BYU and Utah Media-ness

Basketball games are chocked full of media. The BYU vs. Utah game was no exception to this. In fact, it seemed like there was even more going on than usual. Most are there to watch the game, (and it was a good one!) but lets not forget that at every time out there are advertisements galore (it almost seems like they try to get too many ads into such a small amount of time that they overlap). With every free second they play a few seconds of music to get the crowd pumped up as well. And lets not forget the free T-shirts that are thrown out and get everyone excited to get something free, yet no one ends up wearing the XXL T-shirts that they fight their neighbor for. At the beginning of the game they played a movie on massive sheets that made a screen from the top of the building to the floor. I have never heard that amazing sound system play anything so loud. Forget the basketball game, it was a media extravaganza! I cannot believe how much media and money surround all sporting events. But with the exciting atmosphere it brings, I am definitely not complaining.

Newsies on a treadmill...

Last week I remembered one of my favorite movies and I'm not exactly sure how. I think someone was singing it or someone talked about singing it but either way it made me want to watch the movie because it had been years! With so much going on it is hard to just sit down and watch a 90 minute movie during the week, so I decided to watch it while I was exercising in the mornings. I downloaded it to my phone and watched it while running on the treadmill! And let me just say that running to Seize the Day, Carryin the Banner or The World Will Know really makes running easier. I've run to music for a long time but not really gotten into watching movies, or better yet, movies with music. I think I'm going to do it more often. I'm thinking next week that Enchanted might be fun:) I just get lost in the movie and before I know it I'm done running. Who says you have to be a couch potato while enjoying the media? I definitely disagree.

American Idol

I have never watched American Idol from the beginning, I always jump in when they are in the top 10 or so, but for some reason this year my husband and I have started to like it. We watched last week's Chicago auditions and now we like picking favorites that we think are going to go far in the competition. I always do something while we watch like homework or fold laundry. But it has really captured by attention. From the horrible or eccentric auditions to the pant-splitting or handcuffing auditions, they all make for great entertainment. Then we of course love to be pleasantly surprised when someone can actually sing! Next week...Los Angeles!

24 mini-marathon!

On Monday night my husband and I invited some friends over for dinner and to watch the first episodes of 24 Season 8. We recorded both of the 2 hour premieres on Sunday and Monday and watched all four episodes straight through. It was so intense! Now we are dying for next week's episode to find out if they can get in with the Russians undercover. We decided that there need to be Jack Bower jokes because he is right up there with Chuck Norris. Anyone know if there are any?

It sucks me in and I don't know why...

Ok, so throughout my college years I have been in and out of following the TV show House. It first started with my freshman roommates, and now my husband has got me hooked on it. After every episode I wonder why I like it so much...every episode is the exact same story: They get some random patient and can't find out what is wrong with them....they try a bunch of tests, House is mean to every one and then at some random moment while he is doing something else, he comes up with the disease that the patient has and how to treat it. On the side there is a little drama between the other doctors in some way. Yet, even though I know exactly what is going to happen, we TEVO it every week and watch it when we get a chance.

Last night the episode that we watched was no exception. A posing drug dealer passed out while making a deal and then they struggled to find out what was wrong with him. On the side, the doctor's played a joke on Foreman and he thought he was getting paid less than all the other doctors. Come to find out the drug dealer was really an undercover cop and was about to do a huge drug bust. During the show House and Wilson like the same girl and she thinks they are gay because they are living together. Once again, it fit perfectly with the outline of every other episode. I have been thinking about this a lot and I still can't quite figure out why it sucks me in so bad and I have to watch it every week!

AVATAR 3-D

So last night for "family night" my husband and I went to see Avatar and I absolutely loved it. It had your occasional cheese like the love scene (doesn't show anything inappropriate) they included while you know they made from computer generated characters, but overall I left the theater with two thoughts: 1) I want to go to Pandora and live with them (which means I was inspired) and 2) That was an amazing adventure! I felt like I was in the movie living it the whole time. No lame 3-D "reach out and grab you" type stuff. It was amazing! I understand why this movie took so much money to make and why it is at the top of all-time movie sales behind Titanic. I must say that I was hesitant to see it after the previews, but then we kept hearing great reviews and decided to check it out and we definitely weren't disappointed.