Who would have guessed?

I hate to have to be the one to tell you this...but it looks as if Pam Anderson and current husband Rick Solomon might be getting divorced. I know, I know...I didn't see it coming either, but sometimes you give it all you have and still it doesn't work. These kids tried their best. They dated for about a month and gave marriage a shot for oh, what? about 60 days? Listen, that's twice as long as they dated, so I think it's a miracle it lasted as long as it did.

One thing I can say about ol' Pammy is that she never disappoints. For example, look at all the people disappointed in Jamie Lynn Spears. It's tough, and yet, it's her own fault for pretending to be a good ole girl with a hit show on Nickelodeon who was so much more sane than Britney it was hard to believe they were related. And yet. Oh, how the tables have turned. She set the standards too high and couldn't quite live up to it. On the other hand, we have Pam. First off, Pam's been married like 7 times. And about half of those are to Tommy Lee, because face it, those two are meant to be together. Second, she doesn't have the best taste in men. She likes the skuzzers. She finds them appealing for some odd reason. But what I will say is that I never for one second expected her marriage to last, and at least I'm not disappointed in her!

OK, look, I tried to put a positive spin on it, I really did. I wasn't too keen on the idea of her getting married in the first place and now this is just the icing on the cake. I told you so, Pam! Oh, and for the gamblers out there, my money's on Tommy Lee for the next go-round!

Aristocrats and Royalty!

...Wait...Uh...is it?...OVER?? Are you kidding me with that finale? What even happened?? Lame.

Here's the breakdown: Whitney was invited to Paris and Lauren pouted about not getting invited even though she pretended to understand why she wasn't asked. Some dude named Kimball (who looked super thrilled to be there) came down from NYC to take Whitney to a grand ball full of aristocrats and royalty. Oh...OK. That sounds legit. How about you just come right out and say that the "aristocrats" are the Hilton sisters and the "royalty" is Sir Mix-a-lot. Don't try and dress it up, Teen Vogue.

Heidi and Spencer are still recovering from their fight. All of their fights are the same. Why don't they ever resolve anything? They argue about their wedding, Spencer leaves and gives Heidi "space" and then comes back and calls Heidi some ridiculous nickname like "stranger" and gives her flowers and thinks that that solves something. You have to actually talk things out, you idiots. So, anyway, Heidi bares her soul to Work Friend and even I'm confused when she says she "gave up everything" to be with Spencer. You gave up Lauren. Was she everything? You still have your job, your clothes and you even gained a new nose and some boobs! Talk about a sacrifice. Gah!

ShePratt meets up with an obviously lonely and alone Spencer at a coffee shop and tells him that he should email Heidi. Genius. Has this girl ever been in a relationship? Why not just IM her? Let's just take the easiest route we can to apologizing. I think a text message should suffice. Surprisingly, Spencer heads on down to Bolthouse in person and finally the receptionist recognizes him! But, Heidi sends Work Friend to tell him she left for the day! Whoa! That is ice cold! Because of course, Heidi is still at work, spinning away in her huge chair.

Here comes the shock of the season! Are you ready? Oh, it's almost too much... Lauren gets to...go to...PARIS! I know! You had never guessed, right?! Such a huge surprise! The sad part about all of this is that MTV thinks that we give a crap that Lauren gets to go to Paris. This could have been just another episode where she gets invited and they film them at the airport leaving and then cue some "French" music and a random plane arriving back to LAX where they get off the plane wearing berets and eating croissants. How is my idea any worse than what actually happened? Oh, because she "made a decision" about Brody? Whatever! She's just putting that off until after Paris. It's not as if Paris is some magical land where all your problems are solved and you come back with all the answers. Brody's still going to be there, with his phone full of girls numbers, giving Lauren mixed signals and wearing under eye concealer. Plus, Lauren can't be going for very long because she didn't pack all that much (except for the 20 pairs of shoes). My guess is she is going for all of a week.

Finally, and this is maybe bigger than the news of Lauren going to Paris (not possible, right?) - Speidi are giving each other some space. Heidi's headed back to Colorado to whine about how Spencer is an idiot. And Spencer will go back to his parents' house to try and finish a book for a change. One of the inexplicable things about their relationship is how they say they are so in love, but neither one of them seemed to care if they separated for a while. Spencer, for one, looks as if he's about to take a nap and Heidi looks as if she can't remember whether or not she packed her socks yet. If we are to believe that reality continues after the cameras stop rolling, then we can still see that Speidi are still together. How long ago was that Taco Bell stuff? That had to have been after the show stopped filming right? I can't believe that MTV would miss an opportunity like that. But, for now, it seems that the Speidi Wedding is on the back burner.

I haven't watched the After Show yet, but I did read that the BIG announcement was that the season isn't quite over yet. Apparently my dream of getting to watch the girls eat croissants and wear berets will be fulfilled! Now I feel better since this episode wasn't technically the finale. They had better make it up to us with the Paris episodes!

I'm better than Slash

Some video games are cool, while some go beyond cool, reaching a level that makes me want to blog about them. This is one of those games. Guitar Hero III for the Wii. I know Guitar Hero has been out for a long time, but it's only recently become available on the Wii (our gaming system of choice), so naturally Eric had to hunt for it like a mad man until he finally found one (actually 2, he bought an additional one to sell online) at a Circuit City in Brighton, MI (30 mins from Ann Arbor). A Christmas miracle, indeed! We weren't about to wait for Christmas to open this bad boy, oh no. We played for several hours over the weekend and actually completed a solo career in the "Easy" mode. Eric has already moved up to the "Medium" level, and while I attempted to play a song on Medium, I found that my little pinky just can't handle it right now. It's going to take some practice. But I was able to defeat the one and only Slash in a battle of guitar greatness, so I'm making some progress. We will be bringing the Wii and this game down with us to Fayetteville, so I hope you all can come over to the parents house and give it a try!

Holiday Parties Galore

Last night was our office Christmas dinner. And as expected, it was... uncomfortable. I like everyone here at work well enough, but trying to talk about non-work related things can be tough. The fact that I'm not that big of a fan of people in general and I hate hugs only makes events like these worse. With that said, I had a pretty good time. The food was great, the drinks were free and I ended up with the best ornament in the ornament exchange. Yessssss!

With our penchant for making rules, I thought we could come up with a set of Office Party rules, just for fun. I have to go to another dinner tonight for the husband, so any tips would be welcome. I'll start...

1. Never make a toast. Ever. No matter how much wine you've had.

Upgrade!

I really enjoyed this episode. I know that not all that much happened in it, I mean the stare-face time alone was probably close to 5 whole minutes, but it seemed more "real" than some of the previous episodes.

For example, even Spiedi's fight seemed legit. ShePratt actually did the right thing, in my opinion. Doesn't Heidi realize that if ShePratt is delusional enough to think they are best friends, then she's probably crazy enough to not listen to any of what Heidi actually says...well, at least the part when she told ShePratt not to tell Spencer that she wanted to postpone the wedding. Really? Did Heidi actually think she wouldn't tell him? But, like I said, I think that Spencer had a right to know that info, and although the timing could have been better (aka, NOT when he's buying Save the Date cards), it's good that he found out. What ISN'T good is that Spencer can't seem to talk/argue about anything with Heidi without storming off. That's not a super great quality in a future husband. Next week we're supposed to believe that they might not get back together. Maybe I could, if it weren't for constant pictures of Speidi at every Taco Bell in a major metropolitan area. The jig is up, MTV. If you really want to keep us guessing, you're going to have to sequester the cast of the Hills until their season is over...just like Survivor. Hey, wait a minute...the cast of the Hills on Survivor! I think I just hit the jackpot! Somebody get me the head of CBS' programming!

The main reason that this episode was great was that Lauren was hilarious. For one, she totally called out JBob for being a terrible boyfriend. Thankfully Audrina finally gets it now, and even had a laugh when Lauren said that the fact that Audrina's new crush bathed made him superior to JBob. Harsh, but so true. And the mating game still persists between Lauren and Brody. It could be my favorite moment of the entire season when Lauren started going through Brody's phone and reading off the names of the girls in there. Some favorites include: Britney Platinum Blonde, Amy Wanna Bang, and Canada Whore. I can see why Lauren doesn't want to put up with that. But they are ridiculously cute together and that's gotta count for something, right?! It looks like Lauren wants to wait for Brody to suggest they start dating. And clearly, he's too much of a player for that.

In other news, Audrina's new Aussie boyfriend seems great; Lo was fabulous as usual and Brody and Frankie as Batman and Robin was perfect.

Next week is the season finale! What could possibly happen between Spencer and Heidi!? Do Lauren and Brody finally start dating?! Does Brody wear under-eye concealer??? All your questions will be answered! See you then!