Oh. Yeah. Hi!
Hi there! Long time no see. It’s like I forgot this page existed there for a few days, huh? Maybe that’s because I’ve been playing over here, and gearing up for a very busy February here and here! Or maybe it’s because I also have this here, and also – because I just don’t have enough to keep up with, I got a wild hair and have this HERE too! Add to that a returning client wanting a redo, a Comment Party over at Darkside Rainbow, (which Nana WON btw with a comment about BACON CEREAL which is 18 different kinds of brilliant – and so did I, I got one of the runner up prizes myself!) that took up some of my weekend, and then all the snow up there that is trying to freeze me out, and the uber cuteness of my kids at times and the 99% rottenness that is masquarading as that cuteness and…
Well. You can SEE why I haven’t been typing much around here, right? Right.
So, you ask, how’s the whole ‘Better Lessa Through Apathy” thing going? Eh. Allright. Week one, and I weathered the Caffeine withdrawal headache and now hardly ever think of my beloved diet crack coke (twitch). Week two and I started keeping track of what I was eating, just to see where I fell on the ‘eat this much to LIVE ya fool’ scale of things. Surprisingly, given the size of my ass, I’m having a horrendous time eating ENOUGH calories on a daily basis. I know! Whod’a thunk it?
So this is week three, and I had something planned for this week too, but ugh. I r sick. And I feel like crap. And I just wanna lay down under my blanket and forget the world exists until I feel better. So, it’s week two, redux, and another attempt to eat ENOUGH and rev up a sleepy metabolism. We’ll see how I’m feeling after that.
Course, I’m also peeing every 2.5 seconds, because of all the water I’m drinking to make up for the lack of my beloved DC…. makes sleeping a pain too. Heh.
And that’s all there is going on in LessaLand at the moment. How bout ya’ll?
Wanna be a Top Chef?
Or at least cook like one? Bravo recently announced that there will be a cookbook on the shelves soon, featuring 100 recipes from the first 3 seasons of Top Chef! From Quickfire to Elimination rounds, soon you’ll be able to whip up the yummy concoctions in your very own kitchen!
Top Chef: The Cookbook will be published by Chronicle books and packaged by Melcher Media, and who else but Tom Colicchio could possibly introduce the book? Along with the recipes, it’ll also include discussions with the contestants, judges and crew to give an inside look at Top Chef and what happens behind the scenes – including pictures of some of the best moments, sites, and of course – the food!
The cookbook is slated to hit shelves in March, to go along with the new season premiere, Top Chef: Chicago.
The Biggest Loser Wk 3 recap
Jackie and Dan were the weighin winners for the second week in the row, and as a reward, they have to hike to the top of the mountain (hill!) and retrieve their prize. There are three envelopes – family, gameplay, or luxury. They have to chose one of them, and discover what they win. They debate all the way up the hill. THey decide to choose the gameplay option, and discover…
…a commercial. As usual.
Back again, and Jackie and Dan have won the chance to cast two votes at the elimination this week. They’re both happy for that, for sure. Dan is hoping that some of the biggest competitors fall below the yellow line. They checked to see what they passed up – a family member visit for 24 hours, and free massages for them and another team. They’re happy with thier choice, and started back down the trail.
Back at the Gym, Bill and Jillian say they’ve been thinking about the numbers being so low last week. Bob knows the body will do what it wants to do, but Bob and Jillian are going to step it up. Everyone needs to take a look to the left and the right and ask if they’ve done better then those people. Everyone is there for themselves. Bob zeroes in on Amanda, who didn’t lose anything last week, then makes his way to others and encourages them to work harder then they have yet.
Bob talks to the girls about snacking and to start thinking about what it’ll be like when they go home. He tells them to use gum (Extra) to help them feel like they’re chewing without adding calories. Then it’s back to the gym. Bette-Sue is feeling exhausted and is having a hard time, and Bob is trying to tap into their competitiveness. He sends her walking with 20 pounds, and she tells us she couldn’t believe it, after all she’d already done- but she does it.
And Jillian is focusing on Neil again, and Amanda defends him to us. He admits he doesn’t handle change very well, but he’s getting more comfortable, and Jenn is sure he’s fooling people and they all see it. Bob catches him holding on to the bar on the tredmill and makes him hold the weights. And he stops walking. Jenn is frustrated with it.
So, are you Top Genuis?
Well, to clarify, a Top Designer or a Sheer Genius? Bravo has ordered new seasons of both shows, and they’re doing casting calls now! So, if you think you can top the designers and are a genius with scissors, then these are the gigs and dates for you! Grab your portfolios and head on out!
Top Design, a show in which interior designers compete for a $100,000 cash prize, will be holding open casting calls at the following locations:
Friday, January 25, 4:00pm – 6:00pm
Saturday, January 26, 10:00am – 12:00pm
SAN FRANCISCO
The Art Institute of California – San Francisco
Monday, January 28 & Tuesday, January 29, 12:00pm – 5:00pm
LAS VEGAS
World Market Center – Las Vegas
Monday, February 5, 1:00pm – 5:00pm
DALLAS
Dallas Market Center, World Trade Center
Friday, February 8, 1:00pm – 5:00pm
NEW YORK
New York Design Center
Saturday, February 9, 1:00pm – 5:00pm
LOS ANGELES
Spring Arts Center
Shear Genius, the high-end hairstyling competition, will be looking for stylists with mad hair skillz (who also want to win $100,000) at these locations:
Sunday, January 20, 10:00a.m. – 4:00p.m.
DALLAS
Toni & Guy Hairdressing Academy
Monday, January 21, 10:00a.m. – 4:00p.m.
MIAMI
JPMS Hi Tech the School of Cosmetology
Sunday, January 27, 9:00a.m. – 5:00p.m.
LOS ANGELES
ISSE Beauty Show Lobby– Long Beach Convention Center
Sunday, January 27, 10:00a.m. – 4:00p.m.
NEW YORK CITY
TIGI Advanced Hairdressing Academy- 2nd Floor
Monday, January 28, 10:00a.m. – 4:00p.m.
CHICAGO
The Studio-Wella
Monday, February 4, 10:00a.m. – 4:00p.m.
SAN FRANCISCO
San Francisco Institute
A Paul Mitchell Partner School
Additional casting information can be found at Bravo TV.
CBS orders 3 new reality shows!
. Thanks to the continuation of the Writer’s Strike that is still going on and on and on, CBS has already given us a Winter version of Big Brother starting February 12. Seems that’s not enough for the bigwigs – there’s an awful lot of primetime real estate to fill, and only so much reruns we can watch. So what’s a network to do? Dredge up some more Reality TV, that’s what!
In today’s press release, CBS announced not one, not two, but THREE more reality shows in the works!
CBS has ordered three new alternative/reality series for broadcast later this year – the biweekly celebrity talent contest SECRET TALENTS OF THE STARS, the hidden camera game show GAME SHOW IN MY HEAD and the search for AMERICA’S TOP DOG. The series were announced by Ghen Maynard, Executive Vice President, Alternative Programming & Entertainment Content for New Media, CBS Paramount Network Television Entertainment Group.
Secret Talents of the Stars is going to be a biweekly talent show where we get to see secret talents of our favorite film and tv stars. You mean they can do something besides act?!? Of course, depending on what they classify as ‘celebrity’, some of them might not be able to do THAT either. Time will tell. It’ll be a tournament type format to decide who has the best hidden talent. There will be judges, of course, to give off their point of view, but the results will be blamed on the viewers which get to vote on their favorites. It is executive produced by Robyn Nash and Don Weiner for Magic Molehill Productions, Inc.
Game Show in my Head sounds like it’s Jackass Got Punk’d for Primetime Networks, and is brought to us by Ashton Kutcher & Jason Goldberg so that shouldn’t be a surprise, huh? It’s a hidden camera game show that has the contestants wear an earpiece as they go through the city and are instructed to do stunts. Preform the crazy and embarrassing tasks in public – win big money. Don’t do even ONE task, and go home. It’s all about how far the contestants are willing to go. It’s from fox21, produced by Hat Trick Productions and Katalyst Films, Inc. with executive producers Jimmy Mulville & Leon Wilde and Ashton Kutcher, Jason Goldberg & Karey Burke.
And third, this one makes me go “…no, seriously…?” and look around for Kutcher myself. America’s Top Dog will be an hour-long search for the best trained pets and their owners. The owners and their pets including both pageant dogs and home-trained pups, will live together and battle it out to see who has raised and trained their dog the best. Its supposed to put the dog’s relationship with the person who raised and trained it to the test. Only one team of “loving owner and faithful dog” will win in the “dog-eat-dog” competition. It’s executive produced by R.J. Cutler, Stu Schreiberg and Stephen Kroopnick for Magic Molehill Productions, Inc.
So – would you watch any of them? None of them? Do tell..
