Thursday, March 30, 2006

mean bitches

i'm always dissatisfied with the options they give you in those multiple-choice quizzes in teenbloids. other than that minor problem, i think they provide a handy tool for assessing your worth as a human being. below, i have pasted the "are you a mean girl?" quiz from an eons-old YM that i stumbled upon online, updated to include my personal choices as to what the correct response is to each item. enjoy.
Are You A Mean Girl?

In the new film Mean Girls, Lindsay Lohan plays a nice girl gone nasty. Take this quiz to see where you stand.

1. A pretty girl is a new student at your school. What is your first reaction?

Leave her alone. She's just another girl — one of hundreds at your school.

Immediately start circulating a few rumors about her. You'd rather your friends think of her as a juvenile delinquent who was expelled from her last school than the new hot chick.

Go right up to her with a big smile and show her the ropes. She must be so nervous!

spike her drink in the cafeteria and stash her lifeless body in the boys lacrosse team's locker room.


2. Amanda, your nemesis since grammar school, was seen talking to the school drug dealer. Do you take advantage of what you've seen to create some bad publicity?

"Well, I wouldn't exactly call it bad publicity. It's just something my closest friends might want to know about."

"Heck, yeah! Spreading this info all over school will totally ruin her rep, while making me look much cooler for having the scoop."

"No! I have better things to do with my time than gossip."

blackmail her into sharing... that stingy bitch.


3. Your best friend has a huge crush on a hot guitar player at school. When you see him, what do you do?

Nothing. You'll give her a pep talk on how to flirt with him later.

You march right up to him, flash a huge smile, and tell him how his music makes your heart all aflutter.

March right up to him and let him know the deal. So what if your friend will be totally humiliated. Somebody's got to get the ball rolling.

take off your shirt.


4. You overhear one of your friends complaining about another one of your girlfriends. Do you confront them, even though what they're saying is true?

You stick up for your friend because she isn't there to defend herself.

You quietly listen to the conversation and then tell your friend exactly what was said. You love a little drama.

You join in on the conversation but preface all of your complaints with "She's a nice girl, but..."

You point out that their parents probably got divorced because they stopped loving their children, and maybe they should think about that for a little while.


5. Your friend was elected captain of the soccer team, a position you've had your eye on. How do you handle this defeat?

Steal her cleats and tell the coach she has a problem with skipping class.

Try not to think about it, but play your heart out to get recognition from the coach.

Of course you're upset, but you think she deserves it. She's a great player and leader.

break the bitch's kneecaps.


6. Your best friend forgot to call you last Friday night to tell you about a party. Do you seek revenge or let it go?

"I'll let it go. But I'll ask all of my other friends if she's been talking about me behind my back to make sure nothing else is going on that I don't know about."

"I let it go because it was an honest mistake. I got to get some extra beauty sleep anyway."

Sweet, sweet revenge! "I will strategically lose my cell next weekend."

break the bitch's kneecaps.


7. Final exams are coming up and your girlfriends are coming over for a study group. You ...

Tell them to bring over their own food because you don't have the time or the energy to do it yourself. If they want it, they bring it..

Tell your friend Sarah that your friend Lisa is bringing carrots and celery for you all to snack on because Sarah looks like she's packed on a few pounds.

Make tons of snacks for the girls. You need all the energy you can get for a night of studying.

strategically fuck each of their boyfriends.


8. Before class, you take a quick drive to the local juice bar, leaving your friend in the car. When you return...

you tell your friend that wheatgrass is the new "it" drink in Hollywood and that you're surprised she didn't ask for one. Maybe she doesn't deserve to hang in your clique if she isn't up on what's hot and trendy.

you have your drink in one hand and your keys in the other. She should have asked for something if she wanted it.

you come back with two shots of wheatgrass. You figured she needs a boost, too.

you bitchslap her for changing the radio station to soft rock while you were gone.


9. You see that your best friend sat in some gum. What do you do?

Ignore that fact. You think its funny that she's talking to her crush with Trident on her butt!

You were too busy checking out the guys to notice.

You tell her. She would be mortified if you didn't! Plus, she would tell you if you had gum on your pants.

smell it. if it's peppermint, pull it off her ass and reuse it.


10. When there is a major brawl in your group of friends, which person are you?

The quiet one who doesn't say anything either way.

The peacemaker.

The outspoken one who says what the other girls won't.

the construction worker. wait, what was the question?


11. Have you ever dated a guy that your friend once had her eye on?

Too many times to count. "I can't help it if the boys like me better."

"Yes, but she wasn't dating him or anything."

"Nope. That would just be wrong!"

does anal count?


12. In your closet, how many articles of clothing do you have that belong to one of your friends, but she doesn't know you have it?

0 to 3

8 to 10

4 to 7

those rags? nigga, please.

Wednesday, March 29, 2006

Tuesday, March 28, 2006

100% AWESOME

Boy gets caught in toy-filled 'claw' machine

Associated Press
Last update: March 28, 2006 – 9:52 AM

AUSTIN, Minn. — A machine filled with toys must've been awfully tempting to a three-year-old boy.
The tot crawled through the toy discharge chute in the Toy Chest claw machine at a Godfather's Pizza in Austin and got stuck amid all the toys.

Fire Chief Dan Wilson said it was one of the funniest things he's ever seen. Wilson was one of three people to respond to the non-emergency call. He says the boy was inside the transparent container playing, smiling and laughing and people were taking his picture with digital cameras.

Firefighters pried the door open to get the boy out.

The child wasn't hurt.

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Information from: Austin Daily Herald, http://www.austindailyherald.com

speaking of heartbreak...

he's back, and monologuing:
tool (9:49:45 PM): you deleted the wedding crashers quote [that i wrote on your facebook wall]!?
tool (9:50:47 PM): well, screw you and your little dog too!!
(wife goes invisible on instant messenger)
tool (9:50:58 PM): haha, I know that trick
tool (9:50:59 PM): peace out
tool (9:51:34 PM): blocking works much better, dude
wife blocks tool momentarily, then feels bad and unblocks him.
tool signed off at 9:52:18 PM.
tool (10:01:48 PM): you blocked me?!
tool (10:02:09 PM): again??!
tool (10:04:38 PM): seriously, though, do you have something against maple syrup?
tool (10:05:51 PM): di ni ni ni ni ni ni ni...[tool]man!!
tool (10:06:13 PM): I'm taking over the batman theme song, fyi
tool (10:06:31 PM): di ni ni ni ni ni ni ni...[tool]man!!
tool (10:06:52 PM): di ni ni ni ni ni ni ni...
tool (10:07:00 PM): [tool]man!!
tool (10:07:50 PM): you know
tool (10:07:51 PM): oops
tool (10:07:57 PM): you know...
tool (10:08:04 PM): you're way too patient for your own good
tool (10:08:15 PM): gives me a purpose for the rest of my attention span
tool (10:09:07 PM): Stinger: They gave you your choice of duty son, anything, anywhere. Do you believe that shit? Where do you think you wanna go?
tool (10:09:13 PM): Maverick: I thought of being an instructor, sir.
tool (10:09:19 PM): Stinger: Top Gun?
tool (10:09:25 PM): Maverick: Yes, sir.
tool (10:09:32 PM): Stinger: God help us.
tool (10:09:58 PM): Maverick: She's lost that loving feeling.
tool (10:10:04 PM): Goose: She's lo...
tool (10:10:13 PM): Goose: No she hasn't.
tool (10:10:19 PM): Maverick: Yes she has.
tool (10:10:25 PM): Goose: [objecting] She's not lost that lo...
tool (10:10:34 PM): Maverick: Goose, she's lost it man.
tool (10:10:50 PM): Goose: Come on!
tool (10:10:59 PM): Goose: Aw sh... I hate it when she does that.
tool (10:12:17 PM): di ni ni ni ni ni... Batman!
tool (10:12:25 PM): jk, it's [tool]man
tool (10:14:17 PM): me... me... meee.... pay attention to meeeeee
no epilogue necessary, this time, i think. seems it kind of writes itself.

heartbreaking indeed. sigh.

Hurwitz takes a hike
'Arrested' creator bails as showrunner


"Arrested Development" creator Mitch Hurwitz says he will not be continuing with the series, throwing a major -- likely fatal -- monkey wrench into attempts to keep the Emmy-winning laffer alive for a fourth season.

Series producers 20th Century Fox TV and Imagine Television had agreed on a deal to move "Arrested," previously on Fox, to Showtime -- assuming Hurwitz was willing to come back. In the end, however, a mix of creative and financial concerns has prompted Hurwitz to move on.

"The fans have been so ardent in their devotion and in return ... I've given everything I can to the show in order to try to live up to their expectations," Hurwitz told Daily Variety on Monday in a telephone interview from Gotham. "I finally reached a point where I felt I couldn't continue to deliver that on a weekly basis."

Nonetheless, Hurwitz said he put off making a final decision on his involvement so Showtime and 20th could talk about a possible deal.

"Of course, if there was enough money in it, I would have happily abandoned the fans' need for quality. But as it turns out, there wasn't," he said.

Indeed, Hurwitz and 20th have long been at odds over finances, sparring over everything from the show's budget to Hurwitz's own compensation. The two sides were unable to come to terms on an overall deal last year, and while creative concerns were clearly at play in Hurwitz's decision, coin may have been a key factor, insiders said.

Hurwitz said he had briefed most of the show's cast about his decision, as well as some of the writers. He also talked with exec producer-narrator Ron Howard, who asked Hurwitz if he would be willing to continue as a consultant on "Arrested" should 20th and Imagine find a network willing to continue the skein without Hurwitz.

"I said I'd be happy to do that, but that as showrunner, I've gone as far as I can go," he said.

Showtime entertainment topper Bob Greenblatt made it clear in January that Hurwitz's participation in the show was essential to a deal (Daily Variety, Jan. 20). With Hurwitz out of the equation, Showtime is no longer a viable home for "Arrested," insiders said.

It doesn't help that one of Hurwitz's key deputies, exec producer Jim Valleley, also says he won't do the show without his boss. "We couldn't do the show without Mitch Hurwitz, and I wouldn't want to be the guy who tried," Valleley said, who called the apparent end of the show "heartbreaking."

Hurwitz said he had lunch with Showtime entertainment chief Bob Greenblatt even though he was leaning against continuing with the show. "He was actually very persuasive in telling me how much he believed in the show. I walked away thinking, 'Maybe,' " Hurwitz said.

Despite word of tension between Hurwitz and 20th, scribe said the studio and its sister net deserve credit for having produced and aired three seasons of the show.

"I can honestly say I'm appreciative. They put a lot of money into this, and I put a lot of my life into this," he said.

He also hinted that while "Arrested" may have run its course as a TV show as far as he's concerned, he would be interested in reviving the franchise as a feature film.

Reps for 20th and Showtime declined comment. One person familiar with the studio's thinking, however, said fans of the show shouldn't write an obit for "Arrested" just yet, noting 20th is the studio that revived "Family Guy."

Friday, March 24, 2006

further evidence that gwyneth paltrow sucks

she wants to name her baby boy "mortimer". good god, her children are going to need a lot of therapy.

Wednesday, March 22, 2006

this is your brain on stupid

i don't smoke pot. i will, however, be the first to admit that people who do are cool. my favorite people in the world are among the biggest potheads i know.

my point is that those asstarded anti-drug psa's are mind-bogglingly stupid. yesterday, i saw what i initially thought was a commercial for pot but it actually turned out to be some kind of mixed message about how marijuana gives you the superhuman ability to get your entire hand wrist-deep into your mouth. it kinda made me want to smoke up and try it.

there are much more convincing reasons not to smoke weed than the fact that it's uncool to succumb to peer pressure (come on – we all know it is very cool) and the possibility of being chased by a "lumberyard dog" (uhh - what decade is this? and what's a lumberyard?), and they are:

1) the munchies will make you fat.
2) there's a good chance you'll cough uncontrollably and look like an asshole in front of the cool kids.
3) you look stupid with bloodshot eyes.
4) it's illegal, and if you get caught you're actually in trouble.
5) if your parents ever found out they'd be pissed.

similarly, there are much better reasons not to drink too much than the idiot ones we hear in high school. after all, what sixteen-year-old is really that concerned about his liver? The real reasons it’s bad to drink are:

1) again, lots of calories in alcohol and you'll get fat.
2) beer goggles.
3) puke is gross.

any questions?




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update: due to popular demand, i have removed the somewhat nsfw cannabis leaf from this post. in fairness, i couldn't really read my own blog at work with that shit up there. if you want to see it, do a google image search for "pot leaf", if you're not already too baked to care.

Wednesday, March 15, 2006

a plea to parents everywhere

if your little girl's hair doesn't fit neatly into two braids, the appropriate solution is not - not! - to put it into three braids. i cannot emphasize this enough. please, stop the madness.

young, sexy, and now, a professional writer!

emily, of course, not me. i'm practically illiterate.

anyway, check her out at campus progress. and let's talk about sex, baby.

Tuesday, March 14, 2006

mayhem indeed

thanks to a recent gawkering, my traffic has been pushed up beyond sustainable levels:



now, children, i have a sobering announcement to make: i am not clever. i am just so incredibly good-looking that you got confused there for a little while. anyway, now that the wave has passed, i'm off to get through life on my outrageously good looks. but on your way out, feel free to click on those ads up there. they're not going to click themselves.

Friday, March 10, 2006

Thursday, March 09, 2006

reese witherspoon is adorable and, apparently, always was

Adventures in speed-dating

after some thought, i believe that the best way to describe to you the events of last night would be through interpretive dance. but since you can't see me and my coworkers already think i'm retarded, i'll use a different medium.

(disclaimer: obviously, i stole this idea from here.)

You get an e-mail from your friend, S, describing a "speed dating" event and asking if you'd be interested in going to it with her.

What do you want to do now?

>LACK FORESIGHT
You respond to her e-mail agreeing that it sounds like fun, and buy a ticket.

>RATIONALIZE STUPID BEHAVIOR
You convince yourself that you can get your money's worth at the "1-hour open wine bar and free hors d'oeuvres".

It is the day of the event.

>WASTE MONEY
You take a cab to the upper west side.
S is here.

>GO INSIDE
You are in a small room with S.
No one else is here.

>LOOK DOWN
No one else is here.

>LOOK DOWN
There are many very short people here.

>FIND ATTRACTIVE PEOPLE
There are a few attractive women here.

>FIND ATTRACTIVE MEN
There are no attractive men here.

>FIND BAR
There is no bar here.

>FIND HORS D'OEUVRES
Where the fuck do you think you are? This is a JCC or something.
There is a small table with cheese and crackers, vegetables and dip.
There is a small table with some bottles of kosher wine on it.

>GET DRUNK
You drink half a bottle of bad white wine.
You are drunk.

>FIND ATTRACTIVE MEN
There are no attractive men here.

>EMBARRASS SELF
Your fly is open.

>DRINK MORE
You drink some more wine.
You are hammered.

It is time for the event to begin.

>MEET UGLY MEN
You spend 3 minutes each with a bajillion different ugly men.
None of them are worth more than 3 minutes of your time.

>LOWER STANDARDS
None of them are worth more than 3 minutes of your time.

>LOWER STANDARDS
None of them are worth more than 3 minutes of your time.

>LOWER STANDARDS
None of them are worth more than 3 minutes of your time.

>DRINK MORE
You drink some more wine.
You are plastered.

>LOWER STANDARDS
None of them are worth more than 3 minutes of your time.

>EMBARRASS SELF
You fall out of your chair.

>DRINK MORE
You drink some more wine.
You are fucking trashed.

>LOWER STANDARDS
Purely out of curiosity and embarrassment, you circle "Yes" for five of the gazillion ugly men.

>IMMEDIATELY REGRET DECISION
That was a very, very stupid idea.

>HIT ROCK BOTTOM
The event organizer tries to hit on you.

>LEAVE THIS PLACE
You sob quietly on the subway.

>CHANGE PHONE NUMBER AND E-MAIL ADDRESS
Yes, you probably should.

Wednesday, March 08, 2006

tonight:

i'm going "speed dating".

yeah.






relax, it's for "research".

for my novel.

the great american novel.

no, not "sweet valley high".




whatever; i'll get my money's worth at the 1-hour open wine bar.

to quote defamer, "cute-plasma state beyond mere cute overload"

Tuesday, March 07, 2006

i'd just like to say this

nick sylvester is a good guy. a nice guy. and a very talented writer. specifically, about fifty times more talented than i am. i am keeping my fingers crossed for him, and you should too.

now!

better late than never


i know it's been a few days, but saturday night live hit on another baby gem this week with host (...hottie, and harvard homegirl) natalie portman. it was deceptively buried late into the (otherwise lackluster) program, but made my whole night on the couch totally worth it. check it out.

(ok, it wasn't a whole night on the couch. i took a blissfully long, hot bath with my fancy, graduation-gift bath oils and a glass of chilled riesling. really, my best quasi-ill saturday night in a long time.)

Monday, March 06, 2006

christians scare the everloving shit out of me

from a terrifying web site about "saving" people from homosexuality:
I also choose to believe that good will come from this situation--not just for me, but also for my son. I refuse to relinquish him to Satan. I pray daily for him and others caught in the trap of homosexuality. Through God's grace, I have made the decision to love, not hate. To stand, not to give up. To help others who face the same pain that I have faced.
check out the site if you have a stronger stomach than i.

thoughts on jennifer aniston

upon further reflection, i totally understand why she looked so pissed last night. obviously, there's that whole psychotic ex-roommate thing. but that wouldn't be enough to explain the completely-dead-soul look she was sporting last night. so here's my theory:

a few years ago, when she and brad were married, she revealed at some awards show or other (i think it may in fact have been the oscars) that she was wearing underwear with a picture of brad's face on it. this seemed cute at the time. whatever.

anyway, she's been so busy the last few weeks, getting ready for the oscars and cleaning up vince vaughn's trail of vomit, that she hasn't had time to do her laundry. it's so simple: she was wearing the brad undies. that look of defeat in her eyes wasn't "i lost my man to a home-wrecking charity whore"; it was "i told him to never speak to me again and trashed him in vanity fair and now his face is wedged up my fanny".

oh yeah, she also probably had a wedgie.

back off, bitches. she's mine.

have i ever told you about the kavorka?

for those of you who are less tv-obsessed than i am, that was a seinfeld reference. anyway, the point is, my wife leaves a trail of broken hearts wherever she goes. one excellent example is her ex-boyfriend, a man she heartlessly dumped around two years ago. yes. two years. he is currently a law student and has never recovered from the heartache. the instant messages, the phone calls, and the weekly delivery of six dozen roses arranged to spell out "i love you forever and ever please come back to me i can't live without you boo hoo hoo" sometimes start to wear on her. exhibit a, the string of obnoxious ims she received this morning:
tool: HA
tool: HA
tool: who's not working
tool: ?
tool: that'd be me
tool:
tool: whatchoo doin, not being on spring break like me?
tool: ()
tool: who's going to florida tomorrow?
tool: oh, that'd be me
tool: uh oh, someone's too busy to IM her law student friend
tool: that's because you're not on spring break!
tool: once again, I emphasize:
tool: sp
tool: ring
tool: BREAK
tool:
mywife: dude
mywife: i'm kinda busy
mywife: but that's very nice for you
tool: hehe, I'm not
mywife: congratulations
tool: sorry, I'm just messin with ya - talk to you soon
tool: hope your non-spring break goes well!
mywife: gee, thanks
tool: any time
mywife: next time just keep the spring break excitement to yourself
tool: aw
tool: now I feel guilty
mywife: as wonderful as i'm sure it is
tool: I just wanted to talk to you
tool:
tool: jk, I wanted to rub in the spring break thing
tool: anyway, I'll stop being an ass while you're at work
tool: talk to you soon

EPILOGUE:

INT. TOOL'S BEDROOM.

The shades are drawn.

SFX: gentle sobbing.

FADE OUT.

fin.

so, you probably watched the oscars last night. you also probably don't care what i have to say about it. but, you know what? fuck you.

patsy's angry review notwithstanding, i had a great time watching the show. having only seen a few of the relevant or even vaguely relevant movies (capote, match point, and brokeback), i wasn't qualified to care much about any of the awards, but here were the take-home points:

  • jon stewart: not in top form, but pretty good for network tv. i still love him for miles.

  • ben stiller: still a one-trick pony, but as long as that one trick is good (as it was last night) i'm on board.

  • the wilson brothers: yes, owen looks chubby. but they were adorable and probably entertaining, though i wasn't really listening but fantasizing about having a three-way with both of them. it's not incest if i'm there, right?

  • will ferrell and steve carell: BEST. PAIRING. EVER. also on my "to-do" list, along with...

  • george clooney: good god, man. hot. hot. fucking. god. so... HOT.

  • sorry. george clooney does things to me. and surely deserves two bullet points for his HOTNESS.

  • did i mention that george clooney is really fucking hot?

  • salma hayek: shockingly hot. easily the hottest woman in attendance, and the second hottest person overall. my to-do list is getting really long. and diverse.

  • michelle williams: you may think she looked like a creamsicle, but i think she looked stunning, especially for someone who chooses to live in brooklyn.

  • nicole kidman: plastic.

  • jennifer aniston: it's getting harder and harder to keep liking her.

  • charlize theron: bravely waiting for surgeons to figure out how to safely remove the ginormous ribbon tumor taking over her left side.

  • george clooney: call me.
  • more dialogue from the range

    while discussing someone for whom we both have a pretty baseless distaste:

    me: i don't even really know why, but i just don't like her.

    wife: me too.

    pause.

    me: i think it's because she's unattractive.

    wife: ...yeah, i think that's it.

    ann coulter is retarded.

    but you knew that already.

    Thursday, March 02, 2006

    Patsy's Pearls of Wisdom, 3/2/06

    "barfing is not good for office morale."

    Wednesday, March 01, 2006

    Mississippi Bill to Ban Most Abortions Advances

    ...but, the good news is, there's still no reason to ever go to mississippi.

    TrendWatch update

    i went to h&m today, where i learned that

    1) apparently, The Vest is back, and

    2) i'm fat.

    so, an awesomely educational lunch break.

    you know it's time to reassess your life when...

    ...you're reading about anna nicole smith and can't help but think, "wow. that sounds like me in twenty years."