1. Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Queen
2. Dedicated Follower of Fashion - The Kinks
3. Headlights - Sean Lennon
4. Microphone - Coconut Records
5. Sherry Darling - Bruce Springsteen
6. Goodnight Goodnight - Hot Hot Heat
7. Just - Mark Ronson ft. Alex Greenwald
8. Bones - The Killers
9. This Winter I Retire - Said The Whale
10. Getting Better - The Beatles

It's Tuesday which means yesterday was Monday which means Gossip Girl was on which means we were glued to our television sets at precisely 8:00pm EST. I have to say, I wasn't always a fan of this show but at a certain point in time I got sucked in by the good fashion and bad storylines - now I'm hooked! Without going into the nitty gritty and intricacies of this show, we can safely say that we're pretty upset about the fact that cosmos of the Gossip Girl universe seem to be keeping Chuck and Blaire apart when they are clearly meant for each other! Though we're still recovering from the shock of seeing Miss Blaire in the arms of none other than ex-love Nathaniel, we're kind of psyced about the prospect of Chuckles conjuring up an Upper East Side ass whooping with Nate's name on it. Hey, the more story lines that don't involve Serena the better. Though we love the characters of Gossip Girl, we also love the actors and enjoy viewing candid pictures of them from time to time. Well we did enjoy it until Valeria found these horrendous shots of Ed Westwick and Jessica Szohr (aka Chuck and Vanessa) on the beach somewhere. Unfortunately what we learned from these pictures is that the clothes make the man - and for him, the more clothes the better. Not that I don't like to see a man with his shirt off but considering the only men I've seen nearly naked have been Olympic swimmers, Ed Westick was not measuring up. I'm sure the fact that he looked like an extra from the Twilight movie didn't help the situation but neither did the patch of fur that found a home on his chest. I think I'll stick to Gossip Girl for my dose of Ed Westwick from now on, thanks.

So ever since we (and most of the US population) became obsessed with Slumdog Millionaire started it seems that Bollywood and Bollywood references have been everywhere . A friend of mine who is very familiar with various Bollywood films suggested I check out a movie called Kismat Konnection as an initiation into the genre (for lack of a better word.) Even though the movie was about 3 hours long (which I was not expecting) and split into 16 somehwat blurry parts on youtube, I absolutely loved it and I found a new lovah in the process - Mr. Shahid Kapoor. I have to admit, he's so delicious that he might just be nudging Dev Patel over and taking his spot as my Vinda-Love. Not that I'm into this kind of thing or anything but this dude has some moves on him. I Youtubed some of his live performances and once I got over the terrible late 90s aesthetic, I was into it. Now even though I am currently in love with Mr. Kapoor and fully enjoyed the film I was a little confused by one particular portion of the movie. I was familiar with the Bollywood stereotype - random dance breaks that are completely unrelated to the plotline etc- but I didn't think it would actually happen in the movie I was watching. I mean most of the songs served as some sort of plot device and helped movie the story along but this one song... just didn't make sense. In the middle of this movie it literally cut from a normal scene to something that seemed to be something similar to a Ricky Martin music video - which had little to nothing to do with the story. Though I was a little confused at first, Shahid Kapoor is so hot I really didn't care. Check out the random dance break aka Aai Papi from the movie Kismat Konnection here:

In light on a certain incident no ONTD_O, I got to thinking about the different fandoms in the swimming world. Although there definitely no war going on, sometimes I feel a bit of resentment between the Phelps Phans and the Reezy fans. It's never blatanly stated but it underlies certain exchanges. For instance, no love for the Reezy posts on ONTD_O? Or anger caused by enthusiastic Reezy fans talking about the backstroke death match (that may or may not occur in the near future) between our boys. Generally we get along pretty well but I can't help but think if we had to choose sides it could get ugly - like a Sharks vs. Jets kind of situation (minus the amazing score and ballet dancing.) I mean UltraSwim is coming up pretty soon with trials soon to follow and to be quite honest, if Mikey were to go head to head with Ryan I'd have to root for my boy Reezy. The truth is, most of dabble in both - a little Phelps one day, a little Lochte the next - but we always lean toward one and with all these competitions coming up our loyalty is going to be tested. And don't try that "impartial" thing with me because when ballet dancing gangs are involved, you better choose one side for your own protection! I've already declared that in this West Side Story analogy, Reezy would be Bernardo because he's got that Latin flavor and is just plain cool. Plus he's kind of the new kid on the block in terms of popularity (outside of the swim world) - kind of like Bernardo and his crew being new in the neighborhood. Also it means that I can wear he cool colors like red and purple as opposed to ugly mustard tones that the Jets wore.

Last topic on the list is the must loved show Jon and Kate Plus 8. Now I have to admit I haven't seen an awful lot of this show so I don't really know what's going on but maybe I would watch more if the few episodes I did see didn't involve Kate insulting Jon 50% of the time! She is so mean to him it hurts my soul. I heard some rumors that he was messing around behind her back (rumors which I hope aren't true) and I am never one to say that is a woman's fault if her husband strays but she is making it tough to stay in that house! I also heard through the grapevine that Jon didn't want to get married or have kids when she did but she worked her womanly magic and made it happen. Sure you can't force someone to do what you want but women have ways. I know I'm being biased but I just feel bad for the guy - he seems like a good dad and she takes what little manhood he has left by barraging him with insults. Kate just needs to loosen up cause she has some cute kids and a cute husband! And someone get that woman a babysitter!