@fatmonalisa: Dude! This song is NOT half-way bad.. Although the main conceit for the video rips off Stéphane Sednaoui's work on Bjork's "Big Time Sensuality."
On the topic of beef with 50, nobody squashes beef like he does. The man is an innovator.
He either ends up shot 1,000,000x, wearing a blue snuggie and a wig and screaming at amateur porn of his nemesis's baby momma, or doing coke with a pubescent youtube phenomenon who got e-fame for talking shit about him but now is his best friend.
Also, the man was a rap star, but he seems to have mainly made his money in vitamin water.
@Mount_Prion: Aw, easy with the sarcasm. Young Cheesy, or Lil Wayne + all these other currently celebrated epigones can't hold a candle to Fiddy. He LIVED THE THUG LIFE, yo. In all seriousness, I'm a rap classicist (No WAY anyone is touching NWA and the Geto Boys!) but I don't mind Fiddy. Also, he has a sense of humor:
@snugbug: Little pixie Bjork has been around long enough for memes and themes to pass into the general vocabulary, like the lobby scene from The Matrix (how is that 10 years old)
@son of spam: Bonne nuit. I.. I don't even know what to do with myself after watching the video you posted. For some reason, Les Claypool's bass-slapping feels like the only thing that would set me straight right now.
By the way, #SNL has some seriously horrendous hosts lined up for the next few weeks, so I expect lots of liveblogging in #SNS. Next week is Blake Lively, followed by Taylor Lautner(!!), followed by James Franco (who I respect for the whole soap thing, but seriously?), followed by Jay Baruchel, who I'm not sure has ever had more than four lines in any given movie. WTF?
@fatmonalisa: I think you're undervaluing it immensely, actually. I've never seen as many articles about Taylor Swift as I did after she hosted SNL, not even after she swept award show after award show. Not to mention how popular and even arguably influential it was during campaign season. People talk about how irrelevant it is, and yet they managed to get Obama, McCain and his wife, Clinton, and Palin all on air. That's a hop, skip, and enormous jump away from Rachael Ray.
@DahlELama: James Franco, heh, his GH stint is surreal. He'll probably be good on SNL. Why Taylor Lautner was even asked to host SNL is embarrassing. Jay Baruchel?
@DahlELama: Since you opened up the topic, can we briefly discuss the fact that the SNL rerun tonight with Gerard Butler (which is definitely from the current season since those two new women are in this episode) contained a sketch about '300', which came out close to three years ago? WTeffingF is going on with this show? Seriously. (I'm also fairly agog about Baruchel. Whoever manages him is either a very intimidating mafioso type, or, like, a warlock. [Oh my God, now there's a sketch on about 'Braveheart'. I CAN'T.])
@JohntheCraptist: Yeah, basically Butler will be living off 300 forever because it's the only remotely memorable thing he's done. And I say this having never even seen it, but assuming it must be because otherwise I can neither justify this SNL appearance nor his cover feature in Esquire. I actually thought his episode was OK, especially in a particularly bad season, but I wouldn't like to see him host again.
As for Baruchel, I'd put twenty bucks on the warlock. Just the fact that his name looks familiar to me is astonishing and clearly the work of the devil and some potion featuring eye of newt. The truth is, he may have comedic chops and therefore not be so bad at SNL, but I find the show a lot less enjoyable when I'm not familiar with the host's work.
@jasonelias: Have you been watching it? I keep forgetting to check it out but I'm dying to see it. Taylor Lautner is the most embarrassing of all, but yeah, Franco will probably be OK, plus I'm pretty sure he's done it before.
@DahlELama: See, I think Taylor Swift has been on the PR campaign for a long while now and since the IMMA LET YOU FINISH thing. Also, she was totally set up with Taylor Lautner. Everyone knows that kid is gay like Zac Efron
@fatmonalisa: You're right. It's as if SNL has abandoned any attempt to be funny and is now simply about the "gets", as if the mere presence of a novel or high-profile guest host or a cameo by a politico makes the show good. Last night I watched an episode from the second season. In Update, Jane Curtin made a vicious comment about the Tonight Show with Carson being dead after 15 years on the air. Well, SNL has become that Tonight Show.
@croush1211: don't feel bad I am pretty anal about knowing who's who in the films i watch, and I usually win games of 6 degrees amongst my friends, but I didn't know who this kid was either. At least he's a comedic actor, maybe he'll have the best show yet.
@DahlELama: Yeah I've been catching off and on. Franco's character is insane and bordering on creepy. Most of his scenes are with Maxie and the last I saw they were having sex. Poor Spinelli!
@fatmonalisa: Oh, she's definitely on the PR campaign; my point is that I think SNL is actually a great PR get. Of course, the next few weeks are making me rethink that whole stance...
I had brunch with a friend today and she explained to me the entire narrative arc of the Twilight books--which I have never read nor have any intention to. Apparently (avert your eyes, Twi-fiends!), Edward the Sparkle Vamp gets married to Bella and impregnates her in the denouement of the epic. Say what?! Procreating vampires? How do they do it, given that they don't have one living cell in their bodies? Stephenie Meyer, you need to explain yourself.
@snugbug: that was one of things i liked most about Anne Rice's vamp books. The characters were dead, and therefore unable to copulate/reproduce but she still managed to create sexual tension between them, men and women.
Stephanie Meyer is just trying to have a cheeszy teen romance novel "with vampires lite" with no regard to the physical limitations provided by the mythical creatures she's co-opting. I mean, the fuckers don't die in the sunlight?! Bah!
@Matt Cherette: Slept till noon, ate lunch, finished reading Twilight, napped until Sabbath was over, got ice cream, played Mafia Wars, and watched Year One. Your biggest accomplishment today still puts mine to shame.
@Matt Cherette: I told you--it's all the in-laws could agree on! Anyway, you're just jealous about the ice cream part. I'm guessing you didn't end up making yourself a sundae...
@Helio: Ha, no! I just used the picture from Obsessed. It's the lyrics from Beyonce's part in Gaga's song, Telephone, rewritten to be phonetically-accurate.
@Matt Cherette: bwahahaha that caption looks like an excerpt from Uncle Tom's Cabin. I only pay attention to Beyonce when my friends insist on throwing her music on while we are getting drunk before going out. That caption displays one of the reasons why.
Oh, and re: Julia Allison, I'm not sure anymore if the secondhand embarrassment is worth the resultant laughter. It's a tough call at this point, as the last couple of weeks have been insane.
@Matt Cherette: Do you think Julia Allison will ever become more than a fameball? Imagine her becoming a socialite like Nan Kempner or worse Zsa Zsa Gabor?
Or she could become like Lara Stone. She'll need a nose job first.
@fatmonalisa: She's just, ugh, I don't even know how to describe it. I just feel bad for her most of the time, because it's so obvious that she seeks validation from anyone and everyone that will give it to her.
@Matt Cherette: I like to think she's trying to get rich and famous without actually having to do anything. What are her skills ? Being perky? I think socialite/trophy is probably the only option for her at this point. My high society WASP mother will probably not allow her into the country club but hey she didn't let in Paris Hilton either!
Or she could be compensating for going to Georgetown instead of an Ivy.
@snugbug: Well, you get down the fiddle and you get down the bow,
Kick off your shoes and you throw ‘em on the floor.
Dance in the kitchen 'til the morning light:
Louisiana Saturday night.
@snugbug: Sorry, but I'm not in the habit of recording myself. But hey, how about some Buckwheat Zydeco singing Hank Williams, helped along by David Hidalgo and Dwight Yoakam? TALENT.
@Claire Buoyant: Good song, but not as riveting as the Progresso soup commercial that preceded it. JK! That was super-fun! I love zydeko and all things N'Orleans. We should start up a "Memories of New Orleans" thread somewhere.. I'll never forget the time I took a Polaroid of the entry way to a patisserie by Jackson Square and by some confluence of light/shading, it came out looking like a close-up portrait of the Devil.
@downlow: Aw, Hank Williams! What loveliness.. Here's a gorge N'Orleans power-pop troub--Brendan Benson, son of Detroit who grew up in New Orleans and devoted a classic album to it... This song contains the wonderful verses,
"As soon as I'm well I'm gonna leave my house
Become more of a man and less like a mouse,
Drive my car down south to the Mississippi's mouth,
In the Gulf of Mexico I'll be soused."
Then.. "Every girl I made, in the shade of Esplanade.." Swoon!
@snugbug: Y'know, I haven't been to NO since I was about eleven or twelve. I actually picked up on cajun and zydeco music while listening to an ACORN-affiliated radio station in college (or soon after). Anyway, to bring this topic back around, here's a video of the same couple dancing to Boozoo Chavis. On one of his albums, the story is told that he was so difficult to work with that recording sessions were impossible without loosening him up with liquor. He had so much to drink that by the end of one song he fell off his stool, so the recording engineer had hide this crashing noise by reducing the sound volume as the song ended -- and thus began the practice of tapering off the music at the end of each track on popular music albums. No idea if it's true, but it's a good story.
@snugbug: The Zydeco kitchen dancers made my evening! In the spirit of Buckwheat Zydeco singing Hank Williams, I thought I'd toss in Johnnie Allan singing Chuck Berry. One of my favorites.
@MyrtleWilloughby: My fave Chuck Berry is "You Never Can Tell." Not just because of Pulp Fiction--but because my dad owned the Chuck Berry "St. Louis to Liverpool" record and it was the first one I learned to spin on the record player as a wee bug. Not sure why I was so in love with "You Never Can Tell." There must be something about the mathematics of the chord changes in that song that mesmerizes your brain.. ABBA works that way, too. Little kids adore ABBA!
@snugbug: I got shivers! I just got a flash back to sitting on the dining room floor and listening to "My Ding-a-ling" on the reel-to-reel. Perhaps my brain would be wired differently had it been "You never Can Tell." Somewhere in Berry, ABBA, Spector, Mozart, Wilson, Shannon et al. is the music of the spheres. Some day I'll learn enough music theory to figure out that magic chord progression.
@Claire Buoyant: Nice. Where I used to live in Westchester the 200 year old stone Presbyterian church on the corner, which was rich hippie central, had the drunks meeting on Mon and the geighs meeting on Wed and the zydeco party 1x/month on Fri. The real thing. I actually walked into an officially Christian building for it. You could hear it down the street.
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I don't really understand the point. I mean ZOMG A TV is a pretty non-gifty thing unless you're putting it in a stretch limo for someone and you're Chuck Bass.
@fatmonalisa: I don't understand it, either. People getting themselves all hopped up to basically save the equivalent of sales tax and buy stuff they weren't going to, ordinarily? I scratched my head in wonder while watching some woman on the news with a Dirt Devil in her buggy - 'cause nothing says holiday cheer like a reminder to hoover the floors.
@fatmonalisa: I did. I bought a $75 book at Barnes and Noble today with a combination of membership discounts and some other coupon that they sent me which expires tomorrow. Anyway, it took me ten minutes and I got it for $38 and change.
@son of spam: Jealous--I wish people would freakin tell me what they want so I don't have to spend hours scouring the Internet in a futile attempt to find gifts that don't suck. My husband, his brother, and his parents all have b-days in the same week of December, so November is always a ridiculous rush to find a zillion b-day and Chanukah gifts for people who were impossible to shop for to begin with. I hate this time of year.
@honey's dead: Haha, actually, you and my husband might have been! He studied in Florence for a semester and he's utterly obsessed; I'm not a big enough art or Italian-food fan to appreciate it thoroughly. I'm more of an "oh my God, I need to see absolutely everywhere before I die" kind of person.
@DahlELama: Italy is wonderful. I've lived all over the world but I always wanted to go to Italy. So I did and it did not disappoint. Past life thing, I'm thinking. I'm Pantheist/Hindu so the way my mind/beliefs work is a little off from the norm.
@DahlELama: I hate it, too. I hate wasting money on gifts my family hates and getting stuff I don't need in return. I'd rather spend my bonus on shit I need like new glasses or a new pair of Levi's.
My birthday is in December and I can tell you, it sucks. Feel sorry for your husband and his family. I wish my birthday was in June.
@DahlELama: You know, I've been a fan of yours for a long time. Your comments always amuse me. I was drawn to hinduism by Joseph Campbell. My mother is Vietnamese. My father, American. I found out that where I was born in Vietnam was a Champh (early hindu) center. I believe there is a reason for things and I bow to the laws of karma. I connect with the pantheists, believing that there is a life force that connects us all. All religions do not conflict with my core beliefs. Also, "christians" piss me off because of hypocrisy. Italy, the art and history mostly, is, in my mind, beauty we are lucky to witness. Someone else's soul.
@Lysergic Asset: Wow, way to pre-empt the "pics or it didn't happen" that your comment so obviously had coming. I am thoroughly and utterly repulsed. Where can I buy those?
@downlow: We tried to get them to stop with the gifts this year, especially after my bro-and-sis-in-law openly hated everything they got, but to no avail. On the plus side, at least they give good gifts, even if they're not good at the receiving part.
@honey's dead: That's so sweet, thank you! And your background is so, so fascinating...what's funny is that I'm actually much more drawn to places like Vietnam than I am to a place like Italy. Don't get me wrong--I love Europe--but I'm much more interested in non-Western cultures these days. (Or at least east-meets-west cultures.) I went to Istanbul on my honeymoon last year which has thus far been my favorite travel destination (Israel excluded, but that's a different story since I have an apartment and family there), and Morocco and Russia are currently at the very top of my travel list, with southeast Asia right below them.
@DahlELama: You know, I always thought you were a gay guy. Maybe I wasn't paying attention, it's just that you comment on things I would--like stupid tv shows no one will admit to liking. I agree with you, Italy is the only European country I cared about. I'm much more into countries tourists will have nothing to do with. But my family is in Vietnam so I go there often and take advantage of being in that part of the world to visit other countries. So you are Jewish? Israel is someplace I would love to go. Unfortunately, my Irish pale husband thinks he would get shot.
@honey's dead: I think that's the best compliment I've ever received; too bad I'm just a shameless straight woman. I am Jewish, and I would recommend Israel as a travel destination in a heartbeat. I know it can be tricky to get in, but I'm pleased to inform you that your Irish pale husband is no likelier to get shot than anyone else; the country is packed with Christian tourists, particularly the French. Plus, young Israelis are obsessed with travel, especially to south Asia, so you've got something in common with 'em right there!
@If_I_Had_a_Poodle: Are there openings on your gift list? Because that sounds like my perfect gift. Amazon got all my Black Friday business because they had House and Gossip Girl DVDs for 13 bucks each, the first four seasons of It's Always Sunny for something like 35, the first volume of the Glee soundtrack for 7, and MP3 albums for 5 bucks a pop. Seven seasons of TV+one CD+The Crane Wife +Ratitude=I am a very happy camper. Unfortunately, I still haven't purchased any gifts.
@honey's dead: Awesome. I was raised secular Jewish and I identify with the culture but not the religion. To the extent I can tolerate the religion, I do like the pagan simplicity of the reform aspects. The Orthodox are fundamentalists like all fundamentalists, so no.
I believed the Greek myths in school more than anything, and when I realized they were being taught as "myths," I was like, but that was their religion then, so let's just call this Bible book a collection of myths now.
@If_I_Had_a_Poodle: Some of my best friends have really strict Jewish parents. They all have major problems with tattoos. Funny. If you haven't checked out Joseph Campbell you should. Good stuff.
@If_I_Had_a_Poodle: That's what they say. In about 25 years, there are going to be problems unless there is an effective and affordable way to remove them!
Personally I think the tattoo horror is leftover from the holocaust. I remember growing up and occasionally seeing numbers on people's arms and being stunned for days.
@If_I_Had_a_Poodle: Oh, yeah. I had a survivor as an art teacher who had one. Is it really that recent? I was led to believe that "it is written" somewhere. I could be wrong, but I think Catholics have something similar--not about tattoos, but suicides can't be buried on hallowed ground? I dunno. That's what the dude said on a cemetery tour I took in New Orleans once. I also took a class on death an burial once. Great, informative waste of time.
@fatmonalisa: I didn't think it was anything special, either. It was full of stupid, avoidable continuity errors, too. Mo'Nique was great, though. As was Mariah. And, no, you're not a cold-hearted bitch for finding it mostly funny, because I found a lot of it funny, too. Or maybe we're both cold-hearted bitches?
@Matt Cherette: The ladies over at Jezebel seem to love it but if that trainwreck of a movie wins an Oscar I might eat my hat. The movie suffers from the surrounding cast being too good compared to the main.
@DahlELama: God I want to go to sleep until this twilight shit is over. I used to respect the whole vampire genre as a metaphor for sucking the life out of someone. I just can't get behind vampires who glitter. I still like True Blood, but don't know how much longer. And now we have to listen to idiots on Discovery who insist they need blood to survive. Get a freaking life.
@fatmonalisa: The ladies at Jezebel also ban all forms of body snark, including innocuous comments such as "he would look better with brown eyes." They'd probably make you change your screen name to "Slow Metabolism Mona Lisa" or "Rubenesque Mona Lisa", which would be rather ironic.
@honey's dead: What's weird is that I read the book because I'm really into YA lit and am attempting to write it professionally, so I felt like instead of just telling people that Twilight sucks without reading it, I should be 100% sure. So I read it. And it does. Like, the writing is just bad. But what really puzzles me is that it's slow, long, and mostly unexciting. Granted, I'm curious what happens next, but more in a "I started this so now I need to end it" kind of way, mixed with "Well, people love it, so I should see why, right?" than from an obsessive need to see it through because "oh my God, it's all so fantastic and I luv u Bella & Edward 4 eva!!1!" How on Earth did this book become so popular? What is it that people find so compelling? How is sparkling in the sun passable as a sexy trait? I am really struggling to answer these questions and I just can't.
I will, however, admit that I love The Vampire Diaries on the CW, but at least I can explain why.
@fatmonalisa: i get the impression that the performances overshadow the movie as a whole. I haven't seen it yet, but even people who find the film mediocre overall, praise monique's performance, so if she was awarded an Oscar, it would be a ok with me.
@fatmonalisa: Oh my God, that was a total throwback to the best thing I ever witnessed on Jezebel. I can't even remember the conversation's content, but one commenter mentioned her height and weight and another gently but forcefully reprimanded her that we do not do that here at the risk of triggering others' eating disorders. The first commenter quickly apologized, for which I wanted to shake her so freakin hard. I have sympathy for those who struggle with anorexia/bulimia and all, but if you can't handle hearing someone else's measurements, then WTF are you doing on a snarky blog devoted to fashion and celebrities?! Back to rehab for you!
@DahlELama: "Back to Rehab for you!" is going to be my response to all people who go "please don't post weights, measurements or sizes, they're triggers"
@DahlELama: I read that. And yes. Jezebel went from open communication to 1984 doublespeak.
Weird how that happened. I used to really like it and I never check it now and when it shows up on Gawker it annoys me. I think maybe I'm too old....like over 14.
@DahlELama: Yeah, wondering about the Vampire Diaries but I don't have a dvr and time. Gotta be selective. And when the first twilight movie came out, I did a search and found a page that summarized the whole series. And yes, I read it. It was a slow day at work. It's so poorly written, and even Rice, I thought was cheesy, but at least sorta well written. I found her early books about homoerotic porn, and that's how her vampire books read. Now she's doing the Jesus think which is so weird. Not very well I must say.
@honey's dead: It is true - a dear friend of mine (much older, iconoclastic hippie at the time) dropped insane amounts of acid in the late 60's/early 70's, and he is the most coherent, lucid and brilliant person I've ever known. That's where the name came from... because to him, LSD was a huge asset.
@honey's dead: Did you ever read Anne Rice's Belinda? I've had a thing for older men since I was 12, and reading that book sure didn't help dissuade me.
@DahlELama: Hey, I just looked, and I have a star over there, too - did they de-star you for calling someone fugly? Because I thought the Gawker star traveled with you over to all the sister sites.
@Lysergic Asset: I don't think I ever got destarred over there, but I have no idea; I comment there extremely infrequently. Honestly, I'm happier to be shades of gray on Jez; that way, I don't have to worry about losing my star, which I almost certainly would.
@honey's dead: "Jezebel went from open communication to 1984 doublespeak."
Wow, yes, there's definitely been a seismic generational shift in the commentariat over there. It seems to me that the Gawker crowd is more seasoned... here, you can't really tell who's young and who's older, because there's a generally uniform sense of awareness, whereas over there the difference can sometimes be blinding. But to each his/her own... it serves as a niche, for sure.
@honey's dead: The plot is, roughly: 44-year-old man, children's book author/illustrator, falls in love with 16-year-old girl. Anne Rice (she wrote it under the name Anne Rampling) really gets into this guy's head, and she manages to make him not at all as pervy as the set-up implies. It's a love story, and definitely not for the To Catch a Predator crowd.
You mentioned something earlier about Anne Rice's nouveaux Christian phase... I wonder if it's like that old joke: Why do so many old people read the Bible? / Because they're cramming for finals. [snare drum clap]
@Lysergic Asset: Haha! Yes, deathbed Hallellujahs. I lived in Texas for a while. The booze stashing Southern Baptists always find their god before their last breath.
Although I had the most hands-down fantastic (sickeningly joyous, really) Thanksgiving ever, I'm saddened to think that my meteoric improvement in Wii Golf this weekend might in some bizarre Dorian Grey-ish way correspond with Tiger's woes...
Wow, you mean I finally have an legitimate excuse to comment multiple times on a single thread?
Foster, I really appreciate your attention to detail. Your posts are always so well thought-out, and I'm usually inspired to read the entire post before rushing to comment.
Synchronistically, I was just saying (on the party crashers thread) that I miss Julia Allison - all things being relative - but apparently she never went away.
@MincnglyWhrdL'mer: I did, but there's nothing there. I don't do Facebook at all - I quit outright after reading an ACLU article on it - and I would love to know who (else) you are!
Foster, seriously, thanks for all your work this weekend. It's crazy how much stuff you come up with on a normal basis, let alone during the Thanksgiving holiday, and those of us with nothing better to do than chill out here heartily thank you!
@DahlELama: Come on, #stfu with that. This job's a blast and I'm lucky enough to have weekend commenters around here pumping blood into each post with top-notch stuff. Team efforts! Not gonna lie: some of you were not easily won over (and still, thankfully, aren't) but always well, well worth the fight. So: thanks.
@DahlELama: I hope you weren't saying that I could improve my night in that manner. Because, uh, well, it'd have to be opposite day. Does that make sense? I'm ~innocent~ and don't like talking about that stuff. :) And I'm totally with you re: her fuckery. It's kind of sad that it's 3:33 AM and I'm actually still kind of hoping that someone will randomly ask me to go out. Because I really am THAT.BORED. and just want to go have fun. :\ #saturdaynightspecial
@mattchew03: Innocent, eh? I can help you work on that. And yes, I hate to say it, but at this point, I think you're out of luck. Maybe sleep now and get the hell out of her apt first thing tomorrow so you have an actual chance at fun then? #saturdaynightspecial
@DahlELama: I have to take HER and HER ROOMMATE to Peter Luger tomorrow. Can you imagine? I'd rather die. I'd seriously rather take Julia Allison and ride around in a limo and pretend that it's prom. I'm not even joking. #saturdaynightspecial
@mattchew03: Ummm fuck them! Tell her you're too busy texting and--oops!--time to masturbate, which means you won't be able to leave the house. Also, you would fucking love to take Julia Allison and ride around in a limo and pretend that it's prom. That comparison effectively teaches us nothing. #saturdaynightspecial
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On the topic of beef with 50, nobody squashes beef like he does. The man is an innovator.
He either ends up shot 1,000,000x, wearing a blue snuggie and a wig and screaming at amateur porn of his nemesis's baby momma, or doing coke with a pubescent youtube phenomenon who got e-fame for talking shit about him but now is his best friend.
Also, the man was a rap star, but he seems to have mainly made his money in vitamin water.
I just can't hate that.
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As for Baruchel, I'd put twenty bucks on the warlock. Just the fact that his name looks familiar to me is astonishing and clearly the work of the devil and some potion featuring eye of newt. The truth is, he may have comedic chops and therefore not be so bad at SNL, but I find the show a lot less enjoyable when I'm not familiar with the host's work.
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It's so so awesome. I can't wait until they greenlight this horror film/awkward Lolita movie
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Stephanie Meyer is just trying to have a cheeszy teen romance novel "with vampires lite" with no regard to the physical limitations provided by the mythical creatures she's co-opting. I mean, the fuckers don't die in the sunlight?! Bah!
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Believe it or not, this was my biggest accomplishment of the day: [mattchew03.tumblr.com]
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I still want one, though. Maybe I'll go to the store? Ugh, I hate decisions.
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Or she could become like Lara Stone. She'll need a nose job first.
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Or she could be compensating for going to Georgetown instead of an Ivy.
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Kick off your shoes and you throw ‘em on the floor.
Dance in the kitchen 'til the morning light:
Louisiana Saturday night.
Hell's ya!
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Brings back memories of my youth as I grew up with many Thibodeaux and Fonteneaux!
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"As soon as I'm well I'm gonna leave my house
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Then.. "Every girl I made, in the shade of Esplanade.." Swoon!
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I don't really understand the point. I mean ZOMG A TV is a pretty non-gifty thing unless you're putting it in a stretch limo for someone and you're Chuck Bass.
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My birthday is in December and I can tell you, it sucks. Feel sorry for your husband and his family. I wish my birthday was in June.
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@DahlELama: How's about Pee and Poo stuffed animals (for the person who has everything, natch)?
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I believed the Greek myths in school more than anything, and when I realized they were being taught as "myths," I was like, but that was their religion then, so let's just call this Bible book a collection of myths now.
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Personally I think the tattoo horror is leftover from the holocaust. I remember growing up and occasionally seeing numbers on people's arms and being stunned for days.
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1) Year One=not a good movie
2) Twilight=not a good book
DahlELama--not afraid to be servicey!
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I will, however, admit that I love The Vampire Diaries on the CW, but at least I can explain why.
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See also: Rogue, Going
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Oh whoops I just "triggered" someone to run to the bathroom and barf up their dinner.
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Weird how that happened. I used to really like it and I never check it now and when it shows up on Gawker it annoys me. I think maybe I'm too old....like over 14.
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Wow, yes, there's definitely been a seismic generational shift in the commentariat over there. It seems to me that the Gawker crowd is more seasoned... here, you can't really tell who's young and who's older, because there's a generally uniform sense of awareness, whereas over there the difference can sometimes be blinding. But to each his/her own... it serves as a niche, for sure.
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You mentioned something earlier about Anne Rice's nouveaux Christian phase... I wonder if it's like that old joke: Why do so many old people read the Bible? / Because they're cramming for finals. [snare drum clap]
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Foster, I really appreciate your attention to detail. Your posts are always so well thought-out, and I'm usually inspired to read the entire post before rushing to comment.
Synchronistically, I was just saying (on the party crashers thread) that I miss Julia Allison - all things being relative - but apparently she never went away.
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I'm just not into Facebook, but thanks!
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My stupid ass friend, who is lame as fuck and has been a Debbie Downer all weekend, just came out of her room and said to me:
"I feel so much better."
I asked, "Why?"
She said, "Because I just masturbated."
I was like, "Oh, that's great, do you want to go out with me?"
She says, "No, I'm gonna clean off my dildo and go back to bed."
FML #saturdaynightspecial
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Seriously, some day, you'll need to explain to me how you became friends with this person. #saturdaynightspecial
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