Nerds and ‘Gleeks’

When asked what viewers could expect from the upcoming season of “Glee,” star Cory Monteith responded:

“Make out.”

Reading his interview along with co-star Lea Michele on the Pop Culture Madness website made my heart skip a couple beats. I am a self-declared Gleek. I saw the pilot episode of the show earlier this summer and it could not have been a more relevant, feel-good show. I’ve never posted MySpace videos singing ‘Les Miserables’ ballads, or paint-balled a football player, but nonetheless, the prospects of seeing the first season of this show excites me to no end.

If you don’t know where I’m coming from, you can check out the pilot yourself. You could be the coolest kid on the block and realize that after seeing this 40-minute wonder, you were nothing but a Gleek to begin with.

Krasinski ties the knot

And away he goes. John Krasinski, star of the hit comedy series, The Office, was just announced engaged to Emily Blunt, the chick from Devil Wears Prada. I’ve enjoyed watching John on The Office for many seasons.

He’s a great actor and seems like the kind of guy you just want to pal around with.

Emily Blunt, on the other hand, is someone I could care less about. I’ve seen her in one movie and she played a hardcore ‘you know what.’ But who am I to judge someone based on a role they play? It’s like saying I hate Paris Hilton because she always plays—oh wait…bad analogy.

Here’s to the engagement, John. Emily, I don’t even know what to say about you. Frankly, because in retrospect, I haven’t a clue who you are.

New Year, New Face

When people look at me, they may notice 29 things. Here’s three of them:

1) I wear thick-rimmed glasses
2) I’m black
3) I am most likely also wearing a tie or a vest

Did you guess already that the picture on the title of this blog is not me?

That’s because there is a new blogger in town. Apologies for the blatant clichéd phrase, but it’s true. My name is Aaron Edwards and I am a sophomore Journalism/Drama double major at Ithaca College. I am also taking over ‘The Big Spoon.’ Former editor Andy Swift has graduated and gone on to bigger, brighter, spoonier things and boy am I excited to dish out the randomness that your life may or may not need.

Disclaimer: If every post on this blog ends up being about Beyoncé, Broadway, or Carol Channing, then so be it. You’ll just have to stick around to find out. So throw on a V-neck and get in some comfy underwear, people. It’s time to Spoon.