Lopez Blogs

Sigh. Another year, another birthday over. I am officially approaching middle age :( Though i am happy to be with someone who will always always be older than me :P It's the best gift a boy could have. Oh and it's our 9 year anniversary tomorrow! Lumme! Anyway the weekend was fun. A bunch of us went to see Singing In The Rain in Liverpool and songs like Fit As A Fiddle, Moses Supposes, Singing In The Rain and of course the aces Good Morning never fail to put a smile on my face. We also had a gorgeous lunch at an "authentic" 50s diner (Best. Milkshake. Ever) and a fun evening back at Ruthies where Darren tragically revealed that he thought Eskimo was the place where Eskimos live!! That is on a par with me not knowing that reindeer were real until a couple of years ago :S On with the highlights and lowlights of the week methinks!!

BOO & HURRAH!

• BOO ~ Pushing Daisies aired it's final episode on Friday in the UK :( It was as bonkers brilliant as anything they had done before. I won't give too much away but there is a brilliant shark related death with crap CGI, some excellent quotable lines and a decent cliffhanger ending - that is then ruined by a rubbishy "lets-wrap-it-all-up" voiceover. Honestly i would have just preferred the cliffhanger. Bring on the zombie-esque DC comics!!
• HURRAH ~ Heroes and Private Practice made up for generally awful seasons with quite good finale episodes. Bryan Fuller is back working his Pushing Daisies magic on Heroes, while the final few minutes of Private Practice were generally harrowing. Naughty Megan from Felicity!!
• BOO ~ Talking of tv, I'm still wary about embracing some shows that I think I would really like for fear of them being one season wonders. Dollhouse surely looks amazing but surely is an outsider for renewal prospects? And what about Fringe? It lures me in but i've never found time to watch it. Ditto Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles... Any recommendations?
• HURRAH ~ At least some of the offerings for next year look a lot better than most of this years disappointing output. Flash Forward could be amazing if handled correctly; Eastwick could be a new sudsy smash (btw the Widows of Eastwick book is challenging me at the mo!) while Masterworks could replace my need for illogical bonkers hi-octane drama that Prison Break currently offers. The Gossip Girl spin off is clearly on my radar, as is the remake of V (though i am already annoyed with ABC over casting for that show. Maybe one day you'll know why!). Anyone else seen anything they like?
• BOO ~ what the ecky thump is going on with Sam Taylor? He managed to wangle himself two tracks on the Beautiful People soundtrack alongside luminaries like Dan Gillespie (Sex)Sells, Kylie & Dannii and SEB, builds up a following on the internet and then uh, auditions for the live stage show of High School Musical? Ok....
• HURRAH ~ The pressure is off for Girls Aloud! While Untouchable will be remembered as the first song not to make the top ten, it had to happen sometime and surely coming off the best selling album to date and a sold out tour is success enough. Singles chart positions are increasingly irrelevant in the world of pop success and it's time to embrace the new regime. Whatever that is... :P (And of course it may go top ten next week!!)
• HURRAH ~ I'm quite looking forward to the return of A-ha and The Lightning Seeds. I was quite obsessed with the latter for quite a while in the 90s...Thanks Kulpop for the info!

TOP 21 TRACKS OF THE WEEK:

21 ~ Kevin Borg, With Every Bit of Me
20 ~ Pet Shop Boys, Love etc
19 ~ BWO, You're Not Alone
18 ~ The Killers, The World We Live In
17 ~ Taylor Swift, Love Story
16 ~ Paolo Nutini, Candy
15 ~ Kelly Clarkson, I Do Not Hook Up
14 ~ Neo, Flower Power Super Girl
13 ~ Girls Aloud, Untouchable
12 ~ Alesha Dixon, Let's Get Excited
11 ~ Simon Curtis, Things We Do For Love
10 ~ Annie, Anthonio
09 ~ Alcazar, Stay The Night
08 ~ Infernal, Redefinition
07 ~ Lily Allen, Not Fair
06 ~ Sophie Ellis Bextor, Heartbreak Makes Me A Dancer (RE)
05 ~ Same Difference, All Roads Lead To Heaven
04 ~ Take That, The Garden
03 ~ Little Boots, New In Town (NE/VID)
02 ~ Mans Zelmerlow, Hope and Glory
01 ~ Marina and The Diamonds, I Am Not A Robot (NE/1 Week)