I love starting blogs when I have less than an hour left of work. For some reason, that's when my brain wakes up after spending the great majority of the day in cruise control. Anyway...
I figured I would compile a list of people/places/things I'm interested in right now. Basically, it will be a list of nouns w/verbs and modifiers thrown in to spice things up. Oh, and probably some articles too. OH! And this is going to be a two-parter. The first part is random crap and the second half is a list of suggestions for the AfterEllen Hot 100.
(omg i'm lame) Moving on...
The Olympics
I feel like I probably get more and more excited every single time I watch them. Sunday, JP came over and we watched gymnastics and it was awesome. Right at the point when we were getting ready to make our peace w/not seeing the rest of the event because our eyes were getting heavy, the NBC desk guy gave us some helpful tips. Basically, he was addressing the shitty time difference. And when I say shitty, I mean shitty for us, even worse for L.A.. Those of us who want to watch the games end up staying up way too late cause it's lunch time in Beijing. In no way do I express the same sentiment as some random dude they interviewed on the street who said, "Man, the time difference really sucks. China should've done something about that."
It's moments like these when I stop wondering why half of the world hates us.
Anyway, I think the news guy's name is Bob something-or-other and he read his list of things you can/should do to endure the huge time difference/sleep deprivation/etc. that included the following:
"Listen to whatever Michael Phelps does on his iPod."
"You really only need four hours of sleep, really."
...and
"Don't go to work, the Olympics are more important. Your boss will understand."
Awesome.
I read this yesterday:
It's a quote from a mother of a transgendered boy commenting on a show that ABC aired about a month ago called "Understanding Transgendered Children". The show was amazing. I totally teared up more than once. It was so good they aired it twice. Here's part one of five. I think it's worth checking out.
Anyway, here's a comment response from a woman who watched the program. I found it on one of the forums and I thought it was beautiful:
I have a daughter (born a girl) who identifies as a boy, and though "he" has chosen to have his breasts reconfigured as a male, he insists he feels no need to go through the entire gender reassignment because he believes that there is "everything inbetween" - that we are not necessarily ordained to be either a boy OR a girl! If you can be born as a boy or a girl, "in the wrong body", then's what's to say the same mix up isn't responsible for giving you just some of the genes of each. He feels completely comfortable being "twixt and between", totally adrogynous. When he was a child, he was a tomboy, for sure, always competing hard with his twin brother, and told us he was seriously interested in girls during the highschool years. In undergraduate school, I just about got used to his being a lesbian, when the trans-gender thing was sprung upon me! Sure, it caused some recoil, but I love that child so completely that NOTHING would stand between me and trying to understand. I'm not sure I'm all the way there, but consider myself completely educated in the matter, at this point, and MORE to the point - totally accepting of him just as he is. Happiness IS everything, and watching this amazing PERSON evolve, despite it all, into a productive and high achiever, has made me the happiest parent on earth!
you guys! the first 48 was so good the other night!
Tangent: This morning, my therapist asked me if I had any addictions and I swear to god the first two things that popped into my head were: cereal and the first 48. I almost shouted them out all excited. I am very special.
It was sort of true though. I effing love cereal. Ask anyone who's shared a living space with me (mom, dad, pat, sisters, eric, jessy...) I love cereal. Here's a list of my favorites:
Corn Flakes
Rice Krispies
Special K (haha, cause i'm special)
Cheerios
Crispix
God, I love cereal. And you know what's even weirder than my obsession? I don't even like milk. I buy the most watered down kind i can find and only use it for bowls of cereal, never for just a glass or whatever. Also weird: i eat my cereal backwards.
STEP ONE: pour milk into bowl
STEP TWO: pour some cereal in, just enough so you can't really see the milk, letting all the flakes sort of float at the surface.
STEP THREE: eat cereal w/as little milk as possible til gone. DO NOT DRINK THE MILK THAT IS LEFT OVER.
STEP FOUR: Repeat steps two and three until there's less than a spoonful of milk at the bottom.
STEP FIVE: rinse out and leave in sink
Everyone says I eat my cereal backwards, but I say eff you kind sir. I eat it the awesome soggy-free way. Holla!
Back to my show...
My favorite detective is Caroline Mason from the Memphis PD. She's such a bad ass. She gets cold blooded killers to cry. It's awesome. She'll look them right in the eyes and say stuff like, "I'm not playin witchoo. What would yo mamma think of ya'll bein up in here? You know what she'd say? She'd say, tell the truth son. Cause the truth will set you free. And Jesus is watchin too. [long dramatic pause] I know you'll do the right thing."
And then they totally break down and cry and beg Jesus and their Mama to forgive them and she'll hold their hand while they confess to killing some old dude for crack. Then she'll stand and say that she's proud of them for confessing. Once the door closes behind her, she brushes her shoulders off (figuratively, of course) and smiles, "We got another one."
OMG she's amazing. OH! And I found this little video tribute to her. I promise I didn't make it myself.
confession time
Ok guys, I have to let you in on a little secret that I'm fairly certain I have not been entirely vocal about yet. I have a minor obsession with The Gilmore Girls.
Let it sink in for a sec.
It all started a couple months ago when I was "forced" to watch a couple episodes as part of an agreement btwn Rori and I. I sighed heavily, "fine. but then we get to watch another crime show."
I seriously did not expect to like the show. I used to make fun of it constantly. I'd roll my eyes at the mere mention of the show. I mean, Christ, they talk so fast and they play it on ABC Family or something and probably Lifetime too. I should not enjoy this show.
But I do. I really, really do. They make references to all sorts of crap I like, a lot of which are obscure old movie references. In one episode Loreli cannot wrap her head around the thought of someone still living on w/out having seen Casablanca. I mean, she's totally right. It's a classic and I love it. Did it bother me that she kept mispronouncing it? Yes, a lot.
The show has gotten a little crazy. So far, I've made it half way through season five. I wasn't kidding guys, I love this show. Rory is a total tramp and I want to kill Taylor by making him choke on his stupid hat. Loreli is hot. Always. In every single episode I think to myself: damn. she is very attractive.
Sidenote: I call Rori, "Rori" b/c she used to talk super fast. Little did I know I'd been spelling it wrong all this time. But we left it b/c we'd gotten used to it.
Elida's HOT 100 suggestions for AfterEllen.com
So, AfterEllen.com spawned from AfterElton.com. Basically it's a site where you can get all the lesbian news you could ever want. It's awesome and usually funny and I love it. Every year they do a HOT 100 list because the men's magazines suck at picking hot women. Sorry, let me elaborate...straight men tend to pick differently than women do. They usually pick under-fed russian and asian girls they found online searching for free porn.
The AfterEllen list is slightly different. Since gay ladies contribute, age is not an issue, and it's usually more important for the women on the list to have brains, unlike the other list. Do you get what I'm trying to say? Anyway...
Here are my suggestions in no particular order:
Lauren Graham
Never had a clue who she was before the Gilmore Girls. Thank you Gilmore Girls.
Mariska Hargitay
Seriously guys, she's the shit. She's a total bad ass and SVU is my fav.
Rachel Weisz
She is a perennial favorite. After I saw her on the cover of Esquire I knew for sure I was gay. I had a pretty strong inkling, but that sort of put me over the edge. And for that Rachel, I say thank you. This is the picture I saw on that fateful newsstand:
Sarah Shahi
The L Word is basically unwatchable w/out her. I mean, Alice is the shit and all. But stupid Shane left Carmen at the altar and then they killed off Dana. Stupid Ilene Chaiken. I miss Sarah Shahi. Like, a lot.
Kate Beckinsale
OMG I totally almost drank Diet Coke just because she was selling it. And how hot is her accent? I know, totally. It's super hot.
Salma Hayek
She is quite possibly one of the most genetically perfect women walking the planet. And that accent... Wow. She's something.
Clearly, I have a thing for middle aged women and I had no idea. Hooray! Anyway, they're hot and smart and I'm gonna jet now. Check back soon, this weekend is primed for a schmorgasbord of random crap.
I would like to close with this:
I hope you weren't eating while you read this. Enjoy your day/weekend!
1 comment:
Oh my god, you have so many problems.
You totally made that video of Caroline Mason, I know you did. & you didn't even put Missy Higgins on your hot/Ellen list. Ha. Oh &, that last photo was incredibly disturbing.
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