Some days ago, Allison and I were fantasizing about having millions of dollars, and she said something about me buying an iPod for every day of the week, and even though she was totally making fun of me, ever since then I haven't been able to get the idea out of my head.
Mind you, I am fully aware of how stupid, useless, and wasteful that would be. If I had millions, I would certainly use them for my own enjoyment, but I also hope I would avoid the five cars, overly large house pitfall and use good portions of my riches to help others. By which I mean, I would hopefully not buy a bunch of expensive things I clearly don't need just because I can.
However. Sometimes I still selfishly fantasize about the fun of having eight different iPods--seven nanos for each day of the week and one classic to hold music and videos. Okay, the only reason this occupies my nerdiest fantasies is that Apple released the nanos in all these pretty colors. I could use the red one on Mondays, and it could be full of certain kinds of Monday-ish songs, and then the blue one on Tuesdays, etc. (Awesomely enough, there are nine different colors of nanos, so I wouldn't even have to buy a pink one to carry out this plan.) I would totally color-coordinate/day-coordinate my music library too, which is, um, ridiculous, but oh, the joy it would bring to my nerdy little heart.
So I'm sad to say that if I had millions, I would probably buy seven iPod nanos and then start obsessively going through my library, making lists of which songs to put on which color for which day. Maybe I will do that anyway, for the phantom iPod nanos I will never buy, because I will never have millions.
What I should buy instead of seven iPods I don't need (really, what is wrong with me?) is an Apple TV. That would be rather awesome. However, we have this whole fancy home theater thing set up now, and I could not add an Apple TV to that mess myself, because I am, sadly, not that geeky, so I would have to go to Tweeter and buy the Apple TV and then ask nicely if they can come over and hook it up for me. Which they would do. For extra dough, most likely. But! Worth it. Plus, I could buy the cheaper one, because I'd have all my media on my computer and wouldn't need to store it locally on the box itself, thus saving myself the money I will have to spend on an installation. Oh, boo.
Told you it was dorkier today.
September 21, 2008
September 20, 2008
Snobbing out, dorking out, etc.
Okay, so. I loved Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist so much that I bought the other book Rachel Cohn and David Levithan wrote together, Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List, and I think I liked it better. I can't quite tell, because... I kind of hated Naomi, and she's one of the main characters. But I really liked how the story was told through the points of view of nearly all the people involved. And I really liked the gay love story--and it was a boy gay love story. Not that I don't love gay boys or anything, but you know I like to hear about girls falling in love much better.
Anyway. I can't quite figure out why I hated Naomi, but from the very beginning I kind of had no patience for how she was still stubbornly holding out for her gay best friend to fall in love with her. I should cut her some slack, because she's only eighteen, and that's a little bit young to be able to see those kinds of things. And maybe because I've never been in love with a boy, gay or otherwise. I've never actually been in love with anyone, but you know. Serious crushes? Always on girls. Straight girls. So I get that part of being totally into someone who'll never want you that same way, but, you know, even when I was eighteen, I knew it would never happen. You know, because the girls--they weren't into girls. And I didn't think so much of myself that I thought I could turn them or anything. Even during some of my more protracted crushes, I never really thought anything would happen. And the crushes that lasted the longest were the most hopeless. Ugh.
Also, she's flunking out of college in this story, which is another thing I have no patience for. I realize this makes me a snob of the highest degree, but... Go to class, do the work--or at least just do the work--stop bitching. I'm not very sympathetic to the problems of this character. That's why I hated her. And I mean, her parents' marriage imploded, which I should have been able to sympathize with, but she was just so...blech about everything else that I didn't give a crap. Plus, she was super mean to Ely, and Ely, though not without faults, was not an ass to her, so. Eff you, Naomi.
This book wasn't as full of trying-too-hard hipster references as Nick and Norah--in fact, there were copious references to things that are decidedly unhip, like High School Musical and Dawson's Creek. But there was this one story Ely was telling about...something he did with Naomi, and he finished it with, "It was a time," which is something I often say, because it comes from... My So-Called Life. "We did. We had a time," Angela muses after her evening with Rayanne at Let's Bolt. These authors--or at least one of them--clearly dig My So-Called Life, and I just can't hate on that, can I?
I want a book like this, like Nick and Norah about girls. Annie on My Mind is totally the only good teenaged lesbo book I've ever read. I've read a lot of mediocre and a few bad ones. I want a good one for the 21st century.
Shit.
Does that mean I have to write it?
Anyway. I can't quite figure out why I hated Naomi, but from the very beginning I kind of had no patience for how she was still stubbornly holding out for her gay best friend to fall in love with her. I should cut her some slack, because she's only eighteen, and that's a little bit young to be able to see those kinds of things. And maybe because I've never been in love with a boy, gay or otherwise. I've never actually been in love with anyone, but you know. Serious crushes? Always on girls. Straight girls. So I get that part of being totally into someone who'll never want you that same way, but, you know, even when I was eighteen, I knew it would never happen. You know, because the girls--they weren't into girls. And I didn't think so much of myself that I thought I could turn them or anything. Even during some of my more protracted crushes, I never really thought anything would happen. And the crushes that lasted the longest were the most hopeless. Ugh.
Also, she's flunking out of college in this story, which is another thing I have no patience for. I realize this makes me a snob of the highest degree, but... Go to class, do the work--or at least just do the work--stop bitching. I'm not very sympathetic to the problems of this character. That's why I hated her. And I mean, her parents' marriage imploded, which I should have been able to sympathize with, but she was just so...blech about everything else that I didn't give a crap. Plus, she was super mean to Ely, and Ely, though not without faults, was not an ass to her, so. Eff you, Naomi.
This book wasn't as full of trying-too-hard hipster references as Nick and Norah--in fact, there were copious references to things that are decidedly unhip, like High School Musical and Dawson's Creek. But there was this one story Ely was telling about...something he did with Naomi, and he finished it with, "It was a time," which is something I often say, because it comes from... My So-Called Life. "We did. We had a time," Angela muses after her evening with Rayanne at Let's Bolt. These authors--or at least one of them--clearly dig My So-Called Life, and I just can't hate on that, can I?
I want a book like this, like Nick and Norah about girls. Annie on My Mind is totally the only good teenaged lesbo book I've ever read. I've read a lot of mediocre and a few bad ones. I want a good one for the 21st century.
Shit.
Does that mean I have to write it?
September 19, 2008
Funny things I read today
I forgot about Rich at fourfour. He also posts hilarious Top Model recaps:
"[Tyra:] 'It's a message for everybody. Shiny fabric is not your friend!' Luckily, this being a reality show, shiny fabric isn't here to make friends." (Clearly, the gays have the Top Model market cornered.)
I love a girl who laughs at monkeys:
"I find that most things are funnier live. Except for monkey's sniffing their own butt and falling out of a tree. That's the only thing that translates. When you see monkeys scratching their ass and falling out of a tree live, you laugh, and when you see them on YouTube, you laugh." --Amy Poehler
Oh, little J:
"Taylor Momsen should smack whoever authorized that shag; she also might want to think about relaxing, wiping off some of that eyeliner, and simply being 15 instead of trying to leapfrog into her late twenties. Dakota Fanning should take her bowling." --The Fug Girls
Unintentional humor:
"My name is Diana, and I care." --A former classmate's away message
Okay, this is not so much funny, but I just discovered that Kenley actually said she doesn't listen to Tim Gunn Wednesday night. Oh, that is the mortal sin of Runway. And it's usually the death knell. Why is Kenley still there?
"[Tyra:] 'It's a message for everybody. Shiny fabric is not your friend!' Luckily, this being a reality show, shiny fabric isn't here to make friends." (Clearly, the gays have the Top Model market cornered.)
I love a girl who laughs at monkeys:
"I find that most things are funnier live. Except for monkey's sniffing their own butt and falling out of a tree. That's the only thing that translates. When you see monkeys scratching their ass and falling out of a tree live, you laugh, and when you see them on YouTube, you laugh." --Amy Poehler
Oh, little J:
"Taylor Momsen should smack whoever authorized that shag; she also might want to think about relaxing, wiping off some of that eyeliner, and simply being 15 instead of trying to leapfrog into her late twenties. Dakota Fanning should take her bowling." --The Fug Girls
Unintentional humor:
"My name is Diana, and I care." --A former classmate's away message
Okay, this is not so much funny, but I just discovered that Kenley actually said she doesn't listen to Tim Gunn Wednesday night. Oh, that is the mortal sin of Runway. And it's usually the death knell. Why is Kenley still there?
September 18, 2008
In other people hate Sarah Palin news
Regina Spektor is a genius. Plus, I really like her music. Plus plus, she loves the gays. Apparently, she did a few shows on Cyndi Lauper's True Colors tours, and why I never went to one of the True Colors shows, I do not know.
Also! She, like one of my other lady musician heroes, Alanis Morissette, recorded a song for a Chronicles of Narnia movie. "The Call" plays at the end of Prince Caspian, and it totally killed me both times.
And, some more: she did a song with one of my favorite boy musicians, Ben Folds, which I remember catching somewhere months ago, but then I forgot it, but then I read that blog post yesterday, and I was like, "Hey! Maybe Ben's album finally came out!" So I checked iTunes. It has not come out, but it was available for pre-order, and their song "You Don't Know Me" was immediately available. So I have been listening to it on a loop since then, and that is something I almost never. Ever. Do.
I remember the first time I ever heard her. The Potato and I were in the WDOM studio at 8:30 on a November morning (Tuesday? I think our shows were buttass early in the morning on Tuesdays that first semester), and I was looking through the new CDs that had gotten sent to the station. We were supposed to play ten songs from these new CDs, but since we only played female artists, we figured we could do five songs, because there were so many more male artists/bands in the station's add bin. Anyway, there was a 3-song EP from Regina, and it had a sticker on it with a quote from some reviewer that said she was like a cross between Bjork and Joni Mitchell. Carlos loves Bjork, and we both love Joni Mitchell, so I was like, "We should play this." I think we played "Us," and we both quickly dug it. "Carbon Monoxide" totally sold us, I think, but my favorite song from that little EP was "Ghost of Corporate Future." Eventually, I made it to the Providence Newbury Comics and bought her CD Soviet Kitsch, and I was head over heels.
Also, she does sound like a combo of Bjork and Joni Mitchell sometimes. She's pretty much the best new artist I've ever discovered. She may be the only new artist I've ever discovered all by myself... Whatever! Awesome. She is awesome.
In conclusion, I love when I discover that straight people I admire are awesome and eloquent allies. And when they share my opinions on horrifying politicians: "Then again, we are a heart beat away from having a very inexperienced woman (an insult to all actually deserving women out there) possibly lead our country off the deep end of the edge of human reason ... but that's a much longer post..."
Can't wait to read that blog post, Regina!
Also! She, like one of my other lady musician heroes, Alanis Morissette, recorded a song for a Chronicles of Narnia movie. "The Call" plays at the end of Prince Caspian, and it totally killed me both times.
And, some more: she did a song with one of my favorite boy musicians, Ben Folds, which I remember catching somewhere months ago, but then I forgot it, but then I read that blog post yesterday, and I was like, "Hey! Maybe Ben's album finally came out!" So I checked iTunes. It has not come out, but it was available for pre-order, and their song "You Don't Know Me" was immediately available. So I have been listening to it on a loop since then, and that is something I almost never. Ever. Do.
I remember the first time I ever heard her. The Potato and I were in the WDOM studio at 8:30 on a November morning (Tuesday? I think our shows were buttass early in the morning on Tuesdays that first semester), and I was looking through the new CDs that had gotten sent to the station. We were supposed to play ten songs from these new CDs, but since we only played female artists, we figured we could do five songs, because there were so many more male artists/bands in the station's add bin. Anyway, there was a 3-song EP from Regina, and it had a sticker on it with a quote from some reviewer that said she was like a cross between Bjork and Joni Mitchell. Carlos loves Bjork, and we both love Joni Mitchell, so I was like, "We should play this." I think we played "Us," and we both quickly dug it. "Carbon Monoxide" totally sold us, I think, but my favorite song from that little EP was "Ghost of Corporate Future." Eventually, I made it to the Providence Newbury Comics and bought her CD Soviet Kitsch, and I was head over heels.
Also, she does sound like a combo of Bjork and Joni Mitchell sometimes. She's pretty much the best new artist I've ever discovered. She may be the only new artist I've ever discovered all by myself... Whatever! Awesome. She is awesome.
In conclusion, I love when I discover that straight people I admire are awesome and eloquent allies. And when they share my opinions on horrifying politicians: "Then again, we are a heart beat away from having a very inexperienced woman (an insult to all actually deserving women out there) possibly lead our country off the deep end of the edge of human reason ... but that's a much longer post..."
Can't wait to read that blog post, Regina!
Anxiously awaiting the 25th
Well. I believe walking around with your hands shoved in your pockets was on "the list," yes?
Also, I kind of swoon for the long sleeve shirt under the scrubs top look. On everyone. But mostly Sara.
Okay, okay, also I was just on ABC's official Grey's site, and I noticed this at the bottom of the page in their collage of characters image.
Ignore Justin Chambers's head there, and check the Brooke/Sara laughter. That is totally an outtake from the kiss at the end of last season. I must see that outtake! Someone buy the season 4 DVDs and let me know if they include outtakes. And then let me borrow the special features disc. Cuz I already iTunes'd season 4 because I was jonesin' for more Brooke Smith action, and I was not about to watch Silence of the Lambs again to get my fix of that (eesh), so I will not be buying the DVDs this time. I am not that insane. Anymore.
Also, I kind of swoon for the long sleeve shirt under the scrubs top look. On everyone. But mostly Sara.Okay, okay, also I was just on ABC's official Grey's site, and I noticed this at the bottom of the page in their collage of characters image.
Ignore Justin Chambers's head there, and check the Brooke/Sara laughter. That is totally an outtake from the kiss at the end of last season. I must see that outtake! Someone buy the season 4 DVDs and let me know if they include outtakes. And then let me borrow the special features disc. Cuz I already iTunes'd season 4 because I was jonesin' for more Brooke Smith action, and I was not about to watch Silence of the Lambs again to get my fix of that (eesh), so I will not be buying the DVDs this time. I am not that insane. Anymore.
September 17, 2008
In other I hate Sarah Palin news
The Governor of Alaska is at the very least interested in banning books. When she was elected mayor of Wasilla, she allegedly asked the city librarian if she would be all right with removing books from library shelves if the mayor saw fit to ask her to do so. The librarian said no, like any good librarian would. Whether it went any further is up for debate, blah blah, but the fact remains that Sarah Palin thinks government censorship of what we are able to read is a-okay.
Oh it is NOT.
Anyway, children, the ALA's Banned Books Week is coming up (September 27 - October 4), and in honor of that, I have decided to read the ten most challenged books of 2007, according to info gathered by the ALA. These books are
Oh it is NOT.
Anyway, children, the ALA's Banned Books Week is coming up (September 27 - October 4), and in honor of that, I have decided to read the ten most challenged books of 2007, according to info gathered by the ALA. These books are
1. And Tango Makes Three by Justin Richardson/Peter Parnell
2. The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier
3. Olive’s Ocean by Kevin Henkes
4. The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
5. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
6. The Color Purple by Alice Walker
7. TTYL by Lauren Myracle
8. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
9. It's Perfectly Normal by Robie Harris
10. The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
And actually, I've read three* of them already, so I'm cheating and only reading seven. Also And Tango Makes Three is a picture book about gay penguins, so really, it'll be six actual books. The Nashua Public library had best have all these books, but I will totally buy the gay penguins book if they don't have that.
The Chocolate War and Huck Finn, I think, appear on the ALA's list of most challenged books of all time (along with some of my very favorites, like The Giver and A Wrinkle in Time), and I don't know about the Chocolate War, but Huck Finn is always challenged because of how many times the n-word appears in it. And like, um. That's kind of the point of Huck Finn--it's the racism of the 1830s South through the eyes of a ten-year-old boy. Mark Twain wasn't racist; Huck isn't racist--the society in which this boy lives is racist. The book is not racist--it's not a Klan manifesto. God. People are so dumb.
Well. Duh. People who want to ban books are all idiots. Sigh.
Oh, by the way. What kind of books did Mayor Palin allegedly want to remove from her city's shelves? Gay ones, specifically Daddy's Roommate and Pastor, I Am Gay. Of course. Letting this woman anywhere near the White House is the worst idea I've ever heard.
*A token of my love and affection to anyone who can guess which three.
September 16, 2008
Should we talk about Gossip Girl?
I don't have a lot to say this time. I am glad that Serena and Dan broke up, and I loved how she yelled at him for being a judgmental prick, and then he fell down. Suck it, Dan!
Chuck is in love with Blair, blah blah, but he's back to being creepy instead of sympathetic. So. Creepy.
Nate and Vanessa--yawn.
Jenny, the wise intern, telling Eleanor how to breathe new life into her designs? JESUS CHRIST. Get rid of that posthaste.
Most disappointing of all, however, is the fact that the power went out, and NO ONE HAD SEX. No one. Maybe I'm too used to Showtime porn or something, but come on. It's a blackout. There are lots of sexy people on this show. But all they did was talk! Boo.
However, I am kind of wicked excited to see Dan and Serena fight next week. I wish Serena would date a lady now that she's free from the shackles of Humphriana, but I'll have to keep dreaming.
And where is Lily? Where is Eric? I want van der Woodsen bonding! Because I clearly won't get any lesbians!
Chuck is in love with Blair, blah blah, but he's back to being creepy instead of sympathetic. So. Creepy.
Nate and Vanessa--yawn.
Jenny, the wise intern, telling Eleanor how to breathe new life into her designs? JESUS CHRIST. Get rid of that posthaste.
Most disappointing of all, however, is the fact that the power went out, and NO ONE HAD SEX. No one. Maybe I'm too used to Showtime porn or something, but come on. It's a blackout. There are lots of sexy people on this show. But all they did was talk! Boo.
However, I am kind of wicked excited to see Dan and Serena fight next week. I wish Serena would date a lady now that she's free from the shackles of Humphriana, but I'll have to keep dreaming.
And where is Lily? Where is Eric? I want van der Woodsen bonding! Because I clearly won't get any lesbians!
September 15, 2008
Oh marry me, Jacob Clifton
From his recap of last week's episode of Gossip Girl:
"She texts Dorota (911, party to plan!!!) and they smile vaguely at each other; she waves the furious texting off like 'you know how it is, we're drunk, don't worry about it.' Hopefully that's the explanation for the punctuation abuse, anyway: my Blair certainly doesn't hit three exclamation points when only one is required."
Er, and Potes again, too:
"What? I carry my handbag in my vagina all the time. It really frees up your arms to carry groceries or pet kittens."
"She texts Dorota (911, party to plan!!!) and they smile vaguely at each other; she waves the furious texting off like 'you know how it is, we're drunk, don't worry about it.' Hopefully that's the explanation for the punctuation abuse, anyway: my Blair certainly doesn't hit three exclamation points when only one is required."
Er, and Potes again, too:
"What? I carry my handbag in my vagina all the time. It really frees up your arms to carry groceries or pet kittens."
Makin' up words and song lists
The other day I made a playlist that I entitled "Nerdelation," which was basically a collection of my nerdiest songs--either songs nerds would enjoy or songs that just seem fundamentally nerdy to me. I don't know. I am not explaining this very well, but I totally dug it, so now I want to share it.
Nerdelation: Twenty-Five Songs for and Inspired by Nerds
1. Hey Sandy - Polaris (which was the theme song to The Adventure of Pete & Pete)
2. Rock This Bitch - Ben Folds
3. Do It with Madonna - The Androids
4. No Reason - Ben Kweller
5. Down with Disease - Phish
6. Mr. Mastodon Farm - Cake
7. Bats in the Belfry - Dispatch
8. Sister Kate - The Ditty Bops
9. Geek in the Pink - Jason Mraz
10. I'm Downright Amazed at What I Can Destroy with Just a Hammer - Atom & His Package
11. Piggies - The Beatles
12. My Dad Is Rich - Draco and the Malfoys
13. If You Want to Wear a Hat - Apples in Stereo
14. My Name Is Jorge - The Gourds
15. Chemistry - Semisonic
16. XFIRE - The Bens
17. Suspended in Gaffa - Kate Bush
18. Experimental Film - They Might Be Giants
20. When You Were Mine - Tegan and Sara
21. Jessica - Adam Green
22. Wrapped Up in Books - Belle & Sebastian
23. Three Is a Magic Number - Blind Melon
24. Thank You, Mario, But Our Princess Is in Another Castle - The Mountain Goats & Kaki King
25. Will You Love Me Tomorrow? - Tina Fey, Jimmy Fallon & Rudy Giuliani
26. Chordless - Jess Kaps
Intrigued? I burn CDs!
Heh. I know this was probably fun for only me, but I thought I'd throw it out there to the world.
Oh! Just for fun, let's see what Genius gives me for songs based upon "Hey Sandy":
1. Hey Sandy - Polaris
2. These Days - Nico
3. Experimental Film - They Might Be Giants
4. F.N.T. - Semisonic
5. Step into My Office, Baby - Belle & Sebastian
6. Thirteen - Big GStar
7. Kids in America - The Muffs
8. Tired of Sex - Weezer
9. Stop! - The Bens
10. Jessica - Adam Green
11. Army - Ben Folds
12. Drain You - Nirvana
13. Science vs. Romance - Rilo Kiley
14. Summerbaby - Polaris
15. When I Grow Up - Garbage
16. Singing in My Sleep - Semisonic
17. Heavy Metal Drummer - Wilco
18. King of the Rodeo - Kings of Leon
19. Keep Fishin' - Weezer
20. Wasted & Ready - Ben Kweller
21. Honestly - Zwan
22. If She Wants Me - Belle & Sebastian
23. Alright - Supergrass
24. Come On Eileen - Save Ferris
25. It's a Hit - Rilo Kiley
Well. This actually isn't a bad playlist, but it's not nerdy enough. And I totally should have put Weezer on my playlist, but I would have picked "In the Garage," which is quite possibly the nerdiest of all their nerdy songs. And Genius and I only had two songs in common besides "Hey Sandy," but we had a few artists in common. So. Not bad, Genius, not bad.
Nerdelation: Twenty-Five Songs for and Inspired by Nerds
1. Hey Sandy - Polaris (which was the theme song to The Adventure of Pete & Pete)
2. Rock This Bitch - Ben Folds
3. Do It with Madonna - The Androids
4. No Reason - Ben Kweller
5. Down with Disease - Phish
6. Mr. Mastodon Farm - Cake
7. Bats in the Belfry - Dispatch
8. Sister Kate - The Ditty Bops
9. Geek in the Pink - Jason Mraz
10. I'm Downright Amazed at What I Can Destroy with Just a Hammer - Atom & His Package
11. Piggies - The Beatles
12. My Dad Is Rich - Draco and the Malfoys
13. If You Want to Wear a Hat - Apples in Stereo
14. My Name Is Jorge - The Gourds
15. Chemistry - Semisonic
16. XFIRE - The Bens
17. Suspended in Gaffa - Kate Bush
18. Experimental Film - They Might Be Giants
20. When You Were Mine - Tegan and Sara
21. Jessica - Adam Green
22. Wrapped Up in Books - Belle & Sebastian
23. Three Is a Magic Number - Blind Melon
24. Thank You, Mario, But Our Princess Is in Another Castle - The Mountain Goats & Kaki King
25. Will You Love Me Tomorrow? - Tina Fey, Jimmy Fallon & Rudy Giuliani
26. Chordless - Jess Kaps
Intrigued? I burn CDs!
Heh. I know this was probably fun for only me, but I thought I'd throw it out there to the world.
Oh! Just for fun, let's see what Genius gives me for songs based upon "Hey Sandy":
1. Hey Sandy - Polaris
2. These Days - Nico
3. Experimental Film - They Might Be Giants
4. F.N.T. - Semisonic
5. Step into My Office, Baby - Belle & Sebastian
6. Thirteen - Big GStar
7. Kids in America - The Muffs
8. Tired of Sex - Weezer
9. Stop! - The Bens
10. Jessica - Adam Green
11. Army - Ben Folds
12. Drain You - Nirvana
13. Science vs. Romance - Rilo Kiley
14. Summerbaby - Polaris
15. When I Grow Up - Garbage
16. Singing in My Sleep - Semisonic
17. Heavy Metal Drummer - Wilco
18. King of the Rodeo - Kings of Leon
19. Keep Fishin' - Weezer
20. Wasted & Ready - Ben Kweller
21. Honestly - Zwan
22. If She Wants Me - Belle & Sebastian
23. Alright - Supergrass
24. Come On Eileen - Save Ferris
25. It's a Hit - Rilo Kiley
Well. This actually isn't a bad playlist, but it's not nerdy enough. And I totally should have put Weezer on my playlist, but I would have picked "In the Garage," which is quite possibly the nerdiest of all their nerdy songs. And Genius and I only had two songs in common besides "Hey Sandy," but we had a few artists in common. So. Not bad, Genius, not bad.
September 14, 2008
I really don't like to talk about feet, I swear
Once upon a time, when I was still underage, in a far away land some called Roe Dyeland, I got drunk (I know!) and went to a gay bar (I know!). At that gay bar, there were pole-dancing stages dispersed throughout the dance floor, and because I was drunk, and because peer pressure works much better on me when I'm drunk, I got up on one of these stages with my friends and acted a fool.
Naturally, when I had had enough acting a fool, I jumped off the stage, which was an idiotic idea, because I was drunk. So of course I landed badly and totally and utterly fucked up my left ankle. It was probably pretty badly sprained, but did I go to the health center on Monday? No. I bought a brace and CVS and sucked it up, and after a while it stopped hurting, but I really don't think my foot has been the same since then. Whenever I wear shoes, it just doesn't feel right when I walk, and whenever I walk for long periods of time, even in flip-flops, it gets all...hurty while my right foot remains stalwart and true.
It was especially painful that time I spent an entire weekend wandering around New York City and also the time I spent, like, four days wandering around Toronto. Both times, my right foot was fine.
I need a new left foot.
Naturally, when I had had enough acting a fool, I jumped off the stage, which was an idiotic idea, because I was drunk. So of course I landed badly and totally and utterly fucked up my left ankle. It was probably pretty badly sprained, but did I go to the health center on Monday? No. I bought a brace and CVS and sucked it up, and after a while it stopped hurting, but I really don't think my foot has been the same since then. Whenever I wear shoes, it just doesn't feel right when I walk, and whenever I walk for long periods of time, even in flip-flops, it gets all...hurty while my right foot remains stalwart and true.
It was especially painful that time I spent an entire weekend wandering around New York City and also the time I spent, like, four days wandering around Toronto. Both times, my right foot was fine.
I need a new left foot.
September 13, 2008
Christian Siriano did not invent the word fierce
I sure did enjoy Stacie Ponder's Top Model recap over at afterellen, but nothing will ever top Potes's recaps at Television Without Pity, I'm afraid. (Dan Blau's recaps of the earliest cycles are not to be missed either.)
I mean, she makes references to mythology:
"Tyra tries, as she does at the beginning of every L.A. season, to convince us that L.A. is the epicenter of the fashion world, because it is where she sprung fully formed from her own giant forehead. In the beginning was the forehead."
She's topical!
"Hannah will only become interesting if it turns out she is Bristol Palin in disguise. I bet you didn't know the McCain campaign was pro-fierce, did you?"
And she conjures an image of Tyra as Augustus Gloop:
"The body scan room looks a lot like the room where Mike TeeVee was miniaturized in the original Willy Wonka. You know that Tyra is already stuck in a chocolate extraction pipe somewhere on the premises."
Could anything be more perfect? Just in case you think Stacie has the edge because she writes for a gay website, Potes is also a lesbian. Boo-yah.
And as a bonus, she throws in a reference to a sitcom I thought only I had ever watched:
"This may be Tyra's finest acting performance ever, and she's clearly taken inspiration from reruns of Small Wonder."
I mean, she makes references to mythology:
"Tyra tries, as she does at the beginning of every L.A. season, to convince us that L.A. is the epicenter of the fashion world, because it is where she sprung fully formed from her own giant forehead. In the beginning was the forehead."
She's topical!
"Hannah will only become interesting if it turns out she is Bristol Palin in disguise. I bet you didn't know the McCain campaign was pro-fierce, did you?"
And she conjures an image of Tyra as Augustus Gloop:
"The body scan room looks a lot like the room where Mike TeeVee was miniaturized in the original Willy Wonka. You know that Tyra is already stuck in a chocolate extraction pipe somewhere on the premises."
Could anything be more perfect? Just in case you think Stacie has the edge because she writes for a gay website, Potes is also a lesbian. Boo-yah.
And as a bonus, she throws in a reference to a sitcom I thought only I had ever watched:
"This may be Tyra's finest acting performance ever, and she's clearly taken inspiration from reruns of Small Wonder."
September 12, 2008
Teenage nerds
So. It's no secret that I like books and movies aimed at younger audiences. Netflix knows this. Amazon knows this. So at one point, Amazon recommended a book to me called Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist, and I was like, whatever. Then I vaguely heard it had been made into a movie, so the next time I was at Barnes & Noble, I picked it up, because I was in the mood for some light YA literature.
And it was good. Like, better than I ever expected, but I have a slight problem. This book is from 2006, and the protagonists are seniors in high school, and nearly all the pop culture references are to things that almost I am too young for. Like, there are copious references to My So-Called Life, which I loved, but I was ten when that show was on, and these little shits would have been, like, six. I know, I know, it got second life on MTV, but the characters seem too young to be this cool.
Also, there was a whole big Sound of Music thing, and that's timeless, and I loved it, and the best part of all, the entire novel was full of gayness, despite the fact that it was a straight love story.
Anyway, I started writing all this because I just saw the trailer, and I get that they had to change some stuff from the book so that we get all the salient back story points. But. But! In the trailer, it's Norah who asks Nick to be her boyfriend for five minutes, and in the book it's Nick who asks Norah to be his girlfriend for five minutes. Why did they change that? Why did they make the girl more pathetic? WHY?
And it was good. Like, better than I ever expected, but I have a slight problem. This book is from 2006, and the protagonists are seniors in high school, and nearly all the pop culture references are to things that almost I am too young for. Like, there are copious references to My So-Called Life, which I loved, but I was ten when that show was on, and these little shits would have been, like, six. I know, I know, it got second life on MTV, but the characters seem too young to be this cool.
Also, there was a whole big Sound of Music thing, and that's timeless, and I loved it, and the best part of all, the entire novel was full of gayness, despite the fact that it was a straight love story.
Anyway, I started writing all this because I just saw the trailer, and I get that they had to change some stuff from the book so that we get all the salient back story points. But. But! In the trailer, it's Norah who asks Nick to be her boyfriend for five minutes, and in the book it's Nick who asks Norah to be his girlfriend for five minutes. Why did they change that? Why did they make the girl more pathetic? WHY?
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