Bruno Mars is the new Desi Arnaz.

Is it just me or does Bruno Mars resemble Desi Arnaz from I Love Lucy?

It's not a bad thing. I've always loved Desi, ever since childhood, I have to admit. 

Even though he is sporting a haircut like Desi, he'd have to do a lot more than buy me flowers. Hell, actually, I'd do anything for (or with) Bruno Mars.

He's a crazy ridiculous talented person. That makes him more attractive than anything.

I wouldn't classify him with Desi; however, he has the qualities and talents of James Brown, Michael Jackson and many other musical artists (Which we've seen during the Super Bowl).

His music proves his diversity. He can do whatever, whenever, when it comes to music, but he's also funny to top. Mars' appearances on SNL and The Ellen DeGeneres Show exemplify the entertainer's ability to keep the audience laughing.

In my opinion, Bruno Mars is the ultimate entertainer. His first two albums, Doo-Wops & Hooligans and Unorthodox Jukebox show exactly how talented this man is. He shows the versatility in musical areas.

During Unorthodox Jukebox, I feel as though each song is based on a different genre. I think that's the purpose of the album, that he echoes the dimensions of each genre into the music he chooses to personify. After listening to it in completion, you feel as if you have lived through a world of music and sexuality.

Desi Arnez was the 1950's sex appeal on television, but now we have Bruno Mars, and he is not only creating musical wavelengths that swoon all women, he is making history with his work in the music industry behind the scenes.

I haven't written a post in a very long time, but here I am writing one now.

I know the name of the blog is a 20-something's POV, but this is presently my last year of being a 20-something. Perhaps I'll get a new blog when I turn the big 3-0. 30 is the new 20 after all, in my opinion.

As for what I've been watching, reading and whatnot... let me be brief.

Watching/Watched:
Lost (yes I still watch Lost)
Ugly Betty
American Horror Story
How to get Away With Murder
Scream Queens
Quantico
Heroes (the original series)
The Strain

Perhaps that's not so brief. I'm also sure I'm missing some things, but oh well. I'll come to them when I remember them.

I do a lot of television watching. But I watch a lot of movies as well. Horror movies are my favorite. I mostly like the movies that are about the occult and religion and supernatural things like that. Exorcism and possession movies are my favorite.

My world now is completely different than the one I used to have.

How am I supposed to live a life that I can't find meaning for?

I know what I want to do. Writing is in my blood, it is what I will always want to do and will always be able to do, but what do I really want?

I had a pretty bad dream last night where a guy that I think I have feelings for had a secret girlfriend and I wanted to cause physical bodily harm to said girl. I don't know if that means I really have feelings for the person the dream was about, or if I'm just lonely in general.

I don't know what I want about a lot of things. I'm almost 30 years old, and I'm just not sure what to do with my life. I need to go to Grad School. I need to get back to Mississippi to do that, at the school that I used to go to and for a cheaper tuition. I could probably get scholarships and grants. I need to be writing more stories, but all of my stuff is nonfiction. Perhaps that is what I need to be focusing on. I hate my life sometimes. I can't do anything right most of the time.

Is Dexter Morgan only attacted to women that look like his mom?

This is only a theory I've come up with recently, but it seems like Dexter Morgan is attracted to women who look like his mother, Laura Moser. 

Now, I'm not saying they all look exactly like Dexter's mother, but they have a very strong resemblance. Except for Lila, she was a brunette, and he killed her. He didn't kill any of the blonde girlfriends he had. First, of course, was Rita.

We all know that Dexter loved Rita Bennett, as made famous by Julie Benz. He might not have known it, but he did, subconsciously. She provided a part of life that he had never truly experienced before, and that is what he loved her for. However, she gets killed by the Trinity Killer. Damn you, John Lithgow (although I do love your work).

Second, was Lumen Pierce, portrayed by Julia Stiles. Her character wasn't one of the more popular, as far as I'm concerned. I guess that season just slips my mind, because I don't remember liking her very much at all throughout the season she's in. And after finding out who Dexter is, he lets her go, no questions asked.

Third, was Hannah McKay, played by Yvonne Strahovski, the supposed/actual serial killer. Like most deadly women, she uses poison to kill her victims. She seems the most likely of all the girlfriends that Dexter has ever had to survive. I mean to work out as an actual life partner, but he does betray her in the end. C'est la vie. 

Now, I'm sure we all know that Dexter's mother was into some serious shit when she got killed, so it's not hard to believe that Dexter would get involved with women who were somewhat like his mother. Rita was a sucker for broken men (her ex-husband). Lumen was saved by Dexter before becoming the victim of a serial killer. And Hannah McKay is an actual serial killer. I don't know about the lot of you, but I can see some connections.

Rachel

The next two weeks.....

Calls for the finales of some of my favorite shows. American Horror Story, Marvel: Agents of SHIELD, and Dracula. (However, Dracula has already finished, I add it to this collection because I've been watching it with the rest of them, so they are a collection in themselves, somewhat. And I will write a finale episode section when I am ready).

I write about my favorite television shows. It's probably not that worthwhile for a lot of people to read, but it is an outlet for me to express my feelings about something. I live a day-to-day existence, doing each menial task in a monotonous manner, waiting for the day to end and then go home and wait for the next day to start the same menial tasks over and over and over and over.

That is human existence. We live vicariously through these television shows. What is the harm in that? We live the same way through books and other stories. We put ourselves in some other world where someone else is in danger, not you. Not the physical you, at least. Perhaps the "mental" you.

We live in a world of black and white, in my opinion. However, I can tell between the dark and the light. Others have a harder time distinguishing the two. I see the dark because I'm looking for it. Others don't see it because they are completely unaware of how much terror there really is in the world.

I'm not devoid of emotion, but I know when and when not to express things. I have a big family, and they're all so involved with one another, it's hard to escape their grasp.

I live within my own walls. I don't let many people in, and if you are let in, you are one of the few, so feel grateful.

Peace and Love

Rachel

The Following, Season Two.... it continues....

Ok, so I was completely fooled by FOX thinking that there was going to be a COMPLETE two hour season premiere. Instead, they had a half hour segment and then went into the first episode. Woe was me.

So, I've been writhing in agony waiting for the next episode, since the first episode left us with such a cliff-hanger. The Following is good about that, keeping people on the edge of their seats the whole season, no real filler episodes, but even if there are some, you still are left biting your nails.

Lets give a big round of applause for Arlene from True Blood. She can't stop dating serial killers, can she? 

This is no longer a spoiler, if you haven't seen the first episode, but I knew that Joe Carroll would still be alive. However, I didn't expect him to be living in some backwoods community in Arkansas. The beard might be enough to fool a few, but it didn't fool a reverend in this new episode. And it was his un-doing. It was also a reformation of Joe Carroll's self, in my opinion. It's been over a year since he's really killed someone. The reverend is his first post-mortem kill. But I feel as though this one act will bring his presence to light.

Ryan Hardy, on the other hand, knows that Carroll is still alive. He knows that the news is still getting to him, and he will eventually make his presence known again.

The young FBI agent played by Shawn Ashmore, Mike Weston, is headstrong in his fight against the Carroll Cult, that he is blind to the fact that Hardy knows more than he is letting on, but I feel as though by the end of the second episode, Weston catches on a little more.

The second season is proving to be very intriguing. I can't wait to see what else Kevin Williamson has in store for us.

Peace and Love,

Rachel

PS: Yeah, I used a lot of the same pics as the last blog. So what? I don't want to show too much of the new episode. :-P

Season Two: The Following. It has begun.

I just finished the first episode of the second season of The Following. I knew that Joe Carroll was not dead. I called it when the first season ended. Sorry for the spoiler, but if you've watched the commercials, you'd have seen that it was quite obvious that Joe Carroll was not dead. How else would there be a story to go on with?

All I have to say is: Thank God there is another episode tomorrow night.

Now that it's been said, let's get on with the analysis of the first episode of this new season.

First of all, Emma's new look is completely ridiculous. I understand she's trying to be someone entirely different from who she was before, but still, the punk rock look doesn't suit her.


I was impressed with the masks they had going on. They had the Poe masks in the first season, and now they have the Carroll masks in the second season. I don't know if Carroll had any idea about this or not yet, but my instincts are telling me this is a sign for things to come.

I was disappointed to hear that Claire was dead, but it gives the story more depth and a reason for Kevin Bacon's character to hate Joe Carroll even more than he did before. Bacon's character knows that Carroll is still alive.

All this stuff, all the killing, one year later, is a little cliche. Especially having the girl set up like that, at the end, with Carroll's book in her hands, The Lighthouse.

I feel as though this season might top the first. I thoroughly enjoyed the first season, and I'm excited and anxious to see how to things unfold.

P&L,

Rachel

TONIGHT.......

Tonight, one of my favorite shows, The Following, returns to television. I'm quite excited and will post about the first part of the two-night season premier. But until then.....