All My Single Ladies

Damn you Beyonce and your catchy dance tunes!



If you like it, then you shoulda put a ring on it.

Imposing My Musical Taste on the World...Again

It's finally Friday! Tonight, my friend Annie and I are making 2 dozen cupcakes before grabbing Liz for a much needed Ladies Night (look out fellas of San Diego). Here's some music I will force Annie to enjoy during our pre-party (click on the link to hear them on Hype Machine. I'm not computer savvy enough to figure out how to let you listen to them as mp3s or whatever. Sorry):

You Can't Count on Me - Counting Crows: This is my favorite song off their new album (which is really good. Pick it up if you're a fan). My favorite lyric is "And I get off and you know why" even though I don't know why he gets off...or why I like this lyric.

July, July - The Decemberists: I've been loving this song for months now. It feels very "summer" and who doesn't like summer? (I was thinking the other day, as I walked to get some ice cream on a ridiculously hot evening, how much I wish I still had summer vacation. Sleeping in, getting hooked on some daytime soap, concocting crazy meals like dried spaghetti with melted cheese because my mom hadn't been shopping in awhile. Damn, I miss that.)

Always Be My Baby - David Cook: No, I will not stop with my obsession. Leave me alone!

Careless Whisper - Ben Folds and Rufus Wainwright: I absolutely adore this cover. Two of my favorite artists covering one of the greatest, cheesiest bands of the 80's. Pure magic.

Sweet Darlin' - She & Him: Another current obsession and the song that makes me cool with the hipsters...which is really my goal in life.

As always, your listening suggestions are coveted below.

Also, today is No Pants Day. Ladies Night with no pants should be very interesting...

Guttenberg Alert

Tonight marks the return of Dancing With the Stars (a show I never watch...I swear). As you know (because I told you), there are many "stars" this season, but I'm really only interested in a weekly dose of The Gutenberg.

Abso-freaking-loutely

My Guilty Pleasure Returns

America's Next Top Model returns tonight. Here are my predictions for the season:

• Girls eliminated for having a personality: 3
• Times Miss Jay uses the term "broke ass": 15
• Fights over the phone in the Top Model house: 25
• Girls eliminated for gaining or losing too much weight: 1
• On a scale of 1-10, the entertainment value new judge Paulina Porizkova adds over former judge Twiggy: -5
• Nude hot tub and/or shower scenes: 8
  
• Pictures of Tyra on the walls of the Top Model house: 574
• Odds the winner actually becomes a "top" model: 1,000,000,000:1
  

My excitement over this is really so ridiculous.

Dancing with the "Stars"

ABC announced the D-Listers appearing on the next season of Dancing with the Stars. Seeing Adam Carolla dance should be pretty hilarious, but I might actually tune in to see everyone's favorite 80's heartthrob, Steve Guttenberg (No? Sorry. Guess that was just me). Oh, Mayor Goodman, how I've missed you.

This picture totally makes me laugh.

Help! I Like the New Miley Cyrus Single

Confessional time, people. I love pop music. I think Toxic by Britney Spears is one of the best songs of the past decade. I still sing the Spice Girls' Wannabe at the top of my lungs anytime I hear it. And lately, when I drive home from work everyday, I tune into the local hip-hop/dance pop station, secretly hoping to hear Miley Cyrus sing See You Again. I'm so ashamed, but it's so catchy and makes me want to dance and act like the 15-year-old I really am inside. Even while writing this, I've listened to it three times and will probably listen again. I mean, I still don't understand the insanity over her tours and movie, but damn if the girl can't produce an outstanding single.

(This is where Liz says, "I can't believe we are friends.")

Top 5: Guilty Pleasures

As I mentioned yesterday, I am a snob, so this confessional will be a bit difficult. I find myself enjoying things any self respecting 29 year-old with a college degree should really avoid at all costs, but I can't help it...these are my guilty pleasures:

1. The Spice Girls - I am so fascinated with their reunion tour. Ginger Spice was always my favorite in the 90's (duh), but I love that Posh has become the real superstar (as she's probably the least talented of the bunch (See ladies. It's very important to choose your mate wisely)). Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes are their #1 fans and even Governor Schwarzenegger caught their show in LA (and I love that Becks is on tour with them, too), so I guess I'm in good/crazy company, but I still feel too old to be singing Stop! everywhere I go. I even set my DVR to record the Victoria Secret Fashion Show tonight, only to watch their performance. It's like I'm 18 all over again!

2. Big Girls Don't Cry by Fergie - I loathe Fergie. I firmly believe My Humps is the worst song ever written in the history of the world...and yet, I find myself scanning the radio for this song. I love it...especially the chorus and the video with the delicious Milo Ventimiglia. I'm so ashamed, but I still really want to sing it at karaoke someday.

3. America's Next Top Model - I've become rather obsessed with this show over the past few seasons and this current season has been pretty awesome. From Heather, who has Aspergers, trying to control her social awkwardness, to Sarah, a "normal sized" girl who was eliminated because she lost weight, to Tyra being completely insane for 13 weeks, ANTM is one of the few shows I watch live. I love it...and hope Jenna kicks Chantal's vapid ass this week in the finale.

4. People.com - In a genius bit of cross promotion, People.com and EW.com display the other's headlines on their respective sites. So, when I visit EW.com 50 times a day, I am inevitably drawn to People's "headlines" and I click over to read all the celeb gossip. The best stories recently were, of course, J. Love Hewitt telling the media "A size 2 is not fat!" and J. Simp's friends saying Tony Romo is a great match for her (uh...sure). I hate that they suck me into the the gossip, but I just can't resist.

5. Now I Can Die In Peace by Bill Simmons - Bill Simmons writes about sports (and Pop Culture) for ESPN.com and ESPN: The Magazine. He's probably the most popular sports writer in the country, but, like his beloved New England teams, he is suffering from a major backlash (because we hate things that are too popular. We really are a weird species). His book is really fun and entertaining (even if it is all about the Red Sox), but I feel I should basically turn in my San Diego Sports Fan card for reading it.

So there it is. Some pretty embarrassing...some maybe not so much. Hey, at least I don't watch The Hills, right?