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Shannon Reviews: Muppets Most Wanted

I absolutely love the muppets and I was soooo excited for this movie. It has my two favorite female actresses, Tina Fey and Miss Piggy and sooo many more funny people in it and the muppets are amazing and it just looked overall like a really great fun movie. And it was a really great and fun movie. The music was amazing, I'm a big fan of Flight of The Conchords, so of corse I was very excited that Brett McKenzie did the music for this and the other recent muppet movie. I think he did a fantastic job of making it slightly whimsical and funny. I thought that all the non muppet cast members did an amazing job singing as well. Josh Groban and Jemaine Clement were the only two professional singers that I think were in the movie, but the whole cast did a great job. Ricky Gervais was really fantastic in my opinion. I'm not totally sure that they all did their own singing come to think of it... But if they did they did a great job! And I was a little sad that Jason Segal and Amy Ad

Breaking Bad: Character Breakdown SPOILERS

So I just finished watching Breaking Bad and I need to write a paper for class and do other things with my life, so I'm going to do an in depth blog on each of the characters. I have a lot of feelings here, this is probably going to be a super long blog post that only people that only television nerds will like and it will be spoiler heavy! I will spoil everything that there is to spoil most likely, so please read at your own risk. Badger and Skinny Pete - so I'm going to start this off on a lighter note and talk about Badger and Skinny Pete because... I mean what's not to love about them? They are Jesse's drug dealer buddies and they're the best dumb- lovable druggie sidekicks anyone could ask for. They're funny, loyal and they show up unexpectedly when you really need them in the show. I was so happy when Walt hired them as his "assassins" in the finale. Just too great. Gale- Gale was a character that I knew they brought in just to kill off. Wh

Stuff That Happened This Week! (3/23-3/30)

1) Mila Kunis is Pregnant!!- Mila and Ashton are one of the most adorable Hollywood couples and I'm so happy that they are together and that they're going to have a baby! Ashton seems like kind of a big kid himself so I think he'll be a great dad. That little baby is going to be GORGEOUS! I need to do an MCM and a WCW on those two! 2) American Horror Story: Freak Show- Ryan Murphy revealed that the title for the carnival-themed fourth season of AHS will be called Freak Show. That makes me feel a little bit better about it. I'm still not super excited about the concept because I think there will be scary clowns and I think they might show some things like Animal Abuse, which of course would not be in favor of that on the show, but it would be incredibly hard for me to watch. I'm just not sure how it will play out, but that won't stop me from watching every episode. 3) Nick Cannon wears White Face- I actually didn't look at the article for this one... I do

Feeling Lovely Friday: More Successful Haul + Influenster Uni Voxbox unboxing.

Sooo I was a little bummed about my haul last week... but I recently had a super satisfying and amazing shopping trip where I got a lot of really cool stuff. And it is my spring break, so I have a feeling there will be just a little more to come from this... let's start off though. Cotton On First my friend Cristina and I went to Cotton On and they had 2 for $40 hoodies and we decided to each get one and split the price. I got this nice purple and grey hoodie that says New York and it also says 91 which is my birth-year... so I was happy with that. Forever 21  Usually I don't find anything at forever 21... but this time was different. First I found these really cool sunglasses with a chain detail on the side and because it's forever 21 and its cheap I got 2 of them. I got a cream colored one and a mint one. Forgot to take a pic in these, but you will see them when it gets a little sunnier out fo' sho. <<< PIC !!! Next I saw this really pretty colo

Shannon Reviews: The Grand Budapest Hotel

Okay so this is the movie I saw first of all my Spring Break movies, but it isn't in theaters everywhere which is why I decided to post this review last. I've always liked Wes Anderson and even though I had only seen one other movie of his (the royal tenenbaums) I love looking at stills of his movies. This is slightly a film-nerd thing but there is this tumblr page that shows stills of movies and breaks down each of the colors into a color wheel, it's so cool. Anyway, they did Wes Anderson week once and I really loved looking at all the stills of that week. Wes Anderson films are always very bright and colorful, and usually there is some sort of theme with the colors and it's just cool. I admire his style and his signature of directing really. I think that no matter what the subject matter or the reviews are of a Wes Anderson film it is usually worth watching just because it's so visually stunning. That being said, this was probably one of the most visually stunni

Shannon Reviews: Need For Speed

This is a movie I probably would not have seen if my new Man crush Aaron Paul was not in it... But since I love Breaking Bad and I somehow have a huge crush on Jesse Pinkman, I wanted to see it really badly. It's not that this movie didn't look good, it's just not exactly my type of movie. I've never really had an interest in seeing The Fast and The Furious, I don't really know anything about cars, I'm not a fan of action movies without Nick Cage, and I don't even drive so I feel like I don't have the same understanding of the movie that people that drive have. That might not make sense to everyone, but it makes sense to me. I found the movie really enjoyable though. It wasn't a terrible movie, it was sort of a bad movie but not a "so bad it's good" thing. Just an extremely entertaining movie that is just a little too unbelievable to be considered a "good" movie. It kind of had a plot... Well no that's harsh it has a p

Shannon Reviews: Tyler Perry's Single Mom's Club

Sooo this was kind of the last movie that I saw on Spring Break, but I think it'll be the first movie out of theaters, so I'm going to review this first. I don't think I've ever actually seen a Tyler Perry movie before, I know he doesn't let critics screen his movies, which I respect. I don't think his movies are meant for critics to see because they aren't films critics would appreciate. This was just one of those good movies about regular people in everyday life. So I just kind of wanted to see this movie, it looked pretty funny so when my friend said "hey let's see single moms club" I was like "sure!" And I was pleasantly surprised by it! I thought it was a fun enjoyable movie, but it also had strong female leads with good story lines. The way that the friendship formed between the women was really nice in my opinion. It was just an organic and natural type of friendship but it also had meaning because they were going through the

Man Crush Monday: Aaron Paul

Sooo I think I was going to do a WCW this week, but since I have so many reviews I thought I'd start off with my biggest man crush of the moment: Aaron Paul. I feel like Aaron Paul is someone I wouldn't normally find attractive, I pretty much only know him from playing Jesse on Breaking Bad. I think he's a great character and everything, but normally drug addicts just gross me out and I can't separate their character enough from their real life. (Even though he wasn't a drug addict,I remember seeing Louis Ck's show Lucky Louie on hbo once and thinking I'd never like his comedy because the show was just sooo gross. Lol funny how that changed). Anyhoo he makes me like Jesse, who isn't really that likable of a character. I really can't imagine anyone else playing Jesse Pinkman. I don't think anyone else would really bring what Aaron Paul brought to the role. I also actually saw Need For Speed. I don't like action movies or car movies, but I

Should be back this week...

I have crappy wifi right now :( but hopefully I will still be able to post every day this week. I should have 3 movie reviews coming up... maybe a 4th by Friday if I get to see the Muppet Movie. I don't know! So yeah Spring break was fun, I didn't really want to blog then though since it was my vacation and I wasn't in full bloggy mood. Hopefully now I'll be in more of the swing of things and I'll be able to write some good stuffs now! Byeee! -Shannon

Appyness #5- Apps You should Download

Sooo I'm gonna do something a little different today. Instead of downloading an app just to play with and delete, I'm going to tell you my most loved, most trusted apps. I don't think I have a whole lot of apps, and a lot of the ones I use a lot are pretty popular ones... so I'm just going to talk about the ones maybe you need to download still. Ohhh and also these are all free apps which are pretty much all I download. 1) Stitcher- This is one of the most entertaining apps in my opinion. If you like podcasts or want to listen to podcasts, or like comedians or news... this is a great app for you. Basically it lets you listen to any podcast you want whenever you want. It's so much easier than downloading each show or subscribing, I find I don't listen to shows then. My favorite podcasts right now are How Did This Get Made where Paul Scheer, June Diane Raphael, and Jason Mantzoukas talk about crazy bad movies with a guest... usually a hilarious comedian. It&#

BATHROOM TOUR | Spring Cleaning

                                              This is my favorite beauty girl on youtube. She does videos 5 times a week and has really helpful tips and reviews. She also does a giveaway every Friday... so it is likely that I will be posting her Friday videos here, not just because I want to enter the giveaway but because I know other readers will enjoy her also! <3 byeeee! -Shannon!

It List: March 2014!

These are so my favorite posts. I love things that I'm super into at a certain time, I love looking back and comparing. I just like this. So on with the show... or blog post. 1) Breaking Bad- Ohhhh my gosh. Breaking frickin bad. I cannot tell you how obsessed I am with this show... but let me try. I started watching it a few months back and I only saw the first 2 episodes... but it was pretty much the best thing ever. I had to take a little break from it because I didn't have Netflix for a while... but now I have it and its awesome. I just started season 2 which is where shit starts to get real... I have some midterms this week... and Idk how I'm going to get them done. All I want to do is watch Breaking Bad. I really hope I get a snow day on Monday just so that I can watch Breaking Bad all day! ... wow at the beginning of the month I started watching this and writing this blog. I'm already on season 4 now! That's how good this show is! 2) @Midnight on Comedy Ce

This Blog may kind of be on spring break mode right now...

God Damn computer! I just wrote this whole thing and it deleted it and ughhhh. Soooo this blog might be on a bit of a spring break mode. I'm not feeling all that creative and I think I just need a break. Yesterday was my first day not posting in 2014... sooo my New Year's Resolution worked out okay! I'll probably post a couple reviews and maybe some feministy rants... maybe even do the stuff that happened this week... but I'm not going to force myself to post every day this week because I'm on vacation. Yesterday was my one adventurous day and I think most of the break I'll be watching my puppy who just got fixed and finishing Breaking Bad. I saw The Grand Budapest Hotel... I think I'll do a review on that this week and maybe some of my feminist stuff... I may save that though. I want to try to do some fiction writing on here too so maybe I'll work on some stories and post those. We shall see. But not today.

Stuff That Happened This Week (3/9-3/15)

1) HBO GO Crashes Because of The True Detective Finale- Wow. That's just kind of funny. I guess the show is super popular... and it probably doesn't hurt than Matthew McConnahey (I have no idea how to spell his name... I'm not looking it up, my name is hard to spell too, I can justify it. Lol) just won an Oscar. Could he be EGOTing soon? I think he wants it enough and he just may be crazy and talented enough to do so. Anyway, I guess I should start watching this show if its causing entire interwebz to break down and what not. 2) Juan Pablo is the Worst Bachelor ever and a pretty bad human being- Alright so apparently in the finale of the bachelor Juan Pablo chose one girl over the other girl... I don't know the details at all lol. He whispered something horrible in the ear of the girl he didn't pick while on a helicopter. I don't know what he said, she won't reveal it... but it was probably something awful that he was just saying "because of the imp

Feeling Lovely Friday! Beauty Haul (fragrance and lipgloss)

Sometimes I buy more things than I need... and it ends up with me being kind of broke. Anyhoo I bought some stuff and it's cool so I thought I'd share it. Sooo first I stopped at Victoria Secret... and tbh I had no idea what I wanted to buy there but I knew I wanted something. I knew I would not leave the store empty handed. I had a couple $10 off bra coupons, I wanted to smell their new fragrances. There was just a lot going on. So I was super overwhelmed and just picked up some of the new VS Fantasies. I got the Pure Seduction in Bloom line... I mean I think I bought everything in the line, they only have 4 products... and a Lovespell in Bloom spray. It was 5 for $30 and I really liked the Pure Seduction in Bloom, which surprised me because I don't really like the original Pure Seduction. I don't dislike it, I feel like if I had a friend that smelled like that I would think they smelled good but I don't personally think I would want to smell like that all the

True Test Thursday: Milani Lip Intense Liquid Color

Sooo Milani has a new lipgloss/lip laquer type thing that looked pretty cool so I'm going to try it today! Color isn't great on this hand swatch... but I'll show you on my lips too! You can see the intensity! It's called- as mentioned above- the Lip Intense Liquid color and let me tell you... they are not lying about the intensity. I picked up the color Fiery Coral because I don't really have any corals in my life. It was really hard to chose, they only have 4 colors (so far) but they are beautiful. Since Wallgreens has Milani on sale now... If I like this I may pick up some more tomorrow. It's supposed to have the shine of a gloss but the lasting power of a lipstick. It seemed like a cool thing I needed in my life so I got it! Lol. I have tried it, but only like to play around with- not for a long period of time I rubbed it off right after. So far the color payoff is amazing. I have a feeling it might be a little bit drying, but it doesn't feel awful

Favorite Viral Videos

Sooo this isn't going to be my only post today, I'm in the middle of a true test... but I thought why not do this. In honor of =3's last episode, here are some of the videos that have stuck out to me and continue to make me laugh. 1) Two Angry Camels in a tiny car 2) Wall Mart by Mr. Ghetto 3) Double Rainbow - It should be noted this is really intense 4) Vagina Bubbles from Hell 5) Idk how to describe this one... creepy japanese commercial. There are probably more and more funny ones, but those are what comes to mind rn. Other than some bad infomercial products, but maybe I'll do that some other time... lol.

Feminist-y rant/post #1 Justin Bieber vs. Miley Cyrus

Sooo since it's March and it's National Women's Month I thought I would talk about some things that have been bothering me about being a woman lately. There is soooo much that's been bothering me and just some things that have been on my mind lately. This is going to be a really real blog, all my opinions. If you agree with them, that is awesome. If you disagree with them that is absolutely fine too. I respect your opinion. Unless your opinion is that all women belong in the kitchen serving their men" type of thing. Then you can go and fuck yourself. Annnnnnyyyyywayyyyy where to begin... Justin Bieber's Antics- Soooo what has really really been bothering me have been Justin Bieber's recent antics. Particularly the way that the media treats him compared to the way that they treat Miley Cyrus. I'm not saying that I totally agree with Miley's overt oversexualization, but it is part of her art. I feel like every singer and every band sort of has the

Appyness #4- Fortune Teller Apps

Tonight, I can't decide what I want for dinner. I kind of want Qdoba, but idk if I want to go that far to get it... so I figure there are a bunch of fortune telling apps... why not ask one of those? I downloaded the first 5 I saw on the list. They were Wizard Ball... which looks pretty boring, Fortune Teller Panda which is super cute, Magic Toilet... not sure if I want that choosing my fate or not, Magic Ball which is a normal magic 8 ball but I guess they just call it Magic Ball for Legal reasons and some little blue guy called Jinx that was pretty cute. Wizard Ball  Okay so the Wizard Ball I asked "Should I go to Qdoba tonight" and it said "no way and then there was a quote... I'll screen shot it so that you can see. It isn't all that pretty. It reminds me of a weird alien type thing with a mouth that looks like a vagina with teeth. That's the best way of explaining it. Let me ask it another question for good measure. hmmm... what to ask. I'

Man Crush Monday: James Franco!

This is a big post for me and I can't believe I haven't done this sooner! Basically my biggest and most consistent celebrity crush is definitely James Franco... and I think we're soul mates and he's totally my future husband. And with a lot of really hot actors I'll say that they are super talented when I really haven't seen much of their work... but I've seen a lot of James Franco stuff and I can say he's very talented with a very wide acting range. Freaks and Geeks I wasn't the biggest fan of (I need to rewatch it) but he was good in it, he was PERFECT in This is The End, good villain/good guy in the spider man movies, he was an AMAZING villain on general hospital, awesome in Spring Breakers and it wouldn't be a Man Crush Monday without mentioning The Mindy Project. Wow I really need to look back and see how many of my MCM's have been on The Mindy Project. I bet the ones that aren't on it yet will be... but I love Mindy and Danny so m