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SNL: Spin the Bottle, Target Lady,Ricky Gervais Promos, & Headz Up App
I didn’t catch all of Saturday Night Live last night, but thanks to DVR & Hulu I was able to fast forward to the important parts. 
I mean in essence the entire episode was decent, but it’s weird for me to envision Daniel Radcliffe beyond his role as Harry Potter. In my mind he will always be Harry Potter, the same way Robert Pattinson will always be Edward Cullen from Twilight.
It can be hard breaking out of a character, but Radcliffe did show a different side of him I haven’t really seen before. It was great seeing him play some comedic roles, and he seemed to fit into the cast chemistry of each sketch. It wasn’t like he was out of place; his acting was believable and worked for the tasks at hand.
Some of the sketches I found funny were the usual Target Lady who is horrible at her job as a cashier and always gets distracted, Spin the Bottle, and the Ricky Gervais Promos. Now as far as the Spin the Bottle sketch, it’s not what you think. It’s this hilarious sketch in which every time Radcliffe spins the bottle he ends up having to kiss a homeless man instead of the beautiful girl he has a crush on. It’s so funny seeing him never get to kiss the girl, but instead always kissing a random homeless guy. It’s gross, but hilarious!
That sketch was the funniest out of all of them, but I really did enjoy watching the Ricky Gervais promos. He is always such a jerk at the Golden Globe Awards, so you know SNL had to make fun of it. I’m not sure if he is really that much of a jerk in real life, but I do know seeing him on Curb Your Enthusiasm and being such a jerk to Larry David made me be like, “Hmm, I don’t like this guy. He was mean to Larry David.” LOL I know it was scripted, but still! He just has this vibe every time I see him on television that makes me not like him. So when SNL did the promos I found it pretty funny because he is always being so pompous and outright rude, but the way SNL did it was too funny!
Of course there were some other sketches from last night’s episode, but I don’t have much to say about them. But check them out for yourselves below. I thought the Headz Up App was funny too, and I could totally relate to it! Man texting and walking can be so dangerous, but if an App like that existed then I’m sure everyone would use it. LOL. We’ve all had times in which you almost walk into a wall because your busy sending a text. Then you try to play it off and act normal, even though everyone around you is glancing over at you. SMH…a mess!
But like I said, check out the videos below. What did ya think of Daniel Radcliffe’s acting? It’s different from Harry Potter, but it’s pretty good! He’s actually good at comedy!
©Jasmine McGee.ThinkSoul25. http://thinksoul25.com
It’s Okay, You’re Awkward…I Get It
I’ve never been the type of person to exactly follow social protocol. I’m far from a social assassin like Mr. Larry David, but I’m usually off into my own world. Sometimes I over analyze basic situations and other times I just completely “go for it.” Yet, my undeniable efforts always end up in a funny and random conversation.
I remember about two weeks ago I was at Target buying Fight Night Champion. I was getting as a gift for my brother, just wanted to do something nice for my big bro. It was really crowded and seemed everyone in the electronics section was waiting for some type of help. Finally after waiting, my mom went and found this short but cute light skin guy. He grabbed the game and handed it to me. My mom decided to walk off and told me to “handle it.” Whenever something needs to be done or a situation looks like it requires one of us to deal with it, my mom and me will simply give each other a quirky look and say “handle it.”
Well, needless to say I “handled it.” I ended up meeting the guy at the counter and I could feel myself towering over him. He was 5’6”, so compared to my 6ft frame, he looked like a child. We had this awkward moment while he scanned the game, then he said “I need your ID.” A normal person would have probably handed it to him and call it a day, but not me. I began asking him why it was so important and randomly talking about my height. He complimented my height and said “well little girls are getting taller.” LMAO wtf? Little girls are getting taller? I had no idea, maybe I should observe the ratio of heights more often (yea right.)
Long story short, we ended up bantering back and forth in a flirtatious yet awkward conversation. I told him he was short and then told him I was 20 and I don’t see why he needed an ID. Then he asked me how old he looked and I guessed 25, he had a grown man face on a small frame. Come to find out, he was actually 19. We bantered some more, laughing, f
lirting (nobody was in line, the people that needed help seemed to linger around televisions) and then I ended our conversation by telling him my plans for the night to play video games. It was just more awkward random conversation, but he was able to hang with me. I met up with my mom and she said “What was all that?” I laughed and said, “yeah, that happened.” She began laughing and replied, “Oh, it happened, can’t take you anywhere without you chatting up some guy.”
I have this habit of randomly getting in humorous conversations with strangers. I remember one time chatting up a white guy at JC Penney’s and talking about the beauty of black women and their bodacious butts. Haha, that was a great conversation! I suppose in some ways I’m slightly awkward but in a cool way. My theory is life is too short to always wonder what you should or shouldn’t say. I’m not awkward to the point where it’s rude, but I do like to engage in conversation and use my witty sense of humor to charm people.
Being awkward at times is a gift and a curse for some people, but “Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl” truly shows the ups and major downs of being awkward 24/7. A friend of mine sent this show to me on Facebook and after watching it, I realized I’m slightly awkward. I’m always finding myself in interesting situations that can be described as “awkward.” Yet “Misadventures of an Awkward Black Girl” is the epitome of being awkward and does it in a hilarious way. It’s one thing to be awkward and random, but on top of that being far from the “normal” black girl; now that makes for a hilarious series of events.
It would be hard to sit here and describe the show in detail. I mean you’ve got the baby voice nigga, the 
awkward white guy, an evil office chick, an awkward Indian girl, and a gay guy that is racially insensitive. All those make for a great web series that shed light on being awkward. I happened to watch the show with my mom in one sitting and we both could relate to everything. There’s nothing wrong with being awkward, own up to it. The same goes for people that are jerks, if you’re a jerk/dick then own up to it. Lol commit to the title!
If you’re awkward or appreciate awkwardness, then check out Issa Rae’s “Misadventures of an Awkward Black Girl.”
©Jasmine McGee
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The Art of the Social Assassin
I may often have a hard time deciding on my favorite movie, but when it comes to deciding my favorite television shows; that is an answer that comes easy. My top two favorite television shows are Always Sunny in Philadelphia and Curb Your Enthusiasm.
Both of those shows and my obsession with them can be attributed to my personality. If you don’t find Always Sunny and Curb funny, then you probably won’t like me. I can sometimes be outlandish, neurotic, sassy, and often off in my own little eccentric world. Always Sunny in Philly satisfies my hunger for raw idiotic comedy and Curb is the perfect comedy choice for neurotic antics.
If you’ve been watching the 8th season of HBO’s Curb Your Enthusiasm, then you probably saw the third episode that aired on Sunday night. In the episode Larry as usual got himself into a series of social mishaps. Larry David is always finding a way to utterly piss off people and have an neurotic approach to social protocol. He doesn’t follow the rules and he doesn’t play nice, he’s a “social assassin.”
I had never heard the term “social assassin,” but I must say it’s awesome! A social assassin is someone (especially Larry David) who doesn’t take crap from anyone and isn’t afraid to knock down social protocols. Larry doesn’t care what people might think about him. If he has a problem with the minor details that makeup a 
social interaction, then he will bring attention to it. In the episode that aired on Sunday, Larry called Suzie out on the sound she makes after sipping a refreshing drink, he told this man’s wife to stop saying LOL in verbal conversation, and he got into some drama with Funkhouser.
Larry David is the perfect example of a “social assassin” and in some ways it’s not a bad thing. I often wonder if people are actually as abrasive and neurotic as Larry David, but it’s worse when you find yourself agreeing with his antics. A majority of the time I agree with Larry, he’s pretty, pretty good(if you watch Curb, then you know how that’s supposed to be read.)
The art of being a social assassin is precise. You have to be able to meticulously break down every moment in social interactions and call out the things that bother you. The premise of a social assassin, in the case of Larry David, is the question “Why?” Every moment in life is countered with a “why?” Larry often finds himself wondering why people act a certain way. He’s on a mission to call out people on their faults and those basic social interactions that are protocol to a normal human being, but an insult to Larry.
I wouldn’t want to be called a “social assassin,” yet Larry takes it as a compliment. I as well do find that people are usually taken aback and impressed by those who are bold in their approach to life. There have been plenty of times when people complimented me on my daring personality. I’m never afraid to say my mind, I just chose moments that I find worth bringing to attention. I’m not going to get pissed off and analyze why someone sips their drink a certain way. But I may get annoyed by their dull story and conversation that doesn’t have an end in sight. I’m far from being deemed a “social assassin.” My sassy personality and my instinctive nature to be sometimes socially and politically incorrect may be daring, but I leave the social assassinations up to Mr. Larry David.
©Jasmine McGee
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