The Useless Critic 2.0

It's that time of year again. I mean, what is today, Yellow Thursday? It's the time for Elf  to be on TV constantly, Wal-Mart to have really annoying commercials and me to stress out about buying my family members things they'll actually use.  Every year, I tend to stick like gum to one holiday album. Last year, it was Pink Martini. The year before that, it was the Antlers BECAUSE I WAS MISERABLE and nothing says miserable like an album about losing your girlfriend to cancer.  This year though, I went out and got the She & Him album. Why? Because Zooey could work for the gestapo and I'd take it?  /shame I didn't have any real high standards for this album (much like the New Girl, which I ended up loving). I mean, a Christmas album is a Christmas album and the only thing I can hold it up to be better than is either the Tori travesty or the NBC 2002 holiday mess, or 2001, whatever it was it sucked balls.  She & Him, however, show those kids ...

Even though I love Zooey and enjoy Fox shows, I'm not. I am simply not. Remember My Guys on TBS? ALMOST SAME PLOT? or how about this mid-90s gem I bet you are thinking "what does Dharma and Greg have to do with anything!" but WHEN DOESN'T IT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH EVERYTHING!  here's a synopsis of The New Girl , which kicks off on September 20 2011. Eww really? That's an ugly date. I'm sorry but it is. I don't like late September. The show will star  Zooey Deschanel  as Jessica Day, a well-liked, bubbly, and adorable woman in her late 20's who is trying to get over her surprise breakup with her model boyfriend. She eventually finds a new place to stay when she moves in with three single guys; Nick, a bartender, Schmidt, a professional and modern-day casanova, and Coach, a former athlete turned trainer. Rounding out this unlikely bunch is Jessica's street-smart model friend Cece. Together, this group of friends try to help Jessica ...