I need to talk about House Hunters

I am addicted to it.

There I said it. It's out.

I’ve had this addiction since college but I only really recognized the severity of it since I got cable. Which I’ve had now for 3 years so…I’m kind of obsessed.

It comes on HGTV which if you don’t know is an AMAZING CHANNEL. I love home shows. It’s the housewife in me I suppose. I always want to be cooking, cleaning and watching house shows. WHO AM I? God, I think maybe it's being 29. In any case, I just love looking at new houses and newly decorated spaces. Some people like UFC, I like House Hunters. And now they have House Hunters International which is ALWAYS worth a watch even if you’ve seen it before. Looking inside houses in other awesome countries? IN HD. It’s really quite fabulous.

At one point there was an Asian host – Suzanne Whang. She’s didn’t do anything but introduce the person/people buying the house and make little VOs that consisted of describing the house and making a clever pun every other sentence – examples being: “This place has a backyard that ready for action but a basement that's not quite ready for primetime.” She not physically in any of the newer episodes but her VO is still going strong.

The format is just the easiest thing on earth to not think about. Person/People buying a house. They have 3 choices. They chose one. I have seen it so many times I know the order of things by heart – (it’s a secret dream of mine to one day produce at House Hunters). Intro the couple. They have a shitty living situation and can’t wait to move. Tour of said shitty place. Expectations of their potential dream house and the budget that they are really trying to stick to. Real estate agent on the phone making a deal. Real estate agent saying that the neighborhood the people are looking at is really nice and will definitely be at the top of their price range but said real estate agent is always confident they’ll find something. First house tour – usually 2 things are GREAT and maybe 2 or 3 things are kind of wrong. Sometimes obviously wrong and I’m like what? As in a couple will be like “We really want outside space for our 2 dogs” and then the agent shows them a condo in a highrise with no yard. Commercial break. And we're back with a recap of the 1st house in case you just tuned in and then on to the 2nd house. Commercial break. Recap of first 2 houses then the 3rd house. Then a recap of all 3 houses using more clever word plays on behalf on Ms. Whang. She’s a big fan of the question, “Or will it be a budget BUSTER?” Commercial break. Recap of all 3 houses complete with fun names for the houses like “#1 – Cozy but Noisy” and “#3 - Great commute”. The couple or person gives the pros and cons after each. Then there's a big pause and they say “And the one we chose is….” Ta-da! Cut to some time later when they are moved in and its great because I LOVE BEFORES AND AFTERS.

So there’s House Hunters for you. It's really great on weekday nights when you get home around 1am.

Last night I went to the Monster Ball

And like Lady Gaga asked me to, I let my freak flag fly.

Once again she put on an amazing show. I went with my concert buddies and we had the best time EVER. Yes we were standing for 4 hours and yes I got woozy and slightly naush towards the end but held it together enough to do the Bad Romance dance. The bottom line is Lady Gaga puts on a GREAT SHOW. It was the Monster Ball and basically it's where I always want to be. You can wear what you want, you can be what you want, there's no judgement and last night I felt like 18,000 other people totally GOT that. I went relatively low key with my outfit choice - gold sequined hotpants and a bow belt but Christos went all out aka complete with face mask and disco ball hat and I'm sure that's why we were asked by the Oprah Winfrey Network producers of a Gaga doc to talk about why we were there and what Gaga means to us.

I've done my fair share of preaching the Gaga gospel so I won't go into it again - if you don't know by now you probably just don't want to know. But you will want to enjoy the pics here

I got really emotional at the end of the show - she was taking her bow with the dancers and she just looked so happy and she was crying and that just set me off. We were all doing the monster claw and she was totally crying. And in that moment I felt like I knew her and that she was my friend who'd made it. I know - insane - but if you're reading this and you're a Gaga faan you'll understand.

In unrelated news, here's a list of things that are on my mind recently:

• Kraft mayonnaise just did a brand re-do and it's now know just as Mayo. I feel like this is offensively lazy and kind of in one word describes the world we live in today.
• I love the show House Hunters and will be writing a blog post about it soon. I actually already wrote it but if you must know, it was really late at night after a really fun night and sometimes I type in code when I write when I'm in that state. Chalk it up to oops - I'm currently decoding that and will be posting soon.
• I have learned and successfully implemented the following from Googling in the past month: how to cook clams and mussels in a delicious white wine garlic sauce, how to shuck oysters, how to make ice cream
• I bought an ice cream maker and it only makes half a pint. Aka it's amazing and perfect and takes up no space because you store the bottom part in the freezer and the top part is small. So far I've made chocolate, strawberry, vanilla and salted caramel. They all came out okay except the chocolate and the salted caramel were more Frosty. But still delish.
• I still can't stop watching Toddlers and Tiaras. It's in season 3. I don't know if it's because I actually enjoy the show or if I'm just enjoying feeling like a really good person compared to the horrors they showcase in that series
• I wish True Blood was on everyday. I also wish that Eric would ask me to invite him in.
• Shellfish is changing my life - my next challenge is cooking a whole lobster.....UH-OH. I'm glad I just took the plunge and tried it - I was really nervous with my first batch of clams and mussels. However no one died. And then today I decided to learn to shuck oysters and guess what? It's not that hard!! I did it and I didn't cut myself at all. I even bought an oyster knife - isn't that so adult? Next thing you know I'll have a melon baller and a microplane (oh wait I do.)

Lately I can't stop cooking and cleaning. I swear to god it's like I walk thru my door and I turn into a single housewife. But now I just can't sit and watch TV if I know the floor is dirty in the kitchen or there's dishes. Is this was being on the brink of 30 does to a lady?

Barcelona was AMAZING

I have 700 pictures.

I'm working on getting those ready for public consumption.

There's so much to say about Barcelona.....I had a great traveling partner, an amazing place to stay, and I met so many cool people! I sang Lady Gaga for people who thought I was a real singer. I danced the night away at a club on the beach and watched the sun come up from the dance floor. I went to Mallorca and ended up in a Catholic parade through old town Palma. Also in Palma - Stacy heard Gaga from 2 blocks away....we followed our ears and danced our way into a bar where we made all these new friends. We had the good fortune to be staying with an old friend who is not only a really fun and awesome person, but also has a really great friends who made our trip really great. I couldn't have asked for a better trip. Great shopping, great weather the entire time except our last day, amazing food. The only weird part was that there are no black people there and I got A LOT of looks. Luckily I love being stared at so I ate that shit up with a spoon and pretended I was a celebrity. Also I wore a different onesie every day....I didn't know life could be so good.

As I said - photos to come. I'm actually having to organize them. But here are a few of my favs:

Gaudi.

Stacy, myself, and our lovely hostess Erin

GLORIA!! (con brandy)

I hate heights.

We're in the parade!

I leave in 4 days!

I haven't packed! Or learned Catalan Spanish!

Honestly though, I am so excited. Stacy comes to town on Saturday and we're going to have a fantastically awesome New York weekend. And then we're off to Spain for 2 weeks!

Here are some pics of things I will be enjoying.



Also if you're around tomorrow I'm going to do some dancing and some standup at a really fun open mic. It's run by Hi Christina - if you've never been to one of their events you're really missing out. I have been going on the reg and Xtos and I usually premiere our newest Gaga dances there. Jonesing for some youtube footage of the amazing dance moves and floor work? Maybe you'll get lucky and we'll post some later tonight.

Hey look! A blog post!

Quick or you'll miss it!!

Just kidding.

I'm still here.

I'm not feeling especially verbose so let's do some lists:

LIST ONE:

Things I'm Into Right Now

• being skinny (somehow 15 pounds have evaporated and.....its GREAT....and I'm still taking every meal with a side of sour cream....THAIINKYA)
  
• The sale that's happening at Top Shop. I bought 5 things including 3 dresses and a onesie for $23. ALWAYS KEEP YOUR STUDENT ID.
• Twitter
• writing new jokes
• My trip to Spain that happens in 3 weeks and counting
• my job
• Richard Lawson at Gawker
• The Vampire Diaries - IAN SOMERHALDER IS A GOD AMONG MEN.
  

LIST TWO

Things I Hate Right Now

• The oil spill
  
• Justin Bieber's hair
• everything about Kim Kardashian
• everything about Heidi Montag
  
• Facebook - let's all just agree that IT SUCKS ASS
  
• Anytime between 1pm and 3pm
• Firefox on my work PC
• Sarah Palin
• PCs in general
• people who leave voicemails instead of texting

LIST THREE

Music I Like (and if you know what's good for you, you will give a listen to)

• Jes Hudak - her EP National Holiday is what my piano pop dreams are made of
• B.o.B. - he sounds like Andre 3000 but slightly whiter. But he's black. Best track I've heard so far is Magic - it's B.o.B and Rivers Cuomo and if you don't dance while listening, your heart is too black for me to try and heal
• The song "Big Girl Now" by New Kids on the Block ft Lady Gaga. This song makes you NEED TO MOVE IT.
• "Money Can't Buy You Class" - its like this amazing drag anthem that actually has no idea its a drag anthem. The lyrics are priceless and the singer? The Always CountLESS Luann from the Housewives of NYC
• The newest Christina Aguilera - let's get something straight: I LOVE GAGA but Xtina has been doing the damn thing since 99 so I think the comparisons need to stop. Xtina's got the voice, she's got the moves and she's not trying to be anything that she isn't. AKA I LOVE HER AND PEREZ HILTON CAN EAT SHIT AND DIE.

And that.......was a blog post.

Feel free to google all the things I just talked about since I am a bitch and didn't link anything.



Lots of love,

Brandy

Bragaga website!!

I made a beautiful new website to showcase BRAGAGA!!!!

Go take a look.

NOW.


xoxo,

Brandy

Finally got a webcam

.......and used chatroulette.

FYI: I'm over chatroulette