Amy's Summer Round-Up

What I Liked:
Black Girls dressing like Valley Girls circa 1984. I love big pearls and neon.
1408, Stardust, Superbad, and very little else.
US Open tennis. Serena Williams WILL win. I'm betting money on it
USA Basketball. We did great and it got me amped for the upcoming season.
More skateboarding and less thugging
My work with Generation Stockholm

What I Didn't:
The continued dominance of most southern rap. I'm over it.
The entire movie season. (read previous blog)
Scott Baio is 45...and Single. What a jerk this guy is. It was almost laughable, and a special place of hate for his friend "Johnny V."
All the sports drama. Who cares? Just watch sports, every job is filled with jerks.
No good summer shows, excluding Big Love.

Songs of the Summer:
National Player's Anthem (UGK f/ Outkast)
Stronger (Kanye West)
Tambourine (Eve)
The Way I Are (Timbaland and some other people I don't know)
Lovestoned (Justin Timberlake)
Rehab (Amy Winehouse)
Drivin' Me Wild (Common f/ Lily Allen)
The entire Mark Ronson album version (a must buy. Trust me!)

Songs I Wish Would Die:
Umbrella- Horrible. The "ella/ella/ey/ey" crap made my ears bleed.
Hey there Delilah- I liked this sone when Simon and Grafunkle was recording it 40 years ago.
Big Girls Don't Cry- But, I do bleed out of my eyeballs when Fergie tries to sing.

How To Balance it All?

Yesterday I got my second songram. This is the one they make sure to check for all organs, body parts, etc. I did not find out the sex. There are so few surprises in this day and age, I want this one to be huge. Plus, I am not such a fan of gender specific things. What if your liitle football player wants to be a ballerina and vice versa? That is not something you can force on a child.

The whole event was amazing and as time approaches, I find myself more excited and happy about what is going to happen to my life. But, this whole event has also made me think about many things in my life. Now, my main career is working with children. I love it, but in all honesty I do not see myself working with kids and then coming home to a kid. That would be too much. My love is writing and comedy. I worry daily about how this new life will affect that. Already my energy and stamina have decreased. I worry how I can balance writing, performing, and filming shorts with having a child and being a mother.

I think writing and helping Generation Stiockholm and Josh Homer with filming will still happen. But, I am realisitic. I will probably be off the comedy scene for at least 6 months or more. And that scares me. Whenever I make some headway things in my personal life get nuts. I am really happy with the past few months of what I have been doing. I know that my comedy partner and our endevours would still happen. But, my solo success could have a huge hit.

Who knows what will happen? I sure don't. Right now, I am just trying to work hard, create interesting things, and basically enjoy my husband, my (soon-to-be) baby, all my friends, and where things take me.

If anyone out there has any advice, I will listen. I think comedy and entertainment is already hard on women, I can't imagine what it is like on mothers.

Thanks for listening. This might be the most solopsistic post I've ever written.

Why was the Summer Movie Season so Bad This Year?

So, I have been hitting the multiplexes this summer. And I have one worrd. BLAH! I usually enjoy summer movies for what they are, mindless fun. But, so far, this summer it hasn't been much fun.

Most movies have been profoundly dissapointing. I have only truly enjoyed 2 movies, 1408 and Knocked Up. Why? Both of these movies were just entertaining. They didn't try to be something they weren't. Ratatouille was fine, but it was not The Incredibles.

All the big stuff Spidey, Harry Potter, Transformers were all let downs.

So, how will my summer be saved? Below is a list of movies I haven't seen yet, but have some faith in:

Bourne Ultimatum
Superbad
Rescue Dawn
Sunshine
Stardust
The 10 (I still have a soft spot for The State)

It's a shame that this summer has been such a letdown. I am going to see Hairspray by myself tomorrow. I am not expecting much. Maybe that's how I should have approached the whole summer.