May 3, 2008

The Democratic Race in Seven Minutes - a great video!

* Thanks to Eric for the link!

May 1, 2008

Disturbing video: 7 year-old kid ripe for Conduct Disorder

From the media's take to the kid's dangerous cluelessness to his grandmother's candor, there are so many "things that make you go hmmmm" in this clip:

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April 26, 2008

George needs a home!!!


April 23, 2008

Meet Bailey: OCD + Joie de vivre

* Thanks again to Chelsea for the link!

Meet Bailey: OCD + Joie de vivre

* Thanks again to Chelsea for the link!

The PAWS

* Thanks to Chelsea for the link!

The PAWS

* Thanks to Chelsea for the link!

Fantastical Bjork video!! Wanderlust.

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* via BuzzFeed.

April 6, 2008

Jay-Z & Mary J. Blige Heart Of the City Tour perform Song Cry, NYC 3/27

Jay-Z & Mary J. Blige on Letterman, April 4, 2008

Sparky used to sleep talk all the time too!

March 28, 2008

The Onion hosts a panel on helping paranoid schizophrenics

March 22, 2008

Ooh Girl! An Honest R&B song

LOL!! Thanks to Michelle for this!

March 20, 2008

Gremlin adoption

Friends of mine are adopting this little guy in a few weeks. No joke.

March 18, 2008

Obama on race: So smart and thoughtful. It seems like I'm stating the most glaringly obvious truth, doesn't it?

SO NICE TO TAKE A BREAK FROM BLACK AND WHITE THINKING AND FOCUS ON GREY INSTEAD.

A musical gift for your ears and your SOUL

March 17, 2008

Dorkasses for Hillary: God help them

* via Fake Steve Jobs.

Deliberate. Doggy.

March 12, 2008

Kitten falling asleep video #700023

* Thanks to Kendyl for the link!!!

March 9, 2008

Cat asleep with tongue sticking ouuuuuuuutttttttt!!!!!

Cat falling asleep video #4722

I love talking kitties!!!!

March 7, 2008

I am SO the dog in this scenario

Disabling embedding is lame!

March 6, 2008

Congratulations to Christian Siriano!!!!!!

The fierce, ferosh and flagrantly talented Christian deserves the $100,000 to start his line!!!

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February 29, 2008

Hey Jude has never sounded berrer!!!!

* Thanks bro!!

Ignore the commercial. Just focus on bunnies and Amy!

Hope to memorize this dance by the end of the day.

I like Amy Sedaris: Did you already know that?

February 25, 2008

2008 Oscars best moment: Gaydolf Titler

See it here:

February 24, 2008

Lion and rescuer reunited: Danger's never looked so cute.

February 21, 2008

Sea Turtle Swim!!! British Virgin Islands '08

Here is a sweet sweet taste of our trip to BVI. Watch the little fella (~2 ft long shell) fake me out twice!

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First Black Enka Singer!

This is for my Japanese and Japanese wanna-be readers who will get how incredible/funny/revolutionary this is! Love when the hosts ask him how he got into it and he credits his Japanese grandmother from Yokohama (1/4 Asian! What my kids will be too!) and he's asked if he thought of pursuing hip-hop and he answers in a super Japanese way, "never."

* Thanks to my bro for the link!

February 20, 2008

Mark Wilkie just sent me this video with the message: I assume this show was made especially for you...

I love it when my friends know me well!

February 19, 2008

Amy Wood said this little girl reminded her of me. Best compliment ever!

February 11, 2008

Grammy awards thoughts

Unfortunately I missed Morris Day and The Time's performance!
Kanye's Mama song was heartfelt and touching.
Kanye is the posterchild for Narcissistic Personality Disorder.
Kanye's " it would be in good taste to stop playing the music now" was righteous and commendable.
Kanye's message to Common that he should know not to drop an album the same year as Kanye because it will surely be eclipsed was...well, see aforementioned diagnosis.
Beyonce's first outfit made her look like a rigatoni. Her second one was better.
Beyonce is an A+++++ performer.
Jay-Z and Rihanna still have something going on between them!
Jay-Z was hilarious.
Jay-Z has me smitten.
Alicia Keys moves me everytime. Love that girl.
Amy Winehouse is frighteningly fragile and young and nowhere near recovery.

The Grammys were fun this year!!

February 8, 2008

Yes We Can. OBAMA '08.

February 2, 2008

Sarah Silverman video gift to Jimmy Kimmel is beyond great

* via KO.

** Who knew Matt Damon was so funny and fantastic!

February 1, 2008

I couldn't agree with this review of HBO's In Treatment more.

And I only read the first few paragraphs.

Patients, Patients: HBO, on the couch again by Nancy Franklin.
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January 25, 2008

Bunker 77: I am intrigued

The short story of Clark Gable's stepson.

Trailer:

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January 23, 2008

Jerri Blank (Amy Sedaris) on voting

January 16, 2008

Three Defenders of Scientology

WOW. It's plain to see how the Church of Scientology has become so powerful - congrats, guys! It's brainwashed their followers into being suspicious of and antagonistic towards any non-believers. Their identities seem to be rooted in singling out dissenters who could only be such SPs (Suppressive Person - thanks, L. Ron) because they must be hiding some deep dark secret! Plus, they relentlessly spew rhetoric of how they are about positivity when all the while they are acting negatively - brilliant! Here's a depressing thought for you: Think of alllllll the money the Church of Scientology has and how it's not being spent on things like education and health care.

Definition of Enturbulate.

Scientology vs. BBC

Wow. I first read this BBC article and watched the accompanying video in which John Sweeney, the BBC reporter investigating the Church of Scientology, loses out. Then I watched the following video and now feel immense sympathy for his wholly understandable freak-out. The steadfast refusal of Scientologists to engage in debate or even a two-way conversation is infuriating even just to watch - I can't imagine taking part in it. Their attempts to replace the authority of the field of psychiatry with their own are laughable but in fact they are pernicious. Enjoy this frightful video:

Nick Denton's Balls - your thoughts??

As you may know, BuzzFeed asks bloggers if they've written about trends that have been covered by BuzzFeed. Some comic relief amidst the realization that Scientologists are taking over:

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Nick Denton has big balls and I cannot lie

YAY NICK!!!!! YOU MUST WATCH THIS VIDEO.

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January 15, 2008

Teeth by Mitchell Lichtenstein

You have to see this movie. Preferably with a male companion. Saw it last night and it's pretty great. Not sure why my crotch feels vulnerable but...well you'll see. Congrats to Mitchell, who is a friend of friends, for a fantastic job! And thanks to Susan for the invite - was certainly a memorable date!

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December 22, 2007

Kucoon Designs by Andrea Spratt, In Your Eyes Fashion Show December 2007, L.A.

You may feel the heat...from me beaming with pride at my BFF Andrea's recent accomplishment!!

December 13, 2007

Chinese food on Christmas

* Thanks to for the tip Beth!!

December 12, 2007

Craig Ferguson on Addiction & Britney

In case you missed this rare slice of earnest pie, it's commendable and worth watching!

* Thanks for the tip, Mary!

December 7, 2007

Do the Thriller!

My fellow blogging cousin Angelina has created these cool little Thriller drawings so in the spirit of familial teamwork I have animated them!

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Do the Thriller!

My fellow blogging cousin Angelina has created these cool little Thriller drawings so in the spirit of familial teamwork I have animated them!

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November 14, 2007

Jay-Z's American Gangster sounds good!

You can hear a preview of all songs by clicking Preview All above the song list.

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November 13, 2007

Jay - Z & Charlie Rose

"You can't executive produce an executive producer!"

November 8, 2007

Gone Baby Gone by Ben Affleck

What a surprisingly good movie from Ben Affleck! It's nice to see when someone redeems themselves and that's what he does with this accomplishment. Show your support for Ben's makeover from Gigli and Bennifer I to talented director by seeing this! You're guaranteed to have good heavy topics to debate during dinner.

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November 2, 2007

Stealing Life: The crusader behind "The Wire" by Margaret Talbot, New Yorker

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I haven't loved a New Yorker article this much in a while. It is absolutely fascinating if you love The Wire but even if you don't know The Wire but have a sociological interest in cities and institutions you will be taken by David Simon's take on his show and America.

On a muggy August afternoon in Baltimore, trash scuttled down Guilford Avenue, the breeze smelling like rain and asphalt. It was the last week of shooting for the fifth and final season of the HBO drama “The Wire,” and the crew was filming a scene in front of a boarded-up elementary school. Cast members had been joined by forty or so day players—mostly kids from the neighborhood. Earlier, the episode’s director, Clark Johnson, had been giving some of the kids the chance to say “Cut!,” and they’d bellowed it like drunks at a surprise party. Now, when Johnson yelled “Cut,” the kids swarmed around a video monitor to look at themselves in the last shot, pointing and laughing. “He just said it was good,” one kid complained. “Why we gotta do it again?” Johnson, who was wearing what he called his “lucky cowboy hat,” stepped away to talk to one of the professional actors. Another man—a bald white guy, unprepossessing in jeans and a T-shirt—remained by the monitor, and he answered the kids: “Hey. He’s the director. You don’t believe him? He kinda, sorta knows what he’s doin’.” The bald guy was David Simon, the show’s creator: a former Baltimore Sun reporter who figured that he’d spend his life at a newspaper, a print journalist who has forged an improbable career in television without ever leaving Baltimore. The kids listened politely to Simon and ran back to their places.

Each season of “The Wire” has focussed, with sociological precision, on a different facet of Baltimore. continued...

November 1, 2007

Red Sox Rule!!! Red Sox Nation Lives!!!

The first baseball team I loved was the Yomiuri Giants in Japan. My 11 year old BFF and I lived near Hara Tatsunori, one of the top players and borderline stalked his house one fun summer. One summer in CA in my teens I went to an As game and enjoyed a brief love affair with the As and Canseco. In my adult life I am wiser and my heart has been with the lovable Red Sox. This world series I particularly loved watching the relentlessly fierce Okajima and Papelbon!

Here's a funny photo taken by Katy at a Red Sox Rolling Rally:

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I challenge you to battle this four year old!

* Thanks to my Mother in Law Della for this!!

October 25, 2007

DJ Kids are the cutest!!

* Thanks to Gemma for the tip!!

October 22, 2007

Larry David is therapy for schizophrenics!

This is pretty good...pritttty good!

October 19, 2007

Japanese Geisha English Lessons

This is so fantastic - thanks Zee!

Does Your Soul Have a Cold? by Mike Mills

I am so excited to see this film (psychology and Japan - what more could I ask for?!) which will air on IFC on Monday October 22 (thanks for the tip KO!) It is a documentary on Japan and the recent upsurge of anti-depressant use and tells its story through the eyes of five Japanese people taking anti-depressants (not surprisingly but certainly sadly only two out of five are concurrently doing therapy). Check out the following trailer and if it seems interesting, come by on Monday and we'll snuggle on our new humongous couch (thanks Duncan!)

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October 16, 2007

Prostitution Behind the Veil by Nahid Persson

Human stories can be very sad especially because they are only a glimpse into the larger tragedy of a general decline in standard of living, education, employment and civil rights. Here's the story of two women in Iran.

This is the first part of the five part documentary as posted on YouTube. Here are the second, third, fourth and fifth and final parts.

* Thanks to my bro for the tip!

October 10, 2007

In case you needed proof that Asian kids are the cutest kids...

* Thanks to Mark Larson for the tip!

October 4, 2007

Amy Sedaris makes cheeseballs with Martha Stewart

Her silliness is so pitch perfect and exquisitive...always and forever my favorite funny lady!

* via BuzzFeed!

October 2, 2007

Best TV Show: The Office (American version)

I feel compelled to let everyone know that The Office (American version) is quite possibly the best television show and easily the best comedic TV show. I just watched our DVR'd one hour season opener and couldn't take a break from laughing. I think I'm in love with every single character...even Mindy.

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September 25, 2007

Puppy howl will kill you

September 21, 2007

Geeks on Board

OMG. I am desperado to see this!!!

* via BuzzFeed.

September 20, 2007

Aquatic Forensic Psychologist

Jonah's been fortunate enough to observe me watching this treasure trove of National Geographic YouTube videos while I narrate, in my own special way, the intense dramas of the underwater world. He suggested, "maybe you should be an Aquatic Forensic Psychologist!" Hey, great idea! I'll market myself as an Aquatic in addition to a Terrestrial Forensic Psychologist!!

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Clever Octopus, Octopi Rule! Series

While watching the second of the three tests, Jonah said, "maybe it'll be smart enough to tip over the container in order to get the crabs out" and then we see that the octopus is able to squeeze in and capture the crabs. I said to Jonah, "the octopus is smarter than we imagined! Had it tipped over the container the crabs would be harder to capture and eat!" And Jonah said, "So you're saying the octopus is smarter than me?" "Yes" :-)

Shark vs Octopus video, Octopi Rule! Series

Check out its strategic tentacle placement - brill!

Upscale Movie Theaters

You know how I know I have good ideas? Because the few I've thought through seriously have been implemented several months later by people and companies in much better positions than I am in to do so. Case in point:

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I've always said this would be a good idea anywhere there are lots of wealthy people. I'm certain that wealthy people in New York would prefer to dish out more money to guarantee a nicer movie going experience. While it may be sad for a minute to squash a democratic vestige - movie theaters - people will get over it in a quicker minute. And us plebeians can overcompensate by repeatedly mentioning how great Loews theaters are.

September 17, 2007

Finger Mustache Tattoos!! - Funniest Phenomenon Ever!! - Never Wanted a Tattoo More!!

* via Seth Godin.

September 14, 2007

MC Hammer School of English/MC Hammer School of Engrish

This video makes me want to wrap my spindly arms around all this cuteness and encourage better enunciation of "you can't touch this."

* via my cousin Angelina!

August 31, 2007

BUTT BITING BUGS!! OSHIRI KAJIRI MUSHI!!

* MARK WILKIE, YOU ARE MY BFF FOR SENDING ME THIS.

August 29, 2007

Elvis Presley: 30 Year Anniversary since his death on August 16, 1977

I have been loving TV Land's Elvis programming. It has been a profound reminder of what a formidable, breathtaking, original talent Elvis was. Listening to his voice and watching him perform brings tears to my eyes more often than it doesn't. And it's not just because he was painfully hot.

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LONG LIVE THE KING!!

Here are some of my favorite songs and performances:

1956 - Love Me Tender: THIS IS WORTH CLICKING ON even though I'd like instead to boycott this video uploader for not allowing embedding - he was all genius and no baggage at this point.

1970 - Suspicious Minds - his dancing is off the hook:

1972 - You're Always On My Mind:

1973 - Can't Help Falling in Love - Live from Hawaii - do rockstars kiss fans on the lips all throughout performances anymore?

1973 - Blue Hawaii - a great song and one of my favorite movies of all time - no joke!

1973 - You Gave Me A Mountain:

Six weeks before his death in 1977 - Unchained Melody - playing the piano and crooning like there's no tomorrow:


August 27, 2007

Queen Latifah's house, Jersey City

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August 24, 2007

Lion reunion - INCREDIBLE VIDEO

Ze showed us this last night and I almost cried. Here's the incredible backstory you should read before watching the video.

August 23, 2007

Abduction: The Megumi Yokota Story by Chris Sheridan & Patty Kim

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Jonah and I went to the screening of this film last night thanks to New York - Tokyo. It is a very good film and a tremendously tragic story. If you don't know about the Japanese families who lives were shattered by North Korea's abduction of their children, you must see this film. This film pays just enough attention to the big picture and all the families affected without straying from the main story which is the kidnapping of Megumi Yokota, a 13 year old girl from Niigata, Japan and her parents' continued search for her. The DVD is due out in September and hopefully the film will make it to the big screen here and receive the rave reviews its enjoyed internationally. In the meantime here's a trailer.

A few highlights [warning - spoilers below]:

- Former Prime Minister Koizumi does the right thing by withholding food and medical aid to North Korea for the acknowledgment and subsequent return of (some of) the victims they kidnapped. However he then appears less honorable when he faces the weeping father of Megumi and explains that while the abduction issue is an important one so is that of nuclear weapons. 'Abduction issue' is such dispassionate wording! I can't even begin to imagine how incredibly difficult being a politician must be.

- The sponsor of the film screening, ANA (All Nippon Airways), was also the airline that flew home five of the 13 abductees. After the film and before the Q&A session with the film directors, an ANA representative told us that his boss was on the flight with the returning abductees. His boss offered one of the abductees a cigarettes which happened to be the very popular Japanese brand Mild Seven. The abductee politely declined saying that he could only smoke cigarettes of his country - meaning North Korea. Keep in mind that this is a Japanese guy who was abducted from Japan in his twenties. More and more I believe the disturbing notion that most people can be brainwashed without too much trouble.

- According to witnesses, Megumi arrived in North Korea after a 40 hour boat ride, without fingernails. She never ceased crying for her mother nor scratching at the iron door of the tiny compartment she was locked in.

For up to date information click here.

August 22, 2007

Watch out for Peggy Wang and The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart!

Peggy is so awesome and Stereogum has picked up on this. I was at BuzzFeed late one night when they were practicing and I got to listen to their melodic, beautiful music all to myself...with Peggy's dog Lammy.

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August 20, 2007

Madonna of old

While catching up on my Perez Hilton studies I was reminded that Madonna had a birthday on August 16th and I fondly reminisced on the Madonna of old. I loved her. She was my greatest inspiration as a youngster. She was a true star.

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August 10, 2007

Umbrella by Rihanna & Andrea

The other day while singing Rihanna's Umbrella in the shower, Jonah busted in, flung open the shower curtain and shoved this umbrella at me...here's Andrea's Umbrella, photographic version:

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August 3, 2007

My Architect by Nathaniel Kahn

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This is such a well-made, heartfelt film. It took five years and you can tell! Very nicely sewn together and such a strong pull of a story: a son seeking to understand the father he barely knew who was both an esteemed architect and a failed family man. While I'm sure it's possible to watch this without crying I teared every 20 minutes or so. An excellent documentary worth your time!

August 1, 2007

Robert DeNiro is NOT selling cars.

This is a truly fantastic 23 seconds. When you're Bobby D you can have all the tood you want and you still rule. Check it!

* Thanks to Katy for the link!!

July 31, 2007

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun short doc

After a year and a half it is finally up! If you have 13 minutes to kill check it out!

July 27, 2007

Eager beaver duckling & puppy

Once in a blue moon a video so great inspires a haiku!

Puppy's exhausted expression.
Duckling forces kiss and cuddle.
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Whistling puppy

One more whistle and I would have died:

July 23, 2007

Too old for MTV, Miami '07

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* Collins & 7th, South Beach.

July 13, 2007

Sicko by Michael Moore

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I walked out of Sicko with an overwhelming pride for sharing a nationality with Michael Moore as he may be one of the greatest American patriots of our time. It is obvious from all his films that he is not a journalist. If you hold him to journalistic standards it is incredibly frustrating to watch his films which are about relentlessly complex problems yet that doesn't stop him from over simplifying, over romanticizing and failing to blame all culpable parties. He is however, a true patriot in the sense that he holds America to the ideals she so strongly espouses and by using the tactics he knows best and is best known for, tirelessly tries to make her live up to all of them. Even with the overstatements and oversights replete in this film, I ask you how many people are making films spotlighting our atrocious health care system and its painful consequences? Not many so I commend you, Michael Moore!

July 9, 2007

The Simpsons: Andrea & Jonah

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July 6, 2007

Japanese TV: Pranks!

I miss Japanese TV. Thank god for the few clips left on YouTube!

Damages by Glenn Close

This show looks so good. Can't wait!

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* via BuzzFeed.

How to turn your boring movie into a Hitchcock thriller...

These are great points for filmmakers and people obsessed with film making like me.

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* Thanks Kottke! These are more than O.K.! :-)

July 3, 2007

Prince is giving away his music!

Prince rules so awesomely. Unfortunately his music isn't what it used to be however as an artist, performer and activist he keeps getting better and better. My religion = Princeology.

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June 22, 2007

Dreams by Fleetwood Mac

Even though I'm not a huge fan of Fleetwood Mac or Stevie Nicks in general, this is one of my favorite songs.

June 18, 2007

What a dog that's given up looks like

June 8, 2007

Funny Face

Funny Face is one of my top 5 favorite movies of all time and admit to having watched it too many times to count. Audrey Hepburn is at her best and plays a book-ish, funny looking girl who gets noticed by premier fashion magazine photographer played by Fred Astaire and whisked off to Paris for fashion week - in a word, divine. Everything about this movie from gorgeous Paris in the 50's to the funny philosophical struggle in the story line to the vibrant colors ("Think Pink!") and clothing designed by Givenchy...it's a treasure.

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June 7, 2007

Happy birthday Prince!!

A gift to all of you on this special day, compliments of YouTube:

June 5, 2007

Big Love Shower Scene

This clip captures the show nicely. In case you haven't been turned on to Big Love yet, and you care what I think, I strongly recommend that you check it out!

Eau de Polygamie

Ha ha ha. I am so needing to distinguish myself from my "sisters" so this will come in handy!

* via BuzzFeed.

June 4, 2007

I Heart Christoper Hitchens

I'm a little late in posting this but in case you missed this too, check it out. I am delighting in Hitchens, my new BFF. He said everything I've wanted to say about this topic and with a British accent to boot!

Knocked Up by Judd Apatow

Knocked Up was great. Go see it.

NYTimes' A.O Scott: The wonder of “Knocked Up” is that it never scolds or sneers. It is sharp but not mean, sweet but not soft, and for all its rowdy obscenity it rarely feels coarse or crude. What it does feel is honest: about love, about sex, and above all about the built-in discrepancies between what men and women expect from each other and what they are likely to get..."Knocked Up" made me smile and wince; it made me laugh and almost cry. Above all it made me happy.

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May 25, 2007

OTTERS HOLDING HANDS!!!

You have to watch until the end for the coup de grace. I screamed when I saw it - you might too.

If you're not one of the 6 million plus people who have already seen this you now have seen the best video of 2007!!

Balls of Fury

This upcoming movie reminds me of when I recently told my mom I liked playing ping-pong and she said, "I'm very good at ping-pong! Asians are very good at ping-pong!" ...and you wonder where I get my fine stereotyping skills...

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May 22, 2007

Cop on pot brownies

This is hilarious ~ overdosing...I think we're dead...time's going by really really slow~

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. Let's be compassionate here - we've all been there. Right?!

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* Another treasure from Jonah via StumbleUpon!

May 10, 2007

Prince perfume!!

On July 7th, me and Jonah's wedding anniversary, Prince is releasing his new perfume!!! Jonah says he commissioned it for me by sending the majesty in minneapolis smells that I like...of course I know he's kidding and that Prince concocted it