A blanky and heels? Not okay.
[Posted by Mallory]
Category Archives: pop culture
youtube clip of today: fun theory.
Oh huzzah, huzzah! It’s Friday! My heart is singing because I have been dreaming about sweatpants all day long and I can now see a light at the end of the long 9-5 tunnel. But that has nothing to do with today’s YouTube clip of the day. Silly me.
I love this video. This should be unsurprising because I genuinely wish that my life was a lighthearted musical. Things like flash mob dances and giant sing-alongs give me hope. Sigh. Anyway, I think these people are on to something. There are two more videos from The Fun Theory, which is run by Volkswagen. Das most clever!
Have a wonderful weekend, y’all!
[Posted by Kathleen]
Filed under adventures, blogging, crushes, education, humor, pop culture, random, weird, YouTube
halloween costumes, testosterone and iphone reps.
It’s almost Halloween, one of my favorite holidays, and I am freaking out because I have absolutely no idea what I want to be. I feel like this year needs to be particularly good, since I was so entrenched in the campaign last year I didn’t even realize it was Halloween. Somebody call the wahhhhhmbulance.
Anyway, my beloved HuffPo has posted some hilariously adorable costumes for babies. Perhaps I’ll just take one of the ideas and adjust it a bit. I’m thinking the WALL-E costume would be super cute in my size. No? Okay. I always forget that Halloween means I’m supposed to dress skanky.
Click here for the slideshow!
Speaking of last year’s election (Yes, yes, I KNOW that’s it’s almost been a year since the election, but this study just came out!) this news story kind of sucks for our male McCain voting readership. I have a feeling that demographic isn’t very high on this blog, but we are committed to reporting the strangest news to ALL of our readership.
According to a story from ABC news:
Republican men nationwide may have experienced a drop in testosterone levels the night Barack Obama was elected president, according to the results of a small study that found another link between testosterone and men’s moods.
But don’t worry boys, I’m sure you’ve gotten it back. I meant the testosterone. Not the election. Love you!
In case you’ve been living under a rock, here are some Youtube videos that you should have seen by now:
Teehee, it’s a drunk guy. And this one:
Cleverness abounds in the Democratic party! HUZZAH!
And ONE MORE THING. My friend over at Herding Scapegoats has been writing again. You should probably check it out. He is providing a rare look into the male psyche, addressing serious things like male jealousy and pooping.
[Posted by Kathleen]
who says i can’t get stoned?
I’m a little embarrassed to admit this, because of interviews like this, but I’m in love with the new John Mayer single. I even like the video, and find it strangely depressing and authentic-seeming:
Thoughts?
[Posted by Mallory]
Filed under celebrities, music, pop culture, YouTube
yours to decide, cute or creepy?
Sorry that I have been “the worst guest blogger ever” to directly quote Mallory. I recently got back from a fantastic trip to Ireland and London with my Mom, and then we had a long-femurred visitor a few weekends ago. I know, poor me.
All excuses aside, I wanted to share this youtube video to see how people felt about this marriage proposal. So far, we’ve got 2 votes for creepy, 1 vote for cute (sorry, Caroline).
To me, it seems like the girl being proposed to in the video would vote creepy as well, but that’s just my observation.
Here it is: Disneyland Musical Marriage Proposal
[Posted by Shannon]
youtube clip of today: autotuning ellen.
I’ve been a big T-Pain fan for awhile (it has more to do with the fact that I am amazed at how he is featured in EVERY rap song and less about the music) and have recently become obsessed with the program Auto-tune, which he made famous and the Auto-tune the News guys made even better. It’s hilarious. I was going to write about it myself, but then stumbled across a clip of Ellen talking about it, and let’s face it– she’s funnier.
Oh, and the “I am T-Pain” iPhone application? Already downloaded it, shawty. Worth it!
Happy Tuesday that feels like a Monday! Also, I’d like to give a bloggy birthday shout out to our recently-returned-from-Korea-practically-Korean correspondent, Alicia. Happy birfday, bebe!
[Posted by Kathleen]
Filed under blogging, celebrities, definitely not politics, humor, music, pop culture, random, thoughts, TV, YouTube
i’m back again. not joking. really.
Hi, remember me? Yeah, it’s been awhile. Sowwy.
Lots of things have contributed to my lack of posting (turns out I had swine flu!), but no need to dwell on the past (oink, oink). To the future!
There have been SO MANY THINGS I have wanted to post about, and my wonderful friends continue to send me quirky things on the interwebs that they know I will adore– like this video from my friend Laura. I think I’ve watched it five times.
AMAZING.
Or this Web site, www.peopleofwalmart.com, which has been sent to me by faithful readers Miguel and Civil War Dave.
These times are crazier than ever. Jon and Kate do nothing but fight, Fox News’ Shep Smith is starting to sound like a socialist fascist communist Democrat, the Republicans are threatening to teabag the American people and Jessica Simpson’s dog was eaten by a coyote! Yikes! Those are clearly the most important things going on in the world today.
And as if life in general wasn’t dangerous enough, Alexander McQueen has decided to introduce TEN INCH high heels to the world:
Grosssssss. I don’t know, but something about them reminds me of giraffe hooves (I’m a nature girl), which is oddly appropriate. There are more, you can see them here.
But hey, at least one thing is right in this world. Jim and Pam are getting hitched tonight! RAWR!
[Posted by Kathleen]
today is a google holiday, hooray!
Two people tipped me off to today’s Google Holiday (thanks, Amelia and Kels!), which has caused people the world ’round to be all “Uhhhh is my computer broken?” But don’t worry, people, your computer isn’t broken! It’s just Google being its wacky self. Let me share the email I received as my second tip this morning:
I realized after I typed this gem [pictured below] in that today is a google holiday! I was actually a little concerned because I just thought that it was my computer being broken. Also, you might wonder, gosh, why was Kelsey googling “mase, money, anus”? And the answer to that is that I am an embarassingly white girl who is completely out of touch with American pop culture, so I didn’t understand a lot of this website. Now I do though!
Ladies and gentlemen, meet my best friend from home! You probably should go to that website, just to understand why Kelsey’s search makes sense, and also because it’s entertaining.
Today’s Google Holiday: Invention of the Bar Code. Today marks the 57th anniversary of the first bar code patent. And guys, we should celebrate, because how else could we buy Cheetos with such ease? Here, read more. (And also maybe let me know how it’s possible that Wikipedia updates things the second they happen. It already knows about today’s Google Holiday…cah-raaaazy.)
What Kelsey was Googling: mase, money, anus
[Posted by Mallory]
Filed under news, pop culture, random, technology
patrick swayze has died at 57.
WAHHH Patrick Swayze died!
Patrick Swayze, of Dirty Dancing and Ghost fame, is dead at 57 after a battle with pancreatic cancer:
“Patrick Swayze passed away peacefully today with family at his side after facing the challenges of his illness for the last 20 months,” said a statement released Monday evening by his publicist, Annett Wolf. No other details were given.
Accounts show that Swayze was optimistic and maintained as normal of a life as possible while he was sick, though he recognized what he was up against:
Swayze said he opted not to use painkilling drugs while making “The Beast” because they would have taken the edge off his performance. He acknowledged that time might be running out given the grim nature of the disease.
When he first went public with the illness, some reports gave him only weeks to live, but his doctor said his situation was “considerably more optimistic” than that.
“I’d say five years is pretty wishful thinking,” Swayze told ABC’s Barbara Walters in early 2009. “Two years seems likely if you’re going to believe statistics. I want to last until they find a cure, which means I’d better get a fire under it.”
You’ll be missed, Mr. Swayze. Thanks for everything, but especially for this:
I don’t know about you guys, but I plan to honor Patrick Swayze’s life by having “Time of My Life” stuck in my head for the next month or so. 2:28 and on…ICONIC. What a scene.
[Posted by Mallory]
Filed under celebrities, dance, movies, music, news, pop culture, RIP, YouTube
twitter (not facebook?) makes you dumber.
Step away from your TwitterBerry, folks: Twitter is making you dumber! The surprising flipside of this news is that Facebook allegedly makes you smarter, at least according to one Australian psychologist:
Staying on top of Facebook is like solving puzzles, since it hones our ability to remember and use information. But more “micro-level” activities like Twitter, watching YouTube videos, and text messaging weaken these same skills by shortening our attention spans. Says Dr. Alloway from the University of Stirling, “On Twitter you receive an endless stream of information, but it’s also very succinct. You don’t have to process that information. Your attention span is being reduced and you’re not engaging your brain and improving nerve connections.”
Dr. Alloway? I can’t argue with your comments about Twitter, but I must respectfully disagree that Facebook somehow makes people smarter. I can’t say I see how Facebook is like solving a puzzle. What information do we need to remember and use to stay on top of Facebook? Last I checked, as long as you can remember the name of your ex-boyfriend’s new girlfriend and can read at a third-grade level, you can master le Facebook. You literally just scroll through things and read them, and there are plenty of reminders if you happen to forget about a recent poke or a fake gift you received. I use Facebook less than an hour a week precisely because it makes me feel dumb. And creepy. Plus, with the amount of class and potential study time that people spend on Mark Zuckerberg’s evil invention, everyone’s probably learning a heck of a lot less, and thus, getting dumber. If you’ve ever brought a laptop to class, you know what I mean: it’s literally impossible to pay attention with Facebook and Gmail and Cake Wrecks at your fingertips. Theory Schmeory, someone made a cake of a C-section!
I know that in theory people can use Facebook to post articles and spark insightful discussions about them, but come on, WHO DOES THAT? (Okay, I know one person, but he’s a professor, so that doesn’t count.) Point is, I’m right, and that psychologist is wrong.
[Posted by Mallory]
Filed under blogging, news, pop culture
six words to change the world. 