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What's Right, What's Wrong

To All My Faithful Readers (a.k.a. Grandma):

I've got a little bit of a confession to make. The truth is that I haven't been very good at sticking to my "weekly update" promise. While there have been some hectic weeks - the perfect excuse for blog negligence -the truth is that I've gotten in a bit of a writing funk. I certainly haven't lost my interest in TV, and I don't think I've run out of writing motivation. My problem, it seems, is that I've been trying to give each ent...

�The perfect ending to a really long movie

It�s over. And we only had to stay up until 5:30 a.m.

We witnessed history, but watching the election results on BBC was kind of frustrating. First, they didn�t show anything until 11 p.m. so the only thing on our four channels was football (soccer.) They�re obsessed. Second, they don�t have any anchor who even has the closest resemblance to Anderson Cooper�s sexiness. Third, they announced polls like 10 minutes earlier than CNN.com, Fox.com or MSNBC.com, so we didn�t know who wa...

Things to do in Muncie

When I came here as a freshman, one of the top questions on my mind was what is there to do in Muncie? Well after two years of being here, I have found some fun places to go. One of my favorite places to go on a Sunday afternoon is taking a bike ride around the White River Trail. The trail is just off of Jackson St. It is a nice, outdoors place to ride bikes, go for a run or rollerblade around. Another fun place to go is the Living Room on Friday nights. They have bands that come in and...

The Reality of Change

I feel like I should know who I am by now. But I don�t, and I guess that�s the reason why I came to London. I thought it was going to open my eyes to the world, make me more independent and help me figure out who I am� and it has� but it�s also made me even more confused.

I�m so lucky that I have a twin sister who will tell it like it is. I have lost parts of my reality back home. But out here it is so easy to do. It�s funny how much your life can change when you think you want i...

Enough is Enough, VH1.

I'm just gonna get right into this one. Last night, I made my way to the luxurious gym complex in the Schmidt-Wilson basement, and I flipped the TV on just before I jumped onto the treadmill for yet another run. By chance, the channel was VH1, and after a commercial break, I was met with a brand new show: Real Chance of Love, featuring the rejected "Stallionaires" from the FIRST season of I Love New York, this time the ones eliminating potential lovers. Jeez.

This show - and ...