A-ha! I knew I was right about this (Kevin, remember me pointing this out to you?).

This commercial annoys me to no end. It’s the Multi Grain Cheerios “Shut up, Steve” commercial. And why does it annoy me? Because it’s clear as you’re watching that the voices have been dubbed and that the actors are British. I mean, look at them. They look British. The filming (forgive me for not knowing the technical term) looks British. And most obviously–watch the way their mouths move. That’s what first tipped me off. I should have gone into linguistics since that’s so interesting to me, but see? American mouths do not move in that way when they speak.

And now I have evidence. Thank you, YouTube!

The American version you’ve probably been seeing:

Part of the original British commercial:

Is that a Desmond and Penny BABY?

So, I hear John McCain is going to be on SNL tonight. Exciting. Well, I just happened across this little gem today while watching episodes of Friday Night Lights on Hulu.com. I love Lifetime for its ridiculousness

Something about this reminds me a lot of my relationship with Kevin. And it’s the end that reminds me of our relationship, not the beginning. Though I could see Kevin doing that whole Godfather thing with the pizza. There’s no use denying it.

Goal for after we are married: Watch Cranford

Well, not a cartoon, but one of my most vivid childhood memories.

Wow. Umm, this is funny.

I have never been able to describe the way “The View” makes me feel. I mean, I always tried to catch it when I was home sick from school. That was my favorite thing about being sick. Those two weeks I was out of school with pneumonia during 9th grade were amazing. Besides passing out and almost dying I got to enjoy the stars of Frequency appearing frequently (like that?) on every talk show that existed at the time.

But back to “The View.” I was thrilled when Elisabeth Hasselbeck joined the show my freshman year of college. Ask my roommate. I watched that stuff everyday. And once I figured out she was (mildly) conservative–SCORE. Ain’t many people who represent my views on TV these days so I take what I can get.

Then Rosie came along. And before you start jumping on me for being against her from the start, I have to tell you–you are dead wrong. I loved Rosie’s old talk show and hoped that my school bus would arrive home in time for me to at least catch the last 30 minutes of the show each afternoon. I loved her, dearly. Musicals? Check. A love for George Clooney and ER? You betcha. A band leader who I almost plowed over backstage during a pageant I was in? Got that one covered and need to blog about it. You understand? I loved her. We were pals. I wanted to be her friend in real life.

But Rosie plus “The View”? Disaster. That was the biggest train wreck I ever saw. It turned into a game here at my house, seeing if I could be quick enough with the mute button so that I wouldn’t have to hear what Ro had to say.

After all that I stopped watching. For one thing, it was too stressful. Another? I got a job, finished school, and was no longer home at that time of day. Breaks a habit real quick.

But how does watching “The View” make me feel? A little bit like I’m holding a bag of cats, trying to hang on to it while holding it as far away from my body as possible.

To celebrate, I leave you with Dame Judi.

8:03 – Loving Cat Deely’s hair. Beginning dance was kinda weird. I don’t like it when eyes are blacked out.
8:06 – Okay. We get it. Go vote. I wish I didn’t feel like I really don’t have a choice this year.
8:15 – Maybe Comfort will go home for real this week.
8:25 – Woah, Twitch. Calm down. You’re my fave, but…don’t cry.
8:31 – Sigh. Pretty ballet. It’s a pity my parents never put me in dance classes. Ballet looks so fun.
8:42 – Twitch and Katee are my favorites. Really hoping they make it to the end.
8:51 – Not so into LL.
8:55 – Tata, Comfort!
8:57 – WOOOOOOOO! Twitch stays!

Honestly, the only thing that could make this video any more perfect would be for my boyfriend to be in it. Other than that? Mike Rowe + Bear Grylls + Deadliest Catch guys = Perfection. I ♥ Discovery Channel.