You know, I just... I woke up, and I looked in the mirror, and I thought, hey, what's with all the sin? I need to change. I'm... I'm dirty. I'm, I'm bad with the... sex and the envy and that, that loud music us kids listen to nowadays.

Buffy ,'Lessons'


Non-Fiction TV: I Reject Your Reality and Substitute My Own

This thread is for non-fiction TV, including but not limited to reality television (So You Think You Can Dance, Top Chef: Masters, Project Runway), documentaries (The History Channel, The Discovery Channel), and sundry (Expedition Africa, Mythbusters), et al. [NAFDA]


Jesse - Nov 21, 2011 10:17:50 am PST #18497 of 23273
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I suspect due to feeling way out of their Capital-C Christian world.

I just can't see the world of professional snowboarders as being that pious.


sumi - Nov 21, 2011 10:40:03 am PST #18498 of 23273
Art Crawl!!!

I thought it was the injuries, myself.

I loved Amani coaching Marcus on the bodybuilding movements: hilarious.


Theodosia - Nov 21, 2011 11:36:02 am PST #18499 of 23273
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

The moves were more yoga-like than I expected, or maybe that's my own experience talking.

Also, I loved the HCA impersonator. Also fiendish task much? Having to memorize, then navigate on a bike in a strange city.


Jesse - Nov 21, 2011 4:03:40 pm PST #18500 of 23273
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Daaaaamn, Pentatonics. If they don't win, I don't know what. And on the record deal/career front, it's so much likelier that they'd be successful as a professional group with only five people, no?


Jean A. - Nov 21, 2011 4:04:05 pm PST #18501 of 23273

Okay, Pentatonix is rocking my world on "The Sing-Off." And 3 of the 5 members of the group are only 19 years old! Un-freakin-believable.


Amy - Nov 21, 2011 4:04:58 pm PST #18502 of 23273
Because books.

That number was fantastic.


Jesse - Nov 21, 2011 4:27:10 pm PST #18503 of 23273
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

And 3 of the 5 members of the group are only 19 years old! Un-freakin-believable.

Of course, all the college kids (Aires, Afro Blue, etc) are about that age, too. It's the arrangers who really impress me at that age -- we know teenagers can sing!


Jesse - Nov 21, 2011 4:34:03 pm PST #18504 of 23273
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Oh, I don't think I commented on this at the time, but remember a couple of weeks ago when that Michael from the Aires was saying he was now considering a career in music, and the judges were like, "Dude. What else were you going to do??" Dudes. He's at Dartmouth. You know his parents aren't paying that kind of money for their kid to be a struggling artist!


Jean A. - Nov 21, 2011 4:39:43 pm PST #18505 of 23273

I don't know why I was surprised about how young the Pentatonix kids are. They just seem so mature, both musically and emotionally. The college boys seem like -- well, like college boys.

I know the judges rave about Michael from the Dartmouth Aires, but he really doesn't do it for me. And he's gonna do damage to his voice if he keeps singing in that way. He always sounds so strained.


Jesse - Nov 21, 2011 4:41:56 pm PST #18506 of 23273
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I don't know why I was surprised about how young the Pentatonix kids are. They just seem so mature, both musically and emotionally. The college boys seem like -- well, like college boys.

Oh, I totally agree with you on Pentatonix, really.