SongPop on Your Mobile Device

Are you ready to play a game that will enable you to never move off your couch again?  Do you want to play a game that will make you neglect everyone in your life?  Are you tired of having a clean house and you would prefer to just let everything dusty while you play a totally useless music game?

Well, great!  I have the game for you! It is called SongPop and it will be your new addiction.  The game is quite simple.  You can download it to any mobile device and you challenge others to the game.  It is like playing Name That Tune, but at a much faster pace. 

You can choose from playlists like 80s Collection, 90s Alternative, Classic Rock, Classic Rap, Modern Rap, Today's Hits, Alternative Country, Musicals, Nostalgic 20s - 60s, Love Songs, Modern Country, and many more.  You can battle against people you do not know or battle against your Facebook friends.  Within no time, you will no longer check your phone for texts or emails or calls.  You will check for SongPop challenges.  Your life is about to change!

The best part of the app is it is totally free unless you want to pay so the game will be commercial-free and you can hear longer samples.  You are about to embark on a new journey in your life... the SongPop journey!

Happy New Year!

Although 2012 was an interesting year in many ways, most folks are happy it is over.  It doesn't seem like anyone was having the best year ever, so let us move on to 2013.  Happy New Year!!!

In January 2013, we can look forward to a new season of Mob Wives returning to VH1.  We can also look forward to some cool movies being released at the theater, such as A Haunted House and Mama.  Yes, already 2013 is shaping up to be a good year for entertainment.

In 2013, I will be trying out many new smoothie recipes to share with readers.  If you think about it, smoothies are the ultimate food for the couch potatoes of the world.  You don't even have to bother with chewing!  Why focus on all that work when operating the remote control already takes so much energy?

Happy New Year!

America's Funniest Home Videos

This is not so much a blog post as it is a random thought... how on earth is America's Funniest Home Videos still on TV?

After all these years, you can still watch people getting hit in the crotch, people falling down stairs, and animals and babies do ridiculously cute things.  People are still watching this show!

I really would not even know this show still existed except my parents insist on watching it.  I suppose I can't even judge the reasoning behind keeping this show on the air.  Considering my parents will watch the same old clips mixed with a few new clips over and over again, there is always going to be an audience for this show. 

An Endless Cycle of Food

Sometimes I think about how many commercials are on TV promoting food.  Well, really I tend to give this serious thought when I am on a diet, and since that is the case now, I've been noticing all the commercials for food.

If you think about it, this contributes to society's weight issues.  There will be 2 commercials about food in a row, and then the next commercial is about diet or exercise.  It can be anything from a new weight loss pill to a Weight Watchers commercial.  Isn't it a little ironic that the networks run Burger King commercials and Jenny Craig commercials back-to-back?  One commercial shows the cause and the other shows the solution. 

It is really an endless consumer cycle.  There is money to be made by making us overweight and then there is money to be made trying to make us lose that weight.  Very few of us have enough self control to stick to diet and exercise plans, and then the vicious cycle of gaining the weight back begins again.  Most of all, all it means for companies is more profit. 

I don't know, maybe I am overthinking this entire situation.  It is more likely I am just tired of eating salad when I have to sit through those KFC commercials though.  Sigh.

Cookie Butter from Trader Joe's

Are you ready to kick back and eat something so wrong, yet so right?  Well, you'd better brace yourself!  Trader Joe's has a new product called Cookie Butter.  No, I am not kidding!  Cookie Butter!

Cookie Butter looks just like peanut butter, yet it tastes like something you've never had before.  Basically, it tastes like gingerbread squeezed into a jar.  It is smooth like butter though.  OK, it is kind of a mystery spread.  It is quite sweet with a ginger snap flair to it.  Nutella better look out! 

What will you do with the Cookie Butter once you have it?  Trader Joe's suggests using it on pancakes or waffles. You can also use it as a peanut butter substitute.  You might want to serve it on ice cream or dip pretzels in it.  I suggest simply taking a spoon and digging in.  Have you ever eaten peanut butter straight from the jar?  It works just as well for this product, too.

If you are looking for a new mystery treat, you should visit Trader Joe's and buy some of this stuff.  It is delicious, yet so weird I can't describe it.  With a review like that, how can you resist?

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter everyone!  You might just want to sit back and relax today, but you should at least get up and eat some eggs.  Who doesn't want to dye some eggs for Easter?  Better yet, who doesn't want to eat some eggs for Easter?  So try not to be a big couch potato today.  Better yet, get some Easter candy and chow down.  Most of all, have fun! 

Check out this cute Easter music video while you are at it...

More Easter fun: In Search of the Easter Bunny

Adventures in Baking

Today just goes to show that sometimes it is not worth getting out of bed (or off the couch, for that matter).  My entire day has been a bit of a disaster.  Work has been crappy, but for some reason, I agreed to bake a cake for tomorrow's work party.  Good idea?  Wrong. 

I suppose this picture does not quite show how lopsided the cake really appears to be.  Also, the frosting is too runny.  Once the premade store frosting was not working out for me, I attempted to make homemade frosting.  That was also a disaster and went down the garbage disposal.  This just goes to show, sometimes, it is better to stay in bed.  Sigh.

So now, my lopsided cake with runny frosting will go to work tomorrow.  Perhaps people will consider this a good analogy for how my entire week at work has been.  Well, I must look on the bright side... at least I can eat cake.

Get Off the Couch and Celebrate the '90s!

I believe the time has come.  The 1980s parties have come and gone.  It is time to bring the '90s back.  Let's start having some 1990s parties.  We can break out the hypercolor t-shirts, flatten our bangs like Brenda and Kelly on 90210, and dance to Vanilla Ice and MC Hammer!  What could be more fun than that?

Even if you are into something a little less "pop" - why not break out the flannel shirts and let's listen to Nirvana and Pearl Jam?  Even better, we do not even have to get off the couch to watch Beavis & Butt-head reruns.  So what are you waiting for?  Check out some more ideas: It's Time for a 1990s Comeback!

The Joys of Napping

OK, so having a blog about being a Couch Potato is pretty lame if we are not even going to cover the exciting topic of napping.  I am all about napping.  I think more people should be into it. 

Sadly, I work at an office and napping is frowned upon.  I will admit, sometimes I sneak into an empty room on my lunch break and take a much needed nap.  I really think laws should be created so everyone can nap at work.  Lunch break and nap break times would be totally appreciated! 

If you are at home right now and reading this, stop and go take a nap.  Please, do it for me!

No Royal Wedding

Well, no wedding bells were ringing for me.  Not only did I have no intention of watching the wedding, I just realized I missed it.  I've seen some of the photos on the internet, so now I know that: A) it occured, and B) I sure did not see any of it. 

I've always said I've never liked weddings.  I guess this is proof.  No weddings for me royal or otherwise - even if I could have watched it without even leaving the couch.

First Blog Ever!

I have never really blogged before, so if you are reading this, thanks.  Your bravery is much appreciated.  Apparently, I know a lot about crappy television.  I am not talking about the TV people watch when they want to increase their knowledge or expand their mind.  I am talking about the TV that no one admits to watching.  That is my area of expertise. 

Don't get me wrong.  I am not the type that follows every little piece of celebrity gossip.  I love Twilight, but I totally do not care what Rob Pattinson and Kristen Stewart did last weekend.  I do, however, care if the cast of Jersey Shore is going to Italy.  

Also, I care about food.  As a couch potato, I have to eat something while I am watching horrible television programs.  I obsess over food.  I love food.  I especially love junk food, but I am trying to cut back.  I will tell you something - a salad sure doesn't taste as great as chips when I am watching episodes of Teen Mom.