I loved Friday Night Lights, but I didn't watch it until the whole show was over and off the air because I thought I wouldn't particularly enjoy it. I grew up in East Texas. My high school was Friday Night Lights and I wasn't crazy about the experience in total, so I thought I didn't need to watch a TV show about it. I was wrong, FNL was amazing and, obviously, much more … [Read more...] about The One Thing Friday Night Lights Got Wrong
Fallback Albums: Courtney
After seeking out Velocity Girl's Simpatico! album for the umpteenth time at work, I wondered why I often go back to it, forsaking so many other tracks on my iTunes. And I started to think about my other fallback albums -- those albums that I go back to from time to time, knowing what I can expect and sometimes use them for a particular purpose. While I pondered those, I … [Read more...] about Fallback Albums: Courtney
PopGurls Guide to Summer Girlie Drinks
It’s summer, and the long, hot days are probably making you crave something refreshing to unwind with once the sun finally goes down. Sometimes you want a beer in an ice cold bottle. Sometimes you want your drink on the rocks in a firm, short little glass. And sometimes you want to wrap your fingers around the stem of a long, tall martini glass and have something shiny and … [Read more...] about PopGurls Guide to Summer Girlie Drinks
10 CDs You Need to Hear in 2004
I'm sure we'll all remember 2004 as the first year the music industry finally admitted to actually increasing their profits and yet still claims that file sharing is destroying their business. Because those massive mergers of conglomerates had absolutely nothing to do with it, clearly. There was an overwhelming amount of new records released this year, most of them … [Read more...] about 10 CDs You Need to Hear in 2004