"Biggest Entourage Fan"

I am a very family oriented person, as I have mentioned before. I am really close with all my family members, especially my aunt. My aunt is an accountant and does interior decorating on the side. She is a very busy woman. She gets up at 5:30 to get ready for work and to make her three children breakfast. She has 3 boys who are 9, 7, and 3 years old. She then takes her 2 eldest boys to school and drops her 3 year old off at daycare by 8:30. She finally arrives to work by 9:00. Her employees would never guess how busy her mornings are being that she is always well put together. She leaves work at 3:00 to pick up the boys and returns to work at home in her office and still makes sure her kids are doing their homework. Around 6:00, she makes dinner, cleans the house and does the laundry.

By looking at how hectic my aunt’s schedule is, makes it easier to see why she likes to take the time to watch her favorite show, Entourage. She doesn’t really have time to watch television until after 9:00, so she misses out on the relaxation of watching television until after her kids are asleep. Her days are very busy and television is her way to unwind at the end of a tiring day. She loves a good story she can get into in order to forget all the stresses of her day. It also keeps her mind away from thinking that she has to repeat the same hectic day in just a few hours. She loves the show Entourage because it’s humorous, flashy and easy to follow. There are a lot of guest celebrity appearances including Ana Ferris, Mandy Moore and Kanya West, who she surprisingly loves. The characters drive really nice cars, rub elbows with all the stars, and always do everything real elaborate. “The main characters live such a ridiculous lifestyle and money is never an issue.” Her favorite character is Lloyd. To my surprise, my uncle sometimes refers to my aunt as Lloyd whenever she runs up the Nordstrom’s bill. Lloyd is a homosexual man who likes to shop and is constantly primping himself. At the talent agency he works at, he is very hardworking, is a take charge person and is constantly holding the agency together. Being that my aunt owns her own company as an interior decorator, she is constantly feeling that the work doesn’t get done efficiently unless she is there to oversee everything herself. Lloyd is clean and anal about the house and especially his job. This resembles my aunt to the fullest. She is very organized and her house is so clean, you could eat off the floor. It isn’t exactly an escape from everyone’s reality, but it is an escape from her reality. There are rarely kids on the show, which almost helps her forget that her own children are just down the hall.

Being that it is on at 10:00, when her children are usually sleeping really keeps her focused and hooked on the show itself. She doesn’t have any kids running around screaming or crying and the house is “finally at peace.” Entourage is on HBO, which has a more mature theme than other channels on television. HBO shows more violence, sex, and provocative language which she can’t ever watch while her children are present. It is also the only show my aunt watches with her husband. Coincidently, Entourage is the only show my uncle watches other then Sports Center. Other then the fact that Entourage is the only show they watch together, she says that it feels good to laugh and escape from all the stresses of their lives. “Unfortunately, my husband and I don’t get the chance to go out often; Entourage gives us something to look forward to: watching our favorite television show while spending quality time together at the same time.”

Blog 2- Entourage

I decided to interview my aunt being that I knew she was a die hard Entourage fan. She is a successful business woman who is a mom to 3 kids all under the age of 10. As I said, she is a huge fan of Entourage and has seen every episode at least once. She was very enthusiastic about doing the interview and seemed to really take pleasure in answering my questions. The interview took place in her backyard where my uncle, couldn’t help putting his input in, being that he is a huge fan as well!

1. What is your most abused media habit and why?

2. As you have mentioned many times, your favorite show is Entourage, What is so great about the show that keeps you tuned in to all the episodes?

3. Can you associate yourself with any of the characters? If so, please explain.

4. In what ways do you envy the lifestyle of the characters on the show, Entourage?

5. Does the time or channel Entourage is on have any influence on the reason you watch it?

Blog 1- My visit to Geppi's Entertainment Museum

When asked to go to a museum for a class assignment, you can imagine that people aren’t too thrilled about the whole idea of spending their free time in a “boring” museum. Well, I am happy to say that Geppi’s Entertainment Museum was anything, but boring. It was actually pretty amazing. It was probably the most fascinating and enjoyable museums I have ever been to. There were so many different things to look at and was truly a blast from the past. Almost all the toys I ever played with were in these glass shelves separated by rooms. It was like a toy store for an older generation. Some of the things that really got me excited were the generations of teddy bears, Felix the Cat, all types of pez dispensers, “That Girl,” everything having to do with the Beatles, New Kids on the Block, Ninja Turtles, Care Bears, all about Walt Disney, the Jetsons, Tiger Beat magazine, Aunt Jemima, 7 dwarfs, old television sets, and much, much more. I can’t talk about Geppi’s Entertainment museum with out mentioning at least a few of the remarkable things I saw. If I would have to choose one thing that had a special meaning to me, it would be the Cut out doll books or paper dolls. I was a big fan of dolls when I was younger. I used to play with baby dolls all the time. I wasn’t big on Barbie’s because my mom didn’t really buy them for me, but she did buy me tons of baby dolls. The first time I remember playing with paper dolls was when I was about 6. I stayed home from school one day because I was sick with some virus. My grandma came over to watch me and bought me a bunch of toys to play with. One being a baby doll and the other was a thick book of paper dolls. I really didn’t understand the concept until she explained it to me. They were paper dolls that you cut out and dressed by folding tabs over to make the clothes stay on. They were many different dolls and sets of clothing that you were able to put on the doll. They ranged from evening gowns to bathing suits. Thinking back on it, I really don’t know why playing with these paper dolls was so entertaining for me. I think that it was the combination of my love for baby dolls and knowing that whenever I played with them my grandma would always play with me. Having the paper dolls at the museum really made me realize exactly how long these paper dolls have been around. My grandma played with them when she was younger and now I finally know the reason why she seemed more excited to play with the dolls than I ever was. The museum taught me a lot about entertainment in the past. It was very influential and educated me as well as entertained me at the same time. For instance, Elizabeth Taylor was a model for Dixie’s Ice cream, which I found so unusual. These beautiful women, fully clothed from top to bottom were models for all types of advertisements. It just shows how different the advertising strategies were back then, compared to now. I enjoyed this museum very much. It really got me thinking about how many things I used to play with that are no longer sold in stores and are now surprisingly, collector’s items.

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