You've Dug Your Own Grave, Now Lie In It

Tonight's episode of One Tree Hill was nothing short of suspenseful!
Here's a recap:

Lucas prepares for his next book signing by flying to a meeting with his editor (also his ex-fiance named Lindsey..awkward) about his tour. This is where Lindsey learns that Lucas is getting married to Peyton. Lindsey says her final "goodbye".

Peyton is working in her recording studio with an older musician named Mick. Interestingly, it is hinted at that Mick is her real father, whom she has never met. We'll see where this goes...(Oh and Peyton asks Brooke to design her wedding dress)

Brooke sees a psychiatrist and talks about the problems she has been having with her mother and her clothing company. Brooke's assistant, Millicent (who had recently moved to Nebraska), returns and offers to be Brooke's assistant again if Brooke is willing to start up a new business.

Nathan gets an unexpected call from an NBA agent who wants him to have an interview with the manager of a basketball team. Nathan is under the impression that he is going to be recruited as a player but, when he arrives he learns that the manager wants to hire him as a manager. Nathan is surprised and crushed by the news because he still has dreams of becoming an NBA player.

Haley gets a call from Dan's hospice nurse who informs her that Dan only has hours left to live. Because of this, Haley drives her son, Jamie, to see his grandfather one last time. However, it turns out that the "hospice nurse" is really Nanny Carrie who is still keeping Dan as a hostage. She uses the hospice excuse as a reason for Haley to bring Jamie to this location in order to kidnap him. When Haley gets there, she makes Jamie wait in the car. As Haley enters and sees Dan bound in a bed, Nanny Carrie hits Haley in the back of the head which knocks her out. Then Nanny Carrie runs outside to get Jamie but he escapes into a nearby corn field. An intense chase begins but somehow Haley regains consciousness, makes it outside and grabs Jamie. They run back to the car with Nanny Carrie following close behind when Deb comes out of nowhere and smashes Nanny Carrie in the face with a glass wine bottle. However, after some time passes as they compose themselves, Nanny Carrie awakens, grabs an ax and lunges toward Haley. At that moment, Dan makes it out onto the front porch of the house and shoots Nanny Carrie in the chest before she is able to cause any harm to Haley.

Stay tuned to One Tree Hill by watching it every Monday at 9 p.m. on the CW!
(The next new episode comes on October 13th)

The Island

I have barely found any time to just sit down and watch a television show lately, but today I did get to see another MTV show called The Island.

The Island is the name of this year's Real World/Road Rules Challenge. I have been a fan of this show ever since The Gaunlet, The Inferno and The Battle of the Sexes has been around. What this show does is takes around 20 previous Real World cast members and Road Rules Challengers and lets them compete for a chance to win thousands of dollars (this year the prize money is $300,000).

On the show, everyone must compete in mental and physical challenges and face-offs against each other in order to not be eliminated. Alliances are made, arguments erupt, and friendships are made and broken.

Although this show is definitely full of drama, it keeps my attention and leaves me wanting to see more. So I guess it's doing its job, right?

Check it out!

Busted

Last night I got bored, so I decided to watch a mini-marathon of a new MTV show called "Busted". Basically, it's like a more lame version of "Cops". It documents real cases of young adults (under 25) running into problems with the law.

You should watch this show, it is ridiculous!

In each episode they feature three people, it shows video footage of the crime they committed, and the arresting officer also explains what happened and tells what the person got charged with.

The interesting thing was that no one ever really got into trouble!

In one episode I watched, a young man got caught for having marijuana in his car, but the officer let him go.

In another episode, a police officer nabbed an underage man with the possession of alcohol, but the officer let him go because he said the young man was cooperative.

I watched at least three episodes and hardly anyone got punished.

No wonder the world is getting worse; people get away with everything!

How are people going to learn their lesson if they always get off the hook? Not punishing people for their crimes also puts innocent lives in danger.

I guess the saying "Don't do the crime if you can't do the time" isn't really effective anymore, considering that in today's society committing a crime means you get another chance.

To watch a full episode or to learn more information about the show, go here .

Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly.

Tonight I cried harder then I have in months.

The reason?

One Tree Hill's third episode of its sixth season aired tonight, and it was emotionally draining. The show opens as each main character hears the news of the murder of Quentin Fields (Robbie Jones), a star of the Tree Hill High School varsity basketball team. Lucas Scott (Chad Michael Murray), Nathan Scott (James Lafferty), and Skills (Antwon Tanner) were his basketball coaches and friends. They each deal with his loss their own way. Lucas is shocked but remains strong as he tells Quentin's teammates about his untimely death. Nathan is sad because his friendship with Quentin was growing, and he was helping Nathan recuperate after a serious injury. Skills is devastated the most, however. He was planning on telling Quentin at the next practice how proud he is of his progress, but now realizes he will never get the chance.

Haley James Scott (Bethany Joy Galeotti), wife of Nathan, is also depressed about his passing. She was his high school English teacher, and she turned him from being a bully into a respectable and likable young man.

Haley's 5-year-old son, James Lucas Scott (Jackson Brundage), was a great friend of Quentin's who played around with him at basketball practice. It is heartbreaking to watch Nathan and Haley try to explain to him Quentin is gone. Jamie also befriends Quentin's younger brother at the visitation.

In the meantime, though, Brooke Davis (Sophia Bush) is still coping with being recently assaulted and robbed at her clothing store, Clothes Over Bros. She suspects Victoria, her mother (who Brooke recently fired), is responsible for the mugging.

Peyton Sawyer (Hilarie Burton), who recently got engaged to Lucas, tries to console him about the loss of Quentin. She also gets in an argument with Brooke, her best friend and housemate, and is told to hand over her key and move out. Brooke apologizes for her attitude toward Peyton, and things are resolved later in the episode.

Finally, Dan Scott (Paul Johansson) is still being held hostage by crazy Nanny Carrie (Tori DeVito). Neither of his two sons, Lucas or Nathan, are concerned about his whereabouts. Nanny Carrie plans on abducting Haley and Nathan's son again to make it look as though Dan, an ex-murderer, has done it. It is also revealed that she has a dead son, which could explain her irrational motif.

The end of the show is marked by Quentin's funeral. All of the main characters are present, except for Dan of course. The last moments of this episode are phenomenal and touching. Haley and Nathan's son places a red cape with a purple "Q" (for Quentin) over his coffin. Before his death, Jamie had asked his mother to help him make it for Quentin because Quentin jokingly said he wanted one like Jamie's.

Overall, this episode truly expresses what matters in life. It tells how life is too short to fight or bicker about little things. Appreciate the life you have and live it to the fullest.

Oh and the music featured in this episode is amazing (like it always is)!

For more information on this episode, the show, or the cast, I recommend this site!

Where Were You?

I'll never forget where I was when I heard the news.

I was a seventh grader in world geography class. My teacher was Mrs. Altman, and we were studying the Middle East and other countries in the region on Sept. 11, 2001.

The principal didn't want us to find out what happened during school, but that was inevitable. The news broke all over school. Teachers were emotional, some of the older kids were upset, but my classmates and I were mostly confused. We didn't grasp the gravity of the situation at first, but when it was broadcast all over the television and radio, we knew that something was seriously wrong.

Going home that day was the worst part. I can still remember the look on my mom's face as I walked over to get in the car after school.

The next couple weeks were kind of a blur to me now, but I'll still never forget where I was when I heard the news.

Things will never be the same.

Happy Birthday

Today was my suitemate's birthday [Happy Birthday Samantha!]. However, I think I was more excited about it than she was. I don't know about you, but I love birthdays! They are the one day out of the year when everything is supposed to be about the existence of you! Thinking about them, I decided birthdays are either underrated or overrated in America today. People either act on their birthday as if it is any other day, or they go to the extreme in celebrating. I, on the other hand, look at the occasion differently. To me, birthdays mean reflecting over the last year, reminding myself how much I've grown and changed, and looking forward to what the next year will bring. Finally, I thank God I'm alive. I love life and all the opportunities it has to offer. So the next time you have a birthday, I recommend acknowledging it and celebrating everything you've accomplished! Take advantage of it and be grateful you have been given another day :)

Oh So True

The 2 brilliant journalists...
HaHa->


While I was patiently waiting in line for one of Thomson's dinner "creations" the other night, my suitemate, who is also a pre-journalism major, and I were discussing how much we enjoy being nosy. We were sharing recent gossip when we came to the conclusion of how cool it must be to be a journalist. Not only are journalists supposed to be nosy and figure out what's going on before everyone else, but they are encourgaed to do so and they get paid for doing it! That is how we determined that we are definitely pursuing the right career path.

"If I care what people think about what I say and do, then I wouldn't be a journalist." -Jessica Pickens

Inspiration

"Do not look back and grieve over the past, for it is gone; and do not be troubled about the future, for it has not yet come. Live in the present, and make it so beautiful that it will be worth remembering." -Ida Scott Taylor

What It Means

At 1:00 am on Tuesday, September 2, 2008, I sat down at my desk to create this blog. I didn't really know what to expect or what I was doing exactly because the most in depth blogging I've ever done has been trivial myspace blogging (which is quite sad for a pre-journalism major I might add). As I was almost on the last step of creating my blog, I realized that I hadn't given any thought as to what I would possibly name it. To any other "normal" person this task wouldn't seem like a big deal, but to someone who spends 30 minutes at Wal-Mart picking out which brand of mascara to buy, this was a big decision. It's not that I was focusing on naming it something really catchy or something that rhymed, but I wanted the name of my first blog to have meaning behind it. I had many good ideas, but the right one just wasn't coming to me. Almost 3 hours later I was still undecided, so I thought of one of my favorite things in the world, the television show One Tree Hill. To me, this TV show is not just another pre-teen drama-filled show like so many others out there. The storylines, morality, voiceovers, and quotes of the show deeply inspire me in ways that people will never understand. That's when it hit me! The promo used on the CW channel for the 6th season premiere of One Tree Hill (which was tonight) was "Every great story has a beginning". From the minute that I first thought about it, I knew that that would be the name of my very first blog.

So why did I choose this?

Well, as a student studying mass communication when I heard the word "story", I instantly thought about writing, news, and other journalistic topics. Obviously, it was the first word that caught my attention. Secondly, I believed in the truth behind the statement. It can be used literally like describing the process of producing a great novel. It can be used figuratively as in illustrating the "story" behind a couple's relationship, or even depicting the "story" of what's in a photograph. More importantly, however, the statement could be describing me.

One day in the (hopefully) immediate future, I anticipate on reaching a noble and respected status as a photo-journalist or editor. I could be the next "big" thing.

My life is the story.
This is the beginning.
I'm going to make it great.