Show of the Week - Week One - Boy Meets World/Girl Meets World

Hey Everyone!

This is the first post for show of the week! I decided that it would be on Boy Meets World, as well as Girl Meets World as it is the spin-off.

Boy Meets World was about the life Cory Matthews, his family and friends. It started out with him in six grade dealing with middle school, then he goes to high school dealing with bullies, relationships, life choices, and then it continued on to college. For seven seasons, Boy Meets World was on Fridays on ABC during the 90s.

Cast were as followed (actor: character) [from IMDB]:

Ben Savage: Cory Matthews
William Daniels: Mr. George Feeny (history teacher/professor and neighbor)
Rider Strong: Shawn Hunter (best friend of Cory)
Betsy Randle: Amy Matthews (mother of Cory)
Will Friedle: Eric Matthews (older brother of Cory)
William Russ: Alan Matthews (father of Cory)
Danielle Fishel: Topanga Lawrence/Matthews (girlfriend/wife of Cory)
Lindsay Ridgeway: Morgan Matthews (second Morgan) (little sister of Cory)
Matthew Lawrence: Jack Hunter (brother of Shawn  and Eric's roommate)
Trina McGee: Angela Moore (best friend of Topanga and Shawn's girlfriend)
Anthony Tyler Quinn: Mr. Jonathan Turner (high school teacher and once was unofficial Shawn's guardian)
Maitland Ward: Rachel McGuire (Eric and Jack's roommate then Angela's roommate)
Lily Nicksay: Morgan Matthews (first Morgan) (little sister of Cory)
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Throughout this series, in every episode - there was a life lesson that was taught. Whether it has to do with family, friends, school, bullies, etc., there was a lesson to be taught. Mr. Feeny became everyone's favorite teacher as he was the guy teaching those lessons. Cory and Topanga became the couple who everyone looked up to, including Shawn. Cory and Shawn were the best friends that taught everyone that it is important to have a close friend in their lives.

From sixth grade to college, you can see changes throughout the characters. They grow mature, build strong relationships with one another, and learn the life lessons they need to continue.

Some of the quotes from Boy Meets World:

"Mr. Fe... he... he... heenay!" - Eric
"Believe in yourselves. Dream. Try. Do Good." - Mr. Feeny
"It's not what you look like on the outside that matters. It's what kind of person you are." - Topanga
"Lose one friend. Lose all friends. Lose yourself." - Plays With Squirrels (Eric)
"Unfortunately we live in a society where they tell us we have to look a certain way so we're all under pressure to live up to unrealistic expectations." - Mr. Feeny

There are plenty more of quotes from the show but there are too many good ones to put them all in this post.  I have found a tribute video on YouTube that someone has made for Boy Meets World and I placed it on here. Check it out:

There are still reruns of Boy Meets World on both ABC Family and MTV so go check it out! Boy Meets World may have ended in 2000 but it will always be around.

This leaves me to the next show! Little more than a decade has passed since Boy Meets World ended and of course, we all miss the characters and life lessons so Disney and the creators of BMW have decided to bring it back! Girl Meets World aired it's first episode on June 27, 2014.

Girl Meets World is about Cory and Topanga's daughter, Riley who is now going to be facing life lessons through her family, friends, and school just as her parents did. Cory is now a history teacher in the school, as well as being her teacher. Riley has a best friend, Maya who seems to be the Shawn in GMW, she also has a friend named Farkle who is the son of Stewart Minkus (another character from BMW), and a new friend, Lucas who seems to be the Topanga of the show. At least, this is what everyone sees as these characters. Only time will tell.

Cast is as followed:

Rowan Blanchard: Riley Matthews
Ben Savage: Cory Matthews
Sabrina Carpenter: Maya Hart (best friend of Riley)
Peyton Meyer: Lucas Friar (new boy in town and friend of Riley)
Danielle Fishel: Topanga Matthews
August Maturo: Auggie Matthews (little brother of Riley)
Corey Fogelmanis: Farkle Minkus (friend of Riley and Maya)

So far, in my opinion, this show has great potential to be something big. Will it be as big as Boy Meets World? No one really knows and can say as BMW was a classic. Do I think people should keep giving Girl Meets World a chance? Yes. Because kids today need a show like this around. A show where life lessons are taught, just as Boy Meets World was for us. If you're an adult (as I am), you should also be watching because it brings back memories of the past, especially when familiar faces start to pop up.

There isn't much more to say about Girl Meets World as it is still growing. Let's keep it growing by watching it every Friday on Disney Channel at 8 PM ET! Shawn will be returning soon for a holiday episode, as well as the parents so keep an eye out for that!

Here is the trailer for Girl Meets World (from Disney Channel's YouTube page):

Remember to continue to support the Girl Meets World cast!

Hope you enjoyed the first Show of the Week post. This Friday will be the first movie of the week post. Have an awesome day!

Until Next Time

CGoerlich <3

Song of the Week - Week One - The Heart Wants What It Wants

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I have decided that I will do my weekly plan that I wrote about in my last post. Well, right now the plan is that on Mondays, I will be doing a song of the week; on Wednesdays, I will be doing show of the week; and on Fridays, I will be doing movie of the week. Now remember these are going to me my personal favorites and I am open for anyone to comment on the posts (even on my other posts that don't involve the weekly plan). As I am doing the weekly plan, I will continue to write other posts when things come up.

So here we go! Time for Week One.

The song for this week will be Selena Gomez's new single "The Heart Wants What It Wants."

Even before we start listening to the song, we can picture what the song is about by just looking at the title and also looking into "who" the song could be about. The title makes an impact on many things but with this particular title - many people go through heartaches and deal with people telling them that what they are doing is wrong because it's hurting themselves but what if you can't help it? what if what your heart wants is not good for you? Do you listen to your heart or your brain? Especially if each one is telling you something differently. This is exactly what this song is saying.

We all know who this song is about. Even before Selena confirmed it to Ryan Seacrest on his radio show. We can just look at her relationship, the relationship that has been public for the past few years. The relationship that everyone seems to have an opinion on. Selena Gomez and Justin Bieber. (I am keeping my personal feelings about Bieber out of this post) Their relationship has been up and down for the past year/longer than a year. We don't know for sure everything.

But with this song, we can a glimpse of the inside, the inside of how Selena was dealing with everything has has been going on. She says this song was written and the video was filmed, a year ago. It makes you wonder, if it was written now or filmed now - would it be even more emotional than it is now? Honestly, either way - it is an emotional song that even if you haven't gone through what she has gone through or feel the kind of up and down love before, you can feel the emotion. Everyone has at least asked once in their life - should I listen to my heart, my head, or the people around me?

In order to feel the real emotion behind the song, you need to watch the video - listen from the beginning (starting with Selena's monologue), listen to every lyric, watch every moment. Don't miss a second. You can watch the video below:

To me, this song right now is one of Selena's best songs that she has sung. First, would be Who Says and then this song would be second. That is my opinion. Both songs have a powerful meaning behind them that anyone can listen to and feel something while listening to them.

There are many supporters behind Selena for this song. Selenators who have supported her since the beginning of her career, new fans because of this song (some who used to think she couldn't sing until this song), and her friends & family. But, there also have been those who haven't changed their thoughts about Selena but even have mentioned that she's "using" Bieber for fame, she's playing the "victim," etc. I, honestly don't know what to say to those people.

You have a girl who is 22 years old still trying to find out who she is in life and she has been through things that not many of us know about and she is sharing a small glimpse of her life with Justin. Singers and songwriters use music to let their emotions out instead of hiding them away inside which can be unhealthy. I give Selena a lot of credit for her sharing this song with the rest of the world. She could've just kept this a secret for just herself, for longer than a year (that she has).

I love this song and I can feel the emotion through the song; and I feel that more people should be listening to it and letting it touch your music soul. Also, if you want more background behind the song - make sure you watch Selena's interview with Ryan Seacrest about the song!

This Sunday, November 23 - Selena Gomez will be performing "The Heart Wants What it Wants" LIVE for the first time at the American Music Awards on ABC starting at 8 PM ET.

Well, that's it for the first song of the week post! Hope you enjoyed it. Please leave comment below if  you would like!

Until Next Time

CGoerlich <3

New Weekly Plan!

Hey Everyone!

I have been trying to figure out a way to update my blog more often! I tweeted out yesterday asking my followers, other tweeters, and bloggers if they had any ideas for what I can post but unfortunately, I received no feedback...HOWEVER, once I tweeted that tweet - ideas just started coming to my mind. I thought about writing about music, movies, and shows. but I realized that one post would not be enough for either of those subjects so I have thought about a way how I can write a lot without writing a lot.

This brings me to the title of this blog post - New Weekly Plan! - and I will explain exactly what that is or what it could be. I was thinking about doing a weekly thing where I write a post about a particular song, movie, or show. The title of these posts would be - Song of the Week; Movie of the Week; Show of the week. These will be of my favorite music, movies, and shows. Now, I'm not sure if I'll do all three every week but that is an option that I am thinking about doing.

I, of course, will still be writing other posts if and when anything else comes up in my life but I thought this would be something exciting to try and a great way for you, my readers, to be involved! You can share your input on what I choose at the song/show/movie of the week.

I am still figuring out the exact details of with me doing this but I am excited for this plan of mine and I'm hoping that you will be too! I am also hoping that I will stick with this because I'm not sure if I'll have as many shows/movies as I do with songs, but we will see what happens as the time goes on.

Please let me know what you think in the comments below. (I am going to try and get started this weekend with my first weekly posts) Have a great day and week!

Until Next Time

CGoerlich <3

What's Been Going On?

Hey Everyone!

So it's been a month since I last posted about something. I thought that I would let you all know what I have been up to. It hasn't been much, really so this isn't going to be that long of a post.

Mostly, I have been doing is school, writing, and sports.

School: I am taking six classes this semester (I know what you're thinking - You're crazy!). Three are English classes (Business and Professional Writing, Poetry, Advance Composition) and three are electives (Script Writing, Worlds of History, Infant and Toddlers in Diverse Society). This is my fourth year in college and I am planning on my final semester to be next Fall (Fall of 2015), as I still need 10 classes (mostly electives) after this semester.

Writing: Starting back in August, I decided to bring one of my unfinished novels back around. I am really focusing on the possibility of getting this novel published. At first, I thought editing was all that was needed but I have noticed that there were missing pieces in it, so I have decided to add a few chapters which right now would make the novel to be 25 chapters long. I have finished one of my new chapters but I am still in the process of writing the other two new chapters.

If you would like to stay up to date with my writing career - you can go LIKE my new public Facebook page. I post quotes about writing, updates on how I'm doing with my writing, etc. Also, if you would like a preview of my writing - you can go read some of the stories that I wrote for Fanfiction. Letting you know, it's High School Musical fanfiction but if you know me - you know how much of a fan I was/am of the High School Musical franchise.

Sports: The sports season, currently, is over until February/March but we did have a month of practice for our last meet of the season. At the last meet, I won Outstanding Female in Table Tennis. It was a fun time as usual. I have been having archery practice, which might be coming to an end as the winter air is coming and the sun is setting earlier. We are starting up the gym program again, this coming Tuesday so that should be fun. Next season marks the final season of my Junior career, which is crazy because I have been doing this and been a part of the Lightning Wheels since I was five years old. I'm going to enjoy next season and will continue the sports as I enter the adult division, after next year.

Besides being busy with the sports that I compete in, I have also been busy supporting the professional sports. Hockey is back! Let's Go Devils! I have gone to the final preseason game when the beat the New York Rangers, and I am hoping to get to a regular season game for this season. For baseball - unfortunately the Yankees did not make the playoffs but it was one of those "it was meant to be" moments as Derek Jeter ended his career with a walk-off win at home and RBI-single at Fenway. (I may do a Derek Jeter post so I will not be going into great detail in this post). This Tuesday starts the World Series (San Francisco Giants vs. Kansas City Royals). I am not picking a favorite as I picked both teams to make the World Series, so I will be fine with whoever wins. Now for football, ehh, we can skip that right? The Jets aren't doing that great. Are we surprised? No? Yeah, me neither.

In football, my family take part in the Weekly Pick'Em on NFL.com where we pick the winners of each game, each week. I am currently in fifth place of the group and I am hoping to move up some more, but we'll see what happens. Yay football!

Well, I think that's everything that has been going on in the past couple months. If there are anymore updates, I will let you know and write another post. My next post might be about Derek Jeter, as I feel I should write one since I'm a huge fan of his and have a lot to say about him.

Until Next Time

CGoerlich <3

Kanye West...

Hey everyone!

It's that time where I bring out the passionate side of me back out.

So as you can tell with the title, who this is going to be about. "Victim" Kanye West...

Now, before I explain why our dear friend, Kanye is getting his own "special" post - the 5th anniversary of the MTV VMAs where Kanye interrupted Taylor Swift as she was getting her first VMA for Best Female Video. If you want a recap, here is the video of it.

Now, moving onto this year, actually this week. If you haven't heard what happened, here we go. During one of his concerts, in Sydney, Australia - Kanye stopped his concert to tell everyone to "Stand up!" His direct quote is "I can't do this show until everybody stand up. Unless you got a handicap pass and you get special parking and s**t." That's not all but I want to stop here for a moment. How can you say that? Especially when there are fans of yours who are disabled and need that "special parking". Also, when he mentioned "special parking and s**t, his whole audience started laughing. Great role model there.....

Now, let us continue. Shall we? Kanye then goes on and finds two people still sitting and he looks at them and starts basically "taunting" (Don't like the word...too bad) them. Everyone even started booing and chanting "Stand up! Stand up!" at the two who couldn't. Kanye also said "Do you all want the show to continue or boo the people won't stand up." He spent four minutes, halting his show, just because people wouldn't but couldn't stand up, or even those who didn't want to stand up. He kept saying "If he's a wheelchair, then it's fine." but he wouldn't stop there. He had his security guard CONFIRM that he was in a wheelchair. Would you like to see the video? Here it is:

You can take the video however you want but watch it closely because everything I said above is what really happened.

Now. I'm not done. There are people out there who defend Kanye saying it was all just a "misunderstanding" and that he "apologized." Well newsflash, saying "It's fine" and then continuing the show is not apologizing. Also, it was NOT a misunderstanding. I watched the same video everyone else did. First, if I pay to see a show and if I was able to stand up, but didn't want to stand up then I wouldn't stand up just because someone who I PAYED to see, wanted me to stand up.

If you are to pay your own money to see someone "entertain" you, would you really stand up if you didn't want to? Like I said, if I could, I wouldn't. If I was everyone at the concert, I would've either sat down or walked out - not booing and making Kanye's ego even bigger.

Now, let's get back to the apologizing situation. Here's a hit about how to apologize. "I'm sorry." "I'm sorry for humiliating you in front of thousands of people." "I'm sorry to the audience for stopping my concert for stupid reasons." and so on. That's how you apologize. Sincerely apologize. Now say "It's fine" and then just continue on the show like nothing happened.

Now I know you are probably wondering why I put "victim" before Kanye West above before I started talking about everything. It's because Mr. Kanye "perfect" Kanye thinks he's the victim here. He thinks the media targets him. Well another newsflash - if you don't want the media to "target" you then stop opening your mouth and having these unnecessary rants.

A few days after the Sydney incident, he is now at another one of his shows where once again he stops his show midway so that he can rant about the media. This time it's for about five minutes. He claims "I'm a married Christian man with a family." Yeah, I can tell with your rants and your music. Idiot.  Here is another video that you can watch which is the video where he "defends" himself and calls himself a target and tell the media to pick another one:

As you can see, he never apologizes about the incident. It's all about "me, me, me, me" and never once "I'm sorry that I did what I did." And he never does. Ok, he "apologized" for the Taylor Swift situation but we all know how that was...Not only was he defending himself, but so was his wife. Kim Kardashian-West (she deserves her own "special" post but that's for another time) tweeted "Its frustrating that something so awesome could be clouded by lies. Kanye never asked anyone in a wheel chair to stand up & the audience videos show that. He asked everyone to stand up & dance UNLESS they were in a wheel chair." Well then, she and I must not be watching the same videos and once again he never said "unless they were in a wheel chair," he said " Unless you got a handicap pass and you get special parking and s**t," which is a HUGE difference.

There is more that I can say about this situation but I believe someone else had written a great thing to this and that was Harshada Rajani who wrote an open letter to Kanye. Everyone should read it and share it!

Now, I think that's all so far I can say about this. Like I said, there is more that I can say to this but for right now, this is all I have.

If you have defended Kanye, I hope you rethink who you are defending because you should be defending the fans, not the "artist" who claims that he's the greatest thing that God has created, which he isn't at all. "Genius," "Jesus," "God," "President," and whatever else he calls himself is not who Kanye is. He is a narcissist, idiot, moron and is self-absorbed and I can tell you that you will never see me buy anything that has something to do with him. (Also, I rarely call people names so you know that I'm serious about this)

I hope others follow lead because that is the only way you can prove to someone that enough is enough.

Feel free to leave a comment to this, whether you agree or disagree.

Until Next Time,

CGoerlich <3