Jude's Thursday Dish #42

I'm very ornery today, because I didn't get enough sleep. I never do, but this morning I had to get up at 6:30 a.m. to take my dad to a doctor's appointment. If you know me at all, I'm lucky to get up by 9 a.m. I don't mind taking my dad (he's having a lot of health issues -- more than usual -- so please say a prayer for him!), but I do mind my stupid a-- neighbors across the street. Do they have jobs? Sure, I'm home all day, but I'm a part-time WAHM/SAHM. These are three 20 somethings just sit outside and smoke and just bug me by the look of them. Fortunately, I have really good neighbors east and west of me, so as long as I don't look across the street, I'm fine. Still, GET A LIFE! See, I told you I was ornery. Here's some Dish to distract me. That, and this bag of turkey pepperoni I can't seem to stop eating.

1. John and I have only caught a handful of "Mad Men" season 1 and 2 episodes, but I really am liking it. We're just jumping into Season 3 after reading re-caps and seeing summaries of the previous seasons. We'll catch up later. Jon Hamm is just SO hot -- and perfect as Don Draper. And I like him even more for guesting on "30 Rock." If you're a fan, here is an awesome article and 7 photo spread by Annie Lebowitz in Vanity Fair.

2. I put this on my FB status, but I loathe myself for liking "Megan Wants to Be a Millionaire" and "Addicted to Beauty". They are both stupid, trashy reality shows, but when I can't sleep late at night, it's totally addictive. I'm kind of sad, kind of relieved that they pulled the "Megan" show because one of the contestants is being investigated for murdering his wife. Great screening, VH1. That's reality TV for you! FALL SEASON, COME SOON!!!

3. John and I went with some friends to see the movie "Hi, My Name is Ryan" at the Salt Lake Film Festival. Our friend's husband (who's our friend too, of course), Stephen Rose, directed it. It was this really quirky documentary about this LDS kid named Ryan Avery and the few weeks of his life before he went on a mission. He's a performance artist and... well, I can't even describe all of it. It was a cool movie. Afterwards, they had a Q&A and Ryan was there. He performed for us and sang one of his songs with lyrics like, "Just because you're a democrat, doesn't mean you have to be a Dick!" It was pretty hilarious. The film won the Best of Fest award. It doesn't have a distributor yet, but if you ever get a chance to see it, definitely check it out. Here's more info here.

4. Katie and I watched the "Hannah Montana" movie. She loved it, of course. The TV show really bugs me, except I must admit, I was channel surfing one day and found myself watching it without even thinking for 5 minutes. I'm more of a Selena Gomez or Demi Lovato fan. Miley Cyrus is just okay. Normally, I'd be up there on the list of critiques bashing her for doing her little pole dance at the Teen Choice awards. But, if you watch the whole video online, you'll see it was pretty tame (and not at all a pole dance) and it was totally blown out of proportion. What pisses me off more is how fast the media is to vilify these young girls: criticize them for every dumb move they make. But famous teen/young adult boys -- they can do whatever they want. It's fine for them to behave badly, but if a girl does, they are crucified. I'm not saying that dressing slutty or having nude cellphone pictures of yourself should be applauded. Just that it's not fair that there is such a double-standard.

That's it for this week!