NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs-Stanley Cup Finals (Results)

Stanley Cup Finals

#1 Vancouver vs. #3 Boston

Pick:Boston in 6
Results: 4-3 Boston

AHL Calder Cup Playoffs-Calder Cup Finals (Results)

Binghamton vs. Houston

Pick: Houston in 6
Results: 4-2 Binghamton

Future of This Blog: Open Letter

382 days and 303 posts ago I opened this blog with an idea. Inspired by the writers of Entertainment Weekly and other bloggers, I'd write my own pop culture blog. When it started, I was honsetly looking for something to do to kill time at work. It turned out to be alot of fun, and within a few months I started getting alot of hits. This success went to my head and I started to add more shows than ever. The problem ended up being that I'm one person, I'm a busy man with a wife and a son and I started to realize I can't handle doing this anymore.

After the spring television season ended, I had two choices.

#1, finishing keeping track of Tough Enough and The Voice and the hockey playoffs and take the summer off and recoop and refresh and come back in the fall when/if football season starts.

#2, finish up the playoffs, and then be done with this blog.

After much though, I am taking option #2. It's time to put this blog on the backburnner. It's time to enjoy TV as a viewer not a reviewer. It'll be nice to watch TV and not take notes on performances and whatnot.

So after the Calder Cup and Stanley Cup Finals are over, those will be my last posts.

If you are a regular reader, thank you. If you aren't, thank you anyway.

This has been alot of fun and a crazy last year. It's been a experience and a life lesson learned.

Thank you for taking time to read this. It means alot.

So for the last time (well just about),
I'm signing out.
---Blake

NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs-Stanley Cup Finals (Pick)

Stanley Cup Finals

#1 Vancouver vs. #3 Boston

Pick:Boston in 6

NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs-Conference Finals (Results)

Eastern Conference

#3 Boston  vs. #5 Tampa Bay

Pick: Boston in 6

Results: 4-3 Boston

Western Conference

#1 Vancouver  vs. #2 San Jose

Pick: Vancouver in 6

Results: 4-1 Vancouver

American Idol Finale: And the winner is...

Live from my IPod Touch, the final Idol of season 10.


Top 13-Born This Way
It was great to see everyone back and will take any version that is not the original Gaga version.

James & Judas Priest
Whoa! Never ever in a million years would I have ever imagined seeing Priest on the Idol stage. Totally incredible!

Jacob, Kurt Franklin & Gladys Knight-I Smile
Okay it's official I know too many musical genres! This is what Jacob should've sounded like all season! Wow. Bonus points for the dedications to all the local tragedies.

Casey & Jack Black-Fat Bottom Girls
This was great! The likenesses are so scary! Plus I think people forget Jack can sing. This was sooooo much fun!

Idol Girls & Beyonce- Medley
This proves the girls are ALOT better than where they ended up in the elimination order. This was awesome!

Haley & Tony Bennett
Okay what the hell? He's still got it but he couldn't get that smile off his face. Very good.

Niama, Karen, Ashton, Thia, Lil Jon and TLC
Holy random musical acts! It was great to hear Waterfalls.

Scotty & Tim McGraw-Live Like You're Dying
Whoa! Never saw this duet coming! I want this on my mp3 player! Scotty, I want to see you on the Opry stage sooner than later. 

Top 13 Guys and Tom Jones
Didn't expect that at all. Random but alot of fun. Bonus points on the Carlton dance.

Ford Music Video
Whenever You Remember
Very sweet video. 

Lauren & Carrie Underwood-Before He Cheats
Carrie and Carrie Jr. everybody!! All jokes aside, this was great. Only thing is that Lauren is WAY too young to sing this song with enough passion.

The Results:
The Winner Is...
Scotty!!!
And sealed with a kiss from Lauren...

Glee: Grand Finale on Broadway (5/24/11)

What a huge night. For the first time in Glee history, this episode was 90% out of it's Ohio based homebase. New Directions went to New York for Nationals! When you realize how much of a dream it is for a musical artist of any kind to be in New York, you realize this is going to be a special episode. There's alot of music tonight so let's get into it... (btw this is my 300th entry in this blog!)

New Directions-New York, New York
This shouldn't count. Most people won't count it. But I can't not just mention it because I love this song. It was corny, it was cheesy, but it was still cool. B

Brittney, Puck and Artie-My Cup

Okay back in the Regionals episode I included all the songs from the song making process. This one is no different. It's stupid but it has to be mentioned. C+

New Directions-I Love New York/New York, New York

This was an awesome song. It was fun and like a little tour of New York. It was also just nice to relax on a night like this and just have a little fun. B+

Will-Still Got Tonight
This was a song off of Matthew Morrison's new album and I actually liked it. It made me want to listen to the whole album. Plus the performance was totally kickass! It was like seeing him in his element. B+

Puck, Sam, Artie and Mike-Bella Notte

Finn got Rachel to go out on a "professional date" but in reality he was setting up something from those classic romantic comedies. (I love that the guys suggested this to him btw, it shows how close they have all gotten.) So when Finn and Rachel were walking around the corner, straight out of a corny love movie, the four guys sang this Lady and the Tramp classic. It was really romantic and just really sweet. The singing was amazing and bonus points for the Disney song. Extra credit to the Glee writers for NOT have Finn and Rachel kiss, it made sense and even made it more real. A

Rachel and Kurt-For Good

Live from the Wicked stage, Rachel and Kurt sang the closing number from the show. I got total chills during this. It was just like watching them in their element and an amazing moment. No other words can truly describe how great this was. A+

(There was an all girl choir that sang Yeah!, they never mentioned who they were and why we should care about them, except that ND were in the audience watching them, so I'm not going to rate it.)

Vocal Adrenaline-As Long As You're There

The reigning champs came out to sing, but there was alot more to it. Sunshine led the group. But the important part came before the performance. Rachel actually talked to Sunshine in the bathroom, told her that she was jealous and that she's a great singer. Then in the crowd, Rachel actually "make things right" by helping Sunshine through her solo. It was a great moment, it showed that Rachel doesn't just think of herself. A

Rachel and Finn-Pretending

New Directions is now up. Our favorite power couple started us off with an emotionally charged duet that actually led to a show stopping epic kiss. The song was amazing, as usual from these two and just fun to see their storyline come full circle this season. A

New Directions-Light Up The World

And now the full group number. While I have to get used to the song, it was a very fun electric performance. I also liked that EVERYONE got a time to shine, sing and dance in this song on stage. Just a great way to finish off the music portion of the night. A+

Well ND didn't win. Then didn't even place. The Rachel/Finn kiss actually dropped them all the way down to 12th (top 10 advance). But the show didn't end a bad note, nor did it end on a song. The show ended with one last look at our couple, Kurt/Blaine, Rachel/Finn, Will/Emma, Brittany/Santana and even a new surprise couple of Mercedes/Sam. 

That's it for season two of Glee. It's been a wild ride and a long season. It's had it ups and downs, but there's nothing else I would have expected or wanted. See you next fall!