January 2011
18 posts
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A Funfetti Favorite
Since we missed Throwback Thursday (and posted 2 new blogs yesterday), I thought I would reshare one of my favorite entries written by Red Velvet.
It’s a little serious for a Friday, but I think she did such a wonderful job with it.
Here’s a snippet:
I come from a devout Catholic family, attended Catholic schools and have gone to church almost every Sunday of my life. And during...
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Funfetti's Life Unexpected's Season Finale Review
From Liz Tigelaar’s LIFE UNEXPECTED page.
I started watching Life Unexpected on the weekend of my last birthday. I was feeling pretty homesick, and had DVRed a few weeks of the show. Mr. FF was nice enough to sit and watch with me – I was the birthday girl – and this is how my love of the show was born. Here I am a year later. Less homesick. A lot closer to being married, and about to...
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TV Show Time Machine: Felicity
By: Red Velvet
I don’t think I realized how much of a WB fan girl I was until we got started on this TV throwback series. Every show I considered writing about was on the WB - Dawson’s Creek, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Roswell, Gilmore Girls, Everwood, Veronica Mars and Felicity. I decided to go with Felicity because, unlike all the other shows I mentioned, it wasn’t exactly love at first...
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Second Best
By: Funfetti
Mr. FF and I went to dinner this past weekend with one of his old friends from high school. I wouldn’t say the two are close. Skinny is a little distant and flaky (he forgot to come to our engagement party). So when he’s free, you sort of just have to take advantage and make sure you show. So we did. And he had some pretty interesting new life developments to share. Like how he was...
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La La Tuesday
Good morning! Or should we say, is it 5pm yet? Hope you all had a great weekend, and your week is flying by!
Just wanted to link up a few of our latest blogs. We’re pretty excited about them. And mention how it’s Tumblr Tuesday. If you like us, please take a few seconds and recommend us as your favorite blog. Thank you thank you thank you.
Now it’s time to read:
Red...
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Waiting Anticipating
By: Red Velvet
I had a bit of a meltdown last week. Even though the new year just started, I was hit with this fear that nothing would be different. It didn’t come completely out of nowhere. But it seemed like everyone I was talking to lately was going through some sort of change - marriage, getting a new job, going back to school, having kids or traveling. And what was changing for...
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TV Show Time Machine: Boy Meets World
Check out Red Velvet’s previous entry on My So-Called Life. Part of our January series.
By: Funfetti
I don’t know about you, but TV has always been one of my nearest and dearest friends. My parents made the mistake of handing one down to me when I was about five or six years old. (Luckily for them, I was also a bookworm.) I remember sneakily watching TV late into the night. I knew just the...
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Throwback Thursday: Funfetti Bakes & Burns
Hi all! We’re introducing a new weekly entry called Throwback Thursdays. Each week we’re going to choose an old entry and reblog for your reading enjoyment.
Today we chose “Funfetti Bakes & Burns” from our “Something Sweet in September” series.
Can you believe it’s September? Almost time for light jackets, falling leaves, and pumpkin-flavored...
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Life Unexpected Series Finale: Red Velvet's Review
Sitting down to watch Life Unexpected last night was bittersweet. Even though I couldn’t wait to see how everything was going to unfold, I didn’t want this amazing show to end. I’ve spent so many hours watching (and rewatching) episodes, writing about these characters. I feel a strong connection to their story. And when you feel that way about a show, you want to see the characters...
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Happy (Tumblr) Tuesday!
Hi all! Just wanted to send out a quick remember that today is Tumblr Tuesday! If you enjoy our writing, please recommend as your favorite blog. As always, we appreciate all the likes, tweets and comments from you guys. Thanks! Another really important reminder - tonight is the season finale of Life Unexpected! It’s two hours long, so don’t forget to tune in at 8pm. From the LUX...
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A Little LUX Love
We’re practically there! The waiting is almost over. Tomorrow, we will be watching what could be the last two episodes of Life Unexpected ever. It seems hard to believe… even though the show premiered just about a year ago, it feels like it’s been on for so much longer and not long enough at the same time.
In preparation, here are a few of our favorite LUX blogs from the...
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Ch-ch-changes
By: Funfetti
I’ve been thinking a lot about retirement lately. Whoa. Whoa. Before you get excited, I have not been pretending to be a 20-something trapped in a 65-ish year-old body. (Although sometimes it is the other way around.) Basically, the reason is this: the first person to ever retire from my current place of employment has done it. Packed up her office, and scurried off to do what is...
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Funfetti's 5 Favorite LUX Moments
It’s an impossible task to choose five favorite moments from Life Unexpected. Only five? I could probably rattle off ten of my favorite Cate & Baze moments if I had to. But I digress. I tried to spread around my LUX love and choose a few different scenes, showcasing various characters. Just to be fair, of course. Reading through our reviews, and the notes I kept when we wrote our original LUX...
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RV's Top 5 LUX Moments
It’s been a LUX free month and we were both feeling a little deprived, so in preparation for the for the season finale (or dare we say it, series finale), we decided to each write about our top five LUX moments. I thought it was a fantastic idea but immediately my next thought was: this was going to be very, very difficult. Did I want to go with the big moments or the small details? Scenes...
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TV Show Time Machine: My So-Called Life
By: Red Velvet
Rayanne: Haven’t you ever waited for anything? Rickie: Yeah, for my life to start.
I started watching My So-Called Life after it had been cancelled and MTV started playing reruns all the time. I didn’t even see the series from the beginning. The first episode I saw was “Self-Esteem” (Episode 12) and by the end of it, my teen self swooned and cheered when Jordan held...
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Family Ties
By: Red Velvet
Whenever I mention family, more often than not, I’m referring to my mom’s side of the family. All my life, grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins have either been living with me or right around the corner. It’s something I’ve always been grateful for (even when I think they’re all insane). Their constant presence keeps my house warm and full and when I’m with them (which...
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How many more days until the weekend? (Tuesday)
Good afternoon all! Just a quick reminder that today is Tumblr Tuesday. If you enjoy our writing and want others to know, please recommend us as your favorite blog! Thanks!
In LUX news, check out a repeat of “Thanks Ungiven” tonight on The CW Network. Plus the amazing, talented Liz Tigelaar made some headlines today. She signed a deal with ABC Studios. Check out the story here. Even...
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Monday, Monday (Wish it was Sunday)
Happy New Year everyone! Hope all of you are surviving your first day back at work, if you had to be. (If you didn’t, we are completely jealous!) Since the past two weeks have been so hectic, we thought we would link up some of the latest blogs we’ve written.
You’ve Got Mail: Red Velvet & her postcard collection.
Shake Up the Happiness: Funfetti loves snow globes.
LUX...