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by | September 16, 2008 · 4:23 pm

trl is like totally old news.

It is the end of an era.  Really, it is.  Total Request Live, MTV’s show aimed at the 12-15 crowd (so that means you start watching when you’re 10, and stop when you’re 14…and occasionally turn it on when you’re 16 or 17…just because it’s on) is ending it’s 10 year run in November. WAHHHHHHH.  I feel my post-college depression kicking in yet again.  And like last time, when they changed the game of Clue, Cheez-Its will soothe my pain.

So what are we really losing?  Here is how TRL is described on the MTV Web site:

At TRL, we bring you the latest, greatest music videos, bangin’ live performances and the hottest celebs. First, we combine your online votes, with the top songs and artists from all the places you go for music — mtv.com, downloads, music charts, ringtones, radio and more — to create the hottest, most all-inclusive music countdown.

Wowie, this is serious.  This show is important. People are enfranchised, there are great music videos, hot celebs, and of course we can’t forget the banging’ live performances.  And an opportunity for girls to act like this when the Jonas Brothers come to town.  Okay, I just love this picture and want to use it all the time.

Here’s the thing–I haven’t watched TRL since the Backstreet Boys (sigh. Why are you such a screw up, Nick Carter? We were supposed to get mawwwied!) but I’m still kind of sad.  And Carson Daly hasn’t been on the show mimicking not only the clothing style of whoever his guest was, but also the verbal style, since 2003.  Now I’m all sappy and reminiscing.  Remember when Carson dated Tara Reid?! 

Sick.  Oh and another scary thought, Carson is 35 years old now.

I’m just sad that future generations won’t be able to talk about TRL the way my friends and I can.  It’s sort of like when we talk about how good MTV’s Undressed was, my brother has no clue what we’re talking about.  At least I hope he doesn’t.  That show was wayyy inappropriate for him at the time.  Me too, I guess.

Anyway, I leave you with a music video, circa 2000, that is the only proper way to end this post and bid farewell to TRL:

Bye Bye Bye, TRL.

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by | September 15, 2008 · 3:14 pm

some are calling it black monday.

Now I didn’t go to business school (woooo liberal arts!) and I don’t know much about money and stocks.  But I do know that when people call a random day in September “Black Monday”, and Wall Street firms that I know the names of are in trouble, things are not good.

Still think the economy is fine, McCain?  Well, he does.  Just this morning he said once again “the fundamentals of our economy are strong.”

If you are like me and need some help understanding what’s going on, here are some links.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26709927/

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=5802087

http://money.cnn.com/2008/09/15/markets/markets_newyork2/index.htm?cnn=yes

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by | September 14, 2008 · 11:31 pm

tina fey is palin on snl!

The woman who made wearing glasses sexy is back.  Tina Fey, I love you.  And now she is back on SNL as highly under-qualified Alaska Governor Sarah Palin–and she’s great at it.  Even the obnoxious accent is right.  Enjoy.

Vodpod videos no longer available.

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by | September 12, 2008 · 12:31 am

her virginity’s going, going, almost gone

In case you haven’t heard the absurd news, “Natalie Dylan”, a 22-year-old from California, is  is auctioning off her virginity to pay for her education.  Gut reaction: EWWW.  She uses the name Natalie Dylan as a pseudonym for, as she put it, “safety reasons”.  (But gets interviewed by The Insider–so everyone can see what she looks like.  I think, Natalie, someone is going to know who you are and how to find you…click here to watch the video.)

Safety? SAFETY?!  I think safety was thrown out the window when she decided she’d have consensual sex with the highest bidder.  Umm…have you seen Law and Order: SVU?  There are some serious creep monsters out there.  I don’t want to think about the legal mess that could occur should, God forbid, something bad happen to her.

“Through this process I’m not just looking for the highest bidder,” she said, Us magazine reported. “I’m looking for someone who is a genuine, overall nice person.”

But she also says she’s looking to get at least a million.  Does she think Prince Charming is going to come along and drop a cool mil just to be nice and help her out?  The auction, by the way, is going to be at Nevada’s famous brothel, The Moonlight Bunny Ranch.  Yeah, she’s sure to meet a winner there.  eBay, for the record, said no to the auction.

So there’s the whole safety thing that should make any woman scream no and consider life in a convent instead.  But Natalie calls her decision “empowering”.  I’m not going to go on a feminist rant, because I think the argument can be made against this without even bringing up feminism.

Okay, Natalie, I get that you want to pay for your education.  I have loans too.  And will have more when if I get into grad school (keep your fingers crossed for me).  But here’s the thing.  I would argue that in selling your virginity to pay for your academic education, you are selling yourself short in the life education department.  Here’s what Dennis Hof, owner of The Moonlight Bunny Ranch, thinks:

“I think it’s a tremendous idea. Why lose it to some guy in the backseat of a Toyota when you can pay for your education?”

Tremendous idea, eh, Dennis?  Well you know what?  Sometimes some guy in the back of a car can be really meaningful.  Far more meaningful than sex for money ever will be.

And somehow, I’ll still manage to pay for my education.  Ironically, Natalie wants to pursue her master’s degree in marriage and family therapy–that’s a decent career.  She should make enough money in her lifetime to pay back her loans the old fashioned way.

And here’s the final reason Natalie shouldn’t go through with her plan.  Her mom thinks it’s a bad idea.

What are your thoughts?

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by | September 10, 2008 · 3:07 pm

i could yearbook myself all day.

I have found probably the most entertaining Web site since Cake Wrecks.  Seriously.  www.yearbookyourself.com is so funny, that you pass it on to everyone you know.  And I am passing this internet gem on to you.

Enjoy.

Looking fiiiiiiiine in 1964.

Super cute in 1976.

Ummm…1986…I look like…NOOOOOOO.

And as if my self confidence needed one more final blow, here I am, in 1996.

Saucy.

Send your best yearbook pictures to sixwordstochangetheworld@gmail.com.

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by | September 10, 2008 · 4:59 am

law and order makes us fat.

According to a recent study, I could place the blame on Law and Order and all 17 of its spin-offs for the fact that I eat a lot.  I’m not kidding.  Law and Order, and other crime shows, apparently makes us eat a lot.  I am an avid Law and Order fan–uh oh.

In the study, titled “The Sweet Escape,” researchers conducted four experiments revealing that “consumers who have been recently reminded of their own impending mortality” spend more on groceries — and actually eat more of those groceries.

Oooh, clever title.  Anyway, Law and Order and others are the catalysts for reminding us of our own impending mortality?  What?  Whatev.

“We found that when people think about the fact that they’re going to die someday — not now, but someday — they want to consume more of everything,” says Naomi Mandel, co-author of the study and an associate professor of marketing at Arizona State University. “We find this with snacks and drinks but also all kinds of different foods: frozen foods, meats, vegetables, everything.”

And they connect this to Law and Order.  I can’t believe they spent money on this study.  I have, in my opinion, a better theory to explain the connection between snacking and Law and Order.  None of this “impending death” mumbo jumbo.

Let’s look back to the experiments of scientist Ivan Pavlov.  He is known for his work with dogs, making them salivate at the sound of a bell.  Basically, it has to do with mental association.  He would ring a bell and give the dogs food.  Eventually, they would salivate at the sound of the bell with or without food present.

People like to snack when watching TV, right?  So swap out a bell for the signature Law and Order gavel DunDun noise and take away the food…voila!  We have been trained liked Pavlov’s dogs to feel hungry while watching Law and Order.  And being that Law and Order is on 22 out of the 24 hours in a day, this training does not take long to do.  Really, all it takes is one week of being sick and watching TV all day every day, or just a few weeks of watching one or two episodes a night.

That, my friends, is why we eat when we watch Law and Order.  That is why Law and Order makes us fat.

Just for fun, here is Sesame Street’s parody of Law and Order: SVU, Law and Order: Special Letters Unit.

Oh, and just because The Office is the BEST SHOW EVER and Jim is dreamy, dreamy, oh so steamy and smart, here is his Pavlov’s dogs trick on Dwight:

[Posted by Kathleen]

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by | September 10, 2008 · 2:42 am

i’d choose barbie over sarah palin.

Oh wooohoooo.  Now you can buy a Superhero Sarah Palin doll.  Umm, that’s great.  Since this election is no longer about issues and rather that Palin is a Vagina-American and is hot in the Tina Fey way, let’s be superficial for a minute.  Who wants a supposedly feminine doll with G.I. Joe man thighs?  Come on guys, Barbie’s got better legs for sure.

See?

Intimidated by the Thunder Thighs Palin doll?  (Yeah, me too) Try this one–naughty school girl Sarah Palin.

Yet again, I’d choose Barbie.  Or better yet, the one responsible for bringing back the naughty school girl image–the one and only, Britney Spears doll.

Yup, she’s better than Palin too.

Here is the final Sarah Palin doll the company, http://www.herobulder.com, offers.  Vice Presidential Sarah Palin:

Well, Barbie one-upped Sarah Palin in two ways here.  First, Barbie is running for Prez and second, Barbie looks FABULOUS.

That was fun, but let’s take it back to the issues.  I bet Barbie would stand up for the rights of women more than Palin.  I bet Barbie would support birth control and a woman’s privacy, I bet Barbie wouldn’t make women pay for their own rape kits, I bet Barbie wouldn’t make Skipper have the baby even if she was raped, I bet Barbie wouldn’t be on a ticket with Ken if he didn’t support equal pay for women…okay…you get my point.

Really, I’d take Barbie over Sarah Palin.

Oh, and one more thing.  These dolls are on sale.

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by | September 5, 2008 · 9:28 pm

pigs fly and fat ladies sing.

Breathe deep, friends.  I have some shocking news.  The unthinkable has happened.

The 99 Cents Only Store, hailed by everyone themselves as “the oldest single-price point retail chain in the United States” (lots of competition for that title, I’m sure) is now making a mockery out of its name.  And by a mockery, I mean that prices are going up and not all items in the store will be 99 cents.  WHAT?  EXCUSE ME? This is, for sure, a tragedy.  What, or rather who, is to blame?  Let’s examine the usual suspects… The bad economy?  George Bush?  Global warming?  Nope. 

Shoplifters. 

So let me get this straight.  You shop at a 99 Cents Only Store because you are cheap.  But because the cheapest of the cheap are stealing from the store for the cheap, those of us who are just cheap (but still have integrity) must suffer?  Eek! My brain hurts.

What are they going to do now?  Become ‘The Store Formerly Known As The 99 Cents Only Store’?  That maketing strategy worked for Prince.  Having every item in the store under a dollar is their best marketing strategy.  And as annoying (and impractical) as pennies are, there is a certain gratification when you get change back at a 99 cents store. 

The world will never be the same.  Or you could just go to Dollar Tree.

PS- Like the beautiful graphic I created to go along with this post?  I worked on it for hours…

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by | September 5, 2008 · 2:53 am

youtube clip of today: palin kids.

Piper, girrrrrrrrrrrl I know how you feel.  I play with hair when I’m listening to boring speeches too.  But I typically do not use spit.  Whatev.

Watching this video, you kind of have to say “awwww”.  It’s really not those poor Palin children’s fault that their mother is an embarrassment to politics.

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by | September 3, 2008 · 7:00 am

americans elect poodle to white house.

Well, not exactly.  But even if they did, a poodle would have more experience than Sarah Palin.  SNAP.

Here’s the real story.  Barack and Michelle promised precious Malia and Sasha that after the election they would get a puppy.  Aww!  So the American Kennel Club held an election–42,000 people voted–to see what breed should be the presidential pup.  And the poodle won.  Apparently the Obamas have allergies (just like my family!  Talk about identity politics…), so that helped narrow down the breeds to choose from.  I’ve been following this story for awhile, because the Chinese Crested Hairless was one of the options.  For those who know me or have read the blog before, I am the proud owner of a hairless dog.  My baby boy, Dr. Seuss, is perfect.  Look how cute Chinese Crested puppies are:

Yeah, you want one too.  PUT BARACK OBAMA AND A CHINESE CRESTED IN THE WHITE HOUSE.

Oh, and they didn’t hold an election for a pet for old Johnny.  This is because he and Cindy already have–I am not making this up–24 pets.  So that’s 3.4285714 pets per house?

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