Becca, Becca, Becca, oh Whatever Will Become of Thee?

March 11, 2015 by 1 Comment

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Suzanne Coleman

 

There is a lot of talk about Becca.  I’m surprised actually at how much.  I thought she handled herself really well on the final episode of “The Bachelor,” but now it’s become this major controversy in the Bachelor world!

Lots of people are asking, “Did Chris really want to be with her, but let her go anyway?”  From what I saw, I don’t think so.  He seemed pretty comfortable to end things with her, and he seemed pretty happy to be with Whitney in the end.  But, who can say for sure but he himself?  If you have his phone number, we can call him up and ask him 🙂

Becca wasn’t sure about him all-along, and thankfully she was honest with him about it.  So they both parted ways on to better and greener pastures for themselves, without each other.  Very reasonable.  Probably actually the most adult and reasonable behavior we’ve seen on the show this season!  Maybe that’s why it threw people off 🙂  I mean, no one was throwing a fit, sobbing, pointing fingers, or laughing heartily at another woman’s loss…

That’s all I wanted to say for now, add your thoughts in the comments below.

 

 

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Chris and Whitney, will there be a Prenup?

March 11, 2015 by Leave a Comment

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So now that “The Bachelor” Chris Soules has given his final rose to Whitney with the funny voice, what’s next?  Will they live happily-ever-after like a few of the prior “Bachelor” and “Bachelorette” survivors?  Or will their relationship degrade into something hostile and nasty, like so many others?

It’s hard to say.  After watching the final show which I blogged about live (see it here: https://sliceiconic.com/2015/03/09/the-bachelor-makes-his-final-pick-or-does-he/ ), I started to wonder.

Whitney was just too “perfect;” it bugged me.  Everything she said was mushy and over the top, they just kept showing her saying how she was totally in love with Chris, over and over, and over again.  I wonder if he actually knows much of anything more about her?  Well, love isn’t necessarily in the details, now is it?  But for a long-lasting relationship, doesn’t there have to be more than attraction and being in close-proximity to your partner?

With these reality TV shows it is so hard to know the difference between what is truly real, and what the producers want us to think is real.  There is so much discussion over this very thing!

I was wondering if they will draw up a prenup if they do go forward and get married.  What do you think they will or should do?  I mean, here is a guy who I have heard is a millionaire, and a girl who goes for it to land him.  Is it real?  Is this worth betting half of (or more if they have kids!) your net worth now and for the rest of your life on?  Tough call.

I guess they could both be in it for the money though.  He got a big TV show deal just recently to be on “Dancing with the Stars” and she could be very rich very quickly at the rate they’re going if she divorces him and they don’t have a prenup.  I know, it’s not very romantic, but it is very realistic.  Most of the people who are willing to go on a televised show like this are more interested in the publicity and what they can get out of it career and money-wise than in actually finding a real, solid relationship.

What do you guys think?  Is anyone else wondering the same thing?  Let me know  in the comments

 

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Who Violated Apple’s Firewall System to Destroy iTunes?? WHO DID IT?

March 11, 2015 by Leave a Comment

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Suzanne Coleman

While Apple (AAPL) stock has been trading down since the Apple Live Event on Monday, the 12 month expected price of the stock continues to creep up, seemingly unnoticed.  Over the last week or so it has increased several dollars and is now noted to be $137.80.  Current trading price of the stock is $123.76.

Per other news media outlets today (take your choice, pick one), many of Apple’s (AAPL) online services were not functioning this morning for several hours, and some outages reportedly continue at mid-day (Reuters).  There are several possible reasons for this, let’s take a look.

The most likely reason is that somebody really, REALLY wants to get their hands on Apple Watch’s undisclosed secrets and has penetrated the company’s security systems in search of their “gold,” leaving utter code destruction and dysfunction in their wake.

On the other hand, it’s possible that it could be someone from Anonymous who read yesterday’s article about how Apple has failed to respond to thousands of customers’ concerns for several MONTHS over a software issue that is driving people crazy and has decided that they need to “take the company down a peg.”  See the article here:  http://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2015/03/10/apple-ios-8-2-problems/

Equally probable, it could be Iran who desperately wants to start up their own App store so that they can raise their “cool points.”  Taking what seemed to be the easy route, they busted into Apple’s systems to get a copy of the code that Apple uses to run their store.   They probably figured that since our government thought it was ok to just illegally access their computer systems, heck why not do the same thing they did?

Maybe it’s Martians (are there any still up there, or have they all relocated to the suburbs, wearing smart outfits?) having a bit of Wednesday fun.  You know how BORING the suburbs can be.

Maybe there were so many people trying to download the new Apple Watch App that they overloaded the system, you know, fried it.

Maybe Apple finally realized that the search software in iTunes is the worst I have ever seen, likely causing them to lose millions in potential sales.  So this morning, before they had their coffee, they decided to revamp the whole project, again, but forgot to tell all of us that they were going to do it today.  Oh, well.

Maybe Tim was just so tired after Monday’s event that he threw his hands up in the air and wanted to “just take a break from it all.”

Whatever the reason, I think shares should be back up at at least 129 asap.  I agree with other analysts that $160 is a very likely 12 month price target.

🙂

 

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*NOTE:  I own shares of Apple stock, but I still try to keep my sense of humor.  Oh, and in case you could’t tell, most of the above is an attempt to make you laugh, or at least think.

 

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Yahoo! Hello, is there anyone there at all?

March 10, 2015 by Leave a Comment

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Suzanne Coleman

Just a quick note to anyone over at yahoo.com.  Are you aware that your financial charts are not only still not working, but now they are even worse than the last time I reported on it?  Now quotes are not updating for real time and charts and graphs are not displaying the correct current information.

In addition, for several days, e-mail accounts have been problematic, not allowing access to information without a long delay and other issues.  I thought we were passed all of that, but I guess you still haven’t figured out how to roll out changes without disrupting service to your customers.

And the 12 month quote for Baidu is STILL in Chinese currency.  Seriously…

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Apple Live Event Notes and the Full Introduction of the Apple Watch

March 9, 2015 by Leave a Comment

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Suzanne Coleman

What new information was discussed and does it matter?  (Old info will not be reviewed again.)  Technical note, their audio is in and out so it’s a bit hard to stay focused, plus the speakers go very slowly.  Maybe this is normal business speak.

1.  They are dropping the price of Apple TV from $99 to $69, presumably in response to Amazon Fire’s lowering of their price to $19.  Which one would you buy?  What is the difference??  They didn’t go into details on this product.

2.  Medical uses for iWatch.  I am confused.  They are talking about using it for research.  Ok, nice idea, but that will not likely impact individual sales of the item in my opinion.  This could be a revenue generator for the company as they sell your medical information.  They promise to protect your individual identity as is the norm.  Do these research deals reduce the cost to the consumers who participate (you can choose)?  I doubt it.  A bit of a grey area in my opinion.  With all of the data breaches we have already seen in medical databases, having it on your watch is a questionable idea.  This is called “Research Kit.”  There is a clear interest in the Apple team in medicine.

3.  HBO deal, not news, but they discussed the initially exclusive business relationship between HBO’s new streaming video service and Apple.  It’s nice, Apple is branching out into cable tv deals.  This could mean they are considering becoming a more integrated service provider to end-users.  Maybe they will buy out AT&T with all of that extra cash?  😉  who knows (they didn’t say that, that is just me).

4.  My favorite new thing, you can use your Apple Pay device to pay at hundreds of thousands of vending machines, including Coca-Cola.  Now that is useful!  They note that Apple Pay is very widely accepted.  I say that it is probably going to be a huge revenue generator in the future, though as an investor I wish they would discuss this as I have found no information on how or when they intend to do this.

5.  CarPlay = what is it?  Whatever it is, it’s being adopted by many manufacturers.  Ok looked it up, it just connects your iPhone to a car, if equipped, so that you can use it via the car’s controls.  Sounds useful.  No mention of the “iAuto” (yes, I just made that up, sounds better than what other people have been calling the “iCar”).

6.  Apple is expanding inside of China by opening more retail locations.  They currently have only 21 stores.  I would have thought they would have had 100s by now.

7.  The Mac.  Tim is discussing its growth, but instead of noting how it is relatively still very far behind most of the competitors, he says it’s growing greatly.  Well, since it was so far behind, any growth will be “great.”  I say, let’s drop that price so that it’s competitive and see how sales shoot for the moon.  That is how I would drive sales and increased profits.

Apparently they have “reinvented the notebook” and are showing a video of what looks like the exact same thing they’ve had for years…  I guess (now showing the actual product) it is smaller and lighter, and in gold.  That is pretty.

It weighs “only” 2 lbs.  And it’s thinner (24%).  They’re “introducing” more stable keys for the keyboard (reminds me of the days before cheap tech).

It has retina display, good stuff.

Best thing ever, no fan so no noise.  They’ve also done some interesting things with the track pad and batteries.  It’s environmentally friendly, good.

New USB-C.  Never heard of it.  Hoping this doesn’t mean all new cords… again.  Only one port, that’s it, as far as I saw.

Prices range from $1299-1599.  Shipping begins April 10th.

Other models also have some upgrades.

8.  And, not surprisingly, last, the Apple Watch.  It’s accurate (well, is that special?).

Seems pretty cool.

OOoo it has some features that will be BAD for high school kids lol.  (Well good for them, bad for the teachers trying to get them to stay focused on their work.)  You can directly communicate with other Apple Watch wearers though visuals, touch sensations, or message/phone calls.  The drawing app is cool…

Other features:  full access to e-mail.  Appointment reminders, customizable watch face.  Notifications.  Answer and make calls.  News alerts.  And more.

Apple Watch can hold your flight boarding info so that you don’t need boarding tickets.  It can let you check into your hotel without going up to the desk and get you into the room without a key (I am assuming only newer technology will work with this).  You can monitor your home remotely as well as use the Watch to open doors that are electronically-controlled like your garage door.

Apps are loaded onto the Watch via the iPhone.  The Apple Watch App helps control and set-up the Watch and is available for download now.

Battery life, 18 hrs on average.  Charging is simple, through what appears to be a magnetized disc that connects to the back of the watch while you are not wearing it.  I read elsewhere that it charges fully in 2 hours.

The manufacture of the watch is discussed.  Apparently, like the ONE RING, the steel watch is too forged in a special fire 🙂

Pricing:

Apple Watch “Edition,” the gold version from $10,000.

Apple Watch “Sport” which has the aluminum case runs $350-400 based on size.

Apple Watch (no special name) which is the steel case runs $550-1100.

Pre-order April 10th and try on every style in stores with personal assistance.  For sale April 24th in many countries including the US and China.

 

My Summary:

I can easily see Apple Watch being great for salespeople, young people, parents, and tech lovers.

From a business perspective, I think Apple’s use of product placement is smart and effective.  This has made the brand seem like a part of everyday life in so many aspects.  They have already begun doing this with the Apple Watch when it had a cameo on the wrist of Sue Sylvester on “Glee” in this past week’s episode.

 

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The Bachelor Makes His Final Pick, or Does HE?

March 9, 2015 by 5 Comments

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Suzanne Coleman

 

It’s finally here girls!  “The Bachelor” Chris Soules is faced with “the biggest decision EVER!” when he has to pick between two girls he sort-of knows to be his future fiancée.  What WILL HE DO?!

I’ll be live blogging the event like I did for “The Women Tell All” so here we go (refresh the page as needed)!

The show starts out with Whitney at Chris’ house, she’s putting on a good show.  She says all the right things and does all the right things, and everybody just LOVES her!  Is that real?  (I already can’t stand her voice… I am trying…  If you haven’t already seen my article on her VOICE, check it out here!  It’s a must read:  https://sliceiconic.com/2015/02/18/bachelor-gossip-whitney-and-that-voice/)

Then after Whitney is gone, the family asks Chris about Becca, and he gets all choked up.  Aw… 🙂  It seems like his family is already rooting for Whitney though.  Come on guys, give Becca a chance at least!

It seems like Chris is under a lot of pressure to marry from his family.  I hope he doesn’t jump into something he really isn’t feeling, that wouldn’t be right for him or for whomever he chooses.  He sure has a lot of guys pulling for him though, that’s nice to see.

Commercials…

And we’re back!  The family is chatting about meeting Becca today.  They are worried that he isn’t totally sure which girl he wants, yet.  He is talking about how the girls would be willing to move to Iowa.  That whole thing seems like it’s really one-sided to me, it’s all about Chris and not about the other person’s needs or interests.  If you’re in love, you’re in love, it isn’t a business arrangement where you’re hiring a new partner… but that’s just me.

Now it’s Becca’s turn.  Aw, here she is, so cute.  They  kiss.  She’s nervous, of course, to meet his family.  It’s a critical moment for their relationship.  Wow big group!  That would make anyone nervous.

Chris is saying he loved Becca’s family and he thinks they would mesh together well.  They apparently loved him when he was at her home town visit.

Becca tells his family what she thought about their town.  It was… small lol.  She’s cracking up his family joking about the weekend entertainment in their town being everybody heading out to hang at the post office lol.  She says she’ll tell her family not to e-mail but to write her letters instead…

Becca opens up with the ladies in Chris’ family, telling them her concerns about how she isn’t ready to start having kids right away.  She then says she wouldn’t move to Arlington (his home town) until she is SURE that it’s right for HER.  I see the family close off when she says that.  Maybe I’m imaging it…  Ooops, nope.  The family says they don’t want someone who isn’t totally sure.  Well…

One of the ladies says “well she (Becca) has to give you something.”  Seriously, like uprooting her life and moving to another state isn’t a freaking huge deal?  Hmmm…  I think it’s a huge deal.  The family’s viewpoint is so one-sided.  I can see this not going well with Becca.  I think she’d be better off with people who respect her as an individual and not just as someone’s wife.

Becca has a private chat with Chris’ mom, who seems very kind and sincere.  His mom points out that Becca’s feelings just might mean that she is already in love with him, and maybe she isn’t ready to really deal with that yet.  But personally, I think it could be lust or attraction and not love, that makes you feel the things she is feeling…

Chris and Becca kiss goodbye.  She says, that thinking of not being with Chris forever is just scary to her.  There are lots of decisions to be made and they will need to talk, she says.

She’s gone and they’re back to the family.  That guy in the beard is a wise man.  He says that you can’t necessarily analyze love, it’s a gut feeling in your heart and you just have to go with it.

Here with Chris H., he sees what I did, that Chris S.’ family seems to be leaning strongly towards the girl who’s ready to start popping out those little farmer babies!  🙂  (That’d be Whitney.)

Aaaaannndddd, we’re back.  Chris H. says we should get ready for something shocking that’s never happened before.  A girl next to him covers up her smirk, yes Chris we HAVE heard that one before!  But then he says, Chris S. has one last date with each of the girls to help him make a decision…  ok Chris H., we’ll give you that one.  Though it’s not really what I’d call “SHOCKING”…

So here we are Chris S. and Becca somewhere very private together.  What do you want Chris? she asks.  “I want everything that you can give me…”  She says that she is “falling in love” with him.  He really wants to know if she can see a real future together with him in his life…  how does she feel?  Good question Chris!

She’s not ready.  It seems like she wants to know the future, that it will work out for sure before she commits to moving to Arlington.  That’s smart, but also maybe too fearful.  She can always move there and then change her mind later.  She is feeling the pressure and getting upset…

Maybe she IS too young for him.

He asks her “why don’t you feel like you are in love with me?”  She doesn’t have a good answer and is just confused it seems.  She says that maybe her confusion is because this is the first time that she’s felt this way and been in this situation.

The one thing that she is sure about is that she wants him.  That’s the one thing.

He’s doing a good job of trying to understand where she is really at with their relationship, but I think she just needs more time to learn and grow to be in the place that he needs her to be.  Maybe 2-3 years… what do you guys think?

Now, she identifies that she can’t picture what SHE would do in Arlington.  She is a good person, smart and thinking about her future and what will make her happy.

Becca is so cute, I love her hair…

Chris is talking about how he is torn.  It seems like he knows Becca isn’t ready, and he isn’t really willing to wait.  I think he knows he has to let her go and that it’s going to hurt her and that’s why he’s really upset and torn up.

Now time for a commercial:  “Groove is in the heart” is playing… sure seems like a lot of good music from the old days is coming back…

It’s time for Chris’ final date with Whitney.  In a corn field, in winter… brrrrr!  Apparently it’s his farm.  His dad joins them and they climb on a giant piece of farm equipment.  They go out in the field and harvest corn.  He teaches her what they do with the corn.  He looks pretty happy to have her there with him.  Maybe the rumors are true and she is the one?

They take a romantic ride through the cornfields together and he shows her all of his land (eh, about 800 acres).  He takes her back to his place…  It’s a nice regular house.

She gives a speech about how it’s all so perfect and she knows it’s right and he’s right and … they kiss.  He looks very happy.  Looks like a match to me.

Back from another commercial.  Whitney is still telling him how she’s sure she wants to be with him and she’ll be happy in Arlington…  He said he’s pretty happy how things went with her and he’s pretty comfortable now…  i.e. he is going to pick her.  (At least that’s how it is seeming to me.)

She explains that this is how she would want to feel if she was in love with someone, HUH?  Wait you mean, you’re not in love with him?  Hmm.. maybe she is playing him and all of us too!

He asks her how she is so certain of them together.  She says she thought he was attractive on “The Bachelorette” so you know, that’s all she needed.  Jk, she starts out with that but then goes on and on about how she wants to be with him etc.   Ok, let’s move on, I’m sure I’m boring you with them by now…

Lol he’s so good with words.  🙂  They kiss some more.   She talks.  Semi-dramatic music plays ever-so-slowly in the background as she goes on and on and on… dramatic music comes to an end, the audience is clapping somewhat wildly.

And we’re back.  The camera pans over flat and not-very-interesting Iowa in the winter.  That’s ok Iowa, we’re not much better.  Chris is shown pondering without his shirt on.  Bonus.

More dramatic music plays.  Whitney is standing, thinking, in front of a pond.  Chris is shown staring out of his window into the sunrise.  There is a knock on the door, it’s a shocking surprise, the ring guy is here!

Chris’ voice is saying he’s actually still not sure which girl he wants to be with.  Uh oh…  the music is getting much more dramatic!  He then says, you’re not human if you don’t question who you’re going to spend the rest of your life with.  He’s bucking up!

The girls are getting all dressed up now, Becca’s dress is a gorgeous deep red and Whitney’s is a blue-purple gown.

HAHA!  they show that he’s going to propose in a barn, that’s hilarious.  It’s all fancified, but still, it probably smells like animals and hay.  I hope the girls are not allergic!  He says something about this is where he raises his pigs I think.  HAHA!  Hilarious.

[Since we’re on commercial I thought I’d let you know that the most searched terms for tonight’s blog have to do with…  you guessed it!  Whitney’s voice. 🙂 ]

oh GAWD Chris H. comes on and says  “stay tuned for ‘After the Final Rose’ because what happens there will CHANGE EVERYTHING.”  The whole audience groans.  He says it’ll be amazing…  Yeah, we’ll see Chris…  we’re totally on to you.

Here comes limo #1 while Chris S.’ voice runs over the images.  It’s Becca, red velvet dress.  Sweet.  Pretty scene with the light hitting her air and a bit of wind blowing in the microphones.  He’s saying “I don’t want to say goodbye…”   I wish my hair looked like that!  😉  (Hers, not his!  haha)

Chris is about to break Becca’s heart.  Aw, this is the hard part to watch.

He’s telling her how great they could be together.  Way to build her up before you destroy her.  He starts to cry.  She is starting to see, it’s not going to be her tonight.

“You’re not really ready,” he tells her.  “I have to go with my heart.”  She looks mad. No tears from her, yet.  He’s saying nice things to her about appreciating having met her family and “been with” her.

She’s so calm.  Wow.  She communicates so well.  She will be an amazing partner for someone one day, for real.  She says nice things back to him.  She’s got a great head on her shoulders, congrats to her family and to her.

He breathes a sigh of relief that she didn’t sob and wail and make it even harder than it probably already was.  They hug and walk out hand in hand into the light of the late-day sun.  Piano music plays slowly.  The camera shows that the final red rose, is not going to be shown in front of a velvet red dress.  The limo drives away, leaving Chris standing there, very much alone.

Becca is in the limo.  Will she cry?  Beautiful scene of the Iowa landscape.  Nope, no crying yet.  She’s so together.  Now they show her talking.  She thinks she’s “in a state of shock.”  She says she can’t process it right now.

She asks if she will ever find the right person if it wasn’t him.  Don’t worry honey, you will, just give it some time.

We’re back from commercial.  A horse neighs, Chris S. lets out a deep sigh as he waits alone in the barn, his breath showing in the cold air.  Whitney is driving up in the limo as a haze hangs over the top of the corn fields on either side of the road.

Whitney is very nervous and is having trouble breathing as she talks to Chris H. outside of the barn.  He sends her in with his traditional “good luck.”

She knows what she wants, she says, but it’s a two-way street.  She’s in the barn with Chris S. now, and she’s shaking and breathing with difficulty.  She looks cute.  She’s talking to him like a girl who’s about to get married.  Saying how she feels and how much she feels for him and has enjoyed their journey.

“I love you so much,” she says and kisses him.  He sighs.  She looks down.

He takes his turn to talk.  He says one of the best days of his life was when she got out of the limo in the beginning, and they got to crash that wedding.  He says his family’s reaction to her told him a lot.  Their relationship is “so natural” and it “feels so perfect,”  long pause… “and that’s what I want for the rest of my life.”

She relaxes and is so happy!

“I love you,” “will you marry me?” he says down on one knee.  “Absolutely” she says, “oh my god.”  He puts on the ring, she looks at it and is like, yeah that’s good, jk lol!  And then she kisses him.

They kiss a bunch, then he laughs that crazy laugh… and they sit together talking and kissing on a hay bale lol!  They are sitting with their legs hanging out of the side of a big opening in the red barn wall.  So cute!  What a great setting for a sweet proposal.

And he gives her … the final rose!   Stay tuned for more live blogging from “After the Final Rose!”  Thanks for being here.

Here it is, “After the Final Rose!”

Chris H. and Chris S. are talking.  It sounds like things are going well between Chris and Whitney.  So, I’m not yet sure what the massive surprise is going to be!  Maybe they already got married?  Maybe she is pregnant?  Hmmm… who knows!  Stay tuned. 🙂

Chris H. asks S. about Becca.  Were you really in love with her?  He tries to answer but has some trouble.  He says there were some great things about her, but in the end she just wasn’t where he needed her to be for it to move forward.  He explains that he is 33 years old and she wasn’t really there yet.

Becca joins Chris S. on the “hot couch.”  She says it was really hard to watch that episode back.  She felt it was really difficult for her near the end.  He said, heck yeah, same for me.

She really respected him for how he handled things at the end.  They both appreciated each other’s honesty.  So IMPORTANT!

Becca talks about her not wanting to ever mislead Chris during the process.  He appreciated that.  Becca jokes that maybe it was crazy for her to come on a show like this without having ever been in love!  Chris H. makes a joke about that and everybody laughs.

Chris says that they had an undeniable chemistry from day one.  Becca says she is very thankful that the show really taught her what to look for and that she can be open to finding love and not be so closed off.  Chris H. says he doesn’t think that Becca will have any trouble finding love after this and they all laugh and she says thanks.

Whitney comes out and she and Chris S. talk.  She shows the camera the pretty ring that he got her, nice!  She’s wearing a super cool sheer dress covered in a silvery print.  Love good fashion.  They seem super happy together, what more could anyone ask for?!  I guess those darn rumors about him picking her were right after all!  You never know… I sure wish people wouldn’t give the endings of shows away though.

Aw… she is describing how the final moment, the proposal, made her feel.

[During this, yet another, commercial break I want to give a big shout out to my Bachelor fans, you guys are THE GREATEST!  Thanks for reading my blog!   I’d love to hear your feedback, let me know what you like, what you don’t and if there are any other shows you want to have me blog about.]

And, we’re back!  Whitney is telling Chris how she didn’t watch the show, except for their dates.  She explains that she wouldn’t want to see the man she is in love with dating other women, plus she lived it.  She feels “confident in what they have.”  Smart lady.  She says she really appreciated how he made sure that the other girls were NOT the right ones before picking her, and how that makes her more confident in what THEY have between them.

Omg his parents come walking up the road after the proposal.  They are so very happy; his mom is crying.  They look like a very happy group of people.  She talks about how they’re going to be making some babies pretty soon!  lol

Now back to our host, Chris H.  He picks out Ashley S. (the goofy, spacey, weird girl from the season, you know, the onion and the pomegranate…) and asks her about whether she will be on “Bachelor in Paradise” and she says, maybe… I guess that’s a big commitment from her lol.  🙂  It was pretty awkward.  I guess that show will have a lot of good stuff to blog about lol if it’s anything like last season’s!

OOOooo back to Whitney.  Chris H. busts her for visiting Chris S.’ family.  She broke the rules, but she had a good time doing it she says.  I wonder what her contract says about that…

Oh no lol it’s Jimmy Kimmel.  Sometimes he’s funny, sometimes he’s more weird and creepy… to each their own I guess!  Jimmy takes all of the credit for making this match happen, unless it doesn’t work out.  🙂  He is funny tonight, so far.

He points to Ashley S. and says she thinks she’s on “The Price is Right” right now. lol.  Chris S. lets out a big dolphin laugh at that one.  I feel waves crashing around me.

It must be crazy for Chris and Whitney to be sitting next to someone that famous.  I guess that’s what happens with reality tv!

Jimmy throws out a bunch of one-liners, one disses Chris and the crowd goes “ooooo.”  Jimmy has a surprise for them.  Is this the “shocking surprise?!”  It’s a huge black and white COW holy crap!  Jimmy says he has named it Juan Pablo.  LOL!  “He doesn’t speak any English,” he says.  Funny.  How are they going to get THAT back to their house lol?!

Ok we’re back from commercial.  Chris H. is about to announce the new Bachelorette.  Will this also be what was rumored?  He says “The Bachelor” staff were split down the middle and couldn’t decide, so they’re throwing it out to us.  The options are:  Britt or Kaitlyn.  From the crowd’s response here I guess it’s Kaitlyn.  Aw, I was hoping for Becca.  Oh well, I know I’ll end up watching anyway.

Ooo, WAIT!  Chris H. says there will be TWO BACHELORETTES!  Ok, is he serious?  No WAY?!  Ok, Chris H.  THAT ACTUALLY IS SHOCKING!!  Finally.  lol 🙂

He goes on to say that the 25 men will decide which girl they want to be the Bachelorette on the first night!  Hoooooooly cow!  lol He says “sometimes I’m actually being honest when I say it’s going to be a shocking moment.”  Yes, Chris, yes you are.

After that Chris H. chats with both girls.  At one point, Kaitlyn says that both of the girls will be in the hot tub together at some point…. hmmm, the boys are all in now!

Gotta mention Kaitlyn’s dress, WOW gorgeous.  Very sparkly.  Britt’s is too.  Nice.

Chris reports “heated debates” behind the scenes about the two girls they were choosing between.  Well, I think it’s led to an interesting twist in the show.  Way to keep things interesting guys and gals over there at ABC!  Thanks for the entertainment, we are enjoying following it along with you all.

Chris H. signs off and reminds us that “Bachelor in Paradise” will air again this summer and we’d all better be there!

Have a great night all, thanks for following along with me, I hope that you enjoyed reading this LONG blog lol!  🙂  Take care of yourselves.

[Note, I’m watching Jimmy Kimmel on his show now.  He did a  funny bit on how they make the kissing sounds for each type of kiss on T.B.  Ok, I guess he’s funny 😉  I wish I had that job!  lol That would be fun.]

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Fun with Apple Watch, Before you can Touch it, You can Play with it

March 6, 2015 by Leave a Comment

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Suzanne Coleman

Hi all, I know some of you are eagerly anticipating the release of the new Apple Watch, coming soon to a store near you.  In the spirit of the moment, I wanted to share this fun website I found just the other day.

If you go to http://mixyourwatch.com you will see what I assume are all of the known designs of the watch’s components at this time.  You can mix and match the different components to make your “very own” watch.

For example, you pick a watch case and then choose which type of band you want to try it on with.  So you can pick a dark grey steel watch case, then one of many different materials and colors for the band.

Your choices:

For the case you have 3 choices of metal:  steel, aluminum, or gold (I’m sure this will be the cheapest one 😉 ).  The steel case comes in 2 different color tones, both of which are quite attractive.  One is like a grey chrome, very shiny.  The other one is a darker grey and seems less reflective, which may simply be due to the deep, rich color tone.  The aluminum cases appear to be brushed aluminum, which means that they have a flat, non-reflective appearance.  The silver-colored aluminum one is as you would expect a flat-surfaced aluminum to appear.  The dark grey aluminum one on the other hand has a deep mysterious quality to it.  The gold case comes in both a yellow and a rose-colored gold.  Both versions are shiny and polished gold.  I personally like that rose-colored gold one, but I don’t think it will come in my current price range 🙂

Now on to step two, selecting the band.  The fun part here is that you can try on any watch case with any of the 21 shown band styles and colors.  There are 3 different types of bands, fluoroelastomer (did they make this word up?), leather (yes, I’ve heard of that one), and steel (that one too).

The fluoroelastomer (my spell check is also wondering if this is real word) band is made of some type of manufactured material, like a plastic or rubber, and comes in 5 colors from basic to florescent (hmm…).  Your choices of color are sky blue, black, white, salmon, and florescent yellow-green.  I wonder if that stems from the current neon style trend?  Anyway, I’m sure there will be additional after-market band options as well from a variety of manufacturers, just like with iPhone cases etc.

The leather bands come in 8 color choices and two textures, but they don’t overlap.  In the flat leather you have beige, medium brown, medium grey, coral, and black.  The other three leather bands are a ribbed and textured leather.  They come in three different colors, off-white/tan, dark tan, and greyish blue.

There are also 3 metal bands.  One is a silver mesh and the other two are jointed bands that come in silver and grey tones.

 

Some looks I personally find pretty appealing are the following combos:

– dark grey aluminum watch case with black fluoroelastomer (FE) band

– lighter grey steel case with black FE band

– darker grey steel case with black FE band

– darker grey steel case with white FE band

– yellow gold case with white FE band

– either aluminum case with medium grey leather band

– all cases with the black leather band

– dark aluminum with the off-white/tan leather band

– dark aluminum case with the ribbed blue leather band

– all of the cases look pretty nice with the mesh metal band

– dark aluminum case with the jointed grey metal band

– light steel and dark aluminum cases with the silver jointed metal band

 

And second tier choices for me would be:

– light aluminum case with either the white or yellow-green FE band

– darker steel case with yellow-green FE band

– yellow gold case with black FE band

– dark aluminum case with beige leather band

– rose gold case with beige leather band

– both steel cases with the medium grey leather band

– rose gold case with medium grey leather band

– yellow gold case with coral leather band

– either steel case with the off-white/tan leather band

– dark aluminum case with the ribbed brown leather band

– yellow gold case with the ribbed blue leather band

– both steel, light aluminum, and rose gold cases with the grey jointed metal band

– dark steel, light aluminum, and rose gold cases with the silver jointed metal band

 

Overall I think I like the mesh metal band and the white bands the best.  For the cases I seem to be drawn to that dark aluminum one, which is great, because I might actually be able to afford it.

What do you guys think?  Are you liking the idea of a computer on your wrist?  Do you like the fashion-look of this product?  Let me know in the comments.

 

 

 

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Boom! Empire Blows the Crowds Away, Again

March 5, 2015 by Leave a Comment

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Suzanne Coleman

OOOoooo Empire, you never fail to impress.  The opening segment on last night’s episode was intense!  I only wish it had continued straight through the rest of the episode like that…

But you did bring it back when you set us up in that elevator scene with all three brothers, nice work.  We all felt stuck together in those close quarters as the elevator lost power and the box shook, the poor light leaving us squinting to see what was happening, leaning forward in our seats.  Then that glowing blue light starts to creep in and it starts to get crazy.  The light glints off of Andre’s sweaty skin as he gets worked up into a passionate frenzy, finally opening up to his brothers about how he has been feeling taken advantage of and under appreciated for all he has done for the family.  This all happened during a manic episode (part of Andre’s bipolar disorder) which happened because he had stopped taking his medications and had also been drinking which interferes with the medications working properly.  The mania gets Andre super worked up and hyper towards his brothers, when he’s usually so chill (on his medications).

When this all happened, I really appreciated how they showed that violence and strength aren’t always the best way to avoid or end a conflict.  Jamal used his words to bring Andre back to their youth and a time when he was calm, and the one who protected them from others.  Smart move Jamal.

I want to give a shout out to Trei Byers, who portrays Andre, he did an excellent job in this episode.  You could see his range of acting skills very well, from the uptight, though creepy, executive, to the raging, almost uncontrollable man letting his emotions spew freely from him.

This show had a lot of great one-liners, most of them seemed to come from Lucious.  Great job writers, fun stuff.  I like the spicy side of these great characters a lot.  It stirs the pot and keeps us on our toes, wanting more.

I liked the drama on this episode, but I would have liked to see the plot evolving more slowly.  It feels like lots of story lines are being dropped and restarted illogically, like those with Elle and Tiana.  I can understand that with Tiana it probably had something to do with contract negotiations, or some other possible conflict, and now it’s resolved.  But the show needs to explain to the audience where she was when she was suddenly gone (like from the white party and all other mentions on the show).  And when she returned the quick tie-up with her and Ha’keem didn’t flow at all with the previous episodes and their relationship.  Her behavior also didn’t fit with what had already occurred.

And the whole scene with Elle and Cookie, where Cookie screams at Elle and demeans her, totally not believing what she says about not having taken any drugs.  After that, I don’t think they’d just be like, oh ok, everything is just peachy fine with us.  Do you?  That was an amazing story line and because of that, no one will forget it.  I need to see how they move forward from that betrayal by Cookie of Elle.   Where did their relationship go after that, and how did they get to where they were on last night’s episode, apparently all cool again.  And wouldn’t Elle be wondering who doped her?  I mean, really, that is a freaking BIG (felonious?) deal.

The show does a great job of creating these characters and their conflicts, I ask that they also work on keeping the plots tied together so that pieces don’t just drop out of the story.  The relationships that are being developed are critical to the intense attraction we all have to this show.  Don’t skip over bits and pieces, slow down, there’s no hurry now to wrap up the stories in the show.  Take your sweet time and pull us into the drama with your writing.  I’d hate to see the show suddenly decline due to loss of interest due to too many dropped story lines.  Nobody wants to sit and listen to a track that’s skipping.

Another suggestion I have is to not show next week’s major plot lines in the previews.  Suspense is everything.  Telling us that Anika was going to jump ship and betray the family/business in the previews at the end of last week’s episode made it an expected event.  So then when the actual show came on, the drama level was like, “eh, yeah, we already knew that was going to happen.”

And another area where the story didn’t fill in the blanks well-enough in my opinion was with Anika, we didn’t hear much from her when the betrayal went down.  Why did she suddenly flip?  Was it planned all-along for her to betray Empire and Lucious?  What was she thinking?  Her conversation with Lucious on their steps was the only insight we really had.  And it wasn’t even real.  It didn’t fit with the rest of what we’ve already seen in the plot.  She showed no real emotion (never really does, it’s quite weird).  If she was so upset by Lucious’ behavior with Cookie (he’s been touching several other women during the show as well, so it shouldn’t be a surprise to her that he isn’t faithful), she really didn’t show it well at all.  I wonder if this is a limitation in the actress herself (lack of emotional range) or the way that the director wants her to portray this character.  Either way it is hard to believe that she isn’t more emotional after she just jumps out of her relationship AND betrays his company.  She doesn’t even seem to show any regrets or distress over her decisions… except for that one small moment after the handsy creeper leaves her alone in the room of his house.

Maybe I expect more emotion from her because Cookie is just the opposite, RAW unbridled emotion.  What do you guys think, is Anika too suppressed?

I want to add that I am all about doing good, like educating the public.  I like the fact that the show is talking about bipolar disorder, since it is a disease that often takes several years to be diagnosed and impacts millions of people in the US.  By talking about this disease in such a large forum the show will likely be helping a good number of people to get diagnosed and treated.  It will also hopefully educate people on the disease and lead to more empathy towards those who are suffering from it as well as their families.  It’s good that the show showed Andre getting medical assistance for his disorder, this let people know that they can call for help (911) if they need it.

OK, now for the last piece of business for today.  So last night I was watching the episode and I kept thinking, gee that looks like Chicago… when they had the standoff between the two big wigs, guns drawn on the street corner, and then again later when Cookie was out walking, or stumbling, on the street after drinking that purple stuff (WHAT WAS THAT?! yikes…).  I was like, hmm…  And I’m pretty sure I was sensing Chicago in that last episode too…But then I was like, no, it’s set in New York…  So today I finally looked it up and found out that they are filming the series here in Chicago!  Are you kidding me?!  That is awesome.  See, I know my city 🙂  This is VERY exciting to me…

Man, there is just so much more that can be said about this episode of Empire, but I’ve got to let you go for now… I may be back later for more, so stay tuned 🙂

 

 

 

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YY reports it doubled revenues this quarter

March 5, 2015 by Leave a Comment

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Suzanne Coleman

YY is China’s online social networking, gaming and music platform, similar to our facebook (FB), but with more features and it monetizes user activity as well.  YY just reported great earnings with an increase of approximately 100% year over year.  This stock just may do very well in your portfolio and I recommend that you check it out.

I’ll have you do your own research but its current price (before earnings) was about half of its estimated 12 month price.  Now that earnings are in, I would think that that 12 month estimate may increase.

I would keep in mind that for some reason this well-perfoming company has a bit of an erratic stock price history.  Also, factor in the unknowns about investing in a company in China.

This stock reminds me of Yahoo! (YHOO) back in 1996.  Time will tell the tale.

 

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Wow, Britt was SO being fake!

March 4, 2015 by Leave a Comment

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Suzanne Coleman

OK guys, now I have to say something after seeing Monday’s episode of “The Bachelor, The Women Tell All.”  Now, if you’ve been following my blog so far, you know what I’ve been thinking about a few of the girls on the show.

I generally liked Britt, even though she was clearly a bit self-centered when she grabbed all of the attention on the group date after the other girl got the rose and not HER.  She did realize later that she was being selfish though, so I forgave her for that.  No one is perfect, heck no one is even close…

But now that I think about things again after seeing her on Monday night’s episode, things have become clearer.  It now seems like her saying how selfish she was about the whole episode was her being fake in another attempt to get attention.  And then, this comes to mind too.  I remember her telling the other girls about how she and Chris S. spent two hours alone together in HIS ROOM…”napping”… that was pretty rude, and not very classy either.  It’s not like they were her close friends whom she would tell EVERYTHING about her relationship.  No, not at all.  The truth is, she told them to make them jealous.  And, it worked.

When I watched Monday’s episode, it became really obvious to me that she was full of something.  I’m sure she probably did have some real feelings for Chris at the time they were together.  I mean, they sure seemed to have good chemistry, even if we didn’t see much of anything else between them.  That’s enough to make it hurt when things don’t work out, I think we all know.  But it’s been months now, and the pain from that short fling has likely faded.

Instead of seeing a girl in pain over an old relationship that didn’t work out, I saw a woman who seemed calculated and manipulative in her behaviors.  Throughout most of the episode she demanded that all of the attention be on her.  I’ve never seen a “Tell All” that spent so much time on one person!  The rest of the show was just bits and pieces of other people’s concerns.  Her crying was definitely fake.  It may have started out a bit real, but after that, it wasn’t.  Even Chris H. could tell, he is very intelligent and he always leads people in the best way he knows how, and he was trying to get her to stop faking it lol.  But she just kept on milking it, often looking up to make sure that someone or something was looking at her.  When you’re crying you don’t pause, look up deliberately, then look down and start fake crying again.  At least I don’t…

I know lots of people still like her.  She is a beautiful young woman, no doubt.  She is working very hard to further her public career, and this show is a great platform for that.  I don’t want to take that away from her, but really, she isn’t being REAL with us.  I mean, the whole sleeping in your makeup thing is a pretty good clue that she either has some really serious issues with herself, or she is super concerned about how she looks on camera at all times.

While watching the series you could tell that many of the girls did not like Britt, and some called her out on being fake and self-centered.  Now we know why.  Maybe this helps explain Carly’s behavior a bit more.  It’s hard to say who is being real on the show, until you see something that makes you say “ah HA!”

I have to say though, if I was the director/producer of that episode I would have pulled Britt down off of that throne, uh, I mean stage, and focused more attention on the other stories we all wanted to see unfold that evening.

Now, I guess we can all wait to see what happens on the finale.  What do you think, Whitney vs. Becca?  I know who I like the best!  🙂

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