Sunday, January 29, 2012

Chuck: The Nerd in Five Seasons


Like everybody, I thought that Chuck would end with a fairy tale ending: Nerdherder and CIA spy Chuck Bartowski living a happy family with the love of his life, Sarah Walker, with everybody being there to celebrate what they had after all those years.

However, it turned out to be otherwise. With Season 5 going back to the show's roots, the whole series ended with a radical turn, that which leaves an ending that rebuilds and reminisces all the events that have transpired in the past four seasons. Chuck and Sarah, with the aim of recovering the memories that have been wiped out of her memories due to the faulty Intersect, went back to their most significant moments in the dying seconds of the series, and I think that there could be no better ending than that. This just affirms that the show's peak (and focal point) does not rest on a single ending, but more importantly, on the small events that transpired in each episode that brought Chuck, Sarah, the team and their friends, and significantly, the viewers, closer together.

And just like that, Schwartz and Fedak put a close to Chuck. Thanks for the five awesome seasons!

Credits to Fanpop for the image.


Sunday, January 15, 2012

Pages: The Best of Chico and Delamar's The Morning Rush Top 10



1.The Best of Chico and Delamar's The Morning Rush Top 10 


I'm not a fan of RX 93.1, and not even "The Morning Rush." When I drive to work every weekday, my radio is always tuned in to Jam 88.3's "The Rebel Circus" (previously "The Scotty and Hillary Show") and listen to Scotty, Sasha, and Suzuki play requests and have their own rants and misgivings about the things happening in the society.

But then, I still find the "Top 10" interesting, primarily because it is a book of lists. From the infamous pick up lines to creepy ghost stories, the many lists that this book has makes it legendary. It's an amalgam of the funny, creepy, sad, horny, and cheesy, all in catchphrases and anecdotes that made it into the list.

And did I say that there's a list of those celebrity adjectives? Yup, one more reason to check them out and read.