My first love...

TV will always be first and foremost in my heart. It's my job AND my hobby, and pretty much everything in between. That being said, it can also bring me pain. Deep, abiding pain. As some of you know, I've been unemployed off and on since 2009. The industry just isn't what it once was, and probably never will be again. Skill is no longer valued when cheap labor can be found. And as they say, you get what you pay for. Just have a look.

WHY AREN'T THEY SINGING? 

I have a serious love/hate relationship with Bunheads. I desperately want it to be good because I love both its lead actress and its pedigree. I come back every week to see if it's improved, and every week it hurts me in a new and painful way. Usually it's the script that kills me, but this particular week, it was that sign behind Michelle. AVACADO? Really, TV show? That's how you want to play this? I mean, come ON. The Fosters are already NOT singing or dancing in this scene, which is just a waste. And then you're not even going to proofread AVOCADO? It's like you don't even know me. Which you don't. Which I guess is why your dancers walk around outside with their VERY EXPENSIVE dance shoes on, or all take class together even though they're at different levels, and can learn fairly complicated choreography in mere hours. See? I love, but I also hate. But at least *I* know how to spell avocado. (and I'm available for work! Call me!)

Possibly the most boring scene in the entire season.

Do you watch Scandal? Of course you do. Everyone digs Scandal. It's tons of fun, well written, and gloriously well acted. In some sort of effort to capitalize on the themes of Scandal, my local news station posted this ad for a story on the news following the show. I like how the fake word, sexting, is all good, but the real word, DECIPHERING, is just wrong. Also, how hard is it to decipher a sext? I confess I have no experience with sexting, but I feel like it's not really a complicated thing. You probably don't have to bring in Huck or even Baby Huck to solve the riddle, I'm guessing.

Look at that crystal clear picture on my TV! 

I posted this pic on my twitter feed (@SpellFailBlog), where we debated it back and forth for a while. Officially, this tarot card from Hart of Dixie is spelled incorrectly here in the good ol' USA. JUDGMENT is the preferred spelling here. However, it's correct in many other countries, including Canada, Australia, and the UK. So, maybe these are foreign cards? Hard to say. But I don't like it! It makes me itchy. Let's save that E for another day.

I think he's about to spit in our faces. 

I posted this pic on the Facebook and Twitter feeds, but it's a good one, so everyone should get to see it. I hated this show. I really did. I gave it a few different chances because man, that cast was fantastic, right? But wow, those were possibly the MOST incompetent FBI agents in the history of the FBI. They were masters of bad choices. Yes, by all means, let's send Kevin Bacon somewhere with one person as backup AGAIN, because that person never ends up dead. Anyway, as I said on Facebook, at least one good thing came from watching that silly show. Blatant comma abuse, and from a character who's supposed to be a literature professor! In a perfect world, Joe Carroll has already had the author of this chyron killed, and then offered a lengthy lecture on how Poe would be pleased. (Did anyone else feel like the whole Poe thing was weird? I mean, Poe is a noted whackadoo who was fascinated by the macabre, but was that almost TOO obvious an inspiration for a serial killer? I guess out of all the silly stuff on that show, that was one of the less silly things.)

So, what are you watching this summer?

Howdy!

Well, helloooooooo there! How are you? It's been a while, huh? I hope you've been having a fantastic 2013. I have missed you all terribly, but I was completely overwhelmed for a while there by my day job, and had to take some time to focus. However, my day job ended this past Friday, so I'm getting back into the swing of things.

You're delighted beyond words. I KNOW.

Ok, let's dive in, shall we?

Just a couple weeks ago, I was lucky enough to attend the ATX Festival in Austin, Texas. It was really super awesomely fun. I'd never been to Austin, and it proved to be an excellent and easy-to-navigate host city. Basically, I'm already prepared to purchase my pass for next year's festival, and if you're a TV fan, I recommend you do so as well. You won't regret it. Yes, I'm CERTAIN.

In addition to being a fun time, it also provided me with some excellent blog fodder. You didn't have any WORK to do this morning, did you? Pish.

Still looks tasty

I was meeting some friends for dinner one night when I spotted this on my walk to the restaurant. Now, sure, it's possible this was on purpose. I mean, people do kinda doofy things on purpose all the time. But y'all know how I feel about printing a sign incorrectly on purpose. The kids, y'all. Will no one think of the children? The local spelling bee kids who are all "but I saw it that way on A SIGN!! Why would the SIGN lie to me?"

(Incidentally, if you google this place, you can find the yelp page, which helpfully explains that you can get both pizza AND adult entertainment here. So, yeah. Not so much with the kids, I guess.)

MOVING ON.

It was dark in there.

My first reaction: "Monday's WHAT?" My second reaction: "'Where are you thinking tonight' is an awkward phrase when typed out." And finally: "Are the collarbones of the lady in green part of a face that's smiling at me?"

I did not attend this panel. I was too busy sitting at a bar, talking about TV and drinking. Sorry. 

Now, I post this with love and encouragement because I want only the best for the ATX Fest staff. I'm confident this cancelled-too-soon bit is going to become a THING at this festival, so it's time to explore the correct deployment of this phrase. CANCELED is a perfectly acceptable spelling, though not the one I prefer. Like any good Anglophile, I'm just going to keep rolling with my double Ls until someone insists I stop. (DO NOT INSIST I STOP. I WILL BE SAD.) But we all know what the real problem is, and it's super easy to correct. Perhaps they were saving the o for somewhere else in the program? Somewhere there's a room that's a little too big for its britches, maybe. Or an ooh that lasted just a little too long. Whatever the explanation, this to is the wrong to. They had a 33% chance, and they chose poorly. Sometimes you do. There's always next year, ATX Fest! I have faith and confidence in you. I believe in you!

We'll be watching.

Remember, gang, if you see it, SEND it! This blog survives only with your submissions. I won't be resuming daily posts until I get some more entries, but there are definitely some good ones coming in the next few weeks. WHOO!

This is only a test.

Just seeing if my automatic post picker uppers are still working. Are they? I guess we'll find out!