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Dear Jerry Seinfeld,

I know this is a very busy week for you but I just wanted to write you a quick note. Hopefully you’ll get a chance to read it. I just wanted to let you know that I KNOW THAT BEE MOVIE OPENS THIS WEEK!!!!! We have been hearing about this movie for so long now how could I not. If you add in all the press interviews you have been doing, plus the BEE MOVIE minutes on NBC, the promotional tie ins and the seemingly endless supply of movie trailers that we have been inaundated with how could someone who isn’t Amish not know this movie is opening up this Friday.

Jerry let’s be honest for a second please. Do you really have to such a push for this movie? For one, you are JERRY SEINFELD. I realize you have never done a movie before, but people love you. You sit on the big screen singing Eva Avila songs and people will still love, you honestly don’t need to do so much for your movie, to be frank, it is coming off a little desperate. Oh then there was this at the Cannes Film Festival……
Also kids are also desparate for a new kids movie. The Gameplan has been the only kid movie option for the past 5 weeks, and we all know how I feel about that. I would honestly rather take my kids (if I had any) to Saw IV. At those people are supposed to be bad actors.

So Jerry, relax. You and your movie will be fine. It actually looks funny and a little bit original. I predict a $60 Million weekend. Oh and if you could maybe give some to Michael Richards, I’m sure he could use a little bit.

Thanks,

Michael

>Let’s be honest with each other, The Hills hasn’t really been that great lately. But tonight’s episode was only slightly above mediocre, I like to think Whitney was a huge part of this. While watching it tonight, I found it important to take notes.

1. Dearest Lauren, please stand up when you meet Marc Jacobs (your apparent Idol)
2. Yes Whitney, that dress was very very dressy.
3. Frankie you are really cool, bad hair and all. I might start you a fan club.
4. Nearly a Heidi-free episode. Dreams can come true.
5. If that’s how Vogue reacts to a “great” meeting, I’d hate to see how they act when the meeting goes sour.

Oh did I tell you that there is a chance that I might be able to meet Brody Jenner next week? yes, I’m going to shave his head. Shh, don’t tell him.

Side note: How many languages do the writers of Heroes actually know. Tonight I counted, English, Spanish, Ukrainian and Manderine oh and Texan.

>My friend Taylor (who leaves next week..boo) introduced to me tonight to perhaps one of the greatest school projects of all time. It is her boyfriend’s video he made for a senior level University business.

It is pretty funny and wanted to share it with you.
However, there are several things to note.
1. No one in this video knows how to play the piano
2. Nor can they carry a tune.
3. But luckily their friend can.
4.Luckier still they can lipsynch.

And yes they got an “A” for this.

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I truly believe that living a life without challenging yourself is hardly living at all. Whether that means moving across country, finishing that degree or trying to make it through an According to Jim Marathon. If you don’t challenge yourself your life will never be as exciting as you’d like it to be and before you know it you 94 and looking to spend some alone time with Jim Belushi.

This weekend I challenged myself in a couple of different. While none of them may be life changing, they ended up being quite fun.

On Friday night, I went to Energy 1o1.5s Halloween party. This was fun because I can’t think of the last time I dressed up for Halloween (I don’t count the time I dressed up as Joe Millionaire 2 as a joke at work), contrary to popular belief I don’t always like being in the spotlight and the whole idea of people dressing up in costumes and judging you kinda makes me nervous and reminds me of high school. But none the less I put on my homemade Charlie Brown costume and ended up having a quite a fun time. Of course having a couple of drinks hours after finishing my 12 day detox certainly made things a little interesting. Luckily I have some pictures floating around Facebook that help fill in parts of the night. (haha, just kidding mama-they didn’t help at all.)

Than on Sunday I played my first game of Football. I know right? It probably had something to do with Friday Night Lights, but I ended up having a pretty good time. Mostly I just ran around while everyone else was throwing the ball and running into each other. That also reminded me a bit like High School. It was also pretty cool because on the way to the field I had to jump my very first fence. Alright, the secret is out, I lead a very safe/undangerous childhood and maybe I’m rebelling a little bit! But I made it over the fence (all 7ft feet of it), of course I cut myself, but I felt pretty good about the cut. My first battle wound! Although no one else seemed to think it was a big deal. Hell, I even took a picture of it!

Also, I’m working on something a little secretive that might maybe take me out of the city for December 2nd. Let’s just say it might be a little Spicy.

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Calgary is a scary place right now. No, no, no, not because of the thousands of kids that will be dressing up as Disney characters or cracked up former popstars for Halloween. No Calgary is a scary place because we still do not have curbside recycling. It’s terrifying that even the smallest eastern Canadian villages have a system that seems oh so far away for us Calgarians.

I think one of the reasons why Calgary hasn’t warmed up to the idea of recycling is apathy. No one likes starting new things or even change for that matter. But what I’ve always found really scary about this city is that we’ll do everything to protect our children. We have hundreds of school and playground zones, we have gated communities, private schools and the biggest SUVs that Ford makes all in the name of keeping our children safe. But when it comes to making the world safe for them when they are older and they have children? It seems that we’ve adopted the ol’ faithful, “Nah we’ll worry about that later” approach.

Having recycled for nearly my whole life I thought I might be able to help Calgarians who are still struggling with the concept. I am by no way an environmentalist, I’ve just decided that maybe our planet really is heading in a bad direction and maybe it could use a little bit of help. That is why I would like to present my list of the 5 easiest ways that the laziest, most apathetic, bored, tired, busy and stressed Calgarian can start making a difference. Take a read through, I think you’ll realize that making a difference is just about as easy as finding a great place to eat in Calgary.

1.Do you hate the idea of recycling? Think it takes up too much space and can get messy? Well, keep a laundry hamper tucked away in a corner of your kitchen, every day put your recyclable items in it and when it’s full simply pick it up, put it in the back of your Expedition and on your way to dropping your kids off at school, show them how easy it is to use the recycling depot.

2. Cotton bags at the Grocery Store. All you have to do is spend $5 to $10 once and you’ll have bags that will last you longer than your HD DVD player. Think of all the plastic bags you won’t use if you just bring the cotton ones to the store with you instead. While you are at it, make sure you don’t get plastic bags when you are shopping when you don’t really need them. You don’t need a bag to carry a DVD or CD. If you are going shopping at Chinook, keep all your items in one bag. You don’t really need a different bag for each purchase you make.

3.Carpool. You know how expensive it is to park downtown Calgary? Well imagine if you could divide that cost between three, four or five people a month. It is so easy to carpool, especially for those communities outside of the downtown core, chances are your neighbors are all going downtown too, why not hop in with them. Put on some 80’s tunes and have your own version of Deerfoot Idol

4.Speaking of Idol, or should I say idle. There is no need to keep your car or SUV on while waiting to pick your kids up at school. Yeah, it may not seem like one car is a big deal, but imagine all the moms all over the world that are doing it. With gas prices on the rise, it just seems wasteful doesn’t it?

5.Bring a mug to Starbucks. Every day thousands of people walk by their office kitchens on their way to a Starbucks for their morning java. Imagine if they stopped for a second and grabbed their favorite mug out of the cupboard and used that instead of the plastic cup, lid and that piece of cardboard so your hand doesn’t hurt. I mean why not? Are you afraid people might look at you weird? Trust me, they don’t look at the crazies downtown talking to themselves, they aren’t going to look at you either.

There you have it. Five of the easiest steps towards making the world better for the kids of tomorrow. Now if we could just them to stop watching Hannah Montana.

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Right now TV is unbelievable, I mean really I cannot remember the last time so few new shows hadn’t been cancelled. We are almost two months and the only show that has been officially cancelled is Viva Laughline, while it doesn’t look like one of my guilty pleasures Nashville will be coming back any time soon.

So many of the new shows have already been picked up for the rest of the TV season or at the very least the networks have asked for extra scripts to see where the story is going. So far shows that are either safe or growing safer by the day include: Pushing Daisies, Back to You, Gossip Girl, Dirty Sexy Money, Chuck, Aliens in America, Carpoolers, Reaper, Big Bang Theory, K-Ville, Kitchen Nightmares and Samantha Who?

Some shows are still waiting for a little loving, they include perhaps the over hyped The Bionic Woman and suprsingly Cavemen seems to be sticking around although nothing is official.

So which of these new shows have so far been worth sticking around for?

Right now my must watch is Pushing Daisies. It is still fun and original. I think I also love tuning in to see where the writers are going to take the show with a fairly limiting premise. My question is this: How long will they be able to keep the Piemaker and Chuck apart? The audience will eventually need a little bit of a payoff (ross and rachel, jim and pam) but since these two characters can absolutely never touch, what kinda payoff our we waiting for?

My second favorite has to be Samantha Who. This show just kills me, I think right now it is getting the highest Laugh Out Loud ratio out of all the comedies on TV right now, sorry 30 Rock, but it’s close I promise!

Obviously the biggest guilty pleasure is still Gossip Girl. I like that I can turn my brain completely off and watch what is essentially Cruel Intentions: The TV show. While I do find it alarming how a show can promote such dangerous lifestyles for teenagers that mostly watching it, like I said, I like to turn my brain off and not worry about other peoples kids. The guilty pleasure category also includes Dirty Sexy Money and Kitchen Nightmares. I just wish Nightmares was more like it’s British version where Gorden doesn’t just come in and essentiall extreme makeovers their restaurants. It just seems all to easy!

I watched the first two eps of Back to You and haven’t checked back it again, sorry Kelsey, I’ll get back to ya.

I keep meaning to watch the CW’s Aliens in America. I’ve heard wonderful things but just haven’t gotten around to it, I hope I’m not missing anything to perfect, I don’t want another Friday Night Lights incident on my hands.

I’m still undecided on Private Practice. I honestly think the issue is that I know these actors too well and it’s hard for me to see them as these characters. But every episode is getting better than the last, but judging from where it started we still got a while to go. Also, would it kill Addison to make a little reference to Seattle Grace, I mean she did leave behind three different men including her ex-husband, who she left with on good terms no? Come on Addison, take a cue from Joey’s demise!

So what show should I be watching or should stop watching, thanks to my Tivo I’m pretty flexible!

>Sorry for the lame update today, but I’m going to bed early tonight because I’ll going live to air Friday morning with Energy 101.5 !! I’ll be on a little bit after 8am (Calgary time) talking about the best and easiest Celebrity costumes. Send me some ideas if you can think of any. Or listen here by clicking here! so fun!

More stuff to come Friday afternoon.

> It came out on Tuesday.
Buy it.
Love it.
Marry it. (I think you can do that in Boston, or is it Newark?)

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You how there is nothing to watch on Thursday nights?! Ha! Yeah right, well tonight it doesn’t get any easier when one of my favorites Scrubs makes it return for it’s 7th and final season! For the record you should be watching: (The Office, Sarah Silverman, Scrubs, 30 Rock and Grey’s Anatomy)

That’s right, Scrubs is finally wrapping up after season after season of countless time slot changes, lackluster ratings and network threats of cancellations.

I never really watched Scrubs till last year, after reading so many great things about it I finally decided to give the show a shot, boy I’m I glad I did. I quickly became addicted to this quirky comedy that knows how to balance the fine line of light hearted comedy with just enough drama.

This year the show is promising a lot of suprises. Isn’t it too hopeful for another Musical episode? Probably. But I’ve heard that Laverne will be making a return, well at least the actress who played Laverne (Aloma Wright) will be returning after her character kicked the bucket in a car accident last year. The writers have said that they are loyal to the actors they have worked with and wanted Aloma to work with the cast during their last year.

So if you can find the time in your schedule tonight it will defintely be to your benefit to add Scrubs to your itinerary, because after all don’t we all need a little more Sarah Chalke in our lives?