Entries from May 2007 ↓

I almost didn't make it through this video, which shows a herd of buffalo stumbling onto a bunch of lions, all while crocodiles await in the river next to them.

When the buffalo spy the lions, they take off running. But nature takes its course, the lions separate a weak young one from the pack, and the inevitable occurs….or does it? Here I turned the video off, because I'm not really into watching animals suffer, even if it is the sort of thing that happens in nature all the time. Then I realized that the video still had 5 minutes to go, so I turned it back on.

Turn it back on. The buffalo regroup and come back to save their own. Then battle is really on, and the lions don't fair nearly as well when they don't get to simply prey on the weak one. It was actually pretty uplifting to see a nature video that makes you realize that sometimes nature is more complex than just a simple foodchain.

"Daddy, who do we pray to?"

"We pray to God, sweetie."

"Oh. How does he wear his hair?"

That's what I get for singing her to sleep with the lyrics to HAIR:

My hair like Jesus wore it, hallelujah I adore it!

The other night I'm watching Iron Chef America, and the battle is between an American chef specializing in "American Western" cooking. The man is so cowboy that his entire staff all wore Stetson hats to the kitchen. For his battle he chooses chef Morimoto, the alumni of the original Iron Chef and basically the best of them all. The "tale of the tape" for the man showed something like a 72-12 record.

And what's the secret ingredient? Chili peppers.

Aww come on! That's hardly fair. During the final tasting, chef Morimoto even said, "I've never used them before, I really don't know anything about the different kinds. So I basically tasted them all and then based on the flavor, here's what I made." Without knowing the names he just held up different peppers, saying "In this dish, I used this one." There was a great shot of him during the battle biting into the peppers one after another, and then he gets to the jalapeno and nearly choked on it. For the rest of the battle you could see him sweating.

He did indeed lose the battle, but only by a point. Not bad for someone who was cooking with an ingredient he'd never used before. Still, though, I think that had to be one of the more lopsided battles I've ever seen.

ever since i was 19 not 13

I found it on amazon…

Any information yet on when it will be on? Whether it's on at 8, 9 or 10pm will do much to determine the audience that CBS gets. I think that, as another poster said, it's going to be an interesting to sell to get a bunch of adults to watch a show about children without some sort of hook.

This show will be good. One of the contestants is also one of my best friends, and you're right, she's not alowed to reveal any information that hasn't allready been stated.

It has been completely filmed. They had to do it all beforehand to avoid being shut down by Lord of the Flies comparisons.

Unfortunately, I am not aloud to know anything, because if CBS finds out about any of the participants releasing information they're not supposed to, there are serious consequences, which I'm not even sure I'm supposed to mention.

What I can tell you is that I wouldn't worry about it being TOO "feel good." There certainly will be angry, intense moments. Not Lord of the Flies intense, but intense.

As far as the success of the show goes, my number one concern would be whether or not adults have any particular interest in watching a television show in which all of the contestants are kids, especially if they cry a lot. Which they do.

It has been completely filmed? Got any gossip? How did it work out? I think people are afraid that with no eliminations it will be too "feel good" to actually pull in any ratings.

I wouldn't worry about it. One of the contestants ("I'm a 30 year old trapped in a 14 year old's body") is one of my best friends, and as far as I know, there was no cannibalism.