Add this to your Queue (or don't): In the Loop

I really liked this movie.

Red did not.

Rent it, decide what you think, and find out whether you're "a Liz" or "a Red"!

Adorableness

Some things too cute not to share:

Liz and I have discussed this picture of Joshua Jackson gleefully holding an umbrella for his lady, Diane Kruger, on several occasions. Love!

The Puppy Bowl line up includes some of the cutest freaking puppies in the history of ever!


But, none of them are as cute as my princess kitteh!!!

She's not fat...she's just big boned!

Wherein it's Friday and I Have Nothing to Say so I Post a Ridiculously Adorable Picture

I want a kitty. That is all.

Things I'm Pretty Sure No One Asked For

A new Third Eye Blind album

Lyric of the Day: Broadway Edition

Hey! The Tonys were on last night!
"And if I'm flying solo, at least I'm flying free."

- Wicked "Defying Gravity"

Lyric of the Day*

With the Not Being Very Inspired to Blog Lately bug infecting most of the interwebs, I though, "Hey! Why not just post some stuff other people said." Laziness accomplished.


"I told myself the only way to vaguely get along in love is to like the other slightly less than you get in return. I keep feeling like I'm being undercut."

- Los Campesinos "We are Beautiful, We are Doomed"


* I tend towards really depressing lyrics sometimes. Just, you know, as a heads up.

America's Finest City

Okay. Maybe it's not always paradise.

Golden Globe Recap

15 out of 24 correct isn't so bad, right? Here are my takeaways from last night's awards ceremony:

Kate Winslet - As adorable as suspected. "Gather."

Colin Farrell - Less douchey than expected.

And the funniest acceptance speech ever?



Deal with it, Cate Blanchett!

Guess who's coming to dinner

I've been bad about posting lately, and Red is run ragged picking up the slack. So to get back in the swing of things, I'm falling back on one of the most clichéd queries of all time: You're having a dinner party and can invite any living person. Who do you invite?

Ask me next week and it might be a totally different list, but right now, I feel like hanging out with these people:

Stephen Colbert – On the whole, The Daily Show is still funnier than The Colbert Report, but Stephen himself makes me laugh harder than Jon Stewart. I mean come on, who wouldn’t want this guy passing you the potatoes.

JK Rowling – I’m a total Harry Potter geek, but on top of that, in every interview I’ve read or seen with Rowling she seems like a really cool, down to earth, funny person. Her Harvard commencement speech was pretty good too, and on top of all that, she’d probably bring expensive wine to our little gathering. I definitely need more fabulously wealthy friends.

Quentin Tarantino – More for his record collection than anything else. I’d make him be DJ. And force him to drink decaf.

Michelle Obama – Barack is OK, but I think Michelle would be more fun to hang out with. She'd at least spend less time gazing pointedly into the future, and more time giving us with dirt from the campaign trail.

Matt Damon – He can talk about the Red Sox and I can look into his dreamy eyes. Everybody wins! On second thought, maybe I’ll only invite Matt Damon to this thing.

Jenny Lewis – Regular readers should have seen this coming 16 miles away. Love. Her.

Joss Whedon – Again, I’m a huge nerd. Joss Whedon created Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and he speaks like his characters in interviews, so I figure having him over for dinner is the closest thing I'll ever get to visiting Sunnydale.

Angelina Jolie – It’s not so much that I’m a big fan. I just have … a lot of questions.

Jack White – I think he’s the most fascinating capital “RS” Rock Star in the world today. Thom York is cool too, but I’m afraid he'd berate me about free trade or some such B.S. all night. Jack White may be weird, but he's not that weird.

Madeleine Albright – She speaks 6 languages and had a guest appearance on the Gilmore Girls. What’s not to like? (Again, HUGE nerd).

OK, ya'lls turn. Who would you pick?

Quote of the Week

I should probably be embarrassed how often I've used this lazy post, but really, I'm not.

I'm like the Gaza strip. The one thing the Israelis and Palestinians can agree on is the fact that I'm incredibly good looking. That's the key to world peace right there.

- Red's Stepbrother

As you can see, being incredibly humble and gracious runs in the family.

Quote of the Week

The official "I've run out of stuff to post about" post is back with this second installment. This quote is brought to you by a former married co-worker, who had this to say after my always amazing karaoke rendition of Tammy Wynette's "Stand By Your Man":

You drink Guinness and sing songs about sex. How are you not married?

If only it were that easy...

Quote of the Week

I've been rather uninspired with the blogging lately. (Who knew being unemployed took up so much free time? The only thing I've really accomplished in two weeks is watching Six Feet Under season 1. My review? "Meh.") Well, it's about to get even lazier, people, as I start a new post "series" (read: something I am doing now out of laziness which may never be replicated) of things people have actually said to me. Let's start with this gem from my BFF Annie:

He asked you to yoga?!? In New York, that's like doing it!

Indeed...

Thoughts From the Airport

I took a last minute trip to Chicago this weekend. It was cursed from the moment I arrived at the airport Saturday and discovered my flight was 2.5 hours delayed until I missed my flight yesterday morning and had to join the still drunk kids on the train to O'Hare this morning. I was staying at my cousin's place...she has no cable (can you believe I went 4 days without television?!?!)...and I basically have no idea what's going on in pop culture at the moment (are A-Rod and Madonna still, maybe an item? Is Suri Cruise, like, 12 yet? I feel so out of it!). So instead, you will get the observations I collected while on a layover at the Denver Airport:

* Fat Tire tastes amazing in Denver...kinda like they say Guinness is so much better in Ireland. I need to go to Ireland.

* Airport eateries/bars are the loneliest places on earth.

* Pour La France in the Food Court claims to have "the greatest carrot cake in the world." Somehow, I highly doubt this.

* Some kids are really effing weird and seem supremely disappointed when no one notices.

* I'm not the hater of people I pretend to be.

* The title of my memoir no one will read will be Loneliness at the Top of the World (okay, I had that observation while drinking a martini, by myself, at the bar at the top of the Hancock building, but I still say it counts).

That's it. This post is kinda depressing. Apologies.

Gingers Search Results: Some Advice

Recently, someone stumbled upon the blog after searching for "advice on why one should BREAK UP WITH their BOYFRIEND" (no idea what the wacky capitalization is all about). I'm sure they were disappointed with the results found herein, so I decided to help them out, should they ever visit again. Here are the top 5 reasons one should breakup with their boyfriend:

1. He is boring - I don't care how cute he is, if he is uninteresting, you can do better...unless you are uninteresting. Then you're screwed.

2. He has bad taste - If, for example, his favorite song so far this year is Low, he needs to go! (see what I did there? I astound myself with my own cleverness...and by "cleverness" I mean "ability to rhyme sometimes")

3. He creeps you out - I suppose the question would be, "Why did you date him in the first place?" I dunno, okay. Get off my back. Jesus!

4. He doesn't like sports - This is basically sign #1 that he is gay (sorry Dan)...and, take it from a recovering theater geek, life is too short to crush on gay men.

5. He's thinks Jessica Simpson is smokin' hot - That's pretty much unforgivable.

Hopefully, this helps our curious little visitor. Perhaps you will add some helpful tips of your own, dear reader. And tune in next time when I help the curious fella who searched for "yo old man, you gonna pass that doobie or what?" I don't want to give anything away, but the answer is No. No, he will not pass the doobie.

Lazy Friday

Three things:

1. The Survivor finale airs Sunday. I realize no one watches this show anymore, but this is arguably the best season ever. The past 4 weeks have been insane, with four complete blindsides at Tribal Council and the first ever all female final four. I can't wait to see what happens Sunday night. Go Cirie!

2. This headline made me laugh really hard.

3. This video made me laugh even harder (watch it here if you are Canadian)



You're Welcome.

American Idol: The Aftermath

"Eh" is about all I can muster for last night's show. It was really boring and Carly going home before Brooke or Syesha was retarded, but at least they cut the stupid call-in portion, right?