I am not a neo maxi zoom dweebie!!
I just got invited to beta test an official Scrabble Facebook app. Hasbro Googles. Who knew?
See, and Bullshark just thinks I'm wasting time on the internet.
Blogging has rewarded me . . . by giving me new and exclusive ways to waste time on the internet.
... so I was at my town's fireworks show last night. Got there at 7:00ish with some friends and playmates and pizza and hidden wine and listened to the DJ until it finally got dark enough for fireworks.
Has anyone else has heard a remix of Michael Jackson's Thriller and Journey's Don't Stop Believing? I mean, I am thinking the DJ is some sort of weird, 80's obsessed genius, but it could be a common club remix for all I know.
Anyway, imagine the signature music of Thriller with the lyrics
Just a small town girl, livin in a lonely world
She took the midnight train goin anywhere
Just a city boy, born and raised in south Detroit
He took the midnight train goin anywhere
A singer in a smokey room
A smell of wine and cheap perfume
For a smile they can share the night
It goes on and on and on and on
... if you can't imagine it, I can't blame you. Had I read this post on someone else's blog, I would have have been completely incapable of reconciling the melodies in my head.
Suffice it to say, it worked well.
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Now that song is stuck in your head... isn't it?
Don't stop believing.... Streetlight people...
My friend's status message on AIM: Caillou's a pansy (Butterflyfish will understand).
Oh, I do, friend. I do.
As Tranny Head pointed out, the Sprout Channel's parade of horribles can leave a mother scratching her tranny head. But apparently it has not yet driven her to drink. She mentioned the atrocity that is the Teletubbies.
But she did not mention the crime against humanity that is Boobah.
The characters don't even make the semi-intelligble speech of a Teletubby. And there is no narrator. They just squee. Children blow presents into a vortex of light and dance in cirlces on video loop. Then they play the video slow and fast and in reverse. Don't even get me started on the story time people. *shudder*
I thought I had seen the worst children's programming had to offer.
Then my son discovered Yo Gabba Gabba.
I don't have words. I just don't have them.
Fortunately, Youtube can talk for me: Party in my tummy. Watch an animated chicken nugget swim in purple juice while a monster with overlong arms sings "So yummy! So yummy!" Most everything else on Youtube is a mashup so I can't give you anything with the dude who hosts the show. He's frightening in a way that the dude who temporarily replaced Nina Sprout Goodnight Show can only aspire to be.
*shudder*
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I seriously underestimated the creepiness factor.
Yes I just made a Kelly Clarkson song my post title. What of it?
AI is horrible this year. I mean to folks at Vote for the Worst have been saying it for weeks, but really . . . its just bad. David Cook is far and away the best of what's left, but no matter how much Randy wants to believe he's one of the most "original ever, dog," he is just this year's angst rocker. Every season has had one -- he's just the first one good looking enough, consistent enough, with good enough song picks, and boring enough competitors to crack the top 3. I would have loved a Cook/Carly showdown in the finals.
Castro was begging to go home. May have been literally begging -- forgetting lyrics, messing with 'I shot the sheriff', and I think he mouthed to the camera 'don't vote.' I liked Syesha for about two weeks, right through Hollywood and in the Top 24 era. Then she began to bore me. Now she just makes me unreasonably angry and I really can't pinpoint why. Maybe its just that she's still there. And Archuletta ceased to be charming weeks and weeks ago.
*snooooze*
I now return you to your regularly scheduled law school angst.
Ahahahhahhaha!! Syesha in the bottom two. VFTW must be so happy. They saved Brooke. Thinking Dred-Boy is toast.
Call from Bullshark, wouldn't it be hysterical if Carly were in the bottom two with Syesha? Ha ha yeah, that would be great.
BULLSHIT!! Calling BULLSHIT!!
Carly is in the bottom two. All right, so she's in trouble. I mean, I'm still thinking Syesha....
This is going to be like when they sent home Gina last season -- she gives her best performance, but the accumulation of suckage plus the Sanjaya debacle got her sent home. That'll be the case for either girl here. Both did pretty well last night.
Oh. Man.
Ok, commercial over.
WHAT THE F**k???
Carly just got sent home???
I mean, I didn't think she'd win it, but I thought she could give Cook a run for his money if she made the finale.
Wow. Just. Wow.
The Michael Johns thing didn't shock me... this one did.
Quickie:
Bottom three predictions: Dred-boy, Syesha, and Brooke
Going home: Dred-boy... I think the 'vote for the worst crew' will keep Brooke in one more week.
I am starting to become a fan of David Cook, though I haven't Youtubed him yet.
First time since Holloywood week Syesha didn't make me angry or bored.
Anyone think it'll be two guys in the top 2 this year? I don't think the producers will like that. But a David/David head-to-head really is possible.
I read a Yahoo story (below) this morning because the headline intrigued me.
Thoughts, in no particular order:
I would be curious as to the actual poll wording. The Bible comes out as the "most popular" book. Was the question, What is the greatest/most important book of all time? Or what was the best book you ever read? I can see the Bible being the first response to the former, but maybe its just my brain, I probably would not have thought of it as a possible answer to the latter. Could be just me.
For #2, I get the GWTW/LOTR/HP responses. I'll even give you Steven King, though I've never read him myself. But Dan Brown?? Twice in the top 10??? What????
All right, I didn't read Angels and Demons. But I read Da Vinci Code. It was a good yarn, a rip-roaring fast read, and I enjoyed it at the time. But I didn't like it enough to go pick up everything the author ever wrote -- and I do that with most authors. And I would never read it again. Its in the same class as an early Tom Clancy, a good Grisham or Baldacci or Patterson to me -- books that I'll pick up, read in a summer's night, and only vaguely remember.
To me, a truly great book is one you want to read over and over. One you'll pick up in the middle and read to the end on a whim. Or one that you would recommend to a good friend, but buy her her own copy because you can't bear to give up yours. A book like that would be in my top 2 or top 10. And I can't imagine anything by the author of the DaVinci Code, let alone that book itself, making anyone's top 10.
Gotta get going. End rant, I guess.
The story, because if I just linked to it, it would be obsolete in a day:
NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - When it comes to literary pursuits in the United States most people agree on at least one thing -- the most popular book is the Bible, according to a new survey.
It came in first in a Harris Poll of nearly 2,513 adults but the second choice in the survey was not as clear cut.
"While the Bible is number one among each of the different demographic groups, there is a large difference in the number two favorite book," Harris said in a statement announcing the results.
Men chose J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings" and women selected Margaret Mitchell's "Gone With the Wind" as their second-favorite book, according to the online poll.
But the second choice for 18- to 31-year-olds was J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series, while 32- to 43-year-olds named Stephen King's "The Stand" and Dan Brown's "Angels and Demons."
Picks for second-favorite book also varied according to region. "Gone With the Wind" was number two in the southern and midwestern United States while easterners chose "The Lord of the Rings" and westerners opted for "The Stand."
Whites and Hispanics picked "Gone With the Wind" as their second-favorite book after the Bible, while African-Americans preferred "Angels and Demons."
"Finally, they may not agree on candidates, but one thing that brings together partisans is their favorite book. For Republicans, Democrats and Independents, the top two books are the same -- the Bible followed by "Gone With the Wind."
Dan Brown's "The Da Vinci Code," "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, "Angels and Demons" by Dan Brown, "Atlas Shrugged" by Ayn Rand and "Catcher in the Rye" by J.D. Salinger rounded out the top 10 favorites.
I couldn't sleep so I redid my taxes.
Well I had been procrastinating one piece of my taxes just because figuring it out was annoying. Not like I redid the whole thing. Anyway, one less thing to do tomorrow. I also saw Unbreakable -- the M. Night Shamawhatshisname, Bruce Willis movie. I saw it coming. I did.
The guy has made a career of the twist ending. I think what he should do next is like a murder mystery, and make all the clues point to something incredibly cliche like the butler, and make everyone think its the butler the whole movie and at the end... it turns out to be the butler. Everyone will walk out shaking their heads, like man, I never saw it coming. I was expecting this huge surprise and it was the butler all along. Awesome. He can probably get away with that... exactly once.
I think I'll go to sleep now. If I can.
I gave up Scrabulous for a while because it was affecting my ability to even pretend to be a law student -- for a while last semester, I could more accurately be described as a random lump sitting in a law school classroom that had wireless access. Well, it was most notable in two classes.
I was jonesing for a QUIZ on a triple word score though, and I came back with a vengence in the last week.
My Bingos in the last 7 days:
OXYGENS (for 135)
SoNGBIRD (for 89)
DELIMIT (for 84)
TIRELESs (for 74)
Sure, its no 200 point SeQUOIAs, nor is it a Super-Bingo like SINGHIOZZEREBBE, neither of which have I managed in my brief Scrabulous career.
But I'll take it.
I don't understand why people love the Archuletta kid. He's cute, he's got a beatiful voice, but he's kind of insipid. I was rooting for him for a while, but he keeps picking songs that bore me. If he keeps up like this, he won't make it past the top 5.
Was anyone surprised it was Chikeze? I was not surprised it was Chikeze. Chikeze even knew it was gonna be Chikeze. Too bad, I kind of like saying Chikeze.
I had never heard the rock version of Billy Jean that the other David did, but as he was singing it, I said he must be doing a version originated by some rock band I've never heard of, because no one on AI comes up with an arrangement that original on his own.
Well, except Blake Lewis.
Turns out I was right. Nice that Seacrest acknowledged the original last night.
Good news. I discovered I can listen to Blake Lewis sing whenever I want to on Youtube. Anyone else have an artist in this category? The "I won't pay 99 cents to download your song but I'm a big enough fan to listen to you sing on Youtube so long as its free" category?
Just me then . . . yeah, I get that a lot.
Re: That weird Colton kid
Me: Who does he look like? He looks like a guy I know...
BS: Ellen DeGeneres?
Me: No! Maybe a young Anthony Michael Hall?
BS: More like a young blonde Willem Dafoe.
Me: He's almost creepy enough.
Edited to add: Damn, someone made the Ellen joke on the show.
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AI = American Idol. My shame.
Over at his Dilbert blog, Scott Adams posted an interesting question:
Suppose you had to pick one word to describe yourself. Your first reaction, I assume, is that it is impossible. You are so many different things, in so many different contexts. No one word can capture more than a tiny slice.
Now suppose I ask you to think of people you know, and see how many of them you can describe in one word. Suddenly it gets a lot easier. He’s a jerk, she’s hot, he’s a loser, she’s a nerd, etc. This exercise only gets hard when you apply it to yourself. Let’s test this theory. Today’s challenge is to come up with:
1. One word to describe yourself
2. One word to describe me (since I’m the only one you all sort of know)
The only rule is that people who have survived some terrible illness or situation can’t pick “survivor” as their one word. Too easy.
Go
Paragraphs of randomness:
My externship is going very well so far. The work is challenging, the people are nice, and I am being exposed to many new and different things. 1L Summer Job did not expose me to broad areas of law and procedure, so this has been excellent, and a needed addition to my education.
I do hate paying for parking at externship site. Its a budget buster. Looking into other options. (No, its not on-site, and no its not reimbursable by the placement).
We signed Clownfish up for T-Ball. Its a league for boys and girls aged 3-4. He's looking forward to it, as are we.
My afternoon class was cancelled so I joined "my boys" in a little pick-up soccer game at the park. Clownfish has good footwork and passing skills . . . and he only tripped over the ball a few times.
Have yet to receive any feedback on the latest draft of my Note, and I am perfectly fine with that . . . feedback would mean work, and I am loath to do more work right now.
I am no one to talk, but that was a large woman on American Idol last night. I usually like the pre-season audition episodes, but the freak show nature of it far far FAR outweighed the entertainment value of marginal singers trying to bust out a Whitney Houston ballad. I may have to forgo this season.
PARIS (AFP) - Fossil hunters have uncovered the greatest rodent that ever lived -- a one-tonne behemoth that bestrode the swamplands of South America some four million years ago. Measuring a whopping 53 centimetres (21 inches), the skull has massive incisors several centimetres long. Despite this fearsome look, the creature was not carnivorous and looked more hippo-like than rat-like. Read more here.
Obama! Hillary! Huckabee! Iowa caucus! New Hampshire! Britney cracks up!
OMG!!
There, that about covers just about anything anyone else blogged about today.
My house at bedtime:
Me: Ok, let me tuck you in. Get Ian (*the Tiger*) next to you.
Clownfish: No, Mommy Ian doesn't want any blankets.
Me: Ummm, ok (*this being a change from the usual*) Why?
Clownfish: Because tigers have fur. They don't need blankets.
Next thing you know, I am going to have to make the Tiger special lunches and watch out for slightly twisted snow sculptures on the lawn (his oeuvre was monochromatic).
My kid is turning into Calvin.
Now Britney Spears' 16 year old sister is pregnant too?
*frustrated angry grunting and muttering*
Its like these Spears girls see a man and its "oops I did ..." . . . no I won't even go there. There will be enough headlines pointing out the sickening irony of that song.
Its not often I hear of women (if you can call her that) getting pregnant and get angry or bitter or frustrated. Usually I get sad. Oh, you know happy for them and all. But sad for me.
This is the first time a yahoo headline made me just... frustrated? maybe ... enough to just instantly blog.
Oh, and Time Magazine? Putin? Really?? Could've sworn Al Gore had that locked. Maybe that's why you went with Putin.
You have to read this post.
Ah, the 70's.
I haven't laughed that hard in weeks.
Hat tip: Mommy Tracks. My mistake was reading this in the law library.
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