2013 Emmys

Well, I watched the Emmys last night (9/22/13).  I adore award shows and have been looking forward to the Emmy ceremony for weeks.  Unfortunately, it was an uneven presentation that was actually boring during large swaths of time.  I’ve become a recent fan of Breaking Bad and was really hoping that all of the actors from the show who were nominated would win.  I definitely thought Bryan Cranston winning was a slamdunk.  Nope, Jeff Daniels won instead for his work on The Newsroom.  At least Breaking Bad’s Anna Gunn won Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series.  And the show did win for Outstanding Drama Series.  Sadly, I had my Tivo set to record a different show at 10:15pm so I did not even get to see the acceptance speech for the Drama Series award.  It was the final Emmy presented last night and I only got to hear Will Ferrell announce the win before my channel was unceremoniously changed.  Disappointed!

I didn’t predict many of the winners which is unlike me.  I almost always win office pools for award shows.  I use my trusty Entertainment Weekly to help make my predictions.  EW is usually 66% accurate with guesses about who will win.  Not this time.  Not even close.  Miffed!  I was not entered into any office pool, but I was disappointed that EW was so wrong.  To be fair, even host Neil Patrick Harris announced that no one would be winning Emmy office pools based on the number of surprising wins.  I really wanted Kerry Washington of Scandal to win the Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series even though I’ve never seen the show.  She would have been the first African American woman to win in her nominated category.  Instead, Claire Danes won again for Homeland.  Don’t get me wrong – I loooooove Homeland and like to see it rewarded.  And Claire is fantastic in her role.  But, Kerry winning would have been a historical moment and elicited many tears from me (and I believe from a lot of others across this country and around the world).  Proud tears of “it’s about damn time!”

Here are the other nominees I hoped would win, but did not:

•Aaron Paul as Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series – Breaking Bad

•Louie for Outstanding Comedy Series

•Amy Poehler as Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series – Parks and Recreation

•Louie C. K. for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series – Louie

•Jane Krakowski for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series – 30 Rock

I have a wonderful best friend.  Her name is, well, “J” for privacy purposes (I shouldn’t force someone to use his/her real name in my anecdotes).  J and I have been best friends for over thirty years.  I adore her.  No one makes me laugh like she does.  Why, then, do I scramble words she tells me into almost Andrew Dice Clay-ish fiction?  I don’t do it all the time, but I did this past Saturday when she came over to watch Project Runway (yes, I recorded it on Tivo for us to enjoy whenever).

Here’s what I thought she said, “So, how about those butt implants – they can kill ya!”

And here’s what she actually said, “I hear a lot of people have been dying from butt implants.”

It’s not like what she actually said wasn’t funny enough as is.  It was funny.  How can any conversation about butt implants NOT be funny?  I keep a notebook in front of the television where I record wonderful things J says to me each week.  I even write down potentially funny things I’ve said (with her assistance so I don’t misquote myself).  I will create future posts that include our hilarious (at least we think they’re hilarious) conversations.  Stay tuned…

Two nights ago, I realized just how short my attention span has become.  I had an episode of Scrubs paused on Netflix, a paused episode of Law and Order:  Criminal Intent on live TV and a 2007 Saturday Night Live episode paused on Tivo.  Not only did I have three episodes from three different shows paused, these were episodes I’ve already watched, seemingly hundreds of times.  The kicker is that I was terribly disappointed because I couldn’t also have a game of Super Mario Bros. paused because I was using Netflix through our Wii.  Why do I need at least three (preferably four) different distractions?  I would like to blame it on my sleep medication (I take several different meds at bedtime to help with my severe chronic insomnia).  You know, “I Ambien-dialed you” or “The email I wrote last night was after I took Ambien.”  I do take Ambien, but I don’t think I can blame my shorter attention span on it.  I do not know who or what to blame – I think it might just be, well, because of ME.  Thank goodness I see a therapist:+)