TV Review Feburary Break 2009

Being at home all alone.... there is so much i can do :P
But instead... i sit in front of my computer watching TV (or playing RockBand until my hands fall off)

Here are the shows I will be reviewing:
House
American Idol
Psych
Lie To Me
The Mentalist
I give each show a ♥ for how much I like it. It's not out of any amount of ♥ but its you can compare it to other shows.

Let's start shall we?

House
Synopsis: Dr. House is an asshole Doctor who finds out what's wrong with patients when no one else can. He has help from his 3 interns. In the last season, his 3 interns quit so he got 3 new interns while the original 3 help out around the hospital. (Yes, one of the new interns is Kal Penn)
An all time favorite for me. I've been watching it since season 2, but I haven't really been watching it lately. Since it was break, i decided to turn it on. Still a really awesome show. But its kinda hit a wall.
House is being selfish as usual, putting himself first blah blah blah.... I've noticed a few things though. For example, Cuddy actually likes House, and House actually likes Cuddy...'s body. I think she should get over him. She's a foster mom for a baby girl now and should spend more time with her and less time wishing House was there with her. I mean, House doesn't like her. Really, he just likes her ass. He said so himself!
Another thing, what happened to Chase? He hasn't really been on the show at all. Out of the 3 original interns, Foreman gets the most camera time. Cameron gets some camera time in there every once in a while... but where is Chase? OK i will admit... he is the best looking character on the show, which is why I miss him so much, and he has a cute accent, too.... but.. but... :'( I have to admit though... his character was pretty useless, even when he was an intern. I guess it makes sense that he gets the least air time.
Finally, what's with the FOX cameras? Does the guy holding them have Parkinson's or something? The cameras are reeeeeeaally shaky. Hold still! its hard for me to concentrate on what's happening in the show! I get maybe if they shake the camera when something actiony is happening, but when House is eating lunch with Wilson? Keep the camera still.
This season gets ♥♥♥

American Idol
Synopsis: A show where you go to be a star! (a singing star) random people off the street audition in front of 4 judges (Randy, Paula, Kara, and Simon) And then when they chose the best 36 America gets to vote who will be the next American Idol...
Yay! new judge! i like Kara she's good and nice and accurate. I think they should get rid of Paula now.... she's weird... and like... bad at talking... if you just watch one of her comment of a contestant.. you'll know what i mean.
The singers this year.... suck!!! seriously! I watched a total of 6 people. I liked two. (we will get to who i liked) Seriously? How can people get to the top 36 and be totally sucky? One girl named Stevie was 17 and she sang to quietly and to off pitch and just badddddd. Thank goddness she didn't make it. But I don't even see how she made it to the top 36 in the first place! How can so many people's voice be so bad.. in MY opinion! I mean... I'm no singer... and I can't really tell if your good or not. So if I think you suck... you suck.
Finally... out of the 6 people I saw... I like two... one blonde girl (whose name i forgot but she made it into the final 12) and... the indian guy. No surprise there right? I don't want to compare him to Sanjaya Malakar... but he's way better than Sanjaya Malakar. And Sanjaya made it to the top 6! So what happened to Anoop Desai! You guys HAVE to hear him sing... he's amazing. When i first saw him..(which was this day) I was like... oo indian guy! i wonder if he sounds indian! But then he sang... and my jaw dropped to the floor. No joke. I couldn't believe it! http://www.rickey.org/?p=11028
check it out
This season gets ♥ (mostly b/c of anoop getting voted out)

Psych
synopsis: A guy whose pretends to be a pyschic to work for the Santa Barbara Police Department. He gets away with it because he can observe tiny details that the detectives don't see.
I like this show! The first time i ever watched it was on my friend's iPod. And then I saw it again while flipping through TV channels. Eventually I found a link to it online and so I caught up with the current season and watch it on the network website. Its a pretty good show. I recommend it to anyone.
Shawn, the main character is really funny and smart, even if he doesn't believe it himself. The one thing I noticed about him is that not only does he make observations, the makes conclusions about what these observations mean. For example, he saw one guy practicing waltzing and he knew he was getting married. That's pretty smart.
He also has a "thing" for Juliet, a detective. I think they look cute together and that they should totally date. He almost kissed her once, and I got all excited, but their relationship seems to be moving really slowly. Its definitely not one of the focus points of the show, when it should be.
This season gets ♥♥♥♥

Lie To Me
synopsis: A guy spends 20 years studying what people do when they lie. Now he talks to people and can tell when they are lying.
Its an interesting show. I recommend you check it out, but maybe not add it to your TiVo list. Maybe I'm just interested in science, but I like the angle the TV show comes from.
The main character is old, ugly, and has a daughter.... which means you can't go very far with a character like him. But you can go very far with the science. The show kinda reminds me of House... except not with medical challenges.
One more thing... it seems I'm always one step ahead of the characters. One time I was even 2 steps ahead. For example, the mother of a girl who died didn't have any forehead movement, which could be a sign that she doesn't grieve her daughter. At that point i thought, she must have used Botox. Then the main character blew out a light bulb to see her reaction of surprise, and her forehead still didn't move. He suggested that she probably uses Botox. The one time I was two steps ahead was a lucky guess because I had watched an episode of House where almost the same thing happened.
Basically, this is a show about a doctor who solves medical mysteries.. err, i mean solves crime mysteries.
This show gets ♥♥

The Mentalist
synopsis: A show about a guy who can get under your head.
REAL synopsis: A show about a guy who looks cute in front of the camera but doesn't really do anything.
Seriously, he does nothing. The police does all the work. He just tags along and smiles a lot.
Don't get me wrong... the show is quite interesting.... its just that the main character shouldn't really be the main character. My dad and I both agree that they just put him in front of the camera to look good.
Basically, he just sits there and at the very end when they find out who actually commited crime he makes them confess... sneekily.
For example, in the one episode I watched. This woman killed 2 people. When they found out it was her, he told the police to arrest this guy whose son was one of the victims. The Mentalist guy told the murderer that the kid would have to be placed in foster care and staged a scene where the father was torn away from his son. The murderer couldn't stand seeing the kid like that and confessed.
If that was the most interesting part of the episode... I would say kudos pretty boy! But the police work was much more interesting than his little mental game, which is why I don't like this show as much as I should.
This show gets ♥

Freewayyyy!

Yeah, so i drove on the freeway... by myself!

My parents make a big deal about it. I don't really know what the big deal is... its pretty much like driving on a regular street, except there are no stop lights and the cars are driving really fast and cars are coming from everywhere so you have to be careful.

Then again, my parents think I'm a reckless driver who crashes into everything, runs red lights and doesn't park properly in the parking spots...

But I've improved since 2 years ago.

(If you were wondering, I've done all of the above 2 years ago) but still, you would expect i would have improved my driving skills on my "long" commute to school and back.

So yeah, driving on the freeway? not a big deal to me. I even drove at 2:00pm. Like when there is more than one car on the road. And multiple cars are trying to merge in so I would slow down to 40 mph and the car behind me would get mad.

But hey, I'm not quite used to it yet. I hope to learn before I move out of my house for good... right?

Places I should drive on the freeway:
WestMed! (that's where I'm driving to on the freeway now)
Stanford (where i volunteer. Seriously... 30 minute commute on Foothill Expressway EVERY Friday?)
Homestead (take 280 North, then 85 South. Then the trip will take 15 minutes instead of 5!)

EMT class today

It was pretty boring. The first few minutes we went over the test we took on Saturday... I got a 73%... yeeeeah.... on the test before that I got an 83% though. The test is not cool. There are two right answers to almost every question... you just have to pick the more correct one. According to the book too, not what you would do in the real world.

And then we lectured for like 4 hours straight.... reeeeeally boring. All I really learned was that if someone has a respiratory problem or a cardio problem either call for ALS (advanced life support) or drive really fast to the hospital. The most interesting part of class was when Jeff and Scott were trying to make me feel young. They were like.... you were born in 1991? That's when I graduated from high school! or, you weren't alive for the 1989 earthquake? I remember it so well!

And then Jeff told us he had to wake up early because he was going to the airport to pick up a dog. I was like..wtf, and he told me it was for his girlfriend so i was like... okay. Jeff is interesting. He smokes and I told him he smells like Disneyland when he comes back from his breaks. Doesn't Disneyland smell like cigarettes?

I also went on a tangent about how Chuck was on in 3-D but I wasn't watching it b/c i was in class. It turns out Stephen watches that show too and we had a nice talk about it. I'm glad I finally found someone in that class who shares a common interest with me!

I Got Into UC Riverside!

Yeah i know, big achievement right?

It was kinda weird... I was checking my email and saw I had two from UC Riverside. The newer one said congratulations on it and I was like... did i get in already? Then I open it up and it said that I had been admitted. The older one was just a reminder that they were going to announce the admissions today. I told my parents and my mom was really happy for some odd reason.
Then I wondered... where is Riverside? so i Google mapped it. Its right next to LA, if anyone was wondering.
My sister told me that if I only get into UCR I should go to De Anza because she has been there and said it was boring and all the kids are sad down there. I'm not really thinking about that right now though because I still have 10 more colleges to hear back from.
I'm kinda happy because now I can tell people I got into college. My first letter back was an acceptance, so that's good right? I know UCR isn't a great school, but it feels good to know that ONE college wants me.