Finally, "Project Runway"

Behold: "Project Runway" Preview Video
This looks so awesome. Starting Aug. 20... "Project Runway" & the new "Models of the Runway."

5 reasons why this season should be awesome, judging by this trailer:

1. Heidi looks even more fabulous than usual!

2. Tim Gunn: "I. Am about. To Lose It." The girl in the background looks pretty freaked about this.

3. Lindsay Lohan as a guest judge -- hell yes!

4. Michael Kors and Nina Garcia back as judges, thank God. I was especially worried about Kors coming back. His commentary is always 100% spot-on and oh-so-sassy.

5. The models making bitchy comments about the designers' work. If one of these PR hopefuls really makes it in the fashion world, I bet that smack-talking model will regret it! Burning bridges, beginning in just 3 short weeks.

The only thing that will destroy this long-anticipated season's success are the designers -- if they're not talented enough, play it too safe, are devoid of personality and entertainment value, or all of the above, it just won't be very fun to watch.

Love.

Discovering ingenious blogs is so exhilarating. STFU, Marrieds is simply dedicated to the gushy, vomit-inspiring updates on Facebook that married (or engaged, or coupled) people post, which are essentially intended to exclaim to anyone who's reading, "Hey! Look at how fantastic my life is! Having a significant other validates my self-worth! Aren't you so envious of my daily activities?"

Can't take full credit for the discovery -- found it through a link on a Passive-Aggressive Notes post (one of the greatest blogs ever created).

Jazzed about "Alice in Wonderland" (?!)

I'm not always very enthusiastic about Tim Burton. Some adore his oddball, creepy aesthetic and gush over his every film. I can take them or leave 'em. Sometimes his movies are overly macabre and too short on substance, like his butchery of "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory." When I heard that he was remaking "Alice in Wonderland," I was barely interested. I never really liked the original film or the story, it just seemed to me like a bad mushroom trip or something. A really bad mushroom trip. I put "Alice in Wonderland" lovers in the same category as people who get psyched on watching "The Wizard of Oz" while listening to Pink Floyd's "The Dark Side of the Moon." I'm sorry but I just can't relate.

Anyway, I love the blog First Showing and I've been following the "Alice in Wonderland" updates since it was announced that Mia Wasikowska was chosen to portray Alice. She is phenomenal on "In Treatment!" She was, like, the main reason for watching "In Treatment" (Alison Pill was also really good in season 2 but nobody can hold a candle to Mia's performance as troubled, coming-of-age gymnast Sophie in season 1).

So add Mia, add the delicious Johnny Depp, add Anne Hathaway, add 3-D and this Tim Burton-style "Alice in Wonderland" was becoming more and more intriguing. Now, the trailer has been released and I am really and truly officially jazzed.

Get jazzed, too -- watch the "Alice in Wonderland" high-quality trailer!

Life imitates art: "Labor Pains"

The FourFour is one of my favorite blogs -- Rich's "America's Next Top Model" recaps are spectacular. I completely forgot to watch Lindsay Lohan's latest foray into film, "Labor Pains" (don't worry, it will air again Thursday, July 23 at 8 p.m., ABC Family). Thankfully, Rich summed it all up with a helpful video. Finally, some insight into what inspired Lindsay to choose this role!

The Truths of Labor Pains

"Kramer vs. Kramer" puts the beat job market into perspective

I Googled "pounding the pavement" -- I guess that even Elmo is hustling for jobs these days.

I tuned into Turner Classic Movies' Meryl Streep marathon last night and it was fantastic. "Manhattan" was some good old-fashioned Woody Allen -- with not much Meryl in it really -- and it is so depressing that I still have never been to New York City and my mother has convinced me that I will get mugged. Woody Allen always romanticizes New York and "Manhattan" is the epitome of that -- gorgeous cinematography -- and I started to wonder, does anyone ever get mugged in one of his movies? Someone stole Carrie Bradshaw's Manolos once on "Sex & the City."

Anyway, the second film was "Kramer vs. Kramer," which was also excellent, with Meryl and Dustin Hoffman, each at the peak of their fabulousness. There is a scene where Hoffman's character, Ted, vows to find a new job in 24 hours. He breaks out the classifieds, circles anything worthwhile (at a glance, it looked like there were 7 to 10 ads circled), and goes from office to office in his suit and tie. This is on Dec. 22, the Friday before Christmas. He shows up at the last place on his list and demands an interview on the spot, and when they say they'll get back to him before the holidays are over, he says he wants an answer right then and there. It's not long before 5 p.m. and the company Christmas party is going on. After a few moments of private discussion, they offer him the job. And so, Hoffman nabs that new job in his chosen field in a single day.

I found this to be really inspiring -- although not inspiring enough to pound the pavement myself -- and at the same time, depressing. I wonder if finding a job within 24 hours in this economy was a realistic goal. I don't just mean any old job -- I mean a job that you want. While I readily admit that many of the job seekers of my generation are relying too much on impersonal communication, like e-mail, and aren't hitting the streets like they should be, I looked at the Sunday classifieds in two newspapers. There were three possibilities that I could possibly be qualified for, and just one in my chosen field (that I've already applied for). Not much to circle.

I think I'll keep my PJs on.