Lauren

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Lauren "AKA Spirit Fingers" likes to talk about entertainment, politics, the news, the world, you know, the awesome stuff that makes us say, "Holy Crap! That's crazy...but I love it." Got a message, a writing gig, or need a freelancer? Email me at: [email protected] or find me here @CrassLauren.

The Hollywood Caller: Inexplicably, Rednecks Get Their Own Survival Challenge Show

Yes, the Redneck is going extinct, so they need a survival challenge. No. Jennifer Love Hewitt’s hands will be even busier on Lifetime; Ray Liotta to continue disappointing us; Anne Heche to produce miracles and maybe find Raptor Jesus; The Arnold will be back; Prometheus will be rated fittingly; and we hate Smash’s Ellis. What else needs to be said? Continue reading

Game of Thrones Deconstructed: Suffer the Fools

Don’t blink. We’re at the midpoint, and things are happening fast. So, yes, don’t blink. If you do, you’re bound to miss some of the careful nuance playing out between all of our beloved characters, and if you’re basing your assessment of Game of Thrones, the television series, on Game of Thrones the books? Yeah, well, the television series is turning things on its head, so haha! Even you book folks won’t know what will happen.

Everyone try and keep up, because the cow pie just got real. Continue reading

How Much Twee is Too Much?

Having a positive outlook isn’t usually a deal breaker in a relationship or in life, even though sunshiny people make our left eyes twitch if we’re not caffeinated enough. But then there’s the twee personality, or the twee affect, or the shroud of perpetual happy that’s all consuming in a way that’s only supposed to surround Pixar animation or most everything found on Etsy.com. Continue reading

Game of Thrones Deconstructed: Your Wish is My Command

So we enter the world of the swirling supernatural and in one fell swoop things in Game of Thrones are changed forever. We’ve learned at nearly the outset that anyone is susceptible to be felled by their own naiveté, bravado, cocksure attitude, or perhaps even by happenstance. Needless to say, if one doesn’t have his or her wits about them, the world can become a very cruel and lonely place. So it’s better to have allies as one attempts to navigate a world full of vipers and flicking dragon tongues. All claims to the throne must learn this lesson quickly or perish. So says the laws of Game of Thrones. Continue reading

The Conundrum that is Men Wearing Shorts

While happily munching on my egg white omelet wrap this morning I came across an article titled “Men in Shorts” and written by someone named P.J. O’Rourke (National Lampoon’s! Libertarian! says everyone!) in a compendium to Forbes magazine jauntily called ForbesLife. Now I don’t know what O’Rourke has against grown men in shorts but it’s patently hilarious his quite reasonable takedown of the phenomenon — if not a little histrionic. Continue reading