Post #3

http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx?id=20080930abc01
For this post, I read an article online about the ratings of all the shows that premiered last week on TV. I learned that ABC had the most viewers during the opening week of shows and it aired 3 of the top 4 shows for the premiere week. I found it interesting that over the course of its 3 night premiere, “Dancing With The Stars” was the most watched show during that time. Another interesting fact about “Dancing With The Stars” is that on the results show last Wednesday, that show was the most viewed during the 8:00-9:00 hour since last November. Although that is not surprising, since performing on the results show that night were popular bands/singers such as Jesse McCartney, and my personal favorite, the Jonas Brothers!! “Ugly Betty”, “Desperate Housewives” and “Grey’s Anatomy” had its biggest amount of viewers in almost a year. What I find even more amazing about the number of people that watched this, is that most people record shows on DVR or TiVo and just watch it on their time. But all these records were from live TV, which to me seems pretty incredible since more and more people are using devices such as DVR.

Post #2

http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b29249_jonas_brothers_no_mandates_against_fan.html
For this post, I read an article online about the Jonas Brothers. In this article, it talks about how in a recent post to their MySpace blog, they answered a couple questions fans asked them. When asked if they would ever date a fan, they said “The answer is YES,” and they also said “We have already dated fans or girls that are not celebrities. In fact, we really like to believe that the girl we will spend our lives with will be our biggest ‘fan.’” The article goes talks about how this will most likely fuel their fans obsessions even more, which I can believe, because I am a huge fan and also kind of obsessed. Another part of this blog post was quoted and it says, “It is our rule to not talk about our personal lives, especially who we are dating," they wrote. "The same would be true if we were dating you.” I support their decision for doing this, because I know from past articles I’ve read, girls have sent death threats and other horrible threats to girls that one of the Jonas Brothers are supposedly dating. Even though it is pretty obvious who they are currently dating, I think it is good that they aren’t sharing it, both for their own sake, and for the sake of the girl they are dating. Also, one interesting thing I noticed in the article is that it used the word "deign" which was a recent vocabulary word.

New Moon by Stephanie Meyer pages 1-29

"But this was no dream, and, unlike the nightmare, I wasn't running for my life; I was racing to save something infinitely more precious. My own life meant little to me today." (p. 1)

At the start of New Moon, which is the second of the Twilight series, it is Bella's birthday. Prior to this, Bella and Edward are the same age, 17. But Edward is a vampire, so he never gets any older, he will always be 17. Now that Bella turns 18, it depresses her that she is now officially older than Edward. Edward and his sister, Alice, are excited and try to wish Bella 'happy birthday' but Bella is so depressed its her birthday, she doesn't really want anyone to know it's her birthday. Also, she doesn't want any gifts from anyone. Edward, Alice and the rest of their vampire family want to throw a party for Bella and even though she refuses, Edward forces her to come. Everyone keeps trying to get Bella excited about her birthday and give her nice presents, but she still refuses to be happy, all because she is now older than Edward.