Amazing Race Is Back(9-29-13)

Does anyone watch the show Amazing Race? Well it was back on last night and this show is one of my favorites and I could not believe how many people and co-workers told me that they do not watch the show. I really like the way these paired up teams have to race around the world and find these clues left by the show in various spot in these country and do these sometimes crazy task to get the next clue so that they can end up at their final destination for that day and the last team to check in that final destination maybe eliminated. What they mean by may be eliminated is that on some of these journeys there will be races in which there will be not elimination and the teams will not know that until they come across that mat at the end of that race where the host will let them know rather they have been eliminated or are safe. What they do if they are safe is they take all their money and they have to raise money on their own to continue the next race or they may have to do a road block, it is real interesting. It is also great to see how these people fight hard to get through these tasks, some of these people really do some amazing things, I have seen a lady beg a airport manager to convince a plane to turn around before taking off so that they could get on it and they did. People are capable of doing anything if they put their minds to it. I also like to see how some scramble to get from one task to another, especially with the language barrier that they have when they go through these foreign countries. There was one team in which one of the person talked real bad about the people country while in a cab and the taxi driver understood English and she did no know that, her partner was trying to shut her up and she said he don't know what I am saying, wrong answer. This cab driver took his time taking them to their next task and when she began hollering at the man he made them get out, it was funny. Some people are so use to how in the United States they can treat people with so much disrespect and it is allowed they forget that they can not go to other countries and do this and expect not to be treated badly back. The Amazing Race is a great learning show I think and I always encourage my daughter to watch it and I teach her on things that we she happen on the show that happens in these countries and explain to her why it happen. I can not believe that there are still people who have not watch this show. If I was brave enough I would get off this couch and team up with my husband to race around the world, but I fear that we may not do well as one of us may end up throwing the other in one of those ocean somewhere.

Amish Mafia(9-24& 9-25)

Amish Mafia was as great as usual and I am telling you that this is one explosive show. They had a discussion on the 24th in which they were asked again about if the show was fake and the cast members spoke their peace. They were also asked where Caleb was and no one knew or either they were not speaking on it. I know they are making as if he is dead but personally I think they just hurt him a little and threaten him to stay away, I looking for him to show up in the future. Now Levi is looking real scared to me when he was asked about Alan getting out and the Kentucky Amish men brought in by Merlin. Levi tried to act tough but you see he seems to be getting his own crew together, I do not know why some of these guys stick by Levi side like they do but I guess it is because he pays them, unlike Merlin. Now as for Merlin and Wayne, this is some confusing situations because Merlin said the reason Wayne is mad at him because he was accusing Merlin of trying to hit on his girlfriend and according to Merlin it was Wayne trying to hit on his girlfriend. Anyway Merlin and Wayne has this rift between them and Wayne now has Merlin business so we will see what happens here. They talked to Alan via phone for jail and he said he had about three weeks left and he will be out with revenge towards Levi whom he feels has put him there and Levi as usual keeps denying the entire thing, but the cameras shows Levi and Ester talking to police, how juicy. Alan is not at all a stupid man and he has lot of connections, that is why he was able to get the bishop involved with Levi's other businesses that were off the books. Alan knows who does what and when they did it and he knows how to get back at someone. I am still looking at Jolin to take over Levi's business because Jolin can do a more effective job and he knows how to handle people in a way that Levi does not. Jolin has that charm and he does a lot for the people in the community and because of this I think the people would respect Jolin a lot more than Levi. All these things that are coming toward Levi's way will be keeping Levi busy anyway and he I think will have to go into hiding until he can get himself back on track. I think Ester is a very strong woman and if she thinks about it she should join forces with Jolin, I still think her and Jolin will make a great powerhouse. I am really waiting to see what these Kentucky Amish men will do for Merlin, it will be interesting. I am sitting on the edge of my seat waiting for next season, bring it on.

Breaking Amish LA(9-29-13)

Yes I watched both hour shows of the Breaking Amish LA and I was not disappointed. Although I still will say this show is not as great as the first Breaking Amish it had a great ending. The last show ended up with us knowing a little more about all the cast members and I now know that Mat is not that perfect guy her pretended to be, he actually wrote bad checks and was given a summons to pay these bad checks off in two days or go to jail, wow. Mat has always had a habit of judging others and what they did and because he did not have any money to buy fabric he decides that he would just write checks anyway, maybe this is why his family really cut him out of their lives because there always seemed to be more to that story than we were being told. Now as for Lizzie I was glad to see her boyfriend come back to their farm and fight for his family, he was not giving up and he had that right as the baby was his also, and props to Lizzie for realizing she should give her family a chance, not many girls have a guy that actually want to take on a wife and baby in such a little time. Now as for Darwin I was glad to see that he actually really sat down and apologize and I was glad to see Iva boyfriend accept his apology. I was glad to see at Lizzies shower at their home that everyone sat down under one roof without judging and to see everyone actually being introduce to Hoji was great because they were all so accepting and understood why Lizzie was so private about her situation and how great was it for Hoji to get down on his knees and to propose to Lizzie in front of all her friends. Now as for Samuel, this is one great brother as I said before and although he was upset about some things, he did what a real man did he apologize for his actions and he actually admitted to his sin with Betsy. If Sam was not Amish I would not mind having him as a boyfriend, what the heck it does not matter if he is Amish or not he is a great man, I just wish he choose to stay English for some of us English girls had a chance at him. I was also disappointed to see that Darwin choose to stay Amish as well, I think he is a great guy and although he did not find what he wanted in the English world, I think he like most of the cast did not give the real English world a chance. I myself would like to see some of them other than Mat try and work in the English world, they maybe surprise what it offers them. I really think Iva can cook and I really would like to see her cooking professionally and she said she wants this to still happen but I don't see how since she will be focused on becoming a wife. Andrew is like I said Andrew is confused and lost and in a place he don't want to be, I hope he gets help because I can see the good side of Andrew that I am sure he got from his mother and believe it or not I hope Andrew does get his girlfriend Chapel back and I would like to see them on a future episode. Now as for my least favorite, crazy Betsy as I call her. This woman I am still confused on because I am still not sure if she had a husband although they claimed she did and follow her to a house where she announced to her husband she cheated and he kicked her out and now she is back with her family. Betsy husband really did not seemed if he cared at all and although she mentioned that she was married so young, which I know a lot of the Amish girls do, she seems real cold to me as if something is missing in her life. Also something that confused me about Betsy is that she did not have any children, I wonder how long was she married because I know the Amish women after they get married want to have kids right away. What was the most confusing part for me about Betsy is on the second half of the show which was the reunion and when the host asked about everyone and if they were shun or not and Betsy said she was not shunned. How can Betsy not be shun when she as a married woman slept with another man other than her husband, why is she not being shun? Is this because Betsy did not confess her sin to the Bishop. If Betsy did not confess her sin to the Bishop then she is not being honest to the Amish community. For me Betsy does not fit in the Amish community, she does things that goes against the Amish belief. She practices witchcraft, she does not confess her sins and she does not show forgiveness as she has been taught and she holds a lot of anger in her heart. For me Betsy is down right creepy and I think they should use her as a prop for Elvira this Halloween coming up, Betsy the mistress of the night, that would definitely fit her persona. I think Betsy I one of those people that belongs more in the English world but she could not make it in the English world because she has no real talent and I do not see her trying to do anything in the Amish community that makes her stand out, she is staying with her parents and working on the farm, she acts as if this is all she wants to do the rest of her life. During the reunion show we learned more about Matthew himself and we learned that the tape that had him in a gay bar was not lost he just did not want it showed and he says he did nothing wrong but this young man seems to be fighting with a lot of demons and I think he needs to stop being a tight a** and live his life. Become a designer Mat and kiss your girlfriend, believe you me God will not punish you for kissing her and I know what you are thinking, if I kiss her it is likely to lead to other things, like sex. That may be Mat but if that is what it leads to just let it go there. If you feel though the feeling is to strong, then marry your girlfriend and have sex, you may just like it, nothing to be scared of. I am actually looking forward to another season of Breaking Amish LA and it would be great to see Lizzie and Hoji get married, Mat have a great designing business, Andrew get out of jail, Sam and Darwin find some great girlfriend. Now as for Betsy I do not know what to wish for her because she said she would like to make a million dollars and I do not know how she plans on doing this other than do a lay out in playboy, but she is so skinny, this girl has big dreams and she seems lost in space some where, I will pray for her. Great ending to a confusing season guys.

Black InK Crew(9-23-13) A New Season (@VH1's#BlackInk)

Anyone know about the black ink crew show? If you do not let me fill you in on it, this was a show that started last year and I have to say I knew nothing of it I happen to be channel surfing on day and found it. The show is about a tattoo parlor that is owned by a black man and has black tattoo artist, that is what makes this show so different because for some reason most people do not think that black people get tattoos when in reality there are a lot of blacks with tattoos but you never really saw any black tattoo artist in your neighborhood or in tattoo parlors themselves. For me it was great to see black tattoo artist and to see that they are really great at giving tattoos, the most famous tattoo artist in this particular parlor is named oh shi*, yes they have a tattoo artist with that name and he is great at what he does but he stays in a lot of trouble and this is mainly because he loves women and he loves getting them pregnant. This parlor is full of young tattoo artist and is full of drama because these young artist are living their lives in very different ways and it is off the chain. This show focuses on all the artist in the shop which I think is great because it does not just put focus on the artist, whom name is Caesar, although Caesar has his very own drama as he has a crazy baby mama whom is his ex and one of the new female artist(Dutchess) he has in the shop he is now dating, which of course you know is a bad idea. Now with all these young artist and the owner dating an employee is just so much drama with a lot of serious disagreements. From last season and after meeting some of the crew, I would have to say my favorite is Oh Shi*, not because of his own personal mama drama and court cases but because the man can does some great tattooing, just look at his work. Now for me my least favorite was Alex, she is not in the parlor this season but she is still on the show. Alex if anyone did not see the last season was a real mess. She is a pretty young girl but she seems to be seriously missing something. She drinks a lot for such a young lady and she is what I would call a little on the dare I say fast side. The girl does not mind giving her body to anyone, no respect for what God has given her at all and this is sad to me. I watch Alex get drunk and tried to through herself at her boss Caesar and Dutchess found out, needless to say it was a big old mess and this is why Alex is no longer working at Black Ink. What really confused me is Alex wanted to blame Oh Shi* by saying he spiked  he drink and then she brought up something that happen in the past apparently with Oh shi* saying he sleep with her but she say it was not true. This situation turns out to be a he said she said and she wants Oh Shi* to tell everyone that it is a lie which he will not do and now Alex does not what to be friends with him until he admits he made up the attire thing. Now their are some other interesting characters on the show like Puma and Sassy, both whom are real close friends. Puma has his own drama to bring too the table with his baby mama and moving in with her while Sassy really does not bring any drama but she does admit that she is gay, nothing new for these times. There are two more cast members Walt and Ted, now for some reason Ted seems to think he is this women magnet and according to the guys he apparently is but if you saw him you would not understand either. Now as for Walt, he was once Caesar manager until he acted like a fool and close the shop down in the middle of the day to do him, yeah this shop is not his life long goals so he is on a mission to do other things. Overall the show is great it brings forth the kind of drama you expect from a show full of very young people who are exploring their youth hood and trying to figure out where the fit in life. This is what I mean about there is place and time for drama and this show had just that, it is a place of employment and as we know not everyone on the job get along and this show has that reality with it. This shows also show what happens when you mix workplace business with pleasure and that is why relationships on the job do not work. I think young people can learn from this young crews mistake. They can understand what it takes to run and business and what not to do when it comes to working with your friends. Well I will be watching this drama filled action packed reality show, because it does bring on the entertainment although the entertainment can be rather serious at times.

Basketball Wives (9-23-13)

Is it just me or is anyone else getting tired of the Basketball wives Miami? This three musketeers plus one is really starting to get on my nerves. The show for me is starting to be full of some real fake drama. It seems as if Shaunie, Evelyn, Tammy and the plus one Suzie are all making up this so call argument episodes to get people to watch. One minute Tammy as actually screaming at hating on Shaunie and headed across the table at Evelyn and the next minute they are all calling each other on the phone to apologize and planning trips together. The show seems to be bringing in new cast members just to have someone to pick on and if you ask me it is right down sad. I think it is sad that they have to make up scenes to get people to watch. What happen to the women being themselves? They all started off with their real life stories and how their lives was affected by their significant other and them separating and they had drama but most of the drama was like most drama usually is and that was because there were lot of women all hating on each other, but what made it so great was they were honest about what was going on and it was not made up. These women had to deal with these everyday situation that were really going on in their lives and it was so real. When you are married to someone famous or someone in the public eye it is no doubt that you will have drama that comes along with it. That is what to me really made the show that each of the women were married to or in long relationships to basketball players and so much drama came along with the stories behind their relationships. Now the show is not focus on this anymore, the show is more focused on how many other women the girls can get angry and make enemy of. These women now all are on their on agenda of how much money they can make for themselves, not that I saying anything is wrong with this but there is a way to do this without using other people to step on top of to get there. What happen to the natural drama and the real friends. I have to say I still do not like Tammy and she really turns me off from the show, they may think that Tammy popping off on people makes the show what it is adds to the show itself but I think Tammy popping off only makes black women look stupid as a whole. Tammy seems like this uneducated, loud mouth black women and that is too me what most society want to think of black women as and she adds to this persona. I like to see a strong black women on television, not loud mouth, ghetto talking, popping off up in people face black women who lack the class but show her a** making all black women look bad. Why do the show producers think this is something we always want to see on television, although in certain situations it is called for but not all the time and not with a bunch of middle aged older women with grown children themselves. Set examples for your children not statics that they will add to.

Sister Wives (Season Finale)

I know a lot of people do not care for the show sister wives but I personally like the show and watch the season finale when Cody and the wives sit down with Tamron Hall to talk about what they went through the past season and how they handle certain situations and what were their actual thoughts when they went through certain situations. I have to say that none of the questions was overwhelming and I really like Tamron Hall being the host for this discussion because although she is basically and news caster, she handle the situation very professionally. I have to say one of my favorite questions that was asked was the one about are the sister wives really friends with each other and the reason this was being asked was because of a panel the group was on during a previous show. The sisters were all in agreement that they were friends but some of them may be closer to one of the sister wives then they are to another. I know this to be true because I have seen the way Meri and Robin get along and it is great, they really have each other backs and they have fun and laughs with each other which I think is great. Now Janelle has mention that her and Christina are closer to one another because they just click and understand each other, for me this is one of Janelle way of saying she does not care for the younger prettier Robin and Meri encouraging Robin to join their sister hood, I personally thinks is why Janelle is at odds with Meri. I think Christina and Janelle thought there was enough sister with the three and when Robin came into the family it cause it bit more of a divide. I like Robin and I think Meri bringing Robin into the family was a great addition. I know the other women have twenty some years into this sisterhood and to bring someone new in is almost like trying to replace the old is why Christina and Janelle feels that bit of threat but I think the addition was a good choice and they should give Robin a chance. Now Janelle has also mention that she has gotten use to way of living apart from the other women and having her own house. I have to say I totally agree with this. If I was in a plural marriage the only way I could see me making it is actually having my all house separate from the other women. I do not agree with a bunch of women living in the same house much less sharing that same man under that one roof. With the women living in separate houses this makes it seems as though they are actually in a monogamous marriage, although they know they are not. You can handle your children the way you want under your roof with only your rules. Now I have to agree with some of the women like Meri when she says that I do not know if living next to each other is good because the other women can see how Cody handle things with the other women by looking out the window. It was brought up by Christina that yes she tends to notice things like Cody taking out Robin's trash and he does not do that for her. I thought this part was hilarious because you still se that bit of jealousy there, especially when it comes to Robin. For some reason I see both Christina and Robin picking out their windows to see how much Cody actually does for Robin. After the grown ups had their talks with Tamron then it was the teenagers turn and I much say that all of the women have raised very well rounded children, they are so polite and very honest and this is what makes me really like this family. I have to say I am one of those who have a bit of a crush on Logan, we have gotten to see him grow into such a great man and I have always admire the way he shows so much love towards his siblings. All of the teenagers spoke their minds, some more then others but they all spoke. Now Tamron took a poll to see how many of the teenagers plan on living a plural life style and to my surprise most of the children have not plans to live this live style, some were undecided but wanted to see what happens once they meet their life mates. The only person that was sure she wanted to live this life style was Meri daughter Mariah and I was not surprise by this one because she is just like her mother Meri and she loves being in this large family and she loves what she sees this life style offers in terms of the closeness of sisterhood and strong family bond. I am really understanding this family more and more and I loving them more and more. I find myself hating to watch it go off for the season but I know it will return for another season because people are still showing curiosity for the family and the life style it self. As for people like me who already watches the show and have began to understand it I find myself wanting to watch the teenagers grow up and wanting to see their future to see the choices they actually make, I think that would be great.

Amish Mafia(9-18-13)

Okay my favorite show has just gotten better, Amish Mafia is of the chain and boy am I loving it. This so has so much drama and action and I hanging on to every single scene. I like the way that Levi was scared in to remission by the bishop. Did you see how the bishop had all of Levi's item auction off and how he made Levi take care of Caleb's wrong doing with his daughter. You could she the fear that Levi had in his eyes when he had to go to a face to face communication section with the Bishop. Now I really know that the bishop has so true power. Levi is not sure how is life is going to end up because it is all in the bishop's hands now. I have to say I am glad that Alan went to the bishop because it brought Levi down a peg. Now as for Merlin, he is as goofy as ever but I really like the Kentucky Amish guys he have recruited but I have to say these guys scare me and I do not fault Alan for keeping his distance from these guys but they are charged up to take on Levi and his gang, oh this is getting so good. I really felt bad that Alan has to do jail time but we know that if you commit a crime you have to eventually pay for it and Alan should have known this was coming. As for Alan blaming all of his problems on Levi, I will have to say I disagree with this. I do not think Alan is in all the trouble he is in because of Levi, a lot of the trouble Alan was in he brought on himself, when you live that life style this is what happens sometimes. I think Alan should do his time and come back to the show so that we can continue to enjoy his part of the drama that we add to show. Now as for Ester she is doing as she always do she is stepping up and taking over, exactly as I expected her to do. Ester told Levi if he can not handle the situation he is in then she will take control, women have more power then the men think and like Ester said the power of the women is under estimated by a lot of men. Ester is getting on her quilting social with the women and from this the word is being passed on what they need to do in the community, if you ask me it was not Levi that set up Alan but the Amish community as a whole with the power of Ester passing on the negative name of Alan and how he was making the community look bad. Now I can not wait too see how everything pans out, with Merlin business being taken over, Levi on the edge and the other guys not knowing what to do with Levi situation being on shaky ground. I like that Wayne has taken over Merlin business because Wayne worked hard and Merlin did him wrong, besides he wrongs his community better then Merlin ever ran anything. Merlin always runs out on his obligations so to me he is like a little mouse running around in circles looking for some cheese. I do not like big Steve and I don't like how Levi ran out to get big Steve to do some nasty work for him, although I know that Levi always get someone to do his dirty work, it is something about big Steve I do not like or trust, he is really creepy. Well I am ramped up for the fight between Levi's crew and Merlin's crew because I see it coming. I just want more and more of this show. Now you know why this show is one of my favorites.