybe shouldn't sing? Maybe? I don't know. But it was very fun, anyway.

Sweet Transvestite: Changed lyrics, go fuck yourself, Fox.

Touch-a Touch-a Touch Me: It was awesome, but with a changed word here and there, made me sour.

Over at the Frankenstein Place: this sort of book-ended the episode. It wasn't performed in its entirety. It was decent, not amazing, but it felt really nice and really true to the movie/play.

The Time Warp: was spot-on perfect, soaked in adrenaline and hormones and energy, and easily the best part of the whole episode. I'm glad they ended with it because anything else really would've been a disappointment after that. Episode was seriously ended on a high note.

Also: dealt with Finn's body issues, male objectification, and of course censorship - imaaaaagine. Overall, had the music been anything other than RHPS, and had the cast not been so COMPLETELY AWESOME at their parts, this week would've sucked. And that's my honest opinion.

BONUS: cameos by Barry Bostwick (the original Brad) and Meatloaf (the original Eddie). As many have pointed out, poor, poor Barry Bostwick... time has not been good to him. Sure, it's been over 30 years - but look at Meatloaf! He looks great! I actually saw Bostwick play an attorney on Law & Order a few years ago (I'm thinking SVU because that's the only one I watch since Jerry Orbach died *sadsad*), and all I could think of was, DAMN. Because in all honesty, he was quite the slice back in his Rocky Horror days. Just my opinion lol.

I no longer have cable! So I no longer have FOX. Therefore, I watch Glee on a Canadian channel that broadcasts it at the same time. And therefore, I don't get to see "next week on Glee" anymore, so I shall remain in a shrouded mystery til then.

Til next time, friends.

And til later today, for those of you who watch Survivor : )

Surviving the Nicaraguan Glee Club, Vol. 4

It'sssssssssss Saturday! Meaning I am later than ever with Surviving Glee Club. I found out that at least one of my dear friends does, in fact, read this, so I shall continue on. We'll get the ball rolling ASAP with the fourth epside of season 2 of Glee.

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Surviving the Nicaraguan Glee Club, Vol. 3

Once again, I'm posting this one a Friday, mainly because I've come to the realization that no one reads these, so I can take my good ol' time. I'm not blaming it on myself, I'm blaming it on the fact that no one watches Survivor! As usual, I'll have a regular post with my usual jazz either tomorrow or Sunday. But for now....

Surviving the Nicaraguan Glee Club, vol. 3

Surviving the Nicaraguan Glee Club, Vol. 2

It took me so long to actually put my mind to it, and start writing this. In fact, as I type this, it's 7PM Thursday, and I have not yet watched Survivor. But I will, I promise. Unfortunately, I've reacquainted myself with Photoshop, and am very sick, and am watching Law and Order: SVU - a lethal combination sapping any and all productivity. But I digress (and therefore procrastinate further). I made a promise to rein this in every Thursday, and I keep promises, homies. (The "word up, yo G!" is silent, but implied)

So, here we go!

Surviving the Nicaraguan Glee Club, vol. 2.

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Surviving the Nicaraguan Glee Club, Vol. 1

The reason I had initially decided to combine both these shows into one post each week was because I thought, damn, I really don't have all that much to say about them. 10 minutes in to Tuesday's episode of Glee, I realized I was wrong. And two episodes of Survivor, and, well, I think I might be in over my head. Since not everyone watches both, I'll separate the two. Part 1 of this entry shall be Glee, and part 2 will cover the first two episodes of Survivor. I won't intermingle. Now, 1-2-3-GO! After the jump for some epic lengthyness.

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Coming Thursdays: Surviving the Nicaraguan Glee Club, vol. 1

On the off chance that you're unfamiliar with television, allow me to explain the title and purpose of this particular section: As I explained in one of my earlier posts, I don't really do the whole "sit down at a pre-set time each week and spend an hour watching something". At least, not as much as most people do. I currently have two shows: Survivor, which I've seen the first episode of thus far, and Glee**.

[**Jersey Shore I also watch religiously, however where we're at LEAST mid-way through the season, it'd be way, WAY too much to re-cap right now, and" Surviving the Nicaraguan Glee Club Back In Jersey" is just an excessively long title.]

That being said, I loveloveloveloveLOVE to discuss the things I watch, and I always have very strong opinions about, well, everything. Although I blogged all summer, I managed to avoid talking about my One True Television Love, Big Brother. Well, Big Brother is OVA! now, and I am restless to get Glee started on Tuesday. Survivor: Nicaragua is in swing. And I am ready.

So - Thursdays will be the day I come here to recap Survivor, post my opinions on the tribes, rehash the best moments and most hilarious quotes (I find all reality TV yields some really excellent, unintentional humor). With Glee, I'll be talking about what went down (and feeling like a little gossip girl, ohmigosh! Wish I went to McKinley...), what's coming up, quoting the ever-excellent Brittany (she better be given just as many epic one-liners this season!), and just yammering in a very Glee-ful (ye gods, I am hilarious***) manner, overall.

[***I am not hilarious, nor do I think so.]

All entries will be tagged and titled as "Surviving the Nicaraguan Glee Club" VOL:1 (or whatever number I happen to be at by that time), for easy finding and reading in the tags (those linky-things with numbers in brackets on the left there). Happy reading, homies.