Tomorrow at this time, THIS will be our new First Family:
Eee!!!
To celebrate, let’s listen to a terribly appropriate cover cheesily set to some wonderful photos:
I’m not going to lie, that totally just made me cry.
[Posted by Mallory]
Monthly Archives: January 2009
t minus two days until history.
I should be out celebrating the four-day weekend and impending inauguration of my dear Barry with the rest of the District, but instead I’ve gotten sucked into watching yet another House marathon. It seems that every Sunday night for the past, oh, twelve Sundays, I’ve been glued to the teevee watching the delightful drama of Gregory House and crew. It’s weird, because I’ve never watched an entire season or enough shows in a row to get in tune with the relationships between all the characters, but it’s such an addicting show that it really doesn’t matter. (And I’ve watched enough to gather that Cameron and House almost had a thing, or maybe they did have a thing? Where are those episodes?!)
Because I’ve been watching so much House, it’s always a huge shock to me when I’m reminded that Hugh Laurie is English. I mean, who knew he really sounded like this?
So much more likable! I wonder if he gets really, really sick of faking the American accent of a very angry dude.
In other news, there’s um, some pretty exciting stuff happening this week. I’m not nearly as excited as I feel like I should be, except for random moments of joy where I’m all “Oh my god…next week at this time George Bush will no longer be our President.” Won’t you just feel calmer and happier knowing that he’s out of the picture? I know I will.
I’m one of those poor, common DC residents who doesn’t have tickets to any fancy balls and who doesn’t get to be close enough to the actual inauguration ceremony to ask Malia and Sasha if they want me to be their new babysitter. But still, I’m really freaking glad to be in DC right now. The sheer fact that we all get Tuesday off is exciting; it’s like we get a snow day and the rest of the country doesn’t. (Suckaaas.)
Of course, we do have to deal with the four bajillion people who are apparently coming for the Big Day. I’m a leetle nervous for that. As of now, my inaugural plans are to attend a cheesy Obama-themed party tomorrow night (think Barackli and Cheese and Sloppy Joe Bidens) and then brave the crowds with the rest of the world tomorrow. I’m still crossing my fingers that a front row ticket will turn up and I’ll get to hold Michelle’s mom’s hand throughout the ceremony. I’ll keep you posted.
In other other news, I get to see Joshua Radin in concert in NYC on Friday! So if things this week aren’t exciting as I want them to be, I can always try to get Joshua to fall in love with me this weekend.
Sometimes my friends tell me I’m delusional. Sometimes I think they’re right.
[Posted by Mallory]
put your hands up and shout.
So our Argentine correspondent just sent this phenomenal video to me. Try to watch it without grinning, or if you’re a freak like me (and don’t you WISH your girlfriend was a freak like me?), prepare to cry a little, with joy:
Happy Inaugural Weekend.
[Posted by Mallory]
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mary roach is my american idol.
Today, as many of you know, is the start of the eighth season of American Idol (and there’s a new judge, Kara DioGuardi, who seems saucy!). Funny, I can only name a couple winners…and a few losers. (Clay Aiken, I’m talking about you!) The best part of the show is seeing the auditions. Remember William Hung? Yeah, he released a full album. But my favorite audition of all time has to go to the one and only Mary Roach. Perhaps someone tonight might top it, but I seriously doubt it. Enjoy the musical talents of Mary Roach!
Mary Roach, you will always be my American Idol.
[Posted by Kathleen]
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natalie dylan will be a millionaire.
In September, I wrote about that chick Natalie Dylan, who is auctioning off her virginity “to pay for school”. Suuuuure. While I still think she’s cheating herself, she is going to walk away with AT LEAST $3.7 MILLION. Damn, girl. Over 10,000 men have bid on her. Now that sounds like a confidence booster.
She says the original idea came from her sister, who worked as a prostitute for three weeks and paid for school. What is with these girls and not paying for school the way everyone else does?! Anyway, Natalie is confident in her decision.
“I think me and the person I do it with will both profit greatly from the deal.”
Well, Natalie, you’ll get your millions. But I’m not so sure how he’ll profit from this. I mean, he’ll forever be known as the guy who had to drop a few mil for sex. Gross.
[Posted by Kathleen]
Filed under celebrities, money, news, pop culture, random, sex, thoughts, weird
joe the plumber, great american journalist.
As Mallory reported earlier, Joe the Plumber is now Joe the Reporter, reporting from Israel. For Pajama Media, whatever that is. (I frequently blog from my bed, am I part of Pajama Media?) Essentially, after watching one of his videos, I would ever-so-kindly, but bluntly, suggest that he stick to plumbing. Let’s take a look at it, shall we? Watch Joe the Buffoon give his version of the straight talk to the media (and be a huge horse’s ass) here. Best part is how he says “I’m not the story”, (as he points to the dude with the Kenny G. hair in a ponytail. That hair is newsworthy.) but clearly, he is. And that’s how he likes it.
Somehow, this joker managed to get about two solid weeks of press attention. The first time was just chance, but every time after that, it was because he wanted it. Ooh, Joe is going on the campaign trail with McCain! Ooh, Joe isn’t ruling out a run for Congress in 2010! Ooh, Joe just got an agent! Now, if he didn’t want publicity, why would he hire an agent? After all, he’s just a regular guy! My favorite Joe moment, up until now though, was after the election when Joe decided to backstab McCain and Palin. Yup, that got him another 15 minutes of fame.
So here is the transcription of him confronting “The Media”. Dun dun dun…
JOE: The story here is people are being killed and the media’s slanting it and trying to make it Hamas is, uh, as far as, that Israel’s being bad. Do you believe Israel is bad?
Oooh! Good question, Joe! Has Israel been naughty?
REPORTER: Do I believe it?
JOE: Yeah, do you?!
Do ya, punk?
REPORTER: I’m Israeli, so…
JOE: So answer the question!
Objection! The reporter is badgering the…reporter!
REPORTER: No, I don’t think Israel is bad.
JOE: Do you think Israel has every right to protect itself?
REPORTER: Yeah.
[pause]
JOE: You do?!
REPORTER: Yeah.
It’s called preparation, Joe. It’s quite simple. You see, if you think of questions beforehand, you don’t have to stall and have awkward pauses.
JOE: Have you said that on air?
REPORTER: I’m just a reporter.
Yeah, Joe. You really nailed this one.
Ahhh, and that is why I cannot be a reporter. Because being able to have public opinions about things, such as Joe the Plumber, is just too much fun to pass up.
[Posted by Kathleen]
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they heard the taco wedding bells.
Forget the chapel, Paul and Caragh Brooks of Illinois entered the covenant of marriage sitting in a booth at a Taco Bell on Friday, Jan 9. The courthouse was booked, and they needed another option. No, I didn’t make that up. “Going to the T-Bell and we’re gonna get married, goin’ to the T-Bell and we’re, gonna get married.” Okay, sorry, I had to do that.
Fatties like me customers continued to buy their 4th meal of the day while the ceremony took place. The employees blew up balloons and displayed taco sauce packets that say “Will you marry me?”. I didn’t know they made those, but that’s cute. The bride wore a $15 hot pink dress. The groom’s mother loved the ceremony. The reception was held right there, with guests ordering right off the menu. You know what I have to say about that? YUM! All in all, the wedding costs the couple $200.
Now of course you want to know the ‘how we met story’. Well, take a guess how they met. Okay, now read this.
Caragh Brooks, 21, of Australia, met Paul Brooks, 30, on an Internet dating Web site. They already had the same last name.
The couple wrote back and forth and talked on the phone for nine months before Caragh Brooks moved to the United States.
Yup.
“We have the same brain, just in two bodies,” Paul Brooks said. “We think alike in virtually every manner. We have the same interests, viewpoints.”
I’m going to go out on a limb here and say that one of those interests might be Taco Bell. What do you know? I’m right!
He proposed on New Year’s Eve and, because they like to spend time at the local Taco Bell, they decided to wed there.
Naturally, of course!
The best part of all? This happened in a town in Illinois called Normal. NORMAL. Isn’t it ironic? Don’tcha think?
As critical and quick to point out the abnormalities as I may seem, I’m only kidding and I’m honestly really happy for them. If you decide you want to spend the rest of your life with someone, I guess it doesn’t really matter how you decide to do it. These two are eccentric. Also, they paid $200 for a wedding that I won’t ever forget…and I wasn’t even there. Imagine spending $30,000 on the most cookie cutter wedding imaginable, and then having people groan about “another wedding” when they get the invitation.
You’ve got to give them some credit for having it their way. Hold on. “Have it your way” is the BK slogan. Maybe that would have been more fitting? That aside, congratulations to Caragh and Paul!
[Posted by Kathleen]
you thought the baconator was cool…
I have a friend who loves bacon. Let’s call her Katie, because that’s her name. In college, we would make fun of her for sneaking scraps of bacon off of our plates when we weren’t looking. She once toyed with the notion of inventing bacon bread. Bitch really, really loves bacon. And she’d do a lot for bacon, but I don’t think she’d do this:
(That photo is officially the most awkward one I’ve ever saved to my Desktop.)
Ladies and gents — but really, just gents — meet the Bacon Bra. Taco Bell is putting bacon in its burritos, so why can’t some random woman wear bacon for a bra?
My friend Doobie alerted me to this wonderful new invention:
doobie: so you wanna see the best invention ever?
me: YES!
doobie: http://www.stylelist.com/blog/2008/04/11/bringing-home-the-bacon-bra/
me: oh. my. GOD.
doobie: hahaha awesome right?
me: okay, but the bacon is raw
so youd have to like peel it off a boob and fry it before you eat it
doobie: hmmm id just suck it up
me: and eat the raw bacon?
doobie: yup
Oh, boys.
[Posted by Mallory]
a celebration of the final week.
Yes kids, it’s the last full week of George Bush’s presidency. Let’s celebrate! A big thank you to 23/6 for putting this little video together for us. LOVE the background music.
Vodpod videos no longer available.
Don’t go getting all nostalgic on me now! Dry your eyes!
[Posted by Kathleen]
Filed under blogging, celebrities, history, humor, news, politics, pop culture, random, the hill, thoughts, TV, Uncategorized, YouTube
prince harry, harry, he’s quite contrary.
If this was American politics, we’d call it Pakigate. But it isn’t. It’s British, so I don’t know what to call it other than completely and utterly stupid on the part of Prince Harry. You know Prince Harry? Yes, as in the now-hotter-than-Prince William-prince.
(True story: When William was at his peak attractiveness–age 16– and I was at my peak boycrazyness–age 13– I had his poster on my wall. Did I ever have a shot with him? No. In fact, there’s a long list of laws that tell you why I cannot. Being American and Catholic are just the tip of the iceberg. But I still had hope. Don’t judge me, fools. And on second thought, you should never marry someone who had your poster on their wall. That’s just weird. Tom and Katie, I’m talking to you.)
Anyway, Harry made an oopsie. In a video, he called one of his platoon buddies his “little Paki friend”, which of course is not cool, and then he tells another he looks like a “raghead”. Now, before he gets the title His Royal Highness Prince Harry the Racist and you get your royal britches in a twist, I want to not defend him while defending him…if that makes sense. Our own American troops use language like that. It’s not uncommon. But it’s terrible. Also, while you think good ‘ole ‘Arry might have his wits about him because HE IS THE PRINCE OF WALES, he’s done some dumb things in the past. Like that time he wore a Nazi uniform to a Halloween party. Or how he blatantly smokes pot at parties. Maybe he isn’t royally brilliant, but that doesn’t make him a racist.
But watch the video for yourself. Do you think he’s just a dude, who happens to be a prince, trying to fit in with his platoon? Because that’s what it seems like to me. Also, at the end you’ll feel like you know him a little better than anticipated after one of his buddies asks him a question, and he obliges with the answer.
Here is Harry’s apology:
“Prince Harry fully understands how offensive this term can be, and is extremely sorry for any offense his words might cause,” spokesman Patrick Harrison said in a statement.
“However, on this occasion three years ago, Prince Harry used the term without any malice and as a nickname about a highly popular member of his platoon. There is no question that Prince Harry was in any way seeking to insult his friend.”
No mention of the ginger pubes.
But we learn another fact. Harry made this video three years ago. Does that change things?
UPDATED: The father of the cadet Harry made the remark about is furious and says his apology isn’t enough. Also, Harry is in even more trouble with one of his own charities. Click HERE.
[Posted by Kathleen]
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