mike

Easter morning I got up and prepared myself to hunt for my Easter Basket. I came down stairs and asked if I should start looking for it. Mom informed me that she didn’t hide it, my basket was on the dining room table. It still had my standard Reese’s Eggs and Starburst Jelly Beans, there was also a shirt and some CDs in there as well. I realize I’m 23 and finding my Easter Basket is somewhat of a chore (I think last year the dogs found it for me). Still, its Easter and that’s how it works. Its how Jesus would have wanted it.

A number of questions relating to this topic as I’ve found that
Easter may even have more varying traditions than Christmas.
On Easter was your basket hidden?
Is it still hidden or at what age did it stop?
Did you receive Easter gifts? Were they in your basket, or larger ones?
Wrapped?
What are your go to Easter candies that just have to be in your basket?

Sunday I was flipping through the channels before the Phillies came on and wound up on MTV. I will usually stop by MTV to see what marathon of garbage they are running that particular day. This time I wound up sticking around for the entire show. The show was Parental Control. I think this one has been on for a while now and I thought I had an idea of what the deal was but turns out I had only scratched the surface. The basic idea isn’t a terrible one, each parent picks a guy to go on a date with their daughter (I’m assuming its always a daughter). This idea is harmless enough, its not completely random like Next and there would seem to be a greatly reduced creepiness factor as compared to Date My Mom. The daughter goes on a date with each of these guys and the parents watch the date later making comments which are mixed into the date during the episode. I think I’m forgetting an important part of the show. The daughter has a boyfriend already. Yes, that’s right, a boyfriend. The parents apparently are not happy with this boy and each have chosen someone they think is better. The daughter has agreed to do this show so apparently she isn’t too attached either, or just wants to be on TV. Not only does this poor guy have to deal with his girlfriend going on two dates, he has to watch the dates, with the parents! Are you keeping up so far? I can’t even fathom who thought this was a good idea and why anyone would be willing to participate. And this is just the basic outline of the show. However if this leads to a fight similar to the one on Wanna Come In, then I’m all for it.

In the episode I watched the first date was pretty normal. Nothing to get too concerned about. Except that the girl has a boyfriend who will be watching the date later while sitting between her parents. You know, normal stuff. In the second date they went to an art studio where they did some body painting, ya know, like finger painting, only with your body. They stripped down to almost nothing, covered each other in paint, then rolled around on the floor on top of each other. Then they had to clean off so they got in the shower together. Hope you haven’t forgotten some important things … this is their first date, they just met. Oh, and her parents and boyfriend will be watching this! At the end they line up the three guys and she picks the one she wants. Not awkward at all. So she picks her boyfriend. Ha, silly you. She admits that paint boy crossed the line for a first date and she still chose him. Did I mention that he was wearing a pink shirt?

Some Random Things
I saw a preview for American Dreamz and noticed Chris Klien plays Mandy Moore’s boyfriend who she dumps when she gets on the American Idol-type show because she has become too big for him. Has there ever been better casting?

Instead of Grey’s Anatomy on Sunday a new show came on What About Brian? I looked over the synopsis of the first episode and the only person on the show I recognized was the Pink Ranger. Is it bad that I know the Pink Ranger’s actual name or worse that I know it because she was on Felicity?

Any day that involves deviled eggs is a good day.

You need to try Go-Tarts. They are my new go to breakfast. Think of a pop-tart in bar form. Sort of like a Nutri-Grain bar without the graininess, and I guess without the nutrition. Warning: Don’t put these in the microwave or toaster. It says that on the label. I’m kind of curious what happens.

I’ll close with an item from SI’s Ten Spot last week: Ohio State football fans are up in arms about a new uniform design that will change the scarlet-white-black-gray pattern on the sleeves. Fans are calling for a more realistic sleeve motif — a dollar sign.