ballad cheese

One of my favorite bands to pick when I rarely and randomly go out to karaoke is Journey. It's cheesy, everyone sings along, and...it's cheesy. EW.com recently ran a piece called The Ultimate Cheesy-Ballad Playlist that included Journey, of course, as well as some other great ones:

-- "Could've Been" by Tiffany and "Lost in Your Eyes" by Debbie Gibson -- When I was in fifth grade, owning the albums by both of these teenagers was mandatory. Man, I loved Tiffany.

-- "Crazy for You" by Madonna. This and "Live to Tell" are my all-time favorite Madonna songs.

-- "Iris" by Goo Goo Dolls. Remember the summer when this song was on every single station all the time? I ended up seeing the Goo Goo Dolls in concert in Columbia, Mo. when I was in college. I got kicked in the face by a crowd surfer [yes, a crowd surfer at a Goo Goo Dolls concert] and took an elbow to the eye, which resulted in my losing a contact lens. My roommate had to drive my car home because I had no depth perception. Who knew a crazy night in college would be at a Goo Goo Dolls concert?

-- "Please Don't Go Girl" by the New Kids on the Block. The person on EW.com who mentioned this was mortified to be admitting she still listened to this song. I don't understand why you would be embarassed to admit that? I mean, I still listen to that song...

You know, that is a pretty mortifying thing to admit.

And in case you want to download and slow dance with your honey to Journey, here you go.
Journey - Open Arms

why i'm a nerd

Among many other reasons, I got geeked out last night during the Dancing with the Stars Results show when Drew Lachey made a guest appearance doing his freestyle dance from last year. You have to admit though, it's a pretty awesome freestyle dance. That being said, "Save a Horse, Ride a Cowboy" is now stuck in my head, which is all kins of suckiness.

That beings said, is anyone else watching the show this season? It's been interesting so far, but I have to say that Leeza Gibbons' leather number the other night was pretty scary. In fact, I think a few of those dancers outfits are pretty freaky considering I'm always ready for them to break a strap and have the whole thing fly off. They must have to have a tape delay for that or something.

So far, I'm predicting Apolo Anton Ohno and Joey Fatone in the top two. We'll see how that holds up.

why we have easter bunnies

So now that you have your Easter candy in hand and went to church yesterday, I figured you should know why bunnies are a part of the Easter celebration. St. Peter was a bunny who ate eggs for Passover. Don't believe me? Go to South Park's Web site and watch video from their most recent episode about St. Peter. I would link directly to the video, but it's not on YouTube because Viacom made them pull it.

Speaking of Passover, I made matzo ball soup for the first time ever last week. I didn't try it, but Aaron said it was good. And yes, it was from a box. So what?

i was on tv

Yesterday, CNBC's Mad Money show came to Indiana University and The Husband got us tickets. I was on national television! No, seriously, I was! You can see me in this clip when Dan starts talking about Spartan. I'm behind his shoulder in the Indiana sweatshirt. And if you can't see that, just ask my dad. He saw me!

In the meantime, here's a picture of a bunch of us with Mark Cuban, owner of the Dallas Mavericks. Yes, MARK CUBAN! My forehead can be seen right above Mark's head and the face just to the upper right of Mark is recognizable to many of you as my husband. Also in the picture are our friends Adam, Brian, and Grant [thumbs up!].

my humps

Remember that annoying song called "My Humps" from the Black Eyed Peas? Well, Alanis Morrisette covered the song and even did an awesome video for it!

No, I'm not joking. I'm a huge fan of cover versions of songs and this one is near the top of what I've heard before. It reminds me alot of a cover Tori Amos may do for a song in which is completely changes the melody of the song to make it sound completely different from the original.
But with Alanis, as much as the song is great, you need to see it with the video that goes along with it for extra awesomeness!

In the meantime, here is another one of my favorite covers for you to download.
Travis - Baby One More Time

And another cover from Alanis.
Alanis Morrissette - King of Pain

bookmark this

Here's a story about what librarians find when they open the books you return: bookmarks. Now before you say "Boring," there are actually a few interesting finds in books. For example, librarians have found condoms and cash as bookmarks not to mention love letters, fake fingernails, and unused toilet paper. I guess that explains where some people read those books.

I go the traditional route with my bookmarks. I did needlepoint on one and own this Harry Potter set. I also have some of these bookmarks an Office fan made that I love -- especially when I can coordinate the book cover color with a particular bookmark. Yes, I'm a book nerd.


So what do you use to mark your place? Bookmarks, ticket stubs, receipts, the print out the library gives you with the due date on it?

poor ferrari

OK, did anyone else see the story this week about actor Eddie Griffin crashing a Ferrari? Did anyone else get a little choked up like I did? Yeah, I figured it was just me.

Anyway, some idiot that owns a $1.5 million Enzo Ferrari thought it would be a good idea to have an actor [not a race car driver] with no idea how to drive a high performance sports car drive his high performance sports car. And he crashed it.

To give you an idea of how bad this is, consider this: in order to be able to buy an Enzo Ferrari, you had to own at least three Ferraris already and then you had to be invited by the company to buy the car. And there are only 400 out there. Well, make that 395 as of now. They even made one for the Pope!

To better understand this, I give you this great quote from an AOL Sports story entitled "Eddie Griffin, You're an Idiot":

"You just wrecked a friggin' Enzo Ferrari. The car was probably worth more than your house, Eddie. There are probably other Ferrari owners and supercar nuts that are crying today because of you."

And yes, even I would love to drive an Enzo Ferrari, but even I would not actually do so if given the chance. It's not like driving a normal car and I sure as hell wouldn't want to be responsible for crashing someone else's $1.5 million Ferrari.

lloyd dobler kills people

Here's the new trailer for the movie War Inc starring John Cusack [yum!], Joan Cusack, Marisa Tomei and...Hilary Duff? As a Russian pop star? Um...OK.

By the way, in this movie, John once again plays an assasin just like he did in Grosse Pointe Blank. Great movie. I think that movie is ten years old. Ten years, man! TEN!

And if you love John [and who doesn't?], here is a video montage of all of his movies. Pretty cool!

pieces of flair

Ah, Office Space. You don't realize how real that movie is until you start working in The Real World. Then you realize how sad it all is. The PC Load Letter not working, having a boring boss, wanting to just knock down that last cubicle wall.

So to entertain some of you at work, I give you YouTube clips. First is Office Space Wars. It's what would happen if you put all the actors in Office Space in Jedi get-ups, gave Jar-Jar a red stapler, and made Darth Vader the new boss. "Yeah, Obi-Wan. I'm gonna need you to come in Sunday, too."

Then, of course, there is Office Space: The Thriller. Ack! That red stapler so wants to kill me.

A music video for the song "My Cubicle" with clips from Office Space. It's so sad. Get some Kleenex for this one.

And finally, why mess with perfection? The "beat the crap out of a fax machine" scene. Don't play this with your speakers on at work -- there's some bad language. You've been warned.

So on that note, look down and tell us all how many pieces of flair you're wearing.

dear celebrity

Ack! I've been a bad blogger but I'm back!

Ok, so Entertainment Weekly ran a little thing about writing fan letters to celebrities and included in the list was Jordan Knight of the New Kids on the Block. I actually wrote a letter to the New Kids on the Block when I was a fan. I actually never sent it, though, because I was too nervous to put it in the mail because I loved them so much. Yeah, pathetic, I know. I don't remember much of the letter, but I do know I wrote two drafts before I copied it down in my best handwriting. I also know I told them I loved seeing them in concert and while The Beatles could play instruments, they couldn't dance as awesome and the New Kids!

I'm so glad I never sent that letter.

On that note, if anyone knows anyone that can get me a job at Entertainment Weekly, I would love you forever. I mean, I could write stuff like this and be awesome!

that's what she said

"Wait...you said what?"

My favorite show on TV right now is The Office on NBC. Man, I love that show! If you don't believe me, click on this link to read the blog entries I've posted on a Jim and Pam Web site.

Now in addition to that, one of my favorite nights to watch TV is Thursday night. NBC has a whole hilarious line-up with a bunch of great shows. OK, fine, I'm not a huge fan of My Name is Earl, but the rest is awesome. It's so good you can go all night long with it [that's what she said]. I mean, it always leaves me satisfied and smiling [that's what she said]. Because it is just so impressive [THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID!]

So check out this great YouTube video highlighting all the cool shows on the Thursday night line-up to a little ditty called "That's What She Said."

sunshine laws

So I've been a bit lazy and I come back on just to promote Sunshine Laws? Yeah, weird, I know.

Anyway, for those of you who are non-journalists and such, Sunshine Laws are put into place to shed light [get it? sunshine?] on to what the government is doing. They're actually pretty vital to the relationship between the government and the media [and normal people too]. Congressional Democrats have labeled this wee as "Sunshine Week" and will be pushing through several bills to promote easier access to government information by making the Freedom of Information Act stricter, for example.

So go read about it and I promise to be back with something funnier.

beam me up, gmail

When I was in fifth grade, I wanted to be an astronomer. The only problem was the whole science, math, and working at night stuff.

But man, if I worked with stuff in space, I could have sent email to space. That would have been cool. For example, you know the crazy lady over at NASA that's part of this whole weird love triangle thing? Well, apparently, part of the case against her is being based on naughty emails sent from one astronaut on the ground to her boyfriend who was in space. Hmm...they have the Internet is space? Wow. And I thought I was addicted to the World Wide Web.

By the way, Nowak, the crazy astronaut lady in question, was fired by NASA today. Today? Yeah, because it makes me happy to know a diaper-wearing crazy lady was allowed to be an astronaut despite the fact that NASA knew she was a little loopy. Whatever.

kyle's mom's a bitch

What? She is. I'm just telling the truth.

So Rolling Stone is putting South Park on their cover and in their honor, RS.com posted the top 25 South Park moments. There are some great ones including:

South Park as The Simpsons
Stan learns about bloody orgies
Tom Cruise: trapped in a closet
Lemiwinks
Cartman's hand becomes J. Lo

I know I'm old school, but I still say my favorite episode is the first one ever when Cartman gets an anal probe. Anyone else care to dispute that?

Also, check out the Wikipedia entry for South Park. The list of people they have offending is long including most major religions, Scientology, and Isaac Hayes. Despite that, did you also realize the show has championed gay rights and the environment? I guess it makes sense when you consider the creators of the show are hippies from Boulder, Colo. Or something.

fashion sense run amok

So Pete Wentz, the bassist for Fall Out Boy, is working on a line of clothing. Well, of course he is. Who isn't? But that's beside the point. The point is that this stuff is horrid. Here's the description from Women's Wear Daily via ONTD:

"Executives at DKNY Jeans also took notice of Wentz's creative ability and signed him on to a partnership in which he works with the DKNY Jeans design team to create Clandestine Industries for DKNY Jeans. The line, which includes graphic T-shirts, dresses, jeans, sweats, skirts and jackets, is fully inspired by Wentz. The colors are all mostly dark, such as the black leather jackets and dark-indigo denim jeans, but there is a bright pink pop of color found throughout on jacket linings and some T-shirts. There's a graphic print T-shirt of his pet bulldog, Hemingway, who tours with the band regularly, and other prints inspired by Wentz's own extensive tattoos."

Yeah, because I want to buy stuff that's all about Pete and looks like stuff Pete would wear and Pete, Pete, Pete. Did Pete design a line of clothing or a line of clothing for himself?

Seriously, ignore all that is wrong with the models in this picture. Would any of you even wear shoes like the ones below? Blech. Just because some rock star designed them doesn't mean people should wear them in public.