Canada Is a Thief, Kind of

The Olympics are perfect background noise. There are some incredible athletes, excellent events, and definitely beautiful views, but 60-70% it doesn't really GRAB my attention. Exceptions: Hockey, snowboard cross, bobsled, speed skating, curling, raining, snowing, the color green, Canadian bacon, Costas, pine trees, pine nuts, ice, geese, meese, and ice dancing.

So I'm not paying a whole lot of attention. Gotta check out all the weekly pizza offers and facebook group requests from people you never talk to right? Right. Of course I'm paying less attention to the commercials than I am the actual programming. But unlike commercials with average looking girls in pajamas (nice try, EducationConnection.com!), this ad caught my eye:

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I was okay when I found out they had Sarah McLaughlin. And even Michael J. Fox. Steve Nash, well, I already knew he was a lost cause. But when they revealed RYAN REYNOLDS is a Canadian... well, they really hit where it hurts. This is probably the worst news I've heard all year.

Amanda Seyfried... I mean, Okay. But why?

I'm glad that anyone can get their shot in Hollywood. Maybe someday it'll be me. I've always fancied myself a decent mimic, and one day, probably within the next week or two, Seth MacFarlane or some other cartoon mogul will discover me, and I'll go on to make 19% of what real actors make, doing voice overs for animated TV shows that you can only see after 10 PM on Cartoon Network. Ladies and gentlemen, that is my dream in a nutshell. It's not much, but it's mine.

I'm sure Amanda Seyfried told everyone who reads her blog that she wanted to be a movie star, too. And she did it. Lets go through the list: Mean Girls, Mamma Mia, Jessica's Body, Dear John, even Veronica Mars. She's even got the balls to cross Liam Neeson in "Chloe", which I've never heard of but it's got Liam Neeson. Point is, where did she come from? She's in every movie I have no interest in seeing. She's blowing up but I don't know anyone that knows who she is. She plays the "uglier" girl opposite of women like Megan Fox and Lindsay Lohan circa 2004/Lacey Chabert. Even Rachel McAdams looks great compared to her in that movie (and for you Rachel McAdams fans... you're in love with her personality... we ALL are. But she's not the hottest woman in the world). I'm not talking Rachael Leigh Cook in "She's All That" ugly (I'll get back to her in a moment), I'm talking Velma in Scoobie Doo ugly. Okay, overstatement. Velma is a fox. Thing is, Ms. Seyfried is not ugly, nay not even bad, she's just... kind of different, kind of scary. I know I shouldn't be intolerant of things that are different, but I can't help it. She makes me uneasy. And I wish she would go away. But like her love for Channing Tatum, she's here forever.

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Now if I could exchange her popularity with anyone else's, it would probably be me. After me, it would be Rachael Leigh Cook. Massively underrated. I don't know if she can act, it's been a while since I've seen Josie and the Pussycats. As a matter of fact, maybe that's why Amanda Seyfried is so popular. Maybe she's a damn decent actress. I wouldn't know (see: "every movie I have no interest in seeing"). But back to the point, I saw her making another appearance one of the best shows on television, Psych, and she was incredible. I mean drop dead. It didn't hurt that James Roday and Dul é Hill are collectively my hero. But only collectively.

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This just in. The movie was actually called Jennifer's Body. Someone please tell me if you actually knew that.

This also just in. ALISON BRIE is soaring into my top 20. Somehow I'm only know finding that Community is a hilarious show (just been overshadowed by, oh, Parks and Rec, The Office, and 30 Rock) and she is a fox. Watch the show.

Ken: Hi, I'm Dr. Ken Jeong. Alison: Hi, Ken I'm a babe.